Minden Public Schools

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Cross Country Conditioning – HS & MS Athletes 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Check out the tentative calendar (attached) for the rest of the summer and the first week of school! A few changes may happen, but this should be pretty close. 🗓️ Team Camp – July 24–25 ➡️ Load gear at 8:00 AM on July 24 ➡️ Return mid-afternoon July 25 Details coming soon! 💪 We’ve had awesome attendance this summer—keep showing up and putting in the work! 📣 All 7th–12th graders are welcome to join us at any time! Questions? Reach out to: 📧 Coach Wheelock – shawn.wheelock@mindenwhippets.org 📧 Coach Stepp – kylee.stepp@mindenwhippets.org

Middle school morning weights will only be Monday this week. We are taking the rest of the week off for the holiday and will resume Monday July 7th. Thank you.

VB Camp 2025 - 99 campers, 27 high school helpers, 3 days, and a whole lot of fun. These girls did a tremendous job at youth volleyball camp this week. We are so proud of them!! We are also so thankful for our high school helpers. We couldn't do it without them. The future looks bright!!

SOFTBALL PARENT MEETING REMINDER!! As a reminder, there is a parent and player meeting for all Highway 6 softball players at 6:30pm on June 30th at the Tassel in Holdrege.

Just a reminder of youth volleyball camp Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week. Times are as follows: Girls entering grades 7th & 8th - 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Girls entering 4th, 5th, and 6th - 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Girls entering 2nd & 3rd - 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Please bring a water bottle preferably with a name on it, tennis shoes, and kneepads (if you have them). Snacks and a drink will be provided. Looking forward to seeing all of our campers!!

No middle school weights this Friday June 20th. We will resume the following Monday. Thank you.

Special thanks to all of the kiddos who attended basketball camp this week. We loved having future Whippets in the gym! Also, congrats to our hot shot winners🏀

Crane earns all star nod as group competes in Colorado https://sites.google.com/mindenwhippets.org/mindengirlswrestling/news/2025-2026-news/crane-earns-all-star-nod-as-team-competes-in-colorado

Reminder: Minden Public Schools Summer lunch is OPEN! Missed the original sign-up? – No problem. We have food available. All children ages 1-19 7 Days of Breakfast AND Lunch in each kit Food Distributions are every Tuesday, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm at East Elementary

Today is the day! Get your car washed from 11am-4pm by the Whippet Girls Basketball team🏀

Congratulations to these 12 sport athletes. A tremendous amount of time and dedication went into their four years of high school athletics.

It was special to see 5 Whippets representing the Southwest Conference in the senior all star games today at MHS! We are sure going to miss watching these girls on the volleyball court. What a fun day of volleyball!!

Softball parents and player meeting June 30th at 6:30pm in Holdrege at the Tassel. Performing arts building north of the high school. If you need transportation please get a hold of coach Johnson.

A great opportunity to come out and watch the following Minden seniors who received SWC volleyball honors last year in the Nebraska Kidney Association All-Star Games: Makenna Betty, Aubree Bules, Mattie Kamery, Kinsie Land, and Makenna Starkey. They will play the 2nd match versus the Lou Platte Conference. Game time should be between 4:45 and 5:00 depending on the match before.

Last chance for youth volleyball camp registrations. T-shirt orders will be sent in tomorrow (Wednesday, June 11th) at noon. If you have not registered yet but would like to, please contact Coach Ratka at julie.ratka@mindenwhippets.org.

Reminder for incoming 7th-12th grade girls to get signed up for the basketball skills clinic with Coach Jerry Buck next Monday, June 16th. If you have any questions, contact Coach Prososki! Time: 5:30pm - 8:00pm Location: MHS gym Cost: $20 (cash or check made to Minden Girls Basketball) Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeImIwg8QZi_MmleqbSGuP-7AWu76C6lWugaw1fuPUNgk73mA/viewform?usp=header

Congratulations to Keira Crane, Aliena Osterbuhr, and Isabel Serrano on being voted 1st team all area girls wrestlers by the Hastings Tribune! All three ladies played key roles for our dual state champion team!

Reminder - Cross Country Conditioning starts on Monday, June 9 @ 8:00am - CLJ Activities Gym. 7th - 12th grade Athletes that are interested in being a part of the Minden Cross Country Program. Three Week Schedule - (will update during the summer) all at 8:00am Monday, June 9 Tuesday, June 10 Thursday, June 12 Monday, June 16 Tuesday, June 17 Wednesday, June 18 Thursday, June 19 Monday, June 23 Wednesday, June 25 Friday, June 27

111 junior golfers 36 parent partners 3 fantastic days Junior Golf Camp 2025 Golf is calling... We hope you continue to answer! 💜⛳️💜

Congratulations to the Whippet Volleyball Team on being named the Hastings Tribune Girls Team of the Year for the 2nd year in a row!! Also, congratulations to the following girls on their post-season honors from the Trib.💜🏐💜 1st Team - Mattie Kamery 2nd Team - Myla Emery 3rd Team - Makenna Betty and Aubree Bules 4th Team - Makenna Starkey Honorable Mention - Kinsie Land and Rebbeca Lempka The Team of the Year awards and 1st team athletes in all sports were honored at a ceremony on Wednesday, June 4th in Hastings. We appreciate the Hastings Tribune for its coverage and for its efforts in honoring area athletes.