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SIDNEY--It was just a scrimmage game, but it did look that both the Lady Raider and Red Raider Basketball teams were ready to get into the season with their performances against the Hershey Panthers in the Hall of Fame Game scrimmage on Tuesday, November 26, 2024. Head Coach Tyler Shaw's Lady Raiders started off the night, and quickly used their strong defense to stymie the Lady Panthers and pull away with a big lead. Senior Kayla Westby looked in mid-season form running the offense while...
MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph PEETZ- The Peetz Bulldogs had an up-and-down 2024 Football season, but two standout players earned places in the First Team All Conference list for 6-Man Football. Sophomore Dylan Wagner was named to the First Team as he compiled 833 rushing yards and eight touchdowns on the year. Sophomore Conner Schumacher was also named to the First Team, rushing for 471 yards and 10 touchdowns in a season cut short by injury. The Bulldogs also had three Honorable Mentions to...
MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph With the Fall Sports season tucked away for another year, its time to reflect on the achievements of the local student-athletes and hand out the honors they deserve. Their were many great stories in this Fall Sports Season, but the two that dominated the headlines were the success of the Sidney Red Raider Football team, and Leyton's Lady Warrior Volleyball going unbeaten until their loss in the State Championship match. Other notable stories included the Leyton...
DALTON--It was a big day on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at Leyton High School as senior Kaydence Haupt signed her Letter of Intent to attend McPherson College in Kansas and play Volleyball for the Bulldogs. The multi-purpose room at Leyton High School was packed as family, friends, and Haupt's classmates watched the signing ceremony, congratulated Kaydence, and enjoyed some snacks. The senior was thrilled with the turnout and reflected on her journey to signing with McPherson, a small liberal...
SIDNEY--The Sidney Red Raiders ended their season Friday night with a loss against the visiting Central City Bison, 29-to-12. The contest was a battle through three and a half quarters until the tides turned against the Raiders midway through the final quarter and ended their season. The Red Raiders finish the year with an 11-and-1 record and a season to remember as being one of the best in Sidney High School history. A huge crowd turned out for the game on both sides, and many of the Sidney...
Dear Sidney, I hope this letter finds you all well. I am Scot Anderson, I teach Social Studies at the high school and do a little coaching on the side. For those of you who may not know me, I am not originally from Sidney. I am from Nebraska - but about as far east from here as possible. In fact, I had never been to Sidney before I accepted a job and drove out here. I am sure you get tired of hearing this, but Cabela’s was the only thing I even knew about the place. Oh, and that it was the opposite turnoff on the way to Denver. The reason I a... Full story
LINCOLN--The Leyton Lady Warrior Volleyball team entered the NSAA D2 State Tournament as the number one seed, with a 33-and-0 record and winners of the D2-2 District Championship. The Lady Warriors' last appearance at the State Tournament was back in 2013 when the Lady Warriors lost their first-round matchup. A fourth-place showing is the best result the Lady Warriors have had, back with the 2008 team. This year's team went into the tournament undefeated, having dropped only six sets the entire...
SIDNEY--Big crowds on both sides of the stadium weathered the cold and rainy conditions last Friday night and watched the Red Raiders storm past the Chadron Cardinals in the second half of the game to advance to the semi-final round of the NSAA C1 State Tournament. Sidney's 32-to-8 drubbing of Chadron earned the Red Raiders a game against the Central City Bison, who topped Lakeview to earn their place in the semi-final game. Friday night's game started with temperatures just over freezing and a...
MIKE MOTZ Sidney Sun-Telegraph SIDNEY--Sidney Head Coach Ryan Smith said before last Friday's game that Roncalli Catholic was not your typical number 16-seeded team, as they played a tough schedule and dropped a few games that could have easily gone their way. In last Friday's contest, it was quickly apparent that the Crimson Pride was a tough and hard-hitting team, and able to capitalize on mistakes. And the first half of the game was filled with uncharacteristic errors by Sidney that kept the...
DALTON--Leyton's Warrior Football team ended their season on Friday afternoon with a first-round home playoff loss to the visiting Diller-Odell Griffins. The Warriors end their season with a 6-and-3 record and a second-place showing in D6 District 5. A very good result for a team in their first year returning to six-man football, and a great starting point for a team that will lose only one senior to graduation. The game started with the Warriors getting the ball first, but the offense misfired...
NORTH PLATTE--The Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes made the trip to neutral site North Platte on Saturday, November 2, 2024 to match up against the 33-and-0 Southwest Lady Roughriders. The Lady Coyotes entered the D1-1 District Final as the 16 seed, and Southwest was seeded number 1. Lady Riders quickly opened a big lead, with their tall front line players banging down kills and overwhelming the Lady Coyotes. The Potter-Dix girls were able to string a few points together, but could not break through the...
KEARNEY--The Leyton Lady Warriors' historic season continued on Saturday, November 2, 2024, with a D2-2 District Final victory at Kearney Catholic High School. The number 2 seeded lady Warriors were matched against the number 15 seed Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer at the neutral site. After a surprisingly close opening, the Lady Warriors were able to string together the final points and take the first set 25-to-22. Leyton ramped it up in the second set and used their court coverage on defense... Full story
SIDNEY--The Elks Lodge in Sidney held their annual Hoops Shoot in the Sidney Middle School Gym on Sunday afternoon. Youngsters from around the area had their chance to show off their sharp shooting skills, and qualify for the regional competition and then hopefully make it to the National Hoop Shoot. At the end of the day, the results were as follows: For the girls: • 8-9 Years: First Place - Zella Schening - • 10-11 Years: First Place - Ainsley Juelfs • 12-13 Years: First Place - Ava Brown...
