- Look who's going to state next week! (High School Sports ~ 02/23/18)
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Cambridge beats Southern Valley in C2-10 Subdistrict final
(High School Sports ~ 02/23/18)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Southern Valley may have struck lightning, but Cambridge brought the boom...
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More on 1913 MHS graduates
(Column ~ 02/23/18)
As promised, Agnes (Clark) Young caught up with many of her fellow 1913 classmates and reported in her journal on their progress in life. What a lot of readers don’t realize is that many towns did not have high schools at that time and so if you wanted to further your education, you had to attend in a town that did...
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Quigley anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 02/23/18)
72nd anniversary The families of Stanley and Mitty (Huggins) Quigley of Indianola, Neb., are requesting a card shower in honor of couple’s 72nd wedding anniversary on Thursday, March 1, 2018. They were in 1946, in Fort Worth, Texas. They’ve lived their entire married lives on property in rural Indianola, Neb., that was homesteaded by Stan’s grandfather in the late 1800s. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 39276 Road 720, Indianola NE 69034...
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Leibbrandt anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 02/23/18)
70th anniversary Martin and Lois Leibbrandt of Imperial, Neb., will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. They were married in Cedar Bluffs, Kan., in 1948. An open house is Saturday, March 3, 2018, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Imperial. Their family requests that your presence be your gift. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at P. O. Box 996, Imperial, NE 69033...
- Gary Lee Miller (Obituary ~ 02/23/18)
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Honn to play for hometown MCC
(High School Sports ~ 02/23/18)
McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook High school senior Bailey Honn signed her national letter of intent on Nov. 30 to play volleyball next fall at McCook Community College...
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MCC softball home opener postponed
(College Sports ~ 02/23/18)
McCOOK, Neb. -- The McCook Community College softball team’s home opener scheduled for Saturday has been postponed...
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Buffs, Red Devils open KSHSAA Wrestling Championships today
(High School Sports ~ 02/23/18)
HAYS, Kan. -- The 2018 KSHSAA 3A-2A-1A Wrestling Championships begin today (Friday) at Gross Memorial Coliseum in Hays, Kan...
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Indians knock out Longhorns
(High School Sports ~ 02/23/18)
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Ogallala proved to be a playoff nemesis for Chase County again with Thursday’s 75-54 win in their C-1 subdistrict title game. No individual stats were obtained. The Longhorns finished their season at 11-12, a good record considering they started 1-8...
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Trojans wrestling in state duals
(High School Sports ~ 02/23/18)
KEARNEY, Neb. — The Cambridge Trojans are making history this weekend as they’ve qualified for their Nebraska State Wrestling Duals Tournament. Cambridge enters Class D as the No. 7 seed and will take on No. 2 Mullen Saturday morning (10:30 a.m). Senior district champions Matthew Pearson (182 pounds), Seth Andrews (220) and Tyler Schultz (285) all topped 40 wins in their final Trojan seasons while earning state medals at Omaha last weekend...
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Raider power rules D1-11 final
(High School Sports ~ 02/23/18)
CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Medicine Valley’s big three seniors ruled the D1-11 final with 49 points in a 67-48 win over No. 1-seed Arapahoe Thursday evening. The Raiders (13-8) completely reversed a 19-point loss to those Warriors, 52-33, on Jan. 5. Now they’ll take on powerful Paxton Tuesday night in North Platte to determine a Class D-1 state tournament spot...
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Bison diver rises on big stage at state
(High School Sports ~ 02/23/18)
LINCOLN, Neb. — McCook junior Syd Wier outdove his North Platte rivals and reached his goal of the Nebraska State Finals on Friday. Wier was seeded 18th among 32 divers entering the Devaney Sports Center, but he reached 15th place overall with a final score of 281.35...
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Broncos blast Wildcats, one win from state
(High School Sports ~ 02/23/18)
OGALLALA, Neb. — Wauneta-Palisade’s hitting on all cylinders at the perfect time as they blasted Wallace, 74-44, in Thursday’s D2-9 subdistrict title game. The Broncos (15-8 record) featured four double-figure scorers while showing no evidence of last month’s 53-50 RPAC tourney loss to these same Wildcats...
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McCook chamber ponders makeup of board
(Local News ~ 02/23/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Area Chamber of Commerce met at the McCook Junior High School this week, and spent the majority of time discussing the board makeup and trying to determine the best way to organize going forward. The board is currently made up of 15 members, according to Chamber Director Jamie Mockry, “and that’s a really big board.”...
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Long-ago project sparked interest that led to electrical engineering major
(Local News ~ 02/23/18)
CONNIE JO DISCOE Regional Editor McCOOK, Neb. — Kylee Hauxwell of McCook has been presented one of two prestigious 2017 “Martha and Don Romeo Scholarships,” an award that recognizes achievement in 4-H. It was a 4-H project — “a long time ago,” the 18-year-old says — that “sparked” such an interest in electricity and electronics that she decided she wanted to be an electrical engineer...
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State official to speak on sex trafficking March 2
(Local News ~ 02/23/18)
McCOOK, Neb. — The Red Willow County Sheriff’s office is hosting a law enforcement training session on human trafficking from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, March 2 at the McCook Fire Department training room, 505 West C in McCook. Speaker will be Anna Brewer of the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office, who will offer the audience an opportunity to “Realize” that sex trafficking is happening in our state and in McCook, Nebraska, “Recognize” signs of sex trafficking, and offer a venue through which the community and law enforcement can “Respond.”. ...
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What a winter
(Column ~ 02/23/18)
We’re used to playing golf every month, including all the winter months, in McCook but not this year. It has been a cold and snowy winter and we still have the potential for snow storms through April. I’m sure not many of you have forgotten the 18-inch snow we had on the last day of April last year. This is the way winter used to be in McCook and around the country when I was growing up...
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