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Lady Patriots district champions

Photo by Jane Ann Autry

Pictured celebrating their district title are Lady Patriots (front, from left) Blake Martin, Erin Lomenick, Allison Craton, Hannah Pasco, Alexis McGreger, Darcie Gibson, Shelby Hangey; and (back, from left) Hayleigh Mason, Kat Moore, Macie McClure, Megan Watkins, Elizabeth Skelton, Maura Jane Autry, Hailey McMinn, Alaken McNeer. In back, filling the role of Patriot mascot is Robbie McNeer.

Last week was indeed a successful one for the Marshall Academy softball team.

The Lady Patriots won their first District 1-AA championship since 2008. They then advanced to the finals of the winners’ bracket in the North AA Tournament, which continued Monday of this week.

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Hawks down ’Cats

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

The Holly Springs Hawks wrapped up the non-district portion of their schedule in fine fashion Friday night.

Coach Chris Rankin’s squad went on the road and got solid play on both sides of the football for a 33-6 win over Independence.

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Patriots win 28-6; big game awaits

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

A pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns put the win on ice for Marshall Academy Friday night at Indianola.

Clinging to a slim 13-6 lead entering the final period, MA got a score on the ground from Zack Pritchett and one through the air from Dakota Dailey to Randy Love. The final was 28-6 as the Patriots moved to 5-1 overall and 2-0 in District 1-AA.

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Cardinals 4-1 after win over Wolves

By CLAUDE VINSON
Sports Editor

The Potts Camp Cardinals were at home for a second consecutive week Friday night and cruised past the Wolves of Rossville Academy out of Tennessee.

The visitors had the ball first and they went three and out when Jarvis Jones of the Cardinals stepped into an aerial by Tinsley Heston of Rossville.

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Behind The Scoreboard
By Claude Vinson

The art of scrambling

This was shaping up to be a season of the signal callers, dating back to last season and Tim Tebow, but Sunday it could very well have been mistaken as a season for place kickers.

In the early games of the day, at least three went into overtimes. And what better stage for the NFL’s new overtime rule to be explicitly clarified – thrice.

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Soccer team falls

Coach Lance McGregor said his Marshall Academy soccer team “played soft” at Indianola last week and the result was a 13-2 loss.

“I was really disappointed with the effort out of the team,” he said. “We are better than that.

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Byers Lions come up short in offensive shootout

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

H.W. Byers and Vardaman combined for 98 points Friday night in a Region 1-1A battle.

“It was a shootout,” said James Kimbrough, head coach of the Lions. “Unfortunately, we didn’t have the last bullet in the gun.”

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