BEATRICE - The brackets for the 2025 edition of the MUDECAS high school basketball tournament, featuring more than a dozen schools from across Southeast Nebraska, have been released, and we'll have live coverage of the entire tournament on Ol' Red 99.5 and KWBE all week long. This page has been modified with results and updated broadcast schedules as the tournament has concluded.

The event begins with opening round girls basketball games on Monday, January 13 and opening round boys games on Tuesday, January 14. After a universal off day on Wednesday, both brackets will be contested throughout the afternoon and evening on Thursday. Champions in the girls bracket will be crowned on Friday and in the boys bracket on Saturday. Brackets are divided into two tiers and seeded based on overall records to this point in the calendar.

MUDECAS basketball is reportedly the longest-running high school basketball tournament west of the Mississippi River, and excitement for this event is always high - especially since last year's tournament was cut short due to serious winter weather and no championships were awarded. News Channel Nebraska will televise the championships in both divisions on both days - four games in total - and Ol' Red and KWBE will provide live radio coverage of the tournament all week long beginning on Monday afternoon. 

 

BRACKETS:

2025 MUDECAS Girls Basketball Bracket
2025 MUDECAS Girls Basketball Bracket  
2025 MUDECAS Boys Basketball Bracket
2025 MUDECAS Boys Basketball Bracket  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As always, games will be contested at two sites in Beatrice: A Division games at the Beatrice Auditorium, and B Division games at Beatrice Middle School. Opening round games on both Monday and Tuesday will begin with four A Division games starting at 3:30, with the B Division beginning play at 4:15. A full Thursday slate follows the same schedule: four A Division games - beginning with two girls games - will be contested starting at 3:30, with four B Division games starting at 4:15.

Action on Friday, the final day of the girls tournament, begins at 3:30 and concludes at 8:15; the championship and third-place matches from both divisions will be contested at the Beatrice Auditorium, and consolation games played at BMS. And then on Saturday the boys tournament concludes, with competition beginning at 11:45 AM and concluding at 7:30. 

BROADCAST SCHEDULE AND RESULTS:

Monday, January 13:

3:30 PM - (3) Freeman def. (6) Johnson County Central 45-38 - Girls A Division Round 1 - KWBE

4:15 PM - (3) Pawnee City def. (6) Sterling 43-38 - Girls B Division Round 1 - Ol' Red

5:30 PM - (2) BDS def. (7) Lewiston 35-12 - Girls B Division Round 1 - Ol' Red

8:00 PM - (4) Diller-Odell def. (5) Tri County 60-55 - Girls A Division Round 1 - KWBE

8:15 PM - (4) Meridian def. (5) Southern 44-33 - Girls B Division Round 1 - Ol' Red

Other finals:

A Division: (1) Johnson-Brock def. (8) HTRS 69-35 / (2) Falls City def. (7) EMF 47-39

B Division: (1) Palmyra def. (8) Parkview Christian 62-15

Tuesday, January 14:

3:30 PM - (3) Johnson County Central def. (6) Southern 55-50 - Boys A Division Round 1 - KWBE

5:00 PM - (2) Freeman def. (7) Tri County 62-30 - Boys A Division Round 1 - KWBE

6:30 PM - (1) Johnson-Brock def. (8) BDS 46-35 - Boys A Division Round 1 - Ol' Red

8:00 PM - (4) EMF def. (5) Pawnee City 68-28 - Boys A Division Round 1 - Ol' Red

Other finals:

B Division: (1) Falls City def. (8) Meridian 54-28 / (2) Diller-Odell def. (7) Parkview Christian 49-46 (OT) / (3) HTRS def. (6) Sterling 51-38 / (4) Palmyra def. (5) Lewiston 51-46

Wednesday, January 15:

No games scheduled

Thursday, January 16:

3:30 PM - (2) Falls City def. (3) Freeman 30-28 - Girls A Division Semifinal - KWBE

4:15 PM - (1) Palmyra def. (4) Meridian 42-10 - Girls B Division Semifinal - Ol' Red

5:00 PM - (1) Johnson-Brock def. (4) Diller-Odell 60-37 - Girls A Division Semifinal - KWBE

5:30 PM - (3) Pawnee City def. (2) BDS 45-31 - Girls B Division Semifinal - Ol' Red

8:00 PM - (2) Freeman def. (3) Johnson County Central 67-42 - Boys A Division Semifinal - KWBE

8:15 PM - (3) HTRS def. (2) Diller-Odell 40-33  - Boys B Division Semifinal - Ol' Red

Other finals:

Boys A Division: (1) Johnson-Brock def. (4) EMF 75-31

Boys B Division: (1) Falls City def. (4) Palmyra 53-41

Friday, January 17:

6:30 PM - (1) Palmyra def. (3) Pawnee City 50-30 - Girls B Division Championship - Ol' Red/KWBE/News Channel Nebraska

8:15 PM - (1) Johnson-Brock def. (2) Falls City Sacred Heart 42-36 - Girls A Division Championship - Ol' Red/KWBE/News Channel Nebraska

Other finals:

A Division: 3rd Place Game: (4) Diller-Odell def. (3) Freeman 52-34 / Consolations: (5) Tri County def. (8) HTRS 38-32; (6) Johnson County Central def. (7) EMF 44-15

B Division: 3rd Place Game: (4) Meridian def. (2) BDS 48-29 / Consolations: (5) Southern def. (8) Parkview Christian 50-5; (6) Sterling def. (7) Lewiston 40-28

Saturday January 18:

5:45 PM - (1) Falls City Sacred Heart def. (3) HTRS 31-22 - Boys B Division Championship - Ol' Red/KWBE/News Channel Nebraska

7:30 PM - (1) Johnson-Brock def. (2) Freeman 55-51 - Boys A Division Championship - Ol' Red/KWBE/News Channel Nebraska

Other finals:

A Division: 3rd Place Game: (4) EMF def. (3) Johnson County Central 49-29 / Consolations: (5) Pawnee City def. (8) BDS 54-36; (6) Southern def. (7) Tri County 54-44

B Division: 3rd Place Game: (2) Diller-Odell def. (4) Palmyra 39-37 / Consolations: (5) Lewiston def. (8) Meridian 60-40; (7) Parkview Christian def. (6) Sterling 59-49