Dorchester Times: DHS Fall Sports Preview Aug. 29

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

DHS Fall Sports Preview Aug. 29

Get ready for the red carpet roll out of the 2008 DHS teams, Longhorn fans!

The Dorchester Booster Club is sponsoring the annual fall sports preview next Friday, Aug. 29, at Nerud Field. According to DHS Athletic Director Scott Pohl, the festivities will kick off with the Booster Club offering a tailgate meal starting at 6 p.m. Cost is

only $3.

The DHS volleyball coaches will introduce the 2008 Lady Longhorns at approximately 6:30, followed by the football coaches' introduction of the 2008 Longhorn gridiron team. A scrimmage of the football team will be held after the players' introduction.

Instead of bringing a sports drink for admission for the scrimmage -- as has been the

tradition in the past -- the DHS Boosters are asking that a donation be given to the new Nerud Field concessions/restroom facility effort. The new facility will be built late this fall.

The DHS Booster Club is also asking any and all community members to join the Club and help support the youth of Dorchester. Those with questions should contact Scott Pohl at spohl@esu6.org.

11 comments:

AnonymousAugust 19, 2008 at 1:24 PM
The DHS football team should go at least 6-2, maybe 7-1 one. With Bruha, Jenssen, Khale and some other studs at key positions, they will be solid. I worry a little about lack of depth due to bad turnout by two grades. I don't understand why so many guys in high school right now aren't athletes.
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AnonymousAugust 19, 2008 at 2:26 PM
CJ

It's like that all over. There are less kids going out for sports and/or extra curricular activities. I know some of the kids are working now, but some it just doesn't interest them.
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AnonymousAugust 19, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Considering the large amount of talent, I'm thinking the girls' volleyball team will be great this year.

Perhaps a state tourney appearance????
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AnonymousAugust 19, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Git 'R Done, Longhorns!

Football squad will go 6-2. Volleyball team will go to state. I'd put money on it if betting on high school sports was legal, of course.
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AnonymousAugust 20, 2008 at 10:59 AM
From looking at the early votes on the Poll, it doesn't look like very many people have faith in our young kids. Show some support. Even if you don't think the football team is going to do well, you don't have to push it in their faces. Show them that you believe in them and they will work hard and play their heart out on that field to make you proud! Show them you don't believe in them and you are going to see exactly the opposite. Good Luck to both the boys and girls this fall! Our family will be at the games supporting you!
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AnonymousAugust 20, 2008 at 11:23 AM
I wouldn't get too worried about the poll. My guess is that the non-athletes in the school are spending time on their computers.
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AnonymousAugust 21, 2008 at 3:38 PM
I believe lack of interest in sports and music is common in all areas, I know it is here in Lincoln. Students are spending more time texting and in their computers and don't have time for extra-curricular activities. This is unfortunate as I truly believe taking part in sports and music, particularly music, helps develop one's soul and there will be something missing in their lives as they get older.
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AnonymousAugust 24, 2008 at 7:17 PM
I noticed that the post did not mention that the volleyball team was going to scrimmage. Does anyone know if they are?
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AnonymousAugust 24, 2008 at 11:25 PM
The girls will not be having a scrimmage open to the public since the gym is currently unavailable for use due to the new construction.
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AnonymousAugust 25, 2008 at 7:19 AM
There will not be a girl's volleyball scrimmage because they are not currently able to use the gym. They have been practicing in another town. However the volleyball team and coaches will be introduced and the coaches will talk a little about the team, out at the football field before the boys take the field to scrimmage.
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Village DwellerSeptember 1, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Anonymous:

You know we can't publish your critical comment about an individual -- in this case, a coach.

We recommend you discuss this in person with the coach or the DHS athletic director.
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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."