GIRLS
The Girls' Team earned 1st in total team points!!!!
Delani Runnels - 800M (1st **Meet Record**), 1600M (1st), 3200M (1st **Meet Record & School Record**)
Amber Sucha - High Jump (1st **Personal Record**)
Taylen Stark - High Jump (5th), 200M (6th), 400M (3rd**Personal Record**)
Taylor Pavlik - Shot Put (2nd), Discus (3rd**Personal Record**)
Alli Sucha - Long Jump (1st), 100M Hurdles (2nd), 300M Hurdles (3rd)
Billie Pritchett - Triple Jump (6th), 100M Hurdles (6th)
Olivia McCormick - 3200M (6th)
Josilyn Miller - 200M (2nd **Meet Record & School Record**), 400M (4th**Personal Record**)
4x100M Relay (Alli, Billie, Josilyn, Summer) - 3rd
4x400M Relay (Josilyn, Taylen, Amber, Delani) - 1st **School Record**
4x800M Relay (Chloe R., Olivia, Danika, Starlet) - 5th
BOYS
Arlan Lammers - High Jump (2nd), 110M Hurdles (3rd)
Wyatt Shabram - 110M Hurdles (6th)
4x400M Relay (Kellen, Arlan, Will, Wyatt) - 6th
The 2024 Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet was held this past Friday & Saturday, April 5th & 6th with an awesome line-up of 170+ registered lifters from across the midwest. This year’s meet was a National meet, so two days of competition were required to accommodate the crowd of lifters striving for State, American and even World records! It was the 17th year for the Orchard Meet and the largest one ever. Forty-two Niobrara-Verdigre powerlifters competed in this year’s AAU Championships. These lifters had an outstanding day breaking sixteen total State, American, and World records and one Niobrara-Verdigre school record. Not to mention many lifters setting numerous personal bests. The entire field of competition saw 18 different lifters set a total of 36 State records, 8 American records, and even 4 world records by age/weight class. Among that group was our very own Levi Hoferer, Alex Motacek, Melody Bonham, and Raquel Morales-Montalvo. Then Mykel Murray steped up to the platform and established new AAU American & World records in the bench press & deadlift! Niobrara-Verdigre also had the Elsie Magwire memorial female outstanding lifter of the meet based on strength index. Holly Pavlik won this award with a strength index of 4.24. Another special award was presented to Lorenzo Denny. He won the Conner Jackman Memorial Warrior Spirit special award for his commitment to the sport of powerlifting and helping others. This brought the crowd to their feet! The school record that fell was Isaac Pavlik re-setting his own record in the squat with a lift of 408 lbs. After the busy day of lifting was finished, the Niobrara-Verdigre team earned the 2024 Nebraska AAU championship trophies in the Jr. High/High School Co-ed AND Jr. high/High School Boys team divisions!
The top 6 jr. high/high school co-ed teams… 1st place Niobrara-Verdigre (91 points); 2nd North Platte (78); 3rd Summerland (77); 4th Boyd County (76); 5th Columbus (43), 6th Centura (37).
The top 3 combined jr. high/high school boys teams… 1st place Niobrara-Verdigre (80 pts); 2nd place Boyd County (68); 3rd place Summerland (40); 4th place Centura (27); 5th place Ainsworth (13); Johnson-Brock (12).
The top 3 combined student/adult teams… 1st place Team Schellen (97 pts); 2nd place North Platte (78); 3rd place Tri-County (61).
Niobrara-Verdigre had an amazing 11 individual AAU champions: Levi Hoferer 88 lb (raw) class, Charles Frame 97 lb (raw) class, Parker Frank 114 lb youth (raw) class, Mykel Murray 132 lb youth (raw) class, Lorenzo Denny 308 lb (raw) class, Christine Mechaley 97 lb (raw) class, Sydney Kumm 105 lb (equipped) class, Holly Pavlik 132 lb (raw) class, Emmarie Pavlik 148 lb (raw-bench only) class, Raquel Morales-Montalvo 220 lb (raw) class, and Emilee Babcock 220+ lb youth (raw) class. Sixteen lifters won the silver medal in their weight class... Alex Motacek 114 lb (raw) class, Logan Collingsworth 132 lb youth (raw) class, Danny Pease 132 lb (raw) class, Zackary Rohrer 148 lb youth (raw) class, Wyatt Shabram 148 lb (equipped) class, Jacob Motacek 181 lb (raw) class, Isaac Pavlik 220 lb (raw) class, Gunnar Shabram 242 lb open (raw) class, Jeff Shabram 242 lb masters (raw) class, Gwen Bonham 105 lb (raw) class, Melody Bonham 114 lb (raw) class, Billie Pritchett 123 lb (raw) class, Miranda Stohlmann 165 lb (raw) class, Taylor Pavlik 181 lb (raw) class, Nellie Jean Denny 198 lb youth (raw) class, and Chelsey Rohrer 198 lb (raw) class. Four lifters won the bronze medal in their weight class… Landyn Frank 123 lb (raw) class, Praeson Klub 275 lb (raw) class, Kami Simons 148 lb (raw) class, and Amaryah Block 165 lb (raw) class. Other Cougar medalists were… Murdock MacAskill 4th place 123 lb class youth, Carson Janak 132 lb class youth, Westin Bauer 4th place 165 lb class, Jase Kotrous 4th place 181 lb class, Jordon Ingebo 4th place 198 lb class, Aliyah Yunker 4th place 181 lb class, Beckett Wessendorf 5th place 181 lb class, Heidi Hollmann 5th place 148 lb class, Izaak Vakoc 6th place 181 lb class, Coy Wickersham 6th place 198 lb class, and Arlan Lammers 7th place 165 lb class. It was an impressive display of power this weekend !
