Bucket by Tae Soto helps Central Valley top Centura 63-62 Central Valley’s Tae Soto inbounded a pass at the top of the key, drove the lane, and threw up a shot with twenty seconds left to play in last Tuesday night’s game between the Cougars and the Centura Centurions to help the Cougars cruise to their third victory of the season. That bucket ultimately clinched the Cougars’ 63-62 win over their hosts, with a last-second three-pointer by Centura’s Cayden Anderson bouncing off the rim as the buzzer sounded.

The St. Paul Wildcats are getting used to bringing home gold hardware, with the Blue and Gold winning the team title during two of their last three outings.

Following a three-game skid, the St. Paul Wildcats needed to get their season back on track.

Sandwiched between losses to state-rated Adams Central and Broken Bow, the St. Paul Wildcats brought home their second win of the season. While finishing with their second-best scoring effort of the year, the Blue and Gold toppled Arcadia/Loup City 50-32 on the Rebels’ home court last Friday evening.

The Centura girls’ basketball team set the tone in last Tuesday’s game against Central Valley immediately following the tip. After jumping out to an early 18-8 lead after the first quarter of play, the Centurions screamed past their guests from Greeley County.

The Central City Bison may be one of the top teams in the LouPlatte Conference, but last Friday night, the Centura boys’ basketball team put the Merrick County kids on upset-alert. Last week, in front of a sizable crowd inside the Bison Activity Dome in Central City, Centura never let their hosts stray too far on the scoreboard, with Centura’s Caden Ruhl having a chance to sink a last second shot and win the game.

Some of the toughest teams in Classes C and D from across central Nebraska were in attendance for last Friday’s Wood River Invite. Amid that fray of talented competition where the wrestlers from St.