Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Kimball's Henry Heeg opened his senior golf season with an individual win at the Bayard Tournament shooting a 77 to finish one stroke better than Bayard's Trae Blanco and three strokes better than Bayard's Roman Konvicka, both playing on their home course. It was a big win for Heeg as he has had limited time to prepare for the golf season as he was a starter and member of the Kimball High boy's basketball team that made it into the state tournament delaying their start to the spring sports...
The Kimball High Track Team brought home top team honors at last Friday's Tri State Track Meet held in Chappell. The Lady Longhorns won the female division with 149.5 points, well ahead of runnerup Bridgeport with 113 while the Kimball boys finished 4th in the male division with 91 points to give Kimball 240.5 points to win the combined team score division, edging out Bridgeport who finished runnerup with 236 points. It was a huge day for the Kimball High girls as they captured 7 first place...
A total of 17 area teams including Kimball, Potter-Dix, and Banner County took part in the Bayard C-D Track Invite this past Saturday and the marks were very good as the athletes enjoyed unusual nice weather for this early season meet. The Kimball High tracksters for the most part showed big improvement with their times on the track over the opening Kimball Invite a week earlier and head coach Gene Mohr and distance coach Jim Reeves, were both quite happy with the results they were charting....
The wrestling career for Kimball's most decorated wrestler ever is winding down, and what a career it has been. It all started back in Federation wrestling when Shawn was just a little bitty guy, and although he never got real big in stature, his accomplishments certainly did! Shawn almost re-wrote the record books at Kimball High including three state championships before accepting a scholarship to wrestle at a Division One level for the University of Nebraska where he was a four year varsity...
Mitchell captured the top team Invitational Track and Field meet took advantage of a fairly decent 10 new meet records. Mitchell claimed 6 of the new meet records including 4 in the girls' division as they edged out Kimball by a mere 9 points to win the team title with 155 points with Kimball runnerup with 146 followed by Pine Bluffs with 74, Hemingford 62, Banner County 47, and Minatare 10. The Tigers easily won the boys' team title with 188 points with Kimball and Hemingford tied for second...
The Kimball High boys closed out their 2013-14 basketball season with a repeat trip to the state tournament after winning sub-district and district playoffs and equaled the most wins in a season ever as they went 22-4. The Longhorns were 22-1 in 1995-96, and 22-3 in 2010-11. This year's team also moved into third place for most points scored in a season with 1,520. They also won the Western Trails Conference tournament for the 8th consecutive year, all under the direction of coach Bruce...
It was great to see that Jay Staehr, former outstanding Kimball High athlete, is still having success coaching as he directed his Overton boys into the championship game of the Nebraska state D-l division. I was already back home from Lincoln, but I watched it on the tube. Overton wound up 2nd, losing in the championship but what an outstanding year once again for coach Staehr and his boys. Thanks to Lisa Buescher for sending this picture of her husband Darin, another outstanding former Kimball...
The 2013-14 season for the Kimball High girls' basketball team may not have played out quite like coach Chauncey Pedersen and his girls would have liked, but none the less, it was a winning season with 13 wins and 11 losses. The Kimball ladies met up with some very good and state ranked teams in the likes of Hershey, Dundy County, and Sutherland, and also had 3 close losses to the Western Trails Conference champs Mitchell losing at home 44-43, and at Mitchell 51-50 in two overtimes plus one more...
Kimball's season came to an end with a first round loss in the Nebraska State C-2 boy s' basketball tournament losing 49-46 to Freeman in a hard fought contest. It was a game that saw Kimball get out to a 16-12 lead at the end of the first period of play, all tied at 22-22 at half time, and Freeman on top by 1 point going into the fourth quarter with the score at 37-36 at the end of the third period. The Freeman Falcons eked out the 49-46 win outscoring Kimball 12-10 in the final period....
Coaches of the Western Trails Conference have announced their selections for the all conference basketball teams and Kimball senior Mike Daum was named the boys' Most Valuable Player of the year. Senior team mate Jake Reader joins Daum on the all conference first team while juniors Colton Stull and Michael Ferguson were given honorable mention. Mitchell's Kady Lower was named the girls' Most Valuable Player. Kimball senior Shelby Vogel and sophomore Danika Daum were selected to the all...
The future of the Kimball High Wrestling program is looking brighter and coach Wade Brashear is optimistic about the direction the program is going. I asked him to comment on the past season and where the program is headed. “As the season comes to a close, there was excellent progress made by the team. Even though we only finished with one state qualifier, the future for Kimball wrestling looks bright. We had no seniors on the team this year, so we will be returning all of our wrestlers. I look forward to adding several freshmen to the team nex...
Charles Ferguson, former Kimball High standout student/athlete, closed out his Hastings College basketball career a couple weeks back and was given special recognition at the final home game of the season as a senior in his final home court appearance. The PA announcer introduced him in this manner. "Affectionately known as 'Chuck', Charles Ferguson has been named an NAIA Scholar Athlete and all NAIA Academic All American in 2012. An education major who wants to pursue a career in coaching,...
The Kimball High boys' basketball team is headed back to Lincoln and the Nebraska State Basketball Tournament. They enjoyed the journey so much last year that they decided to do a repeat! For coach Bruce Tjosvold, his staff, and some of his players, this is the third trip to the Big Show in the past four years. Kimball qualified in 2011, missed out in 2012, and then made back-to-back trips last year/and this year. Kimball fans have come to expect winning seasons from coach Tjosvold's teams as...
