Northern Arizona State Teachers College - La Cuesta Yearbook (Flagstaff, AZ)

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to the long regulation court, making it one of the best in Ari- zona. The Jerome boys were a little too much for the Normal boys who had not been playing an organized game. Theii- score was 14 to 8. The girls fared much better and defeated the hillside girls 32 to 16. On February 4th, the Lumberjacks met the Olson Ter- rible Swedes of Coffeyville, Kansas, in an exhibition game. The Swede game was the first of the season in which the Lumberjacks met a team above the high school grade, and in this game the boys worked together and showed the first real basketball skill displayed during the season. This starter gave the boys confidence, although the score was 35 to 13 against them. On February 10 the Round Valley teams came to Flag- staff and both teams put up fine games. The girls from up- state were fast and accurate, and although the Normal sex- tette played excellent ball the visitors triumphed 28 to 22. The boys ' game was a fast one from the starter ' s whistle. The mountain boys defeated the Lumberjacks on their home court and expected to do the same on the Normal floor. How- ever, our boys were ready for them and the whole game was a battle for every point. The tables turned in this game and the result was a 22 to 18 victory for Coach Roger ' s quintet. On Friday of the same week, Holbrook boys and girls came to Normal and were defeated easily by the Normal teams. The scores were 37 to 7 for the girls and 50 to 18 for the boys. The Olson Swedes played the Normal five again February 20, on their return trip, but this time the home boys held them to a much lower score, indeed, out-played them at stages of the game. The score was 28 to 45 in this game, the large score received by the Swedes being made mostly in the last periods of the game. This same evening the girls ' team met Clarkdale for one of the fastest games of the entire season. The visitors put up a good fight, but the Lumber j ills were the larger and worked hard, winning by a score of 33 to 12. The teams ended their season on the home floor February 28 when they met Prescott. The girls won the most decisive victory of the season, defeating Prescott by a score of 50 to 7. The boys were surprised to find the visitors faster and stronger than they expected but rallied in the last half and won by a 18 to 14 score. The boys ' team, upon completion of their regular schedule went to Phoenix to the Junior College tournament held there March 6 and 7. The Flagstaff boys had not done so well in former years at this meet but surprised the valley people by winning the first game played, from the Phoenix Indians. At a coachs ' meeting it was decided after the first day ' s game that the Phoenix Indians were the best of the defeated teams, which decision automatically places Flagstaff in third place. The second game was with Tempe, who had the strongest team in the tournament, and our boys were defeated. This trip to the south did more good for the school than anything else, probably, during the whole year, bringing the two sec- tions of the state into athletic relationship.