BARTLEY - For the first time in its consolidated history, Southwest girls basketball is headed to the State Tournament. With a resounding 6442 win over Pleasanton in Friday’s district finals, the Roughriders claimed the No.

YUTAN - The Southern Valley girls basketball team showed its championship fight and grit in Friday’s district final contest at Yutan, pushing eighth-seeded Yutan to the limit. But like a number of their defeats this season, the Eagles truggled to finish at the rim and that proved costly in a 5141 defeat, ending their season at 20-6.

By RONDA GRAFF LINCOLN - The McCook High School swim and dive team wrapped up the 20242025 season with numerous school records, The Nebraska High School Swim and Dive Championships wrapped up over the weekend with the swimmers racing in preliminary events Friday and the consolation and finals heats on Saturday at the Devaney Center in Lincoln.

HOMER - After a frantic, high-scoring and action-packed first half, the Maywood-Hayes Center girls basketball team weathered an early storm and put themselves in position to spring an upset and clinch a State Tournament berth at Friday’s district final in Homer.

CURTIS - With a strong second half, the Medicine Valley boys basketball team held home court and took down Southwest for a third time in Thursday’s subdistrict final, clinching a berth in the district finals and moving within one victory of the State Tournament.

While inclement weather butchered last week’s Subdistrict C2-9 Tournament schedule, it didn’t derail Southern Valley’s efforts in making another postseason run. The second-seeded Eagles cruised past Centennial, 47-30, Thursday then completed the Southern Nebraska Conference sweep with a 4440 victory over top-seeded Thayer Central Saturday to claim the title.

In a tightly-contested battle, fourth-seeded Centura made the plays down the stretch and sprung the upset over Maywood-Hayes Center at the Subdistrict C2-8 Tournament Wednesday. Centura led a good chunk of the contest, but the battle was back-and-forth as the Centurions carried a 35-33 lead to the fourth.

GRAND ISLAND - The Hi-Line boys basketball team saw its season come to a close at the C2 subdistrict tournament in Grand Island Monday as the Bulls fell to Heartland, 51-25. Hi-Line could not muster offense in the contest as the Huskies outscored the Bulls 14-5 in the first and 19-7 in the second to build a 33-12 lead at the half.

Scores Subdistrict D1-10 Tournament Wauneta-Palisade 51, Hi-Line 40 Southwest 62, Wauneta-Palisade 31 Arapahoe 53, Cambridge 38 Southwest 60, Arapahoe 41 Subdistrict D2-9 Tournament Dundy County-Stratton 60, Medicine Valley 10 Subdistrict C2-8 Tournament Centura 53, Maywood-Hayes Center 46 Subdistrict C2-9 Tournament Southern Valley 47, Centennial 30 Southern Valley 44, Thayer Central 40 Up Next Friday, February 28 District Championships Maywood-Hayes Center @ Homer 4 p.m. Southern Valley @ Yutan 6 p.m.

The Southwest girls basketball pushed its win streak to 21 with a pair of wins last week and a Subdistrict championship, advancing on to Friday’s district title match against Pleasanton. Arapahoe and Cambridge saw their seasons come to an end at the tournament.