Football Football Championship History

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Some history of the state championships as we prepare for the upcoming 2025 finals

Past 10 State Champions

CLASS A
2024 - Millard South
2023 - Omaha Westside
2022 - Omaha Westside
2021 - Gretna (vacated)
2020 - Omaha Westside
2019 - Bellevue West
2018 - Omaha Burke
2017 - Omaha North
2016 - Bellevue West
2015 - Millard North

CLASS B
2024 - Omaha Skutt
2023 - Bennington
2022 - Bennington
2021 - Bennington
2020 - Elkhorn
2019 - Omaha Skutt
2018 - Omaha Skutt
2017 - York
2016 - Elkhorn South
2015 - Elkhorn South

CLASS C1
2024 - Wahoo
2023 - Boone Central
2022 - Pierce
2021 - Columbus Lakeview
2020 - Pierce
2019 - Wahoo
2018 - Aurora
2017 - Norfolk Catholic
2016 - O'Neill
2015 - Columbus Scotus

CLASS C2
2024 - Norfolk Catholic
2023 - Norfolk Catholic
2022 - Norfolk Catholic
2021 - Fremont Bergan
2020 - Ord
2019 - Oakland-Craig
2018 - Centennial
2017 - Yutan
2016 - Wilber-Clatonia
2015 - David City Aquinas

CLASS D1
2024 - Sandy Creek
2023 - Stanton
2022 - Clarkson/Leigh
2021 - Howells-Dodge
2020 - Dundy County-Stratton
2019 - Osceola/High Plains
2018 - Creighton
2017 - East Butler
2016 - Burwell
2015 - Bruning-Davenport/Shickley

CLASS D2
2024 - Central Valley
2023 - Sandhills/Thedford
2022 - Hitchcock County
2021 - Kenesaw
2020 - Bruning-Davenport/Shickley
2019 - Humphrey St. Francis
2018 - Johnson-Brock
2017 - Bruning-Davenport/Shickley
2016 - Falls City Sacred Heart
2015 - Humphrey St. Francis

CLASS D6
2024 - Stuart
2023 - Sumner-Eddyville-Miller
2022 - Parkview Christian
2021 - Cody-Kilgore
2020 - McCool Junction
2019 - Harvard
2018 - Wilcox-Hildreth
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2017 - Litchfield
2016 - Riverside
2015 - Riverside

 

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These marks do not count this season

MOST PLAYOFF APPEARANCES
46 - Omaha Creighton Prep
41 - Humphrey St. Francis
40- Norfolk Catholic
40 - Omaha Westside
39 - Falls City Sacred Heart
38 - Battle Creek
38 - Grand Island
37 - Aurora
37 - Bloomfield
37 - Cambridge
37 - McCook
36 - Lincoln Southeast
35 - Elkhorn
35 - Pierce
34 - Chadron
34 - Fremont Bergan
34 - Lincoln Pius X
33 - Mullen
33 - Oakland-Craig
33 - Wahoo Neumann
32 - David City Aquinas
31 - Columbus Scotus
31 - Hastings St. Cecilia
31 - Hartington Cedar Catholic
31 - Kenesaw
31 - North Platte St. Patrick's
30 - Chase County
30 - Omaha Burke
30 - Kearney

CONSECUTIVE PLAYOFF APPEARANCES
37 - Bloomfield (1988-present)
36 - Falls City Sacred Heart (1987-2022)
30 - Omaha Creighton Prep (1995-present)
29 - Humphrey St. Francis (1995-2023)
23 - McCook (2000-2022)
23 - Norfolk Catholic (1996-2018)
22 - Bellevue West (2003-present)
21 - David City Aquinas (2001-2021)
21 - Creighton (2002-2022)
20 - Aurora (2004-2023)
20 - Elkhorn (1995-2014)
20 - Garden County (2002-2021)

