Sports

Tuesday, May 3, 2022, the Badgers traveled to Gothenburg where they competed in the Southwest Conference Championships. There were seven other teams competing including: Broken Bow, Cozad, Gothenburg, McCook, Minden, Ogallala, and Ainsworth.

The Valentine High School Sports Banquet was held at the Peppermill, Sunday, May 1, 2022. Becca McGinley, pictured at left, received the Senior Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year’ Gunnar Battershaw received the Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year and is not pictured.

VHS Boys Golf: Back row: Cooper Jordan, Jackson Ravenscroft, Logan Muirhead, Brayden Grubham, Front row: Sean Springer, Ben Butcher, Hayden Larabee, Cameron Jordan.

The Badger track team qualified 10 participants for the 2022 Norfolk Classic. After getting to the track and warming up Kailee Kellum long jumped, Becca McGinley and Dylan Haase competed in pole vault. After their field events were complete the runners were getting ready just in time to have to clear the track due to lightning. After retreating to the vans for 25 minutes the officials decided to cancel the Classic. As bummed as the Badgers were at not able to compete; being a qualifier is a success.

Thursday, April 28, the Badger Golf team participated in a ninehole triangular in Bassett where they competed against Ainswworth, and North Central. Valentine won with 172.

The Valentine Badgers Golf Team traveled to the O’Neill Invitational Thursday, April 21, 2022 and placed ninth out of 16 teams. Individually: Brayden Grubham shot 100; Logan Muirhead and Sean Springer each shot 101; and Ben Butcher shot 126 for a total score of 428..

On Friday, April 29, 2022, eight students from VHS traveled to UNK to compete at the regional Nebraska Personal Finance Challenge. Two teams of VHS students earned a spot at the western regionals. Nicole Williams, Mataya Morrison, Jack Lancaster, and Gunnar Battershaw placed first at regionals and third in the state.

When not on a shoreline or the water pursuing fish this spring, anglers can use the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s website as a resource to prepare for the next outing. Many anglers already buy their Nebraska fishing permits online.

The Badgers attended the 2022 West Holt invite Thursday, April 21, 2022. Individual girls results through 20th place are as follows: 200 Meter Dash - first place, Tacey From, 26.56; fourth place, Alivia Patterson, 27.71; eighth place, Malika Monroe, 28.74.

Valentine Community Schools is pleased to announce the hiring of Randy Kluender as the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Valentine High School. Randy most recently has served as the Valentine High School Reserve Boys Coach. Coach Kluender has previously assisted youth basketball, coaching third through eighth grades. Coach Kluender has also been a registered basketball official with the NSAA, refereeing multiple times at the State Basketball Tournament. Randy, his wife Michelle, and their daughter Cora have lived in Valentine their entire lives.