Stories from Wednesday, February 22, 2023

McCOOK, Neb. — Weather and field conditions have altered schedules for the remaining week for McCook Community College baseball and softball. Today’s baseball game at Garden City was postponed by weather. The two teams will try to reschedule the game at a later today...

McCOOK, Neb. — Two McCook Community College baseball players have been named top players and top pitchers of the week over the past two weeks by Region IX coaches. Sophomore outfielder Ethan Murdoch (Swift Current, Saskatchewan) received player of the week honors Feb. 6-12 and freshman pitcher Myles Chabi (Sydney, Australia) was named Region IX pitcher of the week Feb. 13-19...

McCOOK, Neb. — Updating the City of McCook’s Comprehensive Plan will be a lot of work but is essential in determining how the city will grow in the future, said the McCook city manager. Nate Schneider said at Monday night’s city council meeting that if the comprehensive plan is not updated, future plans for the city could be prohibited, especially concerning subdivision regulations and zoning ordinances...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — No. 10 Marquette took a huge step toward its first Big East championship in a decade, surviving a wild finish against 19th-ranked Creighton on Tuesday night to pick up its biggest road win of the season. Tyler Kolek’s short jump shot gave the Golden Eagles the lead with 29 seconds left, and they left a sold-out and hostile CHI Health Center with a 73-71 victory after squandering the 10-point lead they held in the middle of the second half...