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McCOOK, Neb. — McCook girls basketball coach Amy Scheil offered some insights about the Bison’s first two varsity games of 2022-23 this weekend. McCook hosts Chase County Friday before visiting Southwest Conference opponent Valentine Saturday afternoon...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Keisei Tominaga matched a career best with 23 points and Nebraska rolled to an 88-67 win over Boston College on Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Nebraska used a 33-6 run that spanned the halves for a 64-40 lead with 8:41 remaining. Boston College didn’t score in the last 2:25 of the first half and had just two free throws in the second before Devin McGlockton’s dunk with 11:07 to play...

McCOOK, Neb. — The annual Cattle Trail Basketball Invitational featuring eight area schools tips off on Tuesday. Girls Tuesday at the Graff Events Center: Arapahoe vs. Medicine Valley, 3:30 p.m.; Maywood-Hayes Center vs. Dundy County-Stratton, 6:30 p.m. At McCook High: Southwest vs. Hitchcock County, 3:30 p.m.; Wauneta-Palisade vs. Decatur Community (Kan.), 6:30 p.m...

A glance at some area season openers: Today Wresting: Dundy County-Stratton at Alma Invite, 2 p.m. Wrestling: Cambridge, Arapahoe at Southwest duals, 5:30 p.m. Girls-boys basketball: Southwest at Medicine Valley, 5:45 p.m. Girls-boys basketball: Hitchcock County at Cambridge, 6 p.m...

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McCOOK, Neb. — Both McCook High basketball teams were one win from the Class B state tournament in 2022 and start a new quest Friday night. The Bison host Chase County for their first of seven girls-boys home doubleheaders through January. Varsity first tip is 6 p.m at the MHS gymnasium...

Ohio State was No. 5 on Tuesday night in the second-to-last College Football Playoff rankings, positioned to possibly take advantage if one of the top four slips up on championship weekend. Georgia (12-0) was No. 1 again. No. 2 Michigan (12-0) and No. 3 TCU (12-0) both moved up a spot, and Southern California (11-1) climbed two spots into the fourth slot...

OMAHA, Neb. — Though Clarkson-Leigh won Class D-1, the Omaha World-Herald conceded no team featuring eight players was likely better than Hitchcock County this fall. “Hitchcock County and Howells-Dodge might well be the two best eight-man teams in the state regardless of class,” W-H prep writer Stu Pospisil oberved. “And they sit at the top of the deepest class in Nebraska.”...

The lineup of Arapahoe-Cambridge Unified bowlers who have placed third or higher during all six touranemnts this season as a team. From left, front row: Haiden VanHoutan, Jacob Moore, Nolan Garey, Patrick Rathbun and Ander Wasenius. Middle row: Lauren Moore, Brooke Lenz, Anna tenBensel, Leigha Odell, Courtney Eidson, Juliana Hanzlick and Molly Elliott. ...

The Fort Scott Community College women downed McCook Community College Saturday in the final game of the Cobblestone Hotel & Suites Thanksgiving Classic at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. The Hounds won Saturday 67-54. “Fort Scott came in today and played really, really hard,” said MCC Coach Brandon Pritchett. “And really that’s what we need to learn to do is compete hard every play.”...

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - New Huskers head football coach Matt Rhule landed at the Lincoln airport Monday morning, ahead of his planned introduction by the University as the new coach. Matt Rhule landed around 8:15 a.m. with his family in tow on a Silverhawk Aviation flight from Charlotte. Athletic Director Trev Alberts was there to greet him and shook his hand as he stepped off the plane...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — The McCook Community College men lost a 96-61 decision Saturday to fifth-ranked College of Southern Idaho in the final game of the Idaho Central Credit Union Invitational. “This was a tough one,” said MCC Coach Jacob Brandl. “In the first half, I didn’t think we competed.”...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — The McCook Community College men beat Colorado Northwestern Community College 79-67 Friday in the opening game of the Idaho Central Credit Union Invitational. These games are hosted by the College of Southern Idaho. “This was a game of two halves,” said MCC Coach Jacob Brandl. “I thought we came out completely flat and honestly looked like we didn’t want to be there.”...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Derrick Walker put up a double-double and Nebraska pulled away from Florida State in the second half to win the seventh-place game of the ESPN Events Invitational on Sunday night, posting a 75-58 victory. Walker converted 10 of his 12 field-goal attempts and scored 20 points to lead five Cornhuskers into double-figure scoring and grabbed 13 rebounds...

McCOOK, Neb. — Her eyes opened in the medical tent at Kearney Country Club perhaps briefly with the thought “pinch me, this is just a bad dream!” Yet only moments later, Samatha Rodewald was finding something positive about this late collapse during the Nebraska state cross country meet last month...

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Hitchcock County Falcons brought everything from huge fourth-down stops and scores to cool touchdown catches for their historic first Class D-2 state title. Here are a few final remarks from Falcon players following Monday’s 22-12 win over defending D-1 champ Howells Dodge...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College women’s basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak Tuesday with a 67-61 win over Central Community College in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. MCC led after 10 minutes 20-14 and took a 15-point lead midway through the second period and looked to run away with the game, but Central came back and kept things tight until the fourth quarter...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College men opened Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference play Tuesday at home with a 64-59 over Central Community College. “Tonight was a good adjustment for us,” said MCC Coach Jacob Brandl said. “Based on the games we’ve played so far this year – every time they made a run, we did a really good job of keeping it stuck at si. ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — A game report with insights from Hitchcock County players will appear in Wednesday's McCook Gazette. The Falcons finished their 13-0 season with a 22-12 D-2 championship game win over previously unbeaten and defending state champion Howells-Dodge at Memorial Stadium...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — McCook High’s Unified Bowling team traveled to the North Platte Invite on Saturday competing against teams from North Platte, South Platte, Alliance, Ogallala, Scottsbluff, and Kearney. Teams were seeded in a two bracket tournament based on a three game total pin fall...

The Hitchcock County Falcons had never reached a state football playoff before coach Randall Rath and his freshman class in 2019. 2019: The Falcons go 5-4 to qualify for state, losing at Burwell 48-16. 2020: Despite COVID-19 issues, the Falcons win their final three games and improve to 6-3. They lose their playoff opener at Elm Creek, 32-14...

OTTUMWA, Iowa — The No. 2 Indian Hills Community College men continued their winning ways Friday, downing McCook Community College 92-61 in the Reed Overhead Doors Classic at the Hellyer Center. “First off, Indian Hills is a ridiculously good basketball team,” said MCC Coach Jacob Brandl. “What they are able to throw out there with 12 deep and all having size and the ability to shoot makes them really dangerous and, in my mind, the best team in the country.”...