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The Boyle County Board of Education has approved this design for the new artificial turf that will replace the turf currently in place at Rebel Stadium.
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Boyle principal Mark Wade gets the party started!
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Boyle County defensive lineman Tommy Ziesmer sported his Kentucky blue in a signing ceremony today at the school. Ziesmer, who was joined by family, friends, teammates and coaches, will enroll at UK in January.
@tommy_ziesmer
@BCRebelFootball
@UKFootball
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It'll be two titles for Title Town for the fourth time ('00, '01, '03) and 19 titles between Danville and Boyle County.
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Alvis Johnson, who coached football and track and field and served as athletic director and assistant principal during a distinguished 24-year career at Harrodsburg, died today at age 75.
(Photo via
@ChiefSmoke10
)
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Nine former athletes, coaches and contributors were inducted into the Boyle County Athletic Hall of Fame tonight.
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Luke Imfeld of Boyle County (
@BoCo_Basketball
) accepts his 12th Region Boys Player of the Year award from Scott Chalk of
@KABCoaches
at Rupp Arena.
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Nine people comprise the 2023 class of the Boyle County Athletic Hall of Fame:
Male athletes - Josiah Robbins, Keegan Kendrick, Ben Carman
Female athletes - Emmie Harris, Lyndsey Neal Robinson, Courtney Hall
Coaches - Jeff Hester, Steve Adams
Contributor - Michael Reynolds
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Cole Lanter of
@BCRebelFootball
was named the most valuable player of the first game of the Little Caesars Fort Harrod Bowl after catching 8 passes for 85 yards, rushing 5 times for 33 yards and scoring a total of 3 touchdowns.
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Nathan Hazelett, who has the game-winning FG for Danville football, was also a starting forward for the boys soccer team tonight.
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Ahyana Burnett and Lara Akers named to the All Tournament team and very much deserved.
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Retiring Burgin boys coach Don Irvine is honored with induction into the Kentucky Basketball Coaches Association Court of Honor today during the Boys Sweet 16 at Rupp Arena.
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Congratulations to Luke Imfeld of
@BoCo_Basketball
and Timberlynn Yeast of
@Lady_TitansBB
, who were voted The Advocate-Messenger Area Players of the Year by area basketball coaches and lead the Advocate's All-Area teams. Find the All-Area teams here:
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"I was never a pro and was seldom clever, but one thing you know: It's Golden Lions forever." - Mike Carter's signoff in his final football broadcast for WRNZ-FM. Congratulations on a great run, Mike!
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The Danville Admirals, 12th Region baseball champions.
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Class 2A state track and field: Andrew Hardwick of Boyle County has won the boys shot put in 53 feet, 11 inches.
@BoyleRebelsTF
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Casey County has named Levi Rogers (
@coach_Rogers08
), a former Lincoln County quarterback and a former assistant coach at Garrard and Lincoln counties and Southwestern, its new football coach.
Release:
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Your girls 12th Region All "A" Classic champions. Danville will make its 12th appearance in the statewide All "A" Classic next week, playing Louisville Collegiate at 1 p.m. Wed. at EKU.
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Cassandra McWhorter (with son Dryzen and husband Kenan), a former coach at Lincoln County and Somerset, has been named the new girls basketball coach at Garrard County.
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Collin Tiller of
@BCRebelFootball
received the Robert Allen Yankey Memorial Rebel Award during the senior night ceremony. The award is presented by Boyle football alumni in memory of Yankey, a standout player who died in 1970 in a drowning accident during his senior season.
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Larry French, a former coach at Boyle, Lincoln & Mercer counties now at Middlesboro, moved into third place on the
@KHSAA
football coaching wins list Friday with his 346th career win. He passed Bob Schneider (345 wins) and trails only Philip Haywood (461) and Dudley Hilton (407).
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The 45th District softball champion Boyle County Rebels.
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Hello from Forkland, where
@BoCo_Basketball
took a field trip for a shootaround at the former Forkland School gym in advance of tonight's Heritage Night game commemorating one of the county's former high schools. More photos to follow.
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The All “A” Classic may not be all dead. The
@kentuckyalla
board is considering a proposal that would allow the boys and girls tournaments, which were canceled Tuesday, to be played at various sites between now and Feb. 27. (1/7)
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Jeff Jackson of Lincoln County was recognized as the
@KABCoaches
12th Region Boys Coach of the Year today at Rupp Arena during the Boys Sweet 16.
