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McCOOK, Neb. — Will defending state champ Damen Pape step up and challenge McCook powerhouse Alec Langan? “That would be the marquee match of the night if it happens,” Bison coach Nick Umscheid said about tonight’s anticipated first Bison home dual of 2019-20...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Council 126 is sponsoring the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship on Sunday in St. Pat’s school gym starting at 1 p.m. School doors will open at noon. The competition is open to both boys and girls ages nine from 12 as of Jan. 1...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Tickets are on sale now for the 2020 Mid-Plains Community College Rodeo Team Banquet. The fundraiser, which is open to the public, is Feb. 22 at the Holiday Inn Express in North Platte. The banquet will begin with a social hour and silent auction at 5:30 p.m., followed by a live auction and prime rib dinner at 7 p.m...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Junior High seventh-grade boys tipped off their basketball season with two wins over visiting North Platte Tuesday afternoon. Trailing 30-25 through three quarters, the “A” team unleashed a 20-10 fourth quarter to rally and win 45-40...

Gazette-area high school basketball teams rank in their class power points standings entering varsity play this week: BOYS Class B McCook (7-7) is 22nd overall of 27 teams. Omaha Skutt (12-0) is leader. Class C-1 Chase County (10-2) is 8th overall of 52. Auburn (14-0) is the leader...

A glance at both RPAC tourney schedules: Saturday BOYS East at Curtis No. 6 Southwest vs. No. 3 Medicine Valley, 12:45 p.m.; No. 4 Cambridge vs. No. 5 Bertrand, 4;15 p.m; No. 2 Alma vs. No. 7 Arapahoe, 7:45 p.m. West at Maxwell No. 4 Hitchcock County vs. Maxwell, 12:45 p.m.; No. 3 Wallace vs. No. 6 Wauneta-Palisade, 4:15 p.m.; No. 2 Dundy County-Stratton vs. No. 7 Maywood-Hayes Center, 7:45 p.m...

Latest results from TJ’s Family Fun Center in McCook where Brad Lewis rolled another perfect 300 game. Burton Well Drilling nearly doubled its lead over the top league challengers since last week: Men’s Major Burton Well Drilling 90-30 J&L Construction 79-41...

WALLACE, Neb. — Dundy County’s balanced attack defeated the Class D-1 Top 10 Wallace boys, 59-46, Tuesday evening. The Tigers (11-1) played a dominant 32-13 second half after trailing 33-27 at intermission. Sophomore Nolan Burrell’s 12 points paced the Tigers with senior Michael Frederick and junior Lincoln Waters both scoring 10...

BENKELMAN, Neb. —Top area wrestling placers from the Dundy County-Stratton Invitational on Friday, Jan. 10: Teams — 1. Maxwell 284, 2. Arapahoe 215, 3. Lexington JV 206, 4. Brady 182, 5. Medicine Valley 88, 6. Dundy County-Stratton 83, 7. Wauneta-Palisade 78, 8. Hyannis 77.5, 9. Paxton 4...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Rarely has a lid on one team’s basket been more apparent than for the McCook High girls Tuesday evening. “Yeah, it was a tough shooting night. We missed 18 layups of fast breaks, nine putbacks on rebounds, three short shots and four more layups right into their posts’ hands,” Bison coach Amy Scheil said. “That’s a lot of points to leave off the board (68 counting every shot) and expect to win.”...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Senior Cam Berry tallied 12 fourth-quarter points Tuesday night, but it was Lexington’s 26 in the first that set up a 76-45 Minutemen win. Class B’s No. 5 team tore out to a 9-0 lead before senior Jordan Chauncy hit the first Bison basket about 3:40 into this contest...

other big shot or two could really break the Hitchcock County boys through to some big wins at tournament time. The Falcons erased an early 12-point deficit and nearly knocked off Class D-1 power Paxton Tuesday night. However, a couple of missed late shots allowed those 12-1 Tigers to escape with their 38-37 win...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – The McCook Community College Lady Indians took control of the Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference Tuesday with a 58-43 win at North Platte. MCC improves to 13-4 overall and 3-0 in the NCCAC halfway through the Nebraska conference schedule...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – The North Platte Knights nipped the McCook Community College men, 81-80, Tuesday in overtime. North Platte Sophomore Luke Christian (Anselmo) snagged an offensive rebound and scored the game-winner on a putback with 6.2 seconds left in overtime put the Knights in the lead for good...

TRENTON, Neb. — Senior Kass Kisker poured in 27 points to lead the Hitchcock County girls’ 65-35 victory over visiting Paxton Tuesday evening. Classmate Shaye Porter contributed 14 more points as the Falcons pulled away from a 17-13 first quarter. Senior Neliegh Hauxwell (eight points) and Kailee Kolbet (six) added another 14 for the 8-4 Hitchcock team...

McCOOK, Neb. — Sophmore Quintin Shaner scored 12 points after halftime to go with classmate Derek Trompke’s team-high 15 in a 45-39 victory for Cambridge over the McCook freshman boys Tuesday. Freshman Adam Dugger netted 19 points to lead the Bison including a trio of three-pointers...

BARTLEY, Neb. — The Loomis Wolves reached 12-0 with a 71-23 victory over Southwest Tuesday evening. Southwest (2-12) featured five points each from senior John Stritt, freshmen Kaden Day and Kaiden Ruggles. Day hit his only three-point attempt. Stritt swatted two of the Roughriders’ five blocked shots...

McCOOK, Neb. — A pair of repeat wins could put McCook High’s boys in position to play for the Southwest Conference tourney title next week. The Bison (7-6 record) have earned a No. 2 seed among eight SWC teams below only No. 1 Ogallala (10-2). McCook will host No. 7 Valentine (2-11 record) at 5 p.m. on Monday — the same Badgers who were steamrolled 75-41 at MHS on Dec. 7...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Nobody deserves a little McCook payback more than Lexington tonight. Think about Bison-Minutemen history during these past 11 months: — Last winter, Lexington ended McCook High’s state basketball hopes with a subdistrict finals victory...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College golf team has received commitments from a pair of international students in Sinokholo Thumani from South Africa and Adam Durband from England. Sinokholo Thumani is from Xolani Secondary in King William’s Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College sophomore Malory Brown has signed her national letter of intent to continue playing college volleyball this fall at NCAA Division II Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C. Brown, the 5-8 outside hitter from Colorado Springs, made it official Friday amid snow and freezing drizzle...

MPERIAL, Neb. — Chase County’s Trevor Peterson scored four pins and a tech fall while raising his record to 27-1 during Saturday’s Chase County Invitational. Peterson hammered every 182-pound foe capped with a 1:58 finals pin of Ogallala 18-match winner Hunter DeVoe...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Cambridge High coach Greg Shepard proved prophetic when he talked about Saturday’s home game against Maxwell following a tough Friday night loss at Sutherland. “We are tickled to death we have a game on Saturday to show our school, parents, fans that they are going to play hard every game,” Shepard told the local media.” When we really turn up the heat on our offense and even this defense, it’s going to be a huge difference maker for us.”...

ARTHUR, Neb. — A 15-1 fourth quarter capped Maywood-Hayes Center’s 42-32 comeback win over Arthur County Friday evening. The M-HC boys scored their fifth win this season (5-9) with sophomore Josh Patel shooting 67 percent (six for nine) and scoring a team-high 13 points...