Stories from Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Second-year McCook Community College baseball coach Jeremy Jorgensen says that he's optimistic about the upcoming season. "I think we'll have an extremely compeitive team this year. This program has been down the last several years. But the team, coaching staff, and community have came together and worked hard to get this team where it needs to be to be competitive...

LA JUNTA, Colo. -- The McCook Community College softball team traveled to La Junta, Colo., for a doubleheader and suffered two more losses. Otero won the first game 11-0 and the second game 10-2. In the first game, Megan Peterson led the Indians in hitting going 2 for 3, but the Indians left 6 stranded and committed 2 errors...

TRIBUNE, Kan. -- The season ended for Cheylin High School girls basketball team with a 52-44 loss to Triplains Monday night in the Kansas Class 1A regional at Tribune. Triplains outscored the Cougars 19-11 in the second quarter and made 13-of-18 free throws...

ALLIANCE -- The Chase County boys basketball team routed Mitchell 66-43 in the first round of the Nebraska Class C1-12 sub-district tournament at Alliance Monday. The Longhorns will play Chadron at 5:45 p.m. MT Tuesday, followed by Kimball vs. Gordon-Rushville at 7:30 p.m. MT...

With cooperation from the State of Nebraska, the City of McCook is ahead of the state mandated schedule for completing its water treatment plant. Greg Wolford of W Design Associates told the council the state has reviewed the architectural plans for the construction of the water treatment plant building ahead of schedule and his office has made six minor changes to answer concerns expressed by state officials...

Home schooling can be a wonderful thing, as shown by the outstanding success of a number of children who were taught by parents in home settings. "Some of the top brains in this country have been home schooled," said Randall Datus, who formerly served as Red Willow County Superintendent...