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 Outstanding performance at the 2018 Best in the West Track and Field Meet should go to those who delayed the running of the meet one day to give the athletes, and fans, a chance to perform, and enjoy, excellent weather, instead of more wind and cold. The athletes showed their appreciation with some outstanding performances, none better than the boy's pole vault, where Mitchell's Justin Spencer won at 15'3" to better the previous meet record of 14'2" set by Brandon Childs of Torrington, back...
Chase County showed off their power in winning both the boy’s and girl’s divisions of the SPVA Conference Track and Field championship held at the Sidney Track facility this past Friday. In the Women’s division they scored 160 points, with St. Pats runner-up with 128, followed by Bridgeport with 83, Sutherland 48, Hershey 45, Perkins County 32 and Kimball 28. In the Men’s division, it was Chase County 135, Perkins County 84, Sutherland 76, Bridgeport 70, Hershey 50, St. Pats 39 and Kimball 29. Despite not amassing a lot of team points, Kimball...
Make room for two more trophies in the Kimball High Athletic Trophy case, as the Kimball boys brought home top honors from both conference golf tournaments this past week! The Longhorns successfully defended their championships in both the SPVA and Western Trails Conference tournaments in back-to-back outings. This past Friday, the Longhorns were at Rivers Edge in North Platte to defend their SPVA championship and they got the job done with a team score of 333, and in so doing, avenged their...
The spring sports season for our area athletes is fast drawing to a close. This week’s schedule has the Kimball High Boy’s Golf Team in action on the home course at the Four Winds tomorrow (Friday) and this is a chance for you fans to get out and watch our boys in action. Start time is 9 a.m., so no Open Golf until later in the day. They will also be at Bayard on Tuesday (May 8). The Junior High Track Team is at Hershey TODAY for SPVA Conference. High School Track Team is at the Bayard B-C-D meet tomorrow (Friday) with an 8:30 am start. ---...
Another strong showing by the Kimball Junior High girls at this past week’s Laramie County Junior High Track Invite held in Burns. Torrington won the girl’s division with 128.5 points, with Burns 2nd with 110. Kimball finished 3rd in the 11 school field with 80.5 points. An outstanding day for Chantel Malson, who won the 100 meter dash in 14.25, ran 3rd in the 200 in 30.71, was 3rd in the pole vault at 6’6” and ran a leg on the winning 4x100 relay, teaming with Tianna Stierwalt, Amy Birkhofer and Payton Wise to run the winning time of 57.51....
The Kimball High Boy's Golf Team picked up their fourth team championship of the season by winning the Division Two title at the Scottsbluff Tournament held Monday at the Scottsbluff Country Club course. On a breezy day, with the greens rolling fast, Kimball shot a 358 team score to win over the 10-team field. Chadron was runner-up with 390, followed by Morrill with 402, Alliance JV 412, Mitchell 420, Scottsbluff JV 424, Kimball JV 441, Ogallala 444, Mitchell JV 445 and Bayard 462. Trevor Berry...
The weather is still playing havoc with our area sports schedules and our Kimball High Track athletes had their meet at Morrill cancelled this past Saturday because of the winter-type storm that rolled into the area. Now, a select few that made the list for the Best of the West meet held this past Tuesday at Scottsbluff, will get some action and the entire squad will go to Sidney tomorrow (Friday) for the SPVA conference meet that starts at 9 a.m. The Junior High tracksters will be at Burns tomorrow (Friday). ---------------...
Another strong showing by the Kimball Junior High girls at their own Invitation Track and Field Invite. The Kimball girls scored 66 points and finished 3rd behind a strong Mitchell team that won with 88.5 points, with Burns 2nd with 75.5 points. Close behind Kimball was Bridgeport with 65, Pine Bluffs had 51.5, Bayard 42, Perkins County 34, Alliance St. Agnes 27.5, Hemingford 9 and Morrill 6 Bridgeport ran away with the boy’s division team title with 119 points, followed by Mitchell with 79, St. Agnes 74, Burns 50, Pine Bluffs 48, Bayard 43, P...
