Northern Valley Schools USD 212

Northern Valley Middle School Girls Track The Northern Valley Middle School traveled to Logan, KS, for another beautiful day of running, jumping, and throwing. Multiple personal records were set again as the Junior Husky girls work to compete for the gold. The 7/8th girls combined placed third out of 9 schools with 72 combined points. Silve medals were given to Cambrie Sproul in the 200m hurdles, Brielle Britton in the 200m dash, and Shelby Lentz in the 800m dash. Bronze medals were given to Tayah Seeders in the high jump, Cambrie Sproul in the 100m hurdles, Brielle Britton in the 100m dash, and the 800m medley team. In the sixth-grade division, we had two girls participating, each placing in multiple events. Inez Schemper and Jaycee Houser earned 36 points total, and combined with the 6th grade boys earned 103 points placing third overall. Inez got gold in the javelin and silver in the shot and discus. Jaycee earned a bronze in the 400m dash. Northern Valley 6th Girls Results – 3rd Place (boys/girls combined) Shot Put Inez Schemper 24’ 9.5” – 2nd Discus Inez Schemper 57’ 9” – 2nd Javelin Inez Schemper 46’ 8” – 1st Long Jump Jaycee Houser 10’ 1” – 5th 100m Jaycee Houser 16.04 – 5th 400m Jaycee Houser 1:27.57 – 3rd Northern Valley 7/8th Girls Results – 3rd Place Shot Put Annika McKinney 28’ 2.5” – 6th Discus Kaylee Miller 60’ 0” – 4th Rowan Bremer 51’ 3” – 6th Triple Jump Shelby Lentz 22’ 5” – 5th High Jump Tayah Seeders 4’ 2” – 3rd Cambrie Sproul 4’ 0” – 4th 100m Hurdles Cambrie Sproul 20.32 – 3rd 200m Hurdles Cambrie Sproul 35.73 – 2nd 100m Brielle Britton 14.49 – 3rd Annika McKinney 14.8 – 6th 200m Brielle Britton 30.98 – 2nd Annika McKinney 31.08 – 4th 400m Annika McKinney 1:12.84 – 4th Brielle Britton 1:14.95 – 6th 800m Shelby Lentz 2:59.39 – 2nd 800m Relay Avreigh McCue, Kaylee Miller, Rowan Bremer, Tayah Seeders 2:43.51 – 5th 800m Medley Relay Avreigh McCue, Rowan Bremer, Tayah Seeders, Shelby Lentz 2:41.09 – 3r

LOGAN INVITATIONAL – April 22, 2025 Jr. Husky Boys Results The Junior High Huskies traveled 28 miles to Logan for the Logan Invitational on Tuesday. It was a cold windy morning, but the Huskies persevered to come away with lots of medals and some personal bests. The 7th/8th boys scored 70 points for 4th place, and the 6th grade boys scored 98 points for 2nd place! As a whole, the 6th grade boys ran their best track meet at Logan. Some kids were placed in different events to score points, and they did well. I was very happy with Colton Ledbetter’s performance in the mile run, taking 2nd place and keeping an outstanding pace for the entirety of the race. JH BOYS RESULTS (70 points) Aaron, Colt, Jaden, Asher 4th – 400m Relay – 1:09.03 Levi, Colt, Asher, Max 3rd – 800m Relay – 2:09.19 Levi, Max, Bryson, Cash 2nd – 800 Medley Relay – 2:06.65 Cash Compton 3rd – Long Jump – 15’0 ½” 2nd – 100m Dash – 12.60 1st – 200 Hurdles – 29.12 Bryson Wilder 3rd – Pole Vault – 8’6” 6th – Triple Jump – 28’2” 3rd – 100 Hurdles – 17.81 Levi Black 5th – Discus – 88’3” 6th – Shot Put – 30’4” Max Wilder 6th – 100 Hurdles – 20.95 5th – 1600m Run – 6:27.01 Colt Rogers 4th – High Jump – 4’6” 4th – Pole Vault – 6’7” Asher Van Patten 6th – 200m Dash – 33.18 6TH BOYS RESULTS (98 points) Victor, Deason, Colton, Cruz 4th – 400m Relay – 1:09.84 Westyn Lowry 1st – High Jump – 4’5” 3rd – Long Jump – 11’11” 2nd – 100 Hurdles – 21.96 2nd – 200 Hurdles – 38.46 Cruz Van Patten 3rd – 100m Dash – 15.77 6th – 800m Run – 3:20.83 Victor Alvarez Santos 3rd – 100 Hurdles – 23.06 3rd – 200 Hurdles – 40.26 Colton Ledbetter 4th – 100m Dash – 16.74 3rd – 1600m Run – 6:42.80 3rd – 200m Dash – 36.66 Deason Dockendorf 4th – 100 Hurdles – 23.40 6th – 100m Dash – 17.44 4th – 200 Hurdles – 50.16 JH BOYS TEAM RESULTS 1. Grinnell – 124 points 2. Logan – 111 points 3. Brewster – 73 points 4. Northern Valley – 70 points 5. Golden Plains – 64 points 6. Heartland Christian – 40 points 7. Cheylin – 28 points 8. Palco – 10 points 6TH BOYS TEAM RESULTS 1. Grinnell – 117 points 2. Northern Valley – 98 points 3. Logan – 59 points 4. Cheylin – 49.5 points 5. Palco – 33.5 points 6. Heartland Christian – 22 points 7. CFE Homeschool – 7 points 8. Golden Plains – 4 points 9. Brewster – 1 point

