After a week off, the Hi-Line cross country team got the chance to run in the crowded UNK field. The girls had 176 finishers in their race and the boys had 260.

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.

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.

The Fort Kearny Conference presents a number of challenges in its volleyball schedule, but to play arguably the top two teams in one triangular made for a tough night for the Hi-Line volleyball team Thursday. The Bulls fell to Overton (17-1) and to Amherst (16-3) in straight sets Thursday and fell to 8-10 this season.

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.

The Southern Valley volleyball team notched its ninth and tenth wins of the year with three-set victories over Wilcox-Hildreth and Axtell last Thursday. The eagles opened the night by handing Axtell just its fourth loss of the season with a 20-25, 25-20, 25-18 victory.

CAMBRIDGE - There were moments when the match was much more competitive than the score would have indicated, but the Cambridge volleyball team ended up rolling to a 25-15, 25-11, 25-7 victory over visiting Arapahoe Friday night.

On Wednesday, the Holbrook- Arapahoe-Edison Fire Department was paged to a fire on 731 Road, 7 miles north of Arapahoe, right on the fire line where the home was saved during the 739 fire. Mutual aid was called and the Elwood, Cambridge, Beaver City and Oxford fire departments responded.

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A woman arrested in a large drug bust at a routine traffic stop in Furnas County has been indicted in U.S. District Court in Lincoln.