Our Badgers have had a tough losing streak and the past week was no different. Thursday, January 20, 2022, they hosted Stuart Broncos and lost with a score of 31-52.

Five students from Valentine High School were selected to participate in the UNK Music Festival in Kearney. Students who were accepted into the choirs included: Cassius Browning in Honor Choir, Nathan Perrett in Festival Choir, and Grace Maunu in Treble Choir.

Debra Hand, Assistant Clerk for Cherry County Court, has been selected to serve as clerk magistrate in Valentine. Hand began work as clerk magistrate January 3, 2022.

The Leo Brinda Unit #90 American Legion Auxiliary recently hosted a quilt raffle to help raise funds for the Cherry County Quilts of Valor program. Quilts of Valor are hand-made patriotic quilts that are awarded to veterans to show gratitude for their many sacrifices.

The 2022 Bull Bash People’s Choice Quilt Show will be held February 12, at Nelsen Furniture on Valentine’s Main Street. Organizers are calling for community quilts.

Valentine placed second at the Chadron Dual tournament Friday, January 21, 2022. The Badgers lone loss came to a 24-1 Scottsbluff team. “I would have liked to have wrestled them with our full line-up, I think we would have fared better. The Badgers defeated a good Mead, CO team in the semifinals. That was our best dual of the day. I thought we wrestled pretty good against them,” said Coach Shane Allison.