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Sidney manager Mark Onstott gives senior Jaden Sears a parting hug.... Full story
Powered by a three-hitter on the mound and a fifth inning two-run homer by ace right-hander Jayden Holman, Alliance scraped by the Post 17 Sidney senior team 2-1 on a somewhat wild Saturday night at Bower Park in Alliance. On the heels of some boisterous sixth-inning drama, the game was interrupted by a roughly 20-minute delay when the stadium lights and scoreboard suddenly went out. Sidney, who came into the district tournament with a first round bye as the top overall seed, now faces an...
Sidney first baseman Skyler Arent chases down a grounder during practice Thursday evening. The team takes part in the District Tourney this weekend. The District champion goes on to state.... Full story
Sidney Post 17 held their final evening practice before the district tournament, which begins on Friday. Scott Phillips, Travis Garska and assistant coach Jay Doty listen to instructions... Full story
Sidney Post 17 held their final evening practice before the district tournament, which begins on Friday. Bret Jaggers tests his sacrifice skills.... Full story
After a taxing but successful run through the "dog days" that is the summer baseball season, the Sidney Post 17 senior team will finally make that all-important trek 79 miles north to Alliance for the highly-anticipated district tournament this weekend. A potential repeat as district champs and an appearance in the state tournament later this month is the culmination of everything that's happened this season, one in which the seniors finished 22-11. "Playoff baseball" as Sidney manager Mark...
The Sidney Legion Seniors team has been working out all week before their district opener, hoping for a return trip to the state tournament. Scott Phillips fires away from right field.... Full story
Sidney players gather around coach Mark Onstott for instructions before Tuesday's practice session.... Full story
Skyler Arent prepares to throw.... Full story
Sidney's Legion seniors began preparations for this weekend's district tournament on Monday evening. The roster was boosted by the reappearance of Lane Harvey, away for much of the summer while playing with a select traveling team based in Denver.... Full story
With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, first baseman Zack Means looped a walk-off single into left field that landed just inside the line and the Sidney Junior Post 17 team took home a 10-9 win its opening district game against Ogallala Post 135 Saturday afternoon in Chadron. Sidney finished the game with 10 hits on its way to 10 runs, but also benefited from five Ogallala miscues throughout the contest. The game was originally scheduled to be completed Friday night, but a sudden...
Alliance left fielder Tucker Hill slid in at home just under the tag of Tyler Bergstrom in the bottom of the eighth and the Spartans walked off with a 3-2 win over the Sidney Junior Post 17 team in its second district game, Sunday afternoon in Chadron. With the loss, Sidney faced an elimination game Sunday night. Sidney looked focused to start the game, jumping out to an early lead in the top of the first. After leadoff hitter Ben Goble struck out, freshman Mitch Rolls ran out an infield...
The Sidney Post 17 junior team took a 2-0 lead against Gering in the first inning of its district elimination game Sunday night, but was unable to hold on in a 6-3 loss. The junior team struggled to slow what seemed like an unending steam of Gering baser runners throughout the game and is now eliminated from the district tournament. Gering stole four bases and also benefited from eight walks, two wild pitches and one hit batter. Facing Gering right-hander Christian Rogers, Sidney's offense came...
The 11 U Cal Ripken state baseball tournament opened on Thursday in Sidney, with the hosts, Cheyenne County, downing Sandhills. Alliance, Gering and Grand Island are also participating in the three-day contest.... Full story
Tiffany and Brady Sweetser listen to instructions during a practice session this week. The Sidney Stingrays standouts will again participate in the annual Cornhusker State Games July 18-27 in Lincoln. Before the fun event, they join their teammates at Saturday's swim season finale in Bridgeport.... Full story
If Murphy's Law went against the Sidney Post 17 senior team last Thursday night in Gering, it certainly played in its favor Wednesday night against Buckley in Chappell. Sidney won its 22nd game of the summer by a five-inning run rule score of 12-2. Behind the steady arm of starter Travis Garska and a horde of Sidney hits, combined with a sloppy defensive game by Buckley-headlined by five errors, three wild pitches and two balks-Sidney had its way all evening. Despite a huge early cushion for...
