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McCook girls reach career bests at UNK Indoor opener (3/18/24)
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Community Hospital Pro-Am streamlined to one big day (3/18/24)The organizing committee of the Community Hospital Pro-Am at Heritage Hills is unveiling significant revisions to the program for its much anticipated 35th annual event. In a strategic move, the event, traditionally spanning 2 1/2 days, will now be condensed into a single, action-packed day on Friday, June 7. ...
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McCook High golfer hits hole-in-one at Heritage Hills (3/18/24)McCOOK, Neb. — Congratulations to McCook High junior Reid Loop for his hole in one at Heritage Hills Golf Course in McCook recently. Loop was on hole #7 (135 yards) and he used a sand wedge. Reid's a returning varsity player for the McCook Bison boys golf team which qualified for last year's Class B state tournament...
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Arapahoe boy wins three at UNK; May-Hay girls race to victory (3/18/24)KEARNEY, Neb. — All the Class D area results from Saturday’s UNK Indoor Track and Field Invitational: BOYS 60 meters: 1. Will Cacy, Arapahoe, 7.14; 4. Grayson Koller, Arapahoe, 7:35; 7. Carlos Romero, Maywood-Hayes Center, 7.61. 200 meters: 1. Will Cacy, ARAP, 24.34; 5. ...
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McCook High great makes top five at Korn Ferry event (3/18/24)SANTIAGO, Chile — McCook native Brandon Crick carded a final 6-under 66 March10at the Astara Chile Classic at Prince of Wales Country Club in Santiago, Chile, clinching his first top-five finish of the Korn Ferry Tour season. That marks his first top-10 finish since the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX last season where he finished T3...
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Gillette shaves MCC men from the Region title chase (3/18/24)SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. – The season came to an end for the McCook Community College men Thursday with a 99-72 loss to Gillette College in the semifinals of the Region IX Tournament. “This one really hurts. The final always does,” said MCC Coach Jacob Brandl. “I thought Gillette played about as well as they could have in a lot of different areas. There is a reason they were 26-4.”...
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McCook Bison boys' results from UNK Track-Field Invitational (3/18/24)KEARNEY, Neb. — All the McCook Bison boys’ performances in Friday’s UNK Indoor Invitational that began the track-field season. 800 meters: 1. N. Schrock, Holdrege, 2:06.75; 2. Josiah Wilkinson, MC, 2:12.02; 7. Blake Rodewald, MC, 2:18.66. 60 meters: 1. ...
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Reigning national champs are No. 1 entering 2024 'Madness' (3/18/24)Even before the brackets came out Sunday, March Madness was a muddled mess. About the closest thing to a sure thing: UConn. The defending champion Huskies earned the top seed in the NCAA Tournament, joined by Houston,Purdue and North Carolina as No. 1 seeds in a bracket that started going haywire even before the pairings were announced Sunday evening...
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They made it! Husker men meet No. 9 Aggies to tip tourney in Memphis (3/18/24)For the first time in 10 years, Nebraska will be in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, as the Huskers were selected for the first time since 2014 on Sunday evening. Nebraska (23-10) is the No. 8 seed in the South Region and will play ninth-seeded Texas A&M (20-14) Friday at the FedEx Forum in Memphis. Tipoff is set for 5:50 p.m. and will be televised on TNT...
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Thunderducks thrive in rain, walk off with win over MCC (3/18/24)COUNTRY FOREST, Texas – After Friday rain postponed the first of the four scheduled weekend games in Texas, the McCook Community College baseball team lost a 4-3 game Saturday to Dallas College-Richland. As rain started to fall, the Thunderducks took the game with a seventh-inning walk off. Rain claimed the second game of the doubleheader as well as Sunday games against Dallas North Lake...
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No. 16 Thunderbirds end MCC women's hoops season (3/18/24)CASPER, Wyo. – Casper College downed the McCook Community College women Thursday in quarter-final action of the Region IX Tournament. The No. 16 Thunderbirds beat MCC 82-65. This was the ninth straight win for No. 16 Casper, host of the tournament and they improve to 11-1 in their home gym, Erickson T-Bird Gymnasium...
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MCC women right back on winning track with home sweep (3/13/24)
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Senior's awesome efforts powered Wolves into state finals (3/12/24)LINCOLN, Neb. — “Jerr-y! Jerrry!” was more of an ominous sound for opponents as Maywood-Hayes Center senior Jeremiah Ingison felt right at home in the Class D-2 state tourney. His game-by-game: Quarterfinal 31 points, 20 rebounds in a 58-50 Wednesday night win over No. 7-seed Elm Creek;...
