Stories from Tuesday, December 4, 2018

McCOOK, Neb. — Basketball season finally tipped off for McCook Bison with a split of two sophomore games against visiting Holdrege Monday night. The Duster girls doubled their hosts, 52-26, even though Joslyn Hammond and Shayli Wilkinson scored 10 points apiece for McCook...

McCOOK, Neb. — Arapahoe's 47-41 win over the Hitchcock County boys finished a Cattle Trail quarterfinal Thursday where every other team won by at least 18 points. Scores and more details will be included in the Gazette on Wednesday. Boys' winners were Southwest, Wauneta-Palisade, Dundy County-Stratton and Arapahoe. Average victory margin was about 34 points...

If you’re still Christmas shopping for kids, there’s one detail you might want to consider when buying a gift. What kind of box does it come in? That’s because the young one on your list might be better off playing with the box the toy comes in. While advertising pushes educational and brain-stimulating toys, often based on tablets, kids are better off playing with traditional toys like blocks, puzzles — and even cardboard boxes...

McCOOK, Neb. — A McCook City Councilman who declined to run for re-election will still be attending council meetings, he said. Bruce McDowell attended his last meeting Monday night. Council members who were re-elected, Mike Gonzales and Gene Weedin, took the oath of office Monday night at the regular meeting, along with newly-elected Jared Muehlenkamp...

McCOOK, Neb. — The biggest street repair project next year, at almost half a million dollars, got the green light Monday night regarding construction. The McCook City Council, at its regular meeting, awarded the bid for the Park Avenue paving project to McCormick Excavating and Paving of Stratton, Colo., in the amount of $437,519, that being the lowest bid received...

McCOOK, Neb. — Southwest Nebraska’s and Northwest Kansas’ 42nd annual “Christmas Toy Box” shopping day will be Sunday, Dec. 9, at McCook’s Memorial Auditorium, at the corner of West Fifth and C streets. The countdown to open the east doors begins at 1 p.m...

LAMAR, Colo. – The McCook Community College Lady Indian basketball team downed Northern New Mexico JV Saturday in the opening game of the Lamar Community College Classic, 94-46. “I’m really proud of my team for how we stayed the course and overcame a tough start,” MCC Coach Kellen Fernetti said. “Shots weren’t falling early, but we kept our defensive pressure all 40 minutes.”...

MAYWOOD, Neb. — Junior Jaycee Lapp’s 16 points on six-for-nine shooting led the Maywood -Hayes Center girls to their 64-34 win over Wallace Friday night. Junior Avery Johnson shot 60 percent (six for 10) and finished with 14 points while sophomore Jaycee Widener added 11...

BARTLEY, Neb. — The D1-9 district football teams were announced this week FIRST TEAM Offense Quarterback: Paxton Ross, Cambridge Running backs: Gentry Anderson, Arapahoe; Serbando Diaz, Dundy County-Stratton; Kaden Guerrero, Southwest. Tight ends: Yordi Gutierrez, Arapahoe; Preston Carbaugh, Cambridge...

GOODLAND, Kan. — The basketball-crazy Sunflower State awaits McCook boys and girls in this week’s Topside Invitational Tournament. McCook will be playing its first varsity games since the original openers vs. Valentine were postponed due to snow. The Colby Eagles are flying into both Bison openers...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook basketball games at Valentine have been rescheduled for Friday, Dec. 21, McCook High officials announced this morning. JV contests will tip off at 1:3o p.m. in Valentine. The girls’ varsity game follows with an approximate 3 p.m. tip time...

‘Tis the season. Santa Claus came to the airport Saturday. A passel of children appeared to sit on his lap and tell him their fondest wishes. Usually, the jolly old gent arrives by airplane but this year in the snow storm the Gazette reported that he flew in a day early and was delivered by car to the grand meeting of children and proud parents...