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One state championship title and 16 other top-10 finishes is an impressive finish to the Haxtun Bulldog's 2023 track season. The track team competed in the Colorado State Track meet May 18-20 at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. The boys four-by-100 meter relay team made up of Ryland Wolff, Kyle Fryrear, Michael Gerk and Grant Statz took first place at the Colorado 1A State Track meet on Saturday, earning a State Championship medal while also setting a new school record with a time of 44...
There were several lasting thoughts delivered to Haxtun High School's Class of 2023 during commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 14 but there was a common theme in each of the speeches conveyed to graduates seated in front of the packed gymnasium. That message, "Once A Bulldog, Always A Bulldog." Twenty-five graduates wearing red and black gowns filed into the gym in front of family, friends and faculty on a cloudy, rainy Sunday afternoon to pomp and circumstance played by the Haxtun...
The Haxtun Bulldogs made the final four. Haxtun took down Wiley and Simla in the Regional round of 1A baseball playoffs on Saturday to advance to final four action slated for this Thursday at All Star Park in Lakewood. Saturday's games were originally supposed to be play in Simla, the third seated team in Colorado High Schools Activity Association playoff bracket, but early spring rains forced organizers to move matchups to The Classical Academy in nearby Colorado Springs. The Bulldogs, who...
Several members of the Haxtun boys' and girls' track teams have qualified for the State Track Meet slated for later this week at Jeff. Co. Stadium in Lakewood. In the team's final outings of the regular season, junior Cassidy Goddard broke Haxtun High School's record in discus. Her throw of 103 feet, eight inches at the HOKA St. Vrain Invitational on May 12 beat the record of 126 feet, six inches set by Callie Dickerson in 2017 at the Colorado 1A State Track Meet. For a complete list of those...
A short agenda list, brief discussion during public comment about truck parking, talks of dental insurance and staff reports took just 45 minutes of time for the Haxtun Town Council meeting last week. The May meeting opened with a community member’s concerns about truck parking on east Fletcher Street. Ryan Hofmeister, local Haxtun resident, spoke to the Town Council about one of two designated areas for truck parking within city limits, specifically the area on east Fletcher Street near the Phillips County shop. Hofmeister, who lives on S...
Reports from staff, hiring for the coming year and the purchase of a new math curriculum topped agenda items in a late April meeting of the Frenchman Board of Education meeting in Fleming. To open the meeting, staff heard from Music Teacher Laurianna May and Third Grade Teacher Amy Brekel. May thanked the local board of education for allowing her students to participate and travel to several activities this year including honor band events, state sporting tournaments and a trip to Winter Park. Next year, May said she hopes to begin to develop...
Seventeen students in Mrs. Tricia Etl's fifth grade class presented their World Fair projects in Fleming last week. The annual project requires students to pick a country to feature at the World Fair and throughout the project students are required to research, prepare and present their project to fellow students in Fleming the day of the Fair. This year, Hank Stull chose Italy in part to his family's Italian background. In doing so, his presentation at the World Fair included many artifacts and...
The Bulldog baseball team is headed to Regionals following a runner-up finish in the District Tournament last week. Haxtun enters Regional action as the sixth seed in a 16 team bracket set by the Colorado High School Activities Association. Haxtun held home field advantage in round one of Districts as they took the field against Briggsdale. The Bulldogs cruised to a 14-0 win that sent them to the next round slated for Friday in Fort Morgan. That action started with a match-up between Merino and...
The Haxtun Health Board of Directors is down to four. Pastor Jeri Soens resigned from the board earlier this month, leaving the board of directors down a member. The news comes following a discussion a month earlier regarding the possibility of increasing the board’s membership from five to seven due to an increase in interest from the community. The April 24 meeting opened with an invocation from Chief Community Relations Officer Julia Biesemeier and approval of the agenda. At the start, during open forum, board members heard from community me...
Tuesday morning started out like any other at Fleming High School; students filed in to their classrooms, slowly found their seats and teachers began the day's lessons. It was like any other day ... until the Grim Reaper entered a classroom, tapped its first victim on the shoulder and removed a student from class. The exit followed with a reading of the students obituary and from then on, it was no longer just a normal day. A partnership with the Colorado State Patrol and the Logan County Sherif...
The second annual Haxtun Relays at Holyoke High School took place Friday afternoon, April 28. Haxtun began hosting the relays on Holyoke's qualifying all-weather track last year under the direction of Head Coach Jared Anderson. Sophomore Jayleigh Bullard broke the Haxtun High School record in the high jump at the Haxtun Relays. Bullard jumped five feet, two inches taking first place in the event. That jump broke the record of five feet set by Kelly Carper in 1983. Haxtun tracksters top-10...
It's playoff time and with two wins to round out the regular season schedule, the Haxtun Bulldogs enter the 1A District 5 bracket as the number one seed with a 17-1 overall record. The team went 8-1 in league and holds the number one spot in State 1A rankings. The Bulldogs hosted Caliche on Saturday in the final regular season contest. Haxtun pulled away with two hugs wins, 15-0 in game one, and 12-1 in game two. The sweep over the Buffs gives Haxtun a six-game winnings streak as the Bulldogs...
Monday evening, April 17 brought businessmen and women, volunteers, community members, area youth and Haxtun Chamber of Commerce members together for this year's annual banquet, featuring awards night. The event included dinner by Haxtun's new restaurant El Paso at the Haxtun Community Center, a Chamber report from Director Jessica Ayala and the presentation of 2022 community awards. The evening opened with a welcome and word of prayer from local Pastor Tim Hahn. Nearly 90 community members gath...
