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Leesburg's Honer Waits No More - Barber-scotia Calls, June 29, 1989


June 29, 1989|By Jeff Babineau of The Sentinel Staff

LEESBURG — Kevin Honer, a recent graduate of Leesburg High School, has been spending his days at Hubert O. Dabney Pool in Leesburg, working as a lifeguard for the summer months.

It's ironic in a way, for Honer's relentless pursuit of landing a spot on a college basketball team often has seemed to be a sink-or-swim endeavor.

After months of hoping and waiting, good news has arrived for Honer. Anthony Odom, coach at Barber-Scotia College in Concord, N.C., has offered Honer a grant-in-aid to play basketball, and Honer has happily accepted, and will sign when Odom returns to the school from Minnesota. The Sabres, 9-5 a year ago before an outbreak of the measles brought an end to the season, have four returning starters and an opening for a point guard that is Honer's for the taking.

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June 29, 1989

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