Sports

The Cody-Kilgore eSports team on Friday, February 3, 2023, captured the school’s first eSports state championship at York College in York. To be specific, the CK Gamers won the Division 4 Winter Season State Championship in Mario Kart.

The Lady Badgers played Ord, February 14, 2023, and lost with a score of 61-67. Kinsey Buechle and Jayda From were lead scorers with 18, followed by Tacey From with 14, Kimber McGinley with 5, Kaetryn Bancroft with 4, and Malika Monroe with 2.

Valentine FFA competed January 11, 2023, in Wallace with the following LDE results: Jr Public Speaking, JoJo Jordan, purple and alternate to state; Jenalee Garwood, Blue. Sr.

Friday, February 17, the Badgers competed against Gordon-Rushville and lost with a score of 30-46. Scoring by quarters: Valentine - 6, 3, 5, 16 = 30 Gordon-Rushville - 9, 13, 8, 16 = 46 Leading scorer was Andon Olson with 12, followed by Seth Vavra with 6, Lex Larsen with 5, Isaac Cronin with 3, Nathan Perrett and Jack Lancaster each with 2.

The Cowgirl’s season came to an end last week after they lost to Hay Springs in the first round of sub districts. Scoring by quarters: Cody-Kilgore - 4, 5, 11, 8 = 28 Hay Springs - 20, 14, 14, 9 = 57 Aubree Johnson was lead scorer with 10, followed by Aiden Hand with 6, Mikah Vander Wey with 3, Kate Cox, Sadee Adamson, Kassidy Roseberry, and Rachel Farley each with 2, and Kayleigh Ravenscroft with 1.

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 15, 2023 —Nebraska 4-H members from across the state will showcase their designs during the 15th annual Omaha Fashion Week runway showcase.

The Nebraska State 4-H Indoor Archery Championship was held January 28, 2023 in Columbus. Dylan Naslund of Cody, placed fourth in the Young Adult Bowhunter Free Style division for targets. He also competed in the Platte Valley Archers 3-D meet that weekend, held in conjunction with the State 4-H meet. Dylan is the son of Adam and Janell Naslund.

The Cowboys finished off their regular season at Ainsworth where they fought hard against the Dawgs, and came out with a loss and a final score of 32-70. Scoring by quarters: Cody-Kilgore - 9, 9, 8, 6 = 32 Ainsworth - 19, 23, 24, 4 = 70 Cowboys roll into postseason as the #2 seed in the D2-12 Subdistricts, where they will play the #3 seeded Crawford Rams.

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission educators have scheduled interesting and engaging events for the curious in March. Here are some opportunities: Little Saplings program presents Spring Migration Adults looking to explore the outdoors with their young children are invited to Little Saplings, a monthly early childhood nature discovery program at Schramm Education Center near Gretna.

The Valentine Badger’s Boys and Girls wrestling teams attended NSAA State Wrestling over this past weekend. The Class C team placed eighth with 64 points out of a field of 55 teams. Broken Bow placed first with 119; Bishop Neumann, 97; Fillmore Central, 96; Pierce, 78.5; Battle Creek, 75; Boone Central, 66; Wilber-Clatonia, 65.5; Valentine, 64; Crofton/Bloomfield, 59; Ord, 55.