The North Platte Bulldog boys and girls basketball teams get their seasons underway tonight. The Bulldog boys return four starters in Matt Kaminski’s second year on the sidelines. They face Lincoln High at the Doghouse tonight, with the tipoff scheduled for 7:30. The Lady Bulldogs bring back two starters for head coach Mark Woodhead. They make the trip to the capital city to face Lincoln High’s Lady Links. ESPN Radio 1410 will have the broadcast of the girls game, with pregame coverage at 7:30 and the tipoff at 7:45. Also tonight, the St. Pat’s Irish and Lady Irish, both ranked in the preseason Class C2 polls, open their campaigns hosting Broken Bow. In other boys and girls hoops doubleheaders, Hershey travels to Gothenburg, Maxwell hosts SMC, Wallace is at Maywood, and Brady visits Wauneta-Palisade.

Other area teams in action tonight (all are girls/boys doubleheaders):
@ Hayes Center: Arapahoe VS Hayes Center
@ Maxwell: SMC VS Maxwell
@ Maywood: Wallace VS Maywood
@ McCook: Chase County VS McCook
@ Paxton: Medicine Valley VS Paxton
@ South Loup: Twin Loup VS South Loup