Stories from Thursday, September 16, 2021

McCOOK, Neb. — Today's McCook Bison Cross Country Invitational will be ran at 6 p.m. today instead of 5 p.m. on the Heritage Hills golf course, McCook High officials announced this morning. Watch for results and other details in Friday's McCook Gazette...

McCOOK, Neb. — The club-like cast on senior Nate Renner’s hand only means more damage could await an unbeaten Class B football team Friday night. “Yes, he (Renner) is pushing through,” McCook coach Joe Vetrovsky proclaimed about the starting cornerback. “Tough individual!”...

Leadership is a simple word. A 10-letter word containing three syllables. A word we commonly use for those who go above and beyond to bring goodness to people. Our world has had many great leaders, but even great leaders didn’t get to the pinnacle by themselves. Take Michel Jordan, Tom Osborne, or Warren Buffet. They all had mentors in their life to help them grow into a person who brought extraordinary outcomes in their professional lives...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Public School District is moving forward with plans for a large capital expenditure slated for the junior high in a few years, with a special meeting tonight from 6 to 10 p.m. The board will meet at the junior high conference room to hear presentations from three architect firms chosen by school administrators for proposals to renovate the junior high and/or construct a new junior high...

McCOOK, Neb. — Fogging classrooms and reinstalling plastic glass shields were implemented for a short time in September at McCook Public Schools, due to an uptick in active COVID-19 cases in the district. Those measures and other protocols were shared at a brief executive committee meeting held earlier this month, Superintendent Grant Norgaard told the McCook School Board meeting Monday night...

Freda Wilhelmina Schultz Wasia Sept. 3, 1923 - Sept. 9, 2021 NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas ­— Freda Wilhelmina (Schultz) Wasia passed away Sept. 9, 2021, six days after her 98th birthday. Freda was born Sept. 3, 1923, at Danbury, Neb., to parents, Cleyone M. and Rudolph J. Schultz. She attended high school at Danbury, excelling in women’s softball...

71st birthday Marilyn (Meissner) Mavigliano will celebrate her 71st birthday on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. Her friends and family want to help her celebrate with a card shower in her honor. Cards of congratulations will reach her 610 East 14th, Apt. 5, McCook, NE 69001...

McCOOK, Neb. — The deadline to enter “The Cats and Dogs of McCook 2022 Calendar Contest” is Sunday, Sept. 19, at 8 p.m. Each year, the McCook Cat Pack, a volunteer organization of local youth, design and create a 12-month calendar featuring adopted or rescued cats and dogs. All photos submitted within the contest rules will be a part of next year’s calendar...

ALMA, Neb. — Alma-Southern Valley’s cross country runners earned four top 10 places during their home invitational on Monday. Riley Scott, Harper Fennell and Liz Meyers all finished ninth or higher for the girls. Only three teams recorded team scores with the Saints totaling 17 points in a tight race...

GOTHENBURG, Neb. — The annual trek to Wildhorse Golf Course featured Cambridge senior Macy Jones earning a top five place at the recent Gothenburg Invite. Jones fired an 86 which was only two strokes from breaking into the tourney’s top three. Cambridge claimed eighth overall among 12 teams as Southwest Conference power Broken Bow (371) and Class B Grand Island Northwest (378) took those top two team places...

McCOOK, Neb. — Men’s League bowling rolled through week four at TJ’s Family Fun Center with Jason Hoppe boasting the high average so far this season. Men’s Major Stockman’s Feed 71-49 Deveny Motors 69-51 Glass Express 64.5-54.5...

TRENTON, Neb. — The Maywood-Hayes Center Wolves ripped through just enough holes in Hitchcock County’s defense to finish a 3-0 sweep on Tuesday. Olivia Hansen drilled 12 kills as M-HC earned its 11th in 12 matches this season 25-16, 25-15 and 25-14...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook pushed the Hershey Panthers in two of three sets Tuesday night and built some momentum for Saturday’s Bison Invitational. “They (McCook) played really well,” coach Audrey Feeney said though Hershey scored 25-11, 27-25 and 25-20 wins at McCook High. “I’m excited to keep seeing the improvement and more success on the court.”...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — McCook High’s reserve football team improved to 2-0 on the season with a last-minute 24-22 win over North Platte recently. Sophomore MitchelCole had a huge game for the bison. Cole knocked in three extra points along with the game-winning 33 yard field goal during that final minute...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — McCook’s Zach Hinze put on a shooting clinic Sunday in the 4H State Shotgun Championships held at Heartland Shooting Park. Zach is without a doubt among the elite shooters in the state, putting on a performance taking home four medals in the Advanced Class...