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DESCRIPTION:The Nisei Baseball Research Project is recognizing the members 
 of the 1945 Gila River Butte High Eagles baseball team and the state-champ
 ion Tucson High Badgers who played against each other on April 18\, 1945\,
  in Rivers\, Arizona – the Japanese-American internment camp on the Gila
  River Indian Community – and was later described by head coach Kenichi 
 Zenimura as “one of the most thrilling chapters in the history of Butte 
 (Gila River) baseball.” In the game\, the Eagles defeated the three-time
  state champions Badgers 11-10 in ten innings. \n\n----\n\nLEGENDARY TUCSO
 N HIGH AND JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT BASEBALL TEAMS TO REUNITE\nHistori
 c WWII-era baseball game celebrated as a model of American sportsmanship\n
 \n<em>FRESNO\, CA. - (April 18\, 2006) The Nisei Baseball Research Project
  (NBRP) is proud to announce that the members of the 1945 Gila River Butte
  High Eagles baseball team and state-champion Tucson High Badgers will par
 ticipate in a reunion weekend on August 12-13\, 2006\, in Tucson\, Arizona
 . \n\nBoth teams are scheduled to receive special recognition through even
 ts sponsored by the NBRP\, Tucson High alumni organizations and the Pima C
 ounty Sports Hall of Fame. Preliminary activities for the reunion weekend 
 include a dinner on August 12 and team recognition on August 13 during “
 Hall of Fame Night” at Tucson Electric Park\, home of the Tucson Sidewin
 ders\, Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.</em>\n<a href="http
 ://www.niseibaseball.com/tucson1945.htm">Read the entire article...</a>\n
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SUMMARY:Legendary Tucson High and Japanese American Internment Baseball Tea
 ms to Reunite
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