Northern Valley High School Track & Field On April 15 th the Northern Valley High School Track & Field team traveled to Colby for the 50th Annual Triplains Invitational. The NV Girls earned 6th place. Bringing home medals were Haedyn Cox with 2 nd in pole vault, Jordyn Cox with 3rd in pole vault and the 300m hurdles, Laundry Gebhard with 3 rd in the 3200m. The NV Boys came home with 4 th place with Gavin Thalheim bringing home 1st in the javelin and 3rd in pole vault, Owen Hammond with 1 st in the 110m hurdles and 300m hurdles and 2 nd in long jump and high jump, and Caden Lowry with 3rd in the 3200m. Northern Valley Girls Results – 6 th Place 200M – Rene Horacek 4 th 3200M – Landry Gebhard 3 rd 100M Hurdles – Jordyn Cox 5th 300M Hurdles – Jordyn Cox 3rd 4x400 Relay – Haedyn Cox, Haley Hansen, Jordyn Cox, Jaycee Gebhard 4 th High Jump – Haedyn Cox 4 th Long Jump – Rene Horacek 4th Triple Jump – Rene Horacek 4th Pole Vault – Haedyn Cox 2 nd and Jordyn Cox 3rd Northern Valley Boys Results – 4 th Place 400M – Zane Brown 6th 1600M – Caden Lowry 6th 3200M – Caden Lowry 3rd 110M Hurdles – Owen Hammond 1st 300M Hurdles – Owen Hammond 1 st High Jump – Owen Hammond 2nd Pole Vault – Gavin Thalheim 3 rd Long Jump – Owen Hammond 2nd Javelin – Gavin Thalheim 1st On Thursday the 17 th the Northern Valley High School Track & Field team competed in the Hill City Invitational. Northern Valley Girls Results Pole Vault – Haedyn Cox 6 th Northern Valley Boys Results 300M Hurdles – Owen Hammond 5 th High Jump – Owen Hammond 1st Pole Vault – Gavin Thalheim 6 th Long Jump – Owen Hammond 5th Javelin – Gavin Thalheim 4th Coach Hansen, “Tuesday was a good chance to compete again more league schools with the Huskies doing very well. The girls placed 6th and the boy’s placed 4 th as a team. Friday was a harder track meet against bigger schools, but the kids still performed well with 7 personal records set. It’s tough having three track meets in six days. Overall, I am proud of this team and the desire to keep improving and challenging themselves.” Next Tuesday the Huskies will travel to Logan for the Logan Invitational and then to Osborne on Friday for the Kaiser Relays Track Meet.

The 2024-2025 annual FFA Spring Banquet is just a couple days away! Saturday, April 26th at 4:30 PM in the high school gymnasium! Dinner will be served! Join the FFA for a night of Celebration and a Silent Auction! Hope to see you there!

