How Does Omaha Northwest's Anteries Daniels 410 Yards Rushing Stack-up?

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Lots of questions rolling in to my email about how Anteries Daniels' new single-game rushing record in Nebraska’s A classification stacks-up against the best of all-time. The Omaha Northwest High senior rushed for 410 yards in his team’s season finale two weeks ago against Omaha Benson.

First, Daniels came-up four yards short of the 11-man record of 414 yards set in 2004 by Brett Gumb. However, when you put Daniels under a national scope, you’ll find that, he didn’t even come close to breaking into the Top 10.

The National Federation of State High School Associations is the keeper of all that is high school sports records. Below are some sobering stats on the best-ever single game performances by high school players running the ball.

The best of the best is Johnny Giannantonio of Netcong, New Jersey, who back in 1950 rushed for 754 yards in a game! Even more amazing according to the NFHS record book is that he averaged 594.5 yards per game during the season.

Here’s the Top 10 all-time best single game performances:

754 Yards – Johnny Giannantonio (Netcong, NJ) vs. Mountain Lakes, 1950

661 Yards – Paul McCoy (Matewan, WV) vs. Delbarton Burch, WV Sept. 29, 2006

619 Yards - Ronney Jenkins (Oxnard Hueneme, CA) vs.
Oxnard Rio Mesa, CA, Nov. 9,1995 (30 carries)

608 Yards - John Bunch (Elkins, AR) vs. Winslow, AR, Oct. 25, 1974 (38 carries)

599 Yards - Rudy Rudison (Houston Marian Christian, TX) vs.
Houston Memorial Hall, TX, Sept. 29, 1978 (32 carries)

593 Yards - DeAndre Hooper (Chicago Austin Community Academy, IL) vs.Chicago Near North, IL, Oct. 19, 1996

584 Yards - Leonard Jones (Denver Montbello, CO), Oct. 16, 1999

574 Yards - Monquantae Gibson (Louisville Moore, KY) vs. Louisville Shawnee, KY, 2001

564 Yards - Cory Davis (South Park, CO), 1986

555 Yards - Dallas Bernstine (Vallejo Bethel, CA) vs. Napa Vintage, CA 2001

Here's Nebraska's classification records:

11-man: 414, Brett Gumb, Burwell vs. Doniphan-Trumbull, 2004
Class A: 410, Antaries Daniels, Omaha Northwest, 2009
Class B: 398, Matt Harris, Alliance, 2007
All-time: 425, John Cook, Beatrice, 1913
8-man: 537, Brandon Hagan, Culbertson, 1999
6-man: 481, Dan Graham, Milligan, 1996

Nebraska High School Football Scores - 1st Round Playoffs

Nebraska High School Football Scores
Saturday, October 31, 2009

1st Round Playoffs

Class B

Aurora 54 Alliance 18
Gering 23 Lexington 7
McCook 13 Ogallala 2

Class C2

Perkins County 16 North Platte St. Pat's 13

Class D2

Pleasanton 74 Potter-Dix 14

Nebraska High School Football Scores
Friday, October 30, 2009

1st Round Playoffs

Class A
Bracket

Elkhorn 49 Lincoln Star North 14 World-Herald game story
Grand island 31 Omaha North 18 World-Herald game story
Lincoln Southeast 21 Lincoln Northeast 7 World-Herald game story
Lincoln Southwest 32 Millard North 21 World-Herald game story
Millard South 45 Omaha Benson 6
Millard West 62 Bellevue West 23
Norfolk 28 Omaha Central 0
Papillion-LaVista 28 Omaha Creighton Prep 22 World-Herald game story

Class B
Bracket

Adams Cetnral 35 Seward 7
Blair 38 Omaha Gross Catholic 28
Crete 21 Plattsmouth 7
Omaha Skutt 35 South Sioux City 6
Waverly 45 Gretna 0

