The HTRS FFA Chapter had a great day at the second round of District Career Development Events! We had multiple teams compete and some even advanced to the state contest in March!!
Meat Evaluation - 3rd Place 🥉 STATE QUALIFIER !!
- Shawnna Richey, Purple Ribbon 4th place
- Grayson Sherman, Purple Ribbon 13th place
- Ava Grimes, Blue Ribbon
- Makena Dunlap, Blue Ribbon
- Izzy Standerford, Blue Ribbon
-Harlee Hardesty, Blue Ribbon
-Miranda Rist, Blue Ribbon
- Colby Hedden, Red Ribbon
- Jorja DeJonge, Red Ribbon
- Camryn Vaughan, Red Ribbon
- Macie Muro, Red Ribbon
(Top 4 will Participate at State)
Floriculture 7th Place STATE QUALIFIER !!!
- Shawnna Richey, Blue Ribbon
- Miranda Rist, Blue Ribbon
- Harlee Hardesty, Blue Ribbon
- Izzy Standerford, Blue Ribbon
- Makena Dunlap, Blue Ribbon
- Kassi Kanel, Blue Ribbon
- Camryn Vaughan, Blue Ribbon
- Lorena Pagnano, Blue Ribbon
- PJ Howe, Blue Ribbon
- Eden Stewart, Blue Ribbon
- Liam Hilgenfeld, Blue Ribbon
- Eden Duryea, Blue Ribbon
Farm Business Management 6th place
- Jon Koch 4th place Purple
- Elie Bstandig 9th place Purple
-Makena Dunlap, Blue Ribbon
- Colt Leech, Red Ribbon
-Georgianna Melcher, White Ribbon
Ag Mechanics 11th
- Colt Leech, Red Ribbon
-Jon Koch, Red Ribbon
- Jack Hilgenfeld, Red Ribbon
-Bradyn Bowen, White Ribbon
Livestock Management 14th
- Elie Bstandig
- Ava Grimes
-Izzy Standerford
-Jorja DeJonge
- Colby Hedden
Meat Evaluation - 3rd Place 🥉 STATE QUALIFIER !!
- Shawnna Richey, Purple Ribbon 4th place
- Grayson Sherman, Purple Ribbon 13th place
- Ava Grimes, Blue Ribbon
- Makena Dunlap, Blue Ribbon
- Izzy Standerford, Blue Ribbon
-Harlee Hardesty, Blue Ribbon
-Miranda Rist, Blue Ribbon
- Colby Hedden, Red Ribbon
- Jorja DeJonge, Red Ribbon
- Camryn Vaughan, Red Ribbon
- Macie Muro, Red Ribbon
(Top 4 will Participate at State)
Floriculture 7th Place STATE QUALIFIER !!!
- Shawnna Richey, Blue Ribbon
- Miranda Rist, Blue Ribbon
- Harlee Hardesty, Blue Ribbon
- Izzy Standerford, Blue Ribbon
- Makena Dunlap, Blue Ribbon
- Kassi Kanel, Blue Ribbon
- Camryn Vaughan, Blue Ribbon
- Lorena Pagnano, Blue Ribbon
- PJ Howe, Blue Ribbon
- Eden Stewart, Blue Ribbon
- Liam Hilgenfeld, Blue Ribbon
- Eden Duryea, Blue Ribbon
Farm Business Management 6th place
- Jon Koch 4th place Purple
- Elie Bstandig 9th place Purple
-Makena Dunlap, Blue Ribbon
- Colt Leech, Red Ribbon
-Georgianna Melcher, White Ribbon
Ag Mechanics 11th
- Colt Leech, Red Ribbon
-Jon Koch, Red Ribbon
- Jack Hilgenfeld, Red Ribbon
-Bradyn Bowen, White Ribbon
Livestock Management 14th
- Elie Bstandig
- Ava Grimes
-Izzy Standerford
-Jorja DeJonge
- Colby Hedden




The Junior High Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball teams participated in the K of C Basketball Tournament at Sacred Heart this season. The tournament featured both a free-throw contest and a rebounding contest, and HTRS had two athletes earn top finishes.
Tate Dunekacke – 1st Place, Free-Throw Contest
Lily Beetison – 2nd Place, Free-Throw Contest; 2nd Place, Rebounding Contest
Congratulations, and Go Titans! 🏀
Tate Dunekacke – 1st Place, Free-Throw Contest
Lily Beetison – 2nd Place, Free-Throw Contest; 2nd Place, Rebounding Contest
Congratulations, and Go Titans! 🏀

The Boys' Wrestling Team competes in its first meet of the season today in Falls City at 4:00 PM.
Go Titans! 🤼♂️💙
Go Titans! 🤼♂️💙
The Junior High Girls’ Basketball Team will play their final games of the season today at Sterling!
2:00 PM – A Team
3:00 PM – B Team
Go Titans! 🏀💙
2:00 PM – A Team
3:00 PM – B Team
Go Titans! 🏀💙
🏀 The boys' basketball team travels to Wymore to take on Bruning-Davenport-Shickley at Southern High School at 5:30 PM in the D1-1 Sub-District Tournament.
Go Titans! 💙
Go Titans! 💙

Congratulations to the students and staff of the week!!
February 23, 2026
February 23, 2026

