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Barton return stirs memories

By Tim Cooper

Barry Pruitt was a member of the Jonesboro High School basketball team that won a state title in 1962 at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock. The next time Jonesboro won a boys state basketball title — a span of 32 years — Pruitt was the Hurricane coach and the venue again was Barton Coliseum.

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  • Headline: Barton return stirs memories
  • Publication: Sports, Pages 19 on 03/06/2013
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