The Jeffs Journey

Hello Jeffs!

Welcome to the Jeffs Journey, Issue 13! Fall activities have wrapped up for the year. Thank you to everyone that was involved in any of our sports or activities this fall as a coach, sponsor, team member, or event worker. We truly appreciate each and every one of you!

Our Play Production cast and crew have their first competition this week. Break a leg!

JH Boys Wrestling started practices last week, and JH Girls Basketball begins practices this week.

High School winter activities will officially begin their season on November 16.

Fairbury uses Hudl to stream events. You can find Fairbury's Hudl page at this website: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ne/fairbury/organization/193/fairbury-public-high-school/video

We have a winter apparel store open now! The store will close on November 12th. Order some winter Jeff gear!

https://customsports.chipply.com/fairburywintersports/

Monday, November 2

Junior High Girls Basketball Practice Begins.

FFA Fruit Sales Begin.

7:00 PM: FFA Meeting in Mr. Dux's room.

Tuesday, November 3

N/A.

Wednesday, November 4

Picture Retakes.

7:30 AM: FBLA Officer and Chapter Meeting.

Thursday, November 5

Advisory: Junior High Boys Wrestling and Junior High Girls Basketball Button Pictures.

Friday, November 6

N/A.

Saturday, November 7

8:30 AM: Play Production @ Cross County Invite. Fairbury performs at 10:45 AM, and awards are at 5:00 PM.

Sunday, November 8

N/A.

Softball

The following athletes were recognized on the SNC All-Conference teams for Softball. Congratulations ladies! We are proud of you!

1st Team: Jordin Gill

2nd Team: Autumn L'Ecuyer

Honorable Mention: Kate Hynek

Volleyball

The Lady Jeffs competed in the C1-2 Sub-district Tournament, where they defeated Auburn Monday night, and fell to Milford Tuesday night, which brought their season to an end.

Evelyn Timmons finished her volleyball career at Fairbury establishing two more NSAA C-1 records! She recorded 694 kills this year, which breaks the previous record of 684 from 2017. Evelyn also recorded 22.39 kills per match. This takes her 694 kills divided by the 31 matches Fairbury played this year. The previous record was 20.34 kills per match from 2023. Congratulations, Evelyn! What incredible accomplishments!

eSports

The eSports team has finished the regular season. They will now await to see if they qualify for postseason competition.

Congratulations to Alecia Bedlan, Iaunna Lucking, Jerik Mans, and Evelyn Timmons for being recognized as local recipients for the NSAA Believers and Achievers program.

In addition to the local recognition, Alecia was selected as one of 48 state recipients for the Believers and Achievers! She will be honored at halftime of one of the State Basketball championship games, and she is now in consideration for a $1000 scholarship. The 8 scholarship winners will be announced at a banquet in April. This is one of the highest achievements a student can earn from the NSAA. Congratulations, Alecia. We are proud of you, and thank you for representing Fairbury with pride!

The NSAA is piloting a new student content creator program this year. Students were asked to submit a portfolio of work, which was then reviewed by a panel of marketing and communication professionals.

Our own Iaunna Lucking was selected as 1 of 23 students statewide for the content creator program! Below is the information from the NSAA.

The selection process was highly competitive, with many exceptional applicants from across the state. Your application was reviewed by a panel of marketing and communications professionals, and your portfolio stood out for its creativity, storytelling, visuals, and letters of recommendation. We received many impressive submissions, and you should be proud of this accomplishment.

As one of our first student content creators, you'll help tell the stories of Nebraska's high school activities and championship events from a student's perspective. We can't wait to see what you create.

Iaunna will head to the NSAA office on November 11 for an orientation. Congratulations, Iaunna! We are so proud of you, and what an amazing experience this will be!

In the volleyball match at Auburn on September 3, Evelyn Timmons recorded 48 kills in the five-set match. Not only is this a new Fairbury program record, but it is also a new NSAA Class C-1 record for kills in a single match! Congratulations, Evelyn! What an incredible accomplishment, and Jeff Nation is so very proud of you!