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Article: East Bank basketball still in business: Boys regional
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- March 11, 1999
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Senior Writer
East Bank basketball lives. Barely. By the skin of Danny Shears'
small body.
The Pioneers lived to see another basketball day before they
become the Warriors by edging past Ravenswood 47-46 in a frantic
Class AA Region 5 championship game Wednesday at Capital High.
A capacity crowd of close to 2,000 watched the 5-foot-8 Shears
take a charge in the final seconds to help preserve the win for East
Bank, which will merge with DuPont next year to form Riverside High
School. The new team will be nicknamed the Warriors.
The win advanced East Bank (19-4) to the state tournament for the