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Northern Valley Middle School Girls Track
The Northern Valley Middle School girls traveled to Osborne, KS, for a competitive day of track. It was a cool day overall, but the weather was good for the ten teams attending.
The sixth and seventh grade girls saw some tougher competition but as a team were able to get 9.67 points. The 8th grade girls worked hard missing the top six in many events by 0.1 of a second. As a team they four girls earned 26 points. Kylee Ledbetter had a good day winning a silver in the 75 meter and fourth in the discus.
Northern Valley 6/7th Girls Results – 8th Place
Shot Put 5th – Annika McKinney 24’ 6.75”
Discus 6th – Kaylee Miller 52’ 3”
High Jump 4th – Tayah Seeders 3’ 6” (tie)
4th – Cambrie Sproul 3’ 6” (tie)
Long Jump 6th – Shelby Lentz 11’ 0.75”
100m 6th – Annika McKinney 14.8
Northern Valley 8th Girls Results – 6th Place
Discus 4th – Kylee Ledbetter 60’ 9.5”
Long Jump 3rd – Rene’ Horacek 13’ 2”
Triple Jump 4th – Rene’ Horacek 27’ 3.25”
75m 2nd – Kylee Ledbetter 11.3
4th – Andrea Meraz 11.6
Pictured: Kylee Ledbetter and Andrea Meraz competing in the 75 meter dash. Kylee placed second with Andrea placing fourth.
Northern Valley High School Track & Field
On April 19
th Northern Valley High School Track & Field team traveled to Osborne for the Kaiser
Relay. A total of fourteen teams competed. The NV Boys took 5th place and the Girls placed
10th. Bringing home medals were Owen Hammond with 2nd in High Jump and 3rd in the 300m
Hurdles, Gavin Thalheim with 1st in Javelin and 2nd in Pole Vault, Kenton Thalheim with 3rd in
Pole Vault, and for the girls, Jordyn Cox with 2nd and Daynah Bailey with 3rd in Pole Vault.
Northern Valley Girls Results
100M Hurdles – Jordyn Cox 5
th
Pole Vault – Jordyn Cox 2nd (PR) & Daynah Bailey 3rd
Northern Valley Boys Results
110M Hurdles – Owen Hammond 4th
300M Hurdles – Owen Hammond 3
rd
Javelin – Gavin Thalheim 1st
High Jump – Owen Hammond 2nd
Pole Vault – Gavin Thalheim 2nd & Kenton Thalheim 3rd
Triple Jump – Owen Hammond 4
th
Coach Hansen, “The Huskies struggled today with some individual events, but we still had 6
new PRs set by the girls team. It will be nice to have a full week to recover and clean up a few
things.” Next Friday the Huskies will travel to Quinter to compete
Northern Valley Junior High Boys Track
On April 18 the Northern Valley Junior High Track Team traveled to Osborne to compete in the Bullpup Relays. The Huskies had a good day with many personal bests. The NV 6th-7th grade boys scored 74 points and finished in 3rd place as a team. Cash Compton dominated the sprints winning gold medals in the 75m and 200m and a silver medal in the 100m. Classmate Bryson Wilder also did well placing 1st in the pole vault, 2ndin the 200m hurdles and 3rd in the long jump. Levi Black had a PR in the discus, throwing 83’ 1” collecting the bronze medal.
The NV 8th grade boys scored 55 points and finished 4th as a team. Tait Thalheim had an excellent day placing 1st in the pole vault, 2nd in the 100m hurdles, 3rd in the 200m hurdles and 4th in the triple jump. Griffin Mckinney had a PR in the 200m hurdles and placed 2nd. Lucas Hansen sprinted well placing 4th in the 75m and the 200m.
