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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The Bulldogs went 1-1 in basketball action last week. Haxtun took the court on the road in Kimball, Neb. Friday night and in a quick turnaround, hosted Prairie at home on Saturday. The Bulldogs suffered a 21-point loss on the road but came back home for the win against the Mustangs for the team's second home victory this season. Haxtun has had just two home games thus far into the 2024-25 season, but will add a third this weekend as the Bulldogs prepare to face Holyoke later this week. Friday...
The Lady Bulldogs picked up a pair of wins last week with a victory on the road in Kimball, Neb. and another in a home court contest with Prairie. The back-to-back showings puts the team at almost 50 percent on the season with just 10 games left on the schedule before post-season. Friday's contest pitted the Lady Bulldogs in a match up with the Lady Longhorns in Kimball, Neb. It was all red and black from the start as Haxtun jumped to an early advantage, allowing both varsity and junior varsity...
The Sedgwick County/Fleming girls wrestling team secured a decisive victory over the Yuma girls' squad in an intense match-up on Thursday evening. The final score was 42-29, with SCF outpacing the home team with a series of dominant performances across the weight classes. The evening kicked off with the 170-pound weight class, where Olivia Stone took on Sierra Brown of Yuma. Stone pinned Brown in just 1:36 to score the first points of the night for her team. Yuma's Taelynn Robinson defeated Bell...
The Sedgwick County/Fleming wrestling team delivered a dominant performance on the mat, defeating Yuma in a dual last week with a final score of 48-27. With multiple victories by pin and decision, SCF showcased their strength across various weight classes, securing key wins and extending their momentum throughout the evening. The real highlight of the match came from SCF's wrestlers who dominated with falls. At 132 pounds, Maddox Herskind wasted no time, pinning Thomas Deal in 3:20 to add six po...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats moved on to 7-1 with recent wins over the South Platte Lady Blue Knights out of Big Springs, Neb. and the Otis Lady Bulldogs. Fleming served as host for both events last Friday and Saturday nights. The Lady Wildcats came out with a narrow, four-point lead after the first quarter on Friday night against the Lady Blue Knights. The widened that scoring gap to nine points by the close of the half, 26-17. They took their most commanding lead of the contest throughout the...
The Fleming Wildcats came within two points of their first victory on Friday night against the South Platte Blue Knights out of Big Springs, Neb. The Wildcats hosted the Blue Knights and the Otis Bulldogs last weekend falling on both occasions. Friday night's game opened with Fleming down by just three after the first quarter, 17-14. They came back and gained control of the scoreboard in the second quarter adding 15 and holding the visiting team to just six. Fleming led at the half, 29-23. The...
The Sedgwick County/Fleming lady wrestlers traveled to Wray on Saturday, Dec. 21, for the second annual Marilyn Smith Invitational Wrestling Tournament, where they delivered an impressive performance, culminating in a team title victory. With a combined total of 72 team points, Sedgwick County/Fleming outperformed a competitive field that included teams such as Wiggins (55 points), Yuma (53.5 points) and Wray (44.5 points). The tournament featured a number of combined weight classes, including 1...
The 62nd Annual Bob Smith Invitational Wrestling Tournament, held recently, saw a strong showing from the Sedgwick County-Fleming wrestling team earning multiple podium finishes. Grant Firme took sixth at 120 pounds. He had a challenging run in his class but finished strong with a earning 11 team points. Firme began with a quick win by fall over Zack Confer of Dayspring Christian Academy, but was pinned by Drew Godsey of Wray in the quarterfinals. He earned a win by fall over Kace Chamberlain of Wray in the consolation round before being edged...
The Lady Bulldogs are back in action on the hardwood, ready for the second half of the winter basketball season. Haxtun returned to the court on Saturday, Jan. 4 against Wiggins at the home of the Lady Tigers. For the second time this season, just seven games in, the Lady Bulldogs took on the Lady Tigers. The two teams met in mid-December in game one of Northeastern Junior College’s annual Holiday Tournament. In that contest, Wiggins came out on top, 43-29. Haxtun ended up 1-2 at the c...
The Bulldogs are back in action following a two-week holiday break. To kick off the second half of the basketball season, the Bulldogs hit the road west to Wiggins for a contest with the Tigers. The match up was the second between the two teams in just as many weeks as the two met in the championship of the annual Holiday Tournament at Northeastern Junior College just before the break. In the holiday tournament, Haxtun took down Sedgwick County, Akron and Wiggins to claim the Championship...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats tacked two wins on to their season record before taking a break for the holidays. The Lady Wildcats defeated Caliche and Arickaree on Dec. 20 and 21 to advance to 5-1 on the season. Friday's outing at Caliche saw Fleming up by eight after the first quarter and up by 15 at the half, 23-8. The Lady Buffalo offense kept pace in the second half though, allowing Fleming 15 while adding their own 14. The two teams matched at 16 on the scoreboard in the final quarter, giving...
The Fleming Wildcats are off to a rocky start to this year's basketball season suffering two losses in the final two outings of the 2024 portion of the year. They stand at 0-6 before entering contests against the South Platte Blue Knights out of Big Springs, Neb., and the Otis Bulldogs this week. Fleming played a close contest at Caliche on Friday, Dec. 20. They trailed by two after the first quarter and by seven at the half, but brought it back to a two-point contest in the third quarter. The...
The Sedgwick County/Fleming girls' wrestling team started their week off on Tuesday, Dec. 10 traveling to Wiggins to take on the Tigers in a dual. SC/F girls defeated Wiggins, 33-23. Results from wrestlers competing out of Fleming and Haxtun in the dual are as follows: 130-pounds: Kinsleigh Jerman won by forfeit. 135-pounds: Annie Wilson defeated Makena Crownover by fall in 1:10. 145-pounds: Kaiya Hall lost to Riley Erickson by fall. 155-pounds: Olivia Stone won by forfeit. The girls' team...
