2024 NSAA State Playoff Pairings (Eight Man)

All Games on Thursday, October 24

CLASS D-1

West
Niobrara/Verdigre (3-5) at Sandy Creek (8-0)
Sandhills Valley (3-5) at Pleasanton (8-0)
Elkhorn Valley (4-4) at Summerland (7-1)
Boyd County (4-4) at Dundy County-Stratton (7-1)

Hemingford (5-3) at North Platte St. Patrick’s (7-1)
Sutton (5-3) at Arapahoe (7-1)
Perkins County (6-2) at South Loup (6-2)
Ravenna (6-2) at Bridgeport (6-2)

East
Clarkson/Leigh(4-4) at Stanton (8-0)
Bloomfield (4-4) at Crofton (7-1)
McCook Junction (5-3) at Shelby-Rising City (7-1)
Pender (5-3) at West Point GACC (8-0)

EMF (4-4) at Hartington/Newcastle (7-1)
Wisner-Pilger (5-3) at Nebraska City Lourdes (6-2)
Thayer Central (6-2) at Johnson-Brock (6-2)
East Butler (6-2) at Plainview (5-3)

CLASS D-2

West
Twin Loup (3-5) at Loomis (8-0)
Maxwell (4-4) at Sandhills/Thedford (8-0)
Cambridge (4-4) at O’Neill St. Mary’s (5-3)
Axtell (4-4) at Mullen (6-2)

Kenesaw (5-3) at Ainsworth (5-3)
Wilcox-Hildreth (5-3) at Hitchcock County (6-2)
Hyannis (4-4) at Overton (7-1)
Elm Creek (3-5) at Central Valley (7-1)

East
Elgin/Pope John (4-4) at Humphrey Archangels (8-0)
Lyons-Decatur Northeast (4-4) at BDS (8-0)
Elmwood-Murdock (4-4) at Howells-Dodge (6-2)
Winside (4-4) at Riverside (6-2)

Palmer (4-4) at Wynot (6-2)
Fullerton.(5-3) at Bancroft-Rosalie (7-1)
Lawrence-Nelson (5-3) at High Plains (6-2)
Creighton (6-2) at Weeping Water (7-1)

Future Playoff Dates
Second Round: Friday, November 1
Quarterfinals: Friday, November 8
Semifinals: Friday, November 15
Class D-1 State Championship: Monday, November 25 at 2:45 pm (Memorial Stadium – Lincoln)
Class D-2 State Championship: Monday, November 25 at 10:15 am (Memorial Stadium – Lincoln)


Final Regular Season Top 10

Class D-1

  1. Stanton | 8-0 | 1
  2. Sandy Creek | 8-0 | 2
  3. Summerland | 7-1 | 4
  4. Crofton | 7-1 | 5
  5. Shelby-Rising City | 7-1 | 6
  6. Pleasanton | 8-0 | 7
  7. West Point GACC | 8-0 | 8
  8. Arapahoe | 7-1 | 3
  9. Dundy County-Stratton | 7-1 | 9
  10. North Platte St. Patrick’s | 7-1 | 10
    Dropped Out: None
    OLI: Bridgeport (6-2), David City (8-0 – Playoff Ineligible), Hartington/Newcastle (7-1), Johnson-Brock (6-3), Nebraska City Lourdes (6-2), Ravenna (6-2), South Loup (6-2)

Class D-2

  1. Sandhills-Thedford | 8-0 | 1
  2. Central Valley | 7-1 | 2
  3. Humphrey Archangels | 8-0 | 3
  4. BDS | 8-0 | 4
  5. Loomis | 8-0 | 5
  6. Overton | 7-1 | 6
  7. Riverside | 6-2 | 7
  8. Wynot |6-2 | 10
  9. Howells-Dodge | 6-2 | 8
  10. High Plains | 6-2 | NR
    Dropped Out: Bancroft-Rosalie | 7-1 | 9
    OLI: Creighton (6-2), Hitchcock County (6-2), Mullen (6-2), Weeping Water (7-1)