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2 weeks ago | 
hfherald.com | Candie Fix
The Haxtun Bulldogs brought home a State Track team title, marking the first boys' track championship in nearly 50 years. The Bulldogs earned a total of 77.5 points for the 1A State Track Championship, bringing home the third title in program history. The last came in 1976. The Lady Bulldog track team earned a fifth place finish at the Colorado High School Activities Association State Track Championships at Jeff. Co. Stadium last week. They finished with 41 total points.
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2 weeks ago | 
hfherald.com | Candie Fix
Fleming Schools is gearing up for the next school year. Frenchman Board of Education members approved two new staff members as well as the preliminary budget and classified salary schedule for the 2025-26 school year in a May 9 meeting. Principal Kortney Firme opened the meeting with staff reports, noting that all NWEA testing and teacher evaluations are completed for the current year.
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2 weeks ago | 
hfherald.com | Candie Fix
The Haxtun Board of Education approved a number of new hires for the 2025-26 school year including a 7-12 special education teacher and a high school English teacher. In addition to the school staff needs, the local school board also approved a list of new coaches for high school girls' sports. The May 14 meeting opened at 7 p.m. in the school library and following the pledge of allegiance and approval of the consent agenda, board members and administration moved onto discussion items.
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3 weeks ago | 
hfherald.com | Candie Fix
State Track is set for later this week and a number of Haxtun Bulldog athletes have qualified in both individual events and on relay teams. The Colorado State Track and Field Championships are set for May 15-17 at Jeff. Co. Stadium in Lakewood. For a complete list of Bulldog State qualifiers, see below. To wrap up the regular season, tracksters competed in the HJOKA St. Vrain Invitational in Longmont and the 1A/2A Last Chance Qualifier in Limon last week.
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3 weeks ago | 
hfherald.com | Candie Fix
Bulldog baseball came to a close following a Regional Championship appearance at Flatirons Academy in the quarterfinals round of Colorado's 1A Regional & State bracket. Haxtun took the field against McClave in game one of Regional action, earning a 10-run win to advance to the Championship. The win over McClave pitted the Bulldogs in a contest with the Flatirons Academy Bison later in the afternoon.
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3 weeks ago | 
hfherald.com | Candie Fix
Sunday's commencement ceremonies marked the end of one chapter and the beginning of the next for 24 graduates of Haxtun High School. Class members entered the high school gym as students and exited as alum after receiving diplomas from Principal Amanda Ridlen and the Haxtun Board of Education. Zoe Kurtzer welcomed a packed gym full of family, friends, supporters and community members, eager to celebrate the hard work and dedication by the Class of 2025.
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1 month ago | 
hfherald.com | Candie Fix
(Herald photo by Candie Fix) countBulldog baseball has secured one of 16 slots in the Colorado High School Activities Association 1A Regional/State baseball bracket. Haxtun is set to face McClave as the sixth seeded team in the bracket on Saturday, May 10 at Flatirons Academy. McClave enters the bracket as the 11th seed. The road to Regionals started at home last week as Haxtun, the number one team in the District bracket, took the field against Briggsdale.
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1 month ago | 
hfherald.com | Candie Fix
Haxtun Health has made significant strides in adding additional providers to the medical care team. Interim Chief Executive Officer Julia Biesemeier told board members in a late April meeting that two new providers have been added to the local care team. "Haxtun Health has made strong strides in strengthening our provider team and preparing for our future," she said. Biesemeier announced the addition of Dr. Judd Dawson and Nurse Practitioner Michael Dumpert to the Haxtun Health provider team.
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1 month ago | 
hfherald.com | Candie Fix
As the season ticks away the Haxtun Track team has been busy working to secure a spot at the State Meet slated for next Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. Over the past week, tracksters competed in the HWAY Meet in Julesburg, the Burlington Invite, the LPAA League Meet in Wiggins, the MHI meet in Merino and the Holyoke Dragon Invite. Top-10 results from those meets are as follows:HWAY, Julesburg, April 30Girls1,600-meter run: Jinjer Stroyek, sixth, 6:25.37.
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1 month ago | 
hfherald.com | Candie Fix
Fifteen students in Mrs. Tricia Etl's fifth grade class presented World Fair projects in Fleming last week. The annual project requires students to pick a country to feature at the World Fair. Throughout the project students are required to research, prepare and present their project to fellow Fleming students at the Fair. This year, fifth grader Tristan Steward and his family plan to visit Costa Rica when school gets out for the summer. Daelynn Resendiz selected Mexico due to family ties.
