balla45 wrote:Just a few questions.
1. Has a Class A player scored more than 29.9 points per game before?
2. Has a Class A player ever scored 1000 points in a single season?
Going back to my day, I'm thinking that Paul Presthus (sp.) and/or Phil Jackson may have exceeded the 29.9 per game their senior year, but probably not the 1,000 pt. season. As I remember, they both put up 30+ fairly often, and they had some epic battles when their teams played against each other. 1962 RHS boys champs honored
It’s been 50 years since they raised the trophy
March 30, 2012
By Carlan Kraft , Pierce County Tribune
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Fifty years ago the Rugby High School boys basketball team won the state championship title playing as a Class A team. On Friday night, March 9, members of the team, cheerleaders, team managers, and their coaches were honored during half time of the 2012 State Class A Tournament in Fargo.
The following is the account that was written by Carlan Kraft, a member of the team, and read at the ceremony.
"The Rugby Panthers entered the State Class A Tournament in March of 1962 as the number one seed out of the West with a 15-3 record.
In the first round of the tournament, the Panthers defeated Park River, 70-53. In the second round, the Panthers defeated Fargo, 57-51, when Paul Presthus scored 44 points and set a state tournament record.
The championship game pitted the Panthers against the Williston Coyotes for the third time during the season. The battles between Rugby, led by Paul Presthus, and Williston, led by Phil Jackson, were epic. The championship game ended, as had the previous Western Dakota games, with the Panthers winning. The Rugby Panthers prevailed over the Williston Coyotes by a score of 73-61 and brought home their first Class A State Championship
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