Pierce Public Schools

Sept. 23 - No School (PT Conferences at PHS 10am-6pm)

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Sept. 18 - FB @ Arlington 7pm & streamed on Arlington Striv Sept. 18 - XC @ O'Neill 10am (Note time change) Schedule for O'Neill XC Sept. 19 - Pierce SB Tourney 9am Schedule for Pierce SB Tourney Sept. 19 - FR VB Norfolk High Tourney 9am Info. on Norfolk High FR VB Tourney Sept. 22 - SB @ Twin River 6pm (Varsity Only) Sept. 23 - No School (PT Conferences at PHS 10am-6pm) . . .

Support Dig Pink by Donating to Raffle

By Josie Painter In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Pierce volleyball team will host their pink-out game on Tuesday, October 13. To make the event extra special and raise money for the For the Girls organization, businesses and individuals are being asked to donate pink items to raffle off. Thousands of schools nationwide host a Dig Pink volleyball game in October to honor breast . . .

Pierce Victorious Win Against Concordia By Natasha Zamora The Pierce Bluejays took the field playing an astonishing game, winning against Omaha Concordia, ending it 47-24 on Friday, September 11. Pierce marched onto their home field to start the first quarter with a tie against Omaha Concordia, leaving the score 7-7. “We stayed physical, and the whole game we . . .

Community Invited to Powderpuff Games

By Josie Painter This year, Pierce High welcomes the community to come at no cost and watch students play powderpuff–a fun mixed- up sport where girls play flag football and boys play volleyball for free. Both games will be held at 7 p.m., with girls on Monday, September 28, on the football field and boys on Friday, October 2, in the gym. Typically, the games have been held in the . . .

By Payton Ebmeier Every girls golf member was able to compete in the tournament on Saturday, September 12. They all managed to put their best foot forward despite it being a rather chilly morning. “I do not think that the weather had any effect on how the girls played today. I think that we as a team made uncharacteristic mistakes today, and that is what affected the girls' scores,” . . .

Lady Jays Volleyball

Bluejays Battle at Wakefield Tournament By Kinley Hilkemann The volleyball team competed in the second day of the Wakefield tournament on September 12, facing Elkhorn Valley and Ponca. The team did not finish the tournament with the outcome they wanted, but they were able to use the matches to see what areas they could improve on. Pierce came . . .

By Kendall Shada The Pierce High cross country team headed down to Fremont on September 12 to compete in the Tiger Twilight, where the first race started at 5:55 p.m. and the last race started at 9 p.m. To begin on the girls side of things Bailee Thelen and Quinn Streff competed in the 2-mile race where Thelen placed 58th with a finishing time of 18:30.0. Streff came across the finish . . .

Bluejays Battle Against the GACC Bluejays by Avery Brunckhorst The Pierce Bluejays battled against the Guardian Angels Central Catholic Bluejays on Tuesday, September 8, taking a tough loss, falling 11-3. “We need to improve on putting the ball in play versus good pitching. We did compete well for the first three innings, but we struggled at the plate to help our pitcher, . . .

By Kinley Hilkemann FFA members tested their rangeland knowledge by identifying 24 plants, evaluating the health of ecological sites, determining the type of ecological site, calculating appropriate stocking rates, and answering 10 written questions at the area 5 range judging contest held in rural Pierce county. The junior team of Lakin Prince, Eleanor Bauermeister, Blaine Weich, . . .

High School Headlines

Journalism to be featured on 106 KIX Pierce High’s journalism class is continuing to participate in a program called High School Headlines through 106 KIX radio (106.7 FM). Each week, the students in the class create a short broadcast that updates radio listeners on upcoming events, news, and other fun activities happening at Pierce High. The students write the broadcast collaboratively, and then record themselves as they . . .

69° F Pierce

Current conditions as of 19 Sep 02:56 am CDT

Rain fog/mist

Location:: Pierce
Feels like:: NA°
Humidity:: 96
Wind:: N 16 mph

69°

Overnight

Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 68. North northwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a slight chance of showers between 7am and 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 67. North wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night

Cloudy, with a low around 58. North northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

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