The Sidney Sun-Telegraph - Serving proudly since 1873 as the beautiful Nebraska Panhandle's first newspaper

Sidney’s Red Raider Fall Sports teams are making preparations for the start of the 2022 Fall sports season. Starting August 1, Fall Sports student athletes are required to report to the Sidney High...

Show your support for Sidney schools athletics by running, walking or chasing a white ball. The first Raider Athletic Fundraiser was a downtown event for children to seniors with games, food, and...

The young student can run like the Western Nebraska wind, but his family can’t afford proper track shoes. A female student shows the skills on a volleyball court seldom seen, yet she sits on the...

Sidney's American Legion Post 17 Senior baseball team traveled to Ogallala for the B7 Area Tournament this weekend, and lost two games and were eliminated from the tournament. Sidney opened Friday...

Sidney High School coaches Donna Wiedeburg and Matt McKay were honored Sunday at the NCA Awards Banquet in Lincoln. Wiedeburg received the Coach of the Year Award for Girls' Cross Country and McKay...

Sidney’s American Legion Post 17 Junior baseball team hosted the Class B Area 7 Junior baseball tournament over the weekend of July 8-12, and had some success, but fell in the qualifying game to...

Sidney’s 12U’s captured the 2022 Nebraska Cal Ripken State Championship this past weekend in Gering with a dramatic come from behind 9-7 win over Alliance. Trailing 7-2, Sidney scored four runs...

The Shoemaker girls traveled east for the Cornhusker State Games in Fremont, and came away with medals to add to their trophy collections. Jayden Shoemaker earned five medals, including Gold in the...

Sidney's American Legion Post 27 Senior baseball team hosted the Chadron FNBO Nationals senior team on Thursday, and after taking an early lead, were unable to hold back the Chadron offense that...

Sidney hosted the Nebraska American Legion B7 Area Junior Tournament over the weekend, and play will end on Tuesday in a championship game that the Sidney Juniors can participate in if they can get...

Sidney's American Legion Post 17 Senior Baseball team had a very busy week, starting with an away game against Chadron, then followed by tournament play in Alliance through the weekend. The contest ag...

The Peetz boy's 4X800 Relay Track team competed at the CHSAA State Championships on May 23, and the boys earned third place overall, with a school record-breaking time of 9:00.46. The boys battled...

After the conclusion of the State Tournament, Mullen's Superintendent, Chris Kuncl, contacted Potter-Dix Activities Director Cory Michelman about getting the Mid-Nebraska Activities Conference (MNAC)...

Sidney's American Legion Post 17 teams traveled up to Scottsbluff last Wednesday night, and the Westco Zephyr team used a big inning to pull away from the Sidney boys for an 11-to-3 victory. Sidney...

Sidney’s American Legion Post 17 Senior baseball team traveled to Ogallala last Tuesday to take on the Post 135 Adams Bank and Trust team, and went hitless in a 10-to-2 loss. Sidney scored on a...

The Sidney Stingrays Swim Team held their annual meet at the Sidney Aquatic Center on Saturday, and other than some gusting winds, the conditions were ideal for a competition drawing the panhandle are...

Sidney's American Legion Post 17 Senior baseball team had a tough week, starting with home contest against Bridgeport getting postponed by wild weather in the panhandle on Tuesday, and an...

The East All-Stars were able to rally from a three point deficit at the half to tie, then go ahead to tally a 31-to-24 victory over the West All Stars in the annual contest in Scottsbluff on...

The Sidney Stingrays Swim Team started their competitions for the season in Hemingford on June 4, and many records were set and broken by the Stingray swimmers. Meet Records were set by Cayson...

The Sidney American Legion Post 17 Senior team broke through on Saturday morning for their first win of the season, and dropped the third place game against Cheyenne Sunday afternoon to earn fourth...

The annual Wyoming-Nebraska 6-Man Shoot Out All-Star game was played on Friday in Chadron, and the Wyoming squad was able to outlast the Nebraska team in the highest scoring contest of the 11-game...

Sidney American Legion Post 17 Junior and Senior Baseball teams had their home openers on Tuesday, May 24, and had their outings ruined by the Gering teams that came into the contests looking in...

Sidney Red Raider golfer John Beier qualified for the NSAA Class B State Championships held in Scottsbluff last week. He qualified individually on the strength of his performance at the B-4 District...

Sidney's 8th Grade High Jumpers are a special group, and look to add to the already talented Sidney High School Track & Field team when next season comes around. With three 8th grade jumpers already...

Sidney’s Red Raider Boy’s Track and Field Team earned the Class B State Championship for the first time since 2015, earning 66 points in the competition and besting second-place Waverly by 14...