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Mostly sunny skies to finish the workweek, with cooler temperatures across Greater Nebraska
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) – For our Thursday, July 4, highs will be near 80 with mostly clear skies throughout the day and evening hours for some fireworks.
Friday we will be sunny with highs in the lower 80s, which is a little cool for this time of year as average highs are approaching 90Saturday there is a chance of rain/thunderstorms in the morning and then sunny skies in the afternoon. Then the chance of rain/thunderstorms returns for the night, highs near 80.
Sunday a chance of rain/thunderstorms throughout the afternoon, highs near 77 to finish the weekend.
Monday and Tuesday also bring mostly sunny skies as the dry pattern continues. Temperatures continue to rise to start next week, as we will be in the mid- to upper 80s. Wednesday sunny skies and highs in the upper 80s. Next Thursday sunny skies and highs near 89.
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A History of Nebraska 8-Man Football – 2000 Class D-1/D-2 Playoffs, All-State Teams and Final Ratings.
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*119 Nebraska High School Football Teams played 8-Man football again in 2000 and here is what the D-1 playoff field looked like at the turn of the Century.
For the first time in FIVE seasons, the playoff fields in all classes, Class B and below, shrunk from 32 to 16 teams. Yours truly, along with a ton of 8-Man football coaches, were not thrilled with this move and thank goodness the 16 team playoff fields in 8-Man football lasted just two years.
I have a ton of love and respect for high school football coaches,so let’s begin a new feature by adding who the head coaches were for all of these Class D1 playoff qualifiers in the year 2000. We’ll do the same for Class D2.
*Nebraska Christian (Jeff Hower), St. Edward (Rich Lemburg), Falls City Sacred Heart (Doug Goltz), Omaha Christian Academy (Tim Hamilton), Humphrey St. Francis (Tom Ridder), Sterling (Arlo Wusk), Howells (Mike Speirs), Cedar Bluffs (Mitch Egger) Pleasanton (Ricci Westland, Anselmo-Merna (Greg Wemhoff)), Kenesaw (Leland Skeen), High Plains Community (Andy Vrbka), Lawrence-Nelson (Gary DeBoer), Culbertson (Jeff Messersmith), Orchard (Don Sich), Hyannis (Lucas Lechman).*
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CLASS D1
First Round
East
(7-2) Nebraska Christian 23-20 St. Edward (7-2)
(9-0) Falls City Sacred Heart 38-14 Omaha Christian Academy (7-2)
(8-1) Humphrey St. Francis 41-16 Sterling (9-0)
(9-0) Howells 40-28 Cedar Bluffs (7-2)
West
(7-2) Pleasanton 34-20 Anselmo-Merna (8-1)
(8-1) Kenesaw 36-14 High Plains Community (8-0)
(8-1) Lawrence-Nelson 41-20 Culbertson (9-0)
(7-2) Orchard 52-2 Hyannis (9-0)
Quarterfinals
East
(10-0) Falls City Sacred Heart 68-20 Nebraska Christian (8-2)
(10-0) Howells 14-0 Humphrey St. Franics (9-1)
West
(9-1) Kenesaw 14-12 Pleasanton (8-2)
(9-1) Lawrence-Nelson 38-12 Orchard (8-2)
Semifinals
(11-0) Howells 42- Falls City Sacred Heart (11-0)
(10-1) Lawrence-Nelson 26-14 Kenesaw (9-1)
Championship Finals
(12-0) Howells 38-14 Lawrence-Nelson (11-1)
2000 Class D-1 State Champion; Howells. Head Coach: Mike Speirs
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Final 2000 Class D-1 8-Man Football Ratings (Omaha World-Herald)
1 Howells – 13-0, (568-197)
2 Humphrey St. Francis – 9-2, (438-176)
3. Lawrence-Nelson – 11-2, (5144-191)
4. Falls City Sacred Heart – 11-1, (568-178)
5. Kenesaw – 10-2, (448-144)
6. Cedar Bluffs – 7-3, (430-198)
7. Sterling – 9-1, (460-105)
8. Pleasanton – 8-3, (280-171)
9. Polk-Hordville – 8-1, (382-190)
10 Culbertson – 9-1, (473-143)
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2000 Class D-1 (Eight Man 1) All-State Teams
Offense
WR–Jeremy Hoefs-Bancroft-Rosalie, 6-1, 180, Senior
WR–Scotty McPeak-Nebraska Christian, 6-1, 165, Senior
OL–Jeremy Cordero-Omaha Christian, 6-0, 300, Junior
OL–Andy Wemhoff-Humphrey St. Francis, 5-11, 205, Senior
OL–Jerron Suck-Kenesaw, 6-4, 210, Senior
QB–Andrew Shanle-St. Edward, 6-1, 175, Senior
RB–Alan Bohaboj-Howells, 5-7, 148, Senior
RB–Brandon Hagen-Culbertson, 6-3, 240, Senior
Kicker-Brandon Bonk-Falls City Sacred Heart, 5-11, 230, Senior
Class D-1 All-State
Defense
DL–Brad Metz-Pleasanton, 6-1, 185, Senior
DL–Adam Eickman-Lawrence-Nelson, 5-6, 150, Senior
DL–Ted Straub-Waterloo, 6-1, 230, Senior
LB–Anthony Weaver-Falls City Sacred Heart, 6-1, 215, Junior
LB–Matt Mastny-Howells, 6-0, 182, Senior
LB–Ben Hansen-Cedar Bluffs, 6-0, 190, Junior
DB–Jake Weyers-Sterling, 5-10, 165, Senior
DB–Mitch Blum-Howells, 6-0, 175, Senior
Punter-Joel Grotrian-Johnson-Brock, 6-2, 185, Senior
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AND, here is a glance at the 2000 Class D-2 playoffs.
