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Referee—Ralph Wetrick, Huron college.Florence WinsoS'£ft]FsjyjLittle 8 MeetThird Annual Tournament Iso:Successful Event; GamesHotly Contested \nbFLORENCE, Feb. 9.—(Special)-—One of j nthe most interesting athletic events ever staged in this section of South Dakota I ir was the third annual Little Eight con- I elt; ference basketball tournament. txFlorence high school won the champ- | u] ionship with Garden City taking runner-up laurels. Butler was awarded the consolation trophy and Henry the sportsmanship plaque. IThe high light of Saturday games was C the hard fought encounter between Gar- a den City and Henry. Both teams were | P« tournament favorites and Henry was out to even up two previous defeats of the 1 Viseason, losing by one point in each case. 1 trThe score was close throughout al- tl though Garden City managed to keep in ir the lead. The Henry Owls threatened to j fttie the score in the second hSfif but failed to close the gap. The game ended 23 to P26 for Garden City. 1-The final game between Garden City n and Florence proved to be a most excit- b ing contest. Florence took the lead at ft the start and held it until a few minutes h before the half ended when the Green ' Dragons managed to forge ahead with a ™ *core of 10-12. Both teams showed real championship form and it was a battle h from start to finish. Florence again took slt; the lead in the third quarter piling up a w four point lead, the score being 16-20. Plt; Both teams battled to the finish and a n real brand of basketball was displayed, it The final whistle found Florence in thelead with a score of 27-24.Tne game between Florence and Lily si was very much one sided, Florence tak- Ing the lead from the start and keeping nr well in the lead throughout. The game was rather tame, after the contest be- fc tween Garden City and Henry preceding y it. The game ended with Florence lead-ing by a score of 35 to 10. r;The fast Butler aggregation swamped uthe Raymond five early in the game and e; soon piled up a large' score. \ feature of n the game was the usual fighting spirit of the losers, who were always in the midst yt of the fray despite the disheartening lead st of the victors. Butler substituted freely u during the last quarter and the game C(ended 16-42. rj
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Huron Evening Huronite
Huron, South Dakota, US
Tue, Feb 09, 1932
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