BERTRAND - The Arapahoe football team got off to a strong start, driving the field and scoring first at Bertrand Friday afternoon. But the good times didn’t last as the Vikings found chunk plays and kept the Warriors off the scoreboard until the fourth, rolling away to a 46-12 victory.

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FRANKLIN - For a second-straight week, the Cambridge football team hit the road and ambushed its opponent at the start, scoring 32 first-quarter points en route to a 68-32 blowout victory. The Trojans scored on their first four possessions and forced turnovers from Franklin on its first two times with the ball to build a 32-6 lead after a quarter.

ARCADIA - A furious second-half rally came up short for Southern Valley Friday night as the Arcadia-Loup City Rebels held off the Eagles, 48-38. After falling into a 34-8 hole in the third quarter, Southern Valley scored on its final four possessions to close the gap to 10 on two occasions.

CURTIS - On a beautiful morning for a run, area athletes got off to a strong start to their cross country season as an individual and team champion emerged from the Medicine Valley Invite Thursday. The Raiders’ Kael Garrett blew away the boys field, running a 17:31 to win the race by over a minute.

CAMBRIDGE - While smaller in numbers this season, the Cambridge Volleyball Invite has annually provided an early measuring-stick for teams to see where they're at, particularly for Cambridge and Southwest, who had met each other for the championship the past four seasons.

ARAPAHOE - The scoreboard did a great deal of heavy-lifting, particularly in the first quarter of Friday night’s season opener between Arapahoe and Cambridge. After Cambridge led 3216 through the first quarter, which took nearly 50 minutes to play, the Trojans controlled the game on the ground and won the physical battle to roll away to a 68-16 victory.

without challenges. In its 25-22, 25-17 win over Red Cloud, Cambridge trailed 14-6 in the first before rallying.

Courtesy RPAC Rundown BENKELMAN - The Cambridge and Arapahoe girls cross country teams finished first and second in the girls and second and third in the boys races at the DCS Invite Thursday. Lydia McGowen led Cambridge with a 3rd place finish and a time of 13:32.49, Briar Gunderson placed 5th with a time of 15:03.63, Katie Fegley placed 8th with a time of 15:39.72, Kylie Koeppen placed 10th with a time of 16:03.79, and Jensyn Weiss placed 11th with a time of 16:09.61.

Maywood/Hayes Center’s volleyball team got its season started on the right foot with sweeps of Sandhills Valley and Paxton Thursday. The Wolves jumped out to a 6-1 lead in the opener against Sandhills Valley while cruising to a 25-9 first set win.