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 2014-15 season for the Kimball High girls basketball program may have come up a bit short of the expectations of coach Chauncey Pedersen with 11 wins and 13 losses, but there were some positive achievements, and the future looks bright. First and foremost, the program graduates only two seniors in Alexis Gawith and Jessica Hanks. Hanks played a major role as a starter and was an honorable mention All Western Trails Conference selection, but this also means that four starters return for...
Kimball's Clay Keller failed to bring home any medals from the State Wrestling Tournament, but the young freshman had a good showing none the less and will use the experience of wrestling at State in the years ahead as he has the opportunity to become a four year state qualifier. Wrestling at 132 pounds in the Class C division, Keller went up against James Hernandez of Logan View in his first match in Omaha and was leading by a point when he made a mistake and was pinned with less than a minute...
Colton Stull rang the bell for 21 points in sparking the Kimball High boys to a 53-40 win at Mitchell Friday night. With the win in the final regular season contest for both teams, Kimball avenged two earlier losses to the Tigers, including a 43-40 overtime loss that kept the Horns out of advancing in the Western Trails Conference Tournament and a chance to play two more contests at Cougar Palace. Stull came out firing from the get go as the senior point guard hit three consecutive treys in the...
Kimball's Lady Longhorns took care of business in winning their first round sub-district tournament pairing with Bridgeport, coming out on top 47-33, and almost pulled the upset of the season in a 49-43 loss to top seed and state ranked Hemingford in the championship game. In first round play, the number 2 seeded Kimball club opened up with 4 treys in the first quarter with Danika Daum hitting the first shot of the game from beyond the arc after taking a pass from Madison Biesecker who had 3...
Jonathon Withrow and Enrique Cajero signed their letters of intent to attend Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota this week while their families and Kimball High football coaches looked on. Actually, Dakota Wesleyan had three verbal commitments from Kimball High players as Ben Sauter had also gave a verbal commitment but is now undecided as he has some shoulder problems that is keeping him on the fence right now. The Tigers have recruited 41 incoming players according to...
Kimball High's Clay Keller is headed to the Nebraska State Wrestling Tournament! Keller captured second place in the 132 pound weight class at the C-4 District Tournament held at Mitchell with the top four in each weight class advancing to the state tournament competition. Now the young freshman joins a small and elite group of former Kimball High wrestlers with the opportunity to become a four time state qualifier and a possible chance to become a four time state medalist, or four time state...
The Kimball girls lost 53-37 to state ranked Hemingford on the winner's home court this past week with turnovers leading to Kimball's downfall. The Lady Longhorns gave up the basketball 33 times on miscues with the Lady Bobcats turning many of those turnovers into baskets. Kimball stayed close early trailing 13-11 at the quarter break but with 19 first half turnovers, they were down 23-14 by half time. With Madison Biesecker and Danika Daum leading the way, Kimball out scored the Cats in the...
The Kimball boys ran up against a red hot Hemingford ball club this past week and came up on the short end of the stick losing 56-34 to the number 10 C-2 state ranked Bobcats. The hosting Bobcats jumped out to a 17-3 first quarter lead with Colton Stull's lone trey basket all the points the Horns could muster in that time frame. Kimball scored the first 5 points of the second quarter and closed the gap somewhat but were trailing 35-16 at half time, and 47-23 going into the fourth period....
Kimball High freshman, Clay Keller, won the 132 pound championship at the SPVA Conference Wrestling Tournament held at Grant this past week. With the win Keller ran his season win-loss record to 24-3, the mark he will take into this week's district tournament being held at Mitchell. Keller won all five of his matches at the conference tournament, four by fall and one by injury default. Keller pinned Brown of St. Pats in :32 seconds, pinned Conley of Bridgeport in 1:53, pinned Ash of Sutherland...
The number 4 seed Kimball girls had an easy first round win over number 5 seed Bridgeport winning 70-46 in a game played at Kimball, but then fell to number 1 seed Mitchell in semi final play 52-40 and lost to Gordon-Rushville 67-49 in the consolation game for third place honors. Hemingford, the number 2 seed, won over Mitchell in the title game 43-40. Coach Chauncey Pedersen had some sickness on his squad in the opening game with Arica McCloud a no-show and Jessica Hanks missing the morning...
The Kimball boys lost a heart breaker in first round play of the WTC Conference basketball tournament falling to Mitchell 43-40 in overtime. The Longhorns were the number 5 seed and had to travel to number 4 seed Mitchell for their Thursday night contest and it was a battle from start to finish. Kimball got out to a 10-4 lead after one quarter of play with Jon Withrow hitting a pair of treys and Michael Ferguson getting a pair of 2 point field goals. At half time Kimball was still on top 21-17...
What a week for the Kimball Junior High boys as both the 8th and 7th grade teams won championships at the Morrill Tournament. The 8th grade team is undefeated at 6-0 coming into this week’s play. At Morrill they won 39-33 over Bridgeport with Zane Anthony high with 11 points, Brady Kilgore and Izaac Reuter had 8 each, Colton Mielke and Corey Travis 6 each. Kimball then won over Bayard 37-24 with Anthony high again with 11 points including 2 treys. Kilgore had 7, Reuter 6, Mielke 6, Ethan Bemis 5, and Jaren Winstrom 2. The 7th grade started w...
Kimball's Clay Keller claimed the championship in the 132 pound weight class at the 18 team Mitchell Wrestling Tournament this past weekend as the Longhorns finished 11th in the team standings with 40 points. Sidney won the team title with 222.5 points with Gothenburg a distant runnerup with 156.5 points. Winning the gold medal in a tournament of this size is a worthy accomplishment for the young freshman who pinned three opponents enroute to the championship match. He had a fall in 1:37 over...
