Boyd County Schools

On Thursday, October 1, 2026 the Boyd County Cross Country Team got to compete at the West Holt Invitational in Atkinson.  This was a race to remember for many reasons. Due to large amounts of rain in the state of Nebraska, many cross country meets in the state were canceled in the last couple of weeks.  Fortunately the Spartans only missed out on one competition last week when the BonHomme and then Ord meets got cancelled, but many teams throughout the state were not as fortunate. Some teams did not get to compete in over two weeks!  Due to these circumstances West Holt got creative to ensure they could host a competition and allow more teams to enter.

How did all this affect the meet?  Traditionally this meet is held at the Atkinson/Stuart Golf Course, but the course was too wet to run on so the competition was rerouted on the Cowboy trail, on the road through the golf course, to Mill Race Park, and back around.  This made it harder for spectators to see much of the race but was a flat, fun, scenic route for the competitors.  Also the number of teams and runners increased as well.  West Holt had a generous solution to the increased number of competitors.  They upped their medals from the original 20 for high school to top 35 medaling and original 15 medals in junior high to 20 getting medals.  

Excitement about a new course and near perfect weather conditions contributed to fast times and the majority of Spartan runners having PRs (personal records) on the 5,000 meter course!  In the varsity girls race 76 girls lined up to start.  Senior Kaci Koenig led the Lady Spartans into the chute. K Koenig earned the 32nd place medal with a time of 23:15 which is a season’s best for K Koenig.  Freshman Savannah Zeisler competed hard earning 50th place in a PR time of 25:06.  Addi Janousek, senior, hoped to break 27 minutes this meet.  She crushed that goal with a PR time of 25:23 finishing in 52nd place.  Freshmen Trina Bennett and Corinna Reiser rounded out the Lady Spartans team with PR times.  Bennett placed 62nd with a time of 26:38 and C Reiser placed 74th with a 31:02 time.  The Lady Spartans placed 11th as a team.

In the boys varsity race 162 (no that’s not a typo) runners consisting of 18 teams lined up to hear the gun start their race.  Junior Aidyn Garwood just missed bringing home hardware.  Garwood placed 36th with PR 18:38 time.  Freshman Case Reiman placed 53rd with a PR time of 19:27.  Sophomore Hayden Warnke also had a PR with his time of 19:41 placing him in 58th.  The boys team placed 10th.

The junior high raced a distance of 2400 meters on the Cowboy Trail and around the cemetery.  Sixty-five junior high girls lined up for the start of their race.  Baleigh Koenig, 8th grader, continued her medal streak.  B Koenig placed 4th in the field with a time of 9:59.  7th grader Raina Hammon also brought home a medal.  Hammon placed 16th with a time of 10:56.  Kyra Reiser, 8th grader, competed hard and raced for 57th place with a time of 14 minutes flat.  The JH girls placed 5th as a team. 

In the junior high boys race 86 runners stepped up for the start.  8th grader Gage Schochenmaier earned a medal with his 16th place finish in a time of 9:58.  7th grader Asher Bruggeman came in the chute with a time of 11:18 in 56th place.  

The cross country season is winding down.  The junior high have only one more competition left.  They will compete in the Niobrara Valley Conference Championships on Thursday, October 8th in Ainsworth.  High school competes that day as well.  Races start at 4pm.  The high school will then compete at the district meet on Thursday, October 15th in Neligh starting at 3pm.  The district meet determines who will go to the state meet which will be held in Kearney on Friday, October 23rd.

BOYD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

MEETING NOTICE

Boyd County School District Board of Education will conduct their regular meeting on MONDAY, OCTOBER 12TH, 2026, at 7:00 P.M.   The meeting will be at the MS/HS School Building in the Board Room.  An agenda kept continually current shall be readily available to the public at the Boyd County Business office. 

After hosting their home meet on Thursday, September 10, the Spartan Cross Country team had a quick turn around for their next competition.  On Monday, September 14, 2026 the Spartans raced again in Neligh.  Neligh has been selected at the District D-4 host site where the Spartans will compete for a ticket to state on October 15th.  

The girls varsity took to the course to get things started.  After a couple of failed start attempts, the gun and timing system finally started and the girls were off and running.  Senior Kaci Koenig raced through the chute first for the Lady Spartans.  K Koenig unfortunately missed the medals by two places. K Koenig placed 17th with a time of 24:20.  Next through the chute was freshman Savannah Zeisler.  Zeisler continues to get faster on the 5K courses.  She placed 24th with a time of 26:16.  Racing in next was freshman Trina Bennett. Bennett placed 31st with a time of 27:39.  Senior Addi Janousek clocked in her fastest time of the season.  Janousek placed 36th with a time of 28:55.  Corinna Reiser, freshman, continues to improve every meet.  She took 3 ½ minutes of her first race time of the season!  Reiser placed 41st with a time of 35:05.  The Lady Spartans placed 5th in the competitive team competition.

Boys varsity laced up their shoes next.  The Spartans had some goals in mind and teams they knew they needed to compete with, and they were successful with some of those goals.  Junior Aidyn Garwood earned himself the 13th place medal with a time of 19:38.  Sophomore Hayden Warnke just missed the medal stand.  Warnke placed 18th with a time of 20:08.  Freshman Case Reiman raced in to finish 27th with a time of 20:37.  The Spartans placed 4th as a team.  Class C school Battle Creek won the meet.  Creighton placed 2nd and Elkhorn Valley placed 3rd.  The Spartans will see Creighton at the district meet.

In the junior high division the Spartans didn’t bring home one championship medal but two!  8th grader Gage Schochenmaier won the meet with a time of 9:05 on the 2200 meter course.  8th grade Baleigh Koenig said ‘me too’.  B Koenig won the girls JH division with a time of 9:38.  Asher Bruggeman, 7th grade, earned a medal.  Bruggeman placed 10th with a time of 10:17.  Kyra Reiser, 8th grade, just missed medals placing 11th with a time of 12:34.

The Spartans will venture into South Dakota next Monday, September 21st. They compete at the BonHomme Invite in Tyndall SD starting at 2pm.  Then they will not compete again until Thursday, October 1 at the West Holt invite.