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Holiday hoops at Byers
• Lady Indians, Lady Lions pull out wins

By CLAUDE VINSON
Sports Editor

Photos by Barry Burleson

Shadae Nolan (22) of H.W. Byers uses a pick by teammate Laniqua Collins (14) to make her way toward the hoop versus White Station.

The Lady Indians took the floor in the second game of the Magic Citi Showdown at H.W. Byers on Thursday morning.

Coach Renee Crenshaw’s Byhalia girls were matched with the Lady Devils of Pearl River Central, a 5A school led by head coach Kevin Harris, who moved there a few years ago from the same role at Potts Camp.

Holiday hoops at Byers
• County teams fall Friday

By CLAUDE VINSON
Sports Editor

The Lady Indians were seeking their second victory in the Magic Citi Showdown when they faced the Lady Tigers of Manassas High School of Memphis, Tenn.

The teams traded baskets all during the opening quarter Friday at H.W. Byers High School with Byhalia leading most of the way. The Lady Tigers scored back-to-back deuces to bring the first period to an 18-14 close in their favor.

Behind The Scoreboard
By Claude Vinson

Bringing on the bowl season

Well, Mr. and Ms. Sports Fans and all the ships at seas, it all started to boil down to gravy the weekend of December 17 with the first spate of bowl games being splashed across the sports front.

Byers splits with Coahoma County

By CLAUDE VINSON
Sports Editor

The 2A teams from the Delta came to H.W. Byers last Monday night, Dec. 19, and brought some impressive resumes with them.

The Coahoma County Lady Panthers were 12-2 and the Panthers were 13-1.

MA to honor 1971 team

Marshall Academy will recognize the 1971 championship basketball team during special ceremonies January 27, 2012.

The players, their families and coaches are invited to return to MA as special guests that evening when the Patriots host public school rival Hickory Flat.

Tournament time for teams

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Marshall County teams are playing in various tournaments this week, plus H.W. Byers and Holly Springs will collide in a regular season game Friday.

The Potts Camp Lady Cardinals are playing in the O-Town Showdown at Oxford this week. They will face Lafayette Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 4 p.m., and Independence Thursday, Dec. 29, at 1 p.m.

Marshall teams playing in Senatobia

Marshall Academy basketball teams will play in the Magnolia Heights Classic this week – a tournament featuring both private and public schools.

Pritchett wins Gulf Coast tournament

Zack Pritchett, along with Tyler Berry who caddied for him, went down to Gulf Shores, Ala., on December 17-18 to play in the AJGT Gulf Coast Championship with a field of 18 top junior golfers from along the coast. The weather played a big part in this tournament with 20- to 25-mile-an-hour winds and cool temperatures in the mornings, but warming up after. The first nine players really had to be on their game with total concentration. Pritchett, on the first day, shot a 76 which gave him the lead by one stroke and paired in the final group. On the final day he double-bogeyed the first hole and his opponent made a par, and that put them at even. At one time Pritchett was down by two strokes but he kept on battling and made a couple of birdies and made some pars. When his opponent bogeyed, he gained the lead with five holes to play. He was up by three strokes. The pin placements were set up the final day in some really tough places, but Pritchett battled and kept on playing his game and finished up shooting a 78 with a final two-day total of 154, winning by one stroke. He is a junior at Marshall Academy in Holly Springs.

Championship DVDs still available

Documentary DVDs from the H.W. Byers Lady Lions’ state championship season of 2010-2011 are now available.

The cost is $10 each.

The DVDs are available from the Athletic Booster Club at H.W. Byers High School.

Proceeds from the sale of the DVDs will go toward the purchase of state championship rings for the Lady Lions.

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