Both of North Platte High’s basketball teams began play in the East-West Shootout last night. The Bulldog boys opened their three-game swing through the panhandle with a loss, falling to Class B’s third-ranked Scottsbluff Bearcats 65-55. The Bulldogs led by a point early in the second quarter, but an 11-0 run gave the Bearcats the lead for good. Jack Kenny and Trevor Schramm scored 13 points apiece to lead the Bulldogs in the loss, their fourth in a row. North Platte’s boys visit Gering tonight. The Lady Bulldogs snapped a six-game losing streak with a 47-28 win over Scottsbluff at the Dawghouse last night. Tonight, they will welcome Gering to town, with tip-off set for 7 PM. ESPN Radio 1410 will have a live broadcast of Lady Bulldog basketball tonight. The pregame show gets underway at 6:45.