On Thursday October 18th the Fairbury volleyball team played against Fillmore Central for their last game of the conference tournament. The girls finished in fourth place which is an improvement from last year as they finished in seventh. This is the school’s second year in the SNC conference and volleyball …
Fairbury cages the Falls City Tigers
The Fairbury Jeffs won all three sets against the Falls City Tigers on October 9, 2018. The final scores of the sets were 25-16, 25-22, and 25-12. This leaves the team looking strong going into their Conference tournament next week. “We are playing really great volleyball right now,” coach Hannah …
Senior English gives students a shot at stardom
The past few weeks in English IV, students put their filmography skills to the test with teacher Jed Martin’s “Six Words Six Shots” project. After reading “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom, students were instructed to encompass the book or specific parts of it with just six distinct shots and …
Volleyball takes third on road trip to Falls City
Fairbury Volleyball placed third at the Falls City invite on Saturday, October 6. The Lady Jeffs went 2-1, winning against Tri-County (2-0), Omaha Gross (2-0), and falling to Diller-Odell (0-2). This performance earned the group third-place honors. Junior Sara Huss was glad to see these results from her team. “It …
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Fairbury Band marches its way through Harvest of Harmony
On Saturday October 6, 2018 the FHS band students travelled to Grand Island for the Harvest of Harmony competition. The band performed the marching band song “Timber” by Kesha and Pitbull. While Konnor Hasselbring ‘21 enjoyed the candy at the parade he said that he thinks the band did pretty …
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Junior High Volleyball wins Thayer Central Invite
On Oct. 6, the Junior High Volleyball team travelled to Hebron to compete in the Thayer Central Invitational. The team started off the day at 9:00 playing Wilber-Clatonia. The Jeffs defeated the Wolverines in 2 sets. They then went on to win against Fillmore Central in two sets. They would …
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Junior High football defeats Wolverines in season closer
On Thursday, October 4 the junior high football was in action at home against Wilber Clatonia. For their last game of the year, the Jeffs fought hard and defeated the Wolverines 28 to 22. “Our season was good but it could have been better,” James Olds ‘23 said. “We went …
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XC takes home bronze at Conference meet
Fairbury girls’ and boys’ cross country teams both placed third at their Conference meet in Milford on Thursday, October 4. Placing for the Lady Jeffs were Josephine Blatny ’20 (3rd), Alissa York ’22 (8th), Autumn Branson ’19 (17th), Mikwena Lierman ’21 (18th), Kacy Starck ’21 (19th) and Mariel Ramos ’22 …
FFA members travel to Syracuse
On Wednesday October 3rd, 2018 Fairbury FFA members traveled to Syracuse to compete in the Southeast District Land Judging contest. There were over 164 other students that participated from over 16 other schools. To compete in land judging students need to know a lot about soil science and the characteristics …
Girls golf braves rain for districts
The FHS Girls Golf team took part in the district golf meet at Hidden Valley in Lincoln on Monday. Casey Nimmich ’20 finished with an overall score of 132, Lauren Patton ’20 with 135, and Brooklen Bear ’21 with 145. The weather was cold and rainy, Mr.Martin the girls golf …
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