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Coyote Boys Roll Into MAC, Girls Struggle
Potter-Dix's Coyote basketball team continued its strong play with three big wins over the week and are looking strong going into this week's MAC Tournament. The Coyote's started last weeks' action...
Youth Team Wins 2 More
The Kimball Youth Basketball 3rd/4th Grade Lotes recently topped Sidney White, 12-4. Kimball scorers were: Cooper Kasten 6, Lucas Tabor 2, Mason Brown 2 and Kolt Hottell, 2 Kimball also won over Haxtun,17-12.Scorers were: Cooper Kasten 10, Jacob...
McGinnis & Cluff 3rd, Schindler 4th At Garden
Kimball Longhorns wrestlers will be tested in four meets the rest of January following a Garden County Invite in which James McGinnis placed third at 126, Connor Cluff third at 132 and Trey Schindler fourth at 145. Next up for the Horns is SPVA...
Longhorn Girls Return To The Court
Kimball's Lady Longhorn basketball team returned to action after a COVID-19 induced break in December and first faced off against the South Platte Lady Blue Knights at home on Tuesday, January 5....
Longhorn Boys Begin Road Back After Break
Kimball’s Longhorn basketball team came back from the COVID-19 break in their season to face the South Platte Blue Knights on Tuesday, Jan. 5, and continued to struggle on offense against the more experienced teams that they are playing. South...
YOUTH WRESTLING
Here are the Mitchell Wrestling Club Tournament 2021 results for Kimball Wrestling Club. 6U (1st Session 9am-12pm) 39-42 Brayson Atkins’s place is 2nd and has scored 14.0 team points. Round 1 - Preston O`Gorman (Panhandle Wrestling Academy) won by...
Potter-Dix Boys Go 2-1, Girls 0-3 On The Week
Potter-Dix’s Coyote basketball team won two of three contests over the past week, while the Lady Coyotes continued to struggle and dropped three games by wide margins. Potter-Dix at Morrill The...
WILDCAT GRAPPLER
Banner County Wrestling competed through the end of 2020, but Wyatt Reichenberg, at right, is the only wrestler completing as Noah Yetter suffered a season ending injury before the first tournament....
K-Town Ballers Win In Sidney
In recent action at Sidney, the Kimball Youth Basketball 3rd/4th Grade Lotes put together a nice 20-3 victory over Sidney Black. Kimball scorers in this game included: Cooper Kasten,10. Keagan Gasseling, 4. Lucas Tabor, 4. Robbie Trefren, 2. Kimball...
High School Schedules Get COVID Changes
Local high school sports returned this week with some basketball games rescheduled in recent days due to virus safety precautions. On Monday, the Potter-Dix basketball teams travelled to Morrill, where the boys won, 57-53, and girls lost, 62-14. See...
Horns, Coyotes, Cats Looking To Restart
Varsity and junior varsity sports return over the next two weeks for the student-athletes at Kimball, Potter-Dix and Banner County high schools. As of Dec. 29, games were scheduled to resume following... Full story
THE NEXT GENERATION
Third- and fouth- grade Kimball boys split a couple of games during recent action in the Sidney Community Center League. The boys, who have been competing well, beat Sidney Black, 16-4, and lost to...
Potter-Dix Girls Drop Area's Only Varsity Game Of The Week
Potter-Dix’s Lady Coyotes basketball team dropped a contest to the visiting Leyton Lady Warriors last Friday in a rescheduled and shortened evening of hoops since the boys game was cancelled due to COVID concerns. With Kimball sports also on hold u...
Kimball Sports On Hold Till Jan. 11
Due to a recent surge in COVID-19 cases, Kimball Public Schools have postponed or rescheduled all of their activities and sporting events until January. According to Kimball High School Activities Director Ken Smith, the action was taken due to an...
NSAA Sports In Orange Phase
Nebraska School Activities Association executive director Jay Bellar on Monday, Dec. 14, announced that the NSAA has decided to remain until Jan. 4 in the Orange Phase of safety measures regarding the coronavirus although the state has shifted to...
Banner Basketball Returns At JV Level
The Banner County JV boys basketball team under the direction of Coach Charles Jones has restarted the basketball program. The seven-member team opened the season against Mitchell JV at home. Freshman Jacob Parson had 11 points, junior Alex Rundell...
Cody 17th At World
Cody “Lil Hippie” Brinkman, 13, spent the past week riding miniature bulls in Mesquite, Texas, at the World Finals where Cody placed 17th in the field of 56 senior bull riders, ages 12-14. Cody and his mother returned home from Texas late Sunday...
More Reflections From Jake Reader, Jordan Greenwood
Former Kimball High School student athletes Jake Reader and Jordan Greenwood share their thoughts about Tom Southard below. The support and care that Mr. and Mrs. Southard have given to the Kimball high school athletic community is unmatched. It...
I WRITE FOR TOM SOUTHARD
Today, I write for Mr. Tom Southard. An extraordinary man who I was beyond blessed to have the opportunity to know, to talk with, and to meet in the first place. He was the man that so many students... Full story
TOM SOUTHARD
Last year, back in the late summer of 2019, the Observer was in need of a sportswriter. Tom Southard, the face of Observer sports since 1964, wanted to finally retire. Or at least scale back his... Full story
Girls Win, Boys Lose In Openers For Horns
Kimball's Longhorn basketball teams started their 2020-21 campaigns Friday night against the visiting Leyton Warriors in non-conference action at Kimball High School. Girls Game Kimball 59, Leyton 34...
Wrestlers Show Coach Improvement; Schindler Wins
The young Kimball Longhorn wrestlers next compete Friday, Dec. 11, at North Platte St. Pats after showing improvement in their first two outings this year, coach Bob Culek told the Observer. Kimball opened the season Friday, Dec. 4, at Bayard and...
Potter-Dix Boys Split; Girls Drop Two
The Potter-Dix Coyotes, boys and girls, hit the road to Perkins County to open their 2020-21 seasons. In the left photo, junior Thomas Muldoon heads up court against the Plainsmen during a game in...
KIMBALL KIDS WINNING IN SIDNEY HOOPS LEAGUE
Third- and fourth-grade Kimball boys are starting out strong in the Sidney Community Center League. They just had their first games this week and expect the season to go through January. Kimball beat...
Ready For Some Winter Sports?
Here we go. The winter sports season opens this week under a number of coronavirus safety precautions for Kimball, Potter-Dix and Banner County high schools. For the Kimball Longhorns, it's time for...