Kimball and Banner County explore a co-op for student athletes

With declining numbers in area schools, Kimball and Banner County school districts are exploring a cooperative agreement for volleyball, girls and boys basketball.

“They contacted us and asked if we would be interested in co-oping with them for these sports,” Kimball Activities Director, Ken Smith, said. “They would still maintain their own wrestling, track and cross country.”

Smith added that the district has been contacted in the past regarding football, but based on numbers and Kimball’s ability to drop down to an eight-man team, the co-op would not have been mutually beneficia...