Sports

Mr. Hustle is an award voted on by the coaches of the teams that participate in the Round Ball basketball tournament held in Valentine and is open to all players.

Valentine competed in the North Platte High Quad Friday, March 28, 2025. The Badger’s placed third with a 364.

Friday, March 28, 2025, the Badger Track Tea, traveled to East City Park in Ainsworth for their invitational. The boys placed fourth with 55 points out of eight teams.

The sixth grade Badger team secured the top spot in their division at the Round Ball tournament, held March 1, 2025. Six teams from across the region gathered at Valentine Middle School to compete in the annual event. The morning pool play determined the bracket seeding for the single-elimination tournament in the afternoon.

The Badger Speech team qualified two for the NSAA State Speech. They had four team members medal Marybelle Ward placed sixth in entertainment, Camilla Brown placed sixth in poetry.

With the cost of raising a child to age 18 reaching well over $300,000, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on the Best and Worst States to Raise a Family in 2025, as well as expert commentary, to highlight the states that are affordable, safe, well-educated and enjoyable for families to live in. WalletHub compared the 50 states across 50 key indicators of family-friendliness.

The Powder Horn Area boat ramp at Merritt Reservoir State Recreation Area will be closed until further notice due to damage incurred this past winter. Significant heaving from ice caused the lower portion of the ramp to break off and sink.

The Cherry County Club volleyball 15s girls played Saturday March 15, 2025 in St. Paul, NE at the Midplains Winter Storm Rally tournament. Pool play which then led them to be rebracketed to play championship games.

The Greatest Show is the 2025 prom theme. Saturday, March 29, Valentine High School juniors and seniors will begin their evening with a meal at the Bunkhouse restaurant at 6:00 p.m.

Valentine Elementary is building Badgers by adopting a new belief statement: “We are kind, we are strong, we work hard, we will never give up, we are Badgers.” The Badger Den wants to partner with you for a BOGO special: Buy One Give One to ensure all students at VES get a shirt to show their commitment to being a Badger! Our goal is to complete this mission by Easter 2025. How does this BOGO work? You pick from three tees - buy one for yourself and give one to your favorite elementary student OR buy one, get one, and give them both, OR buy one for your VCS student and let them gift one to a friend.