Ogallala Boys' defeat Sidney in Boys' Varsity and Junior Varsity Basketball on Saturday, January 24th, 2026; Ogallala Varsity still undefeated
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By: Evan Troxel
The Ogallala Indians High School Boys' Varsity basketball team defeated the Sidney Red Raiders 74-48 at the Prairie View Gymnasium on Saturday, January 24th, 2026, in Ogallala, Nebraska.
Keian Kaiser scored 14 points for Sidney. He made one three-pointer and one free throw.
Ogallala's Sawyer Smith scored a team-high 19 points. He made one three-pointer and two free throws.
Smith has scored 19 or more points in six of the seven games in the actual year of 2026 so far. He has averaged 21.23 points per game this regular season.
To start the game, Keian Kaiser scored two points for Sidney.
Then, Lance Holly hit a three for the Red Raiders and they led 5-0.
Rylan Gilmore then scored two points for Ogallala and Sidney led 5-2.
Lincoln Gillen then hit a three for Ogallala and the game was tied at 5!
Kale Kaiser made a two-pointer and Keian Kaiser also made a two-pointer and Sidney led 9-5 with 3:02 left to go in the first quarter.
Sawyer Smith and Tanner DeCastro each made a two-pointer for Ogallala and the game was again tied at nine!
Kale Kaiser then made a two-pointer for Sidney.
Edan Cain then made back-to-back two-pointers and Ogallala led after one quarter 13-11.
Lance Holly then made a two-pointer and completed a three-point play by making a free throw and Sidney led 14-13.
Rylan Gilmore then hit a three for Ogallala and the Indians led 16-14.
Sawyer Smith then made back-to-back free throws for Ogallala.
Smith then made back-to-back two-point baskets and Ogallala had a 22-14 lead with 5:31 to go in the second quarter.
Sawyer Smith then hit a three for Ogallala, while Rhys Gilmore and Tanner DeCastro each made two-pointers and the Indians led 29-14 with 4:08 left in the second quarter.
Smith then made another two for Ogallala.
Alek Doty then hit a three for Sidney before Sawyer Smith made another two for the Indians and Ogallala led 33-17.
Doty then made another three for Sidney before Smith made another two for Ogallala.
Kyle Jaggers then made one of two free throws for Sidney and Ogallala led 35-21 with 1:14 left in the first half.
Keian Kaiser then made a two for Sidney while Cy Lowery hit a three for Ogallala and the Indians led 38-23 after two quarters.
Keian Kaiser then made a three for Sidney to open the second half.
Edan Cain then made a two-pointer, but couldn't make the three-point play at the free throw line and Ogallala led 40-26.
Sawyer Smith then made another two-pointer for Ogallala.
Keian Kaiser then made a two-pointer and then made one free throw immediately afterward to complete the three-point play and Ogallala led over Sidney 42-29.
Edan Cain and Rylan Gilmore then made two-pointers for Ogallala and the Indians led 46-29 with 4:22 left in the third quarter.
Keian Kaiser then made another two-pointer for Sidney while Lance Holly made one of two free throws for the Red Raiders.
Rhys Gilmore then hit a three-pointer for Ogallala.
Kyle Jaggers then hit a three-point shot for Sidney and Ogallala led 49-35 with 2:26 left in the third quarter.
Rylan Gilmore then hit a three while Tanner DeCastro made back-to-back two-pointers for Ogallala.
Lance Holly then made a two-pointer for Sidney and the Red Raiders trailed 37-56.
Edan Cain then made a three for Ogallala and the Indians led after three quarters by a score of 59-37.
Kale Kaiser made a two for Sidney.
Then, Edan Cain made a two-pointer for the Indians and Ogallala led 61-39.
Tanner DeCastro then made a two and Lincoln Gillen made a free throw for Ogallala.
Rhys Gilmore then made a two-pointer for Ogallala and the Indians led 66-39.
