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The Bulldogger

The student news site of North Platte High School

The Bulldogger

The student news site of North Platte High School

The Bulldogger

North Platte High School students shout the "yes!" cheer during the fall sports pep rally at Memorial Stadium on Oct. 14.

School spirit and success

Sophia Walsh and Priscila Mondragõn October 14, 2020

North Platte High School students and staff gathered on Wednesday for the first pep rally of the year. Originally, the fall sports pep rally was supposed to take place about a month ago, but the postponed...

Clay Stone’s last 6th Place Worthy Headline

Clay Stone’s last 6th Place Worthy Headline

Clay Stone, Managing Editor April 8, 2020

Within an hour of my first day of public school, I wanted to leave. I knew no one, I felt like I didn’t belong, I sat at a lunch table by myself for the first week, and to top off the whole thing there...

Two wrestlers tie up at the first practice of the season at North Platte High School on Nov. 18.

Hungry for Success

Sierra Winder, News Editor November 22, 2019

  “I haven’t eaten since Sunday and today is Thursday,” senior wrestler Dylan Nesslein said. Nesselein competitively wrestles on a traveling team and recently had a tournament over the weekend....

Swimmers and Divers warming up for the very first practice of the season. "I think that with all of the people coming in this year, we need to make these people good," said junior swimmer Meleah Friedrich.

Winter Sports Preview

Anissa Hoffman, Staff Writer November 22, 2019

NPHS winter athletes are showing coaches their 3-pointers, take-downs, and freestyles as practices kicked off this week. Here’s what you can expect this season. The Dawgs basketball team is looking...

Sophomore Gavyn Brauer and freshman Luke Rathjen practice handfighting.

Wrestling with a new team

Mac Hardy, Staff Writer January 25, 2019

The lights are bearing down, the crowd is silent, the feeling is tense. This year, the spotlight is on the sophomores because there are not many junior or senior wrestlers. North Platte wrestling coach...

Senior Abbie Hedgecock drives down the court in the girl’s first scrimmage versus Gothenburg. “We have a really good chemistry. We can play with each other, criticize each other, but also really help each other out,” she said.

Winter Wind-Up

Clay Stone, Managing Editor November 30, 2018

Senior Abbie Hedgecock drives down the court in the girl’s first scrimmage versus Gothenburg. “We have a really good chemistry. We can play with each other, criticize each other, but also really help...

Out this higher education

Out this higher education

Thomas Hoatson, Layout Editor May 11, 2018

From August 13, 2015 to May 13, 2018, it's been 1004 days since I started high school. From running around all of Cody Park and feeling like I was going to throw up on the first day of tennis practice...

New coach, who dis?

New coach, who dis?

Avery Munson, Layout Editor March 23, 2018

This year, the Lady Dawgs tennis team will be adjusting to a new head coach, Dale Hall. While North Platte High School athletes will be practicing hard and getting used to new coaches, there is high hopes...

Dawgs dominate districts

Dawgs dominate districts

Clay Stone, Managing Editor February 16, 2018

“When it comes down to the match the scoreboard reads 0-0 and both wrestlers are on an equal playing field,” said head wrestling coach Dale Hall. Hall is leading seven varsity wrestlers straight for...

Jayson Scott smiles with pride after winning his match against Scottsbluff.

Wrestling: past vs. present

Bryce Lee, Co-Editor in Chief January 13, 2017

Wrestlers have been known to use extreme measures for weight loss. Twenty years ago, there weren’t any regulations to keep wrestlers from using drastic methods to lose weight. Arttie Parker,North...

Sophomore Braiden Ruffin stands atop the podium at the State Wrestling tournament in Omaha, Nebraska on February 20, 2016

Ruff ‘N Rowdy

Thomas Hoatson, Layout Editor March 4, 2016

A few years ago, a seventh grader by the name of Braiden Ruffin stood in head wrestling coach Dale Hall’s office at Adam’s Middle School. In the office is a picture of Hall embracing the 2012, 145-pound...

Coach Dale Hall monitors one of the matches in the Dawg House.

Coach Hall keeps it 300

Avery Munson, Layout Editor February 8, 2016

Head wrestling coach Dale Hall is one of North Platte High School’s most beloved and respected coaches and his accomplishments keep piling up. Coach Hall just picked up his 300th Dual win which is a...

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