Seward seaport record., 1953-12-18
Seohowks. Mo!emufes Euch Win One In
 Stewards Besf Series
By Coach Dalberg

III t"o 'OL lliS lllool
 games of basketball to be seen
 at the Civic Center in the past
 three years, the Seward High
 School SeahaWks split its two game series with the Fairbanks High School Malemutes. The SeahaWks lost the Friday night game in the last fifteen seconds when Bob Seabern calmly step ped to the free-throW line and sank two free throws to first tie up the game, and then after Pete Wagner had put the Sea hawks ahead again with a free throw, Bob again sank two free throws and later added another to give Fairbanks it's win 46-44. Kenny Bahr made a sensational shot just as the game ended. Shooting from well behind the center line, Kenny's shot car omed off the blackboard down into the basket, Whirled around a couple of times, and then spun out. If this shot had gone in, it would have taken ten minutes to get the overtime started, and definitely would have been the most spectacular shot ever to be seen in the Civic Center.
 Both teams played hard and clean and worked the ball well. The green, inexperienced Sea hawks put up good battle and perhaps with a little more game poise would have iced the game with two minutes 10 Go. Holding a two point lead at that time, they controlled the ball for well over a minute, and during that time, with a little more game saVvy would have broke through and scored to ice the game. How ever, they lost the ball and Fair banks was able to tie it up and then go ahead to win. Peter Wagner, playing a fine game, led the SeahaWks with IS points, followed by Zoe with II.
 The Saturday night game was an almost exact duplicate of Friday nights game, but this time the ScahaWks won the game in the last minute of play 43-41. The game was started rather slowly with both teams working the bali well but m- able to hit we'll on their shots. Fairbanks led at the end of the first quarter 9-8. In the second quarter, the Seahawks started hitting and led at half time 22- IT. The third quarter found the Malemutes hitting their stride and forging ahead 31-30 Early in the last quarter the SeahaWks got rolling again and built up a seven point lead, only to see the lead melt and with a minute to go the score was tied at 39- 39. A free throw by Gene Poe put Seward ahead 40-39, but Butcher promptly put Fairbanks ahead 4l-40 with a basket from the key. The SeahaWks took the ball back up the floor and Boe hooked in the winning basket with about Is seconds to go with driving left-handed hook shot. Fairbanks lost the ball out of-bounds, and then after Boe had driven in again for a shot which he missed but was fouled by Butcher, there was so much noise in the gym that none of the players heard the whistle and kept right on playing. After about 5-10 seconds play was finally stopped by another foul being called by the other off cial. After much discussion the matter was strengthened out and Foe was given two free-Shots, making one of them to put the game on ice. There was hardly time to put the ball in play, but Keturi did try a long-long shot which went way wild just as the buzZer sounded to end the game. A jubilant crowd surged onto the floor almost mobbing the even happier Seahawks. The team hoisted Coach Dalberg to their shoulders and carried him from the gym Gene Boe was high for Seward with IA points, Peter Wagner getting II and again playing a fine board game.
 These games proved that the Seahawks have q hard-playing. well-working quintet and are going 10 give inc other teams in the Railbelt lots of trouble this year. Although still green and inexperienced they display ed a good team spirit and atti- tude that is going 10 make ii an interesting team to watch. Come out and support inc team in the rest of the games this season. They still have long way to go but have already improved