Memorable season for many Sidney sports teams

Baseball

There are 144 American Legion senior teams in Nebraska and Sidney found itself among the final few in its chase for a state championship.

This perspective notwithstanding, Post 17’s season came to halt in the end of July as it suffered its second loss in the state’s double-elimination tournament at Gering’s Oregon Trail Park. The end came after 28 wins, heart stopping victories, miraculous comebacks and even a few disappointing losses.

But only one team gets to call itself a Class B state champion - but so too do only seven teams get to call themselves district champions. Sid...