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Nebraska kicks off its 2026 season Saturday against Ohio at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m., and the game will be televised by FS1. The Cornhuskers are coming off a second straight 7-6 campaign in 2025. Four of Nebraska's six losses last season came to ranked opponents, including a three-point loss to Michigan and a four-point loss to USC. Nebraska returns six starters on offense and six starters on defense, plus 10 others players who made at least one start in

Valentine retained the Rolling Rock Sunday at Frederick Peak Golf Course with a big rally in the singles round during the annual match play event between the top golfers from Valentine and Ainsworth. The Ainsworth squad jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the scramble round. The teams split both the alternate shot and best ball rounds with 2-1/2 points in each. Leading by a 9-6 margin heading into the singles round, Ainsworth needed four of the 10 available points to recapture the

The first week of the KVSH Pigskin Predication contest was a close one. 10 people missed only one game. Boone Jesperson out did them all by getting all games correct. The TCU loss to UNC tripped up most people. The high school games also seem to be adding a certain degree of difficulty for some. Boone will claim the first-place prize of $25 from KVSH and our sponsors. From the ten people who missed only 1 game, the closest on Hawaii yardage was Nila Gierau of Springview w

' Ainsworth Invite today for the VHS lady golfers! Valentine was able to take 9 players; 5 Varsity and 4 JV. Varsity: Tierney Miller, Joni Cox, Rylee Wackler, Kassie Hanson and Ali Weller. JV: Leti Alvarez, Brooklyn Coyle, Ara'Vani Johnson and Leah Osnes. Top 10 players medaled today. Tierney Miller placed 2nd shooting an 88. Joni Cox and Rylee Wackler were just outside of the top 10 shooting a 104 and 105. Valentine took 2nd as a team with a team score of 403. Earl

Chadron State football to open season this week. With high hopes for another excellent season, the Chadron State College football team will open its schedule by playing the Northern State Wolves at Aberdeen, S.D., on Thursday, August 27 at 5 p.m. MT. The Eagles had an 8-4 overall record, were 8-1 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and advanced to the NCAA Division II playoffs last season. They are fourth in the RMAC coaches' preseason poll for this fall.

Once again this year KVSH Radio will partner with The Draw Bar in downtown Valentine for the Draw Bar prediction show on Thursday mornings at 10:15 on KVSH. Each week the cards will feature both college and area high school games for participants to pick the winners. Each week KVSH will award, $25 for first place and $15 for second place. At the end of the season the person who has the most correct answers will receive $100 and second place will get $50. The cards will be

A team of Valentine Middle School athletes made an impressive showing at the Kheya Ki Triathlon in Rosebud yesterday (Sunday August 23rd.) The Sinte Gleska University Wellness Club hosted the event at Indian Scout Lake, bringing together three-person teams for a swim, run and bike competition. Brothers Wade Daugherty and Duke Daugherty teamed up with their friend River Ruby — and the trio got off to a strong start. River was the first swimmer to finish the swim portion of the

The 2027 Season was approved at the Aug 14 meeting in Blair, NE The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission approved a 2027 mountain lion hunting season at its Aug. 14 meeting in Blair. Commissioners approved the following mountain lion recommendations that originally were brought to their June meeting: the Niobrara Unit is expanded east to Nebraska Hwy. 14 the Niobrara Unit harvest limit is increased to 10, with a sublimit of five females the Pine Ridge Unit harvest limit is redu

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will consider recommendations for a 2027 mountain lion hunting season at its Aug. 14 meeting in Blair. NGPC - The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will consider recommendations for a 2027 mountain lion hunting season at its Aug. 14 meeting in Blair. The meeting begins at 8 a.m. Central time at the Blair Public Library, 2233 Civic Drive. Staff will recommend expanding the Niobrara Unit and increasing the mountain lion harvest limit whil

Kearney results from July 18 - 19, 2026 - Session A and C - 50 meter pool Aubrey Benson (Girls 15 and up) - 1st 50 m Freestyle, 1st 200 m IM, 2nd 100 m Butterfly, 2nd 50 m Breaststroke, 2nd 200 m Breaststroke, 2nd 50 m Backstroke, 2nd 100 m Backstroke, 3rd 50 m Butterfly, 3rd 100 m Freestyle, 3rd 200 m Freestyle, 4th 100 m Breaststroke. Emily Benson (Girls 11 and 12) - 1st 50 m Freestyle, 3rd 50 m Butterfly, 3rd 200 m IM, 3rd 100 m Freestyle, 3rd 200 m Freestyle, 3rd 50 m Bac

