Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Potter-Dix’s Lady Coyote volleyball team has been struggling against the better teams they face while beating the lesser teams, and gaining experience the whole time with their young squad. The past week was challenging for the Lady Coyotes, with a triangular on Tuesday, September 19, tournament play on Saturday, September 23, and an away match against Banner County sandwiched in between. The Lady Coyotes traveled to Wallace last Tuesday, and matched up with the host Lady Wildcats and Wauneta-Palisade. Their first match against Wallace did n...
Good morning this beautiful fall morning in Nebraska! Hope we have this kind of weather for the next 90 days, and then spring! Everyone is still pretty busy and farmers are still trying to get wheat planted while beans, corn and beet harvest is still ahead. Whew! For this upcoming week, Thursday, September 21st, there will be a home volleyball game at 1 p.m. verses Community Christian. Football on tap for this week is here at home as the Wildcats celebrate Homecoming. Game time Friday is 5 p.m. for volleyball and 7 p.m. for the football game....
Good morning and Happy September! Wow did we ever have rain this past Sunday. Puddles everywhere. Hopefully that will help with the next plantings. Did anyone make it to the Horizon Music Festival this past weekend? I was lucky enough to go for a while on Saturday and know the stage lights were still on Sunday, rain and all. I was just wondering if the full lineup of artists were able to perform. I sure hope so. What I did see was great and I hope this becomes an annual event. Here is another question for you: Do you know what the Honor Flight...
CRAWFORD – Potter-Dix's Coyote football team continued its strong start to the 2023 season, breezing past the Crawford Rams on the road Friday, September 1, by a final score of 69-31. Senior quarterback Brayden Kasten led the Coyotes again, completing 8 of 14 passes for 96 yards and three touchdowns, while rushing for 211 yards on 11 carries and scoring three touchdowns on the ground. Senior Jaxen Buettenback rushed 10 times for 73 yards and scored two touchdowns. He also had two blocked f...
DALTON--There are questions about the Potter-Dix Coyotes after the graduation of star player Luke Kasten, but none of them were answered Friday night as the Coyotes again breezed through the Minatare Indians, 73-0 at Combs Field. The Coyotes crushed the Indians last year in the opener, 85-6, and this year's results were very similar. With three pass completions by senior Brayden Kasten and one more by sophomore Dylan Tabor, the Coyotes only passed four times for 61 yards, but scored two touchdow...
Kimball High athletes prepared for the fall season with last Friday's preseason 2023 Sports Tailgate. In the photos at right, the volleyball team scrimmaged that evening and the cross country was showcased in a practice outing. The girls golfers were the first Longhorns to get into varsity action at this week's Sidney Invite on Tuesday. In the left photo, Mallory Hottell takes a swing. Her teammates in Sidney were Hayden Sours, Aubrey Culek, and Carly Norberg. Results will appear in next week's...
Kimball Aug. 21, 6 p.m., football, Kimball JV hosts Perkins County JV Aug. 22, 9 a.m., girls golf at Sidney Aug. 24, 9 a.m., girls golf at Bayard Aug. 24, 1 p.m., high school and junior high cross country at Scottsbluff Invite Aug. 24, 4 p.m., volleyball at Hemingford Triangular Aug. 25, 7 p.m., football at Hyannis Aug. 29, 9 a.m., girls golf hosts Kimball Invite Aug. 29, 4 p.m., volleyball at Leyton Aug. 31, 9 a.m.. girls golf at Creek Valley Invite Sept. 1, 11 a.m., high school (11 a.m.) and junior high (1 p.m.) cross country at Gering meet...
Go time is here for Longhorns, Coyotes and Wildcats. High school and junior high fall sports seasons open this coming week for this area's cross country, football, girls golf and volleyball teams. Here are the schedules for Kimball, Potter-Dix and Banner County through the first full week of September. Kimball Aug. 18, 2023 Tailgate Sports Kickoff. Volleyball scrimmage at 5:30 p.m., cross country showcase at 5:45, golf showcase at 6:30 and football scrimmage at 7. Aug. 21, 6 p.m., football,...
The Potter-Dix FFA served harvest meals to busy farmers last week, about 100 lunches in all. In the top photo, Alex Engstrom picked the right time to bring a load of wheat to the FVC elevator in Kimball and received lunches from Potter-Dix FFA member Micayla McConnell. Engstrom went back to the field with lunches for the whole crew. In the lower photo, the harvest helpers pose as a group. In the front row, from left, are Peyton Rasmussen, Sabrynn Bogert, Micayla McConnell and Sawyer Knoll. Back...
Good morning, nice to have a few cooler days this week. The combines are still all over the place, some fields are finished and some have not started. Be careful out there, the roads are narrow and the harvest equipment is wide! I know of one fellow that went under a header because there was no where for either of the vehicles to go, so up and under! Fairs are coming to a close and boy have the rubber check races seen some bad luck this year. In Bridgeport a few weekends ago an accident with a horse, rider and hay bale was not good. The rider e...
Wheat harvest has begun in and around the Kimball area. The recent days of 90-plus degree weather "gets things dried out," according to Frenchman Valley Coop's Hope Hinton. On Monday, cutting is happening "all over" north of Potter, north and south of Kimball, and south of Dix, she said. Hinton predicted that they will be in the harvest mode until the middle of August because of the large area that FVC covers. On Monday in the FVC office, the harvest crew was training for the long days of...
For the last four years, the Panhandle area sports scene has been dominated by the best athlete in the region, Luke Kasten of Potter. The Potter-Dix 2023 graduate burst on to the scene four years ago as a freshman, leading the Potter-Dix Coyote 6-Man football team to a resurgence that in following years saw undefeated seasons and chances to play for State Championships. I remember when I first saw Kasten play football four years ago saying to one of the parents watching, "This kid is amazing."...
