Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger Ten Years Ago, 2016 Central Valley boys second at Holiday Tournament— The Central Valley Cougar boys fell to Grand Island Heartland Lutheran Tuesday evening fifty-nine to forty-eight at the Ansley/Litchfield Holiday Tournament…Nate Nekoliczak led the Cougars with twelve points, followed by Chase Nordhues with seven, while Rusty Hermsmeyer, Connor Wood and Daltyn Rother each had six points. Cougar girls second at Holiday Tournament— Grand Island Heartland Lutheran picked up their sixth win of the season as they defeated Central Valley forty-seven to forty-two in the championship game of the Ansley/Litchfield Holiday Tournament on Tuesday, December 29th…Central Valley was led in scoring by Shelby Behnk, Sidney Wood, and Jadie Rother with nine points each.

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Jack Higgens at Lake of the Woods reports that the official National Weather Service gauge registered .35 of an inch of moisture during December… The month started out cold but ended up mild. The high for the month was sixty degrees on December 26th. There were five days when the temperatures fell below zero with December 9th the coldest at negative eight degrees.

CHRISTMAS CHEER