OMAHA - Leading up to the Class D State Wrestling Championships, Hi-Line senior Conner Schutz had been absolutely dominant on the mat. With a spotless 29-0 record, he had pinned all but two opponents and hadn’t been pushed even three minutes deep into a single match.

OMAHA - Southwest Wrestling Coach Jay Helberg said he wasn’t caught up watching the team standings as his eight wrestlers took the mat at the Class D State Tournament in Omaha last week. But at one point in the meet, a coaching friend came up to him and asked him how the Roughriders were doing.

Individual results for Southwest at the State Meet were as follows: D120 - Carter VanPelt (26-19) place is unknown and scored 3.o team points; Champ. Round 1- Dayton Gipe (Sandhills Valley) 39-1 won by tech fall over Carter VanPelt (Southwest) 26-19 (TF-1.5 2:14 (16-0)); Cons.

Arapahoe’s wrestling team brought home three medals from the State tournament — one fourth and two sixthplaces. Cambridge’s two grapplers at the meet and Southern Valley’s four were unable to land a spot on the podium.

CAMBRIDGE - It was a big weekend for youth sports in Cambridge as the Cambridge Youth Sports Commission held its annual basketball tournament, which drew 41 teams, Saturday before the Cambridge Wrestling Club held its tournament, which drew nearly 35o wrestlers, on Sunday.

Nine local wrestlers won medals at the Class D State Wrestling Tournament. A full recap, photos and coverage of a successful State Tournament can be found in a special section inside..

The Cambridge cheerleading squad finished on a high note as runners-up in the Feb. 17-20 Class D 2021 Nebraska State Cheer & Dance Championships in Grand Island.

The Lady Eagles (9-10) hit the road on Tuesday to take on Gibbon Buffaloes (2-18). The Eagles jumped out with a quick start in the first half and went into the half up by 27-15. The Buffaloes held fast with SV in the second half with the help of 3 point shooting by Gibbon Sr. Samantha Walker. However, the deficit was too large to overcome. Freshman Ann Bose helped secure the Eagle win with 28 points, 9 total rebounds, 8 deflections, and 7 steals. Kynlee Marquez added 7 points while both Krista Best and Brianna Quinn added 5 to the total to help the Eagles win 52 to 36.

CAMBRIDGE - With a pair of down-to-the-wire games Tuesday night, the Subdistrict D1-11 Tournament in Cambridge got off to a great start with the final to come on Thursday. Dundy County-Stratton was able to hold off a gallant rally from Arapahoe in posting a 48-46 win in the opener.

A dream over 20 years in the making sends two local students to state bowling. This year for the first time the NSAA made bowling a varsity team sport. In previous years bowling was only a club sport. Now students can choose to participate on the team just as they would basketball or wrestling.