Article: Sanderlin makes good on promise of success.

Byline: Paul White

Mar. 7--NORFOLK -- The .500 record wasn't an issue. Nor were losses in seven of his last nine games.

Cynthia J. Watson, principal at Booker T. Washington High, still had a good feeling about this Darren Sanderlin fellow.

She noticed she had a meeting in Richmond at the same time as the 2003 Group AAA state basketball semifinals. So she invited her then-first-year coach to join her, to experience the excitement and pageantry of the high school final four -- and perhaps plant a seed or two.

"One day, I'd like the Bookers to be here, too," Watson remembered telling him.

"Mrs. Watson," Sanderlin replied, "One ...

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