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Creek Valley's Storm Basketball team finished their regular season with a loss to the Wallace Wolves on Friday night. Wallace started strong with their offense hitting form both inside and outside while the Wolves' defense jammed up Creek Valley's scoring. After the first quarter, the Wolves led 27-to-10 and continued to score while keeping Creek Valley's scoring opportunities to a minimum. At the half, the visitors had built a 53-to-25 lead, and continued their good play into the second half....
Sidney's Red Raider Basketball teams finished off the 2021-22 regular season portion of their schedules with big wins over Alliance on the road Friday night. The wins come off two losses against Scottsbluff at Sidney on Tuesday, with the Bearcats getting the better of the Red Raider teams in both contests. On Tuesday, the Lady Raiders matched up with the Lady Bearcats, a team they had lost to twice before in the season. Also, the Lady Raiders had just lost to Lady Bearcats 10 days earlier in...
Potter-Dix's Lady Coyote Basketball team ended their season during the D2-11 Subdistrict Tournament, but had a victory to start off against the Creek Valley Lady Storm. The teams matched up at South Platte High School on Monday, Feb. 14 for the right to advance to a semi-final game against number one seed South Platte. Creek Valley started strong in the contest, using defensive pressure to keep the Lady coyotes off-balance, and getting inside to score. At the end of the first period, the Lady...
Potter-Dix's Coyote Basketball team finished their regular season with two more wins, and earned the number one seed for this week's Subdistrict Tournament. On Friday, Potter-Dix earned a win by forfeit against a Minatare team lacking numbers due to illness. On Saturday, Potter-Dix hosted the Perkins County Plainsmen for their final regular season game, and the stands were filled with red, white and blue and American flags on “USA Day”. Potter-Dix started fast and built a lead, but by the sec...
Sidney sent four wrestlers to the 2022 NSAA State Wrestling Championships in Omaha, and were able to bring home two medals with a second place finish by sophomore Chance Houser at 113 lbs and a fourth place finish by senior Austin Munier at 126 lbs. Houser and Munier were joined by senior Dietrich Lecher at 182 lbs and sophomore Landon Hanes at 220 lbs. Both Lecher and Hanes were unable to get out of the first day's competition, each with losses that ended their tournaments. Both Houser and Muni...
Two weeks ago, the Chadron Cardinals traveled down to Sidney and took two from the Red Raiders, but Sidney returned the favor Friday night, traveling up to Chadron for a sweep of their own. As the regular season runs down, the Raider teams are looking to play their best basketball as the season wraps, and got a good start with their road play against Chadron. The girls started the action, with the Lady Raiders coming in at 16-and-5 and the Lady Cardinals at 13-and-8. Sidney was able to slow down...
Peetz’s Bulldog Basketball team hosted the Otis Bulldogs on Thursday looking to avenge an opening day loss against their rivals. The game started with both defenses giving the opposing offenses trouble, and Peetz fell behind 11-to-6 at the end of the first quarter. Peetz battled hard in the second quarter, staying with the visitors and going into the half trailing 25-to-18. The offensive adjustments Peetz made at the half worked well, and the home Bulldogs ripped off a 21 point third quarter t...
Potter-Dix's Coyote Boys Basketball team has had very few bumps in the road during this season, but hit one on Friday night when they hosted the 19-and-1 Hyannis Longhorns in Potter. In one of the strangest starts to a game for two high-scoring teams, the defenses shut down any scoring by the teams, with just one lone point via free throw on the board for Potter-Dix until Hyannis scored a filed goal with 3:35 left in the first period to move the score to 2-to-1. A relative flurry of scoring...
Creek Valley's Storm Basketball team continued their struggle of a season with two more losses over the past week. Last Tuesday, the Storm hosted the Perkins County Plainsmen, and quickly fell into a hole. The Perkins County defense was too tough for Creek Valley, limiting their shots and making every point difficult. After putting up 21 points in the first, Perkins County turned around and put up 21 more points in the second quarter to go into the half up 42-to-15. The third quarter again...
Potter-Dix's Lady Coyote Basketball team has struggled thorough most of the season, but have shown continuous improvement and have battled hard against their opponents. On Friday, the Lady Longhorns of Hyannis came for a visit, and the game was a battle the whole way. After trailing most of the way, the Lady Coyotes were able to get within three at 30-to-27 in the final minutes of the third quarter. However, the Lady Coyote offense stalled and ended the period down by four at 33-to-29. The Lady...
Leyton's Lady Warrior Basketball team had a tough finish to their regular season, dropping their final two games as they head into Subdistrict play this week. Last Tuesday, Leyton hosted Bayard, and the tough Lady Tiger team jumped out fast, building up a big 22-to-6 lead at the end of the first period. Leyton adjusted and tightened their defense, but still had problems scoring and went into the half down 33-to-15. However, the Lady Warriors could not beat the defense, and again only had five...
Creek Valley's Lady Storm Basketball team finished up their regular season campaign last week, with a loss to Perkins County on Tuesday and South Platte on Friday. On Tuesday, the Lady Plainsmen came into Chappell for their final contest of the regular season, and started hot in the first period. Seemingly scoring at will while stonewalling the Lady Storm's offense, the Lady Plainsmen went up 23-to-6 and carried that momentum over into the second period, going up 39-to-9 at the half. The Creek...
