In a rematch of a game that took place on April 8, No. 12 Elkhorn defeated No. 5 Grand Island Northwest 2-1 for the second time this season. Sophomore captain, Ella Rodgers, scored the game-winning goal in her first game back from a one-game suspension for a red card. With the game tied at the […]
After No. 4 Lincoln East got the best of No. 5 Kearney last week in the Heartland Athletic Conference Tournament semi-finals in overtime, the Bearcats fought back and earned a 4-3 victory in our game of the week. Kearney coach Lerrin Rowe gave credit to her team postgame. “I think our girls continue and just
Waukee Northwest’s Izzy Simonini (15) defends Gretna East’s Sonora De Fini (10) during Nebraska Soccer Talk’s “Game of the Week” at East on April 26. (Photo/Fisher Madsen) For the past four years, Gretna and Gretna East coach Chace Hutchinson’s sides have been all but invincible. After Hutchinson’s Gretna teams won championships in 2022 and 2023,
While Lincoln Southwest is known for its high scoring offense, it was its defensive effort that helped them win the Heartland Athletic Conference Championship. They defeated the Lincoln East Spartans 3-0 on Friday morning. “Today felt really good because the evidence was there that we improved,” Southwest head coach Thomas Nettleton said. “Our girls care
Prep’s Jordan Igwenma (10) and Connor Lodes (6) celebrate Igwenma’s first goal during their Metro final matchup against Millard North at Colin Field in South Omaha on April 14, 2025. (Photo/Fisher Madsen) One field, one evening, two stories. This year’s edition of the Metro conference finals at Omaha South’s Collin Field brought two very different
Gretna East’s Lily Fredrick (21) and Lincoln Southwest’s Ainsley Roeder track the ball during their matchup at Lincoln High School on April 7, 2025. (Photo/Fisher Madsen) The girls soccer powerhouse Gretna East Griffins wanted a challenge. The young program has already experienced unprecedented levels of success. Last year, the Griffins played a primarily Class A
Gretna High’s Hudson Hehn (right) and Gretna East’s Trey Pothoff (left) chase the ball during their match at East High School on April 5, 2025. (Photo/Fisher Madsen) Two teams, one town, one day, one place. For the first time ever, the Gretna High Dragons and the Gretna East Griffins boys and girls soccer squared off
It was a wet night in Kearney for the opening round of the Central Nebraska Soccer Tournament and NEST’s game of the week that saw Class B No. 2 Lexington defeat Class A No. 6 Grand Island 3-1. Lexington coach Joel Lemus said after the game that it was nice to have a win without
Creighton Prep’s Connor Lodes (6) dribbles the ball while defended by Omaha South’s Ryan Kubiak (16) during their match in South Omaha on March 27, 2025. (Photo/Fisher Madsen) As Chumbawumba’s 1997 hit song “Tubthumping” goes, “I get knocked down, but I get up again.” After unranked Millard North knocked them down 2-1, the #1 Creighton
In this season’s inaugural NEST Game of the Week, the Class A #1 Lincoln Southwest girls soccer team defeated Class B #2 Lincoln Pius X in a shootout after a scoreless regulation and overtime. Sound familiar? Last year, the Silverhawks beat the Thunderbolts on penalties on the biggest stage of the season in the Class
