Atkinson, Inman Land Two Each
The Atkinson high Balers. Holt county cage champions of 1958,«
and the strong Inman high Tigers landed two berths each on The
Frontier's mythical all-Holt county basketball team.
Balloting was conducted among coaches and the Holt tourney
officials. Unanimous choices were:
Ned Kelley of Inman, Duane Humphrey of Atkinson, Don Sladek
of Atkinson, Larry Tomlinson of St. Mary's academy and Dana Bige
low of Stuart.
Lacking one or two ballots •
of being unanimous were Ray
Shaffer of St. Joseph's hall, Rod
Elkins of Chambers, and Sonny
Carl of Ewing.
Other two honorees on the 10
member dream tram are Holland
Hansen of Inman and the only
sophomore on the team Larry
Oetter.
NED KELLEY: He was a
shoo-in, hands down Nobody
overlooked this chap who rolled
up 421 points for the Inman Ti
gers averaging 21 points per
game. He established a school
scoring record against Elgin,
racking up 51 points. Kelley was
the heart of Inman's fine team,
which posted a 23-4 season’s rec
ord. Kelley is a senior.
LARRY TOMLINSON: Here
was the power of the St. Mary’s
team a cool, able athlete who
ranked in the top three on every
ballot. A junior, Tomlinson clip
ped along at 20.6 points per game,
hitting 54 percent of his shots,
lie was a great relxHinder (both
ends I and sparked SMA's fast
breaking offense. One ballot said:
"Tomlinson does everything well."
He captained the 1958 Cardinals.
RODNEY ELKINS: A four
year letterman at Chambers, he
led the Coyotes in scoring both
his junior and senior years. His
production during the just-end
ed season w*as 358 points- an
average of 21.5 per game. The
Coyotes enjoyed a good season
1 ut buckled under tournament
stress.
RAYMOND SHAFFER: Here
was an all-around ball player
who sparkled throughout the sea
son for the St. Joseph's hall Blue
jays. The Jays improved vastly
as the season wore on. largely
around Shaffer.
DEIJiERT CSONNY") CARL:
A four-year cage veteran at
Ewing, he played 15 games and
averaged 20 points. His bulk was
Ewings strong point at both
ends of the court.
ROLLAND HANSEN: This be
spectacled chap is a good ball
handler, smart and effective re>
tounder and played an excellent
floorgame all season for the In
man Tigers. He is regarded by
his own coach as a gotxi college
prospect. Hansen barely edged
out two teammates for the slot—
Sam Watson, whose support was
very strong, and Dick Appleby
DON SIADEK: Here is the long
boy (6-2i on the mythical dream
team. He sank over half of his
shots for the surprising Atkinson
high Balers, and was a key in
the Balers’ potent offensive.
"Sladek is a smart, natural-bom
ball player," declared one of the
ballots, and he uses his height
effectively.
DUANE HUMPHREY: Easily
one of the best ball players in the
season in 24 games -a W-point
area, he tallied 405 points this
average. He was the Balers’
“quarterback" on the floor; earn
ed cage letters three seasons.
> DANA BIGELOW: He hit over'
two hundred points for the Stuart
Broncos, who at times turned in
dandy basketball Bigelow was
a good rebounder, crafty guard
and consistently made a good ac
counting for himself everywhere
on the court. _
LARRY OETTER: Here’s the
smallest guy and youngest of the
all-stars and also played with a
team (O'Neill high) that won the
fewest games (one). His joining
the ranks of the dream crew was
by a cat's whisker. Oetter is a
lightweight (138) and is only 15
years-old. A sophomore, point
getting is his forte. Voters al
so considered O'Neill high play
ed the tough*“St schedule and
Oetter could have shown mightly
against lesser competition. He
buzzed at 15 points per game on
a small and green team that was
dwarfed by most opponents.
The Holt county tourney offi
cials Glen Blakeman of Wayne
State college and Brad Wame
munde of Winside- insisted on
their joint ballot that if Inman's
Sam Watson failed to land a berth
on the first 10 he should be giv
en sportsmanship recognition.
Watson played an excellent floor
game all season and regularly
ivon plaudits of officials and re
spect of the fans. His floor game
was excellent.
The berth on the team won by
a teammate, Holland Hansen,
was virtually a tossup between
Hansen, Watson and another
matie, Dick Appleby. The latter
is a junior.
Another very strong contender
was Atkinson's Jim Hendricks
(5-10. senior). He was Atkinson's
best shot at the' gratis line and
was team captain. He tallied
238 points for the Balers in 21
games won and three lost.
It is significant that Bigelow,
Tomlinson, Humphrey and Carl
were members of The Frontier’s
all-Holt football team for 1957 an
nounced in November.
Butte Has 11 Vets
for Track Campaign—
BUTTE Twenty-six track can
didates are reporting to Coach
Ken Frazier at Butte high.
Eleven men of the Boyd
county championship squad are:
Don Dye, Francis Reiser, Jim
Lewis, Dennis Riesselman, Gary
Ellwanger, Jerry Roether, Phil
Fried, Allan Mitchell, Brent
Kehn, Bob Kyriss, Boyd Blomen
kamp.
Guest Speakers
Church Parley—
A fellowship meeting was held
at 3:30 and at 7:30 p.m., last
Thursday at the Assembly of God
church. Members of Assembly of
God churches in this area attend
ed.
Rev. Wayne Allen of Burwell
was the afternoon speaker and
Rev. Lester Dickinson of Grand
Island, district superintendent,
was the evening speaker. The ser
vices were welll attended.
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DUANE HUMPHREY
ATKINSON
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RODNEY ELKINS
CHAMBERS
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Robertson
were Sunday guests of Miss
Theresa Levi of Stuart.
