Body ARAPAHOE - Usually, in the first couple of possessions, you can get a feel for how a game is going to go. Well, we were deceived to start this game.

Body CAMBRIDGE - The Hi-Line girls cross country team ran its way to the team title and two area runners finished runner-up individually at the Cambridge Cross County Invite Friday. For the girls’ teams, Hi-Line placed 1st, Cambridge placed 3rd, and Southern Valley placed 7th.

Body LINCOLN - Given an opportunity, last Wednesday’s Volleyball Day in Nebraska event in Lincoln was something no one wanted to miss. Medicine Valley High School took 60 students down to Lincoln to celebrate and a former local coach was honored in front of tens of thousands.

Body The Lady Roughriders and Lady Trojans golf teams competed at the McCook Invite last Friday. Southwest placed 6th of 9 teams with a score of 551. Emma Rasmussen of Cambridge placed the highest of both teams at 15th with a score of 110.

Body Halftime adjustments made all the difference in Southwest’s big win over South Platte Thursday. The Roughriders saw 11 pass attempts in last season’s 60-6 win over the Knights.

Body STAPLETON - By grinding out possessions and the clock, the Southern Valley football team won the fourth quarter and their season opener, 34-26, at Sandhills Valley Friday. The victory haulted a 12game losing skid for the Eagles and was their first win to open a season since 2018.

Body medals with as young of a group as that is. Our boys had a good race with two of them running their first 5K today. I think there is a lot of improvement to be made with both groups and I am excited to see that in the coming weeks.”

Body MULLEN - The Medicine Valley football team fell in its first game of the season at Mullen Friday night. Mullen was first on the scoreboard with a touchdown four minutes into the game, but the Raider were quick to respond.

Body FRANKLIN - The Arapahoe volleyball team took the road to Franklin last week and opened its season with a 3-0 victory over the Flyers. Arapahoe held the Flyers to a negative hitting eficiency in taking the 25-14, 26-24, 2518 victory.

Body STAMFORD - The Southern Valley/Alma softball team saw its busy weekend of games reduced to a lone home contest with Alliance because of thunderstorms that rolled through the region on Friday.