The Sidney herald., 1956-02-02
Eagles Host Billings Central And
Lewstown; Lose To Gendive, 1918

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troll the ball Against these two
clubs the boys know they've goi
to work"
Sidney has eight conference
games remaining and six of these
are at home. Although thoughts
sometimes stray to tournament
time some four weeks away the
important interest now is each
game as it is played. If these
teams can't be beaten during the
regular season chances are they
won't be during the tourney eth
err.
In the ten league games play
ed Sidney has shown a definite
tendency to be on one quarter
and off the next. While scoring
a 69.6 average per game to their
opponents 60.1 the first and
third periods have been the big
ones for Sidney.
BY quarters from the first to
final the Eagles have averaged
1875, 1876, 1871 and 1874 points.
The opposition has averaged 1874
in the first and oddly 1879 in
each of the other three.
In the games lost by Sidney the
contrast is much greater. The
four quarter average is 17.8, IL,
1873 and 10 points while the OPP
ponents who won had 1873, 1875,
1853 and 1873 points. Just what
conclusion can be drawn from
these figures isn't definite, but
it seems as though the pre-game
and halftime talks in the locker
room only last the boys for one
quarter. One thing is certain
though. With the type of hard
playing required by a much small
Ter team such as Sidney has they
are certainly going to tire much
faster than the tall ones.
In the two preliminaries this
week the Sidney B team will
play two Of the better Glass c
schools. The Richey Royals will
be down Friday night and the
Bainville Bulldogs Saturday. If
you as a fan haven't decided as
yet about attending the Class C
tourney coming up in two weeks
come early this week end and get
a prevue.
Glendive 10, Sidney IS
The Red Devils from Glendive
once again showed last Friday
that on their home court
they can be plenty tough. Sidney
succumbed to Dawson in a hair
raising overtime battle 1918.
Glendive showed deadly accur-
acy not only from the court but
also the free throw line. In taking
shots than Sidney the win
ners connected on "a out Of 81
for a A percentage.
From the charity lane they made
81 out of 40 shots for a very good
1870. On the other hand Sidney
made 81 out of 81 for 38% and
Is out of rs for 61%. The Eagles
outscored the Red Devils by IA
points from the court.
Sidney started fast and by the
end of the first quarter had a
22-17 lead. Bob Potts was the big
gun for the Eagles in those
first eight minutes picking up
nine of his 13 points for the
Then in the second after four
minutes had been played a new
i've was sent in for Sidney. Lead
ng 1925 at the time the Eagles
Jaw their lead vanish as Glen
live caught fire and led 41-32 at
lalftime.
A revived Eagle flock came out
lfter the rest period and all but
'wamped the Red Devils scoring
"A points to their IA and tax
ng a $685. lead going into the
Glendive wasn't to be outdone
n this one though. AS Glendive
ed 1910 with four seconds re-
naming junior guard Tom Quill
ing intercepted a Red Devil pass
md laid 1t in as the buzzer
ounded.
In the overtime again with
econds remaining Sidney led 70
o n after two well executed
rec throw shots were, made by
ophomore Dale Salisbury and
mother lay-in by Quilting. How
yer, center Ed Schlauch was all
lone under the bucket and his
asst second lay-in won the game.
Tom Quilting was high point
etter in this hectic tussle for the
ocals, getting 20 points. Schlauch
yas high for the night with 81.
In the preliminary the Sidney
easily stopped the Glendive B
0-36. John Marman and Keith
Winter led the victor's with IL
oints each. Keith has been out
nth a knee injury and although
is recovery is still not COM
lete it's good to e him on
he court again.
BOX SCORE ]
idney Fig TT Pr
.nderson -----.----- 5 B 4 s
ohanSen 8 2 4
d & x !