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Surrounded
MA’s Tyler Childers (7) is surrounded by Colonels as he battles for yardage in the jamboree Thursday night.

MA ties one, wins one
• Season kicks off this Friday in Marianna, Ark.

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

Keith Wicker saw positives and negatives from his Marshall Academy football team during Thursday’s jamboree at Lee (Clarksdale).

The Patriots tied Indianola 12-12 and defeated Lee (Ark.) 12-6, both 20-minute contests.

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Hawks tune up in scrimmage
• Jamboree Friday at Horn Lake

By CLAUDE VINSON
Sports Editor

In front of about 200 spectators, the Holly High Hawks hit the gridiron last Thursday night at Sam Coopwood Park.

Head coach Clifford Brown had opened his pre-season drills at midnight on the first legal day for practice for the 2008-09 football season. Brown was joined by his full complement of assistant coaches which includes three returnees and a trio of new faces.

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Lady Pats win in OT

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

The Marshall Academy soccer team opened its season with a huge win. The Lady Patriots knocked off conference foe Magnolia Heights 3-2 in overtime.

“I was very pleased with our effort,” said head coach Catherine Mirante. “In the past two seasons our biggest struggle was finishing. We would dominate the entire game but could never get the ball in the net. We did a much better job of that in this game.”

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Behind The Scoreboard
By Claude Vinson

New rival for U.S. in Olympics

Once upon a time the rivalry in the Olympics was the U.S. versus Germany, then everyone else; then for decades after World War II it was U.S. versus Russia and then everyone else. Invariably, the U.S. sometimes beat back these challenges and now they have a whole new enemy in these games. It is China and the U.S. going head to head.

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MA softball team routs Lee

By BARRY BURLESON
Editor

The Marshall Academy Lady Patriots sent Lee back to Clarksdale August 11 after just three innings on the diamond.

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Ole Miss kicks off season Aug. 30 vs. Memphis

The Ole Miss football team met with fans and later competed in a scrimmage that was open to the public as part of “Meet The Rebels Day,” hosted by the UMAA Foundation on Saturday.

Ole Miss coaches and players greeted fans and signed autographs for a crowd of approximately 4,000 in the Indoor Practice Facility, before taking to the field for a scrimmage inside Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

“We gave our second team a lot of work today”, said head coach Houston Nutt. “So far we have had a really good camp, but now we have to turn that corner as we get ready for Memphis.”

The Rebels open the 2008 season on Aug. 30, at home against Memphis. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

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