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Bison tennis girls blast through opening doubles tourney (High School Sports ~ 03/24/25)
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — McCook High's varsity tennis girls stormed through three divisions undefeated and lost only one match all day while winning the North Platte Doubles Invitational on Friday. More about this season-opening victory will be included in Tuesday's Gazette... -
MCC softball team stretches streak to 12 with Sunday sweep (College Sports ~ 03/24/25)
The Lady Indian softball team won its 12th straight game Sunday in a doubleheader sweep over Luna Community College. McCook Community College won 13-2 and 8-1 to complete the four-game series sweep over the Rough Riders. “We had two more quality starts from our pitchers and had some clutch hits and stellar defense,” said MCC Coach Mike Mendenhall. “We have all the tools to be a very good ball club.”... -
Indians stomp through Saturday's home contests, 24-1
(College Sports ~ 03/24/25)
The McCook Community College softball team swept a Saturday doubleheader at home from Luna Community College winning 17-1 and 7-0. The Lady Indians opened the series with their first eight hitters reaching base in Game 1 on seven hits and a walk, leading to a nine-run first inning and a 17-1 win. Sophomore pitcher Sadie Kahl (sophomore, Calgary, Alberta) struck out 10 Rough Riders in the five-inning game...
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MCC golfers reach top three at Otero tourney
(College Sports ~ 03/24/25)
LA JUNTA, Colo. – The McCook Community golf team leapfrogged past Central Wyoming Friday to finish in third place at this week’s Region IX tournament hosted by Otero College. MCC was in fourth place after Thursday’s first round to start the Region IX spring schedule, four shots back of Central Wyoming with a 307. On Friday the Indians were 15 strokes better than CWC and had a 17-shot improvement over Thursday to finish with a two-day 577...
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Indians split first pair of Region games on baseball diamond
(College Sports ~ 03/24/25)
LAS VEGAS, N.M. – The McCook Community College baseball team opened the Region IX schedule Friday with a split at Luna Community College. The Rough Riders scored six runs in the fourth inning to take the first game 7-4. “We jumped out with a nice top of the first and Leif Friedrich faced the minimum through three innings then we just imploded in the bottom of the fourth,” said MCC Coach Jon Olsen. ...
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Terps' heroic final shot sends four Big Ten teams to Sweet 16
(College Sports ~ 03/24/25)
After a red hot start to the NCAA Tournament, the Big Ten cooled off slightly over the weekend. However, the conference will still be well represented in the March Madness regionals, sending four teams to the Sweet 16. On Saturday, Purdue was the first Big Ten team to punch their ticket to the second weekend of the tournament. They did so with a wire-to-wire win over McNeese, who upset Clemson in the first round...