Sidney Midget and Junior teams surging into state tourney
Sidney prepares two squads for Friday openers in Aurora and St Paul with strong records. Midgets at 20-5 face West Point ace Tom Rocker while Juniors at 30-11 meet Schuyler. both aim to advance as single elimination begins. Sidney leaders include Brian French and Steve Cook guiding a deep roster with multiple pitchers and sluggers.
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Gregg Piburn
Sidney
Aurora
St. Paul
West Point
Blair
Tom Rocker
Rocker
Brian French
Wyatt Lurber
Ogallala
Schuyler
Dennis Dolliver
Brad Hawks
Greg Schilreff
Sean Doyle
Willburn
Pat Sierley
Jay Schmidt
Steve Cook
Jaye Kieselhorst
Scott Hein
Tom Lubash
Maynard Wieser
Central City
Broken Bow
Gregg Spieker
Scott Heln
Nick Swanstrom
Bill Willburn
Gregg Schilreff
Mad Bomber strikes again at Cowboys quarterback clash
Roger Staubach sustained a stitched gash above the eye after a punch from Clint Longley at Cowboys camp. Longley was suspended and Danny White expected to start the second half in Dallas' home opener against Denver. Staubach described the incident as premeditated and said Longley may seek a trade.
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Muller H. Bonner JR
Associated Press
Thousand Oaks
Calif
Dallas Cowboys
Clint Longley
Roger Staubach
Roger
Longley
Staubach
Dallas
Dan Reeves
Drew Pearson
Drew
Clint
Danny White
Efe
White
Cowboys
Denver
Cowboy
Tom Landry
Landry
World Series to Use Designated Hitter Every Other Year
Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announced the World Series will employ the designated hitter in alternating years starting with this year. Toronto’s new AL franchise will be the Blue Jays.
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Associated Press
Baseball Phoenix
Bowie Kuhn
Toronto
Blue Jays
R Toward Webster
Ringleman tops Fort Sidney Golf Championship at Hillside
Steve Ringleman won the Fort Sidney Amateur Golf Tournament championship flight with a 3%6 hole total of 145 at Hillside Golf Course. Bruce Hyland was runner up at 146, with Haupt Shiffmeriller and Josten finishing third to fifth. Additional flights crown medalists and placers across handicap groups with Mark Zalesky winning the second flight and Ron Jolly taking the fourth.
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Steve Ringleman
Fort Sidney
Hillside
Ringleman
Bruce Hyland
Chuck Haupt
Don Shiffermiller
Dean Josten
Rick Schmidt
Don Buddecke
Harry Mills
Maynard Wieser
Bob Conrad
Gurley Athlete Julie Bremer Earns 1976 Honor
Julie Bremer, Gurley High School 1976 graduate, named Prep Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1976 by Coach & Athlete Magazine editors and Gurley coach Richard Holechek. Bremer, district high jump and discus champion, placed third at state in both events and will attend Mid Plains Community College to play volleyball and basketball.
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Julie Bremer
Gurley
Coach & Athlete Magazine
Richard Holechek
Bremer
Mid- Plains Community College
North Platte
Mid-Plains
Wildlife Biology
Tourney schedules for Friday to Wednesday with pairings
A sequence of basketball tournament games lists Friday matchups Central City versus Schuyler Sidney versus West Point York versus ONeill Aurora versus Broken Bow then subsequent winners face off. Sunday advances Holdrege and Arlington with several loser's bracket games. The schedule spans through Monday Tuesday and possible Wednesday if needed with 15 games total.
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Central City
Schuyler
Sidney
West Point
York
Oneill
Aurora
Broken Bow
Sidney Hosts 20 Team Slow Pitch Open Tourney
The Sidney Men s Slow Pitch Softball Open kicks off this weekend with 20 teams, including A W Pizza Hut Farmers Feed Seed The Mill and Hartzter s Plumbing State Farm and others in a double elimination event. Friday games start 6 30 pm with a 7 30 pm Sunday final if needed.
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Sidney
A&w
Pizza Hut
Farmers Feed & Seed
the Mill and Hartzier's Plumbing
State Farm
Brush Merchants Brush Colo
Chuck Benstead Ford
Kimball
Gurtey Co Op
Omaha teen pursues 1980 Olympic gymnastics bid
Fifteen-year-old Renee Reisdorff of Omaha left home to train in Springfield Missouri under Dr Charles Johnson at Southwest Missouri State College. Rated among the nation’s top 50 gymnasts she hopes to win a berth on the 1980 Olympic team while enrolling as a Parkview High sophomore and seeking sponsors. Her parents back the move as she trains four hours daily, aiming toward Moscow.
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Omaha
Renee Reisdorff
Renee
Springfield
Charles Johnson
Southwest Missouri State College
Johnson
Parkview High School
Moscow
South Omaha Series Hall
Greater Omaha
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Rollie Brandl Brandl
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Rob Gregory
Rich Patten
Ken Stroh
Gregg Spicker
Sidney Midgets
Jay Hazelwood
Dean Jones
Roger Dodger
Bethesda
Tom Weiskopf
Tom Kite
Gil Morgan
Frankfurt
West Germany
South
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John O'Connell
Zalesky
Jim Ledbetter
Arnie Wiltig
Darrell Lenz
Ray Josten
Carl Christ
Weldon Stewart
George Hinn
Larry Towamd
Larry Andersen
Ron Jolly
Joel Birner
Virg Zwick
Hink Barker
John Clarkson
Chuck Ortega
Harley Kilgore
Art Montgomery
al Sittner
Mike Merritt
Marc
St. Patrick's High School
John White
20Th and
Newton
Tony Lazzeri
Salt Lake City
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Arlington
Ord
O'Neill
St Paul
Northport
Neb
Willmans Bandits
Brush
Harns Signs
Peetz
E E Sonnenberg & Sons
Sterling
Peetz Elevator
Hartzter’s Plumbing
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Bag’s Bar
Potter
Chappell Coop
Cornhusker
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Cheyenne County Fair
Nebraska
Tractor Pullers Association
NTPA
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds
NEBR
Ray Kuehn
Chuck Lafler
Jan Berry - Dalton
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