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The Patriot Girls Golf team had an 18-hole meet in Leigh on Friday, September 27. The meet included Clarkson-Leigh, Pender, Stanton, Oakland, and Humphrey-Lindsay Academy.

The Clarkson-Leigh A team won the meet scoring a 453! The Clarkson-Leigh B team finished 4th with a 495. 

The Patriot varsity golfers consisted of Emilie Hajek scoring a 109, Halle Korth scoring a 113, Brianne Kuhr scoring a 115, Hadley Dlouhy scoring a 116, and Shaleigh McAllister scoring a 132. 

The Patriot JV golfers consisted of Rosie Villeda-Guillen scoring 109, Liz Hoffman shooting 115, Sophia Morefeld scoring 121, Ella Urban scoring 139, and Alisyn Lich shooting 145.

“The golf girls did really well. Our varsity team got first overall and JV got fourth. It was a beautiful day to go golfing. Everyone had a good time and it was enjoyable for all. It went faster than expected and everyone had fun,” said Alisyn Lich. 

Girls Golf Coach Lynn Morefeld said, “Hosting an 18-hole event was new to us, but everything went smoothly and the weather was beautiful (especially in the morning).  This invite replaced the conference tournament, as there were not enough teams in the conference to host a true conference tournament. But we hope we can get back a conference tournament next year with the increased interest in girls' golf in our area. We also saw season "bests" from Liz Hoffman, Halle Korth, Brianne Kuhr, and Rosie Villeda-Guillen (who tied for 5th with Emilie Hajek). Thanks to those who came out and supported the Patriot golfers and to Club 91 for the work they put in for a great day.”

On September 25th, the elementary students of Leigh Community Schools were happy to get out of the classroom and receive a unique opportunity to learn some history with Randy Dunn from Pender, Nebraska. He came and showed off some artifacts from the 1800s, including farming equipment and other equipment an early homesteader may have used.

Randy Dunn also offered hands-on learning experiences for the kids with a short presentation for the younger students and a longer, more in-depth presentation to the older kids. 

Kim Loseke, the 3rd grade teacher at Leigh Community Schools said, “The third graders enjoyed feeling the animal furs and looking at the artifacts.” Additionally, she said, “They enjoyed making music with the drum and animal horns.”

Brianne Wietfield, the 5th grade teacher at Leigh, said that the history presentation, “Was like stepping back in time—each artifact told a story, painting vivid pictures of the past. The students were captivated, as the items and stories brought history to life in a way no textbook ever could. We had a fantastic experience! It’s great to see our students intrigued and engaged with the stories.” 

The students really enjoyed the event. Thanks to Randy Dunn for providing this unique learning opportunity.

Homecoming week at Leigh Community Schools was held September 23rd through the 27th, and was filled with fun. 

Students kicked off the week on Monday with a Western vs. West Coast dress up theme. Junior high and high school classes showed off their patriot pride by decorating doors and hallways.

On Tuesday, Leigh high school and junior high students traveled to Clarkson for a joint pep rally. The bleachers were filled with red, white, and blue because the theme of the day was Patriot Pride. The girls’ golf team competed in a triangular with Humphrey/Lindsay and Stanton, and the girls’ volleyball team swept Schuyler at Clarkson.

The Patriot pride trickled over to Wednesday as the faculty and students dressed in their comfiest clothes for Pajama Day. On the other hand, the high school students had to dress professionally for the Highway 91 Career Fair and Humphrey Public Schools.

Many Dynamic Duos and trios were roaming the school on Thursday. The volleyball team traveled to Lincoln to face the reigning NSAA Class C2 Champions, the Lincoln Lutheran Knights; the Patriots came short of a win. 

The Patriots finished up the week with Class Unity Day.  The 8^th graders won this competition with their “Blackout” theme.  There was another pep rally planned by the junior class and held in Leigh to celebrate the Leigh candidates.  The Patriot sports earned two wins: the girls’ golf team won the golf quad in Leigh, and the football boys defeated Madison.

Homecoming royalty, senior Riley VanDyke, said, “It was nice to see that a lot of kids have good school spirit by dressing up for homecoming week. It was nice to see our school decorated with Patriot pride.”

On September 27, both Leigh and Clarkson named their Homecoming King and Queen during the coronation after the football game against Madison held in Clarkson. 

This year's girl candidates from Leigh were Izzy Hollatz, Baylee Settje, Brynn Settje, and Ella Urban. The boy candidates were Carter Brabec, Jared Olson, and Riley Van Dyke. 

The 2024 Jr. Court from Leigh was Laikyn Faltys, daughter of Carly and Andrew Faltys, and Beckett Higby, son of Katie and Nate Higby. Both are first graders at Leigh Elementary.

