Bud's girl in winning Cardinal clash

The hated Willmar Cardinals face the beloved Alexandria Cardinals tonight to decide the conference basketball championship. Both teams are 11-1. Among the warriors will be our classmate Bud Bruzek's daughter, Gracie, driving hard in this photo supplied by Tom Obert.

Obert won't be attending -- he'll be at the last home girls hockey game tonight, doing the announcing for Senior Night.


Update from Obert:
In the 2nd meeting of the year between the 5th-ranked Willmar Cardinals and the 6th-ranked Alexandria Cardinals (I think I got that right), our girls basketball team prevailed at Willmar on a layup with 3 seconds left by Kate Gearman. We weren't there, but it sounds like it was another barn burner. We got in the car just as Dave Harris was announcing the final 15 seconds of the game on the radio. Our Cards had lost three players to fouls, two of our bigs, Angela Christianson and Alli Haar, and player-of-the-game, Lauren Trumm. Without having heard the game, I assume it was again a game of contrasting styles - our speed v. Willmar's size (a 6'4", 6'2", and 6'1" front line, which is a lot bigger than the boys Alexandria team in 1965.).