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Vance signs with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Calhoun City’s Abby Vance signed a softball scholarship with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College last week. Vance is pictured signing her scholarship with her parents, Corey and Christi Vance, and...
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Vardaman soccer splits at Grenada, falls to Lafayette
Vardaman soccer teams split games at Grenada Monday night while suffering a pair of losses at Lafayette County High School in Oxford last week. The win came from the Rams Monday night – 3-0 over the...
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Calhoun County basketball preview for 2019-20
Eight basketball teams around Calhoun County enter the 2019-20 season with very different mindsets. ‘City eyes deep run After deep playoff runs on the hardwood a season ago, the basketball teams in...
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Sports Column – Ball games provide respite from busy life
Busy. That’s the word I’d use to describe the last few weeks for me. Between classes, covering sports for the paper and covering sports at Ole Miss, life is busy. It’s both football and basketball...
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Wildcats’ season ends with playoff loss at Charleston
Calhoun City’s football season came to a close one game shy of the North Half Finals on Friday following a 6-3 loss at Charleston. The only points of the game were scored in the second quarter, with...
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‘Cats, Lady ‘Cats and Lady Rams win
The Calhoun County basketball season continued this week with action from all four schools. Bruce basketball took on Amory and Columbus this week and lost all three games that were played. The Lady...
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Looking forward to Thursday’s Egg Bowl
On Nov. 25, 1926, a riot broke out in Starkville, Mississippi. The Ole Miss football team had just snapped a 13-game losing streak to Mississippi A&M (now known as Mississippi State) by a final...
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Light week of basketball action over the holiday; but picks up this week
It’s been a light week of action on the hardwood since the last edition of the CCJ due to the Thanksgiving holidays. Neither Bruce nor Calhoun City have played since the paper’s last edition (although...
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Lady Rams open region play with soccer win at Nettleton
Vardaman Soccer split its first two region games at Nettleton Monday night with the Lady Rams earning a 4-3 win while the Rams fell in a penalty kick shootout. Ashly Gonzalez scored two goals, Alyssa...
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Wildcats travel to D.C. for Quaker Tournament
Calhoun City’s boys’ basketball team is taking an unconventional business trip this week as it heads to Washington, D.C., to participate in the 2019 Quaker Classic Tournament at Sidwell Friends School....
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Sports Column – Ole Miss, Bruce Trojans both searching for coach
Football season in our state may be on the downswing, but that doesn’t mean news around the sport is any less prevalent, especially where coaches are concerned. For starters, I assume the majority of...
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Wildcats travel to DC for tournament
A week that started with a sweep of the Houlka Wildcats ended with a trip to the nation’s capital for Calhoun City basketball. On Tuesday night, both the Lady Wildcats and the Wildcats picked up wins...
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Jackson will take over Bruce Trojans’ football program
Bruce High School has returned to one of its own with Monday night’s announcement of the hiring of Jamal Jackson as the school’s new head football coach, pending school board approval. Jackson, 37,...
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Sports Column – Coach Mac’s influence far beyond hardwood
Mississippi lost a coaching legend last week as long-time Houlka basketball coach Jimmy Guy McDonald passed away at age 71. McDonald, known simply as “Coach Mac” around the state, was a staple in the...
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Cougars show improvement as search for first win
Calhoun Academy’s basketball teams are still searching for their first wins of the season, but improvement is noticeable in the Cougars’ losses. The Academy’s only game since the last edition of the...
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Lady Rams defeat Smithville, Okolona in tournament play
Vardaman basketball participated in the Smithville Tournament at the end of last week, with Deanna Winter’s girls’ team winning the tournament championship. The Lady Rams topped Smithville 47-31 and...
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Lady Trojans collect two wins; boys suffer losses
Bruce basketball played two teams from Chickasaw County last week in Houston and Houlka, resulting in two wins for the girls and two losses for the boys. Earlier this season, Bruce’s girls fell to...
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Parker wins Natinal Defensive Player of the Year
Itawamba Community College linebacker Keshun Parker was named Defensive Player of the Year by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) on Thursday. “It means so much to be picked as the...
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Football honors announced for Bruce, Calhoun City and Vardaman
With football season in Mississippi in the rear-view mirror, coaches around the state have voted on all-division and all-state selections, and numerous Calhoun County athletes made the cut. Calhoun...
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Tough shooting night stymies Cougars
Calhoun Academy’s basketball teams are still searching for their first wins of the year after dropping games against DeSoto and Delta last week. In the trip to DeSoto, head coach Trevor Boren saw a...
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