Longhorns stomp Lex, Tigers rip through tournament

Some more recent area basketball results not included in a previous McCook Gazette.

BOYS

Arapahoe 47,

Franklin 33

ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Senior Will Cacy’s 17 points and nine rebounds helped power the Arapahoe Warriors to a holiday home tournament win.

Eli Shafer mixed in a double delight with 10 points plus 13 rebounds.

Arapahoe advanced to Saturday’s home tourney championship game but fell 55-38 to Blue Hill.

Shafer cleaned the boards for another 11 rebounds while Gage Gooden’s 16 points topped the Warriors, now 1-9 overall.

Arapahoe won’t play again until Tuesday night at Maxwell.

Cambridge 39,

Ans.-Merna 32

PLEASANTON, Neb. — The Cambridge boys captured third place in Pleasanton’s Holiday Tournament as Brady Ahlemeyer and Hodge Raburn each scored 14 points.

Braydon Miller was a beast with 10 rebounds.

The Trojans shook off a 65-52 loss to Pleasanton one night earlier.

Ahlmeyer still netted 18 points with Hodge scoring 16 besides a super six-steal defensive effort.

Junior Krayton Ruggles added 11 points for the 2-6 Trojans, who play Maywood-Hayes Center tonight in Maywood.

DC-S dominates

Axtell tournament

AXTELL, Neb. — The Dundy County-Stratton boys brilliantly rebounded from a recent rare home loss to Perkins County.

They first smothered Heartland Lutheran, 48-28, then tore up those Axtell Wildcats, 60-43, for another championship.

DC-S plays next against Chase County at Imperial Tuesday night.

Chase County 58,

Lexington 24

Lucas Fries’ 15 points sparked the Longhorns’ second win this season Saturday night.

Camron Lempke joined Fries in double figures with 10 points. Together, they made 10 field goals while shooting exactly 50 percent.

Carson Terryberry contributed eight points and seven rebounds for the 2-5 Longhorns.

Kole Clevenger collected a team-high 10 rebounds, Lemke eight and Terryberry seven.

Trego 54,

Decatur Comm. 48

Undefeated Trego, Kan. (6-0) survived Gage Williby’s 24 points during this Dec. 21 contest.

Tyler Ostmeyer and Caden Shaw each added 10 points to keep the 4-2 Decatur Community-Oberlin Red Devils within striking distance.

GIRLS

Arapahoe 52,

Franklin 26

ARAPAHOE, Neb. — The Arapahoe girls reached their holiday tournament game thanks to a super attack featuring Suttyn Shafer’s 17 points Friday evening.

Sawyer Shafer swiped six steals to go with her nine points and three rebounds.

Clara Hilker netted nine points while Cadence Carpenter corralled nine rebounds. Freshman Tatym Roskop mixed in five rebounds and four more steals.

Rawlins 50,

Hitchcock 38

The Rawlins County, Kan., girls take a 5-1 record into 2025 following their holiday break since Saturday, Dec. 21.

Camden Franklin’s 18 points fueled this big Buffaloes victory and Kayte Shively 15.

Raegan Hagan topped the Falcons’ attack though Madysen Carlson also delivered a strong 11 points, nine rebounds.

Decatur Comm. 50,

Trego 20

The Decatur Community-Oberlin, Kan., Red Devils are 4-2 starting 2025 after Jenna Fortin and Elsa Larson each scored 13 points in this recent Friday night win.

Brylee Minnick tallied another 10 points, six rebounds and five assists.