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South Loup has gone 9-1 against Brady recently and the Bobcats looked to pad the win column further on Friday, Dec. 27. The two teams rounded out the year against one another at the holiday tournament in Maxwell.

The South Loup boys’ wrestling team competed in a dual tournament at Burwell on Friday, Dec. 20. The Bobcats faced off on the mat against S-E-M, Ravenna, Southern Valley, Hi-Line, Centura, and Sandhills-Thedford. Results of each of those duals for the South Loup wrestlers are as follows.

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better. That's what South Loup did as they secured a close 66-62 W over the Medicine Valley Raiders on Friday, Dec. 20. Winning may never get old, but the Bobcats are sure getting used to it with their third in a row.

175 - Garrett Hasenauer (Twin Loup) over Paxton Bierman (Fall 3:01) 190, 215, 285 – Double Forfeit South Loup v Ansley-Litchfield 106 – Noah Hiatt over Unknown (For.) 113 – Double Forfeit 120 – Double Forfeit 126 – Josiah Coleman over Donny Lawrence (A-L) (Fall 3:26) 132 – Kegan Ritchie (A-L) over Unknown (For.) 138 – Dawson Mason over Owen Brott (A-L) (Fall 0:45) 144 – Ryan Lords over Adrian Nienaber (A-L) (Fall 2:10) 150 – Double Forfeit 157 – CJ Quandt over Unknown (For.) 165 – Paxton Bierman over Unknown (For.) 175 – Double Forfeit 190 – Isaac O’Brien (A-L) over Unknown (For.) 215 – Double Forfeit 285 – Andy Cash (A-L) over Unknown (For.).

On Thursday, Dec. 19, the South Loup boys’ wrestling team competed in a quad tournament hosted by Ansley-Litchfield.

South Loup was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday, Dec. 17, as the team picked up their fifth straight loss.

The South Loup boy’s wrestling team took five athletes to the Anselmo-Merna Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 14, and came home with three medals. As a team the Bobcats finished in 10th place overall in the 16-team field. The Grand Island JV team won the tournament.

ELLEN MORTENSEN; ANNA TULLIS, STUDENT CORRESPONDENT After suffering tough losses against Twin Loup and Amherst to begin their season, the South Loup boy’s basketball team picked up a much needed win on Friday, Dec. 13 as they hit the road south to Cambridge.

The 2024-25 South Loup wrestling season is underway and the Bobcats have high goals and expectations for this year. Building off of a wealth of experience on the mat, sixth-year Head Coach Todd Phelps will be looking to his senior leadership to guide the ship.

Jeff Cole is in his 26th season as head coach of the South Loup boys’ basketball team. He is joined on the court by assistants Mike Weverka and Travis Sherbeck. The Bobcats are returning six letter winners from last year’s team, including three seniors. Those returning are seniors Harper Johnson, Caleb McFate, and Carter Wood, and juniors Conner Paulsen, Dylan Pandorf, and Crew Witthuhn. Coach Cole also noted a few players who aren’t returning letter winners but who could be key contributors to this year’s squad.