why I am thinking it was '74 was I remember going to Brookings, SD for the Northern Kids regional that year, and the training camp they had at Manhattan prior to leaving. It was a bad thing to qualify in April for a late June tournament-I grew about 2 inches and 15 lbs inbetween the two dates, but made weight-while everyone else between practice sessions was resting and playing, I got to make trips to the stadium stairs.

I am pretty sure Dan made that trip too, although he was a year older than I was. The other kids from Kansas in my weight (12U 105) were Jon Ritter from GC and Ralph Hoyt from Eldorado. We finished 1-2-3.

The next two years state was in wichita, and the regionals in Minnesota and St. Louis. The '76 training camp was held at a boy scout camp or something, we slept in teepees. A lot of good times!

Sam McFee

"You can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality."-Ayn Rand