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After a predominantly back-and-forth contest defined the first half, the Bulldogs (4-3) blew open a close game in the second half to win 83-45 over Creek Valley (2-6) in non-district boys baskeball action Tuesday night. Despite having to play without starting freshman guard Brett Godfrey, the young Storm team put up a strong fight in their home gym throughout the first half. Godfrey had injured his ankle last Friday in the game against Haxtun. He expects to be back in practice within a few days...
With three games in as many days coming up against three strong and unique opponents, Sidney Red Raiders boys basketball head coach Erik Kohl faces an interesting challenge. How will he prepare his team to face one of the best players in the state and then be ready to face two dangerous district opponents in the days to follow? The Raiders long weekend begins on Thursday when Mike Daum leads the undefeated Kimball Longhorns (6-0) into Cabela's Athletic Facility. Already committed to Division I S...
Paxton Ehler, a senior guard and four-year varsity baskeball player at Sidney High School, has given a verbal commitment to attend and play for Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln next fall. While Ehler has been recruited by about 10 schools since the beginning of last basketball season, he only recently decided on Wesleyan. Ehler will have about half his school paid for by acacemic scholarships. "Me and my family have traveled to Lincoln a few times every year and I've always liked Lincoln,...
The Raiders go through their pre-game ritual before the game against Laramie....
With a spark off the bench from Cody Frerichs and another solid outing from Paxton Ehler, the Red Raiders rebounded from a Friday night loss against Laramie to blow out the Chase County Longhorns 63-38 on Saturday in the Cabela's Holdiay Shootout. The Raiders (5-3) lost a chance to meet Gering in the championship game on Friday when they were downed by Laramie 63-52. Both the Raiders weekend games were at the Cabela's Athletic Facility. Though the Raiders missed out on a meeting with the...
Sidney split their final two games at the Cabela's Holiday Shootout over the weekend, finishing on a good note with a 41-38 victory over the Gothenburg Swedes (3-6) at the Sidney Middle School gym on Saturday morning. On Friday the Raiders (5-3) third quarter offensive struggles were part of the story in their 39-26 defeat to the Hershey Panthers (9-1) at the same venue. "We didn't have an easy run in this tournament but all-in-all these three days are going to make us a better team," said...
After a drive of more than five hours from Central City, the visiting Bison put up a brave front against the Sidney Red Raiders in the opening round of the Cabela's Holiday Shootout Thursday night. But in the end the Raiders asserted their dominance and pulled away in the late stages to earn a 68-53 win. The Raiders secured their victory with a balanced scoring attack in which 10 Sidney players scored. Paxton Ehler and Logan Lewis did much of the damage, tallying 14 points apiece. Lane Harvey...
After going on an offensive tear in its final game before the holiday break, the Sidney Red Raiders girls baskeball team struggled to find that same explosive touch on their return to the court Thursday night. With an offense that failed to generate a point until Abbi Porter's layup after 13:20 had elapsed in the game, Sidney dropped its opening round contest in the Cabela's Holiday Shootout 35-27 to the Central City Bison at the Cabala's Athletic Facility. The Raiders record slipped to 4-2...
Hopefully by now the effects of tryptofan, heavy gravy and overspending have worn off and we can all get back to some sports. Most of all I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday and Happy New Year. As for sports, the holiday period is somewhat extended by the Cabela’s Holiday Shootout, which begins Thursday afternoon. The venues are Cabela’s Athletic Facility and the Sidney Middle School gym. Sixteen teams, including eight boys and girls teams, will compete. The host teams take center stage at the High School Thursday night. The...
Jake Sager (44) bangs the boards against Chase County....
In addition to earning the pitching victory, Scott Phillips had a perfect day at the plate. This photo was taken during a weekend tournament in Hershey in which Sidney Post 17 pummeled the Trojans 18-2 in a five-inning game....
Colin Brott (0) does battle in the offensive zone for the Storm against Sedgwick County on Friday, Dec. 20th....
During the second week of the fall sports season, Sidney Public Schools Technology Facilitator Matt McKay came across a webcast featuring a football game between the Alliance Bulldogs and the Aurora Huskies. "Maybe we should be doing that," he thought. In just three week's time his thoughts had turned to reality, when McKay and a small group of volunteers streamed live the varsity football game between McCook and Sidney from Weymouth Field on Sept. 27. With a heavy rainfall being blown sideways...
