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

For the fifth straight year, the Lady Raiders are heading to the NSAA State Basketball Tournament, and this team again relied on their dominating defense to punch their ticket. This Lady Raider team will travel to Lincoln, looking to be the first Sidney team to win a State Tournament game since 1984.

It was fitting that a dominant defensive performance capped Sidney’s drive to a State Tournament appearance, as although the Lady Raiders have always been strong defensively, this team is loaded with players that consistently disrupt offenses and can steal the ball. In Thursday’s C1-8 Distr...