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CHADRON – If you want to find a quick way to go a short distance, you may want to hitch your wagon to Sidney's' Von Seggern sisters, Sara and Kelly. If a longer distance is your goal, maybe a ride with the Red Raiders' 4x800-relay team of Jachob Wiedeburg, Hayden Lienemann, Brody McKnight and Logan Uhlir will get you there on time. While there were no team points tabulated, no medals awarded and no sun to bask in, the annual Chadron Indoor High School Track Meet gave 450 student athletes from 1...
CHADRON – With a field rich in Class B and C teams, Creek Valley High had a solid opening to its 2015 track season at the Chadron Indoor High School Track Meet at Chadron State College on Saturday. While the annual event does not record team scores or issue medals, the Storm managed to hold their own in a field rich with larger schools. Creek Valley had three top-six finishes in the girls and one top-six performance among the boys. "This was a good start for us against some very good competition...
The Sidney Wrestling Federation had a sendoff Friday morning as its wrestlers and coaches, above photo, embarked on a trip to Grand Island to compete in the state championships this weekend.... Full story
It’s been quite a week. Congratulations to the Peetz and Sidney boys’ basketball teams for giving their fans a great show at state. I didn’t get to see the ‘Dogs in Loveland, but at least I saw them punch their ticket at regionals. The Peetz vs. Arickaree/Woodlin regional final might have been the most entertaining game I saw all year – and that’s saying a lot. There’s something exciting about watching a team that is clearly an underdog work themselves to complete exhaustion in pursuit of victory. They wanted to win so badly they offered up th...
Peetz High School baseball coach Darrin Fehringer instructs Cody Wilson on the proper technique to hold the first base bag.... Full story
The recent warmer temperatures have made it easy for the spring sports teams to practice.... Full story
LINCOLN, Neb. – Through the inevitable pain that follows the loss of a championship game, a broader picture of what was accomplished slowly emerges – especially when measured against what was expected. Despite falling 60-51 to Elkhorn South (21-5) in the finals of the 2015 NSAA Class B Boys' Basketball Championships Saturday afternoon at Pinnacle Bank Arena, third-seeded Sidney (22-5) had its remarkable season come to an end at a time and place no one seriously contemplated three or four mon... Full story
LINCOLN, Neb. – While the 2015 version of the Sidney Red Raiders boys' basketball players made it to the Class B NSAA state tournament, they just may have benefitted from some positive karma coming from the stands at Pinnacle Bank Arena. In attendance for the Raiders run at a state championship was a group of men who knew just what the present-day Sidney players were going through. Four members of the 1981 Sidney Red Raiders state championship team were in Lincoln to be honored by the NSAA at h...
Sidney High senior Lane Harvey soars through the lane en route to a basket on Friday afternoon against Beatrice at the state tournament in Lincoln.... Full story
LINCOLN, Neb. – Sidney High School is in the state finals. The No. 3-seeded Red Raiders (22-4) burst onto the state scene today by repulsing a late comeback attempt by the No. 2 Beatrice (21-2) Orangemen to reach the finals of the NSAA Class B Boys' State Basketball Championships on Friday afternoon with a 51-48 victory at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The Raiders will meet No. 4 Elkhorn South (20-5) for the title. Elkhorn South beat top-seeded Gretna 59-58 in the other semifinal on Friday. The c... Full story
LINCOLN, Neb. – After picking up three fouls in the first quarter and four by halftime, Sidney High School's Jake Heeren could have been in for a very short morning. Instead, Heeren came back on the floor three minutes into the third quarter and eventually sank the game-winning basket with 5.7 seconds remaining to propel the Red Raiders to a 65-63 win over archival Scottsbluff in the opening round of the 2015 NSAA Boys' Basketball Championship at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Thursday morning. The R... Full story
LINCOLN, Neb. – It always seems when I’m in Lincoln or Omaha for a state basketball tournament, there’s some movie on the TV box that takes my attention away from this task. When the Leyton Warriors were in Lincoln last year, my focus was divided between filling this space and watching the “Maltese Falcon” with Humphrey Bogart. The final line of that movie is Bogart’s, “That’s what dreams are made of.” It seemed appropriate to somehow incorporate that notion in with the Warriors own dreams. Last month in Omaha, what could have been a more...
In mid-February of 2013, Alliance led Sidney High School 60-58 with 0.9 seconds left to play at the Cabela's Athletic Facility. But after the Raiders' sophomore-point guard Lane Harvey was fouled attempting a shot behind the arc in front of a packed house, the Red Raiders were given one more chance to please the home-town crowd. After his first two free throws swished though the strings to tie the game – assuring at least another chance in overtime – Harvey was surrounded by his bac...
