Walking Challenge Complete! Congratulations to Emily Lowry for winning the walking challenge with 1,434,767 steps (717.38 Miles) and Alan Brown who got second place with 1,319,157 steps (659.58 Miles).
The Northern Valley Huskies Golf Team placed third at Regionals in Oberlin on May 15th. The Huskies will advance to the State Tournament in Emporia beginning May 22.
Individually:
Foster Brands took second place with a 96
Robert Vsetecka took 12th with a 107
Jason Cox and Brody Preston tied for 16th shooting 113
Deacon Schemper shot a 155.
Pictured L to R: Coach Mitch Pugh, Deacon Schemper, Robert Vsetecka, Brody Preston, Jason Cox, Foster Brands
FFA Plant Sale is Saturday May 20th at 8AM Please come and support the FFA Members!
Northern Valley High School Track & Field
On May 12 th the Northern Valley High School Track & Field team traveled to Hill City for the
WKLL League Track Meet.
The NV Girls placed 4 th scoring 47 points as a team. Bringing home medals were Mary Baird
with 2 nd in the high jump and 3 rd in the 200M, and Audrey Bina with 3 rd in the 100m and 2 nd in the triple
jump. Audrey Bina rebroke the NV school record held by her with a jump of 35-11.25. The NV girls
4x100 relay also brought home 3 rd .
The NV Boys came home with the 1 st place WKLL League Champion plaque scoring 136
points. Bringing home medals were Brian Bencomo with 1 st in the 200M and 400M, Kenton Thalheim
with1st in the pole vault and 2 nd in the 400M, Foster Brands with 1 st in the 110M hurdles and 2 nd in the
300M hurdles, Owen Hammond with 1 st in the 300M hurdles and high jump, Gavin Thalheim with 2 nd
in the pole vault and javelin, and Gabriel Rudd with 1 st in long jump and 3 rd in the 100M. The Husky
4x100m Relay took 1 st and the 4x400m Relay took 2 nd .
Coach Hansen, “Everyone performed well today and we had an exciting day. We hope to take
this momentum into regionals next week.”
The Huskies will travel to the Tribune next Friday to compete in Regionals.
Northern Valley Girls Results – 4 th Place (47 points)
100m 3 rd – Audrey Bina – 13.77
200m 3 rd – Mary Baird – 28.75
High Jump 2 nd – Mary Baird – 4-8
Triple Jump 2 nd – Audrey Bina – 35-11.25 (PR/New School Record)
4x100M Relay 3 rd – Brookelyn Schurman, Kathryn Speer, Mary Baird, and Audrey
Bina – 1:01.55
Northern Valley Boys Results – 1 st Place (136 points)
100M 3 rd – Gabriel Rudd – 12.23
200M 1 st – Brian Bencomo – 24.24
400M 1 st – Brian Bencomo – 53.68
2 nd – Kenton Thalheim – 54.24
110M Hurdles 1 st – Foster Brands – 16.86
300M Hurdles 1 st – Owen Hammond – 47.00
2 nd – Foster Brands – 47.16
4x100M Relay 1 st – Brian Bencomo, Gabriel Rudd, Kenton Thalheim, Gavin
Thalheim – 46.90
4x400M Relay 2 nd – Brian Bencomo, Owen Hammond, Gabriel Rudd, Kenton
Thalheim – 3:43.75
High Jump 1 st – Owen Hammond – 5-8.00
Pole Vault 1 st – Kenton Thalheim – 12-06
2 nd – Gavin Thalheim – 10-06
Long Jump 1 st – Gabriel Rudd – 19-05.5
Javelin 2 nd – Gavin Thalheim – 134-11 (PR)
Northern Valley Middle School Girls Track
The Northern Valley Middle School girls traveled to Hill City to compete in the Western Kansas Liberty
League track meet. The Lady Huskies had a great day setting 15 personal records and finishing third as a
team with 73 points.
