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The Sparks Nebraska Spurs in Valentine hosted a four day Cowboy Fast Draw shooting extravaganza. Thursday, September 19, 2024, the Shadow Riders CFDA Club of Phillipsburg, KShield held their Kansas State CFDA Championship.

Saturday, October 19, 2024, the Lady Badgers hosted Gordon- Rushville, Ainsworth, Chadron, and Cozad came away with a win! TheyplayedGordon-Rushville first and won one and lost two. Next the Lady Badgers played against Ainsworth and won in two sets. Their third match was against ChadronwheretheLadyBadgers won one, and lost two. Their final match was against Cozad where they lost in two sets The Lady Badgers will compete in Southwest Conference play at Broken Bow, Friday, October 25, 2024.

A cast call for the play during Old West Days will be held Thursday, October 29, 2024, from 5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

NSAA Class C Girls State Golf played at Lake Maloney Golf Club in North Platte, October 14-15, 2024. The top 15 teams out of 81 Class C Nebraska schools played Monday and Tuesday of last week in the two day state tournament.

Coach Alex Jensen said, “For the NSAA D-6 Districts we ran Thursday, October 17, at Pheasant Run Golf Course in Grant, NE. The five boys and two girls we took to compete were Deklin Titus, Devlin Welch, Isaac Utecht, Tanner Two Strike, Christen Larson, and Paige Sprenger.

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The Badger Cross Country team hosted Southwest Conference at Frederick Peak Golf Club, Thursday, October 10, 2024. The boys ran 5,000 Meters, individual results as follows: 23rd place, Deklin Titus, 19:33.14; 32nd place, Isaac Utecht, 20:39.53; 34th place, Devlin Welch, 20:36.48; 42nd place, Tanner Two Strike, 21:42.53; 51st place, Landen Mooney, 22:49.89; 66th place, Jackson Huggins, 25:07.84 PR; 73rd place, Duncan Mosner, 26:22.02.

The Lady Badger golf team placed third with a 422 and qualified for the Class C NSAA State Tournament in North Platte, held Monday, October 14. The top three teams qualified for state out of the 15 district teams playing.

The Valentine Badgers earned another win Friday, October 11, 2024. They traveled to Amherst where the final score was 37-8.

888-‐534-‐3495 The Lady Badgers traveled to Ogallala for a triangular with the Gothenburg Swedes and Ogallala Indians. The Swedes won in two sets: Valentine - 21, 12 = 0 Gothenburg - 25, 25 = 2 Danika Janssen led in kills with 4; Annalena Nelson with 2; Cadence Swanson and Kimber McGinley each with 1.