The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-01-27

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that the north lads set with their
fast break, 1t was Sank Centre who
first punctured in the telling at
tack. In the first quarter 1t was
Walker, veteran forward, who con-
verted two baskets to dominate the
early scoring. Sank Centre led to
o going into the second quarter.
Then Long Prairie swung into the
heat Of the fray sent Dixon, Chyba
and Simonson charging deep into
the court to score racing into the
half time lead IL to 10. In blazing
last minute Of the first half Long
Prairie clinched the lead when
Chyba and Simonson leased two in
to the hoop.
This team, that had been dumped
in staggering total by st. Cloud
Tech barely victors over the loft
ness crew, found itself in Sank Cen
ire. It was evident that their fast
breaking offensive. towering three
men deep into scoring territory was
more than the defensive of the 10
Gals could cope with. They rarely
got back on defensive soon enough
to ward off the first shot. The local
attack was not the deliberate often
sive they have displayed, but the
tense fiery pace pleased the fans, as
the game raced from courts end o
end.
Nearly everything went wrong
that could possibly go awry in the
early part of the third quarter. Two
fouls committed by locals, a floor
length pass from Hoffman crashed
into the score board out Of bounds,
Jackson missed setup, and Walk
er down fast when single-handed he
broke up the Long Prairie attack
missed another chance for a tip in.
And the passing game was general
ly bungled. Meanwhile Long Prair-
lie, unable to get its hands on the
ball, went merrily on its way. Fin
ally Blake scored. The local attack
settled down somewhat when a
triple pass play featuring Hoffman
and Walker in supporting roles and
Jackson, in the feature lead, scored
a tip in. Then it was Walker scor-
ing on a similar play. The boys
were moving more devastatingly in
to their attack but it was still err
ratio and there was no slackening
in pace. The quarter ended in a
tumble Of unfinished offensives
that went into a reverie of fouling.
Score was % to q, Long Prairie
leading. Featured in that last min
ute scoring for the locals was Lar
son, Jackson and Conkey.
It was white hot at the opening
of the final frame. Hoffman framed
the ball with the hoop for the first
bucket, but Wolf romped the nor
thern boys back into the one point
lead with a bucket. Hoffman scored
again, and then that dangerous
three-man attack for Long Prairie
blossomed again to score. It was a
mad maelstrom in a score that was
juggled in a one point lead from
one team to the other. With five
minutes to go Long Prairie led %
to Is. jackson covered and scored
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further his pass by bouncing 1t on
him, drove in fast to miss. Volt
took swisher on the repeat attack.
Blake scored the Prairie final buck
ct to bring the score to 80 to q. But
the locals weren't through. Crowd
ing the Long Prairie attack to gain
possession of the ball, the locals
broke it up, ripped through to send
Conkey in to score. A free throw
was the final scoring act when the
attack for the Toftness men refus-
ed to flower again in the agonizing
last minutes.
One of the most colorful games
on the local court this season, 1t
was easily the fastest and most
heatedly contested game. Leads
were shattered constantly as teams
spanked during intermittent inter-
walls.
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