The Sidney herald., 1957-02-21
Glass { District
Tournament
Opens Today
THE D N HERALD
Thursday. Feb. 81. 1857

Oh OlullSy tOudJ 1OI the PENN
games of the 1857 District Q Glass
c tourney. The winners and sec
ond place clubs will advance to
the divisional at Glasgow in
March.
In the opening games this af-
ternoon Richey played Froid at
200 and at $3.50 Bainville met
Brockton. Tonight in the first
game at 700. Savage will play
Frazer and at $3.50 Culbertson
meets Lambert.
AS in the past this is a double
elimination tourney. The losers
of today's games will meet to-
morrow afternoon with the losers
then out. Winners today will play
in the semi-finals tomorrow mite.
Following the championship game
Saturday night if the third place
team has not been defeated by
the second place club in tourney
play they then have the right to
challenge for a berth at the di-
visional.
By virtue of the final league
standings Richey rates the pre-
tourney nod to take top honors.
However, District 2 tournaments
of the past prove this prediction
to mean absolutely nothing.
A year ago Lambert lost only
one of IA conference games and
then lost out early in the tourney.
This years tournament has the
markings of being the most closely
contested affair in the history of
the district. Each one of the eight
squads has the potential on a Civ
en- night to take the best. Gull
bertson is defending champion.
Final league standings by the
schools and records were: Richey
1872, Savage 9-5, Culbertson So,
Brockton 8-6, Bainville 6-8, Lam
bert 6-8, Frazer 4-10 and Froid
3-11.
Tournament manager, Sidney
high school Principal H. F. Mikel-
son, stated prior to the opening
games, Our reserved seat sec
tons are almost sold out. There
will be a number of general adj
mission seats available for each
session but these are limited. FL
nancially speaking this could be
our most successful Class c tour
nament ever held in Sidney.
Speaking for the staff as well as
myself, l hope all visitors conduct
themselves as ladies and gentle-4
men and that all have a wonder
full time during their stay in Sid
ney."
A number of conveniences and
entertaining features are planned
for this years tourney.
The Sidney high school band
under the direction of Orlan
Strom, will play at the games
Thursday and Friday. On Satur-
day the Culbertson band directed
by Virginia King, will perform.
During half-times the Sidney
Physical Education Department
and local twirling groups will
provide entertainment for the
many fans.
The Sidney FILA girls will
maintain a cloak room where
wearing apparel may be checked
while you are in the gym. The
Talon Club will handle refresh
ments, and the junior class will
sell programs.
Thursday noon the Sidney XII
wants club invited all coaches
and school administrators to their
regular noon luncheon. Tomor-
row, Friday, these individuals are
invited to a noon meal at the
Elks club.
Then Saturday noon starting at
100 at the Lalonde Hotel ball
room all teams, coaches, school
officials, game officials and tour
nament staff will attend the an
nual tournament banquet sponsor
ed by the Sidney Chamber of
Commerce. Main speaker will be
Rex Daley, executive secretary
Of the Montana High School as
ISOLATION.
Saturday night following the
championship game, a dance for
all students will be held at the
Moose hall, co-sponsored by the
Elks and Moose Lodges.
Again this year in addition to
regular tournament trophies, a
free throw trophy will be present.
ed by the Moose and Elks Lodges
and a craftsmanship award will
be presented by Radio Station
KICK.
Tournament game officials are:
George Swenson and Eugene Eek
roth of Sidney and Harold Seller
and Keith Bryan of Wolf Point.
District 2 officials r Eugene
Lagerquist of Bainville, president;
Wallace Scott of Savage, vice
PRESIDENT, and c. E. Heath of Lam
pert, secretary-treasurer.