Stories from Thursday, February 13, 2020

McCOOK, Neb. — They’re just close enough to really not like each other sometimes. Well, maybe Scottsbluff and Gering girls get along fine now — or not — but these two neighboring teams were once seen scuffling in a hallway to their locker rooms following an emotional game many years ago...

Gregg A. Lawless Aug. 5, 1960 - Feb. 2, 2020 OSBORNE, Kan. — Gregg A. Lawless, 59, of Osborne, died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, at Osborne County Memorial Hospital in Osborne. Gregg was born in McCook, Neb., on Aug. 5, 1960, the son of Martha K. (Stevenson) and William J. Lawless...

Daniel W. Bahl March 11,1944 - Feb. 11, 2020 WICHITA, Kan. — Daniel W. Bahl, of Indianola, Neb., died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, at Via Christi Village in Wichita, Kan. Dan was born March 11,1944, one of six boys born to William and Geraldine Bahl. Dan grew up in the McCook, Neb., area. ...

Southern Valley’s boys scored their 15th win this season by 15 points, 53-38 over visiting Gibbon Tuesday evening. The Eagles (15-4 record) featured junior Carter Bose’s 17 points, 12 from senior Jaden Quinn, senior Draden Best with 11 and senior Jaden Quinn’s 10 points...

BIG SPRINGS, Neb. — Maywood-Hayes Center’s girls shut down 15-win South Platte, 42-28, with a defense that allowed only 10 two-point baskets through this contest Tuesday evening. The 15-2 Blue Knights were no match against 19-3 M-HC, especially since junior Jaycee Widener blocked as many shots (three) as she missed while hitting six of her nine field-goal tries...

Latest results from TJ’s Family Fun Center in McCook where Burton Well Drilling and J&L Construction remain a strong 1-2 combo at the top of league standings: Men’s Major Burton Well Drilling 155-55 J&L Construction 131-76 Maris Gen. Const. 121.5-88.5...

Lorri sughroue Associate Editor McCOOK, Neb. — Unless the calendar is changed, McCook High School graduation won’t be on Mother’s Day next year. The McCook School Board got its first look at the preliminary school calendar for next year Monday night...

GARDEN CITY, Kan. – The McCook Community College baseball team smacked out 13 hits Wednesday and six Indian pitchers teamed up to help the Indians to a 9-4 win over Garden City. “It was a really nice team win, we threw six different guys and all of them were good,” said MCC Coach Jon Olsen. “We defended the field well, and had a good mix, up and down the lineup.”...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. -- The Nebraska Department of Natural Resources and the four Republican River Basin Natural Resources Districts (Upper Republican, Middle Republican, Lower Republican, and Tri-Basin) are holding the first Republican Basin-Wide Plan Annual Meeting at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Cambridge Community Building, 722 Patterson St. in Cambridge...

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — The quality should be enough to challenge many B-4 district opponents even if McCook High’s wrestlers won’t have a lot of quantity this weekend. Coach Nick Umscheid confirmed the Bison will take seven wrestlers into this two-day, state-qualifying tournament at Cougar Palace on Western Nebraska Community College’s campus...

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. —All seven McCook High wrestlers placed first, second or third during the 10-team Grand Island Northwest JV Invite on Monday. Matt Herron joined Southwest Conference champion Adrian Manzanares as first-place finishers again at Northwest...

McCOOK, Neb. — Gering’s Bulldogs have won seven of their last 10 games as they enter tonight’s contest against the McCook High boys. Gering (9-12) also played a 72-71 thriller with the Bison during last month’s GNAC tournament with McCook prevailing...

CURTIS, Neb. — Southwest Nebraska native Chuck Schroeder will be an “artist in residence” at NCTA for three days next week. The former rancher from Palisade is hanging a fine art exhibition, “Elders: Character Over Time,” at the Education Center on Monday. The show opens with an artist’s reception at 5:30 p.m. The public is invited...

PHOENIX – The dominant season for the fourth-ranked Ottawa (Ariz.) University men’s golf team continued this week as the Spirit ran away with their sixth win in record fashion at the ACU Spring Invitational held on Monday and Tuesday at the Moon Valley Country Club...

McCOOK, Neb. — Sentencings in Red Willow County District Court on Feb. 3 included: — Bridget M. Matson, 34 of McCook, in CR 19-85, entered a plea of guilty/no contest to Count II, allowing a committed offender to have unauthorized communication/unlawful acts by a corrections employee, a Class IV felony, sentenced to 18 months probation. ...

Gov. Pete Ricketts hit a nerve when he picked up President Trump’s use of the word “government” to describe public schools. In his general endorsement of a school aid reform bill in the Legislature, Ricketts adopted the description Trump used in his State of the Union speech, decrying “failing government schools.”...