In state kids?

[atskooc]

1 hour ago, Art Vandalay said:

We, Norfolk beat LNE in the 1987 state finals 

And no one east of Norfolk cares.

 

[Navin R. Johnson]

1 hour ago, rlgyank said:

With the history of LNE basketball, I don't think you would call them "special", but the 2015 team made it to the semi's of state, and beat undefeated Norfolk in the 1st round. (Full disclosure, my son was on the 2015 team, and I am a 77 grad)

 

I think he is referring to the 90's and their run of I think 4 straight championships.  They won it in 82 also which was the best high school class in NE history.  Trotter, Kellogg, Hoppen and so on but it was LNE that won it all.  That was back when the top players stayed true to their school and tried to beat the other great players with their lifelong teammates instead of transferring to the same school like little kids stacking the best team on the play ground in a pick up game.

[BugeaterZ]

4 hours ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

 

I think he is referring to the 90's and their run of I think 4 straight championships.  They won it in 82 also which was the best high school class in NE history.  Trotter, Kellogg, Hoppen and so on but it was LNE that won it all.  That was back when the top players stayed true to their school and tried to beat the other great players with their lifelong teammates instead of transferring to the same school like little kids stacking the best team on the play ground in a pick up game.

It's a lot more than the 90s. They have 12 championships and 7 runner up finishes in 41 trips to state. The last trip to the championship game was 1998.

 

Lincoln High has 20 championships but only 1 since 1959. Omaha Central, Bellevue West, and Creighton Prep also have stellar histories but LNE is up there.

[BugeaterZ]

4 hours ago, atskooc said:

Class of '94!

 

A step behind is what you were 

[Navin R. Johnson]

For all of those west of Lincoln, Norfolk does have 37 state appearances with 3 championships and 2 runner ups.  Not bad for a school who's enrollment has always been in the bottom part of class A.

[Huskerpapa]

1 hour ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

For all of those west of Lincoln, Norfolk does have 37 state appearances with 3 championships and 2 runner ups.  Not bad for a school who's enrollment has always been in the bottom part of class A.

Yup...and I have always opined that my home corner of the state has/had some of the best athletes and basketball players around.  Northeast Nebraska, a little piece of heaven!

[AuroranHusker]

On 6/29/2023 at 1:38 PM, Art Vandalay said:

We, Norfolk beat LNE in the 1987 state finals 

 

Aurora defeated Lincoln Pius X in the 1987 Class B state championship game. It was a good year for "outstate" teams. 

[Dead Dog Alley]

2 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

Aurora defeated Lincoln Pius X in the 1987 Class B state championship game. It was a good year for "outstate" teams. 

Tom Haase, Kirk Penner, Mike Boss, and who were the other two starters?  Jay Nachtigal?  I'm not remembering.

[AuroranHusker]

34 minutes ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

Tom Haase, Kirk Penner, Mike Boss, and who were the other two starters?  Jay Nachtigal?  I'm not remembering.

 

Nachtigal was the 6th man. It was Haase, Penner, Boss, Mike Moritz, and Robert Wert. That's my best recollection, the top 3 (Haase, Penner & Boss) were permanent starters since they were the superstars. Well-oiled machine was my squad in '87.

 

 

Edited June 30, 2023 by AuroranHusker

[Jacob Padilla]

On 6/27/2023 at 9:56 PM, Dead Dog Alley said:

Question for Jacob Padilla: what would Carter Nelson's ceiling in basketball have been if that had stayed his main focus?  

 

He's a 6-foot-4 4/5 man. Heck of an athlete and a really productive high school basketball player (he's averaged 12-8-4-3-2 for his career basically), but he can't really shoot and isn't a dynamic ball-handler. D-II would probably be his upside had he been focused primarily on basketball. 

[Navin R. Johnson]

 

[Chuck Taylor]

The last couple of classes had kind of dropped off, good to see talent coming up in 2025.

[Dead Dog Alley]

On 6/30/2023 at 11:29 PM, Jacob Padilla said:

 

He's a 6-foot-4 4/5 man. Heck of an athlete and a really productive high school basketball player (he's averaged 12-8-4-3-2 for his career basically), but he can't really shoot and isn't a dynamic ball-handler. D-II would probably be his upside had he been focused primarily on basketball. 

 

I've been hearing about his basketball ability since he was a fourth grader, since I worked with one of his close relatives.  Originally the goal was to play basketball at Chadron State or UNK.  When he was a seventh grader I told my coworker, you know that a lot of Division 1 and NFL tight ends would otherwise have been Division 2 basketball players.  (I think they figured that part out on their own regardless of what I said.)

Edited July 11, 2023 by Dead Dog Alley

[Norm Peterson]

Chuck Love to La Lumiere

 

 

[OmahaHusker]

Not really a surprise for any Nebraska kid that gets a blue blood offer, but I've heard if he were to rise up in the recruiting rankings and be offered by Duke it's all over. 

 

https://twitter.com/jakeweingarten/status/1680969221428084736?s=20

[Norm Peterson]

Jordy Bahl's little brother Bryson, anyone?

[Jacob Padilla]

On 7/24/2023 at 10:28 AM, Norm Peterson said:

Jordy Bahl's little brother Bryson, anyone?

 

Loenser is definitely tracking him. Still early to lock in on what level he'll end up at, but he can definitely shoot the ball.

[hhcmatt]

 

 

[Navin R. Johnson]

 

[hhcmatt]

 

[Navin R. Johnson]

 

[thrasher31]

 

 

Don't think bahl has been mentioned in here yet. Did really really well on the AAU circuit and can shoot. Only has one offer so far too Bryant, but Creighton, ISU and others are sniffing at least. 

[Jacob Padilla]

He's Jordy's brother.

 

Talking with a Summit League coach recently (not UNO), he'd be a no-brainer for them. They just haven't offered yet because they're gauging his level; don't want to put too much into recruiting him if he's going to end up as a sure high-major kid. That's where he's at right now — D-I for sure, but what level remains to be seen. Ball-handling and athleticism would be the concerns, but he may still get to true wing size (his brother is 6'7" and played baseball at UNO).

[AuroranHusker]

Does anyone remember J.T. Thor from a recruitment perspective. I was watching a Heat-Bobcats preseason game, and the commentator mentioned that Thor went to 3 different H.S. in Omaha.... he went to Auburn, must have been for only a year. I hadn't recalled he was from Nebraska, I believe he's originally from the South Sudan.

 

 

[hhcmatt]

1 minute ago, AuroranHusker said:

Does anyone remember J.T. Thor from a recruitment perspective. I was watching a Heat-Bobcats preseason game, and the commentator mentioned that Thor went to 3 different H.S. in Omaha.... he went to Auburn, must have been for only a year. I hadn't recalled he was from Nebraska, I believe he's originally from the South Sudan.

 

Not quite right

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JT_Thor

 

Born in Omaha but moved away when he was 5. Went to three different non-Nebraska high schools