Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
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Senior Brandon Paxton goes up for a pass, which he caught for a touchdown, against Nick Arroyo during Kimball's sweet 57-24 homecoming victory over visiting Morrill on Sept. 22. The Longhorns improved to 2-3 overall and 1-0 in D1-District 11 and next head to Bridgeport for a district clash of unbeatens at 6 p.m. Friday. In Bridgeport, 2-0 in the district and 4-2 overall, the Horns will meet a team on a four-game win streak and much stronger than Morrill on both sides of the ball. Leading...
Potter-Dix’s Coyote football team stayed unbeaten with another dominant win, this time over the Banner County Wildcats on Friday, September 22. The Coyotes traveled to Harrisburg for the contest, and now get a week off before resuming their schedule by hosting the winless Creek Valley Storm on October 6. The Coyotes started fast, scoring two TDs in the first quarter, but were unable to convert extra point tries, so they held a 12-0 lead going into the second quarter. Banner got on the board with a touchdown, and after Potter-Dix scored a...
Potter-Dix’s Lady Coyote volleyball team has been struggling against the better teams they face while beating the lesser teams, and gaining experience the whole time with their young squad. The past week was challenging for the Lady Coyotes, with a triangular on Tuesday, September 19, tournament play on Saturday, September 23, and an away match against Banner County sandwiched in between. The Lady Coyotes traveled to Wallace last Tuesday, and matched up with the host Lady Wildcats and Wauneta-Palisade. Their first match against Wallace did n...
The Kimball boys cross country team placed third at the Run at the Rocks-Bridgeport Invite after the Kimball Invite. The team was just 2 points out of first place. Following that nice showing, Kimball XC has a meet today (Thursday) at Ogallala, then next week at Gothenburg, and Oct. 12 at the D-6 district meet. In Bridgeport, Braxton Miller ran to seventh place, followed by Braylon Miller in 17th and freshman Trey Cook in 19th place. Eddie Duran captured 23rd and Conrad Kaminski was 26th. Other...
A month remains of the regular 2023 volleyball season for the Kimball team that on Monday evening enjoyed a taste of victory as the Kimball JV won over the Banner County varsity in a close 3-2 match. It was great way to open homecoming week. Kimball has five home games between now and the end of the season. On Tuesday, Kimball played against Hershey. Next up, Kimball's varsity (0-8) will play Hay Springs and Leyton at Dalton, and then Creek Valley on Monday, September 25. Future home games...
The Kimball Invitational Cross County meet had teams from across the region, including the Panhandle and Wyoming. The meet was held on a beautiful day, Friday, Sept. 8, at the Four Winds Golf Course. Shannen Acheson was the lone Kimball participant in the girls 5 K. She placed 21st with a time of 27:16.24 and scored 16 points. On the boys side, the team placed 5th with 39 points. Braxton Miller placed 9th, running the 5K course in 20:17.49 minutes. In hot pursuit was his brother Braylon Miller,...
The Kimball Longhorns return to the field Friday night at 2-1 Perkins County after a pair of one-sided football games – one in which they won and one in which they lost. The 1-2 Longhorns fell 69-0 last week to the visiting North Platte St. Pat's Irish, always a tough challenge and now 4-0 on the season. That matchup followed Kimball's 40-10 victory in its home opener over Leyton. Kimball is 1-1 at home on the season, 0-1 on the road. The squad's first district game arrives Friday, Sept. 22, a...
The Kimball Longhorns football team had a reason to celebrate Friday night, at the expense of the Warrior team from Leyton. It was the Longhorns first home win since the end of September 2018, which gave the rebuilding program a greatly needed shot in the arm. The Horns are 1-1 on the 2023 season. The Warriors, trying to recover after an opening loss to Hemingford, got off to a good start in the game. Their defense was able to keep the Longhorns pinned down deep in their own territory, and then...
