O'Neill High School Upgrades Facilities With Help From Sponsors

OHS NEW SCORE BOARD was recently installed at the football field over the last couple weeks of August. The board will provide video on the board's screen to add to the experience of the fans.

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OHS NEW VIDEO BOARD was recently installed in the gym at the high school. The board will provide a new video experience when attending events in the gym.

O'Neill Public Schools is proud to announce some facility upgrades for the new school year. Some of the more noticeable items will be a video board and shot clocks in the Aerie, and a scoreboard, video board and sound system for the football field and track. In addition to enhancing the fan experience at our home events, the boards will provide opportunities for our students to create some of their own digital content. The boards were purchased from Daktronics through Crouch Recreation, the Daktronics vendor for Nebraska. Thanks to the support of several businesses and individuals in our community, the boards were purchased without the use of any taxpayer dollars. Advertising partners for the boards are listed below,

Anchor Partners

Blush Boutique/Kyle & Megan Heiss Family Farms

CVA

GPS Bank

Mitchell Equipment

O'Neill Athletic Booster Club

Pinnacle Bank

Shad's Electric

Torpin's Rodeo Market

Founding Partners

Akrs

Avera

Farm Bureau - Barb Hesse

Grosch Irrigation

KBRX

Kracl Irrigation

Krotter's Home & Auto Centers

The Tri-County Bank

Premier Partners

Anson Insurance

DR Seed & Ag LLC - Dan Rentschler

Farm Bureau - Jim Hedstrom

Farmers Pride

Finish Line Chiropractic

Heartland Beverage

Hoegemeyer Hybrids

J & L Collision Center Inc.

O'Neill Family Pharmacy

Reiser Insurance

Super Foods

Thrivent Financial - Aaron Losing

Wakefield Insurance

The boards were installed the week of August 19th by Love Signs out of Norfolk. Shad's Electric has done some work in preparation for the installation and then more work after the boards were installed. Daktronics will send a technician the week of August 23rd to finish up all the connections on their end. Once the Daktronics technician has finished, several staff members and students will go through a training on how to use the boards and develop our own digital content. I'm sure there will be a bit of a learning curve, but we are very excited about the opportunity!

Fans will also notice an expansion of the wall padding on both baselines in the Aerie. The expansion makes the gym safer for all activities that will take place there, as well as enhancing the look. A big part of the motivation for this expansion was the purchase of a new wrestling mat with 5 competition circles for the Aerie. This mat will allow us to have 8 total mats at our high school invite in December. Perhaps even more importantly, this mat will also be used throughout the season to help us create a second practice area in the new central office building. Our boys and girls wrestling programs will both be able to practice immediately after school and have much more room to drill and wrestle live without fear of injuries due to a lack of space. The cost of the wrestling mat was shared between the O'Neill Athletic Booster Club, Leprechaun Youth Sports and the school district.

Later this fall, new record boards for all of our varsity sports will hang on the wall in the hallway south of the Aerie. This upgrade was made possible thanks to a donation from the O'Neill Athletic Booster Club. 

We are very grateful to the many businesses, individuals and community in general for the support we receive! We look forward to seeing everyone at the events we host throughout the year and as always, GO EAGLES!!!

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