Class C1
Bracket

Chadron 21 Boone Central 8
Gordon-Rushville 30 Valentine 12

Class D1
Bracket

Garden County 34 Crawford 6

Class D2
Bracket

Mullen 52 Lynch 16
Spalding/Spalding Academy 38 Hyannis 12

Nebraska High School Football Scores
Thursday, October 29, 2009

1st Round Playoffs

Class C1

Ashland-Greenwood 26 Wisner-Pilger 6
Bennington 24 Milford 6
Bishop Neumann 24 Falls City 0
Boys Town 41 Fort Calhoun 0 World-Herald game story
Broken Bow 54 Mitchell 14
Crofton 21 Cozad 20
David City 26 Centenniall 13
Gothenburg 24 Minden 0
Grand Island CC 29 Fillmore Central 0
Hastings St. Cecilia 47 Battle Creek 12
Norfolk Catholic 49 Wayne 7
St. Paul 15 Pierce 12
Syracuse 26 Fairbury 0
Wahoo 29 Arlington 0

Class C2
Bracket

Aquinas Catholic 14 Homer 0
Archbishop Bergan 32 Laurel-Concord 0
Blue Hill 13 Southwest 0
Cambridge 44 Chase County 8
Creighton 26 Stanton 8
Elm Creek 42 Randolph 7
Elmwood-Murdock 41 Lincolon Christian 21
Hartington Cedar Catholic 28 Thayer Central 0
Humbolt-TRS 40 Johnson County Central 12
Lourdes Central Catholic 24 Malcolm 15
Oakland-Craig 24 Tri County 21
Ponca 56 Palmyra 0
Ravenna 28 Kearney Catholic 0
Sutherland 55 Cross County 20
Wilber-Clatonia 14 West Point Central Catholic 0

Class D1

Amherst 32 Arapahoe 20
Axtell 39 Burwell 20
Bancroft-Rosalie 64 Omaha Christian Academy 6
Emerson-Hubbard 22 Winside 14
Eustis-Farnam 36 Silver Lake 14
Exeter-Milligan 30 Newman Grove 16
Giltner 42 Franklin 8
Howells 66 Hartington 16
Johnson-Brock 42 Clarkson 0
Maxwell 40 Callaway 22
Osmond 12 Meridian 8
Overton 49 Clearwater/Orchard 8
Palmer 44 Alma 10
Pawnee City 28 Humphrey 12
Shelby 58 Freeman 26

Class D2

Allen 46 Falls City Sacred Heart 8
Anselmo-Merna 54 Brady 18
Bloomfield 44 Shickley 0
Chambers 50 Stuart 22
Ewing 54 Linsay Holy Family 22
Hampton 42 Dodge 16
Hayes Center 45 Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 12
Humphrey St. Francis 78 Newcastle 6
Loomis 50 St. Mary's 14
Pope John 19 Lawrence-Nelson 6
Sargent 40 Ansley 18
Sterling 42 Bruning-Davenport 14
Wynot 46 Cedar Rapids 24

