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MA crushes
Black Knights
By BARRY
BURLESON
Editor
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Photos
by Barry Burleson
Defense
(Above)
Chase Smith (80) and Jake Delashmit take down a Knight. (Below) Kirby
Jones (65) pressures the West Memphis quarterback.
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The
Patriots traveled over the Mississippi River Friday night and wrapped
up the regular season with their easiest win yet.
Marshall
Academy scored four touchdowns in the first quarter and was on cruise
control the rest of the way versus winless West Memphis (Ark.). The
final score was 49-0.
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Patriots start
playoffs Friday
By BARRY
BURLESON
Editor
Marshall
Academy is advancing to the Class AA state football playoffs for the
fourth straight season.
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Hawks fall to
Palmer
By BARRY
BURLESON
Editor
Holly
High had its chances Friday night at Marks but couldn’t pull
out a victory.
The
Hawks led 12-10 in the third quarter, fell behind 16-12 at the end of
that period and then gave up 14 unanswered points in the fourth. They
fell 30-12 to Palmer and ended the season with a 1-9 record.
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Indians
relinquish first-half advantage
By CLAUDE
VINSON
Sports Editor
The
Byhalia Indians were still looking for that elusive district win when
they rolled into North Panola last Friday night to close out the season
with the Cougars.
The
Indians entered the game 3-7 overall and the Cougars 0-9.
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Behind The
Scoreboard
By Claude Vinson
‘Shout
out’ for Grizzlies
Let
me preface this column with the statement that I am aware that the
World Series is going on and that the fourth game was played on Sunday
evening. The Giants had a 2-1 lead at that time. It was noticeable that
a lot of predictors had favored San Francisco early on. However, the
tide seemed to have shifted a little after the Rangers, playing in
their first Series ever, won game number three. Now, the Texas Rangers
are being pegged to take it all in some polls.
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Lady Patriots
second in tournament
By BARRY
BURLESON
Editor
Both
the Marshall Academy varsity Lady Patriots and the junior high girls
finished second in their own preseason tournament last week.
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County teams
ready to open basketball seasons
By BARRY
BURLESON
Editor
Basketball
season is here.
Teams
have warmed up with jamborees or pre-season tournaments, with the
regular season tipping off this week and next.
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Legendary
racers coming to Holly Springs for drag strip reunion
Thirty
years ago Lakeland Drag Strip in Memphis, Tenn., was the location where
some of the greatest names in nitro and fast door car racers spent
their weekends.
The
long shuttered facility
closed in 1979 but it remains a legendary Southern drag strip for many
racers and fans in and around Memphis.
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