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Portsmouth track athlete who struck opponent with baton charged with assault, reports say

Alaila Everett, a senior at Norcom High, was competing in the Virginia High School League Class 3 championships last week when she struck Brookville High’s Kaelen Tucker during the second leg of the 4x200-meter relay race at Liberty University in Lynchburg.

I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth. (Jim Walker/The Virginian-Pilot)

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