Alex Aces a smashing success in St. Cloud

By John Herdan
Cathedral Correspondent
Last night was the big night, the Alexandria Aces performed at half time of the St. Cloud Cathedral boy's basketball game. They were a smashing success. The crowd went nuts.
Both basketball teams came out of the locker room to watch. One of the parents said this was one of the best crowds they had performed for. They even got a huge ovation after the game when they came up the step from the lower level to the lobby.
I spent quite a bit of time with the Alex folks before the game and discovered that there were 3 or 4 of us that lived on Lake Latoka including Coach Larry Novotny. Larry lives right next to new interim Alex Superintendent Terry Quist (class of ?69? or so).
Larry's dad, Henry Novotny, was a partner in Steinbring Chevrolet when they opened in Alex in 1965. In fact, his dad sold me my first car, a metallic blue 1969 350 Camaro. He took darn good care of me too. If I have all of these people straight, Larry's wife is the daughter of Buzz Sonstegard who I believe taught at the high school and then moved to the tech school.
I thought I would pull the old "cub reporter" trick (bel0w) and get my picture taken with the real stars of the show therefore giving me my 15 seconds of fame.


John
Tom Obert writes: John Herdan has earned the sobriquet, Cub Reporter!! Outstanding job covering the Alexandria Aces. The original cub reporter can't recall whether or not he reported his attempt at covering the Aces at the Gopher women's basketball game against Michigan. Having made the long trip to Williams Arena, we were shocked when the Aces didn't appear for a halftime. When we later talked to some of the Aces at their last performance at Big Jeff, we learned that the "U" hit them with kind of a last minute cancellation. Since that time, the Gopher women's basketball team has floundered. Coincidence? I think not.