Raiders Take State

Sidney’s Red Raider Boy’s Track and Field Team earned the Class B State Championship for the first time since 2015, earning 66 points in the competition and besting second-place Waverly by 14 points.

Sidney senior Mitchell Deer was the big story at the Meet, battling blisters on his feet to win the 400 Meters in 49.42 seconds. After the C and D competitions ended, Deer learned that he had the top time across all classes, and became the fifth Sidney High School athlete to accomplish the feat.

Last year, junior Jacob Dowse won the all-class gold medal in High Jump. Sidney’s other all-class winners were Dale Kinney in Shot Put in 1949, David King in the 440 Yard Dash in 1965, Paul Hamilton in High Jump in 2005 and 2006.

But it was a total team effort by the Sidney boys that lead to their State Championship. Outstanding performances in all the events they competed in produced 66 points, a very large amount for a state meet. The last time Sidney won the Class B State Championship in 2015, they scored 42 points.

Sidney Track and Field coach Matt McKay said, “These guys are the hardest working group of guys I’ve ever seen.”

The results show that statement to be true. The 4X800 Meter Relay team of Daniel Bashtovoi, Mitch Deer, Treyson Johnstone and Cameron Brauer broke the Sidney High School record three times during the season, the last time being on Wednesday at the State Meet. The Sidney boys finished with a time of 7:56, just tenths of a second away from the State Meet record. This is a group of athletes that is never satisfied, and always pushes for a better performance every time on the track.

For the boys, the final results in the State Meet are as follows:

Sophomore Luke Holly - 6th place, 100 Meters/ 3rd place 4X100 Meter Relay

Sophomore Isak Doty – 5th place, 200 Meters/ 3rd place 4X100 Meter Relay

Senior Mitchell Deer – 1st place, 400 Meters, 11th place, 800 Meters, 11th place, 4X400 Meter Relay 1st place, 4X800 Meter Relay

Senior Daniel Bashtovoi--5th place, 800 Meters, 7th place, 1600 Meters, 1st place 4X800 Meter Relay

Senior Cameron Brauer-- 2nd place, 1600 Meters, 11th place, 4X400 Meter Relay, 1st place, 4X800 Meter Relay

Senior Sawyer Dickman – 3rd place, 4X100 Meter Relay, 3rd place, High Jump

Senior Jackson Russell – 3rd place, 4X100 Meter Relay, 11th place, 4X400 Meter Relay

Senior Treyson Johnstone – 11th place, 4X400 Meter Relay, 1st place, 4X800 Meter Relay

Junior Jacob Dowse – 2nd place, High Jump

Junior Cameron Leeling – 4th place, High Jump, 20th place, Long Jump

Sidney also sent three girls to compete in the Class B State meet, and won a few medals at the end of the competition. Sophomore Karsyn Leeling placed third in the Long Jump and fourth in the High Jump, sophomore Chloe Ahrens placed sixth in the 100 Meter Hurdles and 14th in the 300 Meter Hurdles and sophomore Talissa Tanquary placed sixteenth in the 800 Meters.