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McCOOK, Neb. — After one season as McCook Community College men’s basketball coach, Kyle Drennan is leaving to take over as director of basketball operations at the University of Illinois-Chicago. “This wasn’t my plan and it was a very difficult decision,” Drennan said. “My plan was to coach here for three or four years, establish myself and prove that I could coach at a high level.”...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College volleyball team has added a pair of Brazilian volleyball players to the 2020 roster to complete the recruiting. Coach Hayley Kobza has announced that two players from São Paulo, Brazil will join the squad for the 2020 season: Amanda Goudinho Pizzol and Thaynara Isabela Faria de Jesus a 5’10” right-side hitter from Suzano, São Paulo, Brazil...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Huskers.com has unveiled a “Vote For The Greatest Moment in Nebraska Football History: with a bracket-style format where fans can vote for their favorites at twitter.com/HuskerFBNation. A true though sometimes toxic fan since coach Tom Osborne’s first season, Gazette scribbler R.B. (Red Bigfat) Headley offered his first-round eliminations last week...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Temperatures were triumphantly reaching into the upper 70s across southwest Nebraska just like Tuesday. However, April 8 of 2019 also led to many triumphs in track and field. Especially those Chase County Longhorn teams as they combined for nearly 400 points while sweeping Don Stine Invitational titles one year ago...

onsider one of the finest No. 19s to play major league baseball was Milwauee Brewers great Robin Yount. Robin? Come on, a real diamond legend would surely be named Batman. Yount never won a World Series during his 20-year MLB career, just as Cleveland Browns’ most famous No. 19 quarterback Bernie Kosar went 0-3 in AFC title games...

McCOOK, Neb. — Criminals are in future serious trouble if they suddenly see a grizzled state track medalist and 1,00o-yard rusher closing on their heels. “I’m thinking about law enforcement,” Corban Jernigan said as his McCook High School days have rapidly concluded this spring. “Maybe state patrol or the F.B.I.”...

Editor's note: The full story will appear in Wednesday's McCook Gazette. McCOOK, Neb. — After one season as McCook Community College men’s basketball coach, Kyle Drennan is leaving to take over as Director of Basketball Operations at the University of Illinois-Chicago...

OMAHA, Neb. — Benkelman to Trenton brought two of the best Class D-1 basketball players that Omaha World-Herald observers have seen for 10 years. Saturday’s edition confirmed this fact as Laramey Lewis of Hitchcock County and Dundy County-Stratton’s Aubrey Frederick were named to the OWH Class D-1 All-Decade Team...

McCOOK, Neb. — New McCook YMCA executive director/CEO Mitch Gross sent a message to members as his family has settled into the new hometown. Gross accepted the offer to replace retired director Mike Gonzales last month. Mitch hadbeen Kansas’ Sunflower State Games director for the previous 14 years...

Friday and Saturday were filled will all sorts of great success when looking back at April 5-6 of 2019, when Corona was known as a mountain in the Super Mario Sunshine video games. McCook High’s boys were blasting the Broken Bow track-field competition. They scored 143 points to blaze past Kearney Catholic’s Star (90) and Scottsbluff (83) for another team itle...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Huskers.com has unveiled a “Vote For The Greatest Moment in Nebraska Football History: with a bracket-style format where fans can vote for their favorites at twitter.com/HuskerFBNation. A true though sometimes toxic fan since coach Tom Osborne’s first season, Gazette scribbler R.B. (Red Bigfat) Headley offered his first-round eliminations last week...

McCOOK, Neb. — Brett Fraker’s diamond of an opportunity probably started around his favorite infield position before he was even born. Mom Lindsey Dane was diving for grounders, ripping clutch hits and handling shortstop duties. She played for McCook High and McCook Community College along with the national champon McCook Rebels 18-and-under fastpitch team in 2003...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook High tennis coach Matt Wiemers and boys’ golf coach Joe Vetrosky were two who commented about Thursday’s NSAA decision to cancel spring sports in 2020: “Well I’m not sure what to say. It was hard to let the TEAM know of the news and received some sad replies,” Wiemers remarked. ...

Great races filled track and field at the 2019 Dundy County-Stratton Invitational reported in the April 3 Gazette: A look back at when high school sports still took place... BENKELMAN, Neb. — Cambridge High’s boys had just enough firepower to outscore Wauneta-Palisade, 142-136, and win Tuesday’s Dundy County-Stratton Invitational...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Cambridge’s Del Harsh ventured into the Southern Arizona Senior Games and brought home a third-place medal recently. Harsh entered a 100-meter dash featuring only sprinters age 80 or above. Sure enough, he raced to a top three place while earning his medal (shown at right)...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — The Cambridge School Organization All Star basketball games been a staple on the calendar in southwest Nebraska since 1985. However, Cambridge High activities Jared Albers issued this statement today: “It is with disappointment this morning that I am emailing you all to inform you that the CSO committee has made the decision to cancel the 2020 CSO All Star Game...

McCOOK, Neb. — What a fantastic April Fools Day in 2019 where McCook High’s boys roared past eventual Class B team champion Lexington. The annual Leroy Hoehner Invitational had been moved to Monday following some typically troublesome early-spring weekend weather...

WICHITA, Kan. — No Nebraska basketball foe should be surprised that Rawlins County senior Kristen Beckman gained Class 1A all-state honorable mention recently. The Wichita Eagle recognized Beckman as she averaged 14.6 points along with 8.3 rebounds for a 15-7 Buffaloes team...

LINCOLN, Neb. — All remaining NSAA activity practices and competitions, including district and state competitions, have been canceled for this school year. These cancellations are part of a new Directed Health Measure issued by Governor Pete Ricketts. Bylaw 3.2.7 (Summer Activities) will go into effect on May 26. In the interim, Bylaw 3.2.6.1 (School-Year, Out-of-Season) is expected to be followed by all member school athletic programs...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Tuesday featured huskers.com unveiling a “Vote For The Greatest Moment in Nebraska football history” with a bracket-style basketball format where fans can vote. The Gazette showcased three of those brackets where sports scribber R.B. Headley offered his favorite picks...

McCOOK, Neb. — They’ve been quite the combination since singing that pre-school duet for graduation many years ago. “I think it was Rockin’ Robin,” McCook High seniors Kori Uerling and Brynn Golden recalled on Monday. Who knows when that next graduation arrives whether it’s May, June or even later this summer?...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Five distinguished student-athletes and one legendary head coach make up the 2020 University of Nebraska Athletic Hall of Fame class, who will be announced individually over the next three weeks. The first announced member of this year’s class is Terry Pettit, who coached the Nebraska volleyball team for 23 seasons from 1977 to 1999...

OMAHA, Neb. — McCook High’s girls earned four Class B all-state honorable mentions from the Omaha World-Herald last weekend. Juniors Liviya Wier, Tiara Matson, sophomore Peyton Doucet and freshman Shawna Wilkinson were all included among the best in Class B...

LINCOLN, Neb. — During this depressing time in sports history, huskers.com has unleashed a fun all-time Nebraska football best moments for fans. They state “We need you the fan to help us narrow down the top moment in Nebraska football history! We have gathered 32 of the top moments and seeded them into four different regions. Voting will take place on twitter at twitter.com/HuskerFBNation.”...

OMAHA, Neb. — Just as the Lincoln Journal-Star selections appeared in Monday’s Gazette, today features Omaha World-Herald all-state basketball honorees: — Southern Valley junior Clayton Berry tops the list as he earned a spot on Class D-1’s second team...