We have two weeks worth of Teammate of the Week winners (just got a bit behind in posting). Two weeks ago Malayna Emery was nominated by Madisen Mulroney for doing anything to help the team. Last week we had 55 nominations. It was sure fun to hear all of those. Our girls really love each other. Last week's winner was Emma Goodrich. She was nominated by Grace Hansen for always cheering Grace up and always being ready to get better with anything. Congratulations. We are proud of you!! 💜🏐💜
MPS along with KCHS will be holding a flu shot clinic for students in grades 4-12 on October 17th Consent forms may be downloaded from the website or are available in each building office. Consent forms will also be available during parent teacher conferences.
A big congrats to Coach Ratka for earning her 100th win as head coach of the Whippet volleyball team! MHS is fortunate to have such a great person leading our volleyball program!
Gothenburg Invite 2023
Team 345 (2nd)
KayLynn 73 (Tied for 1st)
Kara 87 (6th)
Brynn 92 (10th)
Callie 93 (11th)
Shelby 95 (13th)
ESPN Tri-Cities KXPN 1460AM/92.1FM and KICS 1550AM/92.7FM will be broadcasting the Tuesday, 9/12/23 High School Volleyball Triangular between Hastings High, Minden, and GI Northwest. You can also watch the action via the Hastings High School Striv feed:
striv.tv/hastings
Football and Cross Country teams taking first round of Ecsell surveys. Getting better each day!
Lifters Of the Month August
Junior/Senior
Austin Lutkemeier
Austin had a great summer, setting personal bests at Bench Press and Hang Clean. He hasn’t backed off at all now that the school year and football season have started. So, I expect him to still see gains in the next testing cycle.
Makenna Starkey
Makenna has continued to impress all summer long and into the start of the school year. She is extremely driven to improve and is very competitive in the weight room. I can guarantee with her work ethic she will continue to see improvements in her lifts as well as her agility and jump tests
Freshman/Sophomore
Frank Kovacs
Frank is fairly new to the weight room but you would never know it by watching him. His form has improved very quickly because he is not afraid to ask questions. Frank’s numbers are jumping up fast because there is no lack of effort when he comes in the weight room.
Myka Petersen
Myka had a good summer of lifting before we saw her in August and it showed. Her form and technique was solid and she continues to improve. She is very driven to get stronger and I look forward to seeing what she accomplishes this year.
CLJMS Student Council is doing a year long food drive for our local food pantry. Each month they will ask for various items to donate. This month is Breakfast Items!!!
Please bring any non-perishable breakfast items to your homeroom from not until Oct. 18th!!
Girls Golf Gothenburg Invite
Shotgun start at 10 am
Live scoring available on the Golf Genius app with code VZJXUE.
7th-8th Football today: the format today will be a full A level game followed by a short time out and then two additional quarters for those who didn't play as much in the game. The first game starts at 5 pm at Kuper Field. Go Whippets!
Last Chance To Catch The Whippets At Home!!!
Tuesday, September 12th
HS Girls 3000m 4:30 pm
HS Boys 3000m to follow
MS Girls 3000m to follow
MS Boys 3000m to follow
Munchkin Fun Runs to follow - 6th grade and under
3rd place at Wilcox-Hildreth junior high quiz bowl!
Congratulations to the CLJ MS Quiz bowl team on their 3rd place finish today!!
The Trailblazer softball games scheduled for today at McCook have been postponed due to the rainfall received making the McCook field unplayable. A make up date for this contest is TBD.
🐾Whippet Nation Network N🏐tice🐾
East Elementary is a proud winner of the American Heart Challenge grant. Nurse Julie was chosen as the recipient for this grant. She is honored to be chosen for giving back and raising money for a great cause.
Optimist Volleyball Skills today!! Thank you Minden Optimist Club for the t-shirts. We are so proud of these girls for spending extra time to get better. In addition, we are thankful for our older girls for leading them today. 💜🏐💜
A reminder to those that signed up - Optimist Volleyball Skills Camp today - 1:30 - 4:00 @ MHS. Please bring a water bottle.
Minden senior Kade Dorzynski is up for NTV play of the week with his amazing one handed touchdown catch on a great pass from Jake Ryan. This helped the Whippets beat Kearney Catholic 28-14. Vote for Kade using the website linked. Voting ends on Thursday 14th!
https://nebraska.tv/sports/high-school/week-3-plays-of-the-week-09-09-2023
Minden Admin enjoying a Whippet win !
