Stories from Thursday, December 15, 2005

Five coaches are recognized Three players and five coaches lead the McCook Daily Gazette Gazetteland All-Area volleyball team. Sharing Player of the Year honors are McCook's Allison Smith, Cambridge's Shelby Schultz and Decatur Community-Oberlin's Lydia Karnopp...

CURTIS -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture men's basketball team evened its record at 5-5 just in time for the Holiday Break. On Tuesday night the team downed the Western Nebraska UNK Club Team 110-87. The Aggies led the UNK Club Team at halftime 54-42...

GOTHENBURG -- The McCook High School wrestling team posted a pair of dual victories at a triangular Tuesday night at Gothenburg. The Bison defeated Gothenburg 43-31 and Cambridge 60-18. "For our first dual competition of the year, I think that the team did an excellent job," said McCook wrestling coach Nick Umscheid...

Homeschool Chiefs girls team posts 0-3 record at Omaha tourney OMAHA -- The McCook Chiefs Homeschool girls basketball team went 0-3 at the Grace University Christmas Tournament in Omaha Dec. 9-10. The Omaha Warriors defeated McCook 65-20 and Siouxland beat the Chiefs 38-30...

Qualifying for his first national finals ... being among the Top 15 world's best steer wrestlers ... riding into Thomas & Mack Center for the grand entry on the first day of the finals ... winning the first go-round ... These are memories that Garrett Nokes of McCook will cherish forever, no matter how many more times he qualifies to compete with the world's best cowboys at pro rodeo's national finals...

LINCOLN -- Gov. Dave Heineman today announced his appointment of David Urbom as of Arapahoe as district court judge for the Eleventh Judicial District. The district includes the counties of Arthur, Chase, Dawson, Dundy, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper, Hayes, Hitchcock, Hooker, Keith, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Red Willow, Perkins, and Thomas...

On top of everything else she has accomplished, Christina Houghtelling of Cambridge has added the distinction of being a first team All-American in college volleyball. Word of her selection and that of two other Nebraska Husker players came Wednesday from the American Volleyball Coaches Association...

During our daily meeting at the Gazette Wednesday, the ad staff was talking about taking pictures of the Gazette staff for our Christmas greeting page. They mentioned that they'd be going around taking photos on a certain day and wondered whether they should warn people of just pop up with the camera...