The Sidney herald., 1956-02-16

night certainly will be up for
this one. The Rams are idle Fri
day and after their home court
loss to Lewistown a week ago
plus the close decision they lost
In Sidney two weeks ago the To-
Gals better be in top form to
win.
Before the game here which
Sidney won 1858 the Central
coach stated his confidence in
his teams chance. Now with the
home court advantage and re-
venge in their hearts the Rams
will be tough.
The Eagles left Friday noon
for an assignment they knew to
be rugged. However, after being
down" last week this could be
a hot Sidney club these next two
nights. Let's hope so.
Miles City Sc, Sidney "a
One of the longest home court
conference winning streaks in
Montana was broken last week as
Miles City squeaked by Sidney
Sc : Sd. This was the first con-
ference loss Sidney suffered. on
their own floor since February
Is, 1852. Just fosr years ago
Glasgow turned the trick 62-42.
Custer certainly didn't domi-
nate the o Friday night but
they did lead most of the way.
In all departments the locals were
the losers. The passing and ball
handling of Sidney was at a
surprisingly low quality and even
their free throw shooting was
down as they made only half
of 16 attempts. Every team has
a low point they reach during
the season and maybe last week
was it for Sidney.
The locals led early GA but
lost their advantage early and
never regained it until the fl
nal minutes of play when they
took a 52-51 lead. Custer had
quarter leads of 1879, 1924 and
41-40.
During the third quarter Miles
City built a 40-30 lead but Sid
ney came to life for their only
time of the night and quickly
made up the difference.
Sidney went out in front with
only a minute remaining but that
lead "a short lived. A despera-
ton shot in the final second fell
short and Miles had the win.
The one bright spot for the
locals was the scoring of forward
David Johansen. 10 poured in %
big points to lead all scorers.
Center Bob Potts gathered in IS.
For the winners guard Charles
Hood was high with is followed
by Bill Fisher with ID. Guard
was an outstanding play
maker for the Cowboys.
The fans at this game were
given an added treat with a very
good Miles City band In at
tendance. The pre-game music
was highly acclaimed by all and
especially the students.
In the preliminary the Sidney
. team won the final game of
Z three-game series with Class c
Savage 57-53.
Ron Quilting led the locals with
Ia points followed by Dick Hell
with IA. Sam Paladichuk was
nigh for the night and Savage
With 20. Savage previously had
defeated Coach Don Standings
squad twice.
Sidney 81, Laurel Al
The Eagles got back to their
winning ways Saturday night as
hey dowhed Laurel STAT.
Only four locals contributed
o the scoring as Coach T. w.
langas' squad continued to show
ne raggedness displayed the
light before. With eleven mem
,ers of the squad playing only
Tom Quilting with 81, Johansen
8, Potts Ia and Jack Marion
With 4 got into the scoring COL
INN.
The Locomotives took an early
1878, at the end of the
irst quarter but Sidney quickly
aimed the advantage and held
! throughout the remaining three.
'hus the locals avenged an ear
Ter defeat at Laurel 1881.
Sidney led 27-20 at halftime
nd 41-31 at the three quarter
mark.
In the preliminary the B team
ost another heartbreaker, this
lme to Lambert 1851. In a game
yhich saw the lead change hands
number of times the District 2
lass c conference Champions
lst had too much when it real
Y counted for the young Eagles.
John Marman led the Sidney
with 16 followed by Keith
Winter with IA. High for Lam
ert was Wayne Nevins with %
nd George Lake with II. The
SQUAD will be idle this weak