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U-qalmitaanka tartanka kooxaha dugsiyada sare ee dawlad-goboleedka ee isboorti kasta iyo xilli kasta waa guul aad u wanaagsan, maadaama guushani ay tahay mid la ixtiraamo oo ay wadaagaan kooxda lafteeda iyo sidoo kale taageerayaasha iyo taageerayaasha bulshada.

Hase yeeshee, marka ay timaaddo miyir-beelka ku xeeran tartan kasta oo dugsi sare oo ka tirsan gobolka Minnesota, waxaa laga yaabaa in aanay weligeed jirin, weligeedna jiri doonin, wax la mid ah dareenka gobolka oo dhan ee tartanka kubbadda koleyga ee dugsiga sare ee wiilasha la ururiyey sannadihii 1950-yadii iyo 60-aadkii. .

Muddo saddex maalmood ah oo lagu jiray bishii Maarso, 18,000 ilaa 19,000 taageere ayaa caadi ahaan soo buux dhaafiyay Williams Arena ee Jaamacadda Minnesota fadhi kasta, iyaga oo daawanayay riwaayadda ka dhacday tartan siddeed kooxood ah oo aan loo qaybin cabbirka dugsiga. Gobolka oo dhan, waxay u muuqatay, inay raacday ficilka iyada oo loo marayo baahinta telefishannada iyo raadiyaha iyo sidoo kale cinwaannada waaweyn ee wargeys kasta.

Dhexdhexaadinta "xilligan dahabiga ah," 1965-kii wiilasha Minnetonka, oo ka soo baxay xilli-ciyaareed la'aan sannadkii ka hor, waxay sameeyeen wax cajiib ah, oo aan macquul ahayn, waxay dhex mareen tartamada degmooyinka iyo gobolka ka hor inta aysan xilli ciyaareedka ku xirin horyaalka gobolka, kaga adkaaday Faribault, 71-60, ciyaarta horyaalka.

Jahwareerka maxalliga ah ayaa bilaabay inuu dhiso ka dib markii Skippers ay ka adkaadeen Edina 63-53 ee degmada 18 semi-finalka - waxoogaa naxdin leh tan iyo Edina ayaa laga yaabaa inuu ahaa midka ugu cadcad inuu ku guuleysto gobolka oo uu ka adkaaday Skippers laba jeer intii lagu jiray jadwalka shirka harada. Markii la gaaray finalka degmada, waxay u ekayd in Skippers ay noqon karaan koox aayaha, waxayna ku guuleysteen awood kale, Richfield.

"Uma malaynayo in anaga taageereyaal iyo arday ahaan aanu ka fikiraynay in aanu ka mid noqono gobolka marka ay degmooyinku bilaabmayaan, sababtoo ah waa in aanu ka tagnaa Edina iyo Richfield," ayuu yidhi 1965 madaxwaynihii fasalka MHS ee Don Mark, kaas oo aadi jiray ciyaar kasta hal keliya mooyee. sanadkaas, "Laakiin waxaan xasuustaa in qaar badan oo naga mid ah ay ku fekerayeen in haddii aan ka gudubno degmada, laga yaabo inaan fursad u helno. Ciyaartoyda kooxda ayaa runtii bilaabay inay kor u qaadaan, haddii mid iyaga ka mid ah ay xirto koox kale. , qof kale ayaa la iman lahaa ciyaar weyn."

Ka dib markii ay qabsadeen tartanka afarta kooxood ee Gobolka 5 oo ay ku shaabadeeyeen tigidhkeeda Williams Arena, hoopla wuxuu ka bilaabmay guud ahaan Degmada Dugsiga Minnetonka. Dibad-bax ka dhacay Dugsiyada Sare ee Minnetonka ayaa wiilasha u diray bartamaha magaalada Minneapolis iyo gurigooda inta badan toddobaadka, Hotel Curtis.

