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 Potter-Dix Coyotes hosted their rival team, the Layton Warriors on Tuesday, Dec. 13 for a 62-32 loss. The Coyotes varsity team was outnumbered and outscored, but not for a lack of effort. Leading the Coyotes on the board was junior Connor Williams, who bucketed four out of five treys totaling 12 points. Dylan Nielsen hit one trey out of seven attempts and added three two-point field goals and two from the line, adding 11 to the board. Senior Tyrus Gawith added seven points and Michael Steele contributed two. The Potter-Dix boys struggled ag...
The sixth annual Shop with a cop was once again a huge success according to organizer Erin Heidemann. More than 60 eligible students from Kimball and Dix were narrowed down to 43 prior to the event, with 40 participating, from 37 families, in the event. The grand affair gave students an opportunity to shop with officers from the Nebraska State Patrol, Kimball County Sheriff's Office and the Kimball Police Department as well as members of the Kimball Ambulance Crew and area volunteer fire...
The City of Kimball received 13 applications for the City Administrator position, open since Oct. 21 of this year, when former administrator, Daniel Ortiz, accepted a position in Webster City, Iowa. A committee, comprised of City Council and Board of Public Works members, reviewed applications and narrowed the field down to just two finalists. On Monday, Dec. 19, that committee will oversee interviews with these two finalists: *Dan Dean, the former Town Manager of Mead, Colo., has more than 30 years of experience in local government...
A seed planted in elementary school grew into a passion that took Ryan Deboodt to the jungles of Vietnam and beyond. Deboodt was born and raised in Kimball with three brothers and a sister. As a youngster, he attended a rocketry and photography summer workshop. Little did he know at the time that a fun, summer diversion would someday become his career. "I was maybe in fourth grade at the time and we went to Oliver Reservoir to take photos," Deboodt said. Though that workshop was his first taste...
The Santa’s Helpers will be wrapping up their holiday activities this weekend in Kimball at the Eagles Club Aerie #3389 on Sunday, Dec. 18. On Sunday, Dec. 18 the fun begins at 3:30 p.m. with a chili cook-off, judges will be anonymous and bowls will sell for $3. Two categories are available, traditional red chili and other, such as green chili, cowboy chili or white chicken chili. Chili cooks are encouraged to use their imagination and bring their best! What is better to chase chili than a tasty variety of holiday cookies? The Santa’s Hel...
Following the 2016 election, Nebraska Senator-elect Steve Erdman had the opportunity to visit Laurie Janicek's fifth grade students alongside Kimball Mayor Keith Prunty. The students' interest in politics grew after they participated in a November mock election, according to Janicek. "After the election I told the class that I grew up in Bayard and that Senator-elect Erdman was a friend of mine," she said. "They started asking me questions about what our Senator does. So, I asked the class if...
For several years the Minuteman Activities Conference schools have been holding The Serve for the Cure, a silent auction benefitting Festival of Hope, an organization committed to helping those fighting cancer, and their families, throughout the Panhandle. Each participating school donates items for the Serve for the Cure silent auction, a conference activity which is held during the conference volleyball tournament, and organized annually by the host school. “The conference volleyball coaches got together and decided to do this event,” sai...
The Banner County Lady Wildcats split the week beginning with a 35-30 win against the Minatare Indians on Tuesday, Dec. 6. Though no statistics are available, coach Chad Miller said that the team knew going into the game that Minatare would be much improved and would provide several challenges for the Banner County girls. "Fortunately we were able to draw a lot of fouls and get them into foul trouble early. However, we too had a few ladies get into foul trouble of their own but we had players...
The Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes had a winning streak last week first at Creek Valley on Dec. 9 for a 36-31 win. No statistics were available for this game, but despite the loss of returning starter Audrey Juelfs, the team battled to the end, allowing the Storm to best them in just one of the four quarters. Creek Valley 4 7 7 13 – 31 Potter-Dix 7 5 8 16 – 36 Following that close game on Friday, the Lady Coyotes hosted Paxton on Saturday, Dec. 10 and pulled out another victory, 56-26. Again, no sta...
The Banner County Wildcat wrestling club hosted their wrestling tournament on Saturday, Dec. 10 with Bridgeport, Garden County, Hemingford, Holyoke, Kimball, Lingle-Ft. Laramie, Morrill and Southeast in attendance. Gage Alexander is just coming back from an injury, according to coach Bill Gifford, so he was unable to wrestle at the home tournament. Wrestling at 120 pounds, newcomer Jerardo Castillo finished sixth after losing by fall to Holden Schleve of Morrill in 1:16 then losing by technical...
Banner County boys battled the Minatare Indians at their second game of the season in Minatare. The Wildcats came home with a 44-55 loss. Payton Wick led the Wildcats on the board with 27 points. Wick shot 5/7 outside the paint and 3/3 inside for a shooting percentage of 80 percent. He hit one out of six treys and shot 8/13 from the line. He added one offensive and three defensive rebounds. James Sandberg followed with eight points. He landed two of eight treys, and shot 2/4 from the line. Sandberg added one rebound, three assists and eight...
The Kimball junior high girl’s basketball season has come to a successful end, according to coaches Michelle Daum and Danielle Reader. The seventh grade “A” team finished their season with a record of 3-5, beating Mitchell on Thursday, Dec. 8 before taking a 14-51 loss against Sidney on Saturday, Dec. 10. Leading the young team on the board against Mitchell was Payton Wise with a whopping 19 points, followed by Maddie Merryfield with seven and Chantel Malson and Sarinda Bateman with two points each. The “B” team also won on Thursday 9-5, with...
