OMAHA - Overton the course of five days split between two separate tournaments, local wrestlers excelled at the State Wrestling Championships in Omaha. At the Class B Girls Tournament Tuesday and Wednesday, all seven qualifiers won at least a match and three medaled, led by a State Championship from Southwest’s Madelyn Tryon at 235.

OMAHA - The Girls State Wrestling Tournament has been all too familiar for Southwest’s Madelyn Tryon. The senior had qualified all four years of high school, medaling sixth both her sophomore and junior seasons.

HAYES CENTER - As owners of a 22-3 record, Subdistrict champions and the number 3 seed of 16 for Friday’s Class D1 district championships, the Maywood-Hayes Center girls basketball team hoped to land a favorable matchup for Friday’s district final.

BENKELMAN - The Cambridge girls basketball team leaned on its defense to hang around with No. 1 Dundy County Stratton for a while in Thursday’s Subdistrict Championship, but the Tigers eventually opened the floodgates and the Trojans’ offense couldn’t respond.

were just hoping we’d be given a second chance and they were all very excited when we got the news that we made a district final.” The gift of a second chance is only worthwhile if you make the most of it, something the Warriors have kept in mind while they prepped for the Bulldogs. “One thing we’ve talked about this week is being grateful for this opportunity and not wasting it,” Blackmore said.

Girls Scores Subdistrict D1-11 Tournament (Maywood) Maywood/Hayes Center 53, Southwest 42 Subdistrict D2-9 Tournament (Benkelman) Dundy County Stratton 60, Cambridge 21 Upcoming Friday, February 27 District Finals Weeping Water @ Maywood/Hayes Center (Hayes Center) 5:30 Sumner-Eddyville-Miller @ Cambridge 6 p.m. Arapahoe @ Shelton 7 p.m.

CAMBRIDGE - A familiar foe that stressed the Cambridge volleyball team in November will return to confront the Trojans’ basketball team in Friday’s district championship game. Cambridge earned the number five seed for Friday’s Class D2 district final against 12th-seeded Sumner-Eddyville- Miller.

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MAYWOOD - Top-seeded Maywood/Hayes Center coasted to a victory behind a strong defensive performance and third-seeded Southwest stunned second-seeded Arapahoe Tuesday night at the Subdistrict D1-11 Tournament.

Area boys basketball teams are the final entrants into postseason play, which begins Monday at subdistricts. Arapahoe, Cambridge, Southern Valley and Southwest will contend at the Subdistrict D1-11 Tournament, hosted by Bertrand beginning Monday with the Warriors and Eagles squaring off.