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Silver Streaks Open Wheelchair Handball Season with Victory
Students from Redan & Stone Mountain high schools and Stone Mountain Middle help get the win
The DeKalb Silver Streaks got the 2011 Wheelchair Handball season off to a rousing start with a 10-3 victory over rival Atlanta Wolfpack last Saturday.
Tucker senior Dontrey Hunt scored eight points to lead the Silver Streaks to their 1-0 start while Towers senior Ebony Whitehead and Henderson Middle's Sidney Parott had one point each in the game.
Redan senior Ty Jackson was big in goal for the Silver Streaks as he blocked 17 shots in limiting Atlanta to just three points. Jackson and the offensive stars got help on both ends of the floor from Stone Mountain Middle School's Nadia Williams, Stone Mountain High senior Alexis Bell, Imani Ingram from Tucker Middle and Nygel Scott from Stone Mountain High.
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The Silver Streaks (1-0) play host to the 0-1 Gwinnett Heat, which dropped an 8-4 decision to the Houston County Sharks last weekend, at 1 p.m. at Henderson Middle School on Saturday, Sept. 24.
The DeKalb Eagles open their junior varsity handball season in the host role as they take on the North Fulton YMCA Mustangs (1-0) who defeated the Clayton Eagles (0-1) by a score of 1-0 last Saturday.
