Sidney Joins in New Western Conference for High School Sports
Sidney High School joins with Ogallala Gering and Alliance to form the Western Conference for football basketball and track. Albert Nimtz is president, Art Bauer secretary treasurer, Ray Maley historian, Jack Carroll vice president, Roy Nelson trustee. No new members until fall 1958.
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Sidney High School
Sidney
Ogallala
Gering
Alliance
Albert Nimtz
Nebraska
Wyoming
Big Ten
North Plate Valley
Panhandle
Bauer
Bisons Topple Sidney Hopes In Invitational
McCook captions Group I with 6344 points led by Allen Smith 11-6 pole vault record and Wes Berry 10.2 100 and 54.5 440. Minatare 2-mile relay in 9:15.2 a Sidney Invite first. Hardin and Paulsen sweep Group II events as 18 teams race in chilly, sunny day.
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Sidney High
McCook
Minatare
Bayard
Maroons
Chappell’s
Harrisburg
Allen Smith
Alliance
Jack Rader
Sidney
Wes Berry
Berry
Hardin
Jim Hardin
Sidney Studen
Peetz
Paulsen
Oshkosh
Smith
Hiegel
Sharp
Krauss
Secker
Hall
Keats
Sterling
Campbell
Brown
Ogallala
Pinney
Schoeneman
Eskam
Negrete
Aragon
Koch
Gutierez
Kimball
Palvado
Kicsall
Coats
Heigel
Yokomizo
Bridgeport
Sobon
Eirich
Huck
Harlan
Steinhour
Fleming
Schwab
Kalkowski
Inman
Hruska
Callan
Brunswick
Waitley
Feather
van Cleave
Hinkle
Shaw
Sunol Captures Sidney Jaycee League Tourney Crown
Sunol won the Sidney Jaycee Basketball League title with a 69 to 51 victory over Wamsley’s. Art Bauer led Sunol with 14 points while Red Callies added 21. Gurley upset Kimball 78 to 75 in overtime in the consolation final.
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Sunol
Sidney Jaycee Basketball
Wamsley’s
Wamsley Crew
Tom Jones
Art Bauer
Sidney
Red Callies
Gurley
Kimball
Vern Beyers
Dave Janicek
Bob Zalesky
Beyers
Dix Triangular Meet Wins with Dix Leading in Points
Dix won a triangular track meet with 68 points, Sunol 44, and Bushnell 30. Event winners included Shaw and Bieseker in sprints, Irwin and James in middle distances, White in shot put, Peterson and Marks in pole vault, and multiple relays won by Dix.
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Dix
Lodgepole Valley Association
Sunol
Bushnell
Shaw
Namath
Peterson
Dickenson
Bieseker
Novotny
Butcher
Tremain
Irwin
James
Show
Hansen
Marks
Namuth
Gracie
Eckhardt
Nichols
Belcher
Houser
DeMers
White
Nammth
Allington
C.scus
Novonty
Sidney High golfers tie for fourth at North Platte
Sidney High golfers finished in a two way tie for fourth at a North Platte invitational. Lincoln High won with 258, North Platte 269, Kearney 293, Sidney and Scots Bluff 309, Alliance 343. Maroons players Jerry Mangels 102 Rod Moore 103 Jim Felt 104.
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Sidney High
North Platte
Lincoln High
Kearney
Sidney
Scotsbluff
Alliance
Maroons
Jerry Mangels
Rod Moore
Jim Felt
Oshkosh Athletes Dominate Field Events
Proceedings list top finishers in track events with names such as Paulsen and Castle leading in broad jump and hurdles style. Highlights include Oshkosh athletes placing in top five with individuals like Chappell Miles Burrus Vogt mentioned in results.
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Kosh
Miles
Chappell
Harrisen
Potter
Heldt
Oshkosh
Greathouse
Harrisburg
Paulsen
Castle
Burrus
St. Pat’s
Vogt. Chappell
Champs Win Again In Loo Bowling Loop
For the fourth straight year the Transportation team captured the Sioux Ordnance Depot Bowling League title. Transportation also posted top team game 952 and top team series 2649. Ted Schafer led individuals with a 173 average and 63? series while Bob Rolls had the high game 255. The Alley Cats won the Women’s title with Kelly Schafer and others on the winning squad.
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Sioux Ordnance Depot
Transportation
Supermen
Ted Schafer
Ed Raulinitis
Lee Kinney
Phil Kopetzky
Bob Wolfe
Ted Schmutte
Bob Rolis
Schafer
Alley Cats
Kelly Schafer
Barbara Aleman
Marjorie Teel
Ina Mae Rolls
Lois Dewey
Lois Nichols
Mickey Kinney
Lucky Strikes
Olympic Grapple Tryouts In Sterling
The 1956 district Olympic wrestling trials will be held in Sterling on April 13 and 14 under the sponsorship of the American Legion and other civic organizations. It marks a historic first for northeastern Colorado.
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Sterling
American Legion
Colorado
Local High School star Everett Miller shines despite polio
In Sidney, Everett Miller of the Maroon track team is praised for athletic progress two years after polio struck. The piece notes Miller’s promise on basketball’s reserve squad and highlights Sidney’s debate over turning the country club golf course public. It mentions baseball season opening April 17 and KSID’s Game of the Day.
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Sidney High School
Everett Miller
Miller
Sidney
Country Club
Cleveland
Chicago
Kansas City
Detroit
New York
Washington
Baltimore
Boston
Piladelphia
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
KSID
National Trials Send Two Top Wrestlers to Melbourne
The two day meet grants first and second place berths to the national trials in Los Angeles for the U S Olympic team bound for Melbourne. About 150 wrestlers will compete with invites sent to about 50 colleges and military schools. Sterling earned the journey after the University of Wyoming declined the trials.
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Los Angeles
U. S
Melbourne
Australia
United States
Sterling
University of Wyoming
SHS Grid Schedule Completed For 1956 Maroons
SHS football coach Art Bauer announced the 1956 schedule for Sidney High School with nine games. Curtis replaces Sterling and Mitchell, four home and five away, and the varsity opens September 14 at Alliance.
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Sidney Maroons
Art Bauer
Curtis
Sterling
Mitchell
SHS
Bowling Commercial League Standings Report
Standings show Hutchison s at Hutchison s and P H 653 Welch Ins 49 43 Overland Cafe 4744 4514 Rudy s Inc 0 Wheatbelt 9 53 A results last ran April 3 1 Wamsley s 3 sides Inc 0 Wheat Belt 3 Overland Cafe 0 Welch Ins 2 Hutchison 1 Wamsley s 2304 Wheatbelt 2225 Welch Ins 2276 High Team Game Wamsley s 794 Whe atlas 783 Welch Ins 755 J Schaffer 558 Golden 511 G Lienemann 502 High Individual Game J Schaffer 200 192 Golden 198 M Kosmicki 18
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Team Hutchison
Hutchison
P&h
Welch
Overland Cafe
Rudy's Inc
Wheatbelt
Wamsley's
Wamsley
Welch Ins
J. Schaffer
Golden
G. Lienemann
M. Kosmicki
Snow Curtails Broncs Drills in Winter Practice
Sidney Broncs opened their first practice as Snow Curtails drills with about twelve candidates reporting to manager Everett Graff. He noted a need for outfielders and pitchers and announced a second session at Legion Park next Sunday at 2 p m. Interested players may mail a tryout card to Graff Box IH Sidney.
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Man Winter
Sidney Broncs
Everett Graff
Graff
Legion Park
Legion Baseball
Legion
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Sinclair Service
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Ohio Oil
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