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Article: Gar-Field Outlasts Hylton, 65-52
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- The Washington Post
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- December 7, 1996
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The big question going into last night's Cardinal District
girls basketball showdown between defending champion Gar-Field and
leading challenger Hylton was how the Indians would fare without
injured Emily Faught, the team's driving force.
The answer came from junior Shannon Segres, who scored 35
points to lead Gar-Field to a district-opening, 65-52 victory over
the Bulldogs, a game Indians Coach Fred Milbert called "extremely
tremendous."
During the final 2 minutes 30 seconds of the third quarter,
Segres scored eight points in a crucial 10-0 run that transformed
what had been a close game into a 47-36 Gar-Field lead.
Later in the evening, the Hylton boys made sure it wasn't a
sweep. ...