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The Lady Bulldogs went 2-1 in a busy week of volleyball action over the past week. Haxtun took the court three times in five days; two of those at home and one on the road. Action kicked off at home on Friday where the Lady Bulldogs swept the Akron Rams 25-20, 25-18 and 25-19 in a Lower Platte League contest. That win leaves Haxtun 5-1 and third in League standings, according to MaxPreps. Merino holds the top spot at 5-0 ahead of the second seated, 3-0 Lady Cougars from Sedgwick County. Two...
The Fleming School District is getting a new website. Local school board members approved payment to Apptegy for the new site in addition to increasing bus driver pay and payments for those who help work various jobs at sporting events during a recent board of education meeting. Fleming Schools recently partnered with Apptegy, an education technology company, to develop a new school website. During a late September meeting of the Frenchman Board of Education meeting, members voted to approve an...
Some games aren't about the final win or loss but more about what a team can accomplish together on the court. Friday night was one of those contests for the Haxtun Lady Bulldogs as they set out against the Lady Rams in Merino. The Rams are currently 11-0 and hold the top spot in 1A State rankings. The Lady Bulldogs came out hot in Merino, taking the first set against the Lady Rams, 25-22. The two Lower Platte League teams battled in set two with Haxtun falling short by just five, 25-20. The thi...
Things are definitely heating up in 8-man football action as most teams kicked off league play this week. Two top Colorado teams put 70 or more points on the board in their respective contests on Friday including the Haxtun Bulldogs, who topped Merino 70-6 in their first Plains League outing this season. Byers shut out South Park 78-0 in week one of the Black Forest League. The Rams scored in their first possession of the game with a long touchdown pass over the top of the Bulldogs but that...
With the announcement of Chief Executive Officer Dewane Pace's retirement, Haxtun Health Board of Directors took action to change bank signature cards along with delegating Julia Biesemeier, Chief Operating Officer, in assisting with CEO responsibilities while decisions on searching for a new top officer are made. At the start of the Monday, Sept. 23 meeting, Board Chair Kent Bamford announced Pace's retirement after the call to order and invocation. He said Pace plans to continue his CEO role...
The preseason is over and just four games remain on the regular season schedule for the Haxtun Bulldogs. Haxtun wrapped up preseason play with a 58-6 win over Front Range Christian on Friday and now preps to face Merino on the road this week. The Bulldogs hosted the Falcons from Front Range Christian for an early Friday evening match up marking annual homecoming festivities ahead of the community's Corn Festival celebration on Saturday. A dominating first half performance from the Bulldogs put...
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs swept the Lady Tigers in Cheyenne Wells on Monday night. The three-set win gives the Lady Bulldogs an overall 9-3 record mid-way through the regular season and with just 10 games left on the schedule before post-season play begins. Following a week long hiatus, the Lady Bulldogs hit the road for a long journey south to Cheyenne Wells on Monday for a non-league match up with the Lady Tigers. Haxtun took sets one through three, 25-18, 25-21 and 26-24. Seniors Jayleigh...
The Fleming Town Council plans to cancel upcoming elections. With three open council seats and only two returned petitions, the November municipal election will be canceled and a vacancy will be announced for the local town council. Seats currently held by Alex Gapter, Suzanne Wales and Cathy Castillo expire this November. Two community members, Milinda McClain Hickey and Kamie Lambrecht completed and returned petitions for four-year terms. According to Town Clerk, Michelle Asfeld, the Council...
The Haxtun Board of Education met for a regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 16 in the high school library. The regular Tuesday meeting date was moved to a day earlier to avoid conflict with other events on the school calendar. Looking ahead, board members acted later in the meeting to set the next eight meeting dates, through May 2024, to both plan ahead and avoid calendar clashes throughout the school year. In his Superintendent's report at the start of the meeting, Aron Jones gave an over on...
On your mark, get set, go! The J. Jeffryes Memorial Run/Walk takes off on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 8 a.m. The event is hosted on the 103rd annual celebration of Haxtun's Corn Festival. Event registration begins on main street at 7 a.m. Organizer Krystle Koberstein urges participants to pre-register for the race to insure the number and sizes of t-shirts match the number of walkers and runners. Those wishing to pre-register can contact Koberstein at (970) 774-6600. The run/walk, in its 27th year,...
Going once, going twice, sold! The annual Haxtun FFA member auction is set to take place on Saturday, Sept. 28. The auction takes place on the main stage downtown Haxtun following the parade and Lil' Mr. and Miss Corn Festival contest, around 12 noon. The sale offers the opportunity for locals to purchase labor by Haxtun High School FFA members. Those who win the bid receive a commitment of eight hours of labor from the student purchased. All bid prices are per hour. FFA advisor Jeff Plumb, who...
The 2024 Haxtun Corn Festival will feature a free concert as part of the 103rd celebration in downtown Haxtun. Those with energy to spare after a fun-filled day of activities can rock out to the sounds of Tyler Anthony and special guest Jordan Suter. The Haxtun Corn Festival street dance takes place on Sept. 28 on North Colorado Avenue in downtown Haxtun. Gates open at 6 p.m. and the opening act kicks things off at 7 p.m. Hailing from the heartland of Nebraska, Tyler Anthony is a rising...
