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TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA - The Sequoyah High School (SHS) boys’ basketball team recently received an invitation to play in the 2003 Tournament of Champions.

The Tournament of Champions is held every year in Tulsa and is sponsored by the Tulsa World and Tulsa Public Schools. Area teams compete in the tournament by invitation only, and are chosen according to their ranking and by scouts who watch the teams play throughout the year.

"We feel pretty good about it", said Larry Grigg, SHS head coach. "You have to be pretty good to get invited. We have a chance to be competitive. It’s a big time atmosphere and it will really get the kids ready for the state tournament."

The SHS boy’s basketball team has earned a trip to the Oklahoma state high school tournament the last two years, bringing home the championship title this past year in the class 3A division.

The 2003 Tournament of Champions will be held December 29-31 at the Oral Roberts University Mabee Center in Tulsa.

Sequoyah High School "Home of the Indians!" Sequoyah High School is an Indian boarding school which originated in 1871 when the Cherokee National Council passed an act setting up an orphan asylum to take care of the many orphans that came out of the Civil War. Sequoyah High School's approximate 300 enrollment represents 42 tribes and 14 different states. Students are eligible to attend if they are members of federally recognized Indian tribes or one-fourth blood descendants of such members.