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The basketball games scheduled for tonight between Potter-Dix and Leyton, as well as the Peetz at Haxtun matchup, have been postponed due to school closures and a winter weather warning in western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado. According to Potter-Dix girls’ basketball head coach Jeff Einspahr, the games with Leyton will be rescheduled at a future date. “We don’t know when, but they will be rescheduled to a different day,” Einspahr said. The varsity games for Peetz, barring more bad weather, are rescheduled for tomorrow starting at 6:30...
It was a battle to the finish on Friday night as the Peetz Bulldogs basketball team edged the Pawnee Coyotes, 64-55, in overtime at home. While Peetz held the lead throughout most of the game – including a 30-25 lead at the half – the Coyotes were able to come back in the third and fourth periods with a 30-25 run of their own. With the Coyotes leading 55-53, the tying shot for Peetz, ending regulation at 55-all, came from Bryson Long after he grabbed an offensive rebound on a missed layup wit...
The Peetz Lady Bulldogs ripped the Pawnee Lady Coyotes on Friday, besting the visitors on a final score of 49-25. Mikenna Curlee scored a season-high 18 points in the win. She also had five rebounds, two assists and three steals. It was a seesaw game for Peetz as the Lady Bulldogs cruised to a 37-4 lead at the half. That lead evaporated in the second half, however, as Pawnee used a 21-12 run to threaten, though Peetz’s defense would hold on for the win. The win ups Peetz’s record to 2-2 overall and 1-0 in 1A North Central standings. In add...
The Sidney Lady Raiders basketball squad spent Friday and Saturday splitting a win and a loss against Chase County and Sterling, Colo., upping its overall record to 3-2 overall (1-0 in B-6 conference). Sidney 53, Chase County 38 The weekend started with a 53-38 home victory over the Lady Longhorns in which freshman Janay Brauer's command performance led the way. Brauer, in her first varsity start, dropped four three-pointers for 12 points – two of which were back-to-back in the closing m...
The Leyton Lady Warriors remain perfect at 4-0 (1-0 league) after beating the South Platte Lady Blue Knights on Friday, 36-22. The win puts Leyton firmly atop the D1-12 standings as the only unbeaten team remaining remain in the district. The game was a seesaw battle for both teams as Leyton went down 7-2 in the first period. The Lady Warriors bounced back in the second period on a 10-point run and entered the locker room up, 12-8, at the half. South Platte managed to outshoot Leyton 11-9 in the the third, but the Lady Warriors turned up the...
The Potter-Dix girls’ basketball squad stayed perfect on the season with a 4-0 overall record after taking down Creek Valley and Paxton over the weekend. Potter-Dix has won its last three games by 20 or more points, and has seen a prodigious offensive output from its starting lineup, as well as a strong defensive output from the starting five Potter-Dix 54, Creek Valley 20 The Lady Coyotes started out the weekend jaunt by beating the Creek Valley Lady Storm, 54-20, at home. It was a close game in the first quarter as Creek Valley only t...
The Creek Valley boys’ basketball team took a conference win against Potter-Dix on Friday, besting the Coyotes on a 57-41 final score. The Storm led throughout the game, taking a 28-17 halftime lead, and extended it by a 29-24 run in the final two periods. Creek Valley senior Colin Brott led the team in scoring with 16 points off a trio of three-point shots, three buckets and a trip to the line. Potter-Dix’s leading offensive push came from Cole Christensen, as he garnered 14 points via four field goals, a trey and one free throw. On the oth...
The Sidney Raiders wrestling team took a third place finish overall at the Gordon-Rushville meet on Saturday, tallying up 171 points. Two Red Raiders, Trey Arellano (106) and Derek Robb (152), took first place in their weight classes. Sidney will travel to Ogallala on Friday and Bridgeport on Saturday for meets. After the holidays, Sidney will travel to the Western Trails Tournament on Jan. 7 in Kimball. Individual Results 106 - Trey Arellano (6-0) placed first and scored 27.50 team points. First Place match - Trey Arellano (Sidney) 6-0 won by...
The senior duo of Cutter O'Connell and Tyler Wintholz came up big for Sidney once again in two weekend wins. The Red Raiders improved to 5-0 after wins over Chase County and Sterling, Colo., as O'Connell and Wintholz played key roles. The weekend was also a chance at redemption; the Raiders basketball squad had not won a game while playing in Colorado since Sidney resumed playing teams there during the 2010-11 season. That changed when the Raiders outlasted No. 4 ranked Sterling, 53-42, on Satur...
Kordell Maestas, a senior at Leyton High School, has been invited to represent Nebraska on the Central Conference Track and Field team competing in Australia in the summer of 2016. The conference extended the offer to attend the Australian competition, slated for July 3-11, to 300 student-athletes across Nebraska. Maestas, a standout athlete in track and football for the Warriors, said he is excited for the chance to run with some of the best track athletes in the world while "down under." "I...
The Leyton girls' basketball rolled to a 50-18 win over Peetz on Tuesday as the Lady Warriors remained unbeaten at 3-0. Peetz fell to 1-2 with the loss. The evening showcased a standout performance for Leyton's Diedra Waite. The Lady Warriors' senior shot 5-of-10 from the floor and was perfect on a trio of free-throws, all while grabbing four rebounds. On the defensive side of the ball, no one was more effective at rebounding for Leyton than Katie Higgins as she snagged 10 grabs under the...
After starting the season with a win-loss split at the the Carlile Classic tournament at home last week, the Peetz Bulldogs basketball team took a close 56-55 win against the Leyton Warriors at home on Thursday. The Bulldogs improved to 2-1 on the season in a game that showcased the work of Cody Wilson for Peetz and Zach Hellie for Leyton. The game was an even matchup from the start, with the Warriors up, 12-11 at the end of the first period. It was in that first quarter of action that Wilson...
