Village Installs New Banners Downtown

Village employee Joey Miller installs one of the new banners downtown.  Below are the new banners.

 

EMF JH Track Season Wrap Up

 The Junior High Track team’s coaching staff is very proud of the accomplishments of the EMF Bobcats! Some of the highlights from the season include the following listed below. 

 

The girls finished 4th/10 and the boys finished 2nd at the Pioneer Conference Meet.  

 

Gavin Mueller- 2nd place- HJ, discus, 400 and 4th place 200

Sergio Alacron- 5th place- 100H, 5th place 100, 3rd place 4x100

Aiden Nichols- tie for 5th place- HJ, 6th place 100H, 6th place 300H and 3rd place 4x100

Grady Arp- tie for 5th place- HJ, 4th place TJ, 4th place 1600

Archer Kanode- 2nd place PV, 3rd place 4x100

Beau Becker- 3rd place 1600, 3rd place PV

Trigg Svehla- 6th place 800, 3rd place 4x100

Brayden Burt- 5th place PV

 

Chezney Kanode- 5th place- Shot put, 3rd place 200, 3rd place 4x100

Lyra Fennell- 2nd place- 100,  6th place TJ, 5th place 200, and 3rd place 4x100

Adilyn Meints- 4th place PV, 2nd place 1600 and 6th place 800

Maliyah Burchett- 5th place PV, 3rd place 4x100

Gracelyn Becker- 3rd place 4x100 

Hannah Shonerd, Sailor Lloyd, Mavalin Files, McKinley Bartels- 5th place 4x400

 

The boys team placed in the top two teams at all of their meets.  They lost by only one point at Mudecas and Sandy Creek.  Dane Anderson and Archer Kanode qualified for the State Championships at Gothenburg.  Dane competed in the long jump and Archer competed in the pole vault.  Point leaders for the boys are Dane with 156 points, Gavin Mueller with 126 points, and Gehrig Weber with 117 points.  The girls were led by Adilyn Meints with 110 points and Lyra Fennell with 73 points.

 

 

JH Boys:  Front row- Trigg Svehla, Ethan Bartels, Blake Bruntz, Landon Bartley, Zach Zirkel, Brayden Burt; Second row- Archer Kanode, Grady Arp, Sergio Alarcon, Axel Erdkamp, Liam Capek, Crosby Oldehoeft; 3rd row- Beau Becker, Gavin Mueller, Dane Andersen, Owen Hemmingsen, Maddux Milton, Gehrig Weber, Zonder Arp; Top row: Coach Kanode, Coach Belden, Coach Kroeker

 

 

 

JH Girls:  Bottom row- Valerie Spohn, Ava Svehla, Adilyn Meints, Carlee Bresson, Sailor Lloyd, Hannah Shonerd, Maliyah Burchett, McKinley Bartels, Gracelyn Becker; 2nd row- Lyra Fennell, Bristol Sladek, Hannah Petersen, Brynnlye Johnson, Baidyn Snyder, Chezney Kanode, Sadie Brandt, Maddison Allen and Mavalin Files; Top row- Coach Kanode, Coach Belden, Coach Kroeker

Schools Out!! Last Day of Exeter-Milligan

 Timberwolves were celebrated once more.  Starting in August they will be the EMF Bobcats with Preschool in both Friend and Exeter and K-5 in Exeter and 6-12 in Friend.  A huge construction project is going on right now in Exeter to prepare more classrooms so that there are 2 rooms for each grade level.

EM Update: Jet Setting Seniors

 

Pictured is the Class of 2025

Front L-R: Kmila Benitez, Emma Meyer, Lily Jeffries, and Kierra Papik

Back L-R: Liberty Johnson, Jayden Capek, Aidan Vavra, Mikey Bartu, and Carter Milton

Jet Setting Seniors

By Matt Nicholas, 

Exeter-Milligan Science Instructor and Senior Class Sponsor

 

       The final class of Exeter-Milligan Seniors is heading off on an adventure next week to Galveston, Texas. This is a trip that I have made many times before, but the days of driving 14 hours are over! At 6:15 AM on Thursday, April 10, the EM Class of 2025 will soar into the skies above Omaha on the first-ever Senior Trip to travel by airplane. What a way to go out for the last EM Senior Trip! We will be flying into Houston's George W. Bush International Airport and renting a van for the last leg of our journey to the Gulf. Joining us will be Mrs. Segner. (Pictured here being very excited that we are not driving!) We have rented a beautiful house on the beach, and will be spending 3 days of fun and sun on Galveston Island. Among the many activities planned include beach bumming, minigolf, carnival rides, seafood dinner, and a tour of NASA's Johnson space center. 

