Gering Tops SHS 64-54 in third frame rally
Gering Bulldogs overcome Sidney Maroons 64-54 as a 21-7 third quarter burst breaks a 29-29 tie. Wood nets 27 points with Klein adding 15 while Fisher leads Sidney with 17 in a Western Conference loss.
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1959
Page
6
Gering Bulldogs overcome Sidney Maroons 64-54 as a 21-7 third quarter burst breaks a 29-29 tie. Wood nets 27 points with Klein adding 15 while Fisher leads Sidney with 17 in a Western Conference loss.
Lodgepole opened with 30 points in eight minutes and dominated Gurley 92 39 for their fifth straight LPV win, lifting overall record to 7 1. Hokom 29 Tremain 24 Bondegard 21 led Lodgepole while Peters 19 topped Gurley. Lodgepole reserve edged Gurley 25 23. Gurley won two straight in girls volleyball 15 13 and 13 11.
Peetz outscored Sedgwick in every quarter at Sedgwick gym and defeated the host 61-44. Clair Finley led with 25 points, 12 in the fourth period, while Ed Woltemath added 15 for Sedgwick. The Peetz reserves won 63-10. Peetz hosts Crook on Tuesday and Merino Friday.
Coach Bill Kelley’s high flying Dix basketball team capped Potter 52 to 28 Friday night in an inter‑di vision Lodgepole Valley tilt. The victory was No. 6 for the Panthers in six outings.
Tuesday schedule shows North Platte St. Pat’s at Sidney St Pat’s and Lodgepole at Haxtun Colo Lorenzo at Dix Potter at Big Springs Bushnell at Harnsburg Sunflower at Alliance St Agnes Chappell at Kimball with matchups across towns and schools.
Ogallala Indians built a 43-20 halftime lead and rolled to a 74-52 victory over the Chappell Buffaloes. Mick Nichols scored 30 points, Rod Ross 19, while John Oswald led Chappell with 13. Chappell won the reserve game 51-48.
Sidney High School wrestling team plans a two meet card as they travel to Scottsbluff seeking their first win in four outings. Coach Jim Godfrey and Les Tandmesser will hold weigh-in tryouts to assign wrestlers to weight classes while noting prior losses to Holyoke Sterlin g and Kearney.
Lorenzo led the Lodgepole Valley Conference Class B foes as the Antelopes beat Melbeta 41-35 Friday night. They extended their winning streak to four in league play, building an 8-3 first-quarter edge and a 20-9 halftime lead before Melbeta's rally. Jerry Klug scored 11 for the winners while Franco topped Melbeta with 12. The Melbeta reserves fell 29-14 and the girls volleyball scores were 14-8 and 15-1.
Scoring results show Gering 64 over Sidney 54 and Scottsbluff 64 over McCook 32 while Ogallala 74 defeats Chappell 52 North Platte 58 over Alliance 38 and Alliance 78 over McCook 64. Other games include Minatare 77 over Morrill 60, Mitchell 47 over Bridgeport 41, Bayard 48 over Ly man 40, Lodgepole 92 over Gurley 39 and Dalton 40 over Sunflower 33. Additional scores feature Lorenzo 41 over Melbeta 35, Dix 52 over Potter 28, McGrew 57 over Harrisburg 55, Broadwater 59 over Bushnell 31, Peetz 6 over Sedgwick 44, Crook 51 over Fleming 43, Hill 44 over Padroni 10, Ovid 40 over Merino 32.
Dalton Tigers defeated Sunflower of Mitchell 40 33 to extend their win streak to four and improve to 4 1 overall and 3 1 in LPV play. Gary Harris and Jerry McRoberts each scored 13 points while Frank Kenzy led Sunflower with 10. Sunflower won the early prelim 33 27.
Harrisburg hosts McGrew and leads 33 29 at halftime but the Wildcats drop the close 57 55 decision. McGrew outscores 13 11 in Q3 and 15 12 in Q4 as Kisler nets 11 field goals and Wynne scores 16 for Harrisburg.
Pittam's Body Shop and Dalton Motor Co. led with high team series scores of 2373 and 22332 respectively. Brandin Iron and Caldwell's posted strong games, while Pittam's Body Shop achieved an 814 800 set and Dalton Motor Co. posted an 803 line as part of the standings.
Potter's town basketball team is among five undefeated clubs in the City Basketball League after a correction reversed a 54 46 result from last Tuesday. Reimers Seed now holds an 11 mark as five teams remain unbeaten with one win each. Tuesday games feature Pastime vs SOD six forty five pm Brandin' Iron vs Zesto eight pm Potter vs Knights of Columbus at 9 15. Thursday schedule lists Kimball Merchants vs Kimball Jaycees Bell Telephone vs SOD Reimers Seed vs Knights of Columbus at 9 15.
Broadwater's basketball team blunted Bushnell 59 31 to grab its first Lodgepole Valley Class 1 win in league play. Don Wilson scored 18 and Elvin Steward 13 to pace the Gorillas who trailed 0-2 in conference action. Dan Gawith and L Gadeken led Bushnell with eight each. The Gorillas held a 33 12 advantage at halftime.
Howard Mann will enter three of his quarterhorses in the Western National Stock Show at Denver this week. Leaving Wednesday with Mann will be Jim Brown.
Union Pacific discontinues City of Portland service today across Nebraska Iowa and Illinois in a savings move. Portland to Denver trains will join City of Denver to Chicago with the eastbound line turning south at Laramie into Denver. Officials say the withdrawal east of Laramie may be temporary and likely restored in peak travel seasons.
The Sidney St Pat's Irish host North Platte St Pat's Tuesday at the Youth Center after an 11 day layoff. North Platte has a 5 1 record this season and averages 54 points per game led by Jim Rundstorm and Bob Simon. Sidney hopes to rebound from a 53 28 loss to Dalton while starting seniors Hahler and Kallhoff plus Schily Hernandez and Kallhoff set the lineup. Reserve game at 6 30 p m with the varsity at 8 p m.
Four candidates vie for two three year terms on the Cheyenne County Extension Sponsoring Board at Wednesday evening’s meeting held at Central School. Northeast District reps will include Mrs. Cecil Warren of Dalton and Mrs. Earl Gell of Sidney, plus Kenwood Anderson of Dalton and Ralph Spearow of Sidney. Douthit named principal speaker for the program will discuss European agriculture and education based on a 1957 trip.
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