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Article: JEROME RICKS' RETURN RAISES WINDSOR'S SIGHTS REJUVENATED DUKES SHOOT FOR TITLE IN DISTRICT TOURNAMENT, THEN THE REGIONAL, THEN . . .(SUFFOLK SUN)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
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- February 22, 1996
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Byline: JAMI FRANKENBERRY, SUN SPORTS EDITOR
WINDSOR -- MEMBERS OF THE Windsor boys basketball team insist this year will be different when they step onto the court Saturday in the Tri-Rivers District tournament at New Kent High. Different, the Dukes say, because their team is back together.
Guard Jerome Ricks, one of seven Windsor seniors, returned this year after suffering a career-threatening knee injury during a football game two years ago. Ricks, who doesn't hesitate when asked the date - Nov. 19 - tore ligaments in his knee while trying to make a tackle.
``I thought my career was over,'' said Ricks, who had surgery for three hours that ...