Boys
basketball had six classes in 2005-06.
Each class qualified eight teams for the Boys State Basketball
Tournament held on March 9, 10, and 11, 2006, in Lincoln.
Classes
A and B were divided into six districts with the district champions and two
wild-card teams, selected on the basis of a point system, qualifying for the
state tournament. Omaha Bryan and
Lincoln Northeast were the wild-card teams for Class A. Aurora and Omaha Skutt Catholic were the
Class B wild-card teams. For the fourth
year in NSAA history, Classes C1, C2, D1 and D2 also had two wild-card
qualifiers. Classes C1, C2, D1 and D2 were divided into twelve sub-districts
and six districts. The winners of the
district finals in each class advanced to the state tournament. The two
non-district champions with the highest wild-card average received invitations
to the state tournament. The Class C1 wild-card qualifiers were Adams Central
and Norfolk Catholic. Ponca and Superior were the C2 wild cards. In D1, Leigh
and Wauneta-Palisade received the wild cards. Lewiston and Ewing were the D2
wild-card winners. Paid attendance: 90,688
2006 State Tournament
Results
Class A
First Round
Bellevue
West 58, Millard North 48
Lincoln
Southeast 68, Omaha Bryan 53
Kearney
69, Lincoln Northeast 67
Omaha
Central 74, Omaha Creighton Prep 61
Semifinals
Bellevue West 64, Lincoln Southeast 57
Omaha Central 68, Kearney 58
Final
Omaha
Central (24-3) 84, Bellevue West (26-3) 79 OT
Class B
First Round
Aurora 56, Norris 48
Holdrege 58, Ralston 37
Omaha Skutt Catholic 72, Gering 48
Blair 61, Crete 48
Semifinals
Holdrege
62, Aurora 60
Omaha
Skutt Catholic 73, Blair 66
Final
Omaha Skutt Catholic (19-5) 66, Holdrege (17-6) 62 OT
Class C1
First Round
Boys
Town 55, Bishop Newman 54
Norfolk
Catholic 73, Adams Central 60
Pierce
53, Gothenburg 45
Louisville
56, Wood River 54
Semifinals
Boys
Town 61, Norfolk Catholic 56
Louisville
72, Pierce 53
Final
Boys Town (22-4) 68, Louisville (23-3) 62
Class C2
First Round
Aquinas
68, Sutherland 26
Plainview
66, Superior 42
Ravenna
74, Wakefield 39
Ponca
62, Sutton 48
Semifinals
Aquinas
73, Plainview 45
Ravenna
88, Ponca 56
Final
Aquinas (24-2) 60, Ravenna (25-2) 55
Class D1
First Round
Humphrey
St. Francis 51, Bruning-Davenport 32
Cambridge
75, Wauneta-Palisade 74 OT
Axtell
71, Orchard 58
Leigh
46, Shelby 45 OT
Semifinals
Humphrey
St. Francis 81, Cambridge 48
Axtell
47, Leigh 41
Final
Humphrey St. Francis (23-3) 70, Axtell (26-1)
34
Class D2
First Round
Ewing
70, Dodge 48
Bloomfield
54, Wallace 39
Spencer-Naper
55, Potter-Dix 35
Lewiston
58, Clay Center 54
Semifinals
Ewing
52, Bloomfield 39
Spencer-Naper
53, Lewiston 43
Final
Ewing (25-2) 48,
Spencer-Naper (25-2) 44
Championship Coaches
Class
A - Eric Behrens, Omaha Central
Class
B - Jon Burt, Omaha Skutt Catholic
Class
C1 - Tom Krehbiel, Boys Town
Class
C2 - Mark Watton, Aquinas
Class
D1 - Eric Kessler, Humphrey St. Francis
Class
D2 - Greg Appleby, Ewing
GIRLS
BASKETBALL
Girls
basketball had six classes in 2005-06.
Each class qualified eight teams for the Girls State Basketball
Tournament, which was held March 2, 3 and 4, 2006 in Lincoln.
Classes
A and B were divided into six districts with the district champions and two
wild-card teams, selected on the basis of a point system, qualifying for the
state tournament. Omaha Westside and Bellevue East were the wild-card teams for
Class A. Lincoln Pius X and Beatrice were
the Class B wild-card teams. Classes C1, C2, D1 and D2 were divided into twelve
sub-districts and six districts. The
winners of the district finals in each class advanced to the state tournament.
The two non-district champions with the highest wild-card average received
invitations to the state tournament. The Class C1 wild-card qualifiers were
Southern Valley and Perkins County. Franklin and Sutton were the C2 wild cards.
In D1, Bancroft-Rosalie and Cambridge received the wild cards. Falls City
Sacred Heart and Shickley were the D2 wild-card winners. Paid attendance:
51,700.
2006 State Tournament
Results
Class A
First Round
Bellevue West 45, Lincoln Southeast 41
Bellevue East 58, Lincoln Southwest 45
Lincoln Northeast 60, Columbus 40
Millard West 45, Omaha Westside 42
Semifinals
Bellevue
East 50, Bellevue West 46
Lincoln
Northeast 61, Millard West 36
Final
Bellevue East (28-2) 55, Lincoln Northeast (24-1) 45
First Round
Gretna 54, Scottsbluff 43
South
Sioux City 67, Holdrege 45
Beatrice
66, Crete 54
Gretna
57, Fairbury 43
Beatrice
70, South Sioux City 52
Gretna (23-2) 52, Beatrice (17-7) 46
Class
C1
First
Round
Chadron 51, Fort Calhoun 42
Ashland-Greenwood
73, Southern Valley 42
Crofton
64, Milford 29
Kearney
Catholic 65, Perkins County 54
Crofton 45, Kearney Catholic 37
Crofton
(24-0) 48, Ashland-Greenwood (24-2) 39
Class
C2
Ravenna 47, Neligh-Oakdale 34
West
Point Central Catholic 68, Tecumseh 44
Exeter-Milligan
56, Franklin 41
West Point Central Catholic 59, Exeter-Milligan 54
Ravenna
(26-2) 55, West Point Central Catholic (24-3) 44
Humphrey
St. Francis 62, Anselmo-Merna 37
Bancroft-Rosalie
44, Lawrence-Nelson 32
Cross
County 50, Pope John 29
Cambridge
54, Wauneta-Palisade 41
Cross County 58, Cambridge 45
Humphrey
St. Francis (25-1) 56, Cross County (23-2) 50
Chambers 51, McPherson 45
Falls
City Sacred Heart 37, Kenesaw 22
Shickley
58, Greeley-Wolbach 49
Newcastle
55, Chambers 46
Shickley
61, Falls City Sacred Heart 51
Newcastle
(26-2) 46, Shickley (20-4) 26
Championship Coaches
Class
A - Scott Jensen, Bellevue East
Class
B - Jerome Skrdla, Gretna
Class
C1 - Aaron Losing, Crofton
Class
C2 - Jeff Thober, Ravenna
Class
D1 - Bryan Reichmuth, Humphrey St. Francis
Class
D2 - Robin Mohr, Newcastle