12/15/2022
Throw the Lopes! Holdrege Senior Ella Jacobson signed her letter of intent to throw for Nebraska-Kearney Track & Field! Congrats Ella!
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12/06/2022
Holdrege Digital Journalism presents volume 9! One Act, FFA, Thanksgiving Tales, and A Mysterious Conch Shell!
11/22/2022
Yesterday the Duster One Act cast and crew traveled to Valentine for their conference competition and despite their early success this season, they came out feeling defeated after placing 8th place out of 9 competitors.
Alexis Gill, casted as Guard 1, stated, “We had the best crowd reaction all season, we were told how amazing we did in critiques, and then we were ranked poorly,” Alexis continued by saying, “With the excellent cast that we do have, it's disheartening to do so well at the beginning of the year and then go to conference and get what we felt was an unfairly judged placement.” From here, the One Act cast and crew are going to move forward, hoping to succeed at their next competitions so they can secure a spot for State.
11/09/2022
Dress Codes, NAHS, & Study Halls! Don't miss out!!
11/04/2022
Spanish musician Edger Renè came to sing at the Tassel in Holdrege, NE on Thursday. His basic message was that everyone goes through hard things in life but you should persevere.
11/02/2022
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Latest edition of The Duster!
11/02/2022
Chemistry class watches the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch on Tuesday morning.
10/24/2022
Check out this week's edition of "The Duster" produced by Holdrege Public Schools Digital Journalism team!
10/21/2022
Holdrege Duster Cross Country heads to State! Congrats boys and coaches!!
10/20/2022
Holdrege Sophomores attended a Connect-the-Dots program yesterday at the Ag Center. This program is intended to teach students about their career and college options after high school.
10/20/2022
Freshmen Clay Maloley brings home 4th place from State Land Judging in Scottsbluff.
10/14/2022
Principal Jeremy Ham received the Army Commendation Medal on Tuesday. The Army Commendation Medal is presented to those people who have contributed acts of heroism or meritorious service during their tenure. In a few weeks, he will also receive the General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award at the Pentagon. Principal Ham said “For me, the most rewarding part of serving in the military is the service to others. I view it as a privilege that I am able to serve the people of my country in a way that many can't. When you find a way to provide what others need and value, then you will have achieved success.”
10/09/2022
Duster Cross Country competed at Conference last Thursday. Both the girls and boys teams did well, and the boys even brought home a third place victory in a loaded conference! Athletes Nik Schrock, Justin Golus, and Brady Vanboening placed individually as well.
10/06/2022
Holdrege High School students are able to paint their own Duster on the walk of fame. Students who wanted one had to pay ten dollars and could paint their own or have someone paint it for them. Each Duster is personalized and usually has their name, sports number, and other symbols for activities they compete in. The Duster Walk of Fame, which is located on the east side of the high school, represents student talent, leadership, and school spirit.
10/05/2022
Amelia Ptacnik (Sophomore) qualified for the Class C State Golf Championships. State will take place next Monday and Tuesday at Elks Country Club in Columbus. Amelia enters as having the 13th best qualifying score. Amelia said, “I am looking forward to seeing more experienced players play and just the experience overall.” Good luck Amelia!
10/05/2022
The Holdrege Marching Band received a division 2 rating of "excellent" at Harvest of Harmony last weekend. Drum major Maggie deFreese is shown here accepting the band's first field show rating of the season. The band will perform at the Minden Bandfest before concluding their season in a couple weeks at state in Kearney.
10/05/2022
“I recommend Concordia because of the community the campus has. If you don’t want to be known or cared about this college is not for you. As a student you get to know most your classmates and professors. You will thrive in this small community,” explains a Concordia representative at the 2022 Holdrege Area EPP.
Seniors and Juniors of the surrounding towns: Alma, Loomis, Bertrand, and Elm Creek met in the Holdrege High School gym last Tuesday morning for a college fair. Students get the opportunity to visit each of the 39 college booths to learn more about what opportunities each college provides. If you are interested in the booth you visited, the college representative will scan a barcode each student was given and will later receive an email from that college. This college fair is beneficial to kickstarting your college journey and have colleges looking out for your academic and athletic achievements.
09/30/2022
“I recommend Concordia because of the community the campus has. If you don’t want to be known or cared about this college is not for you. As a student you get to know most your classmates and professors. You will thrive in this small community,” explains a Concordia representative at the 2022 Holdrege Area EPP.
Seniors and Juniors of the surrounding towns: Alma, Loomis, Bertrand, and Elm Creek met in the Holdrege High School gym Tuesday morning for a college fair. Students get the opportunity to visit each of the 39 college booths to learn more about what opportunities each college provides. If you are interested in the booth you visited, the college representative will scan a barcode each student was given and will later receive an email from that college. This college fair is beneficial to kickstarting your college journey and have colleges looking out for your academic and athletic achievements.
09/26/2022
Duster XC was at Hastings last Tuesday. Boys placed 5th as a team. Nik Schrock finished 9th!
