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On Tuesday, Jan. 2, the South Loup Bobcats hosted the Hershey Panthers in Callaway. The Bobcats were coming into the game 6-1, and the Panthers were coming into the game 4-5, but playing a very tough schedule.

After more than a two-week break, the South Loup wrestlers were back on the mats for a triangular with Sandhills-Thedford and Anselmo-Merna on Jan. 2. The Bobcats came out on top in team points over both of those teams.

The Lady Bobcats took a hard 43-29 fall against Hershey on Tuesday, Jan. 2, in their first game since Dec. 19. South Loup lost against Hershey in their previous head-tohead back in January of 2023, too, but the margin this time around was much wider than the 56-32 score last time.

The South Loup wrestling team is getting a long break in their season over the holidays. They wrapped up their matches for 2023 on Dec. 15, as the team participated in the Southern Valley Duals. The team will not be back on the mat until Jan.

On Dec. 18 and 19, the South Loup Bobcats traveled to Maxwell where they would compete in the annual holiday tournament. The tournament consisted of South Loup, Sandhills Valley, Bady, and the Bobcat's first-round matchup with the Maxwell Wildcats.

The Lady Bobcats closed out 2023 with a win, as they competed in a holiday tournament in Maxwell on Dec. 18 and 19. After suffering a hard-fought loss to Maxwell in their opening game of the tourney, the Lady Bobcats clawed their way back for their second game.

It has been a bit of a rough start to the season for the South Loup girls’ basketball team. After winning their season opener against Twin Loup the Lady Bobcats suffered losses in their next two contests, against Amherst and Cambridge.

On Friday, Dec. 15, the Medicine-Valley Raiders traveled to Arnold to play the South Loup Bobcats.

When I retired I received a very nice, and moderately expensive, watch. It is a “diver’s watch” in that it can withstand the pressure of water down to 300 feet and it has a movable dial so that I can set the time during my five-minute safety stop and not have to remember what time it was when I started. The only problem is that the watch loses about two–three minutes a day! Using this watch I wouldn’t have come close to winning a prize in 1714 of what would be the equivalent of $3.5 million dollars today.

Jeff Cole is in his 25th season as head coach of the South Loup boys basketball team and is joined by assistant coaches Mike Weverka and Joel Karg. The coaches have enjoyed many great moments over the years, and Coach Cole reflected on the accomplishments of the 2022-23 season.