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Bison netters improve to 8-1
(High School Sports ~ 09/23/05)
HOLDREGE -- The McCook Bison boys tennis team improved its duel record to 8-1 with an 8-1 victory at Holdrege Thursday afternoon. The Bison won all six singles matches. McCook plays Hershey at 4 p.m. Tuesday at North Platte. "I was concerned about how the team would play and the stamina they had going into this week against North Platte and Holdrege," said McCook tennis coach Matt Wiemers...
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Oberlin runners 8th, 11th at Hill City meet
(High School Sports ~ 09/23/05)
HILL CITY, Kan. -- The Decatur Community High School-Oberlin girls and boys cross country teams took eighth and 11th in the Hill City Invite Thursday. Andy Leitner placed 34th for the boys and Becky Helm was 23rd and Whitney Beinke 24th for the Red Devil girls...
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McCook Bison cross country runners 5th, 6th at Ogallala
(High School Sports ~ 09/23/05)
OGALLALA -- The McCook High School girls and boys cross country teams placed fifth and sixth, respectively, at Thursday's Ogallala Invitational. Sidney won the girls team title with 17 points, followed by Holdrege with 37, Ogallala 40, Alliance 54 and McCook 78...
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McCook CC spikers slam Dana College JV
(College Sports ~ 09/23/05)
The McCook Community College volleyball team improved to 3-12 with a 30-25, 30-23, 30-23 victory over the Dana College junior varsity team Thursday at True Hall Gymnasium. Mary Gohl led the Indians with 9 kills, followed by Sara Cappel with 8 and Crystal Zwickl 7...
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Sports shorts: Freshmen football, volleyball; 8th grade volleyball; MCC golf; Holes-in-one
(Community Sports ~ 09/23/05)
Bison 9th grade spikers lose first match HOLDREGE -- The McCook High School freshman volleyball squad dropped to 5-1 last night with a two set loss to Holdrege. McCook lost 25-23, 25-18. "We were in position to win the first set and made some critical errors down the stretch," said McCook coach Jon Graff...
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Bison softball sweeps Longhorns
(High School Sports ~ 09/23/05)
Placzek hurls no-hitter in Game 2 The McCook Bison, rated fourth in class B and 10th overall in the Omaha World Herald rankings, took care of business Thursday at Jaycees Sports Complex. The Bison won a doubleheader 7-2 and 4-0 against a pesky Chase County-Imperial Longhorns squad...
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Speaker: Great leaders are great servants
(Local News ~ 09/23/05)
By DAWN CRIBBS Associate Editor Dr. Michael Chipps, CEO of Mid-Plains Community College, revealed the secret to great leadership this morning at the annual Heritage Day's Prayer Breakfast, sponsored by the George Norris Foundation, at Heritage Senior Center...
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Rendezvous recreation
(Local News ~ 09/23/05)
The Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, portrayed by Jahnis Abelite of Arlington, Wash. (above), and the Many Moccasins Dance Troupe return to the Hayes Center Lions Club's annual "Grand Duke Alexis Rendezvous" Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Camp Hayes, near the actual site of the 1872 buffalo hunt hosted by the U.S. ...
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Ignoring No. 1, focusing on mediocrity
(Column ~ 09/23/05)
Ten items or less n If you are in Nebraska for at least 10 minutes during the fall, the topic of the Nebraska Cornhuskers will come up -- all devoted to football. Page upon page will be devoted to the football team, despite playing teams they wouldn't have considered playing 10 years ago...
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Suddenly, it's not summer
(Editorial ~ 09/23/05)
Seasons change, but rarely is the transition from summer to fall as pronounced as it was this year. After soaring to a record 100 degrees on the final day of summer, temperatures in McCook immediately moderated, dropping into the 70s for the first official day of autumn...
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