Sidney's Red Raider Boys Wrestling team competed at the District Championships over the weekend, and Sidney had two District Champions and two fourth place finishers qualify for the State Tournament. Chance Houser won a District Title at 113 lbs and Austin Munier won a District Title at 126lbs to qualify for the State Tournament along with Dietrich Lecher who placed fourth at 182 lbs and Landon Hanes who also placed fourth at 220 lbs to qualify. The State Tournament starts Thursday at the CHI...
Earlier in the season at the MAC Tournament, Leyton matched up against Bayard in the semi-final round of the tournament, and jumped out to a big lead against the Tigers. However, the Warriors could not hold on, and Bayard stormed back to take a seven point victory and move on to the finals against Potter-Dix. Last Tuesday, Leyton again opened hot, taking a quick 8-to-2 lead in a defense-heavy first quarter. However, Bayard battled back quickly and turned the tables on Leyton, ending the first...
Sidney's Red Raider Basketball teams traveled north this weekend, first for a matchup with the Gering Bulldogs then for two games with Scottsbluff. Friday's games ended with a Sidney sweep of the Bulldogs only for the Red Raiders to be on the other end of a sweep Saturday by the Bearcats. Friday's contest started with the girls' game, with Sidney having won an early January contest against the Lady Bulldogs at Sidney. Gering looked for a fast start against the Lady Raiders, and played well in...
Potter-Dix's Coyote Basketball season continued their winning ways with two more victories over the week to move their season record to 15-and-2. On Thursday the Coyotes matched up at home with the Garden County Eagles, and a relatively tight contest had Potter-Dix leading 22-20 at the end of the first half. The third quarter was dominated by the defenses as both teams struggled to score. The scoring picked up in the fourth quarter, and Potter-Dix was able to build upon their lead and take the...
Leyton's Lady Warrior Basketball team had three games over the past week, and dropped two of the contests while racking up a big win against Creek Valley. On Tuesday Feb. 1, the Lady Warriors travelled to Colorado to match up with the Sedgwick County Lady Cougars. Sedwick County's high-powered offense built a big lead in the first half, and went into the intermission up 35-to-18. Leyton tried to fight back, but the Lady Cougars' defense was too tough, limiting shot opportunities and creating...
Leyton’s Warrior Boys Basketball team had a busy week with three games, and came out on the winning side in two of the the three contests. On Tuesday Feb. 1, the Warriors traveled to Colorado to match up with the Sedgwick County Cougars, and after a low scoring first period, the teams turned up the offense and matched each other score for score. The Warriors were strong outside the arc in the first half, and took a 27-to-23 lead into the intermission. The Cougars came back and tied the game e...
On Friday, Leyton senior Kole Bush committed to play basketball for the Ottawa College starting in the Fall of 2022. Bush has been an outstanding athlete for Leyton High School, excelling in Football, Basketball and Track & Field. “I really like that its a Baptist school, and I can continue to learn the Word of God while continuing to play basketball”, said Bush of his decision. He also noted the quality of the facilities and the strength of the basketball team as reasons for his decision. He...
Creek Valley’s Storm Basketball teams each dropped two contests over the past week, moving their record to 2-and-16 for the girls, and 1-and-17 for the boys on the season. On Thursday, Creek Valley hosted the Potter-Dix and the night started with the girls’ game. Potter-Dix was able to open a lead and hold off the Lady Storm, with both teams playing strong defense. The Lady Coyotes were able to get more shot opportunities, and took advantage as they pulled away later in the game. Creek Val...
In the inaugural season for the Lady Raiders, the girls traveled over the weekend to Gothenburg for their first District Championship meet. The girls had a successful first year and are poised to improve and become a force in the panhandle. The District Meet results are as follows: 107 lbs Jadyn Cottam (19-8) place is unknown and scored 0.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Jadyn Cottam (Sidney Girls) 19-8 received a bye () (Bye) Quarterfinal - Bettie Chambers (Palmyra Girls) 15-11 won by fall over...
Potter-Dix's Lady Coyote Basketball team had two games this week, starting on Thursday with an away game against the Creek Valley Lady Storm. The Lady Coyotes were able to build a lead and and keep the visitors at bay with their defense, and were able to pull away when necessary on offense. The game ended in a 52-to-43 victory for Potter-Dix. Freshman Karsyn Burgman led the scoring for Creek Valley with 12 points in the loss. On Friday, the Lady Coyotes hosted the Garden County Lady Eagles and...
Peetz’s Bulldog Basketball team won two out of three contests over the past week to improve their season record to 4-and-11. On Tuesday, the Bulldogs hosted the rival Buffaloes, and engaged in a tight game with the rivals matching each others scoring basket for basket. A 14-to-14 first period continued into a tight second period, with the Buffaloes coming out ahead by one at 28-to-27 at the halftime break. The teams again matched each other score for score in the third period, and in the f...
Sidney's Red Raider Basketball teams hosted the Chadron Cardinals Friday night, and both Sidney teams were unable to get past good defensive performances by the Cardinals and lost their games. It was Senior Night, and the Cardinals came in looking to spoil the event starting with the girls' contest. The first quarter of the girls' game was well played by both sides, with both defenses slowing the scoring in the opening minutes of the game until both teams started to have success shooting from...
Potter-Dix basketball resumed play after the MAC Tournament, with the girls matching up against Prairie in New Raymer, Colo., on Tuesday and both the boys and girls teams matching up with Minatare on Saturday. The girls traveled on Tuesday to New Raymer to play against the Prairie Lady Mustangs. Potter-Dix gave a big effort, but the Lady Mustangs were able to open a lead and hold off the Lady Coyotes' offense. Potter-Dix threatened to go on a roll a few times, but the Prairie girls shut them...
