Elementary students

achieve Perfect

Attendance

Osmond Elementary School

students made coming to

school one of their highest

priorities for the 2016-2017

school year.

Sixteen students in a

variety of grade levels

achieved Perfect Attendance

for Quarter 3 in the 2016-2017

school year.

Of these students, a

majority came from sixth

grade (7). These were Connor

Anderson, Zach Reikofski,

Taylor Thompson, Ella

Broekemeier, Hudson

Schultze, Reese Johns, and

Cali Gutz.

The lone fifth grader to

attend school every day was

Leah Poellet.

Several fourth graders

were on the list: Cassady

Dominguez, Sophia

Gansebom, Keely Gubbels,

and Landon Oltjenbruns.

Peyton Brunckhost

was the only third grader to

earn the award. Vayden

Wattier and Kooper Gubbels

were the two second graders

who made the list.

Kindergartener Kenley

Friedrich also had Perfect

Attendance.

Congratulations,

students, for your

commitment to learning.

(Taylor Thompson receives recognition for

Perfect Attendance in the third quarter.)

Tigers excel in

academics

The Osmond Tigers Junior

and Senior High School

students had a great quarter

academically. Seventy-one of

the 109 students had no

grades below eighty-five

percent in any class.

This started with thirty

students who earned

recognition as Superior Honor

Roll students. These students

earned NO grade below a

ninety-three percent.

Also forty-one

students made Honor Roll.

These students had a ninety

percent average and had no

grade below an eighty-five

percent.

Several seniors earned

Superior Honor Status. These

include Shelby Aschoff, Bailee

Gillespie, Hailey Johnson,

Kendyl Koehler, Preston

Koehler, Curtis Kralicek,

Bryan Manzer, Tyler

Reikofski, Tucker

Timmerman, and Tyler von

Rentzell.

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THE TIGER CHRONICLE April 3, 2017 THE VOICE OF THE TIGERS Volume 3, Issue 8

STORIES:

Perfect Attendance……...pg. 1

Academic Honors .......pgs. 1-2

Business Competition…..pg. 2

Blood Drive……………...pg. 3

Speech…………….…..pgs. 3-4

Quiz Bowl …….................pg. 4

Elementary……...........pgs. 4-5

Boys, Girls State……........pg. 5

FBLA……………………..pg. 5

FFA.…………...............pgs. 5-6

Band Concert………...pgs. 6-7

Track and Field……....pgs. 7-9

Golf…………………..pgs. 9-10

Winter Awards....…pgs. 10-11

Football…………………pg. 11

Pictures…………….pgs. 11-12

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Likewise, a handful of

juniors made it on Superior

Honor Roll: Alex Alderson,

Colton Beacom, Jessica Jensen,

Drew Krienert. Andrea

Schmit, and Erin Schultz.

Sophomores Brandi

Gansebom, Nick Reikofski,

and Haven Schultze were all

on Superior Honor Roll.

The five freshmen who

qualified for Superior Honor

Roll include Zach Alderson,

Alex Brestel, Grace

Broekemeier, Kennedy

Johnson, and Landon Stelling.

Six junior high

students were credited for this

accomplishment as well:

Connor Gutz (8th),

Zach Huwaldt (8th), Graysen

Schultze (8th), Connor von

Rentzell (8th), Grace

Gansebom (7th)

and Bailey Schmit (7th).

The seniors that made

Honor Roll include Blake

Aschoff, Paul Gubbels,

Hannah Gutz, Brock Johnson,

Diane Kruse, Cole Moes, and

Brett Simmons.

Eight juniors made the

list. These were Emily Bolz,

Aleia Kumm, Alex Kumm,

Caitlin Kumm, Alex Palu,

Ethan Pfanstiel, Kelly

Schuettler, and Shelby

Stelling.

Sophomores Jared

Bessmer, Adriona Buchanan,

Anthony Heiman, Mariah

Stech, and Kayla Wingert

made Honor Roll.

Ten freshmen made it

on the list. These were Aaron

Chishiba, Hannah Ferry,

Joshua Gansebom, Madeline

Huwaldt, Mary Kahny, Alexis

Solorzano, Logan Stelling,

Keaton Timmerman, and

Ashley Wingert

There were four eighth

graders on Honor Roll:

Johnson Chishiba, Aleynah

Gray, Hayle Krienert, Jozie

Kumm.

