Body The postseason begins for area girls basketball teams next week and, though official pairings won’t be available until Thursday, postseason seedings were all but sewn up Tuesday.

Body TRENTON - Both the Maywood/Hayes Center girls and boys basketball teams surged through a busy and challenging week as they looked to collect mometum for the looming postseason.

Body ALMA - Houston Billeter scored 12 of his game-high 29 in the fourth quarter and led sixth-seeded Southwest to a consolation win over fifthseeded Hi-Line to close out the RPAC Tournament Friday in Alma. Southwest improved to 7-10 while the Bulls fell to 8-11 this season.

Body AMHERST - The Southwest girls claimed another team title and the Southern Valley/Arapahoe girls were third at the 22-team Amherst Invite Saturday.

Body ARAPAHOE - The Southern Valley wrestling team finished runner-up at the 14team Darrell Barnes Invite in Arapahoe. Cambridge was sixth, Hi-Line took 11th and Arapahoe was 12th in the team standings.

Body Wolves’ comeback falls short in title game MCCOOK - In one of the more entertaining girls basketball championship games the league has seen, East top-seeded Southwest outlasted West top seed Maywood-Hayes Center in the tournament championship Saturday, 61-57.

Body HEBRON - Southwest was first and Southern Valley/Arapahoe was fourth at the Thayer Central Invite last week.

Body RPAC Wrestling Tournament.

Body The East top-seeded Southwest girls basketball team rolled past eighth-seeded Medicine Valley in Saturday’s first round RPAC Tournament game, 46-18. The Roughriders scored 18 points in the opening quarter and stifled the Raiders while building a 31-5 lead at the half.

Body The sixth-seeded Southwest boys basketball team pulled off an upset in the first round, rallying from 13 down in the fourth quarter to knock off third-seeded Cambridge, 69-65.