The Lady Jeff softball team traveled to Hastings to compete in the Class C State tournament as the number one seed in Class C. Powered by four home runs, the Jeffs won their first game against Malcom with a 11-4 win over the Clippers. Claire Shumard ’20, Raven Defrain ’20, …
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Softball team wins SNC title
The Lady Jeff softball team hosted the Southern Nebraska Conference. After dominating their semifinal game in four innings with a hefty 13-0 win over Wilber, the Jeffs defeated Milford to win the SNC title. Milford, who is rated sixth in Class C, took the lead early with a solo homerun, …
JV Football takes tough loss to Milford
Monday, Sept. 30 the Fairbury Junior Varsity Football team played the Milford Eagles at home. The Jeffs suffered a 47-6 loss, and Braden Suey ’22 scored the Jeffs lone touchdown. “I think we learned about ourselves a lot. When you’re down 28-6 and your team can show some fight in …
The Jeffs take down undefeated Falls City
Friday, September 20 the Fairbury football team traveled to Falls City to take on the 3-0 Tigers. With a 28-7 victory, the Jeffs evened their record to 2-2. Junior Brody Kroll and Senior Seth Firmanik combined for 336 rushing yards. Kroll had a whopping 219 individual rushing yards and one …
Speech team has a phenomenal performance at districts
The Fairbury speech team traveled to Raymond Central to compete at districts. They are sending two individuals to state and one OID group (Oral Interpretation of Drama). The group consists of seniors Michaela Buchli, Jayson Klaumann, Taylea Mills, and junior Lauren Patton. Jayson Klaumann brought home the gold in the …
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Two Jeff wrestlers bring home bronze
From February 14-16, five Fairbury Jeff wrestlers traveled to Omaha for the state tournament. They wrestled at the Century Link Arena which has a 17,000 person capacity. The five qualifiers were Ace York ’19, Brandon Hinrichs ’19, Carson York ’20, Seth Firmanik ’20, and Domenic Hyson ’22. “It was awesome, …
Wrestlers compete at home invite
On February 1st the Fairbury wrestling team hosted their home invite here at the 89′ gym. The Jeffs had eight wrestlers placing in the tournament, five of which were in the finals. Junior Seth Firmanik and Freshman Domenic Hyson both won their championship matches. The team finished fifth as a whole. …
Door decorating rings in the season
This past week FHS students participated in a door decorating competition. The competition was Christmas themed and students decorated their block one doors to earn a prize of breakfast pizza and bragging rights. There was both high school and a junior-high division. “We based our decision on creativity, neatness, and …
Spanish Classes gives students an opportunity to learn about Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead is a holiday celebrated on November 1st. Although marked throughout Latin America, Dia de los Muertos is strongly associated with Mexico, which is where it originated. Isadora schwab ’20 said,”This week we started watching CoCo and learned about some history of the day of the dead. …
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Jeffs Volleyball falls short at Districts
Over the past two days, the Jeffs Volleyball team traveled their way to Norris High School to battle at Districts. On Monday, November 29th, the Jeffs took on the Auburn Bulldogs in the district semi-final. Fairbury had lost twice to Auburn previously in the season. However, after a whole …
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