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CALLED FOR TRAVELING NINE DAYS AFTER GRANBY AND BOOKER T. WASHINGTON MET ON THE COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT SEASON OPENER, THEY WERE ON A TRAIN TOGETHER TO PLAY IN THE MAYOR'S BASKETBALL ACADEMY TOURNAMENT IN BALTIMORE.(NORFOLK COMPASS)

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From: The Virginian Pilot
Date: 19990204
Author:Lidington, Jay

Byline: JAY LIDINGTON, STAFF WRITER

High school basketball road trips, like politics, sometimes make strange bedfellows.

Just ask arch rivals Booker T. Washington and Granby high schools.

Nine days after they squared off Jan. 5 in an Eastern District basketball matchup, the teams found themselves on the same bus and train headed to the same hotel in Baltimore for the third-annual Mayor's Basketball Academy.

The trip was billed as a learning experience - on the court and off. Off the court, the Bookers and Comets were to attend academic and SAT tutoring sessions ...

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