Laurel outlook., 1949-01-12
TEAM STATES TWO
WEEK END GAMES
Powell, Hardin Coming For
Contests Friday, Saturday
-FrOmberg VS.. Park City
Coming Ball Games


Laurel; B at Billings, Hi Colts.
Saturday, Jan. 15-Hardin a
Laurel; Park City VS.. Fromberg
Friday, Jan. 21.-Laurel n
Roundup; Park City VS.. Bear
creek.
Saturday, Jan. 22-Billing.
Central at Laurel; B VS.. Billing,
Hi Colts.
The Laurel high school squad
performs at home for two game,
this week end, meeting a SHARP
shooting Panther club from Pow.
ell Friday and the Bulldogs from
Hardin Saturday. There will be
no preliminary Friday as the B
team travels to Billings to meet
the Colts. Saturday night the
Park City club meets the From
berg five in the first game at
7 p. m. in a regularly scheduled
tri-county clash.
The Locomotives edged the
Panthers from Powell by only
three points in the Wyoming
town before vacation time and
another close one is expected. The
Laurel team moved out ahead of
the Powell team by nine points
at one time in the game, but a
series of long shots that found
their mark closed that margin to
a 1886 count with only a minute
to play before the game was
iced with a break away shot for
a final 1888 score.
Saturday night will see the
renewal of a two-year rivalry
that has produced some of the
best basketball in these parts
for a long time. The Hardin
Bulldogs will be out to maintain
their superiority over the local
team, by taking four out of the
last five games. After downing
Laurel by 10 points in Laurel
last year, and then dropping the
one and only game Of the sea
son to Laurel by ~ points on
their floor, the two teams met in
the finals of the divisional tour
nament at Hardin. In a game
that was generally considered to
be the state championship, the
Bulldogs tossed in a field goal
less than four seconds to
play to win 81 to 50, and then
easily over all opponents
to annex the state title two weeks
alter. Saturdays meeting prom
ises a revival of the thrillers of
the past two years. Tournament
Dleachers have been erected to
take care of the expected full
house. !
Friday night the Cabooses will
see a renewal of the tight series
With the Colts from Billings SEN
or high, that has forced two
overtime games and a split in
he series over the past two years
If play. By mutual agreement,
members from the A squad will
make the trip to bolster the in
members from the
B team. Since Laurel
aggregates the two teams and
Billings this year does not, but
lses the 10 men who are not
each week to work as
\ members, the use of the Lau-
eel A players who n not SEN
ors maintains a balance that
promises to give the fans as
much of a ball game as the
Ieadliner. A return game is
lated for the Laurel floor in
game Jan. % before the Cen
ral-Laurel game. |,
The Park City-Fromberg game
saturday at Z is a tri-county
eague game played as a home
-ame for the Park CITY club. ,
Although Fromberg is favored,
he homeless Panthers have been !
howing considerable improve
nent and a close game is in the /
Team Splits Weekend Games {
The red hot Coyotes from Red i
.odge blasted away at the net t
ing for a as per cent average ]
rom the field last Friday and ]
.mpletely swamped a cold Lau-
ell crew, to take their second
o~nsecutive game from the Lo- {
omotives. They did it last year I
\ a Mondap night payoff to
rop Laurel as contenders in the {
tate meet. s
Laurel opened in the first 7
uarter with strict instructions
OF to go into a fast break, come I
hat might, and for eight min
ties had Red Lodge playing to
aurel's style. But after trail
lg ID to IS, the Coyotes re- e
erted to their famous fast
reak and aggressive style coupl- r
/ with, according to coach Bruer, '
1e best shooting he has seen t
1em do, to move ahead at the h
alf, 90 to IS. Neither a zone
or a man-to-man defense could a
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