Tanner DeCastro then made a two but couldn't make the immediate free throw afterwards to complete the three-point play and Ogallala led 68-39.
Alek Doty then made his third three-pointer of the game for Sidney!
Lincoln Gillen then made a three for the Indians and Ogallala led 71-42.
Carter Lipska then made a two-pointer and also made a free throw to complete a three-point play and Ogallala led Sidney 71-45.
Rhys Gilmore then made a two-pointer for Ogallala.
Grahm Santero then made a two-pointer for Sidney.
Rhys Gilmore then made one of two free throws and Ogallala led Sidney 74-47.
Campbell Shoemaker then made one of two free throws for Sidney and Ogallala won the game by a final score of 74-48.
Sidney fell to 4-11 on the season with the loss.
Ogallala improved to 13-0 on the season with the win.
For Sidney, Alek Doty and Lance Holly each score nine points.
Doty made three three-pointers while Holly made one three-pointer and two free throws.
Kale Kaiser scored six points.
Kyle Jaggers scored four points. He made one three-pointer and one free throw.
Carter Lipska scored three points. He made one free throw.
Grahm Santero scored two points.
Campbell Shoemaker made one free throw and totaled one point for the Red Raiders.
For Ogallala, Edan Cain scored 13 points. He made one three-pointer.
Cain has scored 10 points in Varsity games in five of seven games in the actual year of 2026. He has averaged 10.77 points per game this regular season.
Tanner DeCastro scored 12 points.
He has scored 12 or more points in every Varsity game so far in the actual year of 2026.
DeCastro's 12 points was tied for a season low for scoring in Varsity games in the actual year of 2026. He has averaged 15.54 points per game this regular season.
Rylan Gilmore scored ten points. He made two three-pointers.
Rylan has scored exactly 10 points in back-to-back Varsity games and he has scored in every single Varsity game all season long!
He has averaged 10.46 points per game this regular season.
Rhys Gilmore also scored ten points. He made one three-pointer and one free throw.
Rhys has scored in each of the last three Varsity games and in this game he scored a season-high in a Varsity regular season game!
He has averaged 3.38 points per game in all Varsity games this regular season.
Lincoln Gillen scored seven points. He made two three-pointers and one free throw.
Gillen has scored in every single game this season and he has scored at least seven points in each of the last four games.
He has averaged 10.15 points per game this regular season.
Cy Lowery made a three-pointer and totaled three points. He has scored in back-to-back Varsity games.
Lowery has averaged 2.38 points per game in all Varsity games this regular season.
The Ogallala Indians High School Boys' Junior Varsity basketball team defeated the Sidney Red Raiders 58-43 at the Ogallala Auditorium on Saturday, January 24th, 2026, in Ogallala, Nebraska.
Carter Lipska scored 11 points for Sidney. He made three free throws.
Cy Lowery scored a team-high 14 points for Ogallala. He made five free throws and one three-pointer!
One of Lowery's two-point makes was also a dunk. This was Lowery's first game he actually scored points in a Junior Varsity home game this season.
Rhys Gilmore started off the scoring and Ogallala led 2-0. Graham Santero then made a two-pointer for Sidney.
Cole Raffelson then made a two for Sidney.
Beckan Cain then made a free throw and Ogallala trailed 4-3.
Anthony Perrin then hit a two and Ogallala led 5-4. Perrin then made a free throw to complete a three-point play and Ogallala led 6-4.
Campbell Shoemaker then hit a three and Sidney led 7-6. Zach Musgrove then hit a three for Ogallala.
Zack Roberts then hit a three and Sidney led 10-9.
Cy Lowery then made two free throws and Ogallala led 11-10.
Cole Raffelson then made a two and Sidney led 12-11.
Rhys Gilmore then made a two and Ogallala led 13-12.
Will Gillham then made a two for Sidney.
Anthony Perrin then made two free throws and the Indians led 15-14.
