Stories from Monday, March 27, 2023

The Luna Community College softball team scored two first-inning runs Saturday in a 3-2 win over McCook Community College. The teams were supposed to play two games, but the second game was postponed by adverse weather. “We eliminate a few mistakes, and we win the game,” said MCC Coach Mike Mendenhall. “And we needed some more offensive production to take advantage of the opportunities we have with runners on base,” said Mendenhall...

The McCook Community College softball team split a pair of games with Luna Community College Friday at the Jaycees Sports Complex. The Roughriders won the first game 8-0 and MCC won the second game 15-0. Both games were five inning games. “It’s been a roller coaster,” said MCC Coach Mike Mendenhall. “We need to learn how to play two full games in a day rather than going through the motions like we did in the first game and then turning the jets on.”...

LAMAR, Colo. – The McCook Community College golf team found itself four shots down at the mid-point of the final round Friday at Lamar but came on strong on the second nine to nudge past Eastern Wyoming. “We got off to a slow start with a plus-five on the first nine which put us down four strokes for the tournament” said MCC Coach Tyler Loop. “On the second nine we shot four-under while Eastern Wyoming was two over.”...

For the third straight game, the McCook Community College baseball team picked up a win in their final at bat. On Saturday, sophomore Josh Maysonave (Austin, Texas) smashed an eighth-inning home run in the snow to send MCC to its 10th straight win. MCC downed Luna Community College 4-3 for what was supposed to be the first game of a doubleheader. Adverse weather postponed the second game...

Gary Eugene Howell March 11, 1942 - March 24, 2023 AURORA, Neb. — Gary Howell, age 81, of Aurora, passed away Friday, March 24, 2023, at his home. Gary Eugene Howell, the son of Leslie Robert and Clara Beulah (Keen) Howell, was born at McCook, Neb., March 11, 1942, and passed away in Aurora, on March 24, 2023, at the age of 81...

OGALLALA, Neb. — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol arrested a Missouri man following a road rage incident Saturday evening during the strong winter storm in western Nebraska. At approximately 5 p.m. MDT, as troopers were performing traffic control at the Interstate 80 interchange at Ogallala, a vehicle stopped near a trooper and reported that another driver had made a threat while traffic was slowly exiting I-80 due to the weather conditions. ...

HOLDREGE, Neb. — Team scores along with all top placers from Southwest and Dundy County-Stratton in Friday's Holdrege Track-Field Invitational at Keifer Field. GIRLS Teams: 1. Cozad 98, 2. Hastings 91, 3. Gothenburg 89, 4. Holdrege 74, 5. Lexington 51, 6. Dundy County-Stratton 40, 7. Southwest 28, 8. North Platte 26, 9. Pleasanton 9...

McCOOK, Neb. — In preparation for an April 10 bid opening, Red Willow County Commissioners heard from an organization offering insurance to most of Nebraska’s counties. Larry Pelan of the Nebraska Intergovernmental Risk Management Association told the board his organization provides insurance for 83 of Nebraska’s 93 counties...