Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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All doubt has vanished in regards to questioning if Kimball's Mike Daum could play Division One Men's Basketball. The big guy is getting the job done, and done quite well, for the South Dakota State Jackrabbits. In my column last week I reported on SDS wins over TCU and Illinois State. Following those wins the Jacks travelled to Cancun, Mexico to finish out the Cancun Challenge that actually started in the United States and finished out in Mexico. Happy to report that Mike and team mates...
The weekend us indoor sports fans have been waiting for has arrived as the High School Winter Sports get underway this very weekend. It actually starts tonight (Thursday) with the Kimball High Wrestlers hosting Bayard on the Kimball High home mats with action to begin at 6 p.m. The wrestlers then get one day of before they head to Akron, Colorado for Tournament action this Saturday (Dec. 5). The Kimball High basketball teams, both girls and boys, are also at home for their season openers hosting their own Kimball Four-Team Invitational...
Kendall Ferguson and his Hastings College team mates had a three-game past week schedule but were given a short break to spend Thanksgiving with their families today before heading back to Hastings for practice tomorrow (Friday). The former Kimball High standout is still a standout, and is a starter for the Broncos in just his second year with the Men's basketball program after playing football his first two years at the school. The big guy is leading his team in some categories and had big...
The 2015 Kimball High Volleyball Season will go into the books as one of the most successful in the history of the sport for the Lady Longhorns with an overall win-loss record of 17-10. The junior varsity finished 9-6 and the freshman team was 4-5. It was a very enjoyable season for first year head coach Jeri Ferguson who expressed that sentiment. "We had some success and a lot of fun. Coach Monheiser and I were very pleased at the progress everyone made." Some of the season team-highlights...
Kimball High athletes were busy this past week as the Nebraska Winter Sports practice officially got underway on November 16....
Are you ready for the High School Winter Sports tip-off? Better get ready because the Kimball High girl’s basketball team is ready to entertain you on the home court this Monday, (November 30) in a Nebraska Hall of Fame exhibition game with Scottsbluff and an early game start time of 5 p.m. The first official season opening contests will take place on December 4-5 at the Kimball Four School Invitational Tournament with Morrill, Dundy County-Stratton, and McPherson County joining up with Kimball to make up the field. We will give you bracketing...
There were lots of smiles, pats on the backs, high fives, and congratulations galore Monday at High Noon when Kimball's Madison Biesecker signed her letter of intent to play volleyball for Southeast Community College located in Beatrice, Nebraska. Coach Carrie Puhalla, Head Volleyball Coach and Student Activities Director for the school drove into town to oversee the signing of the talented young senior who just finished out a very successful High School career for Kimball High. When asked what...
It was a bountiful year for Kimball area deer hunters with a grand total of 226 deer checked in at the Sportsman's Liquor check-in location. According to Lissa Wangler, owner of Sportsman's Liquor, they checked in 200 mule deer and 26 white tail with 165 bucks and 61 does. "We didn't have as many out of state hunters checkin animals this year but still there were some from California, South Carolina, Iowa, and Colorado along with our Nebraska license holders," Wangler said. There were nice...
Despite the 1 win-8 loss season for the Kimball High Football Team, there was good effort, good attitude, and progress of the younger players, leaving a positive outlook for next year. The season got off to a shaky beginning as coach Nick Kuxhausen and his staff saw the top two running backs in Jaden Withrow and Logan Stahla go down with injuries. Withrow was done for the year with his knee injury while Stahla did make it back late in the season. Along with their injuries, there were others,...
The Kimball Junior High Wrestling Team had four medalists and three gold medal winners at the Hemingford Tournament this past week. First place winners for Kimball were Bradley Lee, Todd Hunsaker, and Steve Bateman while Connor McGinnis had a runnerup finish for second place. "Hemingford is a good tournament for us," said coach Klent Schnell. "We get to see Gordon-Rushville, and Edgemont, South Dakota. We wrestled fairly well at Hemingford but need to work on some things from the neutral...
The Kimball Junior High Girl's Basketball season is off and running with two games under their belts at the time of this writing. Kimball opened the season hosting a tall and talented Pine Bluffs team that already had 5 games behind them when they arrived in Kimball. The visiting club won the A game 42-17 behind the 22 points of six footer D. Sweeter. For Kimball, Sydney Biesecker had 7, Raven Johnson 3, Jenna Greenwood 3, Alyson Holt 2, and Megan Spicer 2. Pine also won the B game 20-7 with...
Good News about Good Wins for former Kimball High athletes now involved in sports at the college level. Let’s start with football first as the seasons come to an end for both Jake Reader and Jonathon Withrow. Jon Withrow’s Dakota Wesleyan team closed out a very successful season with their 49-21 win over Dordt College of Iowa leaving the Dakota Wesleyan Tigers with a 9-2 record, but no playoff game to extend their season. In his true freshman season, the former Kimball High standout rose to a starting role as a running back, plus special tea...
Kimball High junior, Jordan Greenwood, is the latest to score a hole-in-one at the Four Winds Golf Course, and this is nothing new to the talented young golfer who had his first hole-in-one on the opening day of the season this year! Playing a foursome that included his dad, Kenny, Hillside Golf Pro Chuck Christiansen, and Lloyd Howard, young Jordan aced hole number three this past Sunday, Nov. 8, using a pitching wedge to carry the 133 yards needed. Not only can he savor the hole-in-one, but...
