Heartland Hyzers

19/04/2024

I mentioned a couple days ago that the direction of Heartland Hyzers would be changing. I am excited about the change, but unfortunately that means there are some things that have to give.

Heartland Hyzers will be passing on the baton for running the non-sanctioned events in the area to Wingspan Disc Golf. For the past 5 years I have ran a multitude of non-sanctioned events, one of those being the Grand Island Trilogy Challenge. Wingspan is ran by three engaged, and passionate disc golfers. They will do well, and I am excited that there is a disc golf outfit that is willing to do the work to keep the variety of disc golf opportunities rolling in central Nebraska.

Heartland Hyzers was created because I wanted to make running these events and supporting disc golf in Nebraska seem a little more legitimate. Not only that, it also gave me an opportunity to support local charities and schools through a variety of events and fundraisers. Wingspan will keep these charitable events going and support these local communities.

Now for the change. I am excited to make a more concentrated effort at combining my passion for disc golf and multimedia and having it fall under the Heartland Hyzers umbrella. I will be focusing on course photography, event photography, and multimedia projects for disc golf courses and events.

I will be keeping everyone updated as I make this shift for Heartland Hyzers. I appreciate the amount of support that I received so far, and I am excited to see where this new direction takes me.

18/04/2024

EDIT: I am moving the raffle to Monday night at 10pm cst. I didn’t get the clues out for the unclaimed pictures today. One more day!

I am trying something fun as I near a total of 200 courses played across the country. I will be doing a free raffle for a bag, discs, and accessories. Basically it is a true starter set with everything you need to get going!

So here is how you can get your name in the raffle. Below are 50 images of courses across the country, with half of them being from Nebraska. These are all courses I am grateful to have been able to play at least once. You can gain an entry by being the first person to identify the course, town, and state. MAKE SURE YOU COMMENT ON THE INDIVIDUAL PHOTO! You will get a bonus entry if you can identify the correct hole. If. you cannot identify the hole, but someone else does, I will give them the bonus entry. I will confirm the entries, with either saying Correct, Missing Information and/or Incorrect.

YOU CAN ONLY IDENTIFY THREE IMAGES! Leave some opportunities for other individuals. I will delete the most recent one/ones I see if you answer more than three, regardless if they are right or wrong.

These past five years I have been blessed with the opportunities to play these courses with friends and family. Play along for your chance to get an amazing starter set to get one of your friends or family members into the sport.

01/04/2024

The Founding Team got the season rolling in March. We are catching up a little by looking at the last two weeks of competition. Markus Miller Jacob Burns Deitric Schweitzer and Stephen Anderson all competed in Colorado or Nebraska over that time.

Congratulations to Deitric on winning both of his events these past two weeks. Deitric is on a roll and finished his second round at King of the Lake with a 1006 rated round.

Congratulations to Stephen Anderson who won the MA1 division at King of the Mill. He was able to tie it up after coming back with a 984 rated second round. He won on the second hole of a sudden death playoff. I look forward to seeing all of these young guns compete this season.

20/03/2024

You may have seen that OTB and MVP announced the discs for the OTB Open drop, with two phases. There are some awesome molds, plastics, and artwork for this year's drop. I have a fun idea, but I need to know if there is any interest in these molds/plastics.

I will be running two pop-up events themed around these discs. It will probably be $5 to $10. What I will do is have one of each of the discs as prizes, whether CTP, overall winner, or maybe Ring of Fire.

As soon as we have more information on the exact date we can sell these, I will announce the event dates. Expect two laid back, fun, non-sanctioned events where you can win some of these discs.

Any discs not used as prizes will be sold first come, first serve to those individuals who show up to the event. After the event I will post what I have left online. Comment below if you have any questions!

01/03/2024

Tonight Halie and I went to a little reception put on by Sandra and the Be the Light Foundation. I am honored to have been recognized for the help provided for the inaugural Be The Light Charity Tournament. Disc golf has been such a vital part of my life, and I am happy it is a space that can support mental health and raise awareness for su***de prevention.

