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‘Not just fighting fires’

Area fire chiefs compare firefighter pay in
profession with increasing training, scope of duties
By ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
He’s 21 years old. He has a
high school education and a high-
er-than-average ACT score. He’s
just been handed 75 pounds worth
of weights and is told to climb a
stairclimber with them on his back
for three minutes and 20 seconds.
He manages it, but there’s no
time to catch his breath. He has to
immediately complete an obstacle
Minimum yearly pay for firefighters by rank
Columbus Starkville Oxford
$34,419.25
course that requires him to drag Entry-level $33,219.18 $32,182.50* ($35,451.83 with
and hook up a fire hose, carry two EMT training)
chainsaws, set up and climb two $36,515.34
Certified $34,561.04 $35,247.50
separate ladders, demonstrate he ($37,610.80)
can forcibly enter a building, crawl $48,280.66
through a pitch-dark tunnel on his Captains $46,491.91 $49,554
($49,729.08)
stomach, rescue a 165-pound dum- Andrews Yarbrough
my and breach a ceiling as though fighter at Columbus Fire and Res- *According to information provided by Starkville’s Human Re-
cue, Chief Martin Andrews said. sources department, an entry-level firefighter’s pay increases
reaching a ceiling fire — all within
by $0.50/hour when the firefighter completes his or her first
10 minutes and 20 seconds. The test, called a candidate phys-
course requirement for certification. This number reflects what
All that, and he hasn’t even tak- ical agility test (CPAT), is meant to a Starkville firefighter would make his first year without having
en the written test to know whether simulate everything an entry-level completed any requirements to become certified, meaning it is
he can become a probationary fire- See Firefighters, 6A the minimum any would make in their first year.

STELLA! City to keep

contract
with Baptist
Medical Group
New rate will save
Columbus, Lowndes,
CLW up to $80K per year
By Zack Plair
zplair@cdispatch.com

When it came to
whether the city of
Columbus would con-
tinue to use Baptist
primary care clinic
services next fiscal
year, better infor-
mation and a better
Smith
price made all the
difference.
Councilmen voted unanimously
Tuesday to renew the city’s contract
with Baptist Medical Group for clin-
ic services, less than a month after
announcing its intent to withdraw
from the contract.
Columbus, along with Lowndes
County and Columbus Light and
Water, entered separate agree-
ments with BMG in February 2017
to offer the clinic — located at 2503
Fifth St. N. — for their employ-
ees and dependents. The clinic is
staffed with nurses, a nurse prac-
titioner and the equipment neces-
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
sary to provide services such as
Noah Taylor cries out for Stella, from Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” Friday evening outside Hollyhock’s on preventative care, physicals and
Fifth Street South. Taylor, who is training at Columbus Air Force Base, won the Stella Shouting Contest, held every year as educational programs along with
part of the Tennessee Williams Tribute. See Clinic, 6A

EMCC names athletic director LITTLE HANDS, BIG

TRUCKS: Karemon

as new interim president Hayes, 7, leaps from

Bradberry replaces
Young, who resigned
earlier this week
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com
East Mississippi Communi-
ty College has named Athletic
a helicopter as lead
AirCare pilot Pat Glan-
don looks on during the
Director Randall
Bradberry inter-
United Way of Lowndes
County’s Little Hands,
im president. Big Trucks event at the
B r a d b e r r y, Soccer Complex in Co-
who was named lumbus Saturday morn-
the college’s ath- ing. “I like the helicopter
letic director in but my favorite was the
2016, replaces Bradberry garbage truck,” Karemon
said. He is the son of
former interim Kristi Hayes. SEE MORE
president Rick Young. Young PHOTOS ON PAGE 8A.
See Bradberry, 8A Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff

Weather Five Questions Calendar Local Folks Public

1 What legendary musician delayed
his band’s 2006 tour when he fell out
of a coconut tree in Fiji?
2 What novelty product was invented
by a songwriter who moved words
around on small pieces of paper to
combat writer’s block?
Emmalee Baswell 3 Which of theses is not a constella-
tion — Boötes, Norma, Orion, Virgo
Second grade, Caledonia
or Zeus?
Today the Louise Campbell Center meetings
for the Arts, 235 Commerce Sept. 10:
■ Tennessee Williams St., downtown West Point.
Columbus Mu-
Tribute: The three-day Tribute
nicipal School
concludes today with related
sermons at 8 a.m. and 10:30 Monday District board
regular meet-
a.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal ■ Hazard Lecture Series:
The Hazard Lecture Series ing, 6 p.m.,
Church, 318 College St., and
presents Jim Floyd, program Brandon Cen-
a tour of apartments from, 1-4
p.m.; start at the Tennessee advisor and former director of tral Services

83 Low 67 4 In what country might you order Williams Home, 300 Main St. the Auburn University Canine Sept. 14:
High poro (reindeer) pâté in a restaurant? ($20). Visit tennesseewilliam- Performance Sciences, at 7 Lowndes
Chance of t-storms 5 What is the official language of p.m. at Heritage Academy Ele- County Board of
stribute.org or call 662-368-
Full forecast on
Iran? Supervisors, 9
8591. mentary School Activity Build-
Answers, 6D
page 2A. ■ Exhibit opening: The West ing, 623 Willowbrook Road, a.m., Court-
Point/Clay County Arts Coun- Columbus. He’ll speak about house
Sept. 14:
Inside cil’s “An Exhibit by Extraordi-
nary Women,” featuring art
training dogs to sense vapors
from explosives in moving Ainsley Harris, 9, is a Lowndes
Classifieds 5D Lifestyles 1C by Columbus artists Kay Cal- crowds, plus other research. fourth-grader at Caledonia County School
Comics Insert Obituaries 7B away, Elayne Goodman and Free. For information, contact Elementary School. Her Board, 12:30
Crossword 6D Opinions 4A Judy Howle, opens with a free Beth Lucas, 662-327-1595, parents are Bradley and p.m., Central
139th Year, No. 153 Dear Abby 2D Scene & Seen 1D reception from 2-3:30 p.m. at ext. 211. Michele Harris. Office

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Sunday
Say What?
Did you hear? “Jeff should be investigating who the author of that piece
was because I really believe it’s national security.”
Trump: Apple can avoid tariffs President Donald Trump about how Attorney General Jeff
Sessions should investigate and unmask the author of a

by shifting production to US bitingly critical New York Times opinion piece. Story, 7A.

