Thanks to some late game dramatics and a pair of double-digit wins, the Cambridge boys basketball team opened its season 3-0 after a 60-46 win over Southern Valley Tuesday.

The Trojans got a putback at the buzzer from Zach McArthur to force overtime at Hitchcock County Thursday night, then McArthur hit a game-winning layup for a 58- 57 win on opening night.

After a pair of defeats to open the season, the Hi-Line girls basketball team grabbed its first win with a 50-44 victory at Maxwell Tuesday.

The triumph followed losses to Wilcox-Hildreth, 45-14, on Thursday and to Ansley-Litchfield, 47-36, on Friday.

Thursday, the Bulls fell in a 14-2 hole after a quarter and trailed 24-2 at the half before the Falcons rolled away to a 31-point victory.

After a resounding victory on opening night, the Hi-Line boys basketball team dropped a pair of hard-fought contests with Ansley-Litchfield and Maxwell to fall to 1-2 this season.

The Bulls trounced visiting Wilcox-Hildreth on opening night, scoring 26 points points in the first and 19 more in the second to build a 45-8 lead at the break. From there, they coasted to a 68-26 win.

COLUMBUS - For years, a tug-of-war has ensued between the need for property tax relief and finding equitable ways to fund public schools in Nebraska. Many ideas have been floated in the decades-long search to lessen the burden of public education expense on landowners, but administrators from Columbus Public School may have developed a plan that could achieve one without harming the other.