Fiftieth Kiwanis tourney begins Wednesday

The 50th San Bernardino Kiwanis Boys Basketball Tournament tips off Wednesday.

From Colton's Ken Hubbs (1958) to Redlands' Tristan Kirk (current), the tourney has for a half-century provided a recreational outlet for athletes and thrills for fans.

Wednesday will also begin The Sun's intense daily coverage of the tourney. On the first day we will take a look back at the history of the tourney and will also preview this year's event.

In coming days we will pick an all-time tourney team, highlight an outstanding current player, select the Top 10 title games and will provide game coverage and photos, both in the daily newspaper and on sbsun.com.

Due to extremely tight deadlines, we will not be able to provide next-day articles in the newsaper on game which begin at 8:15 p.m. However, we will run these game stories on sbsun.com. The title game article will appear both on the Internet Dec. 29 and in the newspaper Dec. 31.

We will also blog all four days.

Here are Wednesday's matchups:

(At Cajon)
3 p.m. Vista Del Lago vs. Bloomington
4:45 p.m. Pacific vs. Redlands East Valley
6:30 Silverado vs. Fontana
8:15 Rim vs. Cajon

(At San Gorgonio)
3 Colton vs. Kaiser
4:45 Barstow vs. Redlands
6:30 Yucaipa vs. Sultana
8:15 Banning vs. San Gorgonio