Stories from Monday, September 16, 2019

McCOOK, Neb. — Ford Tough suddenly became part Ferrari/part runaway freight train while being no surprise to his nearby dad. “Oh yeah, I knew he could run,” Weiland Field chain-gang member Tom Ford declared. McCook junior Torrington Ford wasn’t so sure when York Dukes blasted through to block a Bison punt...

Lois Bernice Boerger Jan. 7, 1935 - Sept. 13, 2019 McCOOK, Neb. — Lois Bernice Boerger, age 84, died on Sept. 13, 2019, at Community Hospital in McCook with her husband and children by her side. Lois was born on Jan. 7, 1935, in Alta Vista, Kan., to Rev. Walter and Flora (Brunkhorst) Wehmeier. She was the sixth of seven children. They moved to Cheney, Kan., when she was a sophomore in high school. She played flute in the band there and was a homecoming queen...

Robert “Bob” Dewaine Montgomery April 28, 1933 - Sept. 10, 2019 OBERLIN, Kan. — Robert “Bob” Dewaine Montgomery, 86, died Tuesday (Sept. 10, 2019), at the Good Samaritan Society of Decatur County. He was born April 28, 1933, to Ruby (Schrock) and Lewis Montgomery. He graduated from Norcatur High School in 1951.He married Anita Cuthbertson on Oct. 11, 1953, at the Norcatur United Methodist Church. He was a farmer/rancher near Jennings, Kan...

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. – The McCook Community College volleyball team got back on the winning track Saturday with a straight-set win over the Bethany College JVs. MCC won 25-19, 25-18, 27-25. With Saturday’s win the Lady Indians complete a seven-game road swing in Kansas over the past several weeks, going 5-2 and improve to 10-6 overall heading into the Nebraska Community College Athletic Association schedule as well as the heart of the Region IX schedule...

LEXINGTON, Neb. — Cambridge High’s golfers reached the top five and McCook senior Kaylie Puckett led all area particpants at Friday’s Lexington Invitational. The Trojans tallied 420 as a team which topped seven other varsity teams competing. Returning state qualifier Lexi Sines shot 95 which actually tied Puckett for 13th place overall...

BARTLEY, Neb. — Junior Garrett Latimer’s 11 tackles and 10 from sophomore Jacob Kerns highlighted Southwest’s 42-0 home loss to the Kimball Longhorns Friday night. Latimer made a team-high six solo stops while Kerns contributed six assists. Freshman Hunter Cunningham added seven tackles total...

BAYARD, Neb. — The Cambridge Trojans built an 82-0 lead before halftimein their 96-18 trouncing of Bayard’s Tigers Friday evening. No, this is not a Gazette misprint. The Trojans (2-0) scored 52 first-periodpoints as senior quarterback Paxton Ross started an awesome eight-touchdown performance...

The McCook Community College golf team claimed its first tournament win of the season Friday besting the Region IX field at the MCC Invitational at Heritage Hills Golf Course. “It was a fight to the end but the boys got it done today,” said MCC Golf Coach Tyler Loop. “In the end it was again some very consistent scoring.”...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Senior Zion Moyer earned his 100th career win while the McCook High tennis boys earned two top three team places at tournament tournaments last weekend. Friday’s York Invite Team Standings 1 Elkhorn 30 pts 2 York 21 3 McCook 20...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook High leaders from Friday night’s 21-0 football win over the York Dukes at Weiland Field: TEAM STATS Rush yards: McCook 263, York 45 Pass yards: York 68, McCook 60 Total yards: McCook 323, York 113 First downs: McCook 11, York 6...

McCOOK, Neb. -- The 2019 Burr Oak Canyon Tree Symposium is set for Oct. 17-18 and McCook Community College is accepting registrations for the event. This has been a highly popular event in the past and space is limited to the first 100 applicants. This event includes several options to tour the relict stand of trees in nearby Burr Oak Canyon...

It’s popular to honor our military and law enforcement personnel, and with good reason. Both groups voluntarily risk their lives in order to protect the safety and freedom of their fellow citizens. Members of another group, however, are more likely to give their lives in order to keep their fellow citizens fed...

Dear Editor, Poor mental health and death by suicide has become rampant in modern society. Some contributing factors are the breakdown of the family, fear and anxiety produced by school shootings and other senseless massacres, dealing with natural disasters caused by extreme weather, escalating tensions between factions within our country and wars and rumors of wars around the globe...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have arrested two motorcycle riders following multiple pursuits on Interstate 80 near Seward. At approximately 3:00 p.m., Sunday, NSP received a report of two motorcycles riding recklessly on I-80 westbound near Seward, at mile marker 373. A trooper located the motorcycles and observed that one of motorcycles had no license plate and was doing a wheelie on I-80...

McCOOK, Neb. — Residents were treated to the sight of a bright yellow Stearman biplane puttering through the bright blues skies over McCook Saturday as veterans living at the Brookdale retirement community got a chance to relive old memories. Paid only by the ear-to-ear grins of his passengers, Geneva, Neb., ag pilot Scott Delong carefully helped eight passengers into a beautifully restored World War II Stearman N3S biplane for free half-hour flights, followed by family pictures and presentation of a signed baseball cap.. ...