GROVE BLUE DEVILS WIN TRIP TO STATE TOURNEY

"JUBILANT Grove High basketball players hoisted coach Homer Spain on their shoulders and carried him off the floor last night after they had pulled a game out of the fire and won a trip to the state basketball tournament. the blue devils gained a two point victory after it appeared they were headed for defeat in the fourth period." PI Staff Photo by Charles Frazier (The Paris Post-Intelligencer, Friday, March 9, 1956)

Web Master's Note: By memory of two players the Grove High Blue Devils were down by seven points with a minute and forty-seven seconds to go and still won the contest by two points. In fact, according to the PI referenced above, they were down seven points with only a minute and twenty-nine seconds to go, but wiped out the seven point deficiency and presented a two point lead in the next 42 seconds. This is the third group in school history to earn a state tournament trip.

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