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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.

 

Congratulations to our 2025 Homecoming King and Queen

Charlie Adams and Jaylee Lechtenberg!!

On Monday, September 22, 2025 the Boyd County Cross Country team headed to Tyndall, SD for the hilly Bon Homme Invite. The hot, sticky weather didn’t deter the Spartans as they took home more hardware.  

The girls varsity runners were the first team to compete.  Junior Kaci Koenig took home the 9th place medal with a time of 23:43. Senior Jada Harmon came through the finish line in 26th place with a time of 27:36.  Addi Janousek, junior, was close behind Harmon.  A. Janousek placed 27th with a time of 27:49.  No official team scores were kept for the meet, but the unofficial teams scores based on Nebraska’s class D requirements placed our girls in 3rd as a team.  

In the boys race seniors Will Nelson and Ethan Zeisler took their typical places at the front of the pack. Nelson placed 2nd in this meet with a time of 18:28, and Zeisler took home 4th with a time of 18:39. Seniors Brook Strom and Issac Jensen ran together the entire race. Strom placed 10th with a time of 20:18.3, and Jensen placed 11th with a time of 20:18.9. Sophomore Aidyn Garwood found himself just outside medal contention placing 16th with a 20:52 time. The boys unofficially took the team title.

The Bon Homme invite gives the chance for a 4000m junior varsity race. Two Spartans took advantage of the shorter race with just as many competitors at the varsity race. Freshman Hayden Warnke brought home a championship medal in the division! Warnke won the race with a time of 16:15. Senior Alex Lechtenberg also competed and brought home the 7th place medal with a time of 18:13.  

The junior high took on the course next.  In the girls race 7th grader Baleigh Koenig placed 3rd with a time of 10:52.  8th graders Savannah Zeisler and Trina Bennett placed 16th and 17th respectively with times of 12:45 and 12:46.  Brynlee Janousek, 8th grade, placed 20th with a time of 13:23. And fellow 8th grader Corinna Reiser placed 28th with a time of 15:19.

In the boys race 8th grader Case Reiman added to his medal count for the season.  Reiman placed 5th with a time of 9:40. Gage Schochenmaier, 7th grader, placed 13th overall with a time of 10:24.  

The Spartans head to Atkinson on Thursday, October 2nd for their final regular season meet.