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Red Raiders slip by Gering

Sidney's Red Raiders had the kind of half to open its game Friday that everyone dreads in a football game, let alone Homecoming.

The visiting Gering Bulldogs rocked the Raiders in that first half, taking advantage of Sidney miscues while its runners cut through the Sidney defense almost at will.

Leading 7-0 after the first quarter, Gering doubled its lead on a pick-six just seconds into the second quarter, then went up 21-0 at quarter's end.

But there are two halves to a football game, and the Raiders proved that one bad half doesn't constitute a game.

Sidney scored on its first two possess...

 

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