Sports

Griffins Split Games With Falls City

Published by admin on Fri, 12/13/2019 - 1:15pm
The Diller-Odell girls basketball team kept their winning ways going to start the season. The Diller-Odell boys were unable to accomplish the same feat.
 
The Class D-1 Lady Griffins downed Class C-1 Falls City 41-35 on Tuesday at home to improve their record to 3-0.
 
Diller-Odell was up by double digits a majority of the game before Falls City closed the gap in the fourth quarter. The Griffins had a 31 18 at halftime and a 39-24 advantage heading into the final frame.
 

Huss Sets School Record

Published by admin on Fri, 12/13/2019 - 1:14pm

Honea’s Heroics Garner Wolverines OT Victory

Published by admin on Fri, 12/06/2019 - 2:54pm
With only 2 seconds remaining in regulation, Wilber-Clatonia junior Nevaeh Honea stepped to the free throw line with her team trailing by two points on Thursday on her team’s home floor.
 
Honea needed to sink both shots to send her team into overtime and the guard did just that. Her free throw conversions tied the contest at 30-30, giving the Wolverines the clear momentum for the final four minutes of play.
 

Lokken Upsets No. 1 Ranked Wrestler, Leads Team To 5-0 Dual Mark

Published by admin on Fri, 12/06/2019 - 2:51pm
Wilber-Clatonia junior Tommy Lokken put the icing on the cake for his team during their run to five straight dual wins and a championship on Thursday at the Palmyra Dual Tourney.
Lokken, who was not ranked in Class C at 132 pounds, downed No. 1 Class D Ryan Payne of Centennial by the score of 7-2. 
The Wolverines went on to beat Centennial 53-22 in the final dual of the evening for Jaime Bates squad.

Thayer Central Wrestling

Published by admin on Tue, 12/03/2019 - 3:28pm
By Nathan Heuer
Every fall and winter the Fairbury Journal-News selects a team to watched based on success from the previous year and what teams have returning in terms of experience, as well as potential.
For this upcoming winter the FJN team to watch is the Thayer Central wrestling team
The Titans enter the 2019-2020 season coming off their best performance in school history at state duals, placing fourth in Class D. Thayer Central ended the 2018-2019 season with seven state qualifiers, one of whom placed.

Annual Elks Hoop Shoot A Memorable Event

Published by admin on Tue, 12/03/2019 - 3:27pm

Pribyl Continuing Volleyball Career At Doane

Published by admin on Mon, 11/25/2019 - 11:43am
By Nathan Heuer
A few years ago a connection began to form between Doane head volleyball coach Gwen Egbert and Meridian volleyball standout Halle Pribyl.
The Mustangs no longer had a club volleyball team and Pribyl knew she wanted to improve her volleyball skills in the offseason.
That’s when Egbert came into the picture. Pribyl setup individual lessons with the Tigers volleyball coach and the dedication to her craft paid off in the years to come.

Lierman Leads Fairbury Swimmers Into Season

Published by admin on Mon, 11/25/2019 - 11:42am
By Nathan Heuer
As a sophomore a year ago, Fairbury’s Mikwena Lierman set a president in the pool for the Beatrice/Norris/Fairbury/Freeman swim team.
Lierman set the school-record in the 50 freestyle (24.82 seconds) and took home an eighth place medal during the 2019 state meet. She added another school-record, doing so at state as a part of the 200-medley relay with her sister, Mikasa Lierman.
Mikwena competed in four events at the state meet in 2019 and she’ll look to repeat that mark in 2020.

Firmanik Headlines Young Jeffs Squad

Published by admin on Mon, 11/25/2019 - 11:41am
By Nathan Heuer
In the past four seasons Derek Garfield and the Fairbury wrestling team have qualified no less than five wrestlers for the state tournament.
This upcoming season a challenge will be presented to the seventh year head coach as the 2019-2020 varsity squad will be the youngest he’s ever had since taking over the Jeffs program.
The fact hasn’t deterred Garfield or returning two-time state medalist Seth Firmanik from believing that this season could be just as or even more successful than last year.

DeFrain Signs With Northwest Missouri State

Published by admin on Tue, 11/19/2019 - 1:56pm
By Nathan Heuer
Fairbury’s most accomplished batter during the 2019 season, Raven DeFrain, made her decision official of where she’ll be continuing her softball career.
The designated hitter for the Jeffs this past season singed a letter of intent to play softball at Northwest Missouri State University, a Division II school that is located Maryville, Missouri – two hours and 45 minutes east of Fairbury.

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