RAVENNA — After battling cancer for several years, former Ravenna basketball coach Paul Beranek has died.
The coach won four state championships at the school before retiring earlier this year. The most recent came in 2012.
The outpouring of support for the coach has struck across social media with #BStrong. It’s traveled from schools and communities in central Nebraska to the Nebraska-Lincoln campus to various celebrities from the state.
Beranek was 55.