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Senior Blake Westbrook wasn’t “It was great to give us nine seniors thing tangible like this. They have
ready for his North Buncombe career another chance to continue our sea- worked so hard and certainly deserve
to end. Neither were eight of his son,” Roberson said. the win. I am so proud of the entire
teammates. Rhoney expressed his excitement team.”
With his team fighting uphill nearly over the effort this veteran team The victory against RS Central was
the entire game, Westbrook saved has shown all season in the face of the 80th career win for four-year play-
the BlackHawks’ season with a half- adversity. ers Westbrook and Randy Pressley, the
court shot at the buzzer to lift North “These boys are remarkable young Western Carolina football signee who
Buncombe past RS Central 51-49 in men. They play with so much heart is closing in on the state all-time career
the first round of the Class 3-A state and hustle. Over the past two weeks, rebounding record.
playoffs Monday (Feb. 23). this team has taken what could have
Down 49-48 with five seconds been a very disappointing season and Loren Metts contributed to this
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Coach David Rhoney called timeout a year none of us will forget,” he said.
to draw up a play. An RS Central de- The BlackHawks, whom battled
fender stole the ball off the inbound, injuries all season, pulled everything
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