Stories from Monday, February 9, 2026

HASTINGS - The McCook High School boy’s swim and dive team brought home another team title and the girls’ relay team qualified for the state meet during the Friday, Feb. 6 meet in Hastings. And at the dive-only meet Saturday, Feb. 7 in Kearney, McCook qualified its first diver for the Nebraska Championship swim and dive at the end of February...

Girls state qualifiers Rundown of all the area girls wrestlers who have qualified for Nebraska State competition at Omaha's CHI Health Center on Tuesday, Feb. 17 with finals Wednesday, Feb. 18. Class A McCook 155 pounds: Senior Alexis Steinbeck (31-6 record), district champion...

HOLDREGE, Neb. — Results for the McCook Bison and team scores from Friday's Southwest Conference boys wrestling championships: Ty Schafer (4-6) placed 3rd and scored 7.0 team points. Quarterfinal - Ty Schafer (McCook) 4-6 received a bye () (Bye) Semifinal - Eli Kidder (Holdrege) 11-22 won by fall over Ty Schafer (McCook) 4-6 (Fall 1:38)...

GARDEN CITY, Kan. - The No. 13 McCook Community College softball team took a pair of games Friday on the road over Garden City Community College, winning 6-4 and 17-6. “We played much better today both offensively and defensively,” said MCC Coach Mike Mendenhall...

The McCook Community College women’s basketball team broke open a tight game after the third quarter Saturday to swarm Southeast Community College over the final 10 minutes on the way to a 59-47 win at home. MCC came back from a 15-9 first-quarter deficit to lead at halftime 28-24. Southeast held a 14-13 third-quarter edge and cut MCC’s lead to 41-38. The Lady Indians outscored SCC 18-9 in the fourth quarter...

The McCook Community College men won their second home game this week, downing Southeast Community College 83-70 Saturday in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. “This was a really good effort from the guys today,” said MCC Coach Dilon Hargrove...