The Northern Valley Lady Huskies vs Thunder Ridge Longhorns 3/2/23 Substate Semi-Finals
The Northern Valley Lady Huskies traveled to Tescott to play their substate semi-finals game against the ladies from Thunder Ridge. The Huskies faced a very quickly rotating and effective 2-3 zone that caused problems all night. The Lady Longhorns had a couple of real scoring threats that the Huskies knew going in would be threats and they were. The Longhorns also had other players step up on the big game stage which made it a solid victory in favor of the Longhorns. Seniors Shaylee Vsetecka and Angel Joppa finished their careers with the loss. Vsetecka finished the season with exactly 100 points as well as leading the team in steals with 63. The Huskies ended their season at 14-8.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is what more than 400 dozen donuts looks like in the back of a U-Haul truck. Headed to Almena!
Join the Valley in cheering on the HS boys basketball team to a sub-state championship win tonight in Tescott @ 7:00 PM. If you are unable to make the trip .... tune into www.openspacessports.com to catch the action! Go Huskies!!
Last week was a busy one for our Scholars Bowl teams. On Wednesday, February 22nd, the students traveled to Healy for our League Tournament. The tournament was divided into 7th and 8th grade teams.
The following students (pictured from left to right) competed on the 8th grade team: Iris Schemper, Conner David, Wyatt Compton, Jaycee Gebhard, Jordyn Cox, and Trista Smith.
The 7th grade team (from left to right) included Rene' Horacek, Lucas Hansen, Griffin McKinney, Taiton Thalheim, Haedyn Cox, and Andrea Meraz.
Though the 8th grade team did not place at Healy, they went 3-2 and their only losses were close matches.
Jordyn Cox led the team with 90 points, followed by Conner David with 60 points, and Jaycee Gebhard with 50 points.
The 7th graders were awarded 1st place in the tournament. Top point leaders were Griffin McKinney with 350 points, Haedyn Cox with 50 points, and Taiton Thalheim with 20 points.
On Thursday, February 23rd, Northern Valley Middle School hosted their 2nd annual Scholars Bowl. They invited Osborne, Palco, Logan, Thunder Ridge, and Stockton teams.
The competition for the 8th grade team was tough and they ended up winning 2 of 5 rounds. Members of the team were: Iris Schemper, Conner David, Jaycee Gebhard, Trista Smith, and Jordyn Cox.
Top Scorers for this meet were Jordyn Cox with 70, Jaycee Gebhard with 60, and Conner David with 40.
The 7th grade placed 1st at the home meet with the following students leading in points for their team. Griffin McKinney with 210 points, Josie Nech - 70 points, and Taiton Thalheim - 20 points.
Team members were (pictured from left to right)Haedyn Cox, Taiton Thalheim, Lucas Hansen, Griffin McKinney, and Josie Nech
A few weeks ago 3rd and 4th grades traveled to Eagle Day at Kerwin Reservoir. We had a great time and look forward to next year!! Westyn Lowry was selected to help with the presentation.
Norton is hosting a cool DARI Clinic (Complete Body Scan) for Athletes on Mon. March 20th. A former athlete Spencer Shirk, now a Physical Therapist is heading this up. He struggled with knee problems in High School and is very passionate about helping find instabilities in athletes' bones and/or muscle structure. This $20 scan could detect areas that can be built up with Physical Training in the form of specialized weight training and/or physical therapy. (Normal price $300-$500) We are inviting several schools to join us on Mon. March 20th. If you are interested please contact Spencer ASAP. Spencer Shirk-DPT spencershirkpt@gmail.com 785-202-1754
Your Northern Valley Lady Huskies will be taking on Natoma on Thursday, February 23rd at 7 pm in Almena in the first round of substate competition.
The team would greatly appreciate a full crowd to pack the Dawg House one last time for the year. We want to have a full "Green Out" night. Green shirts, hats, pants, shoes, sunglasses, whatever you have, come to the game rockin' all the green in your closet and support your Lady Huskies!
See you there!
GO BIG GREEN!
