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The South Loup boys basketball season came to an unceremonious end Saturday morning, with the update of a website. As the Class D1 wildcards were assigned and the district finals were announced, the top four wildcards were drawn, but the Bobcats sat in fifth place.

The South Loup Lady Bobcats (15-7) saw the end to their season on Tuesday with a loss to Southern Valley in the second round of the C2-11 sub district tournament at Southern Valley High School. The Lady Bobcats beat the Lady Sailors of Sutherland 56-30 on Monday during the first round of play.

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After losing part of last wrestling season and all of this year’s football season to a persistent knee injury, Dawson Doggett (24-11) had a singular goal for this wrestling season - to qualify for the state tournament.

With their sights set on the D1-10 sub district tournament beginning Monday, the South Loup Bobcat basketball team (17-4) took it easy on Friday against the SEM Mustangs in their last regular season game of the year in Callaway.

After sitting out the entire last season due to a shoulder injury, junior Dawson Doggett punched his ticket for this year’s state wrestling tournament in Omaha at 195 pounds at the District D1 tournament in Pender last weekend.

In the race to state, the South Loup boys basketball team (17-3) added two more wins to their record with defeats over Anselmo-Merna and Hi-Line and remained ranked in the top 10 in the state in class D1 this past week.

Despite having four players on the injured list, including two seniors, the Lady Bobcats persevered and beat the Lady Coyotes of Anselmo Merna in an explosive game last Tuesday, and easily defeated Hi-Line on Friday in Eustis.

As the South Loup Bobcats boys basketball team continues their domination over their opponents this season, they have their sights set on a tough subdistrict in two weeks and all the wildcard points they can bank.

The South Loup Bobcat wrestlers traveled to Loup City last Friday to compete in their last regular season tournament of this season as they turn their sights to districts and then state this week.