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Two Hughes Boys, Though Small In Size, Set Fast Pace for Avoca5T Hunger. u junior.H \ Slin.lONTwo Ini*t sized basketballdemos i often desc i ited as fabulous’* i who led the Avoea .Musi »tu*s throult;4h a biuistiiri championship and bought lot ’ bon Irani i l iokot io t |h* t oliional playoff. n o (no i Iiighes and hlllo loot hot. Raymond Alton tbeitei known as “Hunger).Gone. a a ll)’’ senior student,scorn* 55b ponds this yoar,averaging 20 points poi game, whilescored 4OS points and averaged la ponds por game. lt;nc oi the other was high pond manin 2a o| tin* 28 Raines played by the Avooa team this voar.I he Hughe.- brothers stall * d the old 1 2 punch when ihov played on junior teams to geiher. A favorite stoiy oftheir fans is about tin* time when Bonder hid behind themat at tin* far end of the court, then would appear from out o| nowhere to catc h a long doWTicourt pass fiied hv brothoi lt;letie 'l'here wasnothing in tin* nd« book thatsaid a pci s^n couldn't hide bohind the met. but the lehac-c^put a stop to it i I ooui ■lt;*’A*i tinazing thins* '* bc-hodwas to ioo (Jem and Boogei, who navo sped m°vt ot fhej* Mv'*s fighting it out in oiotlnilv tashion, got along inpoi foe t hat n lt;m lt;iii t in* ballcom I (b’n •*. c pelt; i; ||y always socuned to lake pi eat oriel** inBoogoi more fh'*n m hirnseltlt; Ma ould a I wav 1 beai his oncourage B.oop with suc h as: t has happened. At the“Wav to gc . Bong, way to go.An example oi bow well thev agieo oi the* halleourt can In* shown by looking-,-t their total points atioi some of tin names this ycai on Dee. 1 1 they both *eo*ed 15 points apains! Kress; on Jan. 28, thevboth scored 32 points against’ Iawloy; and on l*c b. lit. thev-both scored 15 against Hawley again.do sec them work together has ioon hko watching the elt;*s ol a jig s iw puzzle fall natui ally into place. Boogei c an stool a ball under the opponent's goal ann he backciown undoi his own goal like a streak olI droppingi’i a clip .*-hot liefore the* oppone r.t :c*. li/lt;*s that anythin*'VanL. S. FurrhBreaks Her Leg:Mis. \ S. Furrh fell and jbroke hc*t log at t no home of llc*j sisioi. Mis W. J.Hiblwi Sunday night.She had yon.* Home withMr, and Mi Van Hihbm to| immmI i f*'w lt;la\ ^ aiw* fi II nlt; flt;»i * h» i .lt;*! ?t into thi*!|l It' St *I So* ’ »*m to .i Kmipcr ho* of-i t i| whi'ie lu*i \vlt;* waV 1 pve I . i.d cast was nlarod• 11 • 11*a lott log is t i okenbo low the* Knee.| She* w a s hj c tug Id to t he Stamfdni Sai ila* icn 1 'ic- lav.iftc*i n..on and is a piticntsametime, dene, who has a perfect hook shot, can stand under thegoal and l ing ’em up as Ion*' as Ins teammates feed hm the ball. _dene made the all tournament teams in the Aspermontand Miernathy tournamentsthis yea . Me was chosen on the third nil area team at the end c t the season. An all st »rt-ei from this area recently complimented Gene *when he i emarked* **G»*nc Hughesfrom Avoea is the best basket-ball player that I have playedagbnst this year/'jer has always heen referred to as that little guywho can reallv handle the round t)a!l.M He is always victory minded and has an air ef determination about him that is fascinating to watch.A f t erl!ej (Haying togetherthroughout grade school and lor three* years in high school, Booger will play his cast year for the* Mustangs without Gene. They played tiieii lastgame together on F-»b. 29 a*gainst Abbott at the regional toun.ev in Hiownvvood. If they leali/ed this was their last lugb school ganjo together. the v never showed it. They cuilv k’levv Av »c a 'iidn't win. But Must mg fans realized that the Ik og.a Ge ic combination, whi' h had brought themmenv exciting moments and lots of laughs over the years,had iH-mmi* hist another A-vcioa k*gc*nfc
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Stamford American
Stamford, Texas, US
Thu, Apr 03, 1958
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