Two weeks after the two needed overtime to settle a regular season result, secondseeded Cambridge leaned on its defense and shut down seventh-seeded Southwest for a 55-30 victory in Saturday’s first round. Southwest countered to close within 12-8 after a quarter after trailing 10-0 to start, but the Trojans dominated the middle quarters.

CURTIS - The 2024 Republican Plains Activities Conference Basketball Tournament opened play Saturday with first round games in the East played at Medicine Valley High School in Curtis. The Southern Valley girls certainly didn’t need a 40-point morning from Ann Bose in Saturday’s 64-28 triumph over seventh-seeded Bertrand, but they got one anyway.

With a 16-point fourth quarter, the Hi-Line boys basketball team escaped past Medicine Valley last week, posting a 55-47 victory, pushing over .500 with their third-straight victory. The game was tied at 39 heading to the fourth, but the Bulls got five points from Ryker Evans, who led the team with 19, and five more from Judah Niemeier in the final period to get to the finish.

The Medicine Valley girls basketball team exploded to a lead in the first half and built to to nearly 50 points before in the second half before taking a 63-18 win at Hi-Line last week. the Raiders outscored the Bulls 44-6 in the first half and led 57-8 to the fourth before Hi-Line enjoyed a 10-point quarter to close the margin a bit.

The Arapahoe bowling team is closing out its regular season in anticipation of next week’s distict meet at lexington. The Warriors squared off with Southern Valley in a dual last week and posted a 21-0 victory in the girls matchup and a 12-9 victory in the boys.

The Medicine Valley boys basketball team got a win under its belt last week, but a second opportunity for a win was postponed as frigid temperatures moved through the state. The Raiders’ fourth win of the season came in front of their home fans Jan.

Happy 2024 from the Nebraska Extension County Offices! We all have families, so here’s a few suggestions to get your new year started right. Even if you don’t have kids in the house a lot of these ideas pertain to adults too.

The Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS) awards banquet held on Saturday, January 13, was the culmination event for the program’s seventh year of farm management competitions. The TAPS program was created by University of Nebraska educators and specialists, as an innovative way of connecting producers to industry professionals and offering a way of testing out new, advancing technologies through farm management competitions facilitated in North Platte, Neb., at the West Central Research, Extension, and Education Center.

CAMBRIDGE - Pinpoint Communications announced Tuesday that it received additional Nebraska Broadband Bridge Program Grant Funding that will allow it to continue to expand its high-speed broadband service to underserved areas of Furnas and Red Willow counties.

CAMBRIDGE - The Tri Valley Health System Board of Trustees has commenced a search for a new CEO to lead Tri Valley Health System and expects to name a new CEO by April 1, 2024. Applications are being accepted until March 1, 2024.