MOST STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
13 - Norfolk Catholic
9 - Omaha Creighton Prep
9 - Howells
9 - Lincoln Southeast
8 - David City Aquinas
8 - Falls City Sacred Heart
8 - Grant
7 - Cambridge
6 - Dodge
6 - Elkhorn
6 - Lincoln Pius X
6 - Omaha Skutt
5 - Humphrey St. Francis
5 - Millard North
5 - Omaha Westside
5 - Pierce
4 - Battle Creek
4 - Bennington
4 - Coleridge
4 - Crete
4 - Lawrence
4 - Wolbach

CONSECUTIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
6 - Falls City Sacred Heart (1989-1994)
6 - Howells (2000-2005)
5 - Omaha Creighton Prep (1985-1989)
4 - Dodge (1994-1997)
3 - Bennington (2021-2023)
3 - Cambridge (1996-1998)
3 - Grant (1978-1980)
3 - Grant (1988-1990)
3 - Howells (2008-2010)
3 - Norfolk Catholic (2010-2012)
3 - Norfolk Catholic (2022-2024)
2 - David City Aquinas (1993-1994)
2 - David City Aquinas (2011-2012)
2 - Aurora (2008-2009)
2 - Battle Creek (1986-1987)
2 - Beemer (1978-1979)
2 - Cambridge (1993-1994)
2 - Crete (2006-2007)
2 - David City Aquinas (2014-2015)
2 - Elgin/Elgin Pope John (2011-2012)
2 - Elkhorn South (2015-2016)
2 - Exeter-Milligan (2013-2014)
2 - Hastings (1993-1994)
2 - Hastings St. Cecilia (2009-2010)
2 - Humphrey St. Francis (1995-1996)
2 - Lawrence (1982-1983)
2 - Lawrence-Nelson (2001-2002)
2 - Lincoln Pius X (1997-1998)
2 - Lincoln Southeast (1976-1977)
2 - Lincoln Southeast (1991-1992)
2 - Lincoln Southeast (1997-1998)
2 - McCook (2002-2003)
2 - Milford (1995-1996)
2 - Norfolk Catholic (1998-1999)
2 - Norfolk Catholic (2004-2005)
2 - Norfolk Catholic (2022-2023)
2 - North Platte St. Patrick's (1984-1985)
2 - Omaha North (2013-2014)
2 - Omaha Skutt (2013-2014)
2 - Omaha Westside (1981-1982)
2 - Omaha Westside (2022-2023)
2 - Pierce (2007-2008)
2 - Sterling (1991-1992)
2 - Wahoo Neumann (2002-2003)
2 - Wakefield (2006-2007)
2 - Wolbach (1995-1996)

MOST FINALS APPEARANCES
21 - Norfolk Catholic
16 - Omaha Creighton Prep
12 - Lincoln Southeast
12 - Omaha Westside
12 - Pierce
11 - Ansley
11 - David City Aquinas
11 - Elkhorn
10 - Aurora
10 - Cambridge
10 - Howells
10 - Omaha Skutt
10 - Wahoo Neumann
9 - Battle Creek
9 - Grant
9 - Humphrey St. Francis
8 - Falls City Sacred Heart
8 - Millard North
7 - Coleridge
7 - Crete
7 - Lawrence
7 - McCook
6 - Dodge
6 - Fremont Bergan
6 - Lincoln Pius X
6 - Millard South
6 - Millard West

CONSECUTIVE YEARS IN FINALS
6 - Falls City Sacred Heart (1989-1994)
6 - Howells (2000-2005)
6 - Omaha Westside (2019-2024)
5 - David City Aquinas (2011-2015)
5 - Omaha Creighton Prep (1985-1989)
4 - Bennington (2021-2024)
4 - Dodge (1994-1997)
4 - Howells (2008-2011)
4 - Lawrence (1980-1983)
4 - Lawrence-Nelson (1999-2002)
4 - McCook (2002-2005)
4 - Millard North (2002-2005)
4 - Norfolk Catholic (2009-2012)
4 - Norfolk Catholic (2021-2024)
4 - Omaha Skutt (2016-2019)
4 - Pierce (2019-2022)

 

[o_Coyote11]

Good info, thank you like always sir!!!