Members of the Kimball trap team shoot for State this Sunday, June 18, starting at 10 a.m. here in Kimball. The Potter-Dix team will be shooting with the team as well. The format for all the competitors is this: They shoot 100 shots in four rounds of 25....
The 12th Annual "Battle of the Border" Nebraska/Wyoming 6-Man Football All-Star game was played Friday night at Chadron State College, and the Nebraska team started hot and had no trouble putting away their Wyoming counterparts by a final score of 52-16. The Nebraska boys scored early and often, putting up two touchdowns in the first period then three more in the second period while hold Wyoming to just one touchdown and two point conversion in the first half. In the second half, Nebraska put...
The area’s Class D schools sent their NSAA State Meet qualifiers to Omaha for competition on Friday and Saturday, and that included a set of qualifiers from Potter-Dix. The Coyotes and were led by senior Luke Kasten’s 17th place finish in the 100 Meters and 16th place showing in the 200 meters. Senior James Pease placed 19th in the 1,600 meters and freshman Dylan Tabor placed 18th in the 300 meter hurdles. Senior Lily Tabor earned 12th place in pole vault, clearing 8 feet, while sophomore Taylah Wilson finished with an NH, unable to clear the...
Chris Arent, Potter-Dix schools superintendent, announced on Tuesday the Ms. Morgan Boots has been named as the High School’s head play production coach (One Act) for the 2023-24 school year. Boots brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the Play Production program, through her college training and acting as an assistant coach with the Play Production program. Boots is thrilled and committed to continuing Potter-Dix’s long tradition of excellence in the Play Production program. Arent also announced that Potter-Dix schools K-12 phy...
A capacity crowd gathered in the Longhorn gym on Saturday, May 13, to watch the Kimball graduating class of 2023 receive its diplomas. Recognized as the top 10 percent of their class were valedictorian Charlotte Hargreaves and salutatorian Emma Patterson. Other academic acknowledgments included members of the National Honor Society and seniors graduating with honors – Taylor Bernt, Madison Ebeling, Hargreaves, Angel Helms, Justin Klosterman, Keara O'Brien, Patterson, Jayden Paxton and Xavier T...
Potter-Dix School graduated 15 seniors at a commencement that began at 2 p.m. and was conducted in front of a large crowd of family, relatives, and friends. After introductions and singing the national anthem, the seniors were awarded their scholarships by guidance counselor Sarah Deeds. Then speeches followed. Salutatorian Luke Kasten's speech found humor and many lessons from receiving "second place" in events throughout the year. Co-valedictorians Zach Rotert and Jayden Shoemaker relived...
During the Presentation of Roses at Kimball High School's commencement ceremony, salutatorian Emma Patterson shares a special moment with her mom. More Kimball, Potter-Dix and Banner County graduation coverage is on Page A1 and A8....
Mitchell's Cael Peters won the Kimball Invite on Thursday with a solid game of 35/35=70 at Four Winds Golf Course. Jace Nelson from Gordon-Rushville shot a 35/36 for a 71 to take second. Third place went to Zaybreon Hanson from Perkins County with a 35/40=75. Sixty-four golfers in all hit the Four Winds course for the annual Invite. The Mitchell team also took first-place honors with a 328. Topping the area athletes was Potter-Dix's Trevor Williams with a 46/38=84, just one stroke out of...
A dozen students from Kimball and Potter-Dix high schools made the grade this spring on a statewide list for excelling in academics and activities. The Nebraska School Activities Association released the names of students who received the Spring 2023 Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association Academic All-State Awards. Here they are: Kimball Boys Golf – Kyler Lusche, Landon Norberg. Music – Charlotte Hargreaves, Emma Patterson. Boys Track & Field – Justin Klosterman, Xavier Thomas Lewis. Girls Track & Field – Grace Anderson, Julia Winstro...
Emotions and tears are standard for many seniors on graduation day, but the immediate future is “all coming together” for one Kimball senior. KHS senior Justin Klosterman is “ready to go” and “excited” for the next chapter in his life. In fall, he will attend Chadron State College to pursue a wildlife management degree to become a game warden, something he has planned for the last 10 years. Shortly after graduation, Justin and fellow senior James McGinnis will gain some practical experience...
Potter-Dix’s Coyote Track and Field teams traveled to Leyton High School on Saturday for the MAC High School Meet, and the girls’ squad placed third out of eight teams with 58 points, and the boys’ squad finished fourth out of seven teams with 95 points. Bayard and South Platte placed first and second in the girls’ competition, and Garden County took the top spot for the boys, followed by Bayard and Leyton. Outstanding individual performances for the Potter-Dix girls included senior Lily Tabor winning the Pole Vault, clearing 8’ 6” and placing...
Potter-Dix’s Trap Shooting Club as been in full swing since March, with their Friday competitions improving the scores of their members every week. Competing in the U.S.A. Clay Target League of junior and senior high students, the 13 members of the Coyote team shoot every Friday and enter their scores weekly. “This is a very laid back activity where the kids can relax, shoot and improve without any pressure. Most of these kids are loaded up with pretty intense sports and activities through the year, so this gives some something fun to unwind wi...
Potter-Dix's Coyote Track and Field teams traveled across the border into Wyoming to compete at the Kendra Roeder Invitational at Pine Bluffs High School. Both teams finished seventh in fields of 11 teams, and held their own against some of the toughest competition in the Panhandle and eastern Wyoming area. The Southeast team took top honors for the boys, followed by Pine Bluffs and Niobrara County. For the girls, Burns came out on top, followed by Sidney and Pine Bluffs. For the Coyote boys tea...