Tech company: Proposed new round Ask Rufus

of $200 billion in additional tariffs on
Chinese imports would raise prices
on some of its products
By DAVID KOENIG nese retaliation against the
AP Business Writer Trump tariffs.
Trump tweeted Satur-
President Donald day that “Apple prices may
Trump concedes that some increase because of the
Apple Inc. products may massive Tariffs we may be
become more expensive if
imposing on China — but
his administration imposes
there is an easy solution
“massive” additional tariffs
where there would be
on Chinese-made goods,
ZERO tax, and indeed a tax
but he says the tech compa-
incentive,” if the company
ny can fix the problem by
made its products in the
moving production to the
U.S. U.S. instead of China.
“Start building new Apple didn’t immediate-
plants now. Exciting!” ly respond to a request for
Trump said Saturday in a comment. The company
tweet aimed at the Cuper- has not announced plans to
tino, California-based com- move manufacturing from
pany. China to the U.S.
This week, Apple said In its letter this week to
that a proposed new round the Office of the U.S. Trade
of $200 billion in additional Representative, Apple said Courtesy image
tariffs on Chinese imports that “because all tariffs ul- Pictured is a mountain scene by former Disney animation effects director Josh Meador. He often enjoyed going into
would raise prices on some timately show up as a tax the mountains of Nevada looking for a legendary lost gold mine and painting landscapes. Meador might have been
of its products, including on US consumers, they will just as well off to have come home to Columbus and searched for the lost Choctaw silver mine of the early 1800s.
the Apple Watch and the increase the cost of Apple
Mac mini.
The company is highly
exposed to a trade war be-
products that our custom-
ers have come to rely on in
their daily lives.”
The Lost Silver Mine of Black Creek
M
tween the U.S. and China. The company said tariffs
would hit “a wide range of any taught history was known only to the revealing the location of
It makes many of its prod-
Apple products,” including plac- at Mississippi Indians.” this mine. It is hoped that
ucts for the U.S. market in
computers, watches, adapt- es University for I had never seen any Capt. Bridger’s search will
China, and it also sells gad-
ers, chargers and tools have legends Women. He other reference to the prove successful.”
gets including the iPhone
in China, making them a used in its U.S. manufactur- of lost gold or had prepared story of a lost Choctaw Another reference to
potential target for Chi- ing, repair and data centers. silver mines. a historical silver mine and viewed the lost silver mine ap-
In the 1950s documenta- it as a fun tall tale — and peared in the September
Josh Meador, tion of Plym- still do — but it has gotten 25, 1903, Aberdeen Week-
CONTACTING THE DISPATCH the Oscar-win- outh Bluff for a little more interesting. ly. It was copied from
ning head of the Tombig- Recently while doing an article “Minerals in
Office hours: Main line: Animation bee River some research in old Mississippi” that had been
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HOW DO I ... n voice@cdispatch.com dios, enjoyed
Rufus Ward
District and I stumbled on. One was of mineral deposits along
Report a missing paper? going out in the Lowndes in an 1888 Knoxville, the Pearl River the article
n 662-328-2424 ext. 100 Report a sports score? search of a lost Nevada County Board of Super- Tennessee, paper and the stated:
n Toll-free 877-328-2430 n 662-241-5000 gold mine. visors. In his research, other was in a 1903 Aber- “The Choctaw Indians
n Operators are on duty until Submit a calendar item? Phil Meador, Josh’s he came across two deen paper. Both articles of Central Mississippi in
5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. n Go to www.cdispatch.com/ son, once told me that letters at the Mississippi were about the search for earlier days wore many
community often Josh would take his Department of Archives a lost Choctaw silver mine silver ornaments which
Buy an ad?
wife Elizabeth, Phil and and History written in the in Mississippi. indicated not only great
n 662-328-2424 Submit a birth, wedding the family dog on week- 1930s by James Prowell The article in the May skill on the part of artisans
Report a news tip? or anniversary announce- end trips to Nevada in and R.C. Cox of Lown- 19, 1888, Knoxville Daily in that metal but also silver
n 662-328-2471 ment? their station wagon with des County. The letters Journal was titled “Search- mines in that part of the
n news@cdispatch.com n Download forms at www. a teardrop trailer in tow. contained information on ing for Silver.” It stated: State. They also knew the
cdispatch.com.lifestyles Elizabeth and Phil would the Plymouth community “Macon, Miss, May location of lead mines. But
go walking, while Josh, located on the bluff. Both 15. - Capt. J W Bridgers, the Choctaws were all sus-
Physical address: 516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39701 with the dog for company, letters told stories of a a prominent citizen of picious and secretive and
would go into the rugged lost Choctaw Indian silver this place, together with a even among themselves but
Mailing address: P.O. Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703-0511
country side and paint or mine. party of men equipped with two or three were entrusted
Starkville Office: 101 S. Lafayette St. #16, Starkville, MS 39759 draw and look for a lost Cox, the descendant of spades, shovels, picks and a with the knowledge of the
gold mine. Josh especially an early settler at Plym- complete mining outfit, left hiding places of valuable
loved drawing or painting outh, related that an old here yesterday morning for minerals. An old miner
SUBSCRIPTIONS the rugged beauty of family account said that some point in the western who had for months been
Nevada’s “Valley of Fire,” around 1830, Plymouth portion of this county, quietly looking over certain
HOW TO SUBSCRIBE where there was said to had nine to 12 houses, about twenty miles from Mississippi Territory
By phone................................. 662-328-2424 or 877-328-2430 be a storied lost treasure. one of which was home to Macon, to try and discover told the writer, not many
Online.......................................... www.cdispatch.com/subscribe Josh, who was born in a silversmith. According the traditional silver months ago that ... one of
Greenwood but grew up to Cox, the silversmith mine known to be located the Choctaws had agreed
RATES in Columbus and called obtained his silver from somewhere on Black Creek, to point out to him the
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* EZ Pay rate requires automatic processing of credit or debit card. the Columbus and Macon settled at Plymouth in to Columbus, Mississippi, tribe.”
area. It is a tale that dates 1830. He also mentioned to exchange or sell. The The old miner also said
back at least the 1880s a silver mine and said: Indians have always said that he believed that drill-
The Commercial Dispatch (USPS 142-320) and possibly as early as “At frequent intervals that each and every one of ing in central Mississippi
Published daily except Saturday. Entered at the post office at Columbus, Mississippi.
Periodicals postage paid at Columbus, MS 1828. the Indians would leave them would die before they would strike petroleum.
POSTMASTER, Send address changes to: I first heard the story Plymouth and, after would reveal the location of People may dream of
The Commercial Dispatch, P.O. Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703
Published by Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company Inc., of the lost silver mine being away about a week, this rich mine to the hated finding lost silver mines
516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39703 from Dr. W.E. Prout who would return with silver. pale faces and a Choctaw but the oil and gas are for
...It was said there was Indian has never yet been real.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE a silver mine near the found who would brave the Rufus Ward is a local
village, location of which tomahawk of his tribe by historian.

TODAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

Couple of Cloudy, a shower and Mostly cloudy and Cloudy and humid Some sun with a
thunderstorms t-storm around humid thunderstorm; humid
83° 64° 80° 65° 84° 69° 85° 69° 90° 70°
ALMANAC DATA
Columbus through 3 p.m. Saturday
TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW
Saturday 91° 69°
Normal 89° 66°
Record 103° (1954) 51° (2017)
PRECIPITATION (in inches)
24 hours through 3 p.m. Sat. Trace
Month to date 0.85
Normal month to date 0.96
Year to date 41.25
Normal year to date 38.83
TOMBIGBEE RIVER STAGES
In feet as of Flood 24-hr.
7 a.m. Sat. Stage Stage Chng.
Amory 20 11.55 +0.14
Bigbee 14 3.31 -0.01 Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Columbus 15 4.50 +0.14 Showers T-Storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Cold Warm Stationary Jetstream
Fulton 20 7.43 none -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s
Tupelo 21 1.14 none TODAY MON TODAY MON
LAKE LEVELS City
Atlanta
Hi/Lo/W
89/73/pc
Hi/Lo/W
87/71/t
City
Nashville
Hi/Lo/W
79/60/t
Hi/Lo/W
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7 a.m. Sat. Capacity Level Chng. Boston 66/60/c 68/67/r Orlando 88/73/t 89/75/t
Chicago 69/58/c 74/55/pc Philadelphia 64/60/r 79/71/t
Aberdeen Dam 188 163.17 none Dallas 80/64/c 82/67/pc Phoenix 106/83/s 105/84/s
Stennis Dam 166 136.58 none Honolulu 90/75/pc 90/77/pc Raleigh 86/70/c 88/71/pc
Bevill Dam 136 136.29 -0.02 Jacksonville 90/72/pc 90/72/pc Salt Lake City 88/61/s 91/63/s
Memphis 74/61/t 77/63/c Seattle 71/56/sh 68/55/c
SOLUNAR TABLE Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for
fish and game.
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Trump to stump for Mississippi senator trying to finish term

