NORTH PLATTE Amidst a brutal scheduling stretch, the Hi-Line football team again was able to hang around for a half, but a 22-point third quarter for North Platte St. Pat’s blew the game open and the Irish rolled away to a 50-14 win Friday.

CAMBRIDGE - Untimely penalties and a lack of execution proved costly Friday afternoon as Cambridge dropped its Homecoming football game, 36-16, to visiting Loomis. The 5-0 Wolves used a pair of second-quarter scores to build a 22-0 lead at the half, but Cambridge had opportunities to keep the score closer.

ALMA - In what ended up being the final game of Southern Valley’s football season, the Eagles dropped a road contest at Alma Friday, 52-0. Southern Valley enjoyed its best offensive success in terms of moving the football that it had all season, but the Eagles were unable to finish drives.

each had nine digs, and Suttyn Shafer had another eight. Bahe set fourteen assists against the Roughriders, and Desi Farner led both teams with thirty-three serve receptions.

After back-to-back weeks against ranked teams, the Maywood/Hayes Center football team is ready to learn from games against Class D2 No. 9 Loomis and No.

The Maywood-Hayes Center volleyball team played McCook, Holdrege, and St. Cecilia in a tournament last Saturday, September 28. The Wolves beat McCook but were swept by Holdrege and St. Cecilia, making their record 14-4.

The Southwest football team found plenty of success through the air, but the Roughriders had few answers in slowing down the Wildcats in a 67-45 loss at Wallace Friday. Houston Billeter completed 29 of 40 passes for 402 yards and six touchdowns in the defeat as Trenton Williams had 16 catches for 243 yards and four scores and Deric Kelley added eight grabs for 128 yards and two touchdowns.

CURTIS - After a stretch of six losses in seven matches pushed Cambridge under .500 for the first time in seven years, the Cambridge volleyball team has bounced back and built some momentum. The Trojans took down rival Southern Valley in five sets last Tuesday, then traveled to Medicine Valley Thursday and earned a sweep to improve to 10-7 on the season.

ARAPAHOE - A handful of local schools competed in the Arapahoe Cross Country Invite last Thursday, including Arapahoe, Cambridge, Hi-Line, Maywood-Hayes Center, Medicine Valley, Southern Valley, and Southwest.

SOUTHERN VALLEY - In btoh team’s district opener, the Arapahoe football team ran through Southern Valley Friday ngiht, 67-6, to improve to 4-0 while the Eagles fell to 0-4. Arapahoe ran for 411 yards in the contests and had two 100-yard rushers as the Warriors scored five first-quarter touchdowns and built a 47-0 lead at halftime.