Congratulations to the speech team on a great showing at the first meet of the year at Adams Central on Saturday, January 6. Results are attached.
The MPS Board Meeting for tonight has been rescheduled to Monday, January 15th, at 7:00 p.m. Please be safe. Minden has been upgraded to a Blizzard warning until tomorrow morning.
Due to the incoming winter storm, MPS will not have school tomorrow and no evening activities. There is a possibility of a late start on Tuesday. We will get the information out as soon as we know. Please drive carefully and be prepared for a large amount of snow tomorrow.
Minden wrestler were the champs at the Central City Invite yesterday! It was awesome for these kids to put together a great day as a team. Thanks to all the fans who are supporting us along the way!
Here is your weekly Whippet update for January 8th through 14th! GO WHIPPETS!!
REMINDER: there will only be 2 quarters of JV for both the girls and boys tonight. Because of this, we have pushed the start time back to 5:00pm for the JV games. The full varsity games will follow the JV games.
Wrestling clock person NEEDED for home dual tournament on Friday January 12th. Whippet Nation, we are in need of one more person to run a score clock in the CL Jones gym on Friday January 12th for our Dual Tournament. Wrestling starts at 3pm and we will serve a meal to all helpers and meet workers! Please call the high school office to let Mr. Strong know if you would be able to help in this role. Thank you in advance!!
It's been a great day of competition for our Lady Whippet Wrestling Team in Columbus! Keep up the good work!!
Due to the dense fog advisory and freezing fog advisory that lasts until noon on Thursday January 4th, there will be NO morning practices Thursday. 8th grade boys basketball will now practice after school. Also, the high school girls wrestling team departure time to Columbus has been delayed to 6:30am. We will determine if it is safe for them to make the trip to Columbus Thursday morning by 5:45am and then Coach Ostrom will get word out to the wrestlers.
Minden Public School is looking for route and activity drivers. We have competitive wages and potential benefits. We will help you get the passenger endorsement and the certification you might need. Apply online at https://www.mindenwhippets.org/page/employment-opportunities
Holiday Basketball Tournament at Grand Island Central Catholic starts today! This is a quick reminder that the GICC Holiday Basketball tournament takes place today and tomorrow. The girls play GICC at 6pm tonight in the south gym and the boys follow in the same gym. The full bracket is included as an attached picture. GICC also streams the games from the south gym only at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/@saderproductions/streams
GO WHIPPETS!
Reminder of the NSAA moratorium. We hope everyone has a happy Holiday season and a Merry Christmas!!
CONGRATULATIONS to Jake Ryan for signing his national letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic career at Wake Forest University!! Jake has signed to play football for the Demon Deacons!
Great Job Jake!!!!
SENIOR PARENTS: The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is supposed to be available by Dec 31. Please sign up for a webinar in January if you need help with how to fill it out. Go to https://educationquest.org/events/ to choose an evening to tune in to a webinar.
Boys RESERVE BKB TODAY CANCELLED!
Boys reserve basketball today at Broken Bow has been CANCELLED due to lack of players for Broken Bow. The girls reserve game will be played as scheduled at 5pm.
Basketball Holiday Tournament Bracket for December 29th and 30th at Grand Island Central Catholic!
Weekly Whippet Activity Update for December 18th through December 30th!
Senior Braxton Janda won his 100th career match this Saturday at the Boone Central Dual Tournament! Big congratulations to him on this accomplishment.
The Whippet girls wrestling team is competing hard at the Flatwater Fracas! They will wrestle back here at the Heartland Events Center tomorrow as well.
Basketball Reminder!!
Minden HS hosts the reserve level basketball tournament Saturday morning beginning at 9am. The Minden boys will play in this tournament, but our girls will not. Then Saturday afternoon the basketball teams travel to Elm Creek for JV (3:00pm) and Varsity Girls (4:30pm) and Varsity Boys (6:00pm)
A full bracket for the Minden Reserve Level Tournament is attached!!
