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On October 1, 2005, in Norfolk Nebraska, Heather Knerr and Jim Magsamen welcomed Xander Taylor Ross to their family.
Xander has five younger brothers and sisters to conclude his family. He has 3 younger sisters and 2 younger brothers: Amaiya, 16, Ariyah, 14, Xavier, 13, Adam, 11, and Alexia, 7.
Xander’s grandparents are Michelle and John Mrsny of Norfolk.
Throughout Xander’s high school career, he has been involved in One-Act for four years, and Golf and football for one year.
Xander’s favorite class in school is Lifetime Activities. His favorite song is “Hey Driver” by Zach Bryan, and his favorite sports’ team is the New England Patriots.
His biggest pet peeve are people who lie or steal.
Outside of school you can find Xander working at Just Another Mini Mart.
After graduating high school, Xander plans to attend Northeast and complete their Welding program. In the future, Xander sees himself as a welder.
If Xander won the lottery, he says he would half of it will go to families in need and the other half would go to family and friends.
If Xander could travel anywhere in the world, he would travel to Florida because it looks really beautiful there.
On Xander’s bucket list he says he hopes to become a welder, and learn to get over his fear of heights.
His advice to the underclassmen is “Listen to your teachers, they are there to help you.”
We wish Xander the best of luck in his future endeavors!
On April 25, 20 excited little upcoming morning pre-schoolers joined Mrs. Annie Bahns for an open house to prepare them for the upcoming year.
At preschool roundup, incoming LCS students were greeted with a bookbag that they were able to color and decorate to their liking. Once they finished designing their bookbag, the students were able to fill them up with all sorts of goodies and supplies. After the students completed their bookbags, they had the opportunity to explore the classroom and enjoy some cookies.
Preschool teacher Mrs. Annie Bahns said, “Preschool open house went great and I had about 20 kids attend. I also even heard a student say, ‘I can’t wait to come here!’”
The Annual Leigh FFA Banquet was scheduled for Friday, April 26, 2024, but after many tornadoes and thunderstorms filled the Leigh area, the banquet was rescheduled for Monday, April 29, 2024, at 6 P.M.
Monday evening, 40 Leigh FFA members, families, and community members gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of the chapter and its members.
The evening started with a meal catered by Wunderlich’s Catering and Barley Shoppe. After the meal, opening ceremonies were held and followed by all of the awards that honored community members and FFA members.
There were three chapter awards that were given out to FFA members who excelled in certain areas. The six recipients of the Most Active Members were Sadie Brabec (Most Active Junior High Member), Carmen Malena (Most Active Freshman Member), Luke Eisenmann (Most Active Sophomore Member), Delanie Erwin and Kammy Held (Most Active Junior Members), and Jordan Noonan (Most Active Senior Member).
There were four members of the Outstanding Record Book Award: Carmen Malena, Kyle McMullin, Kammy Held, and Jacob Martensen.
The four Star Awards were presented to Tyce Larson (Star Discovery), Carmen Malena (Star Greenhand), Kammy Held (Star Ag Placement), and Delanie Erwin (Star Farmer).
Jordan Noonan, recipient of the Most Active Senior Member award and 2023-2024 Leigh FFA President, recapped the night as, “The FFA Banquet was a very successful night even with the rescheduling due to weather. It was awesome to see how many people could attend. It was definitely an odd feeling when it was over, realizing it was my last banquet and not closing out the meeting for our chapter anymore, but it was great to help induct the new officers and hang up my FFA jacket. Our year as an FFA chapter was one I will always remember. I was very impressed by how dedicated our chapter was to trying new things that they have never considered before. We had many teams and kids compete at a high level at State. But the biggest part about this year started from our Fun Day in the summer to my last State Convention. I was beyond proud watching these kids and a young chapter grow and mature throughout my final year. FFA has left me with memories I will never forget and I am grateful.”
After all the awards were given out, the year in review video was played, the worker and item auction was held, and the seniors retiring addresses were given.
The night ended with the installment of the 2024-2025 Leigh FFA Officer team. The new officers include Junior Advisors—Blake Loseke and Karly Wendt, Parliamentarian—Nevaeh Zulkoski, Historian—Ava Kasik, Sentinel—Kyle McMullin, Reporters—Daphne Jedlicka and Hannah Martensen, Treasurer—Luke Eisenmann, Secretary—Carmen Malena, Vice Presidents—Delanie Erwin and Brianne Kuhr, and President—Kammy Held.
Newly elected Co-Junior Advisor, Blake Loseke said the night was, “I thought it went pretty well. I think it's going to be a great experience being a part of the officer team. I think that a great goal moving forward would be to be able to compete in even more events at State Convention and be able to win more as a chapter.”
In my opinion, one policy our school could change is letting students drive over lunch. Right now, high school students have to stay for school lunch, or they have the option of walking downtown for lunch.
