Gage Delimont of Ainsworth, one of the seniors on the Chadron State College men’s basketball team, was honored during the Eagles’ final home game of the season on February 23rd. He will graduate from Chadron State College in May and plans to teach and coach. The Eagles finished the 2022-23 season with a 19-10 overall record and a 16-7 conference record, both the best in 20 years.

South Dakota State announces Heather Marie Lyons-Painter of Ainsworth, NE, has graduated following the summer and fall 2022 semesters. Lyons-Painter graduated with a Bachelor of Science in SDSU’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences..

# Athlete Games Points Field Field 3 3 Free Free 2 2 Rebounds Steals Blocked Name Played Goals Goals Pointers Pointers Throws Throws Pointers Pointers Shots Made Attempted Made Attempted Made Attempted Made Attempted 1 M. Kinney (So) 22 75 28 99 7 29 12 26 21 70 66 44 0

2022-2023 Season Statistics for Ainsworth Bulldogs - Girls Varsity # Athlete Games Points Field Field 3 3 Free Free 2 2 Rebounds Steals Blocked Name Played Goals Goals Pointers Pointers Throws Throws Pointers Pointers Shots Made Attempted Made Attempted Made Attempted Made Attempted 1 C. Temple (Jr) 18 14 5 26 4 17 0 1 1 9 28 5 1 2 B.Fernau(Jr) 7 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 3 E.Kennedy(So) 3 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 P.Goochey(So) 4 5 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 2 3 0 5 G.Kinney(Jr) 8 6 3 6 0 0 0 0 3 6 2 1 1 14 C.

As part of the Consolidated Appropriation Act signed into law in December 2022, March 1 was the start date the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will resume regular reviews of Medicaid eligibility. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicaid members have kept their Medicaid coverage even if they were no longer eligible.

Monday, February 27th was a busy day for Ainsworth High School students. The six members of the Ainsworth High School Speech Team, who were not competing at the District CDE competition in Norfolk, traveled to Cozad to compete in the Southwest Conference Speech competition.