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Photo of the Day: January 29

By Carolyn Freeman
January 29, 2013
Sophomore Issie Griffith cheers at a basketball game Monday. The girls beat Wootton 52-40. Photo by Billy Bird.

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    Cheryl Ibanez • Feb 5, 2013 at 9:04 am

    Great photo of Issie & our Whitman Cheerleaders! Congrats on the win to our Whitman girls basketball team!

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