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Byhalia track team shines at state

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Indian medalists

From left are coach Ashley Shannon, Labradford Rayford, Brandon Bougard, Andrey Collins, Labrandon Walker, Godfrey Fayne, Tedrick Moore and coach Markeith Washington.

Byhalia High School athletes received gold medals in four events at the recent Class 4A State Track and Field Meet.

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Jenkins takes over Marshall baseball

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Bart Jenkins believes toughness wins games and he’s bringing that philosophy to Marshall Academy as the school’s new baseball coach.

He spent one year at MA in 2002-03 as an assistant and then left for head coaching positions at Starkville Academy and later Pillow Academy, both bigger Class AAA schools. In three seasons at Starkville and three at Pillow, his teams won at least 20 games each year and were always in the playoffs, finishing as state runners-up twice.

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MA athletes receive awards

Marshall Academy handed out year-ending awards during the school’s annual sports banquet May 13.

The event was held at Byhalia United Methodist Church in The Flame.

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Behind The Scoreboard
By Claude Vinson

NBA action

There is a good reason if some of us NBA followers are getting a bit edgy at this point in the playoffs.

What looked like easy wraps in some corners appear to have taken a down turn. A great for instance is in the Eastern Conference journey. The Boston Celtics, who had practically dominated the Magic in the first three games, found themselves staring down the proverbial double barrel after Wednesday night (of last week) at home. The Magic worked a bit of it and pulled within one game with their performance in game five.

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Kirkwood hosts Lewis Clark Memorial

Thirty-six players participated in the Lewis Clark Sr. Memorial Invitational held at Kirkwood National Golf Club, Holly Springs, on May 22-23.

The tournament was held in honor of Clark, who passed away last November. Prizes were awarded to winners in four divisions for this two-day tournament.

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Junior golf clinic

Nine junior golfers enjoyed two days of instruction in chipping, putting, driving and etiquette in a junior golf clinic held at Kirkwood National Golf Club May 24 and 25. The clinic was taught by Lee Barkley. Pictured (front row, from left) are Taylor Blaker, Matthew Callicutt, Cody Miller, Grady Brooks and Wil Summerlin; (second row, from left) are Zach Callicutt, Blue Hickman, Boothe Gresham, Jacob Shaw and (back, right) Lee Barkley.

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