The New West All-Star Classic was held on Thursday, June 13th. Student athletes from four conferences were highlighted in the volleyball game that benefited the Nebraska Kidney Association. The conferences involved were the Southwest Conference, Lou-Platte Conference, Fort Kearney Conference, and the Rep. Plains Activity Conference. The Lou-Platte Conference hosted... READ MORE >

The annual Tom Dinsdale Automotive All-Star basketball games will be played Friday at Grand Island Central Catholic High School. The girls game is scheduled to tip off at 6pm followed by the boys game at 8pm.Hayden Grint will be playing on the boys side and Dexter Goodner will be coaching on the girls side.Full RostersGIRLS GAME Chevrolet All-Stars Megan Cooper,... READ MORE >

Jesse Ulrich will be participating in the 61st annual Shrine Bowl on June 1st at Cope Stadium in Kearney. Ulrich played quarterback and safety in a stellar career for the Chants. https://neshrinebowl.org/ READ MORE >

Qualify 7 Athletes for State Meet The Ord High School track and field teams hosted the C-6 district track meet this past Thursday at Bussell Park. In a very strong field of teams the Chanticleer girls finished 7th in the 10-team field while the boys finished 8th. “I thought that our kids really competed as hard as we could in the meet but we were just in a... READ MORE >

OHS 8th graders traveled to Lincoln, Offutt Air Force Base, Aurora, Hastings, and Grand Island on their two day educational field trip May 2 & 3, 2019. The traditional trip places a strong emphasis on living out our school mission statement in the areas of character development, relationship building, academic and life planning. We are proud of how well our... READ MORE >

Kelen Meyer fired a 2 over par 74 to win the Fullerton Invitational at Pawnee Hills Golf Course in Fullerton. Meyer’s 35-39 was good enough to beat Caydon McCracken of Battle Creek by two strokes. Meyer started the day with an eagle on the first hole after chipping in a 50 yard shot. He was 4 under though six holes after adding a couple birdies. Meyer made... READ MORE >

The Chanticleer golf team placed third at a meet for the 4th time this year at the Lou-Platte Conference Championship. The top two teams usually get trophies, and this was the second meet the Chants got third by only one stroke. Coach Mike Bechtold said it’s a good news, bad news situation. “When you have 10-15 teams at every meet from all over the... READ MORE >

The Ord High School track and field teams competed in the LouPlatte Conference meet on Thursday, May 1 in Gibbon. On a beautiful day for a track meet both teams finished in the middle of the field. “I thought our kids really competed well throughout the day”, Coach Derry Trampe stated. “We had some great performances on the day and we had a few places where I... READ MORE >

Ethan Ries, Ord Senior, aced the par 3 8th hole at Ord Golf Club in practice on Wednesday, May 1st.Witnesses were Kelen Meyer, Aaron White, Jesse Ulrich, Coach Nebesniak, Coach Bechtold.Congrats, Ethan! READ MORE >

The Ord Senior High Quiz Bowl Team competed in two different competitions this past season. Quiz Bowl provides students with the opportunity to show their knowledge in a vast number of content areas. Topics can range from extreme technical medical terms to established composers of Opera in the 1500’s. The first competition for the Chants was on March 25th at UNK... READ MORE >

FFA Banquet news:2019-2020 FFA Officers President Vickie FerenceVice President Amber StaabSecretary Treaven ScheidelerTreasurer Morgan RitzReporter Abby JacobsSentinel Riley SetlikChaplain Alex FlessnerHistorian Sam LechParliamentarian Ethan GabrielThe following students were the stars of the FFA Banquet. Lydia Hill Star Placement, Talon Petska Dekalb/Overall... READ MORE >

The Ord golf team won the team championship at the Centura Invitational for the 6th time in the last 7 years. On a cold, windy day the Chants battled the weather and the competition to come away with victory. The team shot a 367 on the day to outdistance the field by 10 strokes. Kelen Meyer won the individual championship, shooting an 86 at Centura Hills... READ MORE >

The Chanticleer track teams competed in the Central Nebraska All-Area meet on Tuesday, April 23 at Grand Island Northwest. In the non-scoring meet, the Chanticleers established a couple of season best marks but were not able to finish in the top three to earn medals at the meet. Season best times were set by both the boys’ and girls’ 4 X 800 relay teams. The... READ MORE >