More than 100 people filled the dance floor at the Kimball Event Center on Saturday, Dec. 3, for the inaugural Father-Daughter Christmas Ball, hosted by Santa's Helpers. The ladies, from Kimball, Dix, Potter and Banner County, dressed in their finery, complete with corsages, and were escorted to the dance by their fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers, uncles, and other father figures. " This is the first event of this kind for the community of Kimball and it was a great turn out for the first...
The Banner County Lady Wildcats hosted the Garden County Eagles on Friday, Dec. 2 for a close match-up resulting in a 29-34 loss. Leading the charge against the Eagles was Banner County’s MaKenna Dahlgrin who netted six field goals and one from the line for a total of 13 points. Defensively, Dahlgrin pulled in the most rebounds as well, with seven offensive and seven defensive grabs for a total of 14, for her first double double of the season and she grabbed five steals. Sophomore Jadyn Cross followed closely, putting nine on the Wildcat b...
The Potter-Dix Coyotes opened their basketball season at the Kimball Invitational on Friday, Dec. 2 with a 69-5 loss against the aggressive Dundy County-Stratton Tigers. “In short, we struggled with every aspect of the game against Dundy Co. We had some first game jitters and Dundy is a very good ball team,” coach Ryan Mumm said. “They put a strong press on us and got out to an early lead that we just didn’t recover from the remainder of the game.” The Tigers held the Coyotes to just five points throughout the game. Coyotes scoring began in...
The Kimball Longhorns begin their 2016 season with co-head coaches Nick Kuxhausen and Gene Mohr taking over for Luke Dea and just two returning starters, seniors Jordan Greenwood and Jaden Withrow. After graduating five key players at the end of last season, these two seniors will be leaned on heavily. Greenwood, 6'0", averaged more than 12 points per game last season and was the leading defensive rebounder for the Horns with 3.2, second only to graduated senior Trent Rutledge. The Longhorn...
The Lady Longhorns return veteran coach Chauncey Pedersen as they look to build on last year's 17-7 record as WTC and regular season runner-up and SPVA champions. Kimball has lead the region in team free throw percentage for the last two years. Kimball returns several key players including Alex Reader, a 5'8" junior who was named Western Trails Conference and SPVA All-Conference, as well as, Nebraska State Athletic Association All-State, Omaha World Herald All-State Honorable Mention and Star...
Kimball wrestling coach Wade Brashear returns for a fifth year on the Longhorn mats with several key returning athletes, all of whom lettered in the sport, though the team was affected by several transfers. "Kimball has several returning wrestlers, but we have been affected by many transfers. However, I intend to have a tough, well conditioned team, as always," Brashear said. Senior Eric Escajeda, a four-year starter, returns for his final year with the Longhorn club after finishing last season...
The Lady Coyotes, MAC Conference champs two years running, return to the court with a stacked roster of intense and competitive athletes and have added some promising newcomers as well. "We have all our starters returning this year," head coach Jeff Einspahr said. "They do a good job of playing defense in the full court and half court as well as pushing the ball on offense in the break." Einspahr is joined by Lance Juelfs as assistant coach and the two hope to build on last year's 18-3 record...
Coach Ryan Mumm returns for a second year at the Potter-Dix helm as the Coyotes' head coach with Ryan Coffey as assistant. The Coyotes finished their last season with an 8-13 record and as runner-up in the MAC Tournament. Though, they graduated three starters last year and lost key player Edward Barnes, who transferred. "Last season we had fairly good team chemistry and I expect the same this year," Mumm said. "We don't have a lot of depth, so our primary focus is going to be conditioning the...
Veteran coach Chad Miller takes over for the Banner County Lady Wildcats this season with Jessica Harvie assisting. The Lady Cats ended the 2015 season seventh in MAC conference and fifth in the district with a 2-6 district finish. The Banner County team lacks in size but returns several key players and adds promising newcomers to the court. Miller expects each athlete to make a difference and will count on the trademark positive attitude and consistent teamwork. "Our strength is team unity and...
Cole Wyatt returns for his third year leading the Banner County Wildcats basketball club after last year's 0-17 season with four returning letter earners and returning assistant coach Trey Mosbey. The Cats struggled last year lacking both numbers and experience and being forced to forfeit several games. The team battled through the challenges and played hard at every given opportunity, and begin this season with four returning starters and four more newcomers. Wyatt will expect hard work from hi...
Veteran Banner County coach Bill Gifford returns for the 2016-17 wrestling season with a team of five matmen, including two returning athletes, and longtime assistant coach Martin Olsen. Senior Josh Boston returns to the Wildcat mats alongside junior Simon Hendricks. These wrestlers experienced their first year on the mats just last year, but Gifford is confident that they know what to expect. "They need to come in and begin at a higher level in the practice room, and improve on their skills...
The audio systems in the Kimball Jr./Sr. High School’s north gym and the Harry E. McNees Auditorium will be repaired and updated following unanimous votes of the Kimball Board of Education. Two proposals were received for the north gym, the gymnasium original to the Kimball Jr./Sr. High School. “The recommended bid was a more economical refurbishment, which I think will serve us very well,” Superintendent Marshall Lewis said. “So I would suggest the board supports the recommendation of the Building and Grounds Committee on hiring Audio Matrix...
Dave Parshall took the third Village of Dix board seat following the Nov. 8 election and a subsequent automatic recount and tie-breaker. According to Deputy Clerk, Josie Morgan, there was an automatic recount for the third board position because the votes were so close. Gail Dunkle took the first seat with a total of 51 votes with Linda Rasmussen gaining the second seat on that board with 50. Dave Parshall and Maida Gotfrey tied for the third open seat, with 47 votes each. The names of the two...