to a horrendous start in the second. Cedar Catholic flummoxed Cambridge with its serve and grabbed a 14-3 lead.

LINCOLN - For the first 15 minutes or so of Southwest’s opening round game at the Class C2 State Volleyball Tournament last Thursday, it looked as if only one team was taking the match seriously. The Roughriders laughed the defending State Champion Oakland-Craig Knights off the floor in the opening set, winning 20 of the game’s first 26 rallies en route to a 25-13 opening victory.

ARAPAHOE - The Arapahoe-Cambridge Unified Bowling team is off to a strong start this season and will be hosting a pair of competitions next week. Unified bowling is a club sport sponsored by the Nebraska School Activities Association that pairs athletes from schools’ special education departments with peers that are not. Bowling teams made up of three people - one athlete from the special education unit and two partners that are not. The three alternate frames and work together for a total game score. Schools or coops, like Arapahoe and Cambridge have done for the past several years, can have as many teams as they want, though some tournaments limit participation. The district tournament allows only one team. “Unified bowling is a great sport,” Coach Angie Moore said. “It’s designed for the athlete to learn social interaction and to be a part of a team while teaching the partners inclusion and understanding that there are people different than them. We have so much fun.”

LINCOLN - Just a couple more points. Second-seeded Cambridge needed no additional warning of the threat seventh-seeded Cedar Catholic presented in the First Round of the Class D1 State Volleyball Tournament Thursday.

High School Distinctive Honor Roll Seniors: Karsyn Benson, Jordyn Cross, Jacey Kent, Kori Koeppen, Breelle Miller, Brodie Mitchell, Lillian Sayer. Juniors: Brenna Deterding, Leah Downer, Jalen Kent, Kamryn McArthur, Emma Rasmussen.

7th Grade: Hailey Edwards*, Christdolyn Hagan*, Landon Heiter, Kylee Kubert, Paisley ieman, Carson Saunders, RiLee Schutz. 8th Grade: Kara Brockman*, Lillian Palmer*, Noelle Rand*, Adrianna Seberger*, Karter Tilson*.

Seventh Grade Distinctive Payton Adams, Riley Aerni, Alyssa Basnett, Laney Becker, Ludick Botha, Dean Collins, Sophia Cunningham, Hailey Fries, Anna Hamilton, Chloe Henry, Emercen Lovitt, Stella Minarik, Adrian Robinson, Fallon Robinson, Bryton Stalder, Marshall Whitney, Honor Roll Caleb Gavierez. Eighth Grade Distinctive Sullivan Bantam, Dawson Bieghler, Bennet Jorgenson, Mikah Schultz, Addelyn Warner.

Arapahoe First Quarter Merit Honor Roll Seniors: Courtney Eidson, Addie Jeffcoat, Chambrae Klein, Jacob Moore, Leigha Odell, Emerson Swanson, Haiden Van Houtan, Gentry Warner. Juniors: Titus Goshert.

ELMWOOD - For three quarters, the ninth-seeded Hi-Line football team stood toe-to-toe at eight-seeded Elmwood-Murdock Friday night, even after missed opportunities had cost the Bulls a chance to play with the lead.

LINCOLN - The Southwest football team’s 5-3 regular season was rewarded with a berth in the Class D6 playoffs Friday. Their reward came with a pricetag, though, as the Roughriders were shipped to Lincoln to face one of the very best six-man teams in the State.