Northern Valley Schools USD 212

Hey guys!! Here is the weekly agenda for 1.20.25 The next two weeks are jam packed in the Valley!! Let us know if you have any questions. Have a great week Huskies!!

Northern Valley vs Hill City Ringnecks - January 13, 2025 Coach Cole; JUNIOR VARSITY - The Huskies JV team had their roughest game of the season yesterday as the team totaled 13 personal fouls, Hill City had 21 personal fouls. Hill City annihilated the young Huskies on rebounding, and that’s how they won the game, on second chance points. In the second half, NV would run a 2-3 zone defense and give the Ringnecks fits as we would make a 7-0 run in the fourth quarter getting within 7 points, but couldn’t keep it going. Tait Thalheim led the JV in scoring with 13, Zane Brown with 7, Griffin McKinney with 6, and Conner David with 4. The Ringnecks would win 42 - 30. VARSITY - The Huskies varsity struggled from the beginning as we could not break the press. Hill City collapsed on our middle man, and were quick enough to get a strong trap on us as soon as we passed half court. Owen Hammond was able to get through the press 1 on 1 a few times and drew three blocking fouls. But the Husky freshmen starters could not make good passes around the long Hill City team. Hill City also crashed the boards hard and had many offensive and defensive rebounds. The varsity would lose 27 - 73. Owen Hammond had 14 points, Tait Thalheim 10 points, Griffin McKinney 2, and Lucas Hansen 1. Time is on our side as I like to start 4 freshmen. We are getting experience, learning in practice, and making small improvements. It was a very tough and frustrating game, but there is greener grass ahead.

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Hey Huskies!! Here is the weekly agenda. Have a great week

Thank you to The First National Bank and Trust for donating to our stage curtain project at the Long Island Middle School! We are getting very close to the installation of our new curtains.

Hey guys!! I am having trouble getting this to post in Facebook... I am pretty sure this is operator error!! Let's try again. Here is the weekly agenda for 1.13.25. Have a great week Huskies!

B Game The Northern Valley boys B team lost a close game to Logan/Palco, 21-18, on Thursday in Almena. Colt Rogers had a strong outing with 12 points for the Huskies in the loss. Westyn Lowry collected five boards to lead the Huskies on the glass. Colton Ledbetter (2 points), Cruz Van Patten (2 points), and Max Wilder (2 points) also contributed in the scoring column. A Game The Northern Valley boys A team couldn't keep up with Logan/Palco, 41-10, on Thursday in Almena. Bryson Wilder led the team in scoring and rebounding with 5 points and 6 rebounds in the contest. Colt Rogers (4 points) and Aaron Horacek (1 point) also pitched in for Northern Valley. Comments from Coach Boehler: Colt Rogers did a good job making shots in the B game to help the offense. The B boys also showed a lot of growth in their man-to-man defense and had a chance to experience some late close game scenarios which was good for them. The A team forced some turnovers with their press defense in the 1st half which was a positive. The effort was there, but we again struggled with taking care of the ball, getting back on defense, and had some silly frustration fouls at times that should have been avoided.

Northern Valley vs Cheylin Cougars - January 10, 2025 Coach Cole; JUNIOR VARSITY - The Huskies JV team had a true JV game on Friday as Cheylin suited up all Non-Varsity starters, so I did the same. The Huskies starters were Conner, Maverick, Clay, Caden, and Ayden. In the 2 Quarter contest, the Huskies ran zone offense against the Cougars JV 2-3 zone, as Clay Van Patten made 2 three pointers. The Huskies JV ran man-to-man defense the entire contest and did well playing the help side. Varsity starters, Tait, Lucas, and Zane would play to help the JV team secure the win. The ending was close as the Cougars hit a three pointer, forced a restraining line violation from NV, and got an offensive rebound on a free throw miss, but fortunately missed the game tying block shot to force OT. Scoring for the Huskies JV went as follows: Van Patten 6, Hansen 6, David 3, Thalheim 3, Lowry 2, Brown 2. Ending score was 22 - 20. VARSITY - The Huskies varsity team started out strong on Friday as the end of the first quarter ended 13 - 10, with Owen Hammond hitting a 3 pointer as the buzzer. The Cougars would go on a scoring bout with 18 in the second quarter, as the Huskies started to turn the ball over and miss multiple shots, only scoring 8 points. Half time score was 21 - 28. The 3rd quarter would be the same story as the Cougars would shoot exceptionally from the three point line, scoring 21 in the quarter, the Huskies would score 9 points. Owen Hammond had 22 of the Huskies 30 points in the first three quarters. In the fourth, the Huskies would sport an extended 1-3-1 trapping on the wings and corners and would force a couple turnovers and dive for loose balls, but it would be too little too late. The final score 40 - 65. The Huskies go to (3-6) and the Cougars to (5-3). Owen Hammond had a career night scoring 25 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals, and shooting 50% 4/8 from the three point line. If the young Huskies team want to stay in games and potentially win, they have to produce in other ways. Rebounding, pressure defense, getting teammates open to shoot, diving for loose balls, not making silly mistakes, taking care of the ball, and playing hard for 32 minutes. Simply put, the intensity needs to pick up in order to win. The WKLL Standings are as follows: 1. Logan/Palco: 8 - 0 2. Weskan: 8 - 0 3. Cheylin: 5 - 3 4. Western Plains: 4 - 2 5. Wheatland/Grinnell: 3 - 5 6. Golden Plains: 3 - 5 7. Northern Valley: 3 - 6 8. Tri-Plains/Brewster: 0 - 6

