Stories from Monday, June 16, 2025

McCook Community College sophomore Cory Wouters has been named to the National Junior College Athletic Association Division 1 All-American team. The All-American team is selected among from players on 159 junior college teams playing Division 1 baseball...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Ed Thomas Family YMCA will aim for Saturday, July 26 to pay this year's Summer Slam Disc Golf Tournament at Kelley Park. Sports director James Mockery provided this information: Due to low registrations for the Summer Slam, we have decided to postpone the tournament (from Saturday) until July 26......

OMAHA, Neb. -- Arkansas' Gage Wood pitched the third no-hitter in Men's College World Series history and first in 65 years Monday, striking out a record 19 and never letting Murray State come close to getting a hit in the Razorbacks' 3-0 victory. Wood joined Jim Ehrler of Texas in 1950 and Jim Wixson of Oklahoma State in 1960 as the only pitchers to throw MCWS no-hitters, and his defense was never really challenged as he dominated a Racers team that was making its first Omaha appearance...

OMAHA, Neb. -- Zion Rose's two-run single gave Louisville its first lead during a six-run eighth inning and the Cardinals knocked Arizona out of the Men's College World Series with an 8-3 win Sunday. Louisville's 19th come-from-behind win of the season moved the Cardinals (41-23) to another elimination game Tuesday against Oregon State, which lost to Coastal Carolina on Sunday night...

On Thursday evening, the New West All-Star Classic continued in Minden. This time on the basketball court, as for both the girls and boys, it was the Republican Plains Activities Conference versus the Fort Kearney Conference, and then the LouPlatte Conference versus the Southwest Conference...

McCook Pinnacle Bank 14U fell 6-4 to Curtis on Friday despite out-hitting them eight to three. Kaden Riggins and Justin Chancellor each collected two hits for McCook Pinnacle Bank 14U. McCook Pinnacle Bank 14U fought back after falling down by six runs in the third inning. The comeback fell just short though. McCook Pinnacle Bank 14U closed the gap by scoring on a single, a , a single, and a single...