Northern Valley Schools USD 212

Northern Valley Junior High Boys Track On April 11 the Northern Valley Track team traveled to Oberlin to compete in a Quadrangular meet with Oberlin, Greeley County and Wallace County. It was a hot, windy day against good competition. The Husky boys placed fourth in the meet. NV won 1 st place in two relay races. Lucas Hansen placed 2 nd in the triple jump, Peter Towne placed 3 rd in the two mile and Tait Thalheim placed 3 rd in the pole vault. Northern Valley Boys Results – 4 th Place 200m 5 th – Lucas Hansen – 27.5 400m 4 th – Lucas Hansen – 1:06.8 3200m 3 rd – Peter Towne – 16:59.0 100m Hurdles 4 th – Tait Thalheim – 18.7 200m Hurdles 4 th – Tait Thalheim – 35.2 Pole Vault 3 rd – Tait Thalheim – 6’ 0” Triple Jump 2 nd – Lucas Hansen – 30’ 8” Shot 4 th – Griffin McKinney – 32’ 4” 5 th – Wyatt Compton – 30’ 9” 400m Relay 5 th – C.Compton, David, Brown, W.Compton – 58.2 800m Relay 1 st – C.Compton, W.Compton, David, Towne – 2:06.4 5 th – Miller, Brown, Martinez, Hitt – 2:55.3 1600m Relay 1 st – C.Compton, Towne, Brown, David – 5:20.1

The Earth Science class went to Cloud County Community College in Concordia to learn about wind power, solar power, and drone technology. The class learned about college courses, career opportunities, basics of the industries and the future of renewable energies.

Northern Valley Schools is looking to hire some additional summer help for projects. If you are a current junior or senior in high school or an adult and are interested in this opportunity, please fill out an application and send it to ktharman@nvhuskies.org or bring it to the district office. Pay is $11.00 / hour. Applications are available on the school website (www.nvhuskies.org). Northern Valley Schools is looking to hire a full-time janitor for the Long Island Middle School. We are a four-day / week school with a supportive community. We offer a competitive wage and the board will pay $400 / month toward a board-approved health insurance plan. Please find an application on the school website www.nvhuskies.org or stop by the district office. If you have any questions, please contact Marvin Gebhard (mgebhard@nvhuskies.org), Ken Tharman (ktharman@nvhuskies.org), or call the district office (785) 669-2445.

Northern Valley High School Track & Field On April 6th the Northern Valley High School Track & Field team traveled to Norton for their first track meet of the season. A total of ten teams competed at the Norton Invitational. The NV Girls placed 8th scoring 17 points as a team. Bringing home medals were Mary Baird with 3rd place in the high jump and Audrey Bina with 1st in the triple jump. Audrey jumped 33-10.5 inches breaking the school records set by Kortney Cunningham of 33-9.75 in 2013. The NV Boys came home with 6 th place scoring 60 points as a team. Bringing home medals were Brian Bencomo in the 400m placing 1st, Kenton Thalheim with 1st in the 800m and 2nd in the pole vault, Gabriel Rudd in long jump with 3rd , and the 4x400m Relay team with 2nd ran by Brian Bencomo, Owen Hammond, Gabriel Rudd, and Kenton Thalheim. Coach Hansen, “Even though we were nursing some injuries, as a team, the athletes performed well for our first track meet. I am looking forward to what we can accomplish in the rest of this season. Great job to all of the athletes and for Audrey Bina to break a school record on her first jump of her first high school track meet is exciting.” The Huskies will travel to Colby for the Triplains meet on Tuesday and on Friday to Hill City. Northern Valley Girls Results – 8th Place (17 points) 1600m 6th – Shaylee Vsetecka – 6:39.08 High Jump 3rd – Mary Baird – 4-10.00 Long Jump 6th – Angel Joppa – 15-02.75 Triple Jump 1st – Audrey Bina – 33-10.50 (PR/School Record) Northern Valley Boys Results – 6th Place (60 points) 100m 4th – Jeremiah Hansen – 12.07 200m 4th – Brian Bencomo – 24.58 5th – Jeremiah Hansen – 24.59 400M 1st – Brian Bencomo – 53.29 800M 1st – Kenton Thalheim – 2:15.84 300M Hurdles 4th – Owen Hammond – 46.87 4x400M Relay 2nd – Brian Bencomo, Owen Hammond, Gabriel Rudd, Kenton Thalheim – 3:49.07 High Jump 4th – Owen Hammond – 5-10.00 (PR) Pole Vault 2nd – Kenton Thalheim – 11-06.00 Long Jump 3rd – Gabriel Rudd – 19-04.50

