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Argumentative Essay: The First Basketball Game
Good-afternoon,

Just wanted to send an update regarding our first basketball game of the season tomorrow, as I've had a few questions. Friday January 8th, the JV Boys, Varsity Boys, and Varsity Girls will be playing at the University of Liggett (Cook Road Campus). This year Liggett only has 1 girls Varsity team so our JV girls will NOT be traveling with us. Varsity girls will have a 3:00pm early dismissal. JV and Varsity Boys will be dismissed at the normal school hours. The Varsity girls will play first with a game start time of 4:00pm, followed by JV boys at 5:00, and Varsity boys at 6:00. Upon completion of the Varsity girls game, the bus will take the girls back to the school, arriving around 5:20. The JV and Varsity boys will return to

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