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The Minden Whippets track and field team got its 2019 season underway on Friday by competing in the Class A

Wilcox-Hildreth senior AJ Jenkins has signed his National Letter of Intent to continue his football playing days as a member

14th seeded Axtell was defeated by third seeded Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family 63-36 in the D1-3 district final at St. Paul

“Survive and advance” is a mantra often used in postseason play. Axtell’s boys continued the season by escaping with a

Axtell’s girls ran into a buzzsaw in the name of highly-rated North Platte St. Pat’s in the D1-1 district final

The Minden Whippets boys basketball team had its 2018-19 season come to an end in the first round bunny bracket

The Minden Whippets boys basketball team wrapped up its 2018-19 regular season on Feb. 15 traveling to Broken Bow to

Top-seeded Wilcox-Hildreth was upended by fourth-seeded Arapahoe 45-40 in the subdistrict semifinals at Southern Valley on February 19. The Falcons’

Axtell captured the D1-10 subdistrict crown on Thursday defeating top-seeded Overton 42-37 after downing second-seeded Alma 55-42 on Wednesday. The

The Nebraska Schools Activities Association 2019 Nebraska State Wrestling Championships are in the books after a three-day event held in

Wilcox-Hildreth’s girls put up a fight but came up short in a 33-46 loss to Bertrand in the first round

The Minden Whippets girls basketball team had its 2018-19 season come to an end on Feb. 13 in the semifinals

The regular season finale on February 9 was a good one for Axtell’s girls as they topped Southwest at Bartley

Axtell’s girls, in senior Camille Fishell’s final home game, topped Elwood 51-46 on February 8. The Lady Cats climbed to

A game that was tied with under two minutes left did not turn out in Axtell’s favor as Southern Valley

Wilcox-Hildreth’s seniors didn’t get a chance to play their final home game on Friday against Amherst (it was cancelled due

The Minden Whippets girls basketball team wrapped up its 2018-19 regular season on Feb. 7 when they traveled to Wood

The Axtell Wildcats and Wilcox-Hildreth Falcons wrestling teams competed in the Class D District 2 held in Amherst on Friday

The Minden Whippet boys basketball team was on the road on Feb. 7 traveling to Wood River to take on

The Minden Whippets wrestling team competed on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9 in the Class C District 4 wrestling tournament

The 2019 Nebraska Schools Activities Association State Wrestling Championships will be upon us starting Thursday, Feb. 14 and running through

The Minden Whippets girls basketball team hosted the Gothenburg Swedes on Feb. 1 at Minden High School on Senior Night

For the first time this season, Axtell’s boys got their record over .500, now at 11-10, travelling to Southwest (Bartley)

Having not played a game for 10 days, the Axtell boys got back into action on February 8 with a

Overton, fresh off its FKC tournament championship, visited Wilcox- Hildreth and defeated the Falcons 76-59 on February 5. W-H fell

The Wilcox-Hildreth girls played their last regular season game and consequently their last home game hosting Overton on February 5.

The Minden Whippets boys basketball team sent their seniors out with a memorable win in their final home game for

The Axtell Wildcats and Wilcox-Hildreth Falcons competed in the FKC/TVC Conference Wrestling Tournament on Jan. 31 held at the Viaero

The Axtell girls played more games in the FKC tournament—four— than any other school , girls or boys. And they

The Minden Whippets wrestling team hosted the 2019 Southwest Conference wrestling tournament on Feb. 1 at Minden High School.The Whippets

The Minden Whippets girls basketball team was on the road traveling to Holdrege on Jan. 31 in a make up

Fifth-seeded Pleasanton defeated fourth-seeded Wilcox-Hildreth 55-43 in the FKC quarterfinals at Elm Creek on January 29 dropping the Falcons to

Wilcox-Hildreth’s girls played two games in the FKC tournament. They opened as the sixth seed and were defeated by third-seeded

The Minden Whippets boys basketball team was on the road Jan. 31 traveling to Holdrege to face the Dusters in

The Minden Whippets boys basketball team began its busy three game week on Jan. 29 hosting the Cozad Haymakers in

The Minden Whippets girls basketball team got back in the win column on Jan. 29 to stop a two-game skid,

Axtell hosted Elwood in the opening round of the FKC tourney and downed the Pirates 57-40 at Axtell on January

The Minden Whippets boys basketball team went 0-2 in the 2019 Southwest Conference tournament.The fifth-seeded Whippets traveled to Broken Bow

The third-seeded Whippets met up with the second-seeded Broken Bow Indians on Jan. 25 in Lexington in the Southwest Conference

The Minden Whippet wrestling team had an outstanding meet on Saturday, Jan. 26 when they traveled to Doniphan for the

Wilcox-Hildreth’s girls edged Franklin 36-33 on January 25 at Franklin. The win stemmed a three-game losing streak and moved them

The Wilcox-Hildreth Falcons wrestling team competed on Saturday in the Warcat Invitational. The Falcons placed fourth overall with a team

Axtell’s girls put up a season high in points and allowed a season low defensively in their 70-19 win over

Playing without two starters, Axtell’s boys had a tough time shaking Eustis-Farnam, but the Cats ultimately prevailed 48-37. The win

Wilcox-Hildreth was defeated by Silver Lake 44-30 at Roseland on January 22 dropping the Lady Falcons to 6-9. Silver Lake

Wilcox-Hildreth’s boys won 61-42 at Silver Lake (Roseland) on January 22 and in doing so raised their record to 10-4.

Loomis topped the Axtell boys 58-47 on January 24 at Loomis leaving the Cats’ record at 7-9.Axtell started the contest

Wilcox-Hildreth won their fourth in a row, moving to 11-4, with a 55-27 defeat of Franklin at Franklin on January

Wilcox-Hildreth’s girls and Amherst were within three points of each other entering the fourth quarter but a disastrous final eight

The Axtell Wildcat wrestling team was back on the mat on Jan. 24 traveling to Ord for the 15 team