Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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SPVA Conference Tournment arrives next week for Kimball's boys and girls basketball teams. Coach Trevor Anderson's No. 3 seeded boys open at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, vs. visiting fourth seed Bridgeport. The top seed is Perkins County, which will host Hershey. The No. 6 seeded Kimball girls, meanwhile, will play 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, at top seed Bridgeport. In pre-SPVA action, Longhorns basketball hosted Potter-Dix on Tuesday this week, will travel to Bridgeport on Friday, and will host...
The Kimball Longhorns Boys Basketball team went 2-1 this week as they dominated South Platte, had a hard fought victory over Haxtun, and lost a tough game on Saturday at Chase County. The team is 8-2 heading into another busy week with Potter-Dix at home on Tuesday, a road game Friday at Bridgeport and back home Saturday vs. Prairie. Against South Platte, the Longhorns jumped out to a commanding 42-21 halftime lead and put the game well out of reach with a 34 point 3rd quarter to get the clock running. The team forced South Platte into 35...
The Potter-Dix Coyote Boy’s Basketball team is another team in the panhandle that should have a better record this far in the season. Loaded with talent like junior Landon Gasseling and junior Dylan Tabor, this is a team that just needs to get settled and play together better. They have the athletes and the coaching is there, it just seems that a combination of bad luck, bad timing on their schedule, and a few losses that could and should have been wins, have kept the Coyotes from being where they should be. The last two games are typical of t...
The Kimball Longhorns jump back into the thick of their schedules this week following Christmas break. The girls, above, and boys basketball teams hosted South Platte on Tuesday, Jan. 7, and will welcome Haxtun to The Arena, on Friday, Jan. 10, before wrapping up the weekend Saturday, Jan. 11, at Chase County. Next Tuesday, Potter-Dix rolls into K-Town for a clash between the nonconference area rivals. The Lady Longhorn grapplers also have a busy weekend with the Sidney Invite on Friday and...
The Kimball Longhorns boys basketball team had a very successful week to wrap up competition in 2024. The freshman team started off the week on Monday with a resounding victory over Lingle-Fort Laramie. On Thursday and Saturday, the JV team continued its winning ways by defeating Hershey and Gordon-Rushville as they improved to 6-1 on the season. The varsity team also defeated Hershey and Gordon-Rushville to get to 6-1 on the season. Against Hershey, the Longhorns raced to a 25-11 lead after...
Longhorns girls wrestling Coach Katie Culek summarized the past month of the program's second NSAA season. Wrestling for Kimball High School are Barbara Earley, Noley Brower, Rachel Berger, Becca Koski and McKenzie Howard. Pausing for Christmas break, the girls have participated in four meets, including: • Chadron with no Kimball wrestlers placing. • Perkins County with Noley Brower and Becca Koski both placing second and Barbara Earley third. • Cheyenne with Noley Brower ttaking third and B...
Kimball's Peter Russell was the lone placer for the boys wrestling team with fifth at the Sidney meet. The boys faced some tough competition but wrestled hard and had some close matches. At the previous Sutherland meet, Mason Holmes won first, Cody Brinkman second, Russell third and Jax Toth fifth. Kip Gillming wrestled tough but didn't place...
Kimball Coach Jacklyn Burk talks strategy with her team during the 57-27 loss Thursday, Dec. 19, to visiting Perkins County and its strong defense. The Lady Longhorns went on the road to play Gordon-Rushville on Saturday, Dec. 21, to close out the 2024 portion of their schedule this season. The Kimball boys, meanwhile, beat Perkins County. See Page B6....
Wildcat Karlye Dittbenner (10), a 5-2 freshman, handles point guard duties for Banner County on Friday against the Potter-Dix Coyotes. The two teams battled it out until the last seconds with Potter-Dix beating the Wildcats, 32-30. At right, Banner County's 6-3 senior post player Isaac Olsen (65) gets encouragement from fellow students as he is introduced....
Longhorn boys wrestling showed well Dec. 20 at Sutherland. Mason Holmes brought home gold at 106 pounds, Cody Brinkman earned the silver at 150, Peter Russell took the bronze at 175, and Jax Toth placed fifth at 106. Kimball boys and girls wrestling competed Dec. 21 at Sidney to wrap up the 2024 part of their seasons....
The Kimball Longhorns Boys Basketball team went 2-1 this week as they had convincing victories over Garden County and Morrill sandwiched around a close loss to Perkins County. The team currently sits at 4-1 heading into this week's games. Against Garden County, the Longhorn offense struggled to get going early before their pressure defense created multiple turnovers resulting in a 20-4 lead after the first quarter. During the first quarter, Kyler Lusche eclipsed 1,000 points for his career as...
This last week we had a full week of games with another busy week ahead of us before break. On Tuesday, we traveled to Garden County and got our first win of the season, 24-21. This game was physical and had momentum swings for each team. I was proud of our girls and their ability to show growth and grit at the end of the game, when we needed to hold on to a lead. Definitely some learning points to take from the game, but the girls played well and as a team. Emmaline Tabor 4 ts 3reb JaLeigh Boha...
