Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-01-11
BASKET BALL TEAM WINS TWO
GAMES; LOSES One AT RATHDRUM

The Boomers Ferry high school
basket ball team returned from their
trip into the Occur d'Alenes Sunday
afternoon with two victories and one
defeat. The local team won the game
at Post Falls, SILL, won at Occur d.
Alene, 1925 and lost the last game
of the trip at Rathdrum by scant
margin of two points, the game ending
1926.
The first game at Post Falls proved
easy for the local boys who rolled in
score after score with apparent ease.
The Post. Falls team, however, was
Handicapped through the sickness of
their center. The boys left Post Falls
with splendid record as a basket
ball team and was congratulated on
their splendid craftsmanship.
The game the following evening with
the lake city team was a thrill from
start to finish. The game started with
a squirt by Bonners and within one
half minute of play WEIGH dropped a
long one into the basket for the first
basket of the game. In the first half
the lead zigzagged back and forth
between the two teams. First Bon
ners was ahead and then Occur d.
Alene, the half ending $40 in Bonners'
favor.
The second half started with another
squirt by the local boys and within
TO minutes of play the local team led
by IL points but the scrappy Occur
dAlene boys fought hard and mar
Towed the lead down to one point and
Bonners again spurted for a four point
lead to the end of the game.
The game was marked with thrills
from the start. The speed of the local
boys was too much for their heavier
opponents and the teamwork of the
Boomers team could not be beaten by
any team. Boileau and Kent placed
some of the finest long shots through
the basket that has ever been seen on
the Occur d'Alene floor. The larger
boys had nothing on our center,
Meyers. Mud" had them all guessing
as to his ability to shake them off and
drop the ball through the basket.
Wallace and WEIGH formed stonewall
defense for Occur dAiene to meet and
held their opponents to six lone bas-
kets, the rest of Occur d'Alene's scores
resulting from the unerring foul shoot
ing of McQuig, Occur d'Alene's fast
running guard. Twitchell replaced
-Boileau the last few minutes of play
and also proved himself an equal to
the rest of the team. BOileau had a
little hard luck and was removed for
four fouls.
Our boys in this game were all
stars-a team of fast, heady players
displaying fight and stamina that all
of Bonners Ferry should be proud of.
The boys moved on to Rathdrum
tor the last game of the trip and ran
up against the team who had beaten
Occur d,Alene on Rathdrum's floor two
weeks previous by four points, al
though Occur d'Alene had defeated
Rathdrum at Occur d'Alene by quite a
margin.
The game at Rathdrum was entirely
as fast as the game played at Occur
dAlene and as full of thrills. The
first half ended with Rathdrum lead
ing by two points. A comeback was
staged at the beginning of the second
half and again Bonners led by four
points but soon lost the lead by six.
With two minutes to go Bonners staged
another squirt and lowered Rathdrums
lead to two points and the game ended
2S-z6 in Rathdrum's favor. Andrews
replaced WEIGH for ten minutes and
played fine ball.
Although beaten at Rathdrum the
local boys feel confident of avenging
their defeat when Rathdrum plays
here, the last of this month
The boys who made the trip with