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Jayhawk League Tournament     Municipal Auditorium, Topeka             Update: January 21, 2007

December 28-30, 1954:  This was the first and only Pre-Season Jayhawk League tournament. Coach Bueltel was one of the promoters for this event that was modeled after the old BIG 7 Conference Tournament that was held in Kansas City each year. 

ST. Agnes Invitational    Shawnee Mission, KS

December  20-21, 1957:  History of this tourney is not known. This was the only year Hayden participated. Names in parenthesis are the current names of various schools.    

Junction City High School Invitational

January 20-21, 1961: History of this tournament is not known. This was the only year Hayden participated. 

Highland Park Christmas Tournament

           This was the first regular season tournament that Hayden participated in. Highland Park dedicated their new gym in the 1951-52 season and all the games were played at Highland Park. This tournament was sometimes referred to as the Topeka Holiday Tournament. In 1959, the tournament used a round-robin format. 

Topeka Holiday Tournament

            This is the tournament that later became known as the Topeka Invitational Tournament. I always thought these were considered the first Topeka Invitational games - but some sources cite the 1965 tournament as the first Topeka Invitational Tournament.  These tournaments were held during Christmas break period. Highland Park was the host for the 1961 contests, Topeka West ran the tourney in 1962 and Hayden served as host in 1963 but the games were played at Topeka High.  

Topeka Invitational Tournament

This tournament is always played in the middle of January. Hayden dropped out of this tournament after 1999.