Kenai’s Battling Kardinals Win
Second Spot In Class B Tournament j
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Kenai Kardinals placed second
in the Western Alaska Class B
double elimination high school
basketball tournament, which
ended Saturday at EieUon Air
Force Base, Fairbanks, after sev
eral days of sensational playing.
Eiel son Ravens, hurt team of
the tournament, knocked off the
championship in a 48-42 victory
• ver the Kardinals in Saturday’s
play following an overtime win
over Keriai on Friday.
The Kodiak Bears placed third
in tournament competition.
Participating players on the
Kenai team were Mike Taurianen,
Boss Cooper, Charles Jackson,
Gary Davis, Larry Jordan, Gary
Martin, John Monfor, Mike Mc
Guire. Ernie Fletcher and Larry
Erickson. Larry Van Sky was
-tudent manager and Jim Even
son was coach.
Kenai 3 first action in the tour
nament was against the Seward
Seahnwks, last year's state Class
A and B champions. The Karel
inala defeated the defenders by
edging out the Seahawks in close
:-ee-saw playing ending with a
score of 48-46. In Kenai scoring.
Cooper made 22, Jordan 8, Jack
son 11, Davis 7 and Taurianen 5.
By knocking off the 19 61
champions. Kenai set up a key
meeting with the Eielson Ravens,
who had won two games by ident
ical secies the previous day in
defeating both Homer and Kodiak
teams in 66-40 victories.
KardinaJs reached the finals
bv routing the Eielson team 49
46. Kardmal scoring — Cooper
11, Jordan 4, Tart -on 2, Davis
16, Tauriainen 1 j and McGuire
2.
In double - >• •• play Fri
day, Kenai went down to defeat
in a 62-56 semi-final triumph for
the Ravens. Kardinal’s Charles
Jackson led Kenai scorers with
17 points. Other scoring for the
local team — Cooper 5, Jordan
10, Davis 14, Erickson 2 and
Tauriainen 7.
The championship game be
tween Eielson and Kenai was
played Saturday with the Ravens
winning Class B state honors by
ousting the Kacdinals in the 4th
quarter after an uphill battle all
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Kardinals had a 29-19 leadihy
half time hut Eielsen tied / the
score in the final frame #Tth on
ly 3:04 to go. Havens/ outed the
Kardinals in a whirlwind finish
in the final mofnents of the
game with the final win being
48-42.
Ross Cooper, Keriai center, end
ed the game with 20 points. The
six footer is a Senior and was an
all-star in last year’s Westeun
Alaska Class B Tournament. He
entered last week’s tournament
With an 18-point scoring average
for 19 games.
Kenai entered the tournament
this year with a starting lineup
led by Cooper and including Mike
Tauriainen, top rebounder carry
ing a 13-point per game average
into the competition; Gary Dav
is, floor generai and playing one
of the guard positions; Larry
Jordan, the other guard and one
of the top defensive men, and
Charles Jackson, a Senior and
good all-around player.
Junior Skiers
From Area Place
In Homer Races
Two junior skiers from the
Soldotna area placed in Homer
Winter Carnival Ski Races held
Feb. 10 and 11 and received
points in accordance with the na
tional junior ski program. They
were John Spencer, son of„A!it
and Mis. Dave Spencer, Baapver
Creek, and Scott McLane, son <*£
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley McLaney -
Ridgeway.
John brought home a first
place trophy in the slalom race
in the Mighty Mite No. 1 divi
sion and also came in third in
the down hill race,
Scott, entered in Mighty Mite
No. 2 division, won first place in
both slalom and down hill races
Participating in the junior no- -
vice division were Abby I.anca
shire, Chuck Whitney III, Jimmy
Hai-din, Francis Mullin, R. L.
Parker and Mike and Sam Me
Lane. Eileen Mullen broke her ski
in a practice run and could not
enter the competition.
More than 90 skiers from
Anchorage, Elmendorf, Homer,
Girdwood, Soldotna and Ridge
way participated in the races
which were sponsored by the Ka
chemak Ski Club. These races,
which are a part of the program
of the Pacific Northwest Ski
Assn., are qualification races
for the junior ski team which will
take part in the Regional Tourn
ament, Homer races are among.:
the three held in Alaska in which
points to the national program
may be earned. ~
Local skiers were accompan
ied by Mr. and Mrs. Dave Spen
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Lane and Mrs. Chuck Whitney,
Jr. They eturned full of enthu
siasm and praise for the Kuche
mak Club’s hospitality and man
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Kart Racers Meet
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Plan Tournament
A meeting of the Soldotna
Moose Gooscrs, local kart racing
group, has been called for 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 27, at the home of
Bill Gibbs in Soldotna. Plans arc
to be completed then for the
Kenai Peninsula Championship
Kart Races to be sponsored by
the group on March 3 and 4.
Movies on karting will be shown
an all barters and others inter
ested in the sport are invited to
attend, Gibbs said.
The Kenai Peninsula Champion
ship Kart Races are to be held in
connection with other activities
planned as added attraction dur
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ship Sled Dog Races to be run
between Kenai and Soldotna on
the same weekend.
Races will be run in three
Local Karters
Awarded Trophies
Two Soldotna Karting enthu
siasts won trophies and two
others placed in competition Feb.
22 against top drivers from all
over Alaska in sports events
held at Anchorage. They prev
viously had participator in prac
tice race held locally by the
Soldotna Moose Goo sens,
Harry Reger brought back a
trophy as second place winner in
B super class in which he enter
ed with a Twin M-C 10.
Bill Gibbs entered a Twin M
C -6 McCullough Kart in B stan
a trophy for placing second.
-Reger's son, Paul, placed fifth
'in “A Standard” classification
rith with -*'a Homelite 96.
Joey Girves in an M-C 20 Mc
Cullough Kart place in Super A
races.
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over a .7 mile course.
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each heat to cover approximate
ly five miles, Gibbs said. Two
heats will be run on March 3 and
one on March 4, beginning at
10:30 a.m. each day. Trophies to
be sponsored by the Soldotna
Moose Goosers will be awarded
in each classification.
Gibbs plans to plow the track
prior to the races which are to
be at Heath’s Lake on top of
Soidolna Hill.
There are 10 karts in the com
mimrty now and approximately
20 pereons in the leal organiza
tion. The coming races are anti
cipated to attract kartera from
other cities and from 10 to 15
contestants are expected. An en
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participation.
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be accepted and will be used for
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