BARTLEY - With a methodical style, the Southwest boys basketball team gave visiting Dundy County-Stratton everything it wanted last Tuesday, but came up a bit short in a 47-39 loss to the Tigers. The Roughriders led throughout the first half and enjoyed a 25-21 advantage at the break.

MERNA - With a marathon of a weekend, the Maywood-Hayes Center girls basketball team battled its way to three wins in three days and continued rallying momentum for the postseason. The Wolves improved to 18-2 this season with wins at Hershey Thursday, home against Hitchcock County Friday and at Anselmo-Merna Saturday.

BARTLEY - All six local wrestling teams wrapped up the regular season at the Southwest invite Friday in Bartley. Hi-Line led local teams with a seventh place finish while Arapahoe was ninth, Southern Valley was 10th and Southwest and Cambridge finished 14th adn 15th.

RPAC Rundown Athletes of the week honors go to: Karissa Stengel of Maywood-Hayes Center . In the RPAC West GBB Semi-final 52-45 win over Paxton on Thursday, Stengel tallied 15 points, 13 rebounds and eight steals.

The Cambridge wrestlers have had a great season collectively and individually with three Trojans collecting their 100th wins. (L-R) Tye Stanton, Dierks Sayer, Hunter Perks.

In a consolation battle Thurday, the Arapahoe girls basketball team wrapped up its RPAC Tournament with a 47-37 victory over Bertrand, pulling back to .500 on the season. The Warriors trailed early, but held the Vikings to 12 points total in the second and third quarters to erase a deficit and take a 31-23 lead to the fourth, where they salted the game away.

MCCOOK - After each suffered a disappointing setback in the semifinals a night earlier, it was Dundy County-Stratton that heated up int he second half to run away from Cambridge in Saturday’s RPAC Third Place Game.

106 1st Place - Connor Edwards of Hi-Line 2nd Place - Josh Russell of Alma 3rd Place - Evan Kucera of Pleasanton 4th Place - Weston Putnam of Elm Creek 1st Place Match Connor Edwards (Hi-Line) 26-8, So. over Josh Russell (Alma) 24-10, Fr.

EUSTIS - the Hi-Line girls basketball team opened its Fort Kearney Conference Tournament with a 47-20 defeat to Loomis Saturday. The Wolves jumped out to a 12-4 lead after a quarter and built a 27-7 lead at the break.

EUSTIS - The eighthseeded Hi-Line boys basketball team dropped its Fort Kearny Conference Tournament opener to ninth-seeded Pleasanton Saturday, 40-35. The Bulls remained in striking distance, but trailed much of the game after falling behind with a six-point second quarter.