Stories from Monday, February 17, 2025

OMAHA, Neb. — A rundown of Nebraska State Wrestling opening matches featuring area wrestlers on Thursday. Class B McCook 106 pounds: John White (37-6) vs. O. Sledge, Elkhorn North (24-14); 120: Tyce Hammerlun (19-8) vs. D. Lovejoy, Central City (37-15); 144: Tristan Campbell (44-2) vs. G. Gardner, Ralston (29-10); 190: Gabe Roberts (33-10) vs. E. Hall, Norris (39-7); 285: Spencer Steinbeck (20-4) vs. M. Ziska, Wayne (23-16)...

McCOOK, Neb. — This information was just provided from McCook High coach Joe Vetrovsky: The McCook Bison Football program is proud to announce that seniors Quentin Terry and Davien Hanson have been selected to play in the 67th Nebraska Shrine Bowl Game. This game will be played on Saturday June 7 ...

Class B McCook state qualifiers 106 pounds — Freshman John White (37-6 record) – district champion 120 — Sophomore Tyce Hammerlun (19-8) – placed third at district 144 — Junior Tristan Campbell (44-2) – placed second at district 190 — Junior Gabe Roberts (33-10) – placed second at district...

HASTINGS - While there was hesitation to battle the snowy and icy roads on Saturday morning, the McCook High School swimmers and divers made the trek to Hastings worth their effort. “We questioned driving to the Hastings meet, but it was a very successful meet for the Bison,” Graff said, adding “A huge shout-out to Cassie Spencer for driving us up there and back safely.”...

CELINA, Texas – Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa improved to 11-0 on the season with a 6-1 win Saturday over McCook Community College. MCC’s game with Garden City was cancelled because of a scheduling issue with the umpires. “We played a lot better today against them than yesterday,” said MCC Coach Jon Olsen. “I thought we competed – and they have a nice club, but we just didn’t really get anything going offensively.”...

LAMAR, Colo.– The second-place McCook Community College women improved to 6-1 in Region IX play with a 69-57 win on the road Friday at third-place Lamar Community College. MCC remains a half-game out of first-place Western Nebraska (6-1), just a week ahead of their rematch in Scottsbluff, won by the Cougars 67-50 in McCook on Jan. 28...

OMAHA, Neb. — The Nebraska State Patrol is heartbroken to announce that a Nebraska State Trooper has been killed in the line of duty today. A motor vehicle crash occurred while the trooper and others were responding to another crash on Interstate 80 between Ashland and Greenwood. The name of the trooper will be released when appropriate...

Top performers from the McCook Bison two games last weekend, putting their record at 15-7 entering Thursday night's home finale against C-1 top five Cozad: Friday McCook 62, Gering 55 BISON (15-6) — Tripp Raile 17 points, Trey Tiller 15, Miles Pollmann 12, Andrew Pochop 6, Jonathan Patel 5, Koopoer Rakes 4, Brody Graham 2, Bryson Gullion 1. Three-pointers: Tiller 3, Raile 2...

LINCOLN, Neb. — The McCook High girls will need another great recovery as two Panhandle losses last weekend have dropped them to No. 17 among Class B power points. McCook (14-9 record) was 12th overall entering Friday's contest at Gering. Of course, all subdistrict champs advance to district finals which take place next week. The Bison are set to play at Grand Island Northwest on Monday and finals Tuesday evening...