White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-02-28
Prosser Wins
County League
Championship
Hanford Beats White Bluffs
Third Time BY Close
Margin

with q Oue-pOl1lC V1cGOTy over 11e1-
ford Wednesday night, Toppenish won
the right to represent this district, to-
gether with Prosser, at the Yakima
valley basketball tournament this
weekend.
Hanford's smooth working team was
in the lead during most of the game
but during the last quarter Toppenish
evened the score and at the final
whistle was on the long end of the
1884 score.
The two time-keepers disagreed as to
the exact time the game ended, and
as Hanford was six points ahead when
the game ended according to the first
time-keeper's watch, the game has
been protested. Following the disagree
ment as to the correct timing of the
game, four minute period was played,
in which time the Toppenish team
scored seven points, to win the game
by a margin of one point.
Climaxing a week of championship
contests, Hanford high school won Sec
ond place in the Benton county bas-
ketban tournament by defeating White
Bluffs q to % at Hanford Monday
night. With this victory they won the
right to meet Toppenish Wednesday
night
Prosser won first place in the Ben
ton county tournament by defeating
both White Bluffs and Hanford in the
county meet at Prosser Saturday, and
will go to the valley tournament Fri
day.
In the first of the four-game series
Saturday, Prosser, first place winners
in the county A league, vanquished
White Bluffs, second place winners in
the B league, Pill. While the final
score showed Prosser's superiority, most
of the game was very close, with the
White Bluffs defense holding Prosser
nearly scoreless during the first half.
The score at the end of the half was
40 in Prossers favor.
Hanford, first place winners in the
county B league, nosed out one
point victory over Pasco, second place
team in the A league, in the second
game of the afternoon, the score be-
ing $685.. During most of the game
the score was even, and free throw
by Whitwer of Hanford shortly before
the final bell decided the game.
The losers of the afternoon games
White Bluffs and Pasco, tangled in the
first game of the evening, White Bluffs
defeating Pasco q to 10. White Bluffs
established an early lead, being aheac
1913 at the half.
Prosser maintained it's winning stride
in the final game of the evening, down
ing Hanford, 45 to 26, to win frs
place in the division.
With one victory each in the tour.
nament, Hanford and White Bluff
played off the tie Monday night a
Hanford. This game, the third played
between the two teams this year, say
Hanford maintain it's superiority owe
the White Bluffs Eagles with q 27-2
victory In the first game, Hanfor'
won Ga victory and in the secon'
a 1916 victory.
Both teams started the scoring sool
after the opening whistle, Hanfor
soon pulling ahead to an 11-8 margin
at the end of the first quarter Will
White Bluffs evened the score at 16
is at the end of the half. Hanfor
again went into the lead in the thir
quarter, having a lead of 21-18 at tn
end of this period. Scoring in the las
quarter was nearly even, with Hanfor
on the winning end of the 27-23 scor'
The line-ups of the tournamer
games were: