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Homegrown Mustangs having success

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Record Staff Writer
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STOCKTON — David Lerma had offers at a few four-year schools, and he could have left the area to play at another junior college.

But the Elliot Christian graduate stayed home, went to play basketball at Delta College and is happy about the decision.

The year's Mustangs squad is almost completely homegrown, with 11 of their 15 players are from San Joaquin County and not one coming from farther away than Fairfield. It's led to success for Delta, which plays an important Big 8 Conference contest at Santa Rosa at 7:30 p.