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Sidney's Red Raider Track & Field teams continued their strong performances over the past week, with excellent results in the Dutch Zorn Invite at Gothenburg High School on Thursday, April 11 and at the Alliance Invite on Saturday, April 13. The Lady Raiders dominated the competition at the Dutch Zorn Invite, scoring 117 points, far ahead of second place McCook with 85 points and third place Kearney Catholic with 84 points. The Red Raider boy's squad placed third at the Dutch Zorn, with 63.5 poi...
CHAPPELL--Creek Valley High School hosted its annual Twilight Track & Field Meet on Tuesday, April 9, and although a few less teams participated, the meet ran smoothly and did not continue after 9 p.m. as it has in previous years. Creek Valley and Potter-Dix were the schools in our area that competed, and for the boys' teams the Storm placed ninth out of ten teams with seven points and the Potter-Dix Coyotes placed seventh with 52.5 points scored. For the girls, the Lady Storm tied for fourth...
SIDNEY--The start of the annual Sidney Invitational Boys Golf Tournament at Hillside Golf Course on Thursday, April 4, was delayed about an hour as the assembled golfers waited for the temperature to warm up and burn off a layer of frost on the course. At 10 a.m. the competition started, and a good day conditions-wise resulted. The Scottsbluff Varsity team was in great form, with four of their golfers placing in the top 10 at the end of the day. Second place Gering had three golfers in the top...
MITCHELL--Sidney's Red Raider Track & Field teams traveled to Mitchell on April 4 to compete at the Mitchell Invitational. Despite chilly early conditions, both the Lady Raiders and Red Raider teams had no problem outpacing their rivals, racking up 120 points on the boys side, and 153 points for the girls. For the boys, Gering and Ogallala finished second an third, with 93 and 65 points respectively. For the girls, Gering and Chadron finished second and third, with 83 points and 51 points...
CHADRON--On March 24, boy's basketball teams from Sidney 8th, 6th and 4th grades and the Sidney 6th grade girls basketball team traveled to Chadron for the Chadron State Hoop Shoot Tournament. The teams started back in February, have put in a lot of practice and have traveled to compete in locations like Pine Bluffs, WY, and Kearney, NE. All of the teams came home as winners as they were able to out-play and out-hustle teams from all around the region. The teams and their parents thank the...
A Sidney basketball banner year for both the boys and girls teams has earned Lincoln Journal-Star All-State honors for a group of Sidney athletes. Senior Karsyn Leeling was named to the C-1 All-State First Team and Payton Schrotberger, Kayla Westby, Chloe Ahrens and Katie Ramsey were named as Honorable Mentions. For the boys team, Isak Doty, Alek Doty, Keian Kaiser and Landon Riddle were named as C-1 Honorable Mentions....
BAYARD--On Thursday, March 28, the Leyton Warrior and Potter-Dix Coyote Track & Field teams traveled to Bayard for the annual Bayard C-D Invitational track meet. The weather was just about perfect for competition, with warm, sunny skies and very little breeze. All of the top C and D teams from western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming competed, and the Coyotes and Warriors had a few outstanding performances during the day. The Warriors boys' team ended up in twelfth place and the girls' squad...
OGALLALA--Sidney's Red Raider Track & Field teams traveled to Ogallala High School on Thursday, March 28, to compete at the annual Ed Moore Invitational. The Lady Raiders were the class of the meet, taking top honors with 125.5 points. Chase County placed second and Gothenburg earned third place honors. The boys' team did not fare as well, scoring 73.5 points and placing fourth behind third-place Cozad, second-place Gothenburg and first-place Chase County. For the girls, outstanding...
SIDNEY--Although a bit on the chilly side, Friday March 22 turned out to be a perfect day for Sidney's Karsyn Leeling, as she began her senior track and field season on a mission to break the Nebraska Girl's High Jump record. Little did she know that she would accomplish that feat in the first meet of the season, on her home track at Sidney High School. It was a foregone conclusion that Leeling would be take the gold medal home on this day, as her closest competitor, junior Jessica Hoffman from...
Hot off the heels of an uber-successful Together We Dance competition in Grand Island, Just For Kix brought Vegas razzle-dazzle to the Sidney Middle School gymnasium Sunday, March 24 for their Spring recital. With ten 1st place, four 2nd place, two 3rd place and ALL teams with either a platinum or high gold ranking, JFK Sidney rocked the TWD house March 16. Working with JFK for the past 20 years, Donna Brown Fort has accomplished a lasting impact in Sidney. With 16 years under her belt in...
KEARNEY--After a disappointing loss to Bridgeport in the C1-12 Subdistrict championship game on Friday, February 16, Sidney's Lady Raider basketball team needed to re-group and re-focus themselves for their next challenge, the C1-2 District Final match-up against Platteview on Friday, February 23 at Kearney Catholic High School in Kearney. Although the Lady Raiders came into the matchup with an impressive 23-and-1 record versus the Platteview Lady Trojans' middling 13-and-10 record, the Sidney...
GOTHENBURG--On Saturday, February 24, the Red Raider boys basketball team traveled to Gothenburg for a neutral-site C1-4 District Final match-up against Malcolm. The Clippers came into the game with an 18-and-7 record and were the number 13 seed. Sidney came into the game with a 21-and-2 record and were seeded number 4. After building a halftime lead, the Red Raiders let their chance for a State Tournament bid slip away as Malcolm came roaring back to upset the Red Raiders. The game opened with...
