The Coconino sun., 1927-03-18
ST. JOHNS AGAIN WINNER
NORTHERN ARIZONA HIGH
SCHOOL BASKET TOURNEY

st. Johns high school was awarded
The Coconino Sun silver cup for win
ming the annual northern Arizona
high school basketball tournament
held here on Friday and Saturday
The deciding game, Saturday night,
between ST. Johns and Clarkdale was
tight one, both squads fighting hard
and showing better class than in any
of their preceding games in the tour
nament, and was satisfactory wind
up for the most successful tourney
since the N. A. association was
formed.
st. Johns won over the runners-up
18 to Is.
This being st. Johns third win in
the annual tournament clinched its
ownership to the T. e. Pollock silver
cup.
st. Johns did not play champion
ship brand of ball until the final
game. They drew a bye in the first
drawings and were pitted in the sec
ond round against Teachers College
high school preps who were substi-
tuted in the tournament for Pine,
which failed to arrive on account of
recent snow storms which were gem
eral in that section last week. st.
Johns entered the semi-fnials against
Eagar, which displayed lot of fight
and kept st. Johns worried most of
the way.
Clarkdale, on the other hand, had to
overcome Kingman, Flagstaff and
Winslow before reaching the finals.
Kingman proved no obstacle in their
path, but the copper city five had
tough opposition in Flagstaff and
Winslow. Clarkdale defeated Flag
staff by one-point margin, and the
Meteor City quint by only two bas-
kets.
Upsets in the dope featured this
years play. Prescott, given an equal
chance with st. Johns to win the cup,
was early eliminated by Winslow. A
curious twist to Prescott's defeat
which probably went unnoticed by the
majority of the spectators happened
toward the close of the game. With
the score 20 to II in Prescott's favor,
Hubbard, center for the Mile High
five, jumped for ball near Winslow's
goal and tipped it squarely into the
Winslow basket.
Snowflake, last years champs, also
met defeat at the hands of the Wins
low aggregation in the first round of
the tourney.
Eagar, the clark horse" almost
lived up to its sobriquet. Starting off
with whang, it defeated Ashfork,
then jerome, which victory earned al
stop-over ticket for the semi-finals
against st. Johns.
Jerome, always considered a strong
~ ol,o HI
played in only one game during the
entire tournament, and in this was de-
feated by Eagar.
Humboldt, a newcomer to the high
school tournament this year, made a
brilliant showing throughout the two
days play. With only seven boys
registered at Humboldt high school,
and all of them in uniform, they
worked their way to the finals in the
consolation tournament, losing only
after a tough struggle to Snowflake.
Ashfork, also a new entrant this
year, earned commendation from the
officials for clean playing.
Williams was eliminated by Pres
colt, in the consolation drawing bye
and then losing to Snowflake.
Kingman lost to Clarkdale in the
opening session, and was eliminated
in the consolation by Humboldt.
Snowflake, winner of the consola-
tion, was the high point team. C.
Palmer, named on the Adjournment
first five, was high point man of the
entire. tournament Snowflake scored
total of 122 points while Clarkdale,
loser to st. Johns in the finals, was
second with "a. Captain O. Wright
of Humboldt was second Individual
high point man with 43 while Captain
F. Twitty Of Clarkdale was third with
al. Round Valley and Humboldt were
tied with "a for third place in the
total number of points while st.
Johns, winner in the finals, brought
up fourth place with 81 total. !