Paul Knight, oo ah weeraryahan ka tirsan kooxda ayaa yidhi: "Waxaan u malaynayaa inaan dhammaanteen garwaaqsanay in ku dhawaaqista xaaladdu ay ahayd wax gaar ah, laakiin ma hubo inaan ciyaartoy ahaan, fahannay baaxadda waxa ay noqon doonto in laga ciyaaro tartanka." , ayaa yidhi. "Waxaan ku degnay hoteelka Curtis oo xoogaa ka go'doonsan dhammaan xamaasadda. Dabcan, markii aan ku orday maxkamadda oo aan aragnay 18,000 oo qof, si fiican, nooc bay ku qarxisay."

Sida la xusay, Skippers, madaxa tababaraha Earl Christ iyo kaaliyaha Einer Anderson, ayaa soo galay xilli ciyaareedkii hore. Laakin dabayshu way dhaqaaqday oo waxay afuuftay dhawr ciyaartoy oo kooxdu ay ku bilaabatay 1964-65.

Mid iyaga ka mid ah wuxuu ahaa Knight, arday 6-foot-6 ah oo ka yimid Koonfurta California. Waxa uu xoojiyay safka hore oo ay ku jireen 6-foot-6 Bob Abel. Kooxdu waxay sidoo kale ku dartay Arthur "Buckey" Ives, oo ah waardiye fiiqan oo ku koray aagga Minnetonka laakiin sannadkii hore ku qaatay Wisconsin. Waxa uu ku jiray garoon dambe oo ay ku jiraan kubbad-hawlgale Jerry Marquardt.

" Helitaanka labadaas ciyaaryahan runtii way na caawisay," Austin ayaa yiri Ives iyo Knight. "Ka dibna si aad ugu guulaysato gobolka, si fiican waa wax aadan weligaa iloobi doonin."

Si loo fahmo macnaha magaca gobolka ee wakhtigaas, waa in la xasuusto in Dugsiga Degmada Minnetonka uu ahaa mid cusub, oo la bilaabay 14 sano ka hor iyada oo la isku daray dhowr degmo dugsiyo yaryar iyo Excelsior iyo Dugsiyada sare ee Deephaven. Xaafadaha qaxaya, xaafado yaryar, magaalooyin yaryar iyo dhul beereed badan ayaa ka kooban aagga.

"Waxaan u maleynayaa inay ahayd dhacdo xiiso leh oo loogu talagalay ardayda iyo sidoo kale bulshada," ayuu yiri Mark. "Intii ay ka iman lahaayeen Cottagewood, Deephaven ama Excelsior, dadku waxay ku faraxsanaayeen Dugsiga Sare ee Minnetonka iyo Dugsiga Degmada Minnetonka."

Dhanka Fasalka '65, Horyaalka Kubadda Koleyga ee gobolka ayaa ahaa "showpiece" sanadka guusha leh ee ma ahan kaliya ciyaaraha fudud, laakiin sidoo kale ruuxa dugsiga, dhacdooyinka bulshada iyo tacliinta, sida uu qabo Mark.

"Marka fasalkayagu isu yimaado ilaa maantadan la joogo, horyaalka kubbadda koleyga iyo sidoo kale duufaanta habeenkii ka horreeya Ballanqaadkeenna ayaa ah xusuusta ugu weyn," Sharon (Haley) Hermel, oo ah hoggaamiyihii hore oo maanta gacan ka geysta abaabulka kulannada fasalka, ayay tiri. Marka laga hadlayo ka qaybgalka tartanka lafteeda, waxay tidhi: "Kaliya waxaan xusuustaa waxa oo dhan inay ahaayeen kuwo fantastik ah, iyo dareemayaasha," ayay ku dartay ka qayb galka tartanka gobolka.

Ka dib markii horyaalku uu ku jiray buugaagta, Skippers waxay ku soo noqdeen Dugsiga Sare ee Minnetonka maalintii xigtay si ay u sameeyaan dhoola-tus ballaaran, oo ay dadku ku qulqulayaan waddooyinka maxalliga ah, Highway 7 iyo magaalada hoose ee Excelsior. Ciyaartoyda ayaa ka soo gacan haadiyay baabuurta dab damiska ee kor u kaxeeyay oo dhex maray dadweynihii badnaa iyo taariikhda deegaanka.