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 | Photo by Ronnie Day | Making the catch Potts Camp’s Macy Watkins snags a fly ball in game one versus the Vardaman Lady Rams Saturday afternoon. |
State Softball Playoffs • Successful season ends for young Lady Cards On Tuesday, March 31, Potts Camp Lady Cardinals traveled to West Union for a division game. The weather was great and lots of fans turned out for a good game. Both teams came out gunning for each other. The Lady Cardinals scored two runs right away, while the West Union Lady Eagles could not get the bats going. Full Story
Barksdale medals at state meet By BARRY BURLESON Editor Bobby Barksdale made history Saturday at the State Powerlifting Meet in Jackson. Full Story
Patriots stun Colts with last-inning rally Marshall
Academy earned a crucial split with district riva Lee (Clarksdale)
March 30 by scoring six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to win
game two. MA entered this week atop the District 1-AA standings. Full Story
Behind The Scoreboard By Claude Vinson Final Four NCAA basketball reached the end of the road this past weekend, the Road to the Final Four, that is. And
as the song goes, “once again history repeats itself” and the road was
littered with broken dreams, dashed hopes and muddy tears. There were a
couple of “dark horses” traveling this road. One made it all the way
into the light. The other one, well, let’s just say that there is
always another season. Full Story
Marshall varsity, JV boys finish first By BARRY BURLESON Editor Nobody
was fooling the Marshall Academy varsity and junior varsity boys track
teams April 1. They cruised to easy wins in the Patriot Relays. The
varsity boys earned 97 points, 40 ahead of second-place finisher
Magnolia Heights’ 57. Delta placed third with 33. Others were West
Memphis Christian, 25; Marvell, 22; and Oak Hill, 13. Full Story
Cardinals drop district games By BARRY BURLESON Editor Potts Camp let leads slip away in a pair of district games last week. Full Story
Indians lose twinbill By BARRY BURLESON Editor An extra-inning loss to Independence last week at home eliminated the Byhalia baseball team from playoff contention. Full Story
Jones named player of year by Journal The honors keep rolling in for H.W. Byers’ Rachel Jones. Full Story |