Ten area athletes competed in the Class D State Cross Country Championships last Friday in Kearney. The Lady Trojans placed seventeenth as a team and Kael Garrett of Medicine Valley placed sixteenth individually in the boys’ race.

BARTLEY - The Maywood- Hayes Center volleyball team grabbed its 15th win in Monday’s subdistrict opener, but saw its season come to a close in the finals against host Southwest on Tuesday. The Wolves had battled to defeat Brady in two previous meetings this season, but rolled to victory Monday, sweeping the Eagles with a 2517, 25-22, 25-16 victory.

A memorial service for Dorothy A. Greening was held on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege, Nebraska with Reverend Dr. W. Kirwin Stewart, Jr. officiating.

Currency and the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) are proud to announce the 2023-2024 Believers & Achievers. Kamden Bose from Southern Valley was one of the local school recipients. Believers & Achievers is a state-wide program designed to give recognition to Nebraska’s future leaders.

If you ever played baseball, you may have been told to “keep your eye on the ball.” When batting, a baseball player is taught to watch the ball the entire time from when it leaves the pitcher’s hand to when, hopefully, their bat smacks the ball for a hit. It may sound simple, but some pitchers can throw fast and sometimes they throw a curveball. Great hitters use their vision and spot the difference, helping them get a hit. Lose focus, and in the blink of an eye the pitch has whipped past them for a strike.

OVERTON - Could we see that again? The top two teams in Class D2, both in the State ratings and the NSAA point standings, squared off in the Subditrict D2-7 Title match Tuesday and it did not disappoint. Top-seeded Overton rallied after a sleepy start to wins sets two and three, but Cambridge - which hadn’t won a five-set match since 2017 - came back in the fourth, then dominated the fifth for a 25-23, 15-25, 22-25, 25-23, 15-8 victory over the Eagles, improving to 25-4 this season while Overton fell to 28-3.

SOUTHERN VALLEY - The Arapahoe volleyball team saw its season come to a close Monday night at the D1-10 Subdistrict Tournament. The Warriors had chances in each of the first three sets against fourth-seeded Alma (19-13), but ultimately dropped a 25-23, 22-25, 25-21, 25-16 decision to the Cardinals to see their season end at 7-17.

Audre E. DeVries, age 96, of Cambridge Nebraska, formerly of Beaver City, passed away on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at the Cambridge Hospital. She was born October 14, 1927, in Upland, Nebraska to Henry and Marie (Howell) Butenschoen. Audre attended school in Upland until her family moved to Arapahoe, Nebraska in 1942. After graduating from high school in 1944 she began her 36-year teaching career. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Kearney State College in 1968, making her the first person in her family to graduate from both high school and college.

EUSTIS - The third-seeded Hi-Line football team did a lot of the things a higher seed is supposed to do in taking down a lower-seeded, firstround opponent. The Bulls jumped on the visting Summerland Bobcats in the first half and enjoyed a 32-14 lead at the break.

Three area teams have advanced to district finals on Saturday by virtue of winning Subdistrict championships Tuesday night. Southwest (28-3), hosting the D1-11, swept its way past Maywood-Hayes Center to claim the title and will battle 15th-seeded Plainview (19-14) Saturday in the district final for a State Tournament berth.