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Bison rumble to three Lex championships (4/20/18)LEXINGTON, Neb. — They ran like the wind to 70 points on Lexington’s football field last fall, so it made perfect sense those Bison achieved plenty of track-field success Thursday afternoon. McCook won three Don Bader Invitational championships with several athletes achieving season or career bests...
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McCook, area girls earn high Bader places (4/20/18)LEXINGTON, Neb. — Senior Haiden Loop cleared a career-best 10’4” to win the pole vault and lead McCook athletes at Thursday’s Don Bader Invitational. Loop prevailed through a terrific competition with Ogallala’s Kaylee Wach, who also reached her all-time highest vault...
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Indian golfers earn national acclaim (4/20/18)STERLING, Colo. —Last week, McCook Community College freshman golfer Cameron Lampe teed off at the second hole of the Northeastern Junior College tournament in Sterling, Colo., on the course known as the Northeastern 18. The hole is 315 yards with a water ditch in front and a green protected by a large sand bunker on the right side and trees on the left...
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MCC women hold hoops tryouts Saturday (4/20/18)McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College women’s basketball coach Kellen Fernetti is looking for a few players for the 2018-2019 roster and will hold open tryouts Saturday, from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. This is open to all girls graduating high school in 2018,...
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Bison golfers conquer Wildhorse (4/20/18)McCOOK, Neb. — McCook coach Rick Haney provided these remarks from the Gothenburg Golf Invitational on Thursday. “Today, the Bison competed in the Gothenburg invite at Wild Horse Golf Course. All in all, we had a decent day. Trevor Oberg continued to have a solid play by scoring an 81 to finish in 16th place...
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Trojan, Raiders win Southwest golf titles (4/20/18)CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Junior Preston Carbaugh felt right at home in rival Southwest’s Invitational as he shot 70 to win the tourney championship Thursday afternoon. Southwest hosted its tourney on Cross Creek Golf Course — which also happens to be Cambridge’s home turf...
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Longhorns sweep through home invite (4/20/18)IMPERIAL, Neb. — Sophomore Mallie McNair’s five event titles led two-time defending Class C state champ Chase County’s girls to a track-field home invite title on Wednesday. Teammate Adelaide Maxwell earned four first places while senior Will Kuenne’s three victories powered the champion Chase boys...
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Super Indian libero joins NCAA team (4/20/18)McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College sophomore Jessica Mahan has signed a national letter of intent to play volleyball next year at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. Mahan, a 5-4 libero from Pine Creek High School in Colorado Springs was named to the all-Region IX team last season...
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Constructing the path to final victory (4/19/18)McCOOK, Neb. — JL Construction toppled unbeaten TAWAMA and beat Cooppermill twice to claim the YMCA Coed Volleyball Tournament championship. Coppermill forced a second title match Tuesday evening with its 7:30 p.m. match victory, but JL promptly recovered and conquered that 8:15 p.m. finale...
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Irish rule Arapahoe just ahead of Trojans (4/19/18)ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Cambridge Trojan athletes scored nearly 200 combined points, but the Irish of North Platte St. Pats took both team titles from Wednesday’s annual Jim Mather Invitational. Ironically, the Irish won both by exactly five points: 103-98 over Cambridge’s girls and 101-96 vs. Trojan boys...
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Swim lessons are so valuable (4/19/18)meeting so the public could be part of the discussion about the city’s potential big-ticket items. To no one’s surprise, the city’s 80-year-old outdoor swimming pool was the main topic of discussion. With my family heavily involved in swimming and diving, I am interested in what aquatic facilities are available in McCook...
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Buffalo leaps to title at Scott City (4/19/18)ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Cambridge Trojan athletes scored nearly 200 combined points, but the Irish of North Platte St. Pats took both team titles from Wednesday’s annual Jim Mather Invitational. Ironically, the Irish won both by exactly five points: 103-98 over Cambridge’s girls and 101-96 vs. Trojan boys...
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Krysl signs with Crown College baseball (4/19/18)McCOOK, Neb. -- Spencer Krysl loves the unpredictable nature of baseball...
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Van Pelt's four gold medals, two meet records help Roughrider boys to Hitchcock County title (4/19/18)TRENTON, Neb. -- Ryan Van Pelt couldn’t have asked for a better return...
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McCook finishes second at home invite, four Bison place in top 10 (4/18/18)McCOOK, Neb. -- Steady winds and a brisk morning didn’t deter from Tuesday’s Ron Coleman Invitational at Heritage Hills Golf Course...
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McCook alum Noah Hofman hits hole-in-one, wins Missouri tournament (4/18/18)PARKVILLE, Mo. -- Southeast Community College’s Noah Hofman had the highlight of Monday and Tuesday’s Virginia McCoy Intercollegiate Tournament in Parkville, Mo, as he dropped a hole-in-one...
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MCC rallies in ninth inning to beat SCC (4/18/18)McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Community College Indian baseball team came back from a 5-0 deficit in the third inning and a 13-12 ninth inning deficit to beat Southeast Community College 14-13...
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MHC girls third at Paxton (4/18/18)PAXTON, Neb. -- The Maywood-Hayes Center Lady Wolves finished third at Tuesday’s Paxton Invite. MHC scored 68 points to take bronze...
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Carbaugh wins Alma Invite; Eagles top Gazette team (4/18/18)ALMA, Neb. -- Cambridge junior Preston Carbaugh rallied in the second round to win Tuesday’s Alma golf invitational...
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Lady Bison power past Hershey, North Platte (4/18/18)NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- The McCook Lady Bison made quick work of two area foes Tuesday in North Platte...
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MCC salvages split with WNCC after extra-inning, bases-loaded walk (4/17/18)McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Community College Lady Indian softball team wrapped its home schedule Monday with a split against Western Nebraska. The Cougars won the first game 7-5 and the Indians came back to win in “walk-off” fashion in the eighth-inning, 8-7 with a bases-loaded walk...
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Hitchcock County, Lex track meets rescheduled (4/17/18)Due to future forecast, the Lexington Track Invite scheduled for Friday has been moved to Thursday with a 12 p.m. start time. The Hitchcock County Invite has also been moved up one day to Wednesday and has a 10 a.m. start time. Results of both track meets will be featured in the McCook Gazette later this week...
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Game rescheduled (4/16/18)NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – Mother Nature again has caused a postponement of the North Platte Community College Knights softball game against the McCook Community College Lady Indians. The game, scheduled for Tuesday, April 17, has been rescheduled for Monday, April 23 at the Dowhower Softball Complex, due to snow being on the field...
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Cambridge's Hudson, Benkelman's Willett to be inducted into Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame (4/16/18)LINCOLN, Neb. — Former Cambridge Trojan Christina (Houghtelling) Hudson and former Benkelman Tiger Danis (Richards) Willett are headed to the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame...
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Indians swept by Northeastern JC in Sunday doubleheader (4/16/18)STERLING, Colo. – Northeastern Junior College downed the McCook Community College baseball team in a doubleheader Sunday winning the first game 12-2 in six innings and taking the second game 6-4...