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith faces three
challengers in a November special election
By EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — President Don-
ald Trump is traveling to Mis-
sissippi next week for a rally for
his own 2020 re-election, and
will campaign for an appointed
Republican U.S. senator who
is running to finish a six-year
term.
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith faces
three challengers in a nominal-
ly nonpartisan special election
in November and the winner
will serve the final two years of
a term started by Republican
Sen. Thad Cochran. The Trump
campaign announced Friday
that he’ll appear at a “Make
America Great Again” rally
Sept. 14 in Jackson. It is one of
several stops he’s making to
support Republican candidates
as Republicans try to maintain
their slim Senate majority.
“With only 60 days from now
until Election Day, President
Trump looks forward to visiting
the great State of Mississippi to
urge Mississippians to get out
and vote for Cindy Hyde-Smith
in November,” Michael Glass-
ner, CEO of Trump for Presi-
dent Inc., said in a news release.
It will be Trump’s fourth ap-
pearance in Mis-
sissippi since his
2016 campaign.
Republican
Gov. Phil Bry-
ant appointed
Hyde-Smith,
the second-term
state agriculture Hyde-Smith
commissioner, to temporarily
succeed 80-year-old Cochran
when the longtime lawmaker
resigned amid health concerns
in April.
Trump won Mississippi with
58 percent of the vote in 2016,
and Bryant is an outspoken sup-
porter of the president. Trump
tweeted his “complete and total
Endorsement” of Hyde-Smith
on Aug. 23, saying: “We need
Cindy to win in Mississippi!”
Hyde-Smith said Friday on
Twitter that she is “thrilled”
Trump will campaign for her in
the state.
“I have backed the presi-
dent’s agenda 100 percent,” she
said.
Mississippi special election
ballots don’t list parties, but
candidates tell voters their affil-
iation. If no candidate receives
a majority in the Nov. 6 election,
the top two advance to a Nov. 27
runoff.
Hyde-Smith is challenged
by tea party-backed state Sen.
Chris McDaniel, who lost a bit-
ter 2014 Republican primary
runoff to Cochran; Democrat
Mike Espy, who in 1986 became
the first African-American to
win a U.S. House seat from Mis-
sissippi since Reconstruction
and in 1993 was named Presi-
dent Bill Clinton’s first agricul-
ture secretary; and Democrat
Tobey Bartee, a former military
intelligence officer who is run-
ning a low-budget campaign.
McDaniel told The Associat-
ed Press in an interview Thurs-
day that he thinks the president
is backing Hyde-Smith because
of pressure from the Senate Re-
publican leader.
“Mitch McConnell is forcing
Trump to play the Washington
game,” McDaniel said.
Trump endorsed McDaniel
in the 2014 primary, and Mc-
Daniel had been jockeying for
Trump’s support again this
year.

WPPD makes arrest in Thursday deli shooting Credit rater takes

Victim taken to NMMC for surgery
Dispatch staff report
West Point police have
arrested a suspect be-
lieved to be involved in a
Thursday night shooting
at a West Point deli.
Authorities charged
19-year-old Natrell Cox
with aggravated assault
with a weapon on Friday,
according to Clay County
Jail logs. On Friday, in-
vestigators named Cox as
a person of interest after
the shoot- and taken to North Mis-
brighter view of
ing.
T h e
sissippi Medical Center in
Tupelo for surgery for lig- Mississippi finances
shooting ament damage, according
happened at to West Point Police Chief Credit ratings can influence how
North Divi- Avery Cook.
sion Street Cox, according to the much the state has to pay in
at about jail log, was in jail without
10:30 p.m. A
Cox
bond as of Saturday after- interest on its debt
victim was shot in the arm noon.
The Associated Press

JACKSON — One of the nation’s three main

credit rating agencies is feeling a little more
confident about Mississippi’s financial picture.

West Point man arrested for extortion
LCSO: Suspect had previously extorted the victim
Dispatch staff report
A West Point man is in
jail in Lowndes County
after allegedly extorting
money.
Deputies with Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office
arrested Thomas Yarnell
Macon, 38, on suspicion
of felony extortion. Ma-
con, according to a LCSO
press release, threatened
that he was “going to
place some items on the
internet that would be of
concern and harm to the
victim” if the victim did
not give him cash, the
press release said.
Macon has previous-
ly extorted the victim,
according to the depart-
ment.
The victim contacted
LCSO and the Lowndes
County task force took
over the case, according
to the release. Officers ar-
rested Macon in the act at
the intersection of Ninth
Street and Main Street in
Columbus.
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services on Fri-
day removed its negative outlook on Mississip-
pi’s debt, instead raising the outlook to stable.
Macon
is in the
Mississippi remains rated A A by Standard &
Poor’s.
L owndes Credit ratings can influence how much the
C o u n t y state has to pay in interest on its debt, but the
Adult De- financial advantages of a higher rating has been
tent ion narrowing recently.
Center on Standard & Poor’s cites improving state rev-
a $7,500 Macon enues, efforts to improve roads and bridges and
bond. He changes aimed at reducing state employee pen-
also has a hold from the sion underfunding as reasons for the upgrade.
Mississippi Department Mississippi has equivalent ratings from the
of Corrections, according other two main credit agencies — Fitch and
to the press release. Moody’s. Fitch also views Mississippi’s outlook
as stable, while Moody’s retains a negative out-
look.

