Stories from Monday, March 6, 2023

The Otero Junior College men put on an offensive show Saturday in the Region IX play-in game to beat McCook Community College 104-77. The loss in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center ends the season for MCC as Otero moves on in the tournament. "This was just a really tough one for us," said MCC Coach Jacob Brandl. "It stinks that the last game of the year we probably played our worst game of the year both offensively and defensively."...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sam Griesel scored 16 points, C.J. Wilcher broke a tie with five key points late in the game, and hot-shooting Nebraska defeated Iowa 81-77 on Sunday to close out the Big Ten regular season. Wilcher scored on the fast break then added a 3-pointer for an 80-75 Nebraska lead with 2:33 remaining. ...

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. – The Northeastern Junior College softball team edged McCook Community College Sunday night 4-3 to open the Region IX schedule for both teams. The Plainswomen broke a 3-3 tie with the decisive run in the sixth inning. “It was a pretty good game on both ends,” said MCC Coach Mike Mendenhall. “Our pitchers threw good enough to win.”...

RINIDAD, Colo. – The McCook Community College baseball team split a pair of games on the road at Trinidad State Sunday. The Trojans won the first game 5-2 and MCC came back to take the second game 15-5 in five innings. In Game 1, Trinidad scored a pair of runs in the first and second innings and Trojan pitching held MCC to five hits. ...

RINIDAD, Colo. – The McCook Community College baseball team split a pair of games on the road at Trinidad State Sunday. The Trojans won the first game 5-2 and MCC came back to take the second game 15-5 in five innings. In Game 1, Trinidad scored a pair of runs in the first and second innings and Trojan pitching held MCC to five hits. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — Red Willow County is in danger of becoming a “sanctuary county” for criminals unless it makes sheriff’s deputy salaries more competitive, one commissioner remarked during discussions with Sheriff Kevin Darling, serving his first term as sheriff and currently the only officer in his department...