Stevens High School - Sabre Yearbook (Rapid City, SD)

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A week later showed that the Raiders 6 oouldn't pull out of their slump when the Belle Fourohe Broncs came down here to go back with a 66-55 Victory under their belts. ' On Jan. 24 the Black Hills conference sent the Lead Gold Diggers down to play the Raiders. In a hard fought overtime battle the 'Diggers went down 63-62. On their home court the Casper Natrona's Mustangs showed why they were ranked no. 1 in Wyoming as they ripped through the Raiders 80-55 on Feb. 6. In the second contest between the Lead 'Diggers and the Raiders, the Raiders came out on top again, but this time by a little wider ad- vantage. The final score was 66-59 on Feb. 21. . oouldnpt be prouderl Dave Gibson stretches to hit the ball to a team member, Mark Benner struggles to take the ball from an opponent, , 'ff-, I ff5.1ff ' ig 155

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156 Players exhibit skill On Feb. 12 the Raiders lost to their cross-town rivals in the second intra-city play-off. Although the Cobblers managed to keep the lead pretty much throughout the game the Raiders moved up to take the lead toward the end of the third quarter and man- aged to keep it up to the final three minutes of the game. Before 4,800 screaming fans the Cobblers pulled ahead of the Raiders and won the game 80-75. The Raiders traveled to Sioux Falls over March 5 and 6 for a return engagement with Washington and Lincoln. Playing Washington first again, they edged past the Warriors on a basket by Doug Oltmans in the very last seo- ond. The Raiders lost to the Lincoln Patriots with a 15 point margin. Avenging their earli- er loss the Patriots rolled over the Raiders 65-50. ' Dave Collins attempts a basket, closely guarded by a Cobbler, 2 , -'.. aw Doug Oltmans shows his agility as he tries to make a basket.