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 2020 Four Winds Men’s Golf League came to a finish this past week with the team of Tristen and Chris Zitek, out of Pine Bluffs, winning the overall championship. The Zitek team won over the team of Dennis Deboodt and Leo O’Hare in a battle of division champs. The Zitek team won with 19.5 team points in their division of the 9 week schedule with Randy Bohac and Kevin Thomas finishing 2nd in that division with 19 points, Mike Moehr and Rich Flores were 3rd, with 17 points and Jeremy Williams and Jonathan Selves 4th with with 15.5 points. In...
I gave you a short brief on the 2020 Bag's Bar Golf Tournament in last week's Observer sports. But this week I have the entire results of the two day scramble held at the Potter Golf Course thanks to Kristi Jung. There were 28 four-person teams with the team of Doran Bush, Lane Juelfs, Morgan Haupt and Lance Juelfs winning the championship flight easily with their score of 76, and as reported last week, Lance Juelfs scored a hole-in-one on both days for his winning team! There was a tie for...
At the time of this writing, and unless I hear a change, we will have no Nebraska football as the Big 10 has voted not to play. What I heard on Monday was that only Nebraska and Iowa voted to go ahead with the fall season, but I guess there could be a change yet. Interesting and disappointing. High School Practice Is On I did get word on Monday that the Kimball High fall sports are scheduled to proceed and fall sports practices began this past Monday. Practice time now until school starts on... Full story
The 29th annual Kimball Hospital Foundation Golf Classic is in the books as a record breaking event having attracted the most entries ever, according to the chairman, Mr. Kerry Ferguson. This year's event had 36 four-person teams for a total of 144 golfers, the most ever. Ferguson said, "It was truly a great day for the foundation with this great turnout. We had near perfect weather the entire day, I think everyone enjoyed themselves, and all of the volunteer helpers did such a good job. "I... Full story
Not a lot to share with you readers this week. The coronavirus played havoc with the Nebraska West Nebraska All Star Football game, which had to be canceled when a member of the East Team tested positive. The volleyball match went on as scheduled and the West Team won in five straight sets. Payton Wise I can boast once again on the play of our Payton Wise who did very well in the final two tournaments of the Panhandle Junior Tour. She shot a round of 79, despite not putting her best, at Gering... Full story
Cameron Wynne, the son of Brian Wynne who was a 1997 Kimball High grad, and an outstanding athlete for the Longhorns, has signed to return home to Nebraska to play out his collegiate baseball. Cam, as he goes by, grew up in Lincoln and played his high school baseball at Lincoln High before playing 2 years of baseball for Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas. His next move was to sign with Texas A&M. When the COVID-19 scare came along and everything came to a halt, Cam went...
The 3rd annual James L. Eatmon Masonic Lodge golf tournament was held this past Saturday night at the Four Winds Golf Course, and yes, I said Saturday NIGHT! This fun format consists of a cross country laid-out out course during daylight hours, with a break for outstanding food prepared by Dave Klinkhammer, and served at the course, and then 9 more holes of golf in the dark using glo balls! This year’s tournament attracted 20 four-person teams, or 80 golfers, and according to the chairman, Kevin Wynne, “It went very well and seemed like eve...
What a Great weekend of watching some outstanding golf! I put in several hours following golfers involved in the 11th annual Vince's Corner ABCD Double Draw Scramble out at the Four Winds Golf Course, breathing good fresh, Hot air, but finding lots of shady spots where I could watch golfers come in and go out, with lots of exciting approach shots, pets, and long drives. On top of that I got to see and talk with a lot of people I haven't seen since at least last year, or longer. Many good... Full story
With the Nebraska fall sports still a huge question mark, Kimball High Junior Payton Wise at least got to see some competitive action on the golf course this past week by playing in the Nebraska Amateur Golf Tournament held at the Scottsbluff Country Club. The two-day event attracted 48 girls and Payton finished tied for 17th overall with her rounds of 88-82=170. Wise is staying active, though, and attended both basketball and volleyball camps in the last couple of weeks....
Our Kimball guy, Mike Daum, had two more good showings in The Basketball Tournament being played in Columbus, Ohio, that was shown on ESPN. You hopefully caught the story last week of him being named Player of the Game in their opening week over War Tampa 76-53, when he led his House of Paign team with 21 points and 13 rebounds. This past week he repeated in game two as Player of the Game in the 76-68 win over the hosting Carmen’s Crew, an Ohio State team playing on their own stomping ground, and they were the number one seed and defending c...
The 11th annual Vince’s Corner ABCD Double Draw Golf Scramble is in the books and the 132 golfers who made up the 33 four man teams enjoyed two days of hot, but calm weather, with no storms, and a golf course that brought raves from many of the out of town golfers. It all started with a Friday night get together at the Wind Break Restaurant where the drawing for Saturday’s play took place, and was repeated Saturday evening for Sunday play. In the two day final results, the top honor went to A golfer Andrew Brown as the hometown guy fin...
A lot of golf to be played this weekend at the Kimball Four Winds Golf Course as a lot of golfers will tee it up in the Vince's Corner 2-day 4-person scramble. Saturday start time is 12 noon and Sunday start time will be either 9 or 9:30 a.m. Four Winds Pro Chad Wise said, "We will have open golf both days also but you need to call for tee times." This annual tournament started by Henry Heeg 11 years ago attracts so many former Kimball residents who live elsewhere now but return for the golf... Full story
The annual Kimball Chapter of the Team Mates fundraising Golf Tournament was held this past Saturday at the Four Winds Golf Course and, according to Stephanie Kitchens, the program coordinator, it was a huge success. “This was one of our best tournaments we have had by a long shot,” she said. A total of 24 four-person teams participated and enjoyed the beautiful Four Winds course on a near perfect weather day. This year’s winning team that shot 57 to walk away with the top prize was Vicky Brown, Andrew Brown, Aaron Osborn and Terry Osbor...