Gillham then made another two-pointer. Rhys Gilmore made another two for Ogallala and the Indians led 17-16.
Graham Santero then made a two and Will Gillham made a two and Sidney led 20-17 at the end of the first quarter.
Jacoby Bauer then hit a three for Ogallala and the game was tied at 20!
Cole Raffelson then made a two for Sidney.
Bauer then made a two for Ogallala and the score was tied again at 22.
Cole Raffelson then made a free throw for Sidney.
Carter Lipska then made a two-pointer and then he made a free throw to complete a three-point play and Sidney led 26-22.
Anthony Perrin then made a two for Ogallala.
Cy Lowery then made two free throws Ogallala tied it 26!
Wiley Krab then hit a key three and Ogallala led 29-26 at halftime.
Rhys Gilmore then made a two for Ogallala.
Zach Musgrove then hit a three and Ogallala led 34-26.
Cy Lowery then scored a two for Ogallala.
Campbell Shoemaker then hit a three for Sidney and Ogallala led 36-29.
Carter Lipska then made a two for Sidney.
Rhys Gilmore then hit a two and Ogallala led 38-31.
Jacoby Bauer then hit his second three of the game for Ogallala!
Cy Lowery then made back-to-back two-pointers and the Indians led 45-31 with 2:01 to go in the third quarter.
Carter Lipska then made a two for Sidney.
Cy Lowery then hit a three with 1:00 minute to go in the third quarter and Ogallala led 48-33.
Ty Patin then made two free throws with five seconds left in the third quarter and Ogallala led after three quarters 50-33.
Early in the 4th quarter, a technical foul was called on Sidney with 7:14 to go in the game.
Zach Musgrove as a result went to the free throw line and missed both technical foul free throws for Ogallala.
Jacoby Bauer made a two-pointer and Ogallala led 52-33.
Ty Patin scored a two-pointer for Ogallala.
Carter Lipska then made two free throws for Sidney and the Red Raiders trailed 54-35.
Will Gillham then made a two-pointer for Sidney and Ogallala led 54-37.
Carter Lipska then made a two with 4:25 left in the fourth quarter.
Grahm Santero then made a two for Sidney and Ogallala led 54-41.
Cy Lowery then made one of two free throws for Ogallala.
Beckan Cain then hit a three for Ogallala and the Indians led 58-41.
Cole Raffelson then made a two and the final score was Ogallala 58 and Sidney 43.
For Sidney, Cole Raffelson scored nine points. He made one free throw.
Will Gillham scored eight points. He made four two-pointers.
Graham Santero scored six points. He made three two-pointers.
Campbell Shoemaker scored six points. He made two three-pointers!
Zack Roberts made one three-pointer.
For Ogallala, Jacoby Bauer scored 10 points. He made two three-pointers!
Bauer has scored eight or more points in every Junior Varsity home game so far this season. He has averaged 11.5 points per game in Junior Varsity home games so far this season.
Rhys Gilmore also scored 10 points. He made two free throws.
Rhys has scored 10 or more points in every Junior Varsity home game so far this season.
He has averaged 18.25 points per game in Junior Varsity home games so far this season.
Anthony Perrin scored seven points. He made three free throws.
Perrin has scored in every Junior Varsity home game so far this season.
He has averaged 6.5 points per game in Junior Varsity home games so far this season.
Zach Musgrove scored six points. He made two three-pointers!
Musgrove has scored in every Junior Varsity home game so far this season.
He has averaged 10.5 points per game in Junior Varsity home games so far this season.
Beckan Cain scored four points. He made one three-pointer and one free throw.
Cain has scored in every Junior Varsity home game so far this season.
He has averaged 7.00 points per game in Junior Varsity home games so far this season.
Ty Patin also scored four points. He made two free throws.
That is the most points Ty Patin has scored in a Junior Varsity home game so far this season. He has averaged 1.5 points per game in Junior Varsity home games so far this season.
