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Creek Valley's Storm Basketball team opened their season with two big losses this week, the first on Friday night in Chappell against the Hyannis Longhorns. The Longhorns opened a big lead early and were able to stifle the Creek Valley offense, and cruised their way to a 69-to-13 rout of the Storm. On Saturday, the Storm tried to put the previous night's game behind them, but again they fell quickly behind a speedy Maxwell team that also easily outpaced the Storm's scoring and routed the Storm...
Leyton's Warrior Basketball team has a nice 2-to-0 start for the year with victories over Kimball and Morrill over the week. On Friday the Warriors hosted the Longhorns, and were able to build a comfortable lead early in the game, extending their advantage to 17 points by the end of the first period. Leyton continued to score well while playing good defense against the Longhorns, and went into the halftime with a solid 37-to-20 lead. Leyton continued their strong play through the third period...
Leyton's Lady Warrior Basketball team started their season last week with a hard-fought battle against the visiting KImball Lady Longhorns for a loss, and a solid road win with four quarters of good play by the Lady Warriors. On Friday Leyton kicked off the season hosting the Kimball Lady Longhorns, and this game was a tight contest the whole way through. Although Kimball was able to hang on to a narrow lead much of the contest, both teams battled for points and gave great effort, and it was...
The start of the season means its time for the annual Carlisle Classic, but this year did not treat the Bulldog's so well as they dropped two straight games. Their first match-up was against the Otis Bulldogs, and after a tough battle, the Otis team was able to build a lead and maintain it against the Peetz squad. Peetz could not change the momentum and fell by a final score of 55-to-46. In their second game of the tournament, A Saturday match-up with Caliche, again the Bulldogs tried to match...
Creek Valley's Lady Storm Basketball team opened on Friday in Chappell against the Hyannis Lady Longhorns, and what turned to be a tight battle at halftime was only settled by a strong fourth quarter to hold off a surging Lady Storm team. Hyannis was able to shut down Creek Valley in the early going, opening up a substantial lead going into the second quarter, and Creek Valley was unable to narrow the gap, trailing by 17 at half and ultimately losing by 17, 47-to-30. Sophomore Alexxa Fletcher...
The historic season the Potter-Dix Coyote Football team enjoyed came to a disappointing end Friday night at Ron and Carol Cope Stadium at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, as they fell to the Cody-Kilgore Cowboys by a final score of 65-to-37. The Coyotes’ historic run fell just short of a State Championship as the Cody-Kilgore running attack proved to be too much for the Coyotes to stop for four quarters. The Potter-Dix team ends the season with an 11-and-1 record, a Runner-Up Trophy, and a h...
The number 1 ranked Potter-Dix Coyote Football team continued their historic season on Friday, holding off a late surge by the number 13 ranked Spalding Academy Shamrocks to punch their ticket to a State Championship game in Kearney, the first in the school's history. The Coyotes will face their biggest challenge of the year against the Cody-Kilgore Cowboys on Friday, November 19 at 6 p.m. MST at the Ron and Carol Cope Stadium at the University of Nebraska-Kearney. The contest against Spalding...
The Potter-Dix Coyote Football team makes the last stop on their historic run on Friday, when they face off against the Cody-Kilgore Cowboys at Ron and Carol Cope Stadium at the University of Nebraska-Kearney on Friday at 6 p.m. MST. Potter-Dix comes into the matchup ranked number 1 in D6, with Cody-Kilgore ranked number 2. Both teams are undefeated at 11-and-0, but that's where the similarities end. The Cowboys have scored 768 points and given up 184, while the Coyotes have scored 691 while...
Potter-Dix's Coyote Football team hosted the quarter-final round of the D6 playoffs Friday afternoon, and defeated the visiting Parkview Christian Patriots 70-to-34 to advance to the semi-final round of the D6 playoffs. This victory pushes the Coyotes' record to 10-and-0 on the season and marks the first time the Potter-Dix team has advanced to the semi-final round of the playoffs. On an sunshine soaked afternoon with 70 degree weather and a slight breeze, the teams squared off in front of a...
The Potter-Dix Coyotes are the number one ranked team in D6, and face the number 13 ranked Spalding Academy Shamrocks in the semi-final round of the NSAA D6 play offs on November 12 in Spalding. Due to the arcane formulas used by the NSAA, Potter-Dix will have to make the long journey east to Spalding, and if they win, they will face either Wallace or Cody Kilgore in Kearney on November 19 for the State Championship. Spalding Academy features a run-heavy offense, led by seniors Dawson Murphy...
Sidney's Lady Raider Volleyball team had their season ended Saturday afternoon as the Adams Central Lady Patriots outlasted the Lady Raiders in a five-set thriller that featured an inspired Sidney comeback that ultimately fell just a bit short. But first, the Lady Raiders had to get through their Subdistrict Tournament against familiar opponents, at home at Sidney High School. Starting on Tuesday, number 1 seed Sidney matched up with number 4 seed Gering, which came into the match with a record...
The powerhouse Potter-Dix Coyote Football team improved to 9-and-0 on the season with a 54-to-0 shellacking of the visiting Sioux County Warriors in the first round of the D6 Playoffs Friday afternoon in Potter. Sioux County came into the game shorthanded due to injuries, and tried a few different looks to hopefully slow down the Coyotes, but to no avail as the Coyotes scored on seven of their first nine possessions of the game. After electing to receive after winning the coin toss, Sioux...
