The Arapahoe junior high football team traveled to Cambridge on Thursday, September 30th, to take on the Trojans. The Warriors started the game off by recovering an onside kick. Carl Nordine put the Warriors on the board first when he broke free on a 22 yard touchdown run, and added the conversion to go up 8-0. Cambridge came right back and went down the field, but stalled out on the 15 yard line. The Warriors took advantage of getting the ball back, and this time Hayden Sich scored on a 50 yard touchdown run and Kade Fisher added the conversion to put the Warriors up 16-0. On the Trojans next possession, Sich forced a fumble that was recovered by Wyatt Soncksen on the Cambridge 35 yard line. Kade Fisher broke loose and scored from 25 yards out, but the play was called back due to a penalty. On the next play, Fisher found Briggs Hill for a nice pass, but he was marked down just short of the endzone as time expired in the first half. Cambridge kicked off in the second half and recovered an onside kick of their own. Cian McCorkle got the ball back for the Warriors when he fell on a Trojan fumble. The Warriors had to punt and the Trojans got the ball back. The Trojans found the endzone on a 30 yard run to cut the Warrior lead to 16-6. Again, the Trojans recovered an onside kick, but turned the ball over on downs. The Warriors came back and took the ball down the field. Sich finished off the drive for the Warriors on a 2 yard touchdown run to put the Warriors up 22-6. Cambridge turned the ball over again on downs on their next possession, and Nordine took the ball 40 yards on the first play for another score to put the Warriors up 28-6. Cambridge came right back and answered, running it in from 38 yards out to make the score 28-12. The Warriors next possession ended when Nate Stevens fumbled the toss from quarterback Hunter Jorschumb. Cambridge got the ball back and were unable to convert before time expired. Leading tacklers for the Warriors were: Sich and Nordine each with 9, James Weatherbee-6, Fisher-6, Trey Downey-5, Wyatt Soncksen-3, Kolter Eidson-3, Cian McCorkle-2, Jorschumb-1, Hill-1, and Drew Hermes-1.

SOUTHERN VALLEY- Last Thursday the Eagles of Southern Valley hosted a triangular with Hoxie, KS and Cambridge. In the first matchup, Southern Valley took down Hoxie in two sets with the scores reading 25-23 and 25-21. In the first set, it was a tight battle with Hoxie leading for a good chunk of the action as the Eagles struggled with errors while attacking and serving the ball. But, Southern Valley used a 6-1 run to take a 16-13 lead in the set. Hoxie though countered with a 7-1 run of their own making it 20-17 late in the first. The Eagles battled back with some tough defense and solid swings at the net including a set clinching kill from Adeline Hunt.

MAXWELL - The Cambridge football team rushed for over 250 yards and rolled away for a 40-16 win at Maxwell Friday, picking up its fourth win of the season while improving to 4-2. The Trojans forced five turnovers and scored once in each of the first two quarters to build a 16-0 lead at half before blowing the game open in the third quarter.

BENKELMAN - To cap a busy stretch of seven matches in five days, the Cambridge volleyball team swept past Medicine Valley and Dundy County-Stratton before dealing just the second loss of the season to Maywood-Hayes Center Saturday at the Dundy County-Stratton Quad.

The C.B. Preston Memorial LIbrary in Orleans is offering a weekly story hour beginning in October. The story hour is every Tuesday from 10 - 11 am and is open to preschool age children. There will be games, crafts and stories.

BERTRAND - In a wild contest that featured a little of everything, the Hi-Line football team faltered late in a 55-38 loss at Bertrand Friday afternoon. The Bulls held a ninepoint lead late in the first quarter, then trailed by 17 midway through the second, but rallied to within three two minutes into the third.

HAYES CENTER - Local teams dominated the field at the Maywood-Hayes Center cross country invite in Hayes Center Thursday. Southwest took the team title in the boys’ race and Arapahoe finished runner-up while Cambridge was third.

SUTHERLAND - The Southwest volleyball team domin ated the first two rounds of the Sutherland Invite Saturday, then ran a bit short in the final to finish runner-up at its second-consecutive invite. The Roughriders breezed by Dundy County-Stratton in the opener with a 25-4, 25-14 win.

ELM CREEK - The Arapahoe football team continued its recent surge of momentum with a dominant performance at Elm Creek Friday. The Warriors scored 22 points in the opening quarter and built a 35-6 lead at the half before finishing a 49-28 victory to improve to 5-0 this season.

BARTLEY - The Southwest volleyball team took down visiting Arapahoe in straight sets Tuesday. Southwest rolled in the first as Arapahoe struggled on serve receive, but the Warriors battled early in sets two and three, only to see the Roughriders complete the 25- 7, 25-17, 25-12 sweep.