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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Arapahoe competed at the Shelton Wrestling Invite on Saturday, Jan. 16. The team finished second at the invite behind Red Cloud-Blue Hill. Arapahoe earned 131 points, only one point behind Red Cloud-Blue Hill. South Loup was the third place team with 105 points.

EUSTIS - After a rocky shooting start Friday, the Arapahoe boys basketball team found the range in the middle quarters to bank a lead, then leaned on its defense for a 48-3o victory over Hi-Line. Arapahoe improved to 4-8 while Hi-Line fell to 2-11.