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 Kimball boys basketball team went into its holiday break with a 65-51 loss to visiting Hershey on Dec. 16. The Horns played Hershey close most of the way – after a first quarter in which they were outscored 20-11. Leading Kimball in scoring were Brandon Paxton with 22 points and Kyler Lusche with 17. Also scoring for the home team were Wyatt Cords and Braxton Miller with 5 points each, and Ryker Behrend with 2. Kellan Spearman paced the visitors with 29 points, followed by Cooper HIll with 15 and Aldan George with 14. Leading Kimball in r...
The Kimball Longhorns boys basketball team hosts Hershey 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, in a non-district matchup to close the 2022 portion of it season. Kimball sits at second place in the district with a 1-1 record after its 68-31 win at Morrill on Saturday, Dec. 10. The Horns lost to Perkins County the night before, 59-47, and are 1-3 overall on the season. As for Hershey, the Panthers are 0-4 overall after losing, 57-40, to North Platte St. Pat's on Dec 10. Hershey and Kimball have played one...
The Kimball Longhorn wrestlers will return to action Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Sutherland Invitational to finish up their first semester schedule. The competition follows some strong individual showings for the Horns at the St. Pats Invite and a trip to Cheyenne for the Charlie Lake Invite. Here are Kimball's results at these two events. St. Pats Invitational The Longhorns traveled to North Platte on Friday, Dec. 9, to compete in the St. Pats Invitational. The Longhorns placed sixth out of nine...
The Kimball Longhorns girls basketball hosts Hershey this Friday, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m. before closing out the 2022 portion of its season 4 p.m. Monday at Potter Dix. Both are non-district games. The Lady Longhorns are 0-4 on the season this past week’s losses to visiting Perkins County, 63-12, and at Morrill, 60-26 the next day. “It is clear that it will be a growing year for us,” coach Jaclyn Burks told the Observer. “We are young and I am asking quite a few underclassmen to play at the varsity level. They are stepping up and in a few years,...
SCOTTSBLUFF – Coaches have been selected for the 2023 West Nebraska All-Star Football Game – and for anyone who followed Panhandle football this past season, it should be no surprise that Potter-Dix's top Coyote will be on the scene. Dale Frerichs from Potter-Dix will lead the West team. Assisting him will be Dillon Broussard (Mitchell), Danny O'Boyle (Gering) and Jeremy Reimers (Bridgeport). Jeff Gross from McCook will lead the East team. Assisting Coach Gross will be Kurt Alitg (North Platte),...
The Kimball Longhorns wrestling team traveled to Bayard to take on the Tigers on Thursday, Dec 1. There were 4 matches contested: 145 – James McGinnis pinned Owen Talton (Bayard) 2:56 170 – Derek Kauffman pinned Jared Perkins (Bayard) 1:50 132 – Brock Burry (Bayard) pinned Cody Brinkman 1:14 138 JV – Owen Talton pinned Peter Russell (:30) Bayard won the dual 36-12 The Longhorn wrestling team made the long trip to Mullen on Saturday, Dec 3, to take part in a 25-team invitational. The Longhorns pl...
The Kimball Longhorns boys basketball team hosts Perkins County on Friday, Dec. 9, and travels to Morrill the next day after opening competition this year with a win over Alliance in the preseason Hall of Fame Jamboree and losses to the visiting Bayard and Leyton teams. The Lady Longhorns and JV also will play this Friday and Saturday. Start time is 4 p.m. against Perkins County and 1 p.m. at Morrill. Bayard 68, Kimball 58 The Longhorns were competitive against Bayard, losing 69-58 but...
Leyton’s Lady Warrior girls basketball team opened their season strong with two big wins, on the road against Kimball on Friday and at home Saturday against Morrill. Their season opener on Friday had them matched up against the Kimball Lady Longhorns, a team that had a 7-15 record last year and is looking for its first victory this season. Leyton started fast, with sophomore standout Zaili Benish getting the scoring started with a three pointer followed by a field goal by sophomore Sydney Fortune. Benish nailed two more three pointers in the f...
Potter-Dix's Coyote basketball team started the 2022-23 season strong with a thorough 63-24 beating of the visiting Morrill Lions on Friday at Potter-/Dix High School. After a 20-win season last season, the Coyotes looked sharp and ready to be the top of the class in D2 basketball. The matchup against Morrill started out slow, with both teams playing good defense and having difficulty getting inside for easy shots. Potter-Dix was up 6-2 at the end of the first period, then started to loosen up...
The Kimball boys basketball season is off to a great start with a win over Alliance, 56-48, in the Hall of Fame Jamboree on Monday evening. The second and third quarters helped to propel the Longhorns to their victory. Alliance scored 14 in the first quarter, while Kimball tallied 11. But in the second quarter, Kimball scored 13 and held the Bulldogs to 6. The third quarter Kimball with 14 and Alliance with 10. Both teams score 18 in the final quarter. Four Longhorns players scored all the...
In the photo at left, Clarika Hottell,13 shows off the buck she shot last week. At right, Kambree, Kolt and Knox show off the 5x6 buck that Kolt shot last week in Banner County. Kolt was using his grandfather's rifle. Kambree, Kolt and Knox are the children of Brad and Nikki Hottell....
High school winter sports are nearly here. Kimball, Banner County and Potter-Dix student athletes are gearing up for their upcoming seasons. We're talking basketball. Wrestling. And, of course, cheer. Here's a look at the Longhorns, Coyotes and Wildcats schedules through the 2022 portions of their seasons. Kimball Longhorns Nov. 28, 5 p.m. HS Boys and Girls BB Jamboree vs. Alliance @ Home (varsity only) Dec. 1, 4 p.m. HS JV/V BB vs Bayard @ home Dec. 1, 6 p.m. HS Wrestling@ Bayard Dec. 2. 4 p.m....
