The Sidney herald., 1958-01-16

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the halfway mark and Sidney's
Eagles continue to lead the ter
team league.
A double win last week enc
over Custer of Miles City ano
Dawson of Glendive stretched the
locals conference win streak to
seven without a loss.
Right behind in second place Is
Billings Central (5-1) followed
by Havre (3-1) and then Miles
City (2-2), Great Falls Central
(2-2), Glasgow (3-4), Laurel
(2-3), Hardin (2-4), Glendive
(O-4) and Lewistown (0-5).
Sidney is away from home this
week end in games with two
first division clubs, Havre and the
Mustangs of Great Falls.
Friday nights action with the
Mustangs matches the co-cham-
pions of the 1857 league. Also
these two clubs battled for top
honors in the Glass A State Tour
nament last spring with Sidney
the winner.
Central, which entered this
conference three years ago, has
defeated the locals only once IN
six games. J.,
This season the Mustangs hold
league wins over Laurel and
Lewistown and non-conference
victories over Glass B Dillon and
Helena Cathedral. Their two
losses were to Hardin and Bill
lings Central.
Back from last years cham
pionship team are Mick Reardon,
Don Stemple and Ron Matteucci.
Reardon, a regular for three
years, is probably n of the bet
ter basketball players in the
state. In addition, Coach Hugh
Bushly has a transfer center,
ga" Joe Minnehan. The Mus
tangs will have a height advan-
tage over the Eagles.
Great Falls has been idle now
for a month. They definitely will
be pointing for Sidney and a win
for them will put them right back
in contention.
The Havre "Blue Ponies" Sid
ney's opponent Saturday night, is
one of the surprise teams of the
league. Their three wins were
over Laurel, Lewistown and Har-
din. The lone loss was to Billings
Central. In n~on-league action,
Havre has lost twice to AA Great
Falls Public and defeated Glass
B Chinook. In last weekend's ac-
ton they lost a thriller to Great
Falls 1858. That game was play
ed on the winners floor and is a
good indication of the Blue Ponies
potential.
Havre, behind Billings Central,
has the tallest team in the league.
Their biggest scoring threat is
center Scott Sorenson who stands
6'6". Other standouts are Frank
Mays and Gary Brothers.
The Sidney team left Thursday
for the long trip. Players making
up the travelling squad are John
Marrnan, Ron Quilting, Bob Jen-
sen, Dale Winter, Craig Price,
Doyle Dotson, Ron Munoz, Dick
Helten, Gene Kaufman, Kermit
Petersen and Dick Rein.
Coach Toby Kangas expects
both Great Falls Central and
Havre to give his Eagles tough
games. Both have shown their
power in recent games and with
the home floor advantage will be
a real threat to break the Sidney
win streak.
The Sidney B squad and fresh
men each play one game this
week. Friday night these two
squads will travel to Lambert for
a game with the Lions A and B
teams. Lambert is one of the
top teams in their class c league.
Sidney 60-Miles City 43
For three quarters last Friday
the Custer County Cowboys
from Miles City battled Sidney on
even terms but a Is point fourth
quarter by the winners provided
the wide margin.
In spite of the closeness of the
contest Custer managed to lead
only twice. They scored the open
ing point on a free throw and
pushed ahead momentarily $3.50
in the third stanza. Sidney held
quarter leads of liz, 1922 and
The game started very slow
NEITHER team able to hit
consistently. Miles City didn't get
a field goal until there was less
than a minute remaining in the
first quarter. The tempo increas-
ed in the second period when
Sidney was outscored 1915.
Ron Quilting and Bob Jensen
carried the Eagles the first half
nine of the teams IL
'ield goals.
In a very low scoring third
a total of 10 points were
made, nine by each team. Custer
vent ahead $3.50 with five min
ties gone but the Eagles quickly
'egained what they had lost and
ahead 1881 at the start of
he fourth. ]
Continuing to increase their s
cad the Eagles in the next min !
tie made six points while the
Cowboys went scoreless. Capital