Stories from Monday, May 2, 2022

The McCook Community College softball team sewed up the regular-season Region IX title Sunday sweeping Western Nebraska 10-1, 12-4. Both games went five innings. With the wins, MCC claims the Region IX regular-season title and will host the Region IX tournament starting Thursday. Times and matchups for the double-elimination tournament will be decided in a coaches’ meeting Monday night...

BOYS 100 meters 1. Grant Walker, Wauneta-Palisade, 11.02 2. Jacob Gomez-Wilson, McCook, 11.24 3. Jackson Kerchal, Dundy County-Stratton, 11.26 4. Lucas Gomez-Wilson, McCook, 11.27 5. Dawson Mollendor, Chase County, 11.33 110-meter hurdles 1. Braydn Hutto, Hitchcock County, 15.7...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook High's tennis girls conquered a gusty home invitational on Saturday after sweeping Scottsbluff, 9-0, in a dual Friday evening. More details and photos will appear on Tuesday. Team scores and top placers... Teams: 1. McCook 44, 2. McCook/Scottsbluff 36, 3. Scottsbluff 31, 4. North Platte 17, 5. Gering 2...

GIRLS 100 meters 1. Kiley Hejtmanek, Maywood-Hayes Center, 12.78 2. Jerzee Milner, Chase County, 12.84 3. Jordan Jablonski, Chase County, 13.16 4. Paige Sickels, Cambridge, 13.18 5. Paige Bortner, McCook, 13.36 100 hurdles 1. Jerzee Milner, Chase County, 15.59...

SCOTTSBLUFF – The McCook Community College baseball team started the day in last place in the standings and finished the day, one game out of second place as they swept Western Nebraska in a pair of games on the next to last day of Region IX play. “It was a tough day to play but I was really proud of the guys for sticking with it, the wind got pretty rough in Game 2,” said MCC Coach Jon Olsen...

Nebraska had its first extra-inning game this season, falling 5-3 in the 10-inning series finale vs. Iowa on Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field. The Huskers (18-25, 6-9 Big Ten) had three runs on seven hits and an error, while the Hawkeyes (26-14, 10-5) scored five runs on nine hits and an error...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested one person after locating more than 350 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop on Interstate 80. At approximately 11:40 a.m. Saturday, a trooper observed a Chrysler Pacifica following another vehicle too closely on I-80 near Giltner. During the traffic stop, an NSP K-9 detected the presence of a controlled substance inside the vehicle...