 

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GARDEN COUNTY EAGLES (11-0)


- Location: Oshkosh, NE
- 29th playoff appearance
- last appearance in 2024
- (28-28) record in playoff games
- has never played in state championship game

2025 Schedule/Results
at Crawford (W 82-25)
Cody-Kilgore (W 52-15)
at Medicine Valley (W 73-6)
at Stuart (W 28-14)
South Platte (W 70-22)
Potter-Dix (W 87-8)
at Leyton (W 68-18)
at Creek Valley (W 59-16)
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Crawford (W 73-18)
Silver Lake (W 42-6)
Stuart (W 44-28)

- Outscore Opponents on Average: 61.6 to 16.0

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SOUTHWEST ROUGHRIDERS (11-0)


- Location: Bartley, NE
- 13th playoff appearance
- last appearance in 2024
- (5-12) record in playoff games
- has never played in state championship game

2025 Schedule/Results
Harvard (W 69-12)
at Arthur County (W 42-18)
at South Platte (59-8)
Wallace (W 45-30)
at Medicine Valley (W 61-14)
Wauneta-Palisade (W 55-12)
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (W 65-30)
at Paxton (W 55-13)
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Lewiston (W 60-6)
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (W 27-23)
at Red Cloud (W 35-0)

- Outscore Opponents on Average: 52.1 to 15.1

 

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CLASS D2

O'NEILL ST. MARY'S CARDINALS (12-0)

- Location: O'Neill, NE
- 21st playoff appearance
- last appearance in 2024
- (24-18) record in playoff games
- (2-0) in state championship games

- Class C2 State Champion: 1984
- Class D2 State Champion: 2002

2025 Schedule/Results
Twin Loup (W 18-13)
at Burwell (W 52-12)
Boyd County (W 50-12)
at Creighton (W 66-28)
at Ainsworth (W 78-35)
Elgin/Elgin Pope John (W 63-6)
at North Central (W 74-8)
Neligh-Oakdale (W 80-12)
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Creighton (W 60-16)
Burwell (W 46-6)
Sandhills/Thedford (W 66-24)
at Howells-Dodge (W 52-28)

- Outscore Opponents on Average: 58.8 to 16.7

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WYNOT BLUE DEVILS (11-1)

- Location: Wynot, NE
- 26th playoff appearance
- last appearance in 2024
- (28-25) record in playoff games
- (0-1) in state championship games

- Class D2 State Runner-Up: 2023

2025 Schedule/Results
Crofton (W 78-76) (OT)
at Creighton (W 60-26)
at Archangels Catholic (L 30-36)
Randolph (W 67-6)
at Lyons-Decatur Northeast (W 58-0)
Walthill (W 1-0) (forfeit)
Winside (W 73-6)
at Bancroft-Rosalie (W 57-6)
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Fullerton (W 44-8)
Mullen (W 64-13)
at Hitchcock County (W 43-12)
at Central Valley (W 45-28)

- Outscore Opponents on Average: 56.3 to 19.7

 

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CLASS D1

CROFTON WARRIORS (10-2)

- Location: Crofton, NE
- 25th playoff appearance
- last appearance in 2024
- (36-24) record in playoff games
- (0-2) in state championship games

- Class C2 State Runner-Up: 2003, 2016

2025 Schedule/Results
at Wynot (L 76-78) (OT)
Summerland (W 68-15)
at Plainview (W 38-26)
Bloomfield (L 18-30)
Hartington-Newcastle (W 52-30)
at Niobrara/Verdigre (W 66-20)
at Wausa/Osmond (W 50-12)
Boyd County (W 42-16)
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Kimball (W 90-20)
Johnson-Brock (W 88-56)
Hemingford (W 60-12)
at Shelby/Rising City (W 28-8)

