Stalder (106), Chase Hamilton (120) and Nate Grilli (190) took third in their respective weight classes. Trey Broeker (285) finished fourth for the Eagles. Sully Bantam (138) and Prestin Horwart (150) each earned victories at the tournament for Southern Valley as well.

EUSTIS - After Maxwell blitzed the Hi-Line boys basketball team at the outset, the Bulls settled in and shut the Wildcats down in the second half to post a 59-54 comeback victory. The Bulls trailed 26-13, but after the explosive first eight minutes for the Wildcats in which they hit five threes, Hi-Line clamped them down.

SOUTHERN VALLEY Any frustrations the Southern Valley girls basketball team felt about dropping their first two games of the season were taken out on last week’s opponents as Southern Valley walloped Cambridge, Hi-Line and Overton to improve to 3-2 this season.

control,” Lovin said. “We don’t want to go at a snail’s pace, but we also don’t want to go with our hair on fire.

MCCOOK - At the Cattle Trail Tournament, Southwest, Maywood-Hayes Center and Arapahoe boys basketball teams finished in consolation rounds over the weekend. After a first round win, Southwest dropped their semifinal contest to Medicine Valley Friday, 63-37.

MCCOOK - The Maywood- Hayes Center and Arapahoe girls basketball teams closed out their Cattle Trail Tournaments with victories while Medicine Valley finished eighth. Maywood-Hayes Center stumbled late in its Friday night semifinals, falling to Oberlin after being shut out in the fourth quarter.

The Arapahoe bowling teams traveled to a tournament and the girls finished fourth while the boys took seventh on Saturday. For the girls, Grace Andrews, Molly Elliott, and Lauren Moore all were above a 425 series and Andrews set a new personal-best wiht a 178, leaving only one open frame.

CAMBRIDGE - The Cambridge girls basketball team did not allow a point for the first 12 minutes of the contest and rolled away from South Loup, 5420, to notch their first win of the season Friday. The Trojans led 14-0 after a quarter and 20-0 in the second quarter before the Bobcats finally scored.

helped along by free throw shooting. The Raiders made 11-22 free throws in the game compared to 3-11 for MHC, The Tuesday win was followed up by a Friday victory over Southwest, MV’s second win over the Roughriders this season.

The prestigious Tri Valley Medical Foundation Merle Jane Harpst Awards were presented to one licensed and one non-licensed Tri Valley Health System employee at the Tri Valley Health System Holiday Party held on Saturday, December 7th. The Merle Jane Harpst award was established in 1998 to honor the late Merle Jane Harpst and her 20 plus years as an employee and administrator at Cambridge Memorial Hospital and Tri Valley Health System.