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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Two out of three is nothing to complain about. And that's what the season came down to for a group of six Fleming Wildcat seniors who, for the third year of their four-year high school football careers, went head-to-head with Stratton for the 6-man State Title. An exciting semifinal win over third-ranked Granada in overtime gave the Wildcats their spot in the title contest. The win would pit the second ranked Wildcats against the top ranked Stratton Eagles. Fleming knew they'd have a fight on...
Many life lessons, principles and values can be learned on the playing field. One of the most basic and common fundamentals ingrained in athletes is to never give up. Last Saturday's performance proved that the Fleming Wildcats understood the assignment. It was a contest that should have been the second outing between the second ranked Wildcats and the third ranked Granada Bobcats. But due to a regular season forfeit by Granada, fans weren't given a preview of what was to come in Saturday's 6-ma...
Fleming's Kally Kirkwood will head to Chadron State College in Chadron, Neb. next year to play volleyball for the Lady Eagles. Kirkwood signed a letter of intent surrounded by her current coaching team, family and friends last Wednesday, Nov. 9 at the Fleming School/Community Library. Kirkwood has achieved a successful and decorated high school volleyball career which came to a close at last weekend's State Volleyball Tournament in Denver. "Kally is a tremendous athlete with the ability to...
Fleming's Lady Wildcat volleyball squad appeared in their 17th consecutive 1A State Tournament last week. And for the third consecutive year, brought home the 1A Runner-Up trophy. This year's seniors - Lexi Schaefer, Kally Kirkwood, Maddy Harms, Maddy Zink and Laney Schliesser - sought to repeat the success of their freshman season as they entered the Denver Coliseum among the best in the State last week. Their debut season was the last the time the Lady Wildcats brought home the 1A title....
In a Veterans' Day showdown, the Fleming Wildcats defeated the Genoa-Hugo Pirates last Friday in 6-man quarterfinals. The second ranked Wildcats now advance to semifinal play this Saturday against the third ranked Granada Bobcats. Fleming ran up the score early in the opening minutes of play last Friday and held a 36-14 lead at halftime. By the end of the third, they improved that lead by another six and led over the Pirates, 50-22. The addition of another couple touchdowns for the home team in...
A pair of Saturday evening, home-court Regional sweeps last weekend gave the Fleming Lady Wildcats their 17th consecutive State berth. The Lady Wildcats, who entered Regionals as the number four seed, hosted number 13 Cheraw and number 21 Belleview Christian. The local ladies cruised to victories in both contests and gave up an average of just 16 points per set to their opponents on the day. The Lady Wildcats' front row played solid for the both matches. Senior Kally Kirkwood led in kills with...
The second ranked Fleming Wildcats hosted the 15th ranked Hanover Hornets last Saturday for a blustery opening round of playoffs. Fleming jumped to a quick 16-0 lead in the opening minutes of play and then doubled their score by the end of the half all the while holding Hanover out of the end zone. About midway through the third quarter with a Wildcat lead of 42-0, Head Coach John King started utilizing some of his younger players. Freshman Wyatt Sonnenberg carried the ball several times and...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats wrapped up their regular-season play last week at 1-1 with a loss to top-ranked Merino and a victory over Stratton. The Lady Wildcats have earned the fourth spot and home court advantage for Regional play slated for this weekend. The defending champion Merino Lady Rams visited Fleming last Thursday for the second match between the two squads this season. For the second time, the Lady Wildcats took the Lady Rams to four sets - a challenging feat against a team who owns...
Official playoff brackets have been released following the close of the regular 6-man football season last week. The Fleming Wildcats have clinched the number two slot after going 7-2 overall this year with a loss to 8-man's top-ranked Haxtun and a more recent loss to 6-man's top-ranked Stratton. The Wildcats finished with an undefeated league record of 5-0. Friday night's season closer brought top-ranked Stratton to Fleming for a showdown of number one versus number two. The Stratton Eagles...
Fleming's Lady Wildcat volleyball team went 3-0 last week in contests with Holyoke, Briggsdale and Caliche. The team hosted Holyoke on Tuesday, Oct. 18 to open the week before traveling on back-to-back nights for weekend action on Friday and Saturday. Tuesday night's matchup marked the second of the season between the Lady Wildcats and the Lady Dragons of Holyoke. Fleming swept 2A's Lady Dragons on both occasions - 25-12, 25-12 and 25-18 in the most recent outing. Senior Lexi Schaefer earned a...
Just one highly-anticipated game remains on the regular season agenda for the 7-1 Wildcats of Fleming. The Wildcats took down Briggsdale last week on the road and are scheduled to return to their home field to take on the top-ranked Stratton Eagles in this Friday’s regular season closer. Fleming held on to their undefeated league record last week with a 71-33 victory over the Briggsdale Falcons. Scores by quarter were not reported. Senior Nolan Japp ran for 221 rushing yards on Friday at Briggsdale. He now averages just over 100 rushing y...
With just a couple weeks and a handful of games remaining the regular season, the Fleming Lady Wildcats now stand in the seventh spot in Colorado High School Activities Association Rankings. Fleming has dropped matches to two of the top six on the list — number-one ranked Merino and third ranked Simla. Last week’s action added a league sweep over the Prairie Lady Mustangs and a non-league loss to 2A’s second ranked Sedgwick County Lady Cougars. The week’s play started on Tuesday at New Raymer where the Lady Wildcats swept the Lady Mustang...
Fleming traveled to New Raymer last Friday where they put a 52-6 pounding on the Mustangs. The Wildcats maintain their number two spot in Colorado High School Activities Association rankings behind number-one ranked Stratton - a team they'll take on in the final contest of the season in just two weeks. Despite nearly matching the Wildcats in carries and receptions, the Mustang defense gave up 384 offensive yards to the Wildcats. That total more than doubled yardage earned by the home team's...
