Stories from Friday, September 19, 2025

Show off your football skills and get in a little extra practice at McCook Optimist Club's Punt, Pass, Kick Contest! The contest is for ages 6-15 years old and will take place Sunday, September 21 at 1:00pm at Wieland Field in McCook. Registration will open at 12:00pm...

A rundown of both area football teams and familiar foes during Week 4 action Friday evening: Area teams McCook (3-1) 42, Crete 3 Arapahoe (1-3) 50, Southern Valley (0-4) 26 Medicine Valley (1-3) 42, Ansley-Litchfield 28 Loomis 52, Maywood-Hayes Center (0-4) 0...

McCOOK, Neb. - Chance Unger, a McCook High School graduate, has built his career around helping people move better and run smarter. A three-sport athlete during his time at MHS, Unger competed in football, basketball, and track and field, where he focused on the 800-meter run. He credits coaches like Jim Sughroue for encouraging him through the challenges of distance running, and that experience helped spark his lifelong interest in the mechanics of movement...

McCOOK, Neb. – The meeting was held under the auspices of the county, but it was very much a city affair at Thursday night’s “pink postcard” hearing. State statute requires local political subdivisions such as counties, cities, and school districts to take specific steps when they seek to increase their property tax request by more than the allowable growth percentage. ...

I read a very entertaining article this week from the UK Telegraph. I’m still not entirely sure how much of the humor was intentional, but it was compelling reading. The article, written by Janet Daly, an American-born, Berkeley-educated journalist living in London, carried the headline, The American Dream is Ending in a Psychotic Breakdown...

Dennis Ray Harsh, age 57, passed away in his home in McCook, NE on September 16, 2025. Dennis was born on July 27, 1968, in McCook, NE, to parents Del Harsh and Linda Booth. He grew up in McCook where he graduated from High School in Bartley with the class of 1986. He then attended Mid Plains Community College for diesel mechanics...

Rumblin’ Bumblin Headley stumbles into Week 4 of college football after a 50-16 week three that continues to bring his overall picking percentage down a bit. Rancid Beef now boasts a 191-43 mark but is already 0-1 after taking Charlotte over Rice Thurdsay night...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — McCook High’s tennis boys lost only two sets all day while taking the Lexington Invitational team championship on Thursday. 1 Singles-Aaron Frank, 4-1 Def I. Ablott, Adams Central 8-1 Def A. Peeler, Hastings 8-0 Def A. Johnson, Kearney Catholic 8-1...

BIG SPRINGS, Neb. — The Southwest Roughriders simply ran through everything whehter it was Big Springs or South Platte en route to a 59-8 football win Thursday night. Junior quarterback Houston Billeter only needed six carries to deliver 101 yards and three touchdowns...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Senior Micah Gerlach completed 12 of 14 passes and the Cambridge Trojans continued looking like a Class D-2 juggernaut Thursday evening. Cambridge crushed Bertrand, 56-6, in a showdown of unbeatens that was never close. The Trojans built a 42-0 halftime lead as their ground attack complemented Gerlach’s passing with five TDs...

YUMA, Colo. — McCook’s successful softball week continued in Colorado with a 3-0 win over Yuma-Wray Thursday evening. The Bison (6-13) were rolling off a 13-6 win over Highway 6 (Holdrege-Adams Centeral) Monday night. They continued westward into Yuma where junior Josilin Miller launched her second varsity home run to support senior Gracey Cornelsen’s seven innings of shutout pitching...

COLBY, Kan. — The McCook Bison finished a 4-0 rip through Kansas this week with two more varsity volleyball victories Thursday evening. McCook (7-4 record) handled Hoxie, 25-11, before dropping a 25-21 first set. Yet the Bison recovered to win that decisive third, 25-19, which followed an earlier 2-0 victory over host Colby...

TRENTON, Neb. — It was a defensive slug fest Thursday night as the Hitchcock County Falcons faced off against a formidable foe, the Overton Eagles. Hoping not to have a repeat of their last bout, which ended in a loss to Overton 20-40, Hitchcock County kept fighting until the end...

The McCook Community College volleyball team opened Region IX South play Friday with a 3-1 win on homecoming night over Otero College. MCC won the first set in convincing fashion 25-10 “I thought we started off tonight really well,” said MCC Coach Hayley Kobza. “And then we just got complacent.”...

NORTH PLATTE – The McCook Community College golf team finished fourth Friday in the two-day North Platte Community College tournament held at Lake Maloney Golf Club. Eastern Wyoming finished 21 shots ahead of Lamar and 25 in front of Northeastern Junior College to win their third straight tournament to start the season. The Indians had rounds of 331 and 329 to finish at 660 – eight strokes better than fifth-place North Platte...