Potter-Dix’s Coyote basketball teams have had a rough start to the 2024-25 season, with the Lady Coyotes grabbing a win against a very young and inexperienced Creek Valley team, 41-14, but falling in their other two contests; a 56-28 loss to Morrill and a 66-30 loss to Paxton. Sophomore Madison Frerichs has been their leading scorer to open the season, with senior Chrystal Dhooge returning and providing solid experience, and junior Micayla McConnell and freshman Alexa Shoemaker rounding out a solid group of players. Again, these are good a...
Nebraska’s mountain lion country will ring in the new year with the busiest hunting season to date for the species, including the first regulated hunt in the Wildcat Hills region. Mountain lion season is divided into three units and begins Jan. 2. The season ends immediately in each unit when its limit, or a sub-limit of females, has been met or when the season closes at the end of February. If limits aren’t met, an auxiliary season will be conducted March 15-31. It will be Nebraska’s largest harvest to date if hunters are successful. Most...
About 50 runners and walkers from all ages dashed into the Christmas spirit at Saturday's first annual Kimball Health Services Santa Dash at the hospital. Whether running, walking or just watching the fun, the registration fee was a new unwrapped toy for ages pre-K through 6th grade. The toys will be distributed to local children by Kimball Public Schools. Many joined in with their cheerful holiday attire and enjoyed cookies, hot chocolate and pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus. No one was...
The Kimball Longhorns Boys Basketball team had an excellent start to the 2024-25 season as they rolled over Leyton and Bayard at the Arena to kick off the season. Against Leyton on Friday, the Longhorns raced out to a 42-13 halftime lead and cruised to a 71-25 victory. The Longhorn defense set the tone as they forced 29 turnovers and had 13 steals. In addition, the Longhorns dominated the glass as they collected 21 offensive rebounds and 37 total rebounds. Offensively, the team had 17 assists on...
The Leyton game certainly was not our best showing. However Leyton is a very strong team that qualified for State last year and lost very little. They shot very well from 3 point range and that hurt us. Final score: 67-12. Stats: JaLeigh Bohac 4 pts, 5 reb Faith Bohac 4 pts, 9 reb Clarika Hottell 2 pts, 2 reb Joey Perry 1 pt, 2 reb Emmaline Tabor 1 pt The Bayard game was a heartbreaker losing by only four points 34-30. Late turnovers and stretches without points really cost us down the stretch....
A fun and exciting basketball season is in store for the Kimball fans as both the guys and gals teams appear motivated offensively and defensively and ready to play some great basketball. In the Jamboree on Monday evening, Kimball played Alliance in the Nebraska Hall of Fame Game – technically considered a scrimmage. Girls Game With no senior leadership, the three juniors – Joey Perry, Grace Moore and Aubrey Culek – did everything possible to try to win the game but came up short, 41-30. The L...
The basketball Longhorns are getting ready for their openers in the 2024-25 season with new and old faces on the court. In the top photo, new coach Trevor Anderson watches standout Kyler Lusche go through a drill at the Arena. In the lower photo, the returning Addy Olsen dribbles two balls during practice. Olsen, a solid Longhorn athlete, went down after the last school year with a torn ACL while playing ball in Texas. Both teams have a little jamboree action coming up on Monday, Dec. 2, when...
A number of Kimball Longhorns, football and volleyball, made the grade on the WTC All-Conference Team and Honorable Mention List. All-Conference picks are junior Trevor Fuss and senior Connor Deboodt in 8-man football and senior Rachel Berger in volleyball. Honorable mention selections representing Longhorn Nation are sophomores Greg Bingham and Luke Berger in football and juniors Hannah Kilgore and Grace Stone in volleyball. Kilgore also received honorable mention to earn a nice spot on the...
E SPORTS in Kimball is competitive and finding its way in the high school gaming world. Coach Kelvin Pittman has five players participating in regional play for the fall semester. Pittman took his five players to Scottsbluff for the 2nd annual E SPORTS tournament despite the snow that blanketed the area on Saturday. The team departed Kimball at 5:30 a.m. and played in the first round from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kimball had two Fortnight teams participating. Finals continued after the first round...
The 2024-25 basketball season is, already, moving along for the Kimball JH Lady Longhorns. They played their home opener Monday against Pine Bluffs, hit the road Tuesday for a game in Mitchell, and will return home Thursday to host Gering....
Junior high wrestling season has started for the young Longhorns of Kimball and Wildcats of Banner County. In the top photo, Wildcat Quincy Boettcher looks to the referee for confirmation of a pin at the Banner County meet last week, the first of the seaason. Four days later came the Kimball junior high invite, and fans packed The Arena to take in the action. In the middle photo, Longhorn seventh-grader Derek Metcalf pins his opponent. Kimball opened nicely at Banner County with five...
Junior high wrestling season has started for the young Longhorns of Kimball and Wildcats of Banner County. In the top photo, Wildcat Quincy Boettcher looks to the referee for confirmation of a pin at the Banner County meet last week, the first of the seaason. Four days later came the Kimball junior high invite, and fans packed The Arena to take in the action. In the middle photo, Longhorn seventh-grader Derek Metcalf pins his opponent. Kimball opened nicely at Banner County with five...