Suiting Up Varsity
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A podcast & research project about Nebraska high school sports history. http://patreon.com/SuitingUpVarsity
Home Page: SuitingUpVarsity.org
Home Page: SuitingUpVarsity.org
📬 🔥 INBOX GIVETH 💥 📬 Valley at Omaha Cathedral, 1984.
February 1, 2026 at 6:01 PM
📬 🔥 INBOX GIVETH 💥 📬 Valley at Omaha Cathedral, 1984.
📬 🔥 INBOX AERIAL 💥 📬 The Omaha Civic Auditorium, 1954, the year it opened.
February 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
📬 🔥 INBOX AERIAL 💥 📬 The Omaha Civic Auditorium, 1954, the year it opened.
📬 🔥 INBOX CONTINUES💥 📬 Some 1923-24 photos from Arlington featuring some righteous letter sweaters! Sweetness.
February 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
📬 🔥 INBOX CONTINUES💥 📬 Some 1923-24 photos from Arlington featuring some righteous letter sweaters! Sweetness.
📬 🔥 INBOX CATCH-UP 💥 📬 Check out this beautiful 1983 North Platte letter jacket. Love the thinning font to make the interlocked NP work better. Nice!
February 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
📬 🔥 INBOX CATCH-UP 💥 📬 Check out this beautiful 1983 North Platte letter jacket. Love the thinning font to make the interlocked NP work better. Nice!
TODAY'S MORNING CHEER comes from the Bennington Badgers, 1989.
February 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
TODAY'S MORNING CHEER comes from the Bennington Badgers, 1989.
A great GI Independent football photo from 1984 wandered across my screen today: Benedict at Marquette.
February 1, 2026 at 12:04 AM
A great GI Independent football photo from 1984 wandered across my screen today: Benedict at Marquette.
Now we have our top fives from three different decades. Which are you taking to rule them all?
January 31, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Now we have our top fives from three different decades. Which are you taking to rule them all?
Now we have our top fives from three different decades. Which are you taking to rule them all?
January 31, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Now we have our top fives from three different decades. Which are you taking to rule them all?
The votes are in and the the people have spoken: these are the greatest five Nebraska prep basketball players of the 1970s.
January 31, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The votes are in and the the people have spoken: these are the greatest five Nebraska prep basketball players of the 1970s.
The votes are in and the people have chosen the five greatest girl prep players of the 1970s, the pioneers of girls basketball in Nebraska.
January 31, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The votes are in and the people have chosen the five greatest girl prep players of the 1970s, the pioneers of girls basketball in Nebraska.
The votes are in and the GREATEST GAME OF THE 1970s was the Lincoln East Miracle on Vine Street win over Papillion in the 1971 Class A state title game.
Watch here if you doubt it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=24zU...
Watch here if you doubt it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=24zU...
January 31, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The votes are in and the GREATEST GAME OF THE 1970s was the Lincoln East Miracle on Vine Street win over Papillion in the 1971 Class A state title game.
Watch here if you doubt it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=24zU...
Watch here if you doubt it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=24zU...
The votes are in and the people say, the greatest dynasty of the 1970s was the Howells Bobcats, Class C champs in 1973, 1974, 1977, and 1978.
January 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The votes are in and the people say, the greatest dynasty of the 1970s was the Howells Bobcats, Class C champs in 1973, 1974, 1977, and 1978.
SATURDAY MORNING SCOREBOARD hits Friday, January 27, 1978 today. It was conference tourney time then, too!
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
SATURDAY MORNING SCOREBOARD hits Friday, January 27, 1978 today. It was conference tourney time then, too!
We did the 90s, then the 80s, and this week, the 70s. Now, the people have spoken, and the pattern is broken; next, we go BACK TO THE FUTURE (or at least the more recent past): 2000-2009. Who were the best 5 prep players in the state during that era? Nominations start next week.
January 31, 2026 at 1:00 PM
We did the 90s, then the 80s, and this week, the 70s. Now, the people have spoken, and the pattern is broken; next, we go BACK TO THE FUTURE (or at least the more recent past): 2000-2009. Who were the best 5 prep players in the state during that era? Nominations start next week.
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January 31, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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Re-posting this article from a few weeks ago outside the paywall because he helps explain how I ended up doing this work. open.substack.com/pub/gregmays...
January 31, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Re-posting this article from a few weeks ago outside the paywall because he helps explain how I ended up doing this work. open.substack.com/pub/gregmays...
A couple of all-time greats, Jim Going for Lyons and Bill Jackman of Grant in the 1979 state tournament.
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
A couple of all-time greats, Jim Going for Lyons and Bill Jackman of Grant in the 1979 state tournament.
Mid-Plains in North Platte hosted the 1979 Great Plains Conference tournament. Here we have Stapleton v Wallace and Brule v Lewellen.
January 30, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Mid-Plains in North Platte hosted the 1979 Great Plains Conference tournament. Here we have Stapleton v Wallace and Brule v Lewellen.
There is some 1979 uniform madness going on in Newman Grove at Fullerton.
January 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
There is some 1979 uniform madness going on in Newman Grove at Fullerton.
📬 🔥 INBOX FUN 😍 📬 The Lexington Clipper has some great photos of the 1977 Class D district played on the stage at North Platte. Lexington St. Ann's and Maxwell in one and Medicine Valley and Brady in the other. Check out those MVH uniforms on the Raiders! Don't think I've seen those before.
January 30, 2026 at 3:30 PM
📬 🔥 INBOX FUN 😍 📬 The Lexington Clipper has some great photos of the 1977 Class D district played on the stage at North Platte. Lexington St. Ann's and Maxwell in one and Medicine Valley and Brady in the other. Check out those MVH uniforms on the Raiders! Don't think I've seen those before.
Lincoln East's Darek Sailors goes high for a block against Kearney, 1979.
January 30, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Lincoln East's Darek Sailors goes high for a block against Kearney, 1979.
Lincoln High at Beatrice, 1979.
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Lincoln High at Beatrice, 1979.
Louisville at Conestoga, in beautiful 1979 color!
January 30, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Louisville at Conestoga, in beautiful 1979 color!
The Knights of Lincoln Southeast, 1979.
January 29, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The Knights of Lincoln Southeast, 1979.
A little SWC 1979 girls basketball, Broken Bow at Ogallala from the Keith Co. News.
January 29, 2026 at 10:15 PM
A little SWC 1979 girls basketball, Broken Bow at Ogallala from the Keith Co. News.