Wiley Krab made one three-pointer. He has scored in every Junior Varsity home game so far this season.
Krab has averaged 4.00 points per game in Junior Varsity home games so far this season.
Sidney in High School Boys' Varsity basketball will be playing in the Western Conference Tournament this week from Thursday, January 29th, 2026, through Saturday, January 31st, 2026.
Sidney is playing against Alliance in Gering at 5:30 p.m. Mountain Time on Thursday, January 29th, 2026.
Ogallala's next High School Varsity game will be on Friday, January 30th, 2026, at North Platte Community College's South Campus in the semifinal round of the Southwest Conference Tournament.
#5 Minden lost at #4 McCook in the quarterfinals of the Southwest Conference Tournament 74-64 on Tuesday, January 27th, 2026.
In other Southwest Conference Tournament quarterfinal action, #6 Broken Bow lost at #3 Gothenburg 58-47, while #7 Holdrege lost at #2 Cozad 83-51 on Tuesday.
#3 Gothenburg will play #2 Cozad at 8:00 p.m. Central Time/7:00 p.m. Mountain Time on Friday, January 30th.
#6 Broken Bow is playing #5 Minden for fifth place in the Southwest Conference Tournament on Thursday, January 29th.
The Ogallala Indians will probably play again at the High School Varsity level on Saturday, January 31st, 2026, in the Southwest Conference Tournament to determine who will finish in third place or who will win the Southwest Conference Tournament.
The third place game is at 2:45 p.m. Central Time/1:45 p.m. Mountain Time. The championship game is at 6:15 p.m. Central Time/5:15 p.m. Mountain Time.
Whoever wins between McCook and Ogallala on Friday will play the winner of Gothenburg and Cozad in the championship game on Saturday. The losers of those two games will play for third place on Saturday.
Sidney's next regularly scheduled Junior Varsity and Varsity High School Boys' basketball games will be on Friday, February 6th, 2026, at Gering.
The Red Raiders will then host Scottsbluff on Saturday, February 7th, 2026, for High School Boys' Junior Varsity and Varsity basketball.
Ogallala will play at Chase County on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026, in a makeup game for Girls' and Boys' High School Junior Varsity and Varsity basketball.
The Indians will play Girls' and Boys' High School Junior Varsity and Varsity basketball at McCook on Friday, February 6th, 2026.
Ogallala's next home game for Girls' and Boys' High School Junior Varsity and Varsity basketball will be on Saturday, February 7th, 2026, against the Broken Bow Indians.
In Girls' High School Varsity basketball, in the first round of the Southwest Conference Tournament on Tuesday, January 27th, 2026, #5 Broken Bow won at #4 ranked Minden 51-40, #6 McCook lost at #3 Holdrege 44-41 and #7 Cozad lost at #2 ranked Gothenburg 78-19.
#6 McCook is playing against #4 Minden on Thursday, January 29th, 2026 to see which team wins the fifth-place game at the Southwest Conference Tournament.
On Friday, January 30th, 2026, #5 Broken Bow will play against #1 Ogallala at North Platte Community College's South Campus Gymnasium at 3:30 p.m. Central Time/2:30 p.m. Mountain Time.
Also on Friday, #3 Holdrege will play #2 ranked Gothenburg at 6:30 p.m. Central Time/5:30 p.m. Mountain Time at North Platte Community College's South Campus Gymnasium.
The losers of Friday's two games will play each other at 1:00 p.m. Central Time/12:00 p.m. Mountain Time on Saturday, January 31st, 2026, to see who can win the third-place game at the Southwest Conference Tournament.
The winners of Friday's two games will play each other at 4:30 p.m. Central Time/3:30 p.m. Mountain Time on Saturday, January 31st, 2026, to see who can win the first-place game at the Southwest Conference Tournament.
In the Western Conference Tournament on the Girls' side of things, Sidney is playing Alliance at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time on Thursday, January 29th, 2026.
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