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OGALLALA, Neb. — Powerful pitching made the first road trip and McCook National Bank’s bats also arrived in time for a 6-1 win over Ogallala Tuesday night. The Seniors (2-0) were blanked through those first three innings, but it didn’t matter as starting pitcher Clayton Stevens baffled Ogallala all evening...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- Medicine Valley’s latest trip to the NSAA Boys State Golf Championship is shaping up to be its best yet.

OMAHA, Neb. — Some team scores and all Gazette-area results for Class C girls who competed at last weekend’s Nebraska State Track-Field Meet: Medalists are anyone placing eighth or higher. Top teams: 1. Aquinas 67 points, 2. Lincoln Lutheran 51, 3. Heartland 46, 4. ...

FELLING FIELD — Quentin Terry threw a gem on Tuesday to lead the Carpenter Breland Funeral Home Phillies past the Royals 2-0 with the rarest of baseball moments: The perfect game. Terry struck out Beckett Heskett to end the game. The pitching was strong on both sides. Terry struck out 13, while the Royals’ pitchers sat down four...

OGALLALA, Neb. — They walked 10 times, struck out 10 Ogallala batters and showed no respect for one of those famous Ten Commandments: Thou shalt steal — and steal a lot as First Central Bank swiped 17 bags to spark the 5-4 Legion baseball road win Tuesday evening...

McCOOK, Neb. — Cameryn Berry was clutch at the plate with runners on base on Monday, driving in four on three hits to lead the McCook National Bank Seniors past Broken Bow 13-7 on Monday. Berry drove in runs on a double in the second, a single in the third and a walk in the sixth...

DODGE CITY, Kan. -- Monday’s KSHSAA 1A boys state golf championship signified a lot of things, according to Rawlins County head coach Steve Woody...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook’s First Central Bank Juniors cruised to an 11-3 victory over Broken Bow in their Legion baseball season opener Monday evening. McCook FCB Juniors got things started with a five-run first inning. Jordan Chauncy pitched McCook FCB Juniors to victory...

FELLING FIELD — The R & S Water Well Muckdogs’s three pitchers didn’t allow a single hit, as the R & S Water Well Muckdogs defeated Bradley Machine and Pump Storm 5-0 on Wednesday. Bo Schlegel struck out Kycen Bradley to get the last out of the game...

McCOOK, Neb. — Hermann-Jones Bison blasted 14 hits but a six-run rally fell just short, 9-7, to Holdrege Thursday evening. Coleton Lentz crushed two doubles among his three hits which helped fuel the comeback. Keynan Gaston tripled while Alex Anthony added two hits, scored twice and drove home another run...

McCOOK, Neb. —McCook Community College Men’s Basketball has signed 6’2” guard Tyrek Battle-Holley from Jersey City, New Jersey, recently. Battle-Holley helped the Rams to a 16-12 record in a tough Hudson County League. He averaged 21 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game this past year...

COLBY, Kan. -- A herd of Rawlins County Buffaloes put up state-qualifying performances at Friday's 1A-22 Regional Track and Field Meet in Colby, Kan...

LINCOLN, Neb. — She went from being almost too sick to offering some final words coach Matt Wiemers will never forget. “Haley Potthoff’s last words as we headed to the court were ‘I got this coach, I’m not losing!”,” Wiemers said about last weekend’s Class B state tennis tournament. “And she totally outplayed the No. 2 seed from start to finish.”...

OMAHA, Neb. -- Phalen Sanford capped his high school career a perfect 4-for-4...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Battling through tie-breakers and tough final matches, McCook’s No. 1 doubles team took home a strong runner-up finish at the Class B state tennis tournament. “I was so pleased with Cassiddy and Syd,” Wiemers said as Beeby played No. 1 singles last year while Thompson took on No. 2 doubles. “Their style of play complemented each other and they learned each other’s tendencies quickly.”...

OMAHA, Neb. -- Faith Simpson is a state champion...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Enjoy it for now, No. 1 singles, because McCook junior Kassidy Michaelis will be back for another Class B tennis season next spring. “Kassidy has nothing to hang her head about,” coach Matt Wiemers said after Michaelis dropped her final two matches of 2018...

UBBOCK, Texas – The McCook Community College golf team posted its best score of the week Friday to end the season at the National Junior College championships. The Indians shot a 319 Friday to finish the week with a four-round score of 1,282. “This was not the ending of our season we were hoping for but that’s golf,” MCC coach Tyler Loop said. “These guys accomplished a lot this year and this was a great learning experience for them and myself as well.”...

OMAHA, Neb. -- McCook had numbers, but it didn’t have the horses...

LINCOLN, Neb. — McCook fell five points short of repeating as Class B girls' tennis champs after Brownell Talbot-Concordia and Omaha Duchesne surged past the Bison on Friday. The Bison tallied 32 points to led through Thursday, but only added 8.5 points even though three seniors reached state championship matches...

OMAHA, Neb. — Huge state team-title deciding matches fill Friday’s Class B state tennis schedule since four teams are clearly within winning range. Perhaps no match will be more pivotal than the No. 2 singles semifinals where McCook’s No. 7-seed Haley Potthoff (31-7) meets Brownell-Talbot-Concordia No. 3 Aruna Bashir (13-2)...

LINCOLN, Neb. — McCook's Class B defending state champs have swept through their first matches at Woods Tennis Center today. senior Haley Potthoff’s first Class B state match was a huge success this morning. Potthoff swept through opening No. 2 singles foe Kyli Hanna of Omaha Gross Catholic, 6-0 and 6-2, as the Bison begin defense of their Class B state team title...

With school out for the summer this week, you may think things will calm down, schedules will become more relaxed, and we will just coast through the next few months. But in reality, summer is when things really kick into gear. So hang onto your hat for a brief overview of just a few things happening at the YMCA over the next few months...

MCCOOK, Neb. — They’ll never stop raising the bar on how much McCook’s three state-qualifying pole vaulters push each other. “We cheer for each other. But yeah, we want to go higher than the other,” sophomores Joel Carter, Landon Towne and junior Tyler Lytle greed. “It’s like that every day in practice.”...

LUBBOCK, Texas – The McCook Community College golf team finished a sloppy rain/hail-suspended first round Wednesday morning and turned around and completed the second round just one stroke better. After posting a 321 first round, MCC shot a 320 Wednesday and rank last among the 21 teams competing in the National Junior College championships. The four-round tournament continues Thursday at the Rawls Course at Texas Tech University...