The three-man team of Mitch-Preston-Taylor Brown captured the championship of the 2020 Father's Day Golf Classic winning by 3 strokes over the defending team of Kenny-Jeff-Jordon Greenwood. The Brown team was trailing by 3 strokes after the opening Saturday round with the Greenwoods leading the field with their round of 58 on Saturday while the Brown's shot 61. On Sunday, the Brown's shot an amazing round of 55, 17 under par, and the Greenwood team slipped to 261 leaving the winners with a... Full story
What a great golf weekend at the Four Winds Golf Course this past Saturday-Sunday. Amazing the number of people that turn out for this annual golfing attraction, not only in the number of 3-man teams, which ended up at 35 when one team did not show, but also in the number of people who come out to follow their favorite teams, both days! This year the weather was near-perfect both days, and the course was groomed to Perfection. I heard so many positive comments on the Kimball course. It is so gratifying to see the number of all-family teams ente...
It is nice to see all the activity again at the Kimball baseball/softball diamonds! The state associations have given the OK for Nebraska youth to have practices, and game competition will follow soon. Ashley Thurin is one of the key figures in organizing and setting up schedules, and it looks like she will have several teams from the various age groups for both girls and boys. Ashley informed Monday evening that games will begin June 22, and you fans can catch youth games at the Kimball... Full story
Adam Bohac, who was a standout athlete for Kimball High during his prep days and went on to play basketball for the University of Nebraska, has been named to the "50 Impactful Coaches" list in a release that came out this past week. This list includes the NCAA Division II and NAIA, according to the release. In his 12 seasons with Southern Nazarene University as the head coach of the men's basketball program, Bohac has taken his team to one Final Four and two Elite Eights in the NAIA spectrum. He...
The first big tournament of the season will happen this weekend at the Four Winds Golf Course as the Annual Father’s Day Classic event is set for its two-day format on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday’s play will tee off with a shotgun start at 12 noon with two 3-person teams on each of the 18 holes, and Sunday play will have a 9 a.m. start time, also with a shotgun start. As usual, the format is a 3-person scramble and requires no handicap and is an opportunity for golfers to play with family and friends. As reported last week by chairman Ran...
Kimball High athletes were back in the school's spacious weight room this past week after the NSAA gave permission for Nebraska schools to open up their weight rooms at the same time, while still watching and using the 6-foot social distancing rule as much as possible and wiping down all equipment used. I made a trip to the Kimball High weight room this past week and with permission from Coach Ben Aarestad, who was overseeing the 7:30 to 9 a.m. lifting session. I observed for a short time and... Full story
Another friendly reminder that the upcoming Father’s Day Golf Classic 3-Man Scramble tournament will be held Father’s Day weekend, June 20-21, at the Four Winds Golf Course in Kimball. Chairman Randy Bohac provided some additional information this week as he looks for more entries to get everything set up. “This tournament began, and was started by the former Kimball Men’s Country Club league, and has continued with the support and help of the Thursday Night Men’s League,” he said. “This tournament requires no handicap and is a great time to...
Nebraska got the word that adult and youth baseball/softball could begin practicing as of this past Monday, June 1. Ashley Thurin informed me that league play in Kimball for the youth programs will start up on June 18. At this time, the teams are still being put together, and team coaches will be getting their practice dates and times scheduled to let their team members know. We will let you readers know more as more info is developed. Here are the Covid-19 rules for the practice sessions: 1. Players, coaches, and staff showing signs/symptoms... Full story
Thanks to the COVID-19 scare ,there was no end of the school year awards night this year at the Kimball High so the Kimball High athletes missed out on this annual tribute as well. We published an entire list of accomplishments the graduating class achieved a couple of weeks back, but I want to give special recognition to Beau Hanks and Carli Wurdeman for being named Outstanding boy and girl Senior Athletes. They both also received the WTC scholarships and WTC Scholar Athlete awards and both were 4 year 12 sport athletes! Weight Room Opening... Full story
Braylon Miller and Braxton Miller, sons of Mr and Mrs. Chad Miller, were both recent state qualifiers in the Knights of Columbus free throw shooting contest. The Kimball brothers shot in their local competition at Sidney. Braxton, a 6th grader, hit 12 out of 15 for 80% and won by 1 over the second place shooter in the 12 year old division. Braylon, an 8th greater this past school year, competed in the 13 year old division and had his best outing in the Districts in the Scottsbluff, where he...
Tom Southard wrote an introduction in last week's Observer for the story below that he wrote in 1993 about Kimball's new golf state champions. Also presented below, after that story, is a follow-up that Tom wrote as Kimball was enjoying the good life with its champs. Kimball's high school golf team won the state Class C boys championship at Hastings Tuesday, the first state win ever by local golfers. The team captured the Class C District championship at North Platte May 12 and then won the stat...
I have received what I feel is uplifting news from the good people who head up the local golf leagues, and it looks like there will be league play, and possibly even tournaments this summer at the Four Winds Golf Course. Randy Bohac informs me that the Thursday Night Men's Golf League will take place. The league is set with 28 teams playing a 9-week schedule with a season ending tournament. Schedules and rules are to be mailed out this week. Also, the annual Father's Day Classic Golf Tournament... Full story