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The following awards were announced for activities and athletics for the 2019-2020 school year: Football - Jeff Shabram 2019 football offensive MVP: Eli Macke 2019 football defensive MVP: Colton Thiele 2019 football "Will to Win": Eli Macke 2019 football top lineman: Logan Mueller 2019 football rookies of the year: Kellen Mlnarik and Trevor Thomson 2019 football most-improved player: Wyatt Chipps 2019 football top scout team players: Alex Arroyo, Levi Cronk, Kellen Mlnarik Girls' Basketball -...
Nebraska School Activities Association recently released student recipients of the Spring 2019-20 Nebraska Chriopractic Physicans Association Academic All-State award. To be nominated, a student must be a varsity player or organizational leader who has played a significant role during the season and must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 93%, or 3.7, on a four-point scale. Area students honored include James Kester and Eli Thiele, Clearwater, boys' track and field; Charlie Anson...
Clearwater Public School and Orchard Public School announced students who qualified for the principal's honor roll and honor roll for the third quarter of the 2019-2020 school year. Students named to the Clearwater principal's honor roll include Jackie Olivan, Hunter Klabenes, Eli Thiele, Jacob Behnk, Aislynn Kester, Adyson Mlnarik and Kelsey Schlecht. Avery Cheatum, Kaci Wickersham, Mason Hoke, Madison Melcher, Hadley Cheatum, Levi Cronk, Gunnar Shabram, Ashley Melcher, Carter Bergman, Sam...
Knowledge. Character. Scholarship. Leadership. Service. Members of the Nebraska Unified chapter of the National Honor Society explained the four tenets of membership during a March 11 induction ceremony. Site advisors, Denise Meyer, Kendra Shrader and Dixie Hanefeldt introduced students currently active in the organization. Meyer explained the selection process and Hunter Klabenes, Emerson Randa, Kaci Wickersham, Lauren Behnk and Rachel Pavelka each introduced each membership requirement....
Fifty-five students report to practice for the Summerland track and field team. Student athletes include Emily Ahlers, Brenna Wagner, Sidney Stallbaum, Summer Schroeder, Grace Maxwell, Cassidy Bearinger, Maryssa Long, Melany Mendoza, Harper Klabenes, Bryna Umpress, Lizett Marino, Silvia Bode, Tessa Peed, Ashley Koenig, Madleen Reipen, Natalie Stallbaum, Keara Summers, Kylie Hewett, Kaci Wickersham, Tiana Thramer, Emily Nordby, Hadley Cheatum, Danielle Schrunk, Olga Mendoza, Emma Hoffman, Xavier...
Orchard FFA had a strong showing at district career development events in Norfolk last week. The chapter took 25 members who competed in nine different contests. The ag sales team earned a red ribbon and placed fifth. Avery Cheatum finished 10th. Other team members include Morgan Erhardt, Taelyn Switzer and Larissa Thomson. In agriscience, Trevor Thomson ended 39th and earned a red ribbon. The team, which also includes Emma Kerkman and Jaykwon Petite, finished 14th and received a red ribbon. The...
Orchard School junior and senior high quiz bowl teams competed in the Educational Service Unit 8 quiz bowl competition Tuesday and Wednesday. The high school team lost to Osmond in the first round and fell to Neligh-Oakdale in the consolation bracket during Tuesday's competition. Results were not available for the junior high squad....
Members of the Orchard FFA chapter competed in District 4 livestock judging recently. The junior team finished fifth of 16 teams. Levi Cronk finished 13th with 440; Maddy Melcher, 19th, 439; Cassidy Bearinger, 14th, 436; Dillon Moser, 41st, 417; Logan Mueller, 38th, 421 and Ty Rix, 60th, 397. The senior team ended 11th of 15 teams. Competitors included Joseph Ferris, 91st, 328; Collin Mullins, 80th, 421; Gage Switzer, 67th, 452; Taelyn Switzer, 12th, 525 and Kaci Wickersham, 27th,...
Niobrara Valley Conference officials recently announced names of students who qualified for the NVC Principal's All-Academic Team for 2019-2020. To be eligible, students must be a junior or senior with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or above. Seven Clearwater students were named to the list, including Kierra Bearinger, Lauren Behnk, Taylor Ann Bolling, Tyler Hupp, James Kester, seniors; and Hunter Klabenes and Eli Thiele, juniors. Nine Ewing students received recogniton including...
