27 - Two Tales of Perfection - Softcover

Steinmeyer, Gene

9780989291507: 27 - Two Tales of Perfection

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0989291502 ISBN 13: 9780989291507

Publisher: Malika Sport Tours, 2013

The Southeast Nebraska countryside was shocked in the winter of 1958 by the killing spree of Charles Starkweather and his young girlfriend, Carol Fugate. The other headlines that dominated the local news were from the Clatonia Cardinals boys' basketball team. An amazing collection of talent and a first-year, hard-nosed coach barreled their way to a perfect season and a Class D championship. Twenty-five years later, much had changed. The internet was invented during the winter of 1983, although it wouldn't become a bousehold name for several years. Clatonia high School had consolidated with the Wilber School District. The old Clatonia school had been torn down, but the gym was spared. Changes were everywhere, but the dominance of the Wilber-Clatonia girls' basketball team was wwrily similar to the 1958 Clatonia boys' team. The Wolverines would earn a Class C championship. This is a story of championships, individual triumphs, and tragedies that characterizedthe 1958 and 1983 basketball teams. It tells of the common threads between the two teams from the school. The story is shown through the eyes of the author, who was emotionally attached to both teams, but in much different ways.

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