Grand Island Northwest bringing potent offense

While the Sidney High football players and their fans were celebrating last week’s shutout victory at Lexington, another final score came in that piqued their interests.

Grand Island Northwest 38, Scottsbluff 35.

So when GINW visits Sidney on Friday night in a clash of 4-1 teams, the Red Raiders already know not to take the Vikings lightly.

Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Weymouth Field.

Much of that comes to light with a glance at the Vikings’ offensive statistics through five games this season.

GINW’s senior quarterback Christian Ellsworth has completed 91 of 149 passes (61 percent) for 1...