Several basketball and wrestling teams are in competition leading up to the beginning of the new year, fresh off of the holiday break.
Monday area results
Ansley/Litchfield and Burwell began play at the Central Valley Holiday Basketball Tournament in Greeley on Monday. In the 11 AM girls matchup to start the day of competition, Ansley/Litchfield fell in a tight matchup with Stuart 39-43. They will play for third place on Tuesday. The Spartan boys fell to Stuart as well by a score of 23-68 and will also compete for third place on Tuesday. In the final two games of the day in Greeley, Burwell went 0-2 against Central Valley with the girls falling 29-69 and the boys 26-63.
Burwell and Ansley/Litchfield will play in the girls consolation at 11 AM on Tuesday (12/30), followed by the boys at 12:30. Central Valley and Stuart will play for each championship at 2:15 and 3:45 respectively.
The Twin Loup girls and boys basketball teams traveled to Hershey for the Greg Miller Memorial Holiday Tournaments, each facing Red Cloud to open competition. The girls fell 30-58, while the boys came away victorious 65-57.
The Twin Loup girls will face Lexington in the third place game at Noon on Tuesday, followed by the Twin Loup boys at 1:30 PM in the championship game against Hershey, who defeated Lexington 63-38.
The Arcadia/Loup City girls and boys went to the Elm Creek Holiday Tournament and each faced Bertrand. The girls came away victorious 34-21, while the boys fell by a score of 51-62.
The Rebel boys will play against Gibbon in the boys consolation at 12:45 on Tuesday, while the girls will face Elm Creek at 2:30 in the championship. Elm Creek will play Bertrand for the boys championship at 4:15 to round out the tournament.
Tuesday and just beyond
Broken Bow opens play at the Boone Central Holiday Basketball Tournament on Tuesday. The boys team is the #3 seed and will face #2 Alliance at 5 PM, while the girls are the #1 seed and will face Alliance at 6:30 PM. Boone Central and Adams Central are the other teams competing in each bracket.
Most other area competition will continue in January, including:
- 1/2 Ansley/Litchfield G/B basketball at Sandhills/Thedford
- 1/2 Twin Loup G/B basketball at Centura
- 1/2 S-E-M boys wrestling at Pleasanton
- 1/2-1/3 Anselmo-Merna G/B basketball at Brady Holiday Tournament
- 1/2 Anselmo-Merna wrestling tri with Central Valley and West Holt
- 1/2 Mullen G/B basketball at Ainsworth
- 1/2 Sandhills Valley girls wrestling at North Platte invite
- 1/2 Sandhills/Thedford G/B basketball vs Ansley/Litchfield
- 1/3 Mullen G/B basketball at Hay Springs
- 1/3 S-E-M hosting girls wrestling invite, boys wrestling at Pleasanton continues
- 1/3 Twin Loup boys wrestling at Pleasanton and girls wrestling at S-E-M
- 1/3 Anselmo-Merna girls wrestling at North Platte invite
- 1/3 Arcadia/Loup City boys wrestling at Shelby and girls wrestling at S-E-M
- 1/3 Ansley/Litchfield boys wrestling at Pleasanton and girls wrestling at S-E-M
- 1/3 Broken Bow boys wrestling at Wood River
- 1/3 Broken Bow girls wrestling at S-E-M
- 1/3 Burwell boys wrestling at Shelby
- 1/3 Sandhills/Thedford girls wrestling at North Platte invite and girls basketball at Maywood/Hayes Center
