For the sixth consecutive year of NSAA state bowling championships, Wayne High will have both girls and boys teams represented along with individuals from both programs looking to add to the trophy case.
The 2026 NSAA State Bowling Championships will begin from Sun Valley Lanes & Games in Lincoln on Feb. 9 at 9 a.m. for the Class B boys singles followed by Class B girls singles at 1:30 p.m.
The Blue Devil boys will have Aiden Petersen (district champion - 641), Dylan Jensen (third at districts - 594), Konnor Kai (fourth at districts - 583) and Ben Haschke (fifth at districts - 582) in action.
Dylan Jensen is the Class B defending individual state champion as Haschke finished top eight last year as well.
Wayne girls competing individually will be Gracyn Johnson (district champion - 507), Graycen Trautman (district runner-up - 473) and McKaeya Becker (third place - 471).
Trautman finished one win shy of the Class B individual state finals a year ago.
All bowlers will compete in individual qualifying rounds before the top eight will advance to bracket play.
Moving into day two on Feb. 10 for Class B, the boys teams will start at 8 a.m. followed by girls teams at 2 p.m. Finals for the boys will start at 7 p.m. that night with girls to follow.
The Blue Devil boys bowling team enters as the #2 seed and brings in a 24-3 record after winning the B-5 District. Wayne will open against #7 Lincoln Standing Bear (9-16) at 8 a.m. on Feb. 10.
The Wayne girls earned a wildcard as the #5 seed with a 21-5 record and will compete against #4 Lincoln Pius X (19-9) at 2 p.m. on Feb. 10.
Last year, the Wayne boys finished state runner-up while the Blue Devil girls were one win shy of the finals.
*The bowling teams will be 'walking the halls' of the Wayne Jr/Sr High School on Friday at 3:25 p.m. (no pep rally).
