Stories from Thursday, July 23, 2020

HAYS, Kan. – Play her deep! Move in shallow! Throw your gloves up and maybe one comes down with a ball nestled in the pocket! Nothing worked once bats carrying a crazy contagion swept through the McCook Rebels Black Sunday afternoon. Insanity never looked or felt so good...

Lucille M. McBride Sept. 25, 1920 - July 20, 2020 WAUNETA, Neb. — Lucille Maurine McBride was born Sept. 25, 1920, to Merle (Williams) Porter and Ed Porter, north of Wauneta on what would be remembered as the Wesley Wheeler farm. At the age of three, she, her parents and sister, Lois (eight years older), moved to a farm in the Eden Precinct of Hitchcock County, southwest of Wauneta and resided there for all of her childhood and most of her adulthood. ...

Donald “Stu” Stuczynski Oct. 20, 1957 - July 21, 2020 HERNDON, Kan. — Donald “Stu” Stuczynski, 62, of Herndon, was born Oct. 20, 1957, on his mother’s birthday, in Omaha, Neb. He passed away at home, peacefully, and surrounded by loved ones, on July 21, 2020...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Quintin and Nathan sounded like a knockout combination for Herrmann Jones early on Sunday against familiar foe North Platte. Quintin Terry’s leadoff double brilliantly led to Nathan Haddix singling home two huge runs and a 3-0 H.J. lead...

HASTINGS, Neb. — The Hastings Juniors ended McCook First Central Bank’s five-game win streak with 13-3 and 14-5 Legion baseball victories Tuesday night. “They (Hastings) are a solid team, probably the best team we’ve played all year,” coach Kaden Sitzman remarked as the FCB Juniors took their first defeats in seven games...

SHELTON, Neb. — Imperial’s first chance was really its best throughout a 1-0 Mid-Nebraska League finals loss to Shelton-Gibbon Wednesday night. Tysen Lempke took a healthy walk leading off that first inning. His Junior Legion teammates soon put Lempke in faster motion as a pair of ground-ball outs moved him into third base...

McCOOK, Neb. — Paul Goodenberger hit a hole-in-one on No. 16 while playing in the Heritage Hills Men’s League Wednesday evening. Goodenberger used an eight-iron to make the memorable 150-yard tee shot. Bob Burns, Dave Mestl and Tim Honn witnessed the classic goal of every golfer...

McCOOK, Neb. — The Heritage Hills Ladies played “Sandy Beaches” for their weekly golf gathering Tuesday night. Low scores A team — Tracey Sis and Hailey Koetter shot 34. B team — Rhea Hernandez and Jyssica Forch shot 40. Flag prize winners Longest putt on Hole No. 1: Judy Haney...

The McCook Community College summer high school all-star volleyball game is for Sunday at 4 p.m. but public access will be restricted to “four invited” fans per player and coach. The game will be livestreamed through the MCC Volleyball Facebook page...

INDIANOLA, Neb. — Another race on the Republican River Fitness Series calendar is being called off because of the pandemic. The Indianola Old Settler’s Adventure Run scheduled for Aug. 8 has been canceled. Race organizers were hoping the Adventure Run would be the first race of season after all others have been canceled, postponed or ran virtually...

McCOOK, Neb. -- As Mid-Plains Community College campuses prepare for the return of students this fall, the board of governors is making sure facilities will be there to serve them over the long term. A number of current and future building projects were among the items on the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting at the McCook Community College student union...

McCOOK, Neb. -- McCook Community 4 Kids, in partnership with First Five Nebraska, has launched My Nebraska Story, a new campaign to engage business leaders, economic development officials and others in strengthening the availability of quality child care in their communities. ...

With my mother-in-law, Dolores Graff, celebrating her 88th birthday on Friday, my family will wrap up a month chock full of birthdays, including mine a few weeks ago. If birthdays do nothing else, they give you a chance to reflect on the past year and evaluate what you have accomplished and what has happened in your life. Sometimes it is a good reflection; other times you may be left wanting to just forget...

Most of us are willing to go with the flow if things are going well, sitting up and paying attention only when confronted with adversity. President Trump and other political candidates have drawn votes by promising to root out corruption, but it takes motivation and determination to actually do that job...