The Plainview Pirates Speech team capped off its season with a State Championship in grand fashion with a 28-point spread ahead of second-place Wausa at the Class D1 State Invitational last weekend in Kearney.
The Pirates put together 172 team points, leading Wausa’s 144, and third-place Howells-Dodge at 106 to take the State Championship title with the 15 Pirates in attendance. “What a great perfect ending to our season,” said Coach Michelle Mose “This team is not only exceptionally talented, but incredibly hard working. Most of all, they love to perform.
“The kids set a goal at the beginning of the season to win state,” said Mosel. ”As the season progressed every speaker improved week by week through hard work and focus. We won what wa arguably the toughest district in the state, and I knew at that point we could make this happen. In the end, the kids did what they needed to do.” Medalists were: Isaac Harder, 1, extemp Abbie Kromarek, 1, persuasive Jacson King, 1, humorous OID, 1, (Paige Norris, Rece Frahm, Abbie Kromarek, Corben Kment and Marque Alvin) OID, 2, (Jacson King, Harrison Thor, Ty Diedrichsen Karter Lingenfelter and Brendan Weber) Paige Norris, 2, informative Reagan Choat, 3, extemp Jordynn Frahm, 4, poetry Ty Diedrichsen, 4, informative Marque Albin, 5, poetry.
Those Pirates that qualified and competed, but did not place, included: Paige Norris and Rece Frahm in duet did not place Addie Hodson and Emma Sauser in duet did not place Marque Albin, Program Oral Interpretation Reagan Choat, Persuasive “We will miss the seniors,” said Mosel. “They are such a special group of young leaders and performers. But the junior boys are just building steam. Every single junior earned a medal at state and I know how much they love to compete. I expect big accomplishments from them in the future. Furthermore, I have many young speakers who are ready to compete at the varsity level. I’m already looking forward to next year.”
As the historic 2023-2024 Plainview girls’ basketball season is in the rearview mirror, Lady Pirates fans still have something to cheer for nearly three weeks after the Pirates conclusion to the season. Senior leader Abbie Kromarek had a very productive season for the Lady Pirates as a vocal and emotional team leader. As Kromarek hangs up her Pirates uniform, she’s now the holder of two impressive school records... Get the rest in this week's Plainview News!
The Plainview High School Hall of Fame committee of Dr. Arlt, Lynn Johnson, Wyatt Frahm, Larry Knaak, Bill Michael, Jason Ashburn, identified 10 finalists earlier this spring and narrowed the list to five PHS alumni or Coaches to be inducted into the Plainview High School Hall of Fame at the All-Class Banquet on June 1st. Learn more about it by signing up to the Plainview News!
The Plainview Pirate speech team qualified numerous thespians for the 2024 Class D1 State Speech Meet in Kearney on Friday, March 22 after a dominating district performance on Tuesday, March 12! If you'd like to read about the upcoming competition, be sure to follow the link below and sign up to the Plainview News:
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FCCLA has set Saturday, March 23rd, at 10:30 a.m. for the Plainview Community Easter Egg Hunt. The event will be held at the Plainview Elementary School Playground. For more on this story, sign up to the Plainview News today: https://www.theplainviewnews.com/o/the-plainview-news/page/subscriptions
The Plainview FCCLA Chapter joined 322 students and advisers from 44 chapters who attended the State Peer Education Conference held in Kearney, on February 26, 2024. Attending from Plainview were Shayla Jacobsen, Ashlyn Forbes, Callie Taylor, Kiley Richter, Dakotah Albin, Jameson Dobler, and Adviser Ronita Jacobsen... Get the full story on the Plainview News!
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...