DALTON-- On Friday, February 23, the Leyton Lady Warriors hosted the Paxton Tigers girls basketball team for the D2-6 District Final games, and a chance to return to the NSAA State Tournament. Leyton came into the matchup with a strong 21-and-3 record, seeded number 6. The Paxton girls had a 16-and-9 record, and were seeded number 11, and had lost to Leyton back on January 4 by 13 points. The stage was set for the Lady Warriors to punch their ticket for another State Tournament appearance, and...
MAYWOOD--After a middling 11-and-11 performance during the regular season, the Potter-Dix Coyote boys basketball team had a tall task ahead of them, as they had to travel as the number 15 seed to match up with number 2 seed Maywood-Hayes Center in the D2-2 District Final. Even prior to the consolidation of the Maywood and Hayes Center School districts, both teams were perennial State Tournament participants, and this season sailed to a 21-and-3 record. The Coyotes would have to play their very...
STERLING, COLO.--Peetz's Bulldog boys basketball team avenged a loss to Briggsdale, on February 2, to win their second straight 1A District 4 Tournament Saturday afternoon at NJC in Sterling, Colo. The game started as a close battle as both teams fought for points in the early going, with Peetz earning a slight 15-to-14 edge at the end of the first period. The Bulldogs then turned it on, putting up 20 points in the second quarter while holding the Falcons to just 13 to take a 35-to-27 lead at th...
SIDNEY--Sidney High School has announced that SHS alum Jachob Wiedeburg will be coming back to Sidney as an Assistant Coach for the Sidney High School Cross Country team starting in the Fall of 2024. A standout runner that graduated from SHS in 2015, Wiedeburg went on to run cross country and track for the University of Nebraska at Kearney for five years. After his time at UNK, Wiedeburg ran three marathons, and qualified for the Boston marathon three times. For the last four years, Wiedeburg...
SIDNEY--It was a much anticipated showdown Friday night between two undefeated powerhouse C1 teams as the Sidney Lady Raiders hosted the Bridgeport Lady Bulldogs in Sidney. A large crowd had to wait in line outside of Sidney High School until 5 p.m. to ensure there would be enough seating for the anticipated maximum-capacity crowd, but no one in line seemed to mind as they were going to see the area's two best girls basketball teams face-off for the C1-12 Subdistrict Championship. Sidney entered... Full story
DALTON--On Thursday, February 15, Leyton's Lady Warrior Basketball team faced the Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes for the third time this season, but this matchup was for the D2-11 Subdistrict title. Although the stakes were high, the outcome was no different than in the previous two meetings, with Leyton having no trouble breezing past the Potter-Dix squad and taking the D2-11 title in a 62-to-17 victory. Leyton junior Zaili Benish had another terrific game, connecting on four three-point shots on her... Full story
SIDNEY--Sidney's Red Raider Basketball teams hosted the Chadron Cardinal teams in their final home regular-season games of the year on Friday, February 9. It was Senior Night for Cheer and Danz, and Fine Arts and in honor of Cancer Awareness Night, the dress theme was "Pink Out". The stands were packed and energized, awaiting two great match ups with the Western Conference's best teams. The Lady Raiders started the action for the night with the Lady Cardinals, and after Chadron jumped out to an... Full story
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MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph Sidney's Red Raider Basketball teams chalked up two wins over the past weekend, with the Lady Raiders gutting out a win against Gering and then breezing past Scottsbluff, and the Red Raiders winning two close games, the second avenging last week's loss in the finals of the Western Conference Tournament. On Friday, the teams traveled to Gering for matchups with the Bulldog teams. The Lady Raiders started the action and had to lean hard on their defense to get the... Full story
Potter-- On Friday night, February 2, the Lady Coyotes of Potter-Dix had a big win over the visiting Garden County Lady Eagles, while the Potter-Dix boys were unable to get the win against their Garden County counterparts. The girl's game started as a tight defensive match, with each team's defense disrupting the flow of the other's offense. The teams battled but Garden County took a three-point 9-to-6 lead at the end of the first quarter. The second period had the Lady Coyotes break out, puttin... Full story
SCOTTSBLUFF--The Cougar Palace at WNCC in Scottsbluff was the setting on Saturday for the finals matchups that had both the Sidney teams face off against rival Scottsbluff for championship honors in the Western Conference Tournament. Both teams breezed past their earlier round opponents, but in the finals games, there were two very different results. The Lady Raiders had no trouble getting past first round opponent Mitchell at Gering on January 25 by a score of 80-to-14. The Sidney girls... Full story
It was a tough week for the Potter-Dix Coyote Basketball teams, as they made a long trip out to New Raymer, Colo., on Tuesday, January 23 and came up empty, then hosted Crawford Saturday afternoon only to come out on the wrong side of the ledger each time. Tuesday's match up had the teams travel to New Raymer to take on the Prairie Mustang teams. The third-ranked 1A Central Lady Mustangs opened the girls' contest hot, quickly building a lead and holding an 18-to-5 lead at the end of the first... Full story
Sidney's Raider Basketball teams each had two more big games over the weekend, and the Lady Raiders were able to power past two tough opponents to remain unbeaten, while the Red Raiders won their first contest, but lost their second to suffer their first loss of the season. The action started on Friday when Sidney hosted Gothenburg for "Throwback Night", attended by a large crowd of Sidney High School alumni wearing apparel from the eras from which they graduated. The Lady Raiders started the... Full story
