With the Plainview Lady Pirates’ run toward the 2024 State Tournament this past week, there was much reminiscing and discussion about Plainview High School’s history with basketball, state and girls’ teams. It was proposed right after the District final that this was the first-ever time that the Lady Pirate basketball team had made it to the State Tournament. Following the News publication of that consideration, a few phone calls and messages came in from some of Plainview’s longer-standing citizens that they recalled a memory of a previous team that had also made claim to a State tournament run. In fact – the Lady Pirate efforts in 2024 was not the first run in history that the Lady Pirate basketball team had made at a “state title” –it was, however the first run in exactly (amazingly enough) 100 years that the last team had claimed the “first-ever” title.
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Five Plainview Pirate Band members were named to the Class D All-State Honor Band for their efforts in their application performances. Plainview Schools released on their social media on February 8 that Landon Hergert, Emma Sauser, Weston Hoffman, Bastion Curtiss and Addie Hodson had been selected to perform in Kearney on Saturday, March 23.
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STATE BOUND: the Plainview Pirate boys basketball team took a win over South Loup on Tuesday evening, Feb. 27 to make their own state tournament run, matching the qualifying girls’ win from last week. The Pirates took a last second win over South Loup, 55-53, to take the District Championship and qualify for the State tournament starting March 6 in Lincoln.
A lot's been happening for Plainview's basketball and wrestling teams! If you want to see any photos from the latest games, follow the link below to freely view hundreds:
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The Nebraska State Patrol has released the names of the two victims killed in Tuesday’s shooting in Bloomfield. The victims have been identified as Curtis Strom, 77, and William Reffett, 49, both of Bloomfield.
Following preliminary investigation, two people have been arrested in connection with the murders. Alias Reed, 25, has been arrested for two counts of first-degree murder and robbery. Reed’s girlfriend, Kaylyne Sweazy, 27, has been arrested for tampering with evidence.
Owner and creator of Hummingbird Guitars, Jesse Thomas recently relocated his custom guitar building business last August from Randolph when he and his girlfriend Jesica Woockman moved to Plainview...
The Plainview Pirate boys’ basketball team wrapped up its regular season with a 57-44 victory over the Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family Bulldogs on Friday, Feb. 16 in Plainview.
With this victory, the Pirates finished their regular-season with a record of 14-7. This is good enough to earn them the one-seed in their upcoming subdistrict tournament, which will begin postseason play in the NSAA Class D1 Subdistrict 6 Tournament!
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The Plainview Pirates boys wrestling team wrapped up its season at the 2024 NSAA State Wrestling Championships in Omaha from Feb. 15 through Feb. 17!
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The Jim B. and Lillian F. Cooper Foundation, along with Midwest Bank, have announced grants given this past year to very deserving organizations in local communities. Get details in this week's Plainview News.
The Plainview Board of Education voted 5-1 on Monday, Feb. 12 to allow Dr. Darron Arlt to continue his service as superintendent of schools, following acceptance of a set of “negotiated consequences” that had been agreed upon by both parties...
The Plainview Lady Pirates wrestling team saw its season come to an end on Friday, Feb. 9 at the NSAA Girls District 2 Wrestling Invite in York... Get the rest by following the link below: https://www.theplainviewnews.com/o/the-plainview-news/page/subscriptions
The Plainview Lady Pirate wrestling team competed in two tournaments this past week on Tuesday, Jan. 30 and Friday, Feb. 2, with some members of the team seeing their season come to an end. For more of this story (or the upcoming sports seasons) sign up to the Plainview News with the attached link:
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The Plainview Lady Pirates had an exciting week of play, completing their Lewis and Clark (L&C) Conference Tournament play with games against the Wakefield Trojans and Wynot Blue Devils on Tuesday, Jan. 30 and Monday, Feb. 5...
The Plainview Lady Pirates had an exciting week of play, completing their Lewis and Clark (L&C) Conference Tournament play with games against the Wakefield Trojans and Wynot Blue Devils on Tuesday, Jan. 30 and Monday, Feb. 5...
The Plainview Pirate Wrestling team made their return to the State Dual tournament in Kearney last weekend, wrestling for fifth-place as a team in Class D at the Buffalo County Fairgrounds. Learn all about the tourney by subscribing to the Plainview News!
Plainview Lady Pirate Abbie Kromarek overtook the girls’ basketball
scoring record, a feat that had stood since the late 1990s, topping
1,245 points during a game against Osmond last week.
Kromarek replaces Plainview Hall of Famer Traci (Bernecker) Baller,
who held the record for 25 years at 1,210. With a number of games
left in the 2023-24 season, Kromarek looks to extend that record for
a good distance as well.
Shayla Jacobsen returned to Plainview Public Schools as District Champion in Level 3 Job Interview from the District 8 FCCLA STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) Competition which was held January 24th at Wayne State College...
The Plainview Pirate varsity boys’ wrestling team has been invited to the 2024 Dual Championships tournament in Kearney this weekend, Feb. 3...
The Pierce County Communities for Kids (C4K) core team distributed a county-wide online survey in November. The team worked together to develop the survey to address the current and future needs of early childhood care and learning opportunities in the communities...
Spencer Hille signed to attend Hastings College and participate as a member of the college track and field team. Hille signed his intent with parents, Michelle and Cory, Hastings Coach Ryan Mahoney, Plainview Coaches Hunter Ashburn and Jeremy Peter; Amanda Koehler and his sister, Olivia.