Macy Aschoff, Lillie

Gansebom, Mason Gansebom,

Holly Jensen, Kiera Moes,

Kenzie von Rentzell, Riley

Wagner, and Keaton Wattier

were the seventh graders on

the list.

(Hayle Krienert-Left-and Kiera Moes-Right-

enjoy a meal at the Third Quarter Honors

Breakfast.)

Tigers excel in WSC

Business

Competition Day

BY MRS. MANZER

WAYNE—The School of

Business & Technology at

Wayne State College held its

annual Business Competition

Day on Tuesday, March 28.

Over 200 students

from seventeen regional

Nebraska and South Dakota

high schools competed in

multiple areas of business

competitive events.

This included

Accounting I and II,

Advertising, Business

Communications, Business

Comprehensive Knowledge,

College Quiz Bowl, Computer

Literacy, Datamania, Digital

Citizenship, Global Business,

Marketing, Keyboarding I and

II Speed Timings, Personal

and Financial Literacy, Sales

Presentation, and Web

Wizardry.

The top-ranking

school was Wausa. Osmond

had a small team, but still

ranked eighth out of fifteen

schools.

Tyler von Rentzell

earned first place in Global

Business and fourth place in

Business Communications;

Diane Kruse earned third

place in Accounting II, and

Hannah Gutz received fourth

place in Accounting II.

(L-R: Hannah Gutz, Tyler von Rentzell, and

Diane Kruse hold their ribbons from WSC

Business Competition Day.)

Anatomy class hosts

Red Cross Blood

Drive

The Osmond High School

Anatomy class and the

American Red Cross

collaborated to host a blood

drive for the Osmond

community on Tuesday,

March 21 in the OCS gym.

The blood drive

totaled 57 units, which was

over the class goal (45 units).

This number continues

to go up from past drives. A

year ago, the drive yielded 45

units.

"We had fifty-

six presenting donors giving

fifty-seven total units. This

was twelve units over our

goal!" Anatomy Teacher Mrs.

Kerri Conn said.

The seniors in this

semester’s anatomy class

include Shelby Aschoff,

Hannah Gutz, Brock Johnson,

Hailey Johnson, Kendyl

Koehler, Preston Koehler,

Brett Simmons, Kyle Swallow,

Tyler Reikofski, and Tyler von

Rentzell.

(L-R: Tyler von Rentzell, Brock Johnson,

Preston Koehler, and Tyler Reikofski stand

behind Brett Simmons who prepares to donate

blood.)

Jensen sisters sixth

at District Speech

The Osmond Tigers speech

team competed in their

district speech meet at West

Boyd High School in Spencer

on Tuesday, March 14.

Jessica and Leslie

Jensen (both juniors) earned

sixth place in Duet Acting.

The Jensens earned a

spot in Finals after finishing

fourth (Round 1) and

third (Round 2) in their

preliminary rounds. (The

tournament was formatted

with two preliminary rounds

to determine who made it into

a final round.)

“This was the duet's

first time competing in finals,

and they finished sixth

overall—earning them a

medal,” Tigers’ Speech

Director Christalin Ginn said.

The Tigers scored

thirty-one points total

including sixteen from Duet

Acting, eight points from Oral

Interpretation of Serious

Prose, and seven points from

Extemporaneous Speaking.

Overall, the team

finished in eighth place

behind seventh place Elkhorn

Valley (56).

Aleia Kumm (Jr.)

finished just outside of Finals

after placing fourth (Round 1)

and fifth (Round 2) in her

preliminary rounds.

Kumm battled in her

preliminary rounds, but was

one of three that did not make

it into Finals.

“Aleia placed third in

the first round, but went over

the allotted time, so she fell to

fourth,” Ginn said.

The Tigers’ lone

Extemporaneous Speaking

contestant,

Anthony Heiman (So.), had a

tough first round as was

unable to make it to Finals.

He placed fourth

(Round 1) and third (Round 2)

in his preliminary rounds.

Ginn was pleased with

her speakers’ first round

performance: “In the

first round, no one scored

below a 44 out of 50, which is

the best we have done all

year.”

Overall, the Tigers

(though few in numbers) had

a productive year. They

improved gradually as the

season progressed.

“I am…

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…super proud of

every single one of them. I

have seen them work really

hard this year. We earned

three more medals than we

did last year. This

improvement is

tremendous,” Ginn added.

(L-R: Jessica Jensen and Leslie Jensen earn sixth

in Duet Speaking in Districts.)

