Mitchell High School - Warbler Yearbook (Mitchell, SD)

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.HA .E- '- - . ., , . .A . ' A .J v The next game played by the Kernels was one of the best, if not the best, games played during the entire tournament. It was this game which rated the Kernels, in the opinion of many people, the best team entered in the tournament. According to Mr. Daly, one of the referees, the Mitchell boys showed the best ball handling, the best passing, and the best defensive work, in this game, of any of the teams at Sioux Falls. This game will be remembered for a long time by the Mitchell fans. The Huron Tigers had been doped to take the state championship. They had defeated Mitchell in the last game of the conference season and were confident that they could do the same thing again. The Ker- nels, however, were undaunted. They knew that Huron had never seen them playing their best, and were quite confident they could drop the fast Tiger team. This game with Huron was almost a championship game. The Ker- nel defense held the Tiger team to a low score during the first half which ended giving the Tigers a 10-7 lead. This was typical of the score throughout the game. Neither team could score a greater margin until near the end of the game. The Kernel cagers would have led in the first half if they could have tallied with their free tosses. But that was a matter of small importance as far as the Kernels were concerned. Within thc first few minutes of play in the second half Gardner tallied with two field goals, putting Mitchell in the lead. The Tigers did not regain their lead at any time during the second half. In the last quarter Harkness was taken out of the game on personals, for the first time in his playing career. Even this loss could not discourage the in- spired Kernels. They whipped the conference champions by a 22-17 margin. The afternoon's game won the Kernel quintet the right to enter the finals of the state tournament. This historic Huron battle left the Ker- nels in a somewhat weakened condition for the night game. On the other hand, the Sioux Falls cagers had taken an easy game from Aberdeen in the afternoon and were still fresh for the finals that night. Draisey made the first point of the game. Neither team held a substantial lead during the first half. The teams seemed to be very evenly matched. But at the beginning of the third quarter the Kernels piled up an eight-point lead. Then Gardner was injured and was taken out of the game. Draisey and Barnes were both so tired that they had to leave the game for a short time. It was during this general period, while the Kernel regulars were recuperating, that the Washington High Warriors began their scoring spree. With only two and a half minutes of playing time left the Kernels were eight points behind. In approximately a minute the score was 34-32. The Warriors were still in the lead, but only by a two-point mar- gin. The Kernel cagers had staged a comeback unequaled by any team in the tournament. But the last few shots just wouldn't seem to go through the basket. The game ended with the score still at 34-32 in favor of the Sioux Falls team. Although the Sioux Falls team received the state championship, the Kernels had scored a greater victory in defeating Huron. The run- ner-up trophy was awarded to the Kernels and signified a satisfactory ending of one of the most successful basketball seasons in the history of Mitchell High School.

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