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McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook High girls have barely missed a Class B district wildcard spot, coach Amy Scheil reported this morning. McCook will not play in this "Sweet 16" district finals round which determines the eight state tournament teams. The Bison lost their B-7 subdistrict final on Tuesday to Holdrege, 43-36, as Duster players and fans celebrated above...

McCOOK, Neb. — One could only wipe the Dusters from their eyes while wondering what the Bison happened in Tuesday’s B-7 subdistrict title game. The McCook girls were leading 36-32 on a brilliant barrage of two Tiara Matson three-pointers, senior Brolin Morgan sneaking behind Holdrege defenders for another basket and junior Liviya Wier delivering all three assists...

McCOOK, Neb. — Allowing 76 points to Hitchcock County became even farther distant than the Cambridge girls’ 2-6 start Tuesday night. The Trojans only allowed 30 points to those same Falcons while delivering an impressive 51-30 win that started their D-1 playoff run at McCook High...

McCOOK, Neb. — Dundy County-Stratton’s girls regained their winning ways with a 49-39 downing of Southwest in the D1-11 first semifinal Tuesday night. The Tigers (18-5 record) shook off recent defeats to Southern Valley and North Platte St. Patrick’s...

BRADY, Neb. — Junior Haylee Sandman’s 20 points and 10 steals helped ensure Wauneta-Palisade will play Medicine Valley for the D2-10 subdistrict title. The Broncos (10-14 record) beat Brady, 50-40, while those M.V. Raiders (7-16) took an impressive 40-27 win from Wallace in Tuesday’s semifinals...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Freshman Ashlin Broz was three-for-three from three-point range in a 49-23 Maywood-Hayes Center playoff victory over Sandhills Valley Tuesday. The Wolves (21-3 record) took a 17-10 lead through one quarter before holding those Mavericks to four, five and four points during those last three periods...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College baseball team fought off Colby Tuesday to win the 2020 home opener at the Jaycees Sports Complex, 8-6. “I felt like we made strides for the first eight innings, played a really nice game, we had a good practice yesterday and got a few things addressed,” MCC Coach Jon Olsen said. “We carried ourselves a lot better on the field and it carried over for us to play a little cleaner on defense.”...

Coach Dalton Pettera provided these remarks about McCook’s seventh-grade basketball finales: On Monday, Southern Valley came to McCook and played 2 1/2 games. The A Team won 43-29. Pushing their record to 7-1 on the year. Individual Scoring - Gabe Gans - 17, Landen Kmoch - 8, Quentin Terry - 6, Davien Hanson - 6, Josiah Wilkinson - 6...

IMPERIAL, Neb. — Chase County’s boys jumped to a 26-10 lead in the first quarter and led throughout their 64-45 victory over visiting Cambridge Saturday evening. Senior Kobe Clevenger scored 24 points on 67 percent shooting (eight for 12) to highlight his final regular-season home game with the Longhorns...

McCOOK, Neb. — Southwest’s talented freshmen all turned their eyes to basketball’s biggest platform on a wonderful Monday where no school took place. Senior Jadyn Brooks stepped up and showed why she could be a future female president if Roughrider fans all cast their votes as adults...

OMAHA, Neb. — The state tournament begins at 9 a.m. for McCook High wrestlers Thursday with all other area opening-round maches now set at HCI Health Center. Class B McCook 152 pounds: Landon Towne (31-16) vs. Ashton Schweitzer, Pierce (38-14) 160: Alex Anthony (31-17) vs. Treyton Jones, Blair (26-18)...

McCook High senior Kayla Borland, daughter of Greg and Bobbie Borland, signed with Midland College on Monday to be a cheerleader next year. Kayla is currently the captain of the McCook Bison Cheer team. Congratulations Kayla on being accepted to join the Midland College Cheer Squad...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Holdrege Dusters have earned today’s B-7 title shot at McCook after eliminating Lexington, 38-31, Monday evening in McCook High’s gymnasium. Holdrege (9-14 record) suddenly swirled to life with a 13-6 third period. The Dusters turned their 17-15 halftime deficit into a 28-21 advantage through three quarters...

McCOOK, Neb. —A reminder that Husker “Insider” Sean Callahan plans on visiting McCook again to give Nebraska football fans an in-depth look at the program and its 2020 recruiting class. Callahan will speak to fans in the Coppermill Steakhouse on Monday, Feb. 24...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Medicine Valley’s 80 percent foul shooting put the icing on a sweet 33-30 playoff win over Paxton Monday night. The Raiders (6-16 record) advanced also thanks to junior Acelyn Klein’s 18 points and 13 rebounds. A 9-2 second quarter seemed to create Med Valley breathing room, but Paxton (2-18) closed within 22-21 through three periods...

ATWOOD, Kan. — Count it 11 straight wins for the Rawlins County (Kan.) Buffaloes following their 54-46 victory over Quinter Friday evening. Sophomore forward Abby Singhateh’s 15 points and 12 rebounds fueled a 53-percent shooting effort as the Buffaloes hit 23 of 43 attempts...

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. – The McCook Community College baseball team led the No. 5 team in the nation for seven innings Saturday but the Cowley College Tigers came back for an 11-7 win in the first game of a three-game series. “We put ourselves in position to win, up 7-6 in the bottom of the eight, but we just didn’t make enough plays to put it away,” said MCC Coach Jon Olsen...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Hitchcock County and Southwest will join the McCook Bison in sending four wresters into state competition this weekend. The Falcons finished fourth among 21 D-4 district teams as Remington Hodges (220 pounds), Kaleb Christofferson (113), Gavin Losey (126) and Blake Devitt (106) earned their spots at Omaha’s CHI Health Center...

Kayla Borland, daughter of Greg and Bobbie Borland, signed with Midland College on Monday, February 17, 2020 to be a cheerleader next year. Kayla is currently the captain of the McCook Bison Cheer team.

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — One Bison steamrolled through the B-4 district while McCook’s other three state qualifiers showed what comeback tenacity is all about last weekend. The end result? Coach Nick Umscheid will send four Bison with 31 or more wins this season into the Class B state meet at Omaha...

These 24 Gazette-area wrestlers have earned spots in the Nebraska State Wrestling tournament at Omaha starting on Thursday: Class B McCook 195 — Alec Langan (38-2 record), DISTRICT CHAMPION 152 pounds — Landon Towne (31-16) 160 — Alex Anthony (31-17)...

HASTINGS - While one McCook diver will definitely make the trip to Lincoln next week for the Nebraska State championship swim and dive meet, it is now a waiting game for McCook swimmers in several events. At the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference meet in Hastings on Friday and Saturday, McCook High School swimmers and divers were hoping to have several swimmers make state qualifying times and had high hopes for several divers to make qualifying scores...

McCOOK, Neb. — Blame North Platte for Scottsbluff Bearcat hackles being up when they arrived in McCook Friday night. The Class B power Bearcats were ambushed at North Platte Thursday night with a defeat almost nobody could have expected. “It was like a hit to the stomach,” Scottsbluff coach Scott Gullion confirmed on Friday...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook’s 18 assists and nine three-pointers showed there were plenty of Bison highlights against the Scottsbluff girls Friday night. The Bison even bolted to an 11-4 lead before five minutes had been played of this regular-season finale...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College men’s basketball team completed an undefeated week knocking off previously ranked Otero Junior College Saturday, 78-69 in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. Otero fell out of the rankings Monday after being ranked 18th the previous week...