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The Basketball teams ended 2025 at the Chadron Holiday Tournament with both teams bringing home third place. The Lady Badgers took on the Class B Gering Lady Bulldogs for the first round games.

The Badger Basketball team was looking for its 7th win of the season, and they did just that when they took control in the first half, leading 41-29 at halftime in the game against the Gordon-Rushville Mustangs.

Madison Gambill is the Sand Painters Art Club Artist of the Month for January 2026. Madison shares her art story: It was 2019 and I was in my ninth semester of college and I was so tired of homework filling up just about every evening of my life. I specifically remember turning to my friend Keegan and saying, “I can’t wait til we graduate and never have to do homework again. I want to find a hobby to get into. I think painting would be cool, I could see myself doing that.”

Wow!!! The winter has been rentless...with some record breaking high temperatures, and bright, sunny skies for the most part. Indeed, there were some cloudy days where the shadows weren’t chasing anyone around throughout the day, and a sense of relaxation crept in - aka naps!

From his quiet perch, this curious owl peeks around the corner, watching one year slip away as another gently arrives. The world feels hushed in that in - between moment - when the past still lingers and the future hasn’t quite stepped forward yet.