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Danville baseball coach Paul Morse (holding trophy) poses with his team following his 500th career coaching victory. Morse became the 32nd coach in Kentucky high school baseball history to reach 500 wins when the Admirals defeated Paintsville 6-3 tonight.
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Boyle Co. 30, Johnson Cent. 13, final. The Rebels repeat as Class 4A champions and win the school's 10th title!
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Boyle County was shut out tonight for the first time in 100 games since a 28-0 loss at John Hardin on Sept. 9, 2011.
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Heartbreaking news about Marty Warren, our friend and colleague and a fixture in the local sports community:
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Brady Morse of Danville has been named the Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association 12th Region Player of the Year. Morse is hitting .500 with 6 HR and 45 RBI, and he is 9-2 with a 1.48 ERA.
Barry Arnold of Danville was named the 12th Region Assistant Coach of the Year.
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Boyle Co. 42, Madison 0, half. Rebels rolling to a running clock victory.
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Jenna Akers and Lara Akers of Danville and Ethan Willoughby and Gunner Floyd of Casey County won 12th Region doubles tennis championships tonight. It was the third straight regional title for the Akers sisters and the first for Willoughby and Floyd, who were runners-up in 2019.
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Mercer County's student section is dressed in pink tonight in honor of Jill Hurst, the Anderson County alumnus who lost her life as a result of injuries suffered in an auto accident following last week's game in Lawrenceburg.
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Class 2A state track and field: Emma Lawrence of Garrard County has won the girls long jump at 19 feet, a KHSAA Class 2A record. It is apparently the first state championship for
@GarrardGCHS
in any sport.
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Boyle Co. 57, Lex. Catholic 15, final. BC improves to 11-1, plays at Elizabethtown-Caldwell Co. winner next week for trip to state finals.
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And finally, a photo of
@IrvineDon
cutting some twine just because it'll make a lot of folks out there smile.
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Congratulations to Tramane Alcorn (
@TramaneA
) of Lincoln County and Love Mays (
@lovemays2
) of
@DHSLadyAdsBBall
, who were voted The Advocate-Messenger Area Players of the Year by area basketball coaches and lead the Advocate All-Area teams. Find the full teams in today's Advocate.
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Danville girls and boys pose with their trophies after winning the 12th Region All "A" Classic. In 1st-round games in statewide All "A" at EKU, Lady Admirals will play Saturday's Murray-Mayfield winner at 11:30 a.m. Wed., Admirals will play Elliott Co. at 5 p.m. Thurs.
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Former Boyle County coach Steve Adams (
@twinetwine1
), who led the Rebels to the Boys Sweet 16 semifinals in 2015, is the new boys basketball coach at West Jessamine (
@WJColtsBball
).
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Reese Smith with a pick six. And with that, he's set the school record for interceptions in a career, passing Jacob Tamme. Jackson Smith with the PAT and its 47-0.
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D'Mauriae VanCleave is known for his speed in football.
Now, he's making a name for himself on the diamond.
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Sage Dawson and Justin Haddix of
@BCRebelFootball
have been named the District 4A-7 player and coach of the year by
@KFCA_Coach
.
Dawson has thrown for 1,888 yards and 22 TDs and run for 219 yards and 2 TDs; Haddix's Rebels are 10-0 and ranked No. 1 in Class 4A.
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Love Mays of
@DHSLadyAdsBBall
has been voted the regional player of the year by the 12th Region Girls Basketball Coaches Association.
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Centre coach Greg Mason with daughter Lucy and players Tucker Sine & Jaord Griffin at the press conference.
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Dalton Stone of
@BCRebelFootball
received the Robert Allen Yankey Memorial Rebel Award tonight during a senior night ceremony. The award is presented by Boyle football alumni in memory of Yankey, a standout player who died in 1970 in a drowning accident during his senior season.
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Former Boyle County player Keegan Kendrick leads Bullitt East to the state finals in his first year as a head coach. His Chargers will play Male for the 6A title at 4 p.m. Saturday 12/3.
Bullitt East 55, Bryan Station 41, final. Chargers head to 6A final vs. Male-Ballard winner.
