Northern Valley Schools USD 212

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.

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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!