Sports

KEARNEY, Neb. — A rundown of all the area top eight placing athletes during last weekend's UNK Indoor Track-Field Invitational: BOYS 60 meters: 1. Grayson Koller, Arapahoe, 7.28 (PR). 200: 3. Hayden Sich, Arapahoe, 25.37 (PR); 5. Ryan Werkmeister, Maywood-Hayes Center, 25.81 (PR); 1. B. Lindner, Pleasanton, 24.89...

GARDEN CITY, Kan. – The McCook Community College baseball team lost a 12-2 non-conference game Tuesday on the road against Garden City Community College. The Broncbusters scored runs in five of the six innings they batted, including a six-run third inning. MCC was held to three hits in the game and six Indian pitchers issued 13 free passes in the seven-inning game...

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Both the Cambridge boys and girls delivered 22-point victories at Saturday's season-opening Trojan Relays. Southern Valley and Hi-Line provided this first outdoor competition of 2025. The Cambridge girls scored most points overall with 64 as Southern Valley totaled 42 and Hi-Line 30...

KEARNEY, Neb. — McCook High’s boys still delivered four career bests with a limited group competing at the UNK Indoor Invitational on Friday. The Bison only featured seven competitions among this Class A-B field. However, senior returning state athletes Osney Barber and Josiah Wilkinson were clearly among those ready for spring sports...

McCOOK, Neb. — Get those giant colorfully frosted cookies ready because that big “W” off coach Matt Wiemers’ name will be all over McCook High girls’ tennis again this spring. Win, win and win and scrape more likes like dough from that last batch in the oven...

The rundown of Monday night action for McCook’s YMCA Adult Volleyball leagues. Competitive T&L Contracting 2, Koch Seed and Agronomy 0 Highstreet Insurance 2, Koch Seed and Agronomy 1 Olson Ag 2, T&L Contracting 1 Olson Ag 2, High Street Insurance 0...

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...

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.”...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

McCOOK, Neb. — Despite Wednesday’s weather, all these sure signs of spring sprinkled among McCook’s all-time track and field greats are anything but “snowflakes.” Nope, the McCook High girls return a tested-strong-and more-determined-than-ever eight state qualifiers as they start another huge quest at Friday’s UNK Indoor Invitational...

Dundy County-Stratton finished another strong drive to the state tournament with four Tigers earning all-RPAC first or second-team honors this season. Juniors Lane Bybee and Ethan Latta anchor the first team along with two Hitchcock County Falcons. The Falcons reached a district game as did Medicine Valley...

Southwest’s girls capped a 23-2 season with two RPAC first-team selections just like district finalists Dundy County-Stratton and Maywood-Hayes Center. The Alma Cardinals also put a pair on East first team en route to their Class D-1 top four finish recently. A rundown of all selections:...

The latest weekly results from TJ’s Family Fun Center where Clint Coleman and Johnathon Brougham were clearly manly men but nobody all season can top Jeremy Lytle. Men’s Major Fullmomentum 107-43 TJ’s Family Fun 105-45 W.E.C. 91.5-57.5...

McCOOK, Neb. — Latest scores from all the McCook YMCA Adult Basketball action Tuesday night where Goons continue to play like kings. Men’s League Goon Squad 54, Team Bolli 51 Tuesday Hoopoers 63, Island of Wannabes 56 Community Hospital 72, Swish Kebobs 57...

Nebraska hit 9-of-12 with runners in scoring position, as the Huskers posted a 9-6 win at Pepperdine on Tuesday afternoon at Eddy D. Field Stadium in Malibu, Calif. Nebraska (8-11) scored nine runs on 12 hits, while Pepperdine (4-15) had six runs on seven hits...

STERLING, Colo. – The Lady Indian softball team picked up their 20th win of the season Monday completing a four-game sweep over Northeastern Junior College, winning their second doubleheader in consecutive days. Monday’swins were 11-0 and 7-4. “I knew today would be a little bit tougher, but I’m extremely proud of these girls to get the sweep,” MCC coach Mike Mendenhall said. “We had a few hiccups in Game 2 but did what we needed to do to win.”...

obu Yamamoto threw five strong innings, Shohei Ohtani had two hits and scored twice, and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 on Tuesday in Major League Baseball’s season opener at the Tokyo Dome. Playing in front of their home country, Yamamoto and Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga both pitched well in the first all-Japanese starting pitching matchup on opening day in MLB history. Imanaga threw four scoreless innings, allowing no hits but walking four...

Two McCook Community College women’s basketball players have received Region IX post-season honors. Sophomore Madara Liepniece was named to the Region IX all-south team as well as being selected to the all-tournament team. Freshman Carolina Garcia Perdomo was one of five players named to the Region IX South all-defensive team...

Two members of the McCook Community College men’s basketball team have received post-season Region IX honors. Sophomore Madison Peaster was named third team all-Region IX and freshman Nate Coley received honorable mention. Peaster, the Little Rock, Ark. native who transferred this year from National Park College in Hot Springs, Ark., started 29 games for MCC and led the team in scoring at 15.7 per game along with 5.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.4 steals...