High School Girls Basketball Scores Thursday, December 5 Wilcox-Hildreth 43, Hi-Line 22 Arapahoe 55, Overton 42 Hitchcock County 33, Cambridge 26 Southwest 63, Medicine Valley 23 Minden 55, Southern Valley 50 Friday, December 6 Dundy County-Stratton 61, Cambridge 31 Ansley-Litchfield 50, Hi-Line 27 Paxton 47, Medicine Valley 25 Elm Creek 46, Southern Valley 43 Maywood-Hayes Center 58, Wallace 16 Saturday, December 7 Arapahoe 48, Lawrence-Nelson 23 Maywood-Hayes Center 57, Southwest 48 Up Next Thursday, December 12 Hi-Line @ Southern Valley 6 p.m. Friday, December 13 South Loup @ Cambridge 6 p.m.

ARAPAHOE - It’s a tall task to open a new season against the defending State Champions, but the Arapahoe girls basketball team passed that test and another as it opened with wins at Overton and against Lawrence-Nelson last weekend.

The Cambridge boys basketball team will be looking for consistency in the second week of its season after losses to Hitchcock County and Dundy County Stratton to open the season. In their opener Thursday against Hitchcock County, the Trojans lived and died by the 3.

Cambridge’s girls basketball team has started its season 0-2. A slow start doomed CHS in its home matchup with Hitchcock County.

LITCHFIELD - The Hi-Line boys basketball team earned a split on opening weekend, rolling past Wilcox-Hildreth on Thursday before falling to Ansley-Litchfield on the road Friday. The Bulls met little resistance in a near-50-point win Thursday as they jumped out to a 15-3 lead after a quarter nd led 36-11 at the half before outscoring the Falcons 32-8 in the second half.

The Medicine Valley boys basketball team got an early taste of the RPAC conference last week, picking up a win against the East’s Southwest but losing to the West’s Paxton. The Raiders’ season started off strong with a 68-41 win in front of their home fans Thursday.

Nothing came easy for the Medicine Valley girls basketball team in its first two games of the season. The Raiders opened the season with a 23-63 home loss Thursday to Class D1 No.

The Hi-Line girls basketball team dropped the first two contests of their season, falling to Wiulcox-Hildreth, 43-27, on Thursday before a 50-27 defeat at Ansley-Litchfield on Friday. Against the Falcons, the Bulls had a solid first quarter, but scored just five points over the next two and saw Wilcox-Hildreth build a 42-16 lead through three.

The Southern Valley girls basketball team stumbled out of the gate with a pair of hardfought losses last weekend. The Eagles took on one of the tougher teams on their schedule opening night and fell to Minden, 55-50.

The Southern Valley boys basketball team dropped its first two contests of the season, falling to Minden, 70-33, and to Elm Creek, 53-40. The Whippets overwhelmed the Eagles in the first half, building a 43-15 lead at the break.