Wrestling clock person NEEDED for home dual tournament on Friday January 12th. Whippet Nation, we are in need of one more person to run a score clock in the CL Jones gym on Friday January 12th for our Dual Tournament. Wrestling starts at 3pm and we will serve a meal to all helpers and meet workers! Please call the high school office to let Mr. Strong know if you would be able to help in this role. Thank you in advance!!
It's been a great day of competition for our Lady Whippet Wrestling Team in Columbus! Keep up the good work!!
Due to the dense fog advisory and freezing fog advisory that lasts until noon on Thursday January 4th, there will be NO morning practices Thursday. 8th grade boys basketball will now practice after school. Also, the high school girls wrestling team departure time to Columbus has been delayed to 6:30am. We will determine if it is safe for them to make the trip to Columbus Thursday morning by 5:45am and then Coach Ostrom will get word out to the wrestlers.
Minden Public School is looking for route and activity drivers. We have competitive wages and potential benefits. We will help you get the passenger endorsement and the certification you might need. Apply online at https://www.mindenwhippets.org/page/employment-opportunities
Holiday Basketball Tournament at Grand Island Central Catholic starts today! This is a quick reminder that the GICC Holiday Basketball tournament takes place today and tomorrow. The girls play GICC at 6pm tonight in the south gym and the boys follow in the same gym. The full bracket is included as an attached picture. GICC also streams the games from the south gym only at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/@saderproductions/streams
GO WHIPPETS!
Reminder of the NSAA moratorium. We hope everyone has a happy Holiday season and a Merry Christmas!!
CONGRATULATIONS to Jake Ryan for signing his national letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic career at Wake Forest University!! Jake has signed to play football for the Demon Deacons!
Great Job Jake!!!!
SENIOR PARENTS: The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is supposed to be available by Dec 31. Please sign up for a webinar in January if you need help with how to fill it out. Go to https://educationquest.org/events/ to choose an evening to tune in to a webinar.
Boys RESERVE BKB TODAY CANCELLED!
Boys reserve basketball today at Broken Bow has been CANCELLED due to lack of players for Broken Bow. The girls reserve game will be played as scheduled at 5pm.
Basketball Holiday Tournament Bracket for December 29th and 30th at Grand Island Central Catholic!
Weekly Whippet Activity Update for December 18th through December 30th!
Senior Braxton Janda won his 100th career match this Saturday at the Boone Central Dual Tournament! Big congratulations to him on this accomplishment.
The Whippet girls wrestling team is competing hard at the Flatwater Fracas! They will wrestle back here at the Heartland Events Center tomorrow as well.
Basketball Reminder!!
Minden HS hosts the reserve level basketball tournament Saturday morning beginning at 9am. The Minden boys will play in this tournament, but our girls will not. Then Saturday afternoon the basketball teams travel to Elm Creek for JV (3:00pm) and Varsity Girls (4:30pm) and Varsity Boys (6:00pm)
A full bracket for the Minden Reserve Level Tournament is attached!!
MHS Winter Band and Choir Concert
December 15, 2023
Featuring: Vocal Jazz, Concert Choir and Concert Band
Directed by Ivey Zimmerman and Matthew Stubbs
Middle School Wrestling season is in the books, and here are your wrestlers who earned 25, 50, and 100 takedowns! Some are only 7th graders. Congrats!
Contragulations to the following Whippets for earning NCPA Fall Academic All State Honors: The full list is linked below as well!
Minden Boys Cross-Country: Samuel Cederburg, Caden Jameson
Girls Cross-Country: Luz Lopez, Lindsey Rehtus
Football: Austin Lutkemeier, Brycen Schwenka
Girls Golf: Brynn Smith, Kara Suchsland
Play Production: Ayleigh Porter, Jessica Tunnell
Volleyball: Myla Emery, Mattie Kamery
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Orrin Kuehn won his 100th career match as a junior yesterday at the Holdrege invite, and he was named the overall OUTSTANDING WRESTLER pinning his way through the 150 lb weight class!
Some pictures from State Play competition in Norfolk today! Awesome job to the cast, crew, and coaches!!
Congratulations to Kade Dorszynski for signing to play baseball at Peru State College!!
