Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Payton Wise had a very good showing at the recent Kearney Junior Classic Golf Tournament held at the Meadowlark Hills Golf Course. Competing in the age 14-15 girl’s division the young Kimball standout finished 2nd with her round of 93 and 85 in the two day event for a 178 total. She was just 2 strokes behind the winner, Lynzi Becker of Cozad who shot 96-80=176. -------------------------- Kate Reader, another Kimball standout athlete I have been writing about as she competed in a pair of girl’s All Star Basketball Tournaments, received more hon...
The father-son team of Greg Robinson, Tony and Michael took top honors at this year’s Father’s Day Golf Tournament hosted by the Kimball Thursday Night Men’s Golf League, shooting two day rounds of 59-58=117 to hold off the defending champion father-son team of Kenny Greenwood and sons Jeff and Jordan who also shot 59 on the first day but slipped to a 61 on day two for a 120 total. Third place in the championship flight was also a father-son team of Mark Daum, Colton and Jake shooting 62-60=122. It was a “Great Weekend” said chairman Randy Boh...
The Four Winds Golf Course will come alive this weekend with the holding of the annual Father’s Day Golf Tournament hosted by the Thursday Night Men’s Golf League. This is one of the favorite events each year held at the Four Winds with lots of family get togethers to make up the 3-person scramble teams, along with many friends returning to Kimball to participate. Tournament play will tee off at 12 noon on Saturday and continues on Sunday with a 9 a.m. Start time. Randy Bohac is the Tournament Director and is hoping the weather holds good for...
Kimball High grad Zane Anthony made sure he closed out his High School football career in fine fashion with an outstanding performance in helping his West Team win over the East Team, 6-0, Saturday night at the Scottsbluff Bearcat Stadium. Anthony started on offense for the West Team as a wideout receiver, and also played a role as a defensive specialist on kick off situations. Zane had a kickoff return of 33 yards, had three catches for 22 yards, and had three tackles on special teams. Anthony...
Kimball High grads of the 2019 class were preforming again this past weekend in All Star events. Kate Reader and Izaac Reuter played in the select Mid Plains Area All Star Basketball games held Saturday evening at the College in North Platte. Kate was on the winning Black team that won over the Gold team 65-37 and contribute nine points along with playing an overall good game with her rebounds, defense and assists. Izaac ended up on the Gold team that lost to the Black team 76-74 in overtime....
It was an All Star Basketball night this past Saturday at Cougar palace in Scottsbluff with the staging of the 2019 Panhandle Prep All Star Basketball games featuring both girls and boys of Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming with even a South Dakota young man included. Kimball High was represented by Kate Reader and Izaac Reuter, they both played like All Stars with Reader scoring in double figures with 11 points including four field goals and three for four free thow shooting. She also did a good job rebounding and playing strong defense....
The Kimball High Boy's Golf Team wrapped up another successful season with seven teams wins, including both conference championships and the District title! For the three seniors on the team, this meant a sweep of all four years as conference and district champions! The Longhorns also finished third, sixth and seventh in team standing. At Mitchell in their first outing they finished third with 347, won at Morrill with 338, sixth a Scottsbluff with 352, won at Bridgeport, with 332, won at Bayard...
After last week’s story on Brady Kilgore bringing home three medals from the Nebraska State Track Meet and informing you readers about Jay Staehr doing this himself back in 1994, I asked for you readers to come up with some of your own memories of outstanding feats at the state meets. Coach Bill Wallace responded with a call about his 1971 Banner County High girl’s track team that won an all class gold medal in the 1971 State meet held in Grand Island. His 4 x 200 relay team of Peggy King, LeAnn May, Jeannie Larson, and Amy Lease ran 1:4...
The 2019 Nebraska Boy's State Golf Tournament did not play out as planned thanks to some nasty weather that cancelled out the two day format, limiting it to just one day and 18 holes of play. The Class C State Tournament was held at the Meadow Lark Hills Golf Course in Kearney and the Kimball High team went down early hoping to get in some practice rounds to prepare them for tournament play, but again thanks to the weather, coach Chad Wise said "We were only able to get in 6 holes of practice, a...
The 2019 Nebraska State Track Meet is in the books, and we have local athletes who not only wrote their names into the State books, but also into their own school record books as well. Kimball High sent two athletes to this year’s State Meet and seniors Brady Kilgore and Corey Travis will cherish the memories of this trip for a lifetime. For Brady, it was his third consecutive trip to the big show in Omaha, and for Corey, it was his first. Each year has gotten better for Brady. In his sophomore year of 2017 he qualified for the 110 meter h...
A memorable last track meet for Brady Kilgore as he closed out his Kimball High School athletic career at the Nebraska State Track and Field Championships at Omaha Burke Stadium. The recent Kimball High grad brought home medals in all three of the events he qualified in, including the Class C gold medal in the 110 meter high hurdles! The talented young man who has accepted a track scholarship to run for the Eagles at Chadron State next year, won the hurdle event in a photo finish with his time...
Mallorie Buescher, a young lady with Kimball ties, closed out an exciting senior season of tennis with a runner-up finish in the Nebraska Class B State Tournament held in Lincoln. Mallorie is a student at Lexington High School, and the daughter of Darin and Lisa Buescher, both Kimball High grads. Her grandparents, Ray Buescher and Cindy Rasmussen, still reside in Kimball and are big fans of their granddaughter, traveling to see her play when ever possible. Mallorie took a record of 27 and 5...
