Stories from Monday, December 10, 2018

STAMFORD, Neb. — Every day really should be like Friday following McCook’s dominant wrestling performance at the Southern Valley Invitational. The Bison scored 34 pins, piled up 242 points and blasted past 17 teams to take home that first team title of 2018-19...

If a tree falls in the forest and no one’s around to hear it, does it make a noise? If a school serves healthier lunches, but kids don’t eat them, are the meals really healthier? No, according to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue, who eased school lunch rules as part of the Trump Administration’s push to cut back regulations across the board...

Alfred “Dale” Hazen April 1, 1928 - Dec. 2, 2018 CURTIS, Neb. —Alfred “Dale” Hazen died Dec. 2, 2018, at the age of 90 at the Andbe Home in Norton. Dale was born on April 1, 1928, on a farm south of North Platte, Neb., to Neil and Frances (Meyer) Hazen. He attended school and then worked on the family farm throughout his child hood before entering the U.S. Army at 18 and serving in Korea...

Amy Lynne Vossler Dec. 2, 1986 - Dec. 5, 2018 MCFARLAND, Kan. — Amy Lynne Vossler, 32, of McFarland, formerly of St. Louis, M0., lost her battle with depression and bi-polar illness on Dec. 5, 2018. She has battled her illness most of her life and was officially diagnosed 11 years ago...

LINCOLN, Neb. — McCook’s modern day version of Johnny Appleseed, Bruce Hoffman, was honored with one of Nebraska’s most prestigious arborist awards Friday afternoon before a packed fellowship hall at the First Plymouth Congregational Church in Lincoln...

COZAD, Neb. — Freshmen Cole Cappel and Cameron Werkmeister both scored 18 points but McCook’s boys dropped a 46-43 overtime battle to the Cozad Haymakers Thursday evening. Bison freshman coach Joel Arterburn offered these insights: “ We dug ourselves an early hole, evened it up and had a shot to win it with five seconds left in regulation that didn’t fall...

COZAD, Neb. – The McCook freshman team has gotten off to a good start with a 39-19 win Thursday night over Cozad following a 46-26 loss to North Platte one week earlier. Coach Darin Nichols reported he girls improved defensively as a team and knocked down some open shots which allowed them to set up their press more often than they did in the first game against North Platte...

McCOOK, Neb. — Super toughness can only describe the Decatur Community (Kan.) Red Devils’ 45-29 Cattle Trail girls consolation finals win over Maywood-Hayes Center on Saturday. The Red Devils (2-2 overall) could have still been reeling after a heartbreaking semifinal loss Friday night...

McCOOK, Neb. — Junior Bryan Leslie’s 17 points and a trio of clutch triples from senior Dylan Hofman fueled Southwest’s 47-43 win over Arapahoe Saturday. The Rouhriders (3-1 record) earned third place in this eight-team tourney. Senior Grant Slater and Hofman netted nine points apiece total...

McCOOK, Neb. —Not even a talented Hitchcock County team could cool down Dundy County-Stratton’s sizzlin’ girls during a 70-30 Cattle Trail Tournament final on Saturday. The Tigers are now 5-0 as they finished a fantastic follow-up to their Kimball Invitational title one week earlier...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook High’s splashed and dashed to high places in virtually event of their season-opening swim inviational at McCook Family YMCA on Friday. The Bison scored 82 points to nearly catch Scottsbluff (91) for third place while larger teams from Hastings (162) and North Platte (122) took those top two places...

GOODLAND, Kan. — McCook’s varsity girls broke a halftime tie and took home their first win, 50-45, over Burlington (Kan.) on Saturday to cap Topside Tipoff Tournament play. Senior Brooke Stewart caught fire for the Bison (1-2), shooting 60 percent on threes (three for five) and overall (six for 10) as the Bison reached their highest point total so far this season...

GOODLAND, Kan. — McCook’s boys brilliantly rebounded from an opening defeat and scored two 20-point-plaus wins to cap the Topside Tipoff Tournament. Senior Seth Dugger it eight of 11 shots on Saturday, netting 19 points in the 59-34 consolation finals win over Burlington, Kan...

McCOOK, Neb. — Waking up the Tigers has been a lethal practice for anyone facing Dundy County-Stratton’s boys so far this season. These Tigers don’t just touch the glass; they crashed it for 51 rebounds during a 51-36 Dundy County-Stratton Tigers’ win over Wauneta-Palisade Saturday night...