Sidney Juniors Rally Past Kimball in 2-1 Extra Innings Thriller
Sidney Juniors beat Kimball 2-1 in Panhandle Legion League after an eighth inning run driven in by Nate Brei. Kimball led 1-0 until the seventh when Sidney tied the game on a Braasch single, Curless error, and Schmidt run, sending the game to extras where Brei delivered the deciding hit.
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Sidney Junior Legion
Kimball
Panhandle Legion
Nate Brei
Junior Legion
Brei
Bruce Parish
Mark Curless
Ric Schmidt
Curless
Rick Braasch
Bob Boehm
Schmidt
Braasch
Boehm
Greg Kallhoff
Pony League Teams Face Tournament
The Sidney Junior Baseball Association sponsors its annual Pony League Tournament next week at Legion Park on the main diamond. Games run Monday through Sunday in a double elimination format with Dairy Queen vs V.F.W. at 6 pm and Gehrig and Son vs Gurley at 8 pm opening night. Coaches include Charlie Solano, Mike Peetz, Bill Ladine, Dave West, and Virg Knackstedt.
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Sidney Junior Baseball Association
Dairy Queen
V.F W
Gehrig and Son
Gurley
The
Elks
Busy Weekend Ahead for Sidney Midgets and Juniors
The Sidney Midget and Junior Legion teams host four Panhandle League games over the weekend. Midgets face Bridgeport tonight at 5 30 and Chadron Sunday at 2, plus a Rushville tilt at 5 30 Saturday. Juniors meet Bridgeport tonight at 7 30 and Rushville at 7 30 Saturday, then Chadron at 4 and Lyman at 8 Sunday. two Sunday games are rescheduled from rain. The Midgets sit 11-9 overall and 7-5 in league play, while the Juniors stand 13-10 overall and 10-2 in league action. After this weekend only two league games remain.
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Bridgeport
Rushville
Chadron
Lyman
Sidney
Seidel's Sixth Inning Hit Lifts Sidney Past Kimball 3-2
Rick Seidel delivered a clutch two-out single in the sixth to break a 2-2 tie, lifting the Sidney Midgets to a 3-2 win over Kimball. Seidel, the winning pitcher, added two hits for Sidney as they improved to 11-9 overall and 7-5 in Panhandle Legion play.
Midget Batting Lead By Curless In Early Season Averages
Jay Curless tops the Sidney Midgets batting chart with a .405 average after 57 at bats and 23 hits as of week’s release by coach Dick Yahn. Other top hitters include Mike Rea .396 Tim Miller .369 and Rick Seidel .356 through 19 games, excluding a Kimball contest.
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Jay Curless
Legion
Dick Yahn
Curless
Sidney Midgets
Mike Rea
Tim Miller
Rick Seidel
Kimball
Larry O’holloran
Kyle Abrams
Rich Levi
Scott Cornelius
Bob Schilreff
Gene Lodes
Steve Runion
Willard Simms
Jerry Lubash
First Class Recognition At Honeymoon Stop In Florida
Frank Ward and his bride Andy were greeted by Ted Williams in Pompano Beach Florida as they ended their honeymoon. Ward, a Brown University graduate and former Boston Park League pitcher, is under Kansas City Royals contract and headed to spring training in Daytona Beach. Williams knew him from Williams summer camp and Ward once set a New York Penn League strikeout record with 16 Ks for Corning in a 2-1 win over Oneonta. Ward is 23, 210 pounds, from Rehoboth Massachusetts and signed by Bob Murray of Nashua New Hampshire for a progressive bonus after college. He also pitched for Waterloo Iowa in 1969.
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Ted Williams
Washington Senators
Ward
Brown University
Williams
Kansas City Royals
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Rehoboth
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Oneonta
Bob Murray
Nashua
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Brown
Waterloo
Iowa
Royals founder opens Sarasota baseball academy for unused draftees
BASEBALL ACADEMY SARASOTA Fla AP Maybe Ewing Kauffman president of the Kansas City Royals will open a baseball academy on a 121 acre site August 1. Fifty athletes not drafted by 23 other major league teams will enter for 10 months of intensive work. Syd Thrift will be academy director. The report also notes 23 Cowboys return to Laramie for football as Wyoming aims for a better season after a 6-4 record.
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Baseball Academy
Sarasota
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