Saturday’s meet was the last of the 2023-24 school year. Next season then kicks off with the Lexington Powerlifting Meet in December. Nice job and keep up the good work kids! It is fun to watch you grow in both mind and body. Seniors… you are an hard-working group of lifters. We will miss you at the high school only meets but hope to have you at some of the open meets. Keep lifting!! A complete list of results along with records should be posted soon on the www.aau-ne.com website and the www.aaunebraskapowerlifting.
This meet would not have happened had it not been for our very generous sponsors and the help of many volunteers from our communities… Judges Ethan Wondercheck, Kaci Schacht, Jordan Volden, Monte Shabram, Jack Allemang, Grant Magnuson, Jacob Behnk, Mike Kirby, Savanna Ferris, Gunnar Shabram, Justin Reiley, and RaeLynne Nelson. Spotters & loaders Heydon Strope, Deric Sayers, Kelly Wagner, Justin Reiley, Trey Sucha, Kaiden Bauer, Kevin Leininger, Lorenzo Denny, Paul Krutz, Kellen Vesely, Isaac Hoferer, Wyatt Shabram, Gunnar Shabram, Joseph Kittleson, Amelia Hakl, and Kaylee Bennett. The scorer’s table consisting of Amanda Shabram, Larissa Thomson, Brittney Krutz, Karla Uhlir, Ann Holz, Olivia Holz, Kristi Rohrer, Jennifer Pritchett, Maura Hoferer, Sydney Kumm, and Miranda Stohlmann kept this large meet running smoothly. Ticket table and t-shirts Rita Shabram and Sally Cronk. Video was run by Cassidy Denny. The very popular concession stand was provided by Stephanie Cleveland with help from powerlifting parents and Orchard community volunteers. All sponsored by Dusty’s. Reiman Coffee Company was present with coffee and smoothies again! The hospitality room for meet and coaches was provided by Orchard Old School Thrift. It takes individuals from multiple communities to pull off this big of an event, and it was another wonderful highlight of a fun powerlifting season! Go Cougars!
Here are our local sponsors…
2024 Orchard Powerlifting Meet Sponsors
Shabram Grinding
Finch Contracting
Hi-Way 20 Seed/Plains Cover Crop
Bank of Orchard
Brunswick State Bank
Two Cedar Fencing
Ag Services – Page
Around the Horn Sportscards
Lazy T Tire & Implement
Summerland Advocate-Messenger
Antelope County News/Orchard News
The Verdigre Eagle
Corner Hardware & More
Central Valley Ag
Butch’s Body Shop
Dusty’s
Orchard Lumber
Sugarz Café
GIRLS
The Girls' Team earned 1st in total team points!!!!
Nora Kucera - 5th in 300M Hurdles
Delani Runnels - 1st in 800M, 2nd in 1600M (New School Record!)
Amber Sucha - 3rd in High Jump, 3rd in 300M Hurdles, 4th in 100M
Taylen Stark - 1st in 400M, 3rd in 200M, 5th in High Jump (tie)
Eve Kucera - 6th in 300M Hurdles
Taylor Pavlik - 1st in Shot Put
Alli Sucha - 1st in 300M Hurdles, 2nd in Long Jump, 2nd in 100M Hurdles
Hehaka Frazier - 5th in High Jump (tie)
Olivia McCormick - 4th in 3200M
Josilyn Miller - 2nd in 400M, 2nd in 200M
Danika Runnels - 5th in 3200M
Summer Vesely - 6th in 100M
4x100M Relay (Alli, Billie, Josilyn, Summer) - 2nd
4x400M Relay (Josilyn, Taylen, Amber, Delani) - 1st
4x800M Relay (Chloe R., Olivia, Danika, Delani) - 2nd
BOYS
The Boys' Team earned 5th in team points overall!!