Around the state

Police shoot and kill
man in foot chase, say
he had gun
GREENVILLE — A
man was fatally shot
during a foot chase in the
Mississippi Delta.
The Delta Demo-
crat-Times reports Green-
ville police say the man
aimed a gun at them after
running away on Friday
afternoon. His name was
not released.
Assistant Police Chief
Michael Merchant says
officers then shot the
man. He died at a hospi-
tal.
No one else was in-
jured. Police aren’t releas-
ing names of the officers
involved. The Mississippi
Bureau of Investigation
has been asked to lead the
doesn’t admit anything
but acknowledges pros-
ecutors could prove her
guilt.
Kilgore has surren-
dered her teaching li-
cense, will serve five
years’ unsupervised pro-
bation and must register
as a sex offender. She’ll
pay $500 to for investiga-
tive costs and $1,000 to
the state children’s trust
fund.
Defense attorney Ca-
sey Lott says no prison
time was “a deal my client
could not pass up.”
Hood spokeswoman
Margaret Ann Morgan
says prosecutors followed
the wishes of the victim
and his family.
3rd defendant
drew a 10-month sentence
and 26-year-old Taise Bra-
ganca Moscon, of Brazil,
who received a 13-month
sentence.
Mississippi
homecoming queen
boots game-winning
extra point
OCEAN SPRINGS
— One Mississippi Gulf
Coast senior is the home-
coming queen and the
game-winning placekick-
er.
Kaylee Foster was
crowned homecoming
queen of Ocean Springs
High School before Fri-
day night’s football game.
Local news outlets
report she then put on
her helmet and pads and
booted the Ocean Springs
Greyhounds to victory.
Foster had the
game-winning extra
point Friday night in her
school’s 13-12 overtime
victory over George
County High School. She
kicked two field goals ear-
lier, giving her a majority
of the team’s points.
Primarily a soccer
player, Foster’s been
kicking with the football
varsity since she was a
sophomore. She became
the first female to score
a point for Ocean Springs
last year. She’s also got
the quick-change down
— she’s been a member of
the homecoming court for
four years.

inquiry into the incident.

Merchant says officers
were responding to re-
ports of gunfire.
A grand jury declined
to indict five Greenville
officers who shot a man
in 2017. Officers said
Ronnie Lee “Pie” Shorter
walked out his front door
and fired a handgun at of-
ficers. Shorter died after
being shot five times.
Former teacher gets
no jail time in sexual
battery plea
HOUSTON — A for-
mer northeast Mississippi
teacher is pleading guilty
to the sexual battery of
a student but won’t go to
prison.
Lori Kilgore, formerly
a Houston High School
teacher, entered the plea
Friday morning before
Tippah County Circuit
Judge Kelly Luther.
Local news outlets re-
port Kilgore is entering
a type of plea where she
sentenced in Gulf Coast
skimmer case
BILOXI — A Brazilian
man is the third and final
defendant sentenced in
connection with the plac-
ing of a card skimmer on
a Mississippi Gulf Coast
ATM.
WLOX-TV reports that
Claudio Fontes Ferreira
was sentenced Friday to
39 months in federal pris-
on. The Department of
Justice says the 31-year-
old, who is in the country
illegally, was convicted
of fraud. He and two oth-
ers were arrested after
D’Iberville police officers
searched an SUV they
spotted leaving a Keesler
Federal Credit Union.
It matched the descrip-
tion of a vehicle officers
were looking for that was
believed to have placed
skimmers at a Gulfport
ATM.
The others who plead- A club for boys and girls
ed guilty were 37-year-old Boys and Girls Club of Columbus
Rodrigo Ferrareze of Del- 662-244-7090
ray Beach, Florida, who
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Our view

Roses and thorns

A rose to the ranks of the Eagle Scouts in
the Golden Triangle, which will soon expand by
three. Simon Banzhaf of Starkville and Eli Box
and Noel Fisher, both of Columbus, have com-
pleted their Eagle Scout project and now await
only certification to become Eagle Scouts. The
three teens’ projects all represent the finest tradition of service
that has been a hallmark of Scouting. Banzhaf designed and
constructed a swing stand that allows children with disabilities
to enjoy at Mississippi State’s T.K. Martin Center. Box, mean-
while, refurbished the 68-year-old Statue of Liberty on Main
Street that was in dire need of attention while Fisher worked
with the Columbus Boys & Girls Club to build and equip a soc-
cer field on club property. We salute these young men for their
creativity in meeting the needs of our community through their
projects. Well done.

A rose to the grass-roots campaign that helped

make sure the Columbus-Lowndes Public Li-
brary received the funding it needs. When spec-
ulation began that city and county funding might
be cut as the two local governments worked on
their budgets for the upcoming year, staff and
supporters of the library quickly rose to action, speaking out
at civic group meetings, making calls and sending emails to
elected officials and attending supervisors and council meet-
ings to get their message out. What role those efforts played
in the decisions on funding (the county will fund the library at
the same level of $365,000 as it did last year while the city will
increase its funding by $10,000 to $284,000), there is little doubt
that their ability to forcefully tell the story of how the library
serves our community played an important role. We applaud
the county and city for responding to their requests.
A rose to organizers, volunteers, participants
and sponsors for another successful Tennessee
Williams Tribute event. The 17th renewal of the
festival honoring Columbus’ most famous native
son, was held Friday through Sunday, featuring
everything from tours, the “Stella Shouting
Contest,” movie screenings, poetry performances, lectures
and its “Moonlight Gala.” Although the event itself covers just
three days, for organizers and volunteers, it marks a year-long
effort to ensure that each Tribute is a unique contribution to our
appreciation and understanding of America’s Great Playwright.
This year was certainly no exception. Bravo, all!
A rose to first-year Mississippi State football
coach Joe Moorhead, whose decision to suspend
the team’s most notable player, quarterback Nick
Fitzgerald, is certain to send a clear message
throughout the football program and its following
that there will be consequences for breaking
rules. The suspension was announced the week before the
Bulldogs’ Sept. 1 season-opener against Stephen F. Austin for
a violation of an unspecified team rule in March. That so much
time had passed since the incident meant that there was no ex-
ternal pressure on the coach to discipline his star player. That
Moorhead enforced that discipline anyway will likely prove
valuable. If the star player is accountable, everyone is. There
are few more important messages a first-year coach could send
than that.
Partial to home
On hearing the N-word
The other day in casu-
al conversation someone
used the N-word. As it
always does with me, it
arrived like an unexpect-
ed slap in the face.
It was early in the day.
I’d been out paddling for
a couple of hours and
while out, learned the
sad news that an elderly
friend had died in the
night. I’d just pulled my Birney Imes
kayak out of the water at
Vienna Landing on the
Tenn-Tom southeast of Aliceville, Alabama.
An older, middle-aged man in a battered
pickup pulled up as I was about to drive my truck
down to the water to get my kayak. He wanted
to know how the fish were biting. I said I didn’t
know, I had been only paddling, but that there
were folks out there fishing.
He drove down the boat ramp to continue the
conversation, saying he’d always wanted to try
kayaking. Except for the couple of months his
father worked in Columbus, he’d lived his whole
life in Aliceville, he said.
We talked as I loaded my boat. Then, as I
sometimes do, I walked around the area and
picked up the few pieces of litter strewn about.
“Those n_ _ _ _ _ s,” he said, “they fish and
throw their trash on the bank.”
The words came from his mouth naturally
and without hesitation. As I always am when con-
fronted with an offensive comment, I was struck
dumb.
I offered a feeble rejoinder about littering
not the province of one group of people — I’ve
picked up trash at Steens, near the Highway 45
bridge over the Buttahatchee, the Luxapalila
and all along the Waterway.
After that, I stayed quiet. Should I have said
something more? Surely, but what?
Later when I mentioned it to a friend, he said
he worked around young people who make liber-
al use of the epithet.
You all are going to have stop using that word
around me, he told them.
It is an ugly word revealing ugliness and an
ignorance within the person using it, more a
reflection of the person using it than whom it is
directed toward.
When traveling outside the region it is not
uncommon to meet people who view Mississippi
and the South in light of the Hollywood stereo-
type, that we’re ignorant, racist and unapologeti-
cally uncouth.
In those cases, I unfailingly come to the
defense of my native state, saying there is much
more to this place than the clichés, that there is
much to admire and to marvel over here. Invari-
ably, I offer something about race relations, the
progress that has been made. I know this to be
true.
But as the man at the boat landing so em-
phatically reminded me, that dark, poisoned
subterranean river still flows. Occasionally, it
gurgles to the surface, reminding us there is still
work to be done, relationships to be cultivated.
Ignorance to be assuaged.
Birney Imes (birney@cdispatch.com) is the
former publisher of The Dispatch.

