PAXTON - In the first night of a holiday triangular, the Maywood-Hayes Center boys and girls basketball teams both emerged victorious over hosting Paxton Saturday. The girls ended a hardfought victory with an exclamation point, blowing Paxton away in the fourth quarter of a 56-31 victory, their seventh of the season.

ARAPAHOE - With a pair of dominant wins at the Bob Braithwait Holiday Tournament, the Southern Valley girls basketball team stretched its win streak to eight games and took the tournament title at Arapahoe over the weekend.

ARAPAHOE - The Arapahoe boys basketball team grabbed its first victory of the season and they and Southern Valley both defeated Franklin while falling to Blue Hill at the Bob Braithwait Holiday Tournament last weekend.

NORTH PLATTE Coming off the holiday moratorium, the Southwest girls wrestling team returnd to its early season successes with a fourth-place finish at the North Platte Invite Saturday. The Roughriders’ Rylan and Ambie Custard both remained undefated with championship finishes at 115 pounds and 130 pounds, respectively.

CAMBRIDGE - The first baby born at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital in 2025 will be the lucky winner of many gifts from local merchants. This will be the sixtyfi fth baby to claim “The First Baby of the Year” title at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital.

January 4 St. John’s Lutheran Church in Curtis celebrated its 75th anniversary on Sunday, December 31.