Paper City Game

Posted On: Tuesday, May 01, 2012
By: Aaron Patterson

On December 15th, 2011 the Holyoke High School and Dean Technical High School basketball teams competed against one another for the first time in school history. The game was titled the “Paper City Rival Game”. Over 1000 people attended the game which brought people across the city together to celebrate the great history of basketball in the city of Holyoke. Prior to the game basketball alumni were honored and recognized including 1000 Point Scorer and Lahovich Award Winner Ramon Cosme, 1000 Point Scorer Tim Dunn, and Elms College standout player Juan Galdon. Mayor Elect Alex Morse (Holyoke High School class of 2007) tossed up the ceremonial first tip. Reynaldo Espada from Dean Tech and Austin Keeler from Holyoke High School were named most outstanding players for the game.