Body SOUTHERN VALLEY - the Southern Valley boys basketball team dropped a pair of home games last week, falling to Gibbon on Tuesday and Dundy County-Stratton on Friday. The Eagles lost a 70-41 decision to the Buffaloes on Tuesday.

Body A huge first quarter wasn’t quite enough to lead the Hi-Line boys basketball team to a victory at South Loup Friday as the Bobcats rallied from a 22-point deficit to win win 74-70 in overtime.

Body GOTHENBURG - In the inaugural season of High School Girls Wrestling in Nebraska, the Southwest girls wrestling team will send a competitor to State.

Body KEARNEY - After an opening round loss to Pender at Saturday’s NSAA State Dual Meet, the Arapahoe wrestling team bounced back with consecutive wins over Alma and Ravenna to finish fifth at the event.

Body Boys District Wrestling Meets take place this weekend with four of area teams assigned to the District D1 Meet in Maxwell, while Southwest was assigned to the District D3 Meet in Burwell. Wrestling begins Fridat afternoon and wraps up with the bulk of the meets on Saturday.

Body Though official pairings were not set to be released until Thursday, area teams will compete in Girls Subdistrict Basketball Tournaments beginning on Tuesday.

Body BARTLEY - Southern Valley finished fifth, Cambridge took sixth and Southwest was eighth at the 16-team Southwest Invite Saturday. The Eagles scored 100.5 points and edged Cambridge by a half-point for fifth while Southwest scored 65 points at the tournament.

Body AMHERST - The Hi-Line wrestling team medaled two of its four competitiors and finished 11th out of 16 teams at the Fort Kearny Conference and Twin Valley Conference Tournament in Amherst last week.

Body The Southern Valley boys basketball team split a pair of games over the weekend, takig down Alma on the road before falling at South Loup.

Body ARAPAHOE - With a workmanlike effort, the Cambridge boys basketball team was able to grind its way to a 62-40 victory at Arapahoe Tuesday.