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From history-making success to record-setting achievements, it certainly proved to be a memorable season for the Bridgeport girls basketball team led by head coach Dave Kuhlen.The Lady Bulldogs tied the school record for most wins in a season by finishing 27-1, while setting a new school record with a 26-game winning streak.

Logan Bartling Alexis Hill Jason Jensen Lindsie Leithead Mackenzie Liakos Kason Loomis Ruthie Loomis-Goltl Tegan Rice Jordan Wagner

Bridgeport teams placed in the top three spots in all relays at Morrill’s Early Bird track meet on Friday. In the 4x800 relay, Madison Ribble, Mackenzie Liakos, Brooklyn Mohrman and Alexis Hill placed 1st with a time of 11:17.77. In the 4x100 relay, Ella Schluterbusch, Olivia Loomis-Goltl, Mohrman, and Taylor Bright placed 2nd with a 54.15 time.The 4x400 relay team saw Schluterbusch, Lily Stull, Aubrey Watts and Hill place third with a time of 4:42.

With a roster filled with plenty of youth and inexperience, the Bridgeport boys basketball team expected to feel some growing pains this season. That certainly proved to be true, especially early on, as the Bulldogs split their first eight games and just couldn’t find the right consistency. It didn’t help that three of those four losses came to opponents that ended up finishing the season with 23 or more wins.

State bound speakers from Bridgeport gave a special performance on Monday night in the high school auditorium; the widely talented group performed before a fair-sized crowd, who could be heard laughing one minute and brought to tears the next.

JEREMY WOZNICK

The 16th annual Oregon Trail Honor Band, sponsored by Doane University, was held in Bridgeport’s auditorium Monday night, January 9. The all-day clinic saw high school students from multiple panhandle schools, and finished the day with a one-band concert, conducted by guest clinician Dr. Andrew D. Feyes, Director of Instrumental Music at Doane University. Feyes has served Doane as a director and also teaches courses in conducting and music methods, and lessons on the trumpet.

“Khumbaya” reverberated off the walls inside Heckman Auditorium at Doane University in Crete on Monday night with four Bridgeport students singing along with the Honor Choir there. In front of a standing-room-only audience, Drew Leisy, Kaitlynn Moore, Delaney Pohl, and Eden Strawn participated in singing five pieces to the packed crowd.

Bridgeport girls took first place at the Bayard wrestling triangular last Thursday night, defeating Bayard 30-24, and Mitchell, 30-15.

Leyton Warrior boys took the championship spot following their win over Perkins County on Friday during the Perkins County Holiday Tournament in Grant this past weekend. Both Leyton teams played Perkins for the championship after beating out Wallace and South Platte. The girls finished in second place for runner up.