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

Sidney’s Red Raider Basketball team improved their record to 5-and-1 early in the season with a home win against Alliance Saturday night, 52-to-38.

It was the team’s second meeting of the new year, with Sidney downing a scrappy Alliance team in the Western Conference Tournament. The Bulldogs have had quite a bit of turnover, and with new and inexperienced players it will probably take some time before they settle in and find their roles to be effective. But they do have a lot of energy and fight, and they battled the Red Raiders the whole way Saturday night.

Sidney started well and es...