Nebraska High School Football Scores - Week 8

Nebraska High School Football Scores
Friday, October 23, 2009

Anselmo-Merna 26, Brady 6
Ansley 40, Loomis 16
Arapahoe 48, Amherst 16
Archbishop Bergan 24, Lutheran High Northeast 0
Arlington 17, Tekamah-Herman 6
Ashland-Greenwood 40, Auburn 9
Aurora 19, Adams Central 9
Axtell 62, Franklin 42
Bancroft-Rosalie 52, Lyons-Decatur Northeast 0
Beatrice 21, Norris 7
Bellevue East 34, Omaha Bryan 6
Bishop Neumann 16, Milford 8
Blue Hill 35, Sutton 6
Broken Bow 33, Cozad 13
Burwell 55, North Central 23
Cedar Rapids 28, Spalding/Spalding Academy 12
Chadron 38, Hershey 0
Chase County 12, Perkins County 6
Cody-Kilgore 64, Hay Springs 14
Columbus 28, York 7
Conestoga 38, Concordia 20
Crawford 46, Leyton 8
Creighton 49, Neligh-Oakdale 0
Crete 31, Lincoln Pius X 14
David City 20, Centennial 13
Dodge 26, Leigh 20
Doniphan-Trumbull 31, Central City 0
Dorchester 37, Deshler 12
Elkhorn 21, Norfolk 14
Elm Creek 28, Cambridge 6
Emerson-Hubbard 55, Omaha Nation 8
Eustis-Farnam 6, Elwood 2
Freeman 20, Meridian 8
Garden County 1, Wallace 0
Giltner 54, Silver Lake 14
Grand Island 41, Lincoln High 7
Hampton 28, Sargent 6
Hastings 44, Northwest 39
Hayes Center 77, Potter-Dix 6
Heartland 60, Nebraska Christian 28
Hemingford 68, Creek Valley 38
Holdrege 9, Lexington 3
Howells 48, Clarkson 14
Humphrey 58, Pender 20
Humphrey St. Francis 60, Nebraska Lutheran 6
Hyannis 48, SMC 26
Johnson-Brock 56, Mead 6
Kearney Catholic 40, Dundy County-Stratton 13
Laurel-Concord 39, Wakefield 12
Lawrence-Nelson 20, Bruning-Davenport 6
Lincoln North Star 34, Lincoln Northeast 7
Lincoln Southeast 28, Kearney 7
Lincoln Southwest 35, Lincoln East 7
Lindsay Holy Family 44, Prague 6
Litchfield 59, Heartland Lutheran 8
Logan View 32, North Bend Central 7
Loup City 34, High Plains Community 0
Maxwell 28, Callaway 14
Medicine Valley 56, Wauneta-Palisade 20
Millard South 56, Millard North 21
Minden 55, Centura 8
Mullen 70, Sandhills/Thedford 42
North Platte 34, Fremont 0
Oakland-Craig 29, Scribner-Snyder 15
Ogallala 13, McCook 7 OT
Omaha Benson 51, Omaha Northwest 33
Omaha Burke 55, Papillion-LaVista South 38
Omaha Central 19, Omaha Westside 10
Omaha Christian Academy 41, Cedar Bluffs 6
Omaha Creighton Prep 56, Omaha South 0
Omaha Gross Catholic 48, Ralston 6
Omaha North 35, Bellevue West 13
Omaha Skutt Catholic 42, Platteview 12
Palmer 41, McCool Junction 0
Paxton 75, Banner County 6
Plattsmouth 49, Nebraska City 0
Seward 28, Columbus Lakeview 14
Shelby 56, Osceola 8
Shickley 55, Red Cloud 6
Sidney 28, Alliance 7
Southern Valley 28, Ord 7
St. Paul 28, Fillmore Central 20
Stanton 28, West Point Central Catholic 7
Sterling 34, Lewiston 12
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 36, Maywood 0
Valentine 22, Mitchell 16
Waverly 35, Gretna 7
Wilber-Clatonia 35, Tri County 0
Winside 42, Hartington 8
Wisner-Pilger 33, West Point-Beemer 14
Wood River 55, Gibbon 3
Wynot 52, Walthill 8