An exciting week for Kimball High spring sports as they took part in their districts and state qualifying events. Kimball senior Brady Kilgore won three events at Bayard to qualify him in his last trip to state track. He will compete in both hurdles events along with the high jump at Omaha this weekend and senior Corey Travis qualified in the discus. We wish you both well. Also Deven Sullivan who will be at Omaha to compete in the Class D 3200 meter run after winning the event at district. He also ran 3rd in the 1600 at the district meet....
Brady Kilgore will be making his annual trip to Omaha for the Nebraska State Track Meet after winning and qualifying in three events at last week's District meet held at Bayard. Brady will have company on his trip to Omaha as senior teammate Corey Travis qualified in the discus after placing 2nd as Class C takes the top two individuals in each event, plus the winning relay team and in addition, some automatic qualifying marks and additional fastest times from all districts. Kilgore won the 110 m...
The Kimball High Boy's Golf Team took care of business one more time in winning their fourth straight District Championship Monday at the Cross Creek Golf Link in Cambridge. The three senior varsity golfers on the team have been a part of those four District titles and all three seniors were in the top ten medal group on Monday. Kimball shot a team scores of 355 to win by 16 strokes over runner-up Perkins County with 371 with Valentine 3rd with 385. The top three teams advance to state play...
More exciting happenings this past week involving Kimball High sports. The annual Booster Club Banquet and Awards Night was held and was a huge success thanks to the officers in charge. I was so impressed with the young people involved with the way they conduct themselves and how polished they are when asked to stand up front and talk. I remember my own days when I had to get up front and how hard it was to even get words out of my mouth. You young people impress me. ----------------------------------------- I was also impressed with...
Brady Kilgore won two of the top awards handed out at last week's B-C-D Track Invite along with winning both hurdle events and placing in all four events he was in. The talented senior from Kimball High was voted Most Valuable Male Athlete by virtue of his performances on the day and also was given the Jim Hohnstein top hurdler medal. This award was in honor of the former Bayard High coach and former outstanding hurdler who passed away after a battle with cancer. Top team honors went to Sidney...
Another win for the Kimball High Boy's Golf team and for Kimball senior Dillon Wise. Wise won the medalist honors at the Chappell Tournament with his round of 38-41=79 to pace Kimball's team victory of 335, 21 strokes better than runner-up Bridgeport with 356 followed by Sutherland with 361, Garden County 370, Creek Valley 404, Mitchell 422, South Platte 436, Bayard 437 and Perkins County 559. Another good team showing for Kimball with four team members in the top ten medal group. Zane Anthony...
What an exciting and exceptional week for Kimball High Spring sports! Brady Kilgore came through with a win in the 110 meter hurdles at the Best in the West Track Classic plus running 3rd in the 300 hurdles and taking 6th in the high jump. Then he was off to the SPVA meet in Sutherland and was a triple winner, taking both hurdles events and the high jump plus running a leg on a medal placing relay. Zach Wagner came through with an awesome performance at the Best in the West and ran 2nd in the 800 meter run with a personal best time. Several...
Brady Kilgore did not disappoint and kept his win streak in the 110 meter high hurdles alive by winning at the Best in the West Track Classic held this past week at the Scottsbluff High School Stadium site. The talented Kimball High senior won his favorite event in 15.15 seconds and came from behind to get the win in a tight race among the top three. He also earned the 3rd place medal in the 300 hurdles with his time of 41.12 and ran a PR in doing so. As a qualifier in three events, he also fini...
The Kimball High boys golf team has had a busy week and they have taken advantage of being able to get some tournament play by bringing home lots of team and individual honors. The Longhorns have competed in three tournaments since our last report in last week's Observer, so let's get started. Kimball Wins at Bridgeport With Dillon Wise and Zane Anthony finishing one-two in the individual standings after determining their placing by a playoff, and with Izaac Reuter finishing 4th with his round...
Chase County won both the boys and girls divisions of the SPVA Conference Track meet held this past Friday at Sutherland. Kimball finished 3rd in the boys division and 5th in the girls division. Chase County had 194 team points to win the boys team title with Perkins County runner-up with 99.5, followed by Kimball with 69, St. Pats 49, Sutherland 43.5, Bridgeport 38, and Hershey 34. A huge day once again for Kimball senior Brady Kilgore with three individual wins and a 3rd place as a member on a relay. Brady is still unbeaten in the 100 meter h...
The Kimball junior high tracksters took part in the Pine Bluffs Invitational this past Friday and turned in some good efforts. No team scores were available, but both the boys and girls had some good individual efforts. In the boys division, Uziel Flores won the shotput with a best mark of 39’6” and was 6th in the discus at 100’10”, both personal records. Chris McCloskey won the pole vault at 9’6” and Caleb Schaeffer was 4th at 8’6” and James McGinnis 6th at 8’0”. Schaeffer was 2nd in the high jump at 5’0” and McCloskey 5th at 4’8”. Trey Schin...
Spring sports have really gotten busy, despite some still cold and wet days. The Kimball High boys golf team was at Scottsbluff this past Monday, at Bridgeport this past Wednesday, and will be at Chase County for the SPVA Tournament Friday, and at Bayard for WTC Saturday. ------------------------- The Junior High track team is at Pine Bluffs today (Thursday) and the High School track team is at Sutherland for the SPVA Meet. ------------------------- Don’t forget the Booster Club Banquet and awards night for the Kimball High Athletes this c...
Brady Kilgore had another outstanding day at Mitchell this past week in the combined George Calvert Invitational Track Meet and the Western Trails Conference Track Meet, and was voted Most Valuable Male Athlete by the participating coaches. Kilgore was once again a 3 event winner sweeping the hurdle events with times of 15.10 in the 110 meter highs and 42.63 in the 300 meter hurdles, plus winning the high jump at 5'10" and running 4th in the 400 with his time of 55.97. All athletes were...