River Hill basketball honors Dankos

By Brent Kennedy
Posted: December 7, 2009

The River Hill boys basketball team honored fallen classmate Steven Dankos Friday night by wearing black patches on their uniforms that had the No. 55 on them. Dankos, who died in an auto accident Nov. 29, wore that number as a member of the Hawks’ football team this fall.

In front of a large home crowd, including a full student section, River Hill defeated Eleanor Roosevelt, 54-43, in the season opener for both teams. Hawks coach Matt Graves said that it had been a tough week around school for everyone and that the game provided a chance for the entire community to temporarily get their minds off the incident.

“I think the school, the entire River Hill community really, needed something to cheer about,” Graves said afterward. “In times like this, sports can be a rallying point, something that brings everyone together. The student body was great tonight, we had a great home crowd and we were able to pick up a really nice win.”

River Hill begins county play this Wednesday at Long Reach at 5:30 p.m.

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