PHS Ties With Anchorage For Railbelt Title
Moose fo Play Tonight •
In Opening Round of
Rendezvous Tourney
The Palmer High School quin
tet playing the Fairbanks Hign
School Malemutes will lead off
the Fur Rendezvous Western
Alaska High School Basketball
tournament when they meet on
the Anchorage High School court
tonight in the opening round of
the annual tourney. The Valley
team was scheduled to leave here
this afternoon for Anchorage
where they will also play tomor
row night. The Palmer High
School quintet will stay over at
Anchorage tonight for the Satur
day game. Assignments of teams
in the Fur Rendezvous tourna
ment were made in a public draw
ing which was held February 8.
The Anchorage High School
Eagles will also play in the open
ing round of the tournament to
night when they face Seward in
the other Class A assignment.
Members of the PHS team who
will go to Anchorage are Harvey
Hiber, Ed Thuma, Gus Klem,
Dick Geiwitz, Bob Lacher, Chuck
Milles, Wes Eckert, Bob Harris
and Vic Loyer.
The Palmer Moose, co-cham
pion of the Railbelt Conference
with Anchorage High School, will
go into the game tonight seeking
more laurels in one of the most
successful basketball seasons the
Valley quintet has so far enjoyed
in its history. The team will take
no chances tonight with Fair
banks, although the Malemutes
wound up in the cellar in the
Railbelt Conference with 12 con
secutive losses.
The Palmer High School team
returned to the Valley Tuesday
they played the final two games
of this week from Seward where
of the Railbelt Conference on last
Saturday and Monday of this.
week. The team lost to Seward
Saturday night with a final score
of 39-36. On Monday night Pal
mer defeated Seward 32-31, tying
the Moose with Anchorage for
first place standing in the Con
ference.
On Saturday night, Palmer got
off to a slow start and “never did
really find themselves at home on
the Seward court.” The Sea
hawks got an early lead and at
the half were ahead 20-10. In the
fourth quarter the Moose surged
forward in a rally in which they
stacked up 12 points. Nine of the
11-man string were sent into the
game by Coach Robert Crites.
Harvey Hiber, Edison Thuma and
Chuck Milles divided scoring
honors with several of the subs
also scoring. Ronnie Lewis was
high man on the Seward team
with 15 points.
On Monday in the final confer
ence game of the season, Palmer
squeezed Seward out of victory
by one point with a final score of
32-31 by making two free throws
count in an overtime period. The
game was tied 30-30 at the end
of the fourth quarter.
Chuck Milles made two quick
baskets for Palmer at the very
onset of the game. Hiber was
right behind Milles with three
field goals, pushing Palmer ahead
10-3 at the end of the first quar
ttr. At the end of the half Pal
mer continued to lead Seward,
19-10. The Seahawks rallied in
the third quarter with four field
goals holding Palmer down to
►
only one free throw.
In the fourth quarter Palmer
fought through eight minutes of
losing and gaining the lead, to
end the quarter with the score
deadlocked at 30-30. In the over
time period, Lewis on the Seward
team made good a free throw.
Bob Lacher evened the score
again with a free throw. Victor
Loyer also made a free throw to
end the game with a final score of
32-31. Lewis was high man for
Seward with 12 points. Hiber and
Milles of Palmer each had 10
points with Lacher scoring six
points.
Anchorage and Palmer will not
play off the tie for co-champion
ship of the Railbelt Conference,
Coach Crites said here on his re
turn from Seward Tuesday.
In the Fur Rendezvous Tourna
ment Class B division which will
also start playing this afternoon,
Wasilla and, Kodiak City High
School drew byes. Cordova faces
Nome and Kodiak NOB High
School will take on Valdez in
tourney openers.
Finals in Class A are scheduled
for Tuesday, February 20, the
Class B championship to be de
cided a night later. Anchorage
and Kodiak C'ty teams are de
fending champions. As in the
past, the tournament will again
be a double elimination affair.
