Donation revives Biddy Basketball

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 6:12 p.m.

Three days after Wichita Biddy Basketball appeared to dissolve into history, it's back for at least one more season, according to a group who plans to take over the league.

After the Salvation Army announced Friday it would end its association with the youth basketball league, a private donor stepped in to try to save the program, which is more than 50 years old.

"A major investor has made sure we'll have the funds we need to operate for another year," Jay Wassall, who will serve as director under the reorganized league, said Monday. "So for the first year, finances aren't really an issue."

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