Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Last year, the Kimball Longhorns football team had to forfeit all of its games due to lack of players. Now the team is back and ready for a full schedule of games for the 2022 season. Under the direction of new activities director and head football coach Darrell Howitt, the Longhorns look to bring the community together with home games at Keith Staehr Field. Before that comes a 7 p.m. scrimmage this Friday, Aug. 19, followed by a parents meeting at 8:30 p.m. Howitt is a native of Kimball and...
Potter-Dix's Coyote Track and Field teams competed at the District D-9 Meet, and the boys team tied for second place with Garden County, behind first place Leyton. The girls team finished in sixth place, behind top finishers Crawford, Leyton and South Platte. The Potter-Dix boys had many outstanding performances, with junior Luke Kasten winning the 100 and 200 Meter Dashes and taking fourth in the Long Jump. Senior Thomas Muldoon won the 800 Meters, placed second in the 400 Meters, and senior...
Potter-Dix’s Coyote track and field teams had a busy week, starting off with the MAC meet on Tuesday and then the Cheyenne County Meet on Friday. The Coyotes traveled to Bayard for Tuesday’s competition, featuring their MAC conference rivals. The boys team placed fourth with 93.5 points, behind first place Leyton with 165 points, second place Garden County with 107 points and third place Bayard with 97 points. The girls placed fourth with 65 points, behind first place Bayard with 163.5 points, second place Leyton with 107 and third place Sou...
The Potter-Dix Coyote Track and Field teams had a busy week, competing at the Storm Twilight Meet at Creek Valley High School on Tuesday and the Kendra Roeder Invitational at Pine Bluffs High School. The Creek Valley Twilight Meet was rescheduled from the previous week due to high winds, and the athletes had much better conditions on Tuesday for the competition. At the end of the day, the Coyote Boy's team placed fourth with 87 points and the Coyote Girl's team placed fifth with 51 points....
Potter-Dix's Coyote Basketball team ended its season on Tuesday, March 1, with a loss to the Mullen Broncos in the D2-8 District Final at Hershey High School. Potter-Dix ends its outstanding season with a 20-4 record. The Mullen Broncos came into the District Final with a 17-8 record and No. 9 seed, led by sharp-shooting 6' 4" Forward Clayton Moore averaging nearly 20 points per game. Both the Broncos and the No. 8 seed Coyotes started the game trying to push the ball up the court and grab an...
Potter-Dix's Coyote basketball team entered the D2-11 Subdistrict Tournament as the clear favorite, and had no trouble defeating their two opponents to move on to a District final against Mullen at Hershey High School on Tuesday, March 1. First, Potter-Dix faced Creek Valley on Tuesday, and easily breezed past the Storm with a 62-24 win to set up its meeting with South Platte in the finals on Thursday. Potter-Dix opened a lead early and behind leading scorer Luke Kasten continued to pull away...
Potter-Dix's Lady Coyote Basketball team ended their season during the D2-11 Subdistrict Tournament, but it had a victory to start off against the Creek Valley Lady Storm. The teams matched up at South Platte High School on Monday, Feb. 14 for the right to advance to a semi-final game against number one seed South Platte. Creek Valley started strong in the contest, using defensive pressure to keep the Lady coyotes off-balance, and getting inside to score. At the end of the first period, the...
Potter-Dix's Coyote basketball team finished their regular season with two more wins, and earned the number one seed for this week's Subdistrict Tournament. On Friday, Potter-Dix earned a win by forfeit against a Minatare team lacking numbers due to illness. On Saturday, Potter-Dix hosted the Perkins County Plainsmen for their final regular season game, and the stands were filled with red, white and blue and American flags on "USA Day." Potter-Dix started fast and built a lead, but by the second...
Potter-Dix's Coyote Boys Basketball team has had very few bumps in the road during this season, but hit one on Friday night when they hosted the 19-and-1 Hyannis Longhorns in Potter. In one of the strangest starts to a game for two high-scoring teams, the defenses shut down any scoring by the teams, with just one lone point via free throw on the board for Potter-Dix until Hyannis scored a filed goal with 3:35 left in the first period to move the score to 2-to-1. A relative flurry of scoring happened in final three minutes of the half, and the...
Potter-Dix's Coyote basketball season continued on its winning ways with two more victories over the week to move the season record to 15-2. On Thursday, the Coyotes matched up at home with the Garden County Eagles, and a relatively tight contest had Potter-Dix leading 22-20 at the end of the first half. The third quarter was dominated by the defenses as both teams struggled to score. The scoring picked up in the fourth quarter, and Potter-Dix was able to build upon their lead and take the...
Potter-Dix basketball resumed play after the MAC Tournament, with the girls matching up against Prairie in New Raymer, Colo., on Tuesday and both the boys and girls teams matching up with Minatare on Saturday. The girls traveled on Tuesday to New Raymer to play against the Prairie Lady Mustangs. Potter-Dix gave a big effort, but the Lady Mustangs were able to open a lead and hold off the Lady Coyotes' offense. Potter-Dix threatened to go on a roll a few times, but the Prairie girls shut them...
Potter-Dix's Coyote Boy's Basketball team entered the MAC Tournament as the number one seed and played like it, easily dispatching Banner County in the first round of the tournament then having little trouble with Garden County in the semi-finals, then winning a thriller against Bayard in the finals. The action started Monday January 17 when the Coyotes matched up with number 8 seed Banner County, and the winless Wildcats had no answer for the explosive Potter-Dix offense, going down 27-4 at...
Kimball's Lady Longhorn basketball team travelled last Tuesday to take on the Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes in Potter, and quickly broke out to a big lead in the early going. Both teams had problems getting the ball in the basket in the early going, but for Kimball it was shots not falling through the basket and for Potter-Dix it was an inability to get the ball past half court. The tough Lady Longhorns defense stymied the Lady Coyotes offense early, and then in the final minutes of the first period...
