Basketball Notes for March 11, 2008
Tue, 11 Mar 2008 8:42:15 CDT

Basketball Notes March 11, 2008

THE IOWA NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION HAS NAMED THEIR ALL STATE TEAMS, AND 2 FOREST CITY INDIANS HIGHLIGHT THE CLASS 3A TEAM. SENIOR BRETT PUTZ WAS NAMED TO THE FIRST TEAM, WHILE SOPHOMORE BROTHER TYLER PUTZ WAS NAMED TO THE THIRD TEAM. OTHER NORTH IOWA ALL STATERS INCLUDE SENIOR RYAN BRANDT OF ALGONA HIGH BEING NAMED TO THE CLASS 3A THIRD TEAM, AND RYAN STOCK OF SCMT WAS NAMED TO THE FIRST TEAM IN CLASS 1A. IOWA CITY, CITY HIGH'S MATT GATENS, A 6' 4" SENIOR WAS NAMED MISTER BASKETBALL FOR THE STATE OF IOWA BY THE ASSOCIATION. GATENS WILL PLAY FOR THE HAWKEYES NEXT SEASON.
WELCOME HOME
THE COMMUNITY IS INVITED TO ATTEND THE WELCOME HOME CELEBRATION FOR THE FOREST CITY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM THIS THURSDAY NIGHT, MARCH 13TH, AT 6:30 PM AT THE FOREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL GYM. THIS IS YOUR FINAL CHANCE TO CONGRATULATE THE BOYS ON SUCH A FINE SEASON, AND TO SEE THE 4TH PLACE TROPHY AND SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD THAT FOREST CITY WON AT STATE. EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND.
TOURNAMENT WRAPUP
THE FOREST CITY INDIANS SEASON CAME TO A CLOSE WITH A 4TH PLACE FINISH AT THE STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AS THEY FELL TO ADM OF ADEL IN THE 3RD PLACE GAME 79-45. ADM SHOT 78% FROM THE FLOOR IN THE FIRST QUARTER, INCLUDING 8-9 FROM THE 3 POINT ARC TO BLITZ THE INDIANS AND TAKE A 33-13 LEAD. BRETT PUTZ LED THE INDIANS WITH 17 POINTS, WHILE TYLER PUTZ HAD 15 TO LEAD THE INDIANS, WHO CLOSE OUT A FINE SEASON AT 24-2. THERE WILL BE A WELCOME HOME FOR THE BOYS THURSDAY NIGHT AT 6:30 PM IN THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM. ALL FOREST CITY FANS ARE INVITED TO COME WELCOME HOME THE BOYS THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.
DUBUQUE WAHLERT HAD THE MOST FANTASTIC FINISH TO A TITLE GAME SINCE 2002 WHEN THEY DEFEATED HARLAN 70-67 ON A BUZZER BEATING 3 POINTER BY ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM CAPTAIN ERIC MAY. WAHLERT LED BY 4 67-63 WITH 15 SECONDS TO GO IN THE GAME WHEN HARLAN HIT A LAYUP, STOLE THE ENSUING INBOUNDS PASS, AND HIT A SECOND LAYUP TO TIE THE SCORE AT 67 ALL. WAHLERT CALLED TIMEOUT, AND 2 SECONDS WERE PUT BACK ON THE CLOCK. A LONG PASS TO MAY ALLOWED HIM TO TURN, AND SHOOT IT FROM 35 FEET.
IOWA CITY, CITY HIGH WON THE CLASS 4A TITLE OVER DAVENPORT CENTRAL 64-54. CITY HIGH IS ONLY THE SECOND SCHOOL TO WIN BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL TITLES IN THE SAME SEASON. WINFIELD-MOUNT UNION PULLED IT OFF IN 1995.

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