Stories from Monday, December 15, 2025

LINCOLN, Neb. - A memorable comeback attempt fell just short for the Nebraska volleyball team Sunday afternoon in a five-set loss to No. 6 Texas A&M in front of 8,650 fans at John Cook Arena at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Texas A&M won the first two sets to become just the third team this season to win two sets against the Huskers. ...

GOODLAND, Kan. — The McCook High girls won two of three to take third among eight teams at last weekend's Topside Tournament with comments from coach Amy Scheil about her 2-2 Bison. More will be included in Tuesday's edition of the Gazette. "Our girls played really good defense this weekend and overall did a good job rebounding.  Against Goodland we gave them too many second shots but against Wray and Burlington we rebounded as a team really well.  Against Burlington, Cali dominated the boards pulling down 14 rebounds along with her nine points.  Against Wray Jaylea Walgren filled up the stat sheet by pulling down 6 rebound, 14 points and 2 assist.  While Brecken Gale played exception defense all weekend having 4 steals against Wray while Alice lit it up against Burlington with 14 points, 6 steals and Wray 16 points.  Against Wray we had three people in double figures in scoring Cali with 15, Jaylea with 14 points and Alice with 16 points.  We did a nice job distributing the ball to the open girls.  We got 3rd place overall which was one of our highest finishes against a very good good side of the bracket.  We need to continue to work on our turnovers but the girls are improving each game and I'm very pleased with their effort and teamwork.". ...

HOBBS, N.M. – The McCook Community College women’s basketball team dropped an opening-day game Friday in the first day of the New Mexico Junior College Classic. The Lady Indians lost 50-48 to Ranger College 50-48. Ranger College stretched ahead after three quarters to 38-35 and took an eight-point lead, 47-39 with 4:53 left to play before MCC chipped away. ...

HOBBS, N.M. – The tenth-ranked New Mexico Junior College women rolled to their 12th win on the season Saturday cruising to a 74-46 win over the McCook Community College Women in the New Mexico Junior College Classic. The Thunderbirds never trailed in the game, building a 17-9 first-quarter lead, and outscoring MCC 22-8 in the second period on the way to a 39-17 half-time lead...

HOLDREGE, Neb. — McCook High's boys results along with comments from coach Nick Umscheild about the Holdrege Wrestling Invitational on Saturday. "We traveled to Holdrege Saturday. We were able to finish in 6th place out of 10 teams. We had 6 guys wrestling. ...

outhern Valley hosted the Rudy Glur Invite on Friday, and eight RPAC schools were in attendance. The Arapahoe Warriors claimed the runner-up team trophy; along with that, Hitchcock County finished 3rd, scoring 114 points. And six RPAC wrestlers won individual titles. Check out all the results!...

Scoring summaries from all the Cattle Trail Touranment girls final games on Saturday. Championship Dundy County-Stratton 48, Maywood-Hayes Center 44 DC-S (48) — Abi Spargo 21 points, Clara Spargo 10, Emily Schack 9, Ava Lutz 6, Kimberly Escobar 2. Three-pointers: None...