Show Badgers leave Sunday for tournament The Snow College basketball team will enplane Sunday Lake City for Hutchinson Kansas Kansas Kansas Kan Kan- sas and the five day National Junior College Athletic Association Association Association basketball tournament The 16 teams in the meet will open play Tuesday afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon In their quest for the national championship In the opening round Snow will meet Northeastern Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa A. A M. M Tuesday afternoon at Northeastern the Region Region Re Region Re- Re gion 2 representative won its spot in the national meet by winning first place In an eight- eight team playoff last week in Tulsa Snow will go In as the Region Region Re Region Re- Re gion 1 representative by reason of a pair of victories over Western Arizona in a playoff at Ephraim The trip to Hutchinson will willbe willbe willbe be the first for the Badgers since 1954 when Jim Williams now basketball coach at Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado State University guided his team to a second place finish and saw two of his players make the American All teams Hal Jensen was named to the first team and Joe Kirby to the second Coach Gary Bliss In his first year at Snow would like to duplicate that feat but knows that a five-day five tournament isa isa is isa a tough test for any team and that some of his players will not be at top strength because of injuries In fact Bliss hasn't yet decIded decided de decided de- de on the 12 men who will make the trip to Hutchinson That will depend on workouts this week and the physical condition condition condition con con- of the team Probable starters Tuesday however will be the veteran fi five ve which has been In the opening opening openIng open- open Ing lineup for the recent games Dave Borup at center Richard Kemp and James Nelson forwards forwards forwards for for- wards and Kay Miles and Dale Richards guards Borup at 8 6 and Nelson and Kemp 6 5 each give the Badgers good board strength And all five are in the habit of hitting In double figures c r i f t. r. r r i 1 or 0 b A j a t PAUL |