Stories from Monday, January 31, 2022

McCook Community College’s Julian Lual took a defensive tip, turned it into a steal and drove the court for a game-winning dunk with 1.1 seconds left to lift MCC past Southeast Community College at home Sunday, 77-75. “It was good for our group to finally be the aggressors here and make a play late and not just sit back and let Southeast run their offense,” said MCC Coach Jacob Brandl. “We were aggressive and got the steal and Julian put the exclamation point on it.”...

AMHERST, Neb. — McCook sophomore Makayla Pate won an 8-7 title match to take the 165-pound championship at Saturday's Amherst Wrestling Girls Invitational. Pate improved to 18-3 in her first high school wrestling season as the new Bison team scored 32 points with just four wrestlers competing. The Bison have been battling illness during recent weeks like many winter sports teams...

McCook, Nebraska, January 31, 2022 – The YMCA of McCook is happy to announce the hiring of Brad Weese as its new Sports Director. Brad comes to McCook from Oberlin, Kansas where he most recently served as the Summer Recreation Director for Decatur County. Weese brings a wealth of professional knowledge in the sports world...

The McCook Community College women remain unbeaten in Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference play with a 70-50 win at home Sunday against Southeast Community College. MCC goes to 4-0 in the NCCAC standings with two road games remaining on the conference schedule: Feb. 8 at Beatrice against Southeast and Feb. 15 at North Platte...

Ogallala defeated McCook 48-25 106 - Double Forfeit 113 - Barrett Renfro (Ogallala) over Carter Hartwell (McCook) Fall 2:36 120 - Jullian Stiver (McCook) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 126 - Logan Stephens (Ogallala) over Jack Siegfried (McCook) Fall 1:18...

CURTIS, Neb. — Team scores, all champions and top three placers at Friday’s Medicine Valley Wrestling Invite. Teams: 1. Sutherland 241.5, 2. Chase County 152, 3. Sedgwick County (Colo.) 120, 4. Southern Valley 110, 5. Hitchcock County 105, 6. Southwest 67, 7. Garden County 65, 8. Brady 62, 9. North Platte 51, 10. Wauneta-Palisade 36, 11. Sandhills Valley 31, 12. Elm Creek 28, 13. Dundy County-Stratton 7, 14. Medicine Valley 4, 14. Paxton 4...