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Practicing plays

The Holly Springs High School football team runs through some plays during its recent scrimmage at Sam Coopwood Park. Preseason practice starts in two months.

Hawks emphasize defense in spring

By CLAUDE VINSON
Sports Editor

Head coach Clifford Brown said right away the controlled scrimmage, which the Holly High Hawks were using to wrap up their spring practice sessions, was geared toward defense.

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West dominates in 1A-2A games

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

The West teams put on a scoring clinic in 1A-2A all-star action Saturday at Booneville.

In the girls matchup, the West dominated the East 83-48, breaking a Northeast Mississippi Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game record for points. The previous record was 66.

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Lady Lions sign scholarships

Photos by Lawrence White

Ciara Seldon and Symone Gorman, members of the Class of 2009 at H.W. Byers, recently signed college basketball scholarships. (Top photo) Gorman signs with Talladega College in Alabama. Pictured with her are her mother, Lizzie Hunter (also seated), Jason Thompson, head coach of the Lady Lions, and teammate Seldon. (Bottom photo) Seldon (seated, middle) is joined by her parents, John Seldon and Annette Seldon, as she signs with Northwest Community College. In back, from left, are Coach Thompson; Byers teacher Lori Elliott; Candace Seldon, Ciara’s sister; and teammate Gorman. Gorman averaged 13 points and eight rebounds for the H.W. Byers Lady Lions this past season as they marched to their second straight Class 2A state championship. Seldon averaged 11 points and two assists per game in the 2008-09 season. Four senior members of the Byers girls team have now signed scholarships, the previous two being Amanda Jones and Rachel Jones. Thompson said one other senior on the team, Kenyata Gulledge, received an academic scholarship to Xavier University in New Orleans where she will major in pediatrics. She was the Class of 2009 valedictorian.

Behind The Scoreboard
By Claude Vinson

NBA finals set

The Eastern Conference finals did not go as the Cleveland Cavaliers had planned. It did not go as the Denver Nuggets had planned in the Western Conference finals. It is certain both of these teams will critique and critique again, trying to precisely determine just what went wrong. Why couldn’t they force that seventh game?

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Kelley going to Millikin

Parker Kelley of Byhalia has indicated he plans to attend Millikin University and play football for Big Blue head coach Doug Neibuhr.

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All-state player

Traci Rodgers, a 2009 graduate of Marshall Academy, was recently named to The Clarion-Ledger’s All-State Softball First Team. Rodgers, a center fielder, was a key ingredient in the Lady Patriots’ successful season, which included a second straight Class AA state championship and a first-ever Mississippi Private School Association overall crown. Rodgers was one of only two MPSA players selected to the 12-member first team. The others are from public schools. The Clarion-Ledger staff wrote – “Led the Lady Patriots to the academy overall championship with a .348 batting average, .534 on base percentage, 23 RBIs and errorless play in centerfield.” Susan Rodgers, softball coach at MA, said, “Nothing ever got past her in the outfield. If a ball is hit anywhere near her, it’s an out.”

Recognize these players?

Tom Stewart submitted this old photo to The South Reporter for publication. It includes members of the Holly Springs High School basketball team of 1953.



Courtesy photos MPSA all-stars Marshall Academy was represented in the recent Mississippi Private School Association Class AA-AAA Baseball All-Star Game. Chris Gardner (left) and Hunter Bolden (right) played for the North team, which was coached by Mark Kirk of Lee Academy. The South won the matchup. The all-star games, which also included a Class A North versus South contest, were played at Smith Wills Stadium in Jackson. The two helped lead coach Johnny Ray’s Patriots to a district championship and state playoff berth this season.

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