Shelton L20-65
Spalding Academy L44-45
Southwest W54-6, Red Cloud W52-14, Arthur County W60-58, McCool Junction L20-70
Sioux County L8-48
McCool Junction L8-48
Sterling
Jets · Nebraska high school football · Class D6
Record3-3W1 streak
NSAA wildcard rank#17 of 41NSAA, Oct 16 11:07 am CDTPower Index58.2#15 in Class D6Season profile · Class D6
- Power Index
- 58.2 (#15 of 41)
- Points for / against
- 227 / 170
- Strength of schedule
- 51% (opponents 22-21)
Player stats arrive with box scores. How the Power Index works
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Program history · NSAA
NSAA titles and runners-up through 2025; playoff trips and playoff record through 2024. Vacated titles are excluded. Historical schools are not automatically credited to later co-ops.
STATE TITLES · THROUGH 20252D1/1992 · D1/1991
RUNNER-UP · THROUGH 20251D6/2020
PLAYOFF TRIPS28THROUGH 2024
PLAYOFF RECORD20-26FROM LISTED RESULTS
- Most Times In Playoffs
Sterling, 27
- Consecutive State Championships
Sterling, 2 (1991-92)
- Passing Yards · Touchdown Runs
D2-79, Jaron Nelson, Shickley, 2007 (vs. Sterling)
- Passing Yards · Fumble Recovery Returns
D1-76, Clayton Kneifel, Newcastle, 1991 (vs. Sterling)
- Passing Yards · Touchdowns
D6-9, Alex Worthing, Arthur County, 2020 (vs. Sterling)
2026 schedule
- · Wk 9 · Class D6Time TBA
Sterling3-3
Lewiston6-0 - · Wk 8 · Class D6W 49-0Sterling3-349
Pawnee City1-50 - · Wk 7 · Class D6L 6-22
Diller-Odell5-122Sterling3-36 - · Wk 6 · Class D6W 60-12
Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer0-712Sterling3-360 - · Wk 5 · Class D6L 20-40Sterling3-320
Meridian4-340
Earlier games (3 more)
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Sterling football at a glance
Sterling football at a glance
Sterling (Jets) is 4-3 in Class D6 this season. Most recently, the Jets beat Pawnee City 49-0 on the road on Fri., Oct. 16. Next up: at Lewiston on Fri., Oct. 23. In NSAA wildcard points (as of Oct. 16), Sterling is 17th of 41 Class D6 teams with a 39.00 average, 0.29 points behind the last projected playoff spot. The school is in Sterling (Johnson County), and the program has 28 playoff appearances on record, the latest in 2022.
