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  • Coyotes look to improve despite series of personal bests at Pine Bluffs

    Stephen McKay, Sun-Telegraph|May 1, 2013

    Some people are never satisfied. Despite 21 personal-best performances and additional event wins, many members of the Potter-Dix track team didn’t feel it was a solid performance. “I would say about 15 were by athletes experienced in the event for which they earned a personal best,” said Coyotes head coach Robert Hilpert. At the Pine Bluffs High School Invitational at Carlstrum Field yesterday the Coyotes boys team finished in second place with 95 points. Lingle-Fort Laramie was best with 117 p...

  • Pine Bluffs High School Invitational results

    Stephen McKay, Sun-Telegraph|May 1, 2013

    Pine Bluffs High School Invitational GIRLS Team Results 1. Kimball 91 2. Burns 90 3. Lingle-Fort Laramie 84.5 4. Pine Bluffs 70.5 5. Cheyenne East 46 6. Potter-Dix 43 7. Southeast 40 8. Cheyenne Central 35 9. Briggsdale 18 10. Banner County 3 11. Rock River 2 12. Cheyenne East 1 Indivdual Results 100-Meter Hurdles 1. Regyn Hicks Potter-Dix 17.65 2. Kaidee Livingstone Potter-Dix 17.82 3. Annie Johnson Pine Bluffs 18.57 100-Meter Dash 1. Logan Yurek Cheyenne East 13.07 2. Madison Biesecker...

  • Godfrey drives Creek Valley to Storm Invite win

    Stephen McKay, Sun-Telegraph|May 1, 2013

    Powered by his personal-best tournament score, Lane Godfrey of Creek Vally finished fifth in the Storm Invitational Golf Tournament yesterday at the Chappel Golf Club. Kyle Gorsuch of Potter-Dix shaved 16 strokes off his most recent tournament score to finish seventh with an 83. “I was just happy were were able to play with decent weather when worse was expected,” said Creek Valley head coach Cyd Hanson. Overall host Creek Valley finished eighth with a 401 total. Bayard, with 344, won the tournament by edging out Perkins County by a stroke and...

  • Sidney grabs second, third at Alliance

    Stephen McKay|Apr 30, 2013

    BOYS It looks like the warm weather agrees with many of the athletes on the Sidney boys track team. Four Raiders including Logan Lewis, Lucas Rosenbaum, Nick Conger and Brendan Holly broke or tied career bests at the Western Conference Track Meet at Bulldog Stadium in Alliance on Saturday. Overall the Sidney team finished third with 87 points. Scottsbluff took first place with 150 points while host Alliance scored 137. Gering (70), Mitchell (66) and Chadron (16) also competed. “It was a good m...

  • Barton's 80 secures second for Raiders

    Stephen McKay|Apr 30, 2013

    The Sidney Raiders golf team placed second of six teams in a match held at Ridgeview Country Club in Chadron last Thursday. Scottsbluff took top honors with a combined score of 314 while Sidney’s score of 346 was one stroke better than host Chadron. The Raiders were led by senior Taylor Barton with an 80, while freshman Ryan Birner came in at 84. Brady Radcliffe (89), Garrett Wamsley (93) and Brett Westfall (94) completed the varsity scoring for the Raiders. Sidney was also able to bring a j...

  • Creek Valley's Godfrey earns MAC win

    Stephen McKay, Sun-Telegraph|Apr 26, 2013

    Creek Valley’s Lane Godfrey braved the stiff winds of the Oshkosh Country Club to take top individual honors in the MAC golf tournament with an 85 Thursday. As a team, Creek Valley managed a second-place finish with a combined 443 strokes. Garden County was first with 339. Potter-Dix was also represented at the the MAC tournament, but could only field three golfers. The Coyotes were led by Kyle Gorsuch, who finished third with a 99. “Kyle didn’t have his best day. I think overall we were a bit...

  • Sidney finishes mid pack at Gothenburg

    Stephen McKay, Sun-Telegraph|Apr 26, 2013

    The Raiders golf team finished in sixth place out of 13 schools competing at the Gothenburg Golf Tournament yesterday. Sidney’s aggregate score was 364. Scottsbluff took top honors with a combined score of 312. McCook (317) and Broken Bow (324) finished second and third respectively. Individually for Sidney, Taylor Barton finished 12th with a score of 80 at the par-72 Wild Horse Golf Club in Gothenburg. Also competing for Sidney were Brendan Brown (90), Ryan Birner (97), Brady Radcliffe (97), a...

  • My amazing introduction to sports

    Stephen McKay, Sun-Telegraph|Apr 25, 2013

    It all started on a cold, snowy February morning on Long Island, NY. No, that’s no good. True, but silly. “I was born in the house that my father built.” Nope. No good. Not true. Besides, didn’t that come from Dick Nixon? “My family is American, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral.” Well that’s true, sort of. But Ulysses Grant wrote that line about 130-years before me. It would be true for my family too, but three of my siblings have married foreign spouses. One brother married a British woman, anothe...

  • Hot and cold

    Stephen McKay, Sun-Telegraph|Apr 24, 2013

    In a welcome change from recent weeks, student athletes finally took center stage over the weather at the Best of the West Classic track meet in Scottsbluff on Tuesday. Though the high temperature of 43-degrees was about 20-degrees below normal and winds from the northwest were steady at 14 mph, the skies remained mostly sunny. “The cold weather was a problem for us, but it was the same problem for everyone,” said Sidney head coach John Ganser. “I’m just very pleased with how we compete...

  • Legion gears up for season

    Stephen McKay, Sun-Telegraph|Apr 23, 2013

    Despite uncooperative spring weather the American Legion Post 17 baseball program has already put in some hard work. Legion baseball held about a dozen practices to date, though many have necessarily been held indoors. This past Sunday the squads took advantage of a rare break in the snow storms for an outdoor workout. “Despite the bad weather we’ve managed to be pretty productive nonetheless,” said first-year seniors head coach Tim Herrera. As the team prepares for another season it’s a remin...

  • Schumacher signs letter of intent with Doane College Tigers

    Stephen McKay, Sun-Telegraph|Apr 23, 2013

    With his parents and former coach looking on, Sam Schumacher was all smiles as he signed a letter of intent to play football for the Doane College Tigers yesterday. Schumacher, who played largely as a linebacker and running Back for Leyton High School, still doesn’t know what side of the ball he will play on for Doane. But he’s excited about the challenge and ready to put in the work he’ll need to prove himself. “He deserves it, he’s earned it. It was a pleasure watching him blossom from a fr...

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