Minuteman Cinderfest Set for Harrisburg Friday
Track and field action for area Class D schools peaks Friday May 2 as the Minuteman Conference championships are staged in Harrisburg. Defending champions Harrisburg Wildcats lead the boys and Dalton girls seek to retain their titles. Participants include Dalton Lodgepole Gurley Sidney St Patrick’s Potter Lyman Bushnell and Dix with Sidney Irish making their debut. Field events start 9:30 a.m. prelims, finals begin 1 p.m. Strong past performers include Harrisburg’s Bill Pile and Lodgepole’s Greg Kehl in 1967. Dalton’s Cindy Cruise and Susan Hiner eye six records on the girls side.
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Harrisburg Wildcats
Dalton Girls
Dalton
Lodgepole
Gurley
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Patrick’s
Potter
Lyman
Bushnell
Dix
Sidney Irish
Panhandler
Bill Pile
Greg Kehl
Kehl
Pile
Dalton’s
Cindy Cruise
Susan Hiner
Greg Kehl Lodgepole
Randy Warner
Butch Downer
Doug Soucie Lodgepole
Steve Grubbs
Curt Downer
George Derr Lyman
Minuteman Girls
Cindy Cruise Dalton
Susan Hiner Dalton
Sally Warner
L.H
Lenette Nelson Dix
Beverly Schnell Potter
Marlene Rushman Dalton
Marlene Rushman
Sidney High Leads Class B Track Leaders in State Chart
Sidney High Red Raiders show strength with three top Class B marks led by Ken Boehm in the 440 and the mile relay quartet. Other leaders include Bridgeport Harry Bartling in sprints, Minden Rick Waldron in the 880, and York’s Lee Newcomer in the mile. Multiple schools share top marks as season prepares for the May state meet in Kearney.
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Raiders
Columbus Scotus
Bridgeport
Lexington
Holdrege
Minden
York Chadron
Seward
Cozad
Lincoln Pius X
Ken Boehm
Mike Sutton
Boehm
Harry Bartling
Sutton
Raider
Jim Holechek
Steve Empson
Mike Peetz
John Blahak
Blahak
Bartling
Rick Waldron
Lee Newcomer
York
Scott Pursley
Lincoln Plus X
Chadron
Gary Harlan
Sidney Athletic
Carl Abele
Jerry Slater
Jack Lawless
Bauer Returns to Northeast as Head Football Coach
Bauer, former Lincoln East athletic director and 1964 Coach of the Year, resigned to resume the head coach job at Lincoln Northeast where he previously led for a decade. He began coaching at Sidney and has a career record of 92 wins, 49 losses, and 3 ties.
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Lincoln East High
Lincoln Northeast
East High
University of Nebraska
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Lincoln
Kimball Hires Hart as New Football Mentor for 1970-71
Kimball High School named Jerry Hart of StidShorn Wyoming as the new football coach for the 1970 71 school year. Hart, a 1966 University of Wyoming graduate, previously headed Green River football in 1967 68 and spent last year as an assistant at Kelly Walsh in Casper. He replaces Ward McGowan who preferred teaching over coaching and declined a coaching contract. The Chappell Board also accepted Rodney Swanson’s resignation after three years as Buffaloes head football coach, noted for the 1968 69 7 2 record and SPVA title.
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StidShorn
Wyo
Hart
University of Wyoming
Green River
Kelly Walsh
Casper
Ward McGowan
Kimball School Board
McGowan
Kimball
Dalton
Chappell Board of Education
Rodney Swanson
The
Buffaloes
Swanson
SPVA
New Grid Complex At Sidney Aims For Boosted Longhorn Field
The Western Conference track meet was moved to Sidney last Saturday due to Kimball stadium work. Kimball officials estimate remodeling at $80,000 adding 25 rows of seating along the west side, plus a concession, rest rooms, storage space, and a large press box. The Western Conference meet will be held in Sidney next season after an exchange between the two schools, giving the Longhorns a premier athletic field in the region.
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Kimball
Longhorns
Freshman and Junior High Winners Crowned at Chadron Invite
Chadron hosts the junior high and freshman invitational with Sidney placing fifth in freshmen and third in junior high. Rod Rezac sets a meet high jump record at 5-8, while Sidneys Seidel and Craig excel in hurdles and shot put. Chanelling results show Chadron leads in relays and Gordon dominates early events as Alliance and Gering records appear in multiple events.
