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WILDCATS WIN THIRTEENTH TUTThe old thrifceen jinx which has a lot of people worried at times, had no effect on the Ohecofcah Wild_ eat$ basketball team the past weett when they won their thirteenth game out of foawiteen starts for one 01 uwf greaij records of the school's his.tory.The ’Gat® took their twelfth game of the season last h'ritiiay night as Sallisaw, when, the Black Diamonds •took «a 27 to 16 trouncing from the visitors. Tom Miner led the scor.4dag against the Diamonds with IB poinjts, which he (gathered on eight fi£tli goals and a couple of charities* Oar! Barker counted one field goal,T .Bear got two an-d a couple of free tossses, and D. Emerson hit the basket for .a one point counter. There was no tie during the game wfhen the Cats were in danger and it proved tan, easy victory. The 'Checotah girls team won the curtain raiser by defeating the Sallisaw lass, es 49 to 20.On Monday evening of ,this week! tihe .pats took their thirteenth conference game from the Sequoyah Indians 31 to 25 in an iat_home tilifc which was a 7 to 7 tie at the end of the first quarter. The sec_ond quarter ended with the Cats in the lead 15 to 10. At the end of the third period the score was 27 to 17 favoring the Wildcats. The locals'counted ten more in the last stanza and the visitors added njne.•liner agiin led the Cats in scoring, with nine field goals and three charities. Bear was sext with three from the field for six points and Dixom courted four points in two field goals.i he • ''\h ft' uad have but onemore p;a:ne to play. against Eu. fa/ula or. Tuesday night ,February2H, at *' ifaula. The outcome of i tlhis meeting will have no bearing on j the conference title, since the Wild., cats have long since won the title for this seaison.
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Checotah News
Checotah, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Feb 23, 1950
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