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Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen one cent per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.33 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has increased 0.5 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.29 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices Sunday were 88.3 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 20.8 cents per gallon l...
The Class of 1951 held their 64th class reunion last month at the Holiday Inn in Sidney. Back row: Ron Gausman (Dallas), Rich Schaffert (Roy, UT), Jim Mueller (Yankton, S.D.), Ed Haupt (Omaha), Wilber Allgood (St. Louis, Mo.), Bill Burr (Rocklin, Calif.), Dottie (Overmiller) Loos (Clifton, Colo.), Natha (Plank) Wilkinson (Alliance), Norma (Benzel) Phelps (Sidney), Jane (Boyd) Powell (Laramie, Wyo.), Lois (Keenan) Sebold (Sidney). Second row: Wanda (Farmer) Kaduk (Westmont, Ill.), Shirley...
FOR THE SUN-TELEGRAPH The Leyton High School football team picked up its first win of the season on Friday night, defeating South Platte, 58-32. The visiting Warriors opened a 24-6 lead after one quarter and extended it to 38-12 by the intermission. Two more touchdowns in the third quarter pushed their lead to 52-12 before the hosts outscored them 20-6 in the final stanza. Leyton senior Kordell Maestas was the workhorse for his team, running for 269 yards and four touchdowns on 27 carries. His longest run of the night was for 64 yards. Leyton...
The Western Conference Cross Country meet scheduled for Saturday morning was postponed by rain. The Sidney High School boys’ and girls’ teams will compete in the rescheduled meet on Monday (Oct. 5). It will be held at Monument Shadows Golf Course in Gering at 3 p.m....
The Sidney High School volleyball team finished eighth among the 12 teams competing Friday and Saturday at the Twin Cities Tournament held in Scottsbluff and Gering. The Lady Raiders (8-12) went 1-2 in pool play on Friday. They lost to Alliance 25-19, 19-25, 25-20 and Grand Island Northwest 25-11, 25-13 and defeated Cheyenne Central 26-24, 20-25, 25-17. That placed them eighth – and in the championship bracket – after day one. The bottom four teams fell to a round-robin event. On Saturday, Sidney lost its opener to top-seeded GINW (25-19, 25-...
Seaman Recruit Joseph W. Tomsick graduated from Great Lakes Naval Training Center on Sept. 25 to the rank of E2, Seaman Apprentice. Tomsick was a member of the 2015 graduating class at Sidney High School and has a first-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do from the ATA Family Martial Arts School in Sidney. He is the son of Dennis and Mary Beth Tomsick of Sidney. Tomsick's graduating class in Great Lakes had close to 900 people from across 12 divisions. He was one of 68 in Division 326, Ship No. 4....
The South Platte Natural Resources District is now taking orders for Conservation Trees. Conservation trees and shrubs are a way to buffer noise and provide privacy and beauty to the landscape. Every year the Natural Resources Districts from across the state of Nebraska help to plant nearly a million trees. More than four million trees have been planted in the South Platte NRD since 1977. Several varieties of bareroot trees are available. The Colorado Blue Spruce and Ponderosa Pine along with Black Walnut and Cottonwood are just some of the Con...
The Peetz High School volleyball team rolled to an easy win over visiting Pawnee, 25-6, 25-4, 25-9. The Bulldogs improved to 2-9, while Pawnee slipped to 0-11. Mikenna Curlee had 18 kills to lead Peetz. Teammate Cami Thompson had 28 assists and Jodie Schumacher added 17 digs. Schumacher and Katie Buss also added nine kills apiece. Peetx is back in action Friday night at Fleming....
The Leyton High School volleyball team came up just short in a thrilling five-set match on Thursday night. The Lady Warriors lost 25-15, 25-22, 21-25, 18-25, 16-14 to their rivals to the north. Leyton dropped to 13-4, while the Bulldogs improved to 14-5. “As always, our match with Bridgeport came down to the wire in the fifth set,” said Leyton coach Jodi Craig. “Despite the loss, we came out a better team having played this quality of team. “We could have given up after losing the first two sets, but the girls persevered and fought back to win...
Several Creek Valley cross country runners cracked the top 20 at Thursday’s Bayard Invite. The Storm’s top finisher was Colin Bross, completing the course in 19 minutes, 5 seconds and taking 12th overall. Teammate Cooper Reichman (19:35) was 16th, Tanner Crass (20:20) was 26th and Hunter Hendricks (21:53) was 43rd. Creek Valley’s only female runner, senior Noemi Marin, finished in 35:03 in 29th place. The Storm runners return to action on Thursday when they compete in the annual Sidney Invite at the Hillside Golf Course....
More than 10 members of the Sidney Fire Department raised $1,402 during the annual “Fill the Boot” campaign on Sept. 7 with the intention of helping to save and improve the lives of people fighting muscle disease in the Sidney area. Muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other related life-threatening diseases take away people’s ability to walk, move, smile, talk and even breathe. “For six decades, fire fighters have fueled MDA’s mission to find treatments and cures for life-threatening muscle diseases, and this year’s Si...
The Sidney High School golf team placed a pair of golfers in the Top 10 en route to a third-place finish at the Columbus Scotus Invite on Wednesday. Rachel Blauert carded an 86 for the Lady Raiders to finish fourth overall, while teammate Emma Alexander also posted an 86 that was good for fourth place based on a tiebreaker. Lincoln Lutheran won the event, which featured nine high schools. The Warriors posted a team score of 353. Pius X took second with a score of 370 and Sidney placing third with a 372. For the Lady Raiders, Megan Neal turned...
