After giving up 16 points in the first quarter, the Maywood/ Hayes Center football team buckled down on defense and earned itself a 22-16 win Friday night at Sutherland.

Four area cross country teams started off their seasons Aug. 27 at the Dundy County Stratton Invite.

The Medicine Valley football team scored at will, particularly in the first half of a 68-26 victory over Ansley-Litchfield Friday night. The Raiders scored 53 first-half points as Mason Roblee ran for 124 yards and three touchdowns and threw for 67 yards and two more scores.

After being swept at Bertrand on opening night Thursday, the Southwest volleyball team bounced back with a pair of gritty victories over Ainsworth and Axtell and finished runner-up at the Axtell Invite Saturday.

A tough final two minutes of the first half tilted Saturday’s season-opener away from Arapahoe and the Warriors began their season in defeat at the inaugual Eight Man Classic in Grand Island.