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The undefeated streak continues for the Haxtun Bulldogs as the team rolled to 48-0 victory on the road against Dayspring Christian Academy on Saturday. The now 7-0 Bulldogs are one of four teams in Colorado 8-man action to remain unbeaten thus far this season. Only two games remain on the regular season schedule before playoffs start later this fall. Haxtun shut out Dayspring Christian Academy on their home turf Saturday afternoon after the Bulldogs went up 28 points in the first quarter. The visiting team added an additional 14 in the second...
Phillips County 4-H members, families and special guests celebrated the year's success at the 2023 Achievement Program on Sunday, Oct. 1 at the Bank of Colorado Pavilion in Holyoke. The afternoon opened with a welcome from Phillips County Council President Lucinda Mares before guests were treated to a buffet of snacks and desserts. Each year the annual achievement banquet celebrates the past year's success of each 4-H member and all clubs in Phillips County. The event also honors several award...
Six games into the season and the Haxtun Bulldogs have outscored their opponents 327 to 42. In the last three contests, Haxtun has shut out their opponents. Of those 327 points, 68 came in Friday night's match up against Caliche. The Bulldogs topped the Buffs 68-0 in the annual homecoming match up to improve to 6-0 on the season. Junior Ryland Wolff intercepted the ball in the Buffs first possession of the game. Two plays later, Grant Statz got the call and ran it in for a short, six-yard touchd...
The Haxtun Health Board of Directors heard a lengthy list of reports from the administration team in a late September meeting. The local board of directors also adopted a resolution with the District’s stance on Proposition HH, set to be on the ballot this November. Senate Bill 23-303, also known as Proposition HH, will be on the ballot for Colorado voters this fall. Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace said that while on the surface the bill looks to reduce property taxes, what the bill does is provide a workaround for State legislators to b...
Pi Kappa Cino opened its doors in downtown Haxtun on Monday, Sept. 25. Owners Patricia and Jonathan Prescott opened their fourth business venture with hopes of giving the Haxtun community a cozy place to indulge in a warm beverage or have a lunch date with a friend and their new Haxtun location does just that. The first Pi Kappa Cino opened in Sterling's Broadway Plaza in late 2005 by then owners Corla and Kenny Enslow. Patricia was the first employee of the double-window drive through when she...
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs improved to 11-6 last week with a sweep over the Lady Rams in Akron. The win on the road was the only action the team saw on the volleyball court last week, but the schedule heats up as the regular season begins to wind down and post-season play is just on the horizon. Haxtun took the court against Akron and in three quick sets, the Lady Bulldogs came out victorious with a sweep; 25-13, 25-21 and 25-14. According to MaxPreps, the win puts the team at 5-1 in league play and second in 2A/1A Lower Platte League standings....
The Haxtun Bulldogs rolled to a 44-0 win in Akron on Friday night. The victory advances the team to 5-0 with four regular season games remaining on the schedule. Those four games are all set to be matches against Lower Platte League teams including Caliche, Dayspring Christian Academy, Sedgwick County and Merino. Haxtun fumbled the ball on their first possession of the ball game in Akron on Friday night but kept composure to score on the next drive. Grant Statz found an opening into the end zone for the Bulldog’s first six points of the c...
The Frenchman Board of Education will have three seats up for grabs in November elections and in preparation, a board candidate night is slated for mid-October. Superintendent Steve McCracken gave an update to the Board in a Sept. 19 meeting that included information on busses, the upcoming candidate night and maintenance needs for the District. The local Board of Education has three open seats up for elections this fall including two seats that will hold two-year terms and one seat for a four-year term. McCracken said Jeff Brekel, Leo...
The Haxtun Board of Education will have four seats up for election this fall. As the Nov. 7 voting date nears, all registered voters are invited to attend a candidate forum slated for Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. at the Haxtun Community Center. Seats held by Amy Kilgour, Richard Starkebaum, Steven Hadeen and Abby Henry all expire in November. Haxtun has a total of nine community members running for one of those four open seats. Candidates include Steve Statz, Steven Hadeen, Amy Kilgour, Abby Henry, Ross Edwards, Valerie Wilson, Lee Salyards, Ben...
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs knocked off the Lady Indians in Yuma in five sets Tuesday night. The win puts the team a 1-1 over the past week as Haxtun suffered a four-set loss in Fleming on Saturday. Right now the team holds a 10-6 record and according to MaxPreps is 4-1 in the 2A/1A Lower Platte League holding the number three spot behind number one Wiggins and number two Merino. Tuesday night's action in Yuma proved to be exciting as the Lady Bulldogs rallied for a five-set win over the 2A Lady...
The Haxtun Bulldogs put on a dominating show in 6-man action in Fleming on Saturday afternoon. A 59-0 win last week leaves the Bulldogs with a perfect 4-0 record heading into league play beginning Friday night. Haxtun is set to travel to Akron to face off with the 3-1 Rams in week one of Lower Platte League action. In a stellar first quarter performance, Haxtun put 35 points on the board in Fleming this weekend. The Bulldogs added another 12 before halftime for a 47-point lead midway through...
There's just something special about the last Saturday in September in Haxtun. The weekend marks a special celebration in which community members gather to celebrate the end of corn harvest by means of the annual Haxtun Corn Festival. For Steve and Nora Hofmeister there have been many memorable Corn Festival celebrations throughout the years, but for the long-time Haxtun couple, two stand out significantly; Corn Festival of 1977 and Corn Festival 2023. A late Saturday in September 1977 marked...
