Cyclones, Cardinals Earn Top Seeds In NVC Tournament

Clearwater-Orchard and St. Mary's earned the top seeds in the Niobrara Valley Conference basketball tournament, which starts Saturday.

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In girls action, No. 5 Elgin Public/Pope John will play No. 12 Neligh-Oakdale at 4:15 p.m. Saturday at Stuart. No. 8 Clearwater-Orchard will play No. 9 West Holt at 11 a.m. Saturday in Bassett. No. 11 Elkhorn Valley will play No. 6 Ewing at 12:45 p.m. in Stuart.

In boys action, No. 1 Clearwater-Orchard will play the winner of No. 8 North Central/No. 9 Santee at 6:15 p.m. Monday in Clearwater. No. 5 Neligh-Oakdale will play No. 12 Elgin Public/Pope John at 6 p.m. Saturday in Stuart. No. 11 Elkhorn Valley will play No. 6 Boyd County at 11 a.m. Saturday in Stuart.

The semifinals for both boys and girls will be Thursday in Stuart with finals on Saturday in Atkinson.

Seeding is based upon power points, despite the teams being in three different classes.

Girls:
St. Mary's 45.7143
Stuart 45.5882
Chambers/Wheeler Central 43.8125
Boyd County 43.000
Elgin Public/Pope John 42.8750

Boys:
Clearwater-Orchard 45.4286
Stuart 44.500
St. Mary's 43.9231
West Holt 43.1333
Neligh-Oakdale 43.1250