KEARNEY - For the second-straight year, the Maywood-Hayes Center girls basketball team battled Elgin Public/Pope John in a backand-forth battle for a trip to the State Tournament. And for the secondstraight year, the Wolfpack got the better of the Wolves with a 51-44 district final victory that propelled EPPJ to the State Tournament.

LITCHFIELD - After a 5432 setback in Thursday’s Subdistrict final at Dundy County-Stratton, the Cambridge boys basketball team earned itself a trip to a district final Saturday via wild card. But against another of the top teams in Class D1, the Trojans’ offense was suffocated by an active zone defense as Ansley-Litchfield rolled away to a 46-23 win to clinch a State Tournament berth.

BENKELMAN - After a sleepy start, the Cambridge boys basketball team awakened and exploded in and out of halftime to roll away for a 57-39 win over Hitchcock County in the first round of the Subdistrict D1-10 Tournament.

HAYES CENTER With victories Tuesday, the Maywood-Hayes Center and Medicinr Valkey boys basketball teams advanced to the Subdistrict D2-8 Finals on Thursday. Their paths through Tuesday’s contests were a bit different.

LOOMIS - Both the Arapahoe and Southern Valley boys basketball teams suffered similar fates at the Subdistrict D1-9 Tournament on Loomis. Monday, Arapahoe let an 11-point lead slip away and wilted down the stretch of a 45-43 defeat to Bertrand to see its season end at 12-13.

LINCOLN - As part of the McCook Bison Swimming team, Medicine Valley junior Kevin Bantam will compete in Friday’s NSAA State Swim Meet in four different events. Medicine Valley co-ops with McCook and swims for the Bison.

SOUTHERN VALLEY 'It's hard to beat a team three times.' No doubt, those words echoed for members of the Southern Valley girls basketball team as they prepared for last Thursday's subdistrict final against Alma, a team they'd battle for the third time in 22 days. Southern Valley had already handed the Cardinals two of their three losses ''It is hard to beat a team 3 times' was posted on the whiteboard in the locker room before the game,' Southern Valley Coach Richard McDonald said.

MAYWOOD - A new night and a new opponent, but the Subdistrict final result was almost identical to the first round for top-seeded Maywood-Hayes Center at the Girls D1-11 Tournament last Thursday. Two days after a 66-22 win over Hi-Line in the first round, the Wolves thoroughly beat Brady (13-11) 62-20 in Thursday’s final, improving to 21-2 on the season while advancing to a district final matchup Friday against Elgin/ Pope John.

Back-to-back wins last week improved the Medicine Valley boys basketball team to 9-11 on the season with just one game left. MV started off its week Thursday at home with a 5750 win over Maxwell (6-14).

CAMBRIDGE - With a big third quarter, the Cambridge boys basketball team avenged a loss to Alma from the RPAC Tournament with a 57-55 win Friday night at home. The Cardinals led early and maintained a 27-24 advantage at the half, but Cambridge scored 18 third-quarter points to move in front, 42-38, going to the fourth.