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Football camp Photos by Barry Burleson The first annual Lester/Rice Youth Football Camp was held Saturday, July 9, at Sam Coopwood Park in Holly Springs. The camp was hosted by Brian Lester, a 2000 graduate of Holly Springs High School and a coach at Oxford High School, and Eric Rice, a coach at South Panola. Both also played football at Ole Miss. This camp focused on fundamental football skills and character building for children between the ages of 7-18. For more photos, click here.

Patriots start practice Monday

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Temperatures are near 100 these days, and with the heat comes the start of high school football practice.

Marshall Academy will be the first school to take to the practice field. The Patriots begin two-a-day drills next Monday, July 25, at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. as new coach Barrett Donahoe and his squad goes to work early morning and again early evening when temperatures are not at their highest.

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Fishing tournament Saturday will benefit Erica Yeager and family

A fishing tournament, “Fishing for Erica,” sponsored by the Tri-County Bass Anglers, will be held July 23 at Holiday Lodge in Harmontown, off Hwy. 310.

The tournament will be held from 5:30 a.m. until 12 noon and all proceeds from the tourney will go to Erica Yeager and her family. Erica will be at St. Jude at least 45 more days and she and her family will have to remain in Memphis, Tenn., near St. Jude, for at least six months to a year.

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Hardaway wins award

An H.W. Byers Lady Lion helped lead the North girls to a victory Saturday, July 9, in the Mississippi Association of Coaches All-Star Game.

Alexis Hardaway, who will be a senior next season, scored 10 points as the North knocked off the South 86-82. The 47th annual game was played at Mississippi College in Clinton.

Hardaway was also the recipient of the Sportsmanship Award.

The North leads the series 26-21.

Behind The Scoreboard
By Claude Vinson

Hopefully, season won’t be wasted

The Mobile (AL) newspaper, the Press-Register, runs on its sports pages the number of days left before football begins. Just football. There is no distinction between the different levels. Just football. It is a very subtle way to feed the eagerness which is gnawing at the insides of all who have made the gridiron sport America’s number one pastime. For the great majority of us, our attention will be devoted to the secondary and tertiary levels, however, and as usual, we will be avidly watching from afar what the “big boys” are doing.

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Going to World Series

Pictured are the members of the Marshall County Chaos 16-year-old softball team who placed second in the recent Dizzy Dean State Tournament in Batesville. The girls will play in the World Series in Southaven, beginning July 20. On front row are Dee Alvarez, Courtney Bledsoe, Rebecca Kenny, Allison Brawley and Brittney Rosenbaum; on back row are Makayla Kelley, Leann Tackett, Keri Kelley, Teri Kimbrough, Nikki Nixon, Shi Smith and Tayler Coates.

Salter writes Cristil biography

Orders now are being accepted for the biography of Mississippi State’s legendary sports broadcaster.

“Jack Cristil: The Voice of the Bulldogs” is written by university alumnus and veteran newsman Sidney L. “Sid” Salter, who is a weekly columnist in The South Reporter. Printed by Pediment Publishing of Battle Ground, Wash., the 224-page hardcover edition also comes with a free compact disc of the radio veteran’s greatest Bulldog football and basketball game calls.

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