Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Shop-with-a-Cop was another bright spot in the holiday season. With all the help from the Nebraska State Patrol, Kimball Sheriffs Department, Kimball Police Department, Dix Volunteer Fire Department, Kimball Fire Department, Regional West EMTs, and many more that volunteered their time to make this event so special. Nearly 50 children and parents met early in the morning to enjoy breakfast at the fire hall in Kimball. Once the youngsters had cleared their plates, it was time to get the shopping...
In the eleventh year Kimball's Quarter Store continues to grow at St. Hilda's Episcopal Church in Kimball and hopes to expand to neighboring Pine Bluffs, Wyo., next year. "When we started it was a dream I had been given," Jeanne Laboray, store organizer said. "I had a vision of this shop with everything for a quarter. I mentioned it to some other people and they thought it was a grand idea - a shop stocked by all of the stuff that we have too much of in our house." It started much the same way...
Edith M. True, 89, of Kimball, Nebraska died at Kimball Manor on Monday, December 11, 2017. Memorial service will be held Friday, December 15, 2017 at Kimball Manor in Kimball, Nebraska at 10:00 a.m. and burial will follow at the West Lawn Cemetery in Gering, Nebraska. There will be no visitation and cremation has taken place in accordance with her wishes. Cards and flowers may be sent to Gering Memorial Chapel, 1755 11th Street in Gering. Tributes of sympathy may be left at www.geringchapel.com...
Laurence Hansen, 83 of Rapid City, Nebraska and a former Potter area resident died Saturday evening, December 9, 2017 in Rapid City. Graveside services and burial will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, December 15, 2017 in the Potter Cemetery with Pastor Betsy Galloway-Carew of the Prairie West Church in Potter officiating. There will be no visitation at the funeral home. You can view the online obituary and share condolences with the family at www.holechekfuneralhomes.com Laurence Andrew Hansen was born December 3, 1934 in Cheyenne County, Nebr...
North Platte Community College Head Recruiter was in town this past week to conduct the signing of a letter of intent by Kimball High senior, Hannah Biesecker. With the signing, Hannah will now become the second family member to select the sport of volleyball at the college level, but unlike her older sister, Madison, Hannah is staying closer to home in choosing the college located in North Platte, making a shorter trip for family and friends who wish to continue to watch her play. Madison just...
Kimball High senior, Garrett Pedersen, had a career best day this past Saturday, as he captured the championship of the 120 point weight class at the Banner County Invitational Wrestling Tournament. Pedersen ran his season record to 8-2 as he wrestled his way through the bracket winning all five matches he was involved with and had 4 pins and a major decision to his credit. His fastest pin on the day was a fourteen second fall over Keim of Bridgeport. In the championship match, he won a 12-3 dec...
Deven Sullivan, Banner County's sole wrestler, works to control his opponent at his home tournament. He placed fourth on his home mats, winning by decision over Bryce Seier of Morrill and Dustin Swartwood of Lingle-Ft. Laramie and lost by fall twice to Josh Warren of Bridgeport and Luis Chafino of Holyoke. "Deven definitely made some big strides forward. We avenged a loss from last week in a big way, and gave him some confidence going forward. I was happy to see that the work he put in this...
Following the first three games for the Banner County season, the Lady Cats traveled to Colorado to bring home their first win. The Lady Wildcats hosted the Minatare Indians on Friday, Dec. 5, following their loss to Garden County, and battled down to the wire before taking the L 55-54 in overtime, in what Coach Chad Miller called an exciting game. Both teams fought hard with big runs in the third and fourth quarters, according to Miller, leaving Banner County down by seven with just 30 seconds left in regulation play when Courtney Knisley hit...
A winning weekend for the Kimball High Lady Longhorns as they won on the road Friday night at Perkins County 55-39 and won over Morrill in front of the hometown fans 67-61 Saturday evening. With the pair of victories over the weekend, the Kimball girls ran their season record to 3-1. Justine Heeg had the big night at Grant on Friday night, leading the scoring with 16 points and also was top rebounder with 12 to give her a double-double on the night. Kimball had 3 girls in double scoring with...
This is pretty much the final weekend of Kimball High sports activities before the Christmas break and it finds the boys and girls basketball teams on the road with a trip to Hershey, Friday evening, for games beginning at 3:30 for the JV teams, followed by the varsity contests. On Saturday, they are off to Bayard for JV games set for 2 p.m., followed by the varsity games. ------------------------------ The Kimball High Wrestlers will be in action at the Bridgeport/Sidney Tournament Saturday, with mat time at 9 a.m. and the Horns will close out...
The Kimball High Longhorns were blasted 63-36 on the road at Perkins County Friday night, but came back to win at home over Morrill Saturday evening 57-44 and evened their early season mark at two wins and two losses as they head into the final weekend before the Christmas break. The Kimball boys had a poor shooting night at Grant and lost to a good Plainsman club 63-36 with no one in double figure scoring for the Horns, led by Kole Bush with 8, including a pair of treys. Brady Kilgore had 6...
