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  • Banner girls finish fifth, boys take sixth at Cheyenne County

    May 14, 2015

    The Banner County girls finished fifth and the boys took sixth place at the Cheyenne County Invitational held Friday in Sidney. The Lady Wildcats had a trio of second place finishes at the meet in addition to some strong performances. In the throws, MaKenna Dahlgrin led the way with a second and third place finish. She took second in the discus with a throw of 94-10, finishing behind Alexus Rozelle of Potter-Dix, who won the event with a throw of 116-0. Dahlgrin took third in the shot put with...

  • Kimball 8th grade boys win SPVA title

    Tom Southard|May 14, 2015

    Fueled by Brady Kilgore’s two meet record wins in the hurdles, the Kimball 8th grade boys track team emerged as team champions at the South Platte Valley Athletic Conference Junior High Track meet held at Imperial this past week. The Kimball boys scored 115 point to win the team title easily with Hershey a distant runnerup with 81 followed by Sutherland with 76.5, Chase County 66, Perkins County 59, North Platte St Pats 53.5, and Bridgeport 14. A memorable day for Brady Kilgore as he won the 100 meter hurdles in 14.90 and the 19.5 meter h...

  • Kimball Booster Club banquet honorees

    May 14, 2015

    The Kimball Booster Club held its annual banquet last week and presented a variety of awards. The booster club handed out scholarships, presented hall of fame inductions, gave out a variety of awards and honored each KHS sport plus one act play and speech. See this week's paper for additional photos....

  • Painting the mural in downtown Kimball

    May 14, 2015

    Kimball High School students and other volunteers on Tuesday worked on painting the mural on the side of the Kimball Bakery building....

  • Kimball graduation: Stull, Hanks and Keller named Kimball co-valedictorians

    John Verser|May 14, 2015

    Kimball High School will be represented by a trio of co-valedictorians for the graduating Class of 2015. Colton Stull, Jessica Hanks and Rowdy Keller were named the top students of the graduating class. Commencement ceremonies will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 16, in the KHS Gym. Stull and Keller have attended school in Kimball their entire lives, while Hanks moved to town in the fifth grade. Stull, the son of Stephen and Vicki Stull, said his favorite high school memory comes from the su...

  • Potter-Dix graduation: Ryley Hicks named valedictorian, Cooper Hicks is salutatorian at Potter-Dix

    Tonia Copeland|May 14, 2015

    Potter-Dix guidance counselor Paula Wolff worked the figures several times to determine who would be valedictorian and salutatorian for the 2015 graduating class. Regardless of the number of tries, she came up with the same answer by the slimmest of margins. Ryley Hicks was named valedictorian by six thousandths of a point. Her nearest competitor was her cousin, Cooper Hicks, who was named salutatorian. Ryley, daughter of Brad and Robyn Hicks, began attending Potter-Dix schools in the third...

  • Banner County graduation: Jordan named valedictorian, McKown tabbed salutatorian at Banner County

    John Verser|May 14, 2015

    Dalton Jordan has a unique approach to school. His favorite period of the day is lunch. The Banner County senior was named valedictorian for the Class of 2015, while Michael McKown III was named salutatorian. The two headline the 13-member class whose graduation ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the BCHS Gym. Jordan, who was raised by Hope Wurdeman and Gregg Wurdeman, plans to attend the University of Nebraska-Omaha after graduation to study electronic engineering. He has been a studen...