Tobin Award To Solano Receives 1969 Trophy
CHARLIE SOLANO is the 1969 winner of the G. R. Tobin trophy for the Red Raider varsity basketball team with the best free throw percentage. He hit 39 of 63 attempts for the 1968 69 season, a .090 average, and his name will be engraved on the trophy.
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Charlie Solano
G. R. Tobin
Red Raider
John Seidel
John Schou
Solano
Sidney High School
Gordon Tobin
Sidney
Telegraph
Television Short Notes on Nebraska Basketball TV Picks
A Nebraska TV report highlights local players Mike Peetz and John O Connell shown between Class A and D finals. Both had signed Big 8 letters but remain free agents until May 21 national letter of intent day. High school athletics are reshaped for television with long time-outs for commercials.
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Yours
Nebraska
Lincoln
Mike Peetz
John O’connell
University of Nebraska
Big 8
NSAA finances spark debate on next basketball site
Opinion questions the NSAA two year back kickback of over seventy thousand dollars and cash assets around two hundred thousand. The writer argues for spreading the state tournament to Lincoln Omaha and other towns to lift tourism and avoid racial tensions from past site moves.
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Nebraska Athletics
Nebraska School Activities Association
Handy
NSAA
Omaha World Herald
Omaha
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln
Northside
Legion
Not The Size That Counts In State Wrestling Medals
A columnist ridicules Nebraska NSAA state wrestling medals for being tiny compared with Sidney Invitational trophies. He quips that a champion wins a medal the size of a nickel and muses about spending more on awards. He notes a wrestler’s defense of his statement and puns on the value of a thousand dollar bill versus a million.
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NSAA
Bearcat Coach Resigns After Two Winning Seasons
Scottsbluff High School basketball head coach Jerry Hoffman resigns to become director of admissions at Hiram Scott College on the east coast. Hoffman led the Bearcats to 25 wins and 14 losses across two seasons including a 17 win season this year, one of the program’s best since 1941. He is a Scottsbluff native and longtime teacher in the district. No successor is named. Silver conducts electricity and heat better than any other metal.
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Jerry Hoffman
Scottsbluff High School
Hiram Scott College
E. T. ‘Hoffman
Bearcats
Hoffman
Scottsbluff
Coaches Sought for Sidney Junior Baseball Summer League
Registration opened in Sidney for the Junior Baseball Association summer league. Over 100 players registered in week one with seven year olds included in T-ball. Parents may sign up to coach. only one parent volunteered. Tenative plans call for 26 coaches. contact Les Couch or Ed Haupt.
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Sidney Junior Baseball Association
Sidney
Sidney Police Department
Cheyenne County
Les Couch
Ed Haupt
Sidney Bowlers Share Top Honors In 69 Tourney
The K C Bowling Tournament at Cedar Lanes crowned Bowl Arena of Scottsbluff as scratch series and all events winner with 3322 and 1900. Longmont 2 placed second in scratch, while The Five Mrs. of Sidney led women’s team, and Winnie Olinger of Sidney with Delores Schnell of Longmont won women’s doubles. Individual leaders included Les Wills of Potter in men’s singles and high scratch team The Challengers from Sterling.
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Sidney
K.C
Cedar Lanes
Bowl Arena of
Scottsbluff
Longmont 2
Longmont
Colo
Fairmont of
Chappell
Diggers
Rich Krueger
Bill Behrends
Denny DeNovellis
Jerry Birch
John Riley
Don Asmussen
Yuma
Les Wills
John Roberts
John Hatz
Hatz
Rick Scharle
Pete Farrer
Cozad
Winnie Olinger
Delores Schnell
Sheila Worley
Maggie Elliff
Sterling
Maxine Schneider
Wanda Wilson
Kimball
Maxine Demers
Kathy Speirs
Martha Mossberg
Wanda Martin
Chadron
Lorraine Privonka
Cole
Basketball Camp at Scottsbluff Set for Summer
Nebraska Western College at Scottsbluff plans a summer basketball school to be run by University of Nebraska head coach Joe Cipriano and assistants. The first session is July 20 to 26 and the second July 27 to August 2, modeled after the Nebraska Basketball School Cipriano has led in recent summers.
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Nebraska Western College
Scottsbluff
Shele
Edwards
University of Nebraska
Joe Cipriano
Nebraska
Cipriano
B-6 District Track Meet Set for Bayard
The B-6 track meet moves to Bayard on Thursday May 15 after a coaches meeting at Sidney Senior High School. Teams: Sidney Kimball Bridgeport Ogallala Chadron Valentine Imperial Gordon Mitchell. Carroll Engdahl named tournament director for the day. State meet in Kearney May 23 and 24.
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Bayard
Sidney
Kimball
Bridgeport
Ogallala
Chadron
Valentine
Imperial
Gordon
Mitchell
Carroll Engdahl
Kearney
Ninth Annual Inter High Scholastic Contest At Chadron State
More than 1300 students from 49 schools registered for the ninth annual Inter High School Scholastic Contest at Chadron State College on Friday March 21. Medals awarded to first three in 35 contests and top ten percent certificates. school trophies, grand trophy to top school. Local divisions noted. last year's champions named. University of New Mexico football notes 1968 season: David Bookert 872 rushing yards, Ace Hendricks 85 receptions, Jack Lennon 77 punts setting school records.
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Sidney High School
Sidney High
Len Darnell
David King
Colorado State University
Larry Lingwall
King
Lingwall
Sidney
Jerry Swanson
Doug Adams
Ron Fish
Curt Blome
Terry Gilliland
Jerry Hickman
Tim Smith
Monty Laux
Mike Sutton
Chadron State College
Thomas Detwiler
Edwin C. Nelson
Detwiler
Chadron High School
Torrington
Wyo
Perkins County
Grant
Cody
Nebraska
Deuel County High School
Chappell
St. Patrick’s Academy
Big Springs
Dalton
Dix
Gurley
Banner County High School
Harrisburg
Lodgepole
Lorenzo
Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
David Bookert
Ace Hendricks
Jack Lennon
Jack Holler
Pittsburgh neighbors become UNM college stars in Albuquerque
AP reports that University of New Mexico players Petie Gibson, 5-7, and Greg Howard, 6-9, once lived across the street from each other in Pittsburgh. Howard attended Fifth Avenue High School while Gibson used an aunt’s address and attended Schenley High School.
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico Stars
Petie Gibson
Greg Howard
Pittsburgh
Howard
Fifth Avenue High School
Gibson
Schenley High School
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John McClure
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Dale Kahl
Rod Hecker
Dean Kahl
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Jan Headley
David Geiger
Doug Duncan
Bill Platz
Brett Belden
Jeff Spencer
Bob Hickman
Larry O’halloran
David Beyer
Randy Warren
Steve Zack
Jack Craig
Lawrence Humphrey
Larry Young
Knights OF Columbus
John Hatt
Potter
Norma Sorge
Ella McVickers
Betty Madison
Idella Schmidt
Teresa Chean
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