Plainview’s One Act cast and crew traveled to Wausa on Monday, November 18th, to perform in the Swedish One Act Festival. It was the first performance of the season, and the Pirates received positive reviews from the judges.
“I was pleased with the first performance,” director Michelle Mosel stated. “The kids were spot on with their cues and lines. My only complaint is that we rushed, but that is typical for a first performance. Team scores were not kept for the event, however awards were given out for best acting performances.
Eight Pirates brought home hardware in the picture to the right (l to r): Rece Frahm, Karter Lingenfelter, Ty Diedrichsen, Weston Hoffman, Jaylin Johnson, Emma Sauser, Jacson King, and Harrison Thor.
One Act season has begun and Plainview’s team has begun practice of this year’s show “The Very Unmerry Adventures of Robin Hood” by Patrick Greene.
The season kicks off with a Monday, November 18th at the Swedish Festival at Wausa, a start time has not been determined. Then the next night the team performs at the GNAC conference event at Elkhorn Valley, with the performance starting at 9:45 a.m.
Then on Friday, November 22nd, the team will perform at home during the Winter Kickoff, starting at 7:00 p.m.
Finally District performances will be held on Tuesday, December 3rd, at 11:00 a.m. at Creighton.
In the more local elections Plainview City Council saw Tyler Sanne with 410 votes, followed by Sarah Mae Doty with 259, and Brian Schlote with 241. Plainview Public School board had a choice between 6 candidates with Justin Doerr coming out on top with 459, followed by Caden Alexander with 419, Chance Anderson with 391, Deb Jensen with 358, Trenton Tarr with 304, and Tom Krause with 289.
Darrell Hoffman, seen in the picture above along with his wife Claire at their home was honored with a Quilt of Valor but was unable to attend this year’s Veteran’s Day program. They have ten children, 29 grandchildren, 25 grandchildren spouses, and 50 great grandchildren.
He served his country in the Marines from 1952 to 1954.
The Plainview Pirates pulled off the biggest upset of the 2024 Class D1 state football tournament so far on Friday, Nov. 1 with a win against the undefeated Guardian Angels Central Catholic (GACC) Bluejays in West Point.
Thanks to their regular-season efforts, the Pirates entered the 2024 postseason with a record of 5-3, which was good enough for the Pirates to earn the 13th seed. This paired them up against the GACC Bluejays, who entered Friday’s contest undefeated and the four-seed in the tournament.
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Plainview FCCLA and FFA will be hosting a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on Tuesday, November 19, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Plainview High School Tartan Gym.
For more information or to make an appointment to donate, call 402-582-4991 or sign up online at redcrossblood.org or through the Red Cross App.
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On November 10th the Plainview Arts Council will welcome their second performance group, the Bathtub Dogs, an acapella group from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. The group performs popular music from decades past including rock, Rhythm and Blues and pop music. The performance in Plainview will take place in the Plainview High School Auditorium at 2 p.m. Admission charged at the gate for adults and students; and arts council members are admitted with their season pass.
Gene Young, pictured here with a 6-pound small mouth bass he caught on September 29 in South Dakota while fishing with friends. Picture provided by Dr. Jim Thor. The Plainview News accepts and welcomes all “game” pictures - have a record or a “fish-story” to tell? Send it to plainviewnews@nyecom.net
The Plainview Pirates girls’ cross country team finished up its season at the Class D District Three Invite in Ainsworth on Thursday, Oct. 17.
The trio of Morgan Nincehelser, Kenzie Mosel, and Ashlyn Forbes represented the Pirates at the invite held on Thursday, with hopes of advancing their season to the 2024 NSAA State Championships in Kearney on Friday, Oct. 25.
Plainview High youth Landon Hergert, son of Danny and Donna Hergert, was notified that his audition had been selected, and he was invited to the Nebraska Music Education Association All-State Band. “This is the highest honor a musician can achieve in the state of Nebraska,” said Wynter Fulsaas, band instructor.
Hergert will be performing at the Lied Center in Lincoln on November 22.
The Plainview Lady Pirates cross country team took part in the inaugural Greater Northeast Activities Conference Invite on Thursday, Oct. 10 at Plainview Country Club.
On their home course, the Pirates had four competitors, including three high school runners and one junior high harrier.
In the high school girls’ race, the Pirates had three runners, which was enough to put the Pirates in the running for a team title.
Unfortunately, the Pirates weren’t able to capture any hardware for their efforts.
The Plainview Pirates saw their record move to 10-12 as the season winds down after their past week of play, which began on Tuesday, Oct. 8 and ended on Saturday, Oct. 12.
In their most recent day of contests, the Pirates traveled to Bancroft-Rosalie high school for a four-team tournament on Saturday, Oct. 12.
In the four-team tournament, each contest was shortened to a best-of-three matchup, which made it important for teams to get in their groove early on in each matchup.
Unfortunately, in what was their third contest of the day against the Stanton Mustangs, the Pirates struggled to get things going, and quickly fell behind.
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The Plainview Pirates continued to fight through their gauntlet of a schedule with a contest against the number one team in Class D1, the Stanton Mustangs, on Friday, Oct. 11 in Stanton.
This contest against Stanton marked the Pirates’ third regular season top-ten matchup of the 2024 season. Unfortunately, it also marked the Pirates’ third loss.
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Bruce Curtiss, who has been lead instructor for local hunter safety classes in recent years, recently announced that ongoing workload plus staffing shortages have made it impractical for him to put on a local Hunter Safety class this year.
Young hunters are advised to check the Nebraska Game Commission website for opportunities for both on-line and in person classes.
Looking to the future, additional volunteer instructors are needed, and could use Plainview both for apprentice teaching, and to set up in person classes.
Interested volunteers can contact Bruce Curtiss for information, or contact the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission offices.
The Plainview Public School fourth grade came for a guided tour of the 1880 Depot Museum given by the Historical Society members on September 25th.
Fifteen high school and junior high bands marched through downtown Wayne on Saturday, Oct. 5, during Wayne State College’s annual Homecoming Parade and Band Day festivities.
October 2nd was the final day of the Plainview Farmers Market for the 2024 season, complete with an honors and Awards presentation was held at noon.
The vendors presented market manager, Dick Haskin, with a Casey’s gift certificate, cash, and card for his service to the Plainview Farmers Market.
This was Haskin’s final year as manager of the market. Chad Kment will be stepping in to manage the market next year.
Downtown Trick or Treating will again be hosted by the Plainview Chamber of Commerce this year.
On October 31 from 5-6:30 p.m. Locust Avenue will be closed to through traffic from Elm Street to King Street, and Main Street will be closed from Highway 20 to Locust Avenue.
All businesses and organizations in Plainview are invited to participate. Bring a table and set up on the sidewalks along Locust Avenue or Main Street.
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The Plainview High School Homecoming Coronation as held on Friday, Oct. 4, with Karter Lingenfelter and Hannah Darnall crowned as this year’s king and queen.
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The Plainview Pirates found heartbreak for the second time this season in a tough loss to the Summerland Bobcats in a top ten matchup on Friday, Sept. 27 in Plainview.
Entering the contest, both teams boasted records of 3-1 and both were ranked inside the top ten in Nebraska High School Football Class D1 standings. Summerland entered the game as the fifth-ranked team, while Plainview stood tall at number eight.