The Raiders' Kyler Cole looks for a teammate while under heavy defensive pressure from Jack Matulka....
With a balanced scoring attack the Red Raiders freshmen girls basketball team had little trouble with the Alliance Bulldogs, winning in convincing fashion 48-19 at Cabela's Athletic Facility on Monday. The Raiders win keeps them perfect at 4-0 going into the long holiday break. Sidney will not play again until they host Garden County on Jan. 16, at 4 p.m. The Raiders offensive output came from many sources as four players tied for tops in scoring. Kelsey Knight, Annalise Lecher, Abbie Fraas and...
Sidney's freshmen boys basketball team struggled against a big and talented squad from Alliance on Monday, dropping a 45-15 decision at the Cabela's Athletic Facility. The Raiders (2-2) scoring amounted to Alex Linneman with 5 points, Zach Means with 4 and Joab Olsen, Jarod Luptak and Ryan Aurich each with 2. In the early going Sidney managed to stay with the Bulldogs. Though they quickly fell behind 6-1, with just a foul shot dropped by Alex Linneman, Zach Means helped get the Raiders back into...
Out flying the competition, Logan Lewis scores a two pointer between the Longhorns' Kelton Fisher (30) and Ryan Moline (11)....
Despite holding two 16-point leads in the second quarter, Sidney Red was forced to survive a furious comeback by the Chase County Longhorns to win a 56-49 non league contest Friday night. In front of the home faithful at Cabela's Athletic Facility, the Red Raiders (2-2) sent the Class C1 Longhorns (3-1) to their first defeat of the young season. During the second quarter when buckets by Tyler Wintholz and Lucas Rosenbaum were answered by Chase County, Sidney twice held their biggest leads of...
Firing on all cylinders from the get go, the Red Raiders advanced their record to 3-1 with a 49-27 victory over the Chase County Longhorns in a non-district matchup Friday night. The Raiders broke a 7-7 tie in the final minutes of the first quarter at the Cabela's Athletic Facility with 10 unanswered points to take a lead they would never relinquish. Katelin Cole ended the first period scoring with three pointer she was also the last to flex the net in the next eight minutes. Cole's two pointer...
While Brody McKnight kicked off the Gordon-Rushville Invitational for the Sidney wrestling team with a pin in his first ever varsity match, Michael Muggli and Zach Borges ended it with the Raiders strongest performances of the day. Despite being short handed with only seven varsity wrestlers, the Red Raiders finished the meet in seventh place in the 13 team event with 54.5 points. Chadron won the meet by narrowly shading Valentine 128 points to 126.5. Host Gordon-Rushville finished third. "Yes,...
As the only member of his team to travel to the Banner County Invitational on Saturday, Creek Valley wrestler Mason Low did his team proud with a second-place finish. Since the Storm were represented only by Low, Creek Valley was not a factor in the team competition. While Low’s effort earned the Storm 14 points to finish 11th of 13 teams, Sedgwick-County Fleming was the runaway winner with 165 points. Kimball finished second with 89 points and Lingle-Ft. Laramie was third at 79.5. Low captured his second-place showing in the 195 lbs. pound c...
Sidney Head Football Coach Todd Ekart has been named Huskerland's Class B recipient of the Behrends Coaching Award, it was announced on Thursday. After the Raiders suffered through 1-8 records the past two seasons, they managed a complete reversal this season, with a 7-4 mark and trip to the state playoffs. The Raiders success included a playoff win for the first time in 20 years. "Winning this award is a reflection of all the hard work Coach Ekart, his staff and all his players have put in,"...
The Peetz junior high basketball teams were in action on Thursday evening, hosting Weldon Valley. Bryson Long bulls his way inside for a layup....
The Peetz junior high basketball teams were in action on Thursday evening, hosting Weldon Valley. Abbey White gets ready to deliver a bounce pass underneath the basket....
There’s a great new invention - at least new to me - for NFL fans. It’s been around a few years but this is the first season I’ve had access. As a Miami Dolphins fan, about 2,000 miles away from the stadium formerly known as Joe Robbie, I don’t get to see many Fish games. I don’t have the NFL package and never have. For years I’ve been relegated to watching whatever my local Fox or CBS station decides to show me. Until now. Until I discovered the NFL Red Zone Channel. I’d heard of the Red Zone but didn’t have it and never quite knew what it wa...