Join us for the Northern Valley Forensics Showcase! April 29th at 6:30pm in the High School Auditorium! We hope to see you there!

Here is the order of events for the HS Track meet in Logan today. Have a beautiful day!!

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Northern Valley Middle School Girls Track The Northern Valley Middle School hosted their 39th annual Husky Invitational in Stockton, KS. It was a beautiful, hot day on the track as the Junior Husky girls worked to improve their times and distances. Many of the girls had personal records in multiple events. The 7/8th girls combined brought home bronze medals in four events: Cambrie Sproul in high jump and the 200m hurdles, Shelby Lentz in the 800m, and the 800m medley relay team. As a team they placed third overall out of 11 schools. In the sixth-grade division, Inez Schemper had a good day taking home a silver in shotput and 4th place in discus. The combined girls’ and boys’ team were fifth overall out of ten schools. Northern Valley 6th Girls Results – 5th Place (boys/girls combined) Shot Put Inez Schemper 25’ 2” – 2nd Discus Inez Schemper 52’ 2” – 4th Northern Valley 7/8th Girls Results – 3rd Place Shot Put Annika McKinney 27’ 3” – 5th Discus Kaylee Miller 59’ 7” – 5th Triple Jump Shelby Lentz 24’ 3” – 5th High Jump Cambrie Sproul 4’ 2” – 2nd Tayah Seeders 4’ 0” – 6th 100m Hurdles Cambrie Sproul 20.48 – 5th 200m Hurdles Cambrie Sproul 36.71 – 3rd 100m Brielle Britton 14.43 – 4th 200m Annika McKinney 32.57 – 6th 400m Annika McKinney 1:12.9 – 5th 800m Shelby Lentz 3:01.4 – 3rd 1600m Tayah Seeders 7:59 – 5th 800m Relay Avreigh McCue, Kaylee Miller, Rowan Bremer, Tayah Seeders 2:41 – 3rd 800m Medley Relay Avreigh McCue, Rowan Bremer, Tayah Seeders, Shelby Lentz 2:49 – 5t

HUSKY INVITATIONAL – 2025 The Northern Valley boys had a wonderful day at the 40th Annual Husky Invitational Meet held in Stockton, KS. Quite a few NV boys competed in different events at this meet, and some found better success. We also filled out all the relays, and the best was the JH Boys in the 800-sprint medley relay. 11 teams attended, as the meet started at 2:00 p.m. and ended around 7:30 p.m. Cash Compton ran the third fastest 100m dash in school history! (12.15 seconds) JH BOYS RESULTS Cash Compton 2nd Place – Long Jump (16’6”) 2nd Place – 100m Dash (12.15) 4th Place – 200m Dash (28.06) Bryson Wilder 5th Place – Triple Jump (30’11”) 3rd Place – 100 Hurdles (17.55) 4th Place – 200 Hurdles (33.54) Aaron Horacek T-5th Place – Discus (94’3”) Colt Rogers T-4th Place – High Jump (4’10”) Max Wilder 5th Place – 1600m Run (6:31.0) Aaron, Asher, Max, Colt - 4th Place – 800m Relay (2:23.0) Levi, Bryson, Cash, Max - 2nd Place – Medley Relay (2:12.0) 6TH BOYS RESULTS Westyn Lowry 3rd Place – Long Jump (12’5”) 2nd Place – High Jump (4’2”) 3rd Place – 100 Hurdles (23.33) Victor Alvarez-Santos 2nd Place – 100 Hurdles (22.97) 5th Place – 400m Dash (1:23.4) 5th Place – 800m Run (3:19.6) Deason Dockendorf 4th Place – 100 Hurdles (24.34) Colton Ledbetter 3rd Place – 800m Run (3:15.1) Cruz Van Patten 6th Place – 200m Dash (35.18) Westyn, Deason, Colton, Cruz - 2nd Place – 400m Relay (1:09.0) 6TH GRADE RESULTS 1. Grinnell – 118 points (90 boys, 28 girls) 2. Logan – 112.5 points (34 boys, 78.5 girls) 3. Thunder Ridge – 75 points (48 boys, 27 girls) 4. Plainville – 66 points (10 boys, 56 girls) 5. Northern Valley – 63 points (51 boys, 12 girls) 6. Stockton – 48.5 points (24 boys, 24.5 girls) 7. Triplains – 32 points (6 boys. 26 girls) 8. Paradise – 31 points (3 boys, 28 girls) 9. Palco – 24 points (24 boys, 0 girls) 10. Golden Plains – 3 points (0 boys, 3 girls) 7TH/8TH GIRLS RESULTS 1. Stockton – 157 points 2. Logan – 77 points 3. Northern Valley – 44 points 4. Golden Plains – 39 points 5. Grinnell – 38 points 6. Thunder Ridge – 27 points 7. Triplains – 22 points 8. Palco – 20 points 9. Brewster – 19 points 10. Paradise – 7 points 11. Golden Plains – 6 points 7TH/8TH BOYS RESULTS 1. Logan – 98 points 2. Thunder Ridge – 93 points 3. Grinnell – 67 points 4. Brewster – 52 points 5. Northern Valley – 48.5 points 6. Paradise – 46 points 7. Golden Plains – 37.5 points 8. Triplains – 8 points 9. Palco – 6 points 10. Stockton – 5 points