DON SLADEK, ATKINSON
Here Are the Selections:
Name, School Age Yr. Hgt. Wt
NED KELLEY, Inman . 17 Sr. 6-1 ^ 160
DANA BIGELOW, Stuart _17 Sr. 5-11 168
DUANE HUMPHREY, Atkinson _... 17 Sr. 5-11 160
DON SLADEK, Atkinson ___.... 17 Sr. 6-2 Vi 160
ROLLAND HANSEN, Inman 17 Sr. 5-11 155
RAYMOND SHAFFER, St. Joe _ 17 Sr. 6-1 165
DELBERT CARL, Ewing _ 18 Sr. M 195
LARRY TOMLINSON, SMA _ 16 Jr. 6-1 185
RODNEY ELKINS, Chambers _ 17 Sr. S-lOVfc 155
LARRY OETTER. O'Neill . 15 Soph. 5-10 138
Witte to Be Grid
Coach at Albion
Winner of 20 Games
at Chambers
CHAMBERS Coach Bill Witte,
whose baskettv»U teams posted a
500 record during three seasons
at Chambers high school and
whose football teams amassed a
total of 20 wins, compared with
five losses and one tie, has an
nounced he will coach football at
Albion high school next year.
Witte is a native of Winside.
His contract with Albion was
finalized Tuesday, March 11.
Witte's football team last fall
won six, lost one and tied one.
Meanwhile, the Coyotes are
turning to track. Witte will field
a limited track team with Rod El
kins and running the 100 and 220,
doing high and broad jumps;
Harry Swanson, a freshman, has
"real track prospects", according
to the coach. I Vug Dankert is
working out on the broad jump
and the 100-yard-dash.
Witte hopes to put together a
relay team.
Anderson* Feted In
tiet-Acquainted Party—
ATKINSON Members of Wes
leyan Methodist church held a
get-together Friday evening for
a ‘ get-acquainted" party for Mr.
and Mrs. Merrill Anderson, who
recently purchased the O. A.
Hammerberg farm.
The Andersons moved here
from Redbird.
Games were played and refresh
ments were served. The party
was held in basement of Wesley
an Methodist church.
HONORABLE MENTION
HOLT ALL-STAR TEAM
Dick Cork, who was the hub of
Page team (five wins and 10 loss
es), an excellent rebounder.
Scored nifty 225 points.
Sam Watson of Inman, excel
lent floor man and tops in sports
manship.
Dick Appleby of Inman, strong
contender with another year to
go
Don Schmaderer of Stuart, re
ceived three votes for choice in
the top 10.
Robert Henning of St. Joe,
cited by Holt tourney officials
for stellar performance.
Bill Craig of St. Mary’s proved
he could score from any position
but content to play feeder role.
One of best defensive perfor
mers in the area. He’s a junior.
Jim Hendricks of Atkinson, two
of his teammates received the
nod. He was a stabalizer for Bal
ers.
Dennis Scheer of Ewing, hust
led all season for Tigers.
Gale Stevens of St. Mary's, a
sophomore who clipped 10 points
per game, good outside and set
shot artist who has lots of glory
ahead.
Gary Holly of St. Mary’s, show
ed ability to play great ball.
Celia News
Bill Focken was a Wednesday,
March 12, overnight guest at the
Clarence Focken home. Mr. and
Mrs. Buddy Focken and son were
supper guests at the Clarence
Focken home.
Coach Marv Boesen of Atkin
son high school U**k Jim Hend
ricks and Duane Humphrey to
Lincoln Wednesday, March 12,
where they attended the 48th an
nual Nebraska state high school
basketball tourney. Mrs. Boesen
and son, Mike accompanied them
and went on to Nebraska City to
\ isit her mother, Mrs. Josephine
Knoll. They came home Sunday
evening.
Dorothy Scott was a Wednes
day, March 12, dinner guest at
the Frank Kilmurry home.
Bobby Knudson was one of a
class of 21 members of the Fut
ure Farmers of America chapter
at Atkinson high who attended
the Hereford field day and judg
ing competition at Butte Monday,
March 10. Two hundred and twel
ve persons including adults, Iwys
and girls, competed in three div
isions.
Mr and Mrs. Merrill Anderson
had Sunday dinner at the home of
his brother, Clair Anderson of
Newport, and also visited her
mother. Mrs. Bertha King, at
Newport.
Lioroiny onui
morning visitor at the P. W. Kil
murry home, also a Sunday din
ner guest at the Duane Beck
home.
Mr. anil Mrs. Merrill Anderson
visited their former home in Red
bird Friday.
Victor Frickel and children and
Mr. and Mrs. I>eRoy Hoffman
were Sunday visitors at the Bob
Jonas home where the children
attended a 4-H meeting. The men
are leaders.
Vickie Frickel spent Wednes
day night, March 12, with Peggy
Armold.
Emil Colfack attended the L. J.
Kostan farm sale at Newport.
The sale site was the farm the
Colfack family came from when
they moved to the farm they now
own. Mr. and Mrs Kostan are
returning to Bloomfield.
Jim Sicheneder was a Satur
day dinner guest at the Victor
Frickel home. The men went to
Atkinson in the afternoon. The
1 snow was so bad Mr. Sicheneder
j can't get out to the highway ex
cept by tractor.
Robert Doming, township as
sessor, has been calling on many
I homes in the community.
Mi', and Mrs. Bob Lewis and
family were Sunday evening,
j March 9, visitors at the Joe Hend
ricks home.
Name Son—
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Butter
field of Niobrara have nameil
their son, Jodie J.
Mr and Mrs. Louis Wray and
; family were at the Spencer dam
Sunday afternoon to visit ho
brother and his wife, Mi. and
Mi's. Mike Smith.
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