Our runners had a great day on Friday as we saw best of the year times from multiple runners and were able to come away with the girls’ team championship for the second year in a row. In the high school girls race, fastest times of the year were turned in by Payton Muegerl, Dallas Weitzel, Genesee Knackstedt, Whitney Page, Grace Schimmels, and Katlynn Parker. We were especially excited to put five runners in the top 15 and be able to edge out Elm Creek for the team title. Whitney Dickau ran a solid race to finish in 3rd as our high individual. She did a great job of battling through the middle part of the race. Payton and Natalie Malcom made some nice adjustments and were able to go after some key competitors. We have talked all year about how important our number four and five runners are and how instrumental they are in putting points on the other team. This team championship wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts of Dallas, Whitney Page, and Genesee who all put on gutsy performances to get us where we needed to be in order to win the title. Grace Schimmels had an especially nice run Friday, taking well over a minute off of her fast time on the year. Katlynn Parker also dropped several minutes as she is getting back into the groove after taking some time off with a back issue.

CAMBRIDGE - There were moments when the match was much more competitive than the score would have indicated, but the Cambridge volleyball team ended up rolling to a 25-15, 25-11, 25-7 victory over visiting Arapahoe Friday night.

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.