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Rivals Leyton and Creek Valley high schools crossed paths on Tuesday at the Haxtun Triangular volleyball matches. Leyton came out on top in a thrilling, three-set match against the Storm, winning 23-25, 25-20, 29-27. Both the Lady Warriors and Lady Storm lost their matches to host Haxtun. Leyton fell 25-20, 25-17, while Creek Valley was beaten 19-25, 25-19, 25-18. Leyton is 14-5 this season, while Creek Valley’s record stands at 7-7. Meanwhile, Haxtun improved to 8-4. In Creek Valley’s loss to Leyton, Jessie Straber had 11 kills and 17 dig...
The Sidney Middle School eighth-grade volleyball team beat Scottsbluff in straight sets on Monday night to complete an undefeated season at 12-0. The seventh graders also defeated Scottsbluff in straight sets and concluded their season with an 11-1 record. Their only setback was a three-set loss to Sterling on Sept. 22. "For the third consecutive year, we have had an undefeated team at the middle school level," said Jack Thorpe, Sidney Middle School volleyball coordinator and coach of the...
Sara Gingerich, of Dix and a student at Potter-Dix High School, was selected to serve on Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith's Youth Advisory Council for the 2015-2016 academic school year. Gingerich is one of 21 high school students from the Third District who will serve on the council. The council is a forum for high school students to discuss opinions, thoughts and concerns about local and federal issues with Smith throughout the school year. Through in-person meetings and other contacts, the...
People with Medicare can learn about Part D drug coverage and find out how to reduce their own costs at a presentation about comparing plans for 2015. Nebraska Senior Health Insurance Information Program is sponsoring “Choose the Right Medicare Drug Plan” on Thursday, Oct. 22 at the Sidney Public Library. The event is open to people with Medicare, their caregivers and health care professionals. Appointments are required and there is no charge to attend. The presentation will be given by Caryn Long, Hesper Gentry and Brienna Bruce from the Neb...
Members of this year's Homecoming Court at Creek Valley High School are, from left: Garrett Sawyer, freshman attendant; Jay Pan, sophomore attendant; Gage Koenen, junior attendant; Cody Simmons, senior attendant; Leo Naal, king; Katie Burch, queen; Kira Westman, senior attendant; Andrea Ortgies, junior attendant; Samantha Schmid, sophomore attendant; and Taya McMillen, freshman attendant....
The Region 1 Behavioral Health Authority will hold a depression screening and awareness event to recognize National Depression Screening Day at the Scottsbluff Monument Mall on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event is funded through the Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention Grant. This is the 25th year that a National Depression Screening Day has been held. Additional community partners participating in the screening include DOVES and Panhandle Public Health VETSET Nebraska. The initiative raises awareness about depression, and helps...
The Sidney High girls' golf team is headed back to the state tournament after finishing third on Monday in the Class B District 4 at Monument Shadows Golf Club in Gering. The Lady Raiders shot a team score of 384. That left them behind team champion and defending Class B state champion Scottsbluff (349) and McCook (381). Sidney will compete for the Class B state title on Oct. 12-13 at Quail Run Golf Course in Columbus. Rachel Blauert recorded Sidney's top score, carding a round of 86 to finish f...
The golf season came to a close for Creek Valley High School on Monday, with its top golfer falling a half-dozen shots from qualifying for the Class C state tournament. The Storm, who fielded just three golfers all season and thus weren’t eligible to post a team score, was led by Maddy Johnson at Monday’s Class C District 5 Tournament at West Winds Golf Club in Ogallala. Johnson shot a 115, six shots behind the last state qualifier’s mark of 109. The top three teams and any individuals in the top 10 automatically qualify for state. The Class...
The Sidney High School girls’ cross country team won the Western Conference title on Monday, placing four runners in the top 10. Meanwhile, the boys’ team captured third place and had three runners snare top-10 spots. For the Lady Raiders, Erin Lindeman led the way with a fourth-place finish. Three teammates finished close behind in sixth, seventh and eighth. They were Chantal Riggs, Jami Flores and Preslie Allen, respectively. Charlie Brockhaus rounded out Sidney’s winning effort with a 15-place finish. On the boys side, Brenner Keane was t...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen one cent per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.33 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has increased 0.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.29 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices Sunday were 88.3 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 20.8 cents per gallon l...
The Class of 1951 held their 64th class reunion last month at the Holiday Inn in Sidney. Back row: Ron Gausman (Dallas), Rich Schaffert (Roy, UT), Jim Mueller (Yankton, S.D.), Ed Haupt (Omaha), Wilber Allgood (St. Louis, Mo.), Bill Burr (Rocklin, Calif.), Dottie (Overmiller) Loos (Clifton, Colo.), Natha (Plank) Wilkinson (Alliance), Norma (Benzel) Phelps (Sidney), Jane (Boyd) Powell (Laramie, Wyo.), Lois (Keenan) Sebold (Sidney). Second row: Wanda (Farmer) Kaduk (Westmont, Ill.), Shirley...
FOR THE SUN-TELEGRAPH The Leyton High School football team picked up its first win of the season on Friday night, defeating South Platte, 58-32. The visiting Warriors opened a 24-6 lead after one quarter and extended it to 38-12 by the intermission. Two more touchdowns in the third quarter pushed their lead to 52-12 before the hosts outscored them 20-6 in the final stanza. Leyton senior Kordell Maestas was the workhorse for his team, running for 269 yards and four touchdowns on 27 carries. His longest run of the night was for 64 yards. Leyton...
