Stories from Monday, February 17, 2020

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Hitchcock County and Southwest will join the McCook Bison in sending four wresters into state competition this weekend. The Falcons finished fourth among 21 D-4 district teams as Remington Hodges (220 pounds), Kaleb Christofferson (113), Gavin Losey (126) and Blake Devitt (106) earned their spots at Omaha’s CHI Health Center...

DODGE CITY, Kan. – It took a two-out, three run rally in the seventh inning, but the McCook Community College softball team sent the game to extra-innings and scored four times in the ninth inning to reach the win column for the first time this season in a 19-16 win over Dodge City in the second game of a Sunday double-header...

McCOOK, Neb. —The McCook Community College women’s basketball team dropped a 76-69 decision to Otero Junior College Saturday in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. “We talked about it going into the game but we just were not consistent especially shooting the ball,” said MCC Coach Brandon Pritchett...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College men’s basketball team completed an undefeated week knocking off previously ranked Otero Junior College Saturday, 78-69 in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. Otero fell out of the rankings Monday after being ranked 18th the previous week...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook’s 18 assists and nine three-pointers showed there were plenty of Bison highlights against the Scottsbluff girls Friday night. The Bison even bolted to an 11-4 lead before five minutes had been played of this regular-season finale...

McCOOK, Neb. — Blame North Platte for Scottsbluff Bearcat hackles being up when they arrived in McCook Friday night. The Class B power Bearcats were ambushed at North Platte Thursday night with a defeat almost nobody could have expected. “It was like a hit to the stomach,” Scottsbluff coach Scott Gullion confirmed on Friday...

HASTINGS - While one McCook diver will definitely make the trip to Lincoln next week for the Nebraska State championship swim and dive meet, it is now a waiting game for McCook swimmers in several events. At the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference meet in Hastings on Friday and Saturday, McCook High School swimmers and divers were hoping to have several swimmers make state qualifying times and had high hopes for several divers to make qualifying scores...

These 24 Gazette-area wrestlers have earned spots in the Nebraska State Wrestling tournament at Omaha starting on Thursday: Class B McCook 195 — Alec Langan (38-2 record), DISTRICT CHAMPION 152 pounds — Landon Towne (31-16) 160 — Alex Anthony (31-17)...

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — One Bison steamrolled through the B-4 district while McCook’s other three state qualifiers showed what comeback tenacity is all about last weekend. The end result? Coach Nick Umscheid will send four Bison with 31 or more wins this season into the Class B state meet at Omaha...

Pam Gaston, owner of Pet Pros in McCook, gives participants of “Dog Park 101” tips on understanding their dog’s behavior when they are socializing with new friends at an off-leash dog park. Meanwhile, the four-legged participants anxiously awaited their opportunity to work off some energy off-leash at the Alice Arena at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds Sunday afternoon. ...

Nebraska State Patrol news releases about drug busts on Interstate 80 have become so common we’re tempted to start running them as a type of scoreboard. On second thought, we’d only have the “points” scored by law enforcement, since we have no idea how many loads of marijuana, methamphetamine, THC vapes and other assorted illegal substances make it through the state unmolested...

Kayla Borland, daughter of Greg and Bobbie Borland, signed with Midland College on Monday, February 17, 2020 to be a cheerleader next year. Kayla is currently the captain of the McCook Bison Cheer team.