BERTRAND - A strong shooting night from a freshman guard wasn’t enough to push the Southern Valley boys basketball team on to victory as Loomis ended the Eagles’ season with a 61-45 victory in the Subditsrict D1-9 Championship.

HERSHEY - A fourthquarter surge wasn’t enough to push the Hi-Line boys basketball team past Hershey in the Subdistrict C2-11 Final Thursday. The top-seeded Panthers hedl the Bulls in check through three quarters, then leaned on the lead they had built to take a 50-40 victory over Hi-Line, ending the Bulls’ season at 7-15.

AURORA - A strong start set the table. From there, its was about making just enough plays to hold on.

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HAYES CENTER - In the Subdistrict D1-11 Championship Thursday, top-seeded Maywood-Hayes Center flexed its muscle and threatened to run second-seeded Cambridge off the floor early. The Wolves, who had defeated the Trojans 63-32 in late December, jumped out to a 16-7 lead after a quarter and stretched the lead to 11 early in the second.

ALMA - For better than three quarters Thursday night, second-seeded Arapahoe was checking all the boxes to pull off an upset of top-seeded Alma and claim the Subdistrict D1-10 Championship. The Warriors, which had lost to Alma 59-39 two weeks earlier, jumped out to an early lead, battled on the boards, limited turnovers and answered each and every run the Cardinals made.

BENKELMAN - Three local boys basketball teams saw their seasons come to an end this week at the Subdistrict D111 Tournament. Monday, the fourth time was the charm for fifth-seeded Southwest against fourth-seeded Arapahoe.

OMAHA - Six area athletes earned medals and two local teams finished in the top 20 of Class D at the NSAA State Wrestling Championships in Omaha last weekend. Southern Valley scored 43 points to take 17th place and had all three of its qualifiers medal, led by a thrid-place finish from 113-pound Braxton Hammond.

SOUTHERN VALLEY - After a competitive first quarter, the Southern Valley girls basketball team needed just eight minutes to tilt the scales and run away with the Subdistrict C2-11 Title Friday. The Eagles outscored North Platte St.

Both the Hi-Line and Southern Valley boys basketball teams kept their seasons alive with clutch performances late Tuesday at their respective subdistrict tournaments. Fourth-seeded Southern Valley, which pulled away from a tight game at halftime in the first round Monday to post a 60-39 win over fifthseeded Wilcox-Hildreth, held off top-seeded Bertrand Tuesday for a 52-49 win.