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Cody-Kilgore rolled out the red carpet for Prom 2025 with the theme, Hollywood Lights, Camera, Action! Pictured are Cody-Kilgore Prom 2025 Royalty from L to R: Princess Rachel Farley, Queen Ally Heath, King Cooper Pitkin, and Prince Hesston Fay.

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 team was in Broken Bow Sunday, March 9, 2025. They played at the 4 County Classic Tournament and were the tournament champs out of 10 teams! Pictured are from L to R: Danika Janssen, Leah Larabee, Tylee Tinant, Devahney Belville, Mia Sherbeyn, Haddie Mundorf, Bayley Burdick, Payten Daughtery, Alexandra Monroe, and Coach Julie Porath.

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.

The 6th grade boys basketball team finished as runners-up at the 31st annual Stuart Athletics Club Basketball Tournament on Saturday February 22, 2025 suffering their first loss of the season. In their opening game, they beat the St. Mary’s team from O’Neil 33-24, and then they defeated Boyd County 24-20 in their second game.

The Lady Badgers knew their District final was going to be a game. Not only was it going to be a challenge on the court, but mentally, after a six-hour bus ride, getting into their game routine, focused on the game, and ready to play. As a former coach, I know that long bus rides are never good for any team; not being in a normal school day routine can mess with a young person’s game.

The third and fourth grade team completed their season with a perfect 11-0 record after winning all their games Saturday, February 22, 2025 at the 31st annual Stuart Athletics Club Basketball Tournament.

Youth Boys Basketball played a total of three tournaments in Bassett, Stuart and Valentine. During practices, coaches worked on not only skills, but built team unity.

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