Sports

Leo Brinda American Legion Auxiliary Unit 90 is sponsoring a junior girl to attend Cornhusker Girls State in Lincoln. An informational meeting will be held February 3, 2022, at 3:30 p.m.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission adopted special area regulation changes for wildlife management areas at its meeting January 28, 2022 in Lincoln. The changes concern hunting at Gifford Point WMA in Sarpy County.

Five students from Valentine High School were selected to participate in the UNK Music Festival in Kearney. Students who were accepted into the choirs included: Cassius Browning in Honor Choir, Nathan Perrett in Festival Choir, and Grace Maunu in Treble Choir.

Valentine High School second semester Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held in the commons area Wednesday, February 9, 2022, from 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. and from 11:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. There will be no classes held February 9, due to the conferences.

Our Badgers have had a tough losing streak and the past week was no different. Thursday, January 20, 2022, they hosted Stuart Broncos and lost with a score of 31-52.

Friday, January 28, 2022, the Bagers had a Dual with Sidney. Final score is below, along with individual results.

The Badgers traveled to Ainsworth, Saturday, January 29, 2022, where they participated in a tournament. Team scores are as follows: Burke/Gregory, 190.51; Valentine, 190.53; Central City, 141.04; Sidney, 121.05; Winside, 87.56; Twin Loup, 78.07; North Central, 49.08; Brady, 38.09; Todd County, 34.010; Crawford, 26.011; Hay Springs, 25.012; Loomis/Bertrand, 10.013; Ainsworth, 4.0.

Boys Team Scores First place, Valentine, 165.0; second place, Mead, 31.5; third place, Ogallala, 115.0; fourth place, Campbell County, 105.0; fifth place, Gordon-Rushville, 95.0; sixth place, Chase County, 85.0; seventh place, Bayard, 71.5; eighth place, Chadron, 63.0; ninth place, Newell, 51.0; 10th place, Perkins County, 45.0; 11th place, Bridgeport, 35.0; 12th place, Garden County, 33.0; 13th place, Alliance, 32.0; 14th place, Crawford, 26.0; 15th place, Kimball, 21.0; 16th place, Hemingford, 18.0; 17th place, Hay Springs, 14.5; 18th place, Morrill, 1.0. Girls Team Scores First place, Chadron Girls, 75.0; second place, Mitchell Girls, 72.0; third place, Ogallala Girls, 62.0; fourth place, Valentine Girls, 60.0; fifth place, Pine Ridge, 54.0; sixth place, Bridgeport Girls, 38.0; seventh place, Hemingford Girls, 28.0; eighth place, Bayard Girls, 26.0; ninth place, Garden County Girls, 22.0.

Valentine placed second at the Chadron Dual tournament Friday, January 21, 2022. The Badgers lone loss came to a 24-1 Scottsbluff team. “I would have liked to have wrestled them with our full line-up, I think we would have fared better. The Badgers defeated a good Mead, CO team in the semifinals. That was our best dual of the day. I thought we wrestled pretty good against them,” said Coach Shane Allison.

The Cody-Kilgore Cowgirls lost the Saturday, January 15, 2022 game against the Hitchcock County Falcons with a score of 30-54. Scoring by quarters: Cody-Kilgore - 11, 8, 2, 9 = 30 Hitchcock County - 12, 12, 14, 16 = 54 Stats haven’t been entered as of press time..