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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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