Hey Kimball basketball fans, gas up the car, pack a bag, ice down a cooler, we are going to Disney... No no not Disney World, we are going to the Nebraska State High School Boys' Basketball Tournament. The Longhorns did it again. Coach Tjosvold and his staff directed this year's outstanding group of young men through another District championship Monday night with an exciting 56-55 win over Ravenna, and it's a repeat of last year with the reward of a return trip to the Big Show in Lincoln. Was...
The Kimball High boys emerged champions of the C2-12 sub-district basketball tournament and advanced on to the District playoff, but it was a battle to behold before they pulled it out over Bridgeport 51-49 on a last second shot. The Horns went into sub-district with the #1 seed and won out over Bayard 53-41 in the semi final game after Bayard defeated Perkins County 45-33. The Tigers came out ready to play as they out rebounded and out shot Kimball in the opening period hitting 3 treys enroute...
The season came to an end for the Kimball High girls' basketball team following a 47-20 loss to Dundy County in the championship game of the C2-12 sub-district tournament this past Thursday night at Sidney. Kimball had won out 33-21 over Bridgeport in their semi-final game and had a hard time getting their offense rolling either night as they wrapped up a winning season of 13 wins and 11 losses. In the semi final win over Bridgeport, Kimball jumped out to a 13-5 lead at the end of the first...
The Kimball High boys entertained their home fans with a 71-49 win over visiting Mitchell on Senior Parent's Night and Kimball's seniors played a major role in securing the victory in their final appearance on the Kimball court. No doubt the Horns were ready to shine as they broke out to a 22-5 lead at the end of the opening period of play with big Mike Daum showing off his long ball shooting skills as he nailed 3 of his 5 treys on the night in the first quarter, and had 13 points at the...
A tough week for the Kimball High girls as they suffered losses in their final two regular season games leaving them with a 12-10 record going into sub-district tournament play. On Friday night, in the final home game of the season, Kimball fell to a scrappy Hemingford club 56-52 after leading almost the entire contest. On Saturday, in an away contest at Sutherland, Kimball lost 61-37. The loss to Hemingford was almost a duplicate of their loss to the Lady Bobcats a week ago in WTC tournament...
The Kimball High boys' basketball team picked up two more wins this past weekend to run their season record to 18-3 with one more regular season contest remaining on the schedule. The Horns will close out the regular season tomorrow night (Friday) on their home court hosting Mitchell. It will be the final home appearance for five seniors who will be honored along with their parents prior to the start of the varsity game. This past Friday evening, Kimball hosted Hemingford, a team they defeated...
Damian Rutledge battled his way to a fourth place finish in the 220 pound weight class at the C-4 District Wrestling Tournament held in Hershey this past weekend and is headed to the State Tournament in Omaha this weekend. His qualification gives Kimball a state qualifier after a few years of absence. His qualifying has even more special meaning since it is the first year out for the sport for the athletic junior who also shined on the football field this past fall. En route to his fourth place finish, Rutledge had a bye, lost 11-5 to Hunter...
EIGHT STRAIGHT! That's 8-STRAIGHT! Eight straight Western Trails Conference Tournament championships for the Kimball High Boys! Eight Straight tourney titles for Kimball teams coached by Coach Bruce Tjosvold. What a streak, and thanks to you Kimball fans for giving me the head line for this story. You see, the Kimball fans began the chant of "Eight Straight" in the closing minutes and closing seconds of the championship game with Bridgeport at Cougar Palace Saturday evening and it gave this old...
The Kimball High girls finished fourth in the Western Trails Conference Tournament this past weekend leaving them with a record of 12 and 8 heading into the final weekend of regulation play before they move into sub-district play on Tuesday. The Lady Longhorns opened first round play on the home court seeded #3 and handled #6 Bayard in fine fashion winning 47-27. In Friday night semi final action at Cougar Palace, Kimball fell to Mitchell, the #2 seed, 39-31, and then on Saturday in the battle...
The Kimball High boys are 13-3 after play of the past week. They started out with a Tuesday night road win at Mitchell where they had to battle hard to pullout a 55-47 victory, had an easier night at home with Pine Bluffs Friday night coming out on top 78-54, but then lost on the road at Bridgeport Saturday 74-57. Back in January, the Horns had handled the Bridgeport club 65-53, but the Bulldogs were on fire on their home court putting on a shooting exhibition that could scare any opponent....
Another three game week for the Kimball High girls, and another 1 point loss to Mitchell, but bounce-back wins over Pine Bluffs and Bridgeport. It started out with a Tuesday night trip to Mitchell and a devastating 51-50 loss to Mitchell in double overtime, but the Kimball ladies carne back with a Friday night home court win over pine Bluffs 51-40 and a win on the road at Bridgeport 46-36, leaving them with an overall record of 11-6 going into this week's Western Trails Conference Tournament...
The Kimball High boys went into the South Platte Valley Association basketball tournament seeded #3 and came out in the #3 spot after winning the consolation finals to claim third place in 7 school bracket. The Longhorns opened play against #6 seeded Maxwell and won out 58-31, then suffered their second loss of the season falling to #2 seeded Chase County 59-53, but came back in the consolation finals to win over Sutherland 45-32. After last week's tournament play, the Horns are now 11-2 on the...