Stories from Monday, December 18, 2023

HOBBS, N.M. – The McCook Community College women lost their third straight game Sunday, dropping the final game of the New Mexico Junior College classic to Casper College 74-39. MCC lost all three games in the weekend tournament losing on Friday to No. 5 New Mexico Junior College 82-53, then losing Saturday to South Plains College 64-37...

All the McCook Bison stat leaders obtained from their varsity games last weekend: Saturday — Holdege 47, McCook 42 BISON (4-4) — Brooklyn Gillen 17 points, Paige Bortner 9, Cali Crawford 8, Malia Hilker 6, Briley Morgan 2. Three-pointers: Gillen 2, Crawford 2, Bortner...

WEST POINT, Neb. — Nebraska State Patrol SWAT Team troopers apprehended James Hynes, 70, of Blair, after a 17-hour standoff near West Point. The arrest followed a call for assistance from the Cuming County Sheriff’s Office, reporting a person threatening self-harm in a field west of West Point. Hynes, armed with multiple firearms, had previously made threats to harm others...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Marlon Tigner, 47, of California, was sentenced on Dec. 15, 2023, in federal court in Lincoln for fraudulent use of an unauthorized access device. Acting United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced the sentencing, with Senior U.S. District Court Judge John M. ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — A scoreboard bid for the McCook events center and an ambulance simulator for McCook Community College are among items on the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting of the Mic-Plains Community College board of governors. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. in the W.W. Wood Room 200 on the north campus of North Platte Community College...

Lincoln - Junior Alexis Markowski scored a game-high 21 points and joined Nebraska's 1,000-point club as the Huskers cruised to a 76-51 victory over 2023 SWAC Champion Southern on Sunday at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Graduate guard Jaz Shelley contributed 15 points, five rebounds and five assists, while freshman Logan Nissley put up 14 points, including a game-high four three-pointers, as Nebraska improved to 9-2 on the year. ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Madisen Skinner had 16 kills and Ella Swindle became the fourth true freshman setter to lead her team to a national championship as Texas defended its NCAA Volleyball title by dominating No. 1 overall seed Nebraska 3-0 on Sunday. With Skinner, named the Most Outstanding Player with 34 kills in the Final Four, the Longhorns (28—4) ran their tournament winning streak to 12 by becoming the first team to win consecutive championship matches 3-0. ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Rienk Mast and Juwan Gary finished with double-doubles to power Nebraska to a 62-46 victory over Kansas State on Sunday. Mast sank 8 of 15 shots with three 3-pointers, scoring 19 with 12 rebounds for the Cornhuskers (9-2), who snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Wildcats (8-3) dating to when both were members of the Big 12 Conference. ...

SUPERIOR, Neb. — Nebraska State Patrol investigators, in collaboration with the Nuckolls County Sheriff’s Office and Superior Police Department, have apprehended an individual in connection with a fatal shooting late Sunday in Superior. Around 11:55 p.m. on Sunday, the Nuckolls County Sheriff’s Office sought support from the Nebraska State Patrol to respond to a reported shooting in the 1200 block of Idaho Street in Superior...

McCOOK, Neb. — All the McCook Bison and area top three placers in Thursday’s McCook JV Wrestling Open. No team scores were recorded with 14 competing at McCook High. 113: Champion — Ethan Boner, MC. He won 14-3 over I. Lopez, Lexington; pinned Lopez in 1:04...

VALENTINE, Neb. — The top 10 team scores among 13 competing and McCook Bison results from this annual Valentine Wrestling Invitational last weekend: GIRLS Teams: 1. Blue River 106, 2. O’Neill 95, 3. Chadron 70, 4. Gordon-Rushville 61, 5. Gothenburg 48.5, 6. Ord 48, 7. Ainsworth 47, 8. Valentine 38, 9. McCook 34, 9. Todd County, S.D., 34...

VALENTINE, Neb. — McCook boys wrestling coach Nick Umscheid provided these details from his team's weekend action with more to come in Tuesday's Gazette and here at mccookgazette.com: Add widget here: Paragraph #2 "We had a pretty good day at Valentine. We had several of our wrestlers place in the top six of their weight classes...