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MERGE

Good Game

A 1971 graduate of Sul Ross State University, I was a student during the women’s volleyball championship runs [“Volleyball on the Range,” November]. I also had the privilege of studying under Dr. Barton Warnock as well as the other distinguished professors.

Douglas B. Williams, Amarillo

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