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The season ended on a sour note for the Creek Valley High School football team, losing 57-8 to Dundy County-Stratton on Friday night. The Storm finished the season 0-8, while Dundy County improved to 4-4. Creek Valley has now lost 40 consecutive games. Its last win came against Banner County on Oct. 22, 2010. On Friday, Storm quarterback Pierce Leef completed 6 of 16 passes for 74 yards and one touchdown. Austin Rowley hauled in four catches for 51 yards and scored the lone TD. Josh Schievelbein carried the ball 16 times for 54 yards on ther...
PEETZ, Colo. – The Peetz High football team got off to a fast start on Friday night en route to a 55-13 victory over Weldon Valley. The Bulldogs (5-3) opened up a 49-0 lead by halftime and never were challenged. Weldon Valley finished the year 1-7. Peetz's Cody Wilson carried the ball three times for 98 yards and scored touchdowns on each of those three touches. He also had 10 tackles on defense. Teammate Jordan Nelson ran the ball nine times for 100 yards. He also returned a punt for a t...
The Leyton High School football team downed Potter-Dix 36-14 on Friday night and earned a spot in the Class D-2 state tournament. The Warriors (3-5) will travel to square off against Garden County on Thursday in the first-round of the 32-team Class D-2 state playoffs. Kickoff is 7 p.m. Garden County – the No. 2 seed in the West Division – downed the 15th-seeded Warriors 70-24 on Oct. 16. On Friday night, Leyton opened up a 14-0 lead during the first quarter. Potter-Dix managed to tie the game 14-14 in the third quarter, but the Warriors sco...
Jared Truetken has joined Points West Community Bank as an agricultural loan officer. "We are excited and privileged to have Jared join our team," said bank president Bruce Batt. "With many years of experience in the agriculture industry, Jared brings significant expertise and provides additional capabilities and depth to our team as we seek to meet the financing needs of our rural communities. Jared's successful career and local market knowledge makes him a valuable asset to our bank." Prior...
Creek Valley High School’s volleyball squad posted a pair of victories at home Thursday when it hosted a triangular against South Platte and Garden County. The Storm downed South Platte 25-20, 25-20 and then dispatched Garden County 25-12, 25-16. In the opener, Payje Misegadis recorded seven kills and 12 digs against South Platte (6-12) and teammate Andi Ortgies added four kills and four blocks. Samantha Schmid dished out 13 assists for the Storm and teammates Joey Straber and Madison McFee had 15 and 12 digs respectively. In the nightcap, M...
The Leyton High School volleyball team lost a tough, five-set match Thursday night against visiting Crawford. The Lady Warriors fell 25-15, 13-25, 25-21, 17-25, 17-15. Leyton slipped to 19-8, while Crawford improved to 10-11. “This was a hard-fought match between our two teams,” said Leyton head coach Jodi Craig. “Too many unforced errors cost us the win. We had several opportunities to capitalize on their mistakes or missed serves, and simply didn’t.” “Defensively, Cheyenne Nickel and Natalie Cruise dug the ball well, and Diedra Waite put u...
The Sidney High School girls’ cross country team captured third place at Friday’s Class C State Cross Country Championships at Kearney Country Club. Led by senior Jami Flores’ 13th-place finish, the Lady Raiders had four runners cross the finish line in the top 33 among the 89 runners. Flores covered the 5,000-meter course in 21 minutes, 6 seconds. She was followed by teammates Chantal Riggs (18th, 21:18), Erin Lindeman (22nd, 21:31), Preslie Allen (33rd, 21:55), Charlie Brockhaus (59th, 23:17) and Abby Heller (74th, 24:27). The Lady Raide...
