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FRIDAY Area teams Gothenburg 78, McCook 46 Hitchcock County 54, Wauneta-Palisade 45 Cambridge 61, Southwest 56 Arapahoe 55, Medicine Valley 12 Maywood-Hayes Center 64, Paxton 43 Familiar foes Broken Bow 73, Valentine 37 Ogallala 64, Cozad 20 Alma 62, Norton, Kan., 21...

FRANKLIN, Neb. — All Hitchcock County top placers from the Franklin Boys Wrestling Invite last weekend. Top five teams of 14: 1. Kearney Gold 247, 2. Hitchcock County 135.5, 3. North Platte St. Patrick’s 125.5, 4. Kearney Blue 113.5, 5. Thayer Central 89...

BEATRICE, Neb. — Coach Nick Umscheid provided these more details about the McCook wrestling boys from Friday's Beatrice Invitational with more in the Gazette on Tuesday. "McCook senior Tristan Campbell got 1st place beating a pretty good wrestler from Gretna East in the finals 7-2. ...

KEARNEY - Limited practice sessions and no home pool doesn’t seem to be affecting a determined McCook High School swim and dive team. During the Kearney Invite on Saturday, Jan. 10, the Bison swimmers produced three new school records. Plus they posted one automatic and several secondary qualifying times they will need to compete at the state championship meet in February...

he McCook Community College women came out strong at home against North Platte Saturday, raced to a 36-12 first-half-lead and held on for a 57-41 win to open Region IX South play. “We’re 1-0 in region and we took care of business at home and those are solid things for us to build on,” said MCC Coach Brandon Pritchett. “We made some shots early on to set a tone in that first quarter.”...

TRENTON, Neb. — Senior Asia Homma took down 21 rebounds to help lead a 54-45 Hitchcock County win over Wauneta-Palisade on Friday. Homma cleaned eight off the offensive boards while also delivering three assists and swiping four steals. The Falcons (5-6) started fast with an 18-9 first quarter, then finished strong in a 16-10 final period...

AMHERST, Neb. ­— Team scores and all the area top placers at Saturday’s Amherst Boys Wrestling Invitational. Top 10 teams of 17: 1. Amherst 152, 2. Plainview 151, 3. Gibbon 150, 4. Wilcox-Hildreteh 138.5, 5. Cambridge 93.5, 6. Clarkson-Leigh 93, 7. Neligh-Oakdale 89.5, 8. Hi-Line 77.5, 9. Southern Valley 77, 10. Shelton 57; 14. Southwest 6, 17. Medicine Valley 4...

NORTON, Kan. — McCook High results and other area top placers from Friday’s J.R. Durham Invitational. Top 10 teams of 17: 1. Lexington 180, 2. Norton 142, 3. Oakley, Kan., 125.5; 4. St. Francis, Kan., 92; 5. Plainville, Kan., 86; 6. Scott Community, Kan., 85; 7. McCook 83, 8. Smith Center, Kan., 80.5; 9. Goodland, Kan., 60; 10. Beloit, Kan., 59.5; 14. Rawlins County, Kan., 34; 15. Decatur Community, Kan., 23...

Coach Jana Sides provided these insights about the McCook High bowling team at Saturday's Lexington Invitational: "Rough conditions! We might have been a little starstruck facing off against 2 of the top 20 teams in the state (! top 10). In fact, on the boys’ side, of the 6 teams invited, 4 are ranked in the top 11 IN THE STATE! Our bowlers struggled to find their shots with confidence...

The McCook Community College men’s basketball team dropped an 85-81 decision to North Platte Saturday at home to open region play. “That’s a good North Platte team. They came in here prepared and ready to guard us,” said MCC Coach Dillon Hargrove. “They shot it in well tonight and have a lot of good players.”...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Coach Jana Sides also reported a tight 11-10 match with Lexington that was rescheduled earlier this week. “Lexington is arguably the toughest team in this half of the state so we had some GREAT competition to battle! Girls varsity got their first loss of the season. Boys Varsity also lost, but rallied at the end to a 10-11 finish (SO DARN CLOSE!)...

