District Speech at Gothenburg has been RESCHEDULED to Thursday March 20th due to the weather forecast for Wednesday. The meet will start at 9:00am on Thursday at Gothenburg High School.
The Speech Team placed 2nd at the SWC Speech Meet in Holdrege today. Sixteen of twenty events made finals. N Althouse was a double SWC CHAMP in humorous prose & entertainment. It was a great day to be a whippet! Shout out to the Gothenburg Swedes who took the team championship!
The Speech Team wrapped up their invitational season at the rescheduled Minden Invitational on Saturday. Minden earned 37 medals including 5 event champs! The post-season team heads to conference tourney Monday, March 10 in Holdrege and then on to district next week.
Whippets take 3rd place at state defeating Gothenburg today! Congrats to our players and coaches for a fantastic season and for this special group of seniors. Your impact on MHS athletics will live on forever!!!
A great effort by our Lady Whippets in the semi finals today but we fell to Millford 67-61. We play for 3rd place on Saturday at 1pm at Lincoln Standing Bear High School. Tomorrow we will play a familiar team in Gothenburg. WHIPPET PROUD!!
REMINDER: Before heading down to Lincoln tomorrow to support the Whippet Ladies' Basketball Team, come on out this evening to see the amazing events the speech team has been working on! Showcase Night starts at 7:00 pm in the auditorium. FREE admission!
We hope to see a HUGE turnout of Whippet faithful for the Girls Basketball Semi Final game on Friday morning at 10:45am at Pinnacle Bank Arena!! Our girls will face a very talented Milford team. We are the home team and thus the home side is considered the north and east sections. Below and attached, you will find some additional information for those making the trip to PBA Friday morning! GO WHIPPETS!!!
Tickets must be purchased through Ticketmaster:
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Whippets defeat SCOTUS 42-37 and advance to the semi finals of state!!! We will play Friday morning at 10:45am at PBA against the winner of Milford/Arlington. Great win ladies!!!!!
Great Win for the Lady Whippet basketball team! We will play Friday morning. MPS will not have school on Friday, March 7th. Go Whippets!
If you are going to Lincoln this morning, please check 511. Several roads, including the interstate, are closed or completely snow covered.
Speech & Play Production Merchandise Store is up and running! Click on this link:: https://speechanddrama2025.itemorder.com/shop/home/ OR Scan the QR code to put your orders in! Orders are due by Sunday evening, March 9.
We will have a 2:00 dismissal today, March 4th, due to extremely high winds and eventually snow in the later afternoon. Please be safe; wind gusts have the potential to increase to 60+ mph, and an inch of snow could cause blizzard-like conditions.
The Speech Showcase originally scheduled for this evening (Tuesday) has been RESCHEDULED to March 6 (THURSDAY) due to today's predicted weather. We hope to see you all there Thursday at 7:00!
Due to the adverse weather conditions predicted for Tuesday mid day through night, we are making the following changes for activities:
1. The girls basketball team will now leave for State Basketball in Lincoln at 10:00am on Tuesday March 4th.
2. Home Quiz Bowl Meet scheduled for March 4th is CANCELLED.
3. Speech Performance Night scheduled for March 4th has been moved to Thursday March 6th at 7pm.
4. NO EVENING ACTIVITIES allowed on Tuesday March 4th.
The Speech Team had a stellar weekend at the Voices of the Plains Speech Tournament in Holdrege. Minden had five champions in varsity and two in novice. In addition, the team earned a total of 39 medals and were team champions in varsity and the combined division.
STATE GIRLS BASKETBALL!! Minden plays Columbus Scotus Catholic on Wednesday March 5th at 1:30pm at the Devaney Center! As a reminder all tickets for the Devaney Center must be purchased through GoFan and tickets for PBA must be purchased through Ticketmaster. As the higher seed, Minden will be the HOME team for this game and thus home seating is on the north side.
Seating for Devaney Center Home Team:
a. Students will be seated in Sections A-8, A-9, B-9, B-10 (south side)
i. Holding Area: northwest corner on the concourse level
b. General Spectators will be seated in Sections A-13, A-14, B-15, B-16 (north side)
Link to Full State Girls Basketball Bracket:
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Ticket Information Link:
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Due to an early State Girls' Basketball game on Wednesday, March 5th, MPS will not have school. We will have school on Thursday, but we will not have school on Friday, March 6th, when the girls win.
Adalle Banzhaf Diaz performed the National Anthem at the State Swimming Championships in Lincoln today. She was selected for this honor through a tryout process. We are proud of Adalle. Well done!!!
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Lady Whippets are State Tournament bound! They defeated West Point Beemer 66-31 in front of a packed home crowd! We will play next Wednesday at the Devaney Center with the game time and opponent to be announced. Go Whippets!!
Please mark you calendar to attend the annual Speech Showcase on Tuesday, March 4. All of our team members will be performing their speeches. We will start in the auditorium at 7:00 p.m.
