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Med Valley nips host Roughriders for Southwest wrestling meet title
(02/07/12)
BARTLEY, Neb. -- Mother Nature showed again last week that she is always in control. Many area high school athletic events were postponed or cancelled last weekend as winter storms blasted much of the Cornhusker State. Southwest High School did manage to stage an altered Southwest Invitational wrestling meet Saturday at the high school gym in Bartley...
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Mother Nature forces alterations in weekend area sports schedules
(02/06/12)
With the start of Class C and D girls sub-district basketball tournaments a week away, Mother Nature threw a monkey wrench into the high school sports schedules across Nebraska last weekend. Many prep sporting events Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3-4, were either postponed or cancelled as snow blanketed a large portion of the state. With heavy snow forecast for Friday and Saturday, many schools made the decision early Friday to call off basketball games over the weekend... 
Small Bison contingent finds individual success at GNAC mat meet
(02/06/12)
NORFOLK, Neb. -- McCook High School had a small contingent of varsity wrestlers competing at the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference meet Saturday, Feb. 4, in Norfolk. The handful of Bison representatives at the GNAC meet had a long, successful trip. All five McCook competitors finished in the top six in their respective weight classes... 
Weather forecast alters local weekend sports slate
(02/01/12)
A nasty weather forecast has helped the McCook High School athletic administration alter this weekend's basketball schedule. The Bison boys and girls were scheduled to host Ogallala Friday, Feb. 3, at the Senior High gym. But Friday's weather forecast is calling for heavy snows in southwest Nebraska. So officials from both schools made contact Wednesday morning and decided to avoid the possible messy weather and move the games up 24 hours to Thursday, Feb. 2...
Husker 'insider' program at McCook Feb. 20
(02/01/12)
A Husker "insider" plans to deliver to local Nebraska football fans an in-depth look at the NU program and the 2012 Husker recruiting class during a special presentation in McCook. Sean Callahan will speak to Husker fans Monday, Feb. 20 at the Coppermill Restaurant in McCook. ...
Teel, Osterman lead Southwest matmen to Red Cloud meet title
(02/01/12)
RED CLOUD, Neb. -- Southwest High School continued a strong wrestling campaign as the Roughriders claimed another team championship at the Red Cloud/Blue Hill Invitational. Southwest scored 168 points to claim first place in the Jan. 28 meet, with Russell, Kan. second with 140.5 points. Sutton was third with 126, and Thayer Central fourth with 97.5... 
MCC men earn huge win over Southeast
(02/01/12)
The McCook Community College men's basketball team found a cure for some recent ills that have befallen the Indians. The perfect prescription was a big win Jan. 28. The MCC men snapped a three-game losing skid with a huge 75-73 win over nationally-ranked Southeast Community College of Beatrice... 
Second-half dry spell dooms MCC women
(02/01/12)
There weren't too many punches to be pulled when describing the McCook Community College women's basketball 53-31 loss Jan. 28 to Southeast C.C. of Beatrice. The MCC women simply collapsed in the second half at True Hall gym after pulling within three points several minutes after the halftime break. The Indians went nearly 10 minutes without scoring a point, as Southeast's 14-0 run stretched a five-point lead to 46-27 with just under four minutes left... 
Two big weekend wins for Bison basketball boys
(02/01/12)
The McCook High School boys basketball team has missed a couple chances this season to record a signature win. Not so on Jan. 28. The Bison rallied for a 54-48 victory over Class C-1 powerhouse Kearney Catholic, one night after rolling to a 70-34 victory at Lexington Jan. 27. The weekend sweep boosted McCook's season record to 11-7...
Same woes haunt McCook girls in loss at Lex
(02/01/12)
LEXINGTON, Neb. -- The McCook High School girls basketball team can't seem to shake the same problems that have plagued the Bison most of this season. Cool shooting and a lack of defense helped doom the McCook girls Friday, Jan. 27, in a 66-47 loss at Lexington... 
