Mid-Plains Community College head rodeo coach Garrett Nokes sustained a head injury from a horse after returning to his home after rodeo practice on the evening of January 28. Nokes was taken to the McCook Community Hospital and then life flighted to Kearney where he underwent surgery to treat his head injury. Garrett is continuing [.]
Nebraska rodeo coach has surgery after injury from horse
February 5, 2021 GMT
McCOOK, Neb. (AP) The head rodeo coach of Mid-Plains Community College in southwestern Nebraska is recovering after undergoing emergency surgery to treat a head injury he received from a horse last week, school officials said.
Coach Garrett Nokes sustained the injury after returning to his home in McCook after rodeo practice the evening of Jan. 28, according to a news release issued Friday by Mid-Plains. Nokes was taken to McCook Community Hospital, then flown to Kearney, where he underwent surgery.
Nokes remained in Kearney on Friday after being moved to acute rehab unit there a day earlier, the school said.