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February 23, 2004
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For some, mouth protection is a good fit

LEBANON - Lebanon's Austin Pritchard and Tyler Howard look like normal high school basketball players until they open their mouths.

When they're on the court, the Lebanon players sport a rare piece of equipment - mouth guards.

That's an unusual sight in Ohio, but Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire mandated this season that boys and girls basketball players wear the protective plastic device for all games and practices for the first time. The Ohio High School Athletic Association is keeping an eye on the experiment.

Pritchard started using a custom-fitted mouth guard this season after suffering a mild concussion in football last August. At 6-foot- ...

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