ARAPAHOE – The Arapahoe- Holbrook School Board approved the 2022-2023 School Year Budget and Tax Request during their regular board meeting on Monday, September 12, 2022. The Operating Budget for this year is $9.9 million, up from $9.7 million last year (3.7% increase).

CAMBRIDGE - Playing the first home game of the season, the Cambridge football team wanted to make sure the scoreboard was functioning properly. So they gave it and the operator a workout.

BARTLEY - The Southwest volleyball team swept past Rawlins County and battled another one of the top teams from the region to the end before falling at a home triangular last Thursday. Against top-rated Maywood- Hayes Center, Southwest made hard charges in the back end of each of the three sets, but the Wolves held on in the first and third to take a 25-23, 16-25, 27-25 victory to improve to 4-0 this season.

CAMBRIDGE - The Cambridge girls cross country team finished first and Hi-Line was runner-up at the Cambridge Cross Country Invite Friday. the Trojans finished with a perfect team score by taking the top three spots individually. Hi-Line had a firm hold on second with 17 points and Southern Valley finished sixth with 62 points while Arapahoe was seventh with 71.

LOOMIS - The Arapahoe volleyball team took victories in both ends of a Thursday triangular before seeing their unbeaten season end with a pair of losses to top local teams in another triangular Tuesday. Arapahoe fought back from a set down to defeat Hitchcock County 21-25, 2512, 26-24 on Thursday before sweeping Dundy County-Stratton 25-13, 25-20 to improve to 3-0. Tuesday, the Warriors fell in straight sets to top-ranked Maywood-Hayes Center 2510, 25-15, then fought hard but fell to triangular host Loomis 25-22, 25-18, falling to 3-2.

EUSTIS - In likely the toughest challenge of the season for the Hi-Line football team, the Bulls fought to a scoreless tie for the game’s first quarter and much of the second. Then top-ranked North Platte St. Pat’s took advantage of some positive field position and the ball started rolling downhill against the Bulls.

SOUTHERN VALLEY The Southern Valley football team put up nearly 400 yards of offense and scored 34 points in Friday’s home tilt with Ravenna. The problem for the Eagles was Ravenna’s scoring explosion in the first half that put them in far too big a hole as Ravenna took a 70-34 victory at Southern Valley Friday.

CURTIS - A 2-0 lead that the Medicine Valley volleyball team had battled to achieve disappeared in a flash last week as Hi-Line rebounded with easy wins in the third and fourth to force a fifth. But the Raiders improved to 5-1 by winning the fifth set 15-8 to take a 29-27, 25-20, 13-25, 15-25, 15-8 victory over the Bulls, who fell to 1-1.

CAMBRIDGE - The Cambridge volleyball team was pushed a bit last Thursday, but swept its way to two more triangular sweeps while remaining unbeaten on the season. Through Tuesday night, the Trojans had yet to drop a set this season.

ELM CREEK - After a 3-0 loss to Gothenburg last Tuesday dropped Southern Valley’s volleyball team to 1-2 thiss eason, the Eagles ripped off three-straight victories to improve to 4-2. Thursday, the Eagles dropped the opener to Cozad, 25-23, but rolled away in the next two sets before finishing off a 223-25, 25-16, 25-19, 25-22 victory over the Haymakers.