SEM hosted Sandhills/Theford for girls and boys basketball on Saturday. In the girls game, SEM held off S/T to claim a 46-42 win. SEM’s Taryn Arbuthnot led all scorers with a game high 23 points. Jacelyn Hoos also finished in double figures for the Mustangs with eleven. Sandhills/Thedford was led by Kallan Cox who scored a team high 19 points. In the boys game, SEM led 51-35 after three quarters but Sandhills/Thedford fought back holding SEM to five points in the final quarter pulling to within three late in the game but SEM was able to hang on for a 56-52 win. SEM was led by Preston Beattie who scored 21 points and Chance Daake finished with 20 for the Mustangs. Thatcher Teahon finished with 17 to lead Sandhills/Thedford.
Area Scores
Girls
Broken Bow 66, Chase County 34
Riverside 40, Twin Loup 27
Anselmo-Merna 65, Burwell 23
Cheyenne East, WY 65, Gothenburg 61 (OT)
Alma 59, Cozad 17
Boys
Twin Loup 49, Riverside 48
Anselmo-Merna 53, Burwell 11
Cozad 65, Alma 34
Gothenburg 65, Cheyenne East, WY 51
Broken Bow 57, Chase County 40
Girls
Saturday, December 20, 2025
Adams Central 39 vs Douglas County West 24
Alma 59 @ Cozad 17
Anselmo-Merna 65 vs Burwell 23
Aurora 52 @ Northwest 48
Battle Creek 37 vs West Holt 31
Bellevue East vs Lewis Central, IA
Bennington 61 vs Elkhorn 30
Bertrand 41 vs Blue Hill 38
Bishop Heelan, IA 51 vs Lincoln Pius X 49
Broken Bow 66 vs Chase County 34
CB Abraham Lincoln, IA vs Omaha Central
Centennial 62 vs Superior 41
Central Valley 54 vs CWC 21
Centura 56 @ Ord 33
Cheyenne Central, WY @ Sidney
Cheyenne East, WY 65 vs Gothenburg 61
Des Moines Dowling, IA 65 vs Bellevue West 40
East Mills, IA vs Lourdes Central Catholic
Elkhorn North 55 @ Blair 49
Elkhorn Valley 66 @ Plainview 26
Fairbury @ Thayer Central
Falls City Sacred Heart @ Bishop LeBlond, MO
Fillmore Central @ Wilber-Clatonia
Gering @ Douglas, SD
Glenwood, IA vs Plattsmouth
Gordon-Rushville @ Kimball
Grand Island Lutheran @ Giltner/Harvard
Gregory, SD 54 @ North Central 32
Gretna East 52 vs Gretna 44
H&H @ Cross County
Hastings 44 @ Lincoln Northwest 33
Hemingford 46 @ Leyton 23
Holdrege 51 @ McCook 37
Homer 56 @ Lutheran High Northeast 41
Howells-Dodge 50 vs Clarkson/Leigh 30
Humphrey-Lindsay 48 vs Lyons-Decatur Northeast 26
Iowa City West, IA vs Lincoln Southwest
Kearney 48 vs St. Thomas More, SD 39
Lexington 58 @ Schuyler 15
Lincoln Christian 64 @ Bergan Catholic 21
Lincoln Lutheran 69 @ BDS 36
Louisville 49 @ Omaha Brownell Talbot 20
Malcolm 57 vs Beatrice 23
Milford 57 @ Ashland-Greenwood 13
Millard West 58 vs Cedar Rapids-Prairie, IA 38
Mitchell 56 vs Morrill 27
Nebraska Christian 48 vs Sutton 43
Niobrara/Verdigre 46 vs Creighton 30
Norfolk 44 vs North Platte 34
Norris 50 vs Waverly 41
O’Neill 55 @ Wayne 35
Ogallala @ Thunder Basin, WY
Ogallala 76 vs Thunder Basin, WY 48
Omaha Christian @ Boys Town
Omaha Nation 59 vs Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, SD 42
Pender 63 vs Stanton 34
Platteview 37 @ Crete 33
Pleasanton 63 @ Wilcox-Hildreth 30
Potter-Dix @ Wallace
Riverside 40 vs Twin Loup 27
Sandy Creek 59 vs EMF 27
Santee 48 vs St. Francis Indian, SD 42
Southern Valley 53 vs Loomis 41
Sterling 55 @ East Butler 34
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 46 vs Sandhills/Thedford 42
Sutherland 53 vs Elba 45
Wood River 46 @ Gibbon 19
Boys Scores
Saturday, December 20, 2025
Adams Central vs Douglas County West
Amherst vs Grand Island Central Catholic
Ashland-Greenwood 54 vs Milford 39
Aurora 49 @ Northwest 42
Battle Creek 61 vs West Holt 48
Beatrice 35 @ Malcolm 32
Bellevue East vs Lewis Central, IA
Bennington 82 vs Blair 29
Bergan Catholic 59 vs Lincoln Christian 54
Bertrand 74 vs Blue Hill 47
Bishop Heelan, IA vs Lincoln Pius X
Boyd County 64 vs Osceola 36
Burwell @ Anselmo-Merna
CB Abraham Lincoln, IA vs Omaha Central
Central Valley 56 vs CWC 46
Chase County @ Broken Bow
Cheyenne Central, WY @ Sidney
Cheyenne East, WY vs Gothenburg
Cozad 65 vs Alma 34
Creighton @ Niobrara/Verdigre
Crete 63 vs Mount Michael Benedictine 52
Doniphan-Trumbull 61 vs Bridgeport 38
EMF 61 @ Sandy Creek 55
East Mills, IA vs Lourdes Central Catholic
Elba vs Sutherland
Elkhorn North 72 vs Lincoln Standing Bear 44
Elkhorn South @ Bellevue West
Elm Creek 78 vs Central City 61
Fairbury @ Thayer Central
Fillmore Central @ Wilber-Clatonia
Fullerton vs Silver Lake
Gering @ Douglas, SD
Glenwood, IA vs Plattsmouth
Gordon-Rushville @ Kimball
Grand Island vs McCook
Grand Island Lutheran @ Giltner/Harvard
Gregory, SD 43 @ North Central 39
Gretna East 57 vs Gretna 52
Hemingford 78 @ Leyton 39
Howells-Dodge 71 vs Clarkson/Leigh 49
Humphrey-Lindsay 65 vs Lyons-Decatur Northeast 48
Kearney vs St. Thomas More, SD
Lexington 66 @ Schuyler 35
Lincoln Lutheran @ BDS
Lincoln Northwest 48 vs Hastings 42
Loomis @ Southern Valley
Louisville 66 @ Omaha Brownell Talbot 43
Mitchell 70 vs Morrill 5
Norfolk 64 vs North Platte 58
Norris 87 vs Elkhorn 49
Ogallala @ Thunder Basin, WY
Omaha Concordia @ Ralston
Omaha Nation 70 vs White River, SD 50
Ord 71 vs Centura 36
Pender 64 vs Stanton 16
Plainview 55 vs Elkhorn Valley 42
Pleasanton 52 @ Wilcox-Hildreth 44
Santee 48 vs Oelrichs, SD 38
Shelby-Rising City 57 vs Cornerstone Christian 45
Sterling @ East Butler
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 56 vs Sandhills/Thedford 52
Superior 65 @ Centennial 46
Sutton 55 @ Nebraska Christian 37
Twin Loup 49 @ Riverside 48
Vermillion, SD 69 vs Crofton 26
Wallace 43 vs Potter-Dix 38
Wayne 47 vs O’Neill 38
Wood River 70 @ Gibbon 41
Yutan 58 vs McCool Junction 42
