Sports

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.

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.