Nebraska HS Football Week 5 Ratings | Class A Top 10, Top Performers

Class B

  1. Bennington (5-0) – at No. 9 Blair | 1
  2. Scottsbluff (4-1) – at No. 5 Waverly | 2
  3. Omaha Gross (5-0) – at Plattsmouth | 3
  4. Elkhorn (3-2) – vs. Elkhorn North | 4
  5. Waverly (4-1) – vs. No. 2 Scottsbluff | 5
  6. Omaha Skutt (3-2) – vs. No. 7 Lincoln Pius X | 6
  7. Lincoln Pius X (3-2) – at No. 6 Omaha Skutt | 7
  8. Seward (4-1) – Idle (Awarded forfeit win over Lincoln Northwest) | 9
  9. Blair (4-1) – vs. No. 1 Bennington | 10
  10. York (2-3) – vs. Crete | 8

Dropped Out: 
None

OLI:
Beatrice (2-3) – vs. Norris
Elkhorn North (4-1) – at No. 4 Elkhorn
Grand Island Northwest (1-4) – at Hastings

Class C-1

  1. Aurora (5-0) – at No. 9 Minden | 1
  2. Pierce (5-0) – vs. O’Neill | 2
  3. Boone Central (4-1) – vs. Wayne | 3
  4. Ashland-Greenwood (4-1)- at Fort Calhoun | 4
  5. Omaha Roncalli (4-1) – at Platteview | 5
  6. Adams Central (5-0) – vs. St. Paul | 6
  7. McCook (5-0) – vs. Ogallala | 7
  8. Columbus Scotus (4-1) – vs. Douglas County West | 9
  9. Minden (4-1) – vs. No. 1 Aurora | 10
  10. Columbus Lakeview (3-2) – at Schuyler | NR

Dropped Out:
Wahoo (2-3) – vs. Arlington | 8

OLI:
Auburn (3-2) – vs. Lincoln Christian
Broken Bow (3-2) – vs. Holdrege
Central City (3-2) – at Fairbury
Lincoln Christian (4-1) – at Auburn
Platteview (4-1) – vs. No. 5 Omaha Roncalli

Class C-2

  1. Norfolk Catholic (5-0) – vs. No. 3 Battle Creek | 1
  2. Ord (4-1) – vs. Amherst | 2
  3. Battle Creek (4-1) – at No. 1 Norfolk Catholic (Thurs.) | 3
  4. Hastings St. Cecilia (5-0) – vs. Kearney Catholic | 4
  5. Malcolm (5-0) – at Milford | 6
  6. Wahoo Neumann (4-1) – vs. North Bend Central | 7
  7. Oakland-Craig (3-2) – vs. No. 10 Fremont Bergan | NR
  8. Hartington Cedar Catholic (4-1) –vs. West Holt | 5
  9. Mitchell (5-0) – vs. Alliance | 9
  10. Fremont Bergan (3-2) – at No. 7 Oakland-Craig | 10

Dropped Out:
Wilber-Clatonia (3-2) – vs. Tri County | 8

OLI:
David City Aquinas (2-3) – vs. David City
Fillmore Central (4-1) – at Doniphan-Trumbull
Lincoln Lutheran (3-2) – vs. Centennial
Wood River (4-1) – at Grand Island Central Catholic
Yutan (2-3) – vs. Louisville

Class B, C-1, C-2 Player of the Week

Abram Scholting | Pierce | QB – In a 58-6 victory over Wayne, Scholting completed 12 of 14 passes for 283 yards and five touchdowns, rushed for a touchdown, and returned an interception for six. Scholting has 947 yards passing and 18 touchdowns compared to just one interception this season while completing nearly 68 percent of his passes. Highlights

Top Performers

Trey Bird | Bennington | QB – Bird completed 24 of 36 passes for 285 yards and four touchdowns in a 41-21 win over Elkhorn. Bird has 1,006 passing yards and 14 touchdowns this season as the Badgers ride an 18-game winning streak.

Conor Booth and Connor Schutt | Wahoo Neumann – Booth and Schutt combined for 198 yards and four touchdowns in a 44-14 win over Yutan. Schutt added 143 yards and a touchdown through the air for the Cavaliers.

