Western Nebraska Observer - Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

More off-season, All Region awards, offered up this past week by the Star-Herald as they announced their 2018 All-Region Track and Field Teams. In the girls division, Kimball had Hannah Biesecker in the long jump and Samantha Bemis in the triple...

The Potter-Dix Coyotes continue to struggle on offense, but Coach Ryan Mumm is starting to see some improvements as the season continues. Potter-Dix played the Leyton Warriors last Friday, Jan. 11, and came up short in the away game, 58-15. Anthony T...

SIDNEY 68, KIMBALL 28 The Kimball High Lady Longhorns saw their season record even out at 4 wins and 4 losses after losing twice over the past weekend. The Lady Horns had a tough schedule to say the least this past weekend. On Thursday night they...

A weekend of wrestling came to a close Sunday afternoon in at the Bulldog Brawl Tournament in Gering after Saturday’s tournament held in Mitchell. Kimball Wrestling Club finished 11th at Mitchell with 3,758 points. Tri-State Grapplers were tight...

Potter-Dix started off the new year off with tough losses for the boys and girls basketball teams. The Coyotes lost to Bayard last Friday, Jan 4, 70-20, and then faced South Platte at home Saturday in another loss, 61-22. The Lady Coyotes also faced...

The holiday break is over and the second half of the season for winter sports gets underway this week. In fact, there is basketball on tap this evening (Thursday, Jan. 3) at the Kimball High gym as the Longhorns host Class B Sidney with the JV games...

Here are the Kimball Wrestling Club’s results from the 2018 Rumble at the Rock wrestling tournament for regional wrestling clubs. Pre K-K 38-40 Able Kuhns was 4th and scored 4.0 team points. Round 1 - Dash Lentfer (Mitchell) won by decision over Ab...

The Kimball High winter sports scene is pretty much shut down as they adhere to the Nebraska State School Activities Association Moratorium rules that shut down practices for all Nebraska schools for 5 days from December 22 through December 26. This... Full story

The Kimball High Wrestling Team closed out the early portion of their season at a triangular in Imperial this past week before going on break for the Holiday lay off, mandated by the NSAA. With only 6 wrestlers on the roster, it is hard to win a...

Despite not having winning season, the Kimball Junior High girl’s basketball teams showed promise under the direction of coaches Danielle Reader and Tori Ingram. Coach Reader’s 7th grade team ended with a record of 4 wins and 5 losses, while...

Potter-Dix Coyotes are looking for some shots to start falling in the near future. The Coyotes played in Iliff last Friday, Dec. 14 looking for their first win, yet were stopped short in a effort against the Caliche Buffaloes. Potter Dix fell 35-75,...

The Kimball High junior varsity basketball teams saw action this past weekend with the girls losing to Hershey 50-22 and winning over Bayard 39-37. In the loss to Hershey Jaydin Paxton scored 7 with 2 treys, Emma Martin had 8, Raven Johnson, Payton...

Potter-Dix Coyotes fall to Creek Valley and Paxton. The Coyotes faced the Storm last Friday Dec. 7, and fell 41-63. The following day Potter-Dix fell to Paxton 74-7, being out scored in the first period 27-3, 33-0 in the second quarter. Heading into...

Potter-Dix ladies fall to 0-4 on the season with the first two losses coming opening weekend against Dundy County and Morrill. Lady Coyotes lost to Dundy Co. 62-8 and Morrill 59-15. Potter-Dix looked to get a win over the Creek Valley Storm last...