Andrea Hynek Receives Jeffs’ Best Award!
The Jeffs’ Best Award was created by the Fairbury Public Schools Board of Education to highlight and celebrate the great work of our staff.On behalf of the Board of Education, I would like to congratulate Andrea Hynek, Jefferson Office Secretary, as the recipient of the February Jeffs’ Best Award!
Here were the nomination statements:
BNFF vs. Lincoln Pius X Swim Meet
Girls
Beatrice/Norris/Fairbury/Freeman 94
Lincoln Pius X 83
Boys
Beatrice/Norris/Fairbury/Freeman 99
Lincoln Pius X 73
The girl’s team remains undefeated, and the boy’s came away with a secondary state qualifying time in the 200 free relay. Lincoln Pius is always a strong team and a team with a lot of depth. They always seem to push our swimmers to do their best. Our swimmers really rallied around one another tonight and provided strong encouragement to the team. Tonight was also our senior recognition night. We honored 10 seniors. Each of them has been major contributors to the success of the team over the past 4 years. From Beatrice: Hayden Stevens, Averi Kolb, Hannah Essink, from Fairbury: Mikwena Lierman, Camryn Wisnieski, Josi Mans, Briaunna Knothe, Norris: Noah Bratt, Crystal Craft, and Xander Nelson. I am so proud of these athletes. Many of them have been a member of our team for 4 years, many of them are state qualifiers, and all of them are well rounded students and athletes. Their leadership, talent and support will be missed next year. We wish them all the best in their futures.
Along with the boys 200 freestyle relay, we had 5 more state qualifying times, 30 personal best performances and 27 first and second place finishes.
State qualifiers include:
Boys 200 freestyle relay; Noah Pomajzl, Reed Mueller, Ian Scheele, Isaiah Jacobsen
Mikwena Lierman bettered her automatic time in the 50 Free and improved her 100 butterfly qualifying time.
Mikya Lierman improved her 50 freestyle secondary state qualifying time, she less than 4 tenths from an automatic state qualifying time.
Crystal Craft had a secondary state qualifying time in the 100 breaststroke
The girl’s 200 medley relay; Josi Mans, Crystal Craft, Mikwena Lierman and Mikya Lierman, improved their secondary state qualifying time.
First Place finishes
Girl’s 200 medley relay; Josi Mans, Crystal Craft, Mikwena Lierman, and Mikya Lierman
Crystal Craft- 200 individual medley
Mikwena Lierman- 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly
Camryn Wisnieski – diving
Girls 200 freestyle relay; Mikya Lierman, Crystal Craft, Laci Havlat, Mikwena Lierman
Laci Havlat- 500 freestyle
2nd Place Finishes
Boy’s Medley relay; Ian Scheele, Reed Mueller, Cole Rogge, and Isaiah Jacobsen
Laci Havlat- 200 freestyle
Cole Rogge- 200 freestyle
Reed Mueller- 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke
Mikya Lierman- 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle
Lily Davis- diving
Callum Olmer- diving
Isaiah Jacobsen- 100 butterfly
Boys 200 freestyle relay; Noah Pomajzl, Reed Mueller, Ian Scheele, Isaiah Jacobsen
Ericka Kroeker- 500 freestyle
Josi Mans – 100 backstroke
Ian Scheele- 100 backstroke
Crystal Craft- 100 breaststroke
Girl’s 400 freestyle relay; Laci Havlat, Jaidyn Vanschoiack, Averi Kolb, Josi Mans
Boy’s 400 freestyle relay; Cole Rogge, Noah Bratt, Kolton Kirchhoff, and Noah Pomajzl
Personal Best Performances:
Levi Puchalla- 200 freestyle
Maya Hutzler- 200 individual medley- 100 freestyle
Reed Mueller- 200 individual medley- 100 breaststroke
Mackenzie Riesen- 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle
Lily Davis- 50 freestyle
Ericka Kroeker- 50 freestyle
Dalaney Biesecker- 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle
Mikya Lierman- 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle
Isaiah Jacobsen- 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly
Ian Scheele- 50 freestyle
Noah Bratt – 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle
Jessica Craft- 100 freestyle
Ava Bolli- 100 freestyle
Allison Ford- 100 freestyle
Noah Pomajzl- 50 freestyle
Hayden Stevens- 100 freestyle
Laci Havlat- 500 freestyle
Ericka Kroeker- 500 freestyle
Ben Maendele- 100 backstroke
Aly Kuzelka- 100 Breaststroke
Maddie Nielsen- 100 breaststroke
Callum Olmer- 100 breaststroke
Next action for the team is the Elkhorn Invite. Diving will be Friday, at 4:00PM. Swimming will be on Saturday, girls’ swimming begins at 12:30 PM and boys at 2:30PM. They are not allowing spectators at this meet. Monday, the 8th we have our last home dual against South Sioux City. Swimming will be at 4:00, no diving.
