EHC Basketball Tournament Brackets Released
Published 8:49 pm Thursday, January 29, 2026
The East Husker Conference girls and boys basketball tournament brackets were officially released Monday afternoon.
Girls Bracket
On the girls’ side, three-time defending state champion Pender and two-time defending EHC tournament champion Pender drew the #1 seed while another defending state champion, Oakland-Craig, drew the #2 seed. Both will host quarterfinal round games on Monday, February 2. Pender awaits the winner of the #8 Wisner-Pilger/#9 Clarkson-Leigh game while Oakland-Craig awaits the winner of #7 Humphrey-Lindsay/#10 West Point-Beemer.
Lyons-Decatur Northeast drew the #11 seed and will take on Stanton on Friday, 6pm, at Howells-Dodge. Tekamah-Herman drew the #12 seed and will take on Bancroft-Rosalie on Friday, 6pm, at North Bend Central.
Boys Bracket
On the boys’ side, despite falling to Pender 60-54 in OT on Saturday, Howells-Dodge drew the #1 seed while Pender drew the #2 seed. Both will host quarterfinal round games on Tuesday, February 3. H-D awaits the winner of #8 Madison/#9 Clarkson-Leigh while Pender awaits the winner of #7 Wakefield/#10 Tekamah-Herman.
Oakland-Craig drew the #11 seed and will take on Humphrey-Lindsay on Saturday, 6pm at West Point-Beemer. Lyons-Decatur Northeast drew the #13 seed and will play at North Bend Central on Saturday at 7:30 pm.
