Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

Bad Break For Bateman At State Wrestling

No medals for the four wrestlers who represented Kimball High at the 2020 Nebraska State Wrestling Tournament, but a lot of experience, and a lot of memories, some good and some bad, for the young men who made the trip.

For senior Stephen Bateman, it was a painful experience, and he will have a painful memory of the experience of wrestling in his first state tournament. Stephen wrestled Marcus Cave of Weeping Water in his first and only match at Omaha and was doing a good job against the wrestler who went on to win the Class D 285 pound championship before suffering a severe broken leg towa...