Aurora High School - Northern Lights Yearbook (Aurora, MN)

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DISTRICT 27 CHAMPS Th1s 1S the year was the theme song around Aurora dur1ng the bas ketball season But when 1tCa.1'I'16 t1me for the tournament playoffs there wasn't such a sure feellng Too many Auroran's remembered other years when the chances looked good but the Blackhawks had lost FIVE tlmes 1n 15 years the team advanced as far as the f1nals but was then defeated Tuesday March 6 was the n1ght The Aurora Pep Club and the band were there before most of the tournament crowds had arr1ved The Gllbert Bucs record for the year had not been too 1mpress1ve but that meant noth1ng As soon as the game started the Pep Club and the Aurora fans began the1r contmuous cheer1ng The game seemed to be over before lt had begun Aurora had won They flew over the Bucs w1th the score of 86 59 The score of 86 broke prev1ous tournament scormg records All of us watched the other game breathlessly to see whom we would play V1rg1n1a scored over Tower Soudan and so V1rg1n1a was our next te st Dlsaster struck' Stan Plevell one of our most able guards and spark of the team was 1nJured and rumors were c1rculat1ng that he would be unable to play Some of the fans' hopes sunk others sa1d that Stan's 1nJury and 1nab1l1ty to play would make the team play harder They were rlght The Aurora Black hawks seemed to have some maglc control on the ball Countless records were broken B1ll Wrage scormg 40 po1nts broke the record that had been prev1ously held by Colosomo of Eveleth Stan was able to play for a short wh1le that n1ght and upon enter1ng the game was cheered by all the fans The b1g test Aurora to play Ely for the champ1onsh1p of D1str1ct 27 A the team warmed up you could sense the t1ghtness and nervousness of the Hawks The Blackhawks look1ng so sober wh1le warmmg up caused many people to say I w1sh I could go on the floor and help them Anervous tensmon also exlsted the only t1me they were ahead of Aurora They came as close as four pomts behlnd at one po1nt but that was all The game went on and yet no one dared say We've got the game A surge from Ely was st1ll poss1ble Fmally the buzzer sounded endlng the game Tears of happlness and excrtement cheer 1ng and huggmg were all m1xed 1n together The ushers held back the crowd whlle the trophles and prctures taken but the students couldn't stand lt any longer There was a. b1g surge of h1gh school students and town fans movmg out on the floor Everyone hugged the players and all faces were gleam1ng w1th happmess Aurora had flnally won after wa1t1ng slnce l927' The score 90 68 broke the prevlous record of the G1lbert game After the game the hlgh school students and the team met at Rob1nson's Cafe where areceptron was prov1dedfor the team Town's people came m and congratulated them There s1tt1ng on one of the tables was the most beaut1ful slght the trophy It was earned by the fmest group of players you could ever want to see B111 Wrage D1ck Thompson Stanley Plevell Eddme Be r d1ce George Polus Rodney Kestl Jerry K1skensen Fred Zuponc1c Steve Engst Dav1d Er1kson D1ck Fontecchxo Bruce Johnson and Peter Jurkov1ch Aurora H1gh School takes 1ts hat off to you' And Coach Tom Reagan Aurora H1gh School takes off a speclal hat to you' 9 I' 1 1 -.---' ' Q . , - a s . . . . , among the fans. The game began, and Ely put in the first basket. That was . . D 0 3 ,, . . . , 1 . n u ' , n , . . , . : . , .. i , , . . . , 9 1 I f I 4

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