Hey Huskies!! Here is the weekly agenda. Have a great week!

Northern Valley Middle School Girls Basketball Vs. Logan/Palco at Almena January 9, 2025 NV A-Team Girls (0 - 7) 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr Final Score Northern Valley 0 2 4 4 Logan/Palco 8 14 20 23 Scoring Annika McKinney – 2 Inez Schemper – 2 NV B-Team Girls (2 - 3) 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr Final Score Northern Valley - 4 10 12 Logan/Palco - 0 4 9 Scoring Ryelyn Cox – 2 Tayah Seeders – 1 Avreigh McCue – 4 Annika McKinney – 3 Inez Schemper – 2 Coach Lowry’s Comments – The Northern Valley Junior High girls hosted Logan/Palco for their first game of the new year. The junior Lady Huskies have not broken their losing streak yet but continue to improve. Our defensive awareness and hustle continue to get better. Offensively we are penetrating the lane more but shots just aren’t falling. Annika McKinney led in rebounds with 9 followed by Inez Schemper with 7. Assistant Coach McKinney’s Comments – The B-team girls took this week’s goal of driving to the lane to heart and worked hard at taking good shots. They were willing to try something new by pushing the ball and it paid off for them. Avriegh McCue led the team in scoring with 4 points, 8 out of the 9 girls got at least one rebound and Rowan Bremer led with 3 blocks.

Hey guys!! Here is the information for a meal/fundraiser that will be held in Hill City on Monday night at the HS BB Games. Go Big Green!

Hey guys!! I hope you are enjoying your snow day!! Here is our Weekly Agenda for the week of 1.6.25. Let me know if you have any questions! Stay warm and enjoy the winter wonderland!

NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 6th. Be safe out there.

