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Wolf said. When now 4-8 on the season, continue to focus on
Lawson gets inside, he will host Ardmore at 4
can’t be stopped because p.m. Friday, Dec. 21 at
he’s pretty skilled for Gainesville High School.
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proud of how his team dictating when people can
kept battling. play.”
“We didn’t win, but Wolf said he felt like
we played really well in the team shot the ball
spurts,” Wolf said. “We decently, but the Leopards
were down by 25 in the also missed a lot of chip
third quarter and we cut shots.
“They pressed us, so
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Sports Editor game and at the end, they
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out on the floor due to
players fouling out.
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pretty athletic. The only last year,” Wolf said, are and what not, but we’ve
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Leopards may have
fallen 79-59 to Denison on
Tuesday, but head coach one guy with no fouls and
Jeff Wolf came away with he’s not being aggressive
positive vibes about his enough,” Wolf said,
team. “Everything in life is about
The Leopards trailed by needing to be balanced,
as much as 25 points, but Some players need to be
cut the lead down to single more aggressive and some
digits with four minutes to need to relax. Denison
play. Denison used a run also got a lot of free throws
and when you get people
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it down to 59-50 and 61-52,
but they pulled away. Foul that’s why we had a lot
problems were difficult of spurts,”
as well. We were in foul
trouble and at halftime I
had guys with three fouls and we would get baskets be a measuring stick to
already. We had different through the press. It was where the urogram has
. a great atmosphere with come from since last year.”
the crowd yelling behind Wolf said that when
us and the cheerleaders district rolls around,
screaming. Our kids the team will know all
opposing team’s
tendencies and strategies,
but until then, the
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