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McCOOK, Neb. — Despite Wednesday’s weather, all these sure signs of spring sprinkled among McCook’s all-time track and field greats are anything but “snowflakes.” Nope, the McCook High girls return a tested-strong-and more-determined-than-ever eight state qualifiers as they start another huge quest at Friday’s UNK Indoor Invitational...

Dundy County-Stratton finished another strong drive to the state tournament with four Tigers earning all-RPAC first or second-team honors this season. Juniors Lane Bybee and Ethan Latta anchor the first team along with two Hitchcock County Falcons. The Falcons reached a district game as did Medicine Valley...

Southwest’s girls capped a 23-2 season with two RPAC first-team selections just like district finalists Dundy County-Stratton and Maywood-Hayes Center. The Alma Cardinals also put a pair on East first team en route to their Class D-1 top four finish recently. A rundown of all selections:...

The latest weekly results from TJ’s Family Fun Center where Clint Coleman and Johnathon Brougham were clearly manly men but nobody all season can top Jeremy Lytle. Men’s Major Fullmomentum 107-43 TJ’s Family Fun 105-45 W.E.C. 91.5-57.5...

McCOOK, Neb. — Latest scores from all the McCook YMCA Adult Basketball action Tuesday night where Goons continue to play like kings. Men’s League Goon Squad 54, Team Bolli 51 Tuesday Hoopoers 63, Island of Wannabes 56 Community Hospital 72, Swish Kebobs 57...

Nebraska hit 9-of-12 with runners in scoring position, as the Huskers posted a 9-6 win at Pepperdine on Tuesday afternoon at Eddy D. Field Stadium in Malibu, Calif. Nebraska (8-11) scored nine runs on 12 hits, while Pepperdine (4-15) had six runs on seven hits...

STERLING, Colo. – The Lady Indian softball team picked up their 20th win of the season Monday completing a four-game sweep over Northeastern Junior College, winning their second doubleheader in consecutive days. Monday’swins were 11-0 and 7-4. “I knew today would be a little bit tougher, but I’m extremely proud of these girls to get the sweep,” MCC coach Mike Mendenhall said. “We had a few hiccups in Game 2 but did what we needed to do to win.”...

obu Yamamoto threw five strong innings, Shohei Ohtani had two hits and scored twice, and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 on Tuesday in Major League Baseball’s season opener at the Tokyo Dome. Playing in front of their home country, Yamamoto and Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga both pitched well in the first all-Japanese starting pitching matchup on opening day in MLB history. Imanaga threw four scoreless innings, allowing no hits but walking four...

Two McCook Community College women’s basketball players have received Region IX post-season honors. Sophomore Madara Liepniece was named to the Region IX all-south team as well as being selected to the all-tournament team. Freshman Carolina Garcia Perdomo was one of five players named to the Region IX South all-defensive team...

Two members of the McCook Community College men’s basketball team have received post-season Region IX honors. Sophomore Madison Peaster was named third team all-Region IX and freshman Nate Coley received honorable mention. Peaster, the Little Rock, Ark. native who transferred this year from National Park College in Hot Springs, Ark., started 29 games for MCC and led the team in scoring at 15.7 per game along with 5.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.4 steals...

The latest scores from McCook’s YMCA Adult Volleyball League matches Thursday evening. Recreational League El Puerto Giggles 2, Miller 0 Wagner Chevrolet 2, Miller 0 Wagner Chevrolet 2, Beta Blockers 1 Shorties 2, Get Served 1 Pancake Posers 2, Shorties 1...

The Nebraska women’s basketball team is the No. 10 seed in the Birmingham 3 Region of the NCAA tournament and will play seventh-seeded Louisville on Friday in Forth Worth, Texas. The 68-team bracket was announced on Sunday evening. It is NU’s third NCAA tournament appearance in four seasons...

McCook Community College’s baseball game scheduled for Tuesday in Liberal, Kan. against Seward County Community College has been postponed because of forecasted high winds. No makeup date has been set. MCC is scheduled to travel to Las Vegas, N.M. to begin Region IX play this weekend with doubleheaders Friday and Saturday starting at 1 p.m. MCC is 10-11 on the season and Luna is 5-15...

he Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American defensive back Phalen Sanford. Sanford (5’11-195) signed with the Las Vegas Raiders as an undrafted free agent, following the 2024 NFL Draft. He spent training camp with the team, showing a knack for being where the ball is when he recovered a blocked punt and ran it back 42 yards in preseason action against the Minnesota Vikings on August 10th and recovered a second fumble against the San Francisco 49ers on August 23rd...

The Auburn Tigers, led by SEC Player of the Year Johni Broome, were chosen as the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA tournament on Sunday, with conference champions Duke (ACC), Houston (Big 12) and Florida (SEC) also tabbed as 1-seeds by the selection committee...

The Nebraska men’s basketball program will play in the postseason, accepting an invitation to play in the inaugural College Basketball Crown later this month. The College Basketball Crown takes place from March 31-April 6 in Las Vegas. The first two rounds take place at the Grand Garden Arena with the semifinals and finals taking place in T-Mobile Arena...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – The McCook Community College baseball team won their third straight game with a 17-5 decision Thursday over Southwestern Christian College. It was the team’s seventh win in the last eight games. “It was good to finish off the trip with a ‘W’,” said MCC Coach Jon Olsen. I didn’t feel like we played our best, but we had few guys that had some good performances.”...

SCOTTSBLUFF – The McCook Community College women’s season came to an end Thursday with an overtime loss to Gillette College 69-68 in the opening round of the Region IX tournament. “This is probably the hardest game to swallow of my coaching career,” said MCC Coach Brandon Pritchett. “Our girls battled hard all game and I'm so proud of them. They did everything right and we couldn't get any calls in the fourth quarter and overtime.”...

The McCook Community College softball team celebrated their home-opener at the Jaycees Sports Complex Wednesday by scoring 48 runs in a doubleheader sweep over Dakota College at Bottineau 20-0 and 28-4. The Lady Indians scored 16 runs in the second inning in the Game 1 rout which featured 17 hits – three each by sophomore Anna Elliott (Calgary, Alberta), Peytann Weiland (Aurora, Colo.) and freshmen Kashlin Beck (Claflin, Kan.) who smacked her first home run of the year...

ALVA, Okla. – The McCook Community College baseball team got back-to-back complete-game shutouts from a pair of freshmen to lead the Indians to a Wednesday sweep over Northwestern Oklahoma State JV. MCC won 6-0 and 11-0. Freshman Aviv Bobrov (Shekhanya, Israel) pitched a complete-game shutout in Game 1 with 11 strikeouts and the Indians played errorless ball behind him. MCC put up two runs in the first and second innings and added one each in the third and seventh innings...

Spring wild turkey season begins March 25 for archers in Nebraska. The youth shotgun season opens April 5, with the regular shotgun season starting April 12. All spring turkey seasons close May 31. Turkey hunters must use archery equipment March 25-April 11 and may use either archery equipment or a shotgun April 12-May 31...

The most recent Men’s League results where Fullmomentum and host TJ’s Family FUn Center are holding those top two team spots over dangerous The Krips.... Men’s Major Fullmomentum 87-33 TJ’s Family Fun 85-35 The Krips 81-39 W.E.C. 69.5-49.5...

WICHITA, Kan. — Cambridge High alum Korynn Clason earned Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference “Women’s Player Of The Year” for her efforts where she averaged more than 22 points per game during this 2024-25 season. In league games, Clason shot nearly 89 percent at the free-throw line, made 46 percent of her three-pointers and 49 percent field goals overall...