Along with the other winter sports, girls basketball started on November 5 with one week of conditioning. The next week, the 12th, the team started official practices. With new coach Lyle Thompson, the team will start off fresh and new. “Conditioning week was great. We all worked very hard, and …
Author: Jaelle Johnson
FFA Chapter travels to Indy for Nationals
Eighteen chapter members loaded buses and headed down to Indianapolis, Indiana for the 91st National FFA Convention this last week. Thomas Dux, Fairbury’s FFA advisor, said they drove all night and arrived at their hotel on Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday night the group attended the opening session of the 91st National …
XC battles state course, strong competition
Monday September 24th, the Fairbury varsity cross country team traveled to the University of Kearney’s course to compete. The girls team finished 10th out of 23 class C teams. The boys team came in 24th out of the 29 class C teams. “The competition is incredible,” head coach Kristi Peterson …
Fairbury girls golf team improves at Seward Invite
Friday August 18th, the Fairbury girls golf team headed to Seward for their invite. The girls faced tough competition and as a team they placed 11th. “Each of the girls improved from the Beatrice Invite,” Head Coach Jed Martin said. “It is nice to see their progress while the girls …
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Seniors visit future, former Jeffs
Monday, April 30 all the Jeff seniors walked through Central, Jefferson, Cedarwood Assisted Living and Gardenside Nursing Home in their caps and gowns. Students in the schools lined up outside their classrooms to watch the graduates walk and give them high fives as they finish up their high school career. …
Boys golf with a strong start
The Fairbury Boys golf season started on Monday, February 26th. With 8 boys out, it is the same amount as last year but according to head coach Jed Martin there are usually about 14 boys. There is one freshman, Aden Watson. Five sophomores, Devin Wanamaker, John Kerwood, Joe Melcher, Keith …
Jeffs 2nd round loss to Centennial
Tuesday January 30th, the boys basketball team traveled to Centennial to face the Broncos in their 2nd round game of the SNC conference tournament. The team faced a loss 36-65. “The problem on offense was that we couldn’t make a shot,” Chance Amundson ’20 said. “They didn’t have anything special, …
J-High struggles against Beatrice
Thursday January 25th, Fairbury Junior High boys faced off against Beatrice. Fairbury’s 8th grade A team lost, 17-29. Scoring for the Jeffs was both Jacob Martin and Ethan Smith ’22 with five points, Zane Grizzle ’22 with four, Braden Suey ’22 with two and Corbin Slater ’22 with one point. …
Juniors start ACT prep
This Friday the Class of 2019 will start their ACT prep for the year. Fairbury started having this junior prep last year for the first time. This year the school is not going to use “John Baylor Test Prep” they will use a free online ACT prep. John Baylor was …
Another Jeff wrestler earns his monumental 100th
This weekend at the Crete Wrestling Tournament Logan Slater ’18 joined the 100 wins club for Fairbury wrestling. Only a select few wrestlers have accomplished this monumental feat. Slater’s 100th was his second match of the day, he won the match in an 8-2 decision. Slater placed 2nd at the …
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