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For the second straight year, the Bridgeport football team claimed the Class D-1, District 11 championship in dominating fashion.The Bulldogs, who rolled to a 90-20 win over Morrill in their regular-season finale last Friday, finished with a perfect 4-0 record in the district.

Bridgeport cross country runners took to the road last Thursday when they travelled to Grant for the Southern Platte Valley Association conference meet. Kyra Robbins took first place overall when the Lady Bulldogs crushed the competition, the team taking first place in the tournament with all five ladies in a top ten spot.

George Leeper and JackWagoner were honored last Tuesday night at the Broadwater Village Hall with Quilts of Valor, presented by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 312 and Kathy Dye, Western Nebraska District Coordinator and the leader of the Nebraska Panhandle Block group.

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The Leyton Lady Warriors have rallied back since their loss to Bridgeport two weeks ago, going on an eight-game winning streak to increase their overall standings to 20-4.Their only losses of the season have come against the two Morrill County teams, Bridgeport, and Bayard, falling to each of the Bulldog and the Tiger teams twice.

The dry bean harvest is underway across the Panhandle. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center in Scottsbluff, Carlos Urrea, UNL dry bean breeder, has been hand-selecting dry bean plants for research. Urrea and his team go into the fields before harvest and pull out the dry bean plants with desired traits.

LINCOLN— Last Wednesday, Governor Jim Pillen announced the extension of Nebraska Medicaid postpartum coverage from 60 days to 12 months beginning January 1, 2024.This announcement comes as Nebraska continues to strengthen its commitment to the health and well-being of mothers and children across the state.

Morrill County Courthouse

Bridgeport high school cross country runners travelled to the University of Nebraska at Kearney on Monday last week, taking part in the all-class run with hundreds of other runners and dozens of schools.The Lady Bulldogs took the ninth-place spot with 103 points in the class D division out of 37 schools, the Bulldogs, 32nd place with 327 points in the same class facing 51 other schools.

The Bridgeport Bulldogs continued their winning ways over the rival Bayard Tigers with a 68-34 victory on the gridiron last Friday night in Bayard. In their last two matchups, the Bulldogs have out-scored the Tigers by a score of 133-54.