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Sidney's Lady Raiders came up short against district rival Alliance in play Thursday, but Sidney Coach Sarah Wilson said the experience wasn't all bad. "We started out not playing on our level," Wilson said. "In our passing, on every level, we didn't lay like we could." As a result, the Lady Raiders fell behind two sets to none in the best of five match, 25-21, 25-22. Wilson said after that, the team adjusted mentally and began to play more up to its potential. "You've got to give them credit,"...
Sidney placed multiple runners in the top 20 in both boys and girls varsity competition to finish high in both boys and girls team standings at the McCook Invite Thursday. Four Sidney girls, led by Taighlor Arnett, finished in the top 20, finishing second as a team. Arnett ended the day in sixth place, traversing the course in 22:04.0. Kara Birner was the second Sidney runner to cross the finish line, running a 22:58.0 for 12th place individually. Jolene Oliverius was 17th, and Charlie...
Sidney’s girls golf team finished in third behind twin city rivals Scottsbluff and Gering this week at the Gering Invitational. Scottsbluff continued its place at the top of the girls golf ranks, scoring a team 368 to take the team title. Gering nipped at Scottsbluff’s heals with a 372, followed by Sidney’s 391. Emma Alexander led the Lady Raiders with matching front and back scores of 45 and a final tally of 90. Tiara Ginther was second for Sidney with a 99, Jordan Cook scored a 100, follo...
Sidney’s City Council approved its 2016-17 budget Tuesday, Sept. 13, and approved tax levies for the general fund and bonded indebtedness. The city’s total budget is $56,352,970, of which $10,763,858 will be in general fund expenditures. On the revenue side, Sidney’s tax request will be $2,098,078. General fund operations will account for $1,343,772, while $9,500 is allocated for streets, $772,273 is for bonded indebtedness, and $13,533 will be paid out for collection of fees. Sidney City Manage...
Three Sidney Post #17 Legion Junior players were chosen for all conference honors for their play this summer. Bret Jaggers, Arick Doty and Zack Means were names among the top players in the conference, which includes teams from across the Panhandle. Batting from the number three spot, Jaggers was Sidney's offensive leader, finishing the year with a .385 average and an on-base percentage nearing .600. Jaggers scored 47 runs for the Juniors, while providing solid defensive coverage in center...
Sidney came up short in play against Chadron in triangular play Tuesday, playing the Lady Cardinals tough through two sets before Chadron took the wind out of Sidney's sails. The Lady Raiders opened the match with a 25-23 win, then Chadron took a the second set 25-22. Momentum swung Chadron's way in the third and deciding set, with Chadron jumping out to a 11-4 early lead. Sidney didn't get into its game in the set, succumbing 25-13. "We came out swinging hard," said Sidney Coach Sarah Wilson....
COZAD - Sidney's Lady Raiders took two out of three matches before losing a in a scrap with Ogallala here Saturday. Sidney opened play with straight set wins, 25-12, 25-11 over Valentine, then downed Centura 25-19, 25-20. Sidney got the upper hand in the final with Ogallala, winning the first set 25-22. Ogallala turned the tables in the second set with a 25-14 win, setting up the winner-take-all battle. Ogallala just clipped the Lady Raiders in the see-saw battle 25-23. "I was very proud of how...
For the second straight week, Sidney faced one of the state's best Class B teams on the football field and came away short on the score board. But Raider Coach Chris Koozer isn't pushing the panic button yet, even after a 42-0 loss to McCook Friday at home. "We've had two of the top four teams in the state from last year," Koozer said. "We've just got to keep at it and we'll be alright." Going into the season, Koozer knew Sidney's linemen would be one of the keys to a successful season. And his...
LITTLETON, Colo. - Running in one of the premier meets of the season, a number of Sidney cross country runners responded with personal best marks here in the Liberty Bell Invitational. Sidney freshmen Kate Riggs and Taighlor Arnett continue to lead the girls runners, placing 22nd and 23rd, consecutively. Both girls had personal best marks for 5,000 meters. Riggs ran a 20:44.0, with Arnett just a second behind. Hannah Kennedy finished at 22:04.0 and Kara Birner was just a few steps behind at...
After playing nearly even with Wauneta-Palisade after a half of eight-man football Friday afternoon, untimely errors allowed the visiting Lions a lead the Warriors were unable to overcome in a 19-14 loss. Wauneta-Palisade led just 7-6 at the halftime break, but came out with a pair of interceptions that halted Leyton drives before they got to midfield. The Lions converted both interceptions of Leyton quarterback Kort Dye for touchdowns to take a 19-4 lead early in the fourth quarter. But Dye and...
CHADRON -- Sidney’s girls golfers continued their busy competition schedule Tuesday, coming back from the Labor Day holiday break with their best medalist finish of the season. Three Lady Raiders broke into the top 10 at the Chadron Invitational, with Emma Alexander, Jordan Cook and Paige Langley medaling. Alexander shot a 93 to finish in sixth place, just four strokes ahead of Cook, who was seventh. Langley shot a 98 and earned 10th. As a team, Sidney finished in third behind Scottsbluff and G...
Underclassmen stepped to the forefront in Sidney's first cross country meet this season, with freshmen and sophomores leading the way for both boys and girls teams at Monument Shadows Golf Course Friday. Sidney freshman Kate Riggs finished in the top 10 to lead the varsity squad to a fifth place finish. Riggs ran the 5,000 meter course in 21:34.53 for eighth place, followed by classmate Taighlor Arnett, whose 22:02.82 was good for 14th. Finishing in 20th and 31st, respectively, in the 89-runner...
