Departures Force Bulldogs To Restock
Posted: March 14, 2010 at 8 a.m.
Fayetteville senior Adam Nobel, right, has the ball knocked from his hands by Conway senior Preston Purifoy during the second half of the Class 7A State Championship on Friday in Summit Arena in Hot Springs. Conway defeated Fayetteville 66-56.
Sitting at a table with guards Kikko Haydar and Taylor Cochran to his left, Fayetteville boys basketball coach Barry Gebhart didn’t bother hiding his admiration for them. “These two guys, they’re like members of my family,” Gebhart said Friday night. “I mean, for the last three years, I’ve been around these guys more than I’ve been around my wife and my 4-year-old daughter, and I’ve enjoyed it.”
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