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Thompson Coach of Year

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Jason Thompson

The call caught coach Jason Thompson off guard.

“I was almost speechless for the first time in a long time,” he said. “I was at a loss for words.”

The H.W. Byers girls basketball coach was notified last week that he had been named Coach of the Year on The Clarion Ledger All-State girls basketball team. It was published in the Saturday edition of The Clarion-Ledger, based in Jackson.

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Patriots pound district rival

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Marshall Academy made an unexpected road trip Tuesday of last week. But it worked out just fine.

The Patriots were scheduled to host District 1-AA foe Indianola Academy March 20 for a single game and travel to the Delta two days later for a doubleheader. Instead, the twinbill at Indianola was shifted to Tuesday. The third game in the series, which will be played at Marshall, is tentatively reset for April 9.

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MA hosts first meet of season

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Photo by Barry Burleson

James Dockery, an eighth grader at Byhalia Middle School, crosses first for his team in a junior high boys relay race. Andrea Buccilla, the girls track coach at BMS, and other athletes cheer (far right). Marshall won third, with Devin McGreger pictured (second from left).

Rain shortened Marshall Academy’s opening track meet of the season last week.

Several individual ribbons were awarded to MA athletes Wednesday afternoon, March 21, prior to the arrival of the showers in Holly Springs.

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Cardinals beat Walnut in first district contest

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

The Potts Camp baseball team started Region 2-2A play Tuesday of last week with a big road win.

The Cardinals, led by the pitching and hitting of Jesse Shaw, downed Walnut 10-4.

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Lady Cards win two

The Potts Camp Lady Cardinals hosted their first home game of the season in fast pitch softball Tuesday, March 20.

The Lady Cards were taking on the Ingomar Lady Falcons. The weather was great and both teams had a great turnout of fans.

Taking the mound for the Lady Cardinals was Kayla Yarbrough. Playing behind the plate was Megan Watkins. During the first two innings the Lady Cardinals did not let the Lady Falcons score. At the end of the second, the score was 4-0.

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Behind the Scoreboard
Claude Vinson

Still going with Wildcats

Is it just me or has the current NCAA tournament taken on the appearance of a whirlwind? Seems like only yesterday that the games had just begun and now already we have reached the Final Four. How many of us have suffered the attendant malady of “bracket fever?” You know the itch to try and keep up with every game and the representatives from your favorite conference. Last season (2011) the SEC had a bit more to brag about because we had five teams (Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Florida and Kentucky) in the hunt. In 2012 we only had three dogs in the fight (Vanderbilt, Florida and Kentucky). And history repeated itself this season – the SEC entered the “Elite Eight” with two (Florida and Kentucky). Alas, alackaday, the SEC enters the Final Four with just one rep, same as last season. And that one rep is Kentucky, same as last year.

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Killer Kudzu 5K April 14

The Killer Kudzu 5K, a Holly Springs Pilgrimage event, will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 14.

The USA Track and Field certified course is a challenging one in the downtown Holly Springs area – including a hill through the historic Hill Crest Cemetery.

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Lions dominate Coldwater

By CLAUDE VINSON
Sports Editor

The Lions of the diamond hosted the Cougars of Coldwater Friday afternoon and picked up their second win of the season.

Prior to the boys’ game, the H.W. Byers Lady Lions played their second fast pitch softball game of the season. They had lost a first game to Greenville St. Joseph’s a week earlier. The Byhalia Lady Indians won this game 23-1.

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Attended Super Bowl XLVI

A local who made the trip to Indianapolis, Ind., to witness Eli Manning and the Giants denying the Patriots in SB XLVI was Boris Davis (pictured in front of the family store on the corner of Highway 4 and S. Red Banks Road). Davis, of Davis and Sons Grocery in Chulahoma, said he had already developed a “bucket list” and making it to a Super Bowl was at the top of the list. Davis said it was indeed an unmatchable experience but “it is expensive, so one thinking of taking the trek should plan early.” When asked if he would make a return trip, he said, “Probably not.”

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