The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-17
Hoquiam Five
Grabs Crown
Defects Bremerton
In St0te Contest

roqulhm detnroned Bremerton
to grab the Washington State
High School Basketball champion
ship over the weekend in L. of w.
pavilion az a going-sway present
for the Grizzly sosch. Elmer
Huhta. who becomes University of
Washington freshman football
coach this fall.
Center Walt Haney sank a long
field goal with only two minutes
to play In the 10th annual tourna-
ment finals Saturday night to give
Hoquiam 1884 victory over
Bremerton and its second state
crown in IA trips TO the playoffs.
Hoquiam was ahead most Of
the way, hut the 1871 cham
pions contested every basket
The score was tied five times
and Bremerton forged TO
one-point advantage In the
fourth quarter. Hoquiam led
1920 at halftime. Dick Witt
rem scored IL points for Ho-
GUAM and Les Eathorne made
IL for Bremerton.
In Saturdays consolation games,
North Central of Spokane beat
Toppenish, 32-1s. Lynden beat
Lewis q Clark of Spokane. 41-35,
and Everett beat Vancouver. 1922
EVERETT THIRD
The top eight teams finished in
this order: Hoquiam. Bremerton,
Everett, Lynden. North Central,
Vancouver. Lewis and Clark, and
Toppenish.
Everett, defeated in the semi
finals by Hoquiam. had little trou-
BILE beating Vancouver for third
place. The Seagulls led 21-10 at
the half and were never seriously
threatened Forward Dick Peterson
of Everett was high scorer with
10 points.
Lynden took fourth place by
running up a 21-l7 halftime
score against Lewis and Clark
and remaining In front. Louis
Zylstra, Lynden forward.
amassed 10 points during the
game to give him tournament
high scoring honors with So.
North Central of Spokane fin
ished better than any other East
ern Washington entry in defeating
Toppenish for fifth place. The
Spokane five led 22-5 at halftime.
Jack Brasch. center. scored IL
points for the winners.
ALL-STARS
Seattle sports writers made
these all-state selections:
First team-Richard Wittren.
Hoquiam. and Louis Zylstra. Lyn-
den. forwards; Dick Berlin. Lewis
and Clark. center; Les Eathorne,
Bremerton. and Louis Tedesco,
Everett. guards.
Second team Dick Peterson,
Everett. and Box Paxton. Lewis
and Clark. forwards: Roger Wiley,
Bremerton. center; Henry Jorissen.
LINDEN. and Walt siden, Hoquiam,
guards.
Honorable m en- / on - Ward
Rockey. Olympia; Harry Tokos,
Hoquiam: Vernon Kindsfather.
Vancouver; hgwald Thompson,
Lincoln of Tacoma: Walt Hsney.
Hoquiam; Ralph Bettcher, olym-
pia; Bob CASTOR. Everett; Jack
Brasch. North Central Of Spokane;
Jack Nicklin. Toppenish; Johnny
Eastlund, Charleston: Warren Will
son. Marysville; Francis Layman.
Toppenish; Evert Pitman. Glover
Park; Ed Huntington, Lincoln;
Ray Volz, Bremerton: Glenn
Young, wenstchee: Paul Provo.
wenatchee; Neil Ross, Buckley:
Bill Elliott. Yakima.
zyistra's high scoring per
formance was 10 points short
Of the tournament record set
by Walter Bliss Of Whatcom
In 1891. All other tournament
records likewise remained In
tact.
Other players. besides 2ylstra,
who scored more than 80 points
were Richard wittren, Hoquiam.
SIS: Les Eathorne. Bremerton. so;
Ingwald Thompson, Lincoln, 50;
Bob CASTOR. Everett. 80; Dick Ber-
lin. Lewis and Clark. 81; Clyde
Matters. Lewis and Clark. IS;
Vince Hanson. Lincoln. 81; Vernon
Kindsfather. Vancouver. "a: Roger
Wiley, Bremerton. 81.