The Ord High School track and field teams hosted their home invite this past Friday and finished 3rd in the boys’ team race and 4th in the girls. “I felt like we competed really well in our home meet”, Coach Derry Trampe said. “We had 26 personal best performances on the day and we scored well in a lot of events. I was very happy with the way we performed... READ MORE >

Many new and exciting experiences were had by the OHS Art Seniors on a trip to the Joslyn Museum of Art early last week. The Joslyn is currently showcasing a temporary show titled "30 Americans", which is the first major exhibition at the museum to survey the work of contemporary African American artists featuring work from the past three decades. Afterwards the... READ MORE >

The Chant golf team missed hardware by one once again. After finishing third at Boone Central the Chants did it again at O’Neill. This time, the Chants missed second by just one stroke, getting nipped by O’Neill 367-368. Hartington Cedar Catholic won with a 358. While one string continued, another was ended. Kelen Meyer had finished second in all meets... READ MORE >

The Ord golf team placed 3rd of 13 teams at the Boone Central Invite last week that was previously postponed due to weather. The Chants shot 370 and finished behind Battle Creek and Scotus Catholic, both of which were state qualifiers last year. Kelen Meyer continued his streak of second place finishes by getting second behind Scotus’ Bryce VunCannon. Meyer... READ MORE >

The Ord High School track and field teams had a busy week last week competing in three meets over a four-day period. “Our kids really had a busy week this past week”, Coach Derry Trampe stated. “We tried to space the kids out in events and give them a chance to recover but it is still a tough task to compete that close together. We showed a little wear and tear... READ MORE >

On April 13th, the Ord FFA had our annual banquet. The Ord FFA Chapter installed the 2019-2020 officer team. President- Victoria Ference, Vice President- Amber Staab, Secretary- Treaven Scheideler, Reporter- Abbigail Jacobs, Treasurer- Morgan Ritz, Historian- Sam Lech, Chaplin- Alex Flessner, Parliamentarian- Ethan Gabriel, and Sentinel- Riley Setlik. With another... READ MORE >

The Chanticleer track and field teams had one of their best days of the season on Monday, April 8 at the annual Arcadia-Loup City Invitational. The girls finished third in the 11-team meet to record their highest finish of the season. The boys finished fourth in the meet that featured 11 teams. “I was really happy with the way our kids performed in this meet”,... READ MORE >

The Chanticleer track teams competed in the annual Broken Bow Invitational this past Friday and had a good day despite not scoring a lot of points. “I thought our kids really competed well in the meet, we just did not score a lot of points because it is such a strong meet”, Coach Derry Trampe stated. “We had a lot of personal and season best performances but it... READ MORE >

The Ord golf team finally kicked off the season last week after a slow start to the season due to weather. The Chanticleers split up because a meet was postponed to the date of another. The Chant varsity team travelled to Albion to dual with the Boone Central Cardinals. Brodie Darnell carded a 48 to lead the Chants to a 212 - 246 victory. Ethan Ries shot 51,... READ MORE >

The Chanticleer track teams got their outdoor track season started this past Friday at the annual St. Paul invitational. The boys finished fourth in the 9-team field with a total of 88 points which was just 2 points out of third. “I was pleasantly surprised with the way our boys performed”, Coach Derry Trampe stated. “We graduated a lot of seniors last year and... READ MORE >

By Ben Lansman On Saturday, March 16 the Chanticleers made their way to North Platte where they competed in the C1-5 District Speech Contest. There were 8 teams competing (Ord, Centura, Ravenna, Kearney Catholic, Grand Island Central Catholic, Gibbon, Southern Valley, Wood River) and each team can send two competitors in each category. Out of Ord’s 18 entries, 15... READ MORE >

On February 27th, the Ord FFA went to Career Development Events in Norfolk, Nebraska. We came home with some awesome results and sent a lot of teams to state. The events we qualified in were Ag Sales- Lydia Hill, Cooper Tonniges, Morgan Ritz, and Amber Staab, Ag Mechanics- Sheldon Lytle, Keaton Foster, Ethan Gabriel, and Meo Hill, Agronomy- Lydia Hill, Dana... READ MORE >