BNFF vs. Lincoln North Star Swim Results
Both the girl’s and boy’s teams came away with a win tonight against Lincoln North Star. The girls are currently undefeated in their dual competitions. We have a lot of depth and many talented swimmers on both our boys and girls teams. Everyone has contributed greatly to our successes this season. This has been a tough week for the team, many were not able to practice at all this week due to the weather, and some only were able to have one practice this week.
Our swimmers work very hard at practice and many have goals to qualify and improve their times before the state meet. We have asked a lot from both the girl’s and our boy’s teams, to step out of their comfort zones and try new events
Many have shown strong leadership skills, some of them are: Seniors, Josi Mans, Averi Kolb, Hannah Essink, Bri Knothe, Noah Bratt, Juniors:, Laci Havlat, Ian Scheele, Kolton Kirchhoff, Jaidyn Vanschoiack, Linnea Edeal, Erika Kroecker, and many others that are also willing to swim whatever events the team needs filled.
First place finishes:
Girls Medley Relay: Jaidyn Vanschoaick, Crystal Craft, Averi Kolb, Delaney Biesecker
Boys Medley Relay; Ian Scheele, Reed Mueller, Cole Rogge, Isaiah Jacobsen
200 free- Ian Scheele
200 Individual Medley- Jessica Craft
50 Freestyle- Laci Havlat- Isaiah Jacobsen
Diving- Callum Olmer’
100 butterfly-Cole Rogge
100 Freestyle- Laci Havlat- Isaiah Jacobsen
500 freesstyle- Josi Mans
Girls 200 freestyle relay; Laci Havlat, Averi Kolb, Jaidyn Vanschoaick, Josi Mans
Boys 200 freestyle relay; Noah Pomajzl, Reed Mueller, Isaiah Jacobsen, Ian Scheele
100 breaststroke – Crystal Craft
Girls 400 freestyle relay; Laci Havlat, Delaney Biesecker, Crystal Craft, Josi Mans
2nd place finishes
200 freestyle- Jaidyn Vanschoiack- Cole Rogge
200 individual medley- Linnea Edeal- Caleb Oltman
50 freestyle- Josi Mans
Diving- Hayden Stevens
100 butterfly- Crystal Craft
100 freestyle- Delaney Biesecker- Noah Pomajzl
500 freestyle- Maddie Nielsen- Ian Scheele
100 backstroke- Jaidyn Vanschoiack
100 breaststroke- Maya Hutzler
Girls 400 freestyle relay- Linnea Edeal, Maya Hutzler, Jessica Craft, Kati Malina
Boys 400 freestyle relay- Cole Rogge Noah Bratt, Kolton Kirchhoff, Noah Pomajzl
When It’s Snowing, There’s Only One Thing to Do
In Art class first graders listened to the picturebook Snowballs, by Lois Ehlert, and were inspired to create their own snowman collages. On the first day, students painted beautiful watercolor resist backgrounds (using white crayons to draw snowflakes) and sprinkled the wet, painted paper with salt which created a speckled texture. The next class period students chose from a variety of materials to make their own unique snowman. As you can see, the boys and girls were very proud of their masterpieces!
Great Showing by Beatrice/Norris/Fairbury/Freeman Swim Team
Girls:
Beatrice/Norris/Fairbury/Freeman 110
Columbus 63
Beatrice/Norris/Fairbury/Freeman 101
Columbus 74
It was nice to come away with a win for both the girl’s and boy’s team tonight.The girls are currently undefeated in their dual competitions. We have a lot of depth and many talented swimmers on the team this season. So, we are able to have many swimmers compete in different events, and that contributed greatly to our success. But, having many other athletes to help us fill all the events and spread out the points has also contributed to the girls and boys team success. Also, having swimmers and divers who are willing to compete in different events helped us achieve the win, 29 personal best swims, 16 first place finishes and 12 second place finishes.
