25 Years Ago September 19, 1996 The Southern Valley Eagles christened its new football field with a 37-0 win Friday night over the Dundy County Tigers. Friday the 13th was also lucky for the Eagles volleyball team who won over Dundy County 15-11, 15-11.

100 Years Ago September 22, 1921 A Wilsonville woman was arrested for making liquor on her kitchen stove. The still was made from a pressure cooker, and a quantity of corn meal, raising, peaches and sugar were used.

Arapahoe traveled to Elwood onThursday, September 19th to take on the Hi-Line Bulls. The Warriors got off to a fast start, sparked by a 41 yard kick return by Carl Nordine. Kade Fisher finished off the drive when he ran into the endzone from 11 yards out to put the Warriors up 6-0. The Bulls turned it over on downs on their first possession which set up the Warriors for another score. This time, Fisher found Branson Tejcka for a 10 yards pass for the score to put the Warriors up 12-0. The Warriors forced a Bull punt to finish up the first quarter. To start the second, Hayden Sich broke free up the middle for a 24 yard touchdown run to put the Warriors up 18-0. The Bulls found some success on their next possession scoring from 2 yards out to cut the Warrior lead to 18-6. The Warriors next possession again was finished by Fisher running it in from 11 yards out to put the Warriors up 24-6 with a minute left before half. The Warriors held Hi-Line to a three and out and got the ball back with 30 seconds left. On a reverse, Nordine ran 31 yards to put the Warriors up 30-6 at half. Fisher finished off the half intercepting a Bull pass.

BLADEN - Another tall challenge awaited the Southwest football team on Friday and the Roughriders found some success, but not on the scoreboard as hosting Silver Lake rushed to a 63-20 victory. The Mustangs improved to 3-0 behind 349 yards rushing and 35 first quarter points in building a 35-6 lead.

The Hi-Line volleyball team dropped both ends of a triangular at Loomis Thursday then finished 1-2 at the North Platte Community College Tournament Saturday as the team advanced to 5-10 this season. At the tournament Saturday, the Bulls took down Paxton in straight sets, 25-18, 25-11.

MAXWELL - The Hi-Line football team ran right, they ran left and they ran up the middle. Everywhere they ran, they found space as they rushed their way to a 54-12 victory at Maxwell Friday night.

Emma Joppa threw a shutout to lead Southern Valley/Alma softball team past Centura-Central Valley 5-0 on Tuesday. The Saints tallied three runs in the sixth inning.

GOTHENBURG - The Cambridge girls golf team took eighth and Southwest was 10th at the Gothenburg Girls Golf Invite last week. The Trojans’ Macy Jones led the Trojans with a fifthplace finish after a round of 86.

ARAPAHOE - The Alma/ Southern Valley girls finished second and the Hi-Line girls and Southwest boys finished third at the Arapahoe cross country invite Thursday. ASV’s Tayley Becker took third individually to help the Saints to a runner-up finish at the meet.

The Arapahoe junior varsity football team took on the Hi-Line Bulls on Monday night, the 20th. The Bulls came out strong, scoring on their first 3 possessions to take an early 20 point lead. The Warriors got going on their first possession of the second half and found the endzone after a two yard run by Trenton Roskop. The conversion was good on a pass from Roskop to Clayton North to make the score 8-20. On the Bulls next series, Lucas Vancura forced a Bull fumble which was scooped up by Noah Williams. The Warriors couldn't capitalize on the turnover and the Bulls got the ball back and didn't waste any time finding the endzone again to stretch the lead to 28-8. Austin Warburton fielded the Bulls kickoff and scampered 68 yards for the score to make the score 14-28. The Bulls came right back and scored again to go up 14-34. Grayson Koller returned the ensuing kickoff 60 yards for the score to make the score going into halftime 20-34. In the second half, both teams traded possessions early before Roskop connected with Warburton for 22 yards to get within a touchdown 26-34. The Bulls came right back and scored on their next two possessions to increase their lead to 26-48. The Warriors were able to score again when Roskop found Eli Shafer open for a 30 yard touchdown reception. Koller added the conversion to make the score 34-48. The Bulls were able to run out the clock and defeat the Warriors. Leading tacklers for the Warriors were Koller, Vancura, and Titus Goshert, each with 5. Other tacklers include: Roskop-4, Shafer-4, Warburton-2, Kyle Elliott-2, Jacen Smith-2, Alex Diaz-1, and North-1.