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The Lady Wrestlers had a tough battle in Winnebago—one of the largest wrestling tournaments of the season. With no varsity medalist, each girl battled and had some tough matches. JV wrestler Mariana Azarcoya medaled 5th in her weight class. The Lady Badgers will head to Columbus on January 8.

The Badger Basketball team was looking for its 7th win of the season, and they did just that when they took control in the first half, leading 41-29 at halftime in the game against the Gordon-Rushville Mustangs.

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PreK-K 47-52 - Knox Nelson's place is 1st and has scored 19.5 team points. Round 1 - Knox Nelson (Valentine Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Trace Bilstein (Oneill Leprechaun Wrestling) (TF 17-2) Round 2 - Knox Nelson (Valentine Wrestling Club) won by fall over Merritt Miller (Oneill Leprechaun Wrestling) (Fall 1:59) Round 3 - Knox Nelson (Valentine Wrestling Club) won by fall over Harrison Mathine (St.

The Basketball teams ended 2025 at the Chadron Holiday Tournament with both teams bringing home third place. The Lady Badgers took on the Class B Gering Lady Bulldogs for the first round games.

1st - 2nd Boys Brkt 32 - Jayden Herrold's place is 2nd and has scored 0.0 team points. Round 1 - Kyle Dobson (Moen Wrestling Academy) won by fall over Jayden Herrold (VWC) (Fall 1:59) Round 2 - Kyle Dobson (Moen Wrestling Academy) won by fall over Jayden Herrold (VWC) (Fall 1:20).

8U Boys 50 - Maddox Belville's place is 1st and has scored 25.5 team points. Quarterfinal - Maddox Belville (Valentine Wrestling Club) won by fall over Brantley Robison (Hill City Youth Wrestling) (Fall 0:09) Semifinal - Maddox Belville (Valentine Wrestling Club) won by fall over Brooks Ellis (Lead-Deadwood) (Fall 0:23) 1st Place Match - Maddox Belville (Valentine Wrestling Club) won by tech fall over Cooper Dagenais (Spearfish Youth Wrestling) (TF 20-2) 8U Boys 60 - Charlie Stec's place is 1st and has scored 26.0 team points.

Chadron hosted a new, bigger holiday high school basketball tournament the final three days of the Old Year this coming week. Eight girls and eight boys teams participated Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, December 29-31 with a majority of the games taking place in the Chicoine Center at Chadron State College.

The Valentine High School wrestling program hosted their tournament Friday and Saturday, December 12-13, 2025. Coach Marcus Nelson said, “Overall, both teams had a good outing at home.

On Saturday, December 13, 2025 the Cody-Kilgore Cowgirls hit the road to continue their undefeated campaign at their next game in Stuart, NE, as they faced off against the Lady Broncos on their very own home turf in Holt County.