LINCOLN - Arapahoe’s Lauren Moore, a two-time State medalist, came up just short of a medal Monday at the Class B Girls State Bowling Tournament. Moore rolled a four-game total of 660, which finished tenth overall.

Area girls basketball teams will play their regular season finales this weekend, then enter postseason play Monday and Tuesday. Though subdistrict brackets were not released as of press time, the postseason outlook for hosts and assignments had taken shape Tuesday.

BARTLEY - Area boys wrestlers begin postseason Friday at the District D-3 and District D-4 tournaments at Elm Creek and Southwest. Southern Valley will compete at District D-2 in Elm Creek while the remainder of area teams - Arapahoe, Cambridge, Hi-Line, Medicine Valley and Southwest - will compete at the District D-4 Tournament hosted by the Roughriders in Bartley.

larger team, and that helps to place at meets as a team. Bart Deterding shared that he has been involved in wrestling for a long time, and he has seen programs grow and develop, as well as co-ops grow and fall apart.

CURTIS – The Medicine Valley School Board accepted the resignation of Acelyn Bonini as the fifth grade teacher/volleyball coach at the end of the current school year. The district is advertising to fill that position.

EUSTIS – The Eustis-Farnam school board held their monthly meeting on February 9. School board meetings during the second month of the calendar year are historically known for their brevity, and this meeting was no exception.

The Elwood Public Schools Board of Education met on Monday, February 9th, 2026. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. School board members Kristy Diefenbaugh and Bryant Knoerzer were absent. There was no public comment.

ARAPAHOE – During the February 9 school board meeting, members were updated on the January 22 field trip that three Arapahoe-Holbrook students participated in at the state capitol in Lincoln. Board member Erick Lee, who also serves on the NASB board and the State Board of Education, coordinated activities for Adellyn Hoefs, Hunter Jorschumb, and Thomas Magorian.

The Cambridge Board of Education met in regular session on Monday and, among other items, held a lengthy discussion on whether or not to continue its girls wrestling co-op with Southwest. After much public comment as well as additional discussion later, the Board acted to end the Trojans’ co-op with the Roughriders by a 4-1 vote.

CURTIS - At the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture, 2025 was defined not only by programs and progress, but by people. The faculty and staff who support, mentor, teach, and care for students every day continue to be the college’s greatest strength. Selected by their peers, the awards celebrated four individuals whose dedication, leadership, and service exemplified the heart of NCTA and the life-changing impact of a small campus with the critical mission of preparing students for agricultural and animal health careers.