Its time to start signing up teams for the Cherry County Fair Ranch Rodeo on Sunday August 9th. Rules meeting at 11:30 with rodeo starting at 1pm CT. Contact Eric Ravenscroft at 402 322 9248. For more information call Ben Risse at 402 322 1874. There is a limit of 15 teams and contestants can only enter on one 4-person team. There is a $500 entry fee per team, with $1,000 added money from Cherry County Ag Society. Ranch Rodeo events include steer tie down roping, steer doc

The Valentine Youth travel baseball season is coming to a close. The 8U Rookies ended their season with a first place finish in the Rosebud League. They went into the tournament #8 on a blind seeding with a record of 5-1-2. On June 27th the team played Burke Rookies and earned the first round win by a score of 2-1. George Jerred hit a triple scoring Valentine’s only 2 runs in the top of the 2nd inning. They then faced Gregory Red, where George and Finley Walking had hits that

Swimming results from Kearney, NE June 20 - 21, 2026 (Session A & C - 50 meter pool) Ryan Adams (Boys 11-12) - 4th 100 m Freestyle, 3rd 50 m Backstroke, 3rd 100 m Breaststroke, 3rd 50 m Freestyle, 3rd 100 m Backstroke, 2nd 50 m Breaststroke. Aubrey Benson (Girls 15 and up) - 4th 100 m Freestyle, 1st 200 m IM, 1st 100 m Butterfly, 2nd 100 m Breaststroke, 3rd 50 m Butterfly, 4th 50 m Freestyle, 2nd 100 m Backstroke, 1st 200 m Breaststroke, 4th 50 m Breaststroke. Emily Benson (G

Press Release From Governor Pillen Today, Governor Jim Pillen signed his name to the ‘Fairness For Girls’ constitutional amendment ballot petition. Should the language qualify for the ballot in November and be approved by voters, it would amend Nebraska’s Constitution to establish constitutional protections for sex-separate athletics to ensure equal access to athletic opportunities for females. “Nobody should marginalize this issue by making it about politics — it’s simply ab

There will be 5 performances for the Nebraska High School Rodeo Finals in Valentine next week, June 11th through the 13th at the Cherry County Fairgrounds. An estimated 170 contestants an d their families will start to arrive on Wednesday the 10th with a welcome dinner and back-number ceremony at the former Shopko building at 5:30. Guest speaker will be Steven Dent. The public is invited to join for the ceremony and speaker. Queens competition will start on Wednesday at 9AM

The Valentine Chamber of commerce will host their annual fund-raising golf tournament on June 13th at Frederick Peak golf Course. Currently there are still some openings for teams and some available sponsorship opportunities. The tournament will be a 4 person scramble with flag prizes and door prizes. Rules meeting and check in will be at 9AM with play to begin at 10AM. If you would like to help sponsor the event, contact Kim Jeffers at 402 322 1391. If you would like to e

Zach and Jill will have the baseball coverage for our listeners Wednesday Valentine’s American Legion Post 90 season home opener closed early with an 11-1 win after 5 innings over Tri-County at Legion Field in Valentine. Post 90 continues it’s home stretch Wednesday against Winner. Valentine will start the Juniors at 6 and first pitch for the Seniors at about 8. KVSH Radio will continue our coverage of Senior Legion Baseball tomorrow with pregame at about 7:50. Zachary De

Coverage begins Sunday just before 5pm. KVSH Sports will have live coverage of Senior Legion Post 90 baseball this Sunday starting with some pregame information just before the 5pm first pitch. Zachary Dean will be describing the action on the air alongside Jill Tetherow for KVSH Sports as Valentine plays their first home game of the season hosting Tri-County. That matchup will begin shortly after the Junior Legion game also against Tri-County. That game starts at 3pm. KV

Players have been selected for the East and West teams for the 48th Annual West Nebraska All-Star Football Game and the 42nd Annual West Nebraska All-Star Volleyball Game. Selected athletes were nominated by their respective high school coaches and selected by the All-Star coaches to participate. The 2026 West Nebraska All-Star Football Game will be played Saturday, June 13, 2026, at Bearcat Stadium at 11:00 am MDT, with the All-Star Volleyball Game being played at 3:00 p.m.