The Lady Bulldogs improved to 8-3 overall with two home wins and one road loss over the past week and a half. The ladies in red fell to Wiggins in five on Tuesday evening, Sept. 17 but bounced back for a sweep over Crowley County at home on Saturday, Sept. 21 and a five-set victory to top Wray in the Lady Bulldogs annual homecoming contest on Tuesday, Sept. 24. Haxtun traveled to Wiggins early last week for both junior high and high school match ups with the Tigers. The varsity high school team...
Over the past three games the Haxtun Bulldogs have been unstoppable on both sides of the ball. Since their outing with Wichita County on Sept. 6, the Bulldogs have allowed just 12 points on defense while the offense racked up a total of 144; a 132 point difference in just three games. The last two outings have been a complete shut out with a 60 or more point spread. Most recently the Bulldogs hosted the Chargers from Crowley County, coming north from Ordway for a Saturday afternoon contest at...
When you've spent your entire life in the community you proudly call home it isn't hard to harvest memories of your favorite weekend event that rolls around once a year. For Cork and Trilla Bornhoft, reminiscing of Corn Festivals past comes pretty easy. In fact the couple could probably sit for hours with company and recall stories from their memory banks of Haxtun Corn Festivals over the years, looking back on their favorite class floats, years when the weather didn't cooperate or when their...
Incumbents Ryan Horton, Tana Pope and Jon Brammer will fill four-year terms on the Haxtun Town Council beginning in November. The three are the only interested community members to return petitions to seek a seat on the local town council. Horton and Pope will return to the Council for four year terms and Brammer will be appointed to his first, four-year term. Brammer is currently completing a term for a former council member who resigned mid-shift. He was appointed to the town council vacancy...
The Town of Haxtun will experience a power outage the morning of Saturday, Oct. 5. The outage is expected from 8 a.m. to noon. The Town of Haxtun will be working with the Western Area Power Administration as part of the planned outage to perform preventative maintenance. "WAPA identified a potential problem out at the substation that they need to fix. In order to do so they need to disconnect the power for the town," said Ron Carpenter, Haxtun Town Superintendent. "If they don't address it the...
The Haxtun Bulldogs put nearly 800 miles on the bus to face the Sanford Mustangs on the gridiron last week. A 60-0 win puts the Bulldogs at 2-0 with two opponents on the schedule before league play begins this season. This week Haxtun is set to host Crowley County at home on Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs' trek to Sanford started Thursday as the team practiced the last hour of school before loading up and traveling to Fountain for the night. First thing Friday, the team headed south over the...
Every year crowds gather with excitement in downtown Fleming for the annual Fall Festival event and this year's celebration might be the biggest of them all. Saturday, Sept. 14 not only marks the date of this year's Fleming Fall Festival, it also features homecoming activities and Fleming High School alumni reunions combining three of the community's biggest events into one big celebration. Honored Citizens, Mike and Kim Nolde, have a lot of memories of past Fall Festivals and there are specific...
The Haxtun Town Council gave the go-ahead for a special event liquor permit for the annual Corn Festival event slated for later this month during a Tuesday evening, Sept. 6 meeting at the Town Hall. In addition, council members approved a generator project at the community center and gave nod to the purchase of a new tractor for the maintenance department. The September meeting opened with a public hearing for a request for a special event liquor permit as requested by the Haxtun Chamber of...
Friday night lights were back on at Adam Wernsman Field as the Haxtun Bulldogs hosted Wichita County in the season home opener last week. The Bulldogs picked up their first win and in front of a home crowd with a 22-12 win on Friday, Sept. 6. The Bulldogs dominated throughout the first half, putting 16 unanswered points on the board in the first 24 minutes of play. Haxtun added six points to the board after half time and the Indians, from Leoti, Kan. managed their first six in the third. The...
The Lady Bulldogs notched a win on their home court Friday night with a sweep over the Lady Indians from Wichita County, Kan. The win puts Haxtun at 5-2 on the season and according to Colorado High School Activities Association RPI rankings seventh in the state in 2A action as of Tuesday morning, Sept. 10. Friday's action put the high school's C team, two junior varsity and varsity teams on the court against the Lady Indians and all of the Lady Bulldogs came out with a win. The varsity took the...
The Haxtun Health Board of Directors selected a concrete company to move forward with a project to replace three parking lots at the main hospital campus. The Board of Directors voted, on Aug. 26, to go with L.E.C. Construction out of Greeley to begin the first of three phases to replace the north, south and emergency room parking lots at the main hospital campus. In addition to that vote by the Board, Chief Executive Office Dewane Pace announced the promotion of Julia Biesemeier to Chief...
Food service funding, current school year numbers, new hires and the approval of several invoices were all topics of reports and action items during an Aug. 28 meeting of the Frenchman Board of Education in the Fleming School/Community Library last week. The Board approved several 140-day staff agreements as well as named two as critical shortage teachers. The August board meeting opened with reports from staff members now that staff are back in the building following summer break. Food Service...
The Haxtun Lady Bulldogs may have had a slow 0-2 start in their first outing this season but they came back with a vengeance, picking up four wins on the road last week. The Bulldogs took down Holyoke on Thursday and later defeated Otis, Dayspring Christian Academy and Arickaree in tournament play at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling on Saturday. The 4-0 week puts the team at 4-2 on the season as the Lady Bulldogs prepare for their home opener against Wichita County on Friday. Haxtun...
