Virginia's Kymora Johnson was once sidelined for being a girl. Now she's starring in March Madness.
Johnson, who's fueling Virginia's Cinderella run, played on a boy's youth team that got DQ'd for having a girl on the roster. Her mother called it a 'turning point.'
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