Every year a team from the school year of 25 years ago is chosen and honored at the annual banquet as the Silver Anniversary Team. The Hall of Fame founders recognized the team concept should not be overlooked in the Hall plans, understanding that being a part of a team is one of the great benefits of high school athletics. For more info on each of the honored teams, click on their school name.
Previous winners:
1995--Lincoln East
basketball, 1970-71
1996--Columbus basketball, 1971-72
1997--Fairbury basketball, 1972-73
1998--Lexington football & track teams, 1973-74
1999--Scribner football team, 1974,
and Omaha Central basketball teams, 1974 and 1975 state
championship teams.
2000--Omaha Westside boys & girls
swimming teams, 1975-76 school year.
2001--State championship girls basketball teams, the first winners
in the modern era of the sport: Class A Lincoln East, Class B York, Class C Hastings St. Cecilia,
Class D Shickley.
2002--Ansley Class C2 Football
Champions 1977, and Howells incredible run in Class C
basketball, 1973-74-77-78.
2003--Basketball
champion Lyons, from Class C, 26-0 in 1978-79, a team
that stands the comparison test with the best.
2004--Filley boys basketball of 1978-79 and 1979-80
(27-0 each season) , coached by Eldon Johnson; Hartington Cedar
Catholic boys basketball (25-0) of 1979-80, coached by Bob Uhing.
Lincoln
East football (11-1) of 1979, coached by Lee Zentic.
2005--The 1980-81 state champion
Grant football and boys basketball teams. The football team, coached by
Hall of Fame coach Al Gaston, compiled an 11-1 record and won the state
championship. The basketball team, coached by Tom Lawson and led by Hall of Famer Bill Jackman, went 26-0 to claim the state title.,,,The
Fremont boys
cross country and track teams, 1980-81, They won the cross country
championship of 1980 and followed it up with the Class A state track
championship in 1981. The teams were coached by Hall of Fame coach Jon Appleget.
Scott Eary won the individual cross country championship in 1980.
2006--Two state championship teams were chosen for the Silver Anniversary
honorees in 2006, the 1981 football team from
Grand Island
Northwest, and the 1981-82 girls basketball team from
Kearney High
School.
2007--Wilber-Clatonia girls
basketball: Led by Angie Miller, who averaged 22.7 points and 11 rebounds
per game, Wilber-Clatonia went 27-0 and won the Class C state championship. Wheeler
Central girls track and field: Led by Hall of Famer Karlene Erickson, the
Wheeler Central girls track team completed a four-year run that included a state
runner-up finish in 1980 and Class D state titles in 1981, 1982 and 1983. The
1983 team scored 65 points, including three individual first places and a gold
medal and the Class D state record in the 3,200-meter relay. Wheeler Central
also finished second in the 400- and 1,600-meter relays. Wheeler Central scored
200 points in the district meet and 230 points in the conference meet.
Columbus boys tennis: The Class B state championship team with a record 54
points included No. 1 singles winner Robert Sjohom of Finland, No. 2 doubles
champions Brad Scheidegger and Clay Castner and No. 2 singles runner-up Martin
Sipple. The team was 6-0 in duals and won every invitational.
See pictures on these teams.
2008--Omaha Central girls basketball, undefeated 1983-84 state champions; Crofton's boys and girls cross country, 1983-84 state champions; Henderson's 1983-84 undefeated state champions in football and basketball. See pictures on these teams.
2009--Teams eligible from the 1984-85 school year. Wish to nominate
a team? Go to the main page and find the nomination form section.
2010--Teams eligible from the 1985-86 school year. Wish to nominate
a team? Go to the main page and find the nomination form section.