The girl candidates from Clarkson were Rylee Balzer, Teagan Baumert, Emma Gall, and Cadence Indra. The boy candidates were Jacob Koehn, Korbin Lemburg, Dexter Indra, and Zach Gall. 

Clarkson’s King and Queen were announced as Korbin Lemburg and Cadence Indra.

Leigh’s King and Queen was announced next. Last year's king and queen Andrew Rivera and Cassandra Rayback crowned this year's king and queen. 

Leigh’s King and Queen were announced as Carter Brabec and Ella Urban!

Information about the Homecoming court was read as follows: 

Izabel Hollatz is the daughter of Kylie and Willie Hollatz; her siblings are Vylet and Layla.

In high school she has participated in Volleyball, Basketball, Track, Dance, FCCLA, FBLA, National Honor Society, Journalism, Yearbook, Youth Advisory Committee, and One Act.  Izzy plans to attend Northeast Community College majoring in Nursing.

Baylee Settje is the daughter of Kristi and Chad Settje. Her siblings are Reagan, Kennedy, Brynn and Bergan. Baylee has participated in Volleyball, Basketball, Track, Dance, FCCLA, FBLA, Journalism, Yearbook, National Honor Society, Youth Advisory Committee, and One Act. Her future plans are to attend either Northeast Community College or Wayne State with a major undecided at this time

Carter Brabec is the son of April & Andy Brabec. He has a brother Dylan and sister Sadie.

During High School Carter has been involved in FFA, Youth Advisory Committee

and One-Act. His future plans are to attend Northeast Community College for Ag Business.

Brynn Settje is the daughter of Kristi and Chad Settje. Her siblings are Reagan,

Kennedy, Baylee and Bergan. Her high school involvement has included Volleyball, Basketball, Track, FCCLA, FBLA, National Honor Society, Journalism, Yearbook, Youth Advisory Committee, and One Act.  Brynn’s plans are to attend Northeast Community College majoring in Physical

Therapy.

Jared Olson is the son of Mike Olson and the late Carrie Olson. He has a sister, Rylee.

Throughout high school he has been involved in FFA, Youth Advisory Committee

and One-Act.  Jared plans to attend Northeast Community College majoring in Agribusiness.

Ella Urban is the daughter of Robin and Josh Urban.  Her siblings are Emersyn, Eisley and Isaiah.  During her high school career Ella has been involved in Golf, Track, FCCLA,

FBLA, Journalism, One Act, Youth Advisory Committee, & Dance. Her future plans are undecided.

Riley is the son of Gina and Casey VanDyke. He has an older sister, Zoey, and a younger sister, Daisy.  Throughout High School he has been involved in Stream team and One-Act

Riley’s plans are to attend Northeast Community College majoring in Information

Security and System Administration.

Congratulations to the King and Queen as well as the entire Homecoming court!

On October 5, 2024, the Clarkson Leigh Patriot football team traveled to Humphrey to play against the Humphrey/Lindsay Academy Bulldogs for a district matchup.

The Patriots entered the game with a 2-3 record compared to the Bulldogs with a 3-2 record. Both teams entered the game undefeated in district play. 

The Patriots started with the ball on offense and quickly scored to capture an early lead. With a few defensive stops and more strong offensive drives, the Patriots captured a 22-0 lead by the end of the first quarter. 

The Patriots kept their offense rolling in the second quarter, scoring another 16 offensive points. The Patriots continued to play tight defense, only allowing six points and scoring a pick-six from senior Korbin Lemburg. At halftime, the Patriots led 44-6.

In the third quarter, the Patriots were able to move some reserves into the game and maintain their dominant position throughout the second half. The final score was 58-36. 

The Patriots improved their record to 3-3 and are still undefeated in district play. They will play the Newman Grove/St. Edward Panthers next week.

Head Coach Jim Clarkson said, “This was a great win for the team to go into Humphrey and get it done. We have put ourselves in the tick of the district race. Guys keep improving, and that’s what we are looking for.”

 Box Score:

        Q1   Q2   Q3   Q4   Final

     Clarkson-Leigh                  22    22     8      6       58

     Humphrey Lindsay            0       0    16    14      36

Individual Stats

(Tackles, Rushing Yards, Touchdowns)

Blake Loseke: 8, 38, 0; Tucker Matthies: 1, 93, 2; Wyatt Crosley: 3, 185, 4; Jeryn Struebing: 1, 12, 0; Coal Fernau: 0, 29, 1; Cory Steffensmeier: 3, 10, 0; Cash Fehringer: 0, 5, 0; Cade Hoesly: 2, 0, 0; Luke Eisenmann: 3, 0, 0; Cody Jedlicka: 1, 0, 0; Levi Gall: 3, 0, 0; Jacob Kroeger: 2, 0, 0; Hunter Gall: 3, 0, 0; Korbin Lemburg: 5, 0, 0; Brett Wemhoff: 1, 0, 0; Michael Wemhoff: 2, 0, 0; Nile Jones: 1, 0, 0; Otto Crecco: 2, 0, 0; Wyatt Langhorst: 3, 0, 0; James Moore: 2, 0, 0; Easton Brabec: 4, 0, 0

The Clarkson Leigh JV football team traveled to Shelby on September 23rd to take on the Shelby-Rising City Huskies. 

