Sidney Maroons Top Wray 16-0 in Season Opener
Sidney High Maroons opened the season with a 16-0 win over Wray at Weymouth Field. Leon McConnell recovered a Wray fumble setting up the first score, Larry Lingwall kicked a 32 yard field goal, and Lingwall later scored on a 7 yard run. Gerald Thompson added a 72 yard punt return for a TD late in the third quarter as Sidney out gained Wray 190 to 202 yards.
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Wray
Larry Lingwall
Lingwall
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Gerald Thompson
Monty Bobo
Monte Saux
Dix Panthers topple Lodgepole 13-0 in Minuteman clash
Dix Panthers defeated Lodgepole 13-0 as Dan McKinney ran 78 yards for a first-half score and later connected with Bill Howard on a 10-yard TD pass. Dix led in first downs 7-4 and outgained Lodgepole 159 total yards to 46. Lodgepole defenders Randy Hobson and Dennis Folkerts stood out, while Jeff Rosenthal sparked Dix’s defense.
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Howard
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Dennis Folkerts
Jeff Rosenthal
Morrill Lions top Irish 24 to 6 in Friday tilt
Morrill dominated the opening half to defeat Sidney St Patrick's Academy 24 to 6 in a South Panhandle C Conference game. Greg Jackson scored four first half touchdowns on runs of 35 61 42 and 4 yards while Morrill totaled 248 rushing yards and 22 passing yards. The Irish picked up 85 rushing yards and 64 passing yards with five completions. Morrill was penalized 135 yards to the Irish 45. First downs favored Morrill six to four.
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Sterling Clips Sidney Reserve Tigers Reach Reserve Victory
The Sterling Tigers reserve team defeated the Sidney reserves 13 to 8 last Saturday in Sterling. Sterling scored on 60 and 30 yard runs in the first and third quarters. Sidney's points came on a short drive by BNT Cox and a punt return ending in the end zone by Rick Schmidt. Defenders Kent Holley and Bill Christ stood out for Sterling. The next reserve game is at Weymouth Field on Sept 18 against Alliance with a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.
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Pawnee Nips Peetz 39 To 14 In 8 Man Grid Clash
Pawnee defeated Peetz 39 to 14 in the Class A Lower Platte Valley conference game. Ray Fiehtner and Eugene Nelson each scored twice, with Bivens and Widler adding TDs and PATs. Peetz struck back late in the fourth quarter as Bules produced a 60 yard run and a 50 yard pass from Williams for touchdowns.
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Ray Fiehtner
Eugene Nelson
Ron Bivens
Gary Widler
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E. Nelson
Charles Nelson
Fiehtner
Gary Evans
Don Roth
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Peetz
Mike Bules
Randy Williams
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Sunflower Hands Gurley Narrow Loss in Non Conference Tilt
Sunflower defeated Gurley 40 to 14 on the road in Mitchell. Mike Shannon starred with four touchdowns and 175 rushing yards plus 69 receiving yards and a 70 yard kickoff return, surpassing Ken Lebruska for two scores. Gurley’s Mike Egging and Calvin Brauer scored in the fourth quarter, with Bob Lessig noted for defense. The Want-Ad Number is 254-5555.
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