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Gold Medal

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Update: 'Ms. Basketball' Shoots for Third Olympic Gold

Tamika Catchings, who played for Stevenson High School in the mid-1990s, is a member of the 2012 women's basketball team.

Update: Aug. 12 The U.S. women's basketball team won the gold medal Saturday in its final Olympic game, beating France 86-50. Tamika Catchings, a member of the team who played basketball for Stevenson in the '90s, Tweeted the news Saturday afternoon. "Wow #Soblessed!! #OperationGOLD ACCOMPLISHED!!! Such an amazing experience w/ an amazing team! Luv ya'll! Dreams do cm true... : )," she wrote. The gold medal was the third for Catchings, and the seventh consecutive for the U.S. ------------------------------------------------------------------- A former star basketball player for Stevenson High School is shooting for the Olympic gold for the third time as part of the U.S. women’s basketball team.  Tamika Catchings, who as a sophomore led the…

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