HS BB vs. Weskan in Almena on Monday, Feb. 20th -
(1/2 JV girls @ 2:30 PM/ then 1/2 JV boys @ 3:15)
Varsity Girls @ 4:00/ Varsity Boys @ 5:30
No Pop-A-Shot
Northern Valley 1st-4th graders are participating in the Kids Heart Challenge. Our students will be out in our communities collecting donations or they may create an online page, for you to donate to, that links to our school. Your contribution will be greatly appreciated to help us reach our goal. If you are not contacted by a student or do not have a student link, but would still like to donate to the cause you can click on my link below that will go towards our school contribution to the American Heart Association. Last year we earned $4,569. We know that with your help we can beat that goal! Let me know if you would like to donate to our life saving cause. I will get you connected with a student so that they can earn great prizes while raising money for AHA! The students will be raising money all February and at the end of the month the students will jump rope to celebrate the end of the school fundraiser. Thank you for your continued support! ~Mrs. Gebhard
https://www2.heart.org/site/Donation2?idb=564188229&df_id=4683&FR_ID=7558&mfc_pref=T&4683.donation=form1&PROXY_ID=22208721&PROXY_TYPE=20&s_subsrc=bfSocFbPfMsg&s_src=boundlessfundraising
NO SCHOOL tomorrow, Thursday, February 16th. Be safe and stay warm.
Early dismissal for Northern Valley today @ 12:30 PM. NO afternoon preschool. Buses run accordingly. Be safe.
Winter athletic pictures will be for sale at the game on Friday!! $1 per picture, team or individual.
League All Academic Team and Free Throw winners will be recognized on Saturday in Colby. Go Huskies!
National FFA Week - February 18th - 25th.
On Monday, January 30th , the Northern Valley Middle School Scholars Bowl team competed in their first meet at Smith Center.
This tournament was divided into a 7th and 8th grade Round-Robin competition.
The following students competed on the 8th grade team: Jordyn Cox, Iris Schemper, Jaycee Gebhard, Conner David, Trinity King, and Trista Smith.
The 7th grade team was comprised of Griffin McKinney, Josie Nech, Haedyn Cox, Malikiah Hitt, Taiton Thalheim, and Peter Towne.
The 8th grade team did not place, but gained experience needed to apply to our League meet in February.
Jordyn Cox and Iris Schemper lead their team with 90 points each, followed by
Conner David with 60 points, and Jaycee Gebhard with 40 points.
The 7th grade team was awarded 2 nd place, losing only to TMP. The top 3 point leaders for the 7th graders were Griffin McKinney with 360 points, Josie Nech with 90 points, and Hayden Cox with 30 points.
Our teams will travel to the League tournament on February 15th hosted by Western Plains.
Prairie land Electric had a donation drive for hygiene products, over Christmas! Last week their representative delivered those and provided a check to Northern Valley to purchase more items. Our hygiene product closet is now restocked! Thank You, Prairie Land Electric for your continued support of Northern Valley Schools. Jessie Thalheim accepting the check.
The Northern Valley Forensics team started off this Saturday, January 28th in Colby. We took 6 kids to the meet. We had a successful day for our first meet of the year! Caden Lowry, sophomore, participated in an IDA and Impromptu, Clay VanPatten, Freshman, participated in an IDA and Impromptu, Angel Joppa, senior, participated in an IDA, Gavin Thalheim, freshman, participated in an IDA, Ayden Keith, freshman, participated in an IDA and Kai Cox, senior, participated in an IDA and serious solo.
Kai and Gavin’s IDA team made it to finals and took first place out of the whole meet! Kai’s serious solo also went to finals and he took 6th! Looking forward to a great year with a great team! We will head to Norton for our next meet!
Students are packaging earrings they have engraved and cut in interactive media. They have an order for 45 pair! If you’d like a pair, let us know ($5).
WKLL Tournament continues at the Coby Event Center Friday and Saturday. Go Huskies!!
Mrs. Schooler brought her Sophomore English class down to do an activity with the 3rd graders. They made some super cute snow pictures and the 3rd Grade loved having them in for a visit! Thank you Mrs. Schooler and the Sophomore class.
