Wayne Boys Face Mitchell In Lexington Saturday, Official Boys Basketball District Pairings Released

LINCOLN – Boys basketball teams in Class C1, C2, D1 and D2 now know who they have to go through looking for one more win to advance to the boys state tournament during the second weekend of March.

Through Friday morning NSAA officials are releasing the game times and locations for these district finals as locations will be a neutral site. Games could be played Saturday, February 28; Monday, March 2 or Tuesday, March 3. The 2020 NSAA Boys State Tournament will be held in Lincoln Thursday, March 12 – Saturday, March 14.

The Wayne High boys (subdistrict champions) have earned the #7 seed and will face #10 Mitchell (wildcard) at Lexington High School at 3:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, February 29. The game will be carried on The City ‘KCTY’ 98.9/1590 and waynedailynews.com with pregame show coverage set for 3:15 p.m.

Another game that will be carried on the radio Saturday will be the C2-5 District featuring #5 Ponca vs. #12 Amherst from Boone Central/Newman Grove HS in Albion at 3 p.m. Pregame show coverage is set for 2:45 p.m. on Big Red Country ‘KTCH’ 104.9 and waynedailynews.com.

Other area teams advancing to the district final round include:

Class C1: #11 Battle Creek vs. #6 Ogallala on Saturday, February 29 at 3 p.m. from Grand Island HS.

Class C2: #6 Hartington Cedar Catholic vs. #11 Palmyra at Oakland-Craig HS on Saturday, February 29 at 3 p.m.

**Class D1: #3 Laurel-Concord-Coleridge vs. #14 Anselmo-Merna at Boone Central/Newman Grove in Albion at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3. The game will be carried on Big Red Country ‘KTCH’ 104.9 and waynedailynews.com with pregame show coverage set for 6:45 p.m.

Class D2: #8 Randolph vs. #9 Deshler from Shelby-Rising City on Monday, March 2 at 6 p.m.

 

Class C1:

#1 Adams Central vs. #16 O’Neill

#2 Auburn vs. #15 Aquinas Catholic

#3 Lincoln Christian vs. #14 Fort Calhoun

#4 North Bend Central (wild) vs. #13 St. Paul (wild)

#5 Chase County vs. #12 Ashland-Greenwood (wild)

#6 Ogallala vs. #11 Battle Creek

#7 Wayne vs. #10 Mitchell (wild)

#8 Bishop Neumann vs. #9 Kearney Catholic

 

Class C2:

#1 GICC vs. #16 Ainsworth

#2 BRLD vs. #15 Twin River

#3 Sutton vs. #14 Oakland-Craig (wild)

#4 Yutan vs. #13 Shelby-Rising City (wild)

#5 Ponca (wild) vs. #12 Amherst

#6 Hartington Cedar Catholic vs. #11 Palmyra

#7 Bridgeport vs. #10 Doniphan-Trumbull (wild)

#8 Centennial vs. Dundy County-Stratton

 

Class D1:

#1 North Platte St. Patrick’s vs. #16 East Butler

#2 Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family vs. #15 Elmwood-Murdock

#3 Laurel-Concord-Coleridge vs. #14 Anselmo-Merna

#4 Osmond vs. #13 McCool Junction

#5 Paxton vs. #12 Axtell

#6 Southern Valley (wild) vs. #11 Heartland (wild)

#7 Fullerton vs. #10 West Holt (wild)

#8 Pleasanton (wild) vs. #9 Elm Creek

 

Class D2:

#1 Humphrey St. Francis vs. #16 Giltner

#2 Falls City Sacred Heart vs. #15 Sioux County

#3 Loomis vs. #14 Lawrence-Nelson (wild)

#4 Mullen vs. #13 Exeter-Milligan

#5 St. Mary’s vs. #12 Hyannis

#6 Parkview Christian (wild) vs. #11 Wallace (wild)

#7 Johnson-Brock vs. #10 Mead (wild)

#8 Randolph vs. #9 Deshler

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