Sidney native Reba Kinne Huge, and her husband Harry, will travel to Sidney this week. It marks both a celebration of her roots, as a native of Sidney who is coming home to celebrate her 60th high school reunion, and as an engagement with the future, as she and her husband meet with Cabela's leadership to explore how to continue their support to today's high school students who aspire to become tomorrow's leaders. Reba is the co-founder and vice-chairperson of the Harry and Reba Huge Foundation...
The Cheyenne County Chamber Ambassadors hosted a ribbon cutting for Daniel Charles and his wife, who are the owners of Panhandle Janitorial. The company is an insured cleaning service for commercial offices, rentals and new construction....
CHAPPELL – Creek Valley High School juniors will have the opportunity to take part in SAT’s PSAT program on Oct. 14. This is the only time the PSAT will be offered this year at the school. The PSAT, which is taken by nearly one million students in preparation for the SAT Assessment, is a multiple-choice test that measures verbal and mathematical reasoning abilities important for success in college. Creek Valley juniors may register in the guidance office. The fee is $15 and must be paid at time of registration. The last day to register is Fri...
Sidney Middle School's eighth-grade "B" team won the championship in the 2015 8th Grade Volleyball Jamboree in Mitchell on Monday. This is the second consecutive championship for the 8th graders. The team defeated Alliance's "A" team in three sets to start of the night. The Raiders went on to defeat Gering in two sets and then downed Scottsbluff in three sets. "The girls kept their focus and played hard through some tough matches," said Sidney coach Judi Roach. "I'm very proud of the teamwork...
A pair of Creek Valley High School golfers earned medals on Tuesday at the Hershey Invite. The Storm’s Maddy Johnson shot a 94, good for sixth place overall. Teammate Jaden Criswell shot a 101 to finish 10th. Creek Valley only fields three golfers and is not eligible for a team score. Dundy County won the event with a 372 and Ogallala finished a distant second at 436....
The Sidney High School volleyball team pushed its record back to the .500 mark with a key win on the road at Scottsbluff on Tuesday night. The Lady Raiders improved to 7-7 this year, while Scottsbluff slipped to 4-9. Sidney won the match in four sets after dropping the opening stanza. It posted a 22-25, 26-24, 25-18, 25-9 victory. Sidney received strong efforts from Annalise Lecher, Payton Jung and Maddi Porter, who all turned in double-digit kills. Lecher and Jung had 14 apiece, while Porter added 13. Lecher and Jung each provided four blocks...
As harvest season gets underway, the Nebraska State Patrol wants all motorists to exercise caution and increase awareness when traveling on rural roads and highways. “It’s the time of year when we’re bound to see an increase in agricultural equipment on state roadways,” said Col. Bradley Rice, superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol. “We want motorists to be aware of and utilize caution when approaching, following or passing farm vehicles.” Combines, grain carts tractors, and other agricultural implements typically travel at slower speeds....
More than 55 trainees from 15 hospitals, fire crews and EMS squads gathered in the Regional West Sorensen Education Center for training on how to use their new Lucas2 chest compression devices. The devices were made possible with grant funds from Nebraska Health and Human Services, and the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. The three-year, $6 million grant is being used to purchase lifesaving equipment for ambulances and hospitals. The CPR devices will increase the chance of survival for Nebraskans in cardiac arrest. During a...
The Sidney High School boys' and girls' cross country teams turned in strong performaces in the Class C division at the University of Nebraska-Kearney Invite on Monday. The Lady Raiders finished first among 17 teams, while the boys' runners captured second in a 22-team field. The girls topped runner-up Adams Central by four points in the team standings. Erin Lindeman was Sidney's top finisher in the girls' 3.1-mile race, covering the course in 21 minutes, 59 seconds. The Raiders' other top finis...
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have fallen 3.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.34 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 not moved in the last week to $2.29 per gallon, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com. Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices Sunday were 91.7 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 28.3 cents per gallon lower than a month a... Full story
The Sidney High School girls’ golf team collected a second-place finish at the Alliance Invite on Saturday. The Lady Raiders’ Emma Alexander shot to a team-best 83, which was good for fourth place overall. Teammate Rachel Blauert carded an 85 and took fifth overall. Scottsbluff won the team title with score of 357, six shots better than Sidney’s 363. Ogallala was third with a 399. In all, 15 teams competed. Chadron’s Alpine Hickstein took home medalist honors with a 74. Scottsbluff teammates Shelby Poynter (79) and Hannah Holloway (82) finishe... Full story
FOR THE SUN-TELEGRAPH The Sidney High football team was looking to bounce back from its first loss this season. It did just that in strong fashion on Friday night, traveling to Lexington and turning in a 35-0 victory. “I’m absolutely proud of how our team played,” said Sidney head coach Chris Koozer. “It’s an overall team win, but our defense really stepped things up with the shutout.” The Red Raiders, who improved to 4-1 this season, opened up a 14-0 lead by the intermission on a pair of touchdown passes from Brady Radcliffe to Tyler Wintholz.... Full story
POTTER – The Potter-Dix football team started out hot, but ultimately fell to Hay Springs, 58-16, on Friday night. The chilly evening started out well for the Coyotes (0-4) as they quickly got on the scoreboard. With only three minutes off the clock, quarterback Noah Nelson marched Potter-Dix up the field for the first touchdown of the game. Nelson completed the two-point conversion pass to Kelsey Rozelle as the Coyotes took an 8-0 lead. The Hawks (1-3) quickly answered that score though. The Coyotes made their march up the field c... Full story
