National Honor Society hosted their first blood drive of the season in cooperation with Nebraska Community Blood Bank on Tuesday, Oct. 24. For many students, this was their first time donating. Britney Scheetz ‘18 wasn’t able to donate in the past because she was involved in a fall sport that …
Month: October 2017
Social media week teaches students to be smart online
During social media week at FHS we had a convo and Hunter Radenslaben creator of Athlete Nation on twitter came and talked to our school. He talked about how he put good inspiring tweets when he was 12 and now that twitter page has 71.5K followers. Some of the things …
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Girls’ Cross Country finish one last race at state
The girls’ cross country team ran one last race in Kearney on Friday, October 20. The girls competed against tough competition along a tough course. The varsity girls only saw this course one time at the Kearney Invite. Their team finished tenth at state. Mikwena Lierman ’21 finished 35th, Josephine …
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Football parents recognized at last regular season game
The last regular season football game resulted in a win, but before the game started, players got to thank their parents for everything they have done for them with a rose. Before the football game the players lined up and were announced with their parents. Everyone lined up and was …
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Cross Country sends seven runners to state meet
By: Caitlin Nimmich. On Wednesday, October 18, the student body gathered in the gym for a quick pep rally/send-off for the cross country runners that punched their ticket into the state meet. The girls’ team qualified as a team and those six include Emily Burkley ’18, Autumn Branson ’19, Josephine Blatny …
Looking back on State Softball
Last week the softball team ended their season in a hard fought battle at the State tournament. The FHS X-Ray staff was fortunate enough to have two photographers cover the tournament on Wednesday of the tournament.
Cross Country runs hard at District meet
By: Tayler Shellhase. On Thursday, October 12th Fairbury Cross Country traveled to Minden for the C-3 District Meet. The day ended with success for the girls’ teams, taking 3rd place and qualifying for the state meet this coming Friday. The boys ran well and placed 7th with one runner, Isaac Robertson …
Doane University welcomes Fairbury drama enthusiasts
By: Nichole Harris. On Monday, October 10th, several FHS students travelled to Doane University to participate in their fall Drama Conference. Students had the opportunity to pick a session to attend. Options included musical theatre, auditioning, acting, costume design, improvisation, stage acting, and more. Then, they were invited to watch …
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Lady Jeffs take on day one of State Softball
By: Hannah Knigge. On Wednesday, October 11 the lady Jeffs softball team took on Fillmore Central/ Exeter-Milligan at 9:00 in the first round of the state softball tournament. First inning, second pitch of the game Cora DeBoer ’20 hit a home run to start the game off strong. After the …
Lady Jeffs Volleyball cage the Tigers
By: Josephine Blatny The Fairbury Jeffs Volleyball team won all three of their sets last night against Falls City. The game scores were 25-16, 25-22, and 25-13. As a team they led with 40 kills and 17 errors. Leah Mach was the leading server with four aces. She also had …
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