Kimball's Klent Schnell has received his share of awards during his illustrious career with the sport of wrestling and the Kimball High grad was recently honored as the Western Nebraska Wrestling Official of the Year for 2013-2014. He is pictured here as the award was presented by the Western Nebraska Officials Association. Following his graduation from Kimball High in 2000, he worked with the Kimball Federation Wrestling program, then took over the Junior High Wrestling coaching position in...
After compiling a 9-4 win-loss record, the Kimball High girl's basketball team has lost five straight contests and is looking to end that slide this week in WTC Tournament play. The Lady Longhorns lost at Mitchell on a Tuesday evening trip, and then suffered a 47-42 loss at Sutherland on Friday night, and a 53-42 loss at home Saturday night to North Platte St Pats, leaving them at 9-9 on the year. The Lady Longhorns came up short in a Tuesday night contest at Mitchell this past week losing 57-48...
The Kimball boys suffered basketball losses to Sutherland and St. Pats this past weekend leaving them at 5 wins and 11 losses. The Horns give good effort each time out but have been going up against some very strong competition with more to come. On Friday night at Sutherland, the host school won out 55-39 and at home Saturday, Kimball fell to the Irish of North Platte 71-46. The Sutherland Sailors shot an unbelievable percentage as they were 80% on 3 point attempts making 8 of 10, and were a...
The Kimball Junior Varsity basketball teams provided fans with some exciting play again this past week. At Sutherland on Friday night the Kimball boys had no problem in winning a two quarter contest 38-20 with Jordan Greenwood scoring 13, Ethan Land 10, Jaden Withrow 8, Jaicob Cole 6, and Ryan Soper 1. Cole hit a pair of treys, Land and Greenwood 1 each. The Kimball girls didn't fare as well at Sutherland losing 51-38. Jannel Fiehtner was high with 13, Alex Reader had 7, Myriah Tyan 6, Hannah...
The Kimball boys wound up 6th in the 8 school SPVA Conference Basketball Tournament losing 69-43 to Bridgeport in first round play as reported last week, and then falling 45-42 to Perkins County in losers bracket play on Saturday at North Platte. The Horns won over Perkins County at Kimball back in December by a score of 61-52, but this past weekend they were without the services of a couple of their regulars including senior starter Enrique Cajero who elected to make a college visit trip, and...
After winning 49-31 over Maxwell in first round play of the SPVA tournament as reported last week, the Kimball High girls suffered two defeats in play at the North Platte Community College, and ended up 4th in the 8 school bracket. The number two seeded Lady Longhorns lost to number three seed Chase County, a team they had defeated on the road just a couple of weeks back, 42-35, on Friday night with the ladies from Imperial winning out 52-41 to advance them into the championship game, while Kimb...
Senior Rowdy Keller and freshman Clay Keller brought home silver medals and runner-up top finishes from the Lingle-Ft. Laramie Dogger Invitational Wrestling Tournament this past weekend. The two-day affair that took place on Friday and Saturday involved 17 schools with Bayard winning the team title with 224 points beating out several Wyoming schools for bragging rights. Kimball wound up 13th with their limited squad numbers scoring 59 points. Rowdy Keller, wrestling at 120 pounds, won 4-2 over...
The Kimball High wrestlers hosted Lingle and Southeast this past week and had perhaps their best outing of the season to date according to coach Wade Brashear. Kimball won over Lingle 28-18 and lost to Southeast 36-23, although they actually won in head-to-head matches. Southeast also won over Lingle 51-17. It was a special night for a pair of special young men as seniors Rowdy Keller and Justin Mohr were honored along with their parents in between matches. These two young men have given a lot...
The Kimball Lady Longhorns won out 49-31 over Maxwell in first round play of the SPVA Conference basketball tournament in a contest played at Kimball's home court Tuesday evening, and advance now into the winners bracket where they will face Chase County, a 54-31 winner over Bridgeport in the other lower bracket first round pairing on Monday. Kimball is the #2 seed in the 8 school bracket while Maxwell is the #7 seed. Chase County was the #6 seed and upset #3 seed Bridgeport for their...
The Kimball High boys lost to Bridgeport in first round play of the SPVA Conference Tournament in a game played at Bridgeport Monday evening, dropping them into the losers bracket where they will face Perkins County on Saturday, at 11 a.m. Kimball time, at the North Platte Community College gymnasium. After facing and losing to Bridgeport on their home court Friday evening in regular scheduled play, the Horns found the home court Bulldogs even tougher this time out falling 69-43 to the tall and...
In Kimball High junior varsity basketball action this past week the Kimball boys set the tone for some exciting hardwood play. On Tuesday of last week they battled a good Potter-Dix club through three quarters of play to win 46-43 as the young Coyotes came back strong at the end. Trent Rutledge led Kimball with 15 points going 5/5 at the foul line. Ethan Land hit a pair of treys and tallied 12 points, Tyler Magninie had 9, Jaden Withrow 7, and Jaikob Cole 3. Coby Hicks led Potter-Dix with 15, Edward Barnes had 9, Kelsey Rozelle 8, Sam Bogert 6,...
A good week of basketball for the Kimball High girls as they went 3-0 in this time frame and ran their season record to 8-4. It started on Tuesday of last week in a home game for the Lady Longhorns hosting D-l Potter-Dix and winning out 52-29. On Friday night at Bridgeport they came out on top 58-46, and at Rushville on Saturday they prevailed 83-57 in a marathon contest that went on forever. Potter-Dix is a scrappy and talented Class D ball club that is hurting some what from injuries but they...