St Louis Country Day School - Codasco Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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'21 24 1? Two of the Country Day players fight to take the ball away from the overwhelming opposition during one of the last games of their season. The opposition ungracefully dunks the Coach Casey calls one of his famous time hole man as the two teams struggle for the outs ln order to get a few things off his l ball. mind 'Q -