Sidney High School cagers top alums in practice scrimmage
Sidney High School varsity defeated a group of former SHS players in a Saturday night scrimmage. Larry Black scored 22 for the varsity as coach Bill Harris praised drive and hustle and planned two weeks of work before the December 7 home opener with North Platte.
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Sidney High School
SHS
Bill Harris
Maroons
Harris
Larry Black
Black
Joe Butler
Mike Backer
Larry Feather
Lanny Ward
Don Schmidt
Ron Gilbreath
Butler
Schmidt
Jon van Cleave
John Hettrick
Lon Friede
Wes Berry
Ivan Adams
George Niekum
Jim Krueger
Jerry Krueger
North Platte
Dix Names 12 Lettermen For Hoop Season
Dix High presents 12 lettermen plus six foot one transfer Cliff Johnson as new coach Bill Kelley begins his first year as Panther athletic director. Seniors Biesecker James Peterson Johnson lead a large returning group with three freshmen also trying for spots.
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Dix
Bill Kelley
Dix High
Panther
Kelley
Bob Busteed
Ogallala High
Green and White
Cliff Johnson
Bill Biesecker
Ronald James
Dennis Peterson
Darrell Eckhardt
Monty Novotny
Dick Dickinson
Francis Willoughby
Ronald Marks
Lonnie Novotny
Albert Nichols
Leonard Eckhardt
James Johnson
Biesecker
James
Peterson
Johnson
Monogram
Jess Alcarax
Leonard Schmoldt
Lyle Baack
Egbert
Wye
Bushnell
Sunol
Gurley
Lodgepole
Potter
Harrisburg
Lorenzo
Broadwater
Melbeta
Dalton
Big Springs
Gurley Five Poised For LPWA Showings In 1956-57
Gurley High opens the 1956-57 season under Coach Glenn Rutherford with a veteran guard lineup led by Kenneth Smith Richard Egging and Gerald Barr. The Pirates face Big Springs Melbeta Dix Lodgepole Broadwater Potter and Potter LPWA tournament games ahead. The squad features seniors and two year lettermen plus juniors Roland Gibbons and Larry Rohde as part of the rotation.
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Glenn Rutherford
Pirates
Gurley
LPWA
Potter
Kenneth Smith
Richard Egging
Gerald Barr
Ken Hayes
Roland Gibbons
Larry Rohde
Big Springs
Melbeta
R‘ Dix
McGrew
Sund
Lodgerole
Broadwater
LPVA
Dalton
Lorenzo
Bushnell
St. Pat’s
Sidney
Illegal Train Rider Gets 10 Days In Jail
Delta M Branch, 38, removed from a Union Pacific passenger train in Sidney on Thanksgiving night, was ordered to serve ten days in Cheyenne County Jail after pleading guilty to stealing a ride. He had earlier paid a $10 fine plus costs for intoxication in Sidney Police Court. Branch boarded in Laramie with a ticket valid only to Cheyenne and rode past the city.
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Delta M. Branch
Union Pacific
Sidney
Cheyenne County
C. W. Smith
Branch
Laramie
Cheyenne
All-State Teams as Circulation Gimmicks in Nebraska
The piece argues that all-state teams and weekly ratings serve as publicity and sales devices for newspapers rather than pure sports news. Nebraska readers are urged to view selections as promotional, with Omaha Lincoln and Scottsbluff papers offering various choices to suit fan demand.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
Scottsbluff
Shattuck School Awards Football Letter to Sidney Ally
A varsity football letter is awarded by Shattuck School Fairbault Minnesota to Bob Mills former Sidney High lineman and distance runner. The Maroons schedule includes home games with Scottsbluff Alliance McCook North Platte and Gering while away games feature Ogallala and Kimball. Rumors place SHS in talks with eastern Class A schools for future home and away arrangements.
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Shattuck School
Fairbault
Minn
Bob Mills
Sidney High
Maroons
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Alliance
McCook
North Platte
Gering
Ogailala
Kimball
SHS
Curtis
York
Chadron State adds Dennis Thompson to basketball squad
Dennis Thompson, former Lodgepole High all around athlete, is listed as a 6'2 190 pound sophomore on Chadron State Teachers College varsity basketball this season. The Eagles meet the U S Air Force Academy at Lowry Air Base in Denver on Sept 12. Chadron State went 16 5 last season and placed second in the Nebraska College Conference.
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Dennis Thompson
Allsports
Lodgepole High
Chadron State Teachers College
Thompson
CSTC
Eagles
U. S. Air Force Academy
Lowry Afb
Denver
Bowling League Scores Narrow Nov 20 1956
Industrial League results show Pittams Foland Ohio Star Market Dalton Motor and Humphreys posting three wins each while Caldwell A-6 Wyo-Neb and Stickney’s suffered three losses. Brandin Iron and Lyons Buick each won one and lost two with Silver Dollar and others dropping all three.
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Pittams
Foland
Ohio
Star Market
Dalton Motor
Silver Dollar
Brandin Iron
Humphreys
Caldwell A
Lyons -Buick
Wyo-Neb
Stickney’s
Lyons Buick
Caldwell AG
Stickney
Deer Killed by Truck Near Point of Rocks on Highway 30
A deer was struck and killed at about 4 a.m. on Highway 30 near Point of Rocks by an auto transport truck driven by Gene Bannister of Green View Illinois. Bannister brought the carcass into Sidney per Cheyenne County sheriff's office.
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Highway 30
Gene Bannister
Green View
Ill
Bannister
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Burley Cited of Restrictions at State Farm Bureau
At the Nebraska Farm Bureau convention American Farm Bureau official Roger Fleming outlined a blueprint for growers to gauge if they are big or little operators. He cited burley tobacco controls in Kentucky and Tennessee under guaranteed high prices, noting acreage allotments have fallen from one acre in 1943 to .7 acre and later to one half acre, with initial production cuts already made.
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Nebraska
Nebraska farmers face limits if share the opportunity program adopted
The article surveys historical farm policies, noting barley production rises despite smaller acreage, and projects how a burley style allotment would affect Nebraska operators. It contrasts small and large farm definitions by output thresholds, then shifts to a tidbit about Charles V and his 27 pairs of spectacles.
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Charles V
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