Sports

The Ainsworth Bulldogs picked up their sixth win of the season on the backs of several key players, but it was Trey Appelt out in front who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 16 rebounds. The Ainsworth Bulldogs hosted the Burwell Longhorns on December 19th and handed the Longhorns a 72-39 defeat.

The Ainsworth Boys Wrestling Team was among 16 teams that competed in the Valentine Invitational Wrestling Tournament on Friday and Saturday, December 15th and 16th. Boys Team Scores: 1.

The Ainsworth Girls Wrestling Team placed seventh out of 13 teams at the Valentine Invitational Wrestling Tournament held on Friday and Saturday, December 15th and 16th. With only five wrestlers, Ainsworth brought home four medals from the tournament.

Dates, Times and Menu Subject to Change December 21st - 28th Thursday, December 21st Semester Tests. 2:00 p.m.: School Dismissal.

The Ainsworth Girls Basketball Team had a busy week playing three games. The Lady Bulldogs got their second and third wins of the season to give them a 3-3 record.

The Ainsworth Bulldogs Boys Basketball Team had three games this week and picked up wins over Valentine and Broken Bow, but recorded their first loss of the season against Cozad. The Bulldogs have a record of 5-1 with one game left before the holiday break.

The Ainsworth Bulldogs hosted the West Holt Huskies on Friday, December 8th and picked up their third win of the season, 48-41. Ainsworth jumped to an early lead in the first quarter and led 13-7.

The Ainsworth Lady Bulldogs Basketball Team hosted the West Holt Lady Huskies on December 8th and picked up their first win of the 2023-24 season, 49-40. Both teams struggled scoring in the first quarter.

Sam Wilkins of Ainsworth, an agricultural engineering major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, recently won a prize in the university’s 3-2-1 Quick Pitch competition. Hosted by the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship, the event gives Husker students from any college a platform to deliver a three-minute business idea to volunteer judges from Nebraska’s entrepreneurship community for the chance to win cash prizes totaling $12,000.00.

Dates, Times and Menu Subject to Change December 14th - 21st Thursday, December 14th 7:00 p.m.: High School Band and Choir Concert in Learning Center. Friday, December 15th 1:00 p.m.: High School Girls and Boys Wrestling at Valentine Invitational.