Hello Huskies!! We hope you have an amazing Easter Weekend! Here is next week's weekly agenda 4/21/25. We are getting into the end of the year activities and will keep getting busier. If you have any questions or I make a mistake just let me know. Stay warm this weekend!

On a hot and muggy day that started with no wind and ended with 30 mph winds, the Husky golf team had a great day of golf. The Husky team, consisting of Robert Vsetecka, Conner David, and Audrey Brubaker headed north of the border for a 9-hole JV tournament in Oxford, NE. Four teams participated, with a small field of 11 golfers. Robert took home first place with a 45 at +9 over par. Conner also shot a good round and finished with a 48 at +12 over to finish in second place. Audrey shot a much-improved round to finish with a 64. Overall, it was a great showing of talent and effort and a great day of golf! The Huskies next meet will be April 24th for the Norton Varsity Meet.

The Northern Valley High School forensics team made a trip to Ransom for their last regular season tournament of the year. Participants were seniors Caden Lowry and Serenity Porter, sophomore Maddie Wilder and freshman Abby Samuelson. Abby and Maddie took an IDA and participated very well. Maddie took an impromptu and also did very well! Serenity took an impromptu and placed 2nd for the meet! This qualifies her for state championships in this event. Caden took an impromptu and placed 5th. He also took an Oration, which is a persuasive speech and placed 2nd for the meet! This also qualifies him for state championships in this event. Now we prepare for our Forensics Showcase on April 29th at 6:30 at NVHS. We invite everybody! Also, the state championship tournament in McPherson on May 3rd! Thank you to everyone for the support this year. We have 6 events heading to state championships!

Here is the order of events for the HS Hill City Track Meet on 4/17/25. Good luck Huskies!

The Northern Valley Husky Golf Team participated at the Osborne Invitational on April 15th. Robert Vsetecka faired the best of the Huskies shooting an 87 on the day at +15 to par. Robert medaled with his 12th place finish. Conner David also had a good day and shot a career best with a 99 at +27 to par. He finished 26th out of 51 golfers. Audrey Mathews had a rough day with a 148 in her first meet of the year. Overall, it was a good meet to attend for both the challenges of the course and the level of competition from the field. The Huskies will next travel to Oxford, Nebraska for a JV tournament on April 17th. Pictures: Robert putting in the white hat, Conner teeing off in the green hat, Audrey teeing off, Robert with his 12th place medal

RESCHEDULED - Due to schedule conflicts ..... The HS Awards Banquet has been rescheduled to Tuesday, May 20th @ 6:30 PM in the Almena Community Bldg. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Hey Huskies!! Here is our weekly agenda for the week of 4.14.25. Spring is such a wonderful time, it's just a little busy. Please reach out if you have any questions or something doesn't make sense. Have a great week Huskies!!

