, 1925-03-05
RAWLINS FIVE
BEAT LARAMIE
FRIDAY NIGHT

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season was played on the local floor
on Friday evening last when the
Rawlins high school five came out
with a 20 to 16 victory over its old
rival. the Laramie high school basket
ball team. Rawlins too the lead at
ter a very few minutes of play and
held that lead throughout the game,
however. at several times the score
was so close that 1t was uncomfort-
able to the local fans. Because of
this clOseness in score, interest and
excitement was of the keenest at all
times.
The Rawlins high team proved
that 1t Is composed of a quintet of
stars-every man on the team played
wonderful ball and it would be hard
to pick out any one player who was
superior to the others. With this
condition existing the has much
better chances of making a good
showing at the state tournament, the
big objective in basketball, which
opens in Laramie on March 9th.
The local squad vas placed in
different positions from what has
been the lineup in previous games
of the season.. Engstrom played his
position of past years, namely that
of center. Monahan and Conley
played the forward positions and
Pappas and Bates composed the de-
tense.
Monahan played by far the best
game he has played SO far this year..
He started the game with a bang
n kept right on pounding through
the contest. His shots from any po-
sition on the floor were accurate,
with the result that he made a num-
Der of very pretty goals. Engstrom
played his usual consistent game,
however, his Eye was not as accurate
as 1t has been in some games of
the season, still his field work was
of the best. Conley, although he
failed to make a field goal, was one
OF the main parts in the machine
and his work on the floor assisted
in making it possible for Rawlins to
win the game. Pappas and Bates
as guards were all hat anyone could
ask for in this division of the team.
They made an air-tight defense al
the start of the contest and it was
only with great difficulty that the
Laramie players got any kind of a
close shot at the basket at any time
throughout the game. Many of the
aho aic oohlh III DdltS " pldSc
on the first or second squad in the
all-state team.
Playing before one OF the best
crowds that las turned out yet this
season for a high school game, the
two teams started the ball rolling
about eight o'clock in the evening.
Fol the first few minutes both quin-
tets were sort of up in the air. how
ever. 1t was not long before the old
scoring machine hit its stride. Lar
annie made the first point of the
game by making a foul throw. Soon
after that Monahan slipped in two
field goals. and then the third one
followed shortly after. These goals
were made from the best of team
work, each time the Rawlins squad
worked the ball down through the
Laramie defense for a basket. After
these baskets were made Laramie
frightened its defense and most OF the
following goals of the game were
made from long shots. The first
quarter ended without Laramie hav-
ing made a field goal-score Rawlins
g.. Laramie 1. In the first quarter
the Rawlins team played Laramie
off OF its feet.
In the second quarter, due to the
fast pace that both teams had set
in the first quarter. the game was a
bit slower, still both squads kept
hitting the ball and at M time did
interest or excitement die down. The
first half ended Rawlins 10. Laramie
i-both teams made a field goal In
the second quarter and Laramie made
two foul shots.
In the third quarter Laramie con-
nected with several long shots-Raw-
Inns defense remained air-tight and
allowed only m or two chances at