The Southern Valley volleyball team notched its ninth and tenth wins of the year with three-set victories over Wilcox-Hildreth and Axtell last Thursday. The eagles opened the night by handing Axtell just its fourth loss of the season with a 20-25, 25-20, 25-18 victory.

SOUTHERN VALLEY The Hi-Line football team opened district play with a 48-26 victory at Southern Valley Friday. With a workmanlike effort, the Bulls opened a lead on the Eagles in the first half, then rode the advantage to victory. The Bulls forced five interceptions to keep the Eagles at bay in the first half, but weren’t able to put the game away until a touchdown with six minutes left pushed the adavantage to 48-26, which was the final score.

The Fort Kearny Conference presents a number of challenges in its volleyball schedule, but to play arguably the top two teams in one triangular made for a tough night for the Hi-Line volleyball team Thursday. The Bulls fell to Overton (17-1) and to Amherst (16-3) in straight sets Thursday and fell to 8-10 this season.

ARAPAHOE - The Southwest volleyball team hit the road last Tuesday and took a 3-0 win at Arapahoe. Errors mounted for both teams at times, but the Roughriders produced more offense in a 25-16, 26-24, 2515 win over the Warriors.

HAYES CENTER - In a meet delayed a day by inclement weather, the Cambridge and ARapahoe girls finished second and third and the boys finished third and fourth at the Maywood-Hayes Center Cross Country Invite. Rachel Harris led the Trojans with a third-place finish while Brenna Deterding was fifth and Kori Koeppen was seventh. Wallace took the team title by finishing three runners in the top four. Arapahoe’s River Einspahr led the Warriors in 10th place and Paisley Zodrow and Courtney Eidson took 16th and 17th. Cambridge’s JoLie Farr and Jensyn Weiss finished 12th and 13th for the Trojans.

After a week off, the Hi-Line cross country team got the chance to run in the crowded UNK field. The girls had 176 finishers in their race and the boys had 260.

SUTHERLAND - The Southwest volleyball team had another successful tournament performance Saturday at Sutherland, winning the first two matches of the day before falling in the tournament championship to No. 3 Overton. The Roughriders swept their way past Hitchcock County and South Loup, then pushed the 17-1 Eagles to the end, but fell in three sets to finish runner-up at the invite.

CAMBRIDGE - Onward. After moments of turmoil and anxiety got the best of the Cambridge football team early this season, the team attached itself to the word as a rallying cry to get to the next play.

BARTLEY - The Southwest football team returned home to host an undefeated guest Thursday night as Wauneta-Palisade came to town with a 3-0 record. The Roughriders were rude hosts, jumping all over the Broncos in the first half while rolling away to a 58-21 victory to improve to 3-1 this season.

ARAPAHOE - In a race to beat a storm, 11 local athletes medaled at the Arapahoe Cross County Invite Thursday afternoon at the Arapahoe Golf Course. The Cambridge girls team had two of the top three individuals and three of the top 11 as the Trojans finished runner-up to Wallace, who placed three in the top seven.