In The Huddle

You would think that helping guide your school to three basketball state championships and a football state title might buy a guy some pull when it comes to getting a seat at your alma mater’s games. In the case of former Cummings multi-sport star Dwight Jones, apparently not.

Jones, who’s spending the spring working on his grades to take advantage of a football scholship at North Carolina, tried to watch his Cummings Cavaliers take on Graham in a much-anticipated boys’ basketball showdown Friday night. But Jones found himself among the scores of fans turned away after Graham’s home gym reached capacity.

“We left the house late anyway,” Jones said. “But by the time we got there, the line was to the buses. We just went home.”

It’s not like Jones hasn’t gotten a good look at the Red Devils, who beat the Cavs 80-66 by the way. He said he’s played against Red Devils players Nate Blackburn and
Preston Newlin in pickup games at the YMCA.

“I knew they’d be good,” Jones said.

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