Quiz Bowlers test

their knowledge

NELIGH—The Osmond

Tigers Junior and Senior High

Quiz Bowl teams competed in

the ESU 8 Junior and Senior

High Quiz Bowls in Neligh on

Tuesday, March 7 and

Wednesday, March 8.

The junior high team

defeated Madison by fifteen

points and then lost to both

Stanton and O’Neill St.

Mary’s. Both losses were

within ten points.

The high school squad

took down Clearwater-

Orchard, while losing to

Verdigre and then Elgin

Public. The Tigers’ win was

by fifteen points.

“Overall our students

performed well, and I couldn't

be prouder of the group of

students who participated,”

Tigers Quiz Bowl Sponsor

Jeffrey Hrabik said.

(ABOVE—Top Row (L-R): Jozie Kumm, Kiera

Moes, Zach Huwaldt, Connor von Rentzell.

Bottom Row: Kenzie vonRentzell, Johnson

Chishiba, and Holly Jensen. BELOW—Top

Row: Tyler Reikofski, Preston Koehler,

Anthony Heiman, Nick Reikofski, and Zach

Alderson. Bottom Row: Aleia Kumm, Leslie

Jensen, Brandi Gansebom, and Jessica Jensen.)

Elementary students

sell Easter candy

BY MRS. ASCHOFF

The top sellers for the 2017

Easter Candy Sales were

brothers Jaxson and Caden

Wingert. The boys sold

eighty-one boxes of candy.

Second place was

Adalyn Koehler, while third

place was Kenley Friedrich.

Other top sellers –

(having sold 20 or more

boxes) were Ella von Rentzell,

Spencer Hille, Adamari

Olguin, Leah Poellet, and

Keely Gubbels.

(TOP ROW: Cayden Wingert; MIDDLE ROW

(L-R): Adalyn Koehler, Jaxson Wingert, and

Kenley Friedrich. BOTTOM ROW: Adamari

Olguin, Spencer Hille, Keely Gubbels, Ella von

Rentzell, and Leah Poellet

Tigers interact with

Read Across

America Day

Osmond Community School

elementary students

celebrated Read Across

America on Thursday, March

2.

Students participated

in a variety of activities in

their individual

classrooms: art projects,

watching Dr. Seuss videos,

and answering Dr. Seuss

trivia.

The day ended with

older and younger students

pairing up to read to each

other and by enjoying

cupcakes honoring Dr. Seuss'

birthday.

Elementary Student

Council members provided

cupcakes. This year marks

the twentieth anniversary of

Read Across America.

(PICTURE…………… PG. 5)

(Jessa Baker-R-reads to Alexa Aschoff on Read

Across America Day.)

Alderson, Schmit to

attend Legion Boys,

Girls State

Alex Alderson and Andrea

Schmit will attend American

Legion Auxiliary Boys and

Girls State respectively.

Alderson and Schmit

(both juniors) will travel to the

University of Nebraska-

Lincoln’s campus on June 4-

10.

The alternates for the

event include Drew Krienert

(Jr.) and Shelby Stelling (Jr.).

(ABOVE: Alex Alderson and Drew Krienert.

BELOW: Andrea Schmit and Shelby Stelling.)

FBLA Meeting

focuses on Dinner

Etiquette

The March FBLA meeting on

Monday, March 20 started

with a lesson on Dinner

Etiquette in the OCS FCS

room.

Members participating

were The Pathetics (Tyler von

Rentzell and Diane Kruse)

and The Sophisticats (Caitlin

Kumm and Shelby Aschoff),

Server (Tristan Maertins) and

Narrator (Bryan Manzer).

The skit showed the

correct way to act, and more

importantly eat while in

public.

(Tyler von Rentzell-left-and Diane Kruse-Right-

are served by Tristan Maertins-middle.)

The FBLA Chapter

earned an Action Awareness

Award because of their

activities during FBLA Week,

and other Career and

Technical Educational

Activities.

It was mentioned that

members should be thinking

about running for a local

office, as elections will take

place at the April meeting.

Committees for the

May Awards Ceremony were

set up, so planning will begin

soon for that event.

Students attending

State Leadership Conference

(SLC) discussed the upcoming

event.

SLC takes place on

April 6-8 this year in

Omaha. Students attending

will be: Shelby Aschoff,

Diane Kruse, Andrea Schmit,

Anthony Heiman, Bryan

Manzer, and Tyler von

Rentzell.

