Article mentions Waseca’s 1918 state basketball championship
I have a Google Alert set for “Waseca.” Today I got a Google Alert for a Albert Lea Tribune article that mentions Waseca’s 1918 state basketball championship. The article recounts how, in 1919, Albert Lea beat the Waseca team twice and went on to become state champions that year.
“About the time World War I was ending in the late fall of 1918, the Albert Lea team started off its season with an impressive 69-14 win over the Osage, Iowa, basketball team.
The next two games were with Waseca and won with scores of 16-11 and 19-11. These were significant victories because Waseca had won the 1918 tournament and was considered to be the top basketball team in the state.”