Ben Brahmer | Pierce | WR – Brahmer caught eight passes for 140 yards and two touchdowns in a 58-6 win over Wayne. The Nebraska commit has 31 catches for 531 yards and eight touchdowns this season for the Bluejays.

Cooper Butler | Hastings St. Cecilai | WR – Butler caught eight passes for 175 yards and three touchdowns in a 41-0 victory over Grand Island Central Catholic.

Harry Caskey | Ogallala | ATH – Caskey rushed for 131 yards and three touchdowns in a 44-6 victory over Alliance.

Carlos Collazo | Aurora | RB – Collazo rushed for 269 yards and five touchdowns in a 54-13 victory over St. Paul. Collazo has four 200-yard performances this season for the top-ranked Huskies.

Isaac Conner | Bennington | WR – Conner caught 10 passes for 152 yards and three touchdowns in a 41-21 victory over Elkhorn.

Colby Duncan | Omaha Gross | QB – Duncan accounted for four touchdowns in a 49-7 victory over Ralston.

Hayden Frank | Malcolm | QB – Frank rushed for 181 yards and five touchdowns, while throwing for 87 yards and another score in 48-0 victory over Tri County.

Jake Garcia | Omaha Gross | RB – Garcia rushed for 126 yards and a pair of touchdowns on just nine carries in a 49-7 victory over Ralston.

Jackson Hinrichs | Holdrege | QB – Hinrichs rushed for 203 yards and two touchdowns in 35-14 loss to Minden.

Garrett Hoefs | Lincoln Lutheran | QB – Hoefs completed 14 of 21 passes for 350 yards and five touchdowns in a 56-28 win over Wilber-Clatonia. Hoefs has 1,239 passing yards and 11 touchdowns this season.

Karter Kerkman | Norfolk Catholic | RB – Kerkman rushed for four touchdowns in a 55-6 win over West Holt.

Carson Kudlacek | Hastings St. Cecilia | QB – Last week’s Player of the Week returned to his fine form this season, completing 24 of 30 passes for 423 yards and four touchdowns in 41-0 win over Grand Island Central Catholic. Kudlacek has thrown for 873 yards and has contributed 18 touchdowns this season for the unbeaten Bluehawks.

Jared Kuhl | Platteview | QB – In a 48-13 win over Fort Calhoun, Kuhl threw for 230 yards and four touchdowns while picking up another 121 yards rushing and a score.

Chase Loftin | Elkhorn North | WR – In a 49-6 victory over Omaha Westview, the sophomore caught seven passes for 151 yards and a touchdown.

Trent McCain | Ord | RB – McCain rushed for 179 yards and five touchdowns in a 46-7 victory over Gibbon.

Caleb Paulk | Wood River | WR – Paulk caught three passes for 130 yards and a touchdown in 29-20 win over Doniphan-Trumbull. Paulk has 22 catches for 670 yards, a whopping 30.5 yards per catch, and has caught 11 touchdowns this season for Wood River.

Austin Payne | Grand Island Northwest | QB – Payne threw for 299 yards and two scores and added a rushing touchdown in a 28-21 loss to Scottsbluff. Payne leads Class B with 1,368 passing yards this season for the Vikings.

Jonny Puelz | Lincoln Lutheran | TE – Puelz caught nine passes for 228 yards and three touchdowns in a 56-28 win over Wilber-Clatonia. Puelz is amongst the Class C-2 leaders in receiving with 572 yards and six touchdowns this season.

Nathan Reynolds | Broken Bow | RB – Reynolds rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-19 win over Cozad.

Jake Ryan | Minden | RB – In a 35-14 win over Holdrege, Ryan rushed for 159 yards and four touchdowns.

KJ Schenck | Elkhorn | RB – Schenck, one of the leading rushers in Class B, rushed for 176 yards and two touchdowns in a 41-21 loss to Bennington.

Hayden Umble | MItchell | RB – Umble only needed seven carries to rush for 147 yards and four touchdowns in a 49-0 win over Hershey.

Leighton Weber | Adams Central | DL – Weber recorded 12 tackles, three tackles for loss, and two sacks in a 30-27 win over Central City.

Cooper Weitzel | Fremont Bergan | QB – Weitzel threw for three touchdowns and added a rushing score in a 37-7 win over Logan View/Scribner-Snyder.