ARAPAHOE - The Southwest volleyball team hit the road last Tuesday and took a 3-0 win at Arapahoe. Errors mounted for both teams at times, but the Roughriders produced more offense in a 25-16, 26-24, 2515 win over the Warriors.

Hastings resident Dorothy C. Wilson, 93, passed away Thursday, September 22, 2022, at College View Assisted Living, Hastings, NE.

100 Years Ago October 12, 1922 Only 20 above zero Monday morning, our first touch of real winter weather. 90 Years Ago October 6, 1932 Not recorded.

The Museum of Oxford held a fundraising raffle for a quilt and a Four Score & Seven Years book. Winning the Museum of Oxford Quilt was Lonnie Kay Gross, of Wickenburg, AZ (formerly of Oxford). Winning the book was Theresa and Gene Townsend of Beaver City.

SUTHERLAND - The Southwest volleyball team had another successful tournament performance Saturday at Sutherland, winning the first two matches of the day before falling in the tournament championship to No. 3 Overton. The Roughriders swept their way past Hitchcock County and South Loup, then pushed the 17-1 Eagles to the end, but fell in three sets to finish runner-up at the invite.

Doug McCann, age 80, of Edison, Nebraska passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2022, at Phelps Memorial Hospital, Holdrege, Nebraska. He was born May 5, 1942, to Howard and Lois (Brawner) McCann at the Oxford Hospital, Oxford, Nebraska.

CAMBRIDGE - Onward. After moments of turmoil and anxiety got the best of the Cambridge football team early this season, the team attached itself to the word as a rallying cry to get to the next play.

HAYES CENTER - In a meet delayed a day by inclement weather, the Cambridge and ARapahoe girls finished second and third and the boys finished third and fourth at the Maywood-Hayes Center Cross Country Invite. Rachel Harris led the Trojans with a third-place finish while Brenna Deterding was fifth and Kori Koeppen was seventh. Wallace took the team title by finishing three runners in the top four. Arapahoe’s River Einspahr led the Warriors in 10th place and Paisley Zodrow and Courtney Eidson took 16th and 17th. Cambridge’s JoLie Farr and Jensyn Weiss finished 12th and 13th for the Trojans.

Mary Lynne Gydesen, age 61, of Elwood, Nebraska, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2022, at the Phelps Memorial Hospital, Holdrege, Nebraska. She was born February 9th, 1961, to Donald & Mary (Phillips) Gruber, in Barstow, California.

SOUTHERN VALLEY The Hi-Line football team opened district play with a 48-26 victory at Southern Valley Friday. With a workmanlike effort, the Bulls opened a lead on the Eagles in the first half, then rode the advantage to victory. The Bulls forced five interceptions to keep the Eagles at bay in the first half, but weren’t able to put the game away until a touchdown with six minutes left pushed the adavantage to 48-26, which was the final score.