Sports

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon for a football game. The sixth grade team played some tough Badger football to defeat the Highway 20 rival Ainsworth Bulldogs 54-0.

“Our kids really went out and competed. We have been hit by the injury bug which means guys have been moving around all over the place and playing different positions. We did a great job of overcoming adversity in the first half but made too many crucial mental mistakes in the second half which cost us field position and led to a tough third quarter. Overall we are proud of how our guys are competing even through tough times,” said Coach Ian Bish.

Valentine Lady Badger golfers were 3 strokes away from placing 2nd as a team in Gothenburg on September 16, 2025. The team shot a 389.

Coach Ian Bish said, “We did a lot of good things last Friday night but turnovers on offense really held us back. We have to do a better job of ball security and forcing turnovers ourselves. Our effort and fight was there for 48 minutes but our execution has to be better in all three phases.”

O’Neill moving their cross country meet to the morning seemed to benefit our athletes greatly as everyone on the team managed to run individual season records! In the first race of the day our high school girls team all made significant cuts to their times with Taylie Fletcher running a 22:32 5k, placing 10th in varsity; Kealy Titus running 22:45, placing 13th in varsity; and Mariana Azarcoya running 24:56, placing first in JV. As of right now, Taylie and Kealy have earned places amongst the top five girl 5k runners at Valentine High School but they will continue to try to cut down those times further.

The Valentine 2 12U team traveled to Bassett to play the North Central Knights. The Badgers got the victory with a score of 28-6. Touchdowns were scored, tackles were made, but most of all lessons were learned! They are off September 21, but will be in action at home on September 28, October 5, and October 12. Go Badgers.

The Lady Badgers traveled to McCook, Saturday, September 20, 2025. They took on the Mitchell Tigers and won in two sets: 25-19 and 25-17.

On Tuesday the Valentine Badgers hosted a Triangular against O’Neill and West Holt. The Badgers took on O’Neill for the first match of the night, and lost 11-25, and 18-25. Mia Sherbeyn led the team with 8 kills. Danika Janssen led the team with 12 digs, followed by Ashlyn Hutchinson who had 8, and Mia Sherbeyn who had 7.

Chadron was good to the Lady Badger Golfers! They brought home first place with a team score of a 378 which is a personal best for these gals! Medalist included: third place, Tierney Miller with 91; fourth place, Joni Cox, with 91 PR; and fifth place, Sam Sprenger with 93 PR. Not far behind was Rylee Wackler with a 103.

Coach Alex Jensen said, “I am very impressed with our team so far this year! Nearly everyone got a season record in Broken Bow and competed well against others.” Placers for Broken Bow were 15th place, Kealy Titus, and 18th place, Taylie Fletcher in the high school girls 5k and in seventh place, was Reed Greenough in the junior high boys mile. “This is not an easy meet to place at as it is one of the larger meets we attend with 16 teams attending this year.