(L-R: Tyler von Rentzell, Diane Kruse, Andrea

Schmit, Bryan Manzer, Shelby Aschoff, and

Anthony Heiman show their certificate.)

Osmond FFA Excels

at CDEs

BY MRS. EVANS

NORFOLK—Ten Osmond

FFA members traveled to

Norfolk to Northeast

Community College to

participate in the District 4

FFA Career Development

Event Contest on Wednesday,

March 1.

Participating in the

contest for the first time as an

independent chapter, the

Osmond students excelled

in…

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…their respective

contests.

The Agriscience team

of Zach Alderson, Landon

Stelling, Josh Gansebom, and

Madeline Huwaldt finished

third overall being beat only

by Crofton and Creighton.

Earning individual

honors were Zach, Landon,

and Josh who received fifth,

sixth, and seventh places

respectively.

Madeline finished an

honorable twenty-fourth. This

team will compete at the state

competition in April.

The Farm

Management team of Tristan

Maertins, Alex Alderson,

Tyler von Rentzell, and Nick

Reikofski received second and

qualified for state.

Earning individual

honors were Tristan (second

place) and Alex (fourth place).

Tyler and Nick finished in

eighteenth and twentieth

respectively.

The Agriculture

Biotechnology team of Alex

Alderson, Tyler von Rentzell,

and Nick Reikofski were the

contest champions, which also

qualified them for the state

contest.

Earning individual

honors for their team were

Alex Alderson (champion),

Tyler von Rentzell (second

place), and Nick Reikofski

(fourth).

Seniors Cole Moes and

Bryan Manzer tried their

hands in the welding contest

but came up short of placing.

The State FFA

Convention and Contests will

be held April 5-7, 2017 in

Lincoln.

Many of the contests

will be held on the University

of Nebraska Lincoln’s East

Campus, with Convention

Sessions to be held at the

Pinnacle Bank Arena in

downtown Lincoln.

(The Osmond FFA chapter served at a luncheon

at Channel Seeds. ABOVE (L-R): Mrs. Evans,

Tucker Timmerman, Bryan Manzer, Cole Moes,

Tristan Maertins, Tyler vonRentzell, and Alex

Alderson. BELOW: von Rentzell (L) and

Alderson help serve drinks.)

Music programs

host concert

The Osmond High School

Music Program hosted its Jr.

and Sr. High School

Instrumental and Vocal

March Spring Concert on

Tuesday, March 7 in the OCS

Gymnasium.

The concert consisted

of four sections: Junior High

Mixed Chorus, High School

Chorus, Junior High Concert

Band, and Senior High

Concert Band.

Starting off the show

was the Junior High Mixed

Chorus. They sang “Be Our

Guest” (Ed Lojeski) and “Can

You Feel the Love Tonight”

(Keith Christopher).

A mix of seventh and

eighth graders performed as

part of this group.

The seventh graders

included Macy Aschoff,

Hunter Beacom, Molly

Beacom, Grace Gansebom,

Lillie Gansebom, Mason

Gansebom, Stevin Hasler,

Holly Jensen, Kiera Moes,

Bailey Schmit, Bryan

Solorzano, Kenzie von

Rentzell, Riley Wagner, and

Keaton Wattier.

There are nineteen

eighth graders with this too.

These are Allison

Aschoff, Blake Bahr, Alexis

Beacom, Zach Boyle, Johnson

Chishiba, Sam DeLaCruz,

Tessa, Dominguez, Brenden

Gillespie, Alleynah Gray,

Elisa Herrera, Zach Huwaldt,

Parker Johnson, Sarah Kelly,

Hayle Krienert, Jozie Kumm,

Adeline Liermann, Graysen

Schultze, and Connor von

Rentzell.

Performing next was…

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…the High School

Chorus. They sang “The

River” (Sally Albrecht), “Lift

Thine Eyes to the Mountains”

(Linda Spevacek), and “My

God is a Rock” (Ruth Morris

Gray).

The High School

Chorus has 16 members:

Madie Aschoff (So.), Breanna

Bolz (Sr.), Emily Bolz (Jr.),

Makayla Boyle (Jr.), Adriona

Buchanan (So.), Marina

DeLaCruz (Jr.), Bailee

Gillespie (Sr.), Anthony

Heiman (So.), Jessica Jensen

(Jr.), Leslie Jensen (Jr.), Aleia

Kumm (Jr.), Caitlin Kumm

(Jr.) Cole Moes (Sr.),

Mackenzie Schmit (So.), Kelly

Schuettler (Jr.), and Makenzie

Vargas (Fr.).

