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Patriots capture district crown By BARRY BURLESON The Marshall Academy junior high Patriots capped an outstanding 22-3 season by celebrating a district championship Saturday night in Carrollton. “The junior high boys had to step up and fill some big shoes from last year’s undefeated district champs,” said head coach David Austin, in his first year at MA. “They carried over a (district) winning streak that spanned several years as well. Cardinals earn big district win By BARRY BURLESON Brian Smith was a happy coach after his team’s district win over Myrtle on Tuesday, Jan. 27. “We had a great game,” he said. “It was one of our better nights – a total team effort.” The Cardinals likely earned themselves a number three seed in the Region 3-1A Tournament next week with the 91-84 victory. They improved to 14-12 overall and 4-2 in the district. Hawks shock Olive Branch By CLAUDE VINSON The Conquistadors of Olive Branch brought their teams to town Friday to contest the Holly Springs Hawks and Lady Hawks in a DeSoto-Marshall clash. The Lady Hawks and Lady Conquistadors started with shots from beyond the arc; however, neither connected. That seemed to be the tone for most of the shots in the opening frame since the score had the visitors up by three at 8-5. The Olive Branch girls play in the 5A division, but in this game and in the early goings, they didn’t appear to be two classes better than their hosts. Verily, the Lady Hawks were operating at almost optimum level and enjoyed a one-point deficit at the end of the low scoring half at 15-14. Behind The Scoreboard One of best SB parties ever If you believed the pre-game hype, you could easily have been misled about the entertainment and importance value of Super Bowl XLIII. The publicity mills didn’t keep the impending date in front of football fans as is customary for the biggest gridiron game of the year. However, on Monday morning, and in a lot of cases, late Sunday night, SB 43 was being tabbed as one of the best of all times. Lady Pats knock off JA 54-25 By BARRY BURLESON Marshall Academy varsity teams made the three-hour trek south on I-55 Friday, and one of those returned with a win over big school Jackson Academy. The Lady Patriots got 29 points from Traci Rodgers and played stellar defense in the dominating 54-25 victory. MA girls second in district By BARRY BURLESON
The district championship game Saturday evening epitomized the Marshall junior high Lady Patriots’ successful season, according to head coach David Austin. Lady Lions 25-2 By BARRY BURLESON Jason Thompson, his team coming off a disheartening loss to Class 5A Tupelo the night before, chose to first dwell on the positive Sunday afternoon. The H.W. Byers Lady Lions, defending Class 2A state champs, are 25-2 entering the final week of the regular season. BSA registering Saturday Byhalia Sports Association will hold registration for spring and summer T-ball, baseball and softball on Saturday, Feb. 7, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Byhalia Town Hall. Again this year there will be a special age group for 3- and 4-year-old children. This was such a fun age group for both playing and watching last year. There will also be teams for girls ages 5-16 with a 5-6 girls’ softball team and boys ages 5-15. BSA plays recreational baseball and softball and is sanctioned through Dizzy Dean. No previous experience is necessary. The program is open to all children of the area. Registration fee is $65.00, which includes full uniform. For questions call Doug or Janice at 838-2806, David or Darla at 838-5200, Jerry or Kim at 901-268-1775. AAU basketball team planning tryouts The North Mississippi Copperheads boys youth basketball team (fourth-eighth grades) will be holding tryouts for the spring and summer season. For more details, call Don Newton, 662-587-4074. The Copperheads will compete in AAU-sanctioned events. Holly High drops two at Tunica The Holly Springs High School Lady Hawks and Hawks dropped division contests at Rosa Fort on Tuesday of last week. The girls led the Lady Lions 16-12 at halftime but couldn’t hang on – losing 39-32. Tunica outscored the visitors 13-10 in the third quarter and 14-6 in the fourth. JaShanta Walker scored 14 points for Holly High. Tamekico Johnson followed with nine. It was all Tunica after one quarter in the boys game. Holly High, which held an 11-9 lead at the end of the first, fell 59-45. Scoring in double digits for the Hawks were Timothy Oliver and Darius Dowdy with 15 and 12, respectively. Johnathan Bowens added nine. The Hawks trailed 28-21 at the half and 40-30 after three periods. New teams joining MA in district By BARRY BURLESON Marshall Academy will see a slightly altered district for athletic competition in 2009-11. The Mississippi Private School Association recently released the new athletic alignment.
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