Mississippi voices
Electricity resists being subject to free market
Like buzzards picking
the dead meat off a carcass,
the salvage dealers are
having a hey day carving up
the defunct Kemper lignite
gasification plant.
It was the biggest con-
struction project in the
history of Mississippi, over
seven billion dollars. Just as
mother nature doesn’t waste
a thing, the free market
under which the salvage in- Wyatt Emmerich
dustry operates will pick the
Kemper leftovers clean. What will be
left is a huge eyesore, a testament to the Power just received PSC permission to
problems with regulated monopolies,
which is the system under which almost
all electricity is sold in the world.
The problem is wires. It’s enormous-
ly expensive to run two sets of power
lines to a home. So instead of allowing
competition, we give one company a
monopoly and try to regulate it.
Cable companies were once a mo-
nopoly for the same reasons. But that is
no more. Multiple wires go to the same
home and we have choice and lower
prices. In addition, wireless transmis-
sion has leapfrogged the expensive
costs of wire transmission. Unfortunate- return on investment.
ly, transmitting electrons is a lot more
expensive than transmitting photons.
Texas and a few other states allow
consumers to shop around for power
plans and many do, saving hundreds of
dollars a year. Such deregulation has
not been adopted in Mississippi.
Solar panels may one day give con-
sumers a choice. But the prices are not
quite low enough and cheap batteries
are not yet available to store excess
electrons for a cloudy day.
Efficiency is providing some com-
petition. LED light bulbs cut light
bills dramatically. Indeed, electricity
consumption in the U.S. is actually
declining, New homes are far more
energy efficient, but most people live in
older homes.
Meanwhile, the regulated
monopoly system we have in
Mississippi creates absurdi-
ties. One such absurdity is
the fact that two big regulat-
ed utility monopolies exist-
ing side by side have vastly
different rates. Entergy’s
rates are 50 percent lower
than Mississippi Power. How
can this be?
No one at the Mississippi
Public Service Commission
(MPC) can provide me with
a clear answer. Indeed, Mississippi
raise rates nine percent.
I emailed PSC commissioner Cecil
Brown for an explanation.
Commissioner Brown wrote: “The
approximate 9% increase in rates is the
result of two factors. The first is the
company’s Performance Evaluation
Plan or PEP. PEP accounts for about
5% of the increase. This is the first PEP
increase to be approved by the Com-
mission since 2013. PEP determines
the company’s base rate for customers
based on projected revenues and ex-
penses, asset cost recovery and rate of
“The second part of the rate increase
(about 4%) comes from the company’s
Environmental Compliance Plan (ECP).
ECP allows the company to recover
costs incurred as a result of legally
required environment expenses by
the Environmental Protection Agency
not included in PEP. Most of this cost
is related to scrubbers required for
coal plants. Again, the filing had to be
adjusted for the new tax law and was
thoroughly reviewed by the PUS.”
Apparently the big Daniels coal
plant on the coast required $300 million
dollars or so to scrub out some of its
pollutants that were being released into
the atmosphere.
It is still amazing to me that Mis-
sissippi Power can blow seven billion,
including a billion that it passed on to
ratepayers, and then come back within
a few months and get a nine percent
raise.
Brown and the other commissioners
are promising to begin a total review
of Mississippi Power rates from top to
bottom. This is long overdue.
While Mississippi Power was squan-
dering billions, Entergy was buying
used natural gas power plants for
one-thirtieth the cost. Just this month,
Entergy bought a plant near French
Camp for $318 million. This plant
produces more power than the failed
Kemper $7 billion plant was supposed
to produce. Only a regulated monopoly
could produce price distortions of this
magnitude.
Entergy also belongs to MISO – a
shared grid involving 11 states and
dozens of power plants. The cheapest
electricity is sold on a transparent
market daily, saving Entergy ratepayers
$118 million a year. Big question: Why
doesn’t the PSC require Mississippi
Power and TVA to connect to this grid
as well? The answer: We’re working on
it.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim
Hood is suing Entergy claiming it got
those cheap used natural gas plants by
using its transmission power to deny
potential competitors access to its grid.
Indeed, the U.S. Justice Department put
pressure on Entergy to join MISO for
the same reason.
It is ironic that Hood is attacking En-
tergy, which has much lower rates, and
gave a free pass to Mississippi Power
during its Kemper disaster. Mississippi
Power attorney Ben Stone has been a
key Hood supporter. That’s politics.
Rather than allow our utility compa-
nies to build more owned and operated
plants, the money should be spent in
improving the grid so homeowners
can get the cheapest electricity from
hundreds of competing plants. Indeed,
Entergy is actively expanding its grid
connections.
If the PSC does approve any new
power plants, then their construction
should be put out to competitive bid-
ding.
Technology will help. Advance
metering will soon allow customers to
monitor their electricity consumption
on an hourly basis using apps. New
micro grids will allow small groups of
homeowners to split the cost of a back-
up natural gas generator.
Meanwhile pity the poor ratepayers
of South Carolina. They have already
been hit with $2 billion dollars in higher
rates from nuclear plant cost overruns.
That’s $27 a month per customer.
There’s another seven billion to come,
thanks to the Baseload Act that allows
utilities to charge customers for plants
even before they produce electricity.
Mississippi has the same Baseload
Act. But a group of outraged citizens,
including me, raised so much hell that
the Mississippi PSC never deemed
Kemper prudent. So when it failed,
Mississippi ratepayers were not legally
on the hook. Even so, the PSC threw
Mississippi Power a billion dollar bone
to quash any threat of litigation.
In desperation, the South Carolina
Attorney General has now filed suit
claiming the Baseload Act is unconstitu-
tional. We wish them luck. The Base-
load Act is a classic example of how a
regulated monopoly can manipulate the
political system to the disadvantage of
the ratepayers.
Mississippi dodged a seven billion
dollar bullet with Kemper. South Caro-
lina probably won’t be so fortunate. You
can thank a vigilant press, and about a
dozen concerned citizens in Mississippi
for that.
But the problem still remains. Regu-
lated monopolies don’t work very well.
Wyatt Emmerich is the editor and
publisher of The Northside Sun, a weekly
newspaper in Jackson. He can be reached
by e-mail at wyatt@northsidesun.com.
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Governor and lieutenant governor call for teacher pay raises

