Daily Bulletin
Kearney High School Bulletin for Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Girls Swimming - Thursday, February 19-Friday, February 20 - Varsity State Championship - at St Peters Rec-Plex
Military Visit - Thursday, February 19 - Navy visit during lunch shifts
On Thursday, February 12th, Kearney High School DECA members competed at the District Leadership Conference at UMKC. State qualifiers will attend a 3 day State Leadership Conference in Kansas City on March 22nd-24th. The following were top performers in their events: Lily Hoessel 1st Professional Selling Colton Barrett 3rd Professional Selling Jane Martens 4th Principles of Business Management and Administration Bennett Freeman 7th Principles of Entrepreneurship Ezra Stuart 6th Business Finance Konnar Dampier 4th Principles of Finance 7th Hotel and Lodging Management
Boys Wrestling - Friday, February 20-Saturday, February 21 - Varsity District Tournament - TBD
Boys Basketball - Friday, February 20 - JV/Varsity - vs Smithville - at Kearney High School - 5:30/7:00pm
The boys dominated, winning 74-33. Blake Lindeman led all scorers with 19 points. Jayce White contributed 14 points and Cale Willis followed with 12. This brings our record to 9-8 on the season.
The Varsity girls basketball team beat Excelsior Springs at home on Senior Night 65-32! Brooke Paalhar hit 5 threes leading all scorers with 22 points and 5 assists. Kennedi Casey scored 11 points and 5 rebounds. Maggie Lakin finished in double figures with 10 points and 5 rebounds. Addie Taylor scored 9 points and led with 4 steals. Morgan Pennington was 2/2 from three point range while pulling down 5 rebounds. The win brings the Varsity's record to 14-9 and 6-1 in conference. The Bulldogs are tied for first place in conference with Grandview and Smithville. All 3 teams play each other one more time. Last night we honored the 8 Senior basketball players. Thank you to Brooke Paalhar, Kennedi Casey, Addie Taylor, Morgan Pennington, Maggie Lakin, Alyssa Quick, Josie Masters, and Bentley Thorne for their years of contributions to the Kearney Girls Basketball Program. CONGRATULATIONS to Senior Brooke Paalhar for scoring her 1000th career point last night! Brooke is the 14th girl to reach this milestone in Kearney Girls Basketball history.
Girls Basketball - Friday, February 20 - JV/Varsity - vs Smithville - at Kearney High School - 4:00/5:30pm
Last night the JV Girls took on the Excelsior Springs Tigers to kick off the four game night and senior night for both varsity teams. The girls started slow but picked up the intensity and pulled away in the second half. Final score was 41-16. Syrenati Hutson led the Dogs with 12 points. The win brings the JV record to 9-8 on the season. We'll be back in action Friday in HS2 @ 4 to kick off yet another four game night between the Bulldogs and the smithville warriors.
Last night, the Varsity Boys Basketball Team took on Excelsior Springs for Senior Night. The evening started with Senior Drew Nelson singing the national anthem, setting the tone for a great night. Shoutout to the pep band for bringing the energy and making the atmosphere special. The seniors led the way from the start. Senior Brock Scott opened the game with a steal and layup. Senior Trey White scored seven quick points in transition. Senior Drew Nelson knocked down free throws aftering being fouled in the paint, and Senior Hudson Best added an early three and a transition bucket. Senior Sal DiBenedetto led all scorers with 13 points. In a great team moment, Senior Brad Doll and Senior Carter Brock came off the bench after giving their starting spots to fellow seniors. Both made an impact, hitting 3 pointers and finishing at the rim. The Bulldogs rolled to a 63–28 win and improved to 17–5 on the season. The seniors combined for 54 of our 63 points, making it a memorable Senior Night performance. The Bulldogs (17-5) are back at home on Friday vs Smithville (16-7)! It's a 4 game night! JV girls at 4:00PM, JV Boys at 5:30PM, Varsity girls at 5:30PM, and Varsity Boys at 7PM.
Cheer sent a group stunt to compete in Springfield at the Game Day State competition. The group was made of all Seniors Kenna Chenoweth, Amara Miles, Lily Hoessel and Natalie Knight. This was Kearney's first time to compete in this division at the state level. Group stunt is 1 minute of your best stunting judged on, strength and stability, flow of routine, degree of difficulty, and perfection of routine. 18 teams qualified to compete on Saturday February 14th. 16 competed and Kearney brought home the bronze medals. They scored highest of the session on Degree of Difficulty only leaving 4 tenths of a point on the table. The 1,2,3 place teams were separated by less than 1 half of a point. The girls put on a great show and showed what the Bulldogs are made of.