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Bruce and Houlka split Friday night matchup
Bruce and Houlka split a pair of games Friday night in Bruce. The Lady Wildcats’ won the girls’ game 47-39 over the Lady Trojans. Lakerria Holland scored eight and Ladestiny Carter seven for Bruce....
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Lady Cougars third, Cougars 4th currently in the district
Calhoun Academy teams are hitting the home stretch of the season working on better position for the district tournament. Josh Turner The Lady Cougars are currently third with a 5-6 overall record after...
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Chadwick had big impact on Ole Miss tennis
Little known fact: Hall of Fame tennis coach Billy Chadwick led the city of Jackson in scoring in peewee football as a sixth grader at Wilkins Elementary. He was an 11-year-old Bronco Nagurski. “It’s...
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Calhoun City sweeps Bruce Friday night; falls to Ripley Saturday
Calhoun City completed a season sweep of rival Bruce Friday night winning two in boys’ and girls’ action. The Lady Wildcats improved to 13-2 on the season with a 73-26 win. Adaysia Edwards led Calhoun...
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Cougars win at Macon, enter final week of regular season
Calhoun Academy split games at Macon Central last week and lost a pair to Hebron as they enter the final week of the regular season. The Cougars won at Macon 59-42 with Cam-eron Bryant scoring 22...
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Lady Rams defeat Houlka, Blue Mountain
The Vardaman Lady Rams earned two more wins last week knocking off rival Houlka and then Blue Mountain. The Lady Rams defeated Houlka 37-25. Danicqua Stephens led Vardaman with 12 points. Saturday they...
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Duke Carlisle among college football’s best
The phone call came from area code 503, Oregon, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. What a pleasant surprise: The caller was Hall of Famer Art Davis, the great Mississippi State football star from the...
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Parks, Evans, Holland and Flemons prove to be “All Around Athletes” for...
In basketball, working hard beats talent every time, but other than persevering when a game gets rough one must possess a good attitude above all. For these reasons Kalisha Parks, Lakerria Holland,...
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Calhoun City sweeps Okolona; Trojans and Lady Rams both win
Four of the six public school teams in the county won Friday night basketball games – Calhoun City Wildcats, Lady Wildcats, Vardaman Lady Rams and the Bruce Trojans. The Lady Rams took control of their...
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Marks wins first powerlifting meet of the season
Yarnell Marks, left, of Bruce, opened the 2014 USPA powerlifting season with a win in Fulton last weekend. Marks earned 1st in the 198 weight class open division raw (no wraps). Marks’ lifts included a...
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Bruce powerlifters start season strong
Girls’ and boys’ power lifting teams started off strong to jump start their seasons; both teams brought home trophies from their first meets. On January 16, the girls loaded up the bus for a ride to...
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Lovorn to sign softball scholarship with Holmes
Calhoun City senior third baseman Charlesy Lovorn is expected to sign a scholarship to play softball at Holmes Community College this Friday. Charlesy is the daughter of Greg and Paula Lovorn.
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My best Super Bowl memories
This will be the 48th Super Bowl. I’ve watched all 47, 29 in person, 27 as a working journalist. People often assume the NFL’s showcase game would be the ultimate assignment for a sports scribe. Not so...
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Calhoun Academy will host district tournament next week
Calhoun Academy will host their district tournament beginning Tuesday, Feb. 4. The Lady Cougars are a three seed and the Cougars a four seed. Schedule Tuesday, Feb. 4 6 p.m. Calhoun vs Central (boys)...
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Lovorn signs to play softball at Holmes
Charlesy Lovorn of Calhoun City signed a scholarship to play softball at Holmes Community College Friday morning. Lovorn, an all region third baseman for the Lady Wildcats, signed with Holmes during a...
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Guy finally makes the Hall; Hull, Giles and Conerly should be next
JACKSON — Football justice was served Super Bowl weekend when Ray Guy, the greatest punter in history and one of the most versatile athletes Mississippi has seen, was voted into the Pro Football Hall...
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Bruce, Vardaman split Monday night games
Bruce and Vardaman split their games Monday night with the Lady Rams winning a close game and the Trojans running away with the boys’ matchup. The Lady Rams won the girls’ game 68-62. Vardaman led by...
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Calhoun City splits with Oxford, sweeps Water Valley
The Lady Wildcats defeated Water Valley 50-29 to improve to 18-2 on the season. V Farmer, pictured, led all scorers with 16 points. Maya Armstrong added 14. Maronica Campbell scored eight for Valley....
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Bruce Trojans Donta Armstrong, Terrance Jones sign community college...
National Signing Day ceremonies began first thing this morning at Bruce High School where two Trojans made their college football choices. Trojan QB and DB Donta Armstrong signed with Northeast...
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Four Calhoun City Wildcats sign college scholarships
Four Calhoun City football players made their college selection during National Signing Day ceremonies at Calhoun City High School this morning. Travone Petty signed with Concordia University in...
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