       It has been an honor and a privilege to be a part of so many seniors' last trips as a class, and I have seen so many wonderful things over the years. From the first views of the Rocky Mountains for some, to the first experience with the ocean and seafood for others, senior trips are always unique. The kids show that they are ready to become adults. They cook and clean (some better than others) and interact with various people. They broaden their horizons in too many ways to count, and I have witnessed so much growth over those few days for some that it astounds me. 

       If you were one of those students over the past decade who was able to put up with me on your senior trip and you are reading this, Thank You. I have enjoyed every minute of every trip, and every student has had an impact on me. I hope I will be a small part of the memories you will keep with you forever. If you are a parent who allowed me to chaperone your children on an adventure like this, you're Welcome. (But yes, I had to bring them back to bother you after a few days.) And to the sponsors volunteering their time over the years to help make these trips possible, I couldn't have done it without you!

      I am sure that Senior Trip 2025 will be unique in its ways, and even though it's the end of an era, I will always look back on the skiing, swimming, shopping, and stuffing our faces fondly. To the Exeter-Milligan Class of 2025, you have been great ambassadors of our school and communities over your time at EM, and I am sure you will continue to do so long after you walk across that stage in May. For now, LET’S FLY! and make those memories that last a lifetime, we must get past TSA first.

 

EM Update: EMF Speech Team

SpeechTeam L-R: Babe Weber, Kierra Papik, Kmila Benitez, Logan Krupicka, and Tucker Svec

Kmila Benitez with her District champion POI medal

 

 Speech Update

by Brandi Perez, Exeter-Milligan ELA teacher and

EMF Assistant Speech Coach

 

The Exeter-Milligan/Friend Speech Team had a successful season. This year’s team consisted of the following students: Kmila Benitez, Kierra Papik, Logan Krupicka, Tucker Svec, and Babe Weber. Kmila competed in Program of Oral Interpretation (POI), with her piece titled “Our Journey.” Kierra Papik competed in Serious Prose, titled, “I’m Not Okay.” Tucker Svec competed in Humorous Prose, titled, “Sports Athiest.” Babe Weber competed in Persuasive Speaking, writing her own speech titled, “Digital Dystopia: How Technology is Undermining Our World.” The entire team mentioned previously, as well as Logan Krupicka, worked together to compete in an Oral Interpretation of Drama (OID) with the script of “Night of the Livid Dad.” Finally, Kmila and Tucker competed in Duet Acting with their script titled, “Death Comes a Knockin’.”

 

The speech season started a week later than in years past at High Plains. They then traveled to Thayer Central where each of their events finaled and placed. As the season went on, the team kept working on finding ways to make their performances better and better. This rang true at Conference Speech hosted at HTRS. Kmila, Tucker, and Babe were able to final and place at this competition. The season wrapped up close to home at McCool where the C-2 District Speech Meet was held. Each student competed to the best of their ability in each of their events. When the afternoon came around, Tucker finaled in his Humorous Prose, Kmila finaled in her POI, and they both finaled in their duet. As the award ceremony came around, students were feeling good about the team’s three events which finaled. Tucker’s Humorous Prose, and Tucker and Kmila’s Duet Acting performances each earned 5th place. Though the top three in each event attend state, the team was very excited to hear that Kmila Benitez became the C-2 District Champion in POI. She will be competing in the Nebraska State Speech Tournament on Thursday, March 27. Overall, the EMF speech team had a great season competing and made a lot of memories together. 

 

EMF Golf Team headed to State

 Exeter-Milligan Friend Boys Golf Team won their District golf meet on Monday outside of Lincoln.  They competed against fourteen other schools including: Bishop Neumann, Centennial, Cross County, Falls City, Fillmore Central, Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer, Johnson County Central, Lincoln Lutheran, Louisville, Milford, Palmyra, Shelby-Rising City. Syracuse and Thayer Central.

Not only did the Bobcats win, they dominated the top 10 spots with Carter Milton taking the #1 spot, Jacob Klooz was fourth, Mikey Bartu was 8th and Aidan Vavra was 10th.

They will compete at State Golf on May 28th and 29th in Grand Island 

real time scoring during the meet is available at NSAA

Exeter-Milligan Celebrates Kindergarten Graduation

 

Pictured after graduation from the left: (front row) Bridget White, Quinn Mueller, and Lenni Gilmer; (back row) Jordan Sudrla, Bentley Ring, Sawyer Hankins, Ethan Deboer, Dax Bohlken, Dax Baller and their teacher Amanda Pettygrove.

Exeter-Milligan held their Kindergarten Graduation on Monday, May 19th in the Exeter gym. Nine students graduated as part of the last kindergarten class at Exeter-Milligan.

They performed three songs, led by Exeter-Milligan Music Teacher Mr. Mark Perez, including the Alice Cooper classic, "Schools Out," where they accompanied themselves on the bucket drums.

They were presented their medals and awards by their teacher, Mrs. Amanda Pettygrove and Exeter-Milligan Principal Laura Kroll.