Kearney player shoots over Lincoln East hall of famer Alex Stivrins (left) and fellow Spartan Jeff Stoehr

1978-1979 Lincoln East Boys Basketball team. (Courtesy of Nebraska High School Sports book by Jerry Mathers)

Lincoln East star Alex Stivrins shoots over two Grand Island defenders in 1980 State Boys Basketball Tournament. (Courtesy of Nebraska High School Sports Book by Jerry Mathers)

1981-1982 Lincoln Northeast Class A State Championship Boys Basketball Team

1975-1976 Omaha Creighton Prep Class A Boys State Championship Basketball Team

Lincoln East's Alex Stivrins shoots from the outside against Omaha Westside in 1980 State Title game

Lincoln East's Mark Grabau shoots over Omaha Westside's Dean Thompson

Lincoln Northeast's Dana Janssen goes for two against Lincoln East

Northeast's Dan Lesoing (left) and Josh Trambly (right) get ready to block out Columbus' Mike Mueller in 1988 game

1983 World-Herald photo layout of Omaha North great Mike McGee

1981-1982 Northeast boys basketball team after winning LeBlond (Mo.) Holiday Tourney. Front Row (L to R): Dave Swanson, Tim Calkins, Phil Gaines, Mgr. Nate Donavan, Terry Schroer, Dennis Hruza. Back Row (L to R): Dave Lowe, Tim Ehlers, Lonnie Ashley, Kevin Cook, Dana Janssen, Jake Shadley, Kurt McClanahan, Mark Diaz, Doug Grieser, Kurt Genrich.

1983 Lincoln Northeast Boys Basketball team. Front row (L to R): Dave Lowe, Jeff Bool, Ross Els, Terry Schroer, Rick Bridger, Ron Nelson. Back Row (L to R): Dennis Hruza, Kurt Genrich, Tom Howell, Kurt McClanahan, Scott Deines, Scott Plumb, Head Coach Ed Johnson.

Nebraska's Jake Muhleisen (left), a Lincoln Southeast grad, goes up against Creighton's Jimmy Motz, a Lincoln Northeast grad, in December 2001 game. Both were rivals in high school. (Photo from Daily Nebraskan archives)

Former Lincoln East star Shawn Redhage in a game at Lincoln High in 1999. Redhage played college ball at Arizona State and plays professionally in Austrailia.

2007 District Champs (LNE) -3rd Overall in the State of Nebraska in 2007-

(FRONT ROW: LEFT/RIGHT) Tyler Kruger, Kent Urban, Dustin Gushard, Trent Svehla, Joe Stepanek, Andy Cookston, Casey Dittenber, Justin Svehla, Jesse Zeller, Travis Schroer
(BACK ROW: LEFT/RIGHT) Coach Kyle Parker, Coach Jerry Dittenber, Coach David Mercer, Travis Parker, Logan Hiatt, Derek Otto, Kameron Klozenbucher, Robb Nelson, Chris Wobig, Brent Wells, Brandon Aksamit, Tyler Fehringer, Coach Jeff Fagler, Head Coach Jerome Ehrlich

Lincoln Prep Sports.com's John Harris playing for St. Louis Priory Prep (Mo.) in 1978.

1994-1995 Lincoln Northeast Class A State Championship Basketball team. Front Row (L to R): Alton Mason, B.J. Nannen, Jeff Fagler, Greg Gerlach, B.J. Helmstadter, Jeff Wells, Amon Helmstadter. Back Row (L to R): Ryan Shuman, Josh Malousek, Dale Kenworthy, Jeff Motz, Mike Kelley, and Ben Haney. Not Pictured: Shane Einspahr and Head Coach Rick Collura.