2003 Event Recap

For a group of people tackling an event like this for the first time, we set moderate goals and very much exceeded those goals. In fact, the first thing that comes to Carol Busta's mind in thinking back to our November 2003 event, she thinks back to the pair of Nike Air Jordan basketball shoes donated by Bill and Amanda Kohnen of Chetek. Thanks to a television broadcast on Eau Claire's TV-13 news, a gentleman from Onalaska bid and won these shoes for $1,222. Everyone was absolutely floored - thank you Bill and Amanda!

It was a major learning curve for our planning committee in this first year - from how to approach businesses and people for donations, to lining up the teams and concessions - it was a lot of work, but we knew we'd set the stage for an event that would grow for a very long time after raising more than $16,000 in this first year.

Team Sorensen took the men's championship in 2003, with a team comprised of various former Heart of the North players that David played against in high school. Charley Anderson won the 3-point shooting contest. All in all, great sportsmanship and everyone seemed to have a great time, especially at the post-tournament pizza banquet at Northwoods.