Shawn Dillehay, an assistant boys' basketball coach for Sidney High School and middle school head football coach, was named as the Western Conference Male Coach of the Year last Friday in Scottsbluff. Sidney head wrestling and head track coach John Ganser was also honored as a Coach of the Year for winning the state championship in track during the 2014-15 season....
The Sidney Lady Raiders played to a spectacular second-place finish at the Western Conference Tournament last weekend. The Lady Raiders defeated Omaha Gross, 67-54, on Friday night, and ultimately fell to Chadron’s Lady Cardinals on Saturday, 45-29, in the championship game. The games, which were played at the Cougar Palace on the Western Nebraska Community College in Scottbluff, featured an outstanding level of play from seniors Emily Mahr, Abby Heller, Jasmine Jallen and Genessa Schilz, while also showcasing the skills of sophomore Kelsey Kni...
For the Creek Valley Storm’s season opener against Hyannis last Friday, it was Brett Godfrey’s lot to carry his team for most of the game; the 6-foot-2-inch junior guard led by shooting 10-of-18 from the floor and scoring a team-high 25 points in the 64-37 win over the Longhorns. Godfrey also went 3-of-4 from the line and earned six rebounds, three assists and 10 steals. Storm senior Keith Everitt was also in double digits with 10 points, while adding a game-high 11 rebounds and swiping a steal from Hyannis. After a loss to Maxwell on Sat...
The Peetz boys’ basketball team split the win-loss column over the weekend, falling in Friday’s opening round of the Carlile Classic tournament to Caliche, 60-43, though the squad rebounded for a win against the Gering JV team on Saturday, 75-54. Caliche 60, Peetz 43 Despite the tough loss to Caliche – a team Peetz has a tough time getting the number of year-to-year – Bulldogs forward Cody Wilson put together an outstanding performance by shooting five-of-eight from the floor, adding a three-pointer and four free throws to lead with 15 points...
The Peetz Lady Bulldogs took a win and a loss over the weekend on their home court at the Carlile Classic tournament, beating the Gering Lady Bulldogs, 37-33, before falling to Caliche in a tough 46-39 loss. Peetz 37, Gering JV 33 It seemed like Peetz’s Mikenna Curlee could do no wrong against the Gering JV squad as she put together a 20-point performance. She also shot 2-of-5 from the line and led the team with six rebounds. The second half was where the Peetz girls shined, however; the Gering JV squad actually led at the halftime break, g...
Sidney's Red Raider wrestling team opened up the 2015-16 season over the weekend with a number of wins at the Gothenburg and Cozad invitational meets. At the Gothenburg meet on Friday, seven Sidney wrestlers took first place victories. At 106 pounds, Trey Arellano took a win by pin, while Kaden Vowers bested his competition in the 113-pound class on a 3-1 decision. Last year's state champion, Derek Robb, pinned his opponent in the 152-pound class and 170-pounder Isaiah Votruba cruised to an...
If the Sidney boys' basketball squad keeps playing to and above the level it exhibited this past weekend at the Western Conference Tournament finals in Scottbluff, fans of the Red Raiders might want to start thinking about booking a return trip to Lincoln in February. The Raiders, anchored by seniors Cutter O'Connell, Tyler Wintholz, Brady Radcliffe, Ryan Birner and Seth Trost, won the tournament championship on Saturday night by defeating Colorado's Greeley West Spartans, 69-53, at the Cougar...
ALLIANCE – The Sidney Lady Raiders put a smackdown on Alliance Thursday night, beating back the Lady Bulldogs, 48-38, in the first round of the Western Conference Tournament. Most of the heavy lifting in the game came from forward Maddi Porter. The junior led the team offensively with 15 points off six buckets and a nearly effortless three-of-five showing at the line. Porter was also a strong force on defense, drawing three fouls against the Lady Bulldogs. Another big offensive producer for Sidney was junior Annalise Lecher, who put up nine p...
ALLIANCE – When the Sidney Red Raiders boys’ basketball team traveled to Alliance on Thursday night, one question had to be on the mind of every Bulldogs fan as their “boys in blue” entered the locker room down by one point. “This can’t be happening … Sidney can’t be beating us in our own house,” they likely thought. Sidney did beat Alliance, however, by a large margin, as the Raiders trumped the Bulldogs, 60-46, on the road in the first round of the Western Conference Tournament. The win sets up a second-round game tonight against Gering at...
LINCOLN – A total of 12 student-athletes from Sidney High School have been named to the Nebraska School Activities Association Western Conference all-conference teams in volleyball and football. From the Red Raiders football squad, the quartet of Derek Robb, Tyler Wintholz, Hunter Secrest and Alex Linneman were named to the first-team squad. Additionally, Coby Haas, Dominic Beyer, Dalton Schilz and Josh Austad were named as honorable mention to the all-conference team. As a sophomore, Robb rushed for a season-high 669 yards and 11 touchdowns o...
If you thought the last two games were a big test for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, just wait until this Friday when head coach Mike Riley and his squad will try to wrest a win away from No. 5 Iowa and, in the process, seek out a post-season bowl bid. The good news for Nebraska is that the game will be played at Memorial Stadium and the Huskers will face a Hawkeyes team that is reeling with late-season injuries. Even Iowa defensive end Drew Ott has petitioned for a medical redshirt due...
When the temperature gets colder and we all venture inside for the winter sports season, there is a lot we can look forward to on the basketball courts and wrestling mats of Cheyenne and Deuel counties and in Peetz. There is nothing quite as exciting, for me, as the raucous and loud environment that basketball season brings. From the sounds of the pep band, to the taste of way too many hot dogs, to the sweat growing on the brow of head coaches deep into a game, hoops rules the day every...
