Stories from Monday, January 19, 2026

A rundown of area boys basketball teams and familiar foes through last weekend SATURDAY Area teams McCook (9-3) 72, Minden 56Cambridge (8-5) 67, Maxwell 46 Dundy County-Stratton (11-2) 53, Loomis 32 Hitchcock County (7-6) 60, Sutherland 35 Garden County 65, Wauneta-Palisade (1-13) 32

The McCook Community College men snapped an eight-game losing streak to Trinidad State College Saturday and did so with a decisive 121-96 win in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. Sophomore Nate Coley, (Little Rock, Ark.) erupted for a career-high 42 points and freshman Djibril Diawara (Aulnay-sous-Bois, France) scored 18 first-half points and finished with 21 points. Both guards hit five 3-pointers – part of 17 made 3-pointers by MCC on the day...

All the girls hoops scores for area teams and familiar foes last weekend: SATURDAY Area teams Minden 45, McCook (3-10 record) 32 Cambridge (10-3) 52, Maxwell 41 Dundy County-Stratton (13-0) 64, Loomis 27 Hitchcock County (6-8) 58, Sutherland 31 Wauneta-Palisade (9-5) 43, Garden County 41...

The McCook Community College women topped Trinidad State Saturday at home 75-57 to improve to 3-0 to start Region IX South play. The Lady Indians built a 20-10 lead five minutes into the game, but Trinidad responded with a 9-0 run before MCC hit a 3-pointer in the final 15 seconds of the half to take a 23-19 lead. MCC outscored the Lady Trojans 21-8 in the second period to take a 44-27 halftime lead...

IMPERIAL, Neb. — McCook High's wrestling boys scored 19 points while winning the 24-team Chase County Invitational on Saturday with more details in the next McCook Gazette. Top 10 teams of 24: 1. McCook 182,5, 2. Burlington, Colo., 168.5; 3. Sedgwick County, Colo., 167.5; 4. Hitchcock County 136.5, 5. Bridgeport 135.5, 6. Yuma, Colo., 102, 7. Sidney 98.5, 8. Wauneta-Palisade 94.5, 9. Chase County 86, 10. Crawford 77; 20. Southwest 20; 24. Dundy County-Stratton 10...

The McCook Community College men got back on the winning track Friday with a 100-85 win in Region IX play against Otero College in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. “We’d been a little out of rhythm coming into this game, so we wanted to give our guys a little bit more offensive freedom,” said MCC Coach Dillon Hargrove. “We changed our defense a little to be more aggressive and I think that showed tonight.”...

The McCook Community College women topped Otero College Friday night at home 74-66 to start the second half of the season 2-0. After a 14-14 first-quarter tie and a 27-27 game at halftime, MCC took a slight edge after three quarters 46-43, then outscored the Lady Rattlers 28-23 in the final 10 minutes...

LINCOLN, Neb. - While nearly every day of the 2025-26 McCook High School swim season has presented some sort of challenge with no home pool, the swimmers and divers are still finding success including at the banana-themed Cotter Invite in Lincoln on Jan. 16-17...