The 85th edition of Major League Baseball’s All-Star game will take place Tuesday, July 15 at Target Field in Minneapolis, home of the Minnesota Twins. As it does every year, the game will feature the cream of baseball’s crop and it is sure to be an entertaining three hours or more of baseball. The game obviously doesn’t count for or against any individual team’s record in the standings. The individual players’ stats in the game don’t count towards their season stats. The American and National League teams are essentially at even strength every...
Behind Austin Pile's two RBI on three doubles and a very strong five-inning, one-hit outing on the mound, the Sidney Post 17 senior team took home a 6-1 victory against Buckley Tuesday on senior night at Legion Field. The team totaled nine hits and two errors on the night. Gordon was originally scheduled as Sidney's opponent but forfeited, as it couldn't field enough players for the game. With that win, the Post 17 seniors clinched the top seed in districts next week in Alliance. But Sidney saw...
On senior night at Legion Field, Sidney's veteran players gathered with family members to be honored before the game. The seniors include Jaden Sears, Alex Maestas, Kyle Burton, Austin Pile, Travis Garska, Austin Wilson and Scott Phillips.... Full story
On senior night, Sidney's veterans decide to give winning pitcher Austin Pile a lift while posing for post-game photos.... Full story
The Sidney Post 17 senior team was finally able to get on the scoreboard in the bottom of the seventh inning against Sutton starter Brody Yost, but the rally fell short as Sidney dropped the game 7-3. With the loss Sidney finished the weekend in McCook with a 2-1 record. Righty Scott Phillips started the contest for Sidney and was next in the line of Sidney pitchers victimized by an increasing number of defensive errors over the last few games. In what should have been a clean, hitless first inn...
After starting the weekend off with a win courtesy of Grand Island’s forfeit, the Sidney Post 17 senior team smashed its way to an important 13-3 win on a sweltering Saturday afternoon at McCook. Sidney totaled 14 hits on the way to plating its 13 runs. Ten of those hits came with two outs. The team was clearly much more focused in this game after a rough evening Thursday night in Gering. The coaches had called a practice Friday afternoon in an effort to iron out the many mistakes made the previous night. “Mental toughness started yes...
Murphy’s law was in full effect Thursday night at Oregon Trail Park in Gering, as the Post 36 team stole the game from Sidney by a five-inning run rule score of 12-2. Sidney totaled 10 errors in the five innings. We didn’t play as a team tonight,” said Sidney center fielder Austin Pile after the loss. “We didn’t deserve to win. We also didn’t deserve to be in this game at all. We’ll bounce back and try again in the McCook tournament.” “We wanted to see some fight out of them [Sidney] tonight and we didn’t see it tonight at all,” said manager...
Just three short weeks ago I was sitting at a computer in Austin, Texas applying for my first full time job in the news industry. I spent hours shelling out application after application to newspapers all over the nation—from Connecticut to Washington and everywhere in between. Sitting at that computer that day, I had no idea I would end up in Sidney, Nebraska. I’m what you might call a classic Texas boy—outside of an occasional vacation I hadn’t lived one day of my life beyond the borders of the Lone Star state until I arrived in Sidney...
Behind Jayden Holman's second home no-hitter this season and Jeff Heckman's fifth inning three-run homer, the Alliance Spartans dropped Sidney 5-0 Tuesday night at Bower Park in Alliance. Holman was one out away from a perfect game, when Spartan third sacker Colton Williamson committed a throwing error on Sidney center fielder Austin Pile's bunt attempt. The Post 17 dugout roared when Pile became the team's first base runner of the night. Holman, who will play next year at Western Nebraska Commu...
