The Sidney basketball teams finished a sweep of the weekend with a pair of wins over Bayard Saturday at the Cabela’s Athletic Facility. The Lady Raiders improved to 4-1 on the season with a 69-28 dismantling of the Tigers, while the Red Raiders are now 3-2 after outlasting a Bayard rally, 70-58.

Karly Sylvester paced the Lady Raiders with 10 of her game-high 17 points in the first half as Sidney built a 35-18 halftime lead. Sidney continued the onslaught after intermission, outscoring the Tigers 25-7 in the third quarter to initiate a running clock.

Morgan Jaggers knocked down a pair of three pointers to finish in double figures with 11 points. Jersie Misegadis added 9 points, all coming in Sidney’s 25-point third period.

The Lady Raiders are back in action on Saturday, December 19^th, when they travel to Alliance for their second meeting of the season against the Bulldogs.

For the second night in a row, the Sidney Red Raiders started the game with a Zack Burke three-pointer, then used 15 first half points from junior Sawyer Dickman to build a 13-point halftime lead against the Bayard Tigers on Saturday afternoon at the Cabela’s Athletic Facility. But Sidney had to hold off a second-half charge by the Tigers to pick up their third win this season.

Sidney sent Bayard to the line 18 times after intermission, and the Tigers made 16 of 22 free throws to cut the Sidney double-digit lead to 5 points in the fourth quarter. But Sidney rallied with 3-pointers from Zack Burke and Micah Schneider to secure the win.

Sawyer Dickman led all scorers with 24 points, after a 28-point performance on Friday at Chase County. Zack Burke and Micah Schneider pumped in 18 points each for the Raiders.

Sidney will travel to Alliance on Saturday, December 19^thfor a rematch of the season-opener against the Bulldogs. The girls varsity will tipoff at 3:30 p.m. followed by the boys at around 5:00 p.m.

Scoring:

Sidney: Rheagan Stanley 8, Brynna Ross 2, Morgan Jaggers 11, Reese Riddle 7, Gabrielle Fortner 7, Katie Ramsey 2, Alecca Campbell 2, Leigha Wachtel 3, Jersie Misegadis 9, Emilee Wieser 1, Karly Sylvester 17, Allison Deal 0

Bayard: Kierra Miller 6, Tayley Streeks 2, Riley Sharp 0, Tabbitha Muhr 2, Lexi Fiscus 6, Dani Harter 6, Joslyn Hopkins 2, Hallie Cochran 4, Daci Harter 0