Sports

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – The McCook Community College women overcame a 21-point deficit Saturday and came back to down Laramie County Community College 61-56. “It was a tale of two halves,” said MCC Coach Brandon Pritchett. “We played about as bad as we could in the first half and the second half we finally saw some fight in this group that we hadn't seen all year.”...

TORRINGTON, Wyo. – The McCook Community College women dropped an 84-72 decision Friday on the road at Eastern Wyoming. The Lady Lancers struck for 19 first-quarter points and led MCC after 10 minutes by six points. “We have got to start games better,” said MCC Coach Brandon Pritchett...

TORRINGTON, Wyo. – The McCook Community College men snapped a 10-game losing streak Friday night downing Eastern Wyoming on the road, 75-71. “Anytime you go on the road and get a win you feel good,” said MCC Coach Jacob Brandl, who was back traveling with the team after missing last weekend’s road trip to Utah with health issues. “Winning college basketball games on the road is tough.”...

Since the girls were featured last week, a glance at McCook High boys' wrestlers before they debut at Saturday's Cozad Invitatonal. Front row: Davien Hanson, Ulises Gutierrez, Carter Hartwell, Sincere Bair, Jack Siegfried and Weston Walgren. Middle row: Wyatt Felzien, Eloy Carbajal, Gunther Spry, Julian Stiver, Canyon Hosick, Connor Ball and Jose Campos. ...

BARTLEY, Neb. — Southwest’s famous 1-2 punch landed plenty of great shots throughout the 43-24 opening win over RPAC rival Medicine Valley Thursday. Famous? They should be famous if you’re following area sports just like most know these Roughriders are going to be tough in basketball just like volleyball...

BARTLEY, Neb. — Medicine Valley’s boys delivered a 61-37 opening win over Southwest Thursday night. No individual stats were obtained for the Raiders (1-0), who return after reaching last year’s D-1 district finals. Southwest sophomore Nathan Rippe zipped six of nine shots to lead the Roughriders with 14 points...

TRENTON, Neb. — Cambridge and Hitchcock County delivered a March Madness-like thriller in the 58-57 Trojan thrilling opener Thursday night. After an excellent Falcon first half featuring leads reaching 13 points, the Trojans rallied to force overtime on Zach McArthur’s shot...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Southwest’s Carter VanPelt pinned all three of his foes while Arapahoe finished 3-0 at the Cambridge Wrestling Quad on Thursday. RPAC rival Loomis-Bertrand joined these teams along with Cambridge in a season opener for all involved...

TRENTON, Neb. — Freshman Brylyn Springer’s 15 rebounds and 14 points from sophomore Jalen Kent were just two reasons why Cambridge scored a 49-21 win over the Hitchcock County girls Thursday. Trojan defense allowed only eight first-half points while building a 20-8 lead...

ARAPAHOE, Neb. — The old “how you finish” sports adage came into play right away at Arapahoe Thursday night. A super tight season opener featured just one point of separation until Overton’s 15-5 fourth quarter finished the 47-36 win over those host Arapahoe Warriors...

WAUNETA, Neb. — Sophomore Peyton Cox’s 21 points powered the Wauneta-Palisade girls to a feisty 66-60 win over Wallace Thursday evening. Peyton got plenty of support from junior Cali Cox (14 points) and senior Alexa Sandman (13) to take this season opener...

McCOOK, Neb. — Several local pool players were recently recognized for winning the Summer Session of the American Poolplayers Association (APA) 8-Ball Pool Leagues. The Sunday 8-Ball titles were claimed by “Off In The Pocket” out of Frank’s in Trenton and “KWITCHERSNIVLIN” out of TJ’s Family Fun Center in McCook...

McCOOK, Neb. — Greta Bolognini, 5-8 defensive specialist/hitter from Parkview Christian School in Lincoln, has signed on the play volleyball at McCook Community College. She is originally from Bergamo, Italy. “When I first came here in the U.S, my hope was to live the ‘American dream.’ Going to a big school and living in a big campus with a lot of students,” she said...

From Curtis to Wauneta to Trenton and Arapahoe, all the familiar basketball opening-night foes are tipping off their 2021-22 seasons tonight. The Cambridge Trojans and Hitchcock County Falcons feature two schools resuming from super fall seasons. Hitchcock County’s boys reached the historic first D-1 state football semifinal, while Cambridge’s girls qualified for D-1 state volleyball in Lincoln last month...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook winter sports season was clearly underway with many area teams challenging junior high wrestlers on Tuesday at McCook High. A glance at the Bison top placers in each weight division:220 pounds 1st Place - Spencer Steinbeck of McCook...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Dereon Seabron scored a career-high 39 points with 18 rebounds and N.C. State defeated Nebraska 104-100 in a marathon, four-overtime Big Ten-ACC Challenge Wednesday night. The 39 points was also a record for the Big Ten-ACC Challenge...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook High activities director Darin Nichols released this announcement on Monday. “McCook High School is looking for a head volleyball coach for the 2022-2023 school year. All endorsements and coaching experiences will be considered...

Complete names will appear soon with other details. Remember, the Bison debut at Chase County in Imperial Friday night and play their home opener against Valentine Saturday evening.

One of Friday’s holiday tone setters was Dundy County-Stratton alum Phalen Sanford (37, above) who played special teams for the Nebraska Cornhuskers against No. 16-ranked rival Iowa at Memorial Stadium. Iowa’s Charlie Jones had shook loose for a 100-yard kickoff touchdown return against the Illinois Fightin’ Illini during a Hawkeye home victory one week earlier. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Lexington outbowled Cambridge, McCook and two other teams to win the Unified Bowling district championship Monday at TJ’s Family Fun Center. Cambridge captured second place with a 780 score behind champion Lex (891), which advances its team to next week’s Nebraska State Tournament...

McCOOK, Neb. — It’s winter time in McCook so don’t let the 75-degree expected temperatures fool you later this week. The Bison are hitting high speed for every winter sport starting with reserve home basketball games against North Platte on Thursday...

McCOOK, Neb. — Varsity basketball openers tip off Thursday and Friday leading into the annual Cattle Trail Tournament next week. Several Gazette-area teams are set to compete again in McCook starting one week from today. The tourney moves to McCook’s Graff Events Center for semifinal play on Thursday, Dec. 10...