Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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The Kimball High Cross Country Team ran many of their season best times at Saturday's Alliance Invitational Cross Country meet, which was quite pleasing to coach Tiffany Johnson. "All of our High School girls ran their fastest times of the year to date. Connor Cluff had his personal best time and ran his best race in his career. Lane Wasielewski cut 1.5 minutes off his previous best time. All but 2 of our junior high runners ran their season best times,'' coach Johnson said. Another highlight...
Another record setting day on the golf course for Kimball's Payton Wise as the sophomore standout lowered her own school record round by 4 strokes it the Gering Invitational Tournament this past week. Her new Kimball High Girl's record round of 77 will go in the record books as having occurred on September 17, 2019! Her 9 hole scores were 40-37=77 and once again Payton improved her back nine over her front nine. Near perfect weather conditions with no wind led to some truly outstanding scores...
The Longhorns of Kimball High couldn’t keep pace with the quickness and speed of the visiting state ranked Dundy County Stratton Tigers in Friday night 8-man football action, losing 72-26 to the 4th ranked visitors. Kimball kicked to start the contest and went to a surprise onside kick that Christian Allen Van Pelt recovered at the Dundy County 36 yard line but went 4 and out and the Tigers promptly turned their first series of offense into a touchdown with speedy sophomore quarterback Quade Myers going in from 15 yards out with 8:13 sh...
If you didn’t get out to the Kimball Invitational Cross Country meet Friday afternoon, you certainly missed out on quite a sight! With 223 runners coming to compete, plus all of the coaches, bus drivers, friends and family members, there were a lot of people at the Four Winds Golf Course. It was a beautiful calm day, and perhaps a bit warm for the runners as they put out a lot of effort to run those hills and cover 5,000 meters. All of the colorful uniforms, and with coaches, teammates, and family members all over the course to cheer the runner... Full story
The Kimball High football team made a long Friday night trip to Bartley pay off with a 42-0 win over the Southwest opponent in 8-man football action. With the win, the Longhorns evened their record at 1-1 going into tomorrow night’s home encounter with a very strong visiting Dundy County team The Horns controlled the game from start to finish scoring twice in the opening quarter and taking a 34-0 lead to the locker room by half time. Christian Allen-Van Pelt, who scored twice in the contest, opened the scoring on a 3 yard run with 8:31 left in...
Kimball High hosted their annual Cross Country Invite this past Friday and attracted the largest field of runners ever, according to Kimball Activities Director Ken Smith. The final tally was 223 runners who enjoyed a near perfect afternoon with no wind, but maybe a bit too warm for some distance runners who prefer cooler weather. The day's highlight for Kimball was sophomore Chantel Malson placing 4th in the field of 56 runners who completed the girls' 5,000 meter course. Malson's time of...
Kimball sophomore Payton Wise picked up yet another medal, to add to her collection of hardware,at the Mitchell Invitational Golf Tournament held this past Thursday. Payton, like almost all of the golfers, didn't shoot close to her top scores of the season, thanks in large part to a miserable windy day. She finished 6th in the top ten medal group with her round of 46-44=90, but not that bad of a round considering the windy conditions, accourding to coach Katie Culek. Maddie Cook was Kimball's...
A busy weekend for the Kimball High Sports teams and their fans. It starts out on Friday with the Kimball Invitational Cross Country Meet being held at the Four Winds Golf Course with a 12 noon start time for the junior high runners followed by the high school races. Fans are urged to come out and cheer on the runners. Actually, there is volleyball this evening (Thursday) with Kimball traveling to Potter-Dix for a triangular with Mitchell as the third team and play time begins at 4 p.m. Then on Saturday, September 14, the Kimball girls are at t... Full story
The Kimball Cross Country Team will be running on familiar hills and dales this Friday as they host their own Kimball Invite at the Four Winds Golf Course area with a start time of 12 noon. pectators are welcome to come out and cheer on the runners. This past week the Kimball runners were at Gering and although no one made it into the top 10 medal group, coach Tiffany Johnson still had some good performances from her young squad. With only four girls in the High School Small School Division Kimball finished 6th with 104 points. Sophomore Chante...
An outstanding week for the Kimball High girl's golf team as they picked up 3 team wins led by sophomore Payton Wise with 3 individual top finishes! The Lady Longhorns started off with a pair of victories on their home course as they hosted their Kimball Invitational anD combined it with the Western Trails Conference Tournament. their team score of 421 was good enough to take top team honors in both divisions with Mitchell runner-up in both with 422 and Gordon-Rushville 3rd with 536. Bridgeport...
Highlight of the opening week of Kimball High School Fall Sports is of course the new Kimball school record round of golf shot by sophomore Payton Wise. The talented young lady won the Bayard Tournament with her awesome round of 46-35=81 for her second top ten medal in the opening week as she finished 9th at the Sidney Tournament in the season opener. Last year, as a freshman, Payton was a state qualifier and state medal winner, and also tied the Kimball school record of 82 that Loni Janicek shot back in 1999. Miss Wise has a very good startt... Full story
The Kimball High Longhorn Football Team suffered a 62-20 loss to the visiting Garden County Eagles in the season opener for both teams in 8-man football action this past weekend. It took parts of two days to get the game completed as the contest was called off Friday evening due to lightning delays that wouldn't go away. After a 30 minute delay to the start of the game Friday, the game got underway at around 7:30 p.m., but was handled again due to lightning with 4:15 remaining in the first...
The Kimball High Girls Golf Team got the season underway at the Sidney Tournament this past week on a Tuesday and came right back to play at Bayard on Thursday. Sophomore Payton Wise brought home medals from both outings, with a 9th place finish at Sidney and a 1st place finish at Bayard where she had the best 18 holes of golf ever played by a Kimball High Lady golfer! Coach Katie Culek had a full team of 4 girls for the Sidney Tournament and her Lady Longhorns finished 6th in the team...
