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 Longhorn Wrestlers competed at the WTC/SPVA/MAC/PAC combined conference tournament and finished 14th out of 16 teams with 17 team points scored. Trey Schindler was the only placer in the tournament. He placed third at 152. Cody Brinkman at 120 and Matthew Johnson at 106 won one match. Justin Klosterman at 138 was 0-2 on the day. We were without the services of James McGinnis at 132 due to illness. "We definitely did not have our best performance at our conference tournament," coach...
We traveled to Gordon for WTC first round action in a game against Gordon-Rushville. We had a solid game plan going into this game but unfortunately we could not convert our shots and lost 50-20. My girls did everything I asked of them but we really struggled to put the ball through the hoop, Gordon is a great team, and they don't miss often. Our defense did a great job rotating but when offense isn't flowing well, it's hard to keep pace with a good team. Here are our statistics from the game:...
Potter-Dix's Coyote basketball season continued on its winning ways with two more victories over the week to move the season record to 15-2. On Thursday, the Coyotes matched up at home with the Garden County Eagles, and a relatively tight contest had Potter-Dix leading 22-20 at the end of the first half. The third quarter was dominated by the defenses as both teams struggled to score. The scoring picked up in the fourth quarter, and Potter-Dix was able to build upon their lead and take the...
The Kimball Longhorn wrestling team opens its postseason Thursday after a 7 and a half hour road trip to the Plainview Invite on Saturday, Jan. 28. They finished in 13th place out of 20 schools with 40 team points. The tournament was won by the defending class D state champion Plainview Pirates with 192.5 team points. Kimball had 4 wrestlers compete this week. They were without the services of 152-pound standout Trey Schindler due to illness. James McGinnis got back to his winning ways by placing 2nd in a tough 132-pound bracket. He lost by...
Kimball 57, Banner County 34 JAN 27 First game back from the SPVA conference tournament where the boys played well we were looking to continue that momentum going into our 3 game stretch this week. Banner County was our first opponent on Thursday and even though they have some size, they are a young team like ours and looking to continue to grow their program. The first quarter saw us trying to put pressure in the full court to capitalize on steals and turnovers for quick transition points....
This week we start WTC play with Gordon-Rushville in the 1st Round. We play Thursday night at Gordon at 6. We are hoping to learn from our last game with them and upset the Mustangs. The WTC tournament follows a week in which Kimball played four games. Here's a look at those games. Mitchell 56, Kimball 30 Our girls had a very long week. We played 4 games this week, 7 total in the last 2 weeks, and our legs showed it at the end of the week. Our first matchup was against Mitchell. We had high...
Potter-Dix basketball resumed play after the MAC Tournament, with the girls matching up against Prairie in New Raymer, Colo., on Tuesday and both the boys and girls teams matching up with Minatare on Saturday. The girls traveled on Tuesday to New Raymer to play against the Prairie Lady Mustangs. Potter-Dix gave a big effort, but the Lady Mustangs were able to open a lead and hold off the Lady Coyotes' offense. Potter-Dix threatened to go on a roll a few times, but the Prairie girls shut them...
The Kimball boys basketball team enters the home stretch of their 2021-22 season with something they hadn’t possessed until last week. A win. The young, scrappy Longhorns opened the SPVA conference last week with a 0-11 record and exited it with a 1-13 record thanks to a 45-31 victory over another team looking for a better future, Sutherland. Next up for the Longhorns are Banner County on Jan. 27, Sutherland on Jan. 28 and a trip to North Platte St. Pats on Jan. 29 before heading to the WTC tournament Feb. 3-6. The seventh seed Horns open t...
On Friday, the Longhorn wrestlers competed at the Hemingford Invitational and placed third out of 12 teams with 47 team points. The tournament was won by Chase County with 112 team points. The Longhorns were without the services of Matthew Johnson at 106 this weekend because of illness. With only four wrestlers competing this weekend, to finish third as a team shows how well the team wrestled. The day was led by James McGinnis at 132 championship finish. James pinned an opponent from Hay Springs to win first place. Trey Schindler continued his...
Potter-Dix's Coyote Boy's Basketball team entered the MAC Tournament as the number one seed and played like it, easily dispatching Banner County in the first round of the tournament then having little trouble with Garden County in the semi-finals, then winning a thriller against Bayard in the finals. The action started Monday January 17 when the Coyotes matched up with number 8 seed Banner County, and the winless Wildcats had no answer for the explosive Potter-Dix offense, going down 27-4 at...
Chase County 55, Kimball 21 SPVA First Round Our girls had an eventful week. We played Chase County the beginning of the week and the score did not reflect the level of play we showed. Our girls learned a new defense five minutes prior to the start of the game and executed it very well. They played hard until the end, and were very proud of their efforts. Kimball statistics: Amy Birkhofer 6 pts, 7 reb. Maddi Merryfield 6 pts, 3 reb. Katie Heeg 5 pts, 2 reb, 3 stl. Chantel Malson 2 pts, 7 reb....
Chase County Quad meet The Kimball Wrestling team competed in a quad meet on Friday, Jan. 14, at Chase County Gym. There were 5 matches wrestled in the dual against Chase County. Kimball went 3-2 in the matches wrestled. Matthew Johnson won his match by tech fall at 106. James McGinnis at 132 and Trey Schindler at 152 each won their matches by fall. Cody Brinkman lost by tech fall at 120 and Justin Klosterman lost by major decision at 138 against their opponents. Chase County won the dual...
Kimball's Lady Longhorn basketball team travelled last Tuesday to take on the Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes in Potter, and quickly broke out to a big lead in the early going. Both teams had problems getting the ball in the basket in the early going, but for Kimball it was shots not falling through the basket and for Potter-Dix it was an inability to get the ball past half court. The tough Lady Longhorns defense stymied the Lady Coyotes offense early, and then in the final minutes of the first period...
