Nebraska Heat Youth Program

06/05/2026

06/03/2026

Pravda: Omaha Desk

The 12u Nebraska Heat (27-4) continued their season long league dominance with another double header sweep🧹🧹! The Heat fired up the offense and scored two touchdowns and a field goal in a 17-0 shock and awe drubbing of Nebraska Shockwave. The Heat kept their foot on the gas in the night cap and blew out the Omaha Storm 11-3!!! The Heat now turn their laser focused fury on this weekends District Tournament in Beatrice. GO HEAT💪🏼🔥❤️💪🏼🔥❤️💪🏼🔥❤️💪🏼🔥❤️

06/01/2026

York News-Times: York, NE

The 12u Nebraska Heat (25-4) invaded York, NE for this weekends Annual York Summer Classic. The Heat quickly turned up the crop wilting temp early by incinerating the Western Iowa Hurricanes 8-4 and then dropping Fairbury Elite faster than a red dye #5 hot dog on a picnic 13-1. In the days third pool-play game the Heat pounced quickly on Lincoln Prodigy 4-0 but couldn’t hold on for the win and fell 4-7.

In Sundays Tournament Bracket play the Western Iowa Hurricanes returned for another curb stomping by the Heat 6-3 which secured a spot in the semi-finals and a rematch with Lincoln Prodigy. In the rematch both teams battled harder than a Thomas Hitman Hearnes vs Marvelous Marvin Hagler fight and went blow for blow for 7 complete innings. After the final bell rang the Heat lost the decision 0-4. With the 3-2 tournament record the Heat finished the tournament in the top 4 and now begin preparation for next week’s District Tournament in Beatrice! GO HEAT!!!💪🏼🔥❤️💪🏼🔥❤️

05/27/2026

Der Spiegel (Omaha)

The 12u Nebraska Heat (22-2) stormed out of Memorial Day hotter than a cat on a tin roof in July and swept another double header in league play! The Heat went scorched earth on Nebraska Venom 12-4 and then thermonuclear on Nebraska Shockwave 13-0 in 3 innings!!

With the sweep🧹🧹 and perfect league record the Heat now turn their fury to this weekend tourney in York…❤️💪🏼🔥❤️💪🏼🔥❤️💪🏼🔥

05/20/2026

(Kyiv Post):

The 12u Nebraska Heat (20-2) deployed a defense tighter than Aunt
May’s lids on her pickle jars as they sealed off the hopes of Bennington Elite 4-2.

In the second contest, the Heat downed the Western Iowa Hurricanes faster than a 6th grade graduation cupcake 8-1.

With tonights sweep🧹🧹 the Heat remain undefeated in league play and will take a well deserved break over the Memorial Day weekend.

The Nebraska Heat Program would like everyone to remember. “Freedom is never free. This Memorial Day, we honor the brave men and women who gave everything for our nation, our freedoms, and the generations that follow. We remember their sacrifice with gratitude and respect.” 🇺🇸

05/13/2026

Washington Post: (Millard Desk)

The 12u Nebraska Heat (18-2) continued their league dominance by unleashing their soul crushing defense in a double header sweep🧹🧹!!! The Heat blasted 🔥Bennington Elite 11-1 and then extinguished🧯the hopes of Waverly Heat 5-2 in the night cap.

With tonights victories the Heat remain a perfect 10-0 in league play as they finished their 20th game in less than 30 days!!!

As the lovable and immortal Glenn Frye always said……. THE HEAT IS 🥁🥁🥁🥁ON🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷

05/06/2026

Tehran Times: South O Desk

The 12u Nebraska Heat (16-2) popped a few alka-seltzers and avoided a post tournament championship hangover as they fired up the reactors on the Iron Dome Defense and cruised to another league sweep. The Heat blew away the Nebraska Storm 11-2 in the opener and then exposed Nebraska Stealth 8-2 to finish the evening sweep🧹🧹. With tonights victories the Heat remain undefeated in league play and will not be back in action until next Tuesday as they look to keep their HOT streak on track!

GO HEAT!!🔥❤️💪🏼🔥❤️

05/04/2026

Radio Free Asia: Milford, NE

The 12u Nebraska Heat swept into Milford quicker than the Israelis into the Sinai Peninsula for this weekends Express Kickoff Classic.

Uncharacteristically the Heat suffered an opening game setback as they were extinguished by 12u Norris Tractor House 3-8. Like rain off a ducks back, the Heat quickly rebounded as they launched a furious shock and awe campaign and curb stomped the 12u Auburn Adrenalin 12-5 and then turned their fury on the 12u Osceola Riptide 7-1; to finish 2-1 in pool play and secure the #1 seed going into Championship Sunday.

The Heat’s high octane offensive firepower and pure suffocating defense tore through the 12u Crete Diamonds 12-0 to secure a birth in the Championship and a rematch with 12u Norris Tractor House. In the Championship rematch the Heat raised the temperature even higher and dropped Tractor House faster than soybeans on the futures market by claiming the TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN with a 18-3 thrashing. With the first place finish in the tournament the Heat finally breaks their second place finish tourney jinx….

With this weekends tournament championship secured the 12u Nebraska Heat moves to 14-2 on the 2026 season and will be back in league action on Tuesday night for a double header in South O!!!

GO HEAT!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

04/29/2026

El Universal: (Omaha Desk)

The 12u Nebraska Heat continued to deploy their overwhelming shut down defense as they swept the Ralston Renegades 6-2 and 6-0 in a league double header. With the workman like sweep, the Heat remains undefeated in league play and moves to 10-1 on the season. The Heat now begins preparations to invade Milford for this weekends Kick-off Classic!!

As the immortal Glenn Frey always says, THE HEAT IS🥁🥁🥁🥁ON!!!🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷

04/22/2026

Vietnam News Agency:

The 12u Nebraska Heat (8-1) utilized both the Iron Dome Defense and red hot bats to keep their league record perfect at 4-0.

The Heats offensive firepower and shut down defense was just too
much to handle as they swept Nebraska Stealth 12-5 and Papillion Surge 12-0 in league play this evening.

With the sweep the Heat improves
to 8-1 on the season. The Heat’s one two punch of heavy artillery and stifling defense has led them to outscore their opponents 87 to 21 thus far on the season!!!!

GO HEAT!!!!!