Up next was the Junior

High Concert Band who

played “Beauty and the

Beast” (Michael Sweeney) and

then “Specto Leviosa”

(Stephen Bulla).

Members of the this

band were the following: Jozie

Kumm (Flute), Connor

vonRentzell (Tuba), Lexi

Beacom (Baritone), Allie

Aschoff (Clarinet), Hayle

Krienert (Clarinet), Kiera

Moes (Clarinet), Hunter

Beacom (Trumpet), Parker

Johnson (Trumpet), Bailey

Schmit (Trumpet), Ryan

Schmit (Trumpet), Bryan

Solorzano (Trumpet), Austin

Vinson (Trumpet), Riley

Wagner (Trumpet), Blake

Bahr (Alto Saxaphone),

Connor Gutz (Alto

Saxaphone), Keaton Wattier

(Saxaphone), Johnson

Chishiba (Percussion), Holly

Jensen (Percussion), Brady

Stech (Percussion), Alex

Heiman (Bari Saxophone),

Zach Huwaldt (Trombone),

Bodie True (Trompone), and

Patrick Vinson (Trombone).

The Senior High

Concert Band provided a

finale for the concert; they

played “Metrodance”

(Randall D. Standridge),

“Under the Irish Sky” (Larry

Neeck), and Eternal Peaks

(Robert W. Smith).

Of the four high school

classes, the Tigers have thirty-

five members in eleven

sections.

This starts with seven

flutes: Shelby Aschoff (Sr.),

Makayla Boyle (Jr.), Brandi

Gansebom (So.), Madeline

Huwaldt (Fr.), Jessica Jensen

(Jr.), Andrea Schmit (Jr.), and

Haven Schultze (So.).

There are three alto

saxophones; these include

Zach Alderson (Fr.), Erin

Schultz (Jr.), and Landon

Stelling (Fr.). Alexis Solorzano

(Fr.) is the group’s tenor

saxophone.

One of the band’s

biggest sections is the clarinet

section (7). These are Breanna

Bolz (Sr.), Leslie Jensen (Jr.),

Kendyl Koehler (Sr.), Diane

Kruse (Sr.), Kelly Schuettler

(Jr.), Kayla Wingert (So.), and

Ashley Wingert (Fr.).

Shyann Rohloff-Levos

is the group’s only bass

clarinet.

The trumpets have

five members: Josh Gansebom

(Fr.), Makenzie Johnson (So.),

Mary Kahny (Fr.), Ethan

Pfanstiel (Jr.), and Nick

Reikofski (So.).

Four trombones make

up part of the band. This is

probably the most

experienced section age-wise.

These are Hailey Johnson

(Sr.), Cole Moes (Sr.), Logan

Stelling (Fr.), and Tucker

Timmerman (Sr.).

Jared Bessmer is the

band’s baritone; Aleia Kumm

(Jr.) plays the tuba; Alex

Kumm (Jr.) is on the french

horn.

(The returning letter-winners for the 2017 OHS Track team: TOP

ROW (L-R): Curtis Kralicek, Brett Simmons, Bryan Manzer, Cole

Moes, Tyler Reikofski, Brock Johnson, Kyle Swallow. BOTTOM

ROW: Jared Bessmer, Caitlin Kumm, Makenzie Johnson, Kelly

Schuettler, Andrea Schmit, Haven Schultze, Alex Alderson, Alex

Palu.)

Tiger Tracksters

ready to rock

BY MR. ORTMEIER

The Osmond Tiger track and

field team opens the 2017

season at Wayne State in the

Division 1 Indoor Meet.

Leading the teams this

year are state medal winners,

state qualifiers, as well as

school record holders.

The medal winners

are…(CONTINUED…..Pg. 8)

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…the girl’s 1600 M

Relay team that placed fifth at

State. They are Andrea

Schmit, Haven Schultze, and

Makenzie Johnson.

Record holders were

the boy’s 1600 M Relay team

of Curtis Kralicek (Sr.), Brett

Simmons (Sr.), and Cole Moes

(Sr.).

State qualifiers were

Brock Johnson (Sr.) and Kyle

Swallow (Sr.).

Additional letter

winners are Shelby Aschoff

(Sr.), Kelly Schuettler (Jr.),

Caitlin Kumm (Jr.), Tyler

Reikofski (Sr.), Bryan Manzer

(Sr.), Alex Alderson (Jr.), Alex

Palu (Jr.), and Jared Bessmer

(So.).

