05/29/2020
Growing up in Valley City in the mid-to-late-90s, Hi-Liner basketball was life and names like Hurliman, Coles, Aeilts, Thornton, Brand, Keller and Boschee were legendary, even though they likely sat behind you in study hall or were finishing up their math homework along the locker bank next to you before class. Sure, being a smaller market squad, much like the Minnesota Twins, our team came up short of going all the way to the state title during my four years as a vocal member of the infamous Rat Pack (the “cheering” section which often found itself banned from games by school administrators) but those gritty scraps with rivals like West Fargo, Jamestown and Wahpeton on Tuesdays and Fridays, top finishes in the EDC tournament and two trips to the state tourney (and a third which I flew home for from college in Florida, my freshman year) made each winter indelible in my memory, and made me love those days even more. [ 428 more words ]
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Growing up in Valley City in the mid-to-late-90s, Hi-Liner basketball was life and names like Hurliman, Coles, Aeilts, Thornton, Brand, Keller and Boschee were legendary, even though they likely sa…
