CAMBRIDGE - In a rematch of last season’s Class D2 State Championship game, Overton again took down the Trojans. While the first set was a fight, the Eagles rolled from there to take a 25-21, 25-11, 25-11 victory over Cambridge, dropping the Trojans to 6-5 this season.

TRENTON - The Arapahoe volleyball battled through six matches in five days and gave most of their opponents all they could handle, but ended up with nothing to show for it. In Tuesday’s home triagular, the Warriors pushed Maywood-Hayes Center and Loomis both to three sets, but dropped both matches - 25-23, 23-25, 25-20 to MHC and 2516, 20-25, 25-23 to Loomis.

ELWOOD - The Hi-Line volleyball team took on the Southwest Roughriders at home last Tuesday, September 10. The Roughriders swept the Lady Bulls three sets to none, winning by over ten points each set.

The Medicine Valley football team was able to keep the pace with D6 No. 8 Garden County for two quarters, but a tough second half doomed the Raiders in a 12-49 road loss to the Eagles.

SUTTON - A difficult first month continued for the Southern Valley football team Friday when the Eagles traveled to Sutton and dropped an 81-6 contest against the Mustangs. Sutton ran for 363 yards and controlled the contest from the outset.

AXTELL - Stealing a page from Axtell’s first two opponents’ playbooks, the Cambridge football team dominated the second half and captured a 34-20 win over the Wildcats Friday night. While some costly mistakes put the Trojans in a 2012 hole at the half, Cambridge outscored the Wildcats 22-0 in the second half to improve to 2-1 on the year.

LEXINGTON - Hi-Line, Southern Valley, and Arapahoe cross country teams competed at the Lexington Invite last Tuesday, September 10. Olivia Wall of Hi-Line placed third in the girl's with a time of 24:46.5.

My personal connection with adoption began nearly 30 years ago. As my mentor Dr Holm and I hurried to the hospital, he told me about the child he and his wife Joanie had recently adopted. Rick loved being a father, even more, it seems to me, than he loved being a doctor. He couldn’t quite believe that he got to parent this amazing little person, that he was blessed not just with Joanie and his sons, but with this precious girl who was now their daughter. His besotted delight so moved me that I knew I wanted to adopt, too.

Our home of Nebraska is home to an array of people, places, and pursuits. It’s home to Husker football and the College World Series, our beautiful State Capitol building in Lincoln and our world-famous zoo in Omaha. Our state is made up of rolling plains and prairies, but also bustling cities and peaceful small towns. It boasts the breathtaking natural beauty of the Sandhills, where my husband and I raised our sons.

September 13, 2024 It’s been 23 years since radical Islamic terrorists murdered nearly 3,000 Americans on September 11, 2001. The innocent victims we lost on 9/11 weren’t just numbers. They were mothers and fathers, wives and husbands, daughters and sons. Many were heroes who risked their lives to save others. Each year on Patriot’s Day, we recommit as a nation to honoring their memories with our words and our actions.