Year of the Dragon: Hutchinson Blue Dragon NJCAA Basketball Championship
KAKE News Weekend, 4/2/1988
Hutchinson Community College in Kansas won the 1988 National Junior College Basketball Championship for the first time in school history. This special half-hour program looks into the history of the Hutchinson Blue Dragons, junior college basketball, and the tragedy that brought the team together for the historic season.
Larry Hatteberg, news anchor
Mike Conway, reporter, photojournalist, Dave Thornton & Larry Buell, photojournalists
00:55 Mike Conway, reporter/photojournalist introducing a community access showing of “Year of the Dragon”
01:48 Original Program
02:50 Larry Hatteberg, news anchor
End of game highlights w/ radio broadcast of KWBW radio in Hutchinson
06:50 Sam Butterfield, former Hutchinson Blue Dragon coach
History of the NJCAA Nat’l Basketball Tournament & the Hutchinson Sports Arena
08:14 Gene Keady, Purdue Coach & former Hutchinson coach
08:30 Dave Farrar, Hutchinson coach
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09:20 KAKE-TV Hutchinson Newsroom Promo (:30)
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09:50 YEAR OF THE DRAGON, PART TWO
11:00 Freshman player Cornell Bell killed in an accident on K-96
11:10 Steve McClain, Hutchinson CC assistant coach
11:50 Reggie Morton, Hutchinson CC guard
12:35 Nancy Kassebaum, Kansas U.S. Senator
12:55 Kansas Junior College Playoffs
13:17 Hutchinson vs. Independence, KS at Independence for Kansas Championship
14:23 Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech coach
14:42 William Davis, Hutchinson player
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KAKE-TV Doppler Radar & Tornadoes Promo
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YEAR OF THE DRAGON -PART THREE
16:01
16:34 NJCAA Basketball Tournament
Benny Dees, Wyoming Coach
18:00 National Championship Game, Hutchinson vs. Kankakee, IL
20:20 music essay –Bruce Springsteen, “Price You Pay”
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Kansas City Royals TV coverage promo
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22:32 Final essay on the season, Larry Hatteberg
KAKE News Weekend Credits
Executive Producer: Patrick Palmer
Director: Jim Atkinson