Amherst Invite 2023 Results for Cambridge 106 - Micah Gerlach (15-2) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points; Quarterfinal Micah Gerlach (Cambridge) 15-2 won by fall over Donny Lawrence (Ansley Litchfield) 10-8 (Fall 1:09); Semifinal Micah Gerlach (Cambridge) 15-2 won by fall over Josiah Coleman (South Loup) 13-6 (Fall 3:40); 1st Place Match - Trax Trujillo (Aurora ) 4-0 won by decision over Micah Gerlach (Cambridge) 15-2 (Dec 10-5) 113 - Angel Rodriguez (156) scored 10.0 team points; Champ. Round 1 - Angel Rodriguez (Cambridge) 15-6 won by fall over Dylan Furstenau (Neligh-Oakdale) 7-9 (Fall 0:41); Quarterfinal - Morgan Bunner (Clarkson/Leigh) 19-8 won by fall over Angel Rodriguez (Cambridge) 15-6 (Fall 3:55); Cons. Round 2 - Angel Rodriguez (Cambridge) 15-6 won by fall over Wyatt Boon (Sumner-Eddyville-Miller) 3-7 (Fall 0:40); Cons. Round 3 Angel Rodriguez (Cambridge) 15-6 won by fall over Jacobi Thomas (Aurora ) 2-3 (Fall 2:27); Cons. Semi - Tristan Olson (Anselmo-Merna) 20-2 won by fall over Angel Rodriguez (Cambridge) 15-6 (Fall 2:23) 126 - Dierks Sayer (18-1) placed 1st and scored 27.5 team points; Champ. Round 1 - Dierks Sayer (Cambridge) 18-1 won by fall over Paige Hollers (Medicine Valley) 0-14 (Fall 0:04); Quarterfinal - Dierks Sayer (Cambridge) 18-1 won by fall over Reuben Reyes (Gibbon) 3-11 (Fall 0:37); Semifinal - Dierks Sayer (Cambridge) 18-1 won by tech fall over Chase Beitler (Hi-Line) 7-7 (TF-1.5 2:22 (15-0)); 1st Place Match - Dierks Sayer (Cambridge) 18-1 won by fall over David Molina (Gibbon) 16-8 (Fall 1:00) 138 - Jacob Corbett (15-3) placed 2nd and scored 22.0 team points; Champ. Round 1 - Jacob Corbett (Cambridge) 15-3 won by fall over Lane Stewart (Anselmo-Merna) 1-12 (Fall 0:22); Quarterfinal - Jacob Corbett (Cambridge) 15-3 won by fall over Dylan Higby (Clarkson/Leigh) 12-6 (Fall 5:26); Semifinal - Jacob Corbett (Cambridge) 15-3 won by fall over Kegan Payne (Neligh-Oakdale) 15-9 (Fall 0:44); 1st Place Match - Kyler Mosel (Plainview) 24-0 won by fall over Jacob Corbett (Cambridge) 15-3 (Fall 3:25) 138 - Carter Hanes (136) Champ. Round 1 - Carter Hanes (Cambridge) 13-6 won by fall over Isaac Chavez (Amherst JV) 4-5 (Fall 4:00); Quarterfinal - Kegan Payne (Neligh-Oakdale) 15-9 won by fall over Carter Hanes (Cambridge) 13-6 (Fall 1:36); Cons. Round 2 - Sam Bantam (Southern Valley) 4-11 won by medical forfeit over Carter Hanes (Cambridge) 13-6 (M.

Champ. Round 1 - Prestin Horwart (Southern Valley) 10-7 won by fall over Brett Mellies (Aurora ) 3-5 (Fall 1:06); Quarterfinal - Corbin Hoefer (Neligh-Oakdale) 16-5 won by major decision over Prestin Horwart (Southern Valley) 10-7 (MD 14-6); Cons. Round 2 - Prestin Horwart (Southern Valley) 10-7 won by fall over Hunter Koetter (Medicine Valley) 13-11 (Fall 3:23); Cons. Round 3 - Dawson Mason (South Loup) 15-5 won by decision over Prestin Horwart (Southern Valley) 10-7 (Dec 7-2) 138 - Sam Bantam (411) scored 6.0 team points; Champ. Round 1 - Dillon Haines (Ansley Litchfield) 18-8 won by fall over Sam Bantam (Southern Valley) 4-11 (Fall 3:04); Cons. Round 1 - Sam Bantam (Southern Valley) 4-11 won by fall over Ty Kennicutt (Overton ) 2-13 (Fall 2:14); Cons. Round 2 - Sam Bantam (Southern Valley) 4-11 won by medical forfeit over Carter Hanes (Cambridge) 13-6 (M. For.); Cons. Round 3 - Dylan Higby (Clarkson/Leigh) 12-6 won by fall over Sam Bantam (Southern Valley) 4-11 (Fall 2:47) 145 - Cole Broeker (130) placed 1st and scored 27.0 team points; Champ.

MAYWOOD - Battling through a tough stretch of contests, the Hi-Line girls basketball team dropped a pair fo road games last weekend to Sumner-Eddyville-Miller, 47-27, and Maywood-Hayes Center, 65-26. Hi-Line fell to 3-5 on the season.

BENKELMAN - The Arapahoe wrestling team finished third at the 12-team Duundy County-Stratton Invite Friday, scoring 174 points. Rafe Hill led the Warriors with a first-place finish at 152 pounds while Grayson Koller (132) and Jacen Smith (285) each finished runner-up.

MAYWOOD - The Hi-Line boys basketball team was unable to erase a large deficit Thursday, then dropped another contest Saturday as it fell in both games last week to move to 3-5 this season. Thursday, Hi-Line couldn’t get its offense going through the first three quarters at Sumner-Eddyville-Miller as Hi-Line trailed47-26 to the fourth quarter.

BERTRAND - With a pair of clutch performances down the stretch, the Southern Valley boys basketball team earned its third- and fourthstraight victories last week, pushing past .500 for the first time this season at 5-4.

Rickie Lee Stagemeyer, age 66, a lifelong resident of Arapahoe, Nebraska passed away on Monday, January 2, 2023 at his home. He was born in Oxford, Nebraska on May 2, 1956 to Merle and Verna (Rader) Stagemeyer.

Richard “Dick” Wright passed away on January 2, 2023 at Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center. He was 87 years old.

Theone LuRae (Maaske) Winkler was born on April 21, 1929, in Phelps County, Nebraska, the youngest of two children born to Alton and Alma (Helms) Maaske. She was baptized in infancy at St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Bertrand. She passed away on Sunday, December 18th, 2022 in Omaha, Nebraska.

Vincent “Vince” W. Burke passed away on December 31, 2022, in Omaha, Nebraska.