![Senior Maura Tichota and her family smile for the picture after Tichota signed to commit to College of Saint Mary to play basketball. Tichota is excited to play with her new team.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/425854587_1120095728970924_5625808359308991836_n-1200x900.jpg)
[Photo] Taking it to the next level
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![From left to right, Nealy Freeman, Bryce Kolc, Jack Edwards, AJ Arensberg, Tannen Honke, and Bella Tederman pose with their third place district trophy and medals. The team was one place away from qualifying for the state quiz bowl meet.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_6610-1200x900.jpeg)
[Photo] Battle of the brains
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![From left to right, Emily Jimenez, Hailey Martin, Hailey Drews, Reagan Wilson, and Kayli Praus pose for a picture at Wilsons birthday party. Martin and Wilson have attended Yutan since kindergarten, Drews left and came back to complete her senior year, and Jimenez and Praus both have transferred to different schools.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_1831.jpeg)
[Photo] Seniors grow over a 13-year journey
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![From left to right, senior Caleb Daniell and freshman Nathan Daniell pose for a picture before a football game. Football is the only season they play together. Quote, Nathan said.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_2244-1200x971.jpg)
[Photo] Freshman-senior connection
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![Senior Connor North kneels down to line up his next shot. North placed fifth at the conference meet last year.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/92IrhvvlwG34Bu6qLYbmW0zp-800x1200.jpg)
[Photo] Drive for success
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![RAK Club founder and eighth-grader Kaleb Fenner poses for a picture with eighth-grader Kale Hoffer. The club did a trash clean-up in preparation for a home track meet.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/unnamed-2-900x1200.jpg)
[Photo] Changing days in simple ways
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![Yutans girl wrestling team poses for a photo after the Nebraska City meet. The girls wrestling team placed 5th at this meet.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_7409_Original-1200x900.jpg)
[Photo] There’s no “I” in team
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![Campbell starts her match against her Weeping Water opponent in the neutral position. Campbell beat her opponent in the second period.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/unnamed-1200x892.jpg)
[Photo] As good as gold
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![The gray line represents the places where the students and staff will travel while on the international trip in May. Many of the students are eager to see the famous architecture as they visit through Greece and Italy.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/trip-pic.jpeg)
[Photo] A new tradition of travel
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![From left to right, Millie Dieckman, Reagan Wilson, Haley Kube, Maura Tichota, Jade Lewis, Emmy Tederman, Delaney Shield, Oliva Chapman, Jenna Trent, Mylee Tichota, Madison Wilson, Jenna Benjamin and Allison Kirchmann pose for a picture with their Conference trophy. This was the third year in a row that the Chieftains won the Conference tournament.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/JPEG-image-47E8-952E-7C-0-1200x900.jpeg)
[Photo] Continuing the dynasty
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![English teacher Alyssa Hansen poses before running at the Good Life Halfsy in November of 2023. Hansen has also signed up to run a half-marathon in the spring.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_0571-e1706217990377-900x1200.jpg)
[Photo] Running toward a new mindset
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![Benjamin works to steal the ball from opposing player during a game in Colorado. Benjamin has competed in many out of states tournaments as showcases for college coaches.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-11-10-at-3.48.04-PM.jpg)
[Photo] Chasing dreams, passing obstacles
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![In her fifth place match at state last year, Jordyn Campbell celebrates after winning with a pin. Campbell set the school record of most pins in a season with 47.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/wSn452bM6vcDxPd9xYGvoWL1-1200x1140.jpg)
[Photo] Making a comeback
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![Senior Reagan Wilson as a sophomore is getting ready to highfive senior Maycee Hays. Wilson has participated in highschool basketball for 3 years.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_6505-1200x912.jpg)
[Photo] One last journey with the team
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![Junior Jade Lewis poses with sophomore Mylee Tichota after they got injured at the beginning of the 2022-2023 season. Lewis spent the next year recovering and preparing for the next season.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_9973-1200x800.jpg)
[Photo] Bouncing back from injury
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![Ginger Eikmeier poses in front of the landscape of Toledo, Spain. Her tour group spent an afternoon in Toledo while on their trip.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_0815-1200x901.jpg)
[Photo] International adventure
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![Junior Loganne Barta shows a steer at Hutchinson, Kan., in the prospect steer category. Loganne, along with her show team, won both Champion Market Animal and Champion Breeding Heifer at Mid American.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG-2907-e1699476716667.jpg)
[Photo] Becoming a greater showman
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![First Lieutenant Allan Cramblitt talks to his group of engineers. At RAF Lakenheath, U.K., Cramblitt leads a group of Air Force personnel to complete construction projects.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_1546-1200x900.jpeg)
[Photo] Around the world
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![While at Fort Lee, Va., during Basic Officer Leadership Course, Mark Ray poses for the picture in front of the helicopter. At this course, Ray learned how to properly package and bundle boxes so the helicopters could pick up and transport them by air.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_4881.jpg)
[Photo] Absence makes the heart grow fonder
