Northern Valley Schools USD 212

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.

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B Team The Northern Valley JH Huskies B Team defeated Golden Plains 4-0 in 2 quarters on Monday night in Rexford. The game was tied at zero after the 1st quarter before the Huskies pulled out the victory in the second quarter. Colton Ledbetter and Victor Alvarez-Santos led Northern Valley JH Huskies B in scoring with two points each. Ledbetter also secured 3 steals in the game. A Team The Northern Valley JH Huskies A Team loses to Golden Plains 10-40. Aaron Horacek and Colt Rogers led Northern Valley in scoring with four points each. Bryson Wilder also contributed in scoring for the Huskies scoring two points. Cash Compton led the Huskies in rebounding with 5, and also led the team with 2 assists. Comments from Coach Boehler: It was fun to see the B team get their first win of the season. They played solid team defense, and Colton Ledbetter was tenacious with 3 steals and even forced a 10 second violation by himself at one point. The A team didn't have a great night. We seemed to forget some of the principles of our zone defense, and we still need to improve quite a bit at taking care of the ball to give ourselves a chance. We don't play again for a few weeks so we will use this break as a time to re-evaluate and maybe try some new options.

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!

Hey all!! Here is the information letter for the last week of 1st semester!! There are still a ton of things happening this week!! It is our privilege to honor and recognize the Back-to-Back State Cheer Champions at Friday night's HS BB game against Weskan!! Bring your family out and celebrate the Cheer Squad!! Have an amazing Christmas Break!!! We will see you back on Jan. 2nd.

NVJH Boys Basketball vs Thunder Ridge 12-12-24 The Northern Valley Boys took on the Thunder Ridge Longhorns on December 12th with a full 4 quarter B game and as well as the A game. The Huskies played by far their best games in both contests, however, were unable to secure their first victories of the season. The Huskies fell in the B game 23-27. The Huskies utilized a 2-3 zone to try and keep the much larger Longhorns out of the paint and did the best they have all year with shifting in the zone and preventing easy baskets. On the offensive side, Colt Rogers led the way with 12 points in his 2 quarters of action. Several other Huskies scored in the game and showed growth in passing, cutting, and operating the offense. Cruz Van Patten had 4 points, Colton Ledbetter, Victor Alvarez-Santos, and Jaden Johns all had 2 points apiece and Westyn Lowry had one point. In the A game, the Huskies again faced a much taller team in the Longhorns, outside of the Huskies’ Aaron Horacek. The Huskies attempted to isolate Horacek in one-on-one matchups down low and did a great job of getting the ball inside rather than force up contested shots. It was a great sign of growth to take the matchup and force the Longhorns to collapse onto the 6’3” post opening other players. Unfortunately, the Huskies struggled shooting from all ranges on the court despite getting good looks. The Huskies did play by far the best defense of the year in a 2-3 zone against the lengthy Longhorns. While the Huskies would lose the contest 14-29, it was by far the best the team has looked in terms of defense, patience with the offense, smart passing, and taking the right matchups as they presented themselves. Bryson Wilder led the Huskies with 8 points followed by Aaron Horacek with 4 and Colt Rogers with 2 points. A Team Points- Bryson Wilder- 8 Aaron Horacek- 4 Colt Rogers- 2 Rebounds- Aaron Horacek- 11 Bryson Wilder- 4 Colt Rogers- 3 Levi Black- 2 Max Wilder- 2 Steals- Bryson Wilder- 4 Colt Rogers- 2

