After being swept at Bertrand on opening night Thursday, the Southwest volleyball team bounced back with a pair of gritty victories over Ainsworth and Axtell and finished runner-up at the Axtell Invite Saturday.

A tough final two minutes of the first half tilted Saturday’s season-opener away from Arapahoe and the Warriors began their season in defeat at the inaugual Eight Man Classic in Grand Island.

Following a triangular sweep in McCook Monday night, the Southern Valley/ Alma softball team captured five wins in its first six games to open the season.

CAMBRIDGE - The three local girls golf teams opened their season Thursday with an abbreviated tournament at Cross Creek Golf Links in Cambridge. Over nine holes, Hi-Line’s Maddy Kugler took the individual title with a score of 42, beating out Cambridge’s Haley Evans, who shot a 43.

GRAND ISLAND — 8-Man football comes to Nebraska’s favorite Island next week as six top-tier high school programs face off in the inaugural 'Nebraska's Favorite Island 8-Man Kickoff Classic'. The one day football showcase will take place on Saturday, August 29th.

Franklin @ Arapahoe 6:00 pm Maywood-Hayes Center vs. Paxton, Sandhills Valley @ Hayes Center 4:00 Southern Valley @ Hi-Line (Elwood) 5:00 pm Southwest @ Bertrand 6:00 pm Saturday, August 29 Southwest @ Axtell Invite 11:00 am Tuesday, September 1 Cambridge @ Sutherland 5:00 pm Hi-Line @ Medicine...

It was a toasty weekend for legion baseball with games in the middle of the afternoon Friday, ------- Saturday and Sunday. After the completion of Saturday’s game, my family scattered to enjoy an evening out, but I had to race home because our old sow, Lizzie sure picks the best weekends to farrow.

LOOMIS - After both teams suffered lopsided losses on Friday to open the Area 6 Tournament, the Hi-Line and Cambridge-Arapahoe senior legion baseball teams squared off in an elimination game Saturday.

The Bobcat competitive coed cheer team didn’t just compete in the National Cheerleading Association College National Championship in Daytona, Fla., in April. The team earned a national championship in the Intermediate Large Coed NAIA Finals with an event score of 77.6991.

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