Sports

The Badgers traveled to Ainsworth, Saturday, January 29, 2022, where they participated in a tournament. Team scores are as follows: Burke/Gregory, 190.51; Valentine, 190.53; Central City, 141.04; Sidney, 121.05; Winside, 87.56; Twin Loup, 78.07; North Central, 49.08; Brady, 38.09; Todd County, 34.010; Crawford, 26.011; Hay Springs, 25.012; Loomis/Bertrand, 10.013; Ainsworth, 4.0.

Boys Team Scores First place, Valentine, 165.0; second place, Mead, 31.5; third place, Ogallala, 115.0; fourth place, Campbell County, 105.0; fifth place, Gordon-Rushville, 95.0; sixth place, Chase County, 85.0; seventh place, Bayard, 71.5; eighth place, Chadron, 63.0; ninth place, Newell, 51.0; 10th place, Perkins County, 45.0; 11th place, Bridgeport, 35.0; 12th place, Garden County, 33.0; 13th place, Alliance, 32.0; 14th place, Crawford, 26.0; 15th place, Kimball, 21.0; 16th place, Hemingford, 18.0; 17th place, Hay Springs, 14.5; 18th place, Morrill, 1.0. Girls Team Scores First place, Chadron Girls, 75.0; second place, Mitchell Girls, 72.0; third place, Ogallala Girls, 62.0; fourth place, Valentine Girls, 60.0; fifth place, Pine Ridge, 54.0; sixth place, Bridgeport Girls, 38.0; seventh place, Hemingford Girls, 28.0; eighth place, Bayard Girls, 26.0; ninth place, Garden County Girls, 22.0.

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.

The Cody-Kilgore Cowgirls lost the Saturday, January 15, 2022 game against the Hitchcock County Falcons with a score of 30-54. Scoring by quarters: Cody-Kilgore - 11, 8, 2, 9 = 30 Hitchcock County - 12, 12, 14, 16 = 54 Stats haven’t been entered as of press time..

The Cody-Kilgore Cowboys hosted the Hay Springs Hawks Thursday, January 13, 2022, and lost with a score of 30-55. Scoring by quarters: Cody-Kilgore - 9, 3, 12, 6 = 30 Hay Springs - 8, 22, 19, 6 = 55 Stats weren’t available as of press time..

“Extremely short-handed, the Badgers found a way to get a win last Thursday. I knew it would be near impossible to beat Broken Bow with so many guys out, I also knew it would require a great performance to beat Gothenburg... we were able to pull it off,” said Coach Shane Allison. “The Badgers only dropped two contested matches in each dual. The Gothenburg dual came down to the wire, with Logan Mayhew and Lee Major getting pins to win the dual for the Badgers. Winning that dual kept our hopes of the state duals alive. The way the point system is set up, we would not have qualified for state duals with a loss to Gothenburg. Now we have a chance. The Badgers are ranked #2 in the state as a dual team. With our schedule there is no room for error. Next week will tell us a lot more.”

The Badgers hosted the Hershey Panthers, Friday, January 14, 2022 and lost with a score of 38-46. The next day, Saturday, January 15, they hosted the Ogallala Indians and lost with a score of 29-73.

The Lady Badgers hosted the Hershey Panthers, Friday, January 14, 2022. The Badgers lost to the Panthers with a score of 32-43.

Eight students participated at Winter Nationals in Omaha the weekend of January 8, 2022. Earning third place was Wrigley Greenough; fourth place, Parker Chavez; and sixth place, Deklin Titus.

Nathan Perrett, Junior, Basketball Nathan Perrett did a great job Tuesday at Cody. Nate had 3 deflections, 3 steals, 13 rebounds, 1 assist and 22 points.