Stories from Monday, May 5, 2025

The McCook Community College softball team is making the school’s first-ever appearance in the National Junior College Athletic Association World Series after beating Western Nebraska Sunday 9-1. The Lady Indians swept their way to a Region IX Tournament title with three straight wins as the top seed and playing at the Jaycees Sports Complex. MCC will be one of 20 teams traveling to Yuma, Ariz. to play May 19-24...

McCOOK, Neb. — All the McCook Bison tennis results from their home tournament on Saturday with more in Tuesday's McCook Gazette: Team Standings 1 Singles-Abby Schneider, 4-0, 1st Place Medalist Def A. Schneider, Gering 8-1 Def H. Groskopf, Scottsbluff 8-2...

OGALLALA, Neb. — Team scores, all McCook High top eight placers and personal records during the Southwest Conference championship meet on Saturday. GIRLS Teams: 1. Minden 95, 2. McCook 91, 3. Holdrege 81, 3. Broken Bow 81, 5. Gothenburg 56, 6. Ogallala 55, 7. Valentine 42, 8. Cozad 26...

SUTHERLAND, Neb. — Top 10 team scores and all Gazette-area top six placers from Friday's RPAC track-field meet where many conference records fell. GIRLS TEAMS: 1. Dundy County-Stratton 95, 2. Maywood-Hayes Center 76, 3. Cambridge 63,4. Paxton 53, 5. Southwest 52.5, 5. Arapahoe 52.5, 7. Southern Valley 49, 10. Wauneta-Palisade 33; 13. Hitchcock County 19, 14. Medicine Valley 17...

SUTHERLAND, Neb. — Top 10 team scores and all Gazette-area placers from Friday's RPAC track-field championship meet. BOYS Teams: 1. Dundy County-Stratton 145, 2. Alma 77, 3. Arapahoe 66, 4. Hi-Line 58,.5, 5. Wallace 50, 6. Medicine Valley 47, 7. Bertrand 46, 8. Hitchcock County 40, 9. Cambridge 39, 10. Maxwell 29; 11. Wauneta-Palisade 25, 13. Maywood-Hayes Center 12; 14. Southwest 5.5; 15. Southern Valley 4...

The McCook Community College softball team got home runs from both pitchers to open Region IX Tournament play Friday with a 10-3 win over Trinidad State. The win gives the Lady Indians their 46th win of the season to set an all-time school wins record...

The McCook Community College softball team won a 2-1 thriller Saturday in the eighth inning over Western Nebraska to advance to the championship game on Sunday. The Lady Indians will play Western Nebraska again, this time at noon Sunday at the Jaycees Sports Complex...

The McCook Community College baseball team lost a pair of Region IX games Friday at home, losing to Southeast Community College 8-4, 9-6. Both teams have already clinched two of the six spots in the Region IX tournament May 8-11 in Pueblo, Colo. Southeast goes to 30-19 overall and leads the Empire League standings and 21-5. MCC is fourth and goes to 13-13 in the region. The Indians go to 26-27 on the season,...

The McCook Community College baseball team split a pair of games Saturday at the Jaycees Sports Complex. MCC took the first game 9-7. The Bobcats came back in Game 2 with two runs in the ninth inning to win 14-12. Southeast takes the four-game weekend series 3-1...

IMPERIAL, Neb. — Team scores and all Chase County top four placers from Friday's South Platte Valley Association (SPVA) track-field meet at the Longhorns' home. GIRLS Teams: 1. Chase County 240, 2. Perkins County 80, 3. Hershey 79, 4. Bridgeport 67, 3. North Platte St. Patrick's 40, 6. Kimball 18...