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John Benson and Friends
The Observer continues its summer series of classic Kimball sports team photos from the Plains Historical Society collection at the Fraternal Hall Museum. Here we have a Kimball County High School...
ABLE KUHNS ON THE BALL
Forty-five youth from across the United States, Canada and New Zealand completed at the Nationals in Sioux City, Nebraska. Kimball's Able Kuhns received fifth place in the Youth Singles at that...
Dead Eye Shooters Go To Nationals
Seven members of the Dead Eye Shooters 4-H Club participated in the 2023 Daisy National BB Gun Tournament in Rogers, Arkansas July 6-10. Team members were Karsyn Chesley, Anna Colemen, Sophie...
Cody Brinkman Rides At Rodeo Nationals
The high school rodeo season will start again for Kimball's bull rider Cody Brinkman in two weeks at Bassett, Nebraska. Cody spent last week in Gillette, Wyoming, at the National High School Finals...
Women Golfers In Home Stretch
The Kimball Women’s Golf Association Wednesday League is winding down its season. The nine-hole tournament was Wednesday, followed by three more weeks of league play, the Horse Race and Battle of Sexes. Shellon Anderson brought her game to claim th...
LONGHORNS AT TRAINING CAMP
A three-day Kimball Longhorns football camp began on Monday with the focus on defense, according to head coach Darrell Howitt. On Tuesday, the coach planned to take a group of football players to...
Kimball Trap Team Shoots At Nationals
On Friday, the Kimball trap team traveled to Mason, Michigan, to shoot at Nationals. The five-member squad shot 419; each individual had two sessions with 50 shots each session. Justin Klosterman had...
JaLeigh Bohac: One Of The Girls Of Summer, Spring And Fall
JaLeigh Bohac is one of the girls of summer – and spring and fall – as she played softball for the Scottsbluff traveling team, the Valley Aces. Their season begins in April and continues through...
Daum Finishes Well In NBA Shot
Mike Daum finished the NBA Summer League playing well enough to stay in the conversation for making a regular season NBA roster with the Sacramento Kings, his summer team, or another franchise that... Full story
KASTEN AN MVP AT CAN-AM BOWL
For the last four years, the Panhandle area sports scene has been dominated by the best athlete in the region, Luke Kasten of Potter. The Potter-Dix 2023 graduate burst on to the scene four years ago...
Erik Eddinton Tops Vince's Leaderboard
The 14th annual Vince's golf tournament at the Four Winds course ran into some weather on Saturday, and six holes had to be played on Sunday along with the regular 18 holes. Topping the leaderboard...
Daum's Summer Gig: NBA
The Dauminator is back in the states playing ball. The Sacramento Kings signed the Kimball basketball legend to their roster for the 2023 NBA Summer League. The 6-9 Daum, also a double-digit scorer... Full story
1926 Kimball County high school football team
Seeing that local sports are slow this time of the year, the Observer this week begins a weekly series through August that features Kimball County High School teams from yesteryear. Kicking off this... Full story
NICE FORM
Kasten Anderson, 6, of Kimball gives it his best shot during the Father's Day Golf Classic at Four Winds Golf Course. He played with his dad, Kyle, as part of the Anderson team. The perenially... Full story
NIGHT & DAY
What a difference one day made for some campers at Oliver Reservoir. Wicked winds during Monday night's severe storm turned over the camper in the photo at left. At right, this camp site appears calm...
Greenwoods Back As Father's Day Champs
Another perfect Father's Day for the Greenwoods as they rack up another win. Jordan, Kenny, and Jeffrey Greenwood shot 59 on Saturday and 58 on Sunday for a total gross of 117 to win flight 1 of the...
Kimball Trap Team Qualifies 20 for Nationals
Kimball qualified 20 individuals for National Trap on July 7 and 8 in Mason, Michigan. But with the national popularity of the sport only one team and five individuals from Kimball were able to get... Full story
KNAUB FINISHES AT ESTEST PARK
Banner County's Kaitlin Knaub ran in the Estes Park Half Marathon. Her time in the Sunday event was 2:38 minutes.... Full story
Four Winds Women Tee Off For Summer
The Four Winds Women’s Golf League began its season on May 31 with 11 teams. The first-week winners were Shellon Anderson with 16 putts, Pattie Klinginsmith with a low gross of 42, and Jan Bashaw’s low net of 33. There were no flag prizes.... Full story
SHOOTING FOR STATE
Members of the Kimball trap team shoot for State this Sunday, June 18, starting at 10 a.m. here in Kimball. The Potter-Dix team will be shooting with the team as well. The format for all the... Full story
Kasten Stars, Nebraska Beats Wyoming
The 12th Annual "Battle of the Border" Nebraska/Wyoming 6-Man Football All-Star game was played Friday night at Chadron State College, and the Nebraska team started hot and had no trouble putting...
LOCAL RUNNING SCENE
Steve Knigge, 67, from Kimball finished in first place for his age group in the Deadwood Michelson Trail Half Marathon on June 4 in a time of 1:39:34.2....
LOCAL RUNNING SCENE
Here are the top finishers in Saturday's Banner County Historical Day Fun Run. 5k age group 30-plus: 1st place Nancy Olsen. 5k age group 13-29: 1st place Joshua Boston, 2nd place Jane Beals. One... Full story
KIMBALL'S NEW GOLF PRO
Edward Tamsett, Four Winds Golf Course's new golf pro, arrived in Kimball about three weeks ago from Australia. About three or four days ago, he was joined by his wife, Wilkiria. The United States is... Full story
Future Kimball Track Team Members
Field Day last week for Mary Lynch Elementary School students in kindergarten and the first grade consisted of hurdles, dashes, relays, long jump, gunny sack races and three-legged races. For the... Full story