Sports

The Badger boys’ basketball team played in its first SPVA tournament. Their first-round game was against the Chase County Longhorns, which the Badgers controlled in the first and fourth quarters, earning a 67-54 win. In this game, senior Isaac Cronin set the single-game scoring record with 42 points, previously held by Andon Olson.

The Badger Speech team was in action this weekend for their first “meet” of the year at Broken Bow, and they brought home some hardware. Camilla Brown: POI (2nd), Poetry (4th), Extemp (9th), Shyanne Dawson: Poetry (3rd), River Doyle: Informative (4th), Persuasive (8th), Praise Maunu: Humorous (9th), Ara’Vani Johnson: Extemp (2nd), Josie Shaul: Entertainment (11th), Duet (7th) and Landen Mooney: Duet (7th). They will be in action at Perkins County Next week!

MS Girls 98-105 - Aliyah Yarbrough's place is 2nd and has scored 7.0 team points. Round 1 - Bryleigh Sones (Gordon-Rushville) won by tech fall over Aliyah Yarbrough (Valentine) (TF 15-0) Round 2 - Aliyah Yarbrough (Valentine) won by fall over A`Leah Catches (Chadron) (Fall 0:31) Round 3 - Aliyah Yarbrough (Valentine) won by fall over Dezalynn Rogers (Ord) (Fall 0:37).

Girls 1st - 2nd 82-88 - Lennon Joseph's place is 2nd and has scored 0.0 team points. Round 1 - Tanis Reicks (Cozad Wrestling Club) won by forfeit over Lennon Joseph (Valentine Wrestling Club) (FF) Round 2 - Tanis Reicks (Cozad Wrestling Club) won by forfeit over Lennon Joseph (Valentine Wrestling Club) (FF) 7th - 8th 140 - Cruz Joseph's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

Broken Bow Girls @ Valentine Girls on 01/15/2026. Valentine Girls (VAL-G) 48.0 Broken Bow Girls (BOW-G) 30.0 100: Mariana Azarcoya (VAL-G) over (BOW-G) (For.) 105: Reegan Eggert (VAL-G) over Dacie Henderson (BOW-G) (Fall 5:17) 110: Double Forfeit 115: Zoe Jones (BOW-G) over (VAL-G) (For.) 120: Lailah Jones (BOW-G) over (VAL-G) (For.) 125: Alison Weller (VAL-G) over Carli Griffiths (BOW-G) (Fall 0:57) 130: Samantha Sprenger (VAL-G) over (BOW-G) (For.) 135: Haddison Mundorf (VAL-G) over (BOW-G) (For.) 140: Wakely Sargent (VAL-G) over (BOW-G) (For.) 145: Alexis Pflaster (BOW-G) over Payten Daugherty (VAL-G) (Fall 2:21) 155: Callie Kenner (VAL-G) over (BOW-G) (For.) 170: Alexandra Monroe (VAL-G) over (BOW-G) (For.) 190: Stella Dady (BOW-G) over (VAL-G) (For.) 235: Ida Bumgarner (BOW-G) over Addie Sexson (VAL-G) (Fall 1:08).

Gothenburg @ Valentine on 01/15/2026. Valentine (VAL) 40.0 Gothenburg (GOTH) 32.0 132: Jekhi Williams (VAL) over Brigham Ricley (GOTH) (TF 19-3 2:00) 138: Gage Sandoz (VAL) over Reid Wahlgren (GOTH) (Fall 1:28) 144: Cole Boes (VAL) over (GOTH) (For.) 150: Double Forfeit 157: Jaxon Earll (GOTH) over Trevor Burdick (VAL) (Fall 5:08) 165: Parker Chavez (VAL) over (GOTH) (For.) 175: Tristan Koch (GOTH) over (VAL) (For.) 190: Harlan Brockevelt (GOTH) over Westin Witte (VAL) (Fall 3:52) 215: Hayden Pesek (GOTH) over James Monroe (VAL) (Dec 7-2) 285: Jasper Matthies (GOTH) over (VAL) (For.) 106: Brayden Stec (VAL) over Brecken Carlson (GOTH) (TF 16-1 3:09) 113: Deklin Titus (VAL) over (GOTH) (For.) 120: Gabe Hagan (GOTH) over Parker Wackler (VAL) (TF 17-2 5:00) 126: Rownan Eggert (VAL) over Jackson Reidy (GOTH) (Fall 1:07).

PK-K 46-47 - Knox Nelson's place is 1st and has scored 23.5 team points. Quarterfinal - Knox Nelson (Valentine Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Brand Gubbels (Husky Wrestling Club) (TF 26-11) Semifinal - Knox Nelson (Valentine Wrestling Club) won by fall over Dean Munk (Ncyac) (Fall 0:37) 1st Place Match - Knox Nelson (Valentine Wrestling Club) won by fall over Axel Petersen (Sargent Wrestling Club) (Fall 0:35) Girls 1st-2nd 42-51 - Hattie Wright's place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points.

Broken Bow @ Valentine on 01/15/2026. Broken Bow (BOW) 42.0 Valentine (VAL) 33.0 144: Richi Diaz (BOW) over Cole Boes (VAL) (Fall 1:02) 150: Landon Lindly (BOW) over (VAL) (For.) 157: Braxon Rynearson (BOW) over Trevor Burdick (VAL) (Fall 3:03) 165: Parker Chavez (VAL) over Aidan Markham (BOW) (Fall 4:52) 175: Aiden Page (BOW) over (VAL) (For.) 190: Cobe Wells (BOW) over Westin Witte (VAL) (Fall 0:29) 215: Croix Watson (BOW) over James Monroe (VAL) (Fall 5:17) 285: Devon Baum (BOW) over (VAL) (For.) 106: Brayden Stec (VAL) over (BOW) (For.) 113: Jason Manewal (VAL) over Zach Longfellow (BOW) (Fall 1:41) 120: Deklin Titus (VAL) over Bowen Ridder (BOW) (SV-1 10-7) 126: Rownan Eggert (VAL) over Kelstyn Lindner (BOW) (Dec 4-1) 132: Jekhi Williams (VAL) over (BOW) (For.) 138: Gage Sandoz (VAL) over Emmett Palmer (BOW) (Dec 12-9).

Midwest Mania Duals 2026, Valentine Wrestling Club Results - 1st-4th place Maddox Belville 52 - James Pierce (Gering Wrestling Club) over Maddox Belville (Midwest Finest) Dec 10-8 52 - Maddox Belville (Midwest Finest) over Jaxon Schrag (MWD) Dec 13-8 52 - William Palensky (Nebraska Boyz) over Maddox Belville (Midwest Finest) Fall 0:53 52 - Maddox Belville (Midwest Finest) over Armani Vasquez (Scottsbluff Wrestling Club) Dec 12-7 52 - Maddox Belville (Midwest Finest) over Olen Correll (Beef Lab) Dec 5-0 Charlie Stec 56 - Charlie Stec (Midwest Finest) over Junior Jara (Gering Wrestling Club) Fall 2:36 56 - Charlie Stec (Midwest Finest) over Jack Pieper (MWD) Fall 2:10 56 - Charlie Stec (Midwest Finest) over Peter Yarpe (Nebraska Boyz) Fall 0:47 56 - Charlie Stec (Midwest Finest) over Roman Mapp (Scottsbluff Wrestling Club) TF 15-0 56 - Westyn Wasserburger (Beef Lab) over Charlie Stec (Midwest Finest) Fall 0:46.

Valentine hosted Cody-Kilgore Tuesday, January 13, 2026. The Lady Badgers bested the Cowgirls with a final score of 57 - 31.