CRAWFORD – Potter-Dix's Coyote football team continued its strong start to the 2023 season, breezing past the Crawford Rams on the road Friday, September 1, by a final score of 69-31. Senior quarterback Brayden Kasten led the Coyotes again, completing 8 of 14 passes for 96 yards and three touchdowns, while rushing for 211 yards on 11 carries and scoring three touchdowns on the ground. Senior Jaxen Buettenback rushed 10 times for 73 yards and scored two touchdowns. He also had two blocked f...
The Kimball volleyball team has a busy schedule coming up as its first home game of the season is not until Sept. 18 against Banner County. Meanwhile, on Tuesday they will be playing Garden County Bridgeport and Thursday in Mitchell. On Sept. 14, Kimball plays in Sutherland. After playing Hemingford, Gordon-Rushville and Leyton, the team is still looking for its first win of the season. Team stat leaders are Addy Olson with 3 kills per set, Jade O'Rouke with 1 block per set and Grace Anderson...
The Longhorn girls golf team is well into the season with the Kimball Invite their third meet of the season. On Wednesday this week, the girls played at Creek Valley and on Sept. 7 they head to Mitchell. In just three meets the scores are dropping rapidly. On their home course, Kimball's Hayden Sours shot a 57 on the front nine and a 56 on the back nine to placed seventh with a 113, and Aubrey Culek shot a 63 and a 57 and her 120 took 10th place. Overall, the team placed third with a 494....
The Kimball Longhorns football team hosts Leyton at 7 p.m. Friday in their home opener after losing their first game of the season Aug. 25 at Hyannis, 58-20. Kimball and Leyton are both 0-1 going into the matchup. Leyton opened with a 58-18 non-conference loss to Hemingford. Longhorns coach Darrell Howitt sees growth in his rebuilding football program. "We are definitely a different team than a year ago," he told the Observer. "I kind of knew that Hyannis was physical pretty solid football team. Every year, they are physical and that is...
It's on to Gering on Friday, Sept. 1, for Kimball XC following its 2023 opening meet last week at Scottbluff. Start time is 11 a.m. for the high school and 1 p.m. for junior high. "What a great way to start the season," coach Tiffany Johnson said. "The cross country team ... all ran with determination and drive! We are excited to see what all unfolds this season." Kimball earned two medals at Scottsbluff with Braxton Miller finishing 10th with a new personal best, running under 20, and Braylon...
DALTON--There are questions about the Potter-Dix Coyotes after the graduation of star player Luke Kasten, but none of them were answered Friday night as the Coyotes again breezed through the Minatare Indians, 73-0 at Combs Field. The Coyotes crushed the Indians last year in the opener, 85-6, and this year's results were very similar. With three pass completions by senior Brayden Kasten and one more by sophomore Dylan Tabor, the Coyotes only passed four times for 61 yards, but scored two touchdow...
Kimball High athletes prepared for the fall season with last Friday's preseason 2023 Sports Tailgate. In the photos at right, the volleyball team scrimmaged that evening and the cross country was showcased in a practice outing. The girls golfers were the first Longhorns to get into varsity action at this week's Sidney Invite on Tuesday. In the left photo, Mallory Hottell takes a swing. Her teammates in Sidney were Hayden Sours, Aubrey Culek, and Carly Norberg. Results will appear in next week's...
Kimball Aug. 21, 6 p.m., football, Kimball JV hosts Perkins County JV Aug. 22, 9 a.m., girls golf at Sidney Aug. 24, 9 a.m., girls golf at Bayard Aug. 24, 1 p.m., high school and junior high cross country at Scottsbluff Invite Aug. 24, 4 p.m., volleyball at Hemingford Triangular Aug. 25, 7 p.m., football at Hyannis Aug. 29, 9 a.m., girls golf hosts Kimball Invite Aug. 29, 4 p.m., volleyball at Leyton Aug. 31, 9 a.m.. girls golf at Creek Valley Invite Sept. 1, 11 a.m., high school (11 a.m.) and junior high (1 p.m.) cross country at Gering meet...
