Stories from Friday, May 5, 2023

AXTELL, Neb. — Coach Ben Vetrovsky provides details on McCook’s top two finish at the Southwest Conference golf tournament Thursday afternoon. “The Bison finished runner-up with a team total of 324. Ogallala won the invite with a total of 318. Bison had four golfers place in the top 15...

STERLING, Colo. – The third-seeded McCook Community College team opened the Region IX tournament Thursday with wins over Western Nebraska and Trinidad State. The wins moves MCC into a championship bracket game Friday against top-seeded Northeastern Junior College in the double elimination tournament...

McCOOK, Neb. — Earlier this week the National Junior College Athletic Association compiled spring scoring statistics for golf and the McCook Community College golf team has won its first ever district championship with the lowest spring scores of any school in Region IX and Region 1...

In the process of writing this column each week, I frequently look to the calendar for inspiration. Our religious organizations see to it that we understand the meanings behind our high holy days, but many of the other holidays get lost in commercialization or recreational pursuits that obscure their meaning. In those instances, I try to bring myself up to speed on the topic, and if I find anything interesting, I share what I have learned...

McCOOK, Neb. — After graduating high school from Atwood, Kan. in 1955, Norma (Hoxsey) moved to McCook where she took a secretarial job for an insurance company. It didn’t take long for her to to realize she wanted more than a clerical position and teaching seemed better suited for her. A few years later, she turned to McCook Junior College and took a night class in English and that led to more classes...

McCOOK, Neb. – McCook School Board of Education will be asked to approve two new teacher contracts and the purchase of new science curriculum at their meeting Monday beginning at 6:30 p.m. Evans Kojo Appiah will teach high school math and Patricia Cassandra D. Cale will teach high school science...

ATWOOD, Kan. — Team scores and top three area placers from Tuesday’s Rawlins County Invitational. BOYS Teams: 1. Hitchcock County 131, Wallace County 85, 3. Oakley 82, 4. Rawlins County 43, 5. Cheylin 40. 100 meters: 2. Ryan Sramek, RC, 11.98. 110-hurdles: 1. ...

ALMA, Neb. — Team scores and top four Gazette-area placers from Thursday’s Dale Harsin Track and Field Invite. GIRLS Teams: 1. Cambridge 147, 2. Southern Valley 71, 3. Bertrand 60, 4. Arapahoe 54, 5. Wilcox-Hildreth 41, 6. Medicine Valley 40, 7. Alma 39, 8. Southwest 28, 8. Hi-Line 28, 10. Red Cloud 6, 11. Franklin 5...

rple proved to be the winning color as Hitchcock County Purple golfed to a 32-stroke victory at its own invitational on Tuesday. The Hitchcock Falcons practice and play their one annual tourney at McCook’s Heritage Hills Golf Course. They showed their mastery of this challenging terrain with the three of four lowest scores on Tuesday...

KEARNEY, Neb. — McCook’s tennis girls nearly kept pace with powerful Grand Island Catholic but those Crusaders prevailed to win Thursday’s Kearney Catholic Invitational. The Crusaders piled 72 points for first place among 12 teams while McCook scored 64 for second overall...

KEARNEY, Neb. — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a Kimball woman following a pursuit on Interstate 80 Thursday evening. At approximately 9:10 p.m. Thursday, a trooper observed an westbound Infiniti G37 traveling at 117 miles per hour on I-80 near mile marker 264. The trooper attempted a traffic stop. The driver refused to yield and accelerated. The trooper initiated a pursuit...