Hadley Cheatum, Avery Cheatum and Kaci Wickersham, students at Orchard Public School, will sing the national anthem at the 2019 Class C1 football championship at Memorial Stadium, in Lincoln, Nov. 26. Approximately 200 auditions were submitted for consideration. The game will be televised on NET, with the trio scheduled to sing at 10:12 a.m....
The cross country season ended for two Summerland runners, Oct. 25, at the NSAA State Cross Country Championships, at Kearney Country Club. Kaci Wickersham ended 27th in Class D girls' competition. The junior maintained a pace of 6:57, completing the course in 21:33.6. Alayna Vargas of Hastings St. Cecilia led the pack of 146 runners, finishing first, in 19:15.6. Eli Thiele ran the course in 18:32.4, ending 51st in the Class D boys race, featuring 152 competitors. Thiele maintained a pace of...
Orchard Public School released its first quarter academic honors recently. Students receiving all A's are named to the principal's honor roll, including Cody Wickersham, Wyatt Shabram, Connor Thomson, Ashley Melcher, Moxon Fox, Sam Cheatum, Gunnar Shabram, Hadley Cheatum, Madison Melcher, Taelyn Switzer, Mason Hoke, Gage Clifton, Levi Cronk, Carter Bergman, Avery Cheatum, Kaci Wickersham and Grace Maxwell. Students who averaged 85% to 100% are named to the B honor roll. Those students include...
Summerland cross country runners competed in Class D-4 district competition, Oct. 17, at Rolling Hills Golf Course. In this first year of competition, two runners qualified for the state meet, set in Kearney this Friday. Kaci Wickersham and Eli Thiele both placed in the top 15 in their respective divisions to advance. Thiele completed the course in 18:09, finishing seventh. Crofton's Connor Arens won the boys' individual title. Summerland finished 11th in team standings, with 160 points....
It's been a season of firsts for the Summerland cross country squad. First year of competition. First time medal winners. And, on Oct. 9, first time Niobrara Valley Conference medalists. The girls' team finished third in conference competition, scoring 46 points, while the boys' team ended sixth, accumulating 72 points. Kaci Wickersham ended fourth in the girls' race, completing the Antelope Country Club course in 21:58. Adrienne Parker ended 12th, running 25:52. Lauren Behnk placed 18th,...
Bobcats XC runners bobbed and weaved their way through a curvy course at Evergreen Country Club, near Battle Creek, Oct. 3. Kaci Wickersham ran 22:47, finishing sixth. The girls' team ended sixth overall. In the boys' division, Eli Thiele crossed the finish line in third place, running 18:24. The boys squad placed fourth in team standings....
The Bobcats Cross Country team traveled to Butte on Monday, Sept. 30. For the boys varsity, Eli Thiele got second, completing the course in 18:17; David Arroyo, 10th in 20:41; Spencer Kester, 13th, in 21:00; Alex Thiele, 14th, 21:12; and Tyler Hupp, 27:13. In girls varsity competition, Kaci Wickersham ended in fourth, running 21:59; Adrienne Parker placed eighth, in 25:00; Lauren Behnk, 28:26; Morgan Erhardt, 28:40; and Elly Herley, 32:03....
Summerland XC runners earned two medals in the Sept. 20 O'Neill Invitational. Kaci Wickersham finished eighth in the girls division, running 22:38, while Eli Thiele ended 10th in the boys division, finishing the course in 18:56. The Bobcat girls team ended fifth in team competition, tallying 78 points. In addition to Wickersham, Adrienne Parker finished 32nd, running 27:16; Lauren Behnk, 40th, 30:04 and Morgan Erhardt, 42nd, 31:52. The boys team ended eighth, accumulating 116 points. David...
After last week's cross country meet was rained out, the Summerland Bobcats traveled to Neligh's Riverside Park for the N-O Invite, Monday, Sept. 16. Four Bobcats earned medals. Kaci Wickersham finished fourth, running 20:29, and Adrienne Parker, 15th, in the girls' division. Parker ran 24:02. Lauren Behnk placed 24th, 27:00, and Elly Herley ended 32nd, with a time of 28:28. Eli Thiele placed fifth, running 17:11, and David Arroyo, 18th, in the boys' division. Arroyo crossed the line in 19:14....
Two Bobcat cross country runners finished in the medal hunt at the team's inaugural meet, Sept. 5. At the Wisner-Pilger Invite, held at Indian Trails Country Club near Beemer, Eli Thiele finished fifth in the boys division, while Kaci Wickersham cracked the top 10, finishing 10th, in girls competition. Head Coach Jamie Turpin said, I am excited to say we all successfully finished a very hard and hot meet and that we are going to only get stronger from here on out." She said a lot of "big name...