Broken Bow traveled to Hershey on Tuesday for a girls and boys basketball doubleheader. The Broken Bow girls fell behind in the 4th quarter but knocked down five 3’s in the final quarter to comeback and tie the game at 48-48 at the end of regulation to force overtime. Broken Bow outscored Hershey 6-3 in overtime to win 54-51 and claim their fourth victory in a row to improve to 5-3. Jayden Gaffney led Broken Bow in scoring with a team high 18 and Charlee Myers also finished in double figures with 12. In the boys game, Hershey held off Broken Bow to secure a 63-52 win. Broken Bow had three players finish in double figures led by Drew Ellis who had a team high 14 points. Adrian Gibbons scored 11 points and Dominic Nowak had 10 for the Indians who fall to 4-3 overall. The Broken Bow girls and boys basketball teams will next compete at the Boone Central Holiday Tournament. Both teams will face Alliance in the opening round on December 30.
Other area scores
Pleasanton Holiday tournament
Girls Championship – Pleasanton 45, Anselmo-Merna 34
Boys Championship – Pleasanton 77, Anselmo-Merna 73
Maxwell Holiday tournament
Girls Championship – Brady 40, South Loup 30
Boys Championship – South Loup 63, Maxwell 42
Boys Consolation – Brady 50, Sandhills Valley 44
Girls Scores
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Bennington 80 vs Elkhorn North 46
Blair 64 vs Elkhorn 35
Brady 40 vs South Loup (Callaway/Arnold) 30
Bridgeport 44 @ Chase County 39
Broken Bow 54 @ Hershey 51
Cedar Bluffs 42 @ East Butler 41
Centennial 45 vs Walthill 43
Crawford 48 @ South Platte 33
Cross County 49 vs Cozad 26
Dorchester 47 @ Elba 32
Elm Creek 60 vs North Platte St. Patrick’s 24
Freeman 48 vs Johnson County Central 30
Gothenburg 81 vs Amherst 62
Holdrege 57 vs Alma 48
Johnson-Brock 64 vs Sterling 14
Lincoln Christian 46 @ Omaha Skutt Catholic 37
Lincoln Northeast 71 vs Omaha Marian 65
Lincoln Standing Bear 42 vs Hastings 33
Madison 40 vs Neligh-Oakdale 32
Malcolm 67 @ Louisville 46
Maywood-Hayes Center 57 vs Hyannis 14
Millard West 55 @ Omaha Westside 48
Norris 52 vs Gretna East 42
Ogallala @ Gering
Ord 53 vs Grand Island Central Catholic 37
Paxton 50 vs Garden County 28
Pender 70 vs Bancroft-Rosalie 28
Perkins County 58 vs Mitchell 46
Pleasanton 45 vs Anselmo-Merna 34
Ravenna 42 vs Ainsworth 18
Sandy Creek 55 vs Doniphan-Trumbull 37
Scottsbluff 60 vs Chadron 41
Scotus Central Catholic @ Omaha Roncalli Catholic
Waverly 38 @ Gretna 17
Weeping Water 64 vs Southern 59
Yutan 46 @ North Bend Central 42
Boys Scores
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Alma 64 @ Holdrege 30
Ashland-Greenwood 60 vs Omaha Skutt Catholic 53
Bridgeport 51 @ Chase County 41
Cedar Bluffs 52 vs Centennial 42
Cozad 53 @ Cross County 50
Creighton Preparatory School 54 @ Lincoln Northeast 43
Doniphan-Trumbull 73 @ Sandy Creek 41
Dorchester 41 @ Elba 30
East Butler 63 vs Walthill 59
Elkhorn North 79 vs Bennington 57
Freeman 52 vs Johnson County Central 42
Garden County 58 vs Hyannis 45
Gothenburg 85 vs Amherst 45
Grand Island 56 vs North Platte 44
Grand Island Central Catholic 74 @ Ord 41
Gretna 61 vs Elkhorn 40
Hershey 63 vs Broken Bow 52
Johnson-Brock 57 vs Sterling 31
Lincoln North Star 57 @ Millard North 52
Lincoln Standing Bear 54 @ Blair 51
Madison 68 vs Neligh-Oakdale 46
Malcolm 49 @ Louisville 40
Mitchell 48 @ Perkins County 44
Mount Michael Benedictine 49 vs Omaha Gross Catholic 48
Norris 64 vs Gretna East 57
North Platte St. Patrick’s 77 @ Elm Creek 50
Omaha Roncalli Catholic 65 vs Scotus Central Catholic 36
Paxton 47 vs Maywood-Hayes Center 41
Pender 51 vs Bancroft-Rosalie 49
Pleasanton 77 vs Anselmo-Merna 73
Scottsbluff 73 vs Chadron 53
South Loup (Callaway/Arnold) 63 @ Maxwell 42
Southern 59 @ Weeping Water 39
Waverly 55 vs Lincoln Northwest 45
Yutan 49 @ North Bend Central 42
