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Article: Spring Valley rolls Bluefield in battle of No. 1s
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- January 29, 2003
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HUNTINGTON - At the beginning of a matchup Tuesday between Spring
Valley and visiting Bluefield, all indications pointed toward the
game being a slugfest between two state powers.
The indications were wrong. Spring Valley, ranked No. 1 in Class
AAA, pounded out an 81-51 victory over Bluefield, ranked No. 1 in
Class AA.
The Beavers (9-1) captured an early 6-2 but lost the advantage a
little more than a minute later and never regained it. The
Timberwolves Kory Mitchell led the way for Spring Valley (12-1) with
28 points and five 3-pointers, four of which came in the first
quarter.
"We had some information on them, some tapes on them," Spring
Valley coach Gary Norris ...