What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
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A 2-1 showing at the 1A State Volleyball Tournament last week has brought the Fleming Lady Wildcats' season to a close. After wins in the second and third rounds and a semifinal loss the Lady Wildcats sit among the top four teams in 1A. The Lady Wildcats advanced into the State Tournament after top league and regional finishes. They were ranked as the number three seed heading into State which allowed them a first round bye. Tournament play opened on Thursday, Nov. 14 against the sixth ranked...
After going 7-3 overall and 5-1 in the 6-man North League, the Fleming Wildcats' season has come to a close after the first round of playoffs. The Wildcats advanced into the post season as the ninth-ranked team in a 16-team bracket which pitted them against the eighth-ranked Arickaree Bison. Due to weather, the date, time and location of the opening round of playoffs was changed. The game, originally slated for Saturday at Arickaree, ended up taking place on Sunday at Prairie High School....
The Fleming Lady Wildcats have made their way to the 1A State Championships set for Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 14-16 with a Regional sweep over the Lone Star Lady Longhorns last week. The Lady Wildcats enter the 12-team bracket as the number three seed. Fleming hosted Lone Star last Friday for Regional play. They entered the single-game tournament as the number three seed playing number 22. The Lady Wildcats cruised to the three-set win by scores of 25-15, 25-12 and 25-10. Junior hitters Ashley...
Fleming's Lady Wildcats have earned the third place spot moving into post-season volleyball action. The team completed the regular season with a sweep over Caliche last Friday to finish at 18-5 overall. Fleming went undefeated in the North Central League this season, giving them the top spot among those five teams. Sitting above them in the 24-team regional bracket are Merino and Idalia. The Lady Wildcats cruised to a three-set victory last week on the road at Caliche, 25-17, 25-18 and 25-18. Ju...
The regular season has come to a close for the Wildcats of Fleming. The final regular season contest brought a tough league loss to the Caliche Buffaloes last week, but a 7-3 overall record has allowed the Wildcat team to advance into the playoff bracket as the number nine seed according to Colorado High School Activities' Association rankings. Friday's 45-30 loss against the North League's top contender, the Caliche Buffaloes, marked the lone league loss of the season for the local team....
The top two teams in the 6-man North Conference are set to meet up Friday when the 8-1 Caliche Buffaloes host the 7-2 Fleming Wildcats. Both teams hold perfect 5-0 league records. The Wildcats stood at 7-1 prior to last week's outing against the Idalia Wolves. Fleming sat two spots behind Idalia entering last week's play; Fleming in number seven, Idalia at number five. The Wildcats trailed by 12 after the opening quarter in Friday's home contest against the Wolves, 20-8, and Idalia would go on...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats sit in the fourth position of the Colorado High School Activities Association's Seeding Index as of Wednesday morning, Oct. 30. Just one match against Caliche remains on the regular season schedule. The Lady Wildcats hosted Idalia last Friday and swept the Lady Wolves, 3-0. Despite the loss to the Lady Wildcats, Idalia is listed as the second seeded team in Colorado 1A volleyball. On Saturday, Oct. 26, Fleming traveled to Simla where they took part in a triangular...
A 340-yard night on Friday against the Briggsdale Falcons has put Lone Star senior Grant Kuntz at the top of the list of leading rushers among all classifications in Colorado. Kuntz has run for 1,621 yards on the season, averaging 15.2 yards per carry. Friday night's win over Briggsdale bumped the Wildcats up four spots in the Colorado High School Activities Association's weekly rankings. Last week, the local squad held the 11th spot; this week they sit at number seven, two slots ahead of last...
With just four games remaining on the regular season agenda, the Fleming Lady Wildcats maintained their third place spot in the Colorado High School Activities Association's 1A weekly rankings. The Lady Wildcats fell to Haxtun on Tuesday, Oct. 15, by a match score of 3-1. Junior Ashley Bornhoft put 22 kills on the floor in the contest; an average of 5.5 kills per set. Junior Ciana Lousberg followed, also hitting double digits, with 14. Sophomore Hayley Chamberlain made the team's leading...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats have fallen one spot in Colorado High School Activities Association's weekly rankings despite taking wins over Weldon Valley and Peetz last week. Fleming now sits in the number three spot behind Merino and Idalia. Idalia took wins over Genoa-Hugo and Sedgwick County last week, a team that Fleming fell to in five sets earlier this season. On Thursday, Oct. 10, the Lady Wildcats traveled to the home of the Weldon Valley Lady Warriors where they tacked on their first win...
The Wildcats of Fleming stand in second place in 6-man's North Central League behind top-ranked Caliche following a big Friday night victory over league foe Peetz. The Wildcats are now ranked number 11 in the state in 6-man and Caliche sits at number eight, according to Colorado High School Activities Association rankings. Those two teams are set to meet on Nov.1 in the regular season closer. The story of Friday night's win over Peetz came down to Fleming's running game. The local team rushed...
