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    Archbishop Bergan, Howells-Dodge and St. Mary's Begin Season at No. 1

    By Dean BackesDecember 4, 2025

    With the Nebraska boys basketball season set to tipoff this evening, we are releasing our first annual boys big school preseason rankings.

    Nebraska Small School Boys Basketball Rankings

    Class C2 Rankings

    Archbishop Bergan

    Freeman

    Exeter-Milligan/Friend

    Alma

    Yutan

    Dundy County Stratton

    Johnson-Brock

    North Bend Central

    Norfolk Catholic

    Hartington Cedar Catholic

    Class C2's Top Players

    Gavin Baker, Archbishop Bergan

    Easton Buss, Freeman

    Grady Bresson, Exeter-Milligan/Friend

    Brody Koehler, Johnson-Brock

    Houston Billeter, Dundy County Stratton

    Ethan Latta, Dundy County Stratton

    Zach Vossler, Exeter-Milligan/Friend

    Zavier Mitchell, Alma

    Tucker Biskup, Alma

    August Shaw, Dundy County Stratton

    Ryan Maguire, Yutan

    Eli Jaixen, Arcadia-Loup City

    Drew Siems, Tri County

    Dashiell Coleman, Elmwood-Murdock

    Gavin Davis, Amherst

    Korbin Werner, Elkhorn Valley

    Kamerin Sealey, Sandy Creek

    Payton Reed, Sutton

    Isaac Cronin, Valentine

    Ryker Behrend, Kimball

    Braxton Miller, Kimball

    Class D1 Rankings

    Howells-Dodge

    McCool Junction

    Elm Creek

    North Platte St. Patrick's

    Hitchcock County

    Wausa

    Twin Loup

    Bertrand

    Fullerton

    Lutheran High Northeast

    Class D1's Top Players

    Carson McDonald, McCool Junction

    Nathan Tomcak, Howells-Dodge

    Quin Oberg, Elm Creek

    Kane Wetovick, Fullerton

    Matthew Schindler, Wausa

    Ben Heirigs, North Platte St. Patrick's

    Yahya Harris, Twin Loup

    Jayce Hauxwell, Hitchcock County

    Thunder Nelson, Bertrand

    Gavin Feddern, Lutheran High Northeast

    Mac Carlson, Wausa

    Preston Schlote, Wausa

    Luqman Harris, Twin Loup

    Adam Kisker, Hitchcock County

    Houston Billeter, Southwest

    Gage Ely, Red Cloud

    Isaac Crouch, Mead

    Eli Luther, Overton

    Brock McCarter, Overton

    Dane Duryea, Anselmo-Merna

    Ben Trompke, Loomis

    Larry Diessner, Riverside

    Beau Eisenhauer, Bloomfield

    Ethan Kuhl, Creighton

    Ivan Lyons, Walthill

    Conner Paulsen, South Loup

    Crew Witthuhn, South Loup

    Emmett Glathar, Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer

    Brady Ahlemeyer, Cambridge

    Hodge Raburn, Cambridge

    Kade Broz, Maywood-Hayes Center

    Isaac Hamilton, Southern Valley

    Class D2 Rankings

    St. Mary's

    Archangels Catholic

    Wynot

    Stuart

    Elgin Public/Pope John

    Bancroft-Rosalie

    Lawrence-Nelson

    Deshler

    High Plains Community

    Guardian Angels Central Catholic

    Class D2's Top Players

    Gage Hedstrom, St. Mary's

    Jarek Erickson, Elgin Public/Pope John

    Ben Barlow, St. Mary's

    Logan Brabec, St. Mary's

    Easton Nash, Deshler

    Wyatt Frey, Lawrence-Nelson

    Brenden Johannes, Archangels Catholic

    Ethan Wieseler, Archangels Catholic

    Devin Brummer, Wynot

    Kotner Koch, Wynot

    Cole Taft, Falls City Sacred Heart

    Brennan Lindner, Pleasanton

    Tairren Scott, Parkview Christian

    Lane Brenneman, Creek Valley

    Landon Gasseling, Potter-Dix

    Taylor Homan, Crawford

    Jaxson Ohlman, Shelton

    Chance Daake, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller

    Isaac O'Neill, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller

    Luke Olson, Grand Island Lutheran

    Logan Lienemann, Randolph

    Jacob Walker, Mullen

    Maurice Robinson, Sandhills/Thedford

    Kagan Allen, Arthur County

    Maddex McConnell, Paxton


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