Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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In addition to using the treadmill, the bicycle and various other machines, Nancy Miller, 83, works out on the Fitness Tree at Kimball Fitness Center. Nancy, who will turn 84 in two months, could raise her knees and also kick her legs out....
The Kimball Longhorns trap team state results have been calculated, and awards for the top three individuals in varsity male, junior varsity male and female, and novice male and female have been announced. Area results include Dawsen Monheiser from Potter-Dix, who placed 2nd in the varsity division with a score of 90/100 Sweeping the female junior varsity division and receiving state awards were Kambree Hottell in first place with a 71, followed by Grace Anderson also with a 71, and 3rd place went to Anna Coleman with 53. Kimball Longhorn shoot...
Kimball’s Dead Eye Shooter Julia Winstrom competed in the 2022 National Three-Position Air Rifle Championship in Camp Perry, Michigan, last week. Julia placed 20th out of 122 shooters on Friday in the National Junior Olympics 3 PAR Championship. Twenty shots are taken in each position for each match using electronic targets. Then on Saturday, Julia outdid herself while competing in the CMP 3PAR National Championship. After qualifying, Julia shot a 552 and was ranked No. 5 in her age bracket. Julia made finals. According to her mother, eight i...
Father's Day Classic chairman Randy Bohac said, "It was a fabulous weekend." The field of golfers at Four Winds ranged from 8-year-old Graham Braash to two men in their mid-80s. Bohac stressed that it is a family-oriented event and he said "those that played with their Dads are pretty lucky." Bohac is quick to praise all that helped make the tournament run efficiently. Greg Robinson is the treasurer of the Thursday Night League, and he had to stick around to write checks for all the winners....
Kimball Women’s Golf has started its season, and three weeks of golf have been played, with June 15 the fourth week. President of the league, Charlotta Young, has been instrumental in acquiring additional teams and many subs. Twelve teams now play on Wednesday evenings, so there will be 12 weeks of women’s golf along with the horse race and battle of the sexes. For Week 1, low net scores included Jan Bashaw with a 32 and Payton Wise with a 33. Payton Wise had a low gross with a 38, followed by Pattie Klinginsmith with a 41. Low putts winners we...
What began as an 4-H activity for an 8-year-old continues today for 17-year-old Kimball High School junior Julia Winstrom. Julia will compete in two national air rifle competitions over the summer, one in Ohio and one in Colorado. According to Julia, "I go into any shoot and forget everything that has happened and I just focus on shooting. Sometimes when I'm mad I just take my anger out, tends to make me shoot better. I just know I have a job to do and that's . . .win." From age 8 to 15, Julia...
The Kimball Longhorns trap team continues to be active in anticipation of trips to state and nationals. This Saturday, 26 Kimball individuals will shoot for state scores along with eight shooters from Potter. They will each shoot 100 rounds. The teams will shoot in Sidney and then submit scores to be calculated with the other teams in the state. Jarrett Schutz was awarded All-State trap honors due to his outstanding season average of 20.3 out of a perfect score of 25. National trap shooting is in Mason, Michigan, during July, and Kimball qualif...
Kelani Cross runs her way to third place Saturday in the Banner County Historical Day Fun Run. Here are the results. One mile –Ages 6 & Under: 1 Addy Knaub, 2 Colbie Knaub, 3 Henry Groves. One mile – Ages 7 to 12: 1 Karter Mosby, 2 Trenton Knaub, 3 Trajan Johnson. 5K – Ages 13-29: 1 Makyla Mason, 2 Conrad Kaminski, 3 Kelani Cross. 5K – Over 29: 1 Megan Kaminski, 2 Keah Cross, 3 Jodi Peterson....
