Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-03-09
SANDSTONE IS
LOOP CHAMP
Eight Teams Take Part in
Independent Basketball
Tournament.
Willow is Runner-up and
Hinckley Wins Third
Position.

where they left off last year and
again emerged champions of the in
dependent basketball tournament at
Willow River over the weekend.
| Eight teams competed in the tourn-
ament and the first games were
played Saturday night and the final
contests were played Sunday after
noon and night. The teams taking
part were, Askov, Beroun, Bruno, Fin
layson, Hinckley, Moose Lake, Sand
stone and Willow River
Askov 25; Bruno 90.
Askov and Bruno started off the
tournament Saturday evening and the
northern boys were eliminated by a
narrow margin of five points after
staging an aggressive attack during
the last half which netted them II
points to Askov'S 5. At the end of
the first quarter Askov led in the
game to 2 and at the end of the
half the game looked hopelessly in
Askovs favor by 20 to 8 score.
Victory in this game gave Askov a
chance to play the winner of the
Willow River-Finlayson game, which
proved to be Willow River.
Willow River 3s; FinlaysOn 81.
Willow River led its western neigh
Dor throughout the contest but only
by small margin. The first quar-
ter ended to z and the half ended
II to Is with the game anybody's as
far as the fans were concerned. The
second half, however. began to look
a little different with the Willow
boys gradually widening the gap until
at the end of the third quarter they
led by a score of q to 90.
Sandstone 81; Moose Lake 90.
1t apparently took the Quarry City
basket tOssers three quarters to get
their range in the Sandstone-M Moose
Lake game for at the end of the first
quarter the Lakers led by a score of
to s. The game was tied at the
end of the half and it was then at
the beginning of the second half that
the 1882 champions found themselves
and began steady march which took
them to victory. The end of the
third quarter gave them a 81 to II
margin and the final frame ended
81 to 20.
HinckIey 81; Berom Is.
Beroun took the soundest trimming
in the tournament when Hinckley
gathered 81 points to their southern
neighbors IS. The first half ended
80 to s.
Willow River 2S; Askov %.
Willow River went into the cham
pionship frame Sunday afternoon
when it defeated Askov 2S to % i'm
a hard fought contest. The score in
this game by quarters is as follows
respectively, s to 6; IL to 10; % to
Is and % to %. Each period was in
Willows favor.
Sandstone 25; Hinckley "a.
This game was a thriller through
out with first one team ahead and
then the other. The first two quarters
ended with Hinckley in the lead by a
very narrow margin. During the
final quarter Sandstone spurted and
it looked bad for Hinckley, but with
characteristic smoothness that team
whitfield down the lead until just a
lone point separated them from the
Sandstone score. 1t was at this point
in the final ten seconds of the game,
while the score keeper held the gun
in his hand with his finger Tightening
on the trigger, that Bobby Stanchfield
OF Hinckley was fouled by an OPP
ponent to give him an all-important
opportunity to tie the score and throw
the game into an overtime period
which possibly might have meant vic
tory. However. the strain was too
great and after tense moment of
waiting to steady his nerves, Bobby
attempted to give his mates that extra
period but the ball in stubborn mood
bobbed dangerously near the loop and
dropped to the floor as the gun
sounded giving the Quarry City boys
an opportunity to enter the champion
ship contest with Willow River.
Hinckley 35; Askov %.
The consolation contest which was
to decide the third and fourth place
teams in the tournament was won by
Hinckley after being closely contested
for three quarters. The result of this
game crowded Askov out of third
place which it gained in the tourn-
ament last year by defeating Barnum.
Sandstone Wins Championship.
The Sandstone boys retained their
championship crown in decisive fash
ion by defeating Willow River 81
to % I'm the final contest of the
tournament. The game looked during
the first quarter like it might be
walk-away for the Willow boys when
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