Northern Valley vs Thunder Ridge - December 21, 2024 Coach Cole; JUNIOR VARSITY - The JV boys played another solid game on Saturday afternoon as they faced their first outstanding shooting team in Thunder Ridge. The Huskies JV team had given up only seven 3-pointers in the first three games they’ve played, but Thunder Ridge would put in six 3-poitners in this game alone, as freshmen guard Tate Foreman would make four 3’s and score 19 points for the Longhorns. Thunder Ridge would play man to man the entire game, and this was perfect for the Huskies JV, as they have been improving in their man offense as of late. Griffin would lead all scorers in the 1st quarter with 6 points as the game would be tied 10 - 10 at the end of one. In the second quarter, Lucas would lead the pack scoring 6 of his own on strong takes to the basket, and Zane Brown would add two to the mix, but the Huskies would trail 18 - 20 at half. Northern Valley had an outbreak in scoring, putting up 18 points in the 3rd as they would utilize the corners on their flex offense and look at the posts to score. Tait would score 7, Zane had 6, Conner 3, and Maverick 2, for the Huskies 18. Thunder Ridge would combat this with 13 of their own, as the third quarter ended 36 - 33. The Husky freshmen of Tait, Lucas, Zane, and Griffin would be your scorers in the 4th as NV would put up 11 points to TR’s 5. I have found a good rotation with the Junior Varsity games so far this season, as I had Griffin play 1st quarter, Lucas 2nd quarter, and Tait 3rd quarter. This way if we are down in the 4th quarter, I am able to play all three of them in order to secure a victory. I am proud of the JV’s effort and play before Christmas break, as they have had four close games. The JV consists of 5 freshmen, 1 sophomore, 3 juniors, and 1 senior. VARSITY - The varsity matchup with Thunder Ridge would be a tale of fouls and losing composure on our side of the ball. Northern Valley would start out with a strong first quarter going up 13 - 10, lead by Tait Thalheim with 7 points, Owen 4, and Gavin 2. The Huskies would rebound the ball well early, but they could not hold off Evan Slavik or Conner Engelke the whole night. In the second quarter, a nightmare scenario would occur as Owen and Gavin would be on the bench next to me at the same time. This would limit the Huskies scoring output to 5 points, on 3 free throws and 1 layup, and the Huskies would trail going into halftime 18 - 22. The Huskies and Longhorns would tie in the 3rd quarter 11 - 11, as the Huskies worked the offense through Owen Hammond on the block. He would score 6 points, Lucas Hansen 3, and Tait Thalheim 2. Slavik would put in 4 points of his own. NV would fight back and have an excellent fourth quarter, as they executed their offense well lead by Gavin Thalheim with 6 points, and Owen Hammond with 3 points as the Huskies would do their dirty work down low versus the two 6’4” trees underneath. Gavin Thalheim would force overtime at the end of the game with a driving floater, and Thunder Ridge would miss the full court shot. In overtime the Huskies would be without Owen Hammond as he fouled out in the 4th quarter, and Gavin Thalheim would foul out early in the overtime, as the game would be out of reach in the end. Tait would score 5 points, and Maverick Rogers 1 point in OT, but the Longhorns would score 11 points as the Huskies did not have any height to stop Slavik or Engelke down low. The Huskies lost 45 - 50. Overall, I always expect the team to play as hard as they can, there is no doubt about it, but the reason why we lost that game was foul trouble and not keeping our composure when things got rough. If we want to win games versus Cheylin, Wheatland, Stockton, Western Plains, Golden Plains, and Greeley County, then we need to have our 5 best players on the court at all times. The teams that I just listed off will be games exactly like this one. These games will be win or lose, but in order to win, everyone has to play their best games.

Northern Valley vs Weskan - December 20, 2024 Coach Cole; JUNIOR VARSITY - Our junior varsity team picked up another win on Friday night versus a big and strong Weskan team. The first quarter score was 7 - 4 as Tait and Caden put up points for the Huskies as they ran zone offense against the Coyotes 2-3 zone defense. The second quarter would be a low scoring one for the Huskies as they would put up 5 points coming from Lucas and Zane, but the team played excellent defense holding the Coyotes to 4 points. The first half score was 12 - 8. In the second half, the Huskies would put in three 3-pointers from Clay and Maverick, and Griffin put in two strong baskets for the Huskies 13 point quarter. The Coyotes would score 9, as the Huskies would lead 25 - 17. In the fourth quarter, the Coyotes would play some of their better players in an attempt to win the game, but the young Huskies would not let this fly. On the backs of our freshman; Tait, Lucas, Griffin, and Zane combined for 13 points in the quarter running Man to Man offense and would close out the game. Griffin McKinney made one free throw to go up by 2 points, and blocked a shot to solidify the JV win vs Weskan. I was very happy with the JV’s performance, as they handled pressure defense well and kept their composure as two of Weskan’s players fouled out. VARSITY - The Huskies varsity team would have a rough shooting game once again as they were forced to take tough shots versus the 6-Man State Champion Weskan Coyotes. Gavin and Tait would score 8 points a piece, and Owen would put in 7 points for the Huskies total 23 points in the game. Northern Valley would hold Weskan to 52 points, which is the lowest scoring game for them this season. Weskan Forward, Trey Allen would meet his average and score 31, but the rest of the Coyotes would be held to single digit scoring. The Huskies ran their 1-3-1 defense well, but would give up a number of offensive rebounds. Gavin Thalheim lead in rebounds (10), assists (3), and steals (4) and would get lots of deflections and did a good job boxing out. Griffin had 8 rebounds, Owen and Tait both had 6 rebounds. The Huskies would end the game with 23 turnovers.