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Gering
Sidney
Rod Rezac
Dean Siebert
Sidney Frosh
Larry Young
Perry Cram
Jay Curless
Steve Runion
Scott Neinhuser
Rick Smith
Cram
Siebert
Raider
Reed Happold
Dan Peetz
Rick Seidel
Larry O’holloran
Jackie Craig
O’holloran
Seidel
Craig
Randy Lubash
Scott Cornelius
Johnson
Boehm
Rice
Hogeland
Holloran
Lubash
Cornelius
Dennis Girard
Alliance
Anderson
Gordon
Baker
Heidingsfelder
Tom Nye
Lynn Minch
Rezek
John Shafer
Wills
Raider Golf Teams Hit Bluffs and Western Tourney
The Red Raider golf squad heads to Scottsbluff for the Bluffs Invitational and to Alliance for the Western Conference tournament. Both 9:30 a.m. starts. Last season they placed ninth at Scottsbluff and won the Western Conference with a 249 card. Coach Gene Torezon lists Christ, Wilson, Janda and Knicely as likely starters for both days, with a fifth man to be Blome or Schmidt on Friday and Wilcox on Saturday. The Raiders set a 234 team record at the Sidney Invitational last week.
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Raiders
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Gene Torezon
Bill Christ
Mike Wilson
Matt Janda
John Knicely
Brian Blome
Ric Schmidt
Larry Wilcox
Raiders Travel to Kearney Invitational Track Meet
The Raiders will compete in the Kearney Invitational this Friday May 2 starting at noon with field events. Head coach Hank Reltz names starters across sprints jumps and relays and notes no entries in the open mile or two mile. Team plans include a 5:30 am departure and a breakfast stop in North Platte as district and state meets loom later in May.
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Kearney
Raiders
Aurora
Lexington
Ogallala
Mitchell
Bayard
North Platte
Hank Reltz
Mike O’holleran
Jim Thompson
Ken Boehm
Mike O’holler
Jim Holechek
Charlie Solano
Larry Lingwall
Gerald Thompson
Kent Halley
Mike Peetz
Mike O’halloran
Tim O’halloran
Mike Sutton
Mike
Steve Empson
Frankie Solano
Mike Selzer
Ron Skarka
Lauren Swanson
Devaney to Speak at County All Sports Banquet
University of Nebraska coach and athletic director Robert S. Devaney will address the County All Sports Banquet next Thursday May 8 accompanied by Bill Thornton. The Lions clubs Sidney Potter Dalton Lodegoole and the Sidney Kiwanis Rotary Clubs sponsor the event with tickets at 250 in Sidney Fix Pharmacy Sidney Office Supply American National Bank and in Lodgepole Kripal's Inc.
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Robert S
Bob) Devaney
Bill
Thunder) Thornton
Devaney
Thornton
Nebraska
Lions Clubs
Sidney
Potter, Dalton
Lodegoole
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Rotary Clubs
Fix Pharmacy
Sidney Office Supply
American National Bank
Kripal’s Inc
Kimball Opens Four Winds Golf Course This Thursday
Kimball’s new recreation complex near town opens Thursday at 1 p.m. The nine hole grass greens course is named Four Winds Golf Course, after a contest won by Mrs. Larry Andersen. The complex includes four ball diamonds a trap range two tennis courts two shuffleboard courts a 28 target archery range and a 12 by 12 picnic area. Arnold Frankel 25 of Long Island arrives to be golf pro and work summers in Kimball. Jim Stefanich Joliet is noted as the only bowler to win four different ABC titles.
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Four Winds
Larry Andersen
Sheila Story
Arnold Frankel
Long Island
N.Y
Jim Stefanich
Joliet
ABC
Weber Family Introduces New Era in Pro Bowling
Rich Weber Jr aged 18 joins his father Dick Weber Sr on the PBA tour with hopes of matching his dad's success. The teen debuted at Milwaukee Open, averaging 196 but missing the cut. the pair plan many spring and summer events, including ABC Madison doubles and team events. Rich, a six foot, 140 pound self taught bowler from Florissant, Missouri, will balance high school and bowling before pursuing pro bowling full time.
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Richard Weber, Jr
Professional Bowlers Association
Young Dick
Eric Kay
George Sauer
Mike Hegan
Seattle Pilots
Syracuse
Webers
Papa Weber
Rich
Young Weber
Don Carter
Ray Bluth
Billy Welu
Madison
Wis
McClure High School
Florisant
St Louis
Florrisant Valley Community College
Milwaukee
Dick Weber
NWB Names Runice New NWB Public Affairs VP
Robert E. Runice, the former vice president and general manager for Nebraska at Northwestern Bell during his Sidney appearance, has been promoted to vice president in charge of public affairs. He began with NWB in 1945 as a student switchman.
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Robert E. Runice
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Runice
Nebraska
Sidney
NWB
1 500 000 Saved Some Cancer Cured, Says American Can
A claim from the American Can asserts that about 1.5 million Americans are alive today due to cancer cures. The statement emphasizes a large number of survivors and frames it as a national milestone in cancer treatment progress.
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American Cancer Society
Cancer deaths rise from late treatment, ACS says
About 100000 cancer patients died last year who might have been saved by earlier and better treatment, according to the American Cancer Society.
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American Cancer Society
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