CLASS A

TOP PERFORMERS
Pitcher Matt Meiners tossed a three-hitter and Jake Huscroft drove in three runs in Millard South’s 10-0 win over Omaha Westside. Anthony Cloyd scored three runs and Jackson Bruckner had a pair of RBIs in the eight-run fourth inning that broke the game open.
Justin Gassert went the distance for Papillion-La Vista, scattering eight hits and striking out seven in a 2-1 win over Papillion-La Vista South. Landen Weisbeck had the big blow in the game with a two-run homer in the first inning, and shortstop Grant Van Scoy made an alert defensive play in the seventh inning to prevent the tying run from scoring.

BEST GAME
That’s an easy one. After Millard South’s 10-0 win over Westside, the battle of …

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When: Thursday through Saturday
Where: Drake Stadium, Des Moines

Thursday
Class 1-A first, followed by 4-A
9 a.m.: Girls shuttle hurdle relay prelims
9:40: Girls 3,000
10:10: Boys 3,200
10:40: Girls 100 prelims
10:55: Boys 100 prelims
11:10: Girls 3,200 relay
Noon: Boys 3,200 relay
12:40 p.m.: Girls 200 prelims
1: Boys 200 prelims
1:20: Girls 400
1:40: Boys 400
2: Boys shuttle hurdle relay prelims
Class 2-A first, followed by 3-A
2:40: Boys shuttle hurdle relay prelims
3:20: Girls 3,000
3:50: Boys 3,200
4:20: Girls 100 prelims
4:35: Boys 100 prelims
4:50: Girls 3,200 relay
5:40: Boys 3,200 relay
6:20: Girls 200 prelims
6:40: Boys 200 prelims
7: Girls 400
7:20: Boys 400
7:40: Girls shuttle hurdle relay prelims

Friday
Class 1-A first, followed …

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Tuesday morning on Twitter, I threw out this question: Who would you rather have for the 2013-14 college basketball season — senior Doug McDermott or freshman Andrew Wiggins, who announced he’s going to Kansas.

In June 2014, Wiggins is likely to go No. 1 in the NBA Draft. The same night, McDermott is likely to go in the 20s or 30s. Their careers will veer in very different directions. But that’s the NBA. Who will be better in this college season?

Here’s a sampling of responses:

Aaron Boni: “I love dougie fresh, but wiggins all day”

Zach Isherwood: “McDermott no question”

Mike Thielen: “easily Wiggins.”

David Berliner: “Dougie. U know what u have.”

Greg Hill: “Wiggins by a mile.”

Jake Immink: “McDermott. Mclemore …

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TOP PERFORMER
Brenna Ochoa, Millard West: The freshman’s game-winner came in the first half of third-ranked Millard West’s 1-0 win over No. 2 Millard North and gave the Wildcats their third state title since 2007. Ochoa was one of eight freshmen on Millard West’s roster. Megan Merkel, another first-year player, had scored the tying goal in the Wildcats’ semifinal win over Marian to help avenge the only two losses of the season for Millard West.

BEST GAME
Omaha Skutt 3, Elkhorn South 2, SO: It had a little bit of everything. Elkhorn South got a goal in the 78th minute when a Skutt clearing attempt went off the face of Carsen Lundgren and in for a score. The SkyHawks got the equalizer with 34.5 seconds …

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CLASS A

TOP PERFORMER
Tough call when a team scores 16 runs, but Omaha Westside’s Christian Hagan drove in three runs in the first two innings to get the Warriors rolling. Honorable mention to Jake Meyers and Matt Waldron (two RBIs each), Mitchell Hagan (three hits) and pitcher Brock Nemecek (five innings of relief to get the win).

THEY SAID IT
“You don’t win too many games when you give up eight runs in the first.”
— Papio South coach Bill Lynam

WEDNESDAY MATCHUPS
At Fricke Field
Omaha Westside (24-5) vs.Millard South (15-7), 4 p.m.: The Warriors, the lone unbeaten team left in Class A, have scored 32 runs in their three victories. Westside rode an eight-run first inning to victory Tuesday night against Papillion-La …

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Gatorade and USA TODAY announced Tuesday that Michael Kluver of Omaha Skutt has been selected as the 2O12-13 Gatorade Nebraska Boys Soccer Player of the Year.

Kluver, now a finalist for Gatorade’s national boys soccer award to be announced later this month, is the second honoree chosen from Skutt, joining 2009 selection Michael Burke.

The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field.

The 6-foot-4, 180-pound senior goalkeeper led the SkyHawks to a 19-1 record entering tonight’s Class B state final against South Sioux City. Kluver, a 2012 All-Nebraska first team selection by The World-Herald, has allowed 11 goals and recorded 12 shutouts in 20 games.…

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TOP PERFORMER
Jose Marquez, Omaha South: The senior scored the game-winner in the 75th minute and South won the first state soccer title in program history with a 1-0 victory over Omaha Creighton Prep. While Marquez got the goal, it was the Packers’ leading scorer, junior Michael Jaime, who helped do much of the heavy lifting in the back. Jaime was a defender for all 80 minutes Monday night, helping South hold the Junior Jays scoreless for the third time this season. The shutout was South keeper Sayeg Moreno’s 20th of the season, a state record.

BEST GAME
South Sioux City 2, Omaha Skutt 1: What could possibly beat Marquez’s game-winner in the 75th minute? How about an equalizer with four minutes to play and …

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CLASS A
TOP PERFORMERS
Josh Kiger, Papillion-La Vista South: Kiger pitched five strong innings and struck out seven in a 10-0 win over Millard South. He also hurt the Patriots at the plate, driving in three runs with a double and a triple.
Matt Waldron, Omaha Westside: Waldron had a solid game in Omaha Westside’s 9-8 win over Papillion-La Vista. The sophomore picked up the win in relief and drove in three runs for the Warriors, who boosted their record to 23-5.

TOP GAME
Omaha Westside 9, Papillion-La Vista 8: That’s an easy call, when one game was 10-0 and the other was 9-8. The Westside-Papio game wasn’t decided until the bottom of the seventh when Jake Meyers delivered a walk-off RBI single.

THEY SAID …

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A breakdown of the Class A and Class B state baseball tournament’s opening rounds.

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CLASS A

TOP PERFORMERS
Geoff Birkemeier of Papillion-La Vista pitched eight innings and allowed no earned runs while striking out four in an extra-inning win over Millard West. Papio South sophomore Grant Suponchick limited Lincoln Southwest to five hits, faced the minimum three batters in four innings and had an RBI double in the first inning in the Titans’ 3-2 win.

TOP GAME
After trailing 3-0 entering the bottom of the seventh inning, Millard South scored four times for a 4-3 victory over Omaha Burke.

THEY SAID IT
“We expected to be here the whole time. Once we got here, we revised our goals. We weren’t overwhelmed. I …

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TOP PERFORMER
Kelsey Doerr, Elkhorn South: The senior midfielder scored with 22.2 seconds to play in the first overtime to lift the second-ranked Storm to a victory over No. 3 Gretna. Doerr and company will play in Tuesday’s state championship in just the school’s third year of existence. Honorable mention goes to Skutt’s Jake Sievers and Nolan Heimann. Sievers had a pair of assists and Heimann had two goals for the SkyHawks.

BEST GAME
Millard West 2, Omaha Marian 1, SO: The third-ranked Wildcats got a second-half equalizer to force overtime. They survived a scare in the second extra session and two game-winning tries in the shootout before finishing off the upset of No. 1 Marian 9-8 in kicks. The marathon match finally ended when …

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