The Minden Whippets are one of the top teams in Class C-1 girls’ basketball this season, and last Tuesday night, the Purple-clad cagers from Kearney County illustrated exactly why. In a physical contest that played out on the hardwood at St.

With the LouPlatte Conference Tournament looming in the near future, the Centura boys’ basketball team was looking to snap a threegame skid and gain some confidence heading into tournament play. On Friday night, the Centurions accomplished all those goals when they survived a hard-fought battle wireto- wire against a scrappy Gibbon team, with the Centurions topping the Buffaloes 52-47.

The St. Paul Wildcats are no strangers to playing extra minutes against Sandy Creek.