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.

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.

Southwest earned a team title while advancing eight wrestlers from the D-2 District meet hosted at Elkhorn Valley Saturday. The team earned 120 points for the District title. The top four wrestlers in each bracket advance to the State Meet hosted in Omaha.

Arapahoe earned a runnerup finish at the Class D-1 Districts while sending six wrestlers to the State Tournament this week.

Cambridge, Hi-Line and Southern Valley competed at the D-3 District meet hosted at Central Valley Saturday, Feb. 13. The top four finishers from each bracket punch their tickets to the State meet this week.