Individually the girls won four bronze medals: Jordyn Cox in the 100m hurdles, Haedyn Cox in the high
jump and pole vault, and Trista Smith in the discus. In addition, winning silver medals were Jordyn Cox
in the pole vault and 200m hurdles and Iris Schemper in the discus. Jordyn Cox won the only gold medal
for the day setting the meet record in javelin with a throw of 81’ 3”.
Northern Valley 6/7/8 th Girls Results – 3 rd Place
Discus 2 nd – Iris Schemper – 74’ 9”
3 rd – Trista Smith – 70’ 11”
5 th – Rene’ Horacek – 62’ 0”
Shot Put 4 th – Iris Schemper – 29’ 3.25”
Javelin 1 st – Jordyn Cox – 81’ 3”
Pole Vault 2 nd – Jordyn Cox – 7’ 6”
3 rd – Haedyn Cox – 6’ 6”
High Jump 3 rd – Haedyn Cox – 4’ 6”
Long Jump 4 th – Rene’ Horacek – 13’ 5”
Triple Jump 6 th – Jaycee Gebhard – 24’ 10”
100m Hurdles 3 rd – Jordyn Cox – 18.19
200m Hurdles 2 nd – Jordyn Cox – 33.67
3200m 5 th – Jaycee Gebhard – 15:45.21
400m Relay 6 th – Andrea Meraz, Abby Samuelson, Rene’ Horacek, Kylee Ledbetter – 1:03.32
800m Medley Relay 6 th – Andrea Meraz, Josie Nech, Rene’ Horacek, Jaycee Gebhard – 2:24.71
Northern Valley Junior High Boys Track Results
Western Kansas Liberty League Track Meet in Hill City – May 12, 2023
Northern Valley Junior High traveled to Hill City to compete in the Western
Kansas Liberty League Track Meet. The Huskies had a very good day, finishing in
3 rd place as a team with 84 points. Grinnell won the boys division with 162 points,
followed by Weskan with 108 points. Individually, the Huskies won two gold
medals on the day; Griffin McKinney in the 200 hurdles and Lucas Hansen in the
triple jump. Two silver medals were won; Cash Compton in the long jump and
McKinney in the shot. Peter Towne brought home a bronze medal in the two mile
run. The NV relays ran well on the day placing 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd .
6 th -7 th -8 th Boys Results – 3 rd Place
100m 4 th – Wyatt Compton – 12.8
200m 4 th – Wyatt Compton – 26.9
5 th – Lucas Hansen – 27.6
3200m 3 rd – Peter Towne – 13:59.7
100m Hurdles 4 th – Griffin McKinney – 19.3
200m Hurdles 1 st – Griffin McKinney – 31.1
Shot 2 nd – Griffin McKinney – 33’ 6”
Long Jump 2 nd – Cash Compton – 13’ 9”
Triple Jump 1 st – Lucas Hansen – 32’ 8”
4 th – Tait Thalheim – 26’ 8”
400m Relay 2 nd – C.Compton, David, McKinney, W.Compton – 53.9
800m Relay 1 st – C.Compton, David, Hansen, W.Compton – 1:57.2
Medley Relay 3 rd – David, Towne, C.Compton, Hansen – 2:09.0
High School Clean Up Day was last Monday and the kids did a great job!
Cathy Hansen Retirement Party! Come help us celebrate!
Hey guys!! Here is the order of events today for the HS League Track Meet.
The Northern Valley Huskies golf team traveled to Phillipsburg on May 9th. Three Huskies went and played on the soggy course after severe weather conditions threatened the meet to take even take place. Thankfully, the meet went on as scheduled and the Huskies all shot personal bests against a loaded field.
Senior Foster Brands shot a 94 for 16th place
Junior Jason Cox shot a 97 for 23rd place
Sophomore Robert Vsetecka shot a 104 for 30th place
The Huskies will next take to Regionals on May 15th in Oberlin looking to try and make the state tournament for the third year in a row.
