Sandhills/Thedford hosted Anselmo-Merna for a girls and boys basketball doubleheader on Thursday in Dunning. Both games went down to the wire. In the boys game, Anselmo-Merna picked up its fifth win of the season by holding off Sandhills/Thedford 42-38. Dane Duryea and Josiah Griffith combined for 33 of the Coyotes 42 points. Duryea finished with 17 and Griffith had 16. Maurice Robinson led the way for S/T with a team high 17. In the girls game, Sandhills/Thedford improved to 9-4 on the season handing AM just its third loss of the season 43-38. The Lady Knights were led by Karley Haake who had a game high 13 points and Laney Dahlberg also finished in double figures with 10. Anselmo-Merna was led by Lily Thornton who had a team high 10 points.
The Broken Bow girls basketball team collected its 9th win of the season defeating North Platte St. Pat’s on the road Thursday night 67-20. Ten players scored for the Lady Indians led by Janae Marten who knocked down four 3’s and finished with a game high 15 points. Also scoring in double figures for Broken Bow were Charlee Myers with 13 points and Gaby Staples had 11.
Other area scores:
Girls
Gothenburg 62, Cozad 21
Arcadia/Loup City 36, Riverside 25
Ord 59, Burwell 22
Hyannis 35, Twin Loup 33
Mullen 45, Arthur County 21
Boys
North Platte St. Pat’s 53, Broken Bow 50
Hyannis 71, Twin Loup 65
Mullen 43, Arthur County 33
Arcadia/Loup City 51, Riverside 46
Cozad 62, Gothenburg 59 (OT)
GIRLS SCORES
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Anselmo-Merna 38 @ Sandhills/Thedford 43
Aurora @ Milford
Axtell 15 @ Elm Creek 54
Bayard 23 vs Leyton 45
BDS @ Pawnee City
Bellevue East 45 vs Omaha Westview 55
Bennington 48 @ Waverly 52
Broken Bow 67 @ North Platte St. Patrick’s 20
Cozad 21 vs Gothenburg 62
Cross County 68 @ Twin River 38
Diller-Odell 37 @ Johnson-Brock 60
Dorchester 39 vs East Butler 27
Falls City Sacred Heart @ Freeman
Franklin 30 vs Red Cloud 57
Fullerton @ Palmer
Gering @ Wheatland, WY
Guardian Angels Central Catholic 44 vs Archbishop Bergan 24
Hampton @ College View Academy
Harvard 10 vs Osceola 54
Hastings St. Cecilia 32 @ Minden 52
Heartland 28 vs Fillmore Central 63
Hi-Line vs Alma
Homer 63 vs Randolph 15
Lexington 13 @ Kearney Catholic 45
Lincoln Lutheran 27 @ Ashland-Greenwood 38
Lutheran High Northeast 35 @ Battle Creek 64
Malcolm 74 @ Ralston 17
McCool Junction @ Giltner
Mead @ Boys Town
Medicine Valley 21 vs Dundy County Stratton 55
Mitchell vs Torrington, WY
Mullen 45 @ Arthur County 21
Nebraska Lutheran 41 vs High Plains Community 50
Neligh-Oakdale 13 @ Humphrey-Lindsay 57
NG/SE 33 vs Heartland Lutheran 58
North Bend Central 51 @ Logan View-Scribner-Snyder 37
