Coach Ashley McSweeney said, “That’s all folks!!! The 2026 Girls Golf season has come to an end!!The final day of state left the team with 14th place and Tierney Miller with a 6th place medal!! “Representing the Valentine Lady Badgers at state this year were Tierney Miller, Joni Cox, Rylee Wackler, Kassie Hanson and Ali Weller. Leah Osnes road along as our alternate! Super proud of these girls and the things they accomplished this season!” Two Day total for each team member: Tierney- 166 Joni-201 Rylee-203 Kassie-248 Ali-256 Tierney’s 80 on day 2 was a PR for her and goes on the record board! “We want to give a special shout out to our three seniors, Tierney, Joni and Rylee! They will be greatly missed and we wish them the best with their future endeavors! “Thank you to our awesome families and all of our supporters who cheered us on all season!! “Lastly, we want to congratulate our Highway 20 friends on winning state! Way to go West Holt!!”.

The Middle School Badger team played Hershey, even though they lost, a lot of experience was gained. .

VALENTINE, NE — Colter Austin, son of Jill Joseph Austin and Beau Austin, a junior at Valentine High School, has enjoyed a successful couple of weekends competing in team roping events in North Dakota and South Dakota, earning multiple qualifications for the Hooey Jr. Patriot in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Lady Badgers are pictured with their runner-up South Platte Valley Tournament plaque. Back row, L to R: Coach Poarth, Rylinn Freeken, Mia Sherbeyn, Paige Sprenger, Tylee Tinant, Devahney Belville, Camilla Brown. Front row, L to R: Annalenna Nelson, Danika Janssen, Clarrah Beebout, Alexandra Monroe, Tygh Miller, and Jacob. Volleyball Recap: Valentine’s Victory on Saturday Extends Winning Streak to Four by Team Reports Valentine entered their tilt with Hemingford on Saturday with three consecutive wins, and they’ll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Bobcats by a score of 2-0. The 2-0 score doesn’t show just how dominant Valentine was: they took both sets by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final set scores wound up at 25-14, 25-14. Valentine was led to victory by Devahney Belville and Mia Sherbeyn. Belville had 19 assists, four digs, and two aces, while Sherbeyn had 13 kills, three digs, and three solo blocks. Valentine has now won 15 of their last 18 games at home. That’s helped them to a 15-5 record this season. That said, the team wasn’t facing the toughest opposition over that stretch, as it included 0-4 Gordon-Rushville and 1-3 Crawford (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 25.6% over those games). Hemingford (11-9) has now lost three in a row. Coincidentally, Valentine and Hemingford will both be playing Cozad the next time they take the court. Valentine will host Cozad at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, while Hemingford will play them later in the day, at 1:00 p.m.

The bison at Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge were ready to go to their winter ground in the deep valleys of the Sandhills. Every year, the bison are rounded up.

Valentine Area Community Senior Center offers nourishment, friendship and a place to belong ~ but keeping its doors open for future generations will take a community effort. Some places mean far more than the walls that surround them.