The Northern Valley Husky golf team traveled to Smith Center for their first meet of the season on 4/4. There were 8 schools at the meet and 41 total golfers. The Huskies are much less experienced this season than last season but did well considering the weather and the early spring course conditions. Foster Brands led the way for the Huskies finishing with a 102 in 15th place. Jason Cox ended the day with a 111 in 23rd, Robert Vsetecka shot a 120 in 30th, Peyton David shot a 142 in 38th, and Deacon Schemper shot a 146 in 40th. The Varsity squad will head to Osborne and the JV golfers will get their first action in Grinnell both on Tuesday April 11th.

Northern Valley Junior High Boys Track On April 6 the Northern Valley Junior High boys traveled to Norton for their first track meet of the season. Ten schools competed in the always competitive Norton Invitational. The NV 6 th & 7 th boys did well placing 5 th as a team scoring 52 points. The Huskies won four medals on the day. Tait Thalheim won the gold medal in the pole vault. Thalheim, Hansen, Compton and McKinney also won the gold medal in the 4x200 relay. Griffin McKinney threw well in the shot placing second and Lucas Hansen ran hard in the 200 placing third. The two NV 8 th grade boys competed hard on the day. Wyatt Compton placed 4 th in the 100 Hurdles. The Huskies have two meets next week at Oberlin and Stockton. Northern Valley 6 th & 7 th Boys Results – 5 th Place 100m 4 th – Lucas Hansen – 14.2 200m 3 rd – Lucas Hansen – 28.5 6 th – Griffin McKinney – 30.0 400m 6 th – Lucas Hansen – 1:05.1 100m Hurdles 4 th – Tait Thalheim – 19.9 5 th – Cash Compton – 20.2 6 th – Peter Towne – 21.3 200m Hurdles 4 th – Griffin McKinney – 32.4 6 th – Peter Towne – 37.4 Shot 2 nd – Griffin McKinney – 32’ 4” Pole Vault 1 st – Tait Thalheim – 7’ 6” 800m Relay 1 st – Compton, Thalheim, Hansen, McKinney – 1:57.4 NV 8 th grade Boys Results – 10 th Place 100 Hurdles 4 th – Wyatt Compton – 21.5

Northern Valley Middle School Girls Track The Northern Valley Middle School girls traveled to Norton for their first track meet of the season. It was a mild day of weather for the ten schools competing at the Norton Invitational. The NV 6/7 th grade girls placed 7 th as a team with a score of 35 points. Haedyn Cox had a good day winning two medals, gold in the high jump and bronze in the pole vault, as well as placing fourth in the 100 meter hurdles and fifth in the 200 meter hurdles. Rene Horacek started her season well placing fourth in both the discus and the long jump. The NV 8 th grade girls placed 8 th as a team with a score of 19 points. Jordyn Cox won two bronze medals in both the pole vault and the 800 meter race. Northern Valley 6/7 th Girls Results – 7 th Place Discus 4 th – Rene’ Horacek – 62’ 8” Pole Vault 3 rd – Haedyn Cox – 5’ 6” High Jump 1 st – Haedyn Cox – 4’ 4” Long Jump 4 th – Rene’ Horacek – 12’ 11.25” 100m Hurdles 4 th – Haedyn Cox – 21.69 200m Hurdles 5 th – Haedyn Cox – 38.33 400m Relay 6 th – Andrea Meraz, Abby Samuelson, Kylee Ledbetter, Rene’ Horacek – 1:03.72 800m Relay 4 th – Andrea Meraz, Josie Nech, Kaylee Miller, Abby Samuelson – 2:23.03 Northern Valley 8 th Girls Results – 8 th Place Discus 5 th – Trista Smith – 67’ 3” Pole Vault 3 rd – Jordyn Cox – 7’ 800m 3 rd – Jordyn Cox – 2:57.81 3200m 5 th – Jaycee Gebhard – 15:56.33 400m Relay 6 th – Trista Smith, Maddie Wilder, Iris Schemper, Jaycee Gebhard – 1:07.33 800m Relay 5 th - Trista Smith, Maddie Wilder, Iris Schemper, Jaycee Gebhard – 2:29.65