Northern Valley's 7th and 8th grade classes took a field trip to Fort Hays State University and participated in the Smoky Hills Ropes Course. It was a fun day of team-building games and exercises. We started the day with beautiful sunshine which quickly turned hot, however, the clouds rolled in and brought colder air before our last activity was complete. This group ended their day with lunch and custard at Freddie's.
Please join us for the induction of new members of The Wall of Fame.
Thank you all for the snacks!!
The Northern Valley Huskies were busy golfing on May 4th. The varsity squad traveled to
Oxford, NE, and had an enormous amount of success.
Brody Preston shot an 89 good for 8th place, his best round of golf for his career. and 9 strokes better than his best 18-hole total on the season.
Foster Brands shot a 96 for 11th place staying very consistent with his average score for the year.
Robert Vsetecka shot a 104 for his career-best round as well which earned him 21st place.
Jason Cox shot a 116 for 30th.
The team came in 4th place for the meet.
These four golfers will travel to Phillipsburg on May 9th for their last Invitational before Regionals in Oberlin on May 15th.
The JV squad traveled to Plainville for the annual JV Showcase as their final meet of the season.
Audrey Brubaker had by far her best performance of the season shooting 116. She has managed to shave strokes off of her score at all four meets she has attended. She beat her other 18-hole score on the season by 20 strokes
Deacon Schemper shot his best score of the season as well with a 119. He beat his best score of the season on 18 holes by 13 strokes.
Clay Van Patten shot a 130. He beat his other 18-hole score by 5 strokes.
Ayden Keith shot a 140 for his personal best on the season. He beat his other 18-hole score of the season by 14 strokes.
I'm very proud of the Varsity and JV squads. Both have made enormous growth as golfers on the season.
Pictured-
Backward white hat chipping- Jason Cox
Gray shorts teeing off- Foster Brands
Blue KU hat chipping- Robert Vsetecka
Black slacks teeing off- Brody Preston
Gray flatbill hat chipping-Clay Van Patten
Gray pants teeing off- Deacon Schemper
Female teeing off- Audrey Brubaker
Floppy hat putting- Ayden Keith
On Saturday, May 6th two members of our forensics team participated in 1A State Championships in Hutchinson. This is the highest state you can go with forensics!
Kai Cox, Senior and Gavin Thalheim, freshman were our participants.
Kai took a serious solo. He placed 4th for the tournament! Great job, Kai!
Kai and Gavin were partners for IDA (Improvised Duet Acting). They were amazing! They placed first! So they are your 1A State Champs in IDA! Awesome job, boys!
What a great thing for our Huskies! Thank you to all who have supported our team this year. It has been a great run. Good luck to Kai next year as he moves on to college! We will miss you!
Northern Valley High School Track & Field
On May 2 nd the Northern Valley High School Track & Field competed in the
Logan Invitational in Phillipsburg. A total of 12 teams competed.
The NV Girls placed 6 th scoring 31 points as a team. Bringing home medals were
Mary Baird with 1 st in High Jump and 3 rd in the 200m, Landry Gehbard with 3 rd in the
3200m, and the girls 4 x 800m relay team ran by Haley Hansen, Mary Baird, Landry
Gebhard, and Shaylee Vsetecka bringing home 3rd.
The NV Boys came home with 2 nd place scoring 102 points as a team. Bringing
home medals were Jeremiah Hansen with 1 st in the 100m and 200m, Brian Bencomo with
1 st in the 400m and 3 rd in the 200m, Kenten Thalheim with 1 st in pole vault and 2 nd in the
400m, Gabriel Rudd with 1 st in the long jump, and Gavin Thalheim with 2 nd in pole vault.
The boys ran 2 relays getting 2 nd in both the 4 x 100m and 4 x 400m ran by Brian
Bencomo, Jeremiah Hansen, Gabriel Rudd, and Kenton Thalheim.
