Thirty years ago, the Austin Packers played in the Class AA (largest school) Minnesota State Boys Basketball Tournament. A reunion of that team is scheduled for this Friday, with introductions of the 1981 team at halftime of the current Packers’ regular season finale against Rochester Century.
In the lead-up to the reunion, we’ll be posting highlights from the 1981 tournament. This post includes video from the second-half comeback against top-ranked Minneapolis North, while today we offer first-half highlights from the semifinals against another undefeated team, Chaska:
Upcoming posts include:
- Tuesday: Second-half highlights from the Chaska game
- Wednesday: First-half highlights from the championship game against Anoka
- Thursday: The second half of the championship game
- Friday: Video from the player introductions and medal ceremony
Turnout for Friday’s reunion looks to be really strong. Here’s who we have confirmed as attending so far:
- Aase, Lee
- Anderson, Bill
- Anderson, Bruce
- Gabrielson, Randy
- Hallum, Rob
- Haugen, Jeff
- Jacobs, Brian
- Jensen, Rod
- Justice, Steve
- Longueville, Joe
- Murphy, Pat
- Nepp, Doug
- Pesonen, Mike
- Stevens, Al
- Stilwell, Deryk (who gets the travel award, as he is coming from Knoxville, Tennessee)
More to come…
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