The Kimball Longhorn Cross Country Team opened the season at the Scottsbluff Panhandle Classic Invite this past Thursday evening and the highlight for coach Tiffany Johnson’s runners was a top 25 medal performance by sophomore Chantel Malson, who finished 22nd in the field of 107 runners in the female division. Malson, a sophomore, ran the 5,000 meter course at the Riverside Golf Course in 23 minutes 46.29 seconds. The winning time by Regan Hodsen of Mitchell was 20:33.53. The Kimball girls had only 3 runners in the girls division and were s...
This is the week you high school sports fans have been waiting for and Kimball High athletes are going to be busy for certain. The Kimball High girls golf team has already had a tournament as you read this, as they were scheduled to play at Sidney this past Tuesday, and they are at Bayard today (Thursday). This coming Tuesday, they will host the Western Trails Tournament at their own Four Winds Course with a tee time of 9 a.m. You fans are welcome to come out and cheer the ladies on! Coach Katie Culek has seven girls checked out, including...
The Four Winds Men’s Monday-Tuesday Golf League has all but wrapped up its golf season with only the men’s combined scramble remaining this Sunday afternoon. The year-end scramble for the Four Winds Men was held a week back with six teams involved, and the top five teams all finished within strokes of each other, according to organizer Pat O’Brien. The winning team was Bill Hinton, Pat O’Brien, Henderson Bryson and Mike Kelley. Second place was Tom O’Brien, Steve Pattison Charlie Carlson and Jacob Walker. Third place was Bob Culek, Don Trofholz... Full story
Breckyn Kiefer, the 8-year-old daughter of Wade and Brooke Kiefer of Kimball, is making a name for herself in the world of power tumbling. Not only on a local, or even state status, but all the way to National recognition! When Riley McNees came to Kimball and started a tumbling program, Breckyn joined the fun at age 5 and has now been involved with the sport for three years and competing for the past two years. The talented little blonde has always been athletic, according to her mom. "She was... Full story
The Wise kids were earning more honors at a golf tournament held in North Platte a week back. Playing in the two day Junior Ambassadors Tournament, held at the Lake Maloney Rivers Edge Course in North Platte, Payton Wise finished third in her division with rounds of 94-89 and played some very good golf, according to her dad, despite having 11 unplayables and one out-of-bounds during the 94 round. Dillon Wise was fifth in his division with two solid days of scoring with rounds of 78-77. Dillon and Payton were also on a team that finished second...
A field of 116 golfers turned out for the 28th annual Kimball Hospital Foundation Golf Tournament this past weekend at the Four Winds Golf Course. The popular event held on Saturday was a four person scramble format with some added twists that allowed golfers to improve their tee distance and/or purchase additional mulligan shots, thus helping the winning teams to shoot some very low scores. This year's winning team was composed of Ty Garrett, Shane Hays, Marc Clemens, and Darrell Dean and was...
Kimball’s Mike Daum is set to move on to his next role in his illustrious basketball career. After an outstanding high school career at Kimball High, he became one of the best ever as a member of the South Dakota State men’s program – setting so many school and conference records, that put his name into the record books where they may stand for many years to come. He is South Dakota State’s all-time leading scorer and the 7th best leading scorer in Division I college history, averaging 25.3 points and 11.7 rebounds his senior year. And the lis... Full story
Another great turnout for a golf happening at the Four Winds Golf Course this past Saturday evening. After being cancelled due to bad weather a week or so back, the Masonic Lodge Cross Country/Glow Ball four-person scramble was held Saturday even though there was once again a threat of bad weather, which didn’t happen. A total of 14 teams participated and the winning team of Dillon Wise, Jacob Walker, Gavin Howell and Nate Dvorak shot the winning round of 64. Finishing second was the team of Darin Lonsdale, Leia Evens, and Tiffany and Mark A...
The Vince’s Corner ABCD Double Draw Scrambler was held this past weekend and hard to believe this was the 10th annual for this very popular event. A lot of the names you may not recognize as this tournament brings them in from all over. And yet you will recognize a lot of our local golfers as well and the names of former residents who drive and fly in from out of state to meet up with old friends and enjoy a few days back. ----------------------------------- One big golf happening in the books and more on the calendar so get ready. The cross c...
Some golf being played and some golf being rained out! The scheduled Glow Ball/Cross Country Scramble got cancelled this past Saturday evening because of weather and weather forecasts, but other events went on as scheduled and there are more coming up. -------------------------------------- The Four Winds Men held a Fun Nigh Scramble this past week with 7 four man teams participating. The winning team won by score card playoff after two teams tied for the best score. The champions were the team of Bill Hinton, Steve Pattison, Terry Lovesee,...
Another very successful golf happening occurred this past weekend at the Four Winds Golf Course with 18 four-person scramble teams turning out for the annual TeamMates Tournament. Once again, the weather was very nice and the golfers enjoyed the day. The lady in charge, chairperson Stephanie Kitchens, said, "I appreciate very much the support of all the golfers who took part in this year's event. We tied the best turnout ever with the 18 teams and 72 golfers." Stephanie got help from family...
After another very successful golf event at the Four Winds this past Saturday for the annual TeamMates scramble, time now to focus on yet another fun golfing event set for this Saturday, July 6. It is the Glow Ball, four-person scramble with nine holes playing in the daylight and nine more holes played in the dark. Golfers will enjoy dinner in between rounds, which is included in your $75 per person entry fee. There will be lots of nice prizes, and you can bet it will be fun and challenging, so get your team together and get entered. You can...