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    Class D2 Boys
    State Tournament

    Class D2 Boys State Basketball Preview

    By Dean Backes
    March 2024
    5 min read

    The Nebraska boys take their turn at center court this weekend and will crown six state champions over the course of the next four days. While many of the same programs are back in the hunt, there are plenty of schools making it on the brackets after missing the chaos for a year or two, or more.

    While there are no rematches scheduled for Thursday's Class D2 quarterfinal action, there is plenty of basketball excitement on the docket. MaxPreps top-ranked St. Mary's and No. 8 Silver Lake will kick off Class D2 state tournament action Thursday at 9 AM at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

    Then, No. 3 Archangels Catholic and sixth-ranked Stuart will go head-to-head at about 10:45 AM at PBA. At 6 PM at Devaney, No. 4 Wausa and seventh-ranked Fullerton tipoff their 2025 state basketball experience.

    Picking the Class D2 Field

    Quarterfinals

    No. 1 St. Mary's (21-5) over No. 8 Silver Lake (19-6)
    No. 3 Archangels Catholic (19-6) over No. 6 Stuart (18-6)
    No. 4 Wausa (23-3) over No. 7 Fullerton (17-8)
    No. 2 Wynot (19-7) over No. 5 Elgin Public/Pope John (16-10)

    Championship

    No. 1 St. Mary's (23-5) over No. 2 Wynot (21-7)

    Dark Horse

    Fullerton

    Top Scoring Leaders

    Gage Hedstrom
    St. Mary's
    18.4
    479 pts
    Kane Wetovick
    Fullerton
    18
    451 pts
    Logan Brabec
    St. Mary's
    14.3
    371 pts
    Ben Barlow
    St. Mary's
    14.3
    243 pts
    Hunter Tubbs
    Stuart
    14.2
    341 pts

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