Northern Valley High School hosted the WKLL Forensics Meet on April 5th! Northern Valley had 7 students participate. Freshman Clay VanPatten, Ayden Keith, and Gavin Thalheim. Sophomores Caden Lowry and Wendy Adams. Seniors Kai Cox and Angel Joppa. Everybody performed amazingly! Angel Joppa and Wendy Adams broke finals with their duet and took 6th for the whole meet. Kai Cox and Gavin Thalheim broke finals and took first for the meet with their IDA. Kai Cox also broke finals in his Serious Solo and took first for the meet. Great job to all of the team!! Also to all of the teams we had in attendance on the 5th in Almena!!! Next, some of us head to Wakeeney. If they do not participate in that meet, next is State in Hutchinson!!!

On April 1,2023 the Northern Valley High School Forensics team traveled to Rexford. We took 3 students. Two freshman, Clay VanPatten and Ayden Keith and Sophomore, Caden Lowry. Clay and Ayden had an IDA. Clay also had an informative speech. Caden was triple entered. He did a prose, impromptu and extemporaneous. All three boys broke finals!!! Clay and Ayden in IDA they took 7th for the meet. Caden broke extemporaneous and took 6th. Awesome job boys!! Next up, League in Almena on April 5th!!!!!

The Senior Class took a trip with Mr. Pugh and Mrs. Lowry to Topeka for two days. The class stopped for a quick picture at the World's Largest Ball of Twine, then continued on to the Eisenhower Museum in Abilene, enjoyed shopping in Topeka before eating at Texas Roadhouse, and enjoyed the hotel pool and a movie all on Thursday. Friday, the class visited the Capitol and went all the way to the top of the dome. They then ventured to the Brown v. Board of Education Museum before playing some putt-putt golf and enjoying some more shopping before heading back home. It was a great couple of days with a great group of students!

Week of the Young Child April 4th, 2023 5:00 pm -7:00 pm Check out the flyer for more information.

Husky High School Volleyball Players and Parents!! In the Picture is an information letter for this summer. Read through it and make sure if you are going to be participating in Summer Volleyball League that you sign up and get payment back to Coach Hansen by April 17th! Go Big Green!!!

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We are still in need of some judges for the WKLL Forensics meet here in Almena on Wednesday, April 5th. If you are interested, contact me at kgrote@nvhuskies.org or through Facebook messenger. It will definitely be worth your time!! See you there. Thank you, Katie Grote.

Class 1A through 5A high school seniors were invited to participate in the annual CK Basketball Tournament, which highlights the skills and careers of outstanding student-athletes throughout Kansas. Three local Northwest Kansas student-athletes participated in the 2023 Central Kansas (CK) High School All-Star Basketball Classic, held on the campus of Barton Community College - Sunday, March 26th. Phillipsburg High School Seniors Taryn Sides and Heather Schemper played for Phillipsburg Panther Head Coach Rachel Miller - who guided the Girls' North CK Team. Taryn Sides scored a triple-double, earned the North Team's Most Valuable Player (M.V.P.) award, and won the girl's three-point competition. Heather Schemper scored points in the paint for her North Team, as well. Foster Brands, Northern Valley High School Senior, also participated in the Central Kansas (CK) Basketball Tournament. Brands played on the CK Boys' West Team - coached by Trey O'Neil. O'Neil is the Head Coach of the Hugoton High School Boys' Basketball squad - which just won the Class 4A Boys' State Basketball title. Foster Brands scored points in the paint and was 100 percent from the free-throw line for the West Team. The West Team won the CK Boys' Tournament by a score of 105-95.

