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Bison golfers rolling back to state tournament!
(High School Sports ~ 05/18/21)
SIDNEY, Neb. — The party went from graduation to a wonderful drizzly Panhandle Monday for McCook High boys' tennis. No, that’s not a stretch considering the senior-led Bison are sending their entire team into next week’s Class B state tournament. Senior Peyton Craw reached the B-4 district championship playoff, classmate Brady Esch took third overall and McCook placed second as a team behind only champion Ogallala...
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Take another bite
(Column ~ 05/18/21)
The question is “How do you eat an elephant?” The answer for the old joke is of course “One bite at a time!” The moral of that conundrum is that when confronted with a large task the answer is to break it into small pieces that one can better address and solve one at a time...
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Tosha Dawn Garrison
(Obituary ~ 05/18/21)
Tosha Dawn Garrison Sept. 17, 1972 - May 13, 2021 NESS CITY, Kan. — Tosha Dawn Garrison, 48, of Ness City, formerly of Oberlin, Kan., died Thursday (May 13, 2021), at KU Medical Center. She was born Sept. 17, 1972, in Plainville, Kan., to Terry O. Garrison and Linda Manning. She graduated from Decatur County High School in 1991 and earned a bachelor’s degree in 1998 and master’s degree in 2002 from from Fort Hays State University...
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Longhorns sweep through district, send 20 to state
(High School Sports ~ 05/18/21)
SUTHERLAND, Neb. — Chase County made a clean swep of the C-9 team titles while qualifying 20 athletes into Class C state championship starting Wednesday at Omaha Burke Stadium. The Chase girls dominated in every event, even placing among triple jumpers with freshman Katelyn Stamm’s top four finish...
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Bison alum wins Gold Glove for college team
(High School Sports ~ 05/18/21)
WICHITA, Kan. — McCook High alum Kaden Sitzman won a league “Gold Glove” while earning a spot on the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference baseball team this spring. Sitzman pitched for Kansas Wesleyan University which posted a 32-18 record this season in a full year of last year’s COVID craziness...
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DC-S, Eagles sending trio of golfers to state
(High School Sports ~ 05/18/21)
McCOOK, Neb. — Dundy County-Stratton senior Cheve Lutz and junior Nolan Burrell earned state tournament spots after golfing into the top 10 at Monday’s D-5 district meet. Burrell fired 90 to make the top five while Lutz shot 95 for ninth overall. The top three teams and 10 individual golfers qualify for Class D state at North Platte’s Lake Maloney Golf Course starting one week from today...
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Latest from Heritage Hills men's golf
(Community Sports ~ 05/18/21)
McCOOK, Neb. — Old Sarge’s Bar and Community Hospital continue to hold close leads in highly competitive Men’s League matches through three weeks. A League Old Sarge’s Bar 62.5 Samway/Michaelis 60 Gary Thompson Agcy 57 Studio 205 55.5...
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T&L, GTA spike their way to YMCA volleyball titles
(Community Sports ~ 05/18/21)
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook YMCA Adult Volleyball season finished strong with two terrific tournaments last week. Both No. 1 seeds nearly fell during these intense matches, though T&L Contracting took a three-set final thriller from In The Net 25-14, 15-25, 15-7 to decide the Co-Ed League champion...
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McCook girls ready to 'face' best in Class B state
(High School Sports ~ 05/18/21)
McCOOK, Neb. — The newest smiling face of McCook High tennis named Benjamin Legend Wiemers might have chuckled just a bit when watching senior Olivia Koetter’s first summer camp. “He brings a little joy and laughter,” senior Megan Hodgson and junior Joslyn Hammond both said about coach Matt Wiemers’ adopted new son...
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Council ponders Habitat request
(Local News ~ 05/18/21)
McCOOK, Neb. — A vacant lot that Habitat for Humanity is interested in using for a residential home may be easier for the city to sell than previously thought. Habitat for Humanity has requested to use a vacant lot at 1107 W. Fourth so they can build a home sometime next year. ...
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MHS graduation
(Local News ~ 05/18/21)
Kora Keslin and Alec Langan were chosen by their peers in the McCook High School Class of 2021 to receive the Bison Award, presented to “the male and female who best exemplify the traits of school citizenship, loyalty, service and the ability to promote a positive rapport within the school setting.” Also recognized at Sunday’s commencement ceremonies at the Graff Events Center on the McCook Community College campus were eight students who achieved straight-A’s during their high school careers. ...
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Younger athletes medal, compete at JH state meet
(High School Sports ~ 05/18/21)
GOTHENBURG, Neb. — Results for the McCook Junior High athletes and all Gazette-area qualifiers who competed at Saturday’s Nebraska Middle School State Track/Field Meet. Boys Teams: 1. Kearney Horizon 52, 2. Aurora 27, 3. Gothenburg 23, 4. Riverside 20, 4. North Platte 20; 12. Chase County 14, 27. McCook 9, 47. Wauneta-Palisade 4, 58. Maywood-Hayes Center 2...
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Still rollin'
(Local News ~ 05/18/21)
It seemed like a time machine must have transported the parking lot of the Cobblestone Hotel back to the Roarin’ 20s for an overnight stop by the Model A Ford Club of Colorado. Fourteen Ford Model A’s, 1928 to 1931, were traveling back to the Denver area after a trip to the Tulip Festival in Orange City, Iowa, a trip delayed one year by the pandemic. ...
- Dale L. Stanley (Obituary ~ 05/18/21)
- James P. Suiter (Obituary ~ 05/18/21)
- Arlene Lasneski (Obituary ~ 05/18/21)
- Tor Jon Olson (Obituary ~ 05/18/21)
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