Article: HARDY PLAYS WITH PURPOSE

As talk turned to his family, a distracted Jermaine Hardy started digging through items at the back of his locker, finally unearthing a sheet of paper with the photocopied pictures of three girls and their mother.

"I've dedicated this season to them," said Hardy, a Virginia junior slated to make his first collegiate start Saturday night against Duke.

The photos were of Angela Arrington and three of her daughters, shot to death April 4 in their Northwest Roanoke home.

Hardy received an excuse from spring practice and was among 800 mourners at the funeral, at which his uncle preached.

"We've got a real close, big family," said Hardy's mother, Angela, whose sister is Angela Arrington's mother. ...

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