UPDATED CORRECTION: THANK YOU Randy Oliver and Leon Minor!
WALL MEAT PROCESSING:
Beef to School Newel is back on the board!
Kristal delivered much rich protein yesterday thanks to Randy Oliver and Leon Minor who. graciously donated 2 beef. Thank you Randy and Leon! Next up are: Hermosa/Custer Hill City New Underwood Hot Springs
Respectfully, Ken
@wallmeatprocessing
Due to technical issues for Kadoka. At 5 p.m., the game will be streamed through the Irrigator channels tonight. Please go to: https://www.youtube.com/@NEWELLIRRIGATORS?app=desktop or https://irrigators.liveticket.tv/girls-basketball/
It has been an exciting week for our basketball teams. Congratulations!
Cody Winkler made her high school wrestling debut and represented very well. Her next meet is tomorrow in Hot Springs. The boys fought hard and had some wins and some some losses. Lots of tough competitors on all the teams. Everyone wrestled varsity today.
December Unofficial Minutes: https://5il.co/33rhv
Welcome Middle School Boys Basketball Coaches
Head Coach Dan High graduated from South Sevier High School in Monroe, Utah. He grew up in an area of Utah where everyone ate, drank, and slept basketball! They had amazing basketball programs all over the state. Growing up playing ball, and as a coach, he saw lots of really talented kids that, because they didn’t know the right people, didn’t have the right coach, or through some other reason that was no fault of their own, never had the chance to learn the skills to help them be able to compete at a higher level. Coach High wanted to take the skills that he had learned and be able to teach all the kids who wanted to, to be the best basketball player they could be if they put in the work.
To Coach High, basketball is more than a game. It’s a life skill that teaches individuals to work hard, face adversity, overcome hardship, and find success through hard work. Learning to work as a team and finding joy in working with others turns into being a reliable part of the community and a better person overall.
High began consistently coaching around 2010. He coached his oldest daughter’s teams, 5th-8th grade in Utah. Then was asked to coach the all-star teams in AAU leagues and Utah Summer Games through the state. Coach High helps players one-on-one as a “shooting” and “elite guard” coach, to help them get to the next level to help them achieve their goals.
Inspiration came from one of High’s bantam basketball coaches, Shawn Smith. He helped High to become a 20-30-point-per-game scorer, and the “best defensive player”. “
Coach’s goals are to help inspire each athlete to reach their full potential, increase basketball skills, focus on fundamentals, and learn to let individual success and team success carry over into their academics. I want to help each athlete want to lift and inspire their teammates. Also, a big goal of mine is to build a basketball program at Newell School that the youth coming up will aspire to be a part of, so they will in turn work hard at a young age, to develop their fundamental skills and be excited to join the middle school and high school boys teams.
He and his wife, Ashley have 5 children. The three youngest attend Newell School. Cooper is in 5th grade, Samantha is in 8th, and Kate is a sophomore. The others are married and have their own families. The Highs own a saddle shop, High Quality Saddles, where High builds saddles full time, and they work as a family selling saddles and tack all over the world.
Welcome to Newell Coach High!
Assistant Coach Cheryl Hohenberger is focused on constant improvement and enjoys seeing the team grow in their love for the game. We are delighted to learn she will also assist Coach High with the middle school boys' basketball team.
Cheryl is married to Doug, and they ranch in the Newell area. She has four sons and four grandchildren, and her family spans from Bismarck to Summerset, Belle Fourche, and Mitchell.
Coach Cheryl played basketball in high school in Faith. After graduation, she was asked to coach in a rural country school and later in Union Center.
Hohenberger feels the Newell team of coaches is exceptional and intent on taking their teams to the top level of playing.
Welcome Coach Hohenberger!
School will be dismissed for Christmas Vacation at 1:30 on Thursday, December 19th.
We are grateful. We are Newell.
