Stories from Wednesday, April 28, 2004

McCook girls tennis team hosts Hershey Thursday The McCook girls tennis team lost a dual to Kearney 7-2 Tuesday afternoon on the Bison courts. The Bison won one singles match and one doubles match. Angela Abercrombie won her match at No. 5 singles. She blanked Kearney's Whitney Rawlings 8-0...

Bison golfers place second behind GICC HOLDREGE -- McCook Bison golfer Tyler Lawson set the nine-hole scoring record at the Holdrege Invitational on Tuesday with a five-birdie, four-under 32 on the backside of the Holdrege Country Club. Lawson ended 18 with a three-under 69 (37-32) to take top honors at the tournament. Lawson's 69 is the second lowest 18 hole score in the tournament, one shot shy of Chris Wiemers‚, a Bison alum, who shot a 68 from McCook's 1992 season...

COLBY -- The Colby Community College Trojans swept McCook CC Tuesday 14-1 in five innings and 8-0 behind the strong outings of freshmen right-handers Matt Dudley and Conner Bramlet. In Game 1, Dudley struck out six and walked just one, while scattering four hits, to earn the victory...

McCook Junior Varsity Invitational Track and Field Meet Monday, April 26 Girls team scores: 1. Lexington 118; 2. McCook; 3. Chase County 93; 4. Holdrege 67; 5. Ogallala 58.5; 6. Wallace 38; 7. Cambridge 34; 9. Maywood 9 100 meter dash: 1. Jordan Schroeder, Lex, 13.3; 2. Steph Folkers, Lex, 13.5; 3. Jaci Dick, Hol, 13.6; 4. Tiffany Regier, CC, 13.7; 5. Amy Beckenhauer, Mc-R, 13.7; 6. Brianna Ward, Mc-R...

CURTIS -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture will send two Veterinary Technology students to New York City for internship experience at the Animal Medical Center. Following an application and phone interview with a five person panel, Jennifer Daniels of Weir, Kan. and Amanda Hoffmeyer of Lincoln, were selected for the internship program at the world's largest and busiest, full-service veterinary facility...

Sure could use a little good news today. Remember the words? They're from an old song, popularized by Anne Murray 21 years ago. We bring them up now because they still apply ... worldwide, nationally and locally. At every turn, it seems, we hear something discouraging. ...

July 25, 1933-April 26, 2004 ATWOOD -- Donald LeRoy Magee, 70, died Monday (April 26, 2004) in Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood. He was born July 25, 1933, to LeRoy Venton and Olga (Hansen) Magee south of Maxwell. He attended grade school north of Curtis and graduated from the UNSA High School in Curtis. He worked at the Curtis lumber yard while attending high school...