OMAHA — As NET began its coverage of the state high school wrestling finals Saturday afternoon, the announcers proclaimed that the team championships had yet to be decided in three of the four classes.

OMAHA — With his team in the midst of a tight team race, Eli Lanham delivered.

OMAHA — Records are meant to be broken and dreams, hopefully, are realized.

OMAHA — The state's top two Class A heavyweights battled toe-to-toe for almost six minutes with the outcome anyone’s guess.

OMAHA — The biggest victory in the Class D state semifinals Friday night belonged to Will Gunning.

OMAHA — By winning four of their five semifinal matches, Valentine has set itself up for a third consecutive Class C state championship.

OMAHA — With just 10 seconds remaining in his quarterfinal match, Valentine's Lane McGinley trailed Dylan Zoucha of Malcolm 3-1.

OMAHA — Competing on the biggest stage of their young wrestling careers, Plainview’s Scout Ashburn and Will Gunning shined.

OMAHA — A successful morning gave way to a disappointing afternoon Thursday for Norfolk High at the state wrestling meet here.

BATTLE CREEK — It’s not just quantity, but also quality that puts a wrestling team in contention for a state championship.

NELIGH — Burwell and Elkhorn Valley had a shootout here in the D-1 District wrestling tournament here Saturday, and the Falcons came up just a few bullets short.

DAVID CITY — Wrestling fans who have had the chance to watch Pierce High compete this season may well have seen the area's next perennial power on the mat.

OMAHA — It was tight after day one.

Day two saw a gap develop.

But on Saturday at the state wrestling tournament here, Valentine ran away with the Class C team competition.

OMAHA — Two individual state champions and a runner-up helped lead Elkhorn Valley to a second-place finish in the Class D team competition Saturday at the state wrestling tournament here.

OMAHA — Norfolk High’s Matthew Montgomery finished a perfect 51-0 season with a 7-1 decision over Gavin Peitzmeier of Millard South to claim the Class A 220-pound title here at the CenturyLink Center Saturday evening.

OMAHA – Three area wrestlers recieved medals at the Class B state tournament on Saturday at CenturyLink Center Omaha.

OMAHA — Valentine used a great semifinal session Friday night to open up a nearly insurmountable lead over Battle Creek, David City and Broken Bow in the Class C race for a state wrestling title.

OMAHA — Norfolk High responded from a rough first day at the Nebraska State Wrestling Championship to get four Panthers into the medal rounds — both finals and consolation finals — here at the CenturyLink Center.

OMAHA — A year ago, Darren Stewart came up a bit short in his semifinals round wrestling match at the state tournament.

OMAHA — Two wrestlers will earn medals for Boone Central/Newman Grove at this year’s Class B portion of the state wrestling tournament.