BENKELMAN - The Southern Valley football team dropped a 50-8 decision at Dundy County-Stratton Thursday night as the Eagles season winds to a close. The Tigers rushed for 324 yards and the Eagles struggled to gain much traction offensively as DCS built a 20-0 lead after a quarter and scored twice more in the second to lead 34-8 at halftime.

PAXTON - With a 26-point fourth quarter, the Southwest football team grabbed its first win of the season with 42-34 triumph at Paxton Friday. A touchdown run from Hunter Cunningham put Southwest up on the first play of the fourth quarter, 24-20, and Jacob Kerns added two rushing scores in the fourth to help the Roughriders build a 36-27 advantage with four minutes left.

The Arapahoe junior varsity football team traveled to Southern Valley on Monday, October 11th to take on the Eagles. The game started out with both teams trading possessions until the second quarter when the Eagles scored on a 14 yard completion to take the lead 8-0. The Warriors answered right back when Austin Warburton broke a 54 yard touchdown run up the sideline. Trenton Roskop added the conversion to tie the game 8-8 going into halftime. The Eagles came out in the second half and scored on their first two possessions to go up 22-8. The Warriors answered when Warburton got free on another long run, this time from 38 yards out. Warburton also added the conversion to cut the lead to 22-16. The Warrior defense toughened up and Alex Diaz intercepted an Eagle pass to give the Warriors the ball back with a chance to take the lead. The Warriors got the ball down to the 5 yard line before stalling out. The defense forced another punt by the Eagles, but the offense failed to get into the endzone. The Eagles were able to run out the clock and seal the 22-16 victory. Leading tacklers for the Warriors were: Grayson Koller-8, Kyle Elliot-7, Titus Goshert-6, Roskop-6, Warburton-4, Diaz-3, Eli Shafer-3, and Taylor Jones-1. The Warriors finished their junior varsity season with an 0-6 record.

The Arapahoe junior high football team faced off against the Alma Cardinals on Tuesday, October 5th. The Cardinals scored first on an 11 yard pass to go up 8-0. The Warriors came right back on the next possession and Carl Nordine scored from 3 yards out and Hayden Sich added the two point conversion to tie the game up at 8. The second quarter was all Cardinals as they racked up 20 unanswered points to take a 28-8 lead into halftime. The Cardinals came out in the second half and scored on their next two possessions to go up 44-8. The Warriors found the endzone again on their next possession when Kade Fisher connected with Briggs Hill on a 41 yard completion for the score. The Cardinals added one more touchdown to make the final score 52-14. Fisher finished with 77 yards through the air, and Nordine had 48 yards on the ground for the Warriors. Leading tacklers for the Warriors were: Sich-7, Nordine-5, Fisher-4, Cian McCorkle-3, Jordan Holstein-1, Edwin Mendez-Carcamo-1, Hill-1, James Weatherbee-1, Trey Downey-1, Taydem Zodrow-1, and Dristen Warburton-1.

ARNOLD - In a match that saw five different varieties of sets, the Southern Valley volleyball team emerged victorious in five with a 20-25, 25-14, 256-24, 18-25, 15-13 win at South Loup last Thursday.

CAMBRIDGE - The Cambridge volleyball team grabbed a 3-0 win over Hi-Line Friday in a match that Hi-Line often led early, but the Trojans controlled late. The Bulls had leads in each of the final two sets but breakdowns in serve receive and strong net play from the Trojans eventually led Cambridge to take control in a 25-13, 25-15, 25-16 victory.

ARAPAHOE - The Arapahoe volleyball team picked up its sixth win of the season with a quick 25-18, 25-14, 25-18 sweep of Northern Valley Thursday. The Warriors held the Huskies to -.113 hitting and rolled to victory in each set behind a balanced offense and strong serving.

PAXTON - The Southwest volleyball team ended a difficult four-game skid with a dominant 25-10, 25-15, 25-18 victory at Paxton Friday night. The Roughriders controlled the match with offense, pounding 41 kills while serving eight aces.

Thursday, October 14: Cross Country Districts TBA; 2:30 p.m.-JH Volleyball @ Medicine Valley. Friday, Octobr15: 4:00 p.m.-Volleyball @ Eustis with Hitchcock County; 7:00 p.m.-Football @ Eustis with Hitchcock County.

ELWOOD - Facing off against the defending State Champion Dundy County-Stratton, winners of 17-straight games coming in, the Hi-Line football team didn’t stray from what it does best. The Bulls ran the ball right at the Tigers.