Stories from Friday, February 13, 2026

Hitchcock County’s Jack Baker has signed a letter of intent to play golf for Hastings College this Fall. Baker’s high school golf coach, Dave Wimer said of Jack, “For many, golf is a two month sport, but not for Jack- he’s easily put in eight months a year training to get where he is.”...

MAYWOOD, Neb. — Senior Charlie Callis and junior Keenan Richards scored 21 points each to lead a Maywood-Hayes Center 73-39 victory over Wauneta-Palisade Tuesday evening. Richards shot eight for 12 at 67 percent while Isaak Messinger added 13 points when he hit six of 10 shots...

in top five Southern Valley-Arapahoe’s seven girls took fifth among 30 teams with 78.5 points on Saturday. Only Broken Bow’s 82 points with fewer girls (six) bested SV-A. West-Point Beemer entered 11 and won the team title, scoring 131 points. The top SV-A placers as fourth or higher earned spots at next week’s Class B state meet...

McCOOK, Neb. — Latest results as the Men’s Major season bowls into hits home stretch along with this winter season. Men’s Major Chipperfield Ag 218-135 Fullmomentum 211.5-148.5 Hayes Constructn 208-152 Rednecks 199-161 Kingpins 197.5-157.5...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. - The McCook Community College women dropped a 68-62 decision at North Platte Wednesday. “It was just two different halves tonight,” said MCC Coach Brandon Pritchett. “Praise to North Platte, they played a great game. They made shots from the perimeter, and they took care of the basketball.”...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – McCook Community College’s Djibril Diawara hit a 3-pointer with 21 seconds left in the game to break a 71-71 tie as the Indians downed North Platte Community College Wednesday 75-71. The win was MCC’s third straight in Region IX South play to start February...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook’s long-range fire heated up just like beautiful February weather during a 64-47 win over Hastings Tuesday evening. The Bison shot 52 percent — or 12 from 23 — long distance to basically seal this season’s 16th win entering huge home games vs. Scottsbluff and Gering...

McCOOK, Neb. — The shots were hitting from everywhere as nine McCook girls scored during a 48-20 victory over Hastings Tuesday evening. Senior Brecken Gale buried the first Bison three-pointer while sophomore Leighton Anderson’s first varsity triple made it 48-18 late...

BENKELMAN, Neb. — Top-ranked Dundy County-Stratton will host a girls’ subdistrict basketball tourney next week as pairings were recently announced for many area teams. Maywood-Hayes Center is also a host team with this D1-11 event starting on Monday in Maywood:...

McCOOK, Neb. — Baseball season begins today in Dallas for the McCook Community College baseball team with eight home games to follow in February. The Indians are coming off a disappointing 27-30 season where they finished fifth in the region out of eight teams and lost twice in the Region IX Tournament...

COZAD, Neb. — McCook’s seventh graders were “A” and “C” game winners on a February Tuesday where air conditioning probably didn’t feel too crazy. Coach Tom Lentz reported his “A” boys were cool in deliveringa 38-23 victory over those Haymakers. Landon Curl led the Bison with 11 points, Dylan Ball scored eight, Case Deveny 7, Colton Foster 6, Axel Metcalf four and Jaxton Beasley two points...

DENISON, Texas — Because of a number of teams dropping out of this weekend’s scheduled Tehoma Health Foundation Winter Blast softball tournament, the McCook Community College Softball will not be making the trip. MCC Softball Coach Mike Mendenhall said, as some of the 19 teams began dropping out, MCC’s four scheduled games on Friday and Saturday were reduced to just two...

TRENTON, Neb. - Students, their families, and community members gathered at Hitchcock County High School in Trenton last night to take part in a time‑honored tradition: the FFA labor auction. Twenty‑nine high school FFA members offered eight hours of work for bidding to local farmers, business owners, and friends eager to support the chapter...

McCOOK, Neb. - As the country’s Semiquincentennial nears, McCook’s chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is considering whether or not to put on a shindig to celebrate. Incoming Regent Sherrie Dack said she isn’t sure what the plans are for America’s 250th birthday, but the group has been doing a few things to get the community energized for the upcoming occasion...

As we approach Presidents’ Day, we can expect to see a familiar parade of images—Abraham Lincoln, the occasional John F. Kennedy and, above all, George Washington. We were probably taught that Washington was our first president, just as we were once taught that Columbus discovered America and Pluto was a planet. All of those lessons require a bit of refinement...