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To the editor:
We want to share some of our basketball memories, following the March 20 column by Terry Housholder about state tournament memories. (The column was headlined: Hoosier Hysteria memories — 50 years ago today.)
Basketball was of great interest to our family, too. My dad, Dale Guthrie, played for Albion on the winning team, graduating in 1927. He went on to teach and coached 7th and 8th grades at York Center school, also with outstanding teams. He was official score keeper for county sectionals played at the Big Blue Pit in Kendallville. Those were the days!
My farm boy husband played for my dad and also for Albion-Jefferson (The Trojans) all four years of high school. He graduated in 1954 and earned MVP in that year. He and three of his classmates got to attend the 1954 state finals game played at Hinkle Field House. (It was called Butler Field House in 1954.) History was made that year. We have the March 20, 1954, ticket that looks like March 20, 197 ....

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