Fairbury Finishes Fourth At Home

Fairbury Journal News Fairbury, Nebraska (9/19/2017) Fairbury volleyball is close…that close to getting over the top of the hill.
At their home invite this past Saturday they went 1-2, and finished in fourth place.
Their opening match against Sandy Creek was a hard loss, dropping 23-25 and 12-25. The Lady Jeffs would take that heartbreak from their loss and direct their efforts toward David City.
The David City match saw the team play together to notch a two-set win, 25-19 and 25-21.
In the third place match they squared off with Auburn. Fairbury took a dominate opening set 25-15, but Auburn fought back taking the next two 13-25 and 17-25.
Coach Rundle is looking forward to the rest of the season, “We performed well this weekend! Although we were 1-2, I was happy with the competitive fire we showed both versus Sandy Creek and Auburn. We are one step closer to beating Auburn at sub-district time and I can’t wait for another rematch.”
Rundle continued, “Honestly, it’s the first time this season I felt we were working hard for one another. The team showed great effort, attitude, team chemistry, and desire to battle. Hitting efficiency and serve receive passing were strong points for our three games Saturday.”
Stat Leaders for Fairbury at the home invite were: Aces – Izze Schwab, Janessa Swanda, Jessa Eden and Leah Mach all with (3) each, Kills – Eden (23), Sara Huss (21), Mach (17), Blocks – Eden (5), Huss (1), Assists – Schwab (70), Digs – Mach (21), Joy Ondrak (17), Huss (16)

Homecoming Royalty

Picture by Trevor Gill

Following the Homecoming Parade on Friday, September 15th, Logan Slater and Paige Livingston were crowned King and Queen.

Other candidates for king included Cayman DeBoer, Dawson DeBoer, Zach Holes, Jacob Johnson and Logan Slater.  Candidates for Queen included Macy Ohlde, Regan Schmidt, Jolie Scott and Sharava Kroeker.

Not Over ‘Til It’s Over

Fairbury Journal News Fairbury, Nebraska (September 16, 2017) Score for score, the Bulldogs and Jeffs went back and forth for three quarters of gridiron action Friday night. Tied 20-20 going into to fourth quarter, the Jeffs kept rowing, and the momentum started going the way of the Jeffs. Interception, after big play, over and over again, led the Jeffs to scoring 18 points in the final period to seal a 38-20 homecoming victory over the Auburn Bulldogs.
Jacob Johnson ran for 177yds and 2TDs, while Wasserman ran for 2TDs as well. Cayman DeBoer caught #3’s only TD pass on the night.
Zach Holes led the defense with (9) tackles, followed by Johnson and Seth Firmanik each recording (7) tackles. The D picked off four Bulldog passes; Johnson, Cayman DeBoer, Wasserman and Ace York each had an INT in the contest.
Along with Wasserman’s rushing and passing TDs, he ran a Punt Return back 92yds for a score.

Homecoming Week

Fairbury Journal News Fairbury, Nebraska (September 18, 2017) . Before the Homecoming Parade last Friday, the cheerleaders and football team were busy at the grade schools in Fairbury greeting students, playing on the playground and getting the students excited about Homecoming.

Thursday morning, student at Central Elementary were greeted by members of the Fairbury Jeffs Football team. Players joined the students on the playground before they had to begin for the day.

At Jefferson Intermediate School#JeffPride was out in full force as the Fairbury Cross-Country team ran through the halls. Jefferson school also celebrated Homecoming Week with Spirit Days. 

Fairbury Golfers Win Home Invite

Fairbury Journal News Fairbury, Nebraska (September 11, 2017) In a team race decided by only 4 strokes, Fairbury edged out Beatrice for the team title Monday in Fairbury, 431 to 435. Fairbury placed three golfers in the Top 10; Sara Mitchell, 2nd (95), Shavara Kroeker, 7th (110) and Casey Nimmich, 9th (111). Evie Schwab shot a 115 to finish 12th, with Melia Mitchell, 25th with a 139.

photo from Jed Martin

Jeffs Tame Tigers

Fairbury Journal News Fairbury, Nebraska (September 8, 2017) . Avenging their only regular season loss from last year was fresh on the minds of the Jeffs as they took the field against the Falls City Tigers. The Jeffs started out fast, scoring on their first offensive play and never let up. 68-14 is what the scoreboard read when the game was over. Adam Wasserman produced an offensive onslaught, accounting for 7 TDs, 5 on the ground and two in through the air. #3 also put over 300 total yards in the stat book. Six different receivers caught passes on the night, including a 87yd pass to Dalton Buxton late in 4Q. The defense put on yet another strong performance holding the Tigers drive after drive. Seth Firmanik led the team with 7 tackles, while Buxton added 6. Jacob Johnson and Keyten Pfingsten each picked off Tiger passes during the game for the Jeffs D.
Photos by Trevor Gill

Fairbury Cross Country Invitational

The Fairbury Cross Country teams competed at their own 14-team invitational on Thursday, September 7.  The girls team finished 3rd and the boys team finished 6th.  Individual results are as follows.  Their next meet is at Fillmore Central.

HS Girls 3rd of 14 teams
6 Josephine Blatny 
13 Emily Burkley
16 Kacy Starck
21 Autumn Branson
29 Erica Mosher
38 Mikwena Lierman 
40 Sarah Engelman
41 Britney Scheetz
48 Jasmine Snyder
55 Darby Paulsen

HS Boys 6th of 14 teams
20 Isaac Robertson
23 Jared Engelman
28 Braden Graham
38 Devin Holliday
46 Dylan Starr 
62 Dillon Weichel
71 Damian Vculek
73 Riley Stewart 
85 Chayton Baloun-Diller 
90 Grant Snyder

 

Lady Jeffs Dominate Fairbury Softball Invitational

Fairbury Journal News Fairbury, Nebraska (September 2, 2017) . In three games, the Lady Jeffs out-scored their opponents 25-2. They combined for 33 hits, including 2HRs from Cora DeBoer and 1HR from Sr. Macy Ohlde Saturday, while Delaney Miller and Macy Ohlde collected 18Ks, while allowing only 8 hits on the mound for Fairbury.

Jeffs Stay Unbeaten, Ground Rockets

Fairbury Journal News Fairbury, Nebraska (September 1, 2017)

Fairbury 48 Syracuse 6

Starting out quick again,  the Jeffs never slowed down vs. Syracuse. The Jeff Defense set up the first TD when Dawson DeBoer picked off a Rocket pass. Adam Wasserman took the ball across the goal line for Fairbury’s first score. Wasserman would score two more on the ground and two threw the air. Cayman DeBoer caught both TDs from Wasserman. Jacob Johnson added two short yardage TDs.

Photos by Jaelle Johnson Fairbury High School Publications

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