Hello everyone, The FFA had some extra things that came from fundraisers, and we are now offering them to the public. Everything is for sale at $20. We have lots to choose from. Give the High School Office a call 785-669-2445 and see what we have left for sale. Thank you all for your support this year! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Third graders had a blast today celebrating the end of the semester. We started the day out with hot chocolate and games, the high school art class came over to do an art project, we had snacks and root beer floats, opened presents, and Karen Gebhard came in to do a craft activity with us! Happy holidays from the 3rd Grade!!

Northern Valley vs Arapahoe Warriors - December 17, 2024 Coach Cole; The Huskies traveled to Arapahoe on Tuesday and faced off against the 0 - 5 Warriors, in their brand new school which I had not seen before. It was very nice! JV GAME - The night started with a full Junior Varsity game as the Huskies suited up 9 players to Arapahoe’s 7. The Warriors would run a 2-3 zone and the Huskies a 1-3-1 zone. The Huskies first quarter group would run Swing & Overload and would score 2 points coming from Zane Brown. Arapahoe would lead 8 - 2 at the end of the quarter. The 2nd quarter group would score 16 points behind Conner, Zane, and Griffin’s output as the Huskies continued to move the ball around well and find the post. The 3rd quarter the Huskies would struggle again with the extended 2-3 zone of the Warriors as they would not score this quarter going 0/10 from the field. The Huskies would still lead 18 - 16. The 4th quarter would see scoring from Conner, Tait, Lucas, and Griffin and the Huskies would end the game running as they win their first JV game, 33 - 23. Griffin McKinney would bring down 13 rebounds in 2 quarters of play, and Conner David with 10. VARSITY GAME - In the varsity game the Huskies would start Tait, Lucas, Gavin, Owen, and Griffin. The varsity teams ran the same defenses, Arapahoe 2-3 and Northern Valley 1-3-1. The Warriors would change things up with full court 1 on 1 pressure and would extend the zone fairly far up. The Huskies would run Swing & Overload for three quarters of play. In the 1st, NV would score 12 points on all 3-pointers coming from Tait, Gavin, and Lucas. In the second quarter the Huskies would run the floor and penetrate some open lanes in the Warriors zone and would go up 25 - 13 at half, putting some pressure on Arapahoe to respond. The Huskies came out of halftime running a high/low zone offense to conserve some energy and would end up scoring 16 in the quarter. Of the 16 points, 12 would come from 2-point range. In the final quarter of play, Arapahoe would switch to a man defense, and the Huskies got some reps running their “14” and “12” offense. This was the best we had run our man offense so far this season, and would get some wide open shots. The Huskies would score 12 in the 4th, and won their 3rd game of the year 53 - 29. OVERALL THOUGHTS - I was very happy with the defensive effort once again. We run a 1-3-1 every

Hello everyone, The FFA had some extra things that came from fundraisers, and we are now offering them to the public. Everything is for sale at $20. We have lots to choose from. Give the High School Office a call 785-669-2445 and see what we have left for sale. Thank you all for your support this year! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Northern Valley Middle School Girls Basketball Vs. Golden Plains at Rexford December 16, 2024 NV A-Team Girls (0 - 6) 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr Final Score Northern Valley 0 1 4 6 Golden Plains 11 13 20 22 Scoring Ryelyn Cox – 4 Annika McKinney – 1 Inez Schemper – 1 NV B-Team Girls (2 - 2) 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr Final Score Northern Valley - - 4 6 Golden Plains - - 2 5 Scoring Ryelyn Cox – 2 Cambrie Sproul – 2 Avreigh McCue – 2 Coach Lowry’s Comments – The Northern Valley Junior High girls traveled to Rexford, KS to take on the Golden Plains Bulldogs. We have not broken our losing streak yet, but we continue to see improvements elsewhere. With 37 shot opportunities and 22 rebounds we could not get the shots to fall in, but defensively we had better position and maintained more control. Offensively we moved the ball better and our hustle back has improved. We will continue to work on scoring. Ryelyn Cox led the team with 4 points and Annika McKinney led with 8 rebounds. Assistant Coach McKinney’s Comments – The B-team girls stepped up their game on defense and were willing to take more shots earning them their second win of the season. I appreciated their hustle and it was fun to watch them earn a win in overtime. Three girls contributed to the scoring and Rowan Bremer led with rebounds.