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Newspaper
Murray Eagle
Location
Murray, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1929
Page
8
Granite School fundraiser efforts begin with plans to send the championship basketball team to Chicago. Autographed by star players, the prized ball will be awarded to a buyer of 000 all-day suckers. Proceeds support the play production class and upcoming show on March 27 under Mrs. Wiles with sponsor Pom e Koo.
Despite incomplete preparations, funds and supplies are being gathered to assist the team bound for Chicago. Additional contributors are enroute, aiming to finalize arrangements soon.
Catherine Craig's poem "Hope" won 85.00 prize from Mrs. Maud Chegwidden for Tro Lita Club best poem. Judges praised near perfect rhyme and composition. Honorable mention went to poems by Trobert Line. Lowell Morgan's "Thinking of Spring" also noted.
A clipped interview outlines Granite and other teams entering Utah’s first state basketball meet in 1908. It traces early organizers, shifting venues, round robin formats, and the move toward a sixteen team tournament by 1921, noting financial highs and lows and key figures like James Moss and Wesley Barton.
A fragmented report describes a Granidlan student leading a team to a state championship. The chaotic scene features cheering fans, improvised celebrations, and a final shot that sealed the victory amid noisy obstacles and crowd reactions.
The game featured Dixie leading 22 to 15 early, with Granite rallying to pull ahead as the crowd urged a Granite win. Amid frayed nerves and disputed control, Granite seized a late point advantage, the gun signaling a decisive finish as Granite secured the win amid noisy stand remarks.
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