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Sports Column-Optimistic for football
With COVID-19 cases spiking across the country, the timeline for return to normalcy in the world of sports continues to be up in the air. Collegiate athletic departments are grappling with what their...
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Goodson excited to play baseball with friends at EMCC
Calhoun City’s Hayden Goodson will be joining classmates Jobi Cook and Gage Lucius in furthering his baseball career at East Mississippi Community College next spring. EMCC was the only offer Goodson...
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Kevin Hall takes over Bruce softball
Kevin Hall’s first coaching job is one where he leads his own program. Hall, who teaches the automotive program at the Calhoun County Career and Technical Center, was recently named the head coach of...
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Stewart, Lee win tourney
McGreger Lee, of Calhoun City, and Logan Stewart, of Bruce, along with their American Legion team the Pontotoc Red Sox won the Mountain Home Legion Tourney in Mountain Home, Arkansas recently. Lee was...
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Academy searching for new head softball coach
Calhoun Academy is in the process of searching for a new head softball coach. Angelica Rhodes recently stepped down from the position after one year as the Academy’s head coach to take an assistant job...
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Draine named to All Decade Team
Ladavius Draine, of Calhoun City, was recently voted to the All Decade Team at Southern Miss. Draine has scored 921 points through his first three seasons at USM and ranks third in school history for...
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Sports Column -Time is running out on college football season
As COVID-19 cases have spiked across the country in recent weeks, the prospect of playing college football this fall has greatly dimmed. Last week, it was reported that two Power Five conferences, the...
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Sports Column-Give MHSAA some credit this time around
I’ve rarely been one to praise a decision made by the MHSAA, but give credit where credit is due: they did the right thing last week. The association, instead of flipping the seasons of fall and spring...
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Vardaman Soccer
Alaina Edington drives a shot into the goal during a drill at one of this week’s practices at Vardaman High School. The Ram soccer teams are winding down summer workouts. The high school season is...
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Bruce, ‘City, Vardaman adjust to MHSAA ruling
On Tuesday of last week, the Mississippi High School Activities Association released their plan for the scheduling of fall sports this semester in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, effectively...
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William Ottis Hurst recalls Bruce, Ole Miss Glory Days
August 21, 2003 – The memories come back to William Ottis Hurst of Bruce frequently. “Sometimes I’ll be driving down the road and I’ll start thinking about one of those games.” Like the 1957 showdown...
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Calhoun Academy softball opens season
Sports are back for the time being in Calhoun County as Calhoun Academy softball started its season on Saturday with a tournament at Delta. The Lady Cougars fell to Humphreys Academy twice by the score...
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Bruce’s Faddock signs with MUW Baseball
Bruce’s Austin Faddock is taking his baseball talents to the Mississippi University for Women next spring. Faddock signed with the Owls on Monday and is looking forward to his time in Columbus as a...
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Academy cheerleaders attend camp
Calhoun Academy Jr Varsity and Varsity cheerleaders recently attended a private camp at Oxford Cheer. The girls learned cheers, chants, dances and stunts . Front row: Sarah Kate Watkins,Lynsey...
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Academy preparing for football season
Calhoun Academy football has been on the practice field each evening getting ready for the 2020 season. The Cougars’ first game is Friday, Aug. 21 at Lee, Ark.
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Bruce Trojan Football finishing up summer drills
Bruce Trojan football continued their summer workouts recently with a session on ball handling. Pictured is Austin Plunk handing the ball of to Justice Hampton. The Trojans are scheduled to scrimmage...
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Sports Column – Sports slowly returning, finally
It’s been good to be back on somewhat of a sports beat this week for the first time since March. Calhoun Academy has provided that opportunity for me thanks to the MAIS keeping their original schedule...
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Lady Cougars split pair, Hebron
Calhoun Academy softball split two games with Hebron Christian last week, picking up a win on Monday and suffering a loss on Friday. The Lady Cougars topped Hebron 6-5 on Monday in an eight-inning...
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Sports Column – Eager to be back in the press box at Carter Field
If a football season takes place this fall, it will be my seventh in the press box as Vardaman’s PA announcer, and it very well could be my weirdest. For starters, under the current MHSAA guidelines,...
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Football coaches react to the latest COVID guidelines
Practice starts Aug. 17 with scrimmages Aug. 28 and first games Sept. 4 As of now, the majority of high school football coaches in Mississippi are moving forward under the assumption that a season will...
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