SOUTHERN VALLEY - For a while Friday, a cross-county rivalry between Cambridge and Southern Valley played out like one as the Eagles hung in with opportunistic plays on defense and kep within striking distance.

TRENTON - The Arapahoe volleyball team battled its way through a challenging triangular and tournament last week, but dropped each of the five matches it played as the Warriors fell to 1-7 this season.

Tuesday night brought us to the Lexington Invitational on the Johnson Lake Golf Course. We looked good as we battled the hilly terrain and bigger schools. I really appreciated how our girls responded to the hills.

KEARNEY - The Cambridge girls golf team enjoyed great weather and their best rounds of the year at the Kearney Catholic Awarii Challenge last week. Macy Jones (pictured above) finished 11th with a round of 91 while Jordyn Cross shot a 111 and Emma Rasmussen finished with a 118.

LOOMIS - Mixed in with a pair of defeats to Bertrand and another to Franklin, the Hi-Line volleyball team picked up its third and fourth wins of the season last week, defeating Cozad in a triangular Thursday before beating Maxwell at the Loomis 9/11 Tournament on Saturday.

IMPERIAL - The Cambridge girls cross country team took third place and had two top 15 medalists at the Chase County Invite last Thursday. Brenna Deterding led the Trojans with a eighth place finish and Rachel Harris was 15th.

EUSTIS - With a big-play rushing attack that gained steam as the game went on, the Hi-Line football team erased an early 10-point deficit and rolled away to a 44-24 victory over visiting Sutherland Friday.

BARTLEY - The Southwest football team held its home opener Friday when the Roughriders hosted visiting Red Cloud. Offense proved tough to come by for Southwest as the Warriors controlled the game with defense and rolled away with a 38-0 victory, dropping Southwest to 0-2 while improving to 3-0.

The Southern Valley/Alma Saints softball team watched the game slip away early and couldn't recover in a 13-5 loss to Cozad on Thursday. The Saints lost despite out-hitting Cozad nine to six.

The Arapahoe Warriors took on Medicine Valley on Thursday afternoon in Arapahoe. The Warriors defeated the Raiders 46-6. The Raiders started off with the ball and were forced to punt. Carl Nordine bobbled the punt, but was able to scoop it up and run 40 yards for the touchdown.