Stories from Monday, January 16, 2023

A pair of McCook Community College women’s basketball players topped the 30-point mark Saturday in a 79-73 win over Trinidad State in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. Redshirt freshman Taryn Lindsey, (freshman, Fountain, Colo.) poured in 31 points and sophomore Vanessa Jurewicz (Stockholm, Sweden) scored 30 points to help MCC overcome an 11-point second-half deficit...

LINCOLN - Consistent improvement continues to help McCook High School swimmers and divers get more qualifiers for the Nebraska State Swim and Dive meet in February. Junior diver Caleb Shaw punched his ticket to the state meet Friday at the Cotter Invite, with a score of 310 points. Divers need at least 300 points to qualify for the state meet. Shaw ended up third overall Friday behind the two top divers from Kearney...

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy has concluded a 30-day public comment period on its intent to approve a permit for a proposed concentrated animal feeding operation, which would house 150,000 cows, in Dundy County. Jonathan Leo, an environmental and land-use lawyer, said a large and critical component of the operation was not mentioned in the application or the state's notice of its intent to approve: A 36-unit anaerobic digester complex for the manure, which has received a conditional use permit from the Dundy County Board of Commissioners.. ...

The Trinidad State Junior College men were able to hold off McCook Community College Saturday in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center, 72-71. Tied at 67-67 with 1:05 left in the game, Otero took the lead for good on the next possession 69-67. MCC managed just one free throw on its possession and the Trojans iced the game with a free-throw and a bucket off an offensive rebound with 2.9 seconds left to go, take a 72-68 lead. ...

McCook Bison leaders from the weekend girls' varsity games vs. Minden and Hastings The 38-30 victory at Hastings Friday night: BISON (38) — Shawna Wilkinson 20 points, Joy Rippen 5, Tori Honn 4, Paige Bortner 4, Kennedy Walter 2, Brooklyn Gillen 1. Three-pointers: Wilkinson 2...

OBERLIN, Kan. —Area results from the Buzz Matson Invitational wrestled on Saturday. Team scores: 1. Wray (Colo.) 180.5, 2. Smith Center 120, 3. McCook 99, 4. Trego 50, 5. Osborne 45, 6. Decatur Community 44, 7. Stockton 23. All McCook tourney finalist results and other victories:...

IMPERIAL, Neb. — Top 10 teams from the 21 competing at Saturday's Chase County Invitational: Teams: 1. Chase County 185, 2. Hitchcock County 180, 3. Sedgwick County (Colo.) 140, 4. Yuma (Colo.) 120, 5. Burlington (Colo.) 106, 6. Hershey 90, 7. Bridgeport 80.5, 8, Bayard 75, 9. Perkins County 68, 10. Kimball 60. 11. Southwest 57, 15. Dundy County-Stratton 32, 19. Wauneta-Palisade 12...

MINDEN, Neb. — The Cambridge wrestlers won two duals and finished two points from topping host Minden in Friday's Minden Dual Werstling Invitational. Final team standings: 1. Cozad, 2. St. Paul, 3. Minden, 4. Cambridge, 5. Thayer Central, 6. Centennial, 7. Holdrege, 8. Franklin...