No idea where the Classes J & K cups won by the Greenwood Trojans and the Douglas Eagles are, but the Sumner Trojans' Class L cup has just re-surfaced! It was saved by an S-E-M senior in 1973 when he was helping clean a school crawl space and already in serious disrepair.
The 1926 Class H crown went home to Thayer County with the boys from Hebron Academy. Where'd it go from there? We don't know.
But, we know where the Class I Cup won by the boys from Bassett with their 26-23 win over Alma. It's in the Rock County Museum.
These sweater-posing, cup-winning dudes won the 1926 Class G championship for their small school in Sarpy County, Papillion High. The cup is proudly kept in the large, suburban school that it became, Papillion-LaVista.
Mead High displays its 100-year-old 1926 Cup in the school trophy display along with a photo of the team that topped Wilber, 18-8.
The Class E champs came out of the Nebraska Agricultural School at Curtis. The Aggies beat the Reynolds Tigers, 16-14, in the final. The 1926 Cup sits in the awesome little campus museum.
We don't have a photo of the 1926 Class D champion Nelson Tigers, but their cup sits proudly at Lawrence-Nelson High (with lid in tact!).
Wahoo was the 1926 Class C champ. They edged St. Paul, 9-8. The '26 Cup sits amongst the Warriors more recent basketball glory in the school trophy case.
Columbus Kramer High topped the Indianola Chiefs for the 1926 Class B crown and the cup is still displayed proudly in the third Columbus High building since that tournament win.
Highest achievements in boys basketball by school in the state's biggest classification (including the one-class tournaments, Class A until 1954 & 1960-present, and Class AA in 1955-1959). See anything that looks like it needs a second look?
Some schools have reached higher tiers in other classes.
Omaha Tech took home the big trophy from the Big Carnival, the huge 1926 state tournament. The Trojans beat Lincoln High in the final.
TODAY'S MORNING CHEER is a shout out from Lincoln High, 1942.
With the news of another 1926 state basketball trophy added to the FOUND! LIST, I thought I would update all 22 trophies and what we know. gregmays.substack.com
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State Tournament, 50 years ago, 1976:
Crete and Aurora played a Central Conference first-round matchup in the NU Coliseum. No longer the anchor site of the tourney, the old barn still hosted the Class B openers.
State Tournament, 50 years ago, 1976:
The great Mike McGee scored 32 to lead Omaha North over McCook in a Class A first-round game.
State Tournament, 50 years ago, 1976:
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller's win over Adams was all over the papers. The Mustangs were always called Sumner (even on their own unis) not S-E-M.
The Hornets legendary coaching staff full of Hall of Famers wasn't enough to carry the day.
State Tournament, 50 years ago, 1976:
Lincoln Northeast's 54-52 win over Hastings was all over the papers. A dramatic game played in front of, likely, the biggest crowd to ever see a prep game in the state, over 13K.
State Tournament, 50 years ago, 1976:
Geneva had plenty of support in its state title run. The Wildcats opened the tournament by downing the only undefeated team in the tourney field, Southeast Consolidated.
State Tournament, 50 years ago, 1976:
Columbus and Omaha Burke played the first-ever game at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The OWH had photos of the game and the Discoverer crowd. The LJS had a shot earlier in the week of NU and NSAA officials checking out th enew barn.
TODAY'S MORNING CHEER comes from the sidelines of the Pershing Auditorium. Lincoln Southeast, 1976.
A nephew found it there and displayed it for years in Colorado and then back in Nebraska! The '73 grad saw the story in the paper... and here it is!
Sumner, 1926 Class L championship cup. Found β
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More story: Sumner's 1926 Cup was in bad shape, dented, and shut away in a crawlspace storage area at the school in 1973, when it was saved from a likely dust-binning by an SEM senior. It went to college and grad school with him! Then, was stored in his mom's house when he left the state to teach.
More story to come soon, but theοΏΌ headline is another 1926 cup has been found! Thanks to Stu Pospisilβs story in the OWH. I got an email today and just got off the phone with a person who knows the story of the Sumner class L cup. And he sent a pic!!
State tournament 1986, 40 years ago:
Out west, the Kearney Hub had a photo of Axtell v. Maxwell.
The Alliance and Scottsbluff papers both had photos of Bayard and West Holt.
The York News-Times had the O'Neill St. Mary's v. Osceola matchup.
More 40-years ago at the state tournament.
The Beatrice Sun had photos of Sandy Creek v. Tri County and Filley v. the Wilcox Eagles.
The Fremont Trib ran art from Bergan v. Norfolk Catholic and Beemer v. Coleridge.
The third 1986 state tournament team missing from modern scoreboards is the Sidney St. Patrick's Irish. The Scottsbluff Star ran a picture of the Irish in their first round match-up with Chambers.
State Tourney Time, 1986, 40 years ago!
Polk's Class D contest with Lexington St. Ann's was in the papers in Grand Island, York, and Kearney.
St. Ann's is another 1986 tourney team no longer in the scoreboards.
State Tournament, 40 years ago, 1986!
Omaha Cathedral's win over Ravenna had photos in the OWH, the GI Independent, and the Kearney Hub.
Cathedral is one of three schools playing in the 1986 tourney that are now closed.
1986 State Tournament, 40 years ago.
Gering's win over Norris in the Class B opener got photo coverage in the LJS and Beatrice Sun.
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