Corrected story: Bison sophomore teams fall to NP

NORTH PLATTE -- McCook's sophomore girls and boys basketball teams were edged out by North Platte Monday. The Bison boys came up short 40-35 and the girls were defeated 58-22.

Dustin Parde led the Bison with 15 points. His name was left out of the article on Thursday because the point totals were cut off on the stat sheet.

Tye Smith scored 8 points and Ethan Hardin had 5.

"We came out flat the first half," said Bison coach Monte Else. "I am proud of how the boys made a game out of it the second half."

Tara Powell posted 8 points for the Bison girls. Morgan Chitwood added in 4 and Brianna Watkins and Katie West both had 3.

"The girls played right with North Platte for the first half," said Bison girls coach Lynne Kinne. "However, in the second half North Platte increased their pressure and we did not rise to the challenge. It was a very physical game and we just didn't respond."