McCOOK, Neb. — Arapahoe coach Angie Moore provided these insights about the Warriors after Thursday’s bowling matches at TJ’s Family Fun Center. “Lauren Moore and Savannah Jorschumb won both of their individual points which was the only points earned on the day. ...

OBERLIN, Kan. — Hitchcock County’s Jaret Neben, Jayden Loghry and Dylan Kollmorgen each scored two pins to lead the Falcons’ sweep of Thursday’s Decatur Community, Kan., Triangular. The Falcons edged those host Red Devils, 42-36, after winning 60-6 over a limited Southwest Roughriders lineup...

OBERLIN, Kan. — The teams split their two matches but forfeits powered Southwest’s girls to a 54-6 dual win over Decatur Community, Kan., on Thursday. Alyssa Koch captured the one Roughrider mat win when she pinned Jenna Fuentes of D.C. in 2:20 at 120 pounds...

GOTHENBURG, Neb. — A rundown of the McCook JV wrestlers’ top performances at he Gothenburg Invitational on Thursday. Caleb Ely’s place is 2nd and has scored 10.5 team points. 106 pounds Caleb Ely placed second with a 3:03 pin of E. Solis, Lexington; and 15-0 tech fall vs. Z. Longfellow, Broken Bow...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Britt Prince scored 11 of her team-high 20 points in the fourth quarter to help No. 25 Nebraska hold off Indiana in a 78-73 women’s basketball win on Thursday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena. With the victory, Nebraska improved to 14-2 overall and 3-2 in the Big Ten, while Indiana slipped to 11-6 and 0-5 in the conference...

BENKELMAN, Neb. — Chase County’s boys have literally turned January into a “new year” before, and Tuesday was a good sign with their 60-45 win at Dundy County-Stratton. The Longhorns (4-6) surged past a Tiger team that had lost only once in eight previous games...

BROKEN BOW, Neb. — Break out your best 80s Pat Benatar albums because the McCook boys are embracing what Joe Imus expects every game in 2026.... “We are going to get everyone’s best shot,” the Bison coach said as in hit us, baby, these guys were ready except for wondering what are albums...

BROKEN BOW, Neb. — Smoking was definitely allowed at Broken Bow High Tuesday because those Indians were sizzling through a 72-42 win over McCook High girls. The Indians scorched 12 three-points through those nets, taking a 24-10 lead after one quarter then 47 total points into intermission...

BARTLEY, Neb. — The Hitchcock County Falcons resumed their winning ways with a 71-55 win over RPAC rival Southwest Tuesday evening. Hitchcock’s boys raised their record to 5-4 entering a game at Wauneta-Palisade Friday night. Wolves win EUSTIS, Neb. — The Maywood-Hayes Center boys took down Hi-Line, 59-20, with a 15-1 first quarter igniting this win Tuesday night...

cCook Community College men return to the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center basketball court Saturday for a key game to begin the spring semester. MCC (10-6) will host North Platte (8-7) at 4 p.m. as both teams dive into the Region IX South schedule which includes home and away games against each of the seven other teams in the south...

BENKELMAN, Neb. — The Dundy County-Stratton girls took a 23-9 second quarter to their ninth win, 64-56, over determined Chase County Tuesday night. The Tigers (9-0 record) featured six players hitting shots in that pivotal period where a 14-12 lead became 37-21 entering intermission...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Eight members of the 2025 Nebraska football team were recognized for their work in the classroom on Tuesday, as they were selected as College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honorees. The group includes offensive linemen Tyler Knaak and Jason Maciejczak, tight end Luke Lindenmeyer, wide receiver Dane Key, defensive backs Derek Branch and Brice Turner and kickers Kyle Cunanan and John Hohl...