Stories from Monday, April 3, 2023

The McCook Community College baseball team swept two more Empire League games Sunday and extended the winning streak to 16 games. MCC opened the day with a 6-4 win then closed out the sweep with a 13-5 win in Game 2. Sophomore Ethan Murdoch (Swift Current, Saskatchewan) went five-for-eight on the day with seven RBIs in Game 2 including a grand slam...

DALLAS (AP) — Kim Mulkey returned home to Louisiana wanting to bring LSU its first basketball championship. The Hall of Fame coach did just that in only her second year at the school. Her Tigers used a record offensive performance to beat Caitlin Clark and Iowa 102-85 on Sunday and win the first basketball title, men’s or women’s, in school history...

SUTHERLAND, Neb. — Team scores and all top six placers from the Sutherland Booster Club Track-Field Invitational on Saturday. GIRLS Teams: 1. Wallace 121, 2. Hershey 90, 3. Maywood-Hayes Center 77, 4. Hitchcock County 47, 5. Wauneta-Palisade 45, 6. South Platte 42, 7. Paxton 38, 7. Sutherland 38, 9. Creek Valley 18, 10. Sandhills Valley 11...

SUTHERLAND, Neb. — Team scores and all area top six placers at Saturday's Sutherland Boosters Club Track-Field Invitational. Teams: 1. Hershey 112, 2. Hitchcock County 110, 3. Sandhills Valley 88, 4. Paxton 64, 5. Wallace 52, 6. Sutherland 45, 7. Wauneta-Palisade 33, 8. Maywood-Hayes Center 20, 9. South Platte 1, 9. Creek Valley 1...

BRUCE CROSBY Editor McCOOK, Neb. — Red Willow County Commissioners know that winter has been tough on roads, but they want proof the product they’re buying is up to snuff. And because gravel is in short supply, the county finds itself in competition with itself — i.e., county roads vs. the fairgrounds...