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Local students named to Chadron State College President’s and Dean’s List

CHADRON, NE – Chadron State College has announced the names of students who qualified for the President’s List for the Fall 2025 semester. To be eligible, students must have completed at least 12 credit hours of coursework, be pursuing their first bachelor’s degree, maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 4.0, and have no incomplete grades.

Badgers host Huskies

The Badger basketball teams hosted West Holt on Tuesday, January 6, 2026. The Lady Huskies came into the contest with an 8-2 record. They took control and didn’t hold back. The Lady Badgers couldn’t get things going, and the Husky defense held them to 31 points. The Lady Huskies earned their 9th win of the season, 62-31. Next for the Lady Badgers was the Lady Indians of Broken Bow, a 7-4 team. This was another tough battle for the Lady Badgers. Broken Bow took the lead and took control of the game very early in the game. The lead got to be too much, and the Lady Badgers weren’t able to fight back. The Lady Badgers were defeated by a score of 73-37 for their fourth loss of the season.

Midwest Mania results

MidwestManiaDuals2026,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.

Results of the West Holt tourney

The sixth graders went 1-1 on Saturday at the Bassett tournament. They lost to Creighton and beat West Holt.

Zi Beta Omega donates to Teammates and VES

Here's a story we can talk about. XI Beta Omega sorority donated 250.00 to Teammates for the book vending machine at Valentine Elementary. Remember, Teammates is in need of volunteers! Contact Angie Jordan at VES.

Results of Summerland Bobcat Club Tournament

PK-K Girls 40-46 - Tinsly Shelbourn’s place is 4th and has scored 10.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Grace Boshart (Oneill Leprechaun Wrestling) won by fall over Tinsly Shelbourn (Valentine Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:21) Cons.

Norm Manstedt boys invitational results

Coach Marcus Nelson said, “Both the girls and boys wrestled well for one of the tougher tournaments on our schedule. This was a good test to see where we are at, compared with some of the competition we won’t see for the rest of the year. We came away with severalmedalsonbothteams,Jekhi Williams was our lone champion.”

Youth Wrestling Club results

3rd-4th 75 - Cormac Coleman’s place is 2nd and has scored 18.5 team points. Champ.

Valentine Youth Basketball teams play in Springview

The sixth grade boys basketball team played two challenging games in Springview on Saturday, January 3, 2026. The first game on the court was against Stuart. They worked hard and won 3423. Their second game was against Winner, and they had a close game going into halftime, but the sixth graders fought hard in the second half and won 23-12. Their next game will be in Bassett on January 10.