On Tuesday morning, Oliver Lake was stocked with 12,000 walleye and 1,500 tiger muskie from the Nebraska Game and Parks in less than an hour. Ted Bartels from the Nebraska Game and Parks brought his load from the North Platte Hatchery and delivered fish to Oliver, Winter Creek, Minatare and Big Lake Alice. Stocking by the Nebraska Game and Fish is financed by hunting and fishing licenses. Game and Parks stock most of the public lakes throughout the state. Walleye are the most popular fish and...
The Kimball boys basketball program participated in this summers 2022 Bridgeport Boys Team Camp June 1st and 2nd. There were 22 high schools from 4 different states competing in JV and Varsity divisions. Teams from Custer SD, Sturgis SD, Gillette WY, Lusk WY, Strasburg CO, Fleming CO, McClave CO, Ainsworth NE, and other area schools were there and we got to experience some really good basketball. This year Kimball competed in the Varsity division and on Day 1 had eight players to take on the likes of Sidney, Bayard, Garden Co., and Lusk WY. All...
The annual Wyoming-Nebraska 6-Man Shoot Out All-Star game was played on Friday in Chadron, and the Wyoming squad was able to outlast the Nebraska team in the highest scoring contest of the 11-game series. Potter-Dix’s Thomas Muldoon was a defensive standout during the game, recording many tackles and pass disruptions. He also was used on kickoffs and as a receiver. Muldoon and Jared Anton were selected to represent Potter-Dix in the annual event, as well as Head Coach Dale Frerichs as an assistant for the Nebraska team. The trio will be back a...
Lake Mahoney Golf Course in North Platte was the site of the Class D state golf championship, where Kimball’s freshman Kyler Lusche placed 14th in a field of 94 top golfers in Class D. Kyler told the Observer that the course is straight and easy with no water. With a little bit of nerves on the first few holes, Lusche shot a 81 on Day 1, which put him in sixth place. On Day 2 he shot an 87, and his total for the two day tournament was 168. Kyler said on the second day that there was a side w...
The City of Kimball Public Swimming Pool opens noon Friday, weather permitting, for adult lap swimming and water walking, and the first open swim of the season follows an hour later. Open swims are scheduled seven days a week, as are adult lap swimming and water walking. Family nights are on Thursday and Sunday. Groups swimming lessons are set for June 20-24 and July 11-15....
Kimball Longhorn golfer Kyler Lusche, showing his championship form above in the District tournament at his home Four Winds Golf Course, took his game to the Class D State championship this week at Lake Mahoney Golf Club in North Platte. After the first round Tuesday, he was in sixth place with a round of 81. The second round was scheduled for Wednesday. See next week's Observer for coverage....
Steven Burback recorded a hole in one on a windy April day at Four Winds Golf Course. Tanner Hinton was the official witness of the event. Burback said he used a gap wedge on the 140-yard hole, and the ball rolled in. "I have been within an inch five times and have bitten the stick on a hope but have never got one," he said. "My grandpa (Tom Southard) had one on 3, me on 6, my grandma (Karen Southard) on 12, so now we just need someone in the family to hit one on 17."...
In conference shooting the top three individuals medaled, Jarrett Schutz climbed into third place in the male division and Kambree Hottell placed third in the female division. The trap team has plans of attending Nationals. Preliminary figures show that seven students and possibly more will qualify for Nationals. The qualifying date is June 8. The state shoot is June 18 in Sidney, where the Longhorns will each shoot 100 rounds....
Potter-Dix’s Coyote track and field team traveled to Burke stadium in Omaha late last week to compete in the NSAA State Championship Meet. For the boys, senior Thomas Muldoon placed seventh in the 800 meters and eighth in the high jump, the Coyote’s best showing. Senior Niko Koon placed 22nd in the discus. For the girls, junior Lily Tabor placed 23rd in the Shot Put and 15th in the Pole Vault, while junior Jayden Shoemaker placed 16th in the high jump....