Arlan Lammers - 1st in High Jump, 2nd in 110M Hurdles, 2nd in 100M
Jacob Motacek - 4th in Discus
Kash Nielsen - 5th in High Jump (tie)
Julius Brandt - 2nd in Triple Jump, 4th in 400M
Wyatt Shabram - 5th in 110M Hurdles, 6th in 800M
4x100M Relay (Julius, Carter, Arlan, Kellen) - 5th
4x400M Relay (Julius, Jase, Kash, Wyatt) - 4th
4x800M Relay (Alex, Landyn, William, Wyatt) - 4th
Niobrara Public Schools
Agenda-Monday April 8, 2024
6:00 p.m. Regular Board Meeting
Board Room, 247 N. Hwy 12, Niobrara, NE 68760
A. Call meeting to order.
a. Open meeting law posted.
b. Pledge of Allegiance
c. Approve Agenda
B. Public Comment
C. Approval of Minutes
D. Presentation of Bills
E. Approve Financial Report
F. Correspondence
G. Agenda Items
1. Personnel:
a. Resignations
b. New Hire
2. Maple Street Road Project Bid Award
3. Special Building Fund Expense: Carlson West Povondra Architects $25,205.75
H. Informational Items:
1. Teacher Reports
2. Principal Reports
a. Summer School Plan
b.
3. Superintendent Report
a.
I. Adjourn
The 2024 Class D High School State Powerlifting Championships were held at Harvard High School this past Saturday, March 23rd. It featured 135 lifters representing 12 of the top Class D powerlifting schools in the state. This year’s meet was even larger than last year, and the largest Class D state powerlifting meet since 2005. Class D schools represented were Blue Hill, Boyd County, Bruning-Davenport-Shickley, Centura, Doniphan-Trumbull, Fullerton, Harvard, Niobrara-Verdigre, Red Cloud, Riverside, Silver Lake, and Summerland. The Niobrara-Verdigre Cougar lifters came away with the high school boys, girls, and co-ed team championship trophies!
All Cougar lifters had impressive performances with many personal bests set again. We also had one Cougar boys team record broken by two different lifters! Alex Motacek (5.97) and Westin Bauer (5.90) broke the old mark of 5.83 strength index (weight lifted divided by body weight). We added two more boys to the 900 lb club (Jacob Motacek and Westin Bauer) and moved a whole bunch of lifters to the 700 and 800 lb clubs. Congratulations to all lifters and teams on a fine performance. Thank you for your outstanding behavior while representing our schools and for showing a lot of class towards all competitors. Thank you also for your respect shown towards all meet officials and for helping Harvard High School set up for the meet & clean everything up after the meet. Everyone appreciates it!
The top 3 boys teams… 1st place Niobrara-Verdigre; 2nd place Centura; 3rd place Riverside.
The top 3 girls teams… 1st place Niobrara-Verdigre; 2nd place Boyd County; 3rd place Harvard.
The top Co-ed teams (a mix of the top boys and girls lifters)… 1st place Niobrara-Verdigre; 2nd place Boyd County; 3rd place Harvard.
Niobrara-Verdigre had a total of 7 individual state champions in their respective weight classes; 6 earning silver medals; 1 earning a fourth place medal; 3 earning fifth place medals; and 4 finishing in sixth place. Congratulations to all individual lifters. You are all to be commended for your high ranking in the state meet!
The lone boy individual state champion was Lorenzo Denny (275+ lb class) who again had an amazing day of lifting all while helping coach and spot & load. Your efforts are very much appreciated, Lorenzo! Alex Motacek (114 lb class), Landyn Frank (123 lb class), Jacob Motacek (181 lb class), and Isaac Pavlik (220 lb class) were silver medalists. Westin Bauer (165 lb class) earned a fifth place medal. Danny Pease (132 lb class), Wyatt Shabram (148 lb class), Arlan Lammers (165 lb class), and Praeson Klug (275 lb class) finished in sixth place. Other lifters that JUST MISSED OUT on medaling were Jase Kotrous, Cash Wickersham, and Izaak Vakoc in the extremely deep 181 lb class along with Coy Wickersham and Jordon Ingebo in the even deeper 198 lb class.
Girls individual state champions were Christine Mechaley (97 lb class), Gwen Bonham (105 lb class), Melody Bonham (114 lb class), Billie Pritchett (123 lb class), Taylor Pavlik (181 lb class), and Chelsey Rohrer (198 lb class). Aliyah Yunker (181 lb class) and Raquel Morales-Montalvo (198+ lb class) were silver medalists. Miranda Stohlmann (165 lb class) was a fourth place medalist. Kami Simons (148 lb class) and Amaryah Block (165 lb class) earned fifth place medals. Heidi Hollmann and Emmarie Pavlik (bench only) also competed in the 148 lb class. This year’s state competition also had a girls jr. high portion to the meet. Sydney Kumm (105 lb class) and Holly Pavlik (132 lb class) won first place in their respective divisions!
The season isn’t over quite yet! The final meet of the school year will be the Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet next Friday, April 5th & Saturday, April 6th at the Orchard Gym. The Orchard meet is a two-day event this year as a National AAU Meet! Because this is a sanctioned AAU event, the talents of both the high school and middle school Niobrara-Verdigre girls and boys lifters will be on display along with many other lifters from across the midwest including numerous adult professional lifters. This meet has grown into THE largest sanctioned meet in the state. Over the past 16 years we have seen numerous State, American, and World records set… hopefully we can have another amazing performance this year. There are over 200 registered lifters, so the Orchard gym will be rocking next Friday & Saturday! Lifting begins at 1:00 pm Friday, Apr. 5th and at 9:00 am Saturday, Apr. 6th. GO COUGARS!
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