Stories from Wednesday, April 28, 2021

ATWOOD, Kan. — The Rawlins County Invitational rumbled through all its events in on a sizzling Monday where temperatures soared high above 80 degrees. It didn’t cool the intensity as Rawlins County’s Josh Popp (right) and Hitchcock’s Drew Scott lunged for the finish line in their 100-meter dash. Popp reached his career-best time of 12.35 while Scott finished in 12.36...

The McCook Bison golf team competed in the Holdrege Golf Invitational on Tuesday April 27th at Holdrege Country Club in Holdrege, NE. The McCook Bison golf team were the team champions with a team score of 340. Aurora High School was runner-up as a team with a 345. The Bison golfers competed very well today given the windy and cool conditions...

A final reminder that the Husker "insider" plans to give local Nebraska football fans an indepth look at the NU program and the 2021 Husker recruiting class and spring wrap-up during a special presentation in McCook monday evening. Sean Callahan will speak to fans at the The Coppermill Steakhouse...

The McCook Community College baseball team scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday to overcome an eight run deficit and complete an 11-10 win. Trailing 10-6 in the ninth inning with two outs, six straight hitters reached base ending when freshman Persio Quezada, (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) drew a bases-loaded walk...

KEARNEY, Neb. — McCook High's tennis girls split their duals Tuesday afternoon as they downed the Kearney Catholic Stars but lost to those Class A Kearney Bearcats. More will be included in Thursday's Gazette along with junior varsity results. The Bison begin a busy home weekend when Alliance and Scottsbluff arrive Friday afternoon to play duals. McCook meets Alliance at 2 p.m. and the dual vs. Scottsbluff is scheduled for 4 p.m...

ALMA, Neb. — McCook JV golfers earned three of the top five places in Monday's nine-hole Alma JV Invitational. Jacob Risenhoover, Matt Nichols and Jonas Somerville each shot 41 while reaching the top five. Only a 38 from champion Bailey Sides of Northern Valley, Kan.; and Minden's Jasper Birkestrand with 39 topped the Bison trio. Risenhoover took third overall, Nichols fourth and Somerville fifth...

IMPERIAL, Neb. — Sailors and Indians set the pace for a Chase County Golf Invitational where McCook's JV boys finished fourth while host Chase placed fifth on Monday. Sutherland Sailor Ty Monie won the individual title with his 86, two strokes better than Ogallala's Bronson Poppe...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Here are all top four Gazette-area placers along with team scores from Monday’s Medicine Valley Track-Field Invitational. The girls’ results were featured in Tuesday’s Gazette. BOYS Teams: 1. Cambridge 105, 2. Southwest 96, 3. Medicine Valley 83, 4. Arapahoe 80, 5. Brady 75, 6. Maywood-Hayes Center 44, 7. Wauneta-Palisade 41...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — Due to rain last night, the North Platte Community College Knights' softball games originally scheduled for 5 and 7 p.m. today against McCook Community College have been canceled. NPCC officials made the announcement this morning...

80th birthday The family of Gwen (High) Sughroue Davis, formerly of Indianola, Neb., and currently living in Kearney, Neb., is requesting a card shower for her 80th birthday on Saturday, May 1, 2021. She raised her children in Indianola and still has many friends and family in Indianola, McCook, Culbertson, and Trenton, Neb., areas. ...