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It’s been a while now - I don’t know how long. But I came across a list of the 10 greatest sports speeches ever made. The top one on the list was a poem by Muhammad Ali he read before fighting George Foreman in Africa - “The Rumble in the Jungle” they called it in 1974. Right away I knew it wasn’t a list to be taken seriously. I can only remember one sports speech in my lifetime that was especially memorable - at least for me. The March 3, 1993 ESPYs speech of Jim Valvano. Sure Valvano’s speech was on the list, but somewhere in the middle. For...
At precisely 9:30 a.m., Omaha time, on Thursday morning 10 mats were whistled into action as the 2014 NSAA State Wrestling Championships got underway at CenturyLink Center. Just about 90 minutes after the mats came alive Sidney's Michael Muggli was called to Mat No. 1 where he ultimately defteated Tyler Berner of Syracuse in overtime 4-2. Muggli wrestles in Class B at 145 lbs. "It doesn't get any easier," said Raiders Head Coach John Ganser. "This kid he will see in the next round is about as... Full story
Fans didn't need a scoreboard to tell the winner of Tuesday night's sub-district battle between Creek Valley and Morrill. They just needed to catch the broad smiles on the faces of Storm seniors Summer Mueller and Jerry Straber as they emerged from the post-game locker room. But what their expressions didn't reveal was how difficult a road they had just traveled. It took 30:11 for No. 2 Creek Valley to gain their first lead of the game. From that point on, the Storm played their best...
Facing the big and talented No. 1 seed Hemingford was a tough way to start post season play. Though Potter-Dix took it to the Bobcats early, Hemingford soon seized control and completed a 65-23 win in the sub-district semifinals on Tuesday night in Mitchell. The Bobcats will face No. 2 Creek Valley on Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. in the sub-district final at the same venue. Though the Coyotes ended their season with a record of 10-11, four seniors--Tiffany Lewis, Taylor Juelfs, Morgan Wolff and L...
In the town he once called home, Sidney senior basketball player Paxton Ehler broke the Red Raiders’ career scoring record. The moment occurred during a game on Feb 7 at Gering. Ehler broke the record previously held by Paul Hamilton, who scored 848 points between 2004-2007. Depite the historic mark, Ehler was unaware of his accomplishment at the time. In fact, he wasn’t informed of his achievement until the next day. “I had no clue I was even that close,” said Ehler. “I seem to remember me and my Dad talking about it last summer. It seemed li...
Sidney High School senior Tucker Wintholz has been selected to the 56th Shrine Bowl of Nebraska it was announced recently. The Shrine game is scheduled for June 7, at Ron and Carol Cope Stadium at Foster Field in Kearney. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m while the Shrine Bowl Parade will take place at 10 a.m. in Kearney. “I’m really excited and feel very honored to be chosen for the Shrine team,” said Wintholz. Wintholz, an offensive and defensive lineman, has been playing varsity football for the Raiders since he was a sophomore. He has been a start...
The Red Raiders earned the top seed in the upcoming Class B District 6 basketball tournament it was announced Tuesday morning. As the No. 1 seed Sidney will play the winner of the play-in game from Feb. 25. The Raiders will face either No. 4 Alliance (4-15) or No. 5 Scottsbluff (2-17) on Thu. Feb. 27, at 5 p.m. All games in the B6 tournament will be played at Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff. Following Sidney’s game on Feb. 27, No. 2 Gering (12-11) will take on No. 3 McCook (11-11) at 6:30 p.m. The championship game will take p...
Sidney native and Peetz High School graduate Jacob Wilson has made his mark on the Black Hills State University (Spearfish, S.D.) track team. Since Wilson won the high jump at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference meet last spring he has not lost an event. He won the championship last spring with a with a school record leap of 6-10 1/4 in an outdoor event. In the Yellow Jackets most recent meet on Jan. 26, Wilson also established a new indoor school record. At the Dave Little Alumni Mile...
Several Raiders came excruciatingly close, but senior Michael Muggli was the only Sidney wrestler to advance to state out of the District B4 Championships in Cozad over the weekend. As for the team competition, Sidney struggled to gain points and finished in 12th place. Scottsbluff was the runaway winner with 196 points while Lexington was runner up with 157. Host Cozad (135), Chadron (124.5) and Ogallala (85) rounded out the top five. Muggli punched his ticket to Omaha in the competitive 145...
Representing Creek Valley at the Class D District 4 District Championships in North Platte on Saturday, Mason Low and Gage Koenen fell short in their attempts to qualify for state. Low finished his districts with a record of 1-2 in contested matches while Koenen wasn’t able to get past two state qualifiers. In the quarterfinal round at 195 lbs. Low was stopped by eventual state qualifier Emmett Hoover of Hyannis by a pin at 1:29. In the consolation round Low rebounded by pinning Brandon Holtz in 1:24. Low’s state hopes, however, were das...
Only one game and seven days removed from a final-shot loss to Gering, the Sidney Red Raiders suffered another sudden disappointment at Chadron on Friday. By sinking a short jumper from left of the hoop with just two seconds remaining, Cardinals junior Keenan Johnson all but erased a clutch three pointer by Paxton Ehler only seconds earlier for a dramatic 48-46 non-district win. Despite the eruption of euphoric cheering that greeted the Johnson basket, a decibel level nearly as intense was created by the Ehler trey, as a large throng of the...
