Pioneers junior high basketball player Simone Bonacci, right, strides out toward the hoop as Arlington's Hailey O'Daniel (22) and company track her down Feb. 18 at Fort Calhoun High School. The Pioneers' season roster includes eighth-graders Anna Taylor, Kaylee Taylor, Riley Lingle, Samantha Thomas, Haley Conner, Reilly Rauterkus, Luice Larsen, Addie Benoit and Jada Doyle. The seventh-graders are Lyla Pearson, Ari Nelson, Ella Bouwman, Izzy Greenough, Stella Wilmes, Bonacci, Sophie Weeks, Maelie Nelson and Jovi Greiner.
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Arlington junior high basketball players Hannah Goodwater, left, and Kallan Reed, right, sandwich the Pioneers' Ari Nelson on Feb. 18 at Fort Calhoun High School. Overall, the Eagles won two of the three games contested that night with the A squad winning 50-11. The junior high roster of eighth-graders are Ireland Erixon, Goodwater, Hailey O'Daniel, Libby Hegemann, Whitney Wollberg and Britt Nielsen. The seventh-graders are Emerson Timm, Emma Lage, Macy Wolf, Corinne Crosland, Reed, Savannah Lang, Tessa Spivey, Mya Dowty, Dianna Flores, Gracen Adams, Valeria Carvajal, Jaydin Allen and Lillian Lang.
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Arlington seventh-grader Gracen Adams, right, plays defense Feb. 18 against the Pioneers in Fort Calhoun. The Eagles' junior high team is coached by Tashia Wolf and Helen Regier.
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Arlington seventh-grader Savannah Lang, middle, dribbles the ball Feb. 18 in Fort Calhoun.
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Arlington seventh-grader Lillian Lang looks to pass the ball Feb. 18 in Fort Calhoun.
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Pioneers seventh-grader Lyla Pearson puts up a shot as Arlington's Hannah Goodwater (12) races to challenge her Feb. 18 at FCHS.
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Pioneers eighth-grader Samantha Thomas, left, and Arlington's Gracen Adams contend for a rebound Feb. 18 at FCHS.