The Fleming Wildcats traveled to the home of the Hi-Plains Patriots on Friday, Oct. 4 where they shut out the home team. The Wildcats put up 28 points in the opening quarter at Seibert and a scoreless second quarter left the tally at 28-0 at halftime. The Wildcats added 14 points in the third quarter and 12 in the fourth to close out the game at 54-0 over Hi-Plains. Sophomore quarterback Treyson Kirkwood completed three passes for the night. He threw for 89 yards with a long pass of 45 yards...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats have worked their way into the top two in the Colorado High School Activities Association's weekly rankings. The local squad swept Otis and High Plains last week to move up two spots from number four to number two behind the Merino Lady Rams in 1A action. Fleming is scheduled to meet Merino at the end of October. The Lady Wildcats now stand at 11-2 on the season. All of those 11 victories have been 3-0 sweeps. Last Thursday, the Lady Wildcats traveled to Otis to face...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats moved up three spots in the Colorado High School Activities Association rankings last week with sweeps over Lone Star and Prairie. With an undefeated league record of 4-0 the Lady Wildcats hold the top spot in their league and now sit in the fourth spot in State 1A rankings with a 9-2 overall record. Last week's play opened on Fleming's home court on Thursday, Sept. 26 when the Lady Wildcats hosted the Lone Star Lady Longhorns. The opening set, which marked the closest...
The Fleming Wildcats have moved into the top 10 of Colorado's 6-man standings this week according to info provided by the Colorado High School Activities Association. The Wildcats traveled to New Raymer on Friday where they faced off with the Prairie Mustangs in league action. Scores by quarter were not provided, but the Wildcats came out with a narrow, one-point win, 45-44. Fleming now sits in the second spot in league standings with Caliche in the top spot. Those two teams are set to meet up...
The Fleming Wildcats hosted and defeated the Warriors of Weldon Valley in Thursday night action last week. The win advances the Wildcats to 3-1 on the season and 2-0 in the league putting them in the top 6-man North slot according to MaxPreps. Sophomore Treyson Kirkwood ran Fleming's offense from the quarterback position against Weldon Valley. He completed four of six passes for 93 yards and a touchdown. His performance earned him a QB rating of 149.3 for the game. Two Wildcats found themselves...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats spent two nights over the past week sweeping the volleyball court. Fleming added three-set wins over the Peetz Lady Bulldogs on Wednesday and the Weldon Valley Lady Warriors on Thursday bringing them to 7-2 on the year. Set one in Wednesday night's match with Peetz ended with Fleming on top 25-8. The Lady Bulldogs managed double digits on the scoreboard in sets two and three, but ultimately fell 25-15 and 25-12. Sophomore Hayley Chamberlain and junior Ciana Lousberg spl...
A single outing over the past week added one in the win column for the Fleming Lady Wildcats who now stand at 5-3 overall. Last Thursday's match at Briggsdale marked the first league contest of the season and a sweep on that occasion puts the Lady Wildcats in the top spot in the North Central League. Weldon Valley, who is scheduled to meet the Lady Wildcats on Thursday, Sept. 19, holds the second spot. Fleming came out hot in the opening sets at Briggsdale last week cruising to 10- and 12-point...
In combined annual homecoming and Fall Festival events held last Saturday in Fleming, the Wildcats took a commanding, 46-13, win over the North Park Wildcats for their first league win of the season. The Wildcats now stand at 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the 6-man North League. According to MaxPreps, the Wildcats sit in the second spot in the 6-man North League behind Caliche who holds a 2-0 league record. The Wildcat offense moved the ball 206 yards throughout the game. Their ground game saw 175 of t...
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The Fleming Wildcats hosted their home opener last week in a contest against the Wauneta-Palisade Broncos. Fleming notched their first win of the season with the annual homecoming game on the horizon. The Wildcats and Broncos battled Friday night in contest that would end with Fleming on top by just two points, 35-33. The Wildcats gained more yardage on the ground than the Broncos rushing and passing game combined. Fleming picked up 322 rushing yards compared to Wauneta-Palisades 309 total...
The Fleming Wildcat cross country team competed in their second even of the season on Friday, Sept. 6, at Riverside Park in the Fort Morgan Invitational. Top-10 placers from that day are as follows: Boys 5,000-meter run: Jared Betley, seventh place, 19:39.1 Girls 5,000-meter run: Jinjer Stroyek, ninth place, 25:00.1. The next event for the team is slated for Friday, Sept. 20 at North Lake Park for the Loveland Sweetheart Invitational....
A 1-1 week last week puts the Lady Wildcats at 4-2 on the season following a road loss to Sedg. Co. and road win over Wiggins. The Lady Wildcats took on the Sedg. Co. Lady Cougars on Tuesday, Sept. 3, and fell in a hard-fought five-set match. Fleming battled back after losing sets one and two to take sets three and four, but a 15-7 score in the fifth set gave the Lady Cougars the victory. The local ladies hit the road once again on Thursday, this time to Wiggins, where they swept the Lady...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats traveled to Sterling last weekend where they took part in the Northeastern Junior College Volleyball Tournament. The local squad swept their first two matches of the day before falling to the Merino Lady Rams in four sets. Victory number one of the day came against the Holyoke Lady Dragons, where Fleming swept 25-8, 25-19 and 28-26. Junior Ciana Lousberg put up leading numbers in several categories in the match. She earned a double-double with the team high 18 kills...
The Fleming Wildcats opened the 2024 football season with a trip to Dalton, Neb., on Friday where they fell to the Leyton Warriors. Leyton opened with a high-scoring first half, shutting out the visiting Wildcats, 32-0. The Wildcats put 14 points on the scoreboard throughout the second half while Leyton added another 10 to close with a 42-14 victory. Individual stats for the Wildcats were not available on MaxPreps as of press time. This week, the Wildcats are set to host Wauneta-Palisade, another Nebraska team, for their home opener. Kickoff...