Storm boys on a hot streak, cruise past South Platte Creek Valley won their third game in their last four tries on Friday with a 62-45 win over the South Platte Blue Knights. “It was a good win. We played good solid man-to-man until we got in foul trouble,” said Storm Head Coach Roger Behrends. “We gave up some easy shots against our zone.” The Storm’s lone senior, Lane Godfrey, led the team at Big Springs with 22 points. Brett Godfrey contributed 15 points and Colin Brott 11. Dane McConnell (8) and Maverick Widdowson (6) rounded out the score...
Four seniors took the floor in their home gym for the final time on Thursday. And the Warriors made sure their last look would be a successful one. After taking the lead early in the first quarter, the Warriors cruised to victory over the Garden County Eagles 55-35 in Dalton. The win puts an end to Leyton's recent four-game losing streak, just before the team heads into the sub-districts next Tuesday in Gering. The Warriors have been installed as the No. 1 seed in the tournament with the Eagles...
Peetz clinched the second seed in the upcoming North Central playoffs by turning back league rival Prairie 64-55 in New Raymer, Colo. on Wednesday night. The Bulldogs advanced their record to 10-6 overall and 7-2 in league play. The two losses Peetz suffered in 1A North Central this season were both to Briggsdale. The Falcons have clinched the top position in the upcoming playoffs. For the Bulldogs on Wednesday it was a tale of two halves. While Josh Fiscus and Tre Lewis both finished with 21...
Though they twice clawed their way back into the game from double digit deficits, Peetz ultimately succumbed 47-38 to North Central rival Prairie in New Raymer, Colo. Wedneday night. The Bulldogs record slipped to 8-7 while the Mustangs advanced to 12-3. With just a single field goal from the Bulldogs Melissa Schumacher, the visitors struggled out of the gate and quickly fell into a 12-point hole at 14-2 after five minutes of play. Soon, however, Peetz began its first extrication from double fig...
Somehow it seems fitting that Ralph Kiner should have died on Babe Ruth’s birthday. Kiner, one of the great sluggers in baseball history died last Thursday, Feb. 6, at the ripe old age of 91 - the 119th anniversary of Babe Ruth’s birth. Kiner only played 10 years in the major leagues due to constant back issues. Ten years is the minimum allowed for induction into the MLB Hall of Fame. Nevertheless, he earned his way to Cooperstown with 369 home runs and 1,015 RBI. His best years were 1947 and 1949. In ‘47 he hit .313, belted 51 home runs and d...
The Bulldogs' Corbin Heller drives past the Mustangs' Ross Stump.... Full story
The Storm took an early lead Tuesday night and never looked back, upending Perkins County in Grant, 76-49. “The kids played a complete game tonight and rebounded the ball really well at both ends,” said Storm Head Coach Roger Behrends. “This is the best we’ve shot all season.” While the visitors led 33-27 at the half, they really put the hammer down in the third quarter. Creek Valley outdid the Plainsmen 29-13 in the third to put the game out of reach. The Storm’s offense was led by a balanced attact in which five Creek Valley players fin...
As they did in their first meeting with Bayard on Dec. 6, the Warriors used a second-quarter push to quiet the Tigers, 48-41, in non-district boys basketball action Tuesday night. With just three games to go before the start of the post season the Warriors record advanced to 14-4. Their district mark holds at 7-1, with the only blemish a loss to Minatare on the last day of January. Since the setback, however, the Warriors have strung together four consecutive wins. Bayard's season mark slipped...
Though Leyton's shots began to fall with regularity in the final three minutes, it had been a rough night offensively for the Warriors until then. Despite keeping up the fight trailing by 19 points in the waning minutes, the Warriors dropped their fourth consecutive contest 42-31 to Bayard Tuesday night in Dalton. The non-district loss evens the Warriors' record at 9-9 with just one more game left in the regular season. The Tigers, who avenged a 42-39 loss to Leyton on Dec. 6, advanced their mar...
Sidney High School senior Logan Lewis, who broke several school records on the gridiron last season, has committed to attending and playing football for Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. Among the Red Raiders rushing records Lewis set last year include most yards gained in a season (2,053), most yards gained in a game (306) and most rushing touchdowns (20) in a season. In two critical games against district opponents Gering and Scottsbluff, he twice tied the record for most...
Annalise Lecher battles for possession in junior varsity play.... Full story
Sidney made it a clean sweep, with two road wins over district opponents this weekend. After knocking off Scottsbluff for the third time this season in a 54-44 win on Saturday, the Raiders now have a season mark of 13-6. The struggling Bearcats, who ended a 12-game losing streak the night before, slipped to 2-14. Sarah Mahr backed up her record setting performance at Gering the night before to score 22 points. Cody Rowley added 9, Savanna Rosenbaum 8 and Katelin Cole 7. Sidney entered the game...
For the Red Raiders this season has been several times marked by record breaking performances. Friday night's contest at Gering was another such night. Aided by a Sarah Mahr's school-record 30 points, Sidney turned aside the Gering Bulldogs 52-45 on the road in an important Class B6 matchup. Before the contest the Bulldogs were perched one spot above the Raiders on the NSAA points list in 12th. As a result of the weekend games, Sidney captured the 12th spot while Gering slipped back to 14th....
There are times in any sport when you just have to tip your hat to a great performance. After Logan Lewis converted on Paxton Ehler’s feed for a clutch bucket and a 1-point Sidney lead with about 16 seconds to go, it looked as though the Raiders were poised to steal a victory in Gering’s own building. But the Bulldogs’ Joses Palomo had other ideas. The Raiders ultimately finished on the wrong side of a 71-69 score between two of Class B’s top teams. After the Lewis score, the few seconds that remained must have seemed like an eternity to the...