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![Frankie Hendricks operates a bomb lift. This Aerospace Ground Equipment (AGE) is used to load ammunitions onto an aircraft.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/29a4cceb-b751-486a-a608-46c361920c4b-1200x900.jpg)
[Photo] Home away from home
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![Carter Tichota (third from left) sits in a Boeing CH-47 Chinook on the way to a mission scenario with his fellow cadets. Tichota was also able to fly in a UH-1 Huey during his two weeks in SWOC.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG-3845-1200x900.jpeg)
[Photo] Mission ready
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![From left to right, Reagan, Madison, Mallory, and Rhett Wilson stand in front of Residence Inn Hotel. By the time their house is done, the Wilsons wouldve stayed in the hotel for six months.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image_50458369-1200x900.jpg)
[Photo] When tragedy strikes
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![Senior Jesse Kult and his AAU teammates pose for a picture at the Disney Duals in Orlando, FL. Kult enjoyed hanging out with his team throughout the week.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/image_6487327.jpg)
[Photo] Kult competes in Disney Duals
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![As a seventh grader, Bryce Kolc runs at the Yutan Invitational meet. There were three other runners besides Kolc his seventh grade year.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_6740-e1695326019755-800x1200.jpg)
[Photo] Approaching the finish
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![While in Oklahoma City at the NRHA Derby, senior Cooper Leather takes a picture to be featured on NRHAs social media. Leather interned under NRHA professional Jordan Larson while in Oklahoma City for three weeks.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_6791.jpeg)
[Photo] Reigning in future goals
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![All five athletes pose together after their workout together over the past summer. These athletes trained together over the summer at Crossfit Kinesis](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG-3664-1200x900.jpg)
[Photo] A new way to train
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![English teacher Nealy Freeman and her daughter Daisy smile for the camera. The two, along with Freemans boyfriend attended the Kansas City leg of Taylor Swifts Eras Tour.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_5306-rotated.jpg)
[Photo] The show of an era
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![The journalism staff poses with their state championship trophy. In front (left to right) are Mckenna Jones, Loganne Barta, Gabi Tederman, Alexis Pehrson, Jade Lewis, Anna Rupp, Maddie Bailiff, Britney Zeleny, Reagan Wilson, Haley Kube, Bella Tederman, Zach Krajicek, Ginger Eikmeier, and Libby Winn. In back (left to right) are Aubrie Pehrson, Lexi Bisaillon, Adie Gale, Ellie Lloyd, Mallory Zeleny, Laycee Josoff, Shaylynn Campbell, Maycee Hays, Jenna Benjamin, Kylie Krajicek, Derek Wacker, Grayson Cogdill, and AJ Arensberg.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG-7981-1-900x675.jpg)
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![Senior Kaeden Anderson and his siblings get together for a picture in Branson. Anderson and his family got on an annual summer trip.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/E81C2761-7E76-41CB-B95E-9B3A702A73E0-900x599.jpeg)
[Photo] Blazing the trail
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![Senior Janson Pilkington smiles with his siblings, Carson and Payton Pilkington, after a baseball game. Pilkington was the only one out of the three siblings to attend Yutan.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG-7175-675x900.jpg)
[Photo] The last to leave the nest
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![Senior Brett Martin poses after homecoming coronation with his mom April Martin, who is also a Yutan Alum, and his dad John Martin. Brett was this years homecoming king.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG-0871-675x900.jpg)
[Photo] Roots sprouting from the ’90s
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[Photo] Time to shrine
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![At powerlifting nationals, senior Will Peterson poses for a picture after winning a national title. Peterson won nationals just a month after earning the state title in March.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_20230403_202058_249.webp)
[Photo] Reaching redemption
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![Eighth graders Amalea Vaughn-Lantzer and Ella Henkel pose for a picture with their awards after wrestling at NEUSA State in Grand Island. Henkel placed first and Vaughn-Lantzer placed third.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_1940-675x900.jpg)
[Photo] Growing the program
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![The Yutan girls basketball team and Yutan student section pose with the district championship plaque. After every win, the team and student section sing the school song, Hail Varsity.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/gbb-900x675.jpg)
[Photo] Through adversity, into history
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![The 2022 4x100 meter relay team including (left to right) graduate Josh Jessen, junior Derek Wacker, senior Jett Arensberg and senior Zach Krajicek poses with their medals. The 4x100 meter relay team placed fifth at the 2022 state meet.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG-0965-675x900.jpg)
[Photo] New leaders, new goals
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![Senior Will Peterson stands atop the podium after securing his second straight state championship. Peterson broke three state records this year.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/G283l4h6948GG6QShkVNbew7-900x675.jpg)
[Photo] Peterson power
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[Photo] A grand family connection
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![Earning more points, Junior Derek Wacker wrestles his way to beating his Platteview opponent at Ashland-Greenwood. This was Wackers first meet back after his second injury of the season.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG-6162-900x599.jpg)
[Photo] A bumpy road to the podium
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[Photo] A grand family connection
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![Junior Maycee Hays benches at the raw state meet. Hays plans to continue powerlifting next year.](https://yhsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/4331.jpg)
[Photo] Lift like a girl
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