Stories from Monday, January 26, 2026

LINCOLN, Neb. — A look at the Class B points leaders where McCook (12-3 record) would currently host one district final following those Bison boys' wins over North Platte and Holdrege last weekend...

LINCOLN – The McCook Community College men’s basketball team held on for a 73-70 win Saturday over Southeast Community College. “This was a tough, gritty road win for us tonight,” said MCC Assistant Coach Drake Henderson. “It wasn’t pretty, but we’ll never complain about a conference win on the road.”...

The lineup for today's girls and Tuesday's boys RPAC basketball tournament action: Today GIRLS East at Southern Valley Consolations Medicine Valley vs. Southern Valley, 3 p.m.; Bertrand vs. Hi-Line, 4:30 p.m. East semifinals No. 1 Alma vs. No. 4 Southwest, 6 p.m.; No. 2 Arapahoe vs. Cambridge, 7:30 p.m...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Coach Nick Umscheid provided these remarks as seven McCook boys still took seventh overall at the John Higgins wrestling invitational on Saturday. "We had a pretty good day considering we only had 7 guys competing in the loaded field of teams at the John Higgins Lexington wrestling tournament on Saturday. We were still able to finish in the top 7 out of 14 teams...

LINCOLN – The McCook Community College women picked up a 68-59 win Saturday over Southeast Community College on the road in Lincoln. “This was a tough physical game that saw a lot of fouls, and with that the flow of the game is nonexistent,” said MCC Coach Brandon Pritchett...

McCook Junior High 8th Grade Boys Basketball picked up three wins Thursday evening in North Platte. The A team won 40-35. Scoring was Bently Arterburn with 15, Beau Bednar with 10, Jordan Pollmann with 7, Alec Garcia with 6 and Jed Crawford with 2. The B team won 30-18. Noah Chancellor scored 10, Isaac Snyder with 8, Jesse Chavya with 6, Landon Dickes with 4 and James Blomstedt with 2...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — All the McCook High girls' wrestling results along with top team scores at Friday's Higgins Invitational. Top 10 teams of 13: 1. Lexington 230.5 points, 2. North Platte 169, 3. Gering 135.5, 4. Lincoln Southeast 100.5, 5. Aurora 95, 5. Scott City, Kan., 95; 7. Goodland, Kan., 86.5, 8. Hastings 79, 9. McCook 62, 10. Northwest 47.5...