PLEASANTON - After a bit of a sleepy start, the sun went down and the Cambridge offense heated up in a 58-14 win at Pleasanton Friday. The Trojans were a bit sloppy to start, Coach Catlin Rice said, and were stunned a bit by an injury to starting linebacker and running back Tye Stanton just a few plays into the game.

The Medicine Valley football team lost a 12-54 game toBurwell Friday for its second loss of the season. It was the second big road trip of the season for the Raiders.

COLBY - the Southwest volleyball team remained unbeaten on the early season, sweeping both Rawlins County and Maywood-Hayes Center in a triangular last Thursday to improve to 6-0 on the season. The Wolves, though, presented quite the challenge in a 25-22, 25-20 defeat to the Roughriders.

ALMA - The Cambridge volleyball team picked up its third and fourth wins of the season Thursday, sweeping both Bertrand and Alma to improve to 4-1 on the season. Cambrigde took down Bertrand 25-17, 25-23 behind a strong offensive performance that featured some leaky passing and serve receive.

COZAD - The Southern Valley volleyball team hit the road last week and split a pair of duals, falling at Gothenburg in straight-sets Tuesday before grinding out a 3-1 win at Cozad on Thursday to improve to 3-1 this season.

RAVENNA - A strong start didn’t materialize into a desired result as Southern Valley dropped Friday’s road trip to Ravenna, 48-22. The Eagles drove right down the field and scored on the opening possession of the game and led 6-0, but Ravenna scored the next 34 points to run away with the victory.

ARAPAHOE - With a sweep over Dundy County-Stratton (25-12, 25-16) and a comeback win over Hitchcock County (14-25, 25-1, 25-20), the Arapahoe volleyball team improved to 3-0 at its home triangular last Thursday.

ELWOOD - The Medicine Valley volleyball team picked up ots fourth win of the season last week as it took down Hi-Line on the road, 25-20, 25-11, 25-16. The Bulls fell to 0-2 on the young season.

The Hi-Line volleyball team dropped both ends of a home triangular against No. 1 Sumner-Eddyville-Miller and Wilcox-Hildreth Thursday.

Norma Lucile (Johnson) Smith, 94, passed away from age-related causes at Elwood Care Center, Elwood, Nebraska, on August 30, 2023. Norma was born in Cambridge, Nebraska on May 17, 1929, and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1946.