A theme all too common for Omaha Creighton Prep's opponents during the last two season again emerged late in Tuesday night's Class A state championship. Prep had too much Prep. With less than 14 minutes to play, the second-ranked Junior Jays scored twice in a four-minute stretch, beating No. 5 Omaha Westside 2-0 at Morrison Stadium for their second straight state title.

Until his final at-bat Tuesday night, Ryan Duren hadn't done much at the plate. But all that changed in the eighth inning as the senior third baseman belted a run-scoring single to boost Lincoln Northeast to a 7-6 victory over Millard North at the Class A state baseball tournament. The Rockets are the only tourney team without a loss and have the inside track to their first state title since 1957.

The hiring of a new Sioux City West High School boys and girls track coach based on tenure has raised complaints that the district may have overlooked better qualified candidates. The Sioux City Journal reports that parents and assistant coaches object to the way the district hired Rochelle Babcock to lead the newly consolidated boys and girls team.

For the Sidney boys golf team, qualifying for the state tournament was at the top of its to-do list all season long. The Red Raiders accomplished just that after carding a 328 to place runner-up at the Class B, District 4 Tournament on Tuesday at Heritage Hills Golf Course in McCook.

A No. 3 seed for the Class B state tennis tournament has lit a fire in two-time state champion Katie Carlson. The Omaha Duchesne junior, who has won No. 1 singles titles the past two seasons, was listed behind Elkhorn South’s Hylan Miller and Omaha Skutt’s Teresa Kaiser, respectively, when the brackets were released for the state tournament Thursday and Friday at the Nebraska Tennis Center in Lincoln.

Ben Holling is the new boys basketball coach at Omaha Burke and Tony Kobza has been hired at Omaha Benson as football coach. Holling, a Ralston graduate who played on Bellevue University's NAIA national runner-up team in 2004, has been a varsity assistant and junior varsity coach the past four seasons at Omaha Central. The Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands named him its junior varsity coach of the year in 2010.

Ben Holling is the new boys basketball coach at Omaha Burke and Tony Kobza has been hired at Omaha Benson as football coach. Holling, a Ralston graduate who played on Bellevue University's NAIA national runner-up team in 2004, has been a varsity assistant and junior varsity coach the past four seasons at Omaha Central. The Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands named him its junior varsity coach of the year in 2010.

Jake Driver has stepped down from his position as Council Bluffs St. Albert’s wrestling coach. A search is under way for the Falcons’ next coach.

York's Megan Fletcher will continue her volleyball career next season as she signed on to play with the Doane College Tigers.

Longtime Ralston boys basketball coach Bill Heard has named the Rams new softball coach. Heard replaces Mike Smith, who will succeed Dan Mussmann as Ralston's athletic director.