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.

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.

ARAPAHOE - What looked like it might be a sweep for Cambridge last Thursday met some resistance from Arapahoe in the third set. But the Trojans finished the match in four to take a 25- 12, 25-14, 19-25, 25-11 victory.

CAMBRIDGE - Coming off its first loss of the season, the Cambridge football team returned home Friday for another tough matchup against Hitchcock County. The Trojans had their opportunities to try and climb back from a 16-0 deficit, but couldn't quite reach the end zone.

ALMA - Offense proved tough to come by Friday night for the Southern Valley football team at Alma. The Eagles managed just 107 yards in a 48-8 defeat to the Cardinals, falling to 1-4 this season.