The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-03-21
WOLVES WIN ALL-ALAShA HOOP TITLE


 The Wrangeu High School ba#- EetbaIl team beat the defending lAu-AIaska high school champions, 1 the Anchorage Eagles. two games traight last Thursday and Friday to bring the AIl-Alaska title to WIS. The first game they won 64- 52 tSae last weeks SentinelI. and the second. Friday night 55-82.
 The second and crucial game the Anchorage boys checked the Nrau- gell Wolves high scorer Tom Max and and Jim Gundels son after the made 5I of Wrangell's 64 points the first night
 Anchorage got of to a first quarter lead the second game as Gunderson was off on his shots and WrangelI team captain Tom Max and directed floor play instead of trying to shoot against close checking Eagles. Marboe and Kan Ter of Anchorage led the Eagle scoring the first quarter with eight and seven points respectively and the visitors led 1S-14.
 With Maxand setting up tn e. plays for Wrangeu. Gunderson got away for six field goals and foul l shot the second quarter 10 pace Wrangell to a 35-25 half-time lead. The Wrangel second quarter de-. fense of Ed Bradley. Thorne Fer guson. Steele Ferguson and Tom Maxand all but stopped Anehorage's tall Marboe and Kahler working under the basket Marboe made two foul shots, Kahler and Carmody each got a field goal.
 Lynn Schwartz came Into the ball game for Wrangeu late in the second quarter as Coach Don Kan gas was shifting his men around 10 fill a gap made in the first quarter when the regular forward, Clint Miller. injured his ankle. Schwartz sank two foul shots just before i half time
 The third quarter Anchorage Coach Bud Ottmar held his stars Marboe and Kahler on the bench 1 and ordered his other men to stop l Gunderson. They held GundersOn | sco~eless the third period but some body forgot to think about aggres- i've Wrangell reserve Schwartz. l Working under the basket on tip l ins and lay-ups Schwartz went on l q scoring spree that carried three | minutes into the fourth quarter ! and netted him 16 more points. i His aggressive playing cost him five personal fouls but when he went to the bench the spirit of the ,. Anchorage team was all but brok- en. w rangell had a 44-32 third period lead.
 The game coasted on to a Wran- gell victory, 55-42 in spite of three men benched for fouls, as most of the Wrangell team. in the person of Tom Maxand, was still on the floor and it was too much for An ehorage. Throughout the year Max and has proven to be the hub a. round which the Wrangell team rotates
 Leading point-maker for Wran- gell the second night was Jim Gun derson with g. Schwartz was sec ond with IS; Maxand G. Miller 3; and Steele Ferguson, Thorne Fer guson and Neil French each 2.
 For Anchorage Marboe scored 15: KahIer IA; Putzel 4: Bick, Craig. Carmody and Reynolds each ?; and Frostad 1.
 Saturday Night After WrangeI won the first two games and the All-Alaska championship the two teams met again Saturday night in game for i the gate receipts All the players on both teams were given chance 10 play as the second squads played the first and third quarters and 1 the first lives the second and last quarters, Anchorage won this game 49-6O.
 The first quarter the Wrangen 1 reserves, T. Ferguson, French Schwartz Casey and Jenkins, led the Eagle seconds 9-4.
 When the first squads came in the game the visitors rolled up 12 points before the champs even SCOT ed. However, Wrangell didn't trail far at the half-time whistle An chorage led 2S-23. The third period the Eagle reserves proved too much for Wrangell and outscored the To- calls 17-9.
 Tn the final quarter Maxand snapped his boys ont of their list l lessness and scored nine of their IT
 points as they outscored the Eagles l17-15. but couldn't gain enough to
 beat them.
 And AftA~ the Game 1 After the series was over and the Wolves had made off with the