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The Wilson Dragon boys varsity basketball team is back row, from left — Memphis Eberhart, Tage Woodmansee, Cade Brokes, Noah Crawford, Aiden Watts and Malachi Huck; front row, from left — Alec Huck, Taegan Thrasher, Connor Charvat, Briceson Pasek, Zane Modlin.

Members of the 2021-22 Ellsworth High School boys’ basketball team are, back row, from left — Ben Hipp, Riley Stone, Will Cravens, Loden West, Isaac Lindsley, Cole Webber, Gavin Webber and Trenton Holmes; and front row, from left — Lane Rolfs, Josh Rodriguez, Layton Lieker, Cade Gwinner, Jacob...

Above, Bearcat Cole Webber goes up for a shot Friday night against Beloit. Webber ended the night with 4 points.Below, Lady Bearcat Greta Klein takes a shot from the foul line. Klein ended the night with 13 points. LORI FARMER/Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter

RUSSELL — The Central Plains Lady Oilers basketball team defeated the Russell Lady Broncos 66-21 Saturday, in the championship game of the 2021 Amos Morris Classic basketball tournament at Russell.Brynna Hammeke led the scoring for the Lady O’s with 33 points.

Ellsworth High School Bearcat wrestler Will Donley pins his first round opponent Saturday during the Jeff Giles Memorial Invitational in Minneapolis. Donley finished third. Sierra Lanning took second, Riley Rodriguez took third and Jacob Keller finished fourth. Courtesy photo

The Wilson High School Lady Dragons Varsity Basketball team put one in the win column in front of the home crowd Dec. 10 by defeating Southern Cloud 39-18.Sophomore Anna Thielen led the Lady Dragons in scoring with 15.

CLAFLIN — Several members of the 2021 Central Plains Junior-Senior High School Oilers football team have been selected for the Central Prairie League All-League Football Team.

Kyler Burks of Beloit, left, seen here with pilot Mark Klein, prepares for his first airplane ride Saturday at the Ellsworth Municipal Airport. The free rides were part of the annual Young Eagle program flown by members of the Ellsworth EAA Chapter 1127.

The Ellsworth Junior-Senior High School Bearcats football team ended their 2021 season Oct. 29 with a 42-0 shutout of the Syracuse Bulldogs in a nonconference game at Syracuse. Here, in a game earlier in the season, the Bearcats sophomore quarterback, Will Cravens, scrambles with the football.

The Central Plains Junior-Senior High School Lady Oilers Volleyball Team did not three-peat this past weekend as hoped, after winning the state championship the past two years.The Lady Oilers squad, which was the No. 3 seed going into the 2021 Class 1A Division 2 State Volleyball Tournament Oct.