Football · State semifinals · Class B · Recap
Gretna East beats Blair 48-21, reaches Class B final
No. 2 Gretna East beat No. 6 Blair 48-21 in a Class B state semifinal and will play Omaha Skutt Catholic at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.
No. 2 Gretna East beat No. 6 Blair 48-21 on Friday at Gretna East in a Class B semifinal. Blair entered 10-1 and finished 10-2. Gretna East entered 10-1 and is 11-1 after the win. Blair had beaten No. 11 McCook 17-14 and No. 3 Scottsbluff 13-10. Gretna East had beaten No. 15 Hastings 41-14 and No. 7 Waverly 31-24.
Final: Gretna East 48, Blair 21, Update from @Austin2Jacobsen.
Brevin Leggott hit Landry Larsen for a 35-yard touchdown with 9:00 left in the first quarter, and Blair led 7-0. Chase Grow hit Quinn Bera for a 12-yard touchdown with 6:28 left, tying it at 7-7. It was 7-7 at the end of the first.
Larsen scored on a 3-yard run with 4:42 left in the second quarter, capping a 91-yard drive and making it 14-7. A Chase Grow 3-yard score with 1:59 left tied it at 14-14. Grow hit Carver Fritchen for a 16-yard touchdown with 12 seconds left in the half, and Gretna East led 21-14 at halftime.
Gretna East scored to make it 28-14 in the third quarter. That scoring play was not reported in the trusted notes. After a Gretna East fumble gave Blair the ball in Gretna East territory, a pass-interference call kept the drive going, and sophomore Landry Larsen scored on a 33-yard run with 3:58 left in the third to cut it to 28-21. Grow then hit Bera for a 78-yard touchdown with 2:46 left, making it 35-21. Gretna East led 35-21 at the end of the third.
Bera scored on a 13-yard catch from Grow with 10:08 left in the fourth, making it 42-21. Quentin Malone ran 25 yards for a touchdown with 6:30 left, making it 48-21, Update from @OWHsports. That was the last score.
Gretna East will face Omaha Skutt Catholic in the Class B final on Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 7:15 p.m. at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Omaha Skutt Catholic beat Gretna 20-17 in the other semifinal. It's Gretna East's second straight Class B title game, after a 42-27 loss to Waverly in the 2025 final.
Scoring summary
Trusted scoring plays, Update from @stuOWH, @Austin2Jacobsen, @MetroSportsLive and @OWHsports; final Update from @Austin2Jacobsen. The Gretna East play that made it 28-14 was not reported. Final: Gretna East 48, Blair 21, Update from @Austin2Jacobsen.
| Time | Team | Play | Score (Blair-GE) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 9:00 | Blair | Brevin Leggott to Landry Larsen 35-yard touchdown | 7-0 |
| Q1 6:28 | Gretna East | Chase Grow to Quinn Bera 12-yard touchdown | 7-7 |
| End of first quarter | — | — | 7-7 |
| Q2 4:42 | Blair | Landry Larsen 3-yard touchdown run, capping a 91-yard drive | 14-7 |
| Q2 1:59 | Gretna East | Chase Grow 3-yard score | 14-14 |
| Q2 0:12 | Gretna East | Chase Grow to Carver Fritchen 16-yard touchdown | 14-21 |
| Halftime | — | — | 14-21 |
| Q3, before 3:58 | Gretna East | Touchdown; play not reported in the trusted notes | 14-28 |
| Q3 3:58 | Blair | Sophomore Landry Larsen 33-yard touchdown run, after a Gretna East fumble and a pass-interference first down | 21-28 |
| Q3 2:46 | Gretna East | Chase Grow to Quinn Bera 78-yard touchdown | 21-35 |
| End of third quarter | — | — | 21-35 |
| Q4 10:08 | Gretna East | Chase Grow to Quinn Bera 13-yard touchdown | 21-42 |
| Q4 6:30 | Gretna East | Quentin Malone 25-yard touchdown run | 21-48 |
| Final | — | Final, Update from @Austin2Jacobsen | 21-48 |
Sources
Update from @stuOWH, @Austin2Jacobsen, @MetroSportsLive and @OWHsports. Seeds, records and prior playoff results from the NSAA bracket.