Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-02-13
PREPARATIONS FOR
HOOP TOURNEY HERE
BEING COMPLETED
Eleven Teams Will Be Here
to Battle for Top
Honors

With drawings for placements to be
made here Saturday, final prepara-
tons for staging the annual district l
basketball tournament will be COM
pleted.
Wednesday night the starting gun
will officially open the tourney which
will bring eleven teams to Plentywood
to battle for honors. The play-off will
continue until Friday night when two
teams, who come through the three
day session undefeated, will take the
court for the finals.
Hard to Pick Winner
Seasons play has made it difficult
for dopesters to pick the winning
team. Every team in the district has
been defeated at least once in district
competition.
Scobey will come to Plentywood
with their loyal boosters intent on
making a strong bid for top honors.
They have a good seasons record.
Down the Great Northern branch will
come Peerless. Advance dope and sea-
sons play gives them a good rating.
Flaxville is not to be underestimated.
Last year they were the surprise of
the tourney, fighting their way to the
hrals in a manner which made them
popular with fans. This year they hold
wins over the best in the district. Lit
tie is known of the strength of the
Whitehall squad but fans are assured
a fighting aggregation from the 500
line town.
Coach Shorts blue-clad Outlook
quints fnalists in the last two tourna-
ments, will come here Wednesday
rated in the upper bracket.
Although they have taken the count
n ~pre-tourney play, the teams that
draw the Outlook quint will have to
play a lot of basketball.
Antelope has turned in a good sea-
cons record. Homme's warriors are a
threat in any contest.
Coach Axelsons' redbirds from
Medicine Lake, after a slow start, are
hitting their stride and they have
proved in past tournaments that they
can deliver the goods when the going
gets tough.
Comertown will bring a good squad
to Plentywood. Coach Erickson's quint
has turned in some good wins this
year and should make a favorable
showing at the tourney.
Dooley's green-clad warriors, popu-
lar with fans in former tournaments
will be here for the fray. Their sea
sons record is good.
Coach johnson and his Westby
scrappers will be here. They have a
fine record for the season, registering
wins in great style. Their tournament
performance here last year will not be
forgotten by Plentywood, when in a
| gruelling contest the Wildcats nosed
the Westbyites out after Stubbe, West
by forward, went rampant and threw
baskets from all angles, keeping the
big crowd in an uproar. Stubbe did
the same thing in every game and his
teammates backed him up well. He's
back in the lineup this year.
Followers of Coach Skor's Plenty
wood Wildcats contend that this is
the Wildcats year" Although their
record is not perfect they have a sea-
sons record that is good. Thirteen
straight victories were chalked up by
the locals this year before a slump hit
them hard. Sickness has handicapped
them during the past six weeks Of
play, but the squad is rapidly round
ing into shape and should be in tor
form for tournament play.
The Wildcats have played more
games this season than any other team
in the district. They are well-seasoneo
and whomever they meet, their OPP
ponents will have to play plenty O
basketball if they expect to register
q win.