On March 28th the Northern Valley High School forensics team traveled to Phillipsburg for a forensics meet. We took 5 students. Kai Cox (Senior), Caden Lowry (Sophomore), Ayden Keith (Freshman), Clay VanPatten (Freshman) and Gavin Thalheim (Freshman). Kai and Gavin had an IDA, Kai had a serious solo, Ayden and Clay had an IDA, Clay had an informative speech, Caden had a prose and did impromptu. Gavin and Kai came out with first place for the ENTIRE meet!!! CONGRATS BOYS!!! Kai also broke finals with his serious solo and placed 6th for the entire meet. CONGRATS to ALL! We have seen much improvement and this was a huge challenge as this was the biggest meet Phillipsburg has ever hosted. We head to Golden Plains High School on Saturday for a meet. Then, on April 5th we host the WKLL Tournament in Almena! After that, we will start preparing for state!

Congratulations to Kenton Thalheim for making 1st team All-Class State Team for Sports in Kansas as well as 2nd Team All-Class State Team for both the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association and KSHSAA Covered! Congratulations to Mary Baird, Foster Brands, and Jeremiah Hansen for making Honorable Mention All-Class for KSHSAA Covered! Congratulations to Mary Baird, Audrey Bina, Foster Brands, Jeremiah Hansen, and Drew Schemper for all making Honorable Mentions for All-Class recognitions for Sports in Kansas! Below are the full rankings for all three of the publications. https://kshsaacovered.com/news/2023/3/28/mens-basketball-kansas-basketball-coaches-association-announces-all-state-teams.aspx https://kshsaacovered.com/news/2023/3/24/mens-basketball-boys-all-class-teams.aspx https://kshsaacovered.com/news/2023/3/24/womens-basketball-girls-all-class-teams.aspx https://sportsinks.com/sports-in-kansas-2023-boys-all-state-basketball-by-classification/ https://sportsinks.com/sports-in-kansas-2023-girls-all-state-basketball-by-classification/ Go Big Green!

WKLL Music Contest was held In Colby, Ks on March 23rd, 2023. Below are the ratings that the Northern Valley 5th-8th graders received. 5/6 Band l- 5/6 Choir ll+ 7/8 Band l- 7/8 Choir l- Josephine Nech l- (vocal solo) Rene' Horacek ll- (vocal solo) Kylee Ledbetter l- (vocal solo) Asher VanPatten ll (vocal solo) Amora Martinez ll (vocal solo) Shelby Lentz ll (vocal solo) Annika McKinney l- (vocal solo) Kaylee Miller ll (vocal solo) Jaden Johns ll (vocal solo) Trinity King l (vocal solo) 7/8 Ladies l 7/8 Gentleman ll+ Women's Trio ll+ (Jaycee Gebhard, Haedyn Cox & Trista Smith) Women's Quartet ll (Rene' Horacek, Josephine Nech, Kylee Ledbetter & Trinity King) Mixed Trio ll (Asher Van Patten, Aaron Horacek & Kaylee Miller Tayah Seeders l (flute solo) Asher Van Patten l- (trombone solo) Colt Rogers l (trumpet solo) Kaylee Miller l (flute solo) Josephine Nech l (alto sax solo) Mixed Quartet ll+(Cambrie Sproul, Rowan Bremer, Asher Van Patten & Avreigh McCue)

Northern Valley Schools is looking to hire a full-time janitor for the Long Island Middle School. We are a four-day / week school with a supportive community. We offer a competitive wage and the board will pay $400 / month toward a board-approved health insurance plan. Please find an application on the school website www.nvhuskies.org or stop by the district office. If you have any questions, please contact Marvin Gebhard (mgebhard@nvhuskies.org), Ken Tharman (ktharman@nvhuskies.org), or call the district office (785) 669-2445.

Freshman PE class started playing ping pong following spring break.