The first games of the invitational will be played at 11 am and 1 pm. A consolation game will be played at 5 pm, followed by the championship game at 7 pm. The teams from WKCTC, Earle Clements Job Corps, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College and the University of Campbellsville at Harrodsburg will compete.
Kam's Challenge will be played at 3 pm in memory West Kentucky Stars basketball player and high school basketball star, Kam Chumbler, who died tragically in 2015. Kam's Challenge began in 2016 to honor Chumbler's selfless act of being an organ donor, and is a special game of comradery. Stars' coach and Kam's father, Mike Chumbler, said many of his son's former teammates and opponents from across the region will play in Kam's Challenge to honor their friend.
Prior to Kam's Challenge at 2:45 pm, recipients of Kam's organs will be recognized and will share their thoughts and thanks for the young man who saved their lives. A representative from the Kentucky Organ Donor Affiliates (KODA) will also have a table set up throughout the invitational with information about the joining the organ donor registry.
During halftime of the 7 pm championship game, a special ceremony will be held to recognize the 50th anniversary of Paducah Community College (PCC) basketball team's 1969 National Championship victory. Several members of the championship team will attend the ceremony including Rick Ragland, one of the team's Most Valuable Players for the tournament. Several family members of championship coach Sonny Haws, who is the namesake of the gym, will also attend. PCC is one of the founding institutions of today's WKCTC.
All-day admission is $8 for adults and $4 for students and WKCTC staff and faculty. A 6% Kentucky sales tax is added to the admission price. Children 10 and under are admitted free. The first 100 people to Haws Gym for the March 2 invitational will receive a free WKCTC coozie.
Click the link below to watch a play-by-play program featuring Paducah Sun reporter Glenn Cochrum and PCC coach Sonny Haws, produced by WKCTC's Paducah-2 Access Television.
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PCC 1969 National Junior College Championship Recap