Northern Valley vs Hoxie Indians - December 14, 2024 - Purple & Gold Consolation Championship (5th Place) Coach Cole; Northern Valley would play their third and final game of the Purple & Gold versus the 1A DI State Champion Football team, the Hoxie Indians. The Huskies first half of play would surprise the Indians, but the second half spelled tragedy for us as we would not run offense to save our lives. In the first quarter the Huskies would switch between their flex offense and a 4-out offense and would put up 10 points, as Hoxie would also score 10 points in the quarter. Gavin Thalheim would hit 2 three pointers in the quarter to jump start the team, Griffin McKinney would have 2, and Tait Thalheim would make a pair of free throws for the other 2. Defensively, the Huskies would play their usually zone, and would have trouble boxing out the strong Hoxie team, and also had trouble keeping them out of the lane driving to the basket. The Huskies did not give up a three in the first quarter. In the second, Northern Valley would score 9 to Hoxie’s 16. Gavin Thalheim would hit another 3, Tait found Griffin for an easy 2, and Owen and Tait both hit one jumper for the scoring. Hoxie would continue to run a 1-2-1-1 press and give the Huskies fits, as most of their points came off turnovers this quarter. The second half was a disaster for the Huskies as we would score 8 points, throw the ball away, not run offense, and give up offensive rebounds. Hoxie would win the game 58 - 27. The Huskies ended with 23 turnovers. Games like these are hard to play as the negatives keep piling up, but they remind the team that they cannot win them all, and they cannot win the game by themselves. We have to trust each other, do our job (defensively and offensively) to the best of our ability, and play when we are down. This will not be the last time we struggle against good teams. I dislike the excuse, “We are a young team,” but it is true, we are a young team. We simply need to be willing to get better. This will help the team in the future.

Northern Valley vs Osborne Bulldogs - December 12, 2024 Coach Cole; The Huskies third game, and second in the Purple & Gold Tournament was versus the Osborne Bulldogs. Osborne would play a 2-3 zone against the Huskies in the first half as they started 3 small guards, 1 big man, and 1 senior guard who was their best player. In the first half the Huskies would score 27 points, lead by Gavin Thalheim with 12 coming off of 4 three pointers. Northern Valley would use their 2-2-1 press in the first quarter, but would get in foul trouble early, as Lucas Hansen got 3 in the first and had to sit the whole second quarter. Tait Thalheim would also pick up 3 fouls in the first half trying to cut off Osborne’s best player on the sideline. In the second half, I put Tait and Lucas on the front of the press with Gavin and Owen in the middle and this worked a little better. Griffin would get a couple steals protecting the sideline passes in the back. Osborne would go Box-and-1 on Gavin in the second half and would keep him to 2 points. NV would go 4 out with Gavin at the free throw line setting screens for his teammates to score. Griffin McKinney would lead the Huskies in scoring with 19 points and would have an ungodly, 10 offensive rebounds. I was very happy with his effort on the glass, as this has been an emphasis in practice as of late as our team is at a height disadvantage. Gavin Thalheim would end with 14 points, Tait Thalheim with 10 points on all 2 pointers, and Lucas Hansen would add 10 of his own. That is 4 Huskies in double figure scoring. The Huskies would win 65 - 35 and get their second win of the season.

Northern Valley Middle School Girls Basketball Vs. Thunder Ridge at Almena December 12, 2024 NV A-Team Girls (0 - 5) 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr Final Score Northern Valley 6 9 15 17 Thunder Ridge 5 15 19 22 Scoring Ryelyn Cox – 6 Cambrie Sproul – 4 Annika McKinney – 5 Inez Schemper – 2 NV A-Team Girls (1 - 2) 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr Final Score Northern Valley - - 3 7 Thunder Ridge - - 1 4 Scoring Tayah Seeders – 2 Avreigh McCue – 2 Inez Schemper – 3 Coach Lowry’s Comments – The Northern Valley Junior High girls hosted the Thunder Ridge Longhorns. The A-team girls had a couple of good quarters outscoring the Lady Longhorns but didn’t quite put a whole game together to get the win. We picked up our defense in the second half but are still working to move the ball offensively in an effort to find better shots. Ryelyn Cox led the team with 6 points. Assistant Coach McKinney’s Comments – The B-team girls took advantage of open spots and were willing to look to the basket to score. They were more aggressive with the ball and getting rebounds. It was great to see them put some skills together last night for their first win of the season.

