News

With their wins over the Hemingford Bobcats last week, 62-22, and the Potter-Dix Coyotes 64-27, Leyton girls basketball team remains undefeated this season.The Lady Warriors are ranked first in D2 District 11 play.They have hosted three matches on home court and taken three games on the road as visitors and hope to go into Christmas break 7-0 after their game this week.

Bridgeport High School basketball coaches Dave Kuhlen and Sean Sterkel both achieved milestones as their respective teams continued to pick up early- season wins on the hardwood this past week.

For the second year in a row, Bridgeport’s play production team took their one act all the way to the Johnny Carson Theatre in Norfolk, Nebraska, for the state competition. Class C productions were Thursday last week and Bridgeport earned a fourth place finish, an improvement over a sixth place spot last year.

brought to you by

The Bridgeport Board of Education held their regular meeting on Monday, December 11th, at 7:00 p.m. in the high school library. All board members were present with the exception of Jeff Pohl.The board approved, by a vote of 5-0, the consent agenda which included the approval of minutes, financial reports, bills and payroll. Consideration to approve the collective bargaining agreement with the BEA for the 2024-2025 school year was tabled.

COURTESY PHOTO

The Leyton Lady Warriors pummeled the competition last week when they faced off at home opening night against the Lady Longhorns of Kimball, winning 48-25. On Friday at Morrill, Leyton topped the Lady Lions 62-51.They are 2-0 on the season.

The Bridgeport girls and boys basketball teams earned wins during the opening weekend of the season.

Wrestling season is underway, and Bridgeport is off to a good start on the mats with meets competed this past week at Mullen, Southwest and Garden County.

Social media advertising is an effective way for small businesses to get the word out about their products. Unfortunately, the same goes for scams. BBB Scam Tracker has received more than 50 online purchase scam reports from consumers across Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota since November 1, many of which were perpetrated on social media.The 2022 BBB Online Scams Report found that online purchase scams were the most common cons reported to Scam Tracker and the category with the most victims.