The 2026 Badger Golf Team At Districts Results from the District Meet at Crandall Creek in Ogallala yesterday: Cumbow, Garrett- 97 Stankoski, Caden- 87 Two Strike, Tanner- 90 Wackler, Parker- 100 Witte, Westin- 102 Final Team Score 374 It was a disappointing end to the year with no qualifiers, but a ton of growth and things to build on for next year. Thanks to our Seniors Caden Stankoski and Garrett Cumbow for the work they have put in over the last four years. -Coach Brooks

The Badgers finished in 2nd at their home invite Coach Brooks Coleman - The Badgers turned in an outstanding performance, finishing 2nd overall with a team score of 326 which is the best team score by a Badger golf team in 14 years. Team Results: 326, 2nd Place • Tanner Two Strike – 77, 3rd Place • Caden Stankoski – 81, 6th Place • Garrett Cumbow – 83, 8th Place • Westin Witte – 85 • Parker Wackler – 87 JV Team Results: 374 • Nash Hesse– 85, 2nd Place • Aiden Hutchinson –

You're invited to come out and watch Valentine's American Legion Post #90 Juniors and Seniors this weekend. After a discussion with Kent Lopez, head coach for Valentine’s American Legion Post #90 Junior and Senior Legion Baseball team, we learned that the team will be putting together a 30-inning scrimmage this Sunday beginning at about 3pm on Legion Field at the baseball complex on the northeast part of Valentine. Lopez stated that the forecast was calling for some cooler t

Students in spring sports and activities were recognized by the NSAA and NCPA for spring 2026 The Nebraska School Activities Association announced the student recipients of the spring Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association Academic All -State awards. The NSAA awards program has recognized students who meet the criteria for nomination by their school in the season of their activity. Each year the NSAA and the NCPA recognize students during the fall, winter, and spring se

The Valentine Badger Boosters held their annual athletes recognition ceremony Tuesday evening at the high school. Along with recognition of the various letter winners and specific awards, the senior male and female athletes of the year were announced. The Senior Female Athlete of the year is Maeli Patterson. The Senior Male Athlete of the Year is Isaac Cronin. Isaac was also recognized as the only 12 sport athlete, for his high school career. He took part in 3 sports in a

Mens Results South Platte Valley Conference Meet 100 Meters Varsity - Finals 2. 11 Dominic Beebout 10.94aPB Valentine 200 Meters Varsity - Finals 4. 12 Jekhi Williams 23.65a Valentine 7. 11 Trystan Beebout 24.09a Valentine 400 Meters Varsity - Finals 6. 11 Lane Shelbourn 56.27aPB Valentine 800 Meters Varsity - Finals 7. 9 Jaeden Garwood 2:13.90a Valentine 110m Hurdles - 39" / 0.991m Varsity - Finals 7. 11 Trevor Burdick 18.05a Valentine 300m Hurdles - 36" / 0.914m Varsity - F

Photo Courtesy Coach Coleman *Golf Results for the Hershey Invite 4/16/2026:* Varsity: 5th Place Team Score: 352 1. Tanner Two Strike 83 2. Caden Stankoski 87 3. Westin Witte 90 4. Thurston Ravenscroft 91 5. Garrett Cumbow 97 Medalist: Tanner Two Strike 7th, 83

Valentine Golfers Were At The Ainsworth Dual On Tuesday *Valentine Top 5 Finishers:* 1st Place: Garrett Cumbow- 40 T2 Place: Westin Witte- 41 4th Place: Parker Wackler- 42 T5th Place: Tanner Two Strike- 43 7th Place: Nash Hesse- 44 Team Score: Valentine 166 v. Ainsworth 186

Reports to KVSH Radio indicate the fishing spawn egg harvest at Merritt Reservoir was very successful. Local Conservation officer Dana Miller was on the KVSH Comment program and reported Nebraska Game and Parks personnel had nets out for four nights over the past couple of weeks and caught 776 females on those four nights. 470 females were spawning and crews gathered 97 million walleye eggs to help populate fisheries in the state. Officials reported that the harvest seemed

After reviewing all the entries for the KVSH March Madness Bracket Challenge it was very close for the top spots. There were 62 games and nobody got a perfect card to claim the $940 from KVSH Radio. There were some pretty good predictions but only one person predicted that Michigan would win it all. That was Steve Isom of Valentine. Most cards had selected overall number 1 seed Duke to win the tournament. UConn surprised them in the Semi Finals and took their spot in the fin

Badger Golf competed in Stapleton Thursday Golf Results for the Sandhills Valley Invite Thursday at Stapleton Varsity: 1st Place Team Score: 330 1. Caden Stankoski 79 2. Westin Witte 82 3. Tanner Two Strike 85 4. Thurston Ravenscroft 84 5. Parker Wackler 85 JV Team Score: 365 1. Nash Hesse 92 2. Reeves Witte 88 3. Garrett Cumbow 81 4. Aiden Hutchinson 104 Medalists: 3rd Place- Caden Stankoski 4th Place- Garrett Cumbow 5th Place- Westin Witte 7th Place- Thurston Ravenscr

