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12:11 am Thursday, June 13, 2002

State Games not looking to expand any further in the near future

By By Marty Stamper / EMG sports assistant
June 13, 2002
In their early days, the State Games of Mississippi were a one-weekend thing. Now they're stretched out over three weekends as sailing, Tae Kwon Do, and summer biathlon were held two weeks ago.
There doesn't appear to be any plans to add any more sports in the near future.
One sport that might be popular would be golf.

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