Stories from Saturday, September 4, 2004

With a couple quick cuts, McCook High School junior tailback Brendan Liess turned a close game against Scottsbluff Friday night into a rout. Liess ran for 100 yards in the first half and 183 overall and scored on touchdown runs of 25 and 58 yards as the Bison rolled to a 34-0 victory over Scottsbluff...

NORTH PLATTE -- McCook High School senior Katherine Morell cruised to first-place medalist honors Friday at the North Platte Invitational girls golf tournament. Morell, who won the McCook Invitational with a 74 and was second in Thursday's Sidney Invitational with an 80, fired a 1-under-par 71 at the North Platte Country Club...