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SEWARD, Neb. — McCook scored touchdowns on its first three offensive series and senior Alec Langan eventually added his fourth TD during a 41-14 Bison blasting of Seward Friday evening. Following a fourth-down stop, Langan took McCook's first play 81 yards for a touchdown...

McCOOK, Neb. —The smoky haze above Heritage Hills certainly wasn’t from McCook girls sputtering through their Bison Invitational Thursday afternoon. McCook’s machine was running strong with sophomore Sammie Rodewald dashing in front of everyone to about a 14-second victory and her third invite championship this season...

McCOOK, Neb. — Junior Josh Hegwood ran a great pace and placed fourth while McCook’s other varsity runners teamed for a top five Bison Invite team finish Thursday afternoon. “I thought Josh ran one of his best races ever,” coach Tom Sughroue declared about the returning Class B state qualifier...

ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Southwest senior Jake O’Dea claimed his latest championship and teammate Bruce Teter finished fourth at Thursday’s Arapahoe Cross Country Invitational. O’Dea completed the Arapahoe Golf Course route in 18:44, more tahn a minute faster than Paxton runner-up Damon Luedke’s 19:54...

McCOOK, Neb. — Promoter Starla Werkmeister praised a final weekend of McCook GoKart racing at McCook’s Mini Speedway: “It was a bittersweet day! We had so much exitement waiting for our season to start, then Covid hit and we weren’t sure we would even get to race...

KEARNEY, Neb. — McCook took an early 2-0 lead only to see Kearney Catholic’s softball team rally for a 7-4 victory Thursday evening. The Bison (7-11 record) scored twice during their third inning following Abbie Johnson’s walk and a Graci Nelson single into center field...

McCOOK, Neb. — The annual McCook Volleyball Invitational is set for Saturday in McCook High and McCook Junior High gymnasiums. Coach Audrey Feeney will lead her Bison (1-5) into an 11 a.m. opener against Valentine at MHS. Meanwhile, the 6-3 Southwest Roughriders will take on Decatur Community (Kan.) at McCook Junior High...

HAYES CENTER, Neb. — Maywood-Hayes Center won three close sets over Chase County 25-22, 25-21, 25-23 to reach 12-0 this season. Alexis Wood served 20-for-20 to score 13 points for coach Kory Rohde’s team. Kiley Hetjmanek served a pair of aces with one each from Wood and Stevie Handsaker...

TRENTON, Neb. — Medicine Valley’s road magic continued with a 25-16, 25-21, 25-17 victory over Hitchcock County Thursday night. Fresh off a five-set thriller at Wallace Monday, the Raiders reached 5-3 this season behind senior Acelyn Klein crushing 15 kills...

HAYES CENTER, Neb. — Maywood-Hayes Center won three close sets over Chase County 25-22, 25-21, 25-23 to reach 12-0 this season. Alexis Wood served 20-for-20 to score 13 points for coach Kory Rohde’s team. Kiley Hetjmanek served a pair of aces with one each from Wood and Stevie Handsaker...

Distancing was no problem throughout McCook High’s 9-0 varsity tennis dual trouncing of Lexington on Tuesday. The Bison never allowed any match closer than 8-4 while mixing in four 8-1 distant decisions on “Senior Day” at their home tennis courts. Junior Isaac Hinze and senior Mason Michaelis set the tone with a No. 3doubles 8-1 win...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Heritage Days Road Race should have been the seventh event as part of the 2020 Republican River Fitness Series. Instead, the Heritage Days 5K road race on Saturday, Sept. 26 will be the first event of the year. The race will look similar to years past...

SEWARD, Neb. — After allowing two 100-yard rushers last week, the Seward Bluejays know they better stand strong against Friday’s brand-new foe with one football goal: Run you right over! “Oh yeah, they are big and physical and well-coached with a strong history,” coach Jamie Opfer said about a historic first meeting with coach Jeff Gross’ McCook Bison. “We’re excited to be playing them for the first time.”...

SEWARD, Neb. — McCook High football fans traveling to Seward Friday night while see similiar COVID-19 guidelines as the season opener at Hastings College on Aug. 28. Just like Hastings, Concordia University Field feature gates on the visitor’s side where Bison fans should enter...

McCOOK, Neb. — Matthew Nichols’ scoop-and-score of a fumbled kickoff return was among many highlights during McCook’s 49-14 JV football win over Lexington Monday evening. Sophomore Adam Dugger fired touchdown passes to Nate Renner, Lucas Gomez-Wilson and Branson McDonald...

GOTHENBURG, Neb. — The famous Wildhorse Golf Course wasn’t too much for McCook senior Kaylie Puckett as she placed 11th among 59 at Tuesday’s Gothenburg Invitational. Puckett shot 99 to follow McCook’s season-best performance at the Lexington Invitational last weekend...

Latest results from TJ’s Family Fun Center in McCook with Diamond Vogel taking the top team spot: Men’s Major Diamond Vogel 93-27 Fullmomentum 63-57 Deveny Motors 61.5-58.5 Five Loners 61-59 Stockman’s Feed 58.5-61.5...

WALLACE, Neb. — Medicine Valley’s amazing five-set win over Wallace Monday night featured senior Acelyn Klein crushing 21 kills and junior Kaylyn Roblee drilling 18. The Raiders (4-3) pushed until their final point of a 15-13 decisive fifth set. Freshman Stella Heapy stepped up to smash eight more kills for the visitors...

ALMA, Neb. — Southwest senior Jake O’Dea earned his third title this season while Arapahoe’s boys climbed to second overall at Monday’s Alma Cross Country Invitational. O’Dea has ruled area races with other wins at Cambridge and Dundy County-Stratton this season. He finished 27 seconds faster than anyone at Alma on Monday...

Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after pushing football and other fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, the conference changed course Wednesday and said it plans to begin its season the Oct. 23-24 weekend. Each team will have an eight-game schedule...

A former Colorado State basketball player with NCAA tournament experience, has joined the McCook Community College coaching staff. Dwight Smith, an Omaha Ralston graduate, was a sophomore guard on Coach Tim Miles' 2012 team that went 20-12 and earned the 11th seed of the opening round before losing to sixth-seeded Murray State at Louisville, Kent. Smith started eight games and averaged 5.1 points per game for the Rams that season...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook's tying run was in the on-deck circle when Class B No. 2 Hastings finally finished a 5-2 varsity softball victory Tuesday evening at McCook's Jaycees Complex. The Bison (7-11 record) rallied from 5-0 down after sophomore Abbie Johnson worked a walk from pitcher Faith Molina...

HERSHEY, Neb. — The Hershey Panthers added McCook to an early-season volleyball victory list Tuesday night that includes Cozad, Broken Bow, Southern Valley and Holdrege in 2020. Hershey (6-4 record) sizzled past the Bison for 25-11, 25-16 and 25-18 wins. McCook's JV and C teams did win three-set matches that started Tuesday's action...