The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-03-07
HIGH SCHOOLS IN
BIG. TOURNAMENT
SECOND DISTRICT HOLDS VERY
SUCCESSFUL MEET AT COL
lEGE GYMNASIUM
.ElKTOM WINS BY PHENOMENAL WORK
Brookinqs Falls Out In First Game and
Town Gives Support to
Elkton

In District No. 2, High School Bas-
ket Ball Tournament. the schools COM
peting, Friday and Saturday at the
College Gym, were Brookings, Elkton,
Clark. Watertown, VOlga, Huron, Do
land. Clear Lake and Gettysburg.
Drawing for places occurred Friday
morning before 9 o'clock and the
games resulted as follows:-
Brookings drew Elkton for the first
game. This was n of the closest
contested games Of the tournament.
During no time of the game was one
team more than one point ahead of
the other. The score was tied at the
end of the first half. The final score
was 1913, Elkton winning the game by
a free shot. BrOokings seemed to be
entirely struck by stage fright and
were unable to locate the ring. Brook.
ings had possession of the ball easily
three-fourths of the time.
The second game was played be-
tween Clark and WATERFOWL. This
was a very fast and interesting game
as the two teams were well matched
both as to size and ability. Clark won
the game but it was due to their right
forward who was so skillful in foul
Shooting. Score 1918.
The last game Of the forenoon was
played between Huron and Volga.
Huron had by far the largest and best
developed team of the tournament and
entirely outplayed the lighter Volga
team the first half and secured a good
lead. To cverybody's surprise, Volga
came back in the second half and
scored more points than Huron. but
was unable to make up the lead Huron
got in the first half. Score 26-11.
The first game Of the afternoon was
played between Elkton and Gettysburg.
Elkton was Obliged to play two pre-
liminary games as there was an odd
number Of contestants. ElktOn easily
defeated the "Westerners." This was
by far the most one sided game Of the
tournament. Score 44-22.
The last one of the preliminary
games played was Doland versus
Clear Lake. The game was fast and
exciting for the first half. Doland,
with superior team work, obtained the
long end Of the score before the final
whistle blew. Score 1917.
Elkton, Huron, Dolai.d and Clark, the
winners Of the p~reliminaries, were
staged to play off the semi-finals Fri
day evening. Huron drew Clark for
the first game OF the evening. From
the showing during the day. the two
teams seemed well matched in the
minds OF the spectators but when the
teams went on the floor the Huronites
easily had the seemingly fast Clark
players Outclassed. The score was
very much one-sided.
Elkton clashed with Doland imme-
diately after the Huron and Clark
game. This was the third game for
Elkton that day. Before the game
was played, Doland was picked the
winner. Elkton came back with more
fight than ever. The two former
games which they played didn't seem
to effect them more than a light work
out. Doland gave them a close con
test. This game resulted in the only
tie score of the tournament. When the
final whistle blew, the score stood 90
20. Five minutes was given to play
off the tie. During this time Elkton
scored two field goals. Score 1929.
The small Elkton team certainly did
well and more than anybody expected,
in playing three games the first day
and winning all three. Elkton made the
spectators sit up and take notice but
there was no doubt whatsoever about
the outcome of the final game of the
tournament between Elkton and Huron.
One could hear from all sides that Hur-
on would wipe the floor with the Elk.
ton boys and that the final game would
be the most one sided game of the
tournament. When Saturday noon
came and the two teams met. Elkton
scored the first field goal and showed
more fight than ever. In a short while
Huron scored and was able to secure
a few scores in the lead Of the Elkton
team. Huron spectators and team felt
quite confident when the first half was
over and the score was 8-12 In their
favor. The Elkton boys, however, did