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Mike Motz, Sidney Sun -Telegraph Sidney's Red Raider Boys Basketball team ended their season on Wednesday, March 8 by losing in the first round to the NSAA Class C1 State Basketball Tournament, at the Devaney Center, in Lincoln. 20-and-6 Sidney had the misfortune, as the number 8 seed, of drawing defending C1 State Champion and number one seed Ashland-Greenwood with a 24-and-2 season record. The Bluejays were well-known as a very technically solid team with a ferocious defense, and the Red... Full story
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun-Telegraph After a surprising run in the CHSAA Tournament, the Peetz Bulldogs were represented by freshman Rhyder Bayne and junior Noah Naegele in the District 4 All-Team selections. Bayne was named to the District 4 First Team for the 2022-23 season. He led the Bulldogs with 16.6 points per game and was the catalyst for their offense. Bayne's emergence and the solid play of the Bulldogs in the latter part of the season led Peetz to a 1A District 4 Championship by beating...
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun-Telegraph Commissioners and Board of Equalization met on March 6, and among the many topics discussed, plans to disperse American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds and county road concerns were the big concerns during the meeting. After discussion of a cybersecurity audit that went over the merits of a private company doing an audit, versus the Department of Homeland Security providing an audit at no cost, it was decided that the county would move forward with contacting DHS to... Full story
Mike Motz, Sun-Telegraph Sidney and the medical community will have to do without the steadfast medical services of Dr. Richard Jantz, as he has decided to retire from medicine and spend more time with family. Jantz is a very well-respected cardiologist and had affiliations with many Denver metro-area hospitals, and provided outreach services to Sidney. He was a staple in the Sidney medical community for over 35 years, with numerous patients offering the highest praise with comments like "he... Full story
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun -Telegraph Sidney's Lady Raider Girls Basketball team traveled to Lincoln and defeated the Beatrice Lady Orange on Thursday, March 2 in the first round of the Class B NSAA State Tournament. It was the Lady Raider's first tournament win in 39 years. Head Coach Tyler Shaw was no stranger to Pinnacle Bank Arena, with the 2023 Tournament being his eighth trip to the Big Dance. But he had not yet been able to get a team past the first round, and with the squad he had this year m... Full story
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun-Telegraph Leyton's Lady Warrior Girls Basketball team had a fantastic season, compiling a 16-and-5 record before losing in the first round of the NSAA Tournament in Lincoln on Thursday, March 2, to the Falls City Sacred Heart Lady Irish 64-to-30. It was Leyton's first tournament appearance in 40 years, and the number 8 seeded Lady Warriors had the misfortune of drawing the defending champions, and No. 1 seeded Falls Sacred Hear Lady Irish. The Lady Irish had length and... Full story
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun-Telegraph Sidney's Red Raider Boys Basketball team recovered from their Subdistrict loss to Ogallala and traveled to neutral site Cozad to match up with with the 15-and-7 Aurora Huskies for the C1-6 District Championship. After securing the tip-off, Sidney scored first but then had trouble scoring, especially short shots and put backs, and Aurora was able to open a lead. But as the first quarter progressed, Sidney climbed back into the game and after Jaeden Dillehay drained... Full story
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun-Telegraph Potter-Dix's Coyote Boys Basketball team had another great year, running up a 19-and-5 record and going through stretches of the season where they looked unbeatable. There were very few weaknesses on the team, although one proved to be their undoing in the district Final game. The Coyotes have had a tendency to have a "bad quarter", but usually have the talent and athleticism to overcome that weakness. However, it proved that a team like Falls City Sacred Heart... Full story
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun-Telegraph Peetz's Bulldog Boys Basketball team won the 1A District Tournament, and earned a spot in the Regional Bracket of the CHSAA State Basketball Tournament. The Bulldogs definitely did better in the post-season as their 7-12 regular season would indicate, and overall it was a great year for the Bulldogs and the team shows great promise for the season to come. After shocking the field in the 1A Tournament with three wins and a District Title, the Bulldogs moved on to... Full story
Mike Motz, Sun-Telegraph Leyton's Warrior Boys Basketball team, regrouped after a loss to Bridgeport in their Subdistrict final game, and traveled to neutral-site Lexington on Tuesday, February 28, for a District Final match up against the 18-and-8 Mead Raiders. The first quarter opened with both teams' offenses hesitant, while they probed for openings and the defenses played close. It was back and forth scoring for the first half of the period, then the Raiders offense got into a groove and... Full story
Mike Motz, Sun-Telegraph On March 1st, West Elementary in Sidney was transformed into an Entrepreneurship factory, where the students were divided into teams, assigned organization roles, and put together a product and business plan to creatively sell a "widget" to an assembled group of judges and their peers. The teams with the best product idea and presentations were awarded prizes for their efforts, and all the students received a fun lesson on how a product is created and brought to market.... Full story
Mike Motz, Sports Editor, Sun-Telegraph Leyton's Lady Warrior Girls Basketball team traveled all the way to Brady on Friday for a neutral-site District Final matchup against the Parkview Christian Lady Patriots, and were able to capitalize on their strong defense and smart game plan to beat Parkview Christian and advance to the NSAA State Tournament for the first time since 1983. The girls enter the Class D2 Tournament as the No. 8 seed, and will match up against No. 1 seed, and defending D2... Full story
Mike Motz, Sun-Telegraph It has been an unusually cold and snowy winter here in Cheyenne County, compared to the last few winters that have been relatively warm and without much snow. Cheyenne County was hit again last week with yet another snow storm, but thankfully we did not receive the full brunt of the storm in the Sidney area. Snow totals were just about 3-to-5 inches overall, and the lack of high winds kept drifts minimal. But another blast of cold temperatures rolled through the... Full story
