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North champions!

Photo by Ronnie Day

Stretching
First baseman Jake Omedeo stretches for the out as a Kirk runner nears the bag.

• Patriots play Central Private this week for Class AA crown

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Marshall Academy goes for its first ever state baseball championship this week.

“This is an awesome feeling,” head coach Jimmy Hicks told his team after Saturday’s dramatic 4-3 win over Kirk Academy for the North State crown. “Not many people get the opportunity to play for a state championship. Let’s take advantage of it.”

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Behind The Scoreboard
By Claude Vinson

NBA playoffs

In the heat of the playoffs, and believe me, it has become very heated – which is to be expected at this point – the teams which failed to advance in the first round are licking wounds, firing coaches and counting casualties.

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State track participants

Photo by Barry Burleson

Holly High does well at state

Holly Springs was well represented Saturday at the State Track Meet in Pearl. From left are participants Darryl Kinkle, Datron Johnson, Kiera Mayfield, Clifford Brown and Brandon Thomas. Mayfield placed second in the 100 meter (12.62), fourth in the 200 meter (26.86) and fourth in the 400 meter (1:02.18). Placing third in the state in the 4x100 meter relay were Kinkle, Johnson, Brown and Thomas (43.01). Thomas also placed seventh in the triple jump (41-11). “I’m real proud of their effort,” said coach Clifford Brown. “They did a fantastic job. It was another successful track season.”

Spring football wraps up; Hawks going to Horn Lake

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Clifford Brown is the only football coach in the county who will get a look at his team in a spring game.

The Holly Springs High School Hawks visit Horn Lake this Friday, May 16. A ninth grade game at approximately 4:45 p.m. will be followed by junior varsity and varsity contests.

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Champions

After a hard-played, two-and-one-half-hour championship game between Byhalia and Holly Springs Osteen, the 10-year-old Byhalia softball team, coached by Matt and Ellen Gehrke, came out victorious, taking first place in the Marshall County Preseason Tournament. Both teams played excellent games throughout the tournament and should be equally proud. Pictured here are (front row, sitting) Makayla Kelley; (second row, kneeling) Kaitlyn Turner, Ambrosia Brantley, Elizabeth Kelley, Angel Patterson; (third row, kneeling) Erin Bussell, Katelin Culp, Latricia Stevenson, Mattie Spencer, Kaley Shackelford, Courtney Bledsoe and Michelle Wang. Not pictured is Lauren Marcum.

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