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| 1946-1947 Leesburg Yellow Jackets Varsity Boys Basketball Team |
Sports Staff
The Leesburg Commercial
Friday, January 24, 1947
Coming From behind, the Leesburg Yellow Jackets defeated the Golden Hurricanes of Mount Dora 27 to 26 here Tuesday evening when Lon Knight made a free throw in the closing seconds of the game.
Leesburg failed to make a field goal in the first quarter and trailed 7 to 1. Hamlin of Mount Dora sank a field gal just after the final whistle sounded.This was the seventh victory for the Jackets out of eight starts.
In the preliminary game the Mount Dora girls defeated the Leesburg girls 33 to 11.
Tuesday afternoon, the Seabreeze Junior High team took a 25 to 19 win from the Leesburg junior high team after the game was knotted at 16 all at the end of the third quarter.
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