The Sidney herald., 1956-03-29
Basketball
Season Success
hSidneySchools

AN 1SaA4A AA( OGcAClO<AA 0(d-
son has drawn to a close and
again the various teams in the
Sidney system have had success
full winning seasons.
The Eagles in playing % games
which included three in the State
Tournament at Butte finished
with Is won and IL lost.
During Glass A League play
Sidney won IL and lost six. They
finished fourth in the conference.
Against non-conference foes the
locals only won one out of four.
In tournament play they took sec
ond in the Class A at Sidney,
winning two and losing one. At
Butte they lost two and won
one.
During that % game grind Sid
ney scored 1929 points for a 65.3
average while the opponents were
dumping in 1875 points for a 1913
game average.
Since 1852, four years ago, the
Eagles have played ITO games and
have Won 70. Also in that period
they have won one first and two
seconds in the divisionals and a
second and a third in the state.
Pretty good for a school that
ranks 18th in size among the
states largest twenty. In addition
these teams coached by Toby
KangaS, one of the best in the
if not the best, have gone
to the state playoffS five times in
the last six years. Since 1850
only the 1951-52 team failed to
make it.
Come June and four members
Of the 1856 team will be gradual
ing. These T David Johansen,
Mischief, Erwin Schmidt and
Smith. Although as it hap
pens every year, these boys GER
will be missed but a strong
1eucleuS will be returning for
another season.
Individually this past season
.welve players entered into the
scoring column. Four team mem
0ers averaged in the double fig
lreS with Bob Potts topping the
ist with a 14.4 game average.
others were JohanSen 11.9, Tom
Quilting 11.6 and Grin Anderson
.0.8. Quilting played in 20 games
md JohanSen in 25.
Total points made by each play
T were: Potts, 403, Anderson
03, T. Quilting 302, Johansen
81, Smith 1911, Jack Marion lis,
schmidt 20, Mischief 81, Ron Quill
ing so, John Marman 30, Dale
'alsbury IL and Dick Helten s.
The B team coached by Don
imading played an 10 game
chedule including many of the
0p Class e schools in the area
nd won 10. This 16 man squad
yaS made up of freshmen, sophie
loreS and two juniors. Four of
aem, Helten, Quilting, Salisbury
nd Marman played some with
ne Eagles.
The Junior Varsity as they are
ometlmes called, score 957 points
a 1913 average but Were out s
,ored by their opponents zoos
ointS for $50 average. I
Two team members Ron Quill i
ng with 14.0 and Dale Salisbury
).9 averaged in the double fig 7
res. Quilting played in 10 games
nd Salisbury IA.
The scorers listed by total
oints were: Dick Helten I55, !
alSbury 152, Quilting 14O, John
Larman 100, Craig Price SO, Dale ]
Inter IS, Larry Henderson 81, !
ruce Kennedy SIS, Keith Winter
Dean Williams SO, Don Her
%. Ron Munoz %, Doyle Dot
IN 10, Dean Johnson 8, Steve j
erman z and Bob Provost who
lied to score. A number of J
lese boys will be with the Eagles I
ext season. {
Coach Don Robinson did an {
ltstanding job with the all I
eShman team this season as his {
oyS won Is of II games. In !.
900 points his squad av- !
52.9 while the opposition !
as making 653 counters for a I
IA average. [
The Junior High teams coached {
Dick Buehler again went thru '
| undefeated season. And down q
the lower grades another group
boys were given their start in
lsketbal under the very able
rection of Coach Jim Weitz.
This is where the Sidney bas-
'tball players get their start and :,
It enough credit can be given L
Grade School Principal, Mr.. e
eitz, for his time to this effort.
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