Great job by our HTRS Speech Team at the PC Speech Meet today, placing 5th overall!
Individual Results:
Elie Bstandig: POI – 2nd Place
Makena Dunlap: Humorous – 4th Place
Bradyn Bowen: Entertainment – 3rd Place
Ewan Guenther: Extemporaneous – 6th Place
Next in:
Elie Bstandig: Poetry – 1st Place
Rayna Reyes: Poetry – 6th Place
Makena Dunlap: Humorous Impromptu – 3rd Place
Samir Aliev: Top Novice in Persuasive
Way to go, Titans! 💙🎤
Individual Results:
Elie Bstandig: POI – 2nd Place
Makena Dunlap: Humorous – 4th Place
Bradyn Bowen: Entertainment – 3rd Place
Ewan Guenther: Extemporaneous – 6th Place
Next in:
Elie Bstandig: Poetry – 1st Place
Rayna Reyes: Poetry – 6th Place
Makena Dunlap: Humorous Impromptu – 3rd Place
Samir Aliev: Top Novice in Persuasive
Way to go, Titans! 💙🎤


🏀 The boys’ basketball team will play its last regular-season game tonight at Palmyra🏀
5:00 PM – JV Boys (2 Quarters)
Varsity Boys warm-up will start immediately after the JV game. Game time is approximately 6 p.m.
Go Titans! 💙
5:00 PM – JV Boys (2 Quarters)
Varsity Boys warm-up will start immediately after the JV game. Game time is approximately 6 p.m.
Go Titans! 💙
🏀 Good luck to the Junior High Girls’ Basketball Team in their final home game of the season today vs. Sacred Heart!
4:00 PM – A Team
5:00 PM – B Team (2 Quarters)
Go Titans!! 💙
4:00 PM – A Team
5:00 PM – B Team (2 Quarters)
Go Titans!! 💙
🏀 Sub-District Basketball 🏀
The Titan Boys' Basketball Team will take on BDS on February 24th at Southern in the Class D1-1 Sub-District Tournament. Game time is at 5:30 pm.
Go Titans!
The Titan Boys' Basketball Team will take on BDS on February 24th at Southern in the Class D1-1 Sub-District Tournament. Game time is at 5:30 pm.
Go Titans!

🏀 Sub-District Basketball 🏀
The Titan Boys' Basketball Team will take on BDS on February 24th at Southern in the Class D1-1 Sub-District Tournament. Game time is TBD.
Go Titans!
The Titan Boys' Basketball Team will take on BDS on February 24th at Southern in the Class D1-1 Sub-District Tournament. Game time is TBD.
Go Titans!

Due to a lack of healthy players, today’s junior high game against Lewiston will be A-Team only. There will be no B-Team game.
Go Titans! 🏀
Go Titans! 🏀
Saturday, the speech team participated in the Meridian Speech Meet.
Georgiana Melcher placed 4th in Humorous
PJ Howe placed 6th in Informative
Rayna Reyes placed 4th in Poetry
Shayfer Cumro placed 2nd in Serious
Makena Dunlap earned 1st in Humorous and 2nd in Impromptu
The OID Team (Bailee Schmit, Jazi Frey, and Adilyn Nincehelser) placed 5th
Go Titans! 💙
Georgiana Melcher placed 4th in Humorous
PJ Howe placed 6th in Informative
Rayna Reyes placed 4th in Poetry
Shayfer Cumro placed 2nd in Serious
Makena Dunlap earned 1st in Humorous and 2nd in Impromptu
The OID Team (Bailee Schmit, Jazi Frey, and Adilyn Nincehelser) placed 5th
Go Titans! 💙

Tonight, the girls' basketball team travels to Weeping Water to take on Lourdes.
Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m.
Go Titans! 💙🏀
Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m.
Go Titans! 💙🏀

🏀 Good luck to the junior high girls' basketball team today in their game against Lewiston in Humboldt!
🕑 2:00 PM – A Team
🕒 3:00 PM – B Team
💙 Go Titans!! 💙
🕑 2:00 PM – A Team
🕒 3:00 PM – B Team
💙 Go Titans!! 💙
A congratulations goes out to our Students & Staff of the Week!

A big congratulations goes out to our FFA President, Jon Koch, he passed the district review which included an extensive application and interview on his FFA Experiences and Supervised Agricultural Experience.
If Jon passes the state level, he will be presented his FFA State Degree at the State FFA Convention in March.
If Jon passes the state level, he will be presented his FFA State Degree at the State FFA Convention in March.
The junior high girls' basketball team travels to Falls City for the K of C Basketball Tournament at Sacred Heart. The Titans face Auburn at 10 a.m. in their first game. Go Titans! 🏀💙

Good luck to the speech team today at the Meridian Speech Invite at Meridian High School! Go Titans! 🗣️🎤
Our JAG students recently competed against students from across the state for a place at the Career Development Competition on February 26. There are 88 JAG schools in Nebraska, so they had a lot of competition. In order to be a finalist, they had to finish in the top 15 in the entire state- this is a huge accomplishment.
Congratulations to our finalists:
Financial Literacy- Lexi Tichy and Cole Hunzeker
Employability Skills - Cole Hunzeker
The students will travel to the Career Development Conference on February 26 in Omaha. If they rank in the top 3 in the state in their area, they will advance to the National Competition in Utah in May.
Congratulations to our finalists:
Financial Literacy- Lexi Tichy and Cole Hunzeker
Employability Skills - Cole Hunzeker
The students will travel to the Career Development Conference on February 26 in Omaha. If they rank in the top 3 in the state in their area, they will advance to the National Competition in Utah in May.

