Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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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...
The Kimball Lady Longhorns are heading toward subdistricts with a 3-20 overall record and a district record of 0-4 as of Tuesday afternoon. On Tuesday, the ladies played Perkins County. On Thursday (today), Kimball will play Minatare/Hemingford at 4 p.m. Then subdistrict competition will begin on Monday, Oct. 24. Team leaders for the season were Charlotte Hargreaves with 17 blocks, 34 ace serves for Jayden Paxton and 3.7 digs per set for Hannah Kilgore. The Horns fell in SPVA conference play to Sutherland 2-0 and to St. Pat’s 2...
The 2nd Annual Antelope Stampede Gravel Bike Adventure/Race took place on September 17 in Kimball, starting and finishing in Gotte Park. Courses of 100, 50 and 25 miles were offered and participants came to Kimball from Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska. Jon and Anna-Lisa Heidemann incorporated family friendly activities for spectators and local Kimball County residents with music, a BBQ and pie eating contest, kids bouncy houses and face painting, and kids bike and skate board raffles. The...
Homecoming Week for the Longhorns began with volleyball at Haxtun on Tuesday, followed by District cross country at Bridgeport on Thursday and football on Friday at home against Bayard at 6 p.m. On Saturday is the SPVA volleyball tournament in Grant. The volleyball games continue into next week beginning on Tuesday, and the team travels to Perkins County and Minatare/Hemingford on Thursday. and District volleyball is scheduled for the last week in October. Kimball hosted a triangular on Oct. 4 with Bayard and Potter-Dix. The Lady Horns lost to...
Potter-Dix’s Lady Coyote Volleyball team continued its outstanding season with two more wins, raising their season record to 19-3 as they ready for District Tournament play later in the month. The Lady Coyotes traveled on Tuesday, October 4, to match up with the Kimball Lady Longhorns, and the home team got the jump on the visitors, surprising the Lady Coyotes with a 25-18 first set win. The second set had the Lady Coyotes fighting back, but the Kimball squad kept up the pressure and forced extra points. Potter-Dix was able to outlast K...
The Longhorns return home 6 p.m. this Friday to close out the season against Bayard in a matchup of D1 District 11 squads. Kimball, 1-6 overall, is in fourth place in the division at 1-2 in the after losing 74-14 at Heminford last week. Bayard sits in second place in the division and is 2-5 for the year. Above, the Horns line up against Perkins County this season....
Potter-Dix's Coyote football team continued their undefeated season on Friday night, traveling to Chappell and shutting out the struggling Creek Valley Storm team in a lopsided 79-to-0 contest. The win moves the Coyotes to 6--0 on the year, while Creek Valley remains winless at 0--7. As usual, Potter-Dix opened fast and put up 34 points in the first quarter while shutting down the Creek Valley offense completely. The Coyotes added another 26 points in the second half to initiate the running...
Another step forward in the Kimball Longhorns football program's comeback is within reach this Friday night at Hemingford. A road win. "We've obviously had our struggles, but I think we've been improving slowly but surely," coach Darrell Howitt told the Observer. "With Hemingford, we have an opportunity to continue moving in the right direction." Howitt said he considers Kimball, Hemingford and Morrill to be "in the same boat" this season, young teams looking to gain experience. He said...
Keara O’Brien shot a 64/52 for a 116 at Bridgeport to take 7th place in the Western Trails Conference. Hayden Sours shot a 62/63 for a 125, followed by Aubrey Culek with a 59/67=126. Grace Anderson tallied 69/66 for a 135 in Bridgeport. Following the WTC meet, Four Winds Golf Course hosted district golf on Monday. With 15 teams in attendance, state tournament team qualifiers were Valentine, Hershey and Chadron. The top individual qualifier was Mekallyn Brancroft from Valentine with a 90. Kimball’s top golfer, Keara O’Brien, was two strok...
As the fall sports season draws to a close, the Longhorn cross country runners participated in two meets in less than a week – Thursday at Gothenburg followed by the WTC meet on Monday. Kimball junior high girls received second place in the Western Trails Conference championship meet in Hemingford. WTC highlights include Emmaline Tabor’s 10th place finish and Trey Cook’s 8th place. Other highlights include Braxton Miller’s 8th place finish at WTC. In Gothenburg, Shannen Acheson placed 62nd with a time of 31:24. Leading the pack of Kimball...
Kimball travelled to Morrill on Friday night to hand the Lions (0-5) a stunning defeat, 46-12. On Friday, Sept. 30, the Bridgeport Bulldogs (4-2) will come to Longhorn Country to face the now 1-4 Kimball squad. Above, Junior Derek Kauffman (30) gets the handoff from quarterback Brandon Paxton (13) at the Perkins County game in mid-September. The Longhorns now have taken another step in their comeback season – accomplishing their first victory....
On Thursday, the Kimball cross country team will travel to Gothenburg, and then they run in the Western Trail Conference meet at Hemingford on Monday. Next Thursday afternoon, the runners travel to Grant for the SPVA. Last week at Ogallala, six Longhorns recorded personal records. Those included Braylon Miller, Xavier Thomas-Lewis, Jacob Wendt, Peter Russell, Shannen Acheson and Emmaline Tabor. Placing eighth in the JV 5,000 meters run was Shannen Acheson with a time of 25:04.6. In the varsity...
With a win under their belts against the Creek Valley Storm on Monday, the Kimball Longhorns volleyball team went west to take on the Pine Bluffs Hornets on Tuesday. Thursday is the start of WTC at Morrill, where the Longhorns are seeded seventh and faces No. 2 seed Gordon-Rushville in their opening match at 11:20 a.m. in the elementary gym. Next Tuesday, Kimball returns home for a triangular with Bayard and Potter-Dix....
Potter-Dix’s Lady Coyote volleyball team continued its torrid start to the season over the last week, notching five more match wins while suffering their first loss of the season. The week moves Potter-Dix to 16-1 on the season. The week’s action started on Monday with a triangular with Paxton and Wallace, and after putting away Paxton in straight sets, 25-20 and 25-17, the Lady Coyotes ran into a strong Wallace team that handed them their first loss of the season in straight sets, 25-22 and 25-15. Potter-Dix regrouped from the loss, with a t...