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Strong second half lifts Lady Bison past SWC rival Cozad
(High School Sports ~ 12/13/17)
COZAD, Neb. -- Mackenzie Smith saved her best for last...
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Last Tiger shot tops feisty Buffaloes
(High School Sports ~ 12/13/17)
ATWOOD, Kan. —The referee barely noticed his screams for timeout and Dundy County-Stratton’s final play went nowhere near as planned. No wonder Nathan Behlke needed a little air following the Tigers’ tough Tuesday contest at Rawlins County, Kan. Breathe easy, coach...
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Trojans sweep, 'Riders fall short
(High School Sports ~ 12/13/17)
ELWOOD, Neb. — Cambridge’s undefeated girls and 4-1 boys took wins over the Elwood Pirates Tuesday night. The Trojans took a 17-7 lead in game one as Shaye Porter began an impressive seven-for-11 shooting effort. Porter’s 16 points powered Cambridge (5-0 record) to a solid 46 percent from two-point range...
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S.V wins battle of Eagles
(High School Sports ~ 12/13/17)
OXFORD, Neb. — Southern Valley’s HalLee Linner and Grace Hogeland teamed to shoot better than 60 percent during a 53-43 beating of Brady Tuesday night. Linner sizzled the home nets with four-for-six shots while Hogeland hit four of seven. They tallied 10 points apiece on that eight-for-13 success...
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Bison boys break into top five
(High School Sports ~ 12/13/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — Timothy Renner, Erik Graff and Syd Wier all earned multiple top five places to lead the McCook boys through Friday’s home swim meet at McCook YMCA. Graff finished highest individually with fourth in the 50-free and 100-breaststroke races...
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Buffs boys bump Tigers from unbeaten
(High School Sports ~ 12/13/17)
ATWOOD, Kan. —Rawlins County’s home gym was rocking on a Tuesday with the Buffaloes dealing Dundy County-Stratton its first defeat this season. Senior Nick Withington netted 20 points while making sure there will be no unbeaten Gazette-area boys basketball teams in 2017-18...
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MPS students score well despite new tests
(Local News ~ 12/13/17)
McCOOK, Neb. — Scores from McCook Public School students from state tests last year are in, with surprising results. Despite a brand new language arts category, that combined reading and writing, “I was surprised at how high the scores were for our students,” Superintendent Grant Norgaard told the McCook School Board at the regular meeting Monday night. ...
- Finishing touches (Local News ~ 12/13/17)
- FCA, Adopt-a-Chaplain (Local News ~ 12/13/17)
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Aging baby boomer population strains home health system
(Editorial ~ 12/13/17)
Many who were in the sandwich generation a few years ago are now finding themselves as the top slice of bread, but the filling is a little thin. Baby boomers who once supported their aging parents and growing children are finding fewer people to fill the former role for them...
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A lesson on capitalism and competition in small-town America
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/13/17)
The City of McCook is very fortunate to have two new mainstream businesses under construction downtown. I have heard comments in the community expressing the opinion that these new businesses are not needed because we already have providers of like services and or products in our town. This mindset is very unfortunate and troubling in capitalistic America and does little to benefit the consumer...
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MPCC Rodeo Team coach wins team roping world series
(Local News ~ 12/13/17)
LAS VEGAS — Not everyone can boast about winning the World Series. Garrett Nokes can. The McCook cowboy took first place in the #12 Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale on Tuesday night alongside his roping partner, Scott Smith, of Wray, Colo. The men roped four steers in a total time of 30.82 seconds. It earned them $290,000 - part of $1.7 million the WSTR is paying out to contestants this year...
- Jason Hafner (Obituary ~ 12/13/17)
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