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BIG TIME FOR BOOKERS COACH LARRY STEPNEY HAS MADE FOOTBALL MATTER AT BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.(SPORTS)

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From: The Virginian Pilot
Date: 19970919
Author:Brinkley, Robin

Byline: ROBIN BRINKLEY, STAFF WRITER

NORFOLK -- How big is tonight's football game against No. 2 Indian River for Booker T. Washington?

The third-ranked Fighting Bookers haven't started 3-0 since . . . well, since before they joined the Virginia High School League in 1969.

That's as far as back as The Virginian-Pilot's records go, and long enough for Roy Ebron, Wilson Washington, Bruce Smith, Pernell Whitaker and Michael Evans to grace the school with their athletic gifts.

Unfortunately for the Bookers, only Smith played football.

Booker T. Washington has ...

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