Stories from Wednesday, February 17, 2021

The action was intense Wednesday night with McCook sophomore Shawna Wilkinson (above) keeping this ball in play for McCook during their B-7 subdistrict semifinal vs. Holdrege at Hastings High School. Junior Peyton Doucet slithered through the Duster pressure (below) while wearing sort of a snakey hairdo and senior Tiara Matson (bottom photo) went all-out to make this steal. ...

OMAHA, Neb. — A quick look at who the five McCook Bison state wrestling qualifiers will face in first-round matches Friday morning at Omaha's CHI Health Center 120 pounds Senior Talyn Campbell (34-9) vs. sophomore Braiden Kort, Hastings Adams Central (41-3)...

Garrett Wade Nokes November 17, 1975 – February 14, 2021 McCOOK, Neb. - Garrett Wade Nokes, 45, of McCook, Nebraska died February 14, 2021 after a horse accident. Garrett was born on November 21, 1975 in McCook to Ray and Brenda (Bolen) Nokes. His life began with a tractor ride halfway to town in a blizzard to get to the hospital. ...

Warren Eldred “Wuzzy” Harper November 28, 1940 – February 6, 2021 HOLBROOK, Neb. - Warren Eldred “Wuzzy” Harper, age 80, passed away at his home in Holbrook, Neb. on Saturday, February 6, 2021. Wuzzy was born November 28, 1940 in Clay Center, Kan., son of Charles Eldred “Ike” Harper and Nellie Harper...

This weekend’s McCook Community College home volleyball schedule, which was to have included a pair of ranked Region IX South opponents and a Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference match, has changed according to MCC Volleyball Coach Hayley Kobza. The Lady Indians (7-3) were scheduled to play a home match Friday and two on Saturday but a scheduling conflict leaves MCC with single matches Friday afternoon and Saturday night. The Saturday night match with NCCAC opponent Central Community College (5-7) has been postponed because of a scheduling conflict so the Saturday afternoon match with No. 15 Northeastern Junior College (11-6) was pushed back to 6 p.m. The match with Central CC was reset for March 20 at 2 p.m. MCC will open the weekend Friday against No. 9 Western Nebraska (12-4) at 4 p.m. It will be the first time since Oct. 19, 2019 (487 days) that fans will allowed to watch the Lady Indians at home. The National Junior College Athletic Association pushed back fall sports in 2020 and while MCC hosted a two-day, 17-team tournament earlier this month, fans were not allowed to attend because of the large number athletes in attendance. Fans will be required to wear masks at this weekend’s matches. After the MCC/Western Nebraska match, the Cougars will play North Platte (5-8) at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center at 7 p.m. If you can’t attend Friday’s game, you can watch in live through Tribe Watch in the Fan Zone section of the official website of McCook Community College Indian Athletics at: https://boxcast.tv/view/mccook-volleyball-vs-western-nebraska-cc-408705 Saturday’s game is also on Tribe Watch as well as on 102.1 MZMC True Country. https://streamdb9web.securenetsystems.net/cirrusencore/KZMC Two of MCC’s three losses this season came to teams ranked in the top 25 nationally including No. 3 Utah State Eastern (14-2) and Barton County Community College (10-2) which was one of four teams receiving votes this week outside the top 20 rankings. The other loss came to Colby Community College (5-2). MCC’s wins include an early-season 3-2 win over No. 18 Eastern Wyoming (10-6).

Gerald Allan Cole May 18, 1934 - Feb. 1, 2021 NORTH PLATTE,Neb. — Gerald Allan Cole, 86, formerly of Curtis, Neb., died Feb. 1, 2021, at Great Plains Health in North Platte. Gerald was born May 18, 1934, in Curtis, Neb., to Everett and Martha (Clawson) Cole. ...

Carbon proposal interesting, internet speed a definite need We had a morning of floor debate on Tuesday this week, but we will not engage regularly in debate until Tuesday, March 2.  We are doing our best to get through as many bills in committee as possible.  The second week of March we will have morning floor debate followed by afternoon committee hearings and executive sessions as needed. ...

MAYWOOD, Neb. — The Maywood-Hayes Center and Wauneta-Palisade girls will meet again following two decisive D2-9 subdistrict semifinal wins Tuesday evening. No. 1 M-HC (22-2 record) trounced Wallace, 48-23, while No. 2 W-P scored a 57-46 victory over No. 3 Medicine Valley in the Wolves' home gymnasium...