Suiting Up Varsity

TODAY'S MORNING CHEER emanates from the Bradshaw sidelines in 1974.

Yes. I’ve been working on something, but it has been tough to do it justice. Still working!

What school do you want to see next?

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Our OLD SCHOOL SHIRT SHOP continues to grow. This morning, new designs of 1970s and 1980s champs from Broken Bow, Pawnee City, and Elm Creek, along with a throwback to the old Central 8 Conference.

Links forfeit; Red & Black history offers scheduling advice to new Super Teams Can the Lincoln High schedule of last century help Nebraska find its way out of the Super Team problem of today?

Today's SubStack and Patreon post examines Lincoln High's regional football schedule from the first half of the last century, looking for answers to today's 'Millard South Problem'. open.substack.com/pub/gregmays...

SATURDAY MORNING SCOREBOARD hits the request line today and travels to Friday, October 13, 1972.

We try to base our RETRO NEBPREPS SHIRT designs on real artifacts from school history whenever we can, like this Clarkson Red Devil gym bag reimagined as a shirt.

Look at this beauty honoring the 1982 Odell State Champs.

Gregg McBride named champions from the mid-30s on. The NHSAA would sometimes declare a champion prior to 1927.

Lincoln High Links, Nebraska State Champions, 1939.

Someone should get these two together!

These and hundreds more OLD SCHOOL NEBPREPS designs are right here:

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TODAY'S MORNING CHEER is fresh from Pawnee City, 1973!

Ya. The real one gave me trouble. I’m still trying and will update the shirt if I get it. Appreciate the eye for helmet detail!

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The Leigh Panthers at Norfolk Catholic, 1967.

Sometimes the toughest decision about our RETRO NEBPREPS SHIRT SHOP is what color you want for your favorite design. I'm still deciding whether to celebrate Ogallala's streak-breaking 1992 win with cream, orange, or black!

Our RETRO NEBPREPS SHIRTS store is still growing! Over 200 designs.

Shirts from Sutherland, Howells, Gibbon, and Butte online today!

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Maxwell at Overton in living color, 1992.

Orchard v. Butte, 1974.

TODAY'S MORNING CHEER hails from Gothenburg, circa 1984. Solid cheerleading demands a good riding-in-the-convertible game!

A 1988 Maywood runner pulls away while sporting a great thigh-pad tape job!

An Oakland-Craig Knight escapes the defense of an unknown opponent, 1979.

Is Millard South the greatest prep football team in Nebraska history? These fellows from Westside might want a word. (Couldn't resist a second version with Westside's 80's nickname. IYKYK)

Gothenburg's Jay Novacek battles for yards against Chadron in a first-round playoff game at Chadron, 1984.

More RETRO NEBPREPS SHIRT fun today!

We've got a Platter state title, Prep dominance, an Elba 1970s crown, and a nod to when the York girls were winning state championships as the Super Ducks!

Norfolk Catholic and player on the bench, 1967.

TODAY'S MORNING CHEER comes not from a cheerleading squad, but rather a cheerleading CAR! This auto was cheering on the Omaha Northwest Huskies in 1975!

Fairbury becomes familiar name after game appearances Every home game that the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team plays, fans come to expect many sights and sounds.

Reading between lines of this DN story makes me think mid-70s debut for Fairbury dogs at Memorial. www.dailynebraskan.com/fairbury-bec...

Grand Island completes a sweep of the four Lincoln schools with a win over Southeast, 1982. (GI Independent clipping)