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McCOOK, Neb. — There were truly nothing but tough-hitting heroes on both sides when McCook challenged the unbeaten Seward Bluejays at Weiland Field Friday night.

TRENTON, Neb. — Defending D-1 state champion Dundy County-Stratton fought off Hitchcock County, 42-36, and Arapahoe scored a 28-0 conquest of Cambridge as four 3-0 football teams faced off Friday evening. Medicine Valley and Wauneta-Palisade evened their records at 2-2 while Southern Valley celebrated its first win this season...

STERLING, Colo. – The McCook Community College golf team came from four shots back to start the day Friday and captured the team’s first tournament win of the year claiming the title at the Northeastern Junior College tournament. MCC finished the tournament at two-under par 574, seven shots ahead of Eastern Wyoming and eight ahead of Northeastern Junior College...

McCOOK, Neb. — A heat-shortened Bison Invite didn’t stop three McCook High girls from medaling on Thursday at Heritage Hills Golf Course. Junior Samantha Rodewald reached the top five again (15:05.37) again after winning last year’s full-length across all those rising obstacles...

McCOOK, Neb. — Sidney Red Raiders took the top four spots to dominate Thursday's Bison Invitational boys cross country race across Heritage Hills Thursday evening. Sidney tallied 10 points in the heat-shortened race with North Platte a distance second (46 points)...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Put another championship on the board for McCook High’s tennis boys who took care of Lexington Invitational business on Thursday. Team standings: 1. McCook 64, 2. Lexington 50, 3. Kearney Catholic 39, 4. Scottsbluff 27, 5. Gering 20, 6. Alliance 16, 7. North Platte 15...

McCOOK, Neb. — The annual McCook Invitational swings into action Saturday with eight volleyball teams competing at McCook High and McCook Junior High. A look at the lineup of matches: Saturday McCook High 11 a.m. — McCook vs. Valentine at MHS; Decatur Community (Kan.) vs. Alliance 20 minutes after the first match...

BARTLEY, Neb. — Now that’s the way to feast on 38 great assists. Junior Caylin Barnett clobbered 21 kills, classmate Bailey Truksa blasted another 17 as they equally dividedthose 38 assits from setter Bryn Lampe during a Southwest win over Wauneta-Palisade Tuesday night...

STAMFORD, Neb. — Both Southern Valley/Alma Saints Varsity and Hershey had their offenses going on Thursday, but Southern Valley/Alma Saints Varsity eventually prevailed 16-8. Southern Valley/Alma Saints Varsity fired up the offense in the first inning, when Natasha Hock grounded out, scoring one run...

ARAPAHOE, Neb. —The Wallace Wildcats were simply awesome on Thursday as these girls totaled only six points while winning an Arapahoe Warrior Cross Country Invitational title. The Wildcats dominated with senior Mariah Gardner (24:14) and freshman Ashley Robertson (24:34) delivering a 1-2 finish just ahead of Alma-Southern Valley freshman Tayley Becker (third, 24:49)...

The Mid-Plains Community College Rodeo Team had a good start to its season in River Falls, Wisconsin over the weekend. MPCC finished third in the men’s team standings and fifth in the women’s team standings at the University of Wisconsin’s Falcon Frontier Days Rodeo...

STERLING, Colo. – The McCook Community College golf team shot a 289 Thursday in the first round of the two-day, Northeastern Junior College tournament and are four shots back of the leaders, Eastern Wyoming. “On a hot, scoreable day we shot one-over as a team,” said MCC Coach Tyler Loop. “It’s a good round for us and now we need to see if we can do it two rounds in a row...

McCOOK, Neb. — Today's McCook Bison Cross Country Invitational will be ran at 6 p.m. today instead of 5 p.m. on the Heritage Hills golf course, McCook High officials announced this morning. Watch for results and other details in Friday's McCook Gazette...

McCOOK, Neb. — The club-like cast on senior Nate Renner’s hand only means more damage could await an unbeaten Class B football team Friday night. “Yes, he (Renner) is pushing through,” McCook coach Joe Vetrovsky proclaimed about the starting cornerback. “Tough individual!”...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — McCook’s Zach Hinze put on a shooting clinic Sunday in the 4H State Shotgun Championships held at Heartland Shooting Park. Zach is without a doubt among the elite shooters in the state, putting on a performance taking home four medals in the Advanced Class...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — McCook High’s reserve football team improved to 2-0 on the season with a last-minute 24-22 win over North Platte recently. Sophomore MitchelCole had a huge game for the bison. Cole knocked in three extra points along with the game-winning 33 yard field goal during that final minute...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook pushed the Hershey Panthers in two of three sets Tuesday night and built some momentum for Saturday’s Bison Invitational. “They (McCook) played really well,” coach Audrey Feeney said though Hershey scored 25-11, 27-25 and 25-20 wins at McCook High. “I’m excited to keep seeing the improvement and more success on the court.”...

TRENTON, Neb. — The Maywood-Hayes Center Wolves ripped through just enough holes in Hitchcock County’s defense to finish a 3-0 sweep on Tuesday. Olivia Hansen drilled 12 kills as M-HC earned its 11th in 12 matches this season 25-16, 25-15 and 25-14...

McCOOK, Neb. — Men’s League bowling rolled through week four at TJ’s Family Fun Center with Jason Hoppe boasting the high average so far this season. Men’s Major Stockman’s Feed 71-49 Deveny Motors 69-51 Glass Express 64.5-54.5...

GOTHENBURG, Neb. — The annual trek to Wildhorse Golf Course featured Cambridge senior Macy Jones earning a top five place at the recent Gothenburg Invite. Jones fired an 86 which was only two strokes from breaking into the tourney’s top three. Cambridge claimed eighth overall among 12 teams as Southwest Conference power Broken Bow (371) and Class B Grand Island Northwest (378) took those top two team places...

ALMA, Neb. — Alma-Southern Valley’s cross country runners earned four top 10 places during their home invitational on Monday. Riley Scott, Harper Fennell and Liz Meyers all finished ninth or higher for the girls. Only three teams recorded team scores with the Saints totaling 17 points in a tight race...

A roundup of scores from area varsity volleyball matches on Tuesday: Hershey over McCook, 3-0 Southwest over Wauneta-Palisade, 3-1 Maywood-Hayes Center over Hitchcock County, 3-0 Medicine Valley over Wallace, 3-2 Chase County over Sedgwick County (Colo.), 3-2...

The No. 6 Nebraska volleyball team dropped a road decision to No. 16 Stanford Tuesday night, falling 3-1 (19-25, 25-12, 21-25, 23-25) at Maples Pavilion. The Huskers are now 6-2 (0-0 Big Ten) on the season, while the Cardinal improves to 5-2 (0-0 Pac-12)...

A glance at both major college football rankings but — most importantly — Gazette sports scribbler R.B. Headley displays his Top 25 immediately put together on Sunday morning: R.B. poll 1. Alabama (2-0) 2. Georgia (2-0) 3. Oklahoma (2-0) 4. Iowa (2-0)...