Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department’s (SWNPHD) annual Walk to Health Team Challenge 2022 was recently completed. The program lasted for 12 weeks and included 263 residents of all ages. “The goal of the Walk to Health program is to get people to increase their activity level,” states Myra Stoney, Health Director of SWNPHD. “The results of the challenge were amazing, with 170,413,883 total steps taken by participants of the Walk to Health Team Challenge 2022.” Over 90% reported an increase in their activity level.

On September 30th, Cambridge alumni and University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate Christina Houghtelling Hudson will be inducted into the University of Nebraska Athletic Hall of Fame. Known for being an All-American and National Player of the Year for the Huskers’ Volleyball team, Hudson didn’t have dreams of volleyball greatness as a standout athlete at Cambridge.

The Oxford 10U softball team finished league champion Sunday afternoon, defeating Axtell in the finals. The Arapahoe 14U softball team finished runner-up at the league tournament, falling 2-1 to Axtell in the championship.

Esprit de Corps is a performing arts group based out of Lincoln Berean Church. The name means a common spirit of enthusiasm and devotion among members of a group. This group is devoted to the gospel of Jesus. Esprit is made up of around 75 high school students from over 25 different churches, representing many different denominations and several southeast Nebraska high schools.

The 37th Annual Holbrook Carp shoot was held on June 12th with 11 teams competing and 8 Kids also participating. In First Place was Don Loy and Cliff Jorgensen with 470.5 lbs.

Kids participating in the Holbrook Carp Shhot are pictured as follows, L-R: Merek Miller, Madux Miller, Brody Meier, Miles Stanton, Gauge Andrews, Gavin Andrews, Dakota Bufford, Not pictured Bryer Mowry

Top 3 Teams from the Holbrook Carp Shoot are pictured as follows, L-R: Jake Whipple and Jessy Alexander, Cliff Jorgensen and Don Loy, Matt and Dan Pearson..

BARTLEY – During the meeting on Monday, June 13, the village council took action to join the Nebraska League of Municipalities health insurance group for village employees. Under the new arrangement, the Village of Bartley will save $5,000 annually and provide the same Blue Cross/Blue Shield coverage for their two employees that they currently have.

NORTH PLATTE - The Southern Valley boys golf team finished eighth and the four of the six local golfers that qualified finished in the top half of the field at the Class D State Golf Tournament last week.

The West Girls and Boys took both of the 2022 CSO Allstar Game wins Friday night, but the East put up a good fight. The East Girls scored 36 while the West Girls scored 47. For the most part the East girls kept the deficit in the single digits, but they couldn’t pull ahead. Schyler Hoberty of Cambridge and Krista Best of Southern Valley scored 6 points apiece. Autumn Deterding of Cambridge scored 4 points and her teammate Paige Klumpe had several blocks. Arapahoe’s Hope Koller fired off 6 points- all in the second quarter- and was named the East Girl’s MVP.