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The Lady Bobcats basketball team played nearly their entire season without finding themselves on the winning side of the scoreboard. Finally, on Feb. 13, they got the elusive victory - defeating Hi-Line by 20 points.

The South Loup Bobcats opened their subdistrict tournament with a 56–39 victory over the Anselmo- Merna Coyotes on Tuesday, Feb. 24, before falling to the Twin Loup Wolves in Thursday’s semifinal, 72–50. With that loss, the Bobcats closed out a season that showed steady growth in the boys’ offensive and defensive efforts, culminating in an increasingly successful run towards the end. The three senior leaders – Crew Witthuhn, Dylan Pandorf and Conner Paulsen – shone on both ends of the court and pushed the team to their 10 total wins for the year.

Crew Witthuhn (#44) soars to get the tip from Anselmo-Merna's Kayden Record.

Conner Paulsen brings the ball up the court for the Bobcats with teammate Hudson Vickers in the background.

After a year of grit, try and hard work, our two senior Bobcats headed for Omaha last weekend. The state tournament was held at the CHI Health Center Feb. 19-21, and the South Loup scramblers hit the mats on Friday and Saturday, coming home with a record of 1-2 for Josiah Coleman and 0-2 for Paxton Bierman.

In their final regular season outing of the year, the South Loup Bobcats dropped a 67-55 decision to the SEM Mustangs on Friday, Feb. 20 at home. A decisive third quarter created separation in a game that was tight through the opening half, sending the Bobcats into sub-district play with an overall record of 9-12.

Kamryn Kramer goes in for a layup against Overton on Feb. 17.

The Bobcat boys basketball team showed plenty of grit and try over this past week, rebounding from a tough road loss against the Anselmo-Merna Coyotes on Tuesday to answer with a commanding home victory over the Hi-Line Bulls to bring their late season record to 9-11.

The South Loup Lady Bobcats turned a corner last week, splitting a pair of games and finally notching their first win of the season — a much-deserved reward for a team that’s been grinding all winter.

The Bobcat grapplers fought their way through the District D-4 tournament in Bartley last weekend, Feb. 13-14, and came away with two state qualifiers for their efforts. Paxton Bierman and Josiah Coleman each triumphed over some tough opponents, ending the day on the podium.