In a consolation battle Thurday, the Arapahoe girls basketball team wrapped up its RPAC Tournament with a 47-37 victory over Bertrand, pulling back to .500 on the season. The Warriors trailed early, but held the Vikings to 12 points total in the second and third quarters to erase a deficit and take a 31-23 lead to the fourth, where they salted the game away.

MCCOOK - After each suffered a disappointing setback in the semifinals a night earlier, it was Dundy County-Stratton that heated up int he second half to run away from Cambridge in Saturday’s RPAC Third Place Game.

106 1st Place - Connor Edwards of Hi-Line 2nd Place - Josh Russell of Alma 3rd Place - Evan Kucera of Pleasanton 4th Place - Weston Putnam of Elm Creek 1st Place Match Connor Edwards (Hi-Line) 26-8, So. over Josh Russell (Alma) 24-10, Fr.

EUSTIS - the Hi-Line girls basketball team opened its Fort Kearney Conference Tournament with a 47-20 defeat to Loomis Saturday. The Wolves jumped out to a 12-4 lead after a quarter and built a 27-7 lead at the break.

EUSTIS - The eighthseeded Hi-Line boys basketball team dropped its Fort Kearny Conference Tournament opener to ninth-seeded Pleasanton Saturday, 40-35. The Bulls remained in striking distance, but trailed much of the game after falling behind with a six-point second quarter.

ARAPAHOE - It was a highly-successful day of competition for four local wrestling teams as two area squads tied for the team title and six individuals captured first in their weight brackets at the Darrell Barnes Invite in Arapahoe Saturday. Arapahoe and Cambridge finished tied for the team title with 123.5 points each and Hi-Line and Southern Valley both finished in the top half of the standings, taking fifth and sixth with 97.5 and 93 points, respectively.

MCCOOK - With a pair of one-loss clubs meeting in the RPAC Girls final for the second-consecutive year, there was plenty of familiarity going in. But after a first-quarter tie, Southern Valley took control in the middle quarters, running away from Maywood-Hayes Center to claim a 50-34 victory and the Eagles’ secondstraight RPAC Title.

CURTIS - The Southwest wrestling team medaled four of its five wrestlers and finished seventh at the 18-team Medicine Valley Invite Friday. The Roughriders’ Mitchel Stritt came away with a tounament championship, earning four victories along the way.

MCCOOK - In a methodical, half-court affair, the Maywood-Hayes Center boys basketball team had enjoyed the lead through much of the first three quarters of Saturday night’s RPAC Championship game. But after a three-point barrage from Alma, the Wolves found themselves trailing early in the fourth quarter.

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