Stories from Monday, January 27, 2020

Helen Louise Culver May 17, 1923 - Jan. 24, 2020 BEAVER CITY, Neb. — Helen Louise Culver, 96, died Friday (Jan. 24, 2020), at the Beaver City Manor in Beaver City. She was born May 17, 1923, on a farm east of Beaver City to Frank Powell Smith and Zelda Maude (Smith) Smith. After graduating from Beaver City High School and Normal Training in 1941, she taught for six years. She married Marion Culver in 1953 and they lived on his family farm near Orleans...

CURTIS, Neb. — Higher seeds held the upper hands throughout Saturday’s RPAC basketball tournament openers at Curtis and Maxwell. GIRLS Southern Valley topped Southwest, 50-31, despite freshman Caylin Barnett’s 16 points and 16 rebounds on Saturday. Freshman Bailey Truka tossed in another 10 points including one three-pointer...

ATWOOD, Kan. — Rawlins County’s girls are Northwest Kansas League tournament champions after beating St. Francis, 50-35, Saturday evening. The Buffaloes (8-5) dominated with three double-figure scorers in junior Kierstyn Domsch (15 points), senior Kristen Beckman (12) and senior Libby Mosley (10)...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The Chase County girls finished their fantastic run to a South Platte Valley Association championship with their 51-37 win over Bridgeport Saturday night. Senior Mallie McNair’s 23 points powered the Longhorns through this title game while handing Bridgeport only its third loss in 16 games this season...

TRINIDAD, Colo. – It took two overtimes Saturday, but the McCook Community College men are in the win column in the Region IX South standings. MCC’s win came over Trinidad State 91-89 after starting south division play with four disappointing losses...

The McCook Community College Lady Indians basketball team picked up an 87-78 win Saturday against Trinidad State Junior College. With both teams coming off overtime losses on Friday (MCC to Otero and Trinidad to North Platte), the Lady Indians were able to overcome a 12-point second quarter output, endured a lengthy third-quarter clock malfunction, then fought off a pesky Trojan squad in the late stages of the fourth quarter...

WAUNETA, Neb. — The Southwest Roughriders took second among 14 teams with three wrestlers winning championships at Friday’s RPAC championship meet. Matthew Van Pelt (145 pounds), Garrett Latimer (132) and Brett Tryon (152) went undefeated for the Roughriders...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook High School swim and dive team hosted its final meet of the season Friday at the McCook YMCA with several improved times in swimming events and a state qualifier for diving. The Bison faced familiar foes, North Platte and Scottsbluff, and haven’t competed in two weeks after staying home from the Lincoln meet because of the weather...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Sickness and injuries limited the McCook Bison to five wrestlers competing at Saturday’s power-packed Lexington Invitational. However, all five earned top five places with junior Reid Steinbecker finishing fourth among heavyweights...

McCOOK, Neb. — A loaded hunting rifle, electronic cigarettes and alcohol were found in a random drug sweep Friday at McCook High School. The search was done by the Nebraska State Patrol and local law enforcement. Several drug-sniffing dogs were also utilized. Areas of the high school were searched along with the school parking lot...

McCOOK, Neb. — Move over football, basketball and other competitive high school sports — there’s a new game town and the playing field is digital. A newly organized eSport club at McCook High School will join 20 other high school clubs in Nebraska, where gamers compete online with other schools via the Internet. They all belong to the non-profit Nebraska Schools eSports Association...

Linda Hein of Lincoln, a native of McCook, and John Hubert, president of the High Plains Historical Society, McCook, puzzle over a campaign poster for Ralph G. “Bunny” Brooks. Why “Bunny”? Neither Linda nor John know … can anyone help answer the question? Call John Tuesday through Friday, afternoons, at the museum, (308) 345-3661. ...