Stu Pospisil
High School Sports and Golf Editor at Omaha World-Herald
I am the high school sports editor and golf editor for the Omaha World-Herald. Look for my weekly column on Omaha history in the Sunday OWH Living section.
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
journalstar.com | Stu Pospisil
In a church pew, Alyssa Onnen sat frustrated. What was wrong? The 2024 state meet had been outwardly good for Onnen, winning three all-class gold medals for the best girls track and field team in any class, Kearney Catholic. Who knew she was in pain? Had been since mid-season. A decent amount of painkillers were required, she said, to get her through the state meet. She kept going, the pole vaulter competing at the Nike Outdoor Nationals a month later.
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2 weeks ago |
kearneyhub.com | Stu Pospisil
Stu Pospisil has compiled the athletes to watch at the 2025 Nebraska high school state track and field meet in Classes A and B. * * *Class A boysIke Ackerman, Omaha Central: At districts he closed to within a half-foot of Marty Kobza’s state-record 66-11½ in the shot. He’ll be favored to sweep the Class A throws and see if his discus mark holds up for the all-class gold. He’s signed with Ohio for football.
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2 weeks ago |
kearneyhub.com | Stu Pospisil
Stu Pospisil gives scoring projections and his take on the first two days of the 2025 Nebraska high school state track and field meet. * * *Boys team scoring projectionsKearney 57, Lincoln Southeast 46, Lincoln North Star 43, Fremont 38.2, Lincoln Southwest 29, Omaha Creighton Prep 27, Millard South 26, Gretna East 24, Omaha Skutt 22, Omaha Central 20.
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3 weeks ago |
journalstar.com | Stu Pospisil
OMAHA — Brooklyn Schroeder kept Blair’s special season going. The sophomore goalkeeper made saves on Omaha Skutt’s last two kickers in a Class B first-round shootout that went to the sixth round. Blair won the shootout 5-4 and the Morrison Stadium match 1-0 in its first state appearance since 2001. “It was a little nerve-wracking, but we got it done in the end,’’ Schroeder said. How many shootouts had the fifth-ranked Bears (16-2) experienced this season? Zero.
Omaha's tornado of 1975 ripped a path through the heart of the city, and created a touchstone moment
1 month ago |
yorknewstimes.com | Stu Pospisil
It’s Omaha’s touchstone moment. Like Pearl Harbor or 9/11, Omahans of certain age remember where they were when an EF-4 tornado struck the heart of the city in 1975. It traveled nine miles south to north, hugging the city’s main north-south thoroughfare, 72nd Street, for the last half, during its 29-minute life of destruction in the late afternoon. The tornado was indiscriminate.
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Nine district records set today in Classes A and B track. #nebpreps
Ike Ackerman of Central reaches 66-6 in the shot, second all-time to Marty Kobza. #nebpreps
Noah Rau of Chase County goes to No. 7 all-time in the boys discus at 198-10. Falling off the list ... Cam Jurgens. #nebpreps