KEARNEY--After a successful District meet, the Sidney Cross Country girls team moved on to the State Meet at Kearney on October 25 and 26, 2024. Although the Sidney team finished fifteenth out of fifteen teams competing, Head Coach Donna Wiedeburg said that the result wasn’t as important as the growth the younger runners experienced this season, and the fact that three girls set new Personal Records on the state course. With a lot of new athletes joining the team this year, despite some o...
RED CLOUD-- The Potter-Dix Coyotes made the long trip to Red Cloud last week for the first round of the Class D6 NSAA Football Championships, and ran into a high-powered Warriors' offense that took the Coyotes quickly out of the game and ran away with the contest. Red Cloud scored early and often, piling up 28 points in the first quarter against Potter-Dix's 6 and they didn't let up in the second quarter, putting up 30 more points to take a 58-to-22 lead at the halftime intermission. The Red...
GERING--The Lady Raiders Volleyball team battled through a tough season, as the young team endured through losing streaks and capitalized on winning streaks, ending the season with a 17-and-17 record and as runners-up in the SubDistrict B-8 Tournament. October 30, 2024, was the date of the SubDistrict Finals and Sidney earned their place after beating Scottsbluff the day before, and the Lady Raiders were matched up with rival Gering Lady Bulldogs. The Lady Bulldogs set the tempo in the first...
CHADRON--It was supposed to be a Clash of Titans - that was somewhat spoiled by Gering last Friday when the Bulldogs knocked off the previously undefeated Cardinals in a close contest. However, even if the Cardinals pulled out that win, from the looks of Friday night's contest, the Red Raiders' defense would have exposed them as not being quite the powerhouse they seemed. Coming into the game against the undefeated Red Raiders, all the talk was about how Chadron standout Quinn Bailey would...
BIG SPRINGS--It's been an up-and-down year for the Potter-Dix Coyotes, a team that has been used to dominant regular season performances over the past few seasons. The Coyotes had some big wins and disappointing losses this year, but have achieved their main goal--a berth in the D6 Playoff Bracket. Friday night's game against South Platte was critical for the Coyotes in many ways. The victory gave Potter-Dix a winning record for the season at 5-and-3, and it secured a playoff spot with a number...
DALTON--Leyton took the gratis win by forfeit against Banner County, and now have to gear up for a challenge as they host their first-round game of the D6 Playoffs. Leyton had a great regular season in their return to D6 Football, compiling a 6-and-2 record. They earned the number 8 seed in the playoffs, and host the number 9 seed, Diller-Odell, on Friday at 1 p.m. In Dalton. The two teams are very similar in many ways, with identical records and both averaging 42.8 points per game. Leyton has t...
It's been a great season for football here in Cheyenne County as all the local football teams have qualified for the post-season playoffs. November 1, 2024, will be a big day for football in Cheyenne County as the Leyton Warriors host the Diller-Odell Griffins in Dalton for a 1 pm kickoff, Sidney hosts the Omaha Roncalli Catholic Crimson Pride at Weymouth Field for a 4 pm kickoff, and Potter-Dix travels to Red Cloud to take on the Warriors with a 5 pm kickoff. First up, the Leyton Warriors had a... Full story
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 was a big day for the area Volleyball teams, as the Lady Coyotes upset the Morrill Lady Lions to take the D1-12 Sub-District title, the Lady Warriors of Leyton held off the Garden County Lady Eagles to win the D2-11 Sub-District title, and the Lady Raiders of Sidney defeated rival Scottsbluff to advance to the B-8 Sub-District finals against the Gering Lady Bulldogs. The Lady Raiders will play for the title on Wednesday, October 30 at Gering High School. The Potter-Dix... Full story
BRIDGEPORT--It didn't take a fortune teller to know that Leyton's undefeated Lady Warrior Volleyball team was the odds-on favorite to take the title in this year's MAC Tournament, however, the Garden County squad was a game opponent in the finals match up, and pushed the Lady Warriors into giving their best effort to take home the top prize. The neutral-site tournament at Bridgeport had a great turnout Saturday afternoon, and the big gymnasium was a great setting for the action. Leyton was the t...
SIDNEY--The temperature dropped into the low 40's Friday night and there was a lot of moisture in the windy air, but it did not cool off the red-hot Sidney Red Raiders as they easily defeated rival Alliance 48-to-14 at Weymouth Field in Sidney. The Red Raiders move to 8-and-0, and hold the top spot in District C1-7 as rival Chadron was given their first loss of the season by Gering, dropping the Cardinals to 7-and-1 on the year, and spoiling a "battle of the undefeated's" match-up this coming...
CHAPPELL--Thursday, October 17 had the Lady Storm Volleyball and Storm Football teams host visiting rival Potter-Dix for Homecoming matchups, and in both contests, it was the Coyote teams that played the role of spoiler to the Homecoming crowds. The evening started with a volleyball match pitting the Lady Storm against the Lady Coyotes, and although the Lady Coyotes have been having a more successful season than the Lady Storm, there was still a chance the Creek Valley girls could pull off a...
BIG SPRINGS--A third-quarter touchdown and a strong finish by the Warriors powered the Leyton squad to a 46-to-38 victory over South Platte on Thursday, October 17, 2024. After a tough first quarter between the teams, South Platte held an 8-to-6 lead due to a converted two-point extra-point attempt. The offenses on both sides had more success in the second quarter with both teams scoring two touchdowns, and the score was 22-to-19, in favor of the hosts, at the halftime intermission. Leyton's...
