Stories from Monday, March 18, 2024

McCOOK, Neb. — Congratulations to McCook High junior Reid Loop for his hole in one at Heritage Hills Golf Course in McCook recently. Loop was on hole #7 (135 yards) and he used a sand wedge. Reid's a returning varsity player for the McCook Bison boys golf team which qualified for last year's Class B state tournament...

The organizing committee of the Community Hospital Pro-Am at Heritage Hills is unveiling significant revisions to the program for its much anticipated 35th annual event. In a strategic move, the event, traditionally spanning 2 1/2 days, will now be condensed into a single, action-packed day on Friday, June 7. ...

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. – The season came to an end for the McCook Community College men Thursday with a 99-72 loss to Gillette College in the semifinals of the Region IX Tournament. “This one really hurts. The final always does,” said MCC Coach Jacob Brandl. “I thought Gillette played about as well as they could have in a lot of different areas. There is a reason they were 26-4.”...

SANTIAGO, Chile — McCook native Brandon Crick carded a final 6-under 66 March10at the Astara Chile Classic at Prince of Wales Country Club in Santiago, Chile, clinching his first top-five finish of the Korn Ferry Tour season. That marks his first top-10 finish since the BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX last season where he finished T3...

KEARNEY, Neb. — All the Class D area results from Saturday’s UNK Indoor Track and Field Invitational: BOYS 60 meters: 1. Will Cacy, Arapahoe, 7.14; 4. Grayson Koller, Arapahoe, 7:35; 7. Carlos Romero, Maywood-Hayes Center, 7.61. 200 meters: 1. Will Cacy, ARAP, 24.34; 5. ...

CASPER, Wyo. – Casper College downed the McCook Community College women Thursday in quarter-final action of the Region IX Tournament. The No. 16 Thunderbirds beat MCC 82-65. This was the ninth straight win for No. 16 Casper, host of the tournament and they improve to 11-1 in their home gym, Erickson T-Bird Gymnasium...

COUNTRY FOREST, Texas – After Friday rain postponed the first of the four scheduled weekend games in Texas, the McCook Community College baseball team lost a 4-3 game Saturday to Dallas College-Richland. As rain started to fall, the Thunderducks took the game with a seventh-inning walk off. Rain claimed the second game of the doubleheader as well as Sunday games against Dallas North Lake...

For the first time in 10 years, Nebraska will be in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, as the Huskers were selected for the first time since 2014 on Sunday evening. Nebraska (23-10) is the No. 8 seed in the South Region and will play ninth-seeded Texas A&M (20-14) Friday at the FedEx Forum in Memphis. Tipoff is set for 5:50 p.m. and will be televised on TNT...

Even before the brackets came out Sunday, March Madness was a muddled mess. About the closest thing to a sure thing: UConn. The defending champion Huskies earned the top seed in the NCAA Tournament, joined by Houston,Purdue and North Carolina as No. 1 seeds in a bracket that started going haywire even before the pairings were announced Sunday evening...

LINCOLN, Neb. — In a targeted enforcement operation surrounding the St. Patrick’s Day festivities, Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) troopers have apprehended 10 impaired drivers, bolstering road safety measures across the state. The concerted effort, spanning from Saturday evening to Monday morning, witnessed the collaboration of multiple law enforcement agencies...

KEARNEY, Neb. — All the McCook Bison boys’ performances in Friday’s UNK Indoor Invitational that began the track-field season. 800 meters: 1. N. Schrock, Holdrege, 2:06.75; 2. Josiah Wilkinson, MC, 2:12.02; 7. Blake Rodewald, MC, 2:18.66. 60 meters: 1. ...

McCOOK, Neb. — McCook Community College’s Wrightstone Fine Arts gallery will be the site of four exhibitions this spring including three from art students and one from MCC’s Graphic Design and Visual Communication students. These exhibits include works from both high school and college students...