19/02/2024

The last one is in the books. Thanks to Rudi for taking the photo, I was able to get in it this time. Congrats to our winners of the Hastings Nice Bowl:

Pro - Zach Lueck
Am - Rye

This year we had over 70+ participants in the Tri-Cities Ice Bowls raising almost $1100 for two causes, the Kearney Jubilee Center and Project Hunger. Thanks again to all those who participated!

18/02/2024

The Hastings Ice Bowl is the last of the Tri-Cities Ice Bowls this year. It was rescheduled to tomorrow, Sunday 2/18 at 2 pm at Lake Hastings. Let’s get to a total of $1000+ raised for the Tri-Cities!

17/02/2024

We wrapped up the Kearney Ice Bowl and Winter Wizards today. We had 55 participants between both events, and through the Ice Bowl and the raffle we raised $548 dollars for the Kearney Jubilee Center.

Here are the event winners:

Ice Bowl - Pro - Nick Whited
Ice Bowl - Am - Thomas Read
Ice Bowl - Masters - Terry

WW - Pro - Nick Whited
WW - Am - Rye
WW - Rec - Davin
WW - Masters - Terry in a CTP throw off
WW - Women - Bekah Lueck

Congrats everyone who took home some extra plastic today. Thanks for making this a successful day each year!

16/02/2024

Ice Bowl prizes? Raffle prizes? I think so.

I will have a few of these set aside for Ice Bowl/Raffle prizes for Kearney and Hastings this weekend. The rest will be for sale on as a first come, first serve basis. One of each per person.

See everyone Saturday morning!

13/02/2024

Grand Island set the bar high, breaking their record for money raised with $310. This year they had their second highest amount of participants ever, with a total of 29. People from all over the Tri-Cities area came to throw.

Let's crack 30 this year for the Kearney Ice Bowl. This is a friendly reminder that the Ice Bowl is held at The Hill. We will have a raffle after the Winter Wizards for a bag, discs, and other prizes. Raffle tickets are $1 for 1, or $20 for 25. You can also donate non perishable food items for raffle tickets. For every two items you donate, you will receive 1 ticket. For recommendations, check out:
https://kearneyjubilee.org/food-pantry/

We also have a few spots left for the Winter Wizards event. This event is held at Centennial. Registration is below:
https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/5th_Annual_Winter_Wizards_2024

It is meant to be a fun, short event to get people out together and promote community. The raffle will be available for the Winter Wizards event, with the drawing occuring after the completion of the event. I look forward to seeing everyone there!

09/02/2024

2.10 - Grand Island Ice Bowl. Great cause, disc golf, and tons of prizes up for grabs tomorrow.

2.17 - Kearney Ice Bowl. Same great cause, and there is a raffle with a bag, discs, and other prizes.
2.17 - Kearney Winter Wizard. Below is an image of the player pack. Five divisions, CTP prizes, trophies, and card prizes as well. This is in the afternoon after the Kearney Ice Bowl. Registration below:

https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournament/5th_Annual_Winter_Wizards_2024

Finally,
2.18 - Hastings Ice Bowl is rescheduled for Sunday, Feb. 18th at 2pm. The single round event will be held at Lake Hastings.

I will post a reminder next week, but hopefully a Sunday round in the afternoon in Hastings provides an option for those who can’t make a Saturday. Have a great day and I will see a bunch of you tomorrow in Grand Island.

08/02/2024

Grand Island’s Ice Bowl is this Saturday! This is a sign up day of event. This event is supporting Project Hunger, so come on out and throw a round. There might be some random doubles afterwards. See you there!

06/02/2024

Player packs have been ordered and we are limiting the event to 36 individuals for the Winter Wizards in Kearney held on Saturday, February 17th. There are over 16 discs for a variety of prizes, and that doesn’t include the division trophies.

20 spots have been filled so we are a little over halfway full. Sign up today to secure your spot!