The Creek Valley Storm came to town last Friday looking for a win over conference rival, but those plans didn’t quite unfold the way the Storm expected. Potter-Dix shut out Creek Valley 16-0 in the first quarter and only allowed them to score 11 points in the second quarter ending the first half 11-23 Potter-Dix. Second half was low scoring but the Coyotes held off the Storm enough to get a 10 point victory with the final score 25-35. The next day the Lady Coyotes traveled to Paxton for a non-conference game. The Lady Coyotes held the Tigers t...
While the Lady Coyotes are getting off to a great start to the season the boys from Potter-Dix are struggling to find some rythm and scoring. With Creek Valley coming to town last Friday, the Coyotes were only able to put eight points on the board to the Storm’s 20 points in the first quarter. In the second period, the Coyotes were shut out with Creek Valley putting up another 20, going into the break down 40-8. Potter-Dix was able to put some more points up in the last two periods but wasn’t able to close the big gap the Storm made in the firs...
The Kimball Junior Varsity basketball teams opened the season this past weekend with wins for both the girls and boys. The girls won at Perkins County 23-10 in 2 quarters of play, led by Jenna Greenwood with 8, including 1 trey. Megan Spicer had 5 with 1 trey, Jaydin Paxton 4, Samantha Bemis 2, Lacey Klinkhammer 2 and Sierra Rutledge 2. Saturday night, Kimball won over visiting Morrill in a thriller 32-30, with the contest close from start to finish. Kimball had 9 players score with Spicer high with 6, Emma Martin 5, Sydney Biesecker 5, Paxton...
Another great year is to be expected for Longhorn Basketball under head coach Luke Dea once again. Last year Kimball finished Runner-Up in the SPVA Tournament, made a finals appearance in C2-12 Subdistrict, as well as an appearance in the Semifinals of the WTC Tournament. Back in the starting line-up for the Longhorns are juniors Izaac Reuter coming into the season averaging 5.6 points per game and 6.8 rebounds, and Colton Mielke averaging 6.7 points per game and 3.2 rebounds. A couple more...
As the 2017/18 basketball season has just kicked off, fifth year head coach of the Lady Longhorns Chauncey Pedersen, is ready to get the season underway with four returning starters and six returning letter winners for the Lady Horns. Returning for her senior season is Alex Reader, during the Lady Horns fourth game last season Reader was injured and was out for the rest of the season, but she is back and ready for her last year as a Lady Horn. During her sophomore year she received All...
Kimball's wrestling club could feature a few top contenders this season with six returning starters and two tough newcomers under the skilled guidance of returning head coach Wade Brashear. Brashear, in for his sixth year coaching the Longhorns, returns five starters, all of whom are letter winners as well. "Kimball has several returning wrestlers, but we have been affected by many transfers," Brashear said. "However, I intend to have a tough, well-conditioned team, as always." Seniors Garrett...
The Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes are heading into this season with high hopes and head coach Lance Juelfs stepping in as his first year at Potter-Dix. Juelfs isn't new to the coaching game as he had plenty of experience as a head coach for six years, as well as, five years added to his resume as an assistant. With Jeff Einsparh beside him on the bench, as well as, volunteer coaches Lane Juelfs and Jordan Ottoson the Lady Coyotes look to have all the coaching attributes they will need. With those high...
Head Coach of the Potter-Dix Coyotes, Ryan Mumm is excited to have four returning starters this season, all returning letter winners as well: Seniors JT Herboldsheimer at Guard, Connor Williams at Guard, All-Conference Honorable Mention Dylan Nielsen at Guard/Forward, and Sophomore returning starter Terell Gray at Forward for the Coyotes. Mumm finished last season with a 2-18 record and a small, young team, but the experience the season provided should be valuable, according to Mumm. "Our team...
The Banner County Lady Wildcats begin their second year under the guidance of head coach Chad Miller with assistant coach Jessica Oprin. Following last year's sixth place MAC conference finish, the Lady Cats will draw on Miller's 14 years coaching experience to build on their 4-15 record last season. "The biggest highlights from last season were not the wins and very close defeats, but bigger than that, it was the learning experiences and the, 'Aha!' moments," Miller said. The Lady Cats face...
Veteran wrestling coach Bill Gifford and assistant Martin Olsen will coach a sole Banner County wrestler this season, newcomer Deven Sullivan. Sullivan, wrestling at 145, practices every weekday after school, according to Gifford, but practices look a bit different with just one grappler. "Practices contain a lot of technique and drilling without live wrestling," Gifford said. "Conditioning is a big part of the practice." While Sullivan will benefit from a lot of one-on-one time with Gifford,...