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Jamal Danley

Danley shines at Nike Camp

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

An offensive tackle from Byhalia High School is climbing the recruiting charts after his showing at the recent Houston Nike Camp.

Jamal Danley, who will be a senior next season, had a tremendous showing in Texas, according to Markeith Washington, head coach of the Indians.

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Potts Camp second in state
• Byhalia girls take third place

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Athletes from Marshall County turned in strong performances last weekend at the State Championship Track Meet in Pearl.

Both the Potts Camp girls and boys claimed second in the state in Class 1A. Kris Roberts had a pair of first-place finishes.

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Vanderburg, Brock named to North all-star squad

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

A pair of Marshall Academy Patriots will play one more high school baseball game.

Seniors Joey Brock and Josh Vanderburg were selected to the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools North AA-AAA all-star squad.

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Behind The Scoreboard
By Claude Vinson

Praise to Grizzlies

The Chicago Bulls earned what they wanted – a berth in the Eastern Finals in the NBA. Whether it is safe to say that they got all they wanted is a matter of conjecture. You probably won’t hear them complaining too loudly, but they perhaps would have been much happier with the Shamrock boys as opponents in this Eastern Championship best of seven. The Bulls haven’t looked past any team in these playoffs and their first game loss to the Atlanta Hawks (103-95) was a game in stride. They quickly bounced back and took the next two not by “blowouts” but still respectable margins. After spotting the Hawks another win in game four they closed out the tired Hawks in six by 20 points.

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Ole Miss schedules summer camps

Ole Miss women’s basketball announces a series of basketball camps in June.

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Photos by Barry Burleson Byhalia 5K The Town of Byhalia held its first annual 5K run/walk Saturday, May 7, to benefit the American Cancer Society. (Top) Participants leave the starting line. (Middle) Casey Gates (left) and Carri Hutchens (right) were the first- and second-place finishers. Chuck White (not pictured) was third. (Above) A group of walkers near the end of the course. (Below, left) Alderman Rick DeBardeleben reaches the finish line. (Below, right) The top three in the children’s division were (from left) Jason Dye, Joel Adams Jr. and Nathan Seale. Eighty-one people completed the 5K run/walk course.

Holly High Camp May 30-June 2

The Coach “Xa” Biddy Basketball Camp will be held May 30-June 2 at the Holly Springs High School gymnasium.

The camp, for ages 7 through 12, will begin at 8:30 a.m. each day and end at 12 noon. The cost is $25 per child or $40 for two children.

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Blue Mountain tryouts May 27

Blue Mountain College will hold open baseball tryouts at 11 a.m., Friday, May 27, at Legion Field in the New Albany SportsPlex.

The tryouts are for players who have completed their high school eligibility and for junior college players who have completed their sophomore season.

For more information, call 662-685-4771, extension 407.

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