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The green team's coaches from Mahomet-Seymour during the boy's All-Area All Star basketball game at Parkland College in Champaign on Sunday, April 22 , 2012.
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Mahomet-Seymour's Reid Farchmin blocks a shot by Rantoul's Travis Britt during the boy's All-Area All Star basketball game at Parkland College in Champaign on Sunday, April 22 , 2012.
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Mahomet-Seymour's Reid Farchmin and Rantoul's Travis Britt during the boy's All-Area All Star basketball game at Parkland College in Champaign on Sunday, April 22 , 2012.
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Rantoul's Travis Britt drives into Centennial's Devin Carter during the boy's All-Area All Star basketball game at Parkland College in Champaign on Sunday, April 22 , 2012.
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Champaign Central's Corvon Butler dunks during the boy's All-Area All Star basketball game at Parkland College in Champaign on Sunday, April 22 , 2012.
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during the boy's All-Area All Star basketball game at Parkland College in Champaign on Sunday, April 22 , 2012.
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Green Team coach Chad Benedict talks with Fisher's Dylan Chapman during the boy's All-Area All Star basketball game at Parkland College in Champaign on Sunday, April 22 , 2012.
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Fans during the boy's All-Area All Star basketball game at Parkland College in Champaign on Sunday, April 22 , 2012.
View ArticleUpdated: Thunderstorms have moved out of the area
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View ArticleGovernments, businesses will be winners with video gambling
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