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Mo. Or as opposing pitchers likely said this fall: Oh no. It’s Mo. Every McCook Bison softball player, coach and fan know...

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Former McCook High quarterback Mark Arp earned all-GPAC first team for his senior season as a running back with Concordia University in Seward this fall. Concordia went 8-2 this fall with a final 45-13 win over Midland where Arap ran for two final touchdowns in a 31-point Bulldog second half...

The Colby, Kan. Eagles won Thursday’s seventh-grade basketball games at McCook Junior High on Thursday despite swarming defensive efforts (left) from Bison Gabby Gomez (14), Alice Montes (12), Beyonca Edwards (25) and Rylynn Morgan (10) during their ‘B’ contest at McCook Junior High. Colby also captured wins over the McCook eighth graders Tuesday afternoon. Watch for more throughout this season...

McCOOK, Neb. — YMCA Women’s Competitive Volleyball Scores Thursday evening: Diggin’ on a Prayer vs. Community Hospital: Diggin’ on a Prayer wins 2-1 Volley Llamas vs. MNB Bank: Volley Llamas wins 2-0 Community Hospital vs. Volley Llamas: Community Hospital wins 2-1...

CORALVILLE, Iowa - The No. 2 Nebraska volleyball team extended its win streak to 24 matches with a 25-9, 25-16, 25-17 victory in front of 3,933 at Xtream Arena on Wednesday night. Nebraska (27-1, 17-0 B1G) had six players post at least six kills in cruising to victory with a .472 hitting percentage, its best hitting percentage in a Big Ten match since 2017...

McCOOK, Neb. — The YMCA of McCook is happy to announce that registration is now open for the Wagner Auto Group Youth Basketball League. Divisions include grades of 1st-2nd, 3rd-4th, and 5th-6th. The registration deadline is November 22nd. Practices will begin the week of December 9. Games will begin on January 4th. All games played on Saturdays...

McCOOK, Neb. — Senior libero Bailee Fawver is representing the McCook Bison on another strong all-Southwest Conference volleyball team announced this week. Fawver earned honorable mention as a libero-defensive specalist for the Bison, who improved six wins from last year’s total (16 wins from 10)...

The Class D-2 All-District 8 team was announced this week as football season winds down with state finals starting Friday night. A look at all the selections from Gazette-area high schools: FIRST TEAM Offense Running back: Carter Propp, Hitchcock County...

Latest results from league bowling at TJ’s Family Fun Center where the Men’s League have rolled into their second half of this 2024-25 season. Men’s Major Git ’Em All 23-7 The Krips 22-8 Rednecks 21-9...

Gazette scribbler R.B.E. (Really Big Eater) Headley gobbled past 500 correct college football picks with his 34-14 performance last weekend. Roundish Belly now stands — well, he prefers sitting — at 507-177 for this season after one of his highlight upset specials: 3-6 Kansas knocking off 9-0 Brigham Young in those Cougars’ backyard at Provo, Utah...

cCook Junior High wrestlers took home a trio of championships along with several more high places on Tuesday. Bison grappled with Holdrege, Cozad, Gothenburg and host Minden. A rundown of all the Bison who won matches other than forfeits: 104-110 pounds: Bryson Keller won the championship. He pinned T. Iosinobu, COZ, in 2:53. Isaac Dutton placed second. He pinned Iosinobu in :37...

Co-Ed Competitive Adult Volleyball Scores from Tuesday evening: Rambali vs. Haller: Rambali wins 2-0 T & L Contracting vs. High Street Insurance: T & L Contracting wins 2-1 Ball High vs. Bison Dental: Bison Dental wins 2-1 High Street Insurance vs. Off/On The Court: Highstreet Insurance wins 2-0...

incoln - Callin Hake scored a career-high 17 points and Jessica Petrie pitched in a career-high 14 to lead five Huskers in double figures, as No. 21 Nebraska rolled to an 85-48 women's basketball win over North Alabama on Tuesday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena...

McCOOK, Neb. — The connection seems almost perfect: a strong 34-win McCook Community College team soon adding someone who punished softballs for 34 consecutive games this fall. Plus this potential future nurse has no plans on allowing the healing of pitcher’s egos for at least two more years...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska completes its 2024 home schedule on Saturday afternoon when the Huskers play host to the Wisconsin Badgers at Memorial Stadium. The game will kick off shortly after 2:30 p.m. CT in Lincoln with BTN providing the television coverage...

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BARTLEY, Neb. — The state playoff-qualifying Southwest Roughriders and Wauneta-Palisade Broncos both earned multiple selections on this fall's D6-4 All-District football team. The district includes Six-Man defending champion Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (S-E-M), who plays this weekend for a repeat state championship Friday night at the University of Nebraska-Kearney...

The McCook Community College women’s basketball team were outscored 49-20 in the first and fourth quarters and fell Friday at home to the Concordia University Junior Varsity 65-51. “We just can’t take teams lightly,” said MCC Coach Brandon Pritchett. “We had a good win over a tough team Tuesday against Seward and then took this team lightly.”...

RIVER GROVE, Ill. – The McCook Community College men dropped their second game in the Triton College Classic losing 78-73 Saturday to Sauk Valley Community College (Dixon, Ill.). “This was another tough game that came down to the last four minutes,” said MCC Coach Dillon Hargrove. “We were able to take the lead late but couldn’t get the stops we needed to win the game.”...

LINCOLN, Neb. - The No. 2 Nebraska volleyball team picked up its 40th straight home win with a 25-12, 25-17, 25-19 sweep of Indiana in front of a crowd of 8,727 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Saturday night. Harper Murray had 10 kills, eight digs, a pair of blocks and an ace to lead the Huskers (26-1, 16-0 B1G) to their 23rd win in a row. ...

Despite a game-high 28 points from Brice Williams, Nebraska suffered its first loss of the season, falling 77-74 to Saint Mary’s in front of a sellout crowd of 3,241 at the Sanford Pentagon Sunday afternoon. Williams, whose 28 points was his highest total in his Nebraska career, hit 8-of-12 shots from the field and was a perfect 11-of-11 from the foul line, as Nebraska overcame a 14-point first-half deficit and had a chance to send the game in overtime...