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Seth Walker has big goals for Cougar baseball this season
Calhoun Academy's Seth Walker sits down for a quick Q&A session. Q: What do you enjoy most about the game of baseball? A: Taking a win after we work hard for it. Q: How would you describe your...
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Busy week of baseball for all four schools
The 2021 baseball season is in full swing in Calhoun County. All four county schools participated in action on the diamond last week, and Bruce is hosting their Spring Break Tournament this week as...
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Bailey’s first turkey
Bailey Monaghan, 6, killed her first turkey Monday. Bailey, the daughter of Josh Monaghan and Lacey Baecher, is a 1st grader at Vardaman. She killed the turkey with a .410 shotgun hunting with her...
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Summer will be key for BHS basketball
Despite injury and quarantine difficulties this season, Yarnell Marks is pleased with the direction of his basketball programs in Bruce. This was Marks’ first season leading both the boys’ and girls’...
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Snellings accepts role as leader in junior season
Bruce’s Jackson Snellings hasn’t reached his senior season yet, but as a junior, he is a leader on the Trojan baseball team and has been a big factor in their lineup so far in 2021. Snellings’ baseball...
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Rams’ Bejarano looks to make most of senior year
Vardaman’s Alan Bejarano has been playing baseball since elementary school, but he has a new set of goals and love for the game here in his senior season at VHS. Bejarano began his baseball journey as...
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Sports Column – Friends all bitten by the baseball bug
Life has a funny way of working out. Maybe a better way to phrase that is “God has a funny way of working life out.” Either way, I sometimes find solace in looking back at where I’ve been and where I...
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Calhoun City beats Vardaman; Bruce falls, Academy wins
Multiple county baseball teams picked up a win this week, including Vardaman who got its first win of the season. Vardaman opened the week with a 15-0 loss to Calhoun City. The Wildcats picked up the...
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Vardaman wins county softball tournament
The Calhoun County Tournament was the high point of softball action this week in the county. In fact, it was the only action due to weather complications. Vardaman, this year’s host, came home with the...
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Bruce’s Petitgout signs tennis scholarship
Bruce High School senior Marissa Petitgout has signed a letter of intent to play tennis at the University of Dubuque in Iowa. With her are her family, Kevin, Jakob and Teresa Putchio, and tennis coach...
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Cannon signs to play for ICC football
Wade Cannon of Itawamba Agricultural High School signed to continue his football career at Itawamba Community College. With him are his parents, Sean and Julia, and sisters, Jenna and Josie. Wade is...
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Langford making most of opportunity as two-sport star
Multi-sport athletes are common at small high schools, but it’s rare that an athlete excels at her sports at the level of Conley Langford. Langford began playing basketball in the Upward system when...
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Bruce Tennis team has full roster
Bruce Tennis team has begun its season for 2021 with 20 players on the roster. Team members are from left, front, Justin Ashmore, Peyton Cole Tutor, Simba Campbell, Gabbie Moore, Joey Helen Austin;...
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Bruce baseball happy to be back on field this season
Baseball season began February 13. Their season lasts about three months, consisting of 31 events with some subject to change. BHS baseball coach Cody Brownlee is excited about this year’s season. Due...
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Bruce’s 1973 team honored for North Half Title
Eight members of the 1973 Bruce High School baseball team, along with their coaches, met Saturday to unveil signs recognizing them as North Half Champs. Present were, l to r, Jackey Turner, Billy...
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Sports Column – Sports world starting to feel normal again
It’s been over a year. This time last year, the world had careened to a halt in the wake of a novel virus dubbed COVID-19 entering the borders of the United States and spreading like wildfire. From a...
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Lovorns at home coaching in Calhoun City
The colors orange and black run deep in the Lovorn family. Brandon and Charlesy Lovorn are assistant coaches in the two diamond sports at Calhoun City, baseball and softball, and they also had...
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Thompson signs with Brevard College
Jaron Thompson, of Calhoun City, signed a football scholarship last week with Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina. Thompson, a defensive back for the Wildcats, was joined at the signing by, from...
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Calhoun City had big week on softball diamond
Calhoun City had the biggest week on the softball diamond, going 2-1 including a win over Bruce last week. The Lady Wildcats opened their play with a 19-0 win over J.Z. George. Kenley Parker and...
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Cougars collect win; Rams fall to Winona, Independence
It was a tough week for county schools on the baseball diamond this week, as only one win was recorded among the Calhoun County teams. Calhoun City was the lone team that did not participate in the...
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