Stories from Wednesday, November 10, 2021

The McCook Community College women shook off a scrappy Cloud County Community College basketball team in the second half Tuesday night to post a 71-62 win at the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. MCC picked it up on both sides, shooting 50 percent in the second half and shutting down the T-Birds offensively to 32.4 percent in the final 20 minutes of the game...

McCOOK, Neb. — Southwest Nebraska Public Health Department has pediatric doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine now available. The US Food and Drug Administration approved the Pfizer pediatric COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in ages 5 to 11 at the end of October, and now the official guidelines and recommendations have been given by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices...

Lincoln – Nebraska rallied to erase two seven-point leads in the second half and led by four with less than a minute remaining, but Luka Barisic's three-pointer with 6.7 seconds remaining lifted Western Illinois to 75-74 win over the Huskers on Tuesday evening's season-opener at Pinnacle Bank Arena...

No. 3 Oregon, No. 4 Ohio State and No. 5 Cincinnati all moved up one spot behind No. 1 Georgia and No. 2 Alabama in the second College Football Playoff rankings, which were released Tuesday night. Two Southeastern Conference teams sat atop the ranking for a second straight week, but after Michigan State lost last weekend, at least one spot in the top four was certain to change...

McCook Community College sophomore Jordan Jerome signed a national letter of intent Tuesday to continue her volleyball career next year at Augusta University in Georgia, an NCAA division II program. The 5-10 outside hitter from Rawlins Wyoming, heads to Georgia, one week after her younger sister Jessie signed a letter of intent to come to McCook next season as a setter...

Here are the results through two weeks for our Adult Volleyball Leagues. Adult Volleyball Results – Fall 2021 Co-Ed Week 1 – October 26th A-League Nick’s Distribution defeats Wolf Pack in two sets, 25-19, 25-20 Wolf Pack defeats Bumpin’ Uglies in two sets, 26-24, 25-17...

CURTIS, Neb. - The second Aggie Discovery Day of autumn is Monday, Nov. 15 at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture. “Prospective college students and their parents or friends who attend Discovery Day can learn a lot about the college, people and programs in just a few hours at our campus,” says Braden Johnson...