A new junior/senior high principal, approval of upgrades to the preschool room and salary increases for certified and classified staff as well a hiring new staff and approving several resignations topped agenda items in a Thursday night, March 20 meeting of the Haxtun Board of Education. Board members took action on several staff changes including hiring Amanda Ridlen as the Junior/Senior High Principal for next year. The position of Principal came open last month when Dustin Seger submitted his resignation to the Board. Ridlen holds 16 years...
With just one opponent remaining on the regular season schedule the Bulldogs hold onto the top spot in 1A baseball action. This past week, Haxtun added two more wins to an already impressive record with a sweep over the Eagles at Wray on Saturday. Both MaxPreps and the Colorado High School Activities Association rank the Bulldogs as number one in State 1A rankings. That also means Haxtun holds the number one slot in Lower Platte League standings as well. Several other Lower Platte League teams...
Kneaded Wellness is under new ownership. Sara Firme purchased the Fleming business last month from Alicea Einspahr and while the transition in ownership takes place, Firme is finishing up her required training and testing to become a licensed massage therapist. Einspahr began offering massage therapy out of her home part-time in the spring of 2019 and later opened Kneaded Wellness at 105 Ash Avenue in Fleming. At that time, Einspahr went full-time offering massage therapy, spray tans and other...
Something snapped on Saturday when the Bulldogs hosted the Rams from Merino on the baseball diamond. Both teams entered game one of two on the day's schedule with undefeated records and holding the top two spots in the league as well as State rankings. That all changed when Haxtun took down Merino, 4-1, in game one, breaking the Rams winning streak. The win also moves the Bulldogs into the number one seed with just two games left on the regular season schedule and before post-season play...
There is a new face behind the counter at the Haxtun Post Office. Postmaster Ben Thill took over his new role on March 25 and brings with him nearly 18 years' experience with the United States Postal Service. Thill takes the reins of Haxtun Postmaster following the retirement of Melinda Groshans at the end of 2022 after nearly 38 with the postal service. Groshans served the Haxtun Post Office for nearly 25 of those 38 years. Thill was born and raised in Greeley and that is also where he began ca...
Haxtun senior Mick Scholten signed a letter of intent to attend North Central Kansas Technical College in front of friends and family last week. Scholten plans to attend NCK Tech's heavy equipment operation next fall. Scholten will attend NCK Tech in Beloit, Kan. in the school's heavy equipment operation program, a one year program that guarantees job placement at completion. The Heavy Equipment Operation Program incorporates the National Center for Construction, Education and Research...
The Bulldogs improved to 8-0 with double-header wins over Yuma on Saturday. The early April weather cooperated with perfect, sunny skies for baseball action in Haxtun with games starting late morning and running well into the afternoon. The Bulldogs hold a perfect record and are one of two undefeated teams in the Lower Platte League as of early this week. The other team, Merino, holds the number one seat, just ahead of the second ranked Bulldogs. Haxtun and Merino are set to face off this Saturday. Haxtun scored one single run early in game...
A late March snowstorm forced members of the Haxtun Health Board of Directors to meet several days later than normal. The Board typically meets on Monday but thanks to area snowfall, the group meet on Thursday evening, March 30 for an hour and 20 minutes to conduct necessary business for the month. To open his report, Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace gave an in-depth report on House Bill 23-1215 submitted by Colorado Representative Emily Sirota, Democrat, Denver, that would eliminate a hospital’s ability to bill for facility fees. When a p...
The Bulldogs shut out Wiggins on the road Saturday afternoon to improve to 6-0 on the season. Haxtun held the hometown Tigers scoreless in both games, picking up two commanding wins that leaves the Bulldogs as one of two undefeated teams in 2A/1A Lower Platte league standings as of early this week. According to MaxPreps, Merino leads the League at 7-0 and Haxtun stands at number two with a 6-0 record. Haxtun picked up a 3-0 win in game one and a powerful 14-0 victory in game two in Wiggins on...
Details of the 2023 Phillips County Fair are out and organizers are gearing up for a full-filled week July 25-30 at the fairgrounds in Holyoke. The local fair board recently announced that Haxtun's Phil and LaVonne Hart will be honored as Grand Marshals of this year's week-long event this summer. The theme for the Fair will be, "Red, White and Blue - Veterans We Honor You!" While the official schedule is still being finalized, the Fair board announced new events like a CPRA rodeo, a hypnotist,...
The Haxtun Board of Education accepted three letters of resignation in a Tuesday evening meeting last week, one of which came from Secondary Principal Dustin Seger. In addition to approving the three resignations, board members approved a Monday school day in April to make up for time lost in snow and late start days as well as approved the 2023-24 school calendar. Seger’s letter was the first of three approved by the local Board of Education on Tuesday, March 21. The second two came from High School English Teacher Tracy Kennedy and A...
Haxtun senior Kristopher Hadeen signed a letter of intent with 21st Century Equipment on Friday afternoon in front of family, friends and school supporters. Hadeen plans to attend Southeast Community College in Milford, Neb. as part of the John Deere Ag Tech Program. John Deere partners with various colleges for the John Deere Ag Tech Program which allows students to graduate with an Associate of Applied Science degree while also completing a cooperative work experience at a sponsoring John...
