Class A Game of the Week
No. 3 Bellevue West (3-0) at No. 1 Omaha Westside (2-0)

Already battle-tested, teams that will likely figure heavily into the state championship race in Class A will face off as the statewide Week 3 headliner as No. 3 Bellevue West visits top-ranked Omaha Westside.

Bellevue West owns wins over No. 5 Omaha North and No. 7 Creighton Prep, while Westside also has defeated rival Creighton Prep and No. 10 Grand Island.

Bellevue West quarterback Daniel Kaelin averages 278 yards per game through the air and has thrown for 10 touchdowns in three games. Fellow junior Dae’Vonn Hall averages 123 receiving yards per game and is coming off a four-touchdown week against Omaha Burke. Isaiah McMorris averages 108.7 yards per game and has four touchdowns on the season. Jdyn Bullion and junior Asher Jenkins have emerged as the leaders on a defense allowing 20 points per game.

Omaha Westside is coming off a 37-13 win over No. 10 Grand Island. Junior quarterback Anthony Rezac has accounted for an average of 234 yards per game and has thrown for four touchdowns. Jaylen Lloyd has reeled in three touchdowns on the young season and continues to be a gamebreaking threat in the passing game along with elite level junior Caleb Benning. Defensively, Westside has been solid and will continue to improve as the season wears on.

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No. 7 Creighton Prep (1-2) at No. 2 Gretna (2-0)
– Another tough ask for Creighton Prep having already fallen to the No. 1 and No. 3 teams, the Junior Jays take on the defending state champions as part of a brutal schedule to kick off the 2022 season. Marty Brown has rushed for 392 yards and six touchdowns in three games this season. Gretna’s defense has yet to allow a point in two shutout victories and has allowed three points over the last 19 quarters. Zane Flores has performed as the top quarterback prospect in Nebraska, completing nearly 80 percent of his passes while throwing for four touchdowns.

Norfolk (2-0) at No. 10 Grand Island (1-1)
– Nobody around the state expected much from Norfolk in 2022. Somebody forgot to brief Norfolk, who has cruised to a 2-0 start with comfortable wins over Columbus and Bellevue East while looking like a completely different team from a year ago. Quarterback Kaden Ternus has played well, completing 70 percent of his passes while throwing for five touchdowns. Grand Island is coming off a home loss to top-ranked Westside. Jace Chrisman has rushed for three scores for the Islanders, while junior Caleb Richardson averages nearly 100 yards per game.

Week 3

Class A Scores

Thursday September 8

No. 4 Elkhorn South (3-0) 41, No. 8 Papillion-LaVista South (3-0) 7
– Junior quarterback Carson Rauner accounted for three touchdowns, including an 83-yard strike to Jackson Moeller-Swan to open the game, as the Storm rolled. Cole Ballard rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown, while Nebraska defensive line commit Maverick Noonan also scored a touchdown for Elkhorn South.

No. 9 Kearney (3-0) 34, Lincoln North Star (2-1) 7
– Treyven Beckman threw for 144 yards and two touchdowns, while the Bearcats got two defensive touchdowns in the win over previously-unbeaten Lincoln North Star. Dylan Hallett scored Lincoln North Star’s touchdown in a losing effort at Seacrest Field.

Omaha Benson (2-1) 47, Omaha Westview (1-2) 7
– D.J. Sterling scored three touchdowns as Omaha Benson picked up its second straight win.

No. 5 Omaha North (2-1) 48, Columbus (1-3) 13
– Tre’Vionne Brown caught a pair of touchdown scores and added a rushing touchdown for the Vikings, while Te’Shuan Porter added two more touchdowns to his impressive resume’ as Omaha North rolled.

Friday September 9
Omaha Bryan (1-1) at Bellevue East (1-1)
Lincoln Northeast (0-2) at Fremont (0-3)
Norfolk (2-0) at No. 10 Grand Island (1-1)
No. 7 Creighton Prep (1-2) at No. 2 Gretna (2-0)
Lincoln East (1-1) at Lincoln Southwest (2-0)
Millard North (1-1) at No. 6 Millard South (1-1)
Lincoln High (1-1) at Omaha Central (1-1)
Millard West (0-2) at Omaha Burke (0-2)
South Sioux City (0-2) at Omaha Northwest (0-2)
No. 3 Bellevue West (3-0) at No. 1 Omaha Westside (2-0)
Omaha Benson (1-1) at Omaha Westview (0-2)
Lincoln Southeast (0-2) at Papillion-LaVista (1-1)
Omaha South (1-2) – Wins by forfeit over Omaha Buena Vista
North Platte (1-2) – Idle

Class A Stat Leaders

PASSING (C/A, Yards, Pct., TD’s, INT’s)
*D. Kaelin | Bellevue West – 58/86, 842, 67.4, 10, 3
D. Tolbert | Omaha South – 26/45, 586, 57.6, 6, 2
*H. Cunnings | Fremont – 40/66, 576, 60.6, 4, 2
C. Rauner | Elkhorn South – 22/38, 465, 57.9, 4, 2
K. Ternus | Norfolk – 37/53, 460, 69.8, 5, 0
O. Baxter | Lincoln Southeast – 36/52, 412, 69.2, 4, 2
C. Fritton | Lincoln Southwest – 21/31, 409, 67.7, 0, 1
J. Worthley | Lincoln East – 34/75, 379, 45.3, 0, 1
Z. Flores | Gretna – 27/34, 352, 79.4, 4, 1
A. Rezac | Omaha Westside – 23/41, 339, 56.1, 4, 0

RUSHING (Carries, Yards, Avg. TD’s)
T. Porter | Omaha North – 56, 467, 8.3, 4
*H. Cunnings | Fremont – 59, 433, 8.7, 4
*D. Jones | Papillion-LaVista South – 62, 428, 6.9, 7
*C. Brown | Creighton Prep – 74, 392, 5.3, 5
*K. Tilford | North Platte – 43, 350, 8.1, 4
*B. Roblee | North Platte – 51, 284, 5.6, 2
C. Ballard | Elkhorn South – 46, 247, 5.4, 4
C. Newell | Lincoln Southwest – 30, 242, 8.1, 3
*G. Contreras | Bellevue West – 37, 240, 6.5, 4
P. Prestito | Papillion-LaVista – 22, 229, 10.4, 2

RECEIVING (Receptions, Yards, Avg., TD’s)
*D. Hall | Bellevue West – 15, 369, 23.1, 5
*I. McMorris | Bellevue West – 18, 326, 18.1, 4
A. Thomas | Omaha South – 14, 289, 20.6, 4
J. Baptista | Lincoln Southwest – 13, 285, 20.6, 0
*J. Cyza | Fremont – 12, 245, 20.4, 2
D. Sheard | Omaha South – 9, 228, 25.3, 2
J. Moeller-Swan | Elkhorn South – 10, 227, 22.7, 2
J. Lloyd | Omaha Westside – 9, 198, 22.0, 3
J. Licking | Norfolk – 12, 135, 11.3, 2
J. Dahlgren | Kearney – 4, 133, 33.3, 0

INTERCEPTIONS: B. Nelson, Omaha Burke; K. Newsome, Omaha Benson; R. Fox, North Platte – Tied with 2