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Four Lincoln high schools—East, Pius X, Southeast, Southwest—sending BOTH boys and girls soccer teams to state! Great stuff capital city!!! @THEnebpreps @nebraska_talk @PrepExtra

@ScottSteinbrook HAC planners: We are designing a conference “tournament!”

@solizjo I can confidently say it is the worst planned out and organized high school conference tournament in the state of Nebraska (all sports).

Tough result on the road tonight in Lincoln. Back to the capitol city on Monday to run it back vs Lincoln Southwest in the opening round of HACketology.

As the Omaha Metro Soccer Tournament releases their bracket, it’s time to once again reflect on the ridiculous set-up of the HAC “tournament.” For those who don’t know, I’ve included a visual depiction of Metro vs HAC. #nebpreps @nebraska_talk

Tim Howard calls out the USMNT 🗣️ “I’ve heard from people on the inside of U.S. Soccer that you [Landon Donovan] and I, and other folks on the outside, should be supporting them,” he said. “U.S. Soccer and the players within U.S. Soccer wants a free pass for being average. You don’t get a free pass for being average!” “We know what great looks like and we know what poor looks like. I’ve succeeded on the biggest stages in the world for U.S. Soccer, I’ve also failed on the biggest stages in the world for U.S. Soccer.” “So I know and understand what it’s supposed to look like. This idea that we should give them a free pass, I don’t buy it.” “Our friends on the inside also said they kept throwing out this word believe. You have to give people something to believe in, right?” “By the way, U.S. Soccer has come a long way, so there’s an expectation. The fact of the matter is, you’re going to be judged differently based on a different standard. End of story.” [via Unfiltered Soccer podcast]

Middle age basically consists of deciding if your life centers on one of the following activities for the next three months: gardens/plants, half marathon training, book clubs, birds, or sourdough.

I told you we’d be back

“Siri, what does it mean to ‘not read the room?’”

Oh good, a #USMNT parent deciding to get involved AGAIN! I guess whether you’re a parent of a superstar athlete or a a parent 10 year old rec player, helicopter parents are going to do their thing.

👏 #GraciasLuka 👏

Don’t worry about it! The coffee shop is absolutely *your* place. Feel free to set up shop and carry on with your very loud Zoom meeting while we work. Please let us know if we are disturbing you.

Yes, Nebraska is a "football" state!! 7,000-plus for High School State Championships! Congrats @nsaahome and all teams!

❤️💙🦅 Crystal Palace win the first major trophy in their history! 🏆

The most underrated venue in high school sports. Dont @ me. #nebpreps

Trying to buy just one wash at a Rocket Car Wash is more hassle than dealing with an F&I manager when buying a car! #IYKYK

We all really need to give South Sioux some credit for doing what they’re doing. First year back in Class A, lots of critics about their schedule, myself included. But to win a district, and then follow it up by advancing at state, that’s a job well done, congrats to SSC!

@zeluchie @nebraska_talk foul? yes. yellow? yes. Red? hmmm

@solizjo @nebraska_talk I didn’t get to see it. Hopefully it was the correct call less than a minute into the game.

Ten minutes into game two and no score yet between #4 Westside and #5 Lincoln Southeast ⚽️

@nebraska_talk LSE playing man down since minute 1

Another one for Westside! Ellis Oksmann punches one in in the 20th minute. 2-0 Warriors

Developing: The best 8 days in Nebraska high school athletics each year get started on Monday. Nothing like State ⚽️ at Morrison.