Skutt, Gretna East advance to Class B final

Omaha Skutt Catholic entered 9-2 and is 10-2 after the win. Gretna entered 11-0 and finished 11-1. Blair entered 10-1 and finished 10-2. Gretna East entered 10-1 and is 11-1 after the win. Omaha Skutt Catholic and Gretna East will meet 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 at Gretna, ending the Dragons' unbeaten run. Skutt had beaten No. 12 Ralston 49-13 and No. 4 Aurora 31-8. Gretna had beaten No. 16 Lincoln Pius X 56-23 and No. 8 Northwest 38-0, and had beaten Skutt 24-10 at home on Aug. 28. Skutt built a 20-3 lead. Gretna cut it to 20-17 in the fourth on a Maycen Walters-to-Henry Hildebrand double-reverse flea-flicker, but a tying field-goal try was no good. Six-time champion Skutt is back in Lincoln for the first time since its 2024 title. The complete scoring list is in the Skutt recap.

Gretna East beat Blair 48-21 at Gretna East. 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.

Brevin Leggott hit Landry Larsen for a 35-yard touchdown, and Blair led 7-0. Chase Grow hit Quinn Bera for a 12-yard touchdown, tying it at 7-7. Larsen scored on a 3-yard run, capping a 91-yard drive and making it 14-7. A Chase Grow 3-yard score tied it at 14-14. Grow hit Carver Fritchen for a 16-yard touchdown, and Gretna East led 21-14 at halftime. Gretna East scored to make it 28-14 in the third quarter; that 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. Bera scored on a 13-yard catch from Grow with 10:08 left in the fourth, making it 42-21. Quentin Malone added a 25-yard touchdown run with 6:30 left, making it 48-21. Final: Gretna East 48, Blair 21, Update from @Austin2Jacobsen. The complete scoring list is in the Blair at Gretna East recap.

Omaha Skutt Catholic and Gretna East will play for the Class B title on Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 7:15 p.m. at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. It's Gretna East's second straight Class B title game, after a 42-27 loss to Waverly in the 2025 final.

Scoring summary

Omaha Skutt Catholic 20, Gretna 17 published scoring plays are listed in the Skutt recap. Blair at Gretna East trusted scoring plays, Update from @stuOWH, @Austin2Jacobsen and @MetroSportsLive, are listed in the Blair at Gretna East recap. Final: Gretna East 48, Blair 21.

Sources

Update from @stuOWH, @Austin2Jacobsen and @MetroSportsLive on Blair–Gretna East. Seeds, records and prior playoff results from the NSAA bracket. The Omaha Skutt Catholic–Gretna scoring sequence is from the published Skutt recap.

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