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The Nebraska School Activities Association and the Nebraska State College System recently announced the 16,149 recipients of the 2022-2023 Nebraska State Colleges Multi-Activity Student Award. The award recognizes students in grades 9-12 who participate in at least three NSAA-sanctioned activities during the academic year. Each high school student who participates in at least three NSAA activities will be recognized and awarded a certificate of achievement by the NSAA and the Nebraska state colleges. Activity participation will be tracked using...
This week saw the Legislature resume floor debate and consider several gubernatorial appointments and reappointments. The following people were confirmed this week: Jim Macy as director of the department of environment and energy, John Bolduc as the superintendent of the state patrol, John Hilgert as director of the department of veterans affairs, Jason Jackson as director of the department of administrative services and Sherry Vinton as director of the department of agriculture. Additionally, I...
Summerland's Raina Krebs sat at the top of the 235-pound class bracket during the A2 district wrestling championships, last weekend in Madison. When competition ended Saturday, Krebs remained on top and brought home the gold medal, earning a trip to Omaha's CHI Event Center, Feb. 16 - 18. Krebs defeated Eva Beckman, Logan View, by fall in 3:21 in the quarterfinal and escaped the semifinal match with a 1-0 win over Battle Creek's Alexis Anderson. In the championship match, Krebs stayed focused...
The Nebraska School Activities Association recently announce the student recipients of the Fall 2022-2023 Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association Academic All-State Awards. Since 2006, this NSAA awards program has recognized students who meet the criteria for nomination by their schools in the season of their activity. Each year, NSAA and NCPA recognize students during fall, winter and spring seasons who are nominated by their schools for their individual academic excellence, leadership and significant contributions in the NSAA activity...
Summerland Public School will host the C2-10 volleyball subdistrict, Monday, Oct. 24. The Lady Bobcats enter as the number one seed and will face North Central at 5:30 p.m. Elkhorn Valley, the second seed, will play West Holt at 7 p.m. Winners from both matches will advance to Tuesday's final. First serve will be at 7 p.m....
A large population of women have grown up with opportunities to compete in sports. Others, however, haven't had the same luck. Moms, aunts, cousins and grandmas faced struggles of not being given rights because of their gender. Up until 1972, women were discriminated against; but this changed for good when Sen. Birch Bayh pushed for and President Nixon signed Title IX into law, preventing discrimination based on sex, giving women the right to participate in sports at the high school and collegia...
In 1972, Congress passed Title IX, part of the education amendments of 1972, and President Richard Nixon signed it into law. Prior to its passage, few opportunities were available female athletes. In 1972, approximately 30,000 women participated in collegiate athletics. High school programs weren’t much different. According to History.com, 295,000 girls participated in high school sports in 1972. Title IX was established to correct imbalances between women’s and men’s athletics. Now, more than 2.6 million females participate in sports at the h...
Six Summerland students were named to the Spring 2022 Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association Academic All-State list. Each year, NCPA and the Nebraska School Activities Association recognize students during each activity season who are nominated by their schools for individual academic excellence, leadership and contributions to NSAA events. Named to the list are Lenora Kester and Adrienne Parker, music; Trevor Thomson and Levi Cronk, boys’ track and field and Hadley Cheatum and Natalie Stallbaum, girls’ track and fiel...
If perfect weather for a track and field meet exists, Mother Nature provided a picture perfect backdrop at Friday's Class C NSAA State Track and Field Championships, at Omaha Burke Stadium. Photos from the State Track and Field Championships are available at https://summerlandadvocatemessenger.zenfolio.com/p417857983. Junior Trevor Thomson advances to tomorrow's 100m finale. Thomson won the first heat, running 11.12. In Saturday's championship race, scheduled to run at 3:25 p.m., Thomson will...
Trevor Thomson earned silver medals in two running events at Thursday's Class C5 district track meet in Atkinson. He will advance to the 2022 Class C Nebraska State Track and Field Championship, Friday, May 20 and Saturday, May 21, in Omaha. With his sights set on a trip to the state meet, Thomson crossed the finish line in 11:42 in the 100m and picked up second-place finish. In the 200m prelim, Thomson ran 22.54, a personal record. In the final, he ran 22.79, finishing second. Thomson earned...
Summerland speech team competed in the District C2-3 competition at Hartington-Newcastle, March 1. Four speakers earned medals and one will advance to the NSAA State Speech Championships in Kearney. Jacob Behnk qualified for the state contest after earning the silver medal in extemporaneous speaking. Also breaking into the final round were Adrienne Parker, fifth, persuasive speaking; Julie Olivan, sixth in entertainment speaking and Faith King, fifth, informative speaking. Behnk will compete...