It was a battle in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains Saturday as two of the top five teams in Colorado 8-man football met on the field in Fairplay. The Bulldogs met up with the Bluejays from Mancos on neutral territory in Fairplay, a middle ground between the two top ranked teams. Saturday's action started off slow but it sure didn't end that way. Neither team found the end zone in the first quarter but shortly into the second, Mancos struck first putting the first six points of the game on...
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs improved to 9-5 with a win over the Wray Lady Eagles on the road Tuesday night. The match up at Wray was the first for the Lady Bulldogs since they took the court at home last Tuesday, however, the team will see a quick turn around with a contest slated against Fleming this Saturday. Haxtun came out hot in set win, taking a 25-16 win over the Lady Eagles but set two went different as Wray came out on top 25-23. The Lady Bulldogs picked up wins in set two and three,...
Fleming’s annual Fall Festival is just around the corner. This year’s festival is slated for Saturday, Sept. 23 in downtown Fleming to the theme, “The Wild West of Fleming.” Exhibit drop off begins the day prior to the celebration, taking place on Friday, Sept. 22 from 4:30-6 p.m. Categories include floriculture (live flowers only), gardening and produce, photo and art, homemade canned goods, cooking and crafts. Age groups are six and under, seven through 11, 12-17 and 18 and up. Friday’s lineup also includes a South Plate Youth Football...
Liquor licensing for Corn Festival, insurance renewals and a presentation on Proposition 123 topped action items in a Tuesday evening, Sept. 5 meeting of the Haxtun Town Council. The meeting opened with a public hearing regarding a special event liquor license for the 102nd annual Haxtun Corn Festival slated for Saturday, Sept. 30. The public hearing, opened by Mayor Mike Ensminger, lasted just five minutes as council members reviewed mapping and details of the special event application. Police Chief Tom Bullard said his department along with o...
Haxtun picked up their second win of the season on Saturday in front of a home crowd at Adam Wernsman Field. The Bulldogs banked their second win of the season with a 54-6 win over Holly to improve to 2-0. This weekend, the team is set to face off with Mancos in one of two final non-league games before moving on to face Lower Platte League teams beginning Sept. 29. The Bulldogs took a commanding 30-0 lead in the first quarter against the Holly Wildcats on Saturday. The team added another 16...
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs went west over the weekend to compete in the Volleyball Spectacular in Timnath. The day opened with play against Weldon Valley and continued with contests against Timnath and Prairie. Three days later, the Lady Bulldogs returned to their home court for a match up with the Wiggins Lady Tigers. Overall, Haxtun came out of the four-game run with one win and three losses to put the Bulldogs 8-5 overall halfway through the regular season. Saturday's Volleyball Spectacular in...
Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace announced the addition of a speech language pathologist to the Haxtun Health care team during a late August meeting of the Board of Directors. Linda Falk plans to join the team at Haxtun Health later this fall. Falk brings with her many years of experience as a Speech Pathologist. She will be able to assess and treat patients with speech, language, voice and fluency disorders as well as those with problems swallowing. She has worked at Rose Medical Center and more recently at Craig Hospital and...
Haxtun and Fleming school districts will have elections for available seats on their respective boards of education this fall. Petitions were required by Sept. 1 therefore a complete list of candidates have been released. The Frenchman Board of Education in Fleming has three seats up for election in November including two, two-year term seats and one, four-year term position. According to information from Superintendent Steve McCracken, Jeff Brekel, Leo Mekelburg and incumbent Carmen Vandenbark returned petitions for a four-year term on the...
Haxtun Police Chief Tom Bullard reported the re-registration of sex offender James Leonard within Haxtun’s city limits last week. Leonard, age 36, is registered at an address in the 200 block of North Wallace Avenue. According to Bullard, Leonard must register as a sex offender annually following an October 2011 conviction in Phillips County Court for attempted sex assault on a child....
The Bulldog football team opened the 2023 season on the road 600 miles away in Concordia, Mo. on Saturday, Sept. 2. Originally, Haxtun was set to host the Dragons from just 17 miles east but an unexpected, last minute cancelation from Holyoke's coaches forced administration to search far and wide for an 8-man team with an open schedule at this point in the season to match up against the Bulldogs. According to a post on Facebook from the Haxtun School District, Haxtun was set to host Holyoke in...
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs improved to 7-2 on the season with a sweep at home over the Prairie Mustangs on Tuesday night. According to MaxPreps, the team stands at 2-0 in league play and in the number one seed in 2A/1A Lower Platte League standings. Tuesday's match up put Haxtun's junior varsity and varsity teams on the court against the Lady Mustangs; both teams notched wins. The girls' varsity team took set one 25-17, set two 25-19 and set three, 25-15 for the match victory. Individual stats...
With the current school year underway, the Frenchman Board of Education met in late August to take care of final staff placements, approve necessary invoices and recognize one of their own for their service to the District. The local school board met in Fleming on Aug. 22 and as most meetings do, opened with staff reports from administration. Superintendent Steve McCracken said Fleming started the 2023-24 school year with 222 students, that number is an increase of two from the year prior....
The Haxtun School District Board of Education met twice over the past two weeks. One meeting in mid-August just ahead of the start of the 2023-24 school year and the other earlier this week to approve final wording for the District’s ballot question to voters this November. The latest meeting opened at 7:30 a.m. on Monday morning with an agenda that tasked board members with approving a formal resolution to authorize a ballot issue along with the ballot language for elections on Nov. 7. According to information from the School District, the B...
