Tournament Team Rankings Burwell Mullen Archbishop Bergan Elkhorn Valley Plainview Amherst Neligh-Oakdale Palmer Morrill North Central Contenders Clearwater/Orchard Central Valley High Plains Tri County   Burwell RM – Tate Phillipps (5th), Joel Ostrom (3rd), Bode Jensen (2nd), Corey Dawe (5th) SQ – Colten Dawe, Coy Gideon, Jace Ostrom Burwell looks to be the favorite to repeat as 3-time State Champions with a lot of athleticism and state medal potential. Upon first look, they will have to qualify as many as...Read More

Class C Tournament Teams Valentine -Returning champs start the season on top Broken Bow-Tough throughout the lineup Battle Creek-Will need to find a couple more point scorers to keep pace with the top 2 David City-Lost 3 key pieces, but return some studs and have solid depth Ord-Tough group…the key is Gabriel’s health Arlington-in contention for top 5 consideration Logan View-Deep..do they have enough medals to get into the top 5? Aquinas Catholic-big points with Reimers, potential to move up...Read More

Tournament Teams 1. Omaha Skutt Catholic 2.Northwest 3.Wahoo 4.Blair 5.Hastings 6.Sidney 7.Lexington 8.Scottsbluff 9.Central City 10.Columbus Lakeview The Class B race once again features Omaha Skutt Catholic at the top.  They have some nice pieces and will again be the team to beat in Omaha.  Don’t count out top contenders Wahoo and Northwest as they both boast stout line-ups.  A lot of our preliminary rankings are based off of returning state points.  This top 10 list can change many times...Read More

Top 10 Class A Teams in Meets / Preseason Millard South Omaha Burke Columbus Lincoln East Kearney Papillion LaVista Lincoln High Papillion LaVista South Norfolk Bellevue East Comments:  This sets up to be a very competitive year in Class A, with several teams expected to make a run at the Class A team title in mid February in Omaha.  Most of last years top squads return a lot of firepower, and I expect the top 5 teams above to all...Read More