Vaster's famed 1973 team reunites

Fifty years ago, the Samuel Vaster High School Pirates took small-school basketball in Arkansas by storm and won the Class B state championship, ev...

February 12, 2023
2:56 AM

Fifty years ago, the Samuel Vaster High School Pirates took small-school basketball in Arkansas by storm and won the Class B state championship, eventually earning the right to take on long-standing power Little Rock Central in the finals of the second overall state tournament the Arkansas Activities Association conducted.Friday evening, after an ice storm that crippled Jefferson County, the boys from Moscow and surrounding communities came back to celebrate an important anniversary of their achievements.

I.C. Murrell