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

The Kimball Hight girls were eliminated from advancing to additional play at Cougar Palace in Scottsbluff with a first round loss at Bayard in Western Trail Conference Tournament play this past week. Unlike the first meeting between these two teams,...

A good day for the Kimball High Wrestling Team as they placed 4 wrestlers and finished 4th in the team standings of the 11 team field of entries in the Mitchell tournament. The Longhorns had two champions in Connor Cluff and Stephen Bateman, a 2nd...

A tough week for te Kimball High boys as they suffered losses to Sutherland and North Platte St. Pats on back to back nights despite good effort. On Friday night in a home contest it appeared the Longhorns were going to wrap up a win over the Sailors...

A busy weekend was held this past week for the Kimball high athletic program with Kimball hosting Sutherland Friday evening for basketball with the girls winning big and the boys losing in an exciting contest that Sutherland won on a last second...

I traveled to North Platte on Saturday to take in the final day of this year’s SPVA Conference Basketball Tournament held at the Mid Plains Community College site and got to witness both Kimball teams secure wins after dropping their first round...

After falling to Hershey in first round play of the SPVA Conference Tournament, as reported last week, the Kimball Lady Longhorns came up with a big win over Perkins County on Saturday at North Platte to take 5th place honors. In the 12 noon game at...

I, along with all of the fans who took in the SPVA Conference basketball game between the Kimball and Hershey girls teams at the Kimball High Gymnasium this past Monday, were entertained with a demonstration of long range shooting as the two teams...

The Kimball High Wrestling Team had three wrestlers place at the Chase County Tournament this past Saturday with Stephen Bateman taking 3rd place honors, Trey Schindler 5th, and Matt Johnson 6th. Coach Wade Brashear, commenting on the latest...

Wow, did we have some outstanding individual sports happenings this past week. Britton Culek won a Northern Colorado Wrestling championship besting a strong 24 wrestler bracket to bring home the championship from Thorton, Colorado! Stephen Bateman...

It was a break-even week for the Kimball High boys with a win over South Platte and a loss to Chase County and the Horns are also even on the season at 4 wins and 4 losses. It was an easy night for Kimball on the road to Big Springs on Tuesday as...

A tough week for the Kimball High girls as they suffered losses to South Platte and Chase County dropping their season record to 3 wins and 5 losses. In a Tuesday night road game to Big Springs the Lady Longhorns lost to South Platte 52-48 and then f...

For any of you city of Kimball officials who are trying to come up with ideas on how to bring people into Kimball, just hold more wrestling tournaments for the little kids! If you happened to drive by the Kimball High School this past Sunday you...

The Kimball Wrestling Club held its Federation Wrestling Tournament this past Sunday – the K-Town Takedown – at the Kimball High gymnasium and attracted a large field of 178 wrestlers, according to one of the organizers, Bob Culek. The parking...

In looking back at the highlights of 2019, the top happenings occurred in golf! The Kimball High boys had their remarkable three seniors consisting of Dillon Wise, Zane Anthony and Izaak Reuter closing out their careers at Kimball High with a fourth...