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It was a beautiful day for a run on Thursday, October 6, and runners from the area's middle and high schools descended upon Hillside Golf Course for the annual Sidney Invitational. There was a great turnout, as parents, students and fans found great places to view the action under perfect blue skies and mild temperatures. The middle school girls started first, and the Chadron team took first place with 18 points followed by Sidney in second place with 39 points. Gering placed third with 43...
Sidney’s Red Raider Football team traveled to Chadron Friday for a division match up against the Cardinals, and after battling to a 7-to-7 tie at the end of the first half, the Raiders were unable to hold off the Cardinals and fell by a final score of 19-to-13. The loss moves Sidney to 2-and-4 on the season. Chadron won the coin toss and elected to receive, and after returning the kick off to the Chadron 43 yard line, went on a 57 yard drive to score and take a 7-to-0 lead. Sidney started t...
Sidney’s Lady Raider Volleyball team improved their record to 19-and-5 on the season, racking up five more wins against two losses over the week. The week started on Tuesday for the Lady Raiders as they hosted Scottsbluff. The Sidney girls swept their Scottsbluff counterparts in three sets, 25-to-19, 25-to-19 and 25-to-23. Junior Chloe Ahrens led the offense with 12 kills in the victory. Sidney then traveled north for the Twin Cities Invitational Tournament, and defeated Gering in the t...
Sidney’s Lady Raider Golf team traveled to Crandell Creek Golf Course in Ogallala for the B-4 District Tournament on Monday, October 3, and senior Aubree Larson shot a 95 to represent Sidney at the State Tournament in Gering on October 10 and 11. Scottsbluff again dominated the competition, shooting a 325 and taking four of the five top individual spots in the competition. Gering placed second with a score of 425, and Sidney placed sixth with a score of 454. Larson is Sidney’s only qua...
The Cheyenne County Community Center has always been a hub of activities and events for the area community, and has an “ambassador” that will brighten your day while helping you discover all the Center has to offer. Tara Gray started as Activities Director back in November, but she's not new to the area or the Community Center. She was working part-time in the evenings at the Community Center, and when Kirsten Richards left the Center to open Beans & Steams, she was offered the position as Act...
It was another busy week for Leyton’s Lady Warrior Volleyball team, and they won four out of six matches to move their season record to 12-and-10. On Tuesday, September 27, they traveled to Bridgeport and after dropping the first two sets, 25-to-14 and 26-to-24, they rallied to win the third set 25-to-19. But Bridgeport rallied to take the fourth set 25-to-13 for the 3-to-1 match victory. Leyton then traveled to Arthur to match up against the Lady Wolves, and after taking the first two sets 25-t...
Potter-Dix’s Lady Coyote Volleyball team continued their stellar season at home with a win against South Platte, and a loss to rival Bayard on Tuesday, September 27. First up was South Platte, and the Potter-Dix girls took a big lead early in the first set, and pulled away despite serving and hitting errors for a 25-to-12 first set victory. In the second set the Lady Coyotes again took an early lead, but the Lady Blue Knights kept up the pressure and eventually tied the set at 17-to-17. But t...
Leyton’s Warrior Football team continued to struggle against division opponents, falling 42-to-0 Friday afternoon to the Mullen Broncos in Dalton. Leyton is now at 3-and-3 on the season, with all three losses coming from division opponents. After a close first quarter that had the teams battling for offense and the Broncos taking an 8-to-0 lead, the Leyton defense was unable to contain the Mullen attack and surrendered 22 points in the second quarter to go into halftime trailing 30-to-0. M...
Sidney’s Red Raider Cross Country team traveled to Scottsbluff on Friday, September 30 for the Western Conference Cross Country Meet, and the girl’s team placed fourth and the boy’s team placed third at the end of the competition. Sophomore Noah Canas led the boys’ squad with a ninth place finish at 18:43.06, while junior Talissa Tanquary led the girls with a second place finish at 20:01.00. Chadron won the girls’ team competition while Gering won for the boys....
It was Homecoming Day for the Peetz Bulldogs, and after a close first quarter the visiting Fleming Wildcats put up 32 points in the second quarter to cruise to a 57-to-6 win over Peetz. The loss moves the Bulldogs to 1-and-4 on the season. Peetz started the game with the ball but were unable to gain any traction against the Fleming defense, and punted for a touchback. After Fleming’s first play went for a touchdown, a penalty called it back, but the Wildcats were able to quickly drive the length...
Sidney’s Red Raider Football team lost their second game in a row Friday afternoon, falling to the C-1 number 6 ranked McCook Bison 38-to-13 at Weymouth Field. The loss moves Sidney to 2-and-3 on the season. Like last week’s opponent Mitchell, the Bison came into the contest undefeated and used their powerful lines to dominate in the trenches and dictate the tempo of the game. Although the contest was close in the first quarter, the Bison capitalized on a series of Red Raider miscues to pul...
Sidney’s Lady Raider Volleyball team had a very challenging week, with matches against Chase County, Mitchell and Gering during the week and tournament action on Saturday. The Lady Raiders came away with five wins in six tries, and moved their season record to 14-and-3. On Tuesday Sept. 20, the Lady Raiders hosted Chase County, and Sidney’s skilled hitters were able to get around the Lady Longhorns tall blockers to take a 3-to-1 match victory. It was a great win with an energized crowd, and fue...
Creek Valley's Storm Football team hosted South Platte Friday night, and were unable to secure their first win of the year, falling to the Blue Knights 70-to-20. Both teams entered the contest looking for their first win of the season, but it was the Blue Knights that came away with the victory. Creek Valley started with the ball but could not gain a first down, going four-and-out and surrendering the ball to South Platte at mid-field. A few plays later, South Platte sophomore Jarrette Schwartz...
