Basketball ****Boys State Tournament Brackets (Final Results)****

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CLASS A

First Round
Omaha Westside 61, Lincoln High 58
Lincoln Southwest 81, Millard North 71
Bellevue West 79, Papillion-LaVista 68
Papillion-LaVista South 57, Omaha Creighton Prep 48

Semifinals
Lincoln Southwest 66, Omaha Westside 63
Papillion-LaVista South 64, Bellevue West 61

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Lincoln Southwest 57, Papillion-LaVista South 53

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CLASS B

First Round
Omaha Skutt 51, Lincoln Pius X 41
Elkhorn North 66, Wahoo 39
Norris 63, Bennington 55
Scottsbluff 76, Gretna East 53

Semifinals
Elkhorn North 59, Omaha Skutt 57 (OT)
Scottsbluff 64, Norris 60

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Scottsbluff 68, Elkhorn North 56

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CLASS C1

First Round
Ogallala 77, Syracuse 43
Douglas County West 49, Grand Island Central Catholic 41
Ashland-Greenwood 65, Lincoln Christian 53
Auburn 41, Gothenburg 40 (OT)

Semifinals
Douglas County West 43, Ogallala 39
Ashland-Greenwood 67, Auburn 52

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Ashland-Greenwood 42, Douglas County West 39

Third Place
Ogallala 61, Auburn 49

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CLASS C2

First Round
Yutan 62, Exeter-Milligan/Friend 40
Norfolk Catholic 48, North Bend 40
Fremont Bergan 71, Pender 43
Freeman 57, Valentine 56 (OT)

Semifinals
Norfolk Catholic 49, Yutan 47
Fremont Bergan 58, Freeman 53

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Fremont Bergan 59, Norfolk Catholic 50

Third Place
Freeman 39, Yutan 36

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CLASS D1

First Round
Howells-Dodge 57, Fullerton 37
Elm Creek 55, North Platte St. Patrick's 46
Lutheran High Northeast 47, Mead 44 (OT)
McCool Junction 55, East Butler 50

Semifinals
Howells-Dodge 60, Elm Creek 36
McCool Junction 50, Lutheran High Northeast 49

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Howells-Dodge 57, McCool Junction 39

Third Place
Lutheran High Northeast 65, Elm Creek 50

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CLASS D2

First Round
Elgin/Elgin Pope John 46, Pleasanton 44
Guardian Angels Central Catholic 54, Deshler 50
Archangels Catholic 49, Falls City Sacred Herat 28
O'Neill St. Mary's 56, Wynot 42

Semifinals
Elgin/Elgin Pope John 44, Guardian Angels Central Catholic 33
Archangels Catholic 57, O'Neill St. Mary's 52

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Archangels Catholic 50, Elgin/Elgin Pope John 30

Third Place
O'Neill St. Mary's 57, Guardian Angels Central Catholic 47

 

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Past Ten State Champions

CLASS A

YEAR	CHAMPION	RUNNER-UP	SCORE
2025	Papillion-LaVista South	Omaha Westside	61-58
2024	Bellevue West	Millard North	57-48
2023	Bellevue West	Millard North	64-41
2022	Millard North	Bellevue West	67-57
2021	Millard North	Bellevue West	84-78 (OT)
2020	Bellevue West	Millard North	64-62
2019	Omaha South	Omaha Central	58-56
2018	Omaha Creighton Prep	Bellevue West	56-46
2017	Norfolk	Papillion-LaVista	68-49
2016	Omaha South	Fremont	59-50

CLASS B

YEAR	CHAMPION	RUNNER-UP	SCORE
2025	Omaha Skutt	Scottsbluff	64-49
2024	Omaha Skutt	Norris	70-63
2023	Omaha Skutt	Platteview	57-50
2022	Omaha Roncalli	Omaha Skutt	52-37
2021	Beatrice	Elkhorn	36-34 (OT)
2020	Omaha Skutt	Omaha Roncalli	59-31
2019	Lincoln Pius X	Omaha Roncalli	71-59 (2OT)
2018	York	Omaha Skutt	61-56 (2OT)
2017	Gretna	Scottsbluff	55-53
2016	Gretna	Scottsbluff	52-33

