1963 Cloquet basketball trophy has home at museum

The 1963 Minnesota state high school boys basketball tournament runner-up trophy has a new permanent display at the Carlton County Historical Society in Cloquet.

There is also now a film history of that magical season at the museum.

The trophy came after what many basketball pundits still call the greatest state championship game ever, when Cloquet High School lost to Marshall by one point, 75-74, in front of more than 18,000 screaming fans at Williams Arena on the campus of the University of Minnesota.

Donations from Cloquet's Class of 1964 and 1963 coach Ben Trochlil, now 91, helped pay for...