The first-place Cambridge cross country team takes off together Friday morning. Alma/Southern Valley’s Tayley Becker (above left) and Southwest’s Ambie Custard (right).

BLUE HILL - The Southern Valley football team dropped a 44-12 decision at Blue HIll Friday. The Eagles found some success moving the ball on the ground, rushing for 113 yards as a team, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Bobcats, who grabbed their second win of the season.

The Hi-Line football team used a big fourth quarter to grab its first win of the season Friday, downing Elm Creek 36-18 to even their record at 1-1. The Bulls scored three times in the fourth quarter, blowing open a game they led 14-6 through three.

The Arapahoe junior varsity football team traveled to Curtis Monday night to take on the Raiders from Medicine Valley. The Warriors started with the ball and moved the ball all the way down to the 12 yard line before stalling out and turning it over on downs.

In a match that varied between tightly-contested sets and blowouts, the Hi- Line volleyball team outlasted Medicine Valley last Tuesday in four, 25-13, 23-25, 25-11, 25-22, to improve to 2-1 this season.

10 years ago Standing room only at the Edison community building for the presentation by the United States Postal Service concerning the closing of the village post office. Reid Stagemeyer senior at AHS and FFA officer, shows this young man about safety during the annual FFA Safety Day held last Friday at the fairgrounds in Beaver City.

10 years ago Thirteen teams took part in the “Valley Adventure Race” on August 20 both Tri Valley Health Systems and Ag Valley hope to make it an annual event. Cambridge Fire Department works to put out the flames that destroyed a 1976 Cobra Motorcoach, belonging to Ron Stonerook of Arapahoe Sunday afternoon at Harry Strunk Lake due to an electrical short in the camper started the fire.

10 years ago Joe Jeffery, always entertaining was emcee at the farewell for the closing of the Smithfield Post Office on August 27, 2011. Speaker Charlotte Endorf will present a program on “Excess Baggage: Riding the Orphan Train” on September 12, 2011 at Elwood Care Center & Assisted Living.

10 years ago A win over Cambridge, loss to Wood River and won over Elm Creek gave Southwest their first trophy of the year, and a third place held by Allie McConville. A contract for Keri Waddle as half-time guidance counselor at the elementary was approved by the Southwest School Board.

100 Years Ago September 8, 1921 H.T. Heaton has purchased the Mattie Payne residence on Ewing Street.