Sports

The Lady Badgers Varsity Basketball team is pictured, back row, L to R: Coach Julie Porath, Ashley Mora Lira, Annalena Nelson, Maeli Patterson, Rylie Sexson, Camilla Brown, Coach Alex Jensen, Mariana Azarcoya Haro.

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The small but mighty Badgers sentseventotheNSAAStateChampionships and earned the District Runner-Up title. All nine Badgers wrestled tough matches, and each helped earn that Runner-up title.

The Badger speech team headed to North Platte for one of their toughest competitions of the season. Bringing home medals were seniors Marybelle Ward, ninth in entertainment, and Jenalee Garwood, third in Extemporaneous..

The Badger basketball team played their final home game of the season versus the North Central Knights. The Badgers took control and outscored the Knights in every quarter, but with a high of 42 points in the first half to North Central’s 15.

Thursday, February 13, the Lady Badgers took on the North Central Knights. The Lady Knights enter the matchup with a record of 1111.

“Overall, I thought our girls wrestled very well. We lost several in the heartbreak round to go to state, but each of those that lost will be back next year. I'm excited for Reegan Eggert to get the opportunity to wrestle at the State tournament!” Coach Marcus Nelson said of the tournaments held February 8, 2025.

Results from the West Holt Speech invite are as follows: Seniors Marybelle Ward took fourth in Entertainment, Jenalee Garwood earned fourth in extemp and eighth in informative. Junior Sari LaDeaux earned a third in novice poetry and a firstplace finish in novice serious.

Both basketball teams had a little break coming off the SWC tournament. With a week of practices the teams headed to Gothenburg to face the Swedes, a team the Lady Badgers were beaten by ten days prior. In their first match up the Lady Badgers were without two of their starters. This time around they had a full healthy team.

OMAHA, Neb. (January 9, 2025) -Nominationsarenowbeingaccepted for the 2025 D.J.’s Hero Awards Scholarships.