Blue River defeats North Bend Central 11-3 in their final home game of the season to improve their record to 16-12. The Panthers will close out the regular season on Thursday at Milford.
The Lady Scouts have had a busy season connecting with our youth. They’ve been helping at weekly youth volleyball practices, greeting elementary students in the mornings, and celebrating their participation in youth sports during Youth Night.
Here is the performance schedule for One Act!
Congratulations to Harrison and Kendra, Scouts of the Week, September 28!
The DCHS September 2024 newsletter is now available on the following link.
https://www.davidcitypublicschools.org/page/dchs-newsletters
Due to limited player availability for North Bend, the JV softball game will only be 2 innings starting at 5:00 Tuesday. Varsity will play approximately 15 minutes after the JV game.
Reserve volleyball picks up a pair of 2-0 wins over Nebraska Lutheran and East Butler tonight.
Today in the FCS room, Foods and Nutrition students put their sleuthing skills to the test in our kitchen "crime scene" to identify common kitchen safety hazards! 🕵️
After defeating Fillmore Central 5-4 in the semis, the Panthers defeat Milford 11-7 to win the SNC conference tournament!
Thank you to Bank of the Valley for their generous donation of $5800 to the David City Public Schools activity fund!
7th graders had a great visit to CCC today! Thanks for having us! #CCC
Congratulations to Stanley Allen on his achievement on the PSAT test!
The David City FCCLA officer team is excited to be at UNL today to strengthen their leadership skills!
A 2 rbi single by Tayja Slonecker and a 2 run home run by Danica Watts provide the offense for the Panthers tonight. Abby Lindsley pitched a complete game with solid defense behind her and the Panthers pick up a win over a tough Aurora squad 4-3 on pink out night.
Unbeaten Eight-Man Teams Making a Name for Themselves
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David City is off to a hot 4-0 start to the season with senior QB and team captain Reese Svoboda right in the middle of things. The Scouts try to make it 5-0 this Friday v. Twin River.
Lots of fun stories in the early (not so early) going of the 2024 Huskerland football season. Today we take a quick look at three of them, all from the eight-man ranks.
* David City (4-0). Things ain’t been good. Actually, if there were not good they’d have been light years ahead of what DC Football has gone through of late.
Over the past three seasons the Scouts have been winners three times, twice against teams who finished the season 0-9; the other time was a forfeit. Things were actually better during the COVID year as David City won three times that season...against teams which finished 4-17. Not good.
So the Scouts dropped to eight-man, which is no guarantee of future success but it a little easier to get eight good players on the field at a time as opposed to 11. And there was a coaching change, where cleansing breath was probably in line for the program.
Enter Greg Hansen, who’s been around, who once led his Stanton team to a state final. He and his staff - and most importantly his players - went to work.
“Our kids’ willingness to be coached and do things to get better has been so important in what we are trying to establish,” says Coach Hansen. “Early on in the summer, I saw that the kids wanted to work hard to improve and be successful. We have good overall team speed and when we get the ball in space it puts a lot of pressure on a defender to make a one on one tackle, especially in eight-man.
“We have been fortunate to have several big scoring plays because we have some fast kids.”
Team captains for David City Football 2024 include seniors Cam Hlavac (QB/DB) and Reese Svoboda (RB/S) and juniors Cohen Denker (WR/S) and Daren Vodicka (RB/LB).
Last week the Scouts beat first-year program Newman Grove/St. Edward but the win the week before is what catches your eye. Not only did David City beat Wisner-Pilger, a 2023 playoff team, 48-42, they did so by trading punches in the middle of the ring, answering the bell when a program with its recent history would usually fade into the background.
Not these Scouts.
“That was an exciting game to be part of and was a huge win for us in trying to turn around a program,” says Coach Hansen. “Our kids still aren’t quite aware of what they are capable of, but we’ll keep grinding to get better week by week.”
This week David City will play Twin River (2-2) and it’s o far, so good. Real good.
Members of the Blue River Panther softball team spent their morning last Thursday welcoming elementary students as they arrived for the day.
Brittin, Israel, Corbin Scouts of the Week
The NSCTA (Nebraska Speech Communication and Theater Association) served as a celebration of Scout speech and theater coaches and students. Scout Speech 2024 won an Academic Achievement Award for their classroom achievement. Ms. Demers-Sahling and Mrs. Jena Ockander received their Gold Level Coaching Endorsements. Mr. Ockander received his Gold and Platinum Coaching and Educator Endorsements. Former teacher Mr. Elias Dallmann received the Dale E. Black award for a teacher and coach.
Thank you Cara Filler for speaking to our students about making good decisions and driving safety today!
Abby Lindsley pitches a 1 hit shutout while Danica Watts, Olivia Adams, and Lindsley lead the offense with multiple hits each as Blue River defeats Centennial 10-0.