Stories from Monday, November 1, 2021

BENNINGTON, Neb. — All McCook Bison leaders from Friday's Class B state playoff game against No. 1 Bennington at Badger Stadium where the home team triumphed, 51-13. TEAM STATS Rushing yards: Bennington 329, McCook 101 Passing yards: McCook 108, Bennington 104...

Tonight’s season opener for the McCook Community College women’s basketball team has been postponed and as a result, the MCC Men will move up their start time to 7 p.m. The women’s game against Iowa Western Community College was postponed because of a Covid-19 protocol issue with the Iowa team. MCC is now set to open the season with a pair of weekend games in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center...

ARAPAHOE, Neb. — No set was closer than 10 points as the Maywood-Hayes Center swept through Lawrence-Nelson 25-10, 25-14, 25-13 in Saturday's district finals to earn another Class D-2 state tournament spot.

Sherry Coleman July 12, 1956 - Oct. 26, 2021 IMPERIAL, Neb. — Sherry June (Rippe) Coleman was born July 12, 1956, in Denver, Colo., to Nelda (Holl) and Arnold Rippe. She grew up on the family dairy farm and graduated from Weld Central High School in 1975...

ATLANTA (AP) — Just in time, Carlos Correa and the Houston Astros broke out the bats. Because if they had waited any longer, this World Series would’ve been over. Staggered by Adam Duvall’s grand slam in the first inning, Correa and Alex Bregman ended their slumps in a hurry. They kept swinging, too, refusing to let their season slip away and rallying past the Atlanta Braves 9-5 early Monday to cut their Series deficit to 3-2...

First, the Memorial Stadium crowd’s patience thinned, then its ranks thinned as a picturesque Saturday afternoon faded into dusk and Nebraska drifted toward its third straight loss in a wayward season. Even then, at the tail end of a lifeless second half, four interceptions and 80-plus Purdue snaps into the game, Nebraska tried to throw one more punch. ...

Hitchcock County moves into the mountain time zone for a 6 p.m. (7 p.m. CDT) Class D-1 state quarterfinal at Perkins County on Friday. The Falcons (9-1 record) hosted their first two games including last weekend's 30-20 victory over Neigh-Oakdale. Perkins County (8-2) surprised previously unbeaten Arapahoe, 37-28, on the Warriors' home turf so hosts this quarterfinal game at Grant...