Cokato's Hoopsters

Museum Staff. "Cokato's Hoopsters." In The Midst Of. Cokato Historical Society. (December, 2023) vol. 43, no. 5.

Cokato High School Boys' Basketball team, 1922. Philip Wagner, Gustaf Bongfeldt, Simon Anderson, Willard Holmquist, Earl Berg, Raymond Halvorson, Walter Hasti, Lloyd Johnson, Clifford Hedberg, Mr. S. Carroll Simonson, Coach. Photograph by Gust Akerlund.

​​Cokato High School boys basketball team was formed when the girls team disbanded in 1904, and the sole basketball was now up for grabs. Their first game was played outdoors against Howard Lake, resulting in Cokato losing 13 to 19. The next few years were developing years, with varying amounts of interest from the Cokato boys. Eventually, in 1907, Cokato basketball became an official varsity sport. The first game was played in Stevenson Hall, and resulted in a loss to the Acme Athletic Club.

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