Potter Townies Triumph 5 3 Over Sidney Town Team
Potter Town Team defeated Sidney Town Team 5 to 3 at Legion Park on Sunday night. Don Tedesco opened scoring for Sidney with a solo homer, while Cletus Wright and Russ Rush drove in runs for Potter in the fourth. Ken Ottoson pitched a complete game for Potter, fanning 16 over ten innings, as Potter pulled ahead with a sixth inning run and held on for the win.
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Potter Town
Sidney Town
Legion Park
Sidney Townies
Potter
Sidney
Don Tedesco
Cletus Wright
Russ Rushan
Rich Sommers
Ken Ottoson
Dave Josten
Mark Weisern
Mic Johnson
Jim Slama
Mike Slama
Duke Anderson
Maynard Weiser
Local Summer Sports Schedule Highlights City Parks and Fields
A full list of Monday schedule entries includes baseball and softball games at Legion Park and Louis Villa Field. Key matchups feature Gehrig and Son Funeral Home versus Robinson Insurance at 5 30 p m on field one and multiple 5 30 p m starts across fields two three and four with various local teams and sponsors.
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LaDonna Hererra
Nadine Langley
Louis Villa
Liz Hererra
Frank Mattoon
Legion Park Field
Potter
Dot
Legion Park
Dix
Neal
V.F.W. and
Decker’s
Fort Sidney
Legion
Western Drug
Knights of Columbus
American National Bank
Rotary
Kiwanis
Sidney National Bank
Harlan Leads Fort Sidney Midgets Batting Averages
Gary Harlan tops the Fort Sidney Midgets with a .365 mark after four games, four hits in 11 at bats. Mark Curless follows at .355 with five hits in 14. Rich Peetz is third at .300 with three hits in ten. Kent Halley adds the lone home run and a .285 average in 14 at bats. Complete four game averages list multiple players with varying AB/H and percentages.
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Gary Harlan
Fort Sidney
Mark Curless
Curless
Rich Peetz
Peetz
Kent Halley
Western Drug Lions dominate A-Major standings entry
In the 24 Major League Western Drug Lions column teams rise in the A major standings. Gehrig & Son lead 4-0 with Holechek Funeral Home and Robinson Insurance at 4-0 and 3-1 respectively. Welch Insurance and Community TV sit at 2-2 and 1-3 with KSID Radio at 0-4.
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Major League
Western Drug Lions
Escaped baboon pursued through Cape Town hospital
A mature male baboon intended for kidney transplant research fled Karl Bremer Hospital during prep. It sprinted from a hospital window, eluded staff for about 20 minutes, and was cornered in a police sergeant’s residence before a hospital official shot it.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Karl Bremer Hospital
Fort Sidney Juniors Set To Face Gering Tuesday
Fort Sidney Juniors meet Gering Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Legion Park as part of a two game baseball eve ning doubleheader with Babe Ruth teams playing at 5 30 p m. The Midgets idle due to unable to field a team while both squads travel to Scottsbluff Thursday for pair of games.
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Legion Park
Fort Sidney
Gering
Sidney Junior Baseball Association
Babe Ruth
Junior Legion
Decker’s Market
V.F.W
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Fort
Fort Juniors
Grant
McCook
Tickets go on sale for District VIII Girls softball tourney
Advance tickets are on sale for the District VIII Girl's Invitational Softball Tournament in Sidney July 4 5 6. Tickets cost 1.00 per person for all three days or 1.00 per game at the gate. Tickets available from Mrs Ted Oliverius or Mrs William Fankhauser. Sanctioned by the Nebraska Amateur Softball Association and sponsored by the Sidney Band Parents Auxiliary.14 teams have shown interest from Scottsbluff Potter Dix Alliance Harrisburg Gering Sidney Kimball Chadron with more to come.
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Sidney
Ted Oliverius
William Fankhauser
Nebraska Amateur Softball Association
Sidney Band Parents Auxiliary
Scottsbluff
Potter
Dix
Alliance
Harrisburg
Gering
Kimball
Chadron
Be Careful Of Young Wildlife Public Advised
Nebraska Game Commission urges caution as wildlife begin to bring young. Mid June to early July sees pheasant grouse and turkey broods. quail chicks appear later. Motorists should avoid harming young along roads and landowners should delay mowing until after July 4 to aid development.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
The
Game Commission
South Lune News Housers Vacation in the Mountains
Mrs Ted Houser and daughters Sharon and Sandra spent several days last week at Sky Ranch near Estes Park Colorado. Mrs Lloyd Brauer visited Mrs Paul Huff in Lodgepole Friday. Mrs Dale Kohlschmidt returned home from recuperation with her parents Mr and Mrs Curtis Randall in Stoneham Colorado after a serious bus automobile crash. Mrs Joe Hornicek came home Sunday after a visit.
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Wayne Roberts
New Ulm
Minn
Kenneth Tilghman
Dale Kohlschmidt
Mary
Ann Bonkiewicz
F. M. Bonkiewicz
North Platte
Frank Mazel
Don Lukens
A. H. Bartel
Harry
Scottsbluff
Ted Houser
Gary Peterson
Salinas
Kansas
Russell George Sr
Agnes Zalesky
Joe Bonkiewicz Jr
Glen Weller
Sidney
Phillips
South Dakota
Sharon
Sandra
Sky Ranch
Estes Park
Colo
Lloyd Brauer
Paul Huff
Lodgepole
Curtis Randall
Stoneham
Joe Hornicek
Journalist Val Cooper Honored for City Council Coverage
Farmington Daily Times managing editor Mrs. Val Cooper received a plaque honoring 14 years of reporting City Council meetings. The plaque bore signatures from six former Farmington mayors who served during her tenure.
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Farmington, N.M
Farmington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Robinson Insurance
Holechek Funeral Home
Parkview Drive
Ksid Radio
Community TV
Welch Insurance
Ersul & W Root Beer Ve
Northwestern Bell
Panhandle Supply
Egging Company
Rotary Field
Western Electric
Stag Tavern
Lions Field
Schmidt
Sidney Mods
Harlan
Langley’s
Mattoon’s
Hererra’s
Herrera’s
Honig’s
McNeal’s
Schmidt’s
Dot’s Gals
Read
Sidney National
South Lune! News
Housers
Contens
Oa Xoutell
DECCA
Nageys
Oldsmobile
Mer
Kleener
Corovel
Timbretone
Redwood
Grenneart
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