Stories from Saturday, February 5, 2022

AINSWORTH, Neb. — Senior Cole Cappel's 23 points led McCook High to its second win over Ainsworth in just more than a week, 67-58, at Ainsworth Saturday evening. The Bison (16-5 record) showed no signs of letdown from Friday's thrilling 73-68 triumph over Southwest Conference champion Ogallala. They took a 20-12 lead through one quarter Saturday...

The McCook Community College Men rebounded from a tough Region IX loss at home Friday to pick up an 83-76 win Saturday over Northeastern Junior College in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center. "Today was a complete polar opposite of yesterday," said MCC Coach Jacob Brandl. ...

The McCook Community College men's basketball team took a 43-41 lead in the final four minutes of the game and went cold from the field in a 57-47 loss Friday at home against Western Nebraska Community College. MCC led 41-39 with 7:32 left in the game and regained the lead 43-41 with about four minutes remaining in the game and scored just four points the rest of the game...

The sixth-ranked Western Nebraska Women's basketball team rolled to their 16th straight win, downing MCC Friday in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center, 83-57. The Lady Cougars got up 9-2 before MCC fought back to tie the game at 13-13 with 2:19 left in the first quarter and the teams tied after 10 minutes 17-17...