Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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.... Full story
Trey Schindler, above wearing his Kimball colors, was one of three – count 'em, three – Longhorns who wrestled their way to first place at the St. Pats Tourney last week in North Platte. Schindler was first at 152 pounds, James McGinnis first at 132 and Cody Brinkman first at 120. Matthew Johnson was second at 106 and Justin Klosterman third at 145. The "work in progress" continues for coach Cory McManigal and his boys.... Full story
Kimball's Lady Longhorns basketball team continued its good start to the season by splitting two games against rivals Perkins County and Morrill over the week. The results moved the Lady Longhorns to 3-2 on the season with one game left to play in December on the road against 4-0 Hershey on Friday, Dec. 17. Saturday, Dec. 11 Kimball 53, Morrill 38 Kimball hosted the Morrill Lady Lions and started strong with its offense moving the ball well and getting good looks from the field. The Kimball defe... Full story
The Jr. High girls basketball team recently completed their season. With eighteen girls in 7th and 8th grade finishing the season, the team had lots of talent and will only improve. Seventh grader Faith Bohac drives for the basket during a home game with the Morrill Lions.... Full story
The Potter-Dix Coyote basketball team has started well so far this season, with two relatively easy wins as the boys settle into the basketball season. Potter-Dix hosted Creek Valley on Friday and had no trouble opening up a big lead then continuing their momentum for a big win, 62-23 to start their season. On Saturday the Coyotes traveled to Paxton, and this time it was a much closer game, with Potter-Dix leading 18-14 at halftime. The Coyotes then had strong third and fourth quarters, putting...
Kimball took on the Bayard Tigers on Dec. 2. The final score was Kimball 15, Bayard 42. At 106 Matthew Johnson, pinned Trace Shaw (1:24). At 120 Cody Brinkman, won by forfeit. At 138 James McGinnis, won by dec over Brock Burry (5-2). At 152 Trenton Carrizales, pinned Justin Klosterman (3:26). At 160 Kolton Kriha, pinned Trey Schindler (1:21). Coach Cory McManigal: "I was proud of the kid's effort tonight. We talked about being a work in progress, so that started tonight. You can fix technique,... Full story
Despite dropping their first game of the season, the Kimball Lady Longhorns quickly rebounded and took their next two contests to start their season strong. On Thursday, the Lady Longhorns traveled Bayard to match up with the Lady Tigers, and quickly fell behind as the smothering Bayard defense allowed very few shots by the Lady Longhorns. After falling behind 38-8 at the half, the Kimball squad did their best to fight back in the second half, but only managed 16 points and fell by a final...
Bayard 67, Kimball 26 Thursday, Dec. 2 We had only seven players to open this season of a three-game stretch of back-to-back-to-back games, four freshmen and three sophomores. Junior Kyle Fraser was injured at our first practice of the year and we hope to have him back for us soon, but for now our energetic group of underclassmen is showing us they are willing to give everything they got night in and night out. At Bayard, Wyatt Cords had a good night shooting going 50% from the field and 17...
Here's the upcoming schedule as winter high school sports get underway this week for Kimball, Potter-Dix and Banner County student athletes. Kimball Dec. 2 – Basketball at Bayard, 4 p.m. Dec. 2 – Wrestling hosts Bayard, 6 p.m. Dec. 3 – Basketball at Leyton, 3 p.m. Dec. 4 – Wrestling at Mullen Tournament, 9:30 a.m. Dec. 4 – Basketball hosts Minatare, 3:30 p.m. Dedication of the Tom and Karen Southard Court is schedule for approximately 5 p.m. between the girls and boys games. Dec. 10 – Wrestli... Full story
We will have seven wrestlers this year for first year coach Cory McManigal. Coach McManigal will be assisted this year by Bob Culek and Justin Mohr. We open our season on December 2 with a home dual vs. Bayard at 6 p.m. We hope see a full room gym. 106 Matthew Johnson Jr. -- Coach McManigal’s thoughts on Matthew: I think Matthew can be one of the top 106 pounders in our region and state. He will need to stay healthy in order to have a good season. 113 Aaron Gillming So. -- Coach McManigal’s thoughts on Aaron: Aaron is very eager to learn the...
After an historic season culminating with a runner-up trophy at the D6 State Championships, the Potter-Dix Coyotes football team had a big number of players qualify for the 2021All-District Football Team. Here they are: First Team Offense Running Back – Luke Kasten End – Thomas Muldoon Center – Caden McConnell Second Team Offense Quarterback – Brayden Kasten End – Niko Koon Kicker – Thomas Muldoon First Team Defense Defensive Back – Jared Anton Second Team Defense Defensive Back – Zach Rotert...
The winter sports seasons are just about here for area high school basketball teams and wrestlers. Here are the opening week schedules for the Kimball Longhorns, Banner County Wildcats and Potter-Dix Coyotes, which begin following Thanksgiving. Kimball Nov. 29 – Basketball jamboree at Alliance (girls only), 6:30 p.m. Dec. 2 – Basketball at Bayard, 4 p.m. Dec. 2 – Wrestling hosts Bayard, 6 p.m. Dec. 3 – Basketball at Leyton, 3 p.m. Dec. 4 – Wrestling at Mullen Tournament, 9:30 a.m. Dec. 4 ... Full story