The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1920-03-11
N. H. s. BASKET BALL
TEAM SHOWS CLASS.
Local School Boys Runners Up
in Lewiston Tournament
Only Four Defeats By
Idaho Teams This
Season.

$ AT the final game Of the Dist
I rict Basketball Tournament held
in Lewiston last week Culdesac
! defeated Nezperce by a score of
% to 20. This tournament decid-
ed the championship Of this dis
+, trict. which includes all the high
! schools along the Grangeville and
Clearwater lines. as well as the
2 Kendrick, Genesee, Juliaetta and
: Potlatch schools. Also the win
: ming team here is one Of eight to
attend the State Tournament
which will be held at Moscow,
March l8 and 19, this year. Here
the eight best high school teams
in Idaho will battle for the cham
pionship of the state.
i The local team outplayed their
rivals in regard to teamwork and
they showed superior skill in ac-
curate, systematic offense thru
out the whole game, but the ex-
ceptional basket shooting display
ed by the Culdesac five gave them
the big end of the score. The first
half ended 8 to 10 in favor of Nez-
perez and during the second per-
iod the scoring was so evenly di-
vided that the game was never
certain until the whistle blew for
the end, and the crowd was con-
tinually on its feet. Such enthus-
iasm was not shown in any other
tournament game except per-
haps during the second half of the
lewiston -Culdesac game when the
prairie basket-tossers staged a
come-back that overcame a lead
of several points and terminated
the game in tie. Several ex-
perienced basketball men remark
ed about the exceptional speed
and systematic play shown by
both Nezperce and Culdesac and
it was evident that, in general, the
type Of high school basket ball
this season is far above the class
of playing exhibited in former
years. The recent plan Of the
University Of Idaho in holding
All-State Interscholastic Tourna-
ments and in organizing the whole
state toward greater interest in
high school teams has done much
to elevate the students Of this
sport.
Cornelison and Hunter from the
University officiated during the
tournament and in selecting an.
all-star team, or the men they con-
sidered the five best players in
the meet they chose:
Forward, Kelly, Lewiston.
Forward, Mattson, Culdesac.
Center. Crittlebaugh, Grange
vile.
Guard, Stellmon, Nezperce.
Guard, Basinger, Grangeville.
This team was selected on their
aggressiveness and general ap-
pearance as basketball players.
In speaking Of Capt. Stellmon,
Hunter said: "Stellmon is per-
haps as good a man at the position
he plays as any high school will
have at the Moscow tournament.
This is, Of course, a broad state
ment and takes in a lot Of terri
tory, but his ability at breaking
up the opponents plays and start
ing the ball back toward his goal
won him this place on the all-star
team.
In survey Of the whole season
for this year, considering the
teams in this district, Nezperce
has played IA games and lost only
4, thereby finishing the season
with a percentage of us.
The scores for the season are as
follows:
Nezperce. So; Kamiah, 5.
Nezperce, 80; Clifford, IL.
Nezperce, SO; Lapwai, 16.
Nezperce, IA; Culdesac, Is.
Nezperce. SO; Ilo, 3.
Nezperce, "A; Ilo, %.
Nezperce, 18; Grangeville, q.
Nezperce, 27; Grangeville, IS.
Nezperce, 20; Culdesac, Is.
Nezperce, 18; Lewiston, 16.
Nezperce. 6; Grangeville, Is.
Nezperce, Is; Lewiston, 13.
Nezperce, %; Clifford, 12.
Nezperce, 20; Culdesac, %.
(The last four games were play
I'd at the tournament).
This survey shows that Nez-
oerce piled up a total score Of
LIB points against their oppon-
,nts total of 213, which is ratio
# practically two to one.
This year the team loses Clay
on Miller and Wallace Gamble
" graduation, but Dale Harding,