On Saturday, January 13 Fairbury will be hosting their first speech meet ever. There’s a lot of work that will go into putting on the event. “The first year is always the hardest,” said Speech Coach Aaron Leibel. “A lot of my tasks can be conquered by asking others and …
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Singing in the holidays at the Winter Concert
Fairbury High School held their annual Winter Concert yesterday in the BFAC. All of the bands and choirs performed. Crimson Elite also made their debut. Projects by art students were displayed in the commons for people to see. “I thought the concert went pretty well,”said Vocal Music Instructor Mr. Fitzgerald. …
Girls earn first win over Fillmore Central
Fairbury Jeffs Girls Varsity won their first game of the season against Fillmore Central 41-38. “It’s always great to get that first win of the year,” said Head Girl’s Basketball Coach Amy Engle-Evans. “I thought our girls effort and intensity has been great in the first two games and really …
Preparing for the pursuit of February
The Fairbury Jeffs Wrestling team is gearing up for their upcoming season. They just finished their conditioning week and their first practice is today. Their first meet is on December 2 at York. “We are looking forward to being better than we were last year and having a lot of …
Fairbury participates in safe trick-or-treating
To celebrate Halloween, the annual Trunk or Treat event was held last night at 5:30. Children 12 and under were invited to walk around the square and collect candy from tons of different decorated vehicles. “It was a great event even though it was cold.” Fairbury Commerce member Jill …
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 …
Softball girls finish second in Districts and advance to State
By: Josephine Blatny Fairbury Jeffs Softball played their last District game on Monday, October 9, 2017 in Valparaiso. They lost a tough game to Malcolm with a final score of 11-3. They had a total of 8 hits. They also had 3 RBIs. The biggest hit of the night was …
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Softball starts Districts off strong
By:Josie Blatny On Friday, October 6, 2017 the Fairbury Softball team played two games for Districts. The games were postponed from the previous day due to rain. The games were originally planned to be at Valparaiso, but they were moved to Fairbury for better field conditions. The first game was …
FCCLA members learn about leadership
By: Josephine Blatny On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 FCCLA members attended the Fall Leadership Conference. The students listened to the State Officer, State Peer Officer teams, and other chapter leaders about leadership development and chapter management. One of the highlights of the day was listening to keynote speaker, Hunter Radenslaben. …
Homecoming Kickoff
By: Josephine Blatny. To kick off the start of Homecoming Week, the Booster Club hosted a community event at the soccer fields Sunday night. There was music, games and speeches from coaches and team leaders. One of the highlights of the night was the life-sized foosball game. For a dollar …
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