Brock Strickler

Brock Strickler

Venable School, Lane High School
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Was when we played Douglas Freeman, and we knew -- in Richmond at Parker Field.  And we knew whoever won that game -- we only had, I think, two games after that, and we knew we weren’t going to have a problem.  We won.  And we stopped on Broad Street when we left, which is rather late, but we stopped the bus to get dinner, if you will, at a Shoney’s.  Somebody from Shoney’s came out to the bus and said, “Fine.  White boys come on in the restaurant.  We’ll bring the food out here to the Blacks.” And immediately Willie Barnett yelled, “Shut the door, start the engine, and let’s get out of here.” And that’s what the whole attitude everybody on that team had.