Spokespersons: No plan has been finalized and they
expect to work something out once lawmakers convene
for the 2019 regular session in January
By JEFF AMY
The Associated Press
J ACK -
SON — Mis-
s is s ip pi ’s
governor
and lieu-
tenant gov-
ernor said
T hursday
that they Bryant
will support
teacher pay
raises in the
2019 legisla-
tive session,
months be-
fore state
elections, al-
though they Reeves
didn’t provide a specific
proposal.
The Republicans ex-
pressed support in a se-
ries of tweets, saying a
reduced deficit in the
state-federal Medicaid
program allows breathing
room in the state budget.
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves also
proposed raises for state
Child Protection Services
workers.
“I believe we can in-
vest those resources in
Mississippi’s future, our
children. It’s time to raise
salaries again for teach-
ers and boost pay for CPS
caseworkers next year!”
said a tweet from Reeves’
account.
“Great idea, Lieutenant
Governor. I’m all in,” Gov.
Phil Bryant’s account re-
plied two minutes later.
Spokespersons for both
Bryant and Reeves said no
plan has been finalized
and they expect to work
something out once law-
makers convene for the
2019 regular session in
January.
Mississippi lawmak-
ers last approved a $2,500
pay raise for teachers in
2014, taking effect over
two years. That cost the
state roughly $100 million
a year once fully in effect.
Some teachers and other
school employees are also
getting bonus payments
under a program that
sends money to schools
that score an A or B on
the state’s grading scale
or improve a letter grade.
Including payments go-
ing out this fall, the state
is spending $46 million
on that program over two
years.
Still, the National Ed-
ucation Association rates
Mississippi last among
states in teacher salary.
The Mississippi Depart-
ment of Education says
teachers made an average
of $44,659 in the 2016-2017
school year, including lo-
cal salary add-ons. The
state mandates teacher
pay begin at $34,390 for
a new college graduate.
Mandated pay reaches
above $67,000 for some-
one with a doctorate and
more than 35 years of ex-
perience.
Brad Johns teaches
high school math at Mc-
Laurin Attendance Center
in Rankin County. He’s
nationally board certi-
fied and holds a doctorate
with 25 years of experi-
ence. With a $2,800-a-year
boost from Rankin Coun-
ty’s local supplement and
$6,000-a-year bump from
the state’s board certifi-
cation bonus, he makes
Educators Executive Di-
rector Kelly Riley.
pacified by a “symbolic”
raise.
educators are deserving of
a raise,” she said in a state-
Joyce Helmick, pres-
ident of the Mississippi
“Of course the governor
and lieutenant governor
ment. “They also deserve
for education to be invested
Association of Educators, should support a teacher in and prioritized by their
said teachers wouldn’t be pay raise, and of course our state’s leadership.”
more than $65,000 a year.
Still, Johns said the dis-
crepancy between what
he makes as a teacher and
what he could make in oth-
er fields is “huge.”
“It could definitely be
better,” Johns, a past pres-
ident of the Mississippi
Professional Educators
group, said of pay. “We
have a lot of teachers that
leave over various factors,
but pay is one of them.”
States including Arizo-
na, Colorado, Kentucky,
Oklahoma and West Vir-
ginia saw teacher strikes
in the last year demand-
ing higher pay. There has
been little visible evidence
of gathering militancy in
Mississippi. Some teach-
ers and advocates on
Thursday welcomed the
proposal but were dubious
of the timing, since Reeves
is widely expected to run
for governor next year.
“Our teachers deserve
a pay raise because of the
job they’re doing, not be-
cause we’re about to be
in a campaign year,” said
Mississippi Professional

Mississippi: $9.8M
wagered on sports
in first month
Sports betting has now expanded
to more than 20 of Mississippi’s 28
state-regulated gambling halls
The Associated Press
BILOXI — Mississip-
pi officials say gamblers
bet $9.8 million on sport-
ing events from Aug. 1
through Labor Day.
State Gaming Commis-
sion Director Allen God-
frey says that’s the total
amount bet in the first 34
days of wagering in Mis-
sissippi.
Casinos earn about 5
percent off bets, and Mis-
sissippi gets an 8 percent
tax on the casino’s take.
Sports betting has
now expanded to more
than 20 of Mississippi’s
28 state-regulated gam-
bling halls. Two Choctaw
Indian casinos are also of-
fering sports betting, but
they don’t report figures
to the state.
Casino executives tell
WLOX-TV that business
increased with the start
of the college football sea-
son.
A May U.S. Supreme
Court decision allowed
states nationwide to join
Nevada in legalizing
sports betting. Delaware,
Mississippi, New Jersey
and West Virginia all now
allow betting.