Leyton's Warrior Football team had their season come to an end Friday afternoon in Osceola, as their defense could not contain Osceola's Isaiah Zelasny, who's eight touchdown rushes powered the Bulldogs to a 54-to-28 win in the second round of the the D2 playoffs. It was Leyton's first trip to the second round of the playoffs since 2007, and the Warriors came into the game relatively healthy at 7-and-2 and set to take on the 8-and-1 Bulldogs. The weather was a perfect 60 degrees with a slight...
Sidney’s Lady Raider Cross Country Team won their first State Championship in school history, securing the Class C Title on Friday in Kearney. The girls finished with 64 points, edging out Lincoln Christian who earned runner-up honors with 67 points. The finish capped an outstanding year for the Lady Raiders’ team, coming on the heels of a C5 District Title win on October 14th. The State Meet was run with perfect weather, and the girls were calm and relaxed prior to start. Head Coach Donna Wie...
Potter-Dix's Coyote Football team finished out their regular season with an 80-to-16 rout over Creek Valley, earning their second straight D6-6 Title and undefeated regular season. The Coyotes' swarming defense held Creek Valley to -27 yards rushing while forcing four turnovers. The Creek Valley Storm, fresh from an inspirational win over South Platte last week, simply did not have the manpower to keep up with Potter-Dix, as they only dressed nine players for the game. The Coyotes again scored...
Sidney’s Red Raider Football team lost their final game of the season, as a late rally by the visiting Mitchell Tigers could not be stopped, and Sidney fell by three points to end their season. Using a four man front on defense, the Red Raiders were able to contain Mitchell’s first drive of the game and force a punt. The Raiders were forced to start three freshmen and multiple sophomores due to injury, but were able to get a rhythm established on offense early, and took their first pos...
It's been a wild year for the Lady Storm Volleyball team, starting the season with five straight losses, going through a few winning streaks, then another five match losing streak in October. But they start off the D2-11 Subdistrict Tournament on Monday against a familiar opponent that they had just beaten in the MAC Tournament last week. Creek Valley is seeded number 4 and matches up against the number 5 seeded Potter-Dix Lady Coyotes in the first round of the Subdistrict Tournament on Monday,...
Leyton's Lady Warrior Volleyball team goes into the D2-11 Subdistrict Tournament on Monday October 25 as winners of three of their last five matches, and the number three seed. Over the Past week, they've knocked off Potter-Dix, Bayard and Minatare, while losing to South Platted and Sedgwick County. However, they go into the first round matched up against number two seed South Platte, with a 22-and-7 record, and two wins against the Lady Warriors this season. But it does not look like an...
Leyton juniors Gabriel Tretter and Axi Benish qualified for the NSAA Class D State Cross Country Meet, and competed on Friday in Kearney. Tretter finished in 28th place with a time of 18:13.6 and Benish finished 105th with a time of 25:40.9. Both are impressive finishes for runners who qualified individually and not with a team, and both athletes look to be back next year and improve upon the work and success they had this year....
The Lady Raider Volleyball team had an active week, starting with a road match against Gering on Tuesday October 19, and ending in tournament action over the weekend. Against Gering, the Lady Raiders opened strong and took the first set 25-to-16. The Lady Bulldogs upped their play in the second set, forcing extra points and putting pressure on the Lady Raiders before Sidney was able to finish off the the set 28-to-26. Sidney then took the final set 25-to-18 for the 3-to-0 match victory....
On Saturday the Lady Coyotes traveled to Minatare for the MAC Tournament Saturday morning, and were knocked out in the first round after Leyton staged a comeback to steal a win from the Potter-Dix squad. The Lady Coyotes started out strong and found a good rhythm early, scoring and placing the ball in all corners and building a lead. Leyton fought back to narrow the contest, but the Lady coyotes were able to pull away and earned the first set victory, 25-to-21. Potter-Dix again started the secon...
Leyton's Warrior Football team had little trouble defeating the visiting Hyannis Bulldogs in Dalton Thursday night, and advanced to the second round of the D2 playoffs with a 47-to-12 win. Leyton broke a five game losing streak in the playoffs with the playoff win, the first hosted in Dalton since 2013. It was an all-around great performance by the Warriors, with the offense scoring early to break out to a 13-to-0 lead in the first quarter while the defense stifled the Bulldogs' running attack a...
The Creek Valley Storm Football team headed into Thursday night’s contest versus South Platte with only seven players available due to injury. It was Senior Night in Chappell, and the Storm’s five seniors put on a show for the home crowd, with every senior playing every snap of the game. The contest did not start well for the Storm, as they took their opening possession and drove down the field, only to turn the ball over on downs in South Platte territory. Creek Valley had a tough time con...
The Sidney Lady Raider Volleyball team had beaten the Chadron Lady Cardinals twice already this season, but had the tables turned on them on Tuesday, October 12th, when the Chadron squad visited for a match up. Chadron came in riding a wave of momentum after beating a very tough Mitchell team on Saturday, and came out firing against the Lady Raiders, quickly building a lead early in the first set. The Sidney squad settled down, and got into a rhythm and started to narrow the Chadron lead. But...
Sidney’s already depleted roster took even more hits as they traveled to Ogallala Friday night and were shut out by the 4-and-3 Indians. The Red Raiders were forced to rely on untested freshman and sophomores as the game progressed and more Sidney players left due to injury. Ogallala started the game with the ball and good field position after returning the kick off to their own 44 yard line. Ogallala marched down the field, overcoming penalties and a fumble, and struck pay dirt with a 19 y...