Braylon Miller, 16 shot this 5x5 buck north of Dix on Monday evening. Attention hunters: The Observer welcomes your hunting photos this deer season to run in the paper....
Kimball High School has three representatives on the Western Trails Conference 2022 all-conference teams for 8-man football and volleyball, plus four honorable mention selections. For the Longhorns football team, junior quarterback/defensive back Brandon Paxton and senior tight end/defensive end James McGinnis made the all conference team. Receiving honorable mention were sophomore offensive lineman/defensive lineman Conner Deboodt and junior fullback/defensive end Derek Kauffman. Here are the...
A handful of junior high student/athletes choose to participate in two sports in the same season. Completing one sport is an accomplishment, but two. The students spoke to the Observer during lunch period on Halloween day. Each of the six double-sport athletics had unique and inspiring reasons for working and practicing doubly hard. Kip Gillming's response was eye-opening and spot-on: "You can't hate something if you haven't experienced it." Kip, an 8th grader, thinks as a freshman, he might go...
Potter-Dix's undefeated Coyote Football team hosted the 7-and-2 Pawnee Indians for the the quarterfinals of the D6 NSAA playoffs at Combs Field in Potter Friday, and were dealt a 62-47 loss that ended their season and hopes for a D6 State Title. Although Pawnee City had a six and a half hour ride from eastern Nebraska, they brought a good-sized group of fans to cheer them on. The Coyotes ended their season with a 9-1 record, and a 4-0 District record. Although they will lose playmaking starters...
Here's a look back at the Fall 2022 seasons to build on for the Longhorns football, volleyball and cross country teams. Lady Longhorn volleyball coach Jeri Ferguson said if she could change anything about the season, it would be the record, 4-22. She feels they did everything right, including volleyball time over the summer, worked hard all season, and had great senior leadership. She continued to explain that there were so many sets and games right where they could have gone either way....
Kimball head football coach Darrell Howitt had 37 kids attend a meeting for football next year. He said he was excited about the future and the community support was incredible. As for this year, Howitt said, "It was great to just get the kids out on the field. We knew we were going to be behind the gun as far as things go, but to get on the field and get some experience under our belts, I am proud of the upperclassmen that stepped up and helped us be able to turn the lights on, on Friday...
CROSS COUNTRY Although no member of the Kimball cross country team qualified for state this season, coach Tiffany Johnson said that each team member improved and got better each meet. Johnson will lose one team member to graduation, Xavier Thomas-Lewis. Thomas-Lewis improved, worked hard, and had a good attitude. We will miss him." The entire team is a good group to work with. They are capable of more than they imagine. Johnson knows the juniors will step up into a leadership positions. Those...
The volleyball season ended for the Lady Longhorns on Monday in the D1-12 Subdistricts. No. 3 Kimball (3-21) battled against No. 2 Morrill (12-15). Senior middle hitter Charlotte Hargreaves had 2.2 kills per set and totaled 23 blocks. Jayden Paxton, senior outside hitter led the team with 38 serving aces. The team battled hard in all four sets, 26-24, 19-25, 26-28, and 14-25. The Lady Horns overall record was 4-23 and 0-5 in district play. The high school fall sports season has now concluded for all of the Kimball teams, volleyball, football,...
Potter-Dix's Coyote Football team traveled to Big Springs Friday night to match up with South Platte for their final regular season game of the year, and came away with a big 81-28 win to move their record to 8-0 and lock away the D6 District 5 title. It was the Coyotes' third consecutive undefeated regular season result, and third consecutive district title. As has become habit, the Coyotes jumped out to an early lead, putting up 26 points in the first quarter and 28 points in the second...
Potter-Dix’s Lady Coyote volleyball team has had an outstanding season, and looked to finish the job and move on to State Tournament play with a victory over rival Leyton on Tuesday. The Lady Coyotes had a stumble going into the subdistrict tournament, not playing as well as they should have in the MAC Tournament and then losing matches to Creek Valley and South Platte to end their regular season. But the Lady Coyotes regrouped and took down Minatare in straight sets in the semifinal round of the subdistrict tournament on Monday, 25-16, 2...
The Kimball Longhorns line up on homecoming night last week for the pre-game introductions. Freshman Ryker Behrend (1) was the final player to be introduced. At 5-foot-5 and 110 pounds, Behrend plays quarterback, linebacker and defensive back. Bayard won the contest, and Kimball 's season is over. The Longhorns finished 1-7 overall and 1-3 in the division in their comeback season....
Potter-Dix's Coyote Football team continued their undefeated season Friday at Combs Field with a 55-8 beating of the visiting 5-1 Garden County Eagles. Potter-Dix continued their dominant play, with their fifth victory while keeping opponents scoring in the single-digits. Garden County rested their hopes on their outstanding athlete, senior Johnny Vargas, but the Coyotes were able to contain the scoring threat, limiting Vargas to just 17 carries for 56 yards and one rushing touchdown in the...
No. 2 seed Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes won their first set 26-24, but then dropped the next two in the MAC tournament semifinals last Saturday. That moved Potter-Dix into the loser bracket and a third place match against Garden County. Potter-Dix had beaten Garden County in a close match last week, and had a battle with the Lady Eagles before finally taking the first set in extra points, 27-25. Garden County fired back in the second set, battling hard and pulling out a 25-23 win. The third set was...