The Sidney herald., 1957-03-14

Center Bob Potts who has hat
his troubles during the season
left them all behind last week
In the final game he scored
very respectable IA points ane
controlled the rebounds on both
ends of the floor. Evidently
when the chips are down thi.
g. 3" senior is at his best.
Grin Anderson, top scorer fol
the Eagles all season, again came
through in the final game ano
this time with several buckets fol
IA points. His aggressiveness has
always been ar outstanding fea-
ture Of his play.
Ron Quilting, the only non
senior on the starting five, wait
ed until the final game this sea-
son to get his top point total
Ron made 18 against the Mus
tangs and gave indications OF
better things yet to come in next
years play.
Tom Quilting, one of the out
standing guards ever to wear a
Sidney basketball suit, fell down
in the last game on his point
contribution but made up for 1t
with his ball handling and assists.
His ability to handle the Mus
tang press was especially good.
The Sidney bench strength
which saw little action In the
final two games were never
theless very capable when
called upon. These were:
Senior Keith Winter; Ju-
niors - Dick HeIten, Doyle
DOtScn and Dale Winter and
sophomore Craig Price.
John Marman, junior guard.
who saw a lot Of action for
Sidney during the season, was
lost to the Eagles the whole
tournament. John was put in
a Billings hospital Wednesday
night but managed to get out
for the final night and sit on
the bench with his teammates.
Sidney won their way to the
finals by swapping Lewistown
Thursday afternoon 1851 and
squeezing by a much improved
Hardin club in the semi-finals
60-59. Great Falls Central ad-
vanced ito the championship
round by stopping Glendive 65-
40 and Billings Central 62-57.
The Eagle-Hardin clash on Fri
day night had all the earmarks
of a title clash with neither team
able to hold a substantial lead.
The biggest margin was held by
Hardin when they held a four
point advantage in the third
period.
Sidney led 20-19 at the end
of one but trailed 1921 at half
time and 46-45 going into the
final eight minutes.
With less than two minutes re-
naming the Eagles trailed 1888.
Then Marion, who put on his
own exhibition with some out
side shooting, put his team ahead
to stay. A free throw attempt by
Hardin missed and Sidney had
the win.
The defensive job done by Tom
and Ron Quilting on Pretty Wea-
sci was one of the outstanding
events of the tourney. These
brothers held the Bulldog for
ward to % points, which was
definitely a contributing factor
to the Eagles victory. Tom was
assigned to Pretty Weasel most
of the first half and Ron the
remainder of the game.
In this game Sidney out-shot
Hardin 27-l9 on field goals but
the Bulldogs deadly free throw
shooting kept them in the lead
most of the way. They hit FL OF
80 gift losses while Sidney made
8 of II for their poorest
free throw shooting Of the year.
Had the Eagles gift losses been
clicking the victory margin
would have been much greater.
In the sudden death playoffs
Wednesday night Glendive elm
Havre and Lewistown
knocked Glasgow out. Besides the
Sidney and Mustang games Har-
din defeated Laurel 1888 and
in one of the best played games
Of tourney Billings Central beat
Miles City 56-51 Thursday.
Friday, Lewistown put Laurel
out with a 62-49 upset win and
Miles City did the same to Glen
dive 56-52. Then in the consola-
lion semi-finals Saturday morn
ing Hardin eliminated Miles City
a6-45 and Billings Central pushed
aside a determined Lewistown
1888. J
The attendance at this three
lay affair was astounding. Over
$4,000 people set a Class A record. {
Had the facilities been better at
east another 1000 would have {
paid their way. The Saturday I
morning session was packed s
which is very unusual.
Sidney returned home Sunday {
evening and were met at Crane {
by the local high school band
fire truck and a cara s
IAN of at least $50 cars. At the r
,one Tree corner the team and c
coaches we're put on the city {
ire truck and paraded through
own. A short greeting was held t
Town town with welcome adj t
lresses being given by R. A..
Gerber, Supt. of Schools; Lional r
Gall. Acting Mayor; and Jack e