The Matchup Who: No. 8 Peetz (15-9) vs. No. 1 Sangre de Cristo (23-0) What: State Class 1A quarterfinal When: Thursday, 1:15 p.m. Where: Budweiser Events Center, Loveland, Colo. While Peetz High School hasn't sent a boys' basketball team to the state tournament since 2008, there are plenty in the community who can help take away some of the mystery for the 2014-'15 squad. Led by a coach who was a part of two Bulldogs' teams that qualified for state, Peetz is off to the Budweiser Events Center...
The Matchup Who: No. 3 Sidney (20-4) vs. No. 6 Scottsbluff (21-4) What: State Class B quarterfinal When: Thursday, 9:45 a.m. MDT Where: Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln Sidney High basketball fans won't have to familiarize themselves with any unknown names when the Red Raiders take to the floor Thursday morning in their state tournament quarterfinal game Like an old married couple, the No. 3-seeded Red Raiders (20-4) and No. 6 Scottsbluff Bearcats (21-4) will have few secrets between them when they...
Peetz High School's Cody Wilson, center, battles Arickaree/Woodlin's Justin McCaffrey for room under the basket during Saturday's Region 3 bracket championship game in Brush, Colo. The Bulldogs handed Arickaree/Woodlin its first loss of the season and – with the upset – advances to the Colorado Class 1A State Tournament in Loveland at the Budweiser Events Center beginning on Thursday afternoon. Pick up Wednesday's edition of The Sidney Sun-Telegraph for the special "Send-off to State" cov... Full story
In 1926, the Orin J. Weymouth-led Sidney High School football team needed a win over Scottsbluff on a field frozen with ice and snow to win a Western Conference championship. The 7-7 tie that resulted that afternoon ultimately cost the Raiders a title. On a Saturday night about 85 years later in the Scottsbluff gym, unranked Sidney knocked off the top-ranked Class B boys' basketball team in the state, 56-54. That game is still one of senior Lane Harvey's favorite basketball memories from his...
BRUSH, Colo. – Only in first believing, was victory even possible. By opening their quest for a state championship berth with the simple notion that a supreme effort could win the day, the sixth-seeded Peetz High boys' basketball team scrapped, hustled, dove, crashed into walls, sank critical free throws and shot their way to a 70-63 win over the top-seeded and previously unbeaten Arickaree/Woodlin Indians (21-1) in the Class 1A Region 2, Bracket 1 final at Brush High School on Saturday. Amid s...
The Sidney High Red Raiders were hard at work Thursday afternoon in the middle school gym preparing for its first-round game in the upcoming NSAA Class B Boys' State Basketball Championship. While the third-seeded Raiders will need to win three games against some of the premier Class B teams in the state to win a title, Sidney is clearly focused on one game at a time. First up for the Raiders is a battle with longtime District B-6 foe Scottsbluff. The Raiders will meet the Bearcats on Thursday...
Congratulations to the Sidney High School boys’ basketball players and coaches. They’re going to the show. The Peetz Bulldogs boys’ are also alive. They’ve made it to regionals and are two wins away from earning a berth in the Colorado dance scheduled for the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland next week. First the Raiders. They go in as the third seed with three games standing between them and a state championship. First up is sixth-seeded Scottsbluff at the Pinnacle Bank Arena one week from today at 9:45 a.m. Nebraska Panhandle Time. I know....
The Sidney High School boys' and girls' track teams held an indoor workout on Wednesday afternoon as they prepare for the upcoming season.... Full story
The Sidney Red Raiders have qualified for the 2015 Class B NSAA Boys' State Basketball Championships. While the Raiders and their fans were on pins and needles for a little more than 24 hours after an early exit from the Class B-6 District Tournament on Monday night, Sidney's inclusion as a wild-card into the eight-team tournament became official Tuesday night. Needing a win by either Beatrice or Gretna to qualify, Sidney got both. "The first thing is, I want to take some time to enjoy it and I...
Practice for springs sports started on Monday across the state. At Creek Valley High School on Tuesday, track and field practice was held in the gymnasium.... Full story
For the Sidney High boys' basketball team, it's now a waiting game. After the top-seeded Red Raiders' 56-50 loss to the No. 4 Alliance Bulldogs in the semifinals of the District B-6 tournament at the Cabela's Athletic Facility on Monday night, the fate of Sidney's state tournament hopes rests in the hands of the mathematicians – and a few other teams. In the second game of the Class B-6 semifinal doubleheader in Sidney, No. 2 Scottsbluff eliminated No. 3 Gering, 51-39. Scottsbluff will host A...