The Potter-Dix Coyotes boys basketball team had a busy week with three games and came out with two wins. Their record improves to 9-2 as they enter the MAC Tournament this week as the No. 1 seed. On Tuesday, the Coyotes hosted the winless Kimball Longhorns, and the high-powered Potter-Dix offense overwhelmed the visitors in a 66--11 win. Junior Luke Kasten scored 27 and pulled down 10 rebounds in the win. On Friday, the Coyotes hosted the Leyton Warriors, a team they rallied against for a fourth...
Potter-Dix’s Coyotes basketball team had three games over the past week, and lost their first game of the season to Bayard on Friday. The week’s action started on Monday, January 3, when the Coyotes hosted the Morrill Lions. The Coyotes took a lead early, and even after Morrill rebounded with a solid second quarter, the Coyotes still had a 28-21 lead at the half. A solid third quarter by Potter-Dix with strong defensive play put the game out of reach where a strong fourth quarter by Morrill was...
The Coyote basketball team made a trip down to Caliche, Colo., on Saturday, and came away with a convincing 67-51win over the Buffaloes. The teams played the first quarter tight, with lots of defensive pressure and turnovers limiting the scoring. Potter-Dix managed a 12-9 lead after one period, then went on to score 20 points in the second period to bring a 32-22 advantage into the halftime. Both teams played a solid third period on offense and defense, both scoring 17 points. But Caliche was not able to score enough to stem the tide, and the...
Kimball's Lady Longhorns basketball team has had some success in the early going of the 2021-22 season, and hoped it could finish with a win in the final game of the calendar year and go into the new year with a winning record. But Kimball will have to settle for a 3-3 record through December, as Friday's road matchup with undefeated Hershey did not go Kimball's way. The game started very close with both teams playing aggressive defense and limiting offensive opportunities. The low-scoring...
Kimball's Lady Longhorns basketball team continued its good start to the season by splitting two games against rivals Perkins County and Morrill over the week. The results moved the Lady Longhorns to 3-2 on the season with one game left to play in December on the road against 4-0 Hershey on Friday, Dec. 17. Saturday, Dec. 11 Kimball 53, Morrill 38 Kimball hosted the Morrill Lady Lions and started strong with its offense moving the ball well and getting good looks from the field. The Kimball defe...
Despite dropping their first game of the season, the Kimball Lady Longhorns quickly rebounded and took their next two contests to start their season strong. On Thursday, the Lady Longhorns traveled Bayard to match up with the Lady Tigers, and quickly fell behind as the smothering Bayard defense allowed very few shots by the Lady Longhorns. After falling behind 38-8 at the half, the Kimball squad did their best to fight back in the second half, but only managed 16 points and fell by a final...
After an historic season culminating with a runner-up trophy at the D6 State Championships, the Potter-Dix Coyotes football team had a big number of players qualify for the 2021All-District Football Team. Here they are: First Team Offense Running Back – Luke Kasten End – Thomas Muldoon Center – Caden McConnell Second Team Offense Quarterback – Brayden Kasten End – Niko Koon Kicker – Thomas Muldoon First Team Defense Defensive Back – Jared Anton Second Team Defense Defensive Back – Zach Rotert...
The historic season that the Potter-Dix Coyote football team enjoyed came to a disappointing end Friday night in Ron and Carol Cope Stadium at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, as they fell to the Cody-Kilgore Cowboys by a final score of 65-37. The Coyotes' run fell just short of a state championship as the Cody-Kilgore running attack proved to be too much for the Coyotes to stop for four quarters. The Potter-Dix team ended the season with an 11-1 record, a runner-up trophy, and a host of...
The Potter-Dix Coyote Football team makes the last stop on their historic run on Friday, when they face off against the Cody-Kilgore Cowboys at Ron and Carol Cope Stadium at the University of Nebraska-Kearney on Friday at 6 p.m. Potter-Dix comes into the matchup ranked number 1 in D6, with Cody-Kilgore ranked number 2. Both teams are undefeated at 11-0, but that’s where the similarities end. The Cowboys have scored 768 points and given up 184, while the Coyotes have scored 691 while giving up 217. The numbers show the Cowboys as a high scoring...
The number 1 ranked Potter-Dix Coyote Football team continued their historic season on Friday, holding off a late surge by the number 13 ranked Spalding Academy Shamrocks to punch their ticket to a State Championship game in Kearney, the first in the school's history. The Coyotes will face their biggest challenge of the year against the Cody-Kilgore Cowboys on Friday. In Spalding, the teams started with chilly temperatures and gusting 30 mph winds which affected both teams. After a failed...
The Potter-Dix Coyotes are the No. 1 ranked team in D6, and face the No. 13 ranked Spalding Academy Shamrocks in the semifinal round of the NSAA D6 play offs on November 12 in Spalding. Due to the arcane formulas used by the NSAA, Potter-Dix will have to make the long journey east to Spalding, and if they win, they will face either Wallace or Cody Kilgore in Kearney on November 19 for the State Championship. Spalding Academy features a run-heavy offense, led by seniors Dawson Murphy and Daniel...
Potter-Dix’s Coyote football team hosted the quarterfinal round of the D6 playoffs Friday afternoon, and defeated the visiting Parkview Christian Patriots 70-34 to advance to the semifinal round of the D6 playoffs. This victory pushes the Coyotes’ record to 10-0 on the season and marks the first time the Potter-Dix team has advanced to the semi-final round of the playoffs. On an sunshine soaked afternoon with 70-degree weather and a slight breeze, the teams squared off in front of a bring crowd, and impressive number of Parkview Christian fan...