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 Minuteman Activities Conference named its All-Conference selections in basketball for the 2020-21 season, with several area student-athletes recognized for their superior performances during the season. Potter-Dix was well-represented. For boys basketball, Potter-Dix sophomore Luke Kasten and Potter-Dix junior Thomas Muldoon were named to the first team. So was junior KJ Bush of Leyton, Creek Valley senior Just Ningen and Potter-Dix senior Javon Coyle were named to the second team. Creek Valley senior Oakley Hodges and Leyton sophomore...
The winter sports season ends with the announcements of all-conference selections for the Western Trails Conference – and Kimball High School had a number of athletes who were named and recognized. Among the Longhorn wrestlers, 145-pounder Trey Schindler earned a place on the All-WTC team for his performance during the 2020-21 season. On top of that, three Kimball student-athletes were named as wrestling honorable mentions, adding to the school's mat legacy. They are Aaron Gillming at 106 p...
Kimball's season came to an end in the first round of the C2-12 Sub District Tournament, as they matched up against number one seed Bridgeport and were overmatched. Kimball ends its season 0-16 but had the opportunity to get younger players playing time that should translate into wins in coming seasons. Freshman Wyatt Cords led Longhorn scoring with eight points. For the season, senior Cole Henton led with 115 points, 15 successful three point attempts and seven blocked shots, junior Roy...
Kimball's Longhorn Wrestling team sent two members to the NSAA State Tournament last week to compete in the annual championships in Class D. Sophomore James McGinnis represented Kimball in the 126 pound weight class, and lost his first match by decision to Elkhorn Valley's Tristan Smith. McGinnis next wrestled against Plainview's Jordan Mosel, and also lost by decision. Senior Connor Cluff represented Kimball in the 132 pound weight class, and had his first match against Brady's Jeremy Larson, w... Full story
Kimball's Lady Longhorn basketball team was unable to improve its record over the last week, dropping a contest on the road against Morrill and then falling at home to Pine Bluffs. Kimball traveled to Morrill last Thursday Feb. 4, and both teams started hot, while the Longhorns struggled with turnovers. Ilycia Guerue was the standout for Morrill, cutting through the Kimball defense while causing turnovers and stealing the ball away from the Lady Longhorns all game. After opening a five point...
The Kimball Longhorn wrestling team is sending two wrestlers to the NSAA State Championships in Omaha this week – sophomore James McGinnis at 126 pounds and senior Conner Cluff at 132. McGinnis placed third and Cluff placed fourth at the Class D District 4 tournament in Sutherland on Saturday. “It was a strange year with us missing a couple of tournaments and many practices due to COVID,” Horns coach Bob Culek told the Observer. “However, the kids continued to work hard and stay focused. We had a good showing at subdistricts with three qualify...
Here are the results for the Kimball Wrestling Club at the sold out 2020 Bridgeport Wrestling Tournament. PreK - K Gym #1 40-42 Braysen Atkins’s place is 1st and has scored 20.0 team points. Round 1 - Braysen Atkins (Kimball Wrestling Club) won by fall over Cord Armstrong (Bayard Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:20) Round 2 - Braysen Atkins (Kimball Wrestling Club) won by fall over Cutter Conklin (Gering Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:47) Round 3 - Braysen Atkins (Kimball Wrestling Club) won by fall over Alec Hubbell (Alliance wrestling club) (Fall 0:42) PreK... Full story
The Kimball Longhorns wrestling team traveled on Saturday to Maxwell to compete in the Class D Sub-District 4A tournament – and qualified three wrestlers to compete at the District Championships next week. Their mission there is to earn a spot at the NSAA State Tournament. Kimball’s trio includes: • Sophomore James McGinnis, who placed second in the 126 pound bracket. • Senior Connor Cluff, who placed second in the 132 pound bracket. • Sophomore Trey Schindler, who placed second in the 145 pound bracket. All three qualified for the Class D D...
Kimball High School enjoyed a taste of winning basketball when the girls beat Perkins County last week, 48-41. It was a team highlight during a week in which the boys lost to Perkins County and both the Longhorn boys and girls were outsted early in the Western Trails Conferece Tournament. Kimball vs. Perkins County Senior Megan Spicer led Kimball in scoring against Perkins County with 15 points. Also scoring for the Longhorn girls were senior Sydney Biesecker with 10 points, junior Chantel Malso...
Kimball wrestlers Connor Cluff and Trey Schindler were successful at the Hemingford Bobcat Invite last Friday, with each wrestler earning a gold medal for their efforts. Cluff defeated Garden County’s Gavin Hunt by fall in the quarterfinals and then defeated Leyton’s Dawson Juelfs in the semifinals to earn his spot in the finals in the 132-pound weight class. Cluff then defeated Baryard’s Zach Araujo by a 10-6 decision to earn 1st place. Schindler defeated Ainsworth’s Kaleab Zorkowski by fall in the quarterfinals, then defeated Bayard...
Here are the Kimball Wrestling Club’s remaining results from the Rumble at the Rock 2021. These results are continued from last week’s paper. 3rd-4th (Session 1) 60-62B Round 5 - Tyce Dunn (Sturgis Wrestling) won by fall over Christian Soto-Young (Kimball Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:37) 3rd-4th (Session 1 9am-12pm) 62-64 Trajan Johnson’s place is 2nd and has scored 11.0 team points. Round 1 - Trajan Johnson (Kimball Wrestling Club) won by fall over John Morrison (Moorcroft Mat Masters) (Fall 0:22) Round 2 - Ethan McCoy (Chadron Wrestling Club)...
