Lady Raiders manage to slip past Alliance

ALLIANCE — Even when things were falling apart Thursday night, the Sidney High School Lady Raiders didn’t lose sight of two key marching orders: keep playing defense, and whenever possible, get the ball to the best option.

SHS followed those rules to the very end, and for that, was able to escape Alliance with a 32-31 Western Conference win.

Finding every which way to lose a double-digit lead — be it through poor foul shooting or sloppy ball-handling — the Raiders (4-1, 1-0) got out of town with a victory when Madi Malzahn intercepted a Lady Bulldogs’ pass and got the ball to Karissa Segelke f...