Once again, here is a list of the D2 playoff field with their Head Coaches.
Lindsay Holy Family (Rusty Rautenberg), Prague (Gary Brown), Coleridge (Ken Swanson), Benedict (Lynn Jurgens), Nebraska City Lourdes (Andy Fedoris), Shickley (Gary Filipi), Greeley (Dennis Hurlburt), Silver Creek (Scott Porter)
Sargent (Mike Kozeal), Elgin Pope John (Mark Koch), Hayes Center (Jim Cole), Ansley (Mike Sorenson), Dunning Sandhills (Reggie Smith), Ewing (Jim Crilly), Dalton Leyton (Harlan Dormann), Petersburg (Mike Kennedy)
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CLASS D2
First Round
East
(8-1) Lindsay Holy Family 53-6 Prague (5-4)
(6-3) Coleridge 54-8 Benedict (6-3)
(8-1) Nebraska City Lourdes 26-0 Shickley (8-1)
(9-0) Greeley 40-0 Silver Creek (5-3)
West
(9-0) Sargent 20-14 Elgin Pope John (8-1)
(5-3) Hayes Center 28-24 Ansley (8-1)
(8-1) Dunning Sandhills 54-22 Ewing (8-1)_
(9-0) Dalton Leyton 50-0 Petersburg (7-2)
Quarterfinals
East
(9-1) Lindsay Holy Family 46-0 Coleridge (7-3)
(10-0) Greeley 12-8 Nebraska City Lourdes (9-1)
West
(10-0) Sargent 36-24 Hayes Center (6-3)
(9-1) Dunning Sandhills 30-24 Dalton Leyton (10-0)
Semifinals
(10-1) Lindsay Holy Family 36-12 Greeley (11-0)
(11-0) Sargent 34-20 Dunning Sandhills (10-1)
Championship Final
(11-1) Lindsay Holy Family 28-24 Sargent (12-0)
2000 D-2 State Champion: Lindsay Holy Family. Coach: Rusty Rautenberg
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Final 2000 Class D-2 8-Man Football Ratings (Omaha World-Herald)
1. Lindsay Holy Family – 12-1 (510-159)
2. Sargent- 12-1 (465-166)
3. Greeley – 11-1 (510-87)
4. Dunning Sandhills – 10-2 (532-155)
5. Dalton Leyton – 10-1 (634-177)
6. Nebraska City Lourdes – 8-3 (362-144)
7. Elgin Pope John – 8-2 (346-150)
8. Ewing – 8-2 (362-200)
9. Shickley – 8-2 (392-132)
10 Hayes Center – 6-4 (333-263)
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2000 Class D-2 (Eight Man 2) All-State Teams
Offense
End-Levi Gray-Harrison, 6-4, 175, Senior
End-Jason Herbert-Verdigre, 5-10, 150, Senior
OL–Tony Kurtenbach-Lindsay Holy Family, 6-1, 225, Senior
OL–Wyatt Johnston-Dunning-Sandhills, 5-11, 225, Senior
OL–Matt Mitchell-Dalton Leyton, 5-9, 235, Senior
QB–Brandon Holtorf-Prague, 5-10, 165, Senior
RB–Jared Franzluebbers, Dodge, 6-0, 205, Senior
RB–Carl Jarecki-Lindsay Holy Family, 5-9, 175, Senior
Kicker-Brad Schlegel-Shickley, 5-10, 200, Senior
Class D-2 All-State
Defense
DL–Mike Smith-Sargent, 6-4, 205, Senior
DL–Kory White-Nebraska City Lourdes, 6-1, 205, Senior
LB–Mat Korth-Greeley, 5-9, 175, Senior
LB–Tyson Cox-Dunning-Sandhills, 6-0, 160, Senior
LB–Matt Woodward-North Loup/Scotia, 6-0, 185, Senior
LB–Reggie Twarling-Dalton Leyton, 6-2, 190, Junior
DB–Tim Wiese-Lindsay Holy Family, 5-10, 175, Senior
DB–Brian Selting-Elgin Pope John, 6-1, 180, Junior
Punter-Adam Schueth-Ewing, 5-10, 185, Senior
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Ill-timed printed lottery ticket wins Nebraska woman $220,000: 'I don’t let the mistakes go'
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A Nebraska woman who won her second big lottery jackpot prize in five years can thank mistakenly printed tickets for her wins.
