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Speaker 1: So that was the last two days. The other thing

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Speaker 1: So I'll give you guys the names of the players

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Speaker 1: they selected to represent them in the leadership role. On offense,

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Speaker 1: it was Daniel Quan and Andrew Thomas. On defense it

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Speaker 1: it was Casey Graham and Cam Brown. And then there

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