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Kaitlyn Berner gave an indication of what was to come just a few seconds after tip off. The Leyton junior peeled into an open space beyond the arc, measured her shot and drained a three. They were the first of a 21 point torrent from Berner, leading the Warriors to a 45-35 win at Potter-Dix on Friday night. Before the first quarter expired, Berner lit the scoreboard with 5 more points-a coast to coast layup after picking the Coyotes' pocket and another three, with an assist from Shaela Jenkins....
Potter-Dix players recognized something familiar in Friday night's rivalry game against Leyton. "It's irritating that we can't ever get them," Cameron Purcell said. "We always start slow." Indeed, Leyton dominated the first half on their way to a comfortable 63-40 road win. They put together runs of 13-2 and 10-2 in the early going and held an 18 point advantage at the break. By the end of the contest, 11 different Warriors had put points on the board. "We were just executing our offense,"...
Wilma McDaniel asks a friend for an opinion on a dress at the Kyra Eads benefit garage sale. The sale, held at the shelter house in Legion Park and staffed by volunteers, supported the Eads family as they battle Kyra's inoperable tumor....
First, Gunner Coffey received a letter informing him that he might-just might-earn a nomination to the U.S. Naval Academy. A few weeks later, a second letter arrived. "It was nerve wracking," the Sidney High School senior said of that moment wondering what the note said. Once he opened the envelope, Coffey learned that Congressman Adrian Smith had indeed nominated him for a place at the famed school in Annapolis, Maryland. He is one of 14 Nebraska students forwarded for consideration by the...
“American Hustle” is a puzzle—an intricate, polyester dream of a film that will draw you into an indescribable weave of fact and fiction. One of the first things we encounter in this weave is Christian Bale’s comb over. He plays a paunchy street-level sharp who ostensibly runs dry cleaning shops. But he sees greater fortune in cheesy cons, bad loans and counterfeit art. Bale’s character encounters his match at a party. Amy Adams takes on the role of another example of the undercurrent, a cheat with false English charm and a knack for spilling...
The Cheyenne County Young Professionals held a kick off event on Tuesday night at Hillside Bar & Grill. Some 130 Sidney area employees attended, to network, socialize and hear from guest speaker Michael Copeland, COO at Cabela's. The event was sponsored by Sidney Regional Medical Center. It is supported by the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce. The next gathering is scheduled for Feb. 11 at the Holiday Inn, starting at 6 p.m....
The Cheyenne County Young Professionals held a kick off event on Tuesday night at Hillside Bar & Grill. Some 130 Sidney area employees attended, to network, socialize and hear from guest speaker Michael Copeland, COO at Cabela's. The event was sponsored by Sidney Regional Medical Center. It is supported by the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce. The next gathering is scheduled for Feb. 11 at the Holiday Inn, starting at 6 p.m....
Everybody is talking about Omaha. The reason is a little bizarre. No, Warren Buffett did not waste his entire fortune creating a white sand beach on the Missouri River. There was no announcement on network television that a revival of Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom” was in the works. And I’m reasonably certain Omaha Steaks issued no statement promoting vegetarian diets. Did I miss anything related to Nebraska’s largest city? Oh, yeah—the College World Series, otherwise known as the only time 20-somethings excitedly exclaim “We’re goin...
When TeamMates mentor Rhonda Douglas shoots hoops with Allie, a Sidney middle school student, the outcome is predictable. "Allie usually wins," Douglas admits. Fortunately for the mentor's self-esteem, the pair only occasionally take to the court. For the most part they meet for lunch, read books or look up information on the Internet. TeamMates, a program started by the legendary coach Tom Osborne, pairs volunteer mentors with young people looking for someone willing to listen. They meet at...
After building up a 5 point halftime lead, Potter-Dix hung on to claim a 36-35 win at South Platte on Saturday. But the outcome was hardly certain in the game’s waning moments. The home side took a 35-34 lead with 1:22 remaining and clung to the narrow advantage for almost a minute. With just over 30 seconds on the clock, Taylor Juelfs forced her way into the paint, issued a quick turn and drained a critical jumper. “That’s the only move I’ve got,” Juelfs said of the pivot that opened the shot. Forced to foul, South Platte sent Juelfs to the li...
