On the morning after Thanksgiving my junior year in high school, I climbed onto a school bus with the rest of the Chamberlain Cubs basketball team and headed for Deadwood and a weekend of games.
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Terry is a well-known regional columnist who lives in Chamberlain, S.D.
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