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Hometown Former Gophers Basketball Player is Going Pro… in Boxing

Hometown Former Gophers Basketball Player is Going Pro… in Boxing

Remember Jarvis Omersa? He was a standout athlete in both football and basketball at Orono High School, before he went on to the University of Minnesota, where he played the latter for Richard Pitino’s Minnesota Golden Gophers.

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