Mississippi museum sets closing

schedule due to funding cuts
The Associated Press
CORINTH — A north-
ern Mississippi museum
has set a closing schedule
and put all 2019 events on
hold due to funding cuts.
The Crossroads Mu-
seum in Corinth is set to
close from Dec. 1 through
Jan. 31, The Daily Corin-
thian reported. Executive
Director Brandy Steen
said museum officials
will decide in February
whether to dissolve the
museum or reopen it in
the summer with limited
hours.
Alcorn County decided
to stop funding the mu-
seum after handing over
ownership of the proper-
ty to the city. Corinth’s
proposed budget includes
$12,000 for the museum,
which Steen said would
fund no more than about
three months of opera-
tions.
If operations continue
as normal in the coming
fiscal year, the museum
expects to collect about
$17,000 in fees and in-
come. It previously had
lost $12,000 in annual
rental income with the de-
parture of some Coca-Co-
la memorabilia.
The decision to close
comes at a time when the
museum is on the verge
of obtaining a large Civil
War collection that is said
to be of rare quality and
focused on Corinth. It is
also moving forward with
the structure to house the
city’s antique firetruck
and to serve as a railroad
viewing platform.
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Firefighters
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firefighter may have to
do even before they com-
plete EMT training and
national firefighter certi-
fications, both of which
are required to move up
CFR’s ranks.
In that first year, be-
fore certification, a CFR
firefighter can expect to
make $33,219. Once he
or she becomes certified,
that will bump to $34,561
and on up the ranks
to captains, who make
$46,492.
Andrews said he would
like to see those numbers
increase. He’s asked city
councilmen but says he
knows the city doesn’t
have the money now.
“It’s still my duty to
ask,” he said.
Competitive rates
The last pay raise CFR
firefighters received was
in 2017 when Columbus
raised wages for em-
ployees by three percent
across the board, exclud-
ing the police depart-
ment, which had received
one the previous year.
The rates are higher
than West Point ($32,556
for entry-level), lower
than Oxford ($34,419)
and slightly less than
Starkville, where fire-
fighters in their first year
make between $32,182
and $35,247.
“We’re not there, but
we’re not far off,” An-
drews said. “Our certi-
fied (are) making $10.88
(an hour, compared to
Starkville’s $11.50). I’m
not sure about their engi-
neers, but our engineers
are making $12.48. We
(were) trying to get them
to $13.”
While the pay for en-
try-level firefighters is
comparable between
CFR and Starkville Fire
Department, that’s not
necessarily the case as
firefighters move up the
ranks. A captain with
CFR makes $46,492
per year. A SFD captain
makes $49,554.
Andrews said he’d
like for there to be big-
ger pay differences be-
tween ranks to motivate
an increasingly young
department to chase pro-
motions.
“We’re just basically
trying to get a $2-differ-
ence in rank so we’ll get
people interested in tak-
ing tests (to be promot-
ed),” Andrews said.
“Now we’re having
problems getting people
to really want to take the
engineer’s test and the
captain’s test because
there’s really not a lot of
difference,” he later add-
ed.
Starkville firefight-
ers may enjoy higher
pay than Columbus fire-
fighters, but that wasn’t
the case three years ago
when incoming Chief
Charles Yarbrough led
a campaign to raise the
rates, which were sever-
al thousand dollars less
than those in Columbus.
“When I started in
2015, they were making
$28,700 a year to be a
firefighter,” he said. “...To
run into fires.
“I just thought it was
ridiculous to be making
that (little) amount of
money,” he added.
He said he and the
human resources depart-
ment together came up
with a progression plan
that allowed entry-level
firefighters to receive
pay raises as they worked
toward their certifica-
tion. They first took it to
Starkville’s board of al-
dermen in 2015, though
aldermen didn’t approve
the plan until a year later.
That, along with the pay
increases, allowed the
department to be compet-
itive with other depart-
ments its size, Yarbrough
said.
Like Andrews, Yar-
brough operates by
the logic that the more
training and the high-
er the rank a firefighter
achieves should result in
significantly higher pay.
“Some of our firefight-
ers have more classes
than some of the other
departments’ captains
and battalion chiefs,” he
said. “We require a lot be-
cause I think education is
very important.
“It’s not just fighting
fires,” he added. “I wish
that’s all we did.”
A diverse job
Among the other du-
ties of firefighters now
are responding to calls
about hazardous mate-
rials and engaging in
search and rescue. Both
departments have teams
that can be deployed out-
side the city during nat-
ural disasters and other
crises both in and outside
the state.
Between 80 and 85
percent of firefighters’
calls now are medical
calls, which is why it’s
increasingly important
for firefighters to be
EMT-certified.
“Probably the smallest
thing we do now is fight
fires,” Andrews said.
The increase in re-
quirements means there’s
more training, from
medical training at East
Mississippi Community
College to, for Columbus,
training at conferences
and events in other states
so the department can
keep up with its national
accreditation.
CFR is the only mu-
nicipal fire department in
Mississippi accredited by
the Center for Public Safe-
ty Excellence (CPSE),
a national organization
that has accredited less
than 300 departments in
the country. Every five
years, Andrews said, the
department comes up for
re-accreditation. They’re
currently preparing for
re-accreditation next
year, which Andrews
said he hopes to achieve
thanks to increased safe-
ty training for firefight-
ers and improvements in
equipment such as a new
firetruck.
Columbus Mayor Rob-
ert Smith attends some of
the training conferences,
including two earlier
this year in Florida and
Texas. He said he, like
Andrews and other CFR
staff, will be questioned
by a CPSE panel when
the department comes up
for re-accreditation.
“Each conference is
a learning experience
for me, especially not
really being a firefight-
er,” Smith said. “It’s an
eye-opener. It takes a lot
of training for these guys
to do an effective job.”
Benefits
Smith said he knows
Columbus firefighters
make slightly less than
Starkville, but he be-
lieves the city makes up
the difference in benefits.
Andrews and Colum-
bus Human Resources
director Pat Mitchell said
the city provides benefits
that other municipalities
don’t have, such as health
insurance and vacation
packages that improve
depending on how many
years a firefighter stays
with the department
(two weeks after one
year, three weeks after
10 years and four weeks
after 15 years). In partic-
ular, they said, the city’s
partnership with Baptist
Medical Clinic, which
Yearly pay for Columbus Fire and Rescue
firefighters by fiscal year
FY 2008 FY 2013 FY 2018
Entry-level $29,514.33 $31,330.15 $33,219.18
Certified $31,420.53 $32,569.38 $34,561.04
Engineer $35,963.64 $37,399.18 $39,676.81
Captains $39,718.75 $42,959.80 $46,491.91
provides primary care
and other medical bene- Minimum hourly pay
fits for the city, Lowndes for Starkville
County and Columbus firefighters by rank
Light and Water employ-
ees, is a plus, especially Entry-level $10.50
for firefighters. Certified $11.50
“They don’t pay a dime Sergeant $13
for it,” Mitchell said of
Lieutenant $14.50
city em-
ployees. “... Captain $18
It’s just an-
other bene- consider the Baptist deal
fit that a lot
because it was beneficial
of entities
do not pro-
to them.
“I probably had more
vide.”
firefighters call me than I
T h e Mitchell
did other employees,” he
city nearly
added.
pulled out of the part-
While Andrews said
nership earlier this year
he would like to see a pay
after it was erroneously
raise for his firefighters
reported that only 35 city
and feels it’s his duty to
employees used the clin-
ask for it, he said under-
ic’s services. Columbus
councilmen reconsidered stands the city doesn’t
have the money to raise
this week after BMG low-
the pay right now.
ered their rates.
“Most of them love
“That’s an incentive,”
doing what they do,”
Columbus Mayor Robert
Smith said. “As a matter Andrews said. “It’s not
of fact, a couple of fire- about getting rich. It’s
men called and asked me not about being a big
(after the city announced shot in the community.
the plan to pull out of the It’s about helping and as-
agreement with Baptist) sisting people in time of
if I would seriously re- need.”

Graceland no longer charging

for Presley candlelight vigil
The Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Elvis Presley
fans will no longer pay about $30 to visit
his grave during the annual candlelight
vigil on his death anniversary in Mem-
phis, Tennessee.
Graceland officials say the charge to
walk past Presley’s resting place at his
former home during Elvis Week has been
discontinued. Devotees flock to Graceland
every year to honor the rock n’ roll icon
during Elvis Week, the celebration of
Presley’s career as a singer and actor.
Presley died in Memphis on Aug. 16,
1977. He was 42.
Graceland instituted the charge in
2017, on the 40th anniversary of his death.
The change upset some fans who were ac-
customed to participating in the vigil, free
of charge.
During the vigil, fans hold lit candles
as they visit the graves of Presley, his par-
ents, and grandmother.

Clinic
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primary care and pre-
scriptions, all at no cost to
the insured employees.
In August, the council
was erroneously told only
35 employees and their
dependents were using
the clinic. Since then,
BMG corrected that cen-
sus, showing consider-
ably more use by city-in-
sured patients. The group
also renegotiated the con-
tract for all three entities
in a way that will save the
city a projected $60,000
to $80,000 in Fiscal Year
2019, which begins Oct. 1.
“After Baptist went
back and made some ad-
justments to their num-
bers, and after talking to
some of the employees
about how much the clinic
was needed, we thought it
was a valuable resource
for the city,” Mayor Robert
Smith told The Dispatch.
“We’re grateful to Baptist
for being willing to make
those adjustments.”
Next fiscal year, the
clinic’s base for “covered
lives” is 926 — meaning
that’s the number of em-
ployees and dependents
entering the year covered
by either city, county or
CLW insurance plans. Of
that total, Columbus in-
surance is responsible for
slightly more than half, at
472, according to Human
Resources Director Pat
Mitchell.
For each covered
life, each entity will pay
$254.65 ($120,195 total)
annually, compared to
$359.40 ($169,637) this
fiscal year. For each “addi-
tional covered life,” which
Mitchell said includes em-
ployees and dependents
added to the insurance
beyond 472, the charge
will be $6.30 per month,
compared to $26 per
month in FY 2018.
Neither of those fig-
ures include prescription
costs, however.
This fiscal year, Mitch-
ell said the city would pay
about $280,000 for BMG
clinic services. Next year,
she hopes that cost will
fall to between $200,000
and $220,000.
The county and CLW
should save a combined
$60,000 to $80,000 next
year, as well.
“We’re excited to con-
tinue our relationship
with the city, county and
Columbus, Light and Wa-
ter,” said Janet Cranford,
BMG’s regional opera-
tions director. “We’ve all
worked hard to negotiate
something that was ac-
ceptable to everyone.”
In a meeting with the
city’s insurance com-
mittee in late August,
Cranford reported the
clinic saw 70 city-insured
patients in July, which she
indicated had been about
normal. In August, how-
ever, that number exceed-
ed 100 city patients for the
first time since the clinic
opened.
Between all three enti-
ties, Cranford previously
told the city council the
clinic averages between
200 and 250 visits month-
ly.
To keep city numbers
up, Mitchell has invited
BMG representatives to
the city’s upcoming open
enrollment meeting so
they can present the full
range of clinic services to
employees.
The mayor believes
that will help the clinic’s
long-term sustainability.
“We have some em-
ployees who use the clin-
ic three to four times a
month and others who
only use it a few times
a year or even less than
that,” he said. “We want to
encourage our employees
that if they want to keep
the clinic, they’ve got to
use it.”

