Stories from Friday, February 17, 2023

OMAHA, Neb. — The Gazette did not verify this information before today's deadline, but McCook junior Makayla Pate missed tonight's 170-pound Nebraska State Wrestling semifinals due to injuries suffered Thursday evening. Pate (24-1 record) has still earned a sixth-place medal, according to Bison assistant coach Josh Jones...

OMAHA, Neb. — McCook freshman Tristan Campbell avenged earlier defeats and pinned Cozad 40-win powerhouse Dreu White to move into Class B state wrestling medal rounds Friday night. B-4 district champ Campbell suffered a Thursday quarterfinal pin at CHI Health Center, but rallied for two impressive pins Friday with neither match going 35 seconds into period two...

McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College men posted their third straight home win in Region IX play Friday with a 79-63 win over Northeastern Junior College. The game in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center was a makeup game from one that was postponed a day earlier because of adverse weather...

OMAHA, Neb. — All area Class D and C state wrestlers with one advancing into the state finals for each class. Hitchcock County senior Keegan Shuler has reached the Class D 195-pound title match while Chase County's Jaret Peterson will wrestle for a Class C 220-pound state championship...

As we approach Presidents’ day, we will very likely be bombarded with images of Abraham Lincoln and the occasional Jack Kennedy, but we can be sure that the image we see the most will be that of George Washington. You were probably told that George Washington was our first President, but the people who gave you that information also taught you that Columbus discovered America and Pluto was a planet. Well, they were arguably wrong about George Washington too...

Just to prove how easily I am distracted by historical news items, this column is not going to be about C.W. Barnes, publisher of the McCook Republican, though all the articles will be from the July 23, 1943, issue which also happened to be the issue in which T. ...

OMAHA, Neb. — Will 50-0 Kaylee Ricketts be the next to fall against McCook’s Makayla Pate at the Nebraska State Wrestling meet tonight? A packed CHI Health Center will see tonight when No. 2-rated Pate (24-1) takes on Ricketts during the 170-pound state semifinals...

Council asked to approve entryway signs, removal of ‘rocket slide’ McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook City Council will be asked to remove the “rocket slide” at Kelley Park and to accept the proposal and quote for four city entry signs, at its regular meeting Monday, 5:30 p.m. at the city council chambers at the city Municipal building...

BROWNWOOD, Texas – The McCook Community College softball team lost twice Friday to a pair of opponents. In the first game of the day Western Oklahoma State scored five times in the sixth inning to down MCC 7-3. Odessa shutout MCC in the second game 12-0...