Stories from Saturday, September 25, 2004

GERING -- The McCook Bison football team extended its winning streak to 30 games with a 41-7 romp at Gering Friday night. McCook entered the contest as the No. 1-ranked team in Nebraska Class B. Gering entered the game ranked eighth in Class B. The Bison improved to 4-0 and dropped Gering to 3-1...

CAMBRIDGE -- Grant and Cambridge opened C2-9 district play Friday night. The Trojans built on a 14-3 half time lead to win 28-10. Cambridge started the game with a 15 play drive that ate up almost seven minutes of the first quarter. Quarterback Waid Vontz finished the possession with a ten yard run...

PRETORIA, South Africa -- Lora Marietta, a junior at Decatur Community High School-Oberlin participated in the Sub-Junior and Junior World Powerlifting Championship in Pretoria, South Africa from Sept. 8-12. Marietta was a member of the Sub-junior team, which is composed of lifters 16-18 years of age...

BENKELMAN -- The Longhorns of Chase County-Imperial remained undefeated with wins over Dundy County and St. Francis in Thursday night volleyball action at Benkelman. Dundy County opened the night with a close win over St. Francis, 26-24, 25-22. Vanessa Shill and Shelby Wilson led the Tigers with 12 points each. Shill notched two aces on 11-of-12 serving. Wilson was 10-of-11 serving...

NCTA Aggies volleyball team wins tough match at home CURTIS -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture women's volleyball team had their work cut out for them as they went five sets to defeat the Clubhouse team from the North Platte City League Thursday night at the Medicine Valley High School gymnasium...

The third annual McCook Community College Indian Boosters Men's Basketball Golf Scramble Monday was a great success, said MCC coach Ty Orton. "It was a beautiful day and the basketball team had a great time," said Orton, who will be assisted by this season by former MCC and University of Nebraska-Kearney standout Nick Broz, who hails from Hayes Center...