Stories from Saturday, October 9, 2004

GERING -- The McCook High School softball team will be making its sixth consecutive trip to the Nebraska Class B state tournament. The Bison handed Lexington a 1-0 loss in the second championship game Friday at the Class B-6 district tournament at Gering...

BARTLEY -- Cambridge and Southwest met up on Friday in a battle of two 4-1 football teams. The Trojans came in with a 4-1 record and ranked eighth in C1 by the Omaha World Herald. Cambridge was looking to bounce back from a big loss at home last week to North Platte St. Pats...

By JOHN J. MESH Gazette Sports Editor LEXINGTON -- The No. 1-ranked McCook Bison spent most of the first half of Friday night's Nebraska Class B-5 district football game on the Lexington side of the field. That just made things easier for junior all-state candidate Brendan Liess, who scored four first-half touchdowns and six overall...