We are pleased to announce Chad Oliver as the head coach of the Newell High School Boys Basketball team. He is originally from Newell and graduated in 2002 from the Newell School District. Coach Oliver and our current High School Girls’ Basketball Coach, Luke Bonefield, played basketball together in high school. In fact, in 2001 the duo took the Newell School District to second place in State-A division.
Only three young men on the current Newell High School team have played ball in the past. Coach Oliver feels this affords him an opportunity to grow the team from the ground up. Because of Oliver’s unique ability to bring out the best in each team member, the results will be measurable With a priority to enjoy the game above all else Coach Oliver motivates the team to a level up. His coaching goals are to constantly build a successful basketball program while developing outstanding young men.
Coach Oliver’s roots run deep as a farmer/rancher in the Newell area. Married to his wife Liz, he has two young boys of his own. Elliott is in second grade and Korbin is in first grade. Balancing family with coaching while constantly keeping his team updated, spending hours of his own free time working with his team and never giving up on them is a constant challenge Coach Oliver cherishes.
Thank you for your hard work and dedication, Coach Oliver. Here’s to a great season!
Dan High is the assistant high school boys basketball coach and Newell is certainly pleased to welcome him. He grew up in an area of Utah where everyone ate, drank, and slept basketball! They had amazing basketball programs all over the state. Growing up, and as a coach, he saw lots of really talented kids that, because they didn’t know the right people, didn’t have the right coach, or through some other reason that was no fault of their own, never had the chance to learn the skills to help them be able to compete at a higher level. Coach High wanted to take the skills that he learned and be able to teach all kids who wanted to, to be the best basketball player they could be if they put in the work.
Coach High has been consistently coaching since 2010. He coached his oldest daughter’s teams, 5th-8th grade in Utah. Then coached the all-star teams in AAU leagues and Utah Summer Games through the state.
When asked what his coaching goals are High wants to help inspire each athlete to reach their full potential, increase basketball skills, focus on fundamentals, and learn to let individual success and team success carry over into their academics.
Married to Ashley, Coach High has 5 children. Their three youngest attend Newell School. Cooper is in 5th grade, Samantha is in 8th, and Kate is a sophomore. The others are married and have their own families. The family owns a saddle shop, High Quality Saddles, where Coach High builds saddles full time, and they work as a family selling saddles and tack all over the world.
Thanks for joining Newell Coaching Team, Coach High!
Congratulations to our teams competing in Bison Saturday. We are Newell!
The Newell Irrigators wrestled in Lusk today. Dyson Eixenberger wrestled at 120 and placed 2nd. Cody Jones wrestled 120 and placed 6th. Bodie VanDerBoom wrestled 126 and placed 3rd. Joe Eaton wrestled 132 and placed 6th. Jesse Jones wrestled 175-JV and placed 4th. Will Erk wrestled 190-JV and placed 1st. Congratulations!
December Special Board Meeting Agenda: https://5il.co/337be
Proposed 2025-2026 Newell School District calendar: https://5il.co/335o5
New district policy recommendations can be found under the School Board folder on the Newell School District website.
Double Header this weekend! (Design by Kaitlynn in the Digital Marketing Class.)
Thank you elementary coaches for a job well done You are appreciated. We are Newell!
Tonight's school board meeting will be live-streamed on Facebook for those unable to attend in person.
Congratulations to our MS Girls Basketball program! Our 5/6/7 grade team battled to a third place finish at the Cartwright Tournament in Lead on Friday. Today, the 7/8 grade team took a fifth place finish at the LMC tournament in Harding County. (photo courtesy Newell Irrigator Booster Club)
Congrats to our wrestlers for their performance at the Custer Invitational. Click here for results: https://605sports.com/Custer-wrestlers-claim-title-at-Bill-Young-Invitational
Congratulations to all the students for a wonderful Christmas program. Special thanks to everyone working behind the scenes to make it happen. It takes a team. We are Newell!
