🌱 Where Nickerson stands after Lyons’ dramatic goal-line win in district play

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• Where Nickerson stands after Lyons’ dramatic goal-line win in district play

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 53 degrees.
• Sunday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 77, low: 47.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 73 and low of 51 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Goal-line stands spark Lions over Larned (gbtribune.com) — Nickerson High’s football team sits at 0-1 in 3A District 6 after a 46-20 win over Sedgwick in non-district play, trailing unbeaten Hoisington and surging Lyons. Lyons’ latest 14-8 victory over Larned hinged on two dramatic goal-line stands that reshaped the district race Nickerson is trying to climb back into.
   

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📸 Around Nickerson

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Nickerson

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Monday October 5

• Football: Nickerson @ Sedgwick (JV)
  Nickerson High, 400 W 4th St, Sedgwick
  5:00 pm

Tuesday October 6

• Volleyball Triangular @ Hoisington
  Nickerson High, 218 E 7th St, Hoisington
  5:00 pm

Friday October 9

• Varsity Football vs Pratt
  Nickerson High, 305 S Nickerson St A, Nickerson
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Volleyball: JV Volleyball Tournament (Junior Varsity)
  Valley Center High School
  8:00 am
• Volleyball: Valley Center JV Tournament (Junior Varsity)
  Valley Center High School
  8:00 am
• Volleyball: Canton-Galva Tournament (Varsity)
  Canton-Galva Unified School District 419 , KS, USA
  8:30 am
• Girls Tennis: CKL League Invitational (Varsity)
  Nickerson USD 309, Sports Complex Rd, Hillsboro
  9:00 am
• Image Editing for Beginners →
  Hutchinson Public Library – Makerspace, 901 N Main St, Hutchinson
  10:30 am
• LEGOS® at the Library →
  Hutchinson Public Library, 901 N Main St, Hutchinson
  10:30 am
• Homecoming Dance
  Hutchinson High School, 810 E 13th Ave, Hutchinson
  8:00 pm

Monday October 5

• Baby Time →
  Hutchinson Public Library, 901 N Main St, Hutchinson
  11:00 am
• Freshman/JV Football at Maize
  Maize High School, 11600 W 45th St N, Maize
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• KMW, Ltd. posted a job opening for Welder in Sterling. Apply here.
• Watts posted a job opening for Welder - Manufacturing in Hutchinson. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Nickerson here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Hutchinson

• More than fair friends (gbtribune.com)
• GOP pulling up to $10M out of North Carolina Senate race, diverting to Kansas in late bid to save majority (nypost.com)
• Tonight's ‘Dateline' episode involves former Kansas doctor sentenced in 1989 rape (ksn.com)

McPherson

• Central Christian College breaks ground on new manufacturing hub (kansas.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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