The Sedgwick County/Fleming boys wrestling team had a busy week starting off by traveling to Wiggins on Tuesday, Dec.10 for a dual. SCF won the dual, 51-12. Individual results for wrestlers competing out of Fleming and Haxtun are as follows: 126-pound Grant Firme over Radley Thomas by fall in 2:42. 138-pound Maddox Herskind won by forfeit. 144-pound Scotty Engle won by forfeit. 150-pound Austin Knox defeated Tavon Palmer by fall in 1:06. The SCF team then traveled to Nebraska for a triangular...
The Lady Bulldogs went west on Saturday for an afternoon match up with the 3A Highland Huskies, based out of Ault. Despite an eight-point loss, the team rebounded well and hit-double digits in the steals and deflections column of stat sheets. "The game was extremely physical, almost too physical at times. We had a few more turnovers in the Highland game than we did against Perkins County, but overall we handled the pressure ok," said Head Coach Alicia Schram. "We still have a ways to go in...
The Haxtun Bulldogs are set to compete in the Holiday Tournament at Northeastern Junior College this week. Teams should see play Thursday, Friday and Saturday before heading into a two-week break for Christmas and New Year's. The Bulldogs hold a 1-2 record heading into tournament play following a 66-30 loss at Highland over the weekend. Saturday's action pitted the Bulldogs against a higher classified Highland Huskies in Ault. The night before, Highland took down Merino 64-28. The Huskies'...
The Fleming Lady Wildcats suffered their first loss of the season over the past week while the boys' team struggles to earn a win. The Wildcat basketball teams traveled to Holyoke and McClave last week. The Lady Wildcats earned their first victory of the week at Holyoke on Thursday over 2A's Lady Dragons. On Saturday they suffered their first loss at McClave against the undefeated Lady Cardinals. They now own a 3-1 overall record. The boys' team continues to work toward finding their goove....
The Bulldogs went from the gridiron to the hardwood in exactly a week. One week to the day from clinching the 8-man State Football Championship in Pueblo, the Bulldogs hosted the Wildcats from Fleming in the season opener of the 2024-25 basketball season and despite just three days of practice, Haxtun secured a 52-point win over the Wildcats to start the season with a bang. This year's Bulldog basketball team roaster is made up of 23 players including five seniors and three returning starters. S...
The winter sports season is off and running and the Lady Bulldogs have hit the hardwood with a new team and a new set of goals for this season. Haxtun kicked off the 2024-25 basketball season with a home opener against Fleming on Friday night. To prep for the this year's season Lady Bulldog Head Coach Alicia Schram and her coaching staff Shawn Cody and Kyle Wilson are focused on having their girls play with confidence and to continue to grow each week along with controlling what they can. "We...
The Fleming Wildcats have returned to the basketball court following the completion of the fall sports season. Fleming went on the road to compete at Haxtun on Friday, Dec. 6 and hosted the home opener against Sedgwick County on Saturday, Dec. 7. The girls' team opened at 2-0 with wins on both occasions. They defeated Haxtun on their home court, 51-44, before taking a nail-biting win over the Lady Cougars, 39-36, that came down to buzzer-beating three-point shot by junior Brooke Schaefer. Indivi...
The Sedgwick County/Fleming girls wrestling team began their season on Dec. 7 in Strasburg. They started the morning with duals against Wiggins, Severance and Thunder Ridge. The girls won all three duals. The girls were then put into individual brackets and participated in an individual tournament. They finished in second place with 112 points behind Severance with 113 points. Results from wrestlers competing on the team out of Fleming and Haxtun are as follows: 130-pound class: Kinsleigh...
If it were put into a book, perhaps it would be titled simply NINE and contain exactly 332 pages. It took the 2024 Haxtun Bulldogs precisely 332 days to write their own story in a run for the school's ninth football title. On Friday, Nov. 29 at Dutch Clark Stadium in Pueblo, the story was finished, the book compete. The Haxtun Bulldogs are Champions, once again. The Bulldogs' story isn't that of love but rather starts out tragic - ending in triumph, right where it all began. Haxtun's football...
Nine members of the Haxtun Bulldog football team earned All-Conference accolades for their performances on the 2024 State Championship team. The Bulldogs went 12-1 this season, finishing with an 8-man State title last week. Seniors Grant Statz, Ryland Wolff, Ryan Davis and Tate Michael along with juniors Zach Statz and Colin Cone received All-Conference designations. Senior Brandon Nall and juniors Seth Seger and Cole Firme were named All-Conference, Honorable Mention. Post-season honors are dec...
By Candie Fix [email protected] Four Lady Bulldogs received post-season honors at the conclusion of the 2024 volleyball season. Haxtun made a run at the 2A State Tournament, ending the season with a top six finish. All-Conference honors are decided by vote of head coaches from each team's respective league. Head coaches nominate players from their team for post-season honors and then other head coaches from the Lower Platte League vote on final designations. Seniors Bobbi Starkebaum and...
The completion of the 2024 football season has brought All-Conference designations for six Fleming Wildcat players. After closing the season in the opening round of playoffs at 7-4 overall, senior Grant Kuntz, junior Pierson Japp and sophomores Dane Cunningham and Conner Marchant have been selected for All-Conference honors. Senior Peter Brekel and junior Mason Mollohan were chosen for All-Conference, Honorable Mention. Kuntz, a senior at Lone Star who played on the Wildcat squad to close out...