Sidney High School’s Rachel Blauert has been selected to the 2015 Nebraska Coaches Association Girls’ Golf Super-State/All-State Team. Blauert finished in a tie for fifth at the Class B state championships last week. She shot rounds of 86 and 85, helping the Lady Raiders to a third-place finish as a team. The selection to the Super-State team is based solely on the golfers’ performance at the state championships. Joining Blauert on the team are: Kirsten Baete, Beatrice Kaylei Becker, Cozad Lacie Fox, West Point-Beemer Faith Harris, Grand Islan...
Bev Arellano with the Cheyenne County Chamber presented Kim Phillips and Lori Borchert with the Kings Daughters Dress Down Day Funds recently. The funds will help defray the cost of layettes distributed to the hospital for new mothers and Christmas baskets that will be distributed in Cheyenne County. To find out more about Dress Down Day Funds, contact the Cheyenne County Chamber at (308) 254-5851....
Steve Erdman of Bayard, the father of former Sen. Phil Erdman, has announced his candidacy for the 47th District legislative seat. His father was a state senator from 2001 to 2009 and is now vice president of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation. Steve Erdman has been a farmer in Morrill County for more than 40 years. The 47th District is composed of 10 counties and borders Colorado and Wyoming. “I have been extremely encouraged and humbled by the strong support I received as I have visited with citizens of Nebraska’s 47th district about rep...
Seniors at Creek Valley High School will take a critical step in the college preparation process when they participate in a college application event on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at the school. The event is part of a statewide Apply2College Campaign sponsored by EducationQuest Foundation. More than 150 high schools statewide are conducting Apply2College events this fall to help high school seniors apply to at least one college. During the event at Creek Valley, seniors will get hands-on help with college applications from guidance counselor Kathy...
The Sidney High School volleyball locked down a big win against district-rival Gering on Tuesday night at home. The Lady Raiders topped the Bulldogs in four sets, 25-18, 25-17, 23-25, 25-17. Sidney improved to 12-14 overall and inched closer to securing the right to host the District B-8 tournament on Nov. 3. The school with the most wildcard points among the B-8 teams – Sidney, Alliance, Gering and Scottsbluff – hosts the event that comes with an automatic berth into the state tournament. Fre...
Leyton High School’s volleyball team posted a big win over rival Potter-Dix at the Banner County Triangular on Tuesday. The Lady Warriors, who had just lost to powerful Potter-Dix in the Minuteman Athletic Conference tournament championship game over the weekend, got a bit of revenge with a 23-25, 25-13, 25-19 victory. Leyton’s record stands at 19-7, while the Lady Coyotes slipped to 22-3. “This was a great game of volleyball against a great team,” said Leyton head coach Jodi Craig. “I was very pleased with our level of performance in the fi...
Creek Valley’s volleyball team split its two matches at the Bayard Triangular. The Storm (10-11) lost to Mitchell 25-16, 25-8 and defeated Bayard 21-25, 26-24, 25-20. Mitchell also defeated Bayard to improve to 17-8. Bayard fell to 7-18. In the loss to Mitchell, Payje Misegadis recorded seven kills, 14 digs and a block. Teammate Joey Straber had 11 digs and Samantha Schmid contributed nine assists. Against Bayard, Misegadis had 13 kills and 16 digs and Straber had six kills and 18 digs. Andi Ortgies provided five kills and three blocks for t...
Wheat Belt Public Power District sponsored an ice cream social at the Golden Living Center home in Sidney on Monday. The stop was just one of many as part of the October celebration. Choosing to honor former customers and friends living in area nursing homes and assisted living centers with an ice cream social has been well received the last several years. Everyone was treated to cookies and sundaes with a choice of toppings....
Nineteen people were killed in traffic accidents on the state’s roadways during September, according to data collected by the Nebraska Department of Roads. There were 27 fatalities on the roads in September 2014. Last month, the 19 fatalities occurred in 18 crashes. In those accidents, 13 of the 14 vehicle occupants who died were not wearing safety belts. None of the fatalities occurred on interstate roads, with 10 happening on non-interstate highways and nine on local roads. Six of the fatalities occurred involved vehicles that overturned. F...
