Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Grace Anderson, a junior on the Lady Longhorns golf team, swings during the Kimball Invite on Tuesday, Aug. 30, at Four Winds Golf Course. The annual tournament attracted nine varsity teams and four junior varsity entries from across the region. Catch up on more Lady Longhorns golf on Page B1....
The season has begun for the Kimball cross county high school and junior high school teams. Coach Tiffany Culek Johnson said, “We are very proud of how our runners started the year. They have been working hard in practice with positive attitudes. It is always nice to get the first contest under our belts so that the kids can see where they are at and what they want to work towards.” The first meet was on August 25 at Scottsbluff. Junior Shannen Acheson covered the Panhandle Classic 5K run in just over 30 minutes, 30:46.52. Acheson placed 64t...
Kimball High School's resurrected Longhorns football team travels to Leyton this week after opening its new era last week with a challenging matchup against Hyannis. Game time for the non-conference game is 6 p.m. Friday at Leyton's field in Dalton. The Warriors are 1-0 on the young season after a 49-10 victory at Hemingford. For the 0-1 Longhorns, it's another formidable opponent as the football program re-establishes itself under new coach Darrell Howitt after missing last season due to lack...
The Kimball girls golf has been busy with four meets already completed by Thursday this week. Last week, Kimball competed in Sidney and Bayard. Tuesday they were at home in Kimball, and Thursday was a date at Creek Valley. At the Sidney Invite, Scottsbluff took the top four spots with Scottsbluff's Anna Kelley shooting a 71 to win the tournament. In Bayard, at the Chimney Rock Golf Course, Keara O'Brien shot a 113 and chalked up ninth place, Grace Anderson took 12th place with a 116, Aubrey...
Potter-Dix's Coyote football team opened its season on the road Friday afternoon and took the first step towards another D6 playoff berth with an overwhelming 85-6 victory over the Minatare Indians. After dominating the competition last season, the Coyotes' first opponent was against a team that struggled with a 1-7 record last season. A mismatch on paper turned into a mismatch in reality as the Coyotes wasted no time in opening a big lead against the Indians. After Mintare's initial kickoff...
The new-look Kimball Lady Longhorns golf team opened its 2022 season Tuesday, Aug. 23, on a beautiful day on the links in Sidney. From left are team members Hayden Sours, Aubrey Culek, Grace Anderson and Keaton O'Brien. Tournament results will appear in next week's Observer....
Here's some news that could bode well for Longhorns basketball in coming years. Young Kimball basketball players Braxton Miller and MacKenzie Miller recently participated in Mike Trader's Mid-America Basketball Camp and earned multiple awards. The camp ran July 17-20 at Central Community College in Columbus. In the Boys Major League, Braxton was an All-Star, won the Hustle Award, played on the three-on-three champion team with Michael Anderson of Geneva and Christian Conley of Friend, and was...
You can smell it, right? Fall is in the air on the local sports scene. Here are the early season schedules for the Kimball Longhorns, Potter-Dix Coyotes and Banner County Wildcats. Kimball Longhorns Friday, Aug. 19 5:30 p.m. – HS VB scrimmage/parent meeting at 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. – HS FB scrimmage/parent meeting at 8:30. Tuesday, Aug. 23 9 a.m. – HS Girls Golf at Sidney. Thursday, Aug. 25 1 p.m.– HS cross country at Scottsbluff. 4 p.m.– HS JV/V Volleyball at Hemingford/Gordon 9 a.m.– HS Girls Golf at Bayard Friday, Aug. 26 6 p.m. – HS football v...
Jim Zetik, playing a 9 iron from 149 yards, hit a hole in one Aug. 8 during Monday night play in the men's league at Four Winds Golf Course. Enjoying the moment after the ace are Jared Reich, Zetik and Roger Dohse, who witnessed the shot....
Henry Heeg Jr., Henry Heeg Sr., Katie Heeg and Chuck Christensen fired a 15-under-par 57 to win the Kimball Hospital Foundation Golf Classic on Saturday at Four Winds Golf Course. The 31st annual event drew a full field of 36 teams to help raise money for new chemotherapy equipment for use in Kimball's new hospital. See other photo, Page B6....
After being stepped on by a bull and suffering a broken femur (thigh bone) in January, River Mossberg staged a comeback and received a winning score of 87 on his ride at Pine Bluffs Trail Days Rodeo. His dad, former Kimball County Commissioner Brandon Mossberg, said River has "only been on a handful of bulls since" his accident. After winning Pine Bluffs, River travelled to Kiowa, Colo., and won the bull riding at that rodeo. River has completed his high school bull riding as he graduated as a j...
Here are the results from the horseshoes tournament on Saturday, Aug. 6, at Pine Bluffs Trail Days. Eight two-person teams participated. All players listed below are from Pine Bluffs except where noted. First Place Brian Andreas, Cheyenne, and Anthony Garcia. Second Place Zach Fornstrom and Dolly Sanders, Cheyenne. Third Place Jaiden Fornstrom and Jesse Fornstrom. Fourth Place Terry Jolner and Alejandro Garcia...