The Speech team heads off to the Nebraska State Meet today. Good Luck! Follow the meet here: https://nsaahome.org/speech/ READ MORE >

The Ord High School track and field teams got their season started this last Saturday as they took part in the annual UNK indoor high school invitational. The Chanticleers competed with a limited squad as only the juniors and seniors compete in this meet for the Chants each year. In the team races, the girls finished 14th out of 15 teams with 8 points while the... READ MORE >

Mr. Kozeal added a bit of flair to the end of the bowling unit in Junior High P.E. by incorporating "Cosmic Bowling". Lights, music and a fog machine added to the bowling fun. A great way to beat the cold weather!View video in Youtube. READ MORE >

The Ord Speech team traveled to Centura on Friday, February 28. Out of 18 schools, they placed 2nd overall behind Loup City losing only by 6 points. “The kids did fantastic today” said Coach Lansman, “considering we had far fewer entries overall and had almost two weeks off. Loup City has some solid performers and the fact we were only six points behind at the end... READ MORE >

On Friday the High School physics class joined the Third Graders for a morning of Fun with Force. Mr. Callan’s class demonstrated 4 different experiments as the 3rd graders rotated through. Seth Clamp demonstrating atmospheric pressureHayden Grint showing how the force of the hammer spreads out over the area of the boards so no pain is felt.Ethan Ries is teaching... READ MORE >

The Chanticleer boys faced Broken Bow in the first round of the C1-10 subdistrict. The Chants showed their nerves early and struggled offensively allowing the Indians to take a 10-2 lead. Coach Gates said “We were fortunate to only be down eight after that first quarter our defense and rebounding keep us in the game.” In the 2nd quarter the Chants would rally and... READ MORE >

On Wednesday, Feb. 13 the LouPlatte Conference Tournament was held at Gibbon. “Going in, we knew it was going to be very challenging” said Coach Lansman. “Loup City and Centura both had full teams that would have significant talent, not to mention several other competitors from the other schools in the conference. We knew that from last year we lost 9 seniors and... READ MORE >

On Saturday afternoon the Chants closed their regular season with a game with the Ravenna Bluejays. It was Senior night/afternoon for the Chants with Hayde Grint, Solomon Campise Stetson Bredthauer, Jaden Riley, and Dj Schatz appearing in their final game at home. The Chants started the afternoon by getting a three point lead after the first quarter and stretching... READ MORE >

Mrs. Koelling's and Mrs. Moudry's kindergarten classes celebrated the 100th day of school on January 24th. Some activities included bringing in collections of 100 items, making art and snack from 100, making crowns, and 100 cup stacking. What a fun day! READ MORE >

The Chants opened up the week with a trip to Broken Bow to take on the Indians. The game opened with the Chants taking an early lead in the 1st quarter. Broken Bow would close the 2nd quarter with a 6-0 run to take 2 point lead into the break. The Chants would never take the lead in the 3rd but would cut the deficit to 1. The fourth quarter would start with a Chant... READ MORE >

On Tuesday the Chants opened up conference tournament play with a game against Arcadia-Loup City. The game started with Arcadia Loup City taking a 10-8 lead. The Chants were able to respond with a 8-0 run in the 2nd quarter to take a 21-14 lead at the end of the 2nd quarter. The Chants would stretch the lead to nine by the end of the 3rd quarter. In the 4th quarter... READ MORE >

The games from Broken Bow on Feb. 5th will be steamed. A monthly subscription is required, at $9.95.If interested, visit https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/sc... READ MORE >

Animal Science class during clean Green Plains.8th Graders working on Ag projects.FFA receives grant from Cargill.FFA officers working on making meals for backpack program.8th Graders working on Ag projects.FFA members at District Leadership Contests. READ MORE >

The Chants played two conference opponents this past week. Taking on Doniphan Trumbull and Wood River. On Thursday night the Chants hosted the Doniphan Trumbull Cardinals. The Chants raced out to a 14-8 lead before stretching the lead to 30-16 at the half. Caped off with a buzzer beater from Reese Davenport. “We talked about having a fast start vs these guys... READ MORE >

