Northwestern Journalism

06/05/2026

First week of June means basketball camp! Coaches Sydney Hammrich, Isaac Groft, and Denise Clemens worked with the elementary, middle school, and high school girls this week! 🏀💚💛

05/31/2026

Congratulations to the girls track team on its 5th place finish at the state track and field meet and to senior Ella Boekelheide on being named Class B Girls Track MVP!

The girls broke an impressive EIGHT track records this season!

Northwestern girls athletics had a fantastic year, placing second at state cross country, third at state volleyball, and fifth at state track!

Way to go, Wildcats!

05/31/2026

Congratulations to junior Ty Boekelheide on his second-place finish in the triple jump at the state track and field meet with a leap of 43-7!

Photo by John Davis

05/30/2026

Congratulations to senior Ella Boekelheide on winning all four of her events at the state track meet! After anchoring the state champion medley relay on Thursday, Ella turned her focus to her individual events, winning the 3,200-meter run Friday morning in a time of 11:29.6. On Friday afternoon, she set a state meet record in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:13.41. On Saturday, she bolted out to a first-place finish in the 1,600-meter run in a time of 5:08.05. Ella has won an incredible 10 individual track titles, as well as one relay title and three cross country titles to finish her high school running career with an astonishing 14 state titles! 🏅💛💚

05/28/2026

Congratulations to the girls Medley Relay team on their state championship! The team of eighth-graders Brenna Halvorson, Rachel Melius, Elexis Kramp, and senior Ella Boekelheide set a new state meet record and broke the school record in a time of 4:13.02! 🏅💚💛

05/27/2026

And they're off! Cheer on these athletes and coaches as they head to state track!

Ty: Triple Jump, 400, 4x4
Drew: 4x4
Carson: 4x4
Brecken: 4x4
Deklyn: 4x4 alternate
Ella: 800, 1600, 3200, Medley
Sienna: 300mH, 4x1
Lila: 4x1
Lilly: 4x4
Brenna: 4x1, 4x2, 4x4, Medley
Elexis: 400, 4x2, 4x4, Medley,
Rachel: Long Jump, 4x2, 4x4, Medley
Ava: 4x1, 4x2

05/27/2026

Good luck to the Wildcats at the state track and field meet in Sioux Falls this weekend!

Girls: seniors Ella Boekelheide and Sienna Kessler, junior Lila Johnson, freshman Lilly Haven, eighth-graders Brenna Halvorson, Elexis Kramp, and Rachel Melius, and seventh-grader Ava Paulson.

Girls Events:
4x100-meter relay
4x200-meter relay
4x400-meter relay
medley relay
400-meter run (Elexis)
800-meter run (Ella)
1,600-meter run (Ella)
3,200-meter run (Ella)
300-meter hurdles (Sienna)
long jump (Rachel)

Boys: senior Carson Ewalt, juniors Ty Boekelheide and Brecken Halvorson, sophomore Drew Sparling, and eighth-grader Deklyn O'Daniel.

Boys Events:
4x400-meter relay
400-meter dash (Ty)
triple jump (Ty)

Coaches: Alli Jackson, Clayton Randall, Holly Randall, and Kris Boekelheide.

Let's go!

05/26/2026

05/21/2026

Congratulations to senior Sienna Kessler on breaking the school record in the 300-meter hurdles at the Webster meet with a time of 49.54, beating the previous record set by Alisha Markuson in 1995 at 49.66, making this the ninth school record to fall this track season!

Eighth-grader Elexis Kramp placed third in the 200-meter dash in a time of 28.10, while eighth-grader Brenna Halvorson placed sixth in 28.43 and Kessler eighth in 28.90.

The 4x100-meter relay (junior Lila Johnson, seventh-grader Ava Paulson, Halvorson, Kramp) placed third in 53.24.

The 4x200-meter relay (eighth-grader Rachel Melius, Halvorson, Kramp, Paulson) placed third in 1:52.08.

Eighth-grader Kylee Henjum placed second in the discus with a throw of 99-11 and seventh in the shot put with a throw of 29-7.

Boys Results
Eighth-grader Cohan Miller placed seventh in the 400-meter dash in 59.92.

Eighth-grader Will Helling placed fourth in the 1,600-meter run in 5:40.38.

Full Results: https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/646050/results