Rounding out the team

are Asher Wattier (Jr.),

Anthony Heiman (So.), Nick

Reikofski (So.), Joshua

Gansebom (Fr.), Landon

Stelling (Fr.), Aaron Chishiba

(Fr.), Keaton Timmerman

(Fr.), Alexis Solorzano (Fr.),

Justus Maertins (Fr.), Mary

Kahny (Fr.), Kennedy Johnson

(Fr.), Madeline Huwaldt (Fr.),

and Alex Brestel (Fr.).

Coach Joe Ortmeier will

be assisted by Brain Guenther

and Jessica Evans.

(BOTTOM LEFT: Several Tigers won medals at

the WSC Indoor Meet: TOP (L-R)—Nick

Reikofski, Tyler Reikofski, Curtis Kralicek,

Brock Johnson, Brett Simmons, Jared Bessmer,

Kyle Swallow. BOTTOM—Josh Gansebom,

Makenzie Johnson, Haven Schultze, Kennedy

Johnson, Andrea Schmit, Madeline Huwaldt,

and Anthony Heiman.)

Indoor Records Fall

at WSC Indoor

BY MR. ORTMEIER

WAYNE—The Osmond Track

and Field teams traveled to

Wayne State College for the

Division 1 Meet on Saturday,

March 18.

The Tigers had some

impressive performances and

three record-breaking efforts.

The first was by the

girls 640 M Relay as they won

the event in a time of 1:32.52.

Team members were

Haven Schultze (So.),

Makenzie Johnson (So.),

Kennedy Johnson (Fr.), and

Andrea Schmit (Jr.).

The record was 1:33.27

from 2006 with team members

Kelsey Nuesh, Betsy Krienert,

Kristen Peschel, and Amanda

Hodson.

The girls 1600 M Relay

team also bettered the indoor

record as they were clocked in

4:38.06 which was good for

third place.

Current team

members are Madeline

Huwaldt (Fr.), Haven

Schultze (So.), Kennedy

Johnson (Fr.), and Makenzie

Johnson (So.).

(The 640 M Relay and 1600 M Relay teams (L-

R): Haven Schultze, Makenzie Johnson,

Kennedy Johnson, Andrea Schmit, Madeline

Huwaldt.)

The record was 4:41.59

from 2010 and team members

were Brianna Kumm, Emily

Haselhorst, Laurel Krohn, and

Carrisa Gutz.

The final record-setting

event was the last of the

day. The boys 1600 M Relay

won the event easily in a time

of 3:49.47.

Team members are

Curtis Kralicek (Sr.), Brock

Johnson (Sr.), Anthony

Heiman (So.), and Brett

Simmons (Sr.).

(The 1600 M Relay team (L-R): Curtis Kralicek,

Brock Johnson, Anthony Heiman, and Brett

Simmons.)

The former record was

3:52.19 from 2004 with team

members Michael Ortmeier,

Cody Dennis, Zach Buol, and

Evan Friedrich.

Brock Johnson (Sr.)

had very good attempts at 6’

in the High Jump but cleared

5’10 for second place. Alex

Palu took…

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…fifth place with 5’4”.

Curtis Kralicek (Sr.)

was out-leaned in the 55

Hurdles for second place, and

it took instant replay to

decide. His time was 8.86 and

the winner from Columbus

Scotus ran 8.85.

The 3200 M Run also

needed instant replay to

decide second place as Jared

Bessmer (So.) out-leaned

Thomazin from Scotus. Jared

sprinted to the line in 11:17.59,

and third place was 11:17.77.

Joshua Gansebom (Fr.)

finished in sixth place in the

1600 M Run in a nice time of

5:26.13.

The boys 640 M Relay

team placed second in

1:24.29. The team of Tyler

Reikofski (Sr.), Nick Reikofski

(So.), Brett Simmons (Sr.), and

Brock Johnson (Sr.) navigated

a rough exchange zone twice

to get the baton around to the

finish line.

The 3200 M Relay

team of Bessmer, Heiman

(So.), Palu, and Gansebom ran

10:01.7 for a third-place

finish.

In the sand jumps, Kyle

Swallow (Sr.) popped his best

Long Jump ever for fourth

place. His distance was 18’-

10.75”.

In the Triple Jump, he

finished in fifth place with a

mark of 38’-9.75”.