Lori Sailors of Lincoln won $220,000 from the Nebraska Lottery’s Nebraska Pick 5 game June 22, according to a release from the Nebraska Lottery.
Sailors bought her ticket at Casey’s General Store in Lincoln and bought three quick plays for the drawing, the Nebraska Lottery said.
MARYLAND MAN WINS $50,000 PLAYING LOTTERY NUMBERS FROM STRANGER’S LICENSE PLATE
But the ticket printed at the time was actually by mistake, she told the Nebraska Lottery. Still, she purchased it.
“I don’t let the mistakes go,” she told the Nebraska Lottery. “I don’t just let them sit there.”
Lori Sailors won the lottery for the second time, and both times her tickets were printed by mistake. (Nebraska Lottery / Fox News)
One of the plays on the ticket matched all five of the “Nebraska Pick 5” numbers, winning her the jackpot.
And while this story would be unbelievable enough as it is, it is actually not the first time Sailors has won a huge lottery prize from a mistaken ticket.
MARYLAND MAN WINS $32,000 AFTER ‘MISTAKE’ PURCHASE OF KENO TICKET
In 2019, she won a $54,000 “Nebraska Pick 5” jackpot from a ticket that was also printed by mistake, the Nebraska Lottery said.
Sailors told the Nebraska Lottery she and husband Monte intend to use her winnings to pay off their daughter’s student loans and put the rest in the bank.
![shot of Casey's General Store in Lincoln](https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2024/07/931/523/Screenshot-2024-07-06-at-4.28.08-PM.png?ve=1&tl=1)
The location where Sailors bought her “mistake” lottery ticket and won big. (Google Maps / Google Maps)
“Nebraska Pick 5 is Nebraska’s unique Lottery game: all the proceeds from Nebraska Pick 5 stay in Nebraska, and all the winning tickets are sold in Nebraska at Nebraska Lottery Lotto game retailers,” the Nebraska Lottery’s website said.
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Each play costs $1. A player picks five numbers between one and 40, or a computer can automatically pick the numbers.
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The Nebraska Pick 5 game is drawn seven days a week. (iStock / iStock)
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The jackpots for each game start at $50,000 and increase by $10,000 each time there is no winner. The current jackpot is $180,000.
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The Nebraska Pick 5 numbers are drawn seven days a week.
The chance of winning the jackpot is 1 in 658,008, according to the lottery, and the chance of winning any prize is 1 in 9.2.
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Report: Former Penn State Defensive Coordinator John Butler To Join Nebraska
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Former Penn State defensive coordinator and secondary coach John Butler is coming back to the Big Ten.
Butler is expected to become Nebraska’s new secondary coach, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Saturday. Butler was on the Nittany Lions’ staff under former head coach Bill O’Brien from 2012-13 before heading to the NFL.
During the 2013 season, Butler’s Penn State defense was ranked 49th in the nation in total defense, allowing 381.3 yards per game, and 58th in the nation in scoring defense, allowing 26.2 points per game. During the 2012 season, Butler served as the Nittany Lions’ defensive backs coach.
Prior to Penn State, Butler was the special teams coordinator and linebackers coach at Minnesota from 2007-10. After Penn State, Butler followed O’Brien to the Houston Texans to become their secondary coach from 2014-17.
Most recently, Butler spent the last six seasons with the Buffalo Bills as the passing game coordinator and secondary coach.
Butler is expected to replace former Cornhuskers’ defensive backs coach and passing game coordinator coach Evan Cooper, who resigned Friday due to personal reasons.
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