Stories from Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Team Standings 1 McCook 44 2 Lexington 24 3 Alliance 20 3 Kearney Catholic 20 5 Gering 18 5 Hastins St. Cecelia 18 7 Scottsbluff 17 8 Ogallala 14 #1 Singles - Megan Hodgson, 4-0, 1st Place Def. G. Smith, Lexington 8-0 Def. M. Demuth, Hastings St. C 8-0 Def P. Gibson, Alliance 8-1 Def. K. Whaley, Gering 6-1, 7-5 #2 Singles - Joslyn Hammond, 4-0, 1st Place Def. M. Schroeder, Kearney Catholic 8-4 Def. J. Davis, Scottsbluff 8-2 Def. K. Jensen, Alliance 8-0 Def. P. Schneider, Gering 6-1, 0-6, 10-8 #1 Doubles - Elsa Wilcox & Olivia Koetter, 4-0, 1st Place Def. C. Schwarzkopf & P. Kriewald, Scottsbluff 8-0 Def. J. Curtis & J. Coggins, Ogallala 8-3 Def. S. Conner & A. Huls, Kearney Catholic 8-3 Def. M. McDowell & H. Hernandez, Lexington 6-0, 6-2 #2 Doubles - Lexi Hauxwell & Emily Kjendal, 4-0, 1st Place Def. E. VanBorkum & G. Mendoza, Ogallala 8-5 Def. A. Barrett & A. Mendoza, Scottsbluff 9-7 Def. E. Schreiner & E. Landgren, Hastings St. C 8-2 Def. L. Diaz & V. Perez, Lexington 6-0, 6-3 #3 Doubles - Richa Patel & Hayden Johnson, 4-0, 1st Place Def. B. Lul & A. Chiguil, Lexington 8-4 Def. G. Marhenke & Liz Swanson, Ogallala 8-4 Def. S. Hayes & K. Beachy, Kearney Catholic 8-1 Def. K. Pfeiffer & R. Braun, Alliance 6-0, 6-1 Next Action: Wednesday, McCook vs Ogallala at HOME 3:00 CT

McCook seniors Elsa Wilcox (above) and Emily Kjendal (below) were in command of their singles matches as the Bison drew close to a Seniors Day dual win over Ogallala on Wednesday. Watch for more details and results in Thursday's McCook Gazette.

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Coach Joe Vetrosky provided this report of another strong McCook Bison boys golf performance on Tuesday: The McCook Bison golf team competedt Lakeside Country Club . The weather was a little chilly, but overall it was a nice day for golf...

COLBY, Kan. – The McCook Community College baseball team dropped an 11-3 game at Colby Community College Tuesday. The Trojans broke a 2-2 tie with a three-run fifth inning and added to a 5-3 lead in the eighth inning with six runs. Trailing 1-0 in the third inning, Daniel Bannon (freshman, Sydney, Australia) led off the third inning with a single, he went to second on a passed ball, advanced to third on a ground ball and came home on an RBI-groundout with sophomore Ricardo Hernandez (Ponce, Puerto Rico).. ...

The McCook Community College softball team swept a pair of games over Southeast Community College Tuesday winning the first game 8-0 and taking the second one 19-0. MCC banged out 21 hits on the afternoon and Lady Indian pitchers struck out 16 Storm hitters in the double shutout...

GOTHENBURG, Neb. — Some Class B state leaders including several McCook Bison set up intriguing showdowns at Thursday’s Dutch Zorn Track-Field Invitational on Thursday. Field events are now set for 1:30 p.m. with track races beginning around 2:30. Girls...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College’s Region IX Golf tournament at Sterling, Colo. has been moved back two days because of weather. The Northeastern Junior College Invitational which was set to begin on Thursday has been pushed back to a Saturday and Sunday tournament...

Last week we began debate on the budget bills. Our only constitutional responsibility as a Legislature is to pass a biennial budget. It’s been a while but we actually have more money than was projected which makes it easier and also a bit harder to create a budget. ...