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Just one regular season game remains on the Haxtun Bulldog's football schedule as this week brings on a highly anticipated Lower Platte League match up with the Bulldogs and Rams from Merino. Last week, Haxtun continued their undefeated streak with a 56-6 taming of the Cougars from Sedgwick County on Saturday. The Bulldogs are one of five teams in Colorado 8-man action with an unblemished record this far into the 2022 season; other teams in that category include Simla, Lyons, Crowley County and...
The Haxtun Bulldogs rolled over the Eagles from Dayspring Christian Academy 54-12 in a home contest at Adam Wernsman Field on Friday night. The team continues to hold the top spot in all of Colorado 8-man action and remains undefeated with a 7-0 record. The Bulldogs are on a 22 game winning streak dating back to the 2020 season. Haxtun's last lost came on Halloween in 2020 when the Bulldogs fell to Merino by a 32-point spread. Those two teams have yet to meet in the 2022 season but the contest...
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs notched another sweep to hold go on a four-game winning streak while claiming victories in seven of their last eight matches. In the last month, the team has topped seven of their last opponents, falling just once in the past four weeks, that loss to the Fleming Lady Wildcats. Haxtun hosted the Lady Longhorns from Kimball, Neb. last Tuesday. The Bulldogs too, the match in three quick sets, 25-18, 25-10 and 25-11. The win gives the team an overall 11-8 record with three regular season games left on the schedule. The...
Board members from the local Chamber of Commerce presented a formal plan to move forward with the director position to the Haxtun Town Council on Monday night, Oct. 3. Chamber President Jim Helfer told the Council plans are in place to create a full-time position that will serve as the director of both the Haxtun and Holyoke chambers in hopes to hire and retain a quality individual to serve both communities. Since the beginning of spring, the Haxtun Chamber of Commerce has been without a director and within that time, board members have been st...
The Haxtun Bulldogs dominated the Caliche Buffaloes on Friday night, hammering out their second league win of the season. Haxtun stomped the Buffs on the road last week, advancing to 6-0 while handing Caliche their second loss of the season. The Buffs suffered a loss the week before to the Sedgwick County Cougars leaving them 4-2 on the season. The Bulldogs scored on their first drive of the game with an 18-yard pass from Quarterback Ryland Wolff to tight end Keegan Colglazier for the first six...
The Lady Bulldogs have won six of their last seven games, including the last three giving the team a 10-8 record as the final four games of the regular season approach. The most recent win came on the road against the Lady Buffaloes at Caliche on Friday night. The Lady Bulldogs took down the home team with a sweep. Haxtun is set to face Otis, Sedgwick County, Weldon Valley and Merino to round out the regular season schedule. Haxtun started off slow early in the first set against the Lady Buffaloes, who hosted the Lady Bulldogs in their annual h...
The infrastructure project at Haxtun Health is wrapping up and administration and board members are prepping to continue strategic planning in the coming weeks. Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace said with the installation of the new roof, the infrastructure project is now done. Pace recently outlined the end of the project to Haxtun Health board members in a Monday night, Sept. 26 meeting in the upstairs meeting room of the Extended Care Unit. The hospital was built in 1962 and opened in 1963, Pace said, adding that much of the...
The Haxtun Police Department is back to full force with the addition of third officer Darrell Smith. Smith started is position with the local department in mid-September and was officially sworn into office on Thursday, Sept. 27. Smith and his wife, Kyla, and their two children reside in Haxtun. For nearly the past year, Smith has served as a deputy with the Phillips County Sheriff's Office; a job he started last December. "I left the Sheriff's Office to better myself professionally as well as...
Week one of league action and the Haxtun Bulldogs emerge victorious from a Friday night contest with the Akron Rams to remain on top in the Lower Platte League and in State standings. Haxtun picked up a 48-14 win against the Rams to improve to 5-0 and remain one of six undefeated 8-man teams in Colorado. The Bulldogs dominated the entire first half of the game, controlling both sides of the ball. The quarterback Ryland Wolff and running back Michael Gerk duo put 20 points on the board in the first quarter. Gerk punched in two rushing touchdowns...
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs improved to 9-8 with two home-court wins last week. The local volleyball team picked up wins over Yuma and Akron in front of their fans at Haxtun High School to pick up a winning percentage with just six games left on the regular schedule before post-season play begins. A Tuesday night match up pitted the Lady Bulldogs against the 2A Yuma Lady Indians. Haxtun nabbed wins in sets one and two, 25-13 and 25-23, but fell in set three 25-19. Following a third set deficit, the...
An hour and a half long meeting brought on the approval of winter sports coaches along with reports from administration during a Monday night, Sept. 19 regular meeting of the Haxtun Board of Education. The Board also reviewed a number of policies as first readings including one regarding random drug testing. All policies are introduced as first readings and then discussed the month following in the second reading. In the three-step process of adopting policies, final readings and adoption would take place in the third reading at a regular open...
Nearly half way through the regular season and the Haxtun Bulldogs hold onto an unblemished record and just four games into their schedule have outscored their opponents 200-46. The most recent win came by means of a 46-0 blowout against the Fleming Wildcats at Adam Wernsman Field in Haxtun on Friday night in the annual homecoming contest held in conjunction with Corn Festival weekend. The game in Haxtun on Friday drew a record crowd as Haxtun and Fleming fans packed the stands for an 8-man...
