Annual Steve Pfeiffer Memorial Tournament takes place Sunday afternoon
The annual Steve Pfeiffer Memorial 3-on-3 Boys and Girls Basketball Tournament was held on 9th Street on the west side of Mountain Lake City Park on Sunday afternoon, June 15 as part of the 80th annual Pow Wow celebration.
Following are some photos of a few of the plays – and the basketball players who made them.
Photos by Jill Langland.
BEN GREV, WHO will be a senior at Mountain Lake Public High School this fall – and is a member of the Mountain Lake Area boys basketball Wolverines – draws to a stop, jumps and takes a shot at the hoop.
BROOK SUNDERMAN, RIGHT, looks to find an open teammate to which to pass the ball over the outstretched arm of the opponent guarding her.
TAYLOR NAAS TAKES the dribble to her left hand.
FORMER MOUNTAIN LAKE Christian (MLC) Bears boys basketball player, Jacan Simon, left, is being guarded closely by Mountain Lake Public School alumni and former Wolverine, Kyle Schroeder, right.
ANOTHER MLC grad and once-upon-a-time Bears boys basketball player, Daniel Bargen, is in full concentration mode.
MOUNTAIN LAKE PUBLIC High School alumnus and a Wolverine who played in the 2012 Minnesota State Class A Boys Tournament, Cody Penner, slices between defenders Daniel Bargen, back and David Ewert, front, on his drive to the bucket.
THEY WERE WOLVERINE girls basketball teammates this past winter sports season, but on this 3-on-3 tourney day, Signey Stoesz, left and Whitney Klassen, right, were playing on opposing teams.
KATIE LOEWEN, A MLC graduate and former Bears girls basketball player, left, goes face-to-face with the opponent guarding her, Wolverine girls basketball player Liana Blomgren.
KARL WASSMAN, LEFT, plays “keep away” with Kyle Thiessen, right.
BILLY SOUTTHIVONG WEARS his opponent on his back as he goes up for the shot.
NATHAN DUKES, LEFT, takes a big stride and holds the ball in both hands in order to avoid the outstretched arm of Ryan Brandts, right, who is trying to knock it loose.
KYLE THIESSEN, LEFT, drives around Ryan Brandts, right, in order to get a little space, perhaps enough to take a shot.