Northern Valley Huskies vs Hodgeman County - December 9, 2024 (Game 2) Coach Cole, OVERALL THOUGHTS: The Northern Valley boys faced the Hodgeman County Longhorns in the first game of the Purple & Gold Tournament. In the first quarter, the Huskies would show their 3/4 court press defense, dropping back to their 1-3-1, and ran their rotation perfectly. NV would only give up two 3-pointers the entire game. The Huskies lacked in height compared to Hodgeman as the Longhorns would combat the zone with many offensive rebounds. The Huskies would only total 20 rebounds, as it felt like Hodgeman had 40 rebounds or more. Northern Valley would miss many shots, going in and out, as the first quarter score was 6 - 17, and the first have was 8 - 35. The Huskies would score 11 points in the second half, went into their press defense again, and would play some man to man. There would be no answer for the long, athletic, Longhorn team as the final score was 19 - 64. Hodgeman County ran man to man defense all but one minute of the game, and would pressure the Huskies relentlessly as soon as they passed half court. They will be a winning team this year for sure. The Huskies next matchup will be against the Osborne Bulldogs on December 12, at 4:30 p.m. STATS BELOW #5 - Gavin Thalheim - 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 5 steals, 1 block, 7 TO #11 - Tait Thalheim - 7 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 6 TO #12 - Caden Lowry - 0 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 TO #13 - Zane Brown - 0 points, 1 rebound #15 - Owen Hammond - 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals, 1 block, 4 TO #24 - Lucas Hansen - 6 points, 2 rebounds, 3 TO #33 - Griffin McKinney - 0 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 TO

Take 2 for Week at a Glance so sorry I attached the wrong picture. Here is the 12.9.24 Week at a Glance. Christmas Concert is Tuesday night @ 6:30 p.m. There is a combined song at the end with all students K-12. Come out and celebrate a great night of Music!

Hey guys!! Here is our Week at a Glance!! It will be a super fun but busy last couple of weeks. Our K-12 Christmas concert is Tuesday night and it is a little different than the last few years it is a combined concert and they end the night with a group song! I cannot wait! Have a great week Huskies!

Northern Valley Middle School Girls Basketball Western Plains JH Invitational at Healy December 7, 2024 NV A-Team Girls (0 - 3) 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr Final Score Northern Valley 4 4 8 14 Western Plains 7 20 24 30 Scoring Ryelyn Cox – 2 Cambrie Sproul – 2 Annika McKinney – 4 Kaylee Miller – 2 Inez Schemper – 4 NV A-Team Girls (0 - 4) 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr Final Score Northern Valley 4 8 13 18 Triplains/Brewster 10 20 24 30 Scoring Ryelyn Cox – 2 Rowan Bremer – 2 Cambrie Sproul – 3 Annika McKinney – 8 Kaylee Miller – 2 Inez Schemper – 1 Coach Lowry’s Comments – The Northern Valley Junior High girls traveled to Healy to compete in the Western Plains Junior High Invitational. It was a day of learning and pushing out of our comfort zone. The first game of the day against the Western Plains Lady Bobcats was a competitive game where our girls had to step up. In the second half we got more aggressive at attacking the basket. We struggled to break their press and make our free throws but found opportunities for five players to score. In the second game of the day against Triplains/Brewster we struggled defensively to contain their corner shots. Annika McKinney had a good game with 8 points and 8 rebounds.

Northern Valley Middle School Girls Basketball Vs. Logan/Palco at Logan December 5, 2024 NV A-Team Girls (0 - 2) 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr Final Score Northern Valley 2 6 8 10 Logan/Palco 10 16 29 41 Scoring Rowan Bremer – 2 Annika McKinney – 6 Inez Schemper – 2 NV B-Team Girls (0 - 2) 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr Final Score Northern Valley - - 0 3 Logan/Palco - - 4 14 Scoring Ryelyn Cox – 3 Coach Lowry’s Comments – The Northern Valley Junior High girls traveled to Logan to take on the Logan/Palco Trojans. The girls have been working hard in practice and found more opportunities to drive to the basket this week. We still struggle with rebounding and keeping our intensity the entire game but there is a lot of potential in this group. Annika McKinney led the team with 6 points and 4 rebounds. Assistant Coach McKinney’s Comments – The B-team girls struggled to find a groove last night against the aggressive Trojans. We will keep working through these challenges to grow as a team. Ryelyn Cox led the team scoring three points.