- Outscore Opponents on Average: 56.3 to 26.9

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SANDY CREEK COUGARS (11-1)

- Location: Fairfield, NE
- 11th playoff appearance
- last appearance in 2024
- (19-9) record in playoff games
- (1-0) in state championship games

- Class D1 State Champion: 2024

2025 Schedule/Results
at Johnson-Brock (W 56-26)
at Shelby/Rising City (L 24-32)
Alma (W 68-26)
Tri County (W 48-8)
at Thayer Central (W 45-22)
at Sutton (W 55-14)
Exeter-Milligan/Friend (W 63-12)
Southern (W 71-0)
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Exeter-Milligan/Friend (W 60-14)
Wisner-Pilger (W 51-6)
Bridgeport (W 45-6)
Plainview (W 53-22)

- Outscore Opponents on Average: 53.3 to 15.7

 

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CLASS C2

BISHOP NEUMANN CAVALIERS (11-1)

- Location: Wahoo, NE
- 34th playoff appearance
- last appearance in 2024
- (58-30) record in playoff games
- (3-7) record in state championship games

- Class C1 State Champion: 1977, 2002, 2003
- Class C1 State Runner-Up: 1975, 1980, 1985, 2000, 2007, 2016
- Class C2 State Runner-Up: 2024

2025 Schedule/Results
at Norfolk Catholic (W 21-14)
Yutan (W 28-6)
West Point-Beemer (W 28-27)
at Hastings St. Cecilia (W 43-0)
at Palmyra (W 63-24)
Malcolm (L 7-21)
Conestoga (W 35-14)
at Lincoln Lutheran (W 31-13)
Raymond Central (W 34-20)
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Arlington (W 34-8)
Yutan (W 30-26)
Kearney Catholic (W 34-0)

- Outscore Opponents on Average: 32.3 to 14.4

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GRAND ISLAND CENTRAL CATHOLIC CRUSADERS (11-1)

- Location: Grand Island, NE
- 21st playoff appearance
- last appearance in 2020
- (19-20) record in playoff games
- (0-3) in state championship games

- Class B State Runner-Up: 1975, 1983
- Class C1 State Runner-Up: 1979

2025 Schedule/Results
Hastings St. Cecilia (W 44-0)
at Malcolm (W 27-7)
Hershey (W 42-0)
at Superior (W 50-0)
Centura (W 42-0)
at Ord (L 14-21)
at Cross County (W 52-14)
Boone Central (W 37-0)
St. Paul (W 49-15)
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West Point-Beemer (W 49-14)
Fremont Bergan (W 31-14)
Ord (W 23-13)

- Outscore Opponents on Average: 38.3 to 8.2

 

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CLASS C1

SIDNEY RED RAIDERS (12-0)


- Location: Sidney, NE
- 11th playoff appearance
- last appearance in 2024
- (10-10) record in playoff games
- has never played in state championship game

2025 Schedule/Results
at Cozad (W 35-0)
Minden (W 20-0)
at Holdrege (W 40-7)
at Mitchell (W 48-7)
Gothenburg (W 21-6)
at Ogallala (W 33-0)
Chase County (W 46-0)
at Alliance (W 49-6)
Chadron (W 38-14)
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Pierce (W 21-14)
Fort Calhoun (W 46-16)
at Columbus Lakeview (W 28-24)

- Outscore Opponents on Average: 35.4 to 7.8

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WAHOO WARRIORS (12-0)


- Location: Wahoo, NE
- 30th playoff appearance
- last appearance in 2024
- (35-27) record in playoff games
- (2-1) in state championship games

