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Sidney’s Basketball teams have both had a great start to the 2021-22 season, and traveled to Holdrege on December 21 for a matchup against the Dusters prior to next week’s Cabela’s Holiday Tournament.

The 5-and-1 Lady Raiders matched up first with the 3-and-3 Lady Dusters, and from the start the two teams were engaged in a battle. Both defenses pressed, limiting scoring opportunities on both sides, and at the end of a low-scoring first half, the Lady Raiders trailed by a point, 18-to-17.

The Lady Dusters turned up the offensive pressure to begin the second half, and opened with a 13-...