Northern Valley High School Track & Field Northern Valley has 17 athletes out this season. The NV Girls include returning seniors Landry Gebhard and Haley Hansen, sophomores Jordyn Cox, Jaycee Gebhard and Trista Smith, and freshman Haedyn Cox and Rene Horacek. The NV Boys include returning senior Caden Lowry, juniors Owen Hammond, Gavin Thalheim, Clay Van Patten, Ayden Keith, and freshman Tait Thalheim, Lucas Hansen, Griffin McKinney, Zane Brown, and Malikiah Hitt. April 11th the Northern Valley High School Track & Field team traveled to Norton for their first track meet of the season. Bringing home medals were Gavin Thalheim placing 3rd in javelin and Owen Hammond placing 3rd in 300 hurdles and 1 st in high jump. Coach Hansen said, “The first meet of the season is an adjustment but our athletes performed well. We already had four personal record improvements from last year’s best, and I am looking forward to what we can accomplish in the rest of this season.” The Huskies will travel to Colby for the Triplains meet on Tuesday and on Thursday to Hill City.

Northern Valley Middle School Girls Track The Northern Valley Middle School girls opened their 2025 track season on a beautiful spring day in Norton, KS. The weather was just about perfect for these young athletes to compete against 10 different schools. This is one of our larger track meets where the kids get a lot of exposure to different events and competition. We have two 8th grade girls this year. Brielle Britton scored our only point placing 6th in the long jump. In the 7th grade division, we had a total of 22 points. Sixth grader Ryelyn Cox tied for second place in pole vault and Cambrie Sproul had her personal best in high jump placing third with a jump of 4’0”. Northern Valley 6/7th Girls Results – 11th Place Pole Vault Ryelyn Cox 6’ 0”- 2nd (tie) High Jump Cambrie Sproul 4’ 0” – 3rd Tayah Seeders 3’ 10” – 4th (tie) 100m Hurdles Cambrie Sproul 20.78 – 5th 200m Annika McKinney 31.73 – 5th 800m Shelby Lentz 3:06.25 – 6th 1600m Tayah Seeders 7:41.25 – 6th Northern Valley 8th Girls Results – 10th Place Long Jump Brielle Britton 12’ 9.75” – 6th

NORTON INVITATIONAL TRACK MEET – BOYS RESULTS Coach Ross Cole; The Junior Huskies attended their first track meet of the year in Norton on a sunny Friday afternoon. The boys track team consists of five 8th graders, three 7th graders, and five 6th graders, totaling 13. Each boy athlete competed in 4 events, whether that be a relay or an individual event. Cash Compton, Colt Rogers, and Westyn Lowry were the medalists for the Huskies. Bryson Wilder, Max Wilder, and the 7th Boys 4x200 relay scored points on the day. 8TH GRADE BOYS LONG JUMP 3rd Place – Cash Compton 17’9” POLE VAULT 6th Place – Bryson Wilder 8’6” 100-METER DASH 2nd Place - Cash Compton 12.69 200-METER HURDLES 4th Place – Cash Compton 30.82 7TH GRADE BOYS POLE VAULT 1st Place – Westyn Lowry 7’6” 2nd Place – Colt Rogers 7’0” 1600-METER RUN 5th Place - Max Wilder 6:25.85 4x200 METER RELAY 4th Place – Asher, Max, Colton, Cruz 2:17.08 8TH GRADE BOYS TEAM RESULTS 1. Norton – 150 points 2. Trego – 97 points 3. Quinter – 85 points 4. Colby – 77 points 5. Phillipsburg – 61 points 6. Thunder Ridge – 30.5 points 7. Northern Valley – 19 points 8. Logan – 16 points 9. Hill City – 8.5 points 10. Ness City – 8 points 11. Oberlin – 4 points 7TH GRADE BOYS TEAM RESULTS 1. Phillipsburg – 104 points 2. Colby – 98 points 3. Norton – 78.5 points 4. Thunder Ridge – 71 points 5. Hill City – 59 points 6. Trego – 39 points 7. Quinter – 32 points 8. Logan – 32 points 9. Northern Valley – 24 points 10. Ness City – 14.5 points 11. Oberlin – 6 points

Hey Husky Fans!! Here are the Schedules for the JH and HS Track meet that are in Norton today. It will be a beautiful day for the first track meet of the year for the Huskies! Order of events pages are labeled as JH or HS in green. Have a Great Day Huskies!