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Boyle Co., LexCath have played 26 times (all since 1997). Series is tied 13-13, Boyle leads 6-4 in playoff meetings. This was the first running clock game, highest point total for either team in series.
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Once again, the ring is the thing for
@BCRebelFootball
. Players, coaches and support staff members received their 2023 state championship rings tonight at the program's fourth consecutive ring presentation ceremony.
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Kason Myers and his
@BoCo_Basketball
teammates will wear these sweet unis Saturday for their game against Marion County as the Rebels commemorates the Forkland Green Wave on their inaugural Heritage Night. Story in Friday's Advocate.
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Dampier named unanimous Offensive POY in our All-Area voting
@AdsFootball10
@DanvilleSchools
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Belatedly, the all-12th Region baseball tournament team (1/2):
Christian Howe, Preston Barnes, Logan Smothers, Brady Morse & Brady Baxter, Danville; Kade Grundy, Camden Ryan & Dakota Acey, Somerset; Eli Glasscock & Luke Gaffney (not pictured), Boyle County; ...
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Boyle Co. 31, Franklin Co. 28, final, OT. Luke Sheperson tips away a 4th-down pass and the Rebels win title No. 9!
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Danville cheerleaders take third place in the All "A" Classic cheerleading competition.
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Three players from local schools are among the
@KFCA_Coach
district players of the year:
District 3A-5 - Montavin Quisenberry, Garrard County
District 4A-5 - Jagger Gillis,
@BCRebelFootball
District 4A-7 - Clayton Davis,
@LC_Patriots
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Lincoln County boys coach Jeff Jackson, who was head coach at Marshall County from 1989-91, and his players donned
#MarshallStrong
T-shirts for their game tonight, while the LC student section showed its support for Marshall County as well.
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Keith Adkins, who has coached at Campbellsville for the past three seasons, is the new boys basketball coach at Mercer County. He is seated with his family as athletic director Donald Smith introduces him.
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Brady Morse of
@DHSBaseball5
has been named one of five finalists for the Mr. Baseball award presented by
@kyhsbca
. Morse batted .476 with 6 HR, 12 2B and 47 RBIs and only 5 Ks, and he stole 21 bases in 23 attempts. On the mound, he was 10-2 with a 1.65 ERA and 94 Ks in 63.2 IP.
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The girls all-12th Region Tournament team:
@WayneCountyGBB
@LadyRocketGBB
@Lady_TitansBB
@BocoGirls
@SWLadyWarriors
@DHSLadyAdsBBall
@WJ_Athletics
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Boyle Co. (13-1) in state finals for 9th time, 1st since 2010. Rebels will play Corbin (13-1) at 7 p.m. 12/2 at Kroger Field in Lexington.
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Members of the coaches' all-12th Region team (and some parent stand-ins) at their halftime awards presentation.
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W. Hills RB Wandale Robinson, state's leading rusher at 243 yards per game, finishes with 10 yards on 11 carries. Longest run: 8 yards on 1st play of game.
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Congratulations to the retiring Jeff Hester, an assistant coach on seven championship teams at
@BCRebelFootball
and a former head coach at
@GarrardGCHS
. He is currently the linebackers coach at
@CentreFootball
. Godspeed, Coach!
Today is Coach Jeff Hester’s final day of teaching at BCHS!!
#oneofakind
@BoyleCoSchools
@BCRebelFootball
@BigRebelNation
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True student sections have sprung up for the first time this week.
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The Kentucky Football Coaches Association has named David Buchanan of Mercer County its Coach of the Year. Congratulations,
@ChiefSmoke10
!
The
@KFCA_Coach
has named
@CamHergott24
its Mr. Football and David Buchanan
@ChiefSmoke10
as Coach of the Year, according to an email sent to coaches this evening. Congratulations to both. The annual AP Mr. Football has not begun its nomination or voting process.
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Today's
@CentreFootball
game is also the last in the current configuration of Farris Stadium, which opened in 1923. The stadium will undergo a massive renovation as part of the school's $50M athletics/wellness initiative.
🏈 |
@CentreFootball
celebrates the seniors and 100 years of
#C6H0
as they face
@RhodesAthletics
on Community Day!
⏰ 1 PM
📍 Farris Stadium
💻
📊
#GoldRush
#PEV
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Some quality signs in the Boyle Co. student section. The first one proved to be prophetic.
