We had an incredible morning celebrating some truly outstanding Bulldogs during our Fall 2025 Tour of Champions! This tradition started a few years ago as a way to honor Kearney High School varsity teams and activities that bring home state titles. We also invite each season's individual state champions to participate. It’s become one of the most joyful events we host each year.

This time, we were thrilled to recognize:

• The 2025 Class 4 State Champion KHS Football Team
• 2025 All-State Band member Phoebe Taylor
• 2025 All-State Choir selectees Delayne Boyd, Emi Eberhardt and Kaycie Springer

These students, along with their coaches and directors, loaded onto buses and traveled to every school in our district. At each stop, they were greeted by lines of cheering students and staff, high-fives stretching down sidewalks and hallways, and a whole lot of Bulldog pride.

Moments like these remind us why celebrating excellence matters: not just for the honorees, but for every younger student who gets to see what hard work, dedication and teamwork can lead to. We're building the Bulldog legacy.

Huge congratulations to all of today’s champions! And thank you to our schools, coaches, directors and families for helping us make this tradition something special year after year.

Once a Bulldog, always a Bulldog.