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Abbotsford T ribune Published in Abbotsford Thursday, January 22, 1953
Abbotsford upsets Phillips Abbotsford High School’s Ramblers accomplished a major upset Thursday night when they edged Phillips 34-33, in a game that got off to a slow start. Until Thursday night’s game, Abbotsford shared the bottom spot in the northern division, while Phillips, with a 4-1 record, remained the only serious challenger to Medford’s unbeaten Red Raiders.
Abbotsford’s 1-3 zone defense aimed at stopping Phillips’ sixfoot, five-inch center, Dan Cress, stymied the Loggers throughout the first quarter. In spite of a number of good opportunities to shoot, the other four Logger starters refused to do so, trying, instead, to work the ball in to Cress. As a result, Abbotsford led at the quarter, 7-3. In the second quarter, both teams picked up more points, and the half ended with Abbotsford ahead 21-15. Abbotsford made eight of 17 shots in the first two periods.
Play in the third quarter resembled closely the action of the first period, with Abbotsford out in front by eight as the fourth quarter started. Phillips began finding the range and gradually whittled away the Abby lead. With three minutes to go, it was 32-31 in Abbotsford’s favor. Then Amacher and Alexader coined free throws to make it 3431. Cress broke loose for a bucket with 40 seconds left but that ended the game. DuWayne Kalepp and Louis Janda sparked the Rambler offense with 11 and eight points, respectively.
The Tribune-Phonograp h Published in Colby Thursday, January 18, 1973
Colby girl gets trophy Susie Pfefferkorn, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Dolf Pfefferkorn, Colby was presented a state award trophy for finishing first in the La Crosse Diocese “Keeping Christ in Christmas” poster contest sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.
To attain the honor, Susie finished first in the local contest, then finished first in the district contest at Thorp and took top honors at the diocesan level.
A sixth grader, she was entered in competition among other students in grades 4 to 6. Second place winner in that category on the local level was Jan Waldhart of St. Louis Catholic Grade School, Dorchester and third place winner, Lynn Hanne, of the Colby upper elementary school. The contest was also held for students in grades one to three. First place winner was Danny Strohkirch of Colby lower elementary; second Pam Ramminger, grade 3, Colby grade school, and third place, Kathleen Jagodzinski, grade 2, Colby lower elementary.
More than 200 posters were entered in the local contest, sponsored by St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus Council 5127.
Paul Firnstahl, youth director for the Colby KC council, was in charge of the poster contest. He said local contestant winners will receive trophies at an awards night ceremony planned for February.
