Stories from Wednesday, February 16, 2022

LINCOLN, Neb. — It's official: McCook High's girls and boys are both the No. 1 host teams entering next week's B-7 subdistrict basketball tournaments. Coach Amy Scheil's girls have even earned a "bye" in their three-team bracket. No. 2 Holdrege (8-13 record) and No. 3 Lexington (6-16) will play the Monday night opener at McCook High with opening tip set for 6:30 p.m...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook High activities director Darin Nichols supplied this information about next week's B-7 subdistrict basketball playoff games which the Bison will host as No. 1 seeds: McCook High School is excited about the Bison basketball teams and hosting the B7 Sub District Tournament next week with the Girls games beginning on Monday, and the Boys games beginning on Tuesday...

Our community was very much in action. Grannie Annie and I participated in Hillcrest’s Night on the Hill fundraising celebration last Saturday evening. Lots of the movers and shakers were there but best of all were the large number of young adults, family people, the dynamic ones that make our economy happen day after day. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College baseball and softball teams have announced scheduling changes through the weekend. MCC Baseball’s doubleheader scheduled for today in Melissa Texas against TCS Post Grad Academy has been pushed back to Thursday and instead of a doubleheader there will be just one nine-inning game...

NORTH PLATTE – The North Platte Community College women rolled past MCC Tuesday, 72-46. “There was not a ton of good things happening for us tonight,” said MCC Coach Brandon Pritchett. “It's one of those games you just put in the books and you wake up tomorrow thankful it's a new day.”...

NORTH PLATTE – The McCook Community College men’s basketball team won its fourth straight game Tuesday on the road taking a 71-65 win over North Platte Community College. “We had a lot of good production out of a lot of guys,” said MCC Coach Jacob Brandl. “Julian (Lual) carried us there in the first and just kept making plays.”...

More subdistrict area girls basketball results from Tuesday: C2-8 at Amherst No. 2 Southern Valley 52, No. 3 South Loup 37 Sophomore Ann Bose shot an absolutely lethal 14 for 16 Tuesday night, hitting five of six shots and nine of 10 free throws. S.V. ...