Makenzie Johnson (Jr.)

won the High Jump with a

jump of 4’10”. She had good

attempts at 5’, but it was her

lack of misses that won the

event for her.

Andrea Schmit (Jr.) took

fourth place in a very quick 55

Meter Dash. Her time was

8.01. Haven Schultze was

fifth in the 200 M Run in 29.9.

Kennedy Johnson took

fourth place in the Triple

Jump with her best ever jump

of 31’8”.

“We did a very good

job on Saturday and really

competed well,” praised

Coach Joe Ortmeier. “We can

build on these marks and

really have a special season.”

Teams competing were

Boone Central, Columbus

Scotus, Norfolk Catholic,

Osmond, Stanton, Wayne,

and West Holt.

Letter winners eye

improvement in 2017

Three letter winners lead this

year's 2017 golf squad. These

are Alex Kumm (Jr.), Drew

Krienert (Jr.), and Brenden

Hille (Jr.).

Junior Alex Kumm

was last year's leading scorer

and is a returning state

qualifier. Alex averaged a

forty-two per nine-hole round

last year and medaled in

every meet that he played in.

Junior Brenden Hille

returns as the fourth leading

scorer from last year's team

and also played in the state

meet via team qualifying.

Drew Krienert is the

third returning letter winner

and last year's fifth leading

scorer; he also participated in

state play.

Brenden and Drew

averaged forty-eight and

forty-nine, respectively, per

nine-hole round.

Junior Tristian

Maertins appears to be

playing his way to a varsity

spot and is the only other

player to medal in major meet

competition last year.

(The Tigers’ returning letter winners are (L-R)

Brendan Hille, Drew Krienert, and Alex

Kumm.)

Other players in

contention for playing time

are senior Blake Aschoff,

junior Ethan Pfanstiel,

sophomore Dylan Schmit and

senior Tyler von Rentzell.

Freshmen members of

this year's team are Logan

Stelling and Zach Alderson.

Tigers start off

season against

Bulldogs

BY MR. JOCHUM

The Osmond golf team

opened the 2017 season

hosting varsity and junior

varsity players from

Creighton, Hartington,

Plainview and Bloomfield-

Wausa.

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The Tigers dueled

Creighton while the other

three schools played a

triangular.

In the dual

competition, the state runner-

up Bulldogs beat the Tigers

167-187. Creighton's Chase

Largen was the medalist on

the day with a thirty-eight.

The Tigers were led by

Alex Kumm, who shot a forty-

one, supported by Drew

Krienert, who carded a forty-

five.

Senior Blake Aschoff

was next in line for Osmond

with a forty-nine, followed by

Brenden Hille and Tristian

Maertins who each shot 52’s.

Sophomore Dylan

Schmit was the low junior

varsity player of all the teams

on the day as he shot a fifty-

two. Tyler von Rentzell (Sr.)

and Ethan Pfanstiel (Jr.) shot

fifty-six and a fifty-seven.

Osmond will

participate in another

triangular next Monday, April

3, at Hartington before

beginning their major meet

schedule the following week.

Tigers’ successes

honored for 2017

The Osmond Tigers basketball

team saw three team members

earn post-season awards for

the 2016-2017 season.

Moes earned Lewis

and Clark Conference First

Team recognition and was

named to the Norfolk Daily

News First Team Elite Eight.

He was also slated as

All-State Class D-1 Honorable

Mention for the Lincoln Journal

Star.

Johnson was also on

the Lewis and Clark

Conference First Team.

He made it on

the Norfolk Daily News Second

Team Elite Eight and was also

All-State Class D-1 Honorable

Mention for the Lincoln Journal

Star.

Timmerman’s debut

season earned him Lewis and

Clark Conference Honorable

Mention and Norfolk Daily

News Elite Eight Honorable

Mention.

(Brock Johnson, Cole Moes and Keaton

Timmerman.)

Kumm, Schmit earn

All-Conference

Honors

ALLEN—Two Osmond Tigers

girls basketball players earned

All-Lewis and Clark

Conference recognition for the

West Division for their

performance throughout the

year.

Caitlin Kumm (Jr., G)

was one of eight West

Division players slated as true

“All-Conference” performers.

Andrea Schmit (Jr., F/G) made

the list of eight Honorable

Mention players.

This is Kumm’s

second consecutive year being

named to the list.

Kumm finished the

season scoring 12.2 points per

game. She produced 5.4

rebounds per game and had

just over three steals per game

(Nearly three times more than

any other Tiger).