2026 SPVA BOYS BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM Hayes Watts Bridgeport 11 Issac Cronin Valentine 12 Ben Heirigs NPSP 11 Gage Nein Bridgeport 12 Dominic Beebout Valentine 11 SECOND TEAM Houston Hill Hershey 11 Lincoln Behrend Kimball 10 Peyton Kramer NPSP 11 Braxton Miller Kimball 12 Zak Anderson Chase County 10 HONORABLE MENTION Trystan Beebout Valentine 11 2026 SPVA GIRLS BASKETBALL ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM Ella Schluterbusch Bridgeport 12 Paige Sprenger Valentine 11

2026 Huskerland Duals (BOYS 3rd-5th grade) (Valentine Wrestling Club Team) Team members included Watson Michalek 55 - Charlie Stec 60 - Cormac Coleman 75 - Jake Kime 85 - Maxx McSweeney 80 - Kade Arganbright 90 - Evan Moosman 112 – 2026 State AAU 1st-2nd (Girls) 92-107 - Lennon Joseph's placed 1st 1st-2nd (Boys) 52-53 – Maddox Belville's placed 1st 1st-2nd (Boys) 55-56 B – Watson Michalek's placed 3rd 1st-2nd (Boys) 59-59 - Charlie Stec's placed 1st 3rd-4th (Boys) 75 - C

The Mid-Nebraska Activities Conference has announced its 2025–2026 All-Conference Boys Basketball teams, recognizing standout performances from athletes across several conference schools. Five players were named to the First Team, representing four different programs. Maurice Robinson, a senior from Sandhills/Thedford is one of the top selections. The Second Team included Jacob Walker of Mullen, and Carter Anderson of Sandhills/Thedford. Several athletes were also recognized

The women’s Husker Basketball team celebrated hearing their name called for the third consecutive year, when the 68 bids for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship were announced during the ESPN Selection Show on Sunday evening. Nebraska earned a No. 11 seed in the tournament and will face fellow No. 11 seed Richmond in the First Four in Durham, N.C., on Wednesday, March 18. Game time and television information has yet to be announced. If the Huskers can defeat the Spiders

Chris Mosner photo The Badger boys’ basketball, team concluded a tremendous season finishing at 23 and 4 for the year. Three of the four teams the Badgers lost to are in the class C1 state tournament this week. The boys lost in overtime 57 to 56 to Freeman in the first round of the class C2 state tournament on a last second shot. The badgers will graduate three seniors including leading scorer Ike Cronin who did not play in the recent game due to an ankle injury. Ike finis

The Valentine Badger Boys Basketball team were given a fire department escort as they left town for the state basketball tournament in Lincoln. The boys will face number 6 seed Freeman at 3:15 Wednesday at The Devaney Center. Birk Burge will cover all the boy's games at state. The Badgers are at 23 wins and 3 losses on the year, and team members have set records in points per game, assists per game and 3 pointers per game. The Cherry County Hospital Pregame, with Birk Burge

Badger Highlights will cover many winter sports this week Coming up on KVSH Badger Highlights this Saturday morning will include state wrestling and season wrap up for girls and boys with head coach Marcus Nelson. We will also visit with boys basketball coach Randy Kluender about the district title win and preparations for state basketball next week. Girls coach Ian Bish will join us to wrap up the successful girls’ basketball season as well. It has been a record setting ye

PreK-K Boys 47-50 - Knox Nelson's placed 2nd 53-57 - Avery Ruby's placed 4th 1st-2nd Boys 53 - Maddox Belville's placed 4th 56 - Watson Michalek's placed 3rd 59 - Charlie Stec's placed 3rd 75 – JP Hoefs's placed 5th 85 - Ryker Klimpel's placed 4th 85 - Kash Nelson's placed 1st 85 - Taven Urban's placed 3rd 3rd-4th Boys 75 - Cormac Coleman's placed 1st 80 - Jake Kime's placed 4th 95 – Kade Arganbright's placed 2nd 100 – Lincoln Bargen's placed 2nd 5th-6th Boys 85 - Blake

The Valentine boy's basketball team bested Hemingford Monday night in the district final game to earn a trip to the state tournament for the first time in 22 years. Valentine dominated the game, winning 99 to 57. Isaac Cronin had an unofficial 40 points and was named Farm Bureau Insurance Player of the Game.

