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SportsReport
Focus on football
Photos by Barry Burleson |  |  |  Football
teams in Marshall County took to the practice field last week in
preparation for the upcoming season. (Top) Marshall Academy Patriots
hit the sled. (Left) H.W. Byers Lions go through pre-practice
exercises. (Above) Holly High Hawks work on the quarterback-running
back exchange. MA plays in a jamboree Thursday, Aug. 12, at Kirk.
Byhalia will host a jamboree Friday, Aug. 13, which will include Byers.
The Patriots, Indians and Lions kick off the season Friday, Aug. 20.
The Hawks open the campaign Friday, Aug. 27. Potts Camp will play a
junior high and junior varsity slate in 2010.
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Lady Pats start season Friday Coach Lance McGregor can sum up the 2010 Marshall Academy girls soccer team with one word – inexperienced. Full Story
Behind The Scoreboard
By Claude Vinson Go Saints If
anyone out there wants to accuse me of trying to hurry the new football
season along, then I plead guilty. But in my defense, everyone has been
talking football for awhile now and teams at all levels, from the
elementary to the pros, have begun opening training camps. And our own
editor (Barry Burleson) has been running articles on area teams and
coaches for a few weeks now. Full Story
Marshall girls improve in summer By BARRY BURLESON
Editor Summer camps have coach Craig Dailey excited about the next basketball season for his Marshall Academy Lady Patriots. The
girls traveled to Union University Camp, Southaven Camp and played some
summer league games. They compiled several wins versus public school
competition and then concluded their summer work with a good showing at
Madison Ridgeland Academy Camp. At MRA, the Lady Pats beat 3A power
Pillow, defending A champ Delta, and defending overall champ East
Rankin, just to name a few wins. Full Story
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Preparations
Working
out Thursday on the football practice field are (top) the Holly Springs
High School Hawks, (above, left) the H.W. Byers Lions and (above,
right) the Marshall Academy Patriots. |
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