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Remarkable season ends

Raiders downed 65-44 in state tournament opener

Perhaps it was fitting that five seniors--Katelin Cole, Sarah Mahr, Rachel Petik, Abbi Porter and Cody Rowley--started for the Class B District 6 Champion Red Raiders.

Though the Cinderella slipper didn't quite fit in the end, Sidney and their five seniors finished the season off in style Thursday morning at Lincoln's Pinnacle Bank Arena in the 2014 NSAA Girls Basketball Championships.

Ultimately No. 8 Sidney came up short, by a 65-44 count to the top rated Class B team in the state, the Grand Island Northwest Vikings.

The Sidney players showed plenty of emotion after the game, but it was m...

 

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