First Place Finishes:
Girls Medley Relay –Josi Mans, Crystal Craft, Mikwena Lierman, Mikya Lierman
Boys Medley R elay- Ian Scheele, Reed Mueller, Cole Rogge, Isaiah Jacobsen
Mikya Lierman – 200 Individual Medley and 100 Butterfly
Ian Scheele- 200 Individual Medley and 100 backstroke
Josi Mans – 100 Backstroke
Mikwena Lierman- 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle
Isaiah Jacobsen- 50 freestyle
Camryn Wisnieski – diving
Callum Olmer- diving
Noah Pomajzl- 100 freestyle
Laci Havlat 500 freestyle
Girls 200 freestyle relay- Mikya Lierman, Crystal Craft, Jaidyn Vanschoiack, Mikwena Lierman
Boys 200 freestyle relay- Noah Pomajzl, Reed Mueller, Isaiah Jacobsen, Ian Scheele
Crystal Craft- 100 Breaststroke
2nd place finishes
Laci Havlat- 200 freestyle
Jaidyn Vanschoiack- 100 individual Medley
Noah Pomajzl – 50 freestyle
Hayden Stevens- diving
Lily Davis- Diving
Josi Mans- 100 freestyle
Time F/P/S Relay Place Points Improvements
Noah Bratt- 100 freestyle
Maddie Nielsen- 500 freestyle
Reed Mueller- 100 backstroke
Levi Puchalla- 100 breaststroke
Girls 400 free relay: Jaidyn Vanschoiack, Averi Kolb, Josi Mans, Laci Havlat
Boys 400 free relay: Cole Rogge, Noah Brat, Kolton Kirchhoff, Noah Pomajzl
Personal best performances:
Maddie Nielsen- 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle
Ericka Kroeker- 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle
Kolton Kirchhoff- 200 freestyle aned 500 freestyle
Ian Scheele- 200 Individual Medley
Averi Kolb – 50 freestyle
Delaney Biesecker- 50 freestyle aned 100 freestyle
Aly Kuzelka- 50 freestyle
Mackenzie Riesen- 50 freestyle
Isaiah Jacobsen- 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly
Noah Pomajzl- 50 freestyle
Tagg DeBoer- diving and 50 freestyle
Mikya Lierman – 100 butterfly
Crystal Craft- 100 freestyle
Ava Bolli- 100 freestyle
Allison Ford- 100 freestyle
Callum Olmer- 100 freestyle and 50 freestyle
Josi Mans- 100 backstroke
Jaidyn Vanschoaick- 100 backstroke
Elise Van Cleave- 100 backstroke
Reed Mueller- 100 backstroke
Alayna Elwood- 100 breaststroke
Cole Rogge- 100 freestyle
Next competition for the team is on Thursday, Jan. 28th, with a dual against Lincoln North Star. Meet begins at 4:30
Taste Testing
Fifth grade students did a “test tasting” in science. They designed investigations to determine whether items they can’t see in water are still present.
They had to test sugar, salt, vinegar and lemon juice. They took a little sip of each without water added and then again with water added. They recorded their findings.
From these investigations, students used the evidence to suggest that they are still in the water and just cannot be seen.
Sutton VS Fairbury Basketball Thursday Night
Information for Sutton VS Fairbury
Thursday, Jan 21, 2021
Time Event Details
4:30pm Basketball:Boys JV Game
vs. Fairbury @ Sutton High School
4:30pm Basketball:Girls JV Game
vs. Fairbury @ Sutton High School
6:00pm Basketball:Girls Varsity Game
vs. Fairbury @ Sutton High School
7:45pm Basketball:Boys Varsity Game
vs. Fairbury @ Sutton High School
Skutt Invitational – Swimming Diving Results
Women
Duschesne Academy 302
Beatrice/Norris/Fairbury/Freeman 234
Brownell Talbot 199
Skutt Catholic/Mount Michael 181
Ralston/Gross 140
Omaha North 122
Omaha South 50
South Sioux City 32
Men
Omaha North 270
Skutt Catholic 230
Lewis Central 197
Beatrice/Norris/Fairbury/Freeman 148
Ralston/Gross 122
Omaha South 117
Brownell Talbot 111
Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 89
South Sioux City 35
Those placing and medaling at the invitational include;
1st place-
Callum Olmer in Diving
2nd Place
Hayden Stevens – diving
Girls 200 free relay: Mikya Lierman, Crystal Craft, Laci Havlat, Jaidyn Vanschoiack
Crystal Craft- 100 Breaststroke
Girls 400 free relay: Laci Havlat, Mikya Lierman, Averi Kolb, Jaidyn Vanschoiack
3rd Place
Boys Medley relay; Ian Scheele, Reed Mueller, Cole Rogge, and Isaiah Jacobsen
Mikya Lierman- 50 freestyle
Cameryn Wisnieski- diving
Those swimming/diving personal bests include;
Jessica Craft-200 freestyle
Elise Van Cleave- 200 individual medley
Reed Mueller- 200 individual medley- 100 breaststroke
Noah Pomajzl- 50 freestyle
Cole Rogge- 50 freestyle
Lily Davis – diving
Maya Hutzler- 100 freestyle
Kolton Kirchhoff -100 freesstyle
Hayden Stevens – 100 freestyle
Caleb Oltman- 100 freestyle and 100 breaststroke
Ben Maendele- 100 freestyle
Maddie Nielsen- 500 freestyle
Jaidyn Vanschoiack – 100 breaststroke