Exeter-Milligan Volleyball Team

Anna Sluka (left) and Alexis Turrubiates are the two seniors on the Exeter-Milligan volleyball team.

Front row left Anna Sluka, Alexis Turrubiates, right.

Middle row – Maddie Luzum, Jaiden Papik, Cammie Harrison, Kiah Songster, Jozie Kanode, Daisy Kanode.

Back row – Coaches Madalynn Fousek, Quinten Loontjer, Team members Cameran Jansky, Emma Olsen, Natalie Staskal, Briana Capek, Joana Melchert, Jasmine Turrubiates and Coach Lisa Kanode.

New coaches lead the Exeter-Milligan volleyball team.
L-R: Madalynn Fousek, Quinten Loontjer, and Lisa Kanode

Schedule
Thursday, August 29 - SUTTON ..........7:00
Thursday, September 5 - @ Hampton/BDS Tri………6:30…/7:30
Tuesday, September 10 - GILTNER/OSCEOLA Tri ..................5:30/7:30
Thursday, September 12 -@ McCool/Meridian Tri ....................6:30/7:30 
Saturday, September 14 - @ Friend Tournament..........................TBA
M/T/TH, September 16, 17, 19 - MUDECAS Tour @Beatrice.........TBA
Tuesday, September 24 - @Friend..........................................5:30/6:30
Tuesday, October 1 - @ Gibbon/Kenesaw Tri...........................5:00/6:00
Saturday, October 5 - JCC Tournament @ Tecumseh.................TBA 
Tuesday, October 8 - NE LUTHERAN ....................................7:00 
Thursday, October 10 - CROSS COUNTY/DORCHESTER Tri.......5:30/7:30
Saturday, October 12 - @ Dorchester JV Tournament ..................9: 00
Tuesday, October 15 - @ High Plains (Polk)............................7:00
Thursday, October 17 - @ East Butler (Brainard)......................6:30
S/M/T, October 19, 21, 22 - CRC Tournament in York................TBA 
Thursday, October 24 - SHELBY-RC ..................7:00
Mon, Oct 28/Tues, Oct 29 - Sub-Districts ............................... TBA
Saturday, Nov 2 - District Finals ..........................TBA 
Th/F/Sa, Nov 7/8/9 - State VB @ Lincoln..................................TBA 
All home games played in Milligan - JV Games TBD 

 

 

FC/E-M/F Softball

 The two Exeter-Milligan Seniors on the Fillmore Central/Exeter-Milligan/Friend softball team are Caitlin Murphy (left) and Kayla Geiger (right)

Back row from the left are Megan Rumery, Shelby Lawver and Breanna Newsome.  Front row from the left are Olivea Swanson, Caitlin Murphy and Kayla Geiger.  Not pictured are Caitlin Sharkey and Georgia Meyer.

Exeter-Milligan Golf Team

Morgan White (left) and Becca Krupicka (right)

VARSITY GIRLS GOLF 

Thursday, August 22 - @ Central City.....10:00

Monday, August 26 - Shelby-RC at Osceola.....4:00

Tuesday, September 3 - Heartland Dual (in Friend). . .4:00

Thursday, September 12 - @ Heartland Invite...10:00

Saturday, September 14 - @ Aurora Invite....9:00

Tuesday, September 17 - @ Heartland/Aurora Tri ....3:00

Thursday, September 19 - @ JCC Invite (Tecumseh)....9:00

Monday, September 23 - Tri-County/Lincoln Luth (in Friend) ....4:30

Tuesday, September 24 - @ Fullerton Invite....10:00

Tuesday, October 1 - @ Ravenna Invite...10:00   

Monday, October 7 - District Golf .....TBA

Monday/Tuesday, October 14/15 - State Golf ...TBA      

Two Exeter-Milligan Seniors spend summer at boot camp

Courtesy photo – Exeter-Milligan seniors, Nick Hayek (left) and Ryan Sharp (right) at their graduation from boot camp in August.

The summer before a senior year in high school is usually an idyllic repast before the reality of adulting arrives.  However, two Exeter-Milligan seniors got a taste of the real world when they joined the National Guard and went to basic training in South Carolina this summer.

Ryan Sharp, of Exeter, and Nick Hayek, of Milligan, separately decided to join the National Guard.  “We weren’t planning for both of us to go at the same time,” explained Hayek.

Sharp added, “It was a crazy coincidence.”

Sharp ran into a recruiter at a career fair and decided he wanted to take the National Guard path to help him pay for college.

Hayek had similar goals but “joined the guard for the benefits.  I feel like it would help me strengthen myself plus I got some cash on the side.  It will help me out for college.”

To start their guard careers they headed to boot camp at Fort Jackson, South Carolina for the summer.  Once they got their they ended up in the same battalion and company, 3-60 River Raiders Echo Company, but in different platoons (first for Sharp, and fourth for Hayek). 

They explained that since they are younger they are part of the split operatives program.  Normally, immediately after basic training, guard members head to advance individual training (AIT).

With Sharp and Hayek still needing to complete their senior year of high school they did basic training this summer and next summer will head to AIT before starting college in the fall.

Sharp will head to Fort Lee, Virginia where he plans to train to be a supply specialist for eight weeks. 

Hayek will go back to Fort Jackson, South Carolina to train in Human Resources for 12 weeks.

Hayek hasn’t decided what path he will take in college yet, Sharp is looking at earning a degree in Sociology at UNL before heading to Penn State for a master’s degree.

It wasn’t an easy summer as the humidity in the south made the heat feel hotter, but both agreed that the football training they are doing now is “actually a bit harder than basic training.”

Hayek felt like they did a lot of cardio workouts but didn’t get the strength training it like they would in the weight room. 

Neither senior regrets the experience.  Sharp said “There were times when it was fun.  I’ll miss the people, but I wouldn’t want to do it again.”

Hayek added, “I wouldn’t say basic training was life changing.  I wouldn’t recommend it for everyone and definitely wouldn’t force anyone to do it.”

One positive they both agreed on, they came out with “more discipline and more respect for their elders.”

Exeter-Milligan students give the first day a "thumbs up"

Exeter-Milligan first and second graders gave the first day of school a “thumbs up.”L-R Lynn Jurgensen, Archer Kanode, Liam Capek, Piper Grummons, Landri Johnson, Kora Havel, Anton Classen and Saydee Kassik.

Exeter-Milligan Hosts Open House

Exeter-Milligan will host their annual Open House tonight from 5 - 7 p.m. at both campuses.  Community members along with students and their families are invited to tour the schools and meet their teachers.