Winners of the Western Alaska
championship will meet the
Southeastern champions for the
All-Alaska title after the Ren
dezvous tournament. This year
the Alaska playoffs are scheduled
to be played in Western Alaska.
The winner of the Rendezvous
Class B title has the right to chal
lenge the Class A champion for
the right to meet the southeastern j
champions. *
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TWO LOCAL TEAMS
TO PLAY VALDEZANS
TONIGHT. SATURDAY
The Rockets, women’s basket
ball team of the Valley and the
Matanuska hotel team were sched
uled to leave last night for Val
dez where double-header games
will be played both tonight and
tomorrow night at the seaport
town. Members of the teams and
local rooters will drive to Valdez
for the games, Clair Stock, man
ager of the Rockets, said today
in making the announcement.
Members of the Rockets who
will go to Valdez include Bonnie
Bettini, Lucille France, Donna
France, Karen Bryant, Vi Stacey,
coach, Georgia Stewart, Bobby
Joe Hemmer, Elsie Corey, Irene
Vasanoja, Barbara Hecker and
Jean Smith. Clair Stock, manager
of the Rockets, and Dale Roetman,
manager of the hotel team, will
also make the trip.
The Rockets and hotel teams
were hosts last week end to the
Imperial Women’s teams and
Moose men’s basketball teams
here from Cordova. The Rockets
were defeated by the visitors
with the local hotel men’s team
winners of both of their games.
Double-headers were played both
Friday and Saturday nights. On
Friday the score for the women’s
team was 47-40, favor of the Cor
dova Imperials. On Saturday
night the final score was 42-35,
also in favor of the visiting wom
en’s team.
The hotel team defeated the
visiting Cordova Moose on Friday
night, 52-37, and on Saturday the
score was close with 56-55, also
in favor of the hotel team. At the
end of the fourth quarter the
►score was 48-48 with the hotel
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team chalking up 8 additional
points in five minutes of overtime
play.
The Cordova teams and visitors
were also guests at social events
held here in their honor over the
week end. On Friday night the
Moose lodge of Palmer were hosts
at a party for the two teams and
Cordovans who had accompanied
them here. The party was well
attended by local Moose and their
ladies to greet the southeastern
ers.
On Saturday night the two local
teams and their various sponsors
here were hosts at a banquet for
the Cordova visitors held in the
Co-Op clubroom immediately fol
lowing the game. An overflow
crowd attended the party which
was highlighted by as sumptuous
a buffet as anyone could wish for.
All kinds of Alaskan and local
specialties were served, including
turkey, moose meat, chicken,
baked ham and salads.
Mr. Stock said that the teams
and sponsors wished to extend
their appreciation to the Valley
people for the fine way in which
“they backed up the local teams
in entertaining the visitors.”
There were approximately 40
members of the teams and root
ers who made the trip here on
two Pacific Northern Airline
planes. The Cordovans expressed
themselves by saying they
“thought they had had good times
when Palmer came to Cordova
but the hospitality they received
here was even better.”
On March 2 and 3 the Rockets
and hotel teams will travel to
Cordova for games with the Im
perial and Moose teams on their
own courts. Two PNA DC-3’s will
be chartered for the trip to Cor
dova, Mr. Stock said in making
I the announcemnt. The planes will
J take off from Palmer airport and
i any of the Valley people who
| would like to accompany the
; teams may do so. If enough res
1 ervations are made, additional
planes can be arranged for he
said.
Extensive plans for the enter
tainment of Palmerites at Cor
dova are under way with the invi
tation extended by the Cordovans
to the local teams to coincide with
the tides there so that clam dig
ging and crab fishing parties can
be arranged especially for the
Valley visitors.
Reservations for the trip to
Cordova may be made with Clair
Stock, Dale Roetman or Neal
Wright. The round trip fare has
been set at a very reasonable fig
ure, Mr. Stock said.
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