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Verdell Jones Leads Maroons to State Tourney
Verdell Jones Leads Maroons to State Tourney
By Chris Monter

Date: Mar 12, 2008

Champaign Central, led by guard Verdell Jones with a team-high 16 points, defeated Mt. Vernon 44-37 in the Springfield Class 3A Supersectional Tuesday to advance to the state tournament, where they will face two-time defending champ Chicago Simeon. The last time Central advanced to the state tourney, their star senior, Clyde Turner, would become a future Gopher. Could history repeat itself?

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