The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-12
Lions Win Title
I'm Yakima Valley
b. B.League
Play Pasco tailenders
Friday of this week;
"B" team hot, too

The Kennewick highs baSketeerS
won their ninth straight league VIC
tory last Friday night in Sunnyside
by pulling away from the battling
Grizzlies in the final quarter. The
half time score was IL to 8, Kenne-
wick, and at the end Of the third
quarter the score stood 22-18 in the
Lions favor. The Cubs. better
known as the "B" team, came home
with another victory also by dump
ing the SunnySide ''B" team 81 to
20. This is the fifth league victory
for the almost no experience cub
team. If the highly improved Cub
squad can get over Pasco'S Cubs this
Friday night. Coach Ray Nornile
will consider their season almost as
successful as the "A" squads sea-
son. The "A" squad has won many
close games this season, but they
also have only one defeat tackled to
their record, so far, and that one be-
ing tackled on them in their first
game Of the season against the high
ly touted Prescott team. However,
the Lions played the Prescott team
a week after their initial defeat and
won over the Walla Walla county
team 80 to 8.
Lions Position
Sad but true, the Lions are going
to face the same position in the Val
ley tournament this season as the
Top-H team did in 1871, regardless
Of their outcome over PaSco this Fri
day night. That position is the num-
Der one spot in the lower valley class
"a" league. Top-H was a highly
rated ball team in the valley tourn-
ament last season and the best they
could do was to exc out one win
and that one over zillah. They lost
the first night to fine Gle Elum
team and later to small, but scrap
Ply EllenSburg team which eliminated
them, the same. night the inconsiSt-
ent Lion team was also eliminated.
What does all this have to do with
the 1912 Lions team. Well just this
the Lions know the spot they are in
, and they have vowed not to follow
the champion Top-H team Of 1941
and lose their first game in this
valley tournament, which is sched-
uled to start February 81 in Wapato.
The way it appears now the Lions
will probably play either Gle Elum
or Ellensburg in their first game
very tough assignment, to say the
least, but If a team doesn't have it,
it will not last long in tournament
play.
Probable Teams
The probable lineup for the VAL
ley Tournament appears to be from
the Lower Valley Glass "AA' League
-Kennewick, Prosser and probably
Toppenish. From the Northern Glass
GA" League will be Yakima, Selah
and either EllenSburg or Gle Elum.
From central Washington win be
the highly rated Cashmere team and
the other entry has not yet been
decided. Incidentally, Cashmere
probably has the best record OF any
team entering the valley tourna-
ment. The valley tournament will
have eight Of Yakima valley and
central Washington's best high
school teams Of 1912.
The Pasco Game
Coach Normile announced the first
of this week that he intends on.
starting an entire senior team
against the victoryless Bulldogs FRI
day night. The coach also desires
to make 1t clear that his Lions are
not Understanding Pasco's strength.
for this game and is starting sem
Tors merely as a tradition and If the
seniors don't perform UP to par I'M
derclassmen will be placed in the
game. The Lions desire to win this
game just as seriously as they have
wanted to win all their games play
ed this season.
The Bulldogs have nothing to lose
in this contest and its the sincere
opinion Of this writer that the Pasco
team will play better ball against
the Lions here Friday night than
they have all season. Moral: beware