Creek Valley's Lady Storm Volleyball team, after a three match win-streak to open September, has come up empty during the rest of the month. This trend continued on Thursday with 3-to-0 straight set loss to Medicine Valley, 25-to-20, 25-to-20 and 25-to-11. The Lady Storm traveled to Kimball on Monday to match up agaisnt the winless Lady Longhorns, and settled in for a battle. After dropping the first set 25-to-22 and the second set 25-to-21, Creek Valley broke through with a 25-to-21 third set...
Potter-Dix's Coyote Football team continued their success Friday night at Combs Field with an impressive 92-to-12 dismantling of the Banner County Wildcats. Everything the Coyotes tried on offense worked, with the quarterbacks completing 8-of-10 passes for 149 yards and four touchdowns, and Potter-Dix's 26 rush attempts netted 251 yards and 7 touchdowns. Potter-Dix's defense was stellar as usual, holding the Wildcats to just 1 yard rushing on 28 attempts and 16 yards passing on 16 attempts with...
Leyton's Lady Warrior Volleyball team had four matches over the past week, and earned a split, winning two and dropping two to move to 8-and-8 on the season. On Tuesday Sept. 20, the Lady Warriors traveled for a triangular with Garden County and Bayard, and after outlasting the Garden County squad 25-to-23, 22-to-25 and 25-to-14 for the 2-to-1 match victory, fell in straight sets to Bayard 26-to-24 and 25-to-17. The Lady Warriors then traveled to Kimball on Thursday for another triangular, and...
Leyton's Warrior Football team lost a heartbreaker last week to Anselmo-Merna, but offered little resistance to the South Loup Bobcats in Arnold on Friday. The Warrior running game was shut down and senior quarterback Damyn Russ was limited to just 91 yards in the air in the Warriors' 50-to-6 loss. Tackles for loss brought the Warriors' rushing totals into the negative, while the strong Bobcat defense shut down the Warriors' attack. Senior Dawson Juelfs' lone touchdown reception was the only...
Potter-Dix's Lady Coyote Volleyball team continued their torrid start to the season over the last week, notching five more match wins while suffering their first loss of the season. The week moves Potter-Dix to 16-and-1 on the season. The week's action started on Monday with a triangular with Paxton and Wallace, and after putting away Paxton in straight sets, 25-to-20 and 25-to-17, the Lady Coyotes ran into a strong Wallace team that handed them their first loss of the season in straight sets,...
Sidney's Cross Country teams traveled on Monday to Kearney for the UNK High School Invitational. The event attracts the very best teams from around the state, and Sidney junior Talissa Tanquary continued her excellent season with a fourth place finish at 20:34.3 in the C Class event. Other Sidney finishers included senior Rheo Dykstra with a 44th place finish at 22:56.5, junior Jenju Peters with a 105th place finish at 25:21.6, junior Alayna Wiegand with a 112th place finish at 25:30.8, junior...
The Sidney Girls Golf team traveled to Alliance on Monday and perfect weather highlighted the outing, and the Lady Raiders took second place behind Scottsbluff with a score of 415. Sidney’s Aubree Larson placed eighth overall with a round of 99, while Audrey Splichal and Jordan DeNovellis each had a round of 107, both personal bests,and Kaydie Whatley finished with a round of 116. The team has had consistent improvement and outstanding finishes by Larson as they move through the season and g...
Peetz's Bulldog Football team hosted North Park on Friday, and a fast start by the visitors could not be overcome by the Bulldogs, and they dropped their third straight game by a final score of 55-to-14. North Park fired on all cylinders on offense to start the game, with two touchdowns in the first period followed by three touchdowns in the second quarter while shutting down the Bulldog attack, and took a 33-to-0 lead into the halftime break. Peetz finally broke through with a touchdown in the...
Peetz's Lady Bulldog Volleyball team is still on the hunt for their first win, and battled hard twice over the past week to reverse their fortunes. First they had a home match-up against Lone Star on Tuesday, Sept. 20, and played well against the Lady Longhorns, but fell in three sets 25-to-20, 25-to-19 and 25-to-23. Senior Lexie Nienhuser led the offense with 11 kills in the match and junior Addison Ramey had 10 assists in the loss. Peetz next hosted Prairie on Thursday and gave the Lady...
Leyton's Lady Warrior Volleyball team, after opening their season with a 6-and-2 record, had a tough week and dropped four matches to drop them to 6-and-6 on the season. On Friday they hosted Anselmo-Merna for Homecoming, and the Lady Coyotes were in control for the first two sets of the match, winning 25-to-18 and 25-to-17. But Leyton fought back hard in the third set, pushing the set to extra points, but they could not pull out the win, falling 26-to-24 for the 3-to-0 loss. On Saturday, the La...
Sidney’s Red Raider Football team traveled to Mitchell Friday night and came out on the wrong end of a 44-to-20 final score against a powerful Mitchell Tigers team that remained undefeated. The game was a match-up between a big and physical team in the Tigers, and a young and speedy team in the Red Raiders, and this time, big and physical won the day. Sidney would have to play mistake-free football and make big plays to stay with the powerful Tigers, and Mitchell showed their intent i...
Leyton’s Warrior Football team suffered their first loss of the season Friday afternoon to the Anselmo-Merna Coyotes, 14-to-12. The difference in points came from the Coyotes converting one extra point attempt for two points, while both Warrior touchdown extra point attempts failed. But other than points, the real difference in play was a Coyote team that was able to mix up schemes and stop the Leyton running attack on defense, forcing the Warriors to attempt more passes than usual and go a...
