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Marshall County Dizzy Dean


Photos by Ronnie Day (Top) Hailey Huff, catcher for Potts Camp, applies the tag to Byhalia runner Cati Burrow. (Left) Potts Camp’s Dylan Goode makes contact at the plate. (right) Byhalia catcher Austin Dunlap makes a diving try to tag Potts Camp runner Hunter Joyner, who made it home safely. Umpire is Daniel Minor. This action is from recent regular season softball and baseball competition in the Marshall County Dizzy Dean League. The league is wrapping up for the year with postseason tournament play and then all-stars.

Horton hired to lead Cards

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Coach Matt Horton anticipates success at Potts Camp High School.

He was recently hired to lead the boys basketball program, and he likes what he sees in the talent pool.

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Football players working

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

It’s summer, but football coaches and players are still busy.

Take for instance Byhalia High School’s Markeith Washington and his Indians.

“We have to get better,” the coach said. “We’re not stopping. We’re working out every day.”

That includes weight training and some seven-on-seven competition.

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Behind The Scoreboard
By Claude Vinson

Lakers win another title

It’s wrap-up time. The Orlando Magic had a “must win” situation on Sunday. And if there were ever a game in which all the cards were stacked against someone, this would be it. In all of NBA playoff finals history, no team has ever been able to recover from a 3-1 deficit. Twenty-nine have been trampled in the annals dust trying to overcome the stigma.

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Thompson, Jenkins, Gulledge selected for state all-star game

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Coach Jason Thompson is going down I-55 in July to the state’s top basketball all-star game, and he’s taking a couple of Marshall County players with him.

Thompson, who has led H.W. Byers to back-to-back Class 2A state championships, will be the head coach for the North girls in the game, featuring players statewide from all classifications. It is sponsored by the Mississippi Association of Coaches.

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Ole Miss schedules basketball camps

Ole Miss Head Men’s Basketball Coach Andy Kennedy and his staff will host two individual camps in late July.

The Rebel Basketball Individual Day Camp is set for July 27-31 and the Rebel Basketball Individual Overnight Camp will be held July 26-29. Registration forms are available online at www.olemisssports.com.

Campers get to play in Tad Smith Coliseum, home of the Ole Miss Rebels, and receive instruction from college coaches, high school coaches and former Rebel players.

Every camper receives a T-shirt as well as a camp basketball.

Kennedy said each camper will learn the fundamentals of basketball while having fun.

Soccer camp July 13-17

Northwest Mississippi Community College will host a youth soccer camp for students from grades nine through 12 at the soccer field on the Senatobia campus.

The camp, which runs from July 13-17, will take place from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. each day.

For more information, please contact Northwest Head Soccer Coach Peter Jarjoura at (662) 560-5280 or e-mail him at pejarjoura@northwestms.edu.

Tournament champions

The Collierville Sunbirds 9- to 11-year-old softball team, which includes several players from Marshall County, won first place in the end of the season tournament. The Sunbirds were ranked third in regular season standings. In front are Alexis Taylor, Claire Tucker, Ryland Furlong, Sarah Hardy and Elizabeth Mills. In back are coach Aaron Valentine, Arin Leigh Valentine, Taylor Curtis, Emma Hylander, Amy Eddleman, Emma Laird, coach Bill Laird, Hannah Hurdle and coach Bud Hurdle. Not pictured are Demi Toles and Maggie Lewellyn. Congratulations to the girls on a great season.

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