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2019 Omaha Burke linebacker Nick Henrich, a 4-star recruit and top linebacker in Nebraska according to 247Sports, has committed to continue his football career at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “I’m very excited to say I am 1000% committed to the University of Nebraska,” Henrich said in a statement posted to his Twitter Saturday night. Heinrich concluded his junior season with 119 total tackles - 64 solo and 55 assisted. That number includes 11 sacks for 77 total yards l

After three great days of AAU ball, the 2018 OSA River Cities Tip Off has reached its final conclusion. Our team was at the Iowa West Field House to dissect the Platinum division championship games. All Iowa Attack 9th Red 79 OSA 15U Adidas 74 Tucker DeVries (Elkhorn South) scored 18, while Preston Murphy (Elkhorn South) and Hunter Sallis (Millard North) added 13 for OSA. All Iowa Attack won 15U Platinum championship in what was a very close match towards the end. OSA 16U Adi

The 2018 OSA River Cities Summer Tip Off, a massive AAU boys basketball tournament spanning from 3rd grade to 17U, kicked off on Friday evening. Our team was at the Iowa West Field House to catch the best of the action at the high school level. NBDA Bison 17U 78 OSA 17U Regional Zimmer 64 Winston Cook (Wahoo) had 21 points and Grant Frickenstein (Bergan) scored 14 for the Bison. Cam Watson (Millard West) added 18, Isaac Dannehl (Ralston) 17, and Louis Hacker (Omaha Creighton

Following an action-packed second day of AAU ball, the 2018 OSA River Cities Summer Tip Off has once again come to its nightly halt. Our staff was at the Iowa West Field House to catch all the action; results from the key games we attended are listed below. OSA 16U Adidas 70 Nebraska Select 16U 28 Latrell Wrightsell Jr. (Omaha Central) scored 19, Zach LaFave (Elkhorn South) 11 for the Crusaders. Nick Saiz (Lexington) added 12 for Select. (3) Nebraska Select 16U will play (3)

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) is set to recommend changes to the NCAA that would overhaul the summer evaluation period - a three week span in July in which college coaches are allowed to be on site and evaluate top players at shoe company-sponsored events. Basketball Inder Jeff Goodman recently broke the news in a podcast on CLNS Media. “[NABC] is going to recommend four camps, potentially one in June and one in July,” Goodman said. “These are likely t

The Omaha Sports Academy Adidas Gauntlet teams took on a combined 8 opponents in day one of the second weekend of the Sanford Pentagon Tournament Series. Here are the standouts from the Iowa West Field House: OSA 15U Adidas (7-1 in series play, 3-0 on the day): Hunter Sallis, Millard North: Sallis, a 2021 guard, scored 11 points in the second game of the day for the Crusaders against the Southwest Minnesota Stars. He also led OSA to a 72-43 win over Comets Elite. OSA 16U Adid

The Metro is back in action before schools are off for break with a few games this week. From Creighton Prep's annual tradition of Christmas in the Cage to long trips out of town, we'll see it all this week. Here's the complete list of games along with their final scores: Tuesday Omaha South Packers 72 at Benson Bunnies 45 (3) Millard South Patriots 86 at Omaha North Vikings 72 Thursday Papillion-La Vista Monarchs at Norfolk Panthers, 7:15 p.m. POSTPONED. Friday Bellevue East

In week 3, the Metro took what seemed to be easy days and caused some turmoil. This unexpectedly crazy week shook up our rankings. Here's what we came up with: 10. Lincoln North Star (9) The Navigators moved to 4-2 on the season with a 1-1 week. They first popped into our weekly rankings after week two, and they deserve to be here. Led by 20 points per game (four game sample on MaxPreps) from Donovan Williams, they've survived a couple tests and fallen in a close game to a so

In the spring of 2017, Omaha Central sophomore Max Polk didn’t know if he’d ever pick a basketball up again. This Friday, eight months after he was diagnosed with Burkitt non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, which covers roughly 30% of childhood non-hodgkin diagnoses, the 6’1” guard is set to start his fifth game of the season. “It was in May. I was experiencing stomach pains and we didn’t know what they were,” Polk said. “It got to the point where I could barely walk and the pain was so ex