Trivoli Community High School - Memoir Yearbook (Trivoli, IL)

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The Macomb Tourney '26 Did we go to the Macomb Tournament? Boy! I'1l say we did. Mr. Wood and the boys left Trivoli at nine o'clock on Thursday morning, February 4 in two closed cars. The -thermometer was clown around ten above with rain and 'snow freezing on the windshield all day. We arrived in Peoria about a quarter of ten and at Canton about eleven o'clock. We pulled into Bushnell at twelve, ate dinner and arrived in Macomb in time to see the greater part of the first game in the afternoon which was scheduled at one o'clock. We left the last game early in order that we might eat early. We were scheduled to play Terre Haute at seven that evening and while we were at supper we got our first glimpse of them. They were all big heavy fellows and we immediately decided that we should have to go some if we beat them. ' We were staying at the Park Hotel through the tournament, we now received orders to go to our rooms and rest for an hour or two That game was a thriller. The boys got away to a slow start, Terre Hauge gain- ing several points lead. The boys came back and the score see-sawed back and forth until the last quarter when Terre Haute gained several points. Williams went out of the game for good in this quarter due to a 'tCharley Horse . The boys had shown plenty of fight in the earlier part of the game but now they came back with nothing left but the old school spirit which proved itself true blue. Terre Haute had three points lead with a minute and a half to go. The boys came back and tied the score which necessitated the playing of a three minute overtime period. The score re- mained tied for the greater part of this period when Dikeman made a foul. The game ended Terre Haute 19, Trivoli 20. We were now scheduled to play Versailles at eight the following evening. They were a strong team and we knew it. However, we spent the next day with compara- tive ease of mind, taking in all the games and enjoying ourselves. Several telegrams came in that afternoon from the school and faculty, showing that the old school spirit was cropping out there also. At eight p. m., we came on the f'loor determined to put forth our last effort. The game was on even terms in the first half 'but in the second half the boys steadily drew away from them, the score reading 10-.18 in favor of Trivoli. This put us in the semi-finals to play Brimfield the next afternoon at -two o'clocl:. We stood on even terms with Brimfield, having lost one game to them and taken one earlier in the season. The game however, was Brimfielcl's soon after the first quarter was over, due to several lucky shots and the hand of Fate. This gave us the chance to play Good Hope for third place that night. The Good Hope five had a strong aggregation but we had beaten them once previously in the season. The first half was on even terms, with Trivoli on the larger end of a short margin. In the second half the boys had no difficulty in holding their own and in adding a few more points. The score at the last gun stood 22-14 favor of Trivoli. We were the holders of the third place trophy, making the third consecutive year for this honor. We stayed at Macomb until the next morning which was Sunday and engaged in several pillow fights during the night, finally going to bed about four o'clock. We arrived home about half past one, all in the best of spirits. B. T., '26. Page Thirty-eight I The Memoir-1 MW i 93 I T. C. I-I. S. - - IQZQ 1 n6mn,i