February 9th - February 15th Athletes of the Week
Girls
Lauren Moore - Arapahoe
Moore was named the Class B State Champion as she bowled 160 and 161 for a total of 321 in the championship round.
Boys
Lane Bybee - Dundy County Stratton
In the Tigers 80-49 win over Southern Valley, Bybee had 38 points, nine rebounds, three steals, and two blocks.
February 2nd - February 8th Athletes of the Week
Girls
Karissa Stengel - Maywood-Hayes Center
Stengel had 19 points, three rebounds, eight assists, and six steals in their win over Mullen, 24 points and five steals in their win over Hershey, and 23 points, six rebounds, six assists, and five steals in the win over Hitchcock County.
Boys
Jacen Smith - Arapahoe
Smith placed 1st at the Southwest Invite last Friday at 285 pounds. He improved his record for the year to 34-5 heading into districts.
January 26th-February 1st Athletes of the Week
Girls
Aspen Billeter - Southwest
Billeter averaged 15.6 points, 10.6 rebounds, and two steals in Southwest's games on Monday, Thursday, and Saturday in the RPAC Tournament. Southwest won their first-ever RPAC Girls Basketball Championship.
Boys
Zavier Mitchell - Alma
Mitchell averaged 15 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 3.3 steals in their games on Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday during the RPAC Tournament. The Cardinals won their first-ever RPAC Boys Basketball Championship.
January 19th-January 25th Athletes of the Week
Girls
Maddy Flock - Maxwell
Flock had 25 points, four assists, and two steals in their win over Sandhills Valley. She set the new individual school record for 3-pointers in a game with seven in that game.
Boys
Southern Valley Wrestling Team
Southern Valley won the RPAC Team Championship with 152.5 points. The last time the Eagles won the RPAC Title was the 2015-2016 season.
Jeremy Felix - Alma
Felix was named the RPAC Champion at 190 pounds, all while achieving his 150th career win, setting a new school record for career take-downs with 285, which was previously held by his brother, Joseph Felix, and career pin record of 112. All of those career records will continue to grow as the season progresses.
January 12th-January 18th Athletes of the Week
Girls
Aspen Billeter - Southwest
In the Roughriders' win over Hi-Line on Tuesday, Billeter posted 16 points, three rebounds, and four steals; in Friday's win over Bertrand, Billeter set a new school record for points in a game with 30 while also adding nine rebounds, and four steals to the stat sheet; and in Saturday's win over Southern Valley, Billeter had 12 points and three rebounds.
Mallory Springer - Cambridge
Springer posted 16 points, 18 rebounds, six assists, four steals, and two blocks in the Trojans win over Medicine Valley on Tuesday; 20 points. 14 rebounds, six assists, three steals, and one block in their win over Sutherland on Friday; and on Saturday, she had 16 points, 13 rebounds, two assists, and two steals in Cambridge's win over Maxwell.
Boys
Houston Billeter - Southwest
In Southwest's 47-42 loss to Hi-Line on Tuesday, Billeter had 16 points, eight rebounds, three assists, and two steals; In their 57-53 loss to Bertrand on Friday, Billeter posted 32 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and two steals; and in the Roughriders' 54-44 win over Southern Valley on Saturday, Billeter tallied 30 points, 13 rebounds, five assists, and two steals.
January 5th-January 11th Athletes of the Week
Girls
Kyra Nelms - Southwest
Nelms had 10 points and four rebounds in the Roughriders win over Hitchcock County, 13 points, 11 rebounds, and seven assists in their win over Cambridge, and 25 points and 12 rebounds in their win over Wauneta-Palisade.
Boys
Brady Ahlemeyer - Cambridge
In the Trojan's win over Southwest, Ahlemeyer had a monster game, posting 42 points, three rebounds, and four assists. Ahlemeyer was 13-23 from the field, 5-10 from three-point range, and 11-13 from the free throw line.
December 29th - January 4th Athletes of the Week
Girls
Mesa Cox - Wauneta-Palisade
Cox had 21 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, five steals, and two blocks in their 51-49 overtime loss to Bertrand last Friday.
Boys
Thunder Nelson - Bertrand
In the Vikings loss to Gibbon in the first game of the Elm Creek Holiday Tournament, Nelson had 13 points and 10 rebounds and in their loss to Arcadia-Loup City in the consolation game of the tournament, he had 25 points and six rebounds. In Bertrand's win over Wauneta-Palisade he posted 32 points, five rebounds, and six steals.
December 22nd - December 28th Athletes of the Week
Girls
Addison Arvdal - Sutherland
Arvdal placed 1st at 190 pounds at the North Platte Girls Invite over Adriana Gomez of Crete by fall in 1:31. She remains undefeated on the season with a record of 18-0.
Boys
Hodge Raburn
During the Pleasanton Holiday Tournament, Raburn had 18 points and six steals in their loss to Pleasanton. In their win against Anselmo-Merna, Raburn had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
December 15th - December 21st Athletes of the Week
Girls
Ambie Custard - Southwest
At the McCook Girls Invite, Custard took 1st at 135 pounds by defeating Lauren Gdanitz of Wray, CO, by fall in 0:17 and at the Cambridge Girls Invite she defeated Isabella Garrity of Norton/Northern Valley, KS, by fall in 0:43 to place 1st.
Boys
Tucker Brandyberry - Alma
Brandyberry picked up his 100th career win at the Fran Jorgensen Invite and finished the day with a 1st place finish over Tyler Meyer of Hoxie, KS, by fall in 1:46 at 120 pounds.
December 8th - December 14th Athletes of the Week
Girls
Addison Andersen - Bertrand
In the Vikings loss to Pleasanton, Andersen had 17 points, eight rebounds, and three steals. In their win over Loomis, Andersen had 10 points, 11 rebounds, and eight steals.
Boys
Tanner Hebblethwaite - Paxton
In their win against Brady Hebblethwaite had 25 points, five rebounds, and five steals. In their win against Potter-Dix, Hebblethwaite had 29 points, seven rebounds, and four steals.
December 1st - December 7th Athletes of the Week
Girls
Southwest Girls Wrestling Team
The Roughriders won their home invite last Friday and had six of their wrestlers place in the top three.
Boys
Colton Fote - Paxton
At the Hi-Line Invite on Friday, Fote placed 3rd at 157 pounds and at the Perkins County Invite on Saturday, Fote placed 1st.