Gretna beat defending champ Omaha Westside Tuesday to capture its first-ever Nebraska high school football state championship. The Dragons won the Class A title 7-3 when quarterback Zane Flores scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak with 6:55 to play in the game.
Westside entered the game unbeaten and ranked No. 1 in the High School Football America Nebraska Top 5, powered by NFL Play Football. Grenta entered the championship game at the University of Nebraska ranked No. 2 in our statewide rankings created with our proprietary algorithm.
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.