Cheyenne County Sheriff’s deputies spent Thursday night and part of the day Friday assisting with the search for an escapee who had been spotted in Morrill County Thursday. According to reports, 42-year-old Troy O’Brien of Indiana escaped from the Lincoln County Detention Center in North Platte mid-afternoon Thursday and was alledged to have stolen a detention center employee’s vehicle in the process. O’Brien, believed to be traveling with a 27 year old woman, Melissa L. Sancillo, also of Indi...
DALTON - Leyton controlled Garden County in three sets to open its volleyball season Thursday, winning 25-8, 25-14, 22-12. Madelyn Watchorn opened the season with an ace serve, and the Lady Warriors never looked back, rolling out to a 10-point lead, 14-4 by mid-set in the opener. Senior Hope Dykman contributed five service points to the run, three of them aces. The closest Garden County came to the Lady Warriors all evening was early in the second set, trailing by just one point, 5-4. But...
OGALLALA - Sidney’s Lady Raiders split matches in their season debut Thursday, losing to Ogallala, then defeating North Platte in triangular play. Sidney fought to the finish in its opening set before Ogallala took a 25-22 win, then Ogallala got the upper hand and stayed in control of the second set on the way to a 25-16 win. Peyton Jung and Maddi Porter led the Lady Raiders in the opening match, Jung boosting the offense with 12 kills, while Porter had 10 kills and two ace blocks. Sidney C...
Sidney football players make their first, and longest, road trip during the regular season today, travelling to Aurora to meet the Huskies. Sidney enters the game coming off a 49-7 win over Lexington, while Aurora is 0-1 after dropping its first game to Class B powerhouse McCook last week. In its first outing, Sidney's offense produced 406 rushing yards and six touchdowns between five players. Derek Robb and Cade Lewis led the Raider ground attack, with 120 and 106 yards, respectively. Last week...
Sidney High School's cross country team gets into action today, competing in the Gering Invite beginning at 1 p.m. The meet marks Sidney's re-entry into Class B competition, after qualifying for state in Class C in both the boys and girls divisions last year. Sidney's boys bring back four runners from that state-qualifying squad and earlier this season Coach Ryan Plummer said he was excited to see what the team will be able to accomplish with their athleticism and experience. On the girls side,...
Veterans and an organization working on their behalf will benefit from a show featuring one of the nation's top Elvis Presley impersonators. Joseph Hall, from Branson, Missouri, was a top 10 finalist on America's Got Talent and in 2014 was named Branson male entertainer of the year and had the Branson tribute show of the year. He brings his Elvis Rock 'N' Remember Tribute to the stage at the Sidney Elk's Lodge #1895 Saturday, Sept. 10 for a the Elks Tribute to Veterans. The show is part of...
Sidney’s City Council will hold a special meeting Wednesday at noon set its tax levies for the general, street department and debt services funds. The special meeting is needed after council needed more information following its regular meeting last week due to uncertainty on bonding for debt payments coming due in December. The city has been working with bonding agencies to see what rates it might need to pay for the bonds. Council will review two options as it works to provide for the c...
Sidney's Red Raiders opened their football season in a big way, scoring in nearly every way possible on the way to a 49-7 win over Lexington Friday at Weymouth Field. In the most improbable start possible, the Raiders put their first points on the board with two defensive rushes into the Minutemen backfield, scoring two safeties and a 4-0 lead after three and half minutes of play. Following the second safety, Sidney scored its first touchdown of the night when junior Coby Haas ran the ensuing...
Sidney’s city council members continue to wrestle with funding concerns in preparation for setting its mil levy. At its regular meeting Tuesday, as council prepared to set its property tax levy, discussion turned to a couple of items of uncertainty remaining in the budget and how those items might affect the city’s ability to meet its obligations under different scenarios. The biggest of those challenges is the question of upcoming bond needs. The city is preparing to seek bonds against up to...
Sidney High School is in line with a growing trend when it comes to student privacy in the shower room. The Accociated Press reports open showers in school locker rooms are going by the wayside as Nebraska schools build more private stalls. The trend of phasing out gang-style showers began decades ago, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Today, it could ease privacy concerns of critics who oppose allowing transgender students to use the locker rooms of their choice. Sidney Public Schools...
Local employers and bookkeeping professionals were invited to an informational workshop Wednesday, where they were given a rundown on new overtime rules that will go into effect in December. Sponsored by the Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce and hosted by Sidney Regional Medical Center, the event gave employers a look at new provisions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA). The changes are the result of a 2014 order by President Obama to the Labor Department to revise federal overtime...
Senator Deb Fischer visited with a dozen Sidney area residents at the Coffee Corner Monday afternoon, giving them an update on key activities on Capitol Hill and hearing concerns from those in attendance. Sen. Fischer turned to a practice she developed when she served in the Nebraska Legislature, telling those in the gathering that while she would review legislative issues, her main focus was for the gathering to be a "listening session," preferring to hear constituents' concerns. Farm prices...
Survivors, afflicted and their supporters joined together in Legion Park Friday for the common cause of support for Night of Hope, an organization providing assistance to those battling cancer. "After every storm, there is a rainbow of hope," was this year's theme, and despite a forecast of rain, supporters enjoyed a near-perfect summer evening for activities. Pastor Lauri Beach opened the evening with an invocation, followed by the presentation of the U.S. flag by Boy Scout Troop 90 and the...
