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Kirkland enters Hall of Fame  | Former Byers coach honored
Joining
Gerone Kirkland (second from left) for the recent Hall of Fame
presentation are his daughter, Arcinko Smith, grandson Enrique Gross
and son-in-law Quadeer Smith. |
Former H.W. Byers
boys coach Gerone Kirkland was recently inducted into the Northeast
Mississippi Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Full Story
Marshall softball rebuilds By BARRY BURLESON
Editor The start of the softball season is just over five weeks away, and for Marshall Academy, it will be largely a new beginning. All but two players on the Lady Patriots’ roster will be in ninth grade or below. Full Story
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by Barry Burleson
Tournament
action
Team
Extreme, a 16-year-old baseball team from Marshall County, has played
in several tournaments since school dismissed for the summer. The squad
placed second in the “Schools Out Celebration” at
Southaven.Ben Bolden splits two Lewisburg players and steals
second base.
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Behind The Scoreboard
By Claude Vinson L.A. Lakers Dear
readers, as you well know, the final chapter of the NBA 2009-2010
playoffs was written Thursday night in Los Angeles. Your last edition
of this paper was put in your hands just as a day after the sixth game
in the best of seven was played. It is easy to remember that prior to
that all-important game, the two best teams in this season’s NBA had
been going tit-for-tat. First it was L.A. then it was Boston, L.A. and
then Boston, and that went on until each had won a pair of games. Full Story
Youth fishing rodeo Saturday at Sardis The 2010 Sardis Lake Youth Fishing Rodeo will be held on Saturday, June 26, at the Sardis Lower Lake-Cypress Point Area. Registration will begin at 7 a.m. and the rodeo will start at 7:30 a.m. Age classes are 1-5 years old, 6-10 years old, and 11-15 years old. Trophies will be awarded for each age class and for the largest fish. For more information please contact Ranger Shea Staten at the Sardis Lake Field Office, 662-563-4531.
Knotty Bolden Rodeo scheduled July 9-10 The 26th annual Knotty Bolden Memorial Deep South Championship Rodeo is set for Friday and Saturday, July 9-10, at 8 p.m. Full Story
Shannon commits to Rust College By Adam Gore All-star forward Destini Shannon will play basketball for Rust College Lady Bearcats next season. Full Story
 | Elite Softball Camp
From
left are Annie Smith, assistant head coach for the Mississippi State
Lady Bulldogs softball team and Caitlyn Brooks of Holly Springs.
Caitlyn, daughter of Mary Clay and Gene Brooks, and Arin Leigh
Valentine, daughter of April and Aaron Valentine, attended Mississippi
State University’s Elite Softball Camp last week. The girls stayed in
the dorm and had regimented days of non-stop field time. They worked on
agility, batting, offense and defense. While there, they worked with
some of the Bulldog players, past and present, as well as their
coaching staff. Thursday, they held Softball Olympics, where the girls
participated in events all over the field, as well as in the training
facility. |
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All-star
Marcus
Rayford (right), a 2010 graduate of H.W. Byers High School, recently
played for the West in the Northeast Mississippi Basketball Coaches
Association All-Star Games at Itawamba Community College in Fulton. He
is pictured prior to the game with coach Jason Thompson of Byers. The
West boys dropped a 61-51 decision to the East. Rayford was second in
scoring for the West with 10 points. He also placed second in some
pre-game activities – the three-point shootout and the dunking
competition. |
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