Stories from Friday, September 27, 2019

OGALLALA, Neb. — The first official race of fall turned into one glorious success that McCook High’s girls would love to repeat next month. Taking on 14 teams, the Bison captured a cross country championship exactly where they’ll be running this season’s biggest race...

Dorothy Clara (Schmidt) Wolters July 23, 1927 - Sept. 24, 2019 ATWOOD, Kan. — Dorothy Clara (Schmidt) Wolters was born July 23, 1927, in Potter, Kan. She was the fifth of nine children born to John Traugott and Elsie L. (Herderhorst) Schmidt. She entered her eternal rest on Sept. 24, 2019, in Garden City, Kan...

85th Birthday The family of Iva Fritz of McCook, Neb., is requesting a card shower in honor of her 85th birthday on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Her family includes children, Irene and Randy Johnson of McCook, Steve and Renee Fritz of McCook, Carlett Fritz-Marshall of North Platte; grandchildren, Jon and Carrie Johnson, Jeff and Kristin Johnson, Carl and Adrianne Fritz, Craig Fritz, Daniel, Melvin and Mary Marshall; and 4 great-grandchildren. ...

40th anniversary The family of Steve and Julie Stroup of Benkelman, Neb., is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple’s 40th wedding anniversary. They were married in Benkelman at the Zion Lutheran Church on Sept. 29, 1979. Their family includes children and grandchildren, Zach Stroup and Lennon and Marley Stroup; J.C. ...

Pauline J. Jones Jan. 26, 1949 - Sept. 24, 2019 GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Pauline J. Jones, 70, of Grand Island, passed away at her home on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, due to a long fight with Lupus and kidney failure. All Faiths Funeral Home of Grand Island is entrusted with arrangements...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Junior High seventh-grade girls are 4-1 this season after Thursday’s 25-23, 25-12 sweep of visiting Holdrege. “B” girls matched that great start with 25-16 and 25-18 victory. The Bison “C” girls nearly made it a three-for-three Thursday, but Holdrege rallied to win in three sets...

— McCook’s pitchers struck out 18 batters while splitting a pair of games with Chase County and Scottsbluff on Thursday. Senior Kori Uerling sent 12 Bearcats down on strikes during a terrific battle which Scottsbluff won 8-6. However, the Bison (7-15 record) did take home an earlier victory by a 12-0 margin over Chase County...

HAYES CENTER, Neb. — Cambridge’s Kori Koeppen was only two seconds from a title while leading area runners in the Maywood-Hayes Center Invitational on Thursday. Koeppen recorded a time of 24:21.97 which was second only to Ava McGown from Brady (24:19.62)...

HAYES CENTER, Neb. — Homecoming in Maywood this week meant some real fun for fans at Hayes Center Thursday night. Both towns watched their unbeaten Maywood-Hayes Center volleyball team reach 15-0 with a 25-20, 25-17, 25-20 victory over Wauneta-Palisade...

ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Senior Paxton Ross completed eight of eight passes with four for touchdowns in Cambridge’s 58-8 win over Arapahoe Thursday night. Ross fired three TDs in a 30-0 first quarter for the unbeaten Trojans (4-0). Cambridge’s closest victory margin through four contests has been 34 points...

HOLDREGE, Neb. — McCook High’s varsity tennis boys swept Holdrege, 9-0, to go with a JV 10-0 dual win Thursday afternoon. The varsity results: Singles 1 Zion Moyer def G. Huston 8-0 2 Mason Michaelis def H. Ness 8-0 3 Logan Barenberg def E. Borden 8-2...

HAYES CENTER, Neb. — Few races in cross country or track could top the Maywood-Hayes Center Invitational finish Thursday afternoon. Neighboring towns rarely get closer as Joshua Paisley of Cambridge and Jake O’Dea from Southwest literally ran stride-for-stride for several minutes...

OGALLALA, Neb. — McCook High boys filled the top 15 among 180 finishers at Thursday’s Ogallala Cross Country Invitational. The Bison outran 15 teams and placed second overall with 46 points behind only Sidney’s champion Red Raiders (22). Junior Brandon Tucker broke into the top 10 when he zoomed across this finish line in 18:11.5 for ninth place...

McCOOK, Neb. — How you treat others matters, something Sen. George W. Norris learned early on. And Sen. Norris was a living example of how to do that, said Ben Nelson, former U.S. senator, Nebraska governor and the keynote speaker at the George W. Norris Prayer Breakfast at McCook Christian Church this morning...

TRENTON, Neb. — On Thursday, Hitchcock County sheriff's officers arrested a man wanted on a bench warrant out of Wyoming, and, as precautions during the search for him in Trenton, the high school in Trenton went into a lock-down situation and officers provided security at Trenton and Culbertson schools...

McCOOK, Neb. — As his son Chris joins him in the family business, Pat Farrell of McCook admits borrowing words spoken by his father Warren when Pat joined him at Farrell's Pharmacy, "I'm flattered." As Chris hangs his new pharmacist's license on the wall of the pharmacy that he now shares with his father, Pat says, softly, "Now I know what Dad meant."...

Two or three times a year, I make a trip south, always for dual purposes. The main reason is to go see my boys who are living in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Michael teaches a 5th grade history class at Waymon Tisdale performing arts elementary school in Tulsa and Will is job searching after retiring from Bank of American after 10 years. ...

The annual Heritage Days parade usually includes a few political candidates during an election year, and that’s a good thing. There’s nothing like shaking hands with a political hopeful, looking them in the eye and chatting about an issue that’s important to you...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have arrested three people following two separate pursuits Thursday evening. Thursday evening, NSP and the United States Marshals Service were attempting to locate a subject with multiple outstanding warrants in Platte County. At approximately 7:40 p.m., a trooper observed a vehicle associated with the subject while patrolling in Columbus...