Stories from Monday, April 11, 2022

LINCOLN, Neb. — One lucky player who bought a Nebraska Pick 5 ticket for the Sunday, April 10 drawing is holding a ticket worth $226,000. The Nebraska Lottery has confirmed that one ticket sold for Sunday’s Nebraska Pick 5 draw matched all five winning numbers for the $226,000 jackpot. ...

BROKEN BOW, Neb. — Team scores, top six McCook Bison placers and all personal records (PRs) on Friday: BOYS Teams: 1. McCook 124, 2. Aurora 83, Broken Bow 83, 4. Scottsbluff 70, 5. Gothenburg 43, 6. Ord 40, 7. O'Neill 33, 8. Cozad 21, 9. Holdrege 14, 10. Alliance 10, 11. Kearney Catholic 6...

The McCook Community College baseball team dropped a pair of games to Western Nebraska Sunday, 6-3, 19-15. MCC won the opening game of the series Saturday 13-8. "It's just a really disappointing day today," said MCC Coach Jon Olsen. "When you go out and get Game 1 of a three game series you put yourself in a good position to win the series. We just didn't take advantage today."...

BROKEN BOW, Neb. — Neither injuries, state FFA nor 10 other teams could stop McCook High's girls from winning their fourth team championship in four track-field meets so far this season with Broken Bow Invite victory on Friday. Watch for more details in Tuesday's McCook Gazette...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Team scores, champions and all Gazette-area top four placers at Saturday’s Don Stine Track-Field Invitational. GIRLS Teams: 1. Chase County 190, 2. Cambridge 124, 3. Maywood-Hayes Center 85, 4. McCook JV 36, 5. Southwest 35, 6. Arapahoe 25, 7. Southern Valley 16, 8. Lexington 9, 9. Wauneta-Palisade 5, 10. Ogallala 2...

After losing twice to Otero Saturday, the McCook Community College softball team responded with a pair of wins Sunday to split the Region IX series. MCC won 5-3 in the opener Sunday and took the second game 11-3. “The weekend is a perfect example of our mental approach to a game,” said MCC Coach Kevin Kaalberg. “Saturday we were not engaged and didn’t play with a sense of urgency or intensity but today we played as a team with intensity and enthusiasm.”...

OMAHA — Political scion Donald Trump Jr. is set to join Nebraska GOP gubernatorial candidate Charles Herbster on a three-city tour Wednesday of western and central Nebraska. An invitation to the campaign tour obtained by the Nebraska Examiner shows Trump Jr. will start with a 10 a.m. stop in Gering, a 2 p.m. stop in North Platte and a 6 p.m. stop in Grand Island. The campaign declined to comment Sunday...

McCOOK, Neb. — He ritage Hills Golf Course had a hole-in-one Saturday from Reece Ureste on Hole No. 5 from 160 yards. Reece used a 7 iron on the shot and his playing partners were James Leibhart, Nile Ureste, Chris Saunders, Fred Sheldon, and Levi Doris...

KEARNEY, Neb. — McCook High's varsity golf boys played at Meadowlark Hills Golf Course on Friday tin the Kearney High School Invitational. The Bison finished tied for eighth among 16 teams in the field. Senior Jonas Sommerville led the way for the Bison individually shooting an 86 and that was tied for 16th place...

Nebraska suffered a 19-1 setback in the series finale vs. Rutgers at Hawks Field on Sunday afternoon. The Huskers (12-18, 4-5 Big Ten) had one run on two hits and an error, while the Scarlet Knights (25-6, 8-1 Big Ten) totaled 19 runs on 19 hits. Dawson McCarville fell to 2-4 on the year, allowing two runs on two hits in 1.2 innings of work. ...