NORTH PLATTE - It didn’t take long to realize it just wasn’t the Warriors’ night at North Platte St. Pat’s Thursday.

ELWOOD - A 20-point third quarter from the visitors broke open a tied game at the half as Alma took down Hi-Line 42-30 Friday night in both teams’ season finale. Gage Rupp scored three times and ran for 168 yards for Hi-Line, but the Bulls fell into too big a hole to recover in finishing the season 1-7.

TRENTON - A few miscues put the Cambridge football team in a bind early and the Trojans’ offense couldn’t recover in a 34-0 defeat at Hitchcock Countu Thursday. The Falcons capitalized on a pair of short fields in the first quarter after a blocked punt and a fumble and grabbed a 16-0 lead four minutes in.

SUMNER - The Southwest football team took on one of the State’s very best Friday afternoon, but returned home with a 56-22 defeat, falling to 4-3 this season. The Roughriders fought a losing battle in field position as top-ranked Sumner-Eddyville-Miller needed only 225 yards of offense to score 56 points, including a 48-6 lead at the half.

The Maywood/Hayes Center football team went into its Friday contest against Bertrand knowing it needed a win to give itself a chance to make the Class D2 playoffs. The postseason wasn’t meant to be as the Wolves trailed 0-26 before finding the end zone in the second half of the 7-26 loss.

Friday’s wet away matchup at Paxton took its toll on the Medicine Valley football team. The Raiders lost the game 20-51 and suffered numerous injuries on the slippery field.

ARAPAHOE - While Hi-Line succeeded in making it a disjointed start for the Warriors in Friday night’s rivalry meeting in Arapahoe, it didn’t take long for the home town to flex its might and roll away to a 51-12 triumph to improve to 7-0 on the season.

HAYES CENTER - The Maywood-Hayes Center Wolves hosted the Republican Plain Activity Conference's 2024 Cross Country meet last Thursday, October 10. MHC placed third in the girl's race, Cambridge fourth, and Hi-Line seventh. For the boys, Cambridge placed fourth, Arapahoe fifth, Medicine Valley sixth, Southern Valley eighth, MHC eleventh, and Hi-Line twelfth.

After defeating South Loup, Maxwell, and Hi-Line last week, Cambridge's volleyball team heads into the RPAC tournament with a tenwin streak. The Trojans swept South Loup and Maxwell in a triangular last Tuesday, October 8.

WAUNETA - After a calamitous first quarter, the Southwest football team found itself fighting up hill all night at Wauneta-Palisade Thursday. The Roughriders trailed 18-0 after a quarter and 25-0 in the second before restoring some order with two scores to close within 25-12 at the break.