Show Badgers head for Arizona meet College basketball Is Snow t tournament bound The Badgers who won 20 ft and lost 11 it during the season and claimed second place in W their conference will compete f In the four team four team Region I tournament this ament at Mesa Arizona weekend The Snow team will m meet Western College of l' l Arizona Yuma Friday night at 7 in the opening game of the tourney College of Prescott and Mesa Community College will tangle at Winners will play pla winners and losers play losers Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day night The tournament champion will then meet the Region 18 winner for a spot In the National Junior College Athletic Association championship championship champion champion- ship tournament This year the Badgers gained a split spIlt with Mesa Community In a pair of season pre-season games Coach Gary Bliss who has now led the Badgers to tournament tournament tournament ment berths both years he has coached at Snow couldn't name his travelling squad until transportation transportation transportation trans trans- problems had been clarified But he does have a good Idea who will be In n the starting lineup for the Friday night game And all five of the starters have been scoring In double figures The guards will be Larry Fames Farnes and Lee Holm- Holm stead At center will be 6 11 Steve One of the forwards will be Craig Nielsen the teams team's leadIng leading leading lead- lead Ing and scorer Craigs Craig's point aV average lage l'age Is 14 per game and his rebound average Is 11 per game The Theother Theother Theother other forward will be either Dave or Brent Man Man- gum If the Badgers win the Region 1 tournament this weekend they'll play the winner of the Region 18 tournament still undetermined un determined on the home floor noor of the Region 18 champion early next week Its a long hard road to the national tournament this year Coach Bliss commented comment comment- ed this week In view of the fact that we had only three lettermen lettermen lettermen letter- letter men back I think the team has done well And we hope to re represent represent represent re- re present our college and our state well In the games ahead |