The Ord Speech season began January 5 and has been competing throughout January to complete the first third of their long season. The 2019 team has 21 members, five of which are returning state qualifiers. “We lost 8 state qualifiers last year, including six medalists” said Coach Ben Lansman. “Having such a large and talented senior class is always tough to endure,... READ MORE >

On January 16th, the Ord FFA Chapter went to Atkinson to go to our FFA LDEs, which stands for leadership development event. We had a lot of fun and had some awesome results. In Creed speaking with a purple ribbon was Nikie Nelson and receiving blues was Abby Struckman and Callie Alexander. In Junior Public Speaking Treaven Scheideler received a purple. In Senior... READ MORE >

The boys week was again changed by weather with a game at Boone Central being postponed. After the postponement the Chants hosted the Arcadia-Loup City Rebels on Saturday night. The Rebels started the game strong and the Chants came out flat. The Rebels were able to take a four point lead after the 1st quarter. The Rebels would then build their lead to a 12 points... READ MORE >

On Thursday the Chants traveled to Burwell to take on the Longhorns. The game was a close tilt to begin with the hot shooting Longhorns taking a 15-13 lead after the 1st quarter. The Chants would rally back in the 2nd quarter and take a lead of four after a Mike Thompson jumper at the buzzer. The third quarter would start off well for the Chants and they would be... READ MORE >

Ord grads Ali Smith '18 and Delani Fahey '18 squared off in a state college basketball game recently. Smith plays for Hastings College and Fahey for Concordia. The two teams played in Hastings and each player scored two points in the game.You can read about the game in the Grand Island Independent here. READ MORE >

On Friday Night at home the Chants would need a little extra time to defeat conference foe Gibbon. The Chants would come out strong to start the game with a 10-2 lead. Gibbon would rally back with hot shooting to cut the Chant lead and even take the lead in the middle of the 2nd quarter. The Chants would claw back to get a 22-21 lead at the half. The 2nd half would... READ MORE >

The Chants opened up the holiday tournament at North Central with a loss to the Sturt Broncos. The game was a defensive battle with both teams struggling from the field. The Chants were able to take 8-7 lead after the first quarter but that would be there last lead as the defensive battle continued. With the Broncos hitting a 3 at the buzzer to take 20-12 lead into... READ MORE >

On December 20, three Ord FFA officers, Morgan Ritz, Vicki Ference, and Amber Staab, went to the elementary to donate the children’s book Tops and Bottoms. The program we donated it through was Farm Bureau Connecting the Chapters. The purpose of this program was to advocate agriculture for the youth in our community. We will be reading this book during National FFA... READ MORE >

The freshmen and sophomore students in Mr. Lansman's Speech class all participated in a fun collaborative final project involving public speaking and entrepreneurship. All students had to design their own product or service that they then had to create a Sales Pitch for. Each student created their own presentation, commercial, posters, and in some cases actual... READ MORE >

The Chants started the week by traveling to Hastings to take on Hastings St. Cecilia on Tuesday. In the first quarter both teams felt each other out with the Bluehawks taking 9-8 lead. In the 2nd quarter the Chants would take a brief lead but the Bluehawks would rally to take a 22-17 lead. The 3rd quarter the Chants would begin to go cold from the field but their... READ MORE >

On October 23rd to October 28th, the Ord FFA Chapter took the top eight members in the point chart. Those members include Talon Petska, Sam Lech, Amber Staab, Vickie Ference, Alex Flessner, Treaven Scheideler, Tye Bruha, and Abby Struckman. While at National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, the students got to listen to some inspiring keynote speakers and... READ MORE >

The Ord Chanticleers took to the hallowed turf at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Tuesday November 20 to compete in the school’s first state football championship game. The outcome was not as expected for the Chants as they ran into a red-hot Aurora offense that refused to slow down. The Chants hung in there in the first quarter, a 20-yard touchdown run by senior... READ MORE >

Misko Mania 2019, will be a SATURDAY ONLY Tournament - Saturday, February 9th, 2019. We will operate 3 courts all day long, it usually fills quickly as we do not play games on Sunday. We work hard to schedule your games so you are in and out with at least 2 and usually 3 games without being here all day. Once again we invite you to register for Misko Mania 2019... READ MORE >