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 Kimball Longhorns Boys Basketball team had an excellent start to the 2024-25 season as they rolled over Leyton and Bayard at the Arena to kick off the season. Against Leyton on Friday, the Longhorns raced out to a 42-13 halftime lead and cruised to a 71-25 victory. The Longhorn defense set the tone as they forced 29 turnovers and had 13 steals. In addition, the Longhorns dominated the glass as they collected 21 offensive rebounds and 37 total rebounds. Offensively, the team had 17 assists on...
The Leyton game certainly was not our best showing. However Leyton is a very strong team that qualified for State last year and lost very little. They shot very well from 3 point range and that hurt us. Final score: 67-12. Stats: JaLeigh Bohac 4 pts, 5 reb Faith Bohac 4 pts, 9 reb Clarika Hottell 2 pts, 2 reb Joey Perry 1 pt, 2 reb Emmaline Tabor 1 pt The Bayard game was a heartbreaker losing by only four points 34-30. Late turnovers and stretches without points really cost us down the stretch....
A fun and exciting basketball season is in store for the Kimball fans as both the guys and gals teams appear motivated offensively and defensively and ready to play some great basketball. In the Jamboree on Monday evening, Kimball played Alliance in the Nebraska Hall of Fame Game – technically considered a scrimmage. Girls Game With no senior leadership, the three juniors – Joey Perry, Grace Moore and Aubrey Culek – did everything possible to try to win the game but came up short, 41-30. The L...
The basketball Longhorns are getting ready for their openers in the 2024-25 season with new and old faces on the court. In the top photo, new coach Trevor Anderson watches standout Kyler Lusche go through a drill at the Arena. In the lower photo, the returning Addy Olsen dribbles two balls during practice. Olsen, a solid Longhorn athlete, went down after the last school year with a torn ACL while playing ball in Texas. Both teams have a little jamboree action coming up on Monday, Dec. 2, when...
A number of Kimball Longhorns, football and volleyball, made the grade on the WTC All-Conference Team and Honorable Mention List. All-Conference picks are junior Trevor Fuss and senior Connor Deboodt in 8-man football and senior Rachel Berger in volleyball. Honorable mention selections representing Longhorn Nation are sophomores Greg Bingham and Luke Berger in football and juniors Hannah Kilgore and Grace Stone in volleyball. Kilgore also received honorable mention to earn a nice spot on the...
E SPORTS in Kimball is competitive and finding its way in the high school gaming world. Coach Kelvin Pittman has five players participating in regional play for the fall semester. Pittman took his five players to Scottsbluff for the 2nd annual E SPORTS tournament despite the snow that blanketed the area on Saturday. The team departed Kimball at 5:30 a.m. and played in the first round from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kimball had two Fortnight teams participating. Finals continued after the first round...
The 2024-25 basketball season is, already, moving along for the Kimball JH Lady Longhorns. They played their home opener Monday against Pine Bluffs, hit the road Tuesday for a game in Mitchell, and will return home Thursday to host Gering....
Junior high wrestling season has started for the young Longhorns of Kimball and Wildcats of Banner County. In the top photo, Wildcat Quincy Boettcher looks to the referee for confirmation of a pin at the Banner County meet last week, the first of the seaason. Four days later came the Kimball junior high invite, and fans packed The Arena to take in the action. In the middle photo, Longhorn seventh-grader Derek Metcalf pins his opponent. Kimball opened nicely at Banner County with five...
Junior high wrestling season has started for the young Longhorns of Kimball and Wildcats of Banner County. In the top photo, Wildcat Quincy Boettcher looks to the referee for confirmation of a pin at the Banner County meet last week, the first of the seaason. Four days later came the Kimball junior high invite, and fans packed The Arena to take in the action. In the middle photo, Longhorn seventh-grader Derek Metcalf pins his opponent. Kimball opened nicely at Banner County with five...
RED CLOUD – The Potter-Dix Coyotes made the long trip to Red Cloud last week for the first round of the Class D6 NSAA Football Championships, and ran into a high-powered Warriors’ offense that took the Coyotes quickly out of the game and ran away with the contest. Red Cloud scored early and often, piling up 28 points in the first quarter against Potter-Dix’s 6 and they didn’t let up in the second quarter, putting up 30 more points to take a 58-22 lead at the halftime intermission. The Red Cloud boys put up 24 more points in the second half ag...
NORTH PLATTE – The Lady Coyotes made the trip to neutral site North Platte on Saturday, November 2, 2024 to match up against the 33-0 Southwest Lady Roughriders. The Lady Coyotes entered the D1-1 District Final as the 16 seed, and Southwest was seeded number 1. Lady Riders quickly opened a big lead in the first set, with their tall front line players banging down kills and overwhelming the Lady Coyotes. The Potter-Dix girls were able to string a few points together, but could not break through the Lady Riders’ tough defense and dropped the fir...
The Kimball Sharks third- and fourth-grade football team took on the Saints in the championship game. While the blockers do their job, above, Whitley McNees escapes a tackler to run the ball. The Kimball Sharks played in the championship game in the Carpenter Center League in Terrytown. The third- and fourth-grade players were Daniel Nunley, Shayson Howington, Gunner Laughlin, Grady Autrey, Daniel Hansel, Easton Toth, Treyson Griebel Tristan Uglow Theodore Perry, Luke Coleman, Jamison Martinez,...
