Sports

Due to Wednesday’s snowfall, the Lady Bearcat and Bearcat basketball games scheduled for Thursday have been postponed.

The Lady ‘Cats will play emerging Victoria at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the gym at Hoisington High School. The Bearcats will play a good LaCrosse team at 8:15 p.m. Friday in the gym at Hoisington High School.

Keep up with the basketball tournaments and schedule changes at this website and read about the games in the Jan. 28 edition of the I-R.

Cardinal Winter Jam

HOISINGTON — The Ellsworth Bearcats came from a 15-point deficit at the end of the third quarter to lose a 57-53 battle Tuesday against a 1-7 Cardinal basketball club Tuesday at the Cardinal Winter Jam basketball tournament in Hoisington.

The boys will play a good LaCrosse team at 8:15 p.m. Thursday at the Activity Center in Hoisington.

The Lady ‘Cats struggled against a quality Lady Leopard team as LaCrosse won the first round game 63-33.

The Lady ‘Cats will meet a resurging Victoria basketball team at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Activity Center in Hoisington.

Northern Plains League Tournament

ELLSWORTH — The Lady ‘Cats put one in the win column by a score of 38-24 over the Lady Knights of Sacred Heart in a Homecoming game at Ellsworth.

The Ellsworth Bearcats did not fare as well against second-ranked 2A Sacred Heart, losing the Homecoming game by a score of 64-35.

CHASE — The Chase Kats upset the seventh-ranked 1A Division II Wilson Dragons 60-47 in a Northern Plains League game in Chase.

The Lady Dragons and Lady Kats battled for three quarters, but Wilson pulled away in the fourth quarter to get a 60-47 win.

Ellsworth County basketball teams do well on the road.

BELLEVILLE — The Ellsworth Bearcats and Republic County battled in a NCAA league match with ‘Cats coming out on top by a score of 39-29.