The Coyotes’ 66-56 road win over South Platte on Saturday was not as cushy as the score might indicate. Potter-Dix jumped out to a 19-12 lead at the end of the first period and extended it to 36-22 at the half, thanks largely to on target shooting by Tyler Magninie, Bryant Knigge and big Trevor Harms. But, as Knigge pointed out, “once we’d get a comfortable lead, we’d get too comfortable.” South Platte came roaring out of the break. They slapped the Coyotes with an 11-3 run to reel the gap back within reach at 41-34. The Knights finished...
Engineering students from the South Dakota School of Mines meet with Tyler Shaw's physics class at Sidney High School on Thursday and offered them a challenge: tear down then rebuild a bridge. With no schematics to guide them, the class rebuilt the structure in ten minutes....
Engineering students from the South Dakota School of Mines meet with Tyler Shaw's physics class at Sidney High School on Thursday and offered them a challenge: tear down then rebuild a bridge. With no schematics to guide them, the class rebuilt the structure in ten minutes....
H1N1 doesn’t do this year’s diabolical flu strain justice—two letters plucked from the alphabet and a single digit to describe a ton of lead slamming your helpless body repeatedly to the couch, nightmarish days without rest, the debilitating nights I probably didn’t take it seriously enough. After all, at least three decades had elapsed since I last engaged in battle with the dreaded flu virus. I was quite a bit younger back then—some 30 years, in fact—therefore presumably more able to fend off its advances. And that instance, if I recall, was...
If it were not for the Jewish fugitive tucked in the family’s basement and the spectacle of entire personal libraries erupting into bonfires, cheered on by crowds under scarlet banners, much of the soul-sapping experience of life in Nazi Germany could easily be lost to a more inspiring coming-of-age story. But let’s face it—Markus Zusak’s novel “The Book Thief” covers some difficult territory. In adapting it to film, director Brian Percival, along with writer Michael Petroni, had to temper the desire for broad strokes while keeping a wary accou...
Bags' Bar & Steakhouse in Potter celebrate a profitable night this past summer....
Above, an excited Lou Ball, dressed up in a monkey costume, hurries off to the next stop during downtown Sidney's Halloween celebration....
Baseball There are 144 American Legion senior teams in Nebraska and Sidney found itself among the final few in its chase for a state championship. This perspective notwithstanding, Post 17’s season came to halt in the end of July as it suffered its second loss in the state’s double-elimination tournament at Gering’s Oregon Trail Park. The end came after 28 wins, heart stopping victories, miraculous comebacks and even a few disappointing losses. But only one team gets to call itself a Class B state champion - but so too do only seven teams...
Young Katelynn Dubas examines an item at the Book and Coffee Corner during a Saturday sidewalk sale over the summer. Each day for the rest of the year, we will be running a photo or photos from the passing year....
The Methodist Church's Free Community Christmas dinner, welcomed guests for the 22nd consecutive year on Wednesday. Some 180 local residents showed up for the feast. To accommodate them, volunteers prepared 10 turkeys, 40 pounds of ham and dozens of side dishes. Harold Powers can't resist another item for his plate....
The Methodist Church's Free Community Christmas dinner, welcomed guests for the 22nd consecutive year on Wednesday. Some 180 local residents showed up for the feast. To accommodate them, volunteers prepared 10 turkeys, 40 pounds of ham and dozens of side dishes. Kevin Swain was in a festive mood....
Only the most daring faced into the wind as a dust storm whipped through the fairgrounds on a Thursday evening during the Cheyenne County Fair. Dust blanked out the carnival lights and temporarily sent tractor pull fans scattering. The wind eventually settled down. Each day for the rest of the year, we will be running a photo or photos from the passing year....
The lopsided national agony over “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson’s plight has entertained me to no end. The controversy—as it were—says far more than the reality star’s commentary touching on civil rights, sin, world history and homosexuality. Now, I subscribe to GQ, the magazine in which Robertson’s remarks appeared, so I have actually read the piece in its entirety. Many news outlets (and most politically charged talking heads) have concentrated on the lines that can be construed as homophobic. Let’s face it, the man hardly comes acro...
The Sidney Volunteer Fire Department hauled Santa through town on a festive truck on Saturday night....
There were several moments on Saturday when Leyton threatened to snatch fortune away from the Bobcats. That the Warriors ended up on the losing end of a lopsided 58-39 score was difficult to explain, except with the broadest strokes. “They outplayed us—both ends,” said Dylan Brenner. Until midway through the third quarter, however, the game appeared every bit the pitched donnybrook expected by all in the packed Dalton stands. Although Hemingford jumped on top 7-0 after the tip, Leyton stormed right back into the fray. Brennen Cruise muscl...
