BARTLEY - After a frustrating contest the night before, the Southwest boys basketball team took it out on visiting Wauneta-Palisade Saturday as the Roughriders rolled to a 48-24 victory. Southwest jumped on the Broncos early, but had some trouble shaking completely free until the fourth quarter.

CAMBRIDGE - A hot start to the contests was enough to push the Cambridge girls basketball team past visiting Southwest Friday. The Trojans raced out to a 13-3 lead in the first quarter and, though the lead evaporated before halftime, it was enough to push the Trojans to a 42-36 victory.

Amherst Invite 2023 Results for Cambridge 106 - Micah Gerlach (15-2) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points; Quarterfinal Micah Gerlach (Cambridge) 15-2 won by fall over Donny Lawrence (Ansley Litchfield) 10-8 (Fall 1:09); Semifinal Micah Gerlach (Cambridge) 15-2 won by fall over Josiah Coleman (South Loup) 13-6 (Fall 3:40); 1st Place Match - Trax Trujillo (Aurora ) 4-0 won by decision over Micah Gerlach (Cambridge) 15-2 (Dec 10-5) 113 - Angel Rodriguez (156) scored 10.0 team points; Champ. Round 1 - Angel Rodriguez (Cambridge) 15-6 won by fall over Dylan Furstenau (Neligh-Oakdale) 7-9 (Fall 0:41); Quarterfinal - Morgan Bunner (Clarkson/Leigh) 19-8 won by fall over Angel Rodriguez (Cambridge) 15-6 (Fall 3:55); Cons. Round 2 - Angel Rodriguez (Cambridge) 15-6 won by fall over Wyatt Boon (Sumner-Eddyville-Miller) 3-7 (Fall 0:40); Cons. Round 3 Angel Rodriguez (Cambridge) 15-6 won by fall over Jacobi Thomas (Aurora ) 2-3 (Fall 2:27); Cons. Semi - Tristan Olson (Anselmo-Merna) 20-2 won by fall over Angel Rodriguez (Cambridge) 15-6 (Fall 2:23) 126 - Dierks Sayer (18-1) placed 1st and scored 27.5 team points; Champ. Round 1 - Dierks Sayer (Cambridge) 18-1 won by fall over Paige Hollers (Medicine Valley) 0-14 (Fall 0:04); Quarterfinal - Dierks Sayer (Cambridge) 18-1 won by fall over Reuben Reyes (Gibbon) 3-11 (Fall 0:37); Semifinal - Dierks Sayer (Cambridge) 18-1 won by tech fall over Chase Beitler (Hi-Line) 7-7 (TF-1.5 2:22 (15-0)); 1st Place Match - Dierks Sayer (Cambridge) 18-1 won by fall over David Molina (Gibbon) 16-8 (Fall 1:00) 138 - Jacob Corbett (15-3) placed 2nd and scored 22.0 team points; Champ. Round 1 - Jacob Corbett (Cambridge) 15-3 won by fall over Lane Stewart (Anselmo-Merna) 1-12 (Fall 0:22); Quarterfinal - Jacob Corbett (Cambridge) 15-3 won by fall over Dylan Higby (Clarkson/Leigh) 12-6 (Fall 5:26); Semifinal - Jacob Corbett (Cambridge) 15-3 won by fall over Kegan Payne (Neligh-Oakdale) 15-9 (Fall 0:44); 1st Place Match - Kyler Mosel (Plainview) 24-0 won by fall over Jacob Corbett (Cambridge) 15-3 (Fall 3:25) 138 - Carter Hanes (136) Champ. Round 1 - Carter Hanes (Cambridge) 13-6 won by fall over Isaac Chavez (Amherst JV) 4-5 (Fall 4:00); Quarterfinal - Kegan Payne (Neligh-Oakdale) 15-9 won by fall over Carter Hanes (Cambridge) 13-6 (Fall 1:36); Cons. Round 2 - Sam Bantam (Southern Valley) 4-11 won by medical forfeit over Carter Hanes (Cambridge) 13-6 (M.

MAYWOOD - Battling through a tough stretch of contests, the Hi-Line girls basketball team dropped a pair fo road games last weekend to Sumner-Eddyville-Miller, 47-27, and Maywood-Hayes Center, 65-26. Hi-Line fell to 3-5 on the season.

BENKELMAN - The Arapahoe wrestling team finished third at the 12-team Duundy County-Stratton Invite Friday, scoring 174 points. Rafe Hill led the Warriors with a first-place finish at 152 pounds while Grayson Koller (132) and Jacen Smith (285) each finished runner-up.

MAYWOOD - The Hi-Line boys basketball team was unable to erase a large deficit Thursday, then dropped another contest Saturday as it fell in both games last week to move to 3-5 this season. Thursday, Hi-Line couldn’t get its offense going through the first three quarters at Sumner-Eddyville-Miller as Hi-Line trailed47-26 to the fourth quarter.

BERTRAND - With a pair of clutch performances down the stretch, the Southern Valley boys basketball team earned its third- and fourthstraight victories last week, pushing past .500 for the first time this season at 5-4.

BERTRAND - With dominant victroies over Franklin and Bertrand last week, the Southern Valley girls basketball team continued its winning ways, extending its winning streak to five while improving to 8-2 this season.

CURTIS - The Arapahoe girls and boys basketball teams both overcame doubledigit deficits to post road wins at Medicine Valley Friday night. The girls team rallied back from an awful start and a 14-1 hole after a quarter to claim a 52-47 victory over the Raiders while the boys team scored 25 in the fourth quarter to erase a 10-point deficit and take a 61-60 triumph.

AMHERST - Area athletes won 14 medals and took three individual chmpionships at the Amherst Invite Saturday, a meet that included four of the top Class D teams in the State as well as a number fo rated Class B and C wrestlers. Cambridge’s Dierks Sayer (126), Southern Valley’s Cole Broeker (145) and Hi-Line’s Drew Knoerzer (285) each won individual championships while six others - Cambridge’s Micah Gerlach (106), Jacob Corbett (138), Adam Corbett (145) and Hunter Perks (285), Southern Valley’s Braxton Hammond (113) and Hi-Line’s Parker Schutz (120) - each finished runnerup.