The Fleming Wildcats maintain their number two spot in Colorado High School Activities Association's 6-man rankings following a commanding Friday, Oct. 7 homecoming victory over the Warriors of Weldon Valley. The Stratton Eagle remain in the top slot. Friday night's contest on Fleming's home field opened with a Wildcat touchdown by junior Wyatt Cochran in the opening minutes of the game. Cochran followed it up with a blocked kick which he picked up and returned for the second touchdown of the...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats went 1-1 in last week's home-court action. They took a three-set sweep over Weldon Valley in a Friday evening homecoming match and fell to the then seventh-ranked Simla Lady Cubs on Saturday. The Lady Wildcats entered last week's play in the number three slot of Colorado High School Activities Association's 1A rankings. They held a 12-2 record on the year when they met up with the Lady Warriors on Friday. Weldon Valley came close within five and four points in Friday's...
The Fleming Wildcats came back in full force last weekend with a league win over the Peetz Bulldogs. After game forfeits and cancellations followed by an 8-man loss to Haxtun, the Wildcats returned to 6-man action last Saturday. With just two contests under their belt in the sixth week of the season, the Wildcats own a 4-1 overall record with an undefeated league record of 2-0. Fleming sent North Park and Idalia packing to open the season in weeks one and two. A Granada forfeit and cancellation...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats have moved up in Colorado High School Activities Association rankings to the number three spot. Last week the squad dropped to the fourth slot, but a win over Peetz last week gave them an edge over Dove Creek who dropped to number four. The top two slots are currently held by Merino and McClave. Fleming swept Peetz in last Saturday’s league contest on the road, 25-6, 25-11 and 25-13; putting them at 12-2 on the year and 5-0 in their league. Junior Madi Serrato made a stellar performance from behind the service line a...
Despite last week's home win over Briggsdale and a road win over Haxtun, the Fleming Lady Wildcats dropped two spots to number four in Colorado High School Activities Association standings to the number four spot. Merino remains in the number one spot; Dove Creek and McClave have taken spots two and three with undefeated records. The then 9-2 Lady Wildcats hosted the Briggsdale Lady Falcons last Thursday. Briggsdale entered the league contest at 8-3 on the season and took Fleming to four sets be...
The Fleming Wildcats returned to gridiron action last week following a two-week hiatus due to game cancellations. Fleming was scheduled to play at Granada and Crawford, Neb., but a forfeit and a cancelled game kept the team sidelined after their most recent win, 44-6, over Idalia on Sept. 2. Friday night's anticipated return put the Wildcats on Haxtun's field for an 8-man contest against the defending 8-man State Champion Bulldogs. Despite the 6-man team's efforts to leash hosting Bulldogs,...
A pair of wins - both sweeps - over the past week puts the Fleming Lady Wildcats at 9-2 on the season. The squad continues to hold a top spot in Colorado High School Activities Association's 1A rankings. The week's play opened on Thursday, Sept. 15 with a home-court match against the unranked Lone Star Lady Longhorns. Fleming earned their first sweep of the week, their sixth of the then 10-match season, by scores of 25-16, 25-10 and 25-19. Senior Kally Kirkwood and junior Madi Serrato led the...
Last week's action on the volleyball court brought sweeps number four and five for the Fleming Lady Wildcats who now stand at 7-2 on the season. Fleming opened with a sweep over Akron on Tuesday, Sept. 6 and followed up with a road sweep over Weldon Valley on Thursday, Sept. 8. The Lady Wildcats cruised to Tuesday's victory over Akron by 11 points in the first set and 10 in the two that followed; 25-14, 25-15 and 25-15. Akron dropped to 0-6 after last week's play. Freshman setter Ciana Lousberg...
The Fleming Wildcats dominated the Idalia Wolves last Friday night doling out their second pounding on their home field this season. Fleming stomped North Park last week to open and gave Idalia a 44-6 beating in week number two. Ground game between the two teams proved evenly matched with Fleming out rushing Idalia's offense by just two yards; 114 yards to 112. Fleming averaged just under a yard more per carry. Senior Nolan Japp led the Wildcats in rushing yards with 57 on five carries. Senior...
Fleming’s Lady Wildcats went 1-1 last week taking a loss at Wiggins and a win at home over Idalia. The team traveled to Wiggins on Thursday, Sept. 1 where they met up with a highly-ranked, undefeated 2A Lady Tiger team. The local ladies played a close opening set, falling short by just two, 27-25. They lost sets two and three 25-16 and 25-19. Fleming’s serve game looked solid in the match. As a group, the ladies made good on nearly 92 percent of their serves. Freshman Ciana Lousberg led the team with three aces in the contest. She att...
In a five-match opening week of volleyball action last week, the Fleming Lady Wildcats took three sweeps in two days of competition. The Lady Wildcats opened at home against Peetz last Thursday where they earned sweep number one before playing at Northeastern Junior College in tournament action on Saturday adding sweeps over Holyoke and Caliche. Saturday's tournament also brought a five-set win over Dayspring Christian and a four-set loss to the defending State Champion Merino Lady Rams....
Win number one went on the books for the Fleming Wildcats who defeated the visiting North Park Wildcats in a Saturday afternoon season opener. Fleming looked ready in the opening minutes of the game and tacked on two touchdowns while holding North Park scoreless. The visiting Wildcats found the end zone once in the second quarter, but Fleming upped their score by another 13 to close the half at 25-6. North Park added another TD in the third quarter, but that would be their last of the game. The...