Kimball's Lady Longhorn basketball team drew a tough first game opponent in the Chase County Lady Longhorns in the first round of the SPVA Tournament on Tuesday, Jan. 19. Chase County got off to a fast start, doubling up Kimball 12-6 at the end of the first period, and led 26-11 at the half. Chase County then went on a tear through the second half, racking up 38 points to Kimball's 7 in a 64-18 victory. Juniors Amy Birkhofer and Payton Wise each had 4 points in the loss for Kimball. Next, the La...
Varsity and junior varsity sports return over the next two weeks for the student-athletes at Kimball, Potter-Dix and Banner County high schools. As of Dec. 29, games were scheduled to resume following the Christmas break and COVID safety precautions that forced schedule changes before the break. Please remember that more schedule changes may occur, and check with the schools about any safety precautions being taken at the games. Here's how schedules for the three schools look for the first week... Full story
Chellie Autrey of Kimball, left, director of Radiology and Pharmacy at Kimball Health Services receives the Moderna vaccine Tuesday from clinic director Jess Webb. Autrey was the first of about 20 KHS staff scheduled to receive the vaccine on Tuesday. KHS received its first vaccine shipment of 100 doses on Monday. "I hope this helps convince people that the COVID vaccine is safe and they should get it," Autrey said. Webb said KHS is following Panhandle Public Health guidelines for distributing... Full story
Kimball Art Walk, a new group, is providing community events that celebrate the diversity and culture for lovers of art and future art lovers. The group's first community event is a downtown Kimball Art Walk from Nov. 13 through Dec. 20. Photographers will display their work in downtown business windows. Community members and families can enjoy a stroll down "main street" during this free, self-guided tour featuring 17 local youth and adult photographers. Many photographers' work will be for...
The streaking Potter-Dix Coyotes added another notch to their win column Friday when they defeated the visiting Wallace Wildcats, 66-34, to advance to the quarterfinals of the state Class D6 playoffs. The second round of playoffs has 9-0 Potter-Dix hosting 5-2 Cody-Kilgore at 5 p.m. Friday. Cody-Kilgore defeated Stuart, 30-0, in its playoff opener. The winner of the Potter-Dix/Cody-Kilgore game faces the winner of the McCool Junction/Paxton game. Senior Javon Coyle, the transfer from Kimball,...
A late October snowstorm last weekend covered the Panhandle and shut down I-80, forcing truckers to pull of the interstate, line up on Highway 71 and fill area parking lots. The National Weather Service in Cheyenne had a report that 6.5 inches of snow fell in Kimball....
The Selection Committee appointed Rich Flores last week to complete the Kimball County commissioner term of Brandon Mossberg, who is moving out of the county. Other candidates who interviewed for the open position were Jim Wertz, M. Timothy Nolting and Justin Perry. Flores will serve as a commissioner until January of 2023....
Two vehicles parked in front of Mary James' home in Dix on Oct. 3 do not belong to neighbors involved in reported conflicts with her over the years, as indicated in an Observer article Oct. 8....
The Kimball County Commissioners conducted a public hearing to receive comment on the proposed Kimball County Budget and a public hearing for setting the Final Property Tax Request. By a 3-0 vote, the commissioners approved the tax request for $3,144,871 at their regular Tuesday meeting. The current levy is 0.449691 while the 2019-20 levy was 0.445032. In regular business, the commissioners received updates on the roads, transit and visitors center. Ron Carr and Kyle Leonard from Pilgrim Media approached the county board to receive...
A woman was killed in a Saturday evening rollover at 7:20 p.m. on Highway 71 in Banner County at mile marker 36. Although the crash is still under investigation, the Nebraska State Patrol reported that the vehicle was southbound and crossed the median and northbound lanes, and that the driver over-corrected and the vehicle rolled. The driver, 33-year-old Margaret Mathison from Idaho, was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, Jody Morse, 31 from Louisiana, was taken to Regional West Medical Center....
Cindy Rasmussen has been living in her home at 314 S. Washington St for about 12 years. It was her father’s house and she lived there as a child, moved away and then came back to her hometown. She stated that they did not have to do much to the outside of the home, but did a lot of updating to the inside. Cindy’s very well maintained yard is accompanied with hostas and is all ready for fall, which is her favorite time to decorate. In the winter she likes to have succulents out. Cindy is a reg...
The Kimball County Commissioners will hear comments from the public on the proposed 2020-21 budget on Sept. 15. The public hearing will open at 9:15 and remain open for 15 minutes in the Commissioner’s Room on the first floor of the Courthouse. Anyone may comment on the budget. The budget is available for public review at the county clerk’s office. The notice of budget hearing and budget summary also can be found in the Observer’s legal notices in the Sept. 3 edition. Following the Budget Hearing, the commissioners will meet in regular sessi...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday issued a release Monday that the United States and the state of Nebraska announced a settlement with Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc. to address alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Clean Air Act, and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act at the company’s commercial hazardous waste incinerator in Kimball County. The alleged violations included failure to manage and contain hazardous wastes; failure to comply with air emission limits; failure t...
The Kimball Longhorns had a rough go of it in their 2020 football opener, losing 66-6 last Friday to visiting Hitchcock County Trojans. “It was a tough game for us and we weren’t ready to play, Kimball coach Ben Aarestad told The Observer. “We just need to get some more practice time in and hopefully not make as many mental mistakes.“ Next up for Kimball is a 1 p.m. Friday home nonconference game wtih Leyton. “I think Leyton is a very good football team,” Aarestad said. “They have some kids that have good size, good speed and they play agg...