Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Now here are some winning smiles The Kimball High Cheer team, which always brings it on at State, won the Class D Championship for Non-tumbling last weekend and was the Class D runner-up for Game Day....
The Kimball Longhorn Wrestling Team brought three state qualifiers to the NSAA State Wrestling Tournament Thursday through Saturday in Omaha. When the dust settled, they finished with three state medalists. Senior Matthew Johnson finished his career with a fifth place medal at 106. Senior James McGinnis finished his career with a third place medal at 132. Trey Schindler finished his career with a 4th place medal at 152. All three seniors finished their careers as three-time state qualifiers and now state medalists. This is the first time since...
It's on to the C12 Subdistrict final Thursday in Gordon, weather permitting, for the Kimball Longhorns boys basketball team after its 53-45 win over Bayard on Monday in the first round. The Horns went into Subdistricts after holding on for a 53-52 victory last Friday at Mitchell. They go into the final looking for their fourth straight win. Here's Kimball head coach Chad Miller's take on the Mitchell game and how his team is looking as the season winds down – and heats up. "Mitchell's game this...
Potter-Dix's Coyote boys basketball team, with a solid 17 wins on the season, moved up in class and faced the C1 Chadron Cardinals on the road Friday, February 17, and fell victim to a bad third quarter The Coyotes knew they had a big challenge going up against the C1 Cardinals with a 10-12 record, and they started the game with a good plan. The Coyotes were able to handle the Cardinals' defense with their sharp passing and athleticism, while Potter-Dix's defense did a great job limiting...
The Longhorn Wrestlers competed at their district tournament on Friday and Saturday. Feb. 10-11, in Sutherland. After the dust cleared Kimball finished with 3 state qualifiers. Senior Matthew Johnson was the first to qualify for the state tournament with a dominant 11-0 major decision win in the semifinals. Matthew lost to the wrestler from St. Pats last week at the conference tournament. Matthew then faced the number 2 wrestler from Sutherland in the finals and was tied 4-4 going into the...
Hemingford – Friday’s game in Hemingford was one of those games that in a way you want to just forget about and move on from but we all know you can learn some of your greatest lessons from your most difficult defeats. It was the first game without leading scorer Brandon Paxton on the floor and we started the game as though we were lost without his services. Too many errors early on put us in a deficit we would struggle to overcome all game long. That, along with struggles making shots and Braxton Miller’s foul troubles early on made for an up...
The Kimball Longhorns girls basketball team hosted their final home game of the season last Tuesday against the Pine Bluffs Hornets. The Longhorns second half shooting drought led the Hornets to victory with a final score of 46-34. The team holds a record of 1-18 and is currently 0-3 in district play. The team is rebuilding stage with the majority of the athletes consisting of underclassman. The Longhorns graduated all five starting members from last season. The team’s inexperience is the contributing factor to their record this year. T...
Potter-Dix's Coyote boys basketball team is winding down their regular season in strong fashion, with wins against Peetz, Arthur County, and a two-point victory over Arthur County. They have one more matchup in the regular season, against a tough C1 team in Chadron, before they start Subdistrict play. On Feb. 7, the Coyotes hosted Peetz, and the game started as a tight battle with both teams matching their scoring, and Peetz taking a 14-12 lead after the first period. Potter-Dix picked up the...
The Kimball Longhorns boys basketball team enters the final leg of its season as the Western Trails Conference Tournament runner-up. The Longhorns program has rebounded nicely in just two years since a young, inexperienced squad took the floor following the departure of key players to graduation. But now that's in the past. The sixth-seeded Horns upset third-seeded Bayard in the WTC's opening round and followed that up with a win over second-seeded Bridgeport in the semifinals. The grand run...
The Longhorn wrestling team finished out its regular season on Tuesday, Jan. 31, with a home dual against Burns/Pine Bluff. There were 4 matches wrestled and the Longhorns won the dual 24-0. All 4 Longhorn wrestlers won their matches by pin fall. Results Burns/Pine Bluffs Dual 113 – Matthew Johnson won by fall over Devlin Stokes (:35) 132 – Cody Brinkman won by fall over Logan Stockton (5:23) 138 – James McGinnis won by fall over DC Cathcart (3:14) 152 – Trey Schindler won by fall over Cooper...
Again mother nature has impacted the Longhorn Wrestling schedule. The Longhorns were supposed to travel across the state to compete in Northeast Nebraska at the Plainview Invite. With a pending winter storm in Northeast Nebraska the tournament was cancelled. The Longhorns were able to compete in Mitchell on Friday afternoon instead. The day was lead by returning senior 106 pound Matthew Johnson with a dominate performance. He had 3 pins on the day and the 106-pound championship. Seniors James Mc...
The Longhorns travelled to Sutherland for a rematch with the Sailors on Thursday. The Horns had played Sutherland in the SPVA Tournament and downed the 0-9 Sailors, 72-50. After a win against Chappell, the Sailors are now 1-11 on the season. But on Thursday, at Sutherland, Kimball once again handily beat Sutherland, 68-43. Junior Brandon Paxton dumped in 24 points to lead all players, followed by Kyler Lusche with 15 points. Rounding out the scoring for Kimball was Ryker Behred with 10,Wyatt Cords and Trevor Fuss both tossed in 6 points,...
Potter-Dix’s Coyote Boys Basketball team rebounded from a loss against rival Leyton in the MAC Tournament finals on January 21 with two big wins over Prairie and Caliche over the past week. The wins push the Coyotes’ record to 11-3, and position them well for the final stretch of games in the regular season. On Tuesday, January 24, the Coyotes hosted the Prairie Mustangs out of New Raymer, Co. Potter-Dix used their speed and fast-break offense to quickly build a lead, and took a 45-13 advantage into the halftime break. It was all Pot...
