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Jamborees on tap for weekend
• Cardinals face Houlka Saturday at Ole Miss

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Photo by Barry Burleson

Some Holly Springs High School Hawks go through exercise drills during the first week of football practice.

Some high school football teams from Marshall County will tune up for the regular season with jamborees this week.

The Potts Camp Cardinals will get to play at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on the campus of Ole Miss. The Cardinals will collide with Houlka at 1 p.m. Saturday in Oxford.

Coach Shane Stone said he had 25 to 30 players on average during the first week of practice prior to the start of school.

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Warren signs scholarship

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Courtney Warren started playing basketball in the third grade. This weekend he leaves for Alabama Southern Community College six hours away to continue to play the sport he loves.

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MA girls go 2-2 for week

The Marshall Academy Lady Patriots made it five wins in a row to open the season before losing to Lee (Clarksdale) in the Kirk Tournament.

MA enters this week with a 6-2 early-season mark.

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Behind The Scoreboard
By Claude Vinson

Who is cream of the crop?

Now that all of the eloquent speeches of acceptance have been made at the 2011 enshrinement ceremony and the honorees have had photo ops with their busts and the Tiger has picked up the clubs and begun stalking the links again, it dawned on me that yours truly has not picked a favorite team for the upcoming NFL season.

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MA soccer opens with loss

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

A young Marshall Academy soccer team lost its opener 10-0 to Manchester Academy August 2.

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Meet the Patriots Monday

Marshall Academy will host Meet the Patriots and Open House on Monday, Aug. 15.

Meet the Patriots, with introduction of the football, softball and soccer teams and the cheerleaders, starts at 6 p.m. at the football stadium.

Open House at the school will follow from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Basketball meeting set for Thursday; flag football planned

There will be an adult men’s and women’s basketball coaches meeting Thursday, Aug. 11, at 6:30 p.m. at the Eddie L. Smith Multi-Purpose Building.

Flag football registration is open for girls and boys ages 5 to 12. The season starts August 25. Children may register at City Hall Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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