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THE FLEMING Lady Wildcats brought home the 1A Runner-Up trophy from the Colorado High School Volleyball Championships in Colorado Springs Saturday. Team members are pictured front row (l-r), Siena Donelson, Hayley Chamberlain, Lexi Schaefer, Sam Pope, Whitney Chintala, Zoey Vandenbark and Laney Schliesser; back row (l-r), Brooklyn Schaefer, Assistant Coach Kylie Chamberlain, Maddy Zink, Hunter Donovan, Savannah Taylor, Madi Serrato, Maddy Harms, Kally Kirkwood, Kylie Bretz, Tori Champ,...
The Haxtun Bulldogs are moving onto semifinals this week. The Bulldog football team took down the Akron Rams for the second time this season to advance another step further in the 8-man State playoff bracket. Just four teams remain in all of Colorado 8-man action including number one ranked Haxtun, fifth seeded Holly, 11th ranked Sanford and number two seeded Mancos. For the second time in just two weeks the Bulldogs met up with the Rams on their home turf for a Plains League matchup on the...
Two new members officially joined the Frenchman Board of Education in Fleming. Karianne Donnelson and Nick Wernsman took their oaths of office at a Nov. 8 meeting. The two fill seats previously held by retiring members Shane Schliesser and Randy Kirkwood. Kirkwood opened the meeting as President for the final time. He has served on the local school board for a total of eight years. At the start of the meeting, Scott Szabo presented the 2020-2021 audit. Szabo said the District is in good...
The leaves on the gambel oak are some of the last to go. They stubbornly hang on through rain and freezing weather, even after turning. They are testament to the toughness of the plant in general … drought tolerant, insect resistant, cold hardy and able to recover from mower blight over the years. Gambel oak are seemingly indestructible when compared to other landscaping. Also known as scrub oak, they are normally found at higher elevations and can be discovered among the rocks and cliffs of t...
“Old Jim didn’t have any enemies, just a lot of friends who didn’t like him.” I caught that line from an old movie on TV the other night. You know, the kind of movie that’s on at two in the morning when you can’t sleep so you go out and flip on the old boob tube. “Old Jim” was a gangster being laid to rest after a chance meeting with 30 or 40 machine gun bullets. In an effort to say something good about the departed that was the best they could come up with. I watch a lot of TV in the winter w...
Another State tournament is in the books, as volleyball took center stage last weekend. The region was very well represented at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs and quite a bit of hardware was brought home by area teams. The Class 1A field was loaded with local squads, with the top eight seeds (Briggsdale, Fleming, Haxtun, Merino, Wiley, Stratton, Idalia, Cheraw) all calling Eastern Colorado home. The 12th-seed, Genoa-Hugo/Karval also represented the area. As the bracket played out...
13 Years Ago Dec. 2, 1936 Miss Evelyn Waters of Wray and Joseph Intermill were married on Wednesday evening of last week at Aurora. The young people were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Strickland of Haxtun. They returned to Haxtun Friday. After a short visit here, the newlyweds left for Eckley, where they will make their home. The couple made another brief visit to Haxtun Sunday evening, being brought here by a charivari crowd. The marriage of Miss Bernice Finnigsmier, former Haxtun girl, and...
LOCAL FLEMING VETERANS and their family members, pictured above, listen to speeches and poems read by high school and junior high students at the annual Veterans' Day assembly held last week. The Fleming band and elementary students also performed at the event. Those in attendance who were honored before the assembly with breakfast served by the student body are pictured (l-r), Mary Lee and Harold Kues, Traudi and Tom Torres, Gordon Lambert and Vince Brekel. Nicole Kleve, pictured below,...
Overall 24-5 and a final-four finish at the 1A State Tournament, but really, it isn't about the numbers that stands out about this year's Haxtun Lady Bulldog volleyball team. It's the grit, determination and heart that each one played with throughout the season and into the State Tournament that most will remember. All the aforementioned characteristics were evident in the 17 sets played on the court at State last weekend, but it is bigger than that. It's the standard set for excellence at the...
The Fleming Lady Wildcat volleyball squad has grown up seeing and admiring excellence on their volleyball court. This year's team continued that tradition of excellence, a tradition that started before their elementary years, with a 16th consecutive State volleyball tournament appearance. First year Lady Wildcat Head Coach Megan Chintala took the reins of the dynasty in the senior season of Sam Pope, Zoey Vandenbark and Whitney Chintala, her younger sister. The trio of this year's seniors grew...
The defending 6-man State Champion Fleming Wildcats were stopped short in their quest for a third consecutive State title last Friday with a quarterfinal loss to the Idalia Wolves. Returning to the field following a week hiatus brought about by a Hanover forfeiture, the Fleming Wildcats were given home-field advantage for the quarterfinal contest. The fifth ranked Fleming Wildcats and the fourth ranked Idalia Wolves met during the regular season on Idalia's home field. The local team suffered...