09/06/2022
Attention students who are interested in getting ahead of college testing:
September 27th, juniors and seniors have the College Fair in the Holdrege High School gym from 9-10:30 am.
October 12th, Pre- SAT and National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Testing (NMSQT)- $18
November 8th, Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB).
October 22 & December 10- Holdrege ACT test dates before our required test in March- $63 register online
It is recommended that students take the ACT 3-4 times total. Colleges will look at your ACT when determining your acceptance, and they will only look at your highest ACT score.
For anyone interested in the military, it is highly recommended that those students score well on the ASVAB since the military will look how well you score on the ASVAB.
08/31/2022
Low-Income Individuals Panic as Food Prices Surge
Jerzie Vap - Holdrege Digital Journalism Staff
Despite inflation marginally decreasing, the price of common food items are skyrocketing, hitting low-income individuals the hardest.
The price of groceries is a defining factor in how people are able to cope with inflation. Food inflation impacts those with low incomes more than others because most of their already small budgets go to food. Numerous staple foods have had the greatest increases in price, such as dairy, meat, eggs, and bread, leading to those with low incomes buying less food, which typically leads to lower health. The surge in prices have led low-income people to tighten their budgets further, often causing them to neglect areas in their life that they deem less important, such as health care, while simply trying to survive.
Although food inflation is a hardship for many, it seems that relief may be coming as agricultural, dairy, egg, and poultry prices appear to be going down. We can only hope that consolation is near for those struggling the most.
08/26/2022
Here is how your will line up tonight versus Sidney.
08/20/2022
Storm start quick and stay hot through first week of action.
In their regular season debut, the Holdrege-Adams Central Liberty Storm secured their first two victories of the year versus visiting Alliance and Hershey. The co-oped team found success with Isabel Raburn on the mound and a trio of hitters in Alivia Gerloff, Abbey Fish, and Raburn.
The Storm carried their first day of success into Saturday and finished runner-up in the Lexington tournament. On their way to the championship, the girls downed Chadron and Lexington before falling to Scottsbluff in the championship game. HAC’s leadership seems to be on point early in the season. “When even one person is positive, it gets the rest of the team pumped up and ready to go until we are all on fire and ready to go,” Raburn said.
The Storm will travel to Lexington again on the 23rd for a rematch with the Minutewomen. The first game ended with HAC rallying for a 6-4 victory after trailing 4-1 at the end of the 4th inning.
05/18/2022
“If there was one thing that you are going to take away from high school, it should be this. Love everyone like Mr. Bailey did. Hold a forgiving heart like Mr. Bailey did. Show compassion and care for one another. And above all, love one another deeply because love covers a multitude of sins.” This Sunday the class of 2022 graduated. After a long four years we thank you for your time and dedication. We hope you are successful with your new journey. Congratulations!
05/12/2022
The Holdrege FFA had four students compete at the 69th National Land Judging Competition in Oklahoma City, OK on May 5th. The team of Charlie Wells, Nicholas Taylor, Chyenne Tidyman and Mitchell May and FFA Advisor, Jeff Moore traveled to Oklahoma City where they prepared for the contest at practice sites. Freshman Mitchell May led the Duster FFA Land Judgers with a 91st place individual ranking out of almost 389 contestants. As a team the Holdrege team placed 47th out of one hundred other FFA Teams.
05/11/2022
By now you may have heard, but the Dusters had some fantastic showings yesterday at the B-5 District track meet. The Dusters girls’ team brought the runner-up plaque back to Holdrege last night and the bus also brought back 8 state qualifiers. Your state qualifiers for the 2022 NSAA State Track Meet are:
Max Hunter - Discus
Avery Hurlbert - 800 M Run, 1600 M Run
Ella Jacobson - Discus, Shot Put
Bradie Medina - Pole Vault
Erin Michalski - Pole Vault
Kaitlyn Jewett - Pole Vault
Nikolas Schrock - 1600 M Run
Hanna Swearingen - High Jump
State track will take place May 18-19 at Omaha Burke Stadium.
05/09/2022
On Friday Holdrege hosted the Central Conference track meet. The teams that competed were; Adams Central, Aurora, Columbus Lakeview, Crete, Holdrege, Lexington, GI Northwest, Schuyler, Seward, and York. As the season comes to an end we want to say how proud we are of our girls and boys track members. You all have accomplished so much this season!
Holdrege will be heading to Broken Bow to compete in the distract track meet. Good luck to everyone competing on Tuesday!
Shown above is;
Nick Weides running the 200
Jaxson Smith running the 300H
McCartney Elliot running the 200
Lorna Weides running the mile
Megan Belgum running the 400
Kenna Fulmer jumping a new pr of 4’10 in High Jump
And Hanna Swearingen jumping 4’10 also
05/04/2022
Congratulations to McKenna Ortgiesen for signing to play basketball at Nebraska Wesleyan!
