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dooms Gaston against Nestucca  Gaston boys dig themselves an
early hole and never recover against league rival Nestucca  A
slow start and hurried offense were the nemesis of the Gaston
boy's basketball team Tuesday night, as they fell to the
Nestucca Bobcats 72-61.  Nestucca took an early 4-0 lead and
never looked back. A two-point conversion by Paul Catino would
put the Greyhounds within two, which would be the closest the
score was all night.  'When you're down by that much early on,
it's hard to come back,' said coach Larry King after the game.
'They went on runs and we didn't cover them.'  The Greyhounds
live and die by their 3-point shots and on Tuesday they were
sporadic at best. Gaston would sink three field goals in a row,
then turn around and miss three in a row.  Despite their
sporadic shooting the Greyhounds press defense caused turnovers
that kept the game close as they entered half time down by just
seven, 35-27.  Gaston opened the sec