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Charles helps Uniondale hold off Baldwin for Class AA title
Quick ReadTop-seeded Uniondale held on to beat No. 2 Baldwin, 64-61, for the Nassau Class AA boys basketball championship.
Photo credit: Photo by Richard Slattery | Uniondale's Bolade Akingboye (15, center), goes around Baldwin's Dominique Aberdeen (32, left), and Tziah Wood-Smith (42, right), during their Class AA Championship Game. (March 6, 2010)
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In his ears was a deafening roar from the Baldwin crowd hoping to see a comeback completed. But Uniondale's Goey Charles stepped to the foul line at Hofstra with 8.7 seconds left with a clear mind: "I have nothing to lose," he thought. "This could be our last game."
Turned out it wasn't. Charles made two clutch foul shots to give Uniondale a three-point lead and Baldwin's Ashanti DePass hit...
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