CLASS C1

YEAR	CHAMPION	RUNNER-UP	SCORE
2025	Ashland-Greenwood	Omaha Concordia	53-39
2024	Wahoo	Auburn	49-42 (OT)
2023	Ashland-Greenwood	Auburn	54-24
2022	Ashland-Greenwood	Auburn	36-33
2021	Auburn	Adams Central	41-33
2020	Auburn	Ogallala	58-34
2019	Auburn	North Bend	30-29
2018	Wahoo	Winnebago	70-66 (OT)
2017	Wahoo Neumann	Wahoo	80-57
2016	Wahoo Neumann	Adams Central	63-54

CLASS C2

YEAR	CHAMPION	RUNNER-UP	SCORE
2025	Fremont Bergan	Cross County	53-43
2024	Amherst	Lincoln Lutheran	59-54 (OT)
2023	Freeman	Amherst	53-35
2022	Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family	Grand Island Central Catholic	43-42
2021	Grand Island Central Catholic	Yutan	55-34
2020	Bancroft-Rosalie/Lyons-Decatur	Grand Island Central Catholic	61-47
2019	Bancroft-Rosalie/Lyons-Decatur	Yutan	53-42
2018	Ponca	Hastings St. Cecilia	50-40
2017	Ponca	Neligh-Oakdale	52-45
2016	Hastings St. Cecilia	Elmwood-Murdock	57-38

CLASS D1

YEAR	CHAMPION	RUNNER-UP	SCORE
2025	Johnson-Brock	Howells-Dodge	61-46
2024	Johnson-Brock	Ainsworth	52-45
2023	Johnson-Brock	North Platte St. Patrick's	46-40
2022	North Platte St. Patrick's	Loomis	65-57
2021	Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family	Howells-Dodge	52-47 (OT)
2020	Laurel-Concord-Coleridge	Southern Valley	76-31
2019	Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family	Fremont Bergan	61-46
2018	Nebraska City Lourdes	Kenesaw	32-25
2017	Nebraska City Lourdes	Guardian Angels Central Catholic	47-44
2016	Nebraska City Lourdes	Walthill	61-50

CLASS D2

YEAR	CHAMPION	RUNNER-UP	SCORE
2025	O'Neill St. Mary's	Wynot	63-51
2024	Shelton	Maywood/Hayes Center	54-42
2023	Parkview Christian	Wynot	52-49
2022	Parkview Christian	O'Neill St. Mary's	64-48
2021	Falls City Sacred Heart	Parkview Christian	64-47
2020	Falls City Sacred Heart	Humphrey St. Francis	45-33
2019	Johnson-Brock	Osmond	67-54
2018	Falls City Sacred Heart	Riverside	59-42
2017	Mullen	Mead	29-28
2016	Humphrey St. Franics	Mead	33-31

 

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Haven’t seen any predictions on here yet so I’ll kick it off.

Class A
Westside vs Southwest
Bell West vs Prep

Westside vs Bell West

Sleeper: Southwest

Class B
Skutt vs North
Norris vs Scottsbluff

Norris vs Skutt

Sleeper: North

Class C-1
Ogallala vs DC West
AG v Auburn

Auburn vs Ogallala

Sleeper: GICC

Class C-2
Yutan vs NBC
Bergan vs Freeman (would love to see this rematch from last year)

Bergan vs NBC

Sleeper: NC

Class D-1
HD vs Elm Creek
East Butler v LHN

HD vs East Butler

Sleeper: McCool

Class D-2
EPPJ vs Deshler
Archangels vs St. Mary’s

EPPJ vs St Mary’s

Sleeper: Deshler

 

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A: Lincoln Southwest
B: Norris
C1: Ashland Greenwood
C2: Bergan
D1: HD
D2 EPPJ

 

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Updated after first day of games

 

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Updated after Day #3

 

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Updated with final results