On Thursday, freshman Kyler Lusche was just getting warmed up for Monday's District golf meet. At the Kimball Invite on Thursday, Lusche shot a 77 for second place on the Four Winds course, but he outdid himself on Monday shooting a 75 and nabbing first place. Zaybreon Hansen from Perkins County placed second with a 78. Hemingford's Dax Powell was third with an 82. In an interview by Kaitlin Heeg for the Observer, Lusche said he wanted to shoot in the mid-70s and he accomplished that goal....
This year's JH State Track and Field Championships in Gothenburg was only for 7th and 8th grade students by invite only. The top 24 boys and girls all-class in each individual event, plus the top 16 relay teams, were invited to compete based on "ALL" 2022 results posted to the Nebraska middle-school athletic.net website. This year Kimball had the three athletes invited to compete: Peter Russell, Trevor Fuss, & Braxton Miller. Peter Russell competed in the pole vault and received 5th place out...
Potter-Dix's Coyote Track and Field teams competed at the District D-9 Meet, and the boys team tied for second place with Garden County, behind first place Leyton. The girls team finished in sixth place, behind top finishers Crawford, Leyton and South Platte. The Potter-Dix boys had many outstanding performances, with junior Luke Kasten winning the 100 and 200 Meter Dashes and taking fourth in the Long Jump. Senior Thomas Muldoon won the 800 Meters, placed second in the 400 Meters, and senior...
Freshman Kyler Lusche placed third at the Bayard Invite and Western Trails Conference golf meet on Tuesday, May 10. Lusche shot 42-41 for 83. In team standings, Kimball tied with Bayard for eighth place at 424. Rounding out the team for Kimball were Connor Deboodt shooting a 109, followed by Bransyn Kiefer with a 115 and Landon Norberg completed the 18 holes with a 117. Mitchell won the Bayard Invite with a 356 and the top golfer was Cael Peters, who shot a 76. Kimball will have played on Wednesday at their home course and districts is...
Potter-Dix’s Coyote track and field teams had a busy week, starting off with the MAC meet on Tuesday and then the Cheyenne County Meet on Friday. The Coyotes traveled to Bayard for Tuesday’s competition, featuring their MAC conference rivals. The boys team placed fourth with 93.5 points, behind first place Leyton with 165 points, second place Garden County with 107 points and third place Bayard with 97 points. The girls placed fourth with 65 points, behind first place Bayard with 163.5 points, second place Leyton with 107 and third place Sou...
The Kimball boys and girls track teams go into the district meet Thursday, May 12, at Mitchell after a competitive showing at last week's Cheyenne County meet in Leyton. Pole vaulters Trey Schindler and James McGinnis both cleared 11 feet to tag team for first and second, while Kaitlin Heeg took first in the triple jump and 100-meter hurdles. Also enjoying a first place finish was Banner County's Riley Jones in the high jump. Here are the Kimball and Banner County top placers at the Cheyenne...
The Kimball Longhorns trap team is back at it for a second season and has proven in its young existence to have some fine shooters. Here’s the team’s results in the early going this year. WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 Ainslie Albertson 22 33 29 Grace Anderson 31 39 35 Faith Bohac 8 20 26 David Bond 27 30 33 Anna Coleman 35 27 29 Sophie Coleman 17 7 22 Nolan Cook 38 36 36 John Dunegan 13 13 18 Travis Fryda 32 35 32 Aaron Gillming 34 31 36 Kip Gillming 29 27 30 Charlotte Hargreaves 30 33 37 Clarika Hottell 19 13 17 Kambree Hottell 33 33 36 Mallory Hot...
The Kimball boys golf team was scheduled to return for some home cooking at its Four Winds Golf Course home Thursday this week after hosting the SPVA conference tournament last Friday. However, the annual local invite could be held next Wednesday at best, weather permitting. But if it’s canceled at that time, it won’t be held at all this year. Meanwhile, freshman Kyler Lusche shot a 78 on his home course to win the SPVA conference title. The Kimball team score was 402. The rest of the Kimball team played solid on the Four Winds course with Tre...