Northern Valley 6th & 7th Boys Results – 3rd Place
75m 1st – Cash Compton – 9.9
100m 2nd – Cash Compton – 12.7
200m 1st – Cash Compton – 27.3
3200m 5th – Colt Rogers – 16:27.3
100m Hurdles 6th – Bryson Wilder – 19.6
200m Hurdles 2nd – Bryson Wilder – 33.6
Pole Vault 1st – Bryson Wilder – 6’ 0”
3rd – Colt Rogers – 6’ 0”
High Jump 4th – Colt Rogers – 4’ 2”
Long Jump 3rd – Bryson Wilder – 13’ 8”
5th – Cash Compton – 13’ 6”
Discus 3rd – Levi Black – 83’ 1”
Medley Relay 6th – M.Wilder, Black, Horacek, Rogers – 2:30.2
NV 8th grade Boys Results – 4th Place
75m 4th – Lucas Hansen – 10.3
200m 4th – Lucas Hansen – 27.9
400m 5th – Griffin McKinney – 1:03.8
100m Hurdles 2nd – Tait Thalheim – 17.5
200m Hurdles 2nd – Griffin McKinney – 29.9
3rd – Tait Thalheim – 30.7
Pole Vault 1st – Tait Thalheim – 8’ 6”
High Jump 5th – Zane Brown – 4’ 2”
Long Jump 4th – Griffin McKinney – 15’ 0”
Triple Jump 4th – Tait Thalheim – 32’ 9”
6th – Lucas Hansen – 30’ 2”
Shot 5th – Griffin McKinney – 33’ 10”
Nonresident Student Enrollment - Please click the link below to review the capacity numbers and regulation JBCC.
https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2121/NVSUSD/4201754/Nonresident_Student_Enrollment_Numbers.pdf
Northern Valley Schools will be hosting the High School Awards Banquet Thursday, May 9th at 6:30 p.m. at the Almena Community Building.
Senior and Junior Families bring a dessert.
Sophomore and Freshman Families bring a side dish.
Everyone remember to bring your own table service!
The high school golf team having a great day in Wheatland!
FFA Plant Sale - Click link below to find out more about this great opportunity to add some spring to your year.
https://youtu.be/oVE4k_6idvk
If you would be interested in working here at the school this summer to help maintain and improve the school, please fill out an application from the school website and turn it in at the office.
Pay is $11.00 / hour.
UPDATE: We have been notified that the link doesn't work and we are working to fix it. Sorry about this folks! Here is a beautiful video of all the plants and information that the FFA will have for sale coming up! Don't miss out on this years plants!
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Today Mrs. Knuth's mom brought in cake to surprise Mrs. Knuth and Miss Shelby on their new positions. Congratulations ladies!
Northern Valley High School Track & Field
On April 9th the Northern Valley High School Track & Field team traveled to Colby for
the 49th Annual Triplains Invitational. The NV Girls earned 6th place. Bringing home medals were
Laundry Gebhard with 2nd in the 3200m and Jordyn Cox with 3
rd in 100M Hurdles.
The NV Boys came home with 3
rd place with Kenton Thalheim bringing home 1st in the 400M
and Pole Vault, Gavlin Thalheim with 1st in Javelin and 2nd in Pole Vault, Owen Hammond with
1
st in the 110M Hurdles and High Jump and 3rd in Triple Jump, and Gabe Rudd with 3rd in Long
Jump.
Northern Valley Girls Results – 6th Place
100M – Kathryn Speer 4th
400M – Jaycee Gebhard 4th & Kathryn Speer 5th
1600M – Landry Gebhard 6
th
3200M – Landry Gebhard 2nd & Jaycee Gebhard 5th
100M Hurdles – Jordyn Cox 3rd
Triple Jump – Savannah Area 4th
Pole Vault – Jordyn Cox 4th & Daynah Bailey 5th
Javelin – Trista Smith 6th
Northern Valley Boys Results – 3rd Place
400M – Kenton Thalheim 1st
110M Hurdles – Owen Hammond 1st
300M Hurdles – Owen Hammond 5th
Long Jump – Gabe Rudd 3rd
Triple Jump – Owen Hammond 3
rd
Pole Vault – Kenton Thalheim 1st & Gavin Thalheim 2nd
Javelin – Gavin Thalheim 1st
On Friday the 12th the Northern Valley High School Track & Field team traveled complete in the
Hill City Invitational. Bringing home medals for the team were Kenton Thalheim with 1st in Pole
Vault and Owen Hammond with 1st in High Jump.
.
Northern Valley Girls Results
Pole Vault – Jordyn Cox 4th
Northern Valley Boys Results
200M – Jeremiah Hansen 4th
400M – Kenton Thalheim 4th
110M Hurdles – Owen Hammond 4th
300M Hurdles – Owen Hammond 6th
High Jump – Owen Hammond 1st
Coach Hansen, “Tuesday was a beautiful day with the Huskies doing very well. The girls placed
6
th and the boys placed 3
rd as a team. Friday was a harder track meet against bigger
schools but the kids still performed well with 7 personal records set and many athletes trying
new events.” Next Friday the Huskies will travel to Osborne for the Kaiser Relays Track Meet.