On Jan. 16 Kimball played third seed Perkins County in the SPVA Tourney and gave them a scare with the final score 47-50. Head coach Chad Miller said, "The boys played hard and cut their turnovers to under 20. Quite the back and forth game as neither team took more than a 6 point lead at any time during the contest." Brandon Paxton had 23 points, including 11 free throws. Sophomore Kyler Lusche had 10 points and freshman Braxton Miller dropped in 9 points. Rounding out the scoring for the...
Leyton's Warrior Boys Basketball team has given the Coyotes a tough time this season, handing the Potter-Dix boys another defeat in the championship game of the MAC Tournament at Bridgeport High School on Saturday. After outlasting Garden County on Friday 59-50, the Coyotes matched up with Leyton, who had defeated them on January 13 with a thrilling come-from-behind 53-48 victory in Dalton. This time, Leyton opened strong and grabbed a lead early and never looked back. After building a 16-12...
Mother Nature continues to affect the Longhorn wrestling season. The team was supposed to attend a tournament on Friday in Hemingford. With the weather cancelling school and practice for 2 days, we made the decision to not attend the tournament on Friday so we could practice and get ready to compete in one of the toughest tournaments we attend on our schedule, the Chadron Invite. The day was led by James McGinnis’s runner-up finish at 132. Trey Schindler wrestled to a 4th place finish in a very competitive bracket at 152. Cody Brinkman had a...
The injury bug has hit the Kimball Longhorn Wrestling team this week. Derek Kauffman's season was ended in the beginning of the week with another shoulder injury that will result in season ending shoulder surgery. He finished the year with a 10-8 record at 170. In the middle of the week, 106 pounder senior Matthew Johnson suffered a shoulder injury in practice that will sideline him for hopefully only a week or so. Peter Russell suffered a chest injury at the beginning of the season, and we...
The Kimball Longhorns boys basketball team was 3-9 on the season but continuing to battle hard following Monday's 50-47 loss to Perkins County in a first round SPVA matchup. SPVA action continues this Thursday and Saturday at NPCC. Here's a look at the Horns' previous three games. Potter-Dix 64, Kimball 57 Visiting Potter-Dix jumped ahead 24-12 after a quarter, but Kimball came back to outscore the Coyotes 13-10 in the second quarter and 21-10 in the third and have a 46-44 lead going into the fo...
The Kimball boys basketball team, flashing some nice play this season, continues its busy January this week with a home game Tuesday, Jan. 10, against Potter-Dix and road games 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, at Bridgeport and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at Gordon-Rushville. Going into the Potter-Dix game, Kimball was 3-5 overall and 1-1 in C2 District 12. Here's a look at the squad's last three games, a stretch where Kimball went 2-1. Kimball 54, South Platte 41 Jan. 4 The team played a 9-9 first quar...
The Kimball Longhorn wrestling team heads to Chase County this Friday and Saturday after a trip to Garden County on Saturday, Jan. 7, for an invitational tournament where they showed well as a team and in individual competition. At the end of the day, the Longhorns finished in fourth place out of 22 schools, scoring 79 team points. The tournament was won by the defending class D state champions from Sutherland High School. The Longhorns were led by seniors James McGinnis at 132 and Trey Schindler at 152. Both seniors won championships. Senior...
The Potter-Dix Coyote basketball team looked to continue its strong start of the season into the New Year, and had a close victory against Bayard followed by a blowout win against South Platte during the first week 2023 to show for their efforts. The Coyotes travelled to Bayard on Friday, and the Tigers looked to be one of the few challenges the Coyotes had on their regular season schedule, coming into the match up at 5-2, and their defeats coming from out-of-class opponents Sidney and Alliance. The teams battled hard throughout the matchup,...
The Longhorns wrestling team is looking competitive heading into its next action on Saturday, Jan. 7, at the always solid Garden County Invitational. The Longhorns competed on Dec 30 at the Pleasanton Invitational. This was a tournament that was added to the schedule due to the blizzard that cancelled the Sutherland tournament for the Longhorns. The tournament featured 25 teams from Northeast and Central Nebraska, including two JV teams from Class A Kearney High School. The Longhorns came to...
The Kimball High School Cheer Team wishes everyone a very happy New Year and can’t wait to see what 2023 will bring. The cheer team is calling all mini-cheerleaders for its winter/basketball mini cheer camp on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Mary Lynch Elementary School. The mini cheer camp performance will be on Saturday, Jan. 28, during the boys varsity basketball game with Sutherland. Please return registration forms for mini cheer camp by Friday, Jan. 6. If you have any questions, please contact Carrie Tabor at ctabor@kpslonghorn...
The 2023 portions of the high school and junior high winter sports and activity seasons open next week. That means the Kimball, Potter-Dix and Banner County basketball players, wrestlers and cheerleaders are getting back at it. And let’s not forget about students in speech, band and FFA. Here’s a look at sports and activity schedules through January for the Longhorns, Coyotes and Wildcats. Kimball Longhorns Jan. 4, 3 p.m., HS BB @ South Platte Jan. 7, 4 p.m., HS BB vs Banner County Jan. 8, 2 p.m., HS BB vs Chase County Jan. 8, 9 a.m., HS WR...
After a week filled with cancellations of games due to the recent snowstorm that blasted through the Panhandle, the Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes and Kimball Lady Longhorns finally got back on the court Monday night at Kimball High School. The Lady Coyotes have struggled a bit to start the season, earning one win against three losses. The Lady Longhorns are in the season of growing young players and have no wins in five games so far. The first quarter of the game featured tough defensive play by both...