Eligible hunters may apply for auxiliary mountain lion permits Applications to convert a Season 1 Pine Ridge Unit permit to an Auxiliary Season mountain lion hunting permit will be accepted by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission from March 2-5. Only residents who held a 2026 Pine Ridge Unit mountain lion permit but did not harvest a mountain lion during Season 1 are eligible to apply for the Auxiliary Season. An Auxiliary Season will take place because the harvest limit of

Valentine Wrestling Club Results from Gordon Rushville Stampede PreK - K 47-49 - Knox Nelson's placed 1st 1st - 2nd grade 48-50 - Klay OKief's placed 3rd 51-54 - Collins Arnold's placed 3rd 52-55 - Watson Michalek's placed 1st 80-82 – Kash Nelson's placed 1st 83-90 – Taven Urban's placed 1st 43-44 - Hattie Wright's placed 2nd 3rd - 4th grade 75-82 – Maxx McSweeney's placed 1st 75-77 - Coy Anderson's placed 2nd 79-83 - Jake Kime's placed 2nd 90-98 - Kade Arganbright's placed

Jehki Williams finished his Senior season with a 48 and 3 record and a 2nd place medal at the state championships in Omaha. Deklin Titus finished 4th with a season record of 37 and 12 as a Junior. Parker Chavez at 165 finished his Junior campaign with a win at state taking 5th place and a record of 43 wins and 11 losses. KVSH would like to thank Shane Allison and Robert Joseph for providing play-by-play and Brenda Allison and Loranna Eggert for pictures. The team finished i

Mike Burge and the KVSH Wrestling continues their coverage of Badger wrestlers at state Friday morning Thanks Brenda Allison for the pictures from matside

Thanks Brandi Daugherty The middle school boys' basketball team concluded its season on Tuesday night with a 43–33 victory over Todd County. The offense was led by seventh graders Banks Beebout, Tilden Foster, and Wade Daugherty, who each scored in double figures. With this win, the team finishes the season with a solid 6-5 record. Given the roster is primarily composed of underclassmen, the future looks bright as these players continue to develop. Congratulations to the en

Among the 12 Badger wrestlers that have qualified for individual state championships, there are two sets of siblings that will compete in Omaha this week. Bayley Burdick, a freshman on the girls’ team, has qualified for her first championships, while older brother Trevor is a returning state medalist as a junior. The Burdicks are the children of Byron and Julia Burdick from Wood Lake. Bayley will wrestle at 115 and Trevor at 157. The other siblings are returning qualifiers

Sargent Wrestling Club Youth Tournament (Valentine Wrestling Club Results) Pre-K 36-38 - Morgan Knodell's placed 2nd 1st-2nd 76-83 - Taven Urban's placed 2nd 5th-6th 89-95 - Levi Urban's placed 3rd 5th-6th 109-118 - Wynn Sargent's placed 2nd Crete Wrestling Club Youth Tournament (Valentine Wrestling Club Results) 3rd-4th Boys 92-97 - Kade Arganbright's placed 1st 5th-6th Boys 94-101 - Kase Arganbright's placed 1st Battle at the Burg 2026 (Valentine Wrestling Club Results)

Class C District 1 wrestling Results for Valentine. Valentine had one district champion. 106 Brayden Stec (15-11) placed 3rd 113 Deklin Titus (33-11) placed 2nd 126 Rownan Eggert (36-9) placed 3rd 132 Jekhi Williams (45-2) placed 1st 157 Trevor Burdick (16-10) placed 2nd 165 Parker Chavez (40-9) placed 3rd Team Scores only 7 points separated the top five teams with Valentine placing 5 th . 1 Thayer Central 126 126.0 2 Boone Central 125 125.0 3 Cedar Catholic 123.5 123.5 4

Valentine 2026 Football Schedule Week 1 @Summerland Week 2 Battle Creek Week 3 @Ord Week 4 Chadron Week 5 Bridgeport Week 6 @Hershey Week 7 Plainview/Osmond Week 8 Mitchell Week 9 Chase County Cody-Kilgore 2026 Schedule Week 1 @Arthur County Week 2 @Stuart Week 3 Santee Week 4 BYE Week 5 Minatare Week 6 @Morrill Week 7 Crawford Week 8 @Hay Springs Week 9 Sioux County

Backrow L to R: Mason Hamilton, Andrew Red Bird, Connor Lurz, Wade Daugherty, Eli Huddle, Royal Foote, Coach Brooks Coleman Front row: Isaac Mora Lira, Banks Beebout, Ty Benson, Harrison Bargen, Tilden Foster, Dustin Hankins CREDIT: Brandi Daugherty The 7th/8th grade Badger boys went undefeated Saturday to win their division of the Roundball Tournament at Valentine High School. A last-second basket by Tilden Foster lifted Valentine past Baller Nation in the opener. The Badg