Athletics The Eagles compete in Class A, the largest classification in Nebraska according to the
Nebraska School Activities Association. Throughout its history, Omaha Central has won numerous state championships in various sports. Many graduates have gone on to participate in collegiate athletics. The football and soccer teams compete at Seeman Stadium located on campus. The boys' and girls' basketball games and volleyball matches are played at the Central High gymnasium. The baseball and softball teams compete at Boyd Stadium, a renovated park three miles northeast of the campus. In 2007, the Eagles became the only high school in Nebraska to have won championships in three main sports in the same calendar year. As a result, Central was ranked by
Sports Illustrated as one of the top 10 high-school athletic programs in the country.
State championships Newspaper and media The high school's newspaper is
The Register. In 1986
Quill and Scroll officially declared
The Register the oldest continuously published newspaper west of the Mississippi. After running a controversial story in 2001, the staff and the paper were rebuked by the administration. The story reported on a football player continuing to play, despite two assault charges. The charges, as stated in the school's handbook, should have led to a dismissal from the team. After running the story, the paper was threatened with being shut down. The school advisor received support from media outlets on the local and national level. This support stopped the paper from being shut down. The staff of Central's
student newspaper, were awarded the Student Press Review's
Edmund J. Sullivan Award in 2002 after they wrote a series of articles exposing several controversial topics throughout the school. After the administration again threatened the paper with closure, the students won reprieve through the support of professional journalists across the country. Central has had
youth-led media for some years. Starting in 1923, it had a
high school radio station for five years. First, KFCZ operated during the 1923–1924 school year. In 1925 the call letters changed to KOCH, and the Central High School Radio Club presented shows throughout the school day and special events on the weekends. The station was ordered discontinued by the
Federal Communications Commission in 1928, as they devalued the purpose of school-affiliated radio stations and rescinded their licenses across the United States. Central also had, starting in 1969, a student-run radio station, KIOS-FM (91.5 MHz), which operated during the 1969–1973 school years. In 1973 the radio station was moved to Benson High School, and later to the old
Tech High location, where it is still in operation. KIOS-FM (91.5 MHz) is a National Public Radio member station in Omaha, owned and operated by Omaha Public Schools.
JROTC The Military Science program at Omaha Central High School predates the
JROTC program. It began in the 1892–1893 school year. It became the most popular activity at the school. Initially, all male students were required to participate. ==Notable alumni==