Girls Scores Maxwell 56, Medicine Valley 21 Arapahoe 55, Bertrand 26 Alma 71, Cambridge 26 Maywood/Hayes Center 71, Chase County 35 Brady 57, Medicine Valley 26 Dundy County Stratton 53, Southern Valley 27 South Loup 53, Hi-Line 43 Southwest 49, Axtell 36 Subdistrict D1-11 Tournament (Maywood) Southern Valley 60, Hi-Line 37 Maywood/Hayes Center 60, Southern Valley 39 Southwest 60, Arapahoe 57 Subdistrict D2-9 Tournament (Benkelman) Medicine Valley 50, Wallace 25 Dundy County Stratton 62, Medicine Valley 26 Cambridge 49, Hitchcock County 38 Upcoming Thursday, February 19 Subdistrict D1-11 Tournament (Maywood) Championship: Maywood/Hayes Center vs Southwest 6:30 Subdistrict D2-9 Tournament (Benkelman) Championship: Dundy County Stratton vs. Cambridge 6:30 Boys Scores Medicine Valley 68, Maxwell 59 Southwest 70, Axtell 25 Medicine Valley 51, Brady 27 South Loup 63, Hi-Line 54 Chase County 60, Maywood/Hayes Center 52 Dundy County-Stratton 76, Southern Valley 48 Bertrand 73, Arapahoe 29 Alma 52, Cambridge 44 Southwest 58, Sandhills Valley 28 Upcoming Friday, February 20 Dundy County Stratton @ Medicine Valley 6 p.m.

STAPLETON - The Southwest boys basketball team closed out its regular season with consecutive wins, downing Axtell, 70-25, and Sandhills Valley, 58-28, to improve to 9-13 entering next week’s subdistrict tournament.

The Hi-Line boys basketball team saw a fourth quarter lead melt away to hot-shooting South Loup Friday in a 63-54 defeat. The Bulls had built a 4237 lead through three quarters, but the Bobcats dropped 26 points in the final eight minutes to rally for the victory.

With subdistrict play scheduled to begin next week, the Maywood/Hayes Center boys basketball team continued to prepare with games against Wauneta-Palisade and Chase County. MHC kicked off its week by steamrolling WP 73-39 Feb.

As the postseason quickly approaches, the Medicine Valley boys basketball team ran its record to 13-8 with a Friday matchup with Dundy County Stratton the only game remaining on its regular season schedule.

CAMBRIDGE - Whether they caught the bullies of the RPAC peaking ahead to a Saturday tilt at the Heartland Hoops Classic or not, the Cambridge boys basketball team gave league champion Alma all it could handle Friday before falling late, 52-44.

Seven girls wrestlers from Southwest and Southern Valley/ Arapahoe clinched berths at the Class B State Tournament at district tournaments last week. A strong second season for the Southern Valley/Arapahoe girls wrestling co-op continued last weekend when SVA finished fifth and qualified four for State at the District B-1 Tournament in Plainview.

LINCOLN - Arapahoe’s Lauren Moore, a two-time State medalist, came up just short of a medal Monday at the Class B Girls State Bowling Tournament. Moore rolled a four-game total of 660, which finished tenth overall.

Area girls basketball teams will play their regular season finales this weekend, then enter postseason play Monday and Tuesday. Though subdistrict brackets were not released as of press time, the postseason outlook for hosts and assignments had taken shape Tuesday.

BARTLEY - Area boys wrestlers begin postseason Friday at the District D-3 and District D-4 tournaments at Elm Creek and Southwest. Southern Valley will compete at District D-2 in Elm Creek while the remainder of area teams - Arapahoe, Cambridge, Hi-Line, Medicine Valley and Southwest - will compete at the District D-4 Tournament hosted by the Roughriders in Bartley.