On May 5 th the team traveled to Mankato to complete in the Rock-Hills
invitational. The NV Boys brought home 7 medals. Jeremiah Hansen with 2 nd in the 100m,
Brian Bencomo with 1 st in the 400m, Gabriel Rudd with 1 st in long jump, Kenton Thalheim
with 1 st in pole vault and Gavin Thalheim with 3 rd in pole vault. The men’s relay team took
2 nd in the 4 x 400m and 3 rd in the 4 x 100m.
Coach Hansen, “It was a busy week with two track meets. We had multiple PRs
broken and performed well at both meets finishing out our regular season. Looking
forward to seeing what the kids can do at league next week.”
The Huskies will travel to Colby next Friday to compete and the WKLL League
Meet.
Northern Valley Boys Results Logan – 2 nd Place (102 points)
100m 1 st – Jeremiah Hansen – 11.66
200m 1 st – Jeremiah Hansen – 23.68
3 rd – Brian Bencomo – 24.53
400M 1 st – Brian Bencomo – 53.88
2 nd – Kenton Thalheim – 54.88
4x100M Relay 2 nd – Brian Bencomo, Gabriel Rudd, Kenton Thalheim,
Jeremiah Hansen – 46.22
4x400M Relay 2 nd – Brian Bencomo, Jeremiah Hansen, Gabriel Rudd, Kenton
Thalheim – 3:40.29
Pole Vault 1 st – Kenton Thalheim – 12-06
2 nd – Gavin Thalheim – 12-0
Long Jump 1 st – Gabriel Rudd – 18-10.50
Northern Valley Girls Results Logan – 6 th Place (31 points)
200M 3 rd – Mary Baird – 29.75
3200M 3td – Landry Gebhard – 15:08.18
4x800M Relay 3 rd – Haley Hansen, Mary Baird, Landry Gebhard, Shaylee Vstecka – 12:23.63
High Jump 1 st – Mary Baird – 4-10.00
Northern Valley Boys Results Rock-Hills
100m 2 nd – Jeremiah Hansen – 11.69
400M 1 st – Brian Bencomo – 52.97 (PR)
4x100M Relay 3 rd – Brian Bencomo, Gabriel Rudd, Kenton Thalheim,
Foster Brands – 46.22
4x400M Relay 2 nd – Brian Bencomo, Gavin Thalheim, Gabriel Rudd,
Kenton Thalheim – 3:40.85
Pole Vault 1 st – Kenton Thalheim – 13-03 (PR)
3 rd – Gavin Thalheim – 10-6
Long Jump 1 st – Gabriel Rudd – 20-00.00 (Tied PR last year)
Northern Valley Elementary School is taking applications for a para professional for the 2023-24 school year. Interested applicants may fill out an application located at www.nvhuskies.org
Here are the results from Oxford Golf Meet yesterday.
INDIVIDUALS SCHOOL SCORE
1st Braxton Hammond Southern Valley 78
2nd Kamden Bose Southern Valley 80
3rd Rian Grove Southern Valley 83
4th Matt Henderson Southern Valley 84
5th Tate Weatherwax Southern Valley 86
6th Ryan Brugh Alma 86
7th Haiden Van Houtan Arapahoe 88
8th Brody Preston NV 89
9th Orion Silvers Axtell 96
10th Chonsey Bieker Bertrand 96
11th Foster Brands NV 96
12th Myles Boggs Bertrand 97
13th Trent Raile McCook 97
14th William Van Boning Alma 98
15th Cason Waugh McCook 98
Huskies it's that time of year again!! High School Awards Banquet will be Thursday, May 11th, at the Almena Community Building at 6:30 p.m. What to bring is included in the flyer below. Come out and support the Husky Activities and all of our Students' Accomplishments!!!
We lost Mrs. Rudd!! Oh wait, we found her! In the pile of balloons that the seniors had put out for their senior take over!
