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Northern Valley High School Track & Field On April 26 th the Northern Valley High School Track & Field team traveled to Quinter to compete in the Quinter HS Invitational. A total of 18 teams competed. The NV Boys came home with 5th place. Bringing home medals were Owen Hammond with 2nd in High Jump and the 300M Hurdles and 3rd in 110M Hurdles, Kenton Thalheim with 2nd in Pole Vault and 5th in 400M, Gavin Thalheim with 3rd in Pole Vault and 4th in Javelin, and Jeremiah Hansen with 2nd in Long Jump. Coach Hansen, “The Huskies worked hard all day against some tough competition. The girls may not have brought home any medals, but they competed hard setting set 3 new PRs. The boys came away with 5th overall and they set 6 new PRs. The Huskies have had consecutive weeks of new PRs showing growth within our athletes and the desire to continue to get better.” The Huskies will travel to Phillipsburg Tuesday to compete in the Logan Invitation and then to Mankato on Friday for the Rock Hills Invitational. Northern Valley Boys Results – 5th Place 400M – Kenton Thalheim 5 th 110M Hurdles – Owen Hammond 3 rd (PR) 300M Hurdles – Owen Hammond 2 nd (PR) High Jump – Owen Hammond 2nd Long Jump – Jeremiah Hansen 2nd (PR) Pole Vault – Kenton Thalheim 2nd & Gavin Thalheim 3rd (PR) Javelin – Gavin Thalheim 4th

Northern Valley Middle School Girls Track The Northern Valley Middle School girls traveled to Quinter, KS, to compete in the 43rd Annual Quinter MS Invitational with 15 other schools. The weather was unpredictable between warm, cold, windy and rainy. The Lady Huskies saw some tough competition but worked hard to set personal records and earn a few medals. The 4x200 relay team of Andrea Meraz, Kylee Ledbetter, Rene’ Horacek and Annika McKinney had a good day placing third out of thirteen teams. Northern Valley 6/7/8th Girls Results – 12th Place Triple Jump 5th – Rene’ Horacek 27’ 5” Long Jump 5th – Rene’ Horacek 13’ 4” 800m Relay 3rd – Andrea Meraz, Kylee Ledbetter, Rene’ Horacek, Annika McKinney 2:09.64 4x200 Relay Teams from left to right - Andrea Meraz, Kylee Ledbetter, Rene' Horacek, Annika McKinney

Northern Valley Junior High Boys Track Results – Quinter Invitational On April 26 the Northern Valley Junior High track team traveled to Quinter to compete in the 43nd annual Quinter Jr High Track Meet with 15 other schools. The Huskies gave it all they had on a cool, wet, windy day in western Kansas. The NV junior high boys placed 7th as a team with 36 points against some tough competition. The Husky relay teams ran well, placing 3rd in the 4x100 and 2nd in the 4x200. Tait Thalheim had a PR in the triple jump, placing 2nd with a jump of 32’ 10”. Griffin McKinney ran well in the 200 hurdles placing 2nd with a time of 30.7 Northern Valley Boys Results – 7th Place Triple Jump 2nd – Tait Thalheim – 32’ 10” 5th – Lucas Hansen – 29’ 10” Pole Vault 4th – Tait Thalheim – 8’ 6” 200m Hurdles 2nd – Griffin McKinney – 30.7 400m Relay 3rd – Compton, Thalheim, Hansen, McKinney – 52.2 800m Relay 2nd – Compton, Thalheim, Hansen, McKinney – 1:52.9 The Northern Valley Junior High boys relay team ran well at the Quinter meet on April 26. The Huskies placed 2nd in the 4x200 and 3rd in the 4x100. Pictured left to right: Griffin McKinney, Tait Thalheim, Cash Compton, Lucas McKinney Northern Valley 8th grader Tait Thalheim pole vaulted 8’ 6” at the Quinter meet to place 4th. Northern Valley 8th grader Griffin McKinney finished strong in the 200m hurdles in Quinter. Griffin edged out his opponent for 2nd place in a time of 30.7

Northern Valley Schools is still seeking applications for the following positions: Maintenance person (hours and wages negotiable) / GS janitor / Part-time FACS teacher. If interested in any of these, please fill out an application and turn in to the district office. We look forward to working with you.

Order your 2024 yearbook today! $35 or $40 for a personalized cover. The deadline in Monday, April 29th. Questions, contact Amy McKinney.

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”

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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! https://nvhuskies-my.sharepoint.com/personal/26abina_nvhuskies_org/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2F26abina%5Fnvhuskies%5Forg%2FDocuments%2FAttachments%2FRPReplay%5FFinal1713448155%2Emov&ct=1713452281016&or=OWA%2DNT%2DMail&cid=51f907b4%2D2e07%2D4603%2D68c9%2D9917a8454443&ga=1&LOF=1&referrer=StreamWebApp%2EWeb&referrerScenario=AddressBarCopied%2Eview

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