Author: Brynn Novotny

Seniors elect officers, review handbook in class meeting

Brynn Novotny 11 Sep 2020

Class officers, ACT information and college registration were among the topics discussed during a brief meeting between the senior class and guidance counsellor Mrs. Taylor Biehl in the Burkley Fine Arts Center on Wednesday, Sep. 9. Mrs. Biehl used a majority of the meeting to touch on a few points …

XC checks off GINW invite in first meet of season

Brynn Novotny 2 Sep 2020

The cross country team travelled to the Grand Island Northwest invite for the first meet of the season Friday, August 28. The boys and girls teams both separately placed fifth overall. Two medalists emerged among the Jeffs: Erica Mosher ’21 (10th) and Ethan Smith ’22 (9th). The GINW meet was …

Volleyball sweeps Jamboree in preseason competition

Brynn Novotny 25 Aug 2020

Jeffs Volleyball picked up wins in both their junior varsity and varsity matches when they faced off against the Wolverines at Wilber-Clatonia on Friday, August 21. The varsity, following the JV’s two winning sets (25-4, 25-20), won a trio of back-to-back-to-back sets in the best-of-five (25-22, 25-22, 25-14). After almost two …

Boys basketball strolls past Wilber-Clatonia, can’t top Auburn in season-ending loss

Brynn Novotny 2 Mar 2020

An 18-46 loss against Auburn in subdistrict play on Thursday, Feb. 27 officially brought the Jeffs’ boys basketball season to a close after winning their first game against Wilber-Clatonia two days prior. On Tuesday, Fairbury opened the tournament in Beatrice against Wilber-Clatonia. The Jeffs emerged victorious on the road against …

Girls basketball goes 2-1 at Conference

Brynn Novotny 11 Feb 2020

Fairbury Girls Basketball played three games in this season’s Southern Nebraska Conference (SNC) tournament over a six-day period and pulled away with two victories. The Jeffs had home-court advantage against first-round opponent Wilber-Clatonia when they rolled to a 46-16 win on Monday, Feb. 3. Senior Sara Huss lead in scoring …

Boys basketball emerges victorious against York

Brynn Novotny 28 Jan 2020

Fairbury Boys Basketball came out on top against the York Dukes in a home contest on Friday, January 24. Five Jeffs contributed to the final score of 52-48 with Chance Amundson ’20 (18), Bret Cole ’20 (15) and Dylan Starr ’21 (11) leading the point total. A solid scoring effort …

Passing the baton: Cheerleaders ‘dance through the decades’ with local youth

Brynn Novotny 28 Jan 2020

Cheerleaders stayed busy with the annual youth dance clinic on Friday, January 24 with a two-hour learning session and a halftime performance at the home boys basketball game against York. The dance, abiding by a “Dancing Through the Decades” theme, was taught to the participants almost directly after school Friday …

Girls basketball emerges with forty-point victory over Tri County

Brynn Novotny 13 Jan 2020

A final score of 53-13 marked a Fairbury Girls Basketball home victory over Tri County on Thursday, Jan 9. After defeating a ranked Class B Beatrice squad earlier in the week, Fairbury faced Tri County with hopes of raising its 5-6 seasonal record to .500. The Jeffs maintained a lead …

Blatny signs to continue running career at Wesleyan

Brynn Novotny 13 Dec 2019

Senior cross country and track runner Josephine Blatny signed to continue competing in both sports at Nebraska Wesleyan on Wednesday, December 11 in the FHS commons. Blatny first got into contact with this particular college last summer when Jackie McKenzie, an assistant coach for both cross country and track, asked …

Girls basketball searches for first win of season

Brynn Novotny 12 Dec 2019

Girls basketball faced losses in all three of its opening games beginning with a home contest against Lincoln Christian on Dec 6. The Jeffs battled it out with the C-1 #1 Crusaders, yielding a final score of 28-30 before falling 31-39 to C-2 #4 Fillmore Central the following day. A …