MHS Activities Department appreciates the support of Minden Exchange.
Weekly streaming for September 29th through October 5th.
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💜🐾 Whippets Shine at the Ogallala Invite! 🐾💜
The Ogallala Invite was one of the largest & toughest meets of the season, featuring 16 varsity boys, 14 varsity girls, 11 JV boys, 6 JV girls, 12 middle school boys, and 11 middle school girls teams (all schools counted, even non-scoring). Six of seven SWC schools lined up — Ogallala, Minden, McCook, Gothenburg, Cozad, Broken Bow — and the field included state-ranked Class C & D teams: C Boys #2 Gothenburg & #6 Minden; D Boys #3 North Platte St. Pat’s & #5 Perkins County; C Girls #4 Minden, #5 Chase County, #6 Gothenburg. With Top 20 Varsity, Top 10 JV, and Top 10 Middle School medals on the line, the Whippets delivered at every level.
🏃♂️ Boys
Varsity — 3rd of 16 teams (59 pts)
📌 Just 4 points behind Gothenburg and only 9 points from winning the meet.
Medalists (Top 20):
• Gage Thull — 9th — 17:18.77
• Javier Perales — 12th — 17:37.26
• Trystan Sharkey — 18th — 18:18.35
• Isaac Reed — 20th — 18:23.74
JV — 2nd of 11 teams (38 pts)
Medalists (Top 10):
• Steve Rhodes — 3rd — 19:42.49
• Seth Jacobitz — 10th — 20:33.82
Middle School Boys — 6th of 12 teams (112 pts)
Medalist (Top 10):
• Blake Boudreau — 5th — 11:52.53
🏃♀️ Girls
Varsity — 2nd of 14 teams (40 pts)
📌 A 1-point battle with Chase County for the team title.
Medalists (Top 20):
• Alexa Warner — 3rd — 20:41.74
• Adelyn Whitten — 4th — 20:57.37
• Aclynn Osterbuhr — 16th — 22:33.70
• Evie Sharkey — 19th — 22:39.58
JV — 2nd of 6 teams
Medalist (Top 10):
• Cristal Gonzalez — 1st — 23:57.38
(Shoutout: Zipporah Wilson — 15th, just outside medals.)
Middle School Girls — 🥇 1st of 11 teams — Team Champions (28 pts)
Medalists (Top 10):
• Regan Johnson — 4th — 12:30.1
• Gemma Fritson — 5th — 12:43.4
• Kinsey Morey — 10th — 12:59.2
(Scoring depth from Emerson Kuehn — 13:49.3 and Taya Tomsen — 14:16.9 sealed the championship.)
💜 Takeaway
Against a massive field of 16 boys varsity teams, 14 girls varsity teams, plus deep JV and middle school races, the Whippets earned team success at every level — just 4 points from 2nd in varsity boys, 1 point from the girls varsity win, both JV squads runner-up, and Middle School Girls crowned champions.
This meet showed the depth and future strength of the Whippet program. 💪
RESULTS - https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/258050/results/all
School Picture Retake Day is scheduled for Monday, October 27th
Picture Order Forms are available in your school office
National Honor Society and Interact Club are sponsoring a drive for 9-12 graders to donate supplies for the Little Free Food Pantry. It is a grade level competition to see who donates the most supplies and gets out of Access Period on Oct. 7! Donations will be accepted Sept. 29 - Oct. 3.
🟣 Orders are due by Wednesday Oct. 1st at midnight
⚫️ Pickup will be Wednesday Oct 8th in the high school commons from 4-6 pm or at the homecoming football game, Friday Oct. 10th!
https://dpapparelengraving.com/collections/minden-homecoming-2025-apparel-store
Congratulations to this year's Homecoming Court!!!!!
Makenna Anderson
Myla Emery
KayLynn Jorgensen
Rebbeca Lempka
Hallee Schoone
Lauren Starkey
Ambrose Bloomfield
Landon Bules
Cole Fetterolf
Luke Grollmes
Brody Sexton
Carson Wright
MHS Activities Department appreciates the support of Kearney County Health Services.
