Dorchester Times: DHS Boys Set Sights On Osceola at Subdistricts

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

DHS Boys Set Sights On Osceola at Subdistricts

Longhorn fans are preparing for another road trip to Stromsburg, as the DHS boys' basketball team w

ill fight to extend their season at the D1-3 Subdistrict Tournament

held at Cross County High School. The Longhorns (8-9) will do battle with the 3-14 Osceola Bulldogs in a 7 p.m. contest Monday.

DHS will need big performances from their seniors this week, both defensively and offensively. With a win tonight, Dorchester would advance to play Exeter-Milligan (14-6) tomorrow night (Feb. 23) at 6 p.m.

*UPDATE, 2/24: After beating Osceola Monday evening by a count of 47-34, the Longhorns concluded their season on Tuesday night, losing narrowly to Exeter-Milligan, 37-43. The Longhorns finish their campaign at 9-11. We tip our hats to the DHS boys for their hard work and strong effort this season. For the story and photos from Tuesday night's game, click here for the York News-Times' coverage.

6 comments:

AnonymousFebruary 24, 2010 at 3:39 PM
Here's hoping we can get and keep a coach that will stay at DHS. The last few coaches have been good, real good, but we need some continuation and stability for the boys' sake.
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AnonymousFebruary 24, 2010 at 6:24 PM
We have had many good coaches over the years...if they are not staying there must be a reason.

go ask them why the left???

I bet you will be surprised.
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AnonymousFebruary 24, 2010 at 6:40 PM
we've also had a handful of bad coaches overstay their welcome.

a football coach comes to mind.
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AnonymousFebruary 24, 2010 at 7:27 PM
I think our old football coach was the best Dorchester ever had. We made state play offs with him.
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AnonymousFebruary 24, 2010 at 8:51 PM
Yeah, Raph was a great coach.
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Village DwellerFebruary 24, 2010 at 9:05 PM
All:

Please keep your comments related to the topic of the post.

Thank you.
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Dorchester: A Good Little Family Town

Dorchester, Nebraska (est. population 630) is located in northern Saline county. Close in proximity to Interstate 80, Dorchester is only 25 minutes from the state capital of Lincoln (est. population 250,000) and about 55 minutes from Omaha (metro population 725,000).

Dorchester's median resident age is 37 years. In 2005, Dorchester had a median family income of approximately $35,600. The median house value was about $63,000. About 95 percent of Dorchester residents commute to work via Interstate and highways.

The village has a quality public school, which received a $4.1 million expansion and modernization in 2008; it offers a small classrooms and individualized attention. Total enrollment of grades K-12 is around 230-250 students.

Ancestries of the Dorchester area are primarily German (42.4%), Czech (24.9%), Irish (12.5%), English (5.4%), and Dutch (4.9%).

Dorchester Historical Facts

* On July 4, 1871, the railroad reached Dorchester.
* Incorporated in 1881, Dorchester's population grew from 200 to 500 by 1882.
* In 1882, Dorchester had 90 buildings, 35 of which were businesses or public facilities. Brick buildings lined both sides of Washington Avenue for two blocks.
* Dorchester's longest-running newspaper was The Dorchester Star, which was published until the late 1940s.
* By 1889, Dorchester's population is said to have reached 800, while the town housed an opera house, a two-story brick schoolhouse with a bell tower, and four churches.
* By the 1910s, Dorchester had electricity, a water tower and a fire department.
* Dorchester's main arteries, Highways 6 and 33, were graveled in the 1940s.
* Dorchester's first irrigation well was drilled on Chris Weber's farm and rural electrification was finished following WWII.

A Village with History

Dorchester is one of the "alphabet towns" on the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad line built west from Lincoln. The town site was selected for its pleasant location in the northern part of Saline County, about eight miles west of Crete. This situation is an attractive one, being on the level prairie land, midway between the West Blue River and Turkey Creek. The first named stream is three miles north, and the latter about the same distance south from the town. Dorchester was platted in 1870 and incorporated in 1881. The name "Dorchester" came from either for a suburb of Boston by that name or a town in England. No one is sure. Two of the very first settlers were James Seely and Edward McIntyre, who both made Dorchester their permanent home.

Dorchester: In The Beginning

Here is a look at Dorchester around 1890, less than a decade after its official incorporation, as documented by Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska:
* POPULATION: "About 300, and is made up of a substantial and progressive class of citizens, who are moral and industrious. ... The town grew but very little until the year 1879, for the reason that Pleasant Hill, on Turkey Creek, a short distance south, was the county seat and naturally drew a trade for quite a large scope of country."
* BUSINESS: "The business and professional interests of the town are represented by three general merchandise stores, two drug, one grocery, one furniture, two hardware, and two millinery stores, one bank, two restaurants, two hotels, three livery stables, a post office, one newspaper office, two elevators, two lumber yards, two coal yards, two blacksmith shops, two lawyers and four physicians."
* SCHOOL: "The schoolhouse is a good one. The schoolhouse was built in 1872, since which time the public schools have been continually kept up. The present schoolhouse is 24' x 40' in size, two stories high. The school is graded and consists of three departments. The house is found too small, and arrangements will soon be made to increase its size."
* CHURCHES: "There are three substantial churches."
* HOMES: "The residence portion of the village is made up of neat houses of different styles of architecture, but none of them very large."
* NEWSPAPER: "The Dorchester Star, which was established August 21, 1881, by H. C. Bittenbender, who edited it until January 19, 1882, when he sold it to Ryerson & Bullock, the present proprietors. The Star is a bright weekly paper, five-column quarto, in size, and is Republican in politics."