5th Annual Winter Wizards is a Disc golf tournament in Kearney, Nebraska beginning February 17, 2024 and hosted by Heartland Hyzers.

03/02/2024

NO ICE BOWL TODAY IN HASTINGS

No Ice Bowl this morning with the possibility of it being a rain soaked round and add the fact I don’t feel well and up to being out in the rain for the morning.

I will look at the weather and see when it is possible to best reschedule this sometime in February, but it won’t be this weekend. Have a great weekend.

03/02/2024

I am going to monitor the amount of rain we are supposed to get tomorrow and make a decision on whether or not to postpone the Hastings Ice Bowl to a later date. The event will definitely happen, but it may be another day this month. The snow melt has already saturated the ground, and a good amount of rain won't help.

I will post tomorrow morning around 8 am on the final decision. Have a good evening!

01/02/2024

A majority of the Ice Bowl gear is in. Once I go through the orders this evening I will let everyone know what may be left for sale. Anyone who comes to Hastings this weekend will get the first opportunity at the inventory I bring.

30/01/2024

This is it, February is on its way and that means we are about to kick off the early primer to the season. The first Ice Bowl is this weekend, and we are excited to start in Hastings at Lake Hastings. Looks like we might get a little rain on Saturday, but hopefully that doesn't keep you away.

We are also a few days out from ordering the Winter Wizards packs. That means once we order, we will have a hard cap of participants. Sign up today so I have a better idea of how many packs to order!

5th Annual Winter Wizards is a Disc golf tournament in Kearney, Nebraska beginning February 17, 2024 and hosted by Heartland Hyzers.

28/01/2024

I was able to get out and finally stop in York to check out the signage. This is for sure one of the coolest moments from 2023.

20/01/2024

I am just thinking about all of this cold weather and how next week will feel like a heat wave. Let's hope that we get some good weather in February for the Tri-Cities Ice Bowls and the 5th Annual Winter Wizards at Centennial in Kearney, NE.

Ice Bowl merch has been ordered and a few extra items found their way into the cart. The raffle for the Kearney Ice Bowl has a few items, including an Innova bag. If you are interested in donating to the Kearney Ice Bowl raffle, please shoot me a message.

Finally, I will be ordering player packs for the Winter Wizards by the first week of February. We have approximately two weeks until that time. Sign up early if you can, because after February 3rd, the amount of packs is set. With some snow melt next week, we might finally be able to get out and throw again in 2024!

5th Annual Winter Wizards is a Disc golf tournament in Kearney, Nebraska beginning February 17, 2024 and hosted by Heartland Hyzers.

09/01/2024

This year marks the 5th year of the annual Winter Wizards event held at Centennial Park in Kearney. This event is always a fun time to get the year rolling. You can click on the link below to get some more information and to sign-up.

I am going to shut down the Google Form tomorrow so I can evaluate the requests for Ice Bowl items. I will look to purchase these items, and once purchased, I will contact individuals who filled out a form for payment options. I am hoping that roughly a month from our first event will give the retailers plenty of time to send us the merch. Take a look at the link below if you want to see what is available for Ice Bowl merch. You can open the form and just not fill it out if you are looking and not interested. I will order a few extra Ice Bowl items to sell and for prizes for our local events. Thank you.

Ice Bowl Merch Form -
https://forms.gle/vYC2we7GfjUC9xHo9

5th Annual Winter Wizards is a Disc golf tournament in Kearney, Nebraska beginning February 17, 2024 and hosted by Heartland Hyzers.

03/01/2024

TRI-CITIES ICE BOWL INFORMATION

Ice Bowl merch can be secured by filling out the form below. I will be shutting down the form on Jan. 9th, and ordering then. I will buy a couple extra items here and there, but to be safe I recommend anyone wanting Ice Bowl merch to fill out the form below:
https://forms.gle/DA78PAuwZwZA6YLa8

Below are images for the different Ice Bowls across the Tri-Cities. Note there has been a change to the Hastings and Kearney dates. I moved Kearney to Feb. 17th to give a little more time for the Winter Wizard sign-up, which should be live soon. Thanks for taking a look, and I look forward to getting out and about and seeing everyone in 2024.