"How do you do that?" That is a phrase often heard by artists, as if creating something magical. But most artists have studied techniques and have done a lot of practicing to get to the place where they are today in their art. That's the approach taken by Cindi Egging, who was selected as the "Artist of the Mont" for October by the Cheyenne County Art Guild. Egging said she once thought of art as magical. As a young child, she remembers watching with awe and delight as an unseen person brought a...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 4.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.45 per gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has fallen 5.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.26 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices Sunday were 58.7 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 5.4 cents per gallon h...
The Potter-Dix High School volleyball team continued to show its dominance this season, rolling to the Minuteman Athletic Conference tournament title on Saturday. The Lady Coyotes won three matches on the day and improved to 21-2 this season. Top-seeded Potter-Dix defeated rival and No. 2 seed Leyton (17-2) in straight sets 25-22, 25-11 in the championship match of the eight-team event. Junior Alexus Rozelle had 10 kills and four blocks for Potter-Dix in the title game, and teammate Regyn Hicks added seven kills and 15 digs. For Leyton,...
Garden County High School got off to a fast start as it stayed unbeaten this season with a 70-24 victory over Leyton on Friday night. Garden County scored 30 points in the opening quarter and added 18 more in the second to open up a 48-12 advantage by the intermission. Matt McCarthy returned the opening kickoff 70 yards for a touchdown to get Garden County off to a fast start. McCarthy scored four first-quarter touchdowns and added a fifth score in the second period. His teammate Elliuot Epp added three TD runs to help the Eaglerds push their...
Jordan Nelson rushed for more than 200 yards and scored three touchdeowns to help boost the Peetz High School football team to a 45-21 victory over host Pawnee on Friday night. Nelson carried the ball 19 times for 210 yards and found the end zone three times. Teammate Cody Wilson caught four passes for 101 yards and scored one touchdown. Quarterback Wolf Wenneker had another efficient evening, connecting on 7 of 9 passes for 141 yards. Garrin Cox had a rushing touchdown and a scoring reception as well for the Bulldogs, who improved to 4-3....
Hemingford High School ripped off 41 points in the first quarter and cruised to a 66-0 victory on Friday night over winless Creek Valley. Hemingford, which improved to 6-1, added three more touchdowns in the second quarter to open a 60-0 by halftime. Hemingford scored all 10 of its TDs on the ground in the contest. Jonathan Mayer ran for four scores and Jameson Woods added a pair of TDs. Creek Valley quarterback Pierce Leef was 4 for 15 passing for 35 yards and one interception. Noah Dickerson caught two of those passes to account for for 27...
LINCOLN – Cheyenne County has received a membership dividend of $15,828 from the Nebraska Intergovernmental Risk Management Association, the county's property, liability and workers' compensation coverage and risk management services provider. The dividend was part of a $1 million distribution shared by 79 Nebraska counties and six regional area agencies on aging during NIRMA's annual conference earlier this month in Kearney. With this latest distribution, Cheyenne County has now received a tota...
Panhandle Mental Health Center has been offering the Mental Health First Aid program in local western Nebraska communities since 2012. This free course to the community will be offered Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the Chappell Fire Hall. Seating is limited so register now through the website: www.panhandlepartnership.com/training-academy. Additional Youth-MHFA courses will be offered in Scottsbluff in the spring of 2016, and courses for specific groups, organizations and businesses can be scheduled by contacting with Nichole Peralta or Phil Darley....
Both the boys' and girls' cross country teams at Sidney High School qualified for the Class C state tournament with stellar efforts at Thursday afternoon's district meet. Each squad's top-three finish automatically earned a spot in the Class C state meet next Friday, Oct. 23 held at the Kearney Country Club. In the district meet, the Red Raider boys finished second – just two points behind Mitchell. Four boys finished in the top 10 for Sidney and five crossed the line in the top 15. Mitch P...