Northern Valley Huskies vs Tri-Plains/Brewster Titans - December 6, 2024 (Game 1) Coach Cole, Quarter 1 - The Huskies came out firing Friday night as they opened the first quarter, scoring 28 points to the Titans 2. NV showed a 2-2-1 press defense that the Titans could not handle, and when the Huskies stole the ball, every player ran the floor in their respective lanes. The Huskies had so much adrenaline running through their bodies that some players forgot to set up the press after making baskets, so I had to give them a vocal reminder every make. The Titans showed man to man defense, as the Huskies ran their new offense, “14”, with some success, but had some turnovers. Quarter 2 - In the second quarter the Huskies took off the press and ran their half court 1-3-1 zone defense. They switched between regular, and trapping in the corners. The Titans switched from man to zone, and the Huskies ran their “Overload” offense. Gavin Thalheim would put in two 3-pointers in the zone. The first half score was 46 to 6. Quarter 3 - In the third the Huskies continued to run their zone offense. On the defensive side, we tried sporting our 1-3-1 to man defense, but the Titans would score 6 points to combat the man to man. Owen Hammond would lead the Huskies to the 3rd quarter by scoring 10, as he hit two corner 3’s. Quarter 4 - The start of the fourth quarter score was 64 to 12, as there would be a running clock. The Huskies would start slow but would pick up the pace in their zone offense as Gavin Thalheim would pour in two more 3’s and Tait Thalheim made one 3. The final score was 81 - 12. Final Thoughts - Overall I was very surprised by the successful execution that the Huskies showed, I was not surprised by the level of effort. We had conditioned in practice a lot, and the intensity level was high. Those first couple weeks of practice became redundant after a while as I had the team practice two offenses and three defenses over and over and over again. We still had some rotation errors on defense and our shot selection could use some work. I tell the team to shoot when they are open, and they did, so I cannot be mad about that. I would like to give Gavin Thalheim and Owen Hammond Co-Players of the Game as they combined for 50 points, 34 rebounds, 14 steals, and 5 blocks. They both played 31 minutes of the total 32 minutes. Tait Thalheim came in with a close second with 23 points in his first high school game. STATS BELOW… #3 - Conner David 0 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist #5 - Gavin Thalheim 34 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks, 9 steals, 1 TO #11 - Tait Thalheim 23 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block, 4 steals, 3 TO #12 - Caden Lowry 0 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals #13 - Zane Brown 0 points, 1 assist, 1 steal #15 - Owen Hammond 16 points, 19 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks, 5 steals, 3 TO #24 - Lucas Hansen 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 TO #45 - Griffin McKinney 6 points, 5 rebounds, 1 block, 1 TO TEAM STATS 81 points, 48 rebounds, 19 assists, 7 blocks, 22 steals, 11 TO TEAM SHOOTING FG 32/73 (44%), 2PT FG 23/45 (51%), 3PT FG 9/28 (32%), FT 8/14 (57%)

A Game The Northern Valley JH Huskies A team couldn't keep up with Logan/Palco, 42-4, on Thursday 12/5 in Logan. Logan/Palco went on a 25-point run to start the game and never looked back. Aaron Horacek and Max Wilder had the lone points for Northern Valley in the game. Colt Rogers led the Huskies in rebounds for the 2nd straight game with 6. B Game The Northern Valley JH Huskies B team also lost to Logan/Palco, 30-10, on Thursday. A rough 1st quarter from the Huskies was too tough to come back from. Asher Van Patten and Cruz Van Patten each scored four points to lead the Huskies. Colton Ledbetter had a busy game, leading the Huskies with 10 rebounds and also adding 5 steals. Additional scorers for Northern Valley included Victor Alvarez-Santos (2 points) and Westyn Lowry (2 points). Comments from Coach Boehler The A and B teams both got off to rough starts. It will definitely be a goal in the coming weeks to get off to better starts. I was encouraged by the remaining 3 quarters from the B team, because if you take away that awful first quarter we only lose by a few points. There were positives in the B game and it is good to see some of them start to get a little more comfortable on the court. For the A team, we just hurt ourselves with turnovers again. We have to start being better at seeing the floor and making smart, accurate passes. If we want to find some success we have to pass better in our press break and in our half court offense. On a positive note, even though the stat sheet didn't show it Cash Compton played a great game. He played the entire game and showed great hustle, effort, and defense for 4 quarters.