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Carrie Graham (10) of Holly Springs tries to save the basketball from going out of bounds as Byhalia’s Trueshun Joyner (32) looks on.

Holiday hoops
• Byhalia sweeps Holly High

By CLAUDE VINSON
Sports Editor

The teams of Holly High were at the home court of their biggest in-county rival over the holiday break, taking part in the Byhalia Thanksgiving Tournament.

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Marshall teams fall short at Myrtle

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

The Marshall Academy versus Myrtle games Monday night, Nov. 22, were not decided until the closing seconds.

The Lady Patriots, playing without a pair of seniors, lost a 52-49 nail-biter on the road. The Patriots, who trailed by 19 points in the third quarter, rallied to tie the game late only to see the Hawks win 86-84 at the buzzer.

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Lady Lions lose two in Tennessee tourney

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

The H.W. Byers Lady Lions dropped a pair of games last weekend to strong opponents from Florida and Tennessee.

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Behind The Scoreboard
By Claude Vinson

‘Turkey day’

Then there were three.

Another turn of events on Friday left the BCS standings in an impending flux with the demise of the Boise State Broncos. The Broncs, who have been prancing over the opposition for the last two seasons, threw a shoe in their meeting with Nevada. The Wolf Pack used an overtime to knock the visions of sugar plums and a BCS bowl berth from the heads of the Broncos. The Wolf Pack had been ranked 19th, while Boise had been hoping to move to number two. Instead, late Sunday night the word was that they had dropped down to number nine.

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Byhalia teams close tournament with losses
• Holly High splits consolation contests

By CLAUDE VINSON
Sports Editor

The Byhalia Lady Indians and the Center Hill Lady Mustangs squared off in the girls final of the Byhalia Thanksgiving Tournament.

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All stars

John Tomlinson (left) and Hank Owens, seniors at Marshall Academy, will play in the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools (MAIS) All-Star Football Game this weekend. Players reported on Tuesday. The game will kick off at 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, on the campus of Mississippi College in Clinton.

Marshall County teams fall to Tate teams

By CLAUDE VINSON
Sports Editor

Three Marshall County teams took part in the Senatobia pre-holiday tournament November 22-23. They suffered three losses on opening day.

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Quail hunting season runs through March 5

Mississippi’s statewide bobwhite quail hunting season opened November 25. The season closes March 5, 2011.

There is a daily bag limit of eight quail. Several public lands around the state offer quail hunting opportunity, although hunters may have to cover a lot of ground to find birds.

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