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The Sidney High varsity girls’ golf team continued its hot streak down the home stretch of the season in Ogallala on Monday, placing placed second in a tournament at West Wind Golf Course. The Lady Raiders recorded a score of 387 – finishing just four strokes behind champion Scottsbluff – to stretch its streak of top-three finishes. Scottsbluff’s Jordan York won her third consecutive tournament with an 18-hole score of 78. Ogallala’s Maaika Mestl came in second, while Gering’s Sam Rahmig placed third. A couple of newcomers made their debut...
For the first time, the Creek Valley varsity volleyball team is off to an 8-0 start. The Storm swept the opposition in their first seven matches and then defeated Sedgwick County, three sets to one, in their most recent match last Thursday. The team has already won the Garden County Tournament championship and in the process, swept perennial powerhouse Leyton, which went 30-3 last season. The Storm's undefeated start is a new experience for head coach Roger Behrends and his team. But he knows th...
Attendees check out classic, rare and odd cars at the second annual car show on Saturday.... Full story
There were just a few seconds left in the game, but Sidney High's football team still had a chance to remain unbeaten and pull off a big win on the road against McCook (4-0). Its fate rested on the foot of Jake Heeren and the field goal unit. The Red Raiders trailed the Bison 20-19 and faced fourth down and three from McCook's 13-yard line with just 20 seconds remaining in Friday night's battle between two of the top Class B teams in the state. McCook made a strong push and blocked Heeren's...
The Sidney High boys' and girls' cross country teams both placed first at the McCook Invite meet on Friday afternoon at Heritage Hills Golf Course. It was the first win of the season for either team. The boys finished with a team score of 24. The girls registered a 35. Sidney seniors Jachob Wiedeburg and Hayden Lieneman came in first and second overall out of 72 runners with times of 18:02 and 18:30, respectively. Brody McKnight came in fourth at 18:54. Junior Jacob Schaub placed 13th overall...
Sitting at No. 15 statewide in the MaxPreps.com rankings, Sidney (3-0) can really make a bold statement with a win against the No. 6 McCook Bison (3-0) tonight on the road. But despite the anticipation surrounding this game, Sidney head coach Todd Ekart is making sure to treat it the same as any other game. Nothing has been dramatically altered during practices this week. Rather, for this coaching staff and its players, it's all about consistency in preparation and focus "You have to prepare...
With a wild home crowd behind it, Alliance was just a little too much for the Sidney High varsity volleyball team on Thursday night. The Lady Raiders were swept by scores of 25-17, 27-25, 25-17. Playing in a warm gym, Sidney hung tough in the first set with the Bulldogs. Sidney took a 5-3 lead to start the set, but Alliance was able to build a few short runs. The Lady Raiders found enough responses with early blocking to keep things close. But several Sidney mistakes allowed Alliance to build and ride momentum in its home gym on the way to a...
The Arizona Cardinals’ Jonathan Dwyer was arrested on allegations of aggravated assault on Wednesday. The arrest was reportedly connected to two separate incidents at his Phoenix home back in July involving his 27-year-old wife and an 17-month-old child. Police say he head-butted his wife, breaking her nose, and struck his son in the stomach with a shoe. The boy wasn’t injured. Along with former Raven Ray Rice, the Vikings’ Adrian Peterson, the Panthers’ Greg Hardy and the 49ers’ Ray McDonald, Dwyer makes the fifth NFL player to be arrested...
It was a bag of mixed marbles for the Sidney High varsity volleyball team, as it split its home triangular on Tuesday night at the Cabela’s Athletic Facility. The Lady Raiders were swept by Chadron in the first match, but came back to sweep Bridgeport in the second. Sidney (3-3) made several mistakes early on against a fiery young Chadron (4-1) team but still held a 13-7 lead at one point on the strength of its blocking. Chadron’s big swingers – junior Chandler Hagemanna and sophomore Jadyn McCartney – had a tough time finding open space for ki...
The Sidney High varsity girls’ golf team added another top-three tournament finish to its resume, coming in third with a score of 404 at the Gering Invite on Tuesday morning. Scottsbluff won the tournament with a remarkable team score of 356. Gering took second with a 390, while Alliance finished fourth with a 523. With Tuesday’s result, Sidney continued its streak of placing in the top three in each of its five tournaments this season. Considering that there have been two freshmen – Jordan Cook and Emma Alexander – on the varsity team for mos...
The Sidney High varsity volleyball team has quite an important week in front of it. Between a home triangular against Chadron and Bridgeport – two teams that are a combined 6-4 – the Lady Raiders face their first district match of the 2014 season on Thursday against Alliance on the road. The Lady Raiders come into Tuesday's triangular at the Cabelas Athletic Facility with some momentum on their side. They have picked themselves up about as well as they could have after a rather ugly start aga...