Volleyball subdistrict for the Longhorns ended their season with a loss to Morrill (22-9). Morrill, playing at home, was the number one seed with Kimball (2-26) in the number four position. Morrill took all three games against Kimball. The Longhorns did not give up with a tough battle, the final score was 25-19, 25-23 and 25-14. Highlighting play from Kimball were Hannah Kilgore and Joey Perry. Hannah had 18 digs and Joey had nine digs. Hemingford (12-18) in the number three spot played number two Potter-Dix (17-14), and P-D beat Hemingford...
BIG SPRINGS – It’s been an up-and-down year for the Potter-Dix Coyotes, a team that has been used to dominant regular season performances over the past few seasons. The Coyotes had had some big wins and disappointing losses this year, but have achieved their main goal--a berth in the D6 Playoff Bracket. Friday night’s game against South Platte was critical for the Coyotes in many ways. The victory gave Potter-Dix a winning record for the season at 5-and-3, and it secured a playoff spot with a number 12 seed. A loss could have knocked them...
MORRILL – The Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes finished their season strong with four straight wins, and earned the number two seed in the D1-12 SubDistrict Tournament at Morrill Elementary School. On Monday, October 28, 2024, they were matched in their first round contest against the number three seed Hemingford, a team they had not played during the regular season. The Lady Coyotes started the match strong, outmatching the Lady Bobcats and taking the first set 25-to-12. The Potter-Dix momentum continued with an outstanding second set, and after the se...
The Horns handed the Morrill Lions a season ending defeat by a score of 46-0. The Longhorns also ended the season with a big win, but an overall record of 2-6 and fifth in district standings. Kimball football will miss the following seniors: Trenton Hottell, Jacob Wurdeman, Connor Deboodt, Noe Trevino, Hunter Funk and Aaspyn Tyan. Efforts forge on to build a bright future for the Horns. Coach Darrell Howitt said that 10 eighth-graders will add to the program for next fall. He said the eighth...
CHAPPELL--Thursday, October 17, had the Lady Storm Volleyball and Storm Football teams host visiting rival Potter-Dix for homecoming matchups, and in both contests it was the Coyote teams that played the role of spoiler to the Homecoming crowds. The evening started with a volleyball match pitting the Lady Storm against the Lady Coyotes, and although the Lady Coyotes have been having a more successful season than the Lady Storm, there was still a chance that the Creek Valley girls could pull off a win in front of the Homecoming crowd. The Lady...
Kimball’s final game of the regular volleyball season was played on Tuesday night against Perkins County, and now comes subdistricts Oct. 28 and 29. According to the Nebraska School Activities Association site no information was available for subdistrict assignments. Subdistrict D1-12 is comprised of Hemingford, Kimball, Morrill and Potter-Dix, but no host school is listed. Unfortunately some Panhandle D-2 teams have struggled throughout the volleyball season as of Tuesday afternoon. Banner County is at 1-22. Creek Valley has a record of 4...
Coach Tiffany Johnson congratulated Braxton Miller, second from left in this team photo, for running a "fantastic race" at District last week to place 14th and qualify for the State XC meet Friday in Kearney. But more than that pleased her about the team's showing. Johnson said Conrad Kaminski ran a "great race," coming up one place short of State while finishing 16th on the Perkins County golf course. The coach also credited Connor Markum for running to a new PR, and Eddie Duran and Wyatt Cook...
Banner County freshman Hunter Fankhauser returns a kickoff at the beginning of the Oct. 3 game against the South Platte Knights. The young Wildcats lost to South Platte, 66-6, in what would become their final game of the season. Banner County School later released a statement announcing that the team's remaining three games will be forfeited due to injuries and the inability to safely field a team. "This was a difficult decision made after careful consideration," the statement read. "We thank...
The 2024 volleyball season for the Kimball Lady Longhorns has been a journey of growth, dedication, and resilience. As one of the youngest teams in the league, these girls have shown a commitment to improvement and teamwork that has been evident both on and off the court. This improvement has been noticeable throughout the season. One great example is our serving percentage, which went from 75.6% in our first game, to a remarkable 96.8% accuracy in a recent game against Potter-Dix. This...
Longhorns football aims to end the 2024 campaign Friday with a win against visiting Morrill – and it’s an objective within reach. Kimball stands at 1-6 on the season, a game ahead of 0-7 Morrill in the standings. It’s a homecoming showdown for Kimball, and the Longhorns Boosters have a Chili and Cinnamon Rolls Feed in the works for the occasion. Serving time starts at 6 p.m. Kickoff is at 7. The Horns enter the game following a 22-12 loss at Sutherland in which the team battled hard and kept it close with the Sailors. Kimball’s junior high vo...
It’s on to the District D-6 meet at Perkins County for a Kimball XC team that ran four medalists in the WTC meet.in Mitchell. The fearsome foursome were Conrad Kaminski fifth and Braxton Miller seventth in the high school boys race, Trajan Johnson ninth among junior high boys. and MacKenzie Miller 10th among junior high girls. District will unfold starting at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, with the boys followed by the girls. The site is Pleasant Run Golf Course in Perkins County. The schools on hand will include: Banner County Bayard Crawford C...
Banner County Wildcats volleyball player Karleigh Leslie hits the ball as teammates Karlye Dittbenner, Kyrie Roldan, Leeigh McGowan and Makynna Boettcher look on during last week's home match with South Platte. The Wildcats lost in three sets. Karleigh is a senior, while Karlye, Kyrie and Makynna are all freshmen. Leeigh is a sophomore. The Cats travel to Potter this Friday. See more Banner County sports on Page B1....