The Western Conference Cross Country meet scheduled for Saturday morning was postponed by rain. The Sidney High School boys’ and girls’ teams will compete in the rescheduled meet on Monday (Oct. 5). It will be held at Monument Shadows Golf Course in Gering at 3 p.m....
The Sidney High School volleyball team finished eighth among the 12 teams competing Friday and Saturday at the Twin Cities Tournament held in Scottsbluff and Gering. The Lady Raiders (8-12) went 1-2 in pool play on Friday. They lost to Alliance 25-19, 19-25, 25-20 and Grand Island Northwest 25-11, 25-13 and defeated Cheyenne Central 26-24, 20-25, 25-17. That placed them eighth – and in the championship bracket – after day one. The bottom four teams fell to a round-robin event. On Saturday, Sidney lost its opener to top-seeded GINW (25-19, 25-...
Seaman Recruit Joseph W. Tomsick graduated from Great Lakes Naval Training Center on Sept. 25 to the rank of E2, Seaman Apprentice. Tomsick was a member of the 2015 graduating class at Sidney High School and has a first-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do from the ATA Family Martial Arts School in Sidney. He is the son of Dennis and Mary Beth Tomsick of Sidney. Tomsick's graduating class in Great Lakes had close to 900 people from across 12 divisions. He was one of 68 in Division 326, Ship No. 4....
The South Platte Natural Resources District is now taking orders for Conservation Trees. Conservation trees and shrubs are a way to buffer noise and provide privacy and beauty to the landscape. Every year the Natural Resources Districts from across the state of Nebraska help to plant nearly a million trees. More than four million trees have been planted in the South Platte NRD since 1977. Several varieties of bareroot trees are available. The Colorado Blue Spruce and Ponderosa Pine along with Black Walnut and Cottonwood are just some of the Con...
The Peetz High School volleyball team rolled to an easy win over visiting Pawnee, 25-6, 25-4, 25-9. The Bulldogs improved to 2-9, while Pawnee slipped to 0-11. Mikenna Curlee had 18 kills to lead Peetz. Teammate Cami Thompson had 28 assists and Jodie Schumacher added 17 digs. Schumacher and Katie Buss also added nine kills apiece. Peetx is back in action Friday night at Fleming....
The Leyton High School volleyball team came up just short in a thrilling five-set match on Thursday night. The Lady Warriors lost 25-15, 25-22, 21-25, 18-25, 16-14 to their rivals to the north. Leyton dropped to 13-4, while the Bulldogs improved to 14-5. “As always, our match with Bridgeport came down to the wire in the fifth set,” said Leyton coach Jodi Craig. “Despite the loss, we came out a better team having played this quality of team. “We could have given up after losing the first two sets, but the girls persevered and fought back to win...
Several Creek Valley cross country runners cracked the top 20 at Thursday’s Bayard Invite. The Storm’s top finisher was Colin Bross, completing the course in 19 minutes, 5 seconds and taking 12th overall. Teammate Cooper Reichman (19:35) was 16th, Tanner Crass (20:20) was 26th and Hunter Hendricks (21:53) was 43rd. Creek Valley’s only female runner, senior Noemi Marin, finished in 35:03 in 29th place. The Storm runners return to action on Thursday when they compete in the annual Sidney Invite at the Hillside Golf Course....
More than 10 members of the Sidney Fire Department raised $1,402 during the annual “Fill the Boot” campaign on Sept. 7 with the intention of helping to save and improve the lives of people fighting muscle disease in the Sidney area. Muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other related life-threatening diseases take away people’s ability to walk, move, smile, talk and even breathe. “For six decades, fire fighters have fueled MDA’s mission to find treatments and cures for life-threatening muscle diseases, and this year’s Si...
The Sidney High School golf team placed a pair of golfers in the Top 10 en route to a third-place finish at the Columbus Scotus Invite on Wednesday. Rachel Blauert carded an 86 for the Lady Raiders to finish fourth overall, while teammate Emma Alexander also posted an 86 that was good for fourth place based on a tiebreaker. Lincoln Lutheran won the event, which featured nine high schools. The Warriors posted a team score of 353. Pius X took second with a score of 370 and Sidney placing third with a 372. For the Lady Raiders, Megan Neal turned...
Sidney native Reba Kinne Huge, and her husband Harry, will travel to Sidney this week. It marks both a celebration of her roots, as a native of Sidney who is coming home to celebrate her 60th high school reunion, and as an engagement with the future, as she and her husband meet with Cabela's leadership to explore how to continue their support to today's high school students who aspire to become tomorrow's leaders. Reba is the co-founder and vice-chairperson of the Harry and Reba Huge Foundation...
The Cheyenne County Chamber Ambassadors hosted a ribbon cutting for Daniel Charles and his wife, who are the owners of Panhandle Janitorial. The company is an insured cleaning service for commercial offices, rentals and new construction....
CHAPPELL – Creek Valley High School juniors will have the opportunity to take part in SAT’s PSAT program on Oct. 14. This is the only time the PSAT will be offered this year at the school. The PSAT, which is taken by nearly one million students in preparation for the SAT Assessment, is a multiple-choice test that measures verbal and mathematical reasoning abilities important for success in college. Creek Valley juniors may register in the guidance office. The fee is $15 and must be paid at time of registration. The last day to register is Fri...
Sidney Middle School's eighth-grade "B" team won the championship in the 2015 8th Grade Volleyball Jamboree in Mitchell on Monday. This is the second consecutive championship for the 8th graders. The team defeated Alliance's "A" team in three sets to start of the night. The Raiders went on to defeat Gering in two sets and then downed Scottsbluff in three sets. "The girls kept their focus and played hard through some tough matches," said Sidney coach Judi Roach. "I'm very proud of the teamwork...