05/03/2022
This afternoon the girls tennis team had their senior night! Grace Maloley and Sara Nelson have been playing tennis all throughout high school. Monday will be the girls last home game.
05/03/2022
Congratulations to McCartney Elliott for signing to UNK for cheer!!!
05/02/2022
Today Congressman Adrian Smith came to present an award to Sophomore Charli Wells after she placed 3rd in the Congressional Art Contest. Her stippling drawing will hang in Smith’s Grand Island office. Congressman Smith said it’s great to do these things “amidst our challenges as a country.”
Wells said, “I’m very honored to be receiving this award.” Great job Charli!
05/02/2022
That’s a wrap! Yesterday was the final showing of Clue: On Stage. The cast and crew has been working on this production since late February.
The show went on for all three days this weekend. Sunday, after the show, the cast and crew stayed behind to tear down the set. Huge thanks to everyone that made this show happen!
04/30/2022
Peaking at the right time? Holdrege boys golf put their best team effort of the year together on Friday at the Broken Bow Invitational. As a team they shot 346 to finish as runner up.
Kaden Broeker brought home his second straight invitational win by firing a 76 (+4) and Cade Kirwan and Dylan Moore both are bringing home medals as well.
Kaden Broeker (1st) 76
Cade Kirwan (10th) 88
Dylan Moore (13th) 89
Breck Miller (T15) 93
Carson Scheele 97
04/29/2022
Yesterday was your HHS soccer stars last home games and senior night!! The boys team ended the night with a win after a rain delay and a shoot-out. Huge shoutout to our seniors and their parents
04/28/2022
Congratulations to our choir and band groups who competed at district music last Friday. Rankings are listed above.
04/27/2022
Jonathan McKee, author of 25 books including, “The Teen’s Guide to Face-to-Face Connections in a Screen-to-Screen World” came to speak to Holdrege students and other nearby towns.
Mr. McKee shared about the pitfalls of social media in the teenage world. He got involved in public speaking because, “I found that if young people have a good mentor in their life and good information, they were able to make really good choices for the future.”
McKee will be speaking again tonight at the The Sun Theater at 6 pm to parents.
04/27/2022
Congratulations to our 2022-2023 FFA Officers!
(Front row L to R) - Emily Helwick, Sheree Russell, Chyenne Tidyman, Charli Wells
(Back Row L to R): Tyson Meyers, Malachi Connell, Nick Taylor
04/27/2022
Yesterday the Holdrege boys golf team held a tournament at home.
Yesterday was also senior day, so we want to give a special shout-out to our seniors on the golf team; Kaden Broker, Deven Anderson, Breck Miller, Carson Scheele, and Dylan Moore.
Congratulations to Kaden Broker for winning first place with a score of 78.
The other golfers scores:
Cade Kirwan 90
Dylan Moore 94
Break Miller 99
Carson Scheele 106
04/24/2022
Last night the Sun Theater showed its first movie after being remodeled! The movie they decided to open with is a PG movie called “Bad Guys.” Movie showings are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday if you want a fun family movie idea!
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Next up in our Coach's Corner segment is Holdrege Head Girls Tennis Coach Dakota Burns. The girls have got a couple meets under their belts and are having a lot of fun playing for the first year Duster coach.
Holdrege Boys golf competitively gets underway on Tuesday as they open with a triangular at the Holdrege Country Club. Previously, sophomore Mariah Lashley sat down with Coach Tom Hoyt to talk about the season and his "quirky" competitors. Good luck this year!
Coach Runcie Coach's Corner
Holdrege soccer season is underway and Alix Russell sat down with new girls' coach Derek Runcie. When asked about his goal for the upcoming year, Coach Runcie wants to see his girls "get better, and have fun doing it." Soccer will be off this week, but will be gearing up for action on March 29 when they head to take on Lexington.
Coach Hale Coach's Corner
Sophomore Kenna Fulmer sat down with Head Track Coach Jason Hale for our very first episode of "HHS Coach's Corner." Kenna and Coach Hale discuss the responsibilities of being a head coach and what the track team offers student-athletes at Holdrege High School The track team is set to compete in their first meet of the year on Friday, March 18th at UNK with their annual indoor meet.
Hey Holdrege Duster fans, you're needed! The girls' and boys' basketball teams host the first round of the Central 10 Conference basketball tournament tonight! Come and pack the Duster Dome and give them a true home-court advantage! Girls will play Northwest at 5:30 and the boys will host Adams Central afterwards.
Holdrege Public Schools Weekly Events!
Your weekly update on all things concerning Holdrege High Scchool events!! We will work on our TV set for our next week!
We had a beautiful day today in Holdrege to play some girls golf! The Holdrege Duster girls golf team hosted districts today. Ella Jacobson placed 6th which earned her a trip to state! Coach Hall said “I was really impressed with how all the girls battled today. It’s especially fun to watch Ella compete at the level we know she can and we are all excited to see what’s in store when we get to state.” Wish Ella luck as she competes in Columbus on Monday and Tuesday the 11th & 12th.
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