02/01/2024

I wanted to kick off the new year by announcing our Founding Team. There are three returning individuals who were a part of establishing the Founding Team last year. Let's take a moment and recognize Markus Miller, Jacob Burns, and Deitric Schweitzer. Three young individuals who made leaps and bounds in their game last year, and I am excited to see what they do in 2024.

I am happy to announce the addition of two individuals, Stephen Anderson and Bro Code to the Founding Team. Stephen is a young force to recon with from Kearney, and Necerian is an undoubtable leader in the North Platte disc golf community. These two are valuable members of their respective communities, and I am grateful to have them on the team.

This team will be making moves in 2024, and I wish them the best.

25/12/2023

Have a safe and Merry Christmas! Winter Wizard info to come later this week.

24/12/2023

Merry Christmas Eve everyone. 2023 was a very successful year of disc golf, and we wanted to say thank you to everyone that has participated in a Heartland Hyzers event. If you do swing out and brave the cold, please only take one!

10/12/2023

EDIT: SWITCHED DATES FOR HASTINGS AND KEARNEY

It is that time to prep for the beginning of the 2024 disc golf season. Heartland Hyzers will once again be spearheading the Ice Bowls and Winter Wizard in central Nebraska. Here are the dates for the events:

Feb. 3rd - 15th Annual Hastings Ice Bowl - Lake Hastings, Hastings

Feb. 10th - 11th Annual Grand Island Ice Bowl - Stolley Park, Grand Island

Feb. 17th - 8th Annual Kearney Ice Bowl - Hillside DGC, Kearney
Feb. 17th - 5th Annual Winter Wizards - Centennial, Kearney

I am looking forward to being a part of these events, and the charitable funds raised for Grand Island Project Hunger and The Kearney Jubilee Center.

This next week I will open up the Winter Wizards on discgolfscene. I will keep the event as cheap as possible. Any funds raised over the cost of the event will go towards The Kearney Jubilee Center.

The Ice Bowls will be day of registration. Cash is prefered, but I will take Venmo and PayPal as well.

In addition to the events, I will be selling Ice Bowl merch. This week I will post a Google Form for the "available" merch. Some of it might be sold out, so I will contact individuals who wanted those items. This year there will be Innova, Discraft (full foil Buzzz), Discmania, MVP, Axiom and a variety of accessories/apparel.

So keep an eye out for more information in the next few days. Thank you all for your support, it should be a great start to the 2024 season.

03/11/2023

This is pretty cool. I had the pleasure of designing this map for Mincks Park. Kory Bryner reached out and we worked together to develop a map to support new comers with not just the course information, but the basic rules/spirit of the game. Hopefully I have more opportunities to support our local disc golf communities.

The York Area Cruisers had a car show this summer and donated their proceeds to YPR in the amount of $2,000. We used that money to purchase new signage at the Disc Golf Course!

24/10/2023

I cancelled the upcoming Space Race events this weekend that were meant to be held in Hastings and Grand Island. They were cancelled due to the weather looking pretty bad for an enjoyable glow round, and due to low registration numbers. Thank you.

22/10/2023

Online registration has closed, but we will take walk-ups tomorrow morning for the Be The Light Charity Tournament at Stolley Park. $25 to play, with a player pack worth that amount, trophies for division winners, CTP prizes, ring of fire competition after the event, and a big raffle you can buy into.

Check-in starts at 11:30am, but the player meeting isn't until 12:20pm. At 12:20pm we will chat a little bit about event, and have the Be The Light Foundation share their mission and cause.

Check out the link below for more information.

Be The Light Charity Tournament is a Disc golf tournament in Grand Island, Nebraska beginning October 22, 2023 and hosted by DiscForLife.