Nebraska School Activities Association released football schedules for 2022 and 2023, on Feb. 9. Summerland will compete in D1 and begin the season with a game during week zero at Riverside. The 2022 schedule includes Crofton, week one; at Boyd County, week two; bye, week three; Lutheran High Northeast, week four; at Elkhorn Valley, week five; at Neligh-Oakdale, week six; Plainview, week seven; North Central, week eight and a bye in week nine. In 2023, Riverside will play at Summerland in week...
Lenora Kester's name will forever be written on the first page of the first chapter of the Summerland Bobcat girls' wrestling team. In its inaugural season, six Bobcat girls' wrestlers have honed their skills on the mat and entered district competition, Feb. 4 and 5, competing against schools of all sizes in the Nebraska School Activities Association girls' district two at West Point-Beemer. The Bobcats finished 11th in the 21-team field, scoring 31 points. Pierce claimed the team title, with...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION November 16, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, at 7 p.m. at the school. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the Nov. 10 newspapers, to order at 7 p.m. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: none. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager,...
Cassidy Bearinger, Emily Nordby, and Madison Melcher have been selected as the school winners at Summerland for the Nebraska School Activities Association Believers and Achievers Award. Nebraska School Activities Association and U.S. Bank® sponsor Believers & Achievers, a statewide awards program that recognizes Nebraska's future leaders. Believers & Achievers has been designed to reward high school students in Nebraska for their excellence in academics and participation in NSAA activities....
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Sept. 13, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Monday, Sept. 13, following the budget and tax request hearings, in the school board room. President Nordby opened the budget hearing, which was published in the paper on Sept. 8 at 6:28 p.m. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele. Absent: Jeremy Wagner. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the absence of Jeremy Wagner. Voting aye:...
The Nebraska School Activities Association recently announced the student recipients of the Spring 2020-21 Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association Academic All-State Awards. Since 2006 this NSAA award program has recognized students who meet the criteria for nomination by their school in the season of their activity. Each year, the NSAA and the NCPA recognize students during fall, winter and spring seasons, who are nominated by their schools for individual academic excellence, leadership and significant contributions in their...
The Nebraska School Activities Assocation and Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association recently recognized students who were nominated by their schools for the NCPA academic all-state awards. Individuals were nominated for their individual academic excelence, leadership and contributions made to NSAA activities. Seven Summerland students received the award for winter activity participation, including Mason Hoke and Dillon Moser, boys' basketball; Avery Cheatum and Hadley Cheatum, girls'...
Three students will represent the Summerland speech team at the 2021 Nebraska School Activities Association State Speech Contest, Friday, March 19, in Kearney. Kyra Nilson, Emily Nordby and Adrienne Parker advance from the Class C2-3 district contest, held March 9, in Atkinson. Coach Julie Harley said students qualified for district finals in three events. Nilson and Nordby earned the gold medal in duet acting, while Parker brought home silver in persuasive speaking. The oral interpretation of d...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION December 14, 2020 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Dec. 14, at the Orchard site. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, published in the paper dated Dec. 9, 2020, to order at 6 p.m. The Open Meeting Act posted in the room was noted. Roll call and all members were present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Hoke, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman,...
Eight Summerland students recently learned they were being recognized for academic and leadership traits. Each year the Nebraska School Activities Association and the Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association recognize students who have been nominated by their schools, based on individual academic excellence, leadership and significant contributions made to their NSAA activity. Summerland students recognized include Eli Thiele, boys' cross country; Kaci Wickersham, girls' cross country;...
Even in the best of times, staging a live performance requires suspension of belief, pulling audience members into a mystical realm situated beyond the fourth wall. This year - 2020 - may be remembered as the worst of times for aspiring performers, as concerns about safety take center stage. Summerland School's play production team and coaches have learned to adapt to on- and off-stage challenges so the show may go on. Director Julie Harley said the initial adaptation came with play selection....
During my 25-year stint as a play production director, I faced several challenges: kids late to practice, costume malfunctions, broken props, ill students requiring a substitution from an understudy. None of those tests equal what one-act directors are facing during the pandemic. Kudos to Summerland one-act coaches Julie Harley, Mackenzie McClellan and Sarah Kesting, who have learned to adapt and roll with the flow, so to speak, while keeping student safety at the forefront. The Nebraska School...
Avery Cheatum, a senior at Summerland - Orchard has been selected to sing the National Anthem at the NSAA State Volleyball Tournament game, Thursday, Nov. 5, at 9 a.m., at Pinnacle Bank Arena, in Lincoln. More than 100 students auditioned for the opportunity. Courtesy photo...
Eli Thiele, a senior at Summerland School, has been named one of 48 finalists in the U.S. Bank and Nebraska School Activities Association Believers and Achievers program. Thiele, the son of Jim and Leenda Thiele, attends the Clearwater campus. To be eligible for the award, seniors must have a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.50 and take part in NSAA-sponsored activities. Scholastic achievement, activity participation, school and community involvement and citizenship are considered....
