SOUTHERN VALLEY With three challenging home contests last week, the Southern Valley girls basketball team took two of three and improved to 16-3 on the season. The Eagles scuffled Monday in a contest that Coach Richard McDonald said the team wasn’t ready for, falling 49-29, but bounced back with wins over Alma, 57-47, and South Loup, 49-33, to regain their winning ways.

ARAPAHOE - On a night where both teams struggled to make shots, the Southern Valley boys basketball team rode its defense and free throw shooting to a 47-41 victory at Arapahoe Monday. The Eagles shot just 33 percent from the field, but got to the line 20 times, making 14 and generating enough scoring to hold off Arapahoe.

TVC/FKC Conference Tournament Results for Hi-Line 106 - Collin Shutts (1814) placed 4th and scored 11.0 team points; Quarterfinal Collin Shutts (Hi-Line) 18-14 won by decision over Carter Trambly (Franklin) 14-20 (Dec 7-2); Semifinal - Clayton Scoville (Sumner-Eddyville-Miller) 26-13 won by fall over Collin Shutts (Hi-Line) 18-14 (Fall 3:39); Cons. Semi - Collin Shutts (Hi-Line) 18-14 won by decision over Evan Kucera (Pleasanton) 15-22 (Dec 9-4); 3rd Place Match - Connor Edwards (Hi-Line) 17-16 won by medical forfeit over Collin Shutts (Hi-Line) 18-14 (M.

MCCOOK - The Southwest girls basketball team won its seventh game in eight tries with a 51-38 victory over Wauneta- Palisade in Saturday’s RPAC Tournament third-place contest. The Roughriders started slow and trailed 9-6 after a quarter, but the offense heated up from there and Southwest pulled away.

AMHERST - The Hi-Line boys basketball team halted a three-game losing skid with a comeback win in the first round of the FKC Tournament Saturday. The Bulls erased a 13-point half deficit to turn back Overton by a bucket, 6765, and advance to the conference quarterfinals where they were downed by top-seeded Amherst, 75-48.

MCCOOK - The Girls RPAC Championship Basketball game Saturday brought together two teams with similar styles. As both the Southern Valley and Maywood-Hayes Center squads pressure, press and attack throughout a contest, the winner was likely to be the team that settled in and found a rhythm.

ARAPAHOE - Four local teams finsihed in the top seven at the Darrell Barnes Invite in Arapahoe Saturday. Cambridge finished runner- up to Hitchcock County by two points, 153-151, and Southern Valley took third with 107 points.

Darrell Barnes Invitational Results for Arapahoe 106 - Gage Gooden (4-15) Champ. Round 1 - Micah Gerlach (Cambridge) 32-5 won by fall over Gage Gooden (Arapahoe) 4-15 (Fall 1:04); Cons.

(Dec 9-7); Semifinal - Dierks Sayer (Cambridge) 32-2 won by fall over Aidan Shutts (Hi-Line) 17-14 (Fall 3:43); Cons. Semi - Corbin Carpenter (Arapahoe) 15-16 won by decision over Aidan Shutts (Hi-Line) 17-14 (Dec 5-3) 132 - Wryston Brell (21-13) placed 3rd and scored 18.0 team points; Quarterfinal Wryston Brell (Hi-Line) 21-13 won by fall over Gavin Dunse (Alma) 20-23 (Fall 1:48); Semifi nal - Alex Meier (Elm Creek) 23-13 won by fall over Wryston Brell (Hi-Line) 21-13 (Fall 3:58); Cons. Semi - Wryston Brell (Hi-Line) 21-13 won by fall over Jaret Neben (Hitchcock County) 8-12 (Fall 0:42); 3rd Place Match - Wryston Brell (Hi-Line) 21-13 won by fall over Alex Diaz (Arapahoe) 19-17 (Fall 1:57) 138 - Grady Schutz (20-10) scored 4.0 team points; Quarterfi nal - Kolton Goff (Cozad) 18-8 won by fall over Grady Schutz (Hi-Line) 20-10 (Fall 2:00); Cons. Round 2 - Grady Schutz (Hi-Line) 20-10 won by decision over Sam Bantam (Southern Valley) 8-17 (Dec 4-0); Cons. Round 3 - Grady Schutz (Hi-Line) 20-10 won by fall over Braydon Johnson (Alma) 10-13 (Fall 3:21); Cons.

SUMNER - The Hi-Line girls basketball team dropped its FKC Tournament opener in a bit of a rock fight Saturday at Axtell but bounced back with a 42-35 victory over Loomis in Monday’s consolation contest.