Two stats tell the story of Central Valley’s loss to Pleasanton last Tuesday: free throws and turnovers.

In their last LouPlatte Conference matchup of the regular season, the St. Paul girls’ basketball team managed to overcome a slow start, find a spark, and power past Ravenna.

Pleasanton forced Central Valley to play from behind through a majority of the first half of last Tuesday night’s meeting between the two Class D-1 foes, but the Cougars could not be outscored for long.

BLUEJAYS END SEASON WITH WIN The Elba Bluejays may not have had the year they were hoping for, but last week, the Purple and Gold finished off their regular season with a win.

The Central Valley boys’ wrestling team may not have a turned a lot of heads during the regular season. However, when the Cougars hit the mats at the District D-2 Wrestling Tournament at Shelby-Rising City High School, they managed to make some noise.

For the first time in school history, a member of the St. Paul girls’ wrestling team has qualified for the state wrestling meet.

The Centura girls’ basketball team didn’t follow their game plan on Saturday afternoon, but the Burgundy and Grey did just enough right to claw past Ravenna and finish the LouPlatte Conference Tournament sitting in third place.

St. Paul struggles at the rim in LouPlatte Conference championship game As the old saying goes, you want to be playing your best basketball come tournament time, and, last week, the St.

With just two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Elba Bluejays are still searching for their first win. Last week, the Purple and Gold dropped a pair of games, with Elba losing to Palmer and Heartland Lutheran.

Two members of the St. Paul girls’ wrestling team qualified for the district tournament following last week’s Subdistrict 1B Tournament.