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Sidney’s Red Raider Basketball teams started off the 2020-21 season with their traditional opening at the Western Conference Tournament in Scottsbluff and Gering high schools, and the boys team scratched out a win while the girls went 2-and-1 overall.

With limited fans due to enhanced COVID-19 restrictions, the teams started on Thursday evening with the boys facing off against eventual tournament champion Alliance, and the Bulldogs jumped on the Raiders quickly, pulling away to a 13-to-0 lead before Sidney junior Sawyer Dickman finally put Sidney on the scoreboard.

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