Stories from Monday, March 23, 2026

The McCook Community College softball team swept a doubleheader from Northeastern Junior College Sunday winning 14-5 in six innings and 16-1 in five innings. The No. 25 Lady Indians improve to 11-1, atop the Region IX standings and 26-4 overall. “It was a lot better day offensively for us,” said MCC Coach Mike Mendenhall. “I think we hit .600 on the day and played a lot better overall.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook High School activities director Darin Nichols made this announcement Friday afternoon: "McCook High School is very excited to announce Mr. Skyler Kalinski as the new Head Boys Wrestling coach for the McCook Bison. Mr. Kalinski for the past 12 years has been coaching for the Bison in an assistant coaching role. ...

The McCook Community College baseball team opened Region IX play Friday at home with a doubleheader sweep over Lamar Community College. MCC won 12-5 in Game 1 and came back with a ninth inning walk-off home run by sophomore Hunter Southey to take the second game, 9-8...

What to think now about this March? Just two days ago, the drama was laboring, lots of blowouts, mostly nothing-to-see-here finishes. And then someone turned up the juice on the NCAA tournament. A St. John’s basket that electrified a program, from someone who for 39 minutes and 59 seconds had no points...a history-making, bracket-busting 3-pointer from an Iowa player, who wanted only then to run over and hug the mother that hadn’t seen him play a college game in years...a Vanderbilt half-court shot that looked so true, we might need Sir Isaac Newton himself to explain how it didn’t go in...hallowed names falling like bowling pins.. ...

McCook Girls Tennis @ North Platte Doubles Invite Team Finish 1 Lexington 2 McCook 3 Ogallala 4 Adams Central 5 North Platte 6 Gothenburg 7 Scottsbluff 8 Alliance 9 Gering 10 Hershey 1 Doubles-Elizabeth McConville/Cassidy Rogers, 4-1, 2nd Place Def L. Anderson/G. Evert, Gothenburg 8-1...

STERLING, Colo. – For the second straight-Friday, the first-place McCook Community College softball team faced off against the second-place team, and for the second-straight week ended the day in first place despite splitting with Northeastern Junior College. The Lady Indians downed NJC in the first game 6-2 and dropped the second game 3-2...

La JUNTA, Colo. –The McCook Community College golf team finished in fourth place at the first spring meet of the season in Colorado Thursday and Friday. The first round was held Thursday at Spreading Antlers Course in Lamar with the final round Friday at the La Junta Golf Course in La Junta, Colo...

SWC Basketball All Conference Boys 1st Team 2nd Team 3rd Team Coach of the Year: Carter Brown - Ogallala...

SWC Basketball All Conference Boys 1st Team 2nd Team 3rd Team Coach of the Year: Carter Brown - Ogallala...