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8U Boys 50 - Maddox Belville's place is 1st and has scored 25.5 team points. Quarterfinal - Maddox Belville (Valentine Wrestling Club) won by fall over Brantley Robison (Hill City Youth Wrestling) (Fall 0:09) Semifinal - Maddox Belville (Valentine Wrestling Club) won by fall over Brooks Ellis (Lead-Deadwood) (Fall 0:23) 1st Place Match - Maddox Belville (Valentine Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Cooper Dagenais (Spearfish Youth Wrestling) (TF 20-2) 8U Boys 60 - Charlie Stec's place is 1st and has scored 26.0 team points.

Chadron hosted a new, bigger holiday high school basketball tournament the final three days of the Old Year this coming week. Eight girls and eight boys teams participated Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, December 29-31 with a majority of the games taking place in the Chicoine Center at Chadron State College.

The Valentine High School wrestling program hosted their tournament Friday and Saturday, December 12-13, 2025. Coach Marcus Nelson said, “Overall, both teams had a good outing at home.

On Saturday, December 13, 2025 the Cody-Kilgore Cowgirls hit the road to continue their undefeated campaign at their next game in Stuart, NE, as they faced off against the Lady Broncos on their very own home turf in Holt County.

On Saturday, December 13, 2025 the Cody-Kilgore Cowboys traveled east down Highway 20 to Stuart to tip off against the Broncos. Despite their hard work and strong team mentality throughout the game, the Cowboys faced a hard defeat of 61-33, First quarter saw action with both teams breaking the silence. CK sophomore Teagen Fish #2 set the stage early by scoring the first points on the board; however, the Broncos ended the first quarter with a lead of 21-7.

On Friday, December 12, 2025, the Cody-Kilgore Cowboys hosted the Arthur County Wolves in the seasonopener.TheCowboysplayed a tight game against the Wolves, ending up with a tough loss of 46-51. The first quarter saw both teams trying to each build an early lead; however, both teams were evenly matched.

The Cody-Kilgore Cowgirls faced the Arthur County Lady Wolves on Friday, December 12, 2025 in Cody, NE. After coming up short in two close scrimmages against Crawford and Hemingford during the Hall of Fame Jamboree, the Cowgirls began their Class D girls’ basketball campaign by daring to tame the Lady Wolves.

Lady Badgers are playing their style of basketball. The Lady Badgers are 4-1 with their only loss coming in their first game of the season against a 5-1 O’Neill Lady Eagles. Since that first game, the Lady Badgers have defeated North Platte St. Pat’s, Todd County Falcons, and Summerland Bobcats. Their fifth win was a 3 quarter win vs. the Mullen Broncos.

The 2025 Winter sports season is off and running in Badger Nation. The basketball teams are both off to a great start.

The Valentine Badgers have two wins as their season begins. First up, December 4 against O’Neill, they won with a score of 65-43. Scoring by quarters: Valentine - 18, 22, 15, 10 = 65 O’Neill - 12, 13, 7. 11, 43. Isaac Cronin was the lead scorer with 21, Dominic Beebout, 13; Tryston Beebout, 10; Aiden Buckendahl, 7; Caden Stankoski and Jackson Huggins each with 5; Trace Buechle and Duncan Mosner each with 2.