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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...
Sidney's Lady Raider Volleyball team spent the week on the road, and showed they didn't need a home court advantage to continue their strong play. On Tuesday, the Lady Raiders faced the Chadron Lady Cardinals and the Bridgeport Lady Bulldogs, and swept both matches in straight sets. Against Chadron, the teams battled hard in the first set but Sidney was able to outlast the Chadron squad, taking the first set 25-to-20. Chadron fought hard in the second set, driving the set to extra points, but...
Potter-Dix's Lady Coyote Volleyball team continued their outstanding start to the season, outlasting Sioux County in Harrison Friday with a 3-to-2 match victory to move their record to 11-and-0. Sioux County had an uneven start to their season, coming into the match with Potter-Dix losing three of their last four matches, and looked a bit out of sorts starting against Potter-Dix. After dropping the first set 25-to-18, the Lady Warriors regrouped and pushed the Lady Coyotes to extra points in the...
Creek Valley's Storm Football team continues to search for their first win, as they traveled to Bartley on Friday and wound up on the wrong side of a 60-to-6 rout against the Southwest Roughriders. Southwest jumped on the Storm early, putting the game out of reach 38-to-0 at the end of the first quarter. Freshman quarterback Zander Polk was able to connect with Seth Wilber for a touchdown in the fourth quarter, but that was all the scoring the Storm could muster. Polk ended his day, 12-for-22...
Potter-Dix's Coyote Football team continued their unbeaten season by routing the Sioux County Warriors 63-to-0 in Harrison on Friday. It was another outstanding offensive and defensive performance by the Coyotes, who jumped out to a 13-to-0 lead at he end of the first period, then piled on another 30 points in the second quarter to open a 43-to-0 lead at the half and initiate a running clock. The Potter-Dix defense held Sioux County to just 66 yards, on 26 yards rushing and 40 yards passing and...
Sidney Red Raider Cross Country team had a busy week, with competitions at Bridgeport and McCook. At the Run at the Rocks/Bridgeport Invite on Tuesday, both teams finished third, with the boys scoring 70 points and the girls at 75. Freshman Daniel Hardin led the Sidney boys with a 24th place finish at 22:33.51 and sophomores Dillon Cagle and Kolton Wells finished 33rd and 34th respectively. Leyton senior Gabriel Tretter finished seventh with a time of 19:31.38. For the girls, junior Brooklyn Bra...
Sidney's Lady Raider Golf team traveled last week to compete at the North Platte Invitational, and had a tough time but a good showing against some of the area's best teams. The Sidney squad finished with a total score of 436, putting them in eight place. The team was led by Aubree Larson's round of 100 on the challenging course, good enough for a top-twenty finish. Kaydie Whatley finished with a 110, Carlie Jordan and Audrey Splichal each finished with a 113 and Jordan DeNovellis ended her day...
Sidney’s Red Raider Football team played an outstanding second half and capitalized on Gordon-Rushville miscues to come from behind for a 34-to-17 victory Friday night in Gordon. The win moves Sidney to 2-and-1 on the year, and has shown the Red Raiders to be a much improved team from the past few seasons. Gordon-Rushville looked sharp in the first half of the game, with both their offensive and defensive lines imposing their will on their Sidney counterparts. The Mustangs opened the game w...
Leyton's Warrior Football team traveled to Morrill on Friday to match up against the struggling Morrill Tigers, and made quick work of their hosts, scoring 49 unanswered points in the first quarter to put away the Tigers. It was a ground-and-pound attack by the Warriors, who threw the ball only three times with one completion in the game. The lone completion was for a touchdown, a 12 yard pass from senior Damyn Russ to senior Justin Ernest. The Warriors rushed the ball 24 times for 192 yards...
It's still early in the season, and again the Potter-Dix Coyote Football team is searching for an opponent that can give them a competitive contest. During last year's regular season, the Coyotes smallest margin of victory was 18 points against the Arthur County Wolves. This year Arthur County is not on the schedule, so it is likely that the Potter-Dix faithful will have to settle for lopsided games until playoff time rolls around. After winning their first game against Minatare 85-to-6 then...
Sidney's Lady Raider Volleyball team continued their strong start to the 2022 season with three more wins in four chances over the past week. The team improved its record to 6-and-2, and the players seem settled and confident in their roles, and are positioned correctly to maximize their talents. On Tuesday, September 6, the Lady Raiders travelled to Mitchell to match up against the winless Lady Tigers. Sidney played well against a Mitchell squad that battled, but the Lady Raiders were able to...
Peetz's Bulldog Football team hosted 2021 State Champion Cheyenne Wells on Friday night, and the Tigers proved to be too much for the Bulldogs to handle. After ripping off 22 unanswered points in the first quarter, the Tigers continued to score in the second quarter while completely shutting down the Bulldog offense. After building a 46-to-0 lead at the half, the Tigers added 16 more points in the fourth quarter to earn the 62-to-8 win. Peetz sophomore Colton Howell scored the lone touchdown...