As one of the Tigers’

most reliable free-throw

shooters, Kumm scored over a

fourth of her points from the

line (63-for-96, 66%).

Overall Kumm was 74-

for-303 from the field (24%).

Her counterpart

Andrea Schmit had a solid

season. She led the team in

rebounding (6.8/game); she

scored 8.4 points per game

(59-221, 27%).

Schmit’s shot 44-for-82

from the free-throw line. She

had nine blocks and eighteen

steals.

The other seven girls

selected to the All-Conference

team were Sara Castanada

(Bloomfield), Amber

Bruegmann (Bloomfield),

Carlee Thies (Randolph),

Carlie Nordhues (Randolph),

Krissy Kumm (Wausa), Regan

Hennings (Wausa), and

Sydney Walton (Creighton).

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Honorable Mention

selections were Renee Kauth

(Bloomfield), Jordyn

Anderson (Plainview), Catie

Williams (Plainview), Nikki

Mosel (Plainview), Megan

Klienschmit (Wausa), Chelsea

Boelter (Creighton), and

Cassidy Moeller (Creighton).

(Kumm and Schmit were tabbed as All-Lewis

and Clark Conference Honors.)

Johnson,

Reikofski earn

places to play in

Norfolk

BY MR. BRUMMELS

NORFOLK—Brock Johnson

and Tyler Reikofski, two

seniors at Osmond

Community School, have

been selected to play in the

NEN All Star football game

scheduled to be played at the

Memorial Field in Norfolk on

Saturday, June 10.

Brock and Tyler were

selected as part of the 36-man

White team for the game.

Brock has been tabbed

to play on the offensive side

of the ball, and Tyler has been

tabbed as a linebacker for the

defense

Both will take part in

practices at Norfolk High the

week prior to the game.

Past Osmond players

that have been selected for the

game are Carlin Krienert and

Andrew Folkers for the

inaugural game in 2013 and

Max Frank for last year’s

game.

(L-R: Brock Johnson and Tyler Reikofski were

both named to an all-star football game in

Norfolk)

Reikofski named to

8 Man All-Star

Roster

BY MR. BRUMMELS

CLARKS—Tyler Reikofski, a

senior at Osmond Community

School, has been selected to

play in the fortieth

annual Sertoma 8-Man All

Star Game scheduled to be

played in Hastings on

Saturday, June 17.

Tyler will participate

in a week-long camp in

Hastings along with forty

other of the best 8-Man

football players in the state

leading up to the game which

will be played on Tom

Osborne Field on the campus

of Hastings College.

Tyler will be a member

of the East squad that will be

led by Coaches Chris

Ardissono and Scott

Shipley from

Bruening/Davenport/Schickle

y, Ron Beacom from Neligh-

Oakdale, and Brian

Blevens of Lawrence-Nelson.

Other recent Osmond

grads to be selected to play in

the game are Michael Koehler,

James Stueckrath, Carlin

Krienert, and Max Frank.

PICTURE PAGES

(Mr. Hamm congratulates Keely Gubbels for

Perfect Attendance in the Quarter 3.)

(TOP: Sophia Gansebom shakes Mr. Hamm’s

hand as elementary students are honored for

Perfect Attendance in the third quarter. TOP OF

PAGE 12: Reese Johns walks to the end of the

line after being recognized for Perfect

Attendance in Quarter 3.)

(Bryan Manzer reads off information as part of

the March FBLA Meeting.)

(ABOVE: Tristan Maertins serves Caitlin

Kumm and Shelby Aschoff as part of the Table

Etiquette presentation. BOTTOM: Andrea

Schmit, Kayla Wingert, and Zach Alderson look

on during the FBLA March Meeting.)

(Aleia Kumm performs “War” during Oral

Interpretation of Serious Prose at the district

speech meet at West Boyd High School.)

(ABOVE: Anthony Heiman makes a solid point

as he performs during Extemporaneous

Speaking at the district speech meet. BELOW:

Leslie Jensen-left-and her sister Jessica Jensen-

right-perform in Duet Acting at Districts. They

earned sixth place.)

(Andrea Schmit readies to compete in the 55

Meter Dash while Haven Schultze holds her

blocks.)

(Curtis Kralicek prepares for the 55 Meter Dash.

Caitlin Kumm rests in the background, holding

Curtis’s blocks. BELOW: Justus Maertins gets

set.)