Area basketball roundup: Cambridge girls down Hitchcock County

CAMBRIDGE -- Cambridge's girls, ranked fourth in Nebraska Class C-2 in the Omaha World-Herald's preseason poll, rolled past Hitchcock County 60-39 in their first home basketball game of the season.

Traci Keyser scored 23 points for the Trojans win. Keyser also led in rebounds with 12 and added 2 assists.

Frankie Petersen had followed with 15 points and and 2 rebounds. Bailey Soucie added in 12 points and had 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals.

Jaci Wright led Hitchcock Count in scoring with 8 points and Jaci Kershaw had 7.

Ashley Garner was the leading rebounder with 8 and Amanda Leggott had 6. Laramey Lewis had 3 assists and 2 steals.

Cambridge 8 16 22 14-60

Hitchcock County 1 13 72 18-39

Cambridge -- B. Ballou 1, Petersen 15, K. Ballou, Soucie 12, Keyser 23, Witte 2.

Hitchcock County -- Wright 8, Miller 2, Kershaw 7, Lewis 6, Garner 6, Leggott 6, Crew 4.

Arapahoe boys 63, Overton 56

ARAPAHOE -- The Arapahoe Warriors won the season opener against Overton 63-56 Thursday night.

Dillon Breinig led the Warriors with 24 points. Ivan Simic added 18.

Arapahoe 15 22 7 19--63

Overton 16 12 20 8--56

Arapahoe -- Breinig 24, Simic 18, Hyke 10, Eichenberger 4, Walbridge 2, Wendland 1.

Overton -- Olmstead 15, Davey 14, Z. Olmstead 11, Weiss 7, Rose 6, Fisher 1, Jensen 2.

Dundy County girls 57,

St. Francis 41

BENKELMAN -- Dundy County-Stratton girls basketball team opened the season Thursday night with a 57-41 win over St. francis at home.

Hilary Wilson led the Tigers with 11 points, followed by Amanda Downey and April Lutz with 10 each.

Lutz had 10 rebounds and Downey 8.

Arapahoe girls 60,

Overton 48

ARAPAHOE -- The Arapahoe girls beat Overton 60-48 Thursday.

Cayla Polston scored 21 points to lead the Warriors. Michele Borden scored 19.

Arapahoe 13 16 15 16--60

Overton 19 8 12 9--48

Arapahoe -- Polston 21, Breinig 3, Borden 19, Snyder 2, Warner 4.

Overton -- Staffer 4, Aten 2, Hosick 1, Meier 15, Purintam 10, Smith 4, Callahan 6.

Minden girls 51,

Southern Valley 44

SOUTHERN VALLEY -- The Minden girls handed the Eagles a 51-44 loss Thursday night.

Jessica Murdoch put 20 points on the board for the Eagles.

Minden 11 16 8 16--51

Southern Valley 7 18 7 12--44

Minden -- Chromosta 11, Sitorius 10, Bauer 9, Hollinger 6, tenBensel 15

Southern Valley -- Bowers 2, Quinn 5, Murdoch 20, Sadd 4, C. Brooks 7, A. Brooks 6.

Minden boys 61,

Southern Valley 33

SOUTHERN VALLEY -- The Minden Whippets whipped the Eagles 61-33 in the season opener Thursday night.

Drew Witte put in 11 points for the Eagles. Michael Hoxmeier added 9.

Minden 25 9 16 11--61

Southern Valley 2 7 11 13--33

Minden -- Anderson 13, Holliday 4, Bergstorm 5, Pearson 8, G. Blum 10. C. Blum 2, Krall 11, Trausch 3, Christensen 1, Schwenka 2, Petersen 2.

Southern Valley -- M. Hoxmeier 9, Witte 11, Gustafson 2, Sheneman 3, McDonald 2, Becker 2, Horolart 2, P. Hoxmeier 2.

NEBRASKA/KANSAS AREA

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCORES

By The Associated Press

THURSDAY NIGHT BOYS

Arapahoe 63, Overton 56

Bertrand 46, Alma 29

Cambridge 82, Hitchcock County 31

Dundy County 66, St. Francis 34

McCook 43, Chase County 18

Minden 61, Southern Valley 33

THURSDAY NIGHT GIRLS

Alma 40, Bertrand 32

Arapahoe 60, Overton 48

Cambridge 60, Hitchcock County 39

Dundy County 57, St. Francis 41

McCook 54, Chase County 41

Minden 51, Southern Valley 44