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Week 9 showdown: unbeaten Westside at unbeaten Millard South
Omaha Westside and Millard South, both 8-0, meet Friday, Oct. 23, as Millard North visits unbeaten Bennington. NSAA's top four Class A teams all play that night.
Updated Oct. 19 with NSAA figures as of 9:04 a.m. CT. Omaha Westside's average is now 44.7500, down from 45.1250, though it did not play. Both teams have clinched playoff spots; see our Class A playoff outlook.
The last week of Nebraska's Class A regular season puts NSAA's top four teams on the field the same night. Omaha Westside (8-0) visits Millard South (8-0) on Friday, Oct. 23, and Millard North (7-1) plays at Bennington (8-0), according to NSAA's Class A schedule. Records, ranks and point averages here are from NSAA's wildcard page as retrieved Monday, Oct. 19, at 9:04 a.m. CT. They are projections, not seeds.
Millard South leads Class A with a 45.8750 point average. Westside is second at 44.7500, Bennington third at 44.3750 and Millard North fourth at 43.0000. All four sit more than four points above Lincoln Standing Bear, which holds the 16th and last projected playoff spot at 38.8750. In the Hurrdat Sports coaches poll of Oct. 18, Westside was No. 1, Millard South No. 2, Millard North No. 3 and Bennington No. 4.
Westside at Millard South
Westside has outscored opponents 409-92 in eight NSAA-scored games. Its closest game was a 35-14 win over Lee's Summit High of Missouri on Sept. 4, and it shut out Omaha Central (62-0) and Norfolk (63-0). It beat four teams that are in NSAA's current top 16: Creighton Prep, Papillion-La Vista, Lincoln North Star and Papillion-La Vista South. Its latest result was a 49-7 win at Papillion-La Vista South on Oct. 16.
Millard South has outscored opponents 399-159. Two of its wins were decided by two points or fewer: 35-34 over Millard North on Aug. 28 and 49-47 over Omaha North on Sept. 25. It has also beaten Elkhorn South and Millard West, so it too has four wins over teams in the current top 16. It shut out Millard West (59-0) and Lincoln East (65-0) in its last three games.
In that 65-0 win over Lincoln East on Oct. 15, Hurrdat Sports reported that quarterback Trae Taylor threw six first-half touchdown passes and completed 20 of 22 passes for 312 yards. Hurrdat also reported that Millard South's defense held Lincoln East to three first downs and 17 yards.
The two teams have no common opponent this season. Both played schools from Lee's Summit, Mo., on Sept. 4, but different ones: Westside beat Lee's Summit High 35-14, and Millard South beat Lee's Summit North 24-14.
NSAA's regular-season records since 2020 show two earlier meetings, both Westside wins: 41-34 at Westside on Oct. 13, 2022, and 31-14 at Millard South on Oct. 13, 2023. The two programs have also won the last four Class A titles between them. NSAA's champions list shows Westside winning in 2020, 2022 and 2023 and Millard South in 2024 and 2025. Millard South beat Westside 27-10 in the 2024 final.
Under NSAA's point system, a win over a first-division team, one that wins more than 77% of its games, is worth 50 points, the most a game between two Class A teams can earn. A loss to one is worth 36. Both teams will finish no worse than 8-1, so Friday's winner gets 50 points and the loser gets 36.
Millard North at Bennington
Millard North has outscored opponents 295-83. Its only loss was that 35-34 game at Millard South on Aug. 28, and it has won seven straight since, including a 14-13 win at Elkhorn South on Oct. 1. Its latest result was a 42-0 win over Millard West on Oct. 16.
Bennington has outscored opponents 324-76 in eight scored games. Its closest game was a 27-23 win at Kearney on Oct. 2. NSAA posted its Week 8 result Saturday, a 47-0 win at Lincoln Standing Bear that made Bennington 8-0. NSAA's champions list shows Bennington won Class B titles in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and was the Class B runner-up in 2024.
The two share three opponents. Millard North beat Millard West 42-0, and Bennington beat Millard West 30-10. Millard North beat Creighton Prep 42-12, and Bennington beat Prep 21-13. Millard North won 28-0 at Lincoln Standing Bear, and Bennington won 47-0 there. NSAA records since 2020 show no earlier regular-season meeting between the two.
What comes next
Class A has no districts this season. After Week 9, the 16 teams with the highest point averages are seeded 1 through 16 on one bracket, with No. 1 playing No. 16 and No. 2 playing No. 15. The higher seed hosts, and the first round is Friday, Oct. 30.
More coverage: No. 1 Westside rolls past Papillion-La Vista South ahead of Millard South showdown (Omaha World-Herald); Millard South's Trae Taylor Tosses Six Touchdowns in Shutout of Lincoln East (Hurrdat Sports).
Sources: NSAA A wildcard points; NSAA A schedule; NSAA past football champions; NSAA football manual; Hurrdat Sports coaches poll, Oct. 18.
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