Mitchell captured both divisions of the 2018 Western Trails Conference Track and Field Meet held at Morrill this past week. Bridgeport was runner-up in both divisions and Bayard finished 3rd in both classes. The Lady Tigers amassed 186 points to capture the girl's division, followed by Bridgeport with 103, Bayard 71, KIMBALL 48.66, Hemingford 41, Gordon-Rushville 40 and Morrill 36.33. In the boy's division, Mitchell won with 127 points, Bridgeport had 120, Bayard 78, Gordon-Rushville 70, KIMBALL...
The Kimball High Boy's Golf Team got the season underway with two wins this past week capturing the team titles at Mitchell with their team score of 323 and improving that score to 317 in winning the Bridgeport Tournament. At the Mitchell Tournament, Alliance finished runner-up with 350, followed by Bridgeport with 363, Gering 374, Chadron 381, Morrill 383, Garden County 384, Crawford 403, Mitchell 408, Scottsbluff JV 420, Mitchell JV 428, Creek Valley 431 and Bayard 468. Bridgeport senior,...
The Kimball girls captured the team title of the Potter-Dix Junior High Track Invite held at the Kimball site this past week, scoring 152 points to hold off Burns, who finished just a few points back with 147. Pine Bluffs had 69, Leyton 44, Morrill 17, Minatare 17, Potter-Dix 16 and Banner County 3. Leyton won the boy's division with 171 points, followed by Burns with 81.5, Potter-Dix 77, Pine Bluffs 67, KIMBALL 23, Morrill 16.5, Minatare 15 and Banner County 14. The Kimball girls are loaded...
The weather is still playing havoc with the area sports scheduling, but area school administrators have been moving events around and trying to get at least some of them held. I am to the point of wondering if it is even worth the time of listing events, as there is a good chance they will be moved. That being said, Kimball will host a junior high track meet today (Thursday) beginning at 9 a.m. Kimball High will attend the George Calvert track meet in Morrill on Saturday (April 21), as it has been moved back from Friday. The Kimball High...
Kimball's Jordan Greenwood is faring well with college golf as a member of the highly respected Southeast Community College Men's Golf Team. After an illustrious four year career as a four-time State Medalist for Kimball High, Jordan was recruited by the Southeast Community College Coach and accepted the scholarship offer. After three spring tournaments, Jordan has ended up in the top ten medal group in the last two outings. Southeast opened the spring season in Missouri, where they finished 3rd...
A good day on the track and in the field for the Kimball Junior High girl’s track team at the Bayard Invite this past Monday. Kimball finished runner-up and just 9.5 points back of the winning Bridgeport team in the final standings of the 17 school field. The final point totals were not sent out. An outstanding day for Kaitlin Heeg, who won the triple jump at 27’10”, the long jump at 13’10” and ran 5th in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 20.0 seconds. Kimball scored very strong in the jumps as, not only did Heeg win the triple jump, but...
A slow week of activities for the local sports teams due to weather postponements or cancellations. This week should get busy. The High School track team did not go to Grant this past Saturday due to the stormy weather, but are scheduled to compete at the Western Trails Conference meet in Morrill this Saturday with a 1 p.m. start time. The Kimball Junior High track team got the season underway at Bayard this past Monday and was scheduled to compete in the Potter-Dix Junior High Invite being held at Kimball this past Wednesday. The Kimball High...
The Kimball High Boy's Golf Team opened their season at the Gering Quad this past week in an event that was not on the original schedule. It involved the hosting Gering team, Scottsbluff, Mitchell and Kimball. No team score was kept and there were 35 golfers total, including 8 Kimball golfers. Kimball played well, especially since they had but a very few days where they were allowed on the Kimball course, or even the driving range and practice putting green. It was a late afternoon event,...
Kimball had lots of highlights at the Bayard C-D Track Invite, but none better than the gold medal wins by Brady Kilgore and Jaden Mohr, both in the boy’s division. The Kimball boys scored 34 points to finish 6th in the field of 18 schools. Kilgore racked up his 3rd consecutive win in the 110 meter hurdles winning the gold with his improved time of 15.2 on a cold and dreary track day. The talented junior also ran 4th in the 300 hurdles in 44.93, was 3rd in the high jump at 5’8”, and was 8th in the long jump at 18’7”. The Longhorns always ge...
