Ouch! This slide hurts but oh so good in Bison scrimmage

Junior Brooklyn Gillen takes a little pain to reach third base safely during McCook High's softball scrimmage Saturday morning at the Jaycees Complex. The Bison are building momentum for their season openers on Thursday in Gothenburg where they'll play both Gering and those host Swedes in a triangular.

McCook junior Lacyn Keller fires a pitch (above), classmate Sydney Hodgson makes the running catch in left-center field (below) and Dani Johnson smiles while keeping her helmet secure en route to a triple at Saturday's team scrimmage.