Go time is here for Longhorns, Coyotes and Wildcats. High school and junior high fall sports seasons open this coming week for this area's cross country, football, girls golf and volleyball teams. Here are the schedules for Kimball, Potter-Dix and Banner County through the first full week of September. Kimball Aug. 18, 2023 Tailgate Sports Kickoff. Volleyball scrimmage at 5:30 p.m., cross country showcase at 5:45, golf showcase at 6:30 and football scrimmage at 7. Aug. 21, 6 p.m., football,...
The Antelope Stampede Bicycle Race continues to grow with 49 participants from Colorado and Nebraska this year. This is the third year for the local event organized by Jon and Anna-Lisa Heidemann. The race included a 100-mile, a 50-mile and a 25-mile division race throughout the roads of the Kimball County countryside. The after race party at Gotte Park included a music, pie eating contest, a drawing for a mountain bike and other bike accessories, bounce houses, games, face painting and a...
A team of subcontractors from Windsor, Colo. fired a 14-under-par 58 to take top honors at the 32nd annual Kimball Hospital Foundation Golf Classic on Saturday at Four Winds Golf Course. In a scorecard playoff, Richard Owen, Matt Hernandez, Brandon Halverson and Scott Schilling of Masters Petersens Flooring & Design, one of several companies helping build Kimball's new hospital, finished just ahead of Kendall Ferguson, Michael Ferguson, Kasha Meyer and Charlie Carlson in the four-person...
The Kimball Football Longhorns put in what coach Darrell Howitt called a great week of preseason conditioning as they prepare for the 2023 season. "Longhorn Football is changing the way we do football," Howitt said July 31 on the opening day of conditioning. "We had 21 players show up this morning ... a huge improvement over last year. We already look like a different team!" Opening night for the Horns is Aug. 25 at Hyannis....
The 1st annual Red and White Classic Golf Tournament at the Four Winds Golf Course was a success, according to Kimball Jr/Sr High Activities Director Darrell Howitt. With 31 teams playing on Saturday and 130 tickets sold to the banquet on Saturday evening, they are still tallying up the finances, but Howitt believes that they made about $40,000. Howitt said he is "thankful for the supportive community that rallies behind the kids and the school." The winning golf team shot a 53 and was...
This vintage image of an old Kimball baseball team was not clear in last week’s paper, but this is much better. No date for this picture was available, but judging from the uniforms and names from Kimball history it appears to be from the early 1900s. From left in the front row are Leo Bartholum, Ole Pedret, Kenneth Linn, Ed Bergman and George Nugent: Back row: Bill Nugent, Oscar Linn, Dr. P.C Mockett and Gary Howard. Third row: Vernon Linn, Joe Bromson, Jim Jensen and Arthur Maginnis. This p...
The Observer continues its summer series of classic Kimball sports team photos from the Plains Historical Society collection at the Fraternal Hall Museum. Here we have a Kimball County High School basketball team posing in the old school's gym. An inscription on the back names John Benson as the player holding the ball, but says "maybe someone can idenify other players." Can any of you readers be that someone? This picture is not dated....
Forty-five youth from across the United States, Canada and New Zealand completed at the Nationals in Sioux City, Nebraska. Kimball's Able Kuhns received fifth place in the Youth Singles at that competition. He took first in a Youth Mini Tournament and was able to play Scotch Doubles with Shane Van Boening, the No. 1 pool player in the world....
Seven members of the Dead Eye Shooters 4-H Club participated in the 2023 Daisy National BB Gun Tournament in Rogers, Arkansas July 6-10. Team members were Karsyn Chesley, Anna Colemen, Sophie Coleman, Jalanna Krakow and Ainslie Hottell. Kody Carpenter and Tallyn Chesley participated as team alternates. The competition included two days of shooting in the prone, standing, sitting and kneeling position. Each position's target was worth 100 points for a total of 400 points per shooter. The...