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- ↑ "November 1, 2010 Board of Education Regular Monthly Meeting" (PDF). Board minutes. Concord School District. November 1, 2010. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
- ↑ "Capsule outlook of the area's Div. III-IV high school boys' basketball teams". Concord Monitor. December 6, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2013.