The Valentine Badgers ended their season when they played Mitchell in Gordon, during the first round of sub-districts. The score was 42-47..

Mother Nature sure had a flighty February. Weather fluctuations went from a high of 64 on February 15, to the lowest low of minus 12 degrees on February 23. All of that in eight days. But there were the winds! The highest gust of 52 mph was February 8...but when the temperatures dipped last week to the below zero digits, the winds weren’t helping an already cold situation. February 21 the wind was at 41 mph and the overnight low was -6, the next day, the wind gusted to 40 mph with a high of 1 degree and overnight low of -11. For those working in the cold, February 23 was a bit of a warm up with a high of 7 degrees and wind at 16 mph.

February 9, 2022, NorthStar Services crowned their Valentine’s Day Royalty. Crowned King was Quentin Bader, and crowned Queen was Trish Kamler.

2022 NSAA State Championships were held over the weekend with the following individual results: C113 William Sprenger 39-4 placed 2nd Champ. Round 1 - William Sprenger of Valentine won by fall over Aidan Trowbridge of Fillmore Central, Fall 1:06.

The Lady Badgers played the Lady Dawgs Tuesday, February 15, 2022 in sub-districts where they lost with a score of 40-57. Scoring by quarters: Valentine - 12, 13,5, 10 = 40 Ainsworth - 16, 11, 15, 15 = 57 The Lady Badgers end their season with a 6-15 record.

by Laura Vroman The Valentine Chamber of Commerce hosted two Valentine’s Day events, Monday, February 14, 2022 at the Cherry County Fairgrounds with the Raising of the Heart and the reintroduction of the Chili Cookoff. The day was sunny with a brisk wind but for a February day, it was pretty nice.