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Activity Info – Week of 02/22/26
Monday, February 23, 2026
What: Varsity Boys Basketball Sub-Districts
Where: Mullen High School, Mullen, NE
When: 5:00 PM
Streaming: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/mullen/organization/13098/mullen-high-school
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
What: Junior High Girls Wrestling Inviational
Where: Hemingford High School, Hemingford, NE
When: TBD
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
What: FFA Contest
Where: Kimball, NE
Thursday, February 26, 2026
What: Rock Out Concert – 6th, 7th, 8th grades
Where: High School Auditorium, Hay Springs, NE
When: 7:00 PM
Friday, February 27, 2026
What: Varsity Girls District Final Basketball
Where: Lister Sage Building, Hay Springs, NE
When: 4:00 PM MT
Admission: $6 for Adults, $5 for students. No passes will be accepted.
Streaming: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/hay-springs-high-school-hay-springs-ne/gam35bf2b09ce
Saturday, February 28, 2026
What: Speech
Where: Gering, NE
No School on Thursday, February 19, 2026
Due to the projected winter storm, Hay Springs Schools will have NO School on Thursday, February 19th. This includes all activities and practices. Stay safe and warm!
Angelman Syndrome Awareness
February 15th is Angelman Syndrome Awareness Day. On Tuesday, February 17th, our students and staff came together to celebrate our own Angelman’s Superhero, Ava. Our team of specialists shared their special role in Ava’s education. Ava was also joined by her classmates, parents, sisters, and two special family members, her dogs Flashy and Bear.
New Superintendent Hired
Hay Springs Public School is excited to announce the hiring of Dr. Sadie Coffey as the 26-27 Superintendent. Dr. Coffey will be officially starting in July.
Activity Info – Week of 02/15/26
Saturday, February 21, 2026
What: Junior High Boys Basketball Invitational
Where: Gordon-Rushville High School, Gordon, NE
When: 9:00 AM
Gordon-Rushville Speech Results
Gordon-Rushville Speech Results:
Cade McKillip – 1st place Extemporaneous and 5th place persuasive
Jacob Dorhorst – 2nd place Humorous Prose
Emma Albrecht and Bailey Hankins – 3rd place Duet Acting
Emma Albrecht, Bailey Hankins, and Jacob Dorhorst – 5th place OID
Girls Basketball Subdistrict D2-12 Bracket
PANCO Speech Results
PANCO Speech was held February 11 in Mitchell and the Hay Springs Speech team brought home a lot of hardware:
Aubry Anderson: 1st PANCO in POI and Serious prose, 3rd POI in small schools
Jacob Dorshorst: 1st PANCO and 3rd small schools
Cade McKillip: 1st PANCO and small schools for Extemp and 3rd in PANCO for Persuasive.
Duet: Emma Albrecht and Bailey Hankins, 3rd in PANCO.
OID: Emma Albrecht, Jacob Dorhorst, Bailey Hankins, 1st PANCO and 3rd overall.
Hay Springs won Panhandle Conference sweepstakes!
Congratulations everyone!
MathCounts
The middle school MathCounts Team participated in the Western Nebraska Chapter Competition on Wednesday, February 11th in Scottsbluff. The team, consisting of Merritt Albrecht, Willow Frink, Barrett Heiting, Hudson Persons, Elly Reimann, and Milo Smith, completed three different rounds of competition and ended the day with the Most Improved School award.
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