Sports

Ainsworth retained the Rolling Rock on Sunday, September 19th over Valentine, 16 1/2 - 8 1/2, in the annual match play golf event featuring the top golfers from the Ainsworth and Valentine courses. Held at the Ainsworth Municipal Golf Course, the two teams finished tied after the scramble round at 2-1/2.

According to the 2019-2020 data on per-pupil expenditure, the Ainsworth School District is as, if not more, efficient than neighboring school districts. The per-pupil cost is calculated by dividing the current expenditures over the entire academic year by the total number of students. Following is a comparison of select neighboring school districts’ per-pupil cost based on Average Daily Membership (ADM):

The annual O’Neill Grand Finale Horseshoe tournament was held on Saturday, September 18th. Winners in the two classes were: Class A: 1.

The second night of Trap League was shot in a little bit of wind on Wednesday, September 15th at the Sandhills Rod & Gun Club. Standings after week two are Doug’s Mobil - 426, First Class Auto - 425, Ainsworth Golf Club - 419, Mob County - 416, Weed Wackers - 406, Weed Eaters - 397, Berry Creek Pawn - 388, Ripley Chevy 385, Ainsworth Redi Mix - 374 and Zingers - 370.

The Ainsworth Cross Country teams took advantage of beautiful weather at the O’Neill Invitational en route to collecting three runnerup and a third-place team finish on Friday, September 17th. The seasonably cooler weather also would allow 15 seasonal best times for the Bulldogs as they earned 12 individual laurels from the meet.

September 2021 Thursday, September 23rd. 2:23 p.m.: FCCLA Meeting.

Fall harvest provides many valuable forage options for ag. producers. For some growers, early high moisture corn harvest is providing strong basis prices. Others may be harvesting whole plants as corn silage; while still others may be waiting for dry down to sell grain into the cash markets.

The Ainsworth Bulldog Volleyball Team picked up three more wins during last week’s play, improving to 10-3 on the season. The Dawgs hosted West Holt for a Dual on September 14th and handed the Lady Huskies a 3-1 loss.

Tuesday, September 14th: Volleyball Dual with West Holt at Ainsworth- 5:00 p.m. Girls Golf at Gothenburg Invitational - 9:00 a.m.

Senior Class: Cash Dailey and Eden Raymond A-Club: Cash Reynolds and Maia Flynn Fall Sports: Ty Schlueter and Summer Richardson Fine Arts: Ben Flynn and Alyssa Erthum Vocational Clubs: Tommy Ortner and Libby Wilkins.