The Sidney herald., 1956-02-23
Sidney Host To
Glass A Tourney
Feb. g. Mar. 3


Next week, starting Wednesday
night with elimination games and
running through Saturday night,
Sidney will be host to nine other
schools in the annual Class A
Tournament. This will mark the
first time Sidney has had the
privilege to entertain this large
affair. Glass c and B Journeys
have been held here in the past
but never an A.
With the formation this season
of a new Glass A league including
ten teams, single elimination
games will be played Wednesday
night by four teams to determine
the seventh and eighth seeded
schools in the tourney.
Pairings are not definite for
Wednesday nights games but the
four teams playing will be Laurel,
Glendive, Hardin and Glasgow.
Due to the tight rae still in
progress only Havre in first place
has a definite ranking. Games
this week end wind up the con-
ference schedule and not until
these are completed will the tour
manent rankings be known. In
case of ties there will not be a
play-off but drawings will be
made.
Other schools besides those al
ready mentioned are Sidney,
Miles City, Lewistown, Billings
Central and Great Falls Central.
The eight tourney teams r
placed in two brackets. In the
same bracket will be Havre, the
first place team, and the eighth
and the fourth and fifth place
teams. On the opposite side will
be the second and seventh place
and third and sixth. In this
double elimination affair the
brackets cross Saturday morning.
The top four teams earn the right
to play in the State Class AA-A
Tournament at Butte March 16
to 10.
The afternoon sessions will
start at 200 and the evening IS
sionS at 700.
According to Tournament Man
ager R. A. Gerber reserved seats
are practically sold out. There
are very few remaining and plus
general admission seats there will
be about 800 seats available on
a first come, first served basis
for each session.
Reserved seat tickets are $3.50
each for the fourteen games. The
single admission prices listed by
sessions for adult reserved, adult
non-reserved and student non
reserved are: Wednesday night,
S1.50, $1.00 and SIS; Thursday
p. m. $500, $1.00 and $50;
Thursday night, $3.50, $3.50 and
SIS; Friday p. M, $1.00, $1.00,
and $50; Friday night, $3.50,
$3.50, SIS; Saturday a. m, $3.50,
$1.25 and $50, and Saturday
night, $500, SITS and $1.00.
Dan Price of the Chamber of
Commerce who is in charge of
housing facilities stated that al
though all hotels and motels r
filled there is still ample space
available in private homes and
apartments.
Trophies presented Saturday
night will include the conference
champions trophy to Havre plus
the first four places in the tour
nament. In addition the Sidney
Elks and Moose Lodges will give
free throw trophy.
The Sidney high school band
the direction of director
Orlan Strom will provide music.
The Sidney physical education de-
partment under the direction of
Don Robinson, and Audrey Ro-
twirlers will provide half
time entertainment. On Saturday
night a group of flag wavers
from LewistoWn will perform.
On Thursday noon the local
Elks Lodge will provide a lun-
cheon for coaches, school admin
Istrators and officials in the lodge
-ooms below the Lalonde Hotel. /
Saturday noon the Sidney !
Chamber of Commerce will give i
4 banquet at the Lalonde ball
,oom at 100 for players, coaches, {
administrators, officials and tour S
lament staff. Class A conference t
president Charles Hood of Miles {
city will speak and Zeke Theis
will entertain. ]
Also Saturday at loo a ban
luet for all cheerleaders will be
leld at the Congregational church. t
Then Saturday night following j
he championship game a tour t
dance will be held at the g
Moose hall sponsored by the Elks t
md Moose. S
Referees selected for this tour t
are George McGrath of {
Suite, Dan Marinkovich of Miles a
,ity, Rex Dougherty of Sidney a
nd Clarence Bartell of Great t