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ATHENS, Ohio -- On Saturday morning, Amy Hughes blew out candles on her birthday cake. In the afternoon, her basketball team blew out Fairland.

Hughes, coach of the Portsmouth High School girls basketball team, celebrated her 48th birthday with a 63-40 rout of the Dragons in the OHSAA Division V state tournament semifinals at Ohio University's Convocation Center.

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