Congratulations to Emma Albrecht, Parker Wellnitz, Mason Albrecht, and Jacob Dorshorst for being selected for the Oregon Trail Honor Band sponsored by Doane University and held at Bridgeport High School on Monday, January 5th. The band will be directed by Dr. Andrew Feyes. Students will begin rehearsals at 9:30am Monday morning with a concert at 5pm at the Bridgeport auditorium.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
What: Morrill vs. Hay Springs Basketball
Where: Morrill High School, Morrill, NE
When: 3:00 PM – Boys JV Full Game, Girls Varsity to follow Boys JV, Boys Varsity to follow Girls Varsity
Note: Morrill does not have enough girls to play JV, therefore the Boys JV game was moved earlier and as a result of that, the Varsity games may also start a bit earlier.
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
What: National Honor Society Induction Ceremony
Where: High School Auditorium, Hay Springs, NE
When: 3:30 PM
Thursday, December 11, 2025
What: The Night, The Lights, and the Music Concert
Where: High School Auditorium, Hay Springs, NE
When: 7:00 PM
Friday, December 12, 2025
What: Varsity Girls Wrestling Invitational
Where: Gordon-Rushville High School, Gordon, NE
When: 11:00 AM
Saturday, December 13, 2025
What: Varsity Boys Wrestling Invitational
Where: Gordon-Rushville High School, Gordon, NE
When: 10:00 AM
Saturday, December 13, 2025
What: Crawford vs. Hay Springs Junior High Girls Basketball
Where: Crawford High School, Crawford, NE
When: 10:00 AM
Saturday, December 13, 2025
What: Hay Springs vs. Banner County Basketball
Where: Lister Sage Building, Hay Springs, NE
When: 1:00 PM – Boys JV(2 quarters), 2:00 PM – Girls Varsity, 4:00 PM – Boys Varsity
Hay Springs hosted the PANCO band clinic on Wednesday, October 29th in the Lister-Sage gymnasium. The seven PANCO schools participating were Cody-Kilgore, Crawford, Hay Springs, Hemingford, Hyannis, Morrill, and Sioux County. The range of participating students was from 7th grade-12th grade. Students rehearsed from 8:30am-2:30pm with occasional breaks and put on a concert at 3pm.
Activity Info – Week of 10/19/25
Monday, October 20, 2025
What: Crawford vs. Hay Springs Junior Varsity Football
Where: Crawford High School, Crawford, NE
When: 5:00 PM
Streaming: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/crawford/organization/12131/crawford-high-school/
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
What: Bridgeport vs. Hay Springs Junior Varsity Volleyball
Where: Bridgeport High School, Bridgeport, NE
When: 5:00 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
What: Bridgeport vs. Hay Springs Varsity Volleyball
Where: Bridgeport High School, Bridgeport, NE
When: 6:00 PM
Thursday, October 23, 2025
What: K, First, Second, and Third Fall Concert
Where: Auditorium, Hay Springs, NE
When: 6:30 PM
Friday, October 24, 2025
What: Cross Country State
Where: Kearney, NE
When: TBD
Friday, October 24, 2025
What: Arthur County vs. Hay Springs Varsity Football
Where: Arthur County High School, Arthur, NE
When: 1:00 PM
Admission: NO ADMISSION, please support our concession stand!
Streaming: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/arthur/organization/15577/arthur-county-high-school
Larry Nelson, Cooper Krotz, Tanner Tobiasson, & Luis Mata attended Tenor/Bass Day at Chadron State College on Wednesday, October 8th. They rehearsed 4 songs throughout the day with men from other choirs and then put on an informal concert that afternoon.
Dear Hay Springs Community (and beyond),
I want to take this moment to thank you for the support you provided through the purchasing of peaches, concession stands sales, and bake sales as well as general donations. We left with 14 Hay Springs students and 6 adults on Wednesday, May 28th and returned on Sunday, June 1st. Along the way we went to Universal Studios, California Adventure, Disneyland, spent some time on the beach (we have stories from the beach!), the SanDiego Zoo and so much more! We also spent a morning doing a Disney Leadership Worksop. It was a cool experience where we got to learn more about who we are and what we can bring to where we are.
I also wanted to let you know how amazing these students are. They were respectful to all they met, made friends easily and of course were always up for a good time. Hay Springs was very well represented and I’m so glad I got to be apart of the story!
I also need to send a huge shout out to our “family leaders”-Jessie Anderson, Jessica Mintken, Sarah Russell, Jim Varvel, and Eric Wellnitz. They worked so well as a team and were so much fun to be around. They cared for your kids very well! If you know them, please make sure to give them a big thank you because we quite literally ran them ragged!
Ricky Wohl needs a shout-out all his own! Did I mention we left at 2:30AM on Wednesday morning? None of us had to drive, because Ricky drove us in our Hay Springs bus! He also took his Sunday and picked us up and drove us home. It was such a gift to not have to drive!
We made many new friends along the way from our Travel With Barb (if anyone is taking a trip with students-let me connect you with the best!!) tour guide; Kyle, numerous bus drivers who were fun to get to know and just random people we came across through all our adventuring!
Long story short (too late!)-your generosity opened up a great big world to our students. They saw and did things that built them up as human beings and were just plain fun to be around. Please ask them questions about the trip and have them share our adventures with you! Make sure they show you their pictures!
I am so thankful to be a part of such a wonderful community. Thank you for your generosity!
Raime Varvel
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