The Junior class is having a great day doing a college visit at Kansas State University in Manhattan!
Check out the website for a sneak peek spotlight on this years senior class! Along with this years farewells!
Northern Valley Junior High Boys Track Results
38th Annual Husky Invitational Track Meet
On April 11 the Northern Valley track team competed in the 38th Annual Husky invitational meet in Stockton. There were ten schools at the meet.
The NV Jr. High boys had a great day finishing in a second place tie with Brewster with 81 points. Thunder Ridge was first with 127 points. All eight NV Jr High boys placed to contribute to the win. Griffin McKinney won four medals on the day, including gold in the 200 hurdles, silver in the 400 and shot and bronze in the long jump. Lucas Hansen had a good day placing 2nd in the triple jump and 3rd in the 200. 7th grader Bryson Wilder ran the hurdles well placing 2nd in the 100 hurdles and 3rd in the 200 hurdles. Classmate Cash Compton won the bronze medal in the 100.
The NV 6th grade boys combined scores with the 6th grade girls to win the 2nd place plaque. Colt Rogers and Max Wilder each collected four ribbons in their events.
Northern Valley Junior High Boys Results – 2nd Place (tie)
100m 3rd – Cash Compton – 13.5
4th – Lucas Hansen – 13.9
200m 3rd – Lucas Hansen – 28.5
5th – Cash Compton – 29.2
400m 2nd – Griffin McKinney – 1:03.4
1600m 4th – Bryson Wilder – 6:21.1
6th – Jaden Johns – 7:59.3
100m Hurdles 2nd – Bryson Wilder – 19.5
200m Hurdles 1st – Griffin McKinney – 31.0
3rd – Bryson Wilder – 35.9
Long Jump 3rd – Griffin McKinney – 16’ 3”
5th – Cash Compton – 14’ 7”
Triple Jump 2nd – Lucas Hansen – 29’ 10”
Shot 2nd – Griffin McKinney – 36’ 11”
800m Relay 6th – Black, Horacek, Hitt, Johns – 3:03.8
Medley Relay 5th – Wilder, Hansen, Black, Compton – 2:14.0
Northern Valley 6th grade Boys results – 1st Place (combined score with 6th girls)
200 6th – Max Wilder – 35.4
800 5th – Colt Rogers – 3:18.7
100 Hurdles 2nd – Colt Rogers – 22.5
4th – Max Wilder – 26.8
High Jump 2nd – Colt Rogers – 4’ 4”
4th – Max Wilder – 3’ 8”
Long Jump 6th – Colt Rogers – 10’ 10”
Shot 6th – Max Wilder – 18’ 11”
Northern Valley Middle School Girls Track
The Northern Valley Middle School girls traveled to Stockton for the Husky Invitational. It was a beautiful day for the Lady Huskies competing against nine other schools. Annika McKinney had a great day in the sixth-grade division placing in all four of her events – gold in the shot put, 100-meter, 400-meter, and silver in the 200-meter. Rene’ Horacek had a good day in the 7/8th grade division placing in three events – bronze in the triple jump, fourth in the long jump and fifth in the 200-meter.
Northern Valley 6th Girls Results – 2nd Place (combined with 6th boys)
Shot Put 1st – Annika McKinney 24’ 0”
High Jump 3rd – Cambrie Sproul 3’ 8” (tie)
Long Jump 2nd – Cambrie Sproul 10’ 9”
3rd – Shelby Lentz 10’ 8”
100m 1st – Annika McKinney 15.37
200m 2nd – Annika McKinney 32.31
400m 1st – Annika McKinney 1:14.1
5th – Shelby Lentz 1:21.7
800m 3rd – Shelby Lentz 3:16.6
400m Relay 4th – Cambrie Sproul, Tayah Seeders, Rowan Bremer, Shelby Lentz 1:11.5
Northern Valley 7/8th Girls Results – 7th Place
Discus 6th – Kaylee Miller 61’ 2 ½ “
Long Jump 4th – Rene’ Horacek 13’ 7 ½ “
Triple Jump 3rd – Rene’ Horacek 27’ 5”
200m 5th – Rene’ Horacek 32.37
800m Relay 4th – Kylee Ledbetter, Andrea Meraz, Kaylee Miller, Christina Nichols 2:42.3
Annika McKinney throwing shot put
Photo credit to Chance McKinney
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