Stories from Monday, December 13, 2004

Gross, Troester, Wilson earn coaching honors Brendan Liess and Savannah Noyes were the most dominant high school football and volleyball players in the McCook Daily Gazette area. Liess, the McCook High School tailback, and Noyes, the Southwest High middle hitter, were selected as the Gazette's All-Area Players of the Year for football and volleyball for the 2004 season...

Work is well under way for the North Ward construction and remodeling project, with the McCook school board set to consider electrical bids at tonight's meeting.

McCook Junior College was founded in 1926. McCook has always been (justifiably) proud of the fact that McCook was the first two-year (junior) college in the state of Nebraska. But long before that, the Republican Valley had another institution of higher learning -- not just a two-year college, but a full-blown University -- at Bartley...

Join us as we lift our voices in praise and appreciation for the many good people of the Golden Plains. Let's say special words of thanks to: CHRISTINA HOUGHTELLING, who represented the Southwest Nebraska area with competitive class on the national volleyball scene. ...

We all miss home, of course. One of the things that keeps us going is the brothers from whom we can't escape. The brotherhood with whom we eat, sleep, work, relax, and share close quarters when we have them. The squad leader earned his call sign Kojak by shaving his head each morning, even in the cold winter mornings. He is an older, quiet leader who leaves his Marines on a long leash...

2004 McCook Daily Gazette All-Area Football Team Coach of the Year: Jeff Gross, McCook. Player of the Year: Brendan Liess, McCook. FIRST TEAM McCOOK Brendan Liess, 6-1, 180, jr. RB/KR/LB Karl Shaddock, 6-2, 215, sr. OL/DL Jayce Dueland, 6-0, 210, sr. OL/DL...