Cambridge girls down Wauneta-Palisade, finish third After a difficult loss to Alma in the tournament semifinals, the Cambridge girls used a 21-point fourth quarter to pull away from Wauneta-Palisade and win Saturday’s third-place game, 52-42. Cambridge led early, but the Broncos closed the gap to two at the half, then finally took the lead early in the fourth quarter.

WILCOX - The Hi-Line girls basketball team dropped its tournament opener Saturday, 51-40, to WilcoxHildreth. The Falcons controlled the first half with 31 points and built a 31-18 lead at the break.

Cambridge falls to Southern Valley, Bertrand The Cambridge boys basketball team dropped its final two games of the RPAC Tournament, falling to Southern Valley in a hard-fought quarterfinal contest Wednesday before coming up short against Bertrand in a consolation game Friday. Against the Eagles, the Trojans fought an up-hill battle throughout the game, but refused to go away after trailing Southern Valley by double-digits on three different occasions.

ELM CREEK - The HiLine boys basketball team sprung an upset in the first round of the Fort Kearny Basketball Tournament Saturday, but couldn’t replicate the feat Tuesday as the Bulls fell in the quarterfinals to secondseeded Elm Creek, 84-50. The Bulls used strong finishes to both halves to take down seventh-seeded WilcoxHildreth on Saturday, 63-54.

CAMBRIDGE - With a snow storm impeding progress of the week-long RPAC Basketball Tournament, the quarterfinal rounds were each pushed back a day to Tuesday and Wednesday. The Cambridge girls punched their ticket through to the semifinals Tuesday night with a 41-24 upset over second-seeded Medicine Valley.

Southwest earned a conference championship at the RPAC tournament on Friday, Jan. 22.

Hi-Line finished in 13th of 19 teams at the South Loup Invite. Plainview won the invite with 184 points. Mullen, 111, and Ansley-Litchfield, 105, followed in second and third, respectively. Other team in the respective finishes were Sutherland, 99; Twin Loup, 87; Palmer, 83; Axtell, 58; Sandhills-Thedford, 53; South Loup, 51; Brady, 46; Elm Creek and North Platte St. Patrick’s, 45 each; HiLine, 44; Sumner-EddyvilleMiller, 42; Hershey, 38; Sandhills Valley, 26; Overton, 35; Broken Bow JV, 21; and Wilcox-Hildreth, o.

Arapahoe girls fall to Med Valley, knock off Bertrand The seventh-seeded Arapahoe girls nearly pulled off the upset of the tournament Saturday when they held a double-digit lead on second-seeded Medicine Valley before falling 57-51 in overtime. The Warriors bounced back Tuesday with a dominant 52-34 consolation win over Bertrand.

The Medicine Valley boys basketball team picked up a comfortable victory over HiLine Thursday, thanks to a big first half offensively. The Raiders jumped ahead 21-7 after a quarter and held a 40-13 lead at the break before the Bulls held their own in the second half in a 66-38 Raiders win.

The Medicine Valley girls basketball team played from in front and, while it had a hard time shaking loose from the Bulls, earned a victory over Hi-Line Thursday. The Raiders controlled the first and third quarters and broke even in the second to build a 39-3o lead through three quarters, then held on for a 51-44 victory, their eighth of the season.