- Class C1 State Champion: 2019, 2024
- Class C1 State Runner-Up: 2023

2025 Schedule/Results
Nebraska City (W 55-0)
at Ashland-Greenwood (W 35-0)
Aurora (W 42-7)
at Omaha Gross (W 49-0)
Douglas County West (W 56-14)
Elkhorn Mt. Michael (W 62-21)
at Logan View/Scribner-Snyder (W 42-0)
Fort Calhoun (W 35-0)
at Omaha Concordia (W 69-24)
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Milford (W 69-14)
Elkhorn Mt. Michael (W 55-14)
Ashland-Greenwood (W 61-21)

- Outscore Opponents on Average: 52.5 to 9.6

 

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CLASS B

GRETNA EAST GRIFFINS (11-1)


- Location: Gretna, NE
- 2nd playoff appearance
- last appearance in 2024
- (4-1) record in playoff games
- has never played in state championship game

2025 Schedule/Results
at Seward (W 24-21)
at Bennington (L 27-46)
Elkhorn (W 63-21)
Lincoln Standing Bear (W 33-13)
at Plattsmouth (W 38-7)
Platteview (W 62-21)
at Ralston (W 37-10)
at Elkhorn North (W 35-23)
Gretna (W 35-28)
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Lincoln Standing Bear (W 41-15)
Omaha Skutt (W 42-21)
Gretna (W 55-34)

- Outscore Opponents on Average: 41.0 to 21.7

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WAVERLY VIKINGS (12-0)


- Location: Waverly, NE
- 26th playoff appearance
- last appearance in 2024
- (24-24) record in playoff games
- (1-1) in state championship games

- Class B State Champion: 1980
- Class B State Runner-Up: 1975

2025 Schedule/Results
Bennington (W 21-19)
Seward (W 28-20)
at McCook (W 42-7)
at Elkhorn (W 50-15)
Lincoln Standing Bear (W 42-0)
at Beatrice (W 49-7)
at Plattsmouth (W 55-13)
Norris (W 45-42)
at Lincoln Pius X (W 22-7)
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Grand Island Northwest (W 35-13)
Seward (W 30-24) (OT)
Bennington (W 38-18)

- Outscore Opponents on Average: 38.1 to 15.4

 

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CLASS A

MILLARD SOUTH PATRIOTS (11-1)


- Location: Omaha, NE
- 28th playoff appearance
- last appearance in 2024
- (47-24) record in playoff games
- (3-3) in state championship games

- Class A State Champion: 1995, 2009, 2024
- Class A State Runner-Up: 1996, 2008, 2010

2025 Schedule/Results
at Arbor View (Nevada) (L 0-1) (forfeit)
at Millard West (W 65-0)
at Kearney (W 72-0)
Millard North (W 70-7)
Lincoln Southeast (W 77-0)
at Papillion-LaVista (W 58-3)
at Lincoln High (W 1-0) (forfeit)
North Platte (W 84-0)
at Omaha Benson (W 63-0)
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Omaha Westview (W 45-3)
Elkhorn South (W 48-3)
at Omaha Westside (W 62-21)

- Outscore Opponents on Average: 64.4 to 3.7

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PAPILLION-LAVISTA SOUTH TITANS (11-1)



- Location: Papillion, NE
- 14th playoff appearance
- last appearance in 2024
- (7-13) record in playoff games
- has never played in state championship game

2025 Schedule/Results
Papillion-LaVista (W 41-14)
Omaha North (L 21-27)
at Millard North (W 51-7)
Omaha Westview (W 45-7)
at Norfolk (W 49-0)
at Kearney (W 45-17)
Omaha South (W 72-0)
at Omaha Burke (W 60-6)
Elkhorn South (W 24-19)
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Lincoln North Star (W 23-22)
Millard North (W 36-26)
at Omaha Creighton Prep (W 24-21)

- Outscore Opponents on Average: 40.9 to 13.8

 

[Kerpal68]

I believe this is Croftons 3rd state championship game. They are 0-2.

 

[Alum-Ni]

I believe this is Croftons 3rd state championship game. They are 0-2.

I must have read the history page wrong, you are correct. Updated above