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Young Black Women Golfers Take To The Greens
St. Petersburg Native Vies For Second NBA Ring
MARREESE SPEIGHTS
As the NBA playoffs move on, the Golden State Warriors, led by Steph Curry, are vying for their second NBA Championship after winning it all last season.
For area viewers, a vital part of their rotation has been St. Pe- tersburg native Marreese Speights.
Speights was drafted in the first round in 2008 16th overall, by the Philadelphia 76ers. He also played with the Memphis Griz- zlies and Cleveland Cavaliers before joining the Warriors in 2013.
Speights attended Gibbs High School and Admiral Farragut Academy in St. Petersburg, and Hargrave Military in Virginia be- fore attended the University of Florida, where he was a member of their national championship teams with Al Horford, Corey Brewer, and Joakim Noah.
Speights, 6’10” tall, is a center/power forward who comes off the bench for the Warriors and gives them valuable minutes of- fensively and defensively.
A group of African American women golfers took to the greens of the Babe Zaharias Golf Course where they challenged each other, and appealed for more African American women to take up the sport. (PHOTOS BY JULIA JACKSON)
Director, Nicole King stands on a golf cart complete with a set of clubs.
Young African American female golfers: Carin Stubbs, Jensen Harris and Lee Ann Shaw.
Samantha Bryant heads out to the course.
Golfer Dawn Dasher
Robye Thompson lines up her next shot.
Diedre White prepares to check her shot.
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