25 Years Ago February 22, 1996 Jamie Stagemeyer placed 4th at 135 pounds in Class D at the State Wrestling Tournament in Lincoln. The Beaver City Thrift Shop has made a pledge of $1,000 to the Beaver City Swimming Pool Fund in memory of the late Joan Teeter Hardin.

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Arapahoe’s wrestling team brought home three medals from the State tournament — one fourth and two sixthplaces. Cambridge’s two grapplers at the meet and Southern Valley’s four were unable to land a spot on the podium.

Individual results for Southwest at the State Meet were as follows: D120 - Carter VanPelt (26-19) place is unknown and scored 3.o team points; Champ. Round 1- Dayton Gipe (Sandhills Valley) 39-1 won by tech fall over Carter VanPelt (Southwest) 26-19 (TF-1.5 2:14 (16-0)); Cons.

OMAHA - Southwest Wrestling Coach Jay Helberg said he wasn’t caught up watching the team standings as his eight wrestlers took the mat at the Class D State Tournament in Omaha last week. But at one point in the meet, a coaching friend came up to him and asked him how the Roughriders were doing.

OMAHA - Leading up to the Class D State Wrestling Championships, Hi-Line senior Conner Schutz had been absolutely dominant on the mat. With a spotless 29-0 record, he had pinned all but two opponents and hadn’t been pushed even three minutes deep into a single match.

The Southern Valley Eagles (15-4) took on the Axtell Wildcats (8-12) in their last regular season game on Friday night. The Eagles defeated the Wildcats 51 to 31 on the Wildcat’s home court.

ELM CREEK - The HiLine boys basketball team saw its season come to an end Monday at the Subdistrict Tournament. The fifth-seeded Bulls were able to score, but couldn’t get enough stops to contend with fourth-seeded Axtell as the Wildcats outscored Hi-Line in every quarter and left with a 76-56 victory.

The Southwest Roughriders earned the first win of the season in the first round of the subdistrict competition against Wauneta-Palisade on Monday, Feb. 22.

ELM CREEK - The Southern Valley boys basketball team will get its rematch with Elm Creek, who handed the Eagles their worst loss of the season back in December. The two will square off in Thursday’s subdistrict final at 7 p.m.