Boyd County Schools

Four championship awards were brought back to Boyd County on Thursday, October 9, 2025 as the Boyd County Cross Country team returned from the Niobrara Valley Conference Meet hosted by Ainsworth.  Will Nelson, senior, brought home the boys title with a time of 18 minutes flat.  7th grader Baleigh Koenig took home top honors in the junior high girls 1600m race with her personal best time of 6:37.  And 8th grader Case Reiman grabbed the first place medal in the boys junior high 1600m race crushing his personal best with a time of 5:40.  The fourth championship of the day was bestowed on the boys team.  For the third year in a row the Boyd County Varsity Boys Team won the NVC team title.  All those first places are impressive, but check out the rest of the runners. They were impressive too!

On the girls varsity side, all runners received all conference honors.  Junior Kaci Koenig continued to add to her medal count for the season. K. Koenig raced in the chute for the 6th place medal with her season’s best time of 22:42.  Senior Jada Harmon came closer to her personal record time placing 10th with a time of 26:03.  Junior Addi Janousek ran a personal best placing 12th with a time of 26:51.  The Lady Spartans placed 3rd over all as a team.

In the boys varsity race senior Ethan Zeisler raced in just behind Nelson.  E Zeisler finished in 3rd place with a time of 18:11.  Senior Issac Jensen has a great race, getting close to his personal best, placing 5th with a time of 19:40.  Sophomore Aidyn Garwood slipped in the chute for 7th place with a time of 20:08.  Brook Strom, senior, grabbed 11th place with a time of 20:28.  Freshman Hayden Warnke completed his first cross country season placing 16th with a time of 21:12.  And last but not least, senior Alex Lechtenberg completed his high school career in perfect fashion, setting a personal record!  Lechtenberg placed 22nd with a time of 22:36. Congrats Alex!  As mentioned above, the boys team grabbed the team title with just 9 points.  North Central was runner up with 19 points, followed by Ainworth with 25 points, and Niobrara/Verdigre with 39 points.

Following B Koenig’s example of winning a medal in the girl’s junior high race, the other four Spartan Ladies, all 8th graders, grabbed medals of their own. Savannah Zeisler placed 6th with a personal record time of 7:43.  Trina Bennet also had a personal record placing 7th with an 8:06 time.  Corinna Reiser had a personal record time of 8:25 earning herself the 9th place medal.  And Brynlee Janousek grabbed the 10th place medal with a time of 8:28.  

On the boys side both competitors obtained personal records as well. Reiman’s finish is mentioned above and 7th grader Gage Schochenmaier placed 13th with a time of 7:15.  Congratulations junior high on a great last race of the season!

The Spartans will lace up their running kicks for district action on Thursday, October 16th in Ainsworth.  Yes, Ainsworth again.  Girls varsity race starts at 4:00pm with the boys varsity to follow.  The district race is the state qualifying race.  Top 15 competitors will go to state as individuals and top 3 teams will qualify as teams.  Hope to see you there!

It was another warm one as the Boyd County Cross Country team headed to compete at the West Holt Invite on Thursday, October 2, 2025.  The Spartans faced tough competition and competed well.

Fifty-two girls lined up for the start of the varsity girls race.  Junior Kaci Koenig was the only Lady Spartan to medal placing 15th with her season’s best time of 23:02.  Senior Jada Harmon raced in for 39th place with a time of 27:28.  Addi Janousek, junior, finished 42nd with a time of 27:48 to round out the Lady Spartan team.  The girls placed 8th in the team standings.

The varsity boys faced stiff competition as 109 boys lined up to start.  Senior Will Nelson placed 4th with a time of 18:06.  He was followed closely by Ethan Zeisler, senior, who placed 7th with a time of 18:17.  Issac Jensen, senior, just missed a medal placing 21st with a season’s best time of 19:28.  Sophomore Aidyn Garwood placed 36th with a time of 20:39.  Hayden Warnke, freshman, placed 55th with a time of 21:27.46.  Senior Brook Strom placed just behind Warnke in 56th with a time of 21:27.96.  Senior Alex Lechtenberg placed 80th with a season’s best time of 23:12.  The boys placed 3rd in the team standings.  Doniphan-Trumbull, a ranked D school and Oneill, a class C school, initially tied for first place in the team standings. Doniphan-Trumbull won the tie breaker to take home the title. 

In the junior high ranks, 7th grader Baleigh Koenig continued to add to her medal count on the season.  B Koenig placed 5th with a time of 7:18 on the 1600 meter course.  8th grader Savannah Zeisler placed 26th with a time of 8:27.  Fellow 8th graders followed through the finish line.  Trina Bennett placed 35th with a time of 9:13.  Brynlee Janousek placed 43rd with a time of 9:48.  And Corinna Reiser placed 45th with 9:53 on the clock.  The junior high girls placed 5th overall in the team standings.

Eighty-nine junior high boys were last to compete on the course.  Case Reiman, 8th grade, earned the 5th place medal in a 6:33 time.  7th grader Gage Schochenmaier placed 38th with a 7:35 time.  

We would like to thank everyone who came out to the meet in Atkinson this week. There were lots of Boyd County faces.  We appreciate all the support!  Hope to see you at our NVC and district competions.  The Niobrara Valley Conference meet will be held in Ainsworth on Thursday, October 9th starting at 4pm.  This will be the final competition of the season for the junior high competitors.  High school has district competition in Ainsworth on Thursday, October 16th start time 4pm. 

The Boyd County Sr. High School Band has been invited back to participate in the Battle of the Bands at Elkhorn Valley High School.  The Battle of the Bands is on November 4, 2025 starting at 7:00 p.m.  It is a free will donation added to each participating band's personal school fan base box.  100% of the proceeds collected in the Boyd County Box goes to the Boyd County Band.  We will have a bucket set up at the following home games for those who can not attend the Battle of the Bands play off at Elkhorn Valley School on November 4th and still want to contribute to their fan base box.  The bucket will be out at the volleyball games on October 7th and 16th and the football game on October 10th.

The Boyd County Band is excited to participate and hope you can make it to cheer them on.  Thank you in advance for your support.