Payge Hoffman and Trinity Langley accounted for a good share of the scoring for the Potter-Dix Girls at the Bayard C-D Track Invite this past week, with both bringing home gold medals. Hoffman got her gold in winning the long jump with a leap of 15’3” and Langley took home the gold in the high jump, clearing 5’0” to win the event. Hoffman also ran 4th in the 300 hurdles with her time of 53.98, teamed with Virginia Herboldsheimer, Fedaline Schuessler, and McKynna Deeds to run 6th in the 4x100 relay, and then joined with Jessica Gingeri...
MaKenna Dahlgrin was a double gold medal winner for the Banner County High Girls at the Bayard C-D Track Invite this past week and her 20 points placed the Lady Wildcats in 12th place in the team standings of the field of 18 schools. Dahlgrin showed she was the best in the weight events, winning the discus by almost 16 feet with her winning throw of 112’0”. In the shot put, her winning heave was 36’4”. Coach Kari Gifford also got a very good performance from sophomore Deven Sullivan in the boy’s division, as the talented distance ace ran 2nd i...
The Pine Bluffs Hornets captured the team championship in both the boys and girls divisions at Saturday's Kimball Track and Field Invitational, with Kimball runnerup in both divisions. In the boy's division, Pine Bluffs amassed 206 points with Kimball a distant 2nd with 134, followed by Hemingford with 71, Minatare 58, Potter-Dix 25 and Banner County 18. In the girl's division, the Lady Hornets won with 174 points, Kimball had 88, Hemingford 87, Potter-Dix 76, Banner County 47 and Minatare 24....
The Potter-Dix Track Team enjoyed a good outing at the Kimball Invitational Track and Field Meet with the girls finishing 4th in the team standings with 76 points and the boys ending up 5th with 25 points. Senior, Trinity Langley, excelled in winning the high jump at 4'8", taking 2nd in the triple jump at 32'3.5", 3rd in the 200 meter dash in 31.10 and teaming with Jessica Gingerich, Payge Hoffman and December Wright to run the winning time in the 4x400 relay, clocking 4:57.40 to take the gold....
Banner County High has only six athletes out for track this spring, but those six athletes perform at a high level! At the Kimball Invite Saturday, the Lady Wildcats scored 47 points. McKenna Dahlgrin won both of the weight events, taking the shot put with a heave of 36'7.75", over 2 feet better than 2nd place, and destroyed the rest of the field in the discus with her winning throw of 110'1.5" with 2nd place at 95'6.5". The Knisley sisters also had stand-out performances in the distance events...
Kimball High head track Coach, Gene Mohr, reports the numbers are up this spring with 29 boys and 20 girls checked out at the time of this writing. Coach Mohr and his staff also have some quality athletes returning, as well as, good numbers. Let's start with Brady Kilgore, a junior, who finished 5th at the state track meet last year as a sophomore, running 15.2, not far off the new school record of 14.59 he ran at last year's WTC Conference meet. Kilgore is a very versatile track man who...
After last year's exceptional season, what might we expect from this year's Kimball High Boy's Golf Team? You might remember that last year they swept through the season with 8 consecutive wins before having to settle for runnerup honors at the State Tournament. They won both the Western Trails Conference and SPVA Tournaments, and the District Tournament, and their only loss was to Lincoln Lutheran, by 9 strokes, in the two-day State Tournament. They brought home the State Runnerup Trophy and ha...
The Kimball High Track Team opened the season this past Saturday at the Chadron State College Indoor Invite and had a pair of individual winners bring home gold. With a reported 497 athletes, all competing in one class, Brady Kilgore and Hannah Biesecker took the top marks in their favorite events. Kilgore captured the winning time in the 55 meter hurdles, clocking 8:28 seconds after running 8:25 in the prelims. The talented junior also placed in the high jump finishing 6th at 5’10”, tied for 8th in the long jump at 18’10” and teamed up with...