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun-Telegraph In what was the final home game of the season for Sidney's Lady Raider Girls Basketball, the team sailed past Alliance Saturday afternoon at the Cabela's Athletic Center to take the B-3 District Crown and secure their place at the NSAA State Tournament. The Lady Raiders earned the No. 3 seed, and will face No. 6 seed Beatrice at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Thursday, March 2, at 7:45 p.m. CT, 6:45 p.m. MT. Although the Lady Raiders sailed through their season with only... Full story
Mike Motz, Sun-Telegraph Sidney's Red Raider Boys Basketball team has made a strong bid for a spot in the NSAA Tournament in Class C-1, but weather delays of Subdistrict and District Finals games last week have pushed back announcements of bracket pairings for much of the boys' field in basketball. With Sidney's strong season record and runner-up status in the Subdistrict Tournament, the Red Raiders finally received the news Monday that they would match up against Aurora, in Cozad, on Tuesday,... Full story
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun-Telegraph Leyton's Warrior boys Basketball team ended their fine regular season with a 20-and-2 record, securing them the No. 1 seed in the D1-12 Subdistrict Tournament. They met up for the second time this season with Hemingford, a team they had beaten by 13 points back in December, in the first round of the tournament on February 21. After a close first period that had Leyton leading 16-to-14, the Warriors exploded on offense, pounding out 29 points in the period while He... Full story
Mike Motz, Sun-Telegraph After a regular season that included a slow start, and periods of losing streaks, the Peetz Bulldog Boys Basketball team righted themselves at just the right time. After defeating Weldon Valley at home to end their regular season, the Bulldogs entered the 1A District 4 Tournament at NJC on Thursday, February 28, with an opening contest against the 7-and-12 Longmont Christian Warriors. Both teams opened with strong defensive play while the Warriors opened a 6-to-0 lead... Full story
Mike Motz, Sun-Telegraph Potter-Dix's Coyote Boys Basketball team finished their strong season with a loss to Chadron, but had no problem regrouping and breezing through the Subdistricts and coming away with the D2-11 crown. The Coyotes first faced Creek Valley in their first game of the tournament on February 21, and had no problem putting away the Storm, who had struggled for success all season. After opening the game with a strong offensive performance that had them up 23-to-12 at the end of... Full story
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun-Telegraph The Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, February 21, and discussed a few topics, approved an application for a Floodplain Development Permit, and approved two replats for subdivisions in Cheyenne County. The Floodplain/Floodway Development permit was approved at the L-17E bridges over I-80 in Lodgepole and the I-80 bridges over Cow Creek. All three commissioners approved without objection. The first replat was for Tract 1, patch of Heaven... Full story
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun-Telegraph The Oktoberfest Committee met on February 16 to discuss preliminary plans for the 2023 event that will occur on October 6, 7 and 8 this year. After reviewing leftover business from November's meeting, the group agreed on paying out the last expenses from last year's Oktoberfest. They also discussed enhancing their website to make it easier to navigate, provide more information and by more usable by participating vendors. There was a discussion about the needed... Full story
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun-Telegraph It was the final game of the regular season for Sidney's Lady Raider Girls Basketball team Tuesday night, and the 12-and-9 Alliance Lady Bulldogs were all that stood in the way of win number 22 for the season. It was quickly apparent that Alliance would not have what it takes to beat the speedy and disciplined Lady Raider team on Tuesday night. Sidney started with a pressure defense, trapping and locking up the Lady Bulldogs' offense, causing turnovers mostly befo... Full story
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun-Telegraph Sidney's Red Raider Boy's Basketball team didn't have a memorable performance shooting from the field on Friday, but coupled with their strong defensive play, it was enough to earn a double-digit win over rival Alliance, 60-to-44. After opening a 6-to-0 lead early, the Raider offense cooled off and Alliance was able to battle back and trim the lead to 9-to-7, after the low-scoring first period. Both teams picked their games up offensively in the second quarter,... Full story
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun-Telegraph Four Red Raider Wrestlers qualified for the State Tournament, and left on Wednesday, February 15, for the CHI Health Center in Omaha to compete starting on Thursday. The qualifiers were junior Landon Hanes at 285 pounds, freshman Zech Roggasch at 160 pounds, Jadyn Cottam at 105 pounds and Saphira Whitely at 190 pounds. Landon Hanes was defeated by Owen Rowell of Auburn by Fall at 1:51 in his first match, then was defeated by Orion Parker of Plattsmouth by 7-1 deci... Full story
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun-Telegraph After rattling off 19 wins in a row, the Leyton Warriors finally lost a game, then another in the final stretch of the regular season. But the Leyton boys got back on the winning track right in time for the Subdistricts with a win in their final game of the regular season against Garden County. The Warriors traveled up to Oshkosh on February 15 to match up with the Eagles, and had a solid start to the game. With their fast passing, good shot selection and solid... Full story
Mike Motz, Sidney Sun-Telegraph Leyton's Lady Warrior Girls Basketball team has had a strong season, and sat out the first round of the D2-11 Subdistrict Tournament with a bye, waiting on the winner of the Potter-Dix and Banner County contest on Monday, February 15. The Lady Coyotes had little trouble getting past the winless Lady Wildcats, setting up the finals match on Tuesday, February 16. Leyton had no trouble beating Potter-Dix's aggressive defense, and quickly opened a 17-to-3 lead at the... Full story
