Congratulations to Shaye Stall (senior) and Emily Burkley (junior) for qualifying for the state cross country meet. Shaye finished 4th at the district meet with a personal best time of 20:47. Emily finished 7th with a time of 21:24, which is her best on our course. The girls will run at Kearney Country Club on Friday. Best wishes and GO JEFFS!
The Fairbury football team had a blast Thursday morning greeting the students at Central Elementary. They were there to give high fives, get them excited for the school day, and talk a little bit about the homecoming game this Friday. It was an awesome opportunity to spread Jeff Pride throughout our community and schools. The Jeffs will take on Lincoln Christian this Friday @ 7:00p.m. GO JEFFS!
On Thursday, April 14th the Boy’s golf team competed in the York invite. York is a very difficult course that has hosted districts before. Conditions were tough with some stiff winds, picking up in the afternoon. Nick Christiansen led the Jeffs with an 87. Justin Peterson carded an 88, followed by Robby Meyer posting a 94. Zach Reikofski shot a 103 and Anthony Moyer rounded out the scoring with a 111. The Jeffs finished in 10th out of 16 teams shooting a 372. The Jeffs will next be in action on Wednesday, April 20 at their home invite with golf starting at 9 a.m.
The mission of the Lady Jeffs basketball team is to give the chance for student-athletes to learn to become responsible, respectful and successful young adults through the game of basketball. At a recent team meal, the members of the Fairbury Lady Jeffs Basketball team took this to heart and made two blankets that they are donating to the local Hope Crisis Center. They presented the blankets to Carmen Hinman February 4, 2016. The Hope Crisis Center is 
a non-profit organization committed to empowering victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. They are planning on auctioning off the blankets at their fundraiser in November.
Congrats to Nick Christiansen! Nick signed Wednesday, January 13th, with Doane College to play golf next season!
The 2015 Fall Academic All-State Award Winners were recognized at the Fairbury Public Schools board meeting on December 14th. Students must have a 93% GPA and be a significant varsity contributor in order to receive the award. We are very proud of these FHS students!
Macy Ohlde, sophomore, earned Softball All-State Honorable Mention in both the Lincoln Journal Star and Omaha World Herald papers this season. Macy is a 2-year letter-winner and plays both first base and pitcher for the Jeffs. Off-season batting practice propelled Macy’s batting average from a .310 just a year ago to a .437 this year including 2 homeruns at the Crete Tournament this season. “The hard work and dedication to hitting in the off-season is proof that if you are willing to put in the time to getting better at something, it can happen!”
The 2015 girls golf season was full of adjustments that led to big improvements.
The girls team was made up of a junior, four sophomores, and a freshman. They are very young but are building a foundation for future years.
“This year the team bonded, and really got to know each other,” Evie Schwab ‘19 said.
The first invite of the year was held in Beatrice where the team finished sixth. The Seward invite was the largest and toughest meet of the year, and the girls finished ninth. At our home Fairbury invite the girls finished fifth.
“I took a lot of steps forward this year. At our home Invite I was 15 strokes better than what I had been doing, and our team made a lot of improvements by conference,” Madi Black ‘17 said.
The Crete Invite was another tough meet, and the team came in eighth place. After Crete, the Jeff traveled to the Pius Invite, Conference and Districts wound up their season, where they came in seventh place as a team.
Freshman, Sara Mitchel was close to medalling at the Seward invite, and also improved through the season. “I think the team’s technique made a lot of changes that were for the better and that will hopefully carry into next year’s season.”
Seven cross country runners qualified for the state cross country meet! The girls team qualified for the third year in a row by placing third at the district meet last Thursday in Hastings. Emily Burkley led the Jeffs by placing 8th. Other medalists for the girls were Lilibeth Estrada – 9th and Shaye Stall – 11th. Halle Knigge was 21st, Anna Schouboe was 24th and Autumn Branson was 25th. Garret Ragland earned his first trip to the state meet by placing 11th. Other members of the girls team are MaKayla Fletcher and Josey Zabokrtsky. Congratulations to all runners!