Coaches of the Western Trails Conference have made their selections for the All Conference Football and Volleyball Teams of 2015 and Kimball garnered their share of honors, especially in volleyball. Senior Danika Daum was named the 2015 MVP for her outstanding volleyball season and was a member of the All Conference Team. Joining her on the All Conference Team were senior teammates Madison Biesecker, Mikayla Fiehtner, and Ali Hunsaker. Honorable mention went to senior Myriah Tyan and junior Raelynn Hinton. The Sportsmanship Award went to...
School buses from around the region were lined up at the Kimball High School this past week as they transported their schools' Junior High Wrestling Teams to take part in the Kimball Invitational Tournament. I didn't get an actual count on schools or wrestlers who participated, but the Kimball High gymnasium was full of young grapplers vying for top honors, with two mats in use and 3 officials making the calls. With the strong field of competition, Kimball ended up with four medalists, with all...
Deer hunters will take to the hills and fields of Western Nebraska this Saturday for the start of the Firearm Deer season. For those adventurous outdoorsmen who wanted to get an earlier attempt at filling their deep freeze, and for those who are adept with the art of bow and arrow, such as Nathan Southard, you got the job done when archery season opened, and is still on-going. Southard, a Chadron State College student in his final year at the school of his choice, prefers the sport of archery...
Congrats to the Potter Dix Volleyball Team for their District championship and Best Wishes for a good showing at the State Tournament. What a year for the Lady Coyotes! All of Western Nebraska will be cheering for you. ------------------- Touching base on our area athletes who are playing their sport at the college level now. Mike Daum shared a team high 14 points for his South Dakota State University Men’s Basketball Team in their final exhibition game as the Jackrabbits rolled to a 94-67 win over Dakota Wesleyan. The former Kimball High stand...
The Kimball High Lady Longhorns saw their volleyball season come to an end Monday night in the championship game of the C-12 sub-district tournament. After taking out Mitchell in 3 sets of first round play the number two seeded Kimball advanced with their win over number three seeded Mitchell while number one seed Chadron won in straight sets over number four seed Gordon-Rushville. This set up the exciting title match, won by the highly touted Lady Cardinals from Chadron. Kimball got off to a...
The Kimball High Volleyball Teams closed out the regular season at Sidney this past week losing to the Class B Lady Red Raiders in all of the matches played. In freshman play, Kimball lost 25-16 25-9 with Kate Reader high for Kimball with 4 points followed by Lacy Klinkhammer with 3 and Jazlyn Harroun with 3. Sidney won the junior varsity match 25-16 25-19 with Justine Heeg high for Kimball with 9. The host school also won the varsity match in three sets with scores of 25-21 25-19 25-16. Madie...
The Junior High Wrestling Team got the season underway this past Saturday at the Banner County Tournament and Coach Klent Schnell was happy with the success of his young grapplers in their first outing. The Shorthorns had 3 champions in Scott Hunsaker, Ethan Ratzlaff, and Steve Bateman, all going 3-0 on the day. Connor Maginnis and Zavyer White wound up 2nd in their weights with 2-1 records, Todd Hunsaker was 1-2 and Cory Gardner 0-3. Coach Schnell and assistant Wade Brashear have a total of 10 wrestlers checked out but were without 3 of their...
Brandon Barker and Zachery Wagner wrote their names into the top ten list on the Kimball High Cross Country record sheet by virtue of their performances this past season. Barker, a junior, and Wagner, a freshman, made it to the State Cross Country meet held this past week at the Kearney Country Club Golf Course after finishing 3rd and 15th respectively at the District meet. Although they did not run up to their best marks ran during the season at the state meet, they still ran well and will be b...
Another good week of volleyball for the Kimball High Lady Longhorns despite the disappointment of losing to Bridgeport in the championship match of the Western Trails Conference Tournament. The week started on Tuesday evening with a home match with Perkins County, designated as Parents' Night for the 7 senior members of the Kimball team and the Lady Horns responded with a convincing 3-0 win over the Lady Plainsmen by scores of 25-13 25-9 26-24. In the final set, with coach Ferguson using subs...
Kimball High closed out the 2015 football season Friday night on the road at Bridgeport losing 68-14 to the talented and bigger Bulldog squad. While the Longhorns ended up 1 and 8 on the year, The Bulldogs improved to 6 and 3 and were looking at a state playoff game where they will meet up once again with Gibbon, it appeared, a team that defeated the Dogs soundly in earlier season play. Bridgeport scored first, often, and last in their win over the Horns. After one quarter of play they led 37-0, were up 56-7 at half time, led 62-14 after three...
Congrats going out to the Kimball High Volleyball Team for their big win over Perkins County this past week on a special Parents’ Night with the7 senior girls being recognized. This list includes Madison Biesecker, Ireland Olson, Ali Hunsaker, Mikayla Fiehtner, Madie Snyder, Myriah Tyan, and Danika Daum. Also honored were Guro Litlere, a foreign exchange student who plays on the JV team, and student Manager Kayla Schoenemann who has been so important in her role for four years. The Kimball ladies then picked up their second runner-up placing o...
A good solid week of volleyball for the Kimball High Lady Longhorns topped by a runnerup finish at the SPVA Tournament held at Ogallala. The week started off with a trip to Imperial to face the Chase County girls. Fans were treated to some exciting volleyball with the host school winning in five sets. Chase County won the first two sets 25-16, 25-21, but Kimball battled back to win the next two sets 25-19, 26-24, forcing the fifth and deciding set that the hosts won 16-14. "Even though we lost...