The Lady Bulldogs took a home court win last week, taking down the Lady Eagles from Wray in front of a home crowd for the first time this season. Haxtun's schedule featured two home games last week as the Lady Bulldogs took on Wray and Fleming in a busy week of homecoming action. A split with the two teams puts Haxtun at 7-8 on the season with seven regular season contests left on the schedule. Wray took set one in Tuesday night action last week, 25-18, but the Bulldogs got a burst of intensity...
For the second time in just 10 months, the Haxtun Bulldogs took a commanding win over the Mancos Bluejays in a highly anticipated rematch of the State Championship match up from last November. The Bulldogs met the Bluejays in neutral territory for a third week contest in the 2022 schedule. Haxtun notched a 50-6 win that leaves the Bulldogs in the number one slot in 8-man action and 3-0 on the season. Haxtun entered as number one and Mancos as number two in Colorado rankings and the two teams...
In a three match day of play in tournament action on Saturday, the Haxtun Lady Bulldogs came out 2-1 with wins of over Wellington and Weldon Valley and a loss to Prairie. The weekend’s action leaves the local volleyball team 6-7 overall as the Lady Bulldogs head into homecoming week and their first home games of the season. The tournament, played in Brush, featured best of three action in which the Lady Bulldogs totaled six sets on the day. Haxtun fell to Prairie in game one, 2-0, but came back to sweep Wellington and Weldon Valley, 2-0, to t...
For all of Fran Gilliland's 101 years, she's lived in a small town. Fran was born in rural northeast Nebraska and later moved with her husband, Keith, and then two high school aged daughters to Haxtun where she continues to reside today, at home, with the help of her daughter Cindy. Fran turned 101 on Sept. 8 and in just two weeks, she will lead the parade as Grand Marshal of the 101st annual Haxtun Corn Festival. An honor just one Haxtun citizen holds; being the same age as the community's...
In two months, Haxtun will have a new mayor. With elections nearing, the Haxtun Town of Haxtun opened up nomination packets for the mayor position as well as seats on the Haxtun Town Council. One packet was submitted for mayor as well as three of four open council seats. Current council member Mike Ensminger turned in the lone packet to run for Mayor and with just three packets for four open seats, the general November election for the Town of Haxtun will be canceled. Three community members, incumbents Lori Lundgren and Bob Coinek, and Dave...
Haxtun Police Chief Nate Nadow reported the re-registration of sex offender James Leonard within Haxtun’s city limits last week. Leonard, age 35, is registered at an address in the 200 block of North Wallace Avenue. According to Nadow, 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 Haxtun Bulldogs remain unbeaten and on top of 8-man leaderboards following a commanding 54-8 win over Holly on the road Friday night. The Bulldogs advance to 2-0 with the win of Holly and remain the number one team in all of Colorado 8-man football. This week, Haxtun will face off with number two ranked Mancos in a rematch of the Championship game last November. In that contest, the Bulldogs claimed the school's eight football championship title with a 40-0 shutout against the Bluejays....
Despite a tough five-set battle on the hardwood in Prairie last week, the Haxtun Bulldogs suffered a loss to the Lady Mustangs leaving the team 4-5 overall as they head into another week of volleyball action. Haxtun took on Wiggins this Tuesday on the road, details of that match up were not available as of press time. Prairie took the first set 25-19 but the Lady Bulldogs settled into routine for sets two and three, 25-14 and 25-23. The fourth was a battle to the finish, in extra points, as the...
In the game room of their Fleming home, Rick and Diane Unrein have a sign with the following quote, "One person can make a difference and everyone should try," by John F. Kennedy. Next to that sign along the east end of the room are at least a dozen awards, certificates and plaques the two have been awarded over the years in their efforts to serve their community and the communities they've worked in. The Unreins are the 2022 Fleming Fall Festival Grand Marshals and will be honored this...
One can't miss Haxtun's newest main street business with an American flag designed front door and Americana-themed sign and open flag. SmokeTrails opened for business on Aug. 23 and owner Dave Ridlen is ready to fill a need and serve a specific niche in northeastern Colorado. Haxtun's gun and ammo store is located at 321 South Colorado Avenue, just directly south of the local building center. "I had a vision to fill a gap, to have a storefront business," said Ridlen, who opened his new business...
In addition to six new teachers in classrooms this fall, Haxtun Schools also welcomes two new support staff members in the technology and business offices. IT Director Perry Ingram joins the Haxtun School District in partnership with an agreement to share his role with the Holyoke School District and Debbie Myers is the new Haxtun Business Manager. Debbie Myers Debbie Myers grew up on a farm in eastern Colorado and has employment experience with the Arickaree and Woodlin school districts. Since...
The Haxtun Bulldogs kicked off the 2022 season taming the Dragons from Holyoke on their home turf Friday night. The Bulldogs faced off against the county rival in an 11-man contest in a highly anticipated game of the season at the home of the Dragons. Head Coach JD Stone talked about the game in a preview story featured in the Herald two weeks ago, noting the Haxtun District signed a two-year contract to face off against the Dragons in gridiron action. In those two years, the host site will...
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs came back from a two-set deficit to take the Lady Dragons from Holyoke to five sets on the road Friday night. Despite a loss in the contest against the neighboring Lady Dragons, the Bulldog team battled and their head coach, Don Schelling, is proud of that. "I was proud of how they fought after being down two sets," he said. "They continued to fight and were able to win sets three and four. We kind of got off to a slow start right from the beginning of the game but...