Jess Heidi of Kimball makes a 60-foot attempt in the putting contest finals at the Kimball Hospital Foundation Golf Classic. Heidi was one of three finalists in the contest sponsored by Wolf Automotive, along with Henry C. Heeg and Keith Staehr. The 31st annual event at Four Winds Golf Course drew a full field of 36 teams to help raise money for new chemotherapy equipment for use in Kimball's new hospital....
The Kimball Women’s Golf Association league play has three more weeks to complete its regular season. On July 13, Week 7 was match play on the front nine, with Shellon Anderson taking home the winning honors with a 47. Phyllis Greenwood earned the top net score with a 34, and both Nora Robinson and Sally Plover won the least putts with 15. Flag prizes in their respective handicap were won by Phyllis Greenwood, Sally Plover, and Laura Noah. Payton Wise shot a 43 in Week 8 to take home bragging rights. Stroke play on the back nine helped Daria A...
Kimball freshman volleyball players work on weights and conditioning this week. The girls are Grace Moore, Kambree Hottell, Addy Olsen and Hannah Kilgore. Kimball High volleyball will begin its season on Aug. 24, facing off against Hemingford/Gordon....
New Kimball head football coach Darrell Howitt watches members of the 2022 Longhorns football and volleyball teams work on conditioning Tuesday morning at Gotte Park. Kimball football will open its season 6 p.m. Aug. 25 against visiting Hyannis....
The Kimball cheer team competed in a camp in Fort Collins, Colo., from July 8-10 – and the squad came home with some top hardware. The Colorado State University cheerleaders put on the camp and judged the event. Coach Carrie Tabor said the Longhorns "had a great time." "They worked their tails off in 100-plus heat for four days and made Kimball proud," she said. "They were the smallest of 31 teams and managed to walk away with a second place finish in the Game Day category and first in Camp D...
Kimball High School junior Julia Winstrom finished her third air rifle compeition this summer. On July 21-23, Julia completed in the 2022 American Legion 3-Position Junior Air Rifle Championship at the USA Shooting range facility in Colorado Spring, Colo. After two days of shooting and continuous scoring, Julia was sitting seventh and made the finals for the next day. On Saturday she climbed her way into sixth place for the finals....
Longhorns football coach Darrell Howitt carries a significant presence on the football field – even during two-day summer camp. About a dozen students last week attended Kimball High's football camp ahead of the varsity team's comeback season, and the coaching staff is hoping that another 10 or 12 individuals will go out for football when the practices start on Aug. 8. Conditioning starts the week before on Aug. 1. "We know we were missing at least four or five older kids, and then I think we w...
Here are the results for the five members of the Kimball Longhorns trap team who shot at the recent Nationals at in Mason, Mich. They’re listed by place they finished, name and score. 1,329 – Nolan Cook, 83 1,462 – Kambree Hottell, 80 1648 – James J. McGinnis, 71 1,660 – Justin Klosterman, 70 1,699 – Cameron McGinnis, 63 Shooters placing in the top 400 qualified for the finals....
Last week from July 6-8 we held our second annual Kimball Longhorns Youth Basketball Camp at the high school and had a lot of fun working with the young athletes. This year we had a total 55 participants who took advantage of this camp, ranging from incoming first-graders to eighth-graders. We are so appreciative of all the campers who stretched themselves to learn more about the game and worked hard to continue to develop their skills. It has been an enjoyable time watching all of them take on...
Vince's Corner Double Draw ABCD Golf Tournament concluded just before a few thunderstorms came through the area on Sunday evening. The two-day event welcomed 152 golfers and hosted 38 teams. Local golfer Dillon Wise captured the number one A Player status with a score of 115.868. Lance Juelfs was second, followed by Kendal Ferguson, Bruce Smith and Cory Huston. First place in the B Player category was Jay Staehr, then Donny Peterson, Todd Menghini, Rob Jackson and Greg Robinson. Jay's two-day...
Kimball Longhorns trap team members and a travel partner from Potter-Dix are competing this week at Nationals in Mason, Mich. The Longhorns are Justin Klosterman, Nolan Cook, James McGinnis, Kambree Hottell and Cameron McGinnis. Representing Coyote Nation is Dawsen Monheiser. Brittany Cook, one of the Longhorn coaches, told the Observer that Thursday, July 7, is a practice day for the Panhandle delegation. Then it's down to business. The Longhorns will shoot as a team Friday. Next, on Saturday,...
Week 4 for the Kimball Women's Golf Association was NWAGA Play Day. Payton Wise shot a 46, which won low gross, and low net winner was Dar Evertson with a 33. Phyllis Greenwood won low putts using her putter only 11 times. She also won the NWAGA medal. Laura Hall holed out on Number 12. Alice Theobald, Susie Abramson and Charlotta Young were flag prize winners. Week 5 was the mid-season league tournament. In the championship division, Payton Wise shot a 44 to win low gross. Other low gross...
Nancy Miller was misidentified in the caption under this photo in the June 30 edition. Nancy, who will turn 84 in a couple of months, works out at Kimball Fitness Center on the Fitness Tree, on which she can raise her knees and kick out her legs. She also uses the treadmill, bicycle and other machines....