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Sam Harp, whose Danville teams won seven state football championships, was one of 12 honorees in the Dawahares/KHSAA Hall of Fame class of 2020 inducted tonight.
Sam Harp of Danville is inducted into the Dawahares/KHSAA Hall of Fame presented by Roberts Insurance as part of its 2020 class.
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Boyle Co. 54, Logan Co. 16, final.
@BCRebelFootball
(13-1) advances to the state finals for the third consecutive year, the fourth time in five years and the 11th time in school history (all since 1999).
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Boyle Co. 14, E-town 7, final. Rebels head to state finals Dec. 2 at UK.
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Former Mercer Co. coach Jeremy Shope (in red, leaning forward) brought his Whitley Co. team to the state tourney tonight. Shope led
@mercer_baseball
to the state finals in 2011 & '13 and has led
@WCcolonelsBase
, which plays Lyon Co. on Thursday, to the tourney for the first time.
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2A state track & field: Timberlynn Yeast of
@MercerTitansTF
has won the girls 400-meter run in 56.81 seconds.
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Boyle Co. 32, Corbin 26, final.
@BCRebelFootball
wins its third consecutive championship and its 11th overall.
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Centre freshman and Mercer County alum Will Hager visits with Seygan Robins, center, and Emmy Souder of Mercer County after the game at UK.
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2A state track & field: Molly Wise of
@BoyleRebelsTF
has won the girls triple jump at 36 feet, 6 3/4 inches. It is Wise's second individual win of the day.
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Jagger Gillis and Justin Haddix (
@CoachHaddix11
) of
@BCRebelFootball
have been named the Class 4A Player of the Year and Coach of the Year by
@KFCA_Coach
.
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Coverage of Boyle County's victory over Paintsville at the Boys Sweet Sixteen, including a story and photo gallery:
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Boyle County won its first football championship 21 years ago today. The Rebels went on to win eight titles in just 19 seasons and are still alive this season in pursuit of No. 9.
On this date in 1999, Boyle Co. captured its first state football title with a 29-6 win over Glasgow before 8,264 fans at Cardinal Stadium. Justin Anderson's recovered fumble in the end zone & Rafe Holderman's TD off a blocked FG led Chuck Smith's 15-0 Rebels.
#OnThisDateKHSAA
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Boys 12th Region: Danville 66, Somerset 64, final. Jalen Dunn scores on a putback at the buzzer to put the Admirals in the title game. It's Danville vs. West Jessamine at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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And Country Roads Take Me Home playing over the PA for WVU commit Reese Smith.
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Congratulations to
@BCRebelFootball
alumnus Brandon Smith and South Warren on their third state championship. Brandon has three titles as a coach and three as a player, and he and his dad,
@coachclsmit
, now have nine coaching titles between them.
PREP FOOTBALL: South Warren 38, Frederick Douglass 26. FINAL
Spartans win third state title since 2015
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ICYMI: We've announced our All-Area basketball teams!
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Attendance: 11,234 (3A record, breaks mark of 10,057 set in 2003, Boule vs. Highlands).
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Danville players pose for a photo as they celebrate their win over Holy Cross. Ads play Louisville Christian for 2A title at 2 p.m. 12/4.
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Three coaches make up the 2021 class of the 12th Region Girls Basketball Hall of Fame recognized tonight: the late Tim Rice (Southwestern, represented by grandson Cash), Gary Abbott (Monticello) and Tim Pyles (Wayne County).
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Speaking of Boyle County, the Rebels' Colton Elkins is sixth in the state, averaging 13.6 rebounds per game.
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William "J.R." Reed (at left in both photos) of Harrodsburg waits to take the floor, then watches pregame festivities before officiating the
@KHSAA
Boys Sweet 16 championship game tonight at Rupp Arena. Reed worked his first Boys Sweet 16 this week.
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Dennie Webb of Boyle County has been named the 12th Region boys coach of the year by the Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches. Webb, in his second season as head coach, has led the Rebels to the region's best regular-season record at 17-3.
@BoCo_Basketball
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Former
@DHSLadyAdsBBall
player Ivy Turner was recognized tonight for scoring her 1,000th career point earlier this season.
Started the evening honoring a pair of Norse 1,000 point scorers, ended the night with a WIN over Milwaukee!🏀
#NorseUp
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