The Journal Star's Alec McChesney (@Alec_McChesney) and Ron Powell (@ronpowell_ljs) dissect the first few weeks of the high school football season with a preview of Week 6.
Parkview Christian finally has a home this football season.
Trevor Nichelson is on a mission to bring Ashland-Greenwood a state title.
The anticipation for football season certainly is fueled by this state's passion for the Cornhuskers, but it is on high school fields across the state that the love of the game is born.
When the Huskers take the field at Memorial Stadium they are preceded by the the Tunnel Walk. During the Tunnel Walk players tap the horseshoe.
There was little doubt when Lincoln Southwest opened in 2002 that the Silver Hawks would become rivals with Lincoln Southeast.
The soap scrimmage at Elmwood-Murdock can be dangerous for football coach Leigh Schmale.
Falls City’s Jug Brown Stadium is already intimidating enough to visiting 8-man football teams there to take on perennial power Falls City Sacred Heart.
Whether its a battle for sword, a cup or a bucket every rivalry game matters.
Five years ago, the second level of the three-story crow’s nest at Howells’ football field had no windows and was used strictly for storage.
The opponents may change. The Bluejays are always going to battle on the field and the Seward “crew” is always ready to go.
There was little doubt when Lincoln Southwest opened in 2002 that the Silver Hawks would become rivals with Lincoln Southeast.
Wisner-Pilger coach Brent Bauer said his football team, starting this season, will begin wearing ‘heritage jerseys’ for one or two games.
You can’t think about high school football in Lincoln without thinking of the Southeast marching band. They have played in festivals, contests and even filled in for the Cornhusker Marching Band during the 2009 Holiday Bowl.
With Seacrest Field and Lincoln Pius X’s Aldrich Field just a matter of blocks apart on A Street, serious high school football fans can get their fill of games on Friday nights when Pius X is at home and there are double-headers involving the LPS schools at Seacrest.
When the Huskers take the field at Memorial Stadium they are preceded by the the Tunnel Walk. During the Tunnel Walk players tap the horseshoe.
The 30-foot-tall windmill wiggled in the wind, but it was a lot better than running the scoreboard from atop a school bus on the sidelines at East Butler football games.
When Adams faced Filley in any sport, there was always plenty of emotion.
Down Nebraska 2 from Lincoln is an old tradition in Syracuse where players gather in the parking lot after games. On average there are around 50 kids that gather together on tailgates and with music to talk about the game just played and the games ahead of them.
Tradition was threatened at Elkhorn last season when the Nebraska School Activities Association required spectators wear shirts during the playoff games.
Some traditions aren’t all during game days. Tradition at Class C-2 power Aquinas seeps onto the practice field.
Working conditions for high school football radio announcers can range from college-like press boxes in classes A and B to doing games from the top of the bleachers or high up a light pole in a crow’s nest that’s only accessible via a ladder.
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Other big rivalry games to keep an eye out for this high school football season.
Second-year Waverly head coach Tim Williams has embraced the home game atmosphere Viking fans have come to expect.
Doug Mickey has a few miles on the road in his 20-plus years as an over-the-road trucker, so Columbus Lakeview coach Kurt Franzen can check off any worries about the bus on road games for the Vikings.
Not far away from Lincoln is Ashland-Greenwood, whose new tradition came up almost by accident.
Once a year Gibbon will bring out its own tradition.
Falls City’s Jug Brown Stadium is already intimidating enough to visiting 8-man football teams there to take on perennial power Falls City Sacred Heart.
The soap scrimmage at Elmwood-Murdock can be dangerous for football coach Leigh Schmale.
Team-by-team previews for the six Lincoln Public Schools football teams.