Brady High School - Bulldog / Spotlight Yearbook (Brady, MT)

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cut n unient The Sixth Annual Border Invitational or Small School Basketball Tourna- ment was held at Brady January 26-27. International color, begun a year ago, was continued by the inclusion of Coutts, Alberta, whose boys played with Sweet Grass to form the Monalta team. Another attraction was the team representing the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind at Great Falls. Oil- mont, Sunburst, Valier and the host school constituted the other entries. District Judge R. E. Hattersley conducted the drawing at the Conrad-Brady basketball game January 20. In the first round Valier defeated Oilmont 53-7 while Brady downed the State Silents in a hard-fought match 35-21. Sunburst then defeated Monalta 40-32 to finish the first day's games. Saturday morning Valier furnished the iirst tournament upset in defeating Brady 45-30. Brady had been selected for first place by the dopesters. Sunburst then defeated Oilmont 36-23 and Monalta outplayed the Silents to win 43-20. Saturday evening Brady won over Monalta in the consolation finals to take third place and again Valier was party to an unexpected upset, this time their defeat in an overtime game by Sunburst, 28-26. Weather was ideal, roads were excellent and wins and losses throughout the season about even. This helped to pack the gymnasium at each session. The final night it was necessary to put chairs on the playing floor to accom- modate the crowd. Trophies were presented by President Peterson of the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind to Sunburst as winner of first place; Valier, second place, and Oilmont, the basketball. Girls' Pep Clubs of several schools added much to the entertainment and enthusiasm by their floor formations, yells and songs. 24