In what will undoubtedly be their most challenging competition of the season, the Sidney High varsity cross country teams produced another strong run at the Liberty Bell Invitational Friday afternoon in Littleton, Colo. The boys placed 10th out of 23 teams in Division 3A with a score of 242. The girls also came in 10th among the 23 teams in the same division, putting up a score of 273. With their solid performance on Friday, both the Sidney boys' and girls' teams are currently ranked No. 2 state...
HASTINGS – Senior running back Chance Anglin exploded for 245 yards and four touchdowns on 21 carries, caught a 40-yard pass and even intercepted a pass, as Sidney High School outgunned Hastings in a 40-20 win Friday night. Junior running back Hunter Secrest also pounded out 76 yards and a score on 16 carries to help lead visiting Sidney to the victory. The Red Raiders are now 3-0 on the season and are ranked No. 15 in the state by MaxPreps.com. Sidney head coach Todd Ekart says his team s...
After rolling in its first two games of the year, the Sidney High School football team expects to be tested this week on both sides of the ball as they travel Friday night to face Hastings. Sidney (2-0) has outscored its opponents 91-6 this fall. Kickoff against the Tigers (1-1) is 6 p.m. MDT. The game will air on 1340 AM. This game figures to be a challenging task for Sidney, especially on the road about four hours from home. But Sidney head coach Todd Ekart is confident that his team is up to the task and is prepared to play its style of...
The Sidney High volleyball team spiked its way to a dominant sweep Thursday night of the Sutherland Sailors at the Cabela's Athletic Facility. Sidney won by scores of 25-14, 25-13 and 25-6. With the win in their first home game of the season, the Lady Raiders moved to 2-2 and have recovered nicely after being swept by North Platte and Ogallala last week. For Sidney head coach Sarah Wilson, strong team play was a major factor in the convincing victory. "I was mostly proud of how well the girls...
Sidney High School football coach Todd Ekart has been selected as a coach for the North team in the 2015 Nebraska Shrine Bowl. The Shrine Bowl, which started in 1958, was created to honor outstanding graduating high school football players and coaches throughout the state. All proceeds from the game are donated directly to Shriner's Hospital for Children. The hospital has several branches located throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico and is known for offering free, advanced medical care to...
It took five nail-biting sets, but the Sidney High School varsity girls' volleyball team took home its first victory of the season Tuesday night against the host Mitchell Tigers. Sidney prevailed 22-25, 27-25, 25-15, 19-25, 15-7. And for the players, getting that first "W" out of the way against a solid team on the road was a relief after starting the season 0-2. "After you get that first win, it's easier to get the next one and it keeps building your confidence to just keep going," said junior...
The Sidney girls’ golf team was fantastic Tuesday morning in Chadron, as four of its five varsity players placed in the top 10 out of a field of 34 players and it won its first tournament of the season by one stroke over Gering. All five of Sidney’s varsity players ended the tournament in the top 12. “The girls played well and we are very happy to get that first win of the season,” Sidney head coach Dani Kuchar said. Gering’s Sam Rahmig took first place in the individual standings with a very impressive score of 78. Junior Rachel Blauert l...
Sidney High quarterback Jon Smith hands the ball off to Mitch Rolls during the Red Raiders' 60-6 victory over Mitchell in a freshmen football game Tuesday night at Weymouth Field.... Full story
The freshman and junior varsity kickoff team runs through a coverage and return drill at Monday afternoon's practice at West Elementary.... Full story
Sophomore outside hitter/libero Maddi Porter returns the ball back over the net at Monday's practice.... Full story
Despite being penalized 11 times for 80 yards, the Sidney Red Raiders stomped their way to another impressive win-this time by a score of 43-6 over Adams Central on their homecoming Friday night at Weymouth Field. The Red Raiders are now 2-0 to start the season. Penalties have been just about the only weak spot in the Red Raiders' armor so far this year. In their season opening game against Chadron, Sidney lost 78 yards on eight penalties. Still the Red Raiders have managed to score 91 points...
The Sidney cross country teams looked very promising in their first meet of the season, Friday afternoon at Monument Shadows Golf Course in Gering. As a team, the varsity boys came in second overall out of 14 teams with a score of 35. The varsity girls finished third out of a field of eight teams, registering a score of 48--just two points behind second-place Gering. Head coach Tony Neels said he was impressed with his teams' results on the afternoon. "Overall I was very pleased with how we ran...
The Sidney High golf teams had the luxury of playing their first two tournaments of the season at their home course, Hillside. With the comfortable feeling of familiarity on their home course, the varsity team came in third place at both tournaments. But the Red Raiders finally hit the road for the first time and competed in North Platte on Friday, where they finished the tournament as the fourth-place team—out of an 8-team field—with a score of 419. After being disqualified in the conference tournament last Tuesday at Hillside for filling out...
In sports, they often say that you learn more from defeat than you do from victory. That saying held true when the Sidney High girls' volleyball team was swept by host North Platte and Ogallala on Thursday night. The Lady Raiders fell to 0-2 on the season. But this season is a work in progress and the team views these matches as learning experiences. After all, North Platte is as strong a team this season as they have been in years and Ogallala is a perennial powerhouse at the class C level....