Hitchcock County girls claim RPAC title
(02/01/12)
BARTLEY, Neb. -- Hitchcock County's basketball girls just keep rolling along this season. The Falcons kept their perfect record intact with a 54-35 win over Southern Valley Saturday, Jan. 28, to claim the 2012 Republican Plains Activities Conference Tournament championship... 
Hitchcock County, Paxton reign at RPAC Tourney
(01/31/12)
Grant Strunk/McCook Daily Gazette Jacee Kershaw (12) of Hitchcock County gets past Southern Valley's Emily Becker (23) for a layup in the Republican Plains Activities Conference Tournament girls championship finals last Saturday night. The Falcons won the conference title with a 54-35 decision over Southern Valley in the title game at Southwest High School in Bartley...
Bison claim four medals at Lex mat meet
(01/23/12)
LEXINGTON, Neb. -- The McCook High School wrestling team faced a tough test at a very competitive John Higgins Lexington Invitational Saturday, Jan. 21. The Bison fared well, with half of the eight McCook entries in the varsity division earning top four finishes in their respective weight classes... 
RPAC tourney first-round completed
(01/23/12)
The RPAC basketball race is on. The annual Republican Plains Activities Conference basketball tournament got underway Saturday, Jan. 21, with 12 first-round games in boys and girls divisions at two sites. East Division action was held at the Medicine Valley High School gym in Curtis, while the West Division games were contested at the Hitchcock County High School gym in Trenton... 
Orange & Black Tourney updated brackets
(01/22/12)
27th ANNUAL ORANGE & BLACK TOURNAMENT Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 19-21 at Colby, Kansas GIRLS DIVISION Thursday, Jan. 19 First-Round Results Blue Valley Northwest (Kan.) 45, Hugoton (Kan.) 29 Holcomb (Kan.) 55, McCook 54 Colby (Kan.) 51, Liberal (Kan.) 21...
Bison football book to hit the press in the near future
(01/22/12)
Work is progressing on a book featuring the 2011 McCook High School football team. Author Dave Almany reported earlier this week that the book's printer, Covington Group, Inc. in Kansas City, has been working on laying out the edition. Almany said the printer will send him the completed layout pages for a final edit, then the pages will go on the press... 
Orange & Black Tournament brackets
(01/18/12)
27th ANNUAL ORANGE & BLACK TOURNAMENT Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 19-21 at Colby, Kansas All Times CST GIRLS DIVISION Thursday, Jan. 19 First-Round Games At Colby Community Building Blue Valley Northwest (Kan.) vs. Hugoton (Kan.), 3 p.m. Colby (Kan.) vs. Liberal (Kan.), 6:30 p.m...
Divers lead McCook efforts at Lincoln swim meet
(01/18/12)
LINCOLN, Neb. -- McCook High School is considered the smallest fish in the big pond of Nebraska state high school swimming and diving. But the Bison made a little splash at the Gene Cotter Invitational Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13-14, at the Lincoln HIgh School pool...
McCook C.C. men split weekend road games
(01/18/12)
The McCook Community College men's basketball team split a pair of road games last weekend. The Indians opened the trip with a huge 94-92 win at Northeast Community College in Norfolk Saturday, Jan. 14. MCC then dropped a 102-79 decision at Central C.C. in Columbus Sunday, Jan. 15.g... 
Bison girls snap losing skid
(01/16/12)
Just what the doctor ordered. If McCook girls head basketball coach Jeff Ellis was a physician, he knew the perfect prescription for his team's ills heading into the Friday, Jan. 13 home game against Hastings. Ellis and his team found the right medicine -- a 44-30 win over the Tigers that snapped McCook's six-game losing streak... 
McCook boys can't stop hot Hastings
(01/16/12)
Back to square one. That was the immediate plans for the McCook High School boys basketball team Friday, Jan. 13, after a 59-47 loss to Hastings in a battle of Class B teams at the McCook Senior High gym. The Bison slipped to 7-6 overall after suffering their third straight loss and fifth setback in the last seven games. ... |