The patriots took an early lead when freshman Cash Fehringer scored on the first play. After a Shelby turnover, the Patriots scored again to make it a 14-0 game. The score remained the same for the rest of the half. 

After the half, Shelby-Rising City would tie the game up late in the fourth. With the score tied up the huskies would score on a last-minute punt return to win the game. 

Freshman Trevor Hoffman stated “it was a good learning experience for all the young guys even if it didn’t turn out the way we wanted it to.” 

The Patriot JV team is 1-1 on the season in official games.  Their other games have been modified “triangular” matchups. 

The JV girls’ golf team finished their season on Monday, September 30th at Indian Trails in Beemer at a “modified” JV meet. 

The meet consisted of JV teams from West Point-Beemer, Clarkson-Leigh, Schuyler, South Sioux City, and Tri-County. The Patriots brought two teams of five girls each. 

The golfers played holes one though nine, shortening the fairways to 200 yards and capping each hole at eight strokes. Golfers were also allowed to play the ball up and move the ball out of sand traps after one attempt. 

The girls found success in their final meet of the season with junior Liz Hoffman earning the first-place medal! Rosie Villeda-Guillen was fourth, and senior Keeley Campbell finished fifth.

Hoffman said, “With the modified rules, this meet was really a fun and unconventional way to finish out the JV season and see how much we’ve all grown.  I’m so glad I got the chance to golf with this awesome team this year!”

The Patriot junior high girls continued their season with games on September 23rd and September 26th. 

On Monday, September 23rd, the girls played Lakeview. The girls A and B teams lost after a hard battle. 

8th grader Avery Kuester said, “It was a tough game, but we fought hard.”

Coach Seth Cash stated, “Our B team struggled to pass the ball early giving Lakeview an early lead in the first set, and the early deficit was too much for the B team to overcome.  We regrouped and fought back for a win in set two.  

“Sadly, our passing woes continued and it cost us a much needed point in the third set.  A team started off strong with a first set win, but a lack of communication cost us some much-needed points in a close second set.  Again, we struggled in the third set to capture any momentum early, and we dropped the third set in a hard-fought loss.  The girls fought hard and we will continue to grow and improve each practice.”

The Pats then battled against Twin River on September 26th. The junior high girls B team was not able to pick up a win. The A girls did pick up a win though. 

8th grader Averi Clausen said, “Both teams played well and there were lots of things we improved on, but lots more things we need to work on.”

On Thursday, September 19, the Patriot girls’ junior varsity golf team headed over to play nine holes at Humphrey for a triangular. They faced off against teams from Humphrey-Lindsay and West Point-Beemer. The first Clarkson-Leigh team placed second at the meet. As for individual scores, Ella Urban tied for second place with a 51, and Halle Korth placed third with a 55. Alisyn Lich scored a 57, Liz Hoffman and Rosie Villeda-Guillen each a 60, Shaleigh McAllister and Sydney Messerlie each a 62, Keeley Campbell a 63, Hannah Martensen a 68, and Ella Higby a 70. 

“We saw a lot of improvement and shaving strokes from the JV squad at the Humphrey meet,” said Coach Held. “They started to figure out how to stay out of trouble at that meet.  Both teams shot their lowest team scores, and Ella shot a season low of 51 for 2nd place and Halle shot a 55 for 3rd.”

Sophomore, Halle Korth said, “I’m really proud of the girls that participated at the Humphrey meet. I think we all played to the best of our ability, and I can’t wait for the upcoming meets.”

On Saturday September 21st, 2024, the varsity girls’ golf team competed in the Boone Central Invitational. 

Clarkson-Leigh finished 7th out of 12 teams with a score of 611. 

Scotus got first with a score of 491. West Holt finished second in a close one with a 492. Battle Creek ended third with a 532. 

Coach Lynn Morfeld said, “It was fun to watch the live scoring throughout the day to see where our golfers were in the rankings, and we had our first invite medalist of the year - Emilie Hajek.”

Junior Emilie Hajek was 33rd out of 59 girls with a 117. Senior Brianne Kuhr got 34th with a score of 119. Emily Stender, a senior at Leigh, finished 38th with a 123. Junior Hadley Dlouhy and sophomore Halle Korth tied for 40th, each shooting a score of 126.

Sophomore Halle Korth, “I think that this golf meet really reflected on how much we try at practice and I hope that it continues to be like this for the next meets.”