Let’s face it, school lunch is short, and it takes time to walk downtown and walk back. I believe students should be able to drive downtown so they can spend more time eating, and sometimes there isn’t even time to eat food if you go further downtown than the mini mart. If students could drive, they could support more local places to eat and keep the Leigh economy booming.
In bigger cities, they let kids drive because places to eat are so far away, so why couldn’t we drive just a few blocks? We would have enough time to eat, and in the winter, kids would stay much warmer and would not have to eat school lunch if it’s something they don’t like just because the weather is too bad to walk downtown. An alternate choice would be two main course meals to pick from each day so kids have more options at school lunch.
I do think if a change were to be made, that there should be limits, like you can’t drive out of town, you have to be 16, and your parents would have to sign a waiver at the beginning of the year saying you can drive. Kids have gotten in trouble in the past for driving at lunch when they weren’t supposed to, so if we just eliminate the no driving rule, the admin would be much happier because they wouldn’t have to get mad if a kid breaks the rule because there wouldn’t be a rule to break. All in all, students and administration alike would get to have a better day if kids were able to drive at lunch.
All of these reasons should be enough for the school system to take driving at lunch into consideration, but there again should be boundaries on what kids can do and what they have to require to do it.
With a grand total of 15 teams and a Conference championship on the line, the East Husker Conference track meet is one of the biggest, most important meets the Patriots attend.
This year’s meet was held in Oakland-Craig on Saturday, April 27. Everyone competed well, and there was a ton of new competition to face.
The Patriot boys’ team finished 13th, and the girls placed 3rd! Overall, it was a successful meet!
The weather was really nice for the Patriots.
There were several girls that placed in the top three. There were also a few boys that finished in the top 10, although there was only one boy, Trey Steffensmeier in Long Jump, who finished in the top 6.
The girls’ team really dominated the jumps, with Maizie Stoklasa and Brynn Settje taking the 1st and 2nd place spots in both Triple Jump and Long Jump.
Sophomore Ava Kasik stated, "Overall, it was a very competitive and successful meet. It was a beautiful day, and we had many girls' place."
Assistant Coach Mrs. Brianne Bachman stated, “The conference track meet is always a competitive meet. This year the girls’ team finished in third (7 points behind 2nd). We had quite a few girls finish with multiple medals and a few new personal bests. The boys competed against some tough conference teams as well. It was a good day for the conference track meet and a nice warm-up to district track next week. The athletes are continuing to work hard and looking forward to putting up their best marks at the end of the season.”
Congratulations to all Patriot track athletes and good luck heading into districts!
Girls’ Results (3rd Place)
Long Jump: Maizie Stoklasa -10.50 (First Place) Brynn Settje 16-02.50 (Second Place); Triple Jump: Maizie Stokasa - 35-09.00 (First Place), Brynn Settje - 34-11.25 (Second Place), Ella Baumert -33-07.00 (Fourth Place); 100M Hurdles: Ava Kasik -17.20 (Fourth Place),Claire Holoubek -18.18 (Seventh Place); 300M Hurdles: Claire Holoubek - 55.06(Ninth); 100M Dash: Maizie Stoklasa - 12.83 (Second Place), Tanyn Larson–13.83 (Sixth Place); 200M Dash: Tanyn Larson -28.24 (Fifth Place); 4x1M Relay: Brynn Settje, Tanyn larson, Kendall Schneider, Maizie Stoklasa- 51.34 (First Place); 4x8M Relay: Graicee Sortino, Izzy Holltaz, Brianne Kuhr, Reann Bruhn -11.10.45 (Fifth Place)
Boys’ Results (13th Place)
Long Jump: Trey Steffeinsmeier- 19-02.25 (Fourth Place)
On Saturday April 27, the Clarkson-Leigh Boys Golf team sent their top five golfers to the Pierce Invite. The varsity team consisted of Mic Sayers, Parker Sayers, Ryan Brichacek, Wyatt Crosley, and Simon Wemhoff.
Brichacek shot the lowest on the team with a 94, Wyatt Crosley scored 95, Mic Sayers also shot 95, Parker Sayers shot 106, and Simon Wemhoff rounded out the team with 118.
Head golf coach Connor Blum stated, “It was a chilly and windy day for a meet, and the competition was tough. The boys battled all day and we were just short of having a couple of golfers place. We have a couple more meets to end the year, so I'm looking forward to what we can do.”
There were 12 teams that they competed against. These teams include Bloomfield, Cedar Catholic, Crofton, Elkhorn Valley, Pierce, Randolph, Wausa, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, Plainview, Hartington-Newcastle, Winnebago, and GACC. Out of these teams the Patriots ended up placing sixth.
Senior Simon Wemhoff said, “It was a great day for golf and we were happy to be golfing in the great conditions.”