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Plainswomen's sweep stops MCC softball win streak at 16 (3/12/24)McCOOK, Neb. — Northeastern Junior College snapped McCook Community College’s 16-game win streak Monday with a 2-1, 6-3 sweep in the opening game of Region IX play. “We didn’t look comfortable in the box today,” said MCC Coach Mike Mendenhall. “Their pitchers competed in the zone, we just couldn’t string anything together.”...
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Spring is definitely in the air for Bison sports teams! (3/12/24)McCook High tennis players Bailee Foster (above) and returning No. 1 singles Izzy Clause (below) were among the Bison busy in their first practice Monday afternoon following spring break. The tennis girls start Bison spring sports with a home dual on March 19...
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MCC basketball teams continue playoffs on road Thursday (3/12/24)McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College women’s and men’s basketball teams continue post-season play as the second round of the Region IX Tournaments resume in Casper, Wyo. and Scottsbluff, Neb. The MCC women, won their Friday play-in game over Lamar 48-42. The Lady Indians (17-14) were the Region IX south’s fourth-seeded team among six teams. Lamar was the fifth seed. On Thursday MCC will take on the north’s top seed Casper on their home court, Swede Erickson Gym...
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Wolves rallied again to topple Mustangs in D-2 semifinals (3/12/24)LINCOLN, Neb. — Maywood-Hayes Center’s boys broke from a tie after three quarters and beat three towns in Sumner, Eddyville and Miller for a 53-48 D-2 semifinal win Friday. Senior Gage Gerlach’s own three helped the Wolves take a 14-10 lead through one quarter...
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Husker men's coach, four players win Big Ten honors (3/12/24)LINCOLN, Neb. – A quartet of Huskers were recognized for their efforts during the 2023-24 season, as the Big Ten Conference announced its annual awards Tuesday morning. Nebraska Head Coach Fred Hoiberg shared Big Ten Coach-of-the-Year honors, while Keisei Tominaga and Rienk Mast earned All-Big Ten recognition. Josiah Allick rounded out the honorees, as he was tabbed as Nebraska’s sportsmanship honoree...
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McCook YMCA volleyball league scores (3/12/24)McCOOK, Neb. — Results from the McCook YMCA Co-Ed Competitive Volleyball League contests Monday night: Scoop! There it is over The Walk-Ons, 2-0 Koch Seed & Agronomy over Low Expectations, 2-0 Scoop! There it is over T&L Contracting, 2-1 GTA Insurance over Low Expectations, 2-0...
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All the Wolves' bites from their historic state finals run (3/11/24)
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Bison alum coaches Amherst to first state title in almost 100 years (3/11/24)
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MCC women deliver Region IX home win over Lopes (3/11/24)The McCook Community College women’s basketball team opened up the Region IX tournament at home Friday with a 48-43 win over Lamar Community College. “This time of year, you’re going to get everybody’s best basketball,” said MCC Coach Brandon Pritchett. “I’m proud of this team. The goal is to win by any means necessary and we gutted it out.”...
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Red-hot Indian softball team hosting doubleheader Monday (3/11/24)Because of weather and field conditions, the McCook Community College softball games scheduled for Sunday in Sterling, Colo. were postponed. MCC and Northeastern Junior College will play two games Monday at the Jaycees Sports Complex in McCook starting at 1 p.m...
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MCC men knock No. 3 Northeastern out of Region playoffs (3/11/24)STERLING, Colo. – The sixth-seeded McCook Community College men upset third-seeded Northeastern Junior College on the road to open Region IX tournament play Saturday. MCC won 78-76 in a play-in game. “This was a great game for us and our guys,” said MCC Coach Jacob Brandl. “I’m so proud of our attention to detail today and our fight. Those two areas have been lacking recently and the guys put together a great week of practice and were really locked in today.”...
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Superstar sparks No. 3 Iowa's Big Ten finals win over Nebraska (3/11/24)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark overcame a cold start to score 30 of her 34 points after halftime and help third-ranked Iowa rally past Nebraska 94-89 in overtime to win a third straight Big Ten Tournament on Sunday. “It never gets old cutting the net,” Clark said after black and gold confetti covered the court at Target Center to the delight of another sellout crowd packed with Hawkeyes fans. “I feel like we’re pretty good at that.”...