Sund Is Beaten As Maroons, Irish, Panthers Triumph
Sidney's Maroon basketball team defeated Kimball 74 to 62 in a close first half that ended 33-33. Ivan Adams and Wendell Pearson sparked a third-quarter run to lift Sidney to a 54-43 advantage, then the reserves finished strong as Kimball closed to 74-62. Jerry Krueger led Kimball with 17 points while Pete Mirelez added 14 for Kimball in a hard fought high school contest.
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Vern
Anthony Sidney
Maroon
Kimball
Jones Boys
Longhorns
Sidney
Maroons
Ivan Adams
Wendell Pearson
Leo MckKellip
Jerry Krueger
Pete Merelez
Pearson
Krueger
Jack Reeder
Leroy Burback
Mirelez
Vernon
Lodgepole Panthers Rally Amid Packed Gym Crowd
A Lodgepole town reporter notes the Lodgepole-Chappell basketball game drew a packed crowd with fans filling every exit. The scene describes an energized home-town backing and a ceremonial crush before tip-off.
Sidney Highs Hold Kimball In Tight Basketball Clash
Coach Tom Jones’ Sidney Higheagers show improved play as they edge Kimball 33-31 at intermission and pull away late for a 2-2 record heading to Gothenburg on Jan 14. Reserve win 47-37 behind Jerome Buehrer.
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Longhorns
Mirelez
Krueger
Pedrett
Reeder
Kimball
Vernon
Sidney
Gothenburg
Jerome Buehrer
Buehrer
Lambert
Locals Battle Off Rallies By Wyoming Five
St Pat’s Irish edged St Mary’s of Cheyenne 34 30 at the Youth Center to move to 2 4 on the season. Ted Peterson led St Pat’s with 15 points while Cahalane topped St Mary’s with 14 as a see saw affair featured Weibel and Skrdlant for the locals.
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Wyoming Five
Hank Meysenburg
St. Pat’s Hoopsters
St. Mary’s
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Dick Wiebel
Walt Skrdlant
Joe Schutte
Grant
Ted Peterson
Weibel
St. Pat’s
Peterson
Bill Rayl
Hamilton
Cahalane
Cowder
Stanczyk
Lodgepole Downs Chappell In Third Quarter Burst
Lodgepole Valley Conference leader Lodgepole ripped past Chappell 57 to 46 after a decisive 21 point third period. Harold Whitefoot scored 18. Larry White led Chappell with 18 in a game that pushed Lodgepole to seven straight wins and a likely LPV title bid while Lewellen cooled. Sunol fell to fifth straight defeat. Lewellen's Larry McCormick scored 22.
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Lodgepole
Panther
Chappell
Boom
Harold Whitefoot
Denny Thompson
Larry White
Proud
Buffaloes
White
Panthers
LPV
Larry McCormick
Lewellen
Ken Lorenz
Sunol
Lorenz
Dalton
Sunol Smashed 74 21 by Lewellen Quintet
Sunol pressed by Cheyenne County nine players as Lewellen quintet overwhelmed Sunol 74 to 21. Sunol scored ten points in the first half and eleven in the second, showing little else but determination and scrap.
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Sunol
Red Hot Lewellen Quintet
Cheyenne County
Lewellen
Mixed Doubles Bowling Meets Planned at Sidney Lanes
Bowling fans will compete in a Ragtime Doubles Tournament at Sidney Lanes over four weekends starting January 7 8 and 9 with men and women teams. Manager Jack Lucas notes prizes total to 100 percent of the entry fee and merchandise prizes for top scratch scores. Eligibility requires verified averages, unlimited entries, non repeating partners among the top ten on the high board, 75 percent handicap, 120 190 scratch, and composite averages as of December 31 1954. Registration costs 95 cents plus $1.05 bowling fee totaling $2. Weekends offer morning afternoon and evening play to accommodate entrants.
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Sidney Bowling Lanes
Sidney
Jack Lucas
City Association
Giant sturgeons and iron production across ages and regions
The note links giants of nature with historical and industrial facts: sturgeons reaching 14 feet and a ton, four percent of a million tractors on US farms, pagans using holly in midwinter rites before Christ, and eighteen American states producing iron, suggesting broad historical patterns of nature and industry.
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Black and Caspian Seas
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Lodgepole High School
Lodgepole Town
Telegraph
Tom Jones
Sidney Higheagers
North Platte
Bayard
Jones
Charles Vernon
Burback
T. Pedrett
Fune
Sidney ' Sg Ft
Adams
Berry
Flohr
Ot Feather
Friede
Hettrick
Schmidt
Stewart
van Cleave
Maddox Motor CO
Nebraska
Lodgepole Whipped
Duane Freeman
Cagers
Lorenz High
United States
Stickney’s Inc
U. S
Christ
Duce Iron
ELM Street Grocery
15Th & Elm St
Nebr
Maddox Texaco IS
Texaco
Maddox Texaco
14Th
Illinois
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