Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-03-11
WILDCATS Win |.
and LOSE z At
HAVRE tourney
LOSE TO BELT AID CUT BANK
AND DEFEAT MOORE
CUNT

In their first game at the Havre
regional tournament last week the
brentwood Wildcats lost to Cut
Bank. who later went on 10 win the
class B title. - to II. The other
games follow:
Plentywood %, Moore 10
The Plentywood Wildcats won
their second game in the Northern
divisional basketball tournament by
defeating Moore % TO 10. The Wild
cats Jumped TO an early lead when
Kjelstrup swished a long one and
were never headed although Moore
tied the score at 1915 shortly after
the opening of the second half.
Moore used a zone defense and the
Wildcats were content to stay well
out on the floor and snipe long ones
when the Moore defense refused 10
come out.
The Cats were hot for the first
quarter and built up a commanding
lead of Ill before the Moore at
tack got under way. Fiske, Dionne
and Christianson registered on side
shots and tip-ins TO run the total TO
Is as the half ended. Hickey of
Moore scored on some beautiful
pivot shots to keep his team in the
running and built up a score of Is
points the first half.
Mcdonnell scored for Moore as the
second half opened to tie the score
but Oswald split the net from mid
floor to put the Cats again in the
lead. Kjelstrup followed with two
more from the enter and Dionne
contributed a neat pivot shot to put
the Plentywood team well in the
lead. Stenehjem did some nice de-
fensive work the last half and bot
tied up Moore's all-divisional guard
Mcdonnell, for the balance OF The
game. For Moore N. Hickey wal
high with 8 points while Fiske let
the Plentywood "a with Z. Par
ker and Hannah were responsible
for some nice ball-rustling and con
tinually harried the Moore players
on defense.
Belt 81, PlentywOOd 20
Plentywood was eliminated from
the divisional tournament when
sharp-shooting team from Belt bea
the Wildcats in a fast game, 30 t
20. The Wildcats held doggedly OF
for three quarters but the uncann,
shooting of Rubino, left handed Bel
forward, was too much for the Cat
as he hit from all angles to score l.
points in the afternoons game. 0
the ten class B high scorers in thu
tourney Belt had three in Ryffel
Bestwina and Rubino and ais,
placed Bestwina and Rytlel on thu
all-divisional team. To Oswald anC
Parker went the job OF pacing th'
elusive Bestwina and did an excel
lent job in holding him to one lons
free throw.
Belt opened the scoring when Ry
feel tipped in a rebound shot ant
added a free throw to run the coun'
to three before Christensen scored
a free throw. kjelstrup then scored
on a o~ne-handed shot and Belt lee
SO. Christensen scored on a re
hound md ntnnnn oAAnA q frat
throw to keep the Wildcats in thu
game Sc as the quarter ended. Ru
bino of Belt hit two pretty side shot!
and Sweeney and Johnson added {
pair of goals. Kjelstrup scored on
long one and Christianson added
free throw to end the scoring for tn
quarter at 1910. Hannah, on a driy
ing cut to the basket, was foulet
and due to injuries was forced t
leave the game.
In the second half the left-hande,
Rubino really got going and loope,
in four beautiful shots to give hi
team a commanding lead. The Wild
cats repeatedly worke dthe ball il
only to miss easy shots under tn
basket. Plentywood collected only
free throw by Kjelstrup in the thir'
period and was forced to concede
big lead to the Belt Warriors. Han
nah re-entered the game in the thir,
quarter and split the net on a mic
one-handed shot. fiske scored on
side shot and a free throw and Di
onne added a pair to outscore tn
Belt team in the last quarter.