Stories from Thursday, December 29, 2022

McCOOK, Neb. — The Heritage Hills Board of Directors announce the hiring of Justin West as the new golf professional at Heritage Hills Golf Course. Justin arrives from Colorado Springs, Colo. He started in the golf industry in 2015 at Oak Hills Country Club in Omaha...

As any adult can attest, the days may go slow but the years go fast. We blink and the kids are grown and we have wrinkles that weren’t there yesterday. We may not notice the day-to-day changes, but things change over the long term. But the same can be said about years versus decades. Not much may seem to happen in a year but look back on the past decade and you can see all the change - in yourself and in your community...

Paul E. Trenchard March 5, 1926 - Dec. 24, 2022 OXFORD, Neb. — A funeral service for Paul E. Trenchard will be on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Oxford, Neb., with Pastor Brian Jenkins officiating. Interment will follow at the Oxford Cemetery with military honors provided by the Oxford American Legion in conjunction with the Army National Guard Funeral Honors Team.The service will be recorded and posted to the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Homes Facebook page. ...

RIVERTON, Wyo. — Local baseball phenom Nathan Hutchison signed his letter of intent to play for McCook Community College on Tuesday night surrounded by friends, family and teammates alike at the Neighborhood Alliance Church. Hutchison, who also plays for the Riverton Wolverines basketball and football teams, has been playing baseball since he was six years old and has played for multiple Fall Ball teams as well as the American Legion team in Riverton, the Raiders...

Lincoln - Nebraska's Jaz Shelley scored a game-high 21 points, but the Huskers could not overcome an ice-cold first quarter in a 76-59 loss to No. 14 Michigan in front of 8,150 women's basketball fans at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Wednesday night. Michigan opened the game with a 9-0 run and pushed the margin to 15 points late in the first quarter. ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Arkansas coach Sam Pittman admitted he was exhausted after more than four hours of football. Who could blame him after the Razorbacks and Kansas combined for 108 points? KJ Jefferson passed to Rashod Dubinion for a 2-point conversion in the third overtime and Arkansas held off a furious second-half rally by Kansas for a 55-53 win in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Wednesday night...

The area’s best high school basketball varsity team records as action resumes in some holiday tournaments today. Maywood-Hayes Center boys are 8-0 with two tourney titles already and only one game closer than 19 points. May-Hay girls are also 8-0 with a defense allowing less than 27 points a contest. Their average winning margin has been nearly 35 points...