Nebraska High School Football Scores
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Allen 56, Coleridge 12
Aquinas Catholic 12, Malcolm 0
Battle Creek 33, O'Neill 7
Bayard 47, Morrill 6
Bertrand 48, Wilcox-Hildreth 18
Blair 41, Mount Michael Benedictine 3
Bloomfield 46, Stuart 14
Boone Central 30, Columbus Scotus 0
Boys Town 37, Omaha Roncalli Catholic 7
Chambers 14, Pope John 6
Clearwater/Orchard 48, Newman Grove 14
Crofton 27, Pierce 6
Cross County 24, Fullerton 0
Ewing 44, Elgin 6
Falls City 16, Lincoln Lutheran 7
Falls City Sacred Heart 38, Parkview Christian 0
Fort Calhoun 26, Douglas County West 8
Friend 12, East Butler 0
Gering 30, Scottsbluff 22
Gordon-Rushville 52, Kimball 19
Gothenburg 36, Ainsworth 0
Hartington Cedar Catholic 19, Homer 0
Hastings St. Cecilia 48, Grand Island Central Catholic 0
Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer 54, Johnson County Central 0
Lincoln Christian 13, Lourdes Central Catholic 0
Lynch 20, Verdigre 14
Madison 42, Twin River 9
Millard West 56, Papillion-LaVista 38
Newcastle 54, Wausa 30
Norfolk Catholic 12, Wayne 7
North Platte St. Patrick's 34, Southwest 6
Omaha Brownell-Talbot 33, Louisville 0
Osmond 68, Winnebago 0
Overton 36, Alma 20
Palmyra 14, Southern 0
Pawnee City 28, Exeter-Milligan 6
Pleasanton 35, North Loup-Scotia 6
Ponca 47, Randolph 0
Ravenna 46, Sandy Creek 12
Shelton 34, Kenesaw 22
South Sioux City 13, Schuyler 3
St. Mary's 1, Niobrara 0
Sutherland 62, Bridgeport 15
Syracuse 34, Fairbury 0
Thayer Central 38, Superior 0
Wahoo 40, Raymond Central 0
Weeping Water 12, Elmwood-Murdock 2
West Boyd 38, Elkhorn Valley 16
West Holt 13, Plainview 0

Nebraska High School Football Playoff Picture Heading Into the Final Week of the Regular Season

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

This is it folks, do-or-die time to make the high school football post-season in the Cornhusker State. And, while you might think that eight weeks of action would make this week a tune-up for the most, there's plenty of team's still fighting to get into the field of 16 in Class A, the state's biggest classification.

The Omaha World-Herald's Stu Pospisil takes a look at who has to do what to get in, including how Omaha Burke can finish 6-3 and not have a chance to play-on.

Also, below are the latest Associated Press High School Football rankings for this week.

Class A
1. Millard South (8-0), 1, def. Omaha Northwest 64-6, at Millard North.
2. Lincoln Southeast (7-1), 2, def. Lincoln East 17-10, at Kearney.
3. Papillion-La Vista (7-1), 3, def. Omaha Westside 38-24, at Millard West.
4. Elkhorn (6-2), 4, def. Lincoln Southwest 41-14, Norfolk.
5. Omaha Creighton Prep (6-2), 5, def. Bellevue West 49-13, at Omaha South.
6. Millard West (6-2), 6, def. Bellevue East 27-7, Papillion-La Vista.
7. Omaha North (6-2), 8, def. Papillion-La Vista South 35-14, at Bellevue West.
8. Norfolk (6-2), 10, def. Kearney 28-7, at Elkhorn.
9. Millard North (5-3), NR, def. Omaha Burke 13-10 OT, Millard South.
10. Omaha Burke (5-3), 7, lost to Millard North 13-10 OT, at Papillion-La Vista South.

Class B
1. Aurora (8-0), 1, def. Hastings 41-7, Adams Central.
2. Omaha Skutt Catholic (8-0), 2, def. Waverly 33-17, Platteview.
3. Adams Central (8-0), 4, def. Northwest 56-6, at Aurora.
4. Waverly (7-1), 3, lost to Omaha Skutt Catholic 33-17, at Gretna.
5. Gering (7-1), 6, def. Sidney 37-7, Scottsbluff.
6. Blair (7-1), 7, def. South Sioux City 40-7, Mount Michael Benedictine.
7. Plattsmouth (6-2), 8, def. Omaha Gross Catholic 21-13, Nebraska City.
8. Omaha Gross Catholic (6-2), 5, lost to Plattsmouth 21-13, at Ralston.
9. Seward (5-3), 10, def. Columbus 27-21 2OT, Columbus Lakeview.
10. McCook (6-2), NR, def. Holdrege 35-21, Ogallala.

