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The South Loup boys’ basketball season came to an end on Thursday, Feb. 26, when the Bobcats lost their D1-10 sub-district final game to Twin Loup.

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.

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.

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.

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.