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FOR RELEASE AT 12:00 PM ON SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1998
COCA-COLA TENNESSEE-GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ALL-STAR BASKETBALL GAMES SET FOR AUGUST 1, 1998
What: Coca-Cola Tennessee-Georgia High School Basketball Games When: Saturday, August 1, 1998 Where: UTC Arena on campus on UT-Chattanooga Time: 6:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE The 12th Annual Coca-Cola Tennessee-Georgia High School All-Star Basketball Games are set for Saturday, August 1, at the UTC Arena. All previous games have been played at the Arena and both the Tennessee boys and girls have a 7-4 edge over their Georgia counterparts. This year the girls will tip-off at 6:00 p.m. followed by the boys at 8:00 p.m. Vincent Yarbrough of Cleveland High School will lead the Tennessee stars against the Georgia boys in 1998. Yarbrough was named as a first-team Parade All-American and the Tennessee Class AAA Player-of-the-Year. Yarbrough averaged 22 points, 12 rebounds, and 9 blocked shots per game in 1998. Also featured on Team Tennessee is Harris Walker of Brainerd High School who was the Tennessee Class AA Player-of-the-Year. On the Georgia side for the boys, Joey Westmoreland of Dalton High School will be the first player from extreme north Georgia to play in the game in its 12 years of existence. The girls from Georgia will be led into competition against the Tennessee girls by the Georgia State Player-of-the-Year Sherika Wright from Josey High School. The Tennessee girls will feature Talisha Scates of Hickman County High School, the Tennessee Class AA Player-of-the-Year. Tickets for the event go on sale Monday, July 27, 1998, at 9:30 a.m. at the UTC Arena or by calling 423-266-6627. Pregame tickets are just $5 for adults and $3 for students with an Edge Card. Tickets the day of the game will be $6 for adults and $4 for students with an Edge Card. Without an Edge Card, tickets are $8 and $6. Rosters for both Tennessee and Georgia teams have been included with
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