Coach Smith’s teams were district champions seven of his nine years as boys basketball coach, including six straight from 1966 to 1971. The 1968 team starring Jim White reached the Class A semifinals. In 1971 the Tigers pushed eventual state champion Lincoln East to the brink, missing a last second game-tying shot in the state semifinal game. His golf team won the Class A state championship in 1968. The Tigers dominated the field finishing ten strokes ahead of second place Omaha Westside.