Class C1
1. Boys Town (7-0), 1, def. Douglas County West 47-0, at Omaha Roncalli Catholic.
2. Hastings St. Cecilia (7-0), 2, def. St. Paul 61-0, at Grand Island Central Catholic.
3. Norfolk Catholic (7-0), 3, def. Pierce 21-14, Wayne.
4. Syracuse (7-0), 4, def. Raymond Central 42-7, at Fairbury.
5. Chadron (6-0), 5, def. Kimball 45-6, at Hershey.
6. Grand Island Central Catholic (7-0), 6, def. Central City 30-6, Hastings St. Cecilia.
7. Broken Bow (7-0), 7, def. Valentine 43-7, at Cozad.
8. Crofton (6-1), 8, def. Battle Creek 35-28, Pierce.
9. Gothenburg (6-1), 9, def. Cozad 36-7, at Ainsworth.
10. Gordon-Rushville (6-1), NR, def. Ainsworth 33-6, at Kimball.

Class C2
1. Blue Hill (7-0), 1, def. Sandy Creek 28-3, Sutton.
2. Ponca (7-0), 2, def. Hartington Cedar Catholic 36-27, Randolph.
3. Aquinas Catholic (7-0), 4, def. Friend 40-0, at Malcolm.
4. Elmwood-Murdock (6-1), 5, def. Yutan 54-7, at Weeping Water.
5. Hartington Cedar Catholic (5-2), 3, lost to Ponca 36-27, Homer.
6. Ravenna (6-1), 8, def. Fullerton 49-14, at Sandy Creek.
7. Oakland-Craig (6-1), 9, def. Creighton 27-15, Scribner-Snyder.
8. Archbishop Bergan (5-2), 10, def. Stanton 28-8, at Lutheran High Northeast.
9. Elm Creek (6-1), NR, def. Kearney Catholic 39-14, at Cambridge.
10. West Point Central Catholic (5-2), NR, def. Scribner-Snyder 35-0, Stanton.

Class D1
1. Bancroft-Rosalie (7-0), 1, def. Humphrey 52-6, at Lyons-Decatur Northeast.
2. Howells (6-1), 2, def. Lyons-Decatur Northeast 64-0, at Clarkson.
3. Palmer (7-0), 3, def. Osceola 50-16, at McCool Junction.
4. Burwell (6-1), 4, def. West Boyd 50-22, at North Central.
5. Giltner (6-1), 5, def. Axtell 38-7, at Silver Lake.
6. Shelby (6-1), 6, def. Nebraska Christian 62-6, at Osceola.
7. Johnson-Brock (7-0), 7, def. Omaha Christian Academy 54-14, at Mead.
8. Silver Lake (7-0), 8, def. Shelton 40-12, Giltner.
9. Exeter-Milligan (6-1), 10, def. Dorchester 50-8, at Pawnee City.
10. Maxwell (5-2), NR, def. Eustis-Farnam 52-12, at Callaway.

Class D2
1. Ewing (7-0), 1, def. Chambers 49-42, Elgin.
2. Humphrey St. Francis (7-0), 2, def. Prague 76-0, at Nebraska Lutheran.
3. Bloomfield (7-0), 3, def. Lynch 52-16, Stuart.
4. Pleasanton (7-0), 5, def. Sargent 26-6, at North Loup-Scotia.
5. Sterling (6-1), 6, idle, at Lewiston.
6. Hampton (6-1), 7, def. Litchfield 35-18, at Sargent.
7. Sargent (6-1), 4, lost to Pleasanton 26-6, Hampton.
8. Hayes Center (6-1), 8, def. Banner County 87-15, at Potter-Dix.
9. Anselmo-Merna (6-1), 9, def. Ansley 38-12, at Brady.
10. Lawrence-Nelson (6-1), 10, def. Harvard 45-6, Bruning-Davenport.