Good luck to Amara at the Poetry Out Loud Nebraska State Finals this Sunday! Amara was the Gordon-Rushville Competition winner and advanced through the Regional Competition to make it to the State Competition this Sunday, March 8.
The State Competition will be held in Fremont at 1:00 PM CT at Midland University. Amara is competing for a chance to represent Nebraska at the National Poetry Out Loud Competition to be held in Washington D.C. later this Spring. Good luck, and we are rooting for you!
Gordon-Rushville Public Schools has engaged in a long-term facility planning process over the past few years. The district is committed to engaging the community in ongoing discussions regarding facility needs and potential solutions to those needs.
We would like to encourage patrons to attend our next Facility Work Session on March 16, 2026, at 5:30 PM at the Gordon-Rushville Middle School in Rushville.
Information from the prior public facility meeting can be found on our website here: https://www.grmustangs.org/article/2669138
Additional information from JEO and the school district will be presented at the March 16 meeting. We hope to see you there!
Draegan Leonard - 3rd in Informative speaking
David Leonard - 5th in Humorous prose
Claire Wellnitz - 1st in Serious prose and 1st in Poetry
The next event was WTC/Small Schools on Wednesday, February 11th. This meet was double scored and the team brought home the Small Schools Runner Up plaque. Individual placings include the following:
Claire Wellnitz - 2nd in Serious prose (WTC/Sm. Schools), 3rd in Entertainment (WTC/Sm. Schools), 1st in Poetry (WTC/Sm. Schools)
Miley Hirsch - 5th(WTC)/6th (Sm. Schools) in Poetry
Haley Dane - 4th (WTC)/6th (Sm. Schools) in POI
David Leonard - 5th (WTC)/ 6th (Sm. Schools) in Informative speaking
Draegan Leonard - 6th (WTC)/ 7th (Sm. Schools) in Informative speaking
Finally, Gordon-Rushville hosted our own speech meet this last Saturday, February 14th. Nine panhandle schools came for a great day of competition. The Chadron team was tournament champions, Mitchell was Runner-up champions and our Mustangs were 3rd. Individual placings include:
Haley Dane - 2nd in POI
Claire Wellnitz - 4th in Serious prose, 3rd in Entertainment, 1st in Poetry
Madison Dolezal - 5th in Serious prose
Miley Hirsch - 6th in Poetry
David Leonard - 3rd in Humorous prose
Draegan Leonard - 2nd in Informative speaking
I would like to thank all the community members that took time from their weekend to come help judge and support our young speakers improve each week. Your input is greatly appreciated.
The Gordon-Rushville speech teams' next meet will be held in Gering on February 28th.
Due to potential weather, the Lady Mustangs Cheer Squad will now be escorted out of town today at 4:30 PM. 🚒
Be sure to line Main Street and give them a big sendoff as they head to State! 💙🧡 #GoMustangs
They’ll be escorted out of town Thursday at 8:30 AM by the Gordon Fire Department. 🚒
Line Main Street and give them a big wave as they head to State! 💙🧡 #GoMustangs
Bailey Bell
Cecilia Deaver
Timber Fortin
Jocelynn Hruby
Avery Merryman
Thelma Musfelt
Brittney Rodriguez
Proud of you all! 💙🧡🐎 #GoMustangs
🆚 Mitchell Tigers
🕔 5:00 PM
📍 Kimball
Come out and support our girls as they battle to keep their season alive! 💙🧡🐎 #GoMustangs
Two more Mustangs are headed to Omaha for State after qualifying at the D-4 District in Bartley!
Congrats to Tristin Costello and Jaxon Kearns! 💪🐎 #StateBound
No fire downtown — just our girls headed to State! 🔥
Send off Kirsten, Kynsleigh & Stormy at 8 AM Monday (Feb 16) as they leave for the state tournament at CHI Health Center Omaha. Let’s pack the streets and wish them luck! 💪
There will be Open Gym this Sunday, February 15, 2026, in Gordon from 1:00 to 3:00 PM and in Rushville from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. Thank you.
https://www.grmustangs.org/page/employment-opportunities
Where: 1004 N. Main Street - Gordon
When: February 15th - 6:30pm
Free of charge to the public. Come Support your Mustang Cheer team and see what they've been working hard for all season long!!
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As Always, GO BIG BLUE! 🐎
Kynsleigh Krebs, Stormy Tesch, and Kirsten Heck are headed to State after qualifying at the B-4 District Meet in Ogallala.
Next stop: CHI Health Center, Omaha. Stay tuned for send-off details!
