The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-02-22
.WRANGELL# RUNS
 KETCHIKAN# HIGH
 INTO PLAY-OFF GAME

Jim Tick" Ganderson's hook shots from 15 feet out and Tommy ] MaNand's beautiful backboard playing were too much for the
 Netchi' an Polar Bears last night as W.Uugell High Schools basket ball wonders dumped Kayhi 55-48. This tied up the series for the southern division championship with the play-off game here to- night at p. m.
 Winner of tonighrs game will meet the northern division cham pions in March for the Southeast Alaska championship on the south ern division floor If Wrangeu wins il will be the first SE Alaska championhhip played on this floor. The last time Wrangeu won the championship was in Juneau in 1885.
 Wednesday Night, 56-41
 After dropping two games in i Ketchikan in January the local boys came back in a hard fought game Wednesday night To win ;; 56-41.
 Wlangeu started slow lIat night with Maxand's three long shots in the first period keeping the locals close but trailing kay4 12-11.
 The second period Mazaud dumped in two more with Jim Gunderson, Clint Miller lthe sIx- l foot freshmanJ. hymn Schwartz and Tholne Ferguson each scoring from the floor Wrangel was one ] point ahead 27-26 at halftime. In spite of fine work by the fast est little plaer on the floor. Kay his Bue, Wrangeu maintained it's lead through the third period. end ing 37-35, Kayhi tied the score 37- all but Wrangell was stiu ahead l by four points with three minutes to go in the game.
 Then everything went bad for Ketchikan. Gunderson stole thc l ball and passed to Schwartz break Ping in under the basket for two. l Schwartz no sooner scored than ho stole the ball and tallied again | This wrecked Kayhi and Wrangel went on scoring to a 56-4l victory l Outstanding in that game wa Gunderson' shooting from the. ioul line Starting in the second period he scored 15 consecutive frt ethrows which, with the one he made in the first period, gave him 16 out of Is in that dapartnea. He was high man for Wrangei with 24 points MaXand made F. Schwartz g. Miller 3 Ste lie For guson 8 and Tho,ne Ferguson 2. Wrangell committed 21 fouls one a technical on Schwartz.
 .Bue led Kayhi with 14; Hamlin z; Antonsen 6 Simpson 5; Tuck CT 4; Householder 3 and Olson and Maddox each 1. KHS had three technicals, one on their coach, Ray Bassett.
 And Last Night
 Wrangell got off to a slow start the next night and Ketchikan led 1911 ending the first period. Gun derson's hook shots and Maxand s long shots suddenly ruined the game for the visitors. Ketehikan was missing it's foul shots making only out of IS the first half but Gunderson wasn't. He made six out of eight to add to his six field goals. Maxand, Bradley and Miller were also accurate from the foul line and Wrangell led 30 19 at halftime.
 Simpson started to pull Ketchi- kan up in the third period by matching Gunderson's eight points But the rebounds went to MaXand and Wrangen, (though Household gell maintained a 9-point lead com 1 ing out of the third square 1925 | Ketchikan, in the last period was losing it's first string players on fouls with Bue, Tucker, House. holder and Maddox on the bench before the final gun so Wrangell kept pouring in points until about four minutes to go before substi- tuting.
 Wrangell ended the game lead ing 55-43 and with four fouls on all it's mainstays except Maxand (3) and Schwartz Schwartz, who plays driving game, was benched for five personals.
 Although more fouls were called the second night, 29 on each team, the game was much better ball for both teams, with fewer heated words and smoother ball handling