The Potter-Dix Coyotes boys basketball team had a busy week with three games and came out with two wins. Their record improves to 9-2 as they enter the MAC Tournament this week as the No. 1 seed. On Tuesday, the Coyotes hosted the winless Kimball Longhorns, and the high-powered Potter-Dix offense overwhelmed the visitors in a 66--11 win. Junior Luke Kasten scored 27 and pulled down 10 rebounds in the win. On Friday, the Coyotes hosted the Leyton Warriors, a team they rallied against for a fourth...
The Kimball Longhorns boys basketball team’s record went to 0-11 after outings this past week against Potter-Dix, Bridgeport and Gordon-Rushville. On Jan. 15 the young squad lost a home non-conference game against Gordon-Rushville by a score of 64-21. Leading Kimball was Kyler Lusche, who went 6 for 12 in two-point field goal range and ended up with 13 points. Wyatt Cords contributed 6 points and Connor Deboodt 2. The day before, Kimball lost a home non-conference game to Bridgeport, 67-16. Kimball scorers were Lusche with 7 points, Anthony Tov...
The Kimball Longhorns wrestling team goes into back-to-back meets this week after a competitive performance at Garden County to start off the second semester portion of the season. The Horns went to Garden County on Jan 8 and placed ninth in a tough 22-team tournament with 57 points. Matthew Johnson led the way with a 4-1 record to place third on the day at 106. James McGinnis continued his solid season with a 4-1 record on the day to place third at 132. Trey Schindler had a great day of...
Kimball's Lady Longhorns basketball team returned from the holiday break on Tuesday, January 4, traveling to Big Springs to match up against the Lady Blue Knights. The contest started as a defensive showdown, with both teams doing their best to limit good looks and easy baskets by the other team. But the South Platte girls were more successful in the first half, getting their shots to fall and taking advantage of Kimball miscues to build a 24-15 lead at the half. South Platte put the game away...
Chase County 75, Kimball 25 The Saturday, Jan. 8, game saw a young Kimball Longhorn team come out and get a few early baskets but were not able to keep pace with the Chase County Longhorns. Scoring the first 2 points in the second quarter the young Kimball team found themselves down 10-20. However, the next 7:50 of the second quarter and into the first six minutes of the third quarter saw the team go on a scoring drought and were outscored 35-2 in that stretch. Chase County did well pressuring our players and getting them to rush their passes...
Potter-Dix’s Coyotes basketball team had three games over the past week, and lost their first game of the season to Bayard on Friday. The week’s action started on Monday, January 3, when the Coyotes hosted the Morrill Lions. The Coyotes took a lead early, and even after Morrill rebounded with a solid second quarter, the Coyotes still had a 28-21 lead at the half. A solid third quarter by Potter-Dix with strong defensive play put the game out of reach where a strong fourth quarter by Morrill was...
The Kimball Longhorns wrestling team will begin its second semester schedule on Saturday, Jan. 8, at the Garden County invite. "We really challenged our guys coming back from the Christmas break to up their intensity in practice," coach Cory McManigal said. "We are five weeks out from our postseason, so we want to be wrestling our best when we get to conference and districts. "They responded to our challenge with the best week of practice we have had since the season started which is testament...
6U 45-46 Braysen Atkins's place is 2nd and has scored 14.0 team points. Round 1 - Beau Beltran (Team Garcia) won by decision over Braysen Atkins (Kimball Wrestling Club) (Dec 10-7) Round 2 - Braysen Atkins (Kimball Wrestling Club) won by fall over Colton Haag (Pride wrestling club) (Fall 0:51) Round 3 - Braysen Atkins (Kimball Wrestling Club) won by fall over Keaton Wilkie (Torrington Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:43) 6U 46-49 Shayson Howington's place is 1st and has scored 20.0 team points. Round 1...
The Coyote basketball team made a trip down to Caliche, Colo., on Saturday, and came away with a convincing 67-51win over the Buffaloes. The teams played the first quarter tight, with lots of defensive pressure and turnovers limiting the scoring. Potter-Dix managed a 12-9 lead after one period, then went on to score 20 points in the second period to bring a 32-22 advantage into the halftime. Both teams played a solid third period on offense and defense, both scoring 17 points. But Caliche was not able to score enough to stem the tide, and the...
Kimball's Lady Longhorns basketball team has had some success in the early going of the 2021-22 season, and hoped it could finish with a win in the final game of the calendar year and go into the new year with a winning record. But Kimball will have to settle for a 3-3 record through December, as Friday's road matchup with undefeated Hershey did not go Kimball's way. The game started very close with both teams playing aggressive defense and limiting offensive opportunities. The low-scoring...
St. Pats Tournament On Friday December 10th the Longhorn wrestling team traveled to North Platte St. Pats for an 8 team round robin tournament. They scored 115.0 points and tied Brady for 3rd overall. The tournament was won by Maxwell with 193 points. All 5 varsity wrestlers placed in the top 3. We crowned 3 champions: Cody Brinkman at 120, James McGinnis at 138 and Trey Schindler at 152. Matthew Johnson was runner-up at 106. Justin Klosterman was 3rd at 145. Justin Klosterman was the highlight...
Payton Wise recently signed a letter of intent to golf at Chadron State. Attending the signing at Kimball High, from left, are her father Chad, brother Dillon, Payton, brother Breckin and mother Jennifer. Payton will continue her golf career after medaling at State each of her four Kimball seasons. She will join a group of Chadron teammates who carded from 76 to 86 over two rounds, right in Payton's range, in their last ompetition in the fall....