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person has a high-level
security clearance, he
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those meetings.”
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most presidential pow-
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modern era.”
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likely to vote on Kava-
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Sept. 20 with a vote by the
full Senate the following
week. Republicans hope
to confirm the judge, who
would nudge the high
court further to the right,
in time for the first day of
In addition to her
parents, she was pre-
ceded in death by her
husband, Thomas Ev-
erette Williams Sr.; and
son, Thomas Everette
Williams Jr.
She is survived by
her daughter, Denise
Burchfield of Colum-
bus; sisters, Dorcas
Nettles of Charleston
Air Force Base, South
Carolina; brother, Wal-
ter Nettles Jr. of Colum-
bus; one grandchild;
and one great-grand-
child.
Margaret Evans
COLUMBUS —
Margaret Evans, 85,
died Sept. 8, 2018, at
her residence.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Memori-
al Gunter Peel Funeral
Home and Crematory,
Second Avenue North
location.
Betty O’Brian
COURTLAND —
Betty Lois Fulgham
O’Brian died Sept. 7,
2018, at her residence.
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p.m. Sunday at Double
Springs Baptist Church
in Maben with the Rev.
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Rev. Gene O’Brian offi-
ciating. Burial will fol-
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a government investiga-
tion was an expression of
vestigations,” said Sarah
Isgur Flores, a spokes-
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essay, not an order for fed-
woman.
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no classified information tigative and charging powered not only to hire
appears to have been re- decisions without politi- and fire whomever he
vealed by the author or cal interference from the chooses but that he can
leaked to the newspaper, White House. also inject himself into
which would be a crucial It also reflects an ex- law enforcement matters.
bar to clear before a leak
investigation could be
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church. Welch Funeral
Home is in charge of
arrangements. Virginia Lee Howton, age 87, died Monday,
Mrs. O’Brian was September 3, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital
born to the late John East, Memphis, TN.
W. and Lena Fulgham Cremation arrangements have been entrusted
and was formerly the to Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home and Cre-
owner of O’Brian’s matory, 2nd Avenue North location. A memorial
Personal Care Home service will be held at a later date at New Salem
in Starkville. She was a Baptist Church.
member of Fellowship One of five children of the late Harry W. and
Baptist Church. Kathryn Whitmore Lee, Mrs. Howton was born
In addition to her September 14, 1930, in Rogersville, TN. She was
parents, she was a Civil Service employee and worked at Naval
preceded in death by Air Station and Langley Air Force Base, both in
her husband, George Newport News, VA and the Atlanta Army Depot,
Dink O’Brian Sr.; sister, Atlanta, GA. She also served as Command Sec-
Margie Fulgham; retary to the Commanding General, Third Army,
and brothers, Gene Fort McPherson, GA. She attended Living Faith
Tabernacle Church.
Fulgham and Bobby
In addition to her parents, she was prede-
Fulgham.
ceased by her brother, Harry W. Lee, Jr.; and sis-
She is survived by
ter-in-law, Jean Stone.
her daughters, Lynn
Edwards of Courtland She is survived by her husband, Harold G.
Howton of Caledonia, MS; her sons, Everett Par-
and Melecia A. Swed-
rish (Karen) of Senoia, GA and Bruce Parrish
bergh of Munford, Ten-
of Lynchburg, VA; and daughters, Deborah Par-
nessee; sons, George
Dink O’Brian Jr. of rish Gregory (Bill) of Stockbridge, GA and Dr.
Columbus and John E. Melanie Howton Gruner (Dale) of Lynchburg,
VA; step-sons, Harold G. Howton, Jr. of Talapoo-
O’Brian of Jacksonville,
sa, GA and Alan Wayne Howton of Duluth, GA;
Florida; sister, Bertie
and step-daughter, Janet Howton Warren (Bill)
Harpole of Brandon;
of Douglasville, GA. She is also survived by her
brother, John M. Ful-
gham of Maben; seven
brothers, Jimmy Stone and Bobby Lee (Shirley),
both of North Carolina; and her sister, Bonnie
grandchildren; and 22
Rogers (Jerry) of Newport News, VA; several
great-grandchildren.
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the donor’s favor-
Richard Zents
ite charity or church.
CALEDONIA —
Richard Dean Zents,
70, died Sept. 7, 2018,
at Monroe Regional
Hospital in Aberdeen.
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LITTLE HANDS, BIG TRUCKS

Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff

Columbus Police officer Chris Blaylock shows Sawyer Foster, 2, all the gadgets on
a police motorcycle during the United Way of Lowndes County’s Little Hands, Big
Trucks event at the Soccer Complex in Columbus Saturday morning. Sawyer is the
son of Zach and Kelli Foster.

Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff

Riley Jaudon, 2, and Eli Jaudon, 6, play with the buttons on a tractor during the Unit-
ed Way of Lowndes County’s Little Hands, Big Trucks event at the Soccer Complex
in Columbus Saturday morning. “It’s awesome,” exclaimed Riley. Eli gave a thumbs
up for the tractor. Their parents are Drew and Laura Jaudon.

Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff

Collins Robertson, 3, pulls the lever on a garbage truck during the United Way of
Lowndes County’s Little Hands, Big Trucks event at the Soccer Complex in Colum-
bus Saturday morning. “I pulled it and the garbage can went in. It was hard,” Collins
said. He is the son of Suzy Robertson.

Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff

Matthias Hanes, 4, climbs out of the cab of a tractor-trailer during the United Way of
Lowndes County’s Little Hands, Big Trucks event at the Soccer Complex in Colum-
bus Saturday morning. “It’s beautiful. I saw a bed and a TV in the truck,” Matthias
said. He is the son of Joshua and Heather Hanes.

Bradberry
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was named interim president on May 18
after former President Thomas Huebner’s
resignation. Young submitted a letter of
resignation to the EMCC Board of Trust-
ees Monday, which the board accepted
during its meeting Tuesday.
EMCC Board President Jimmy Moore
said the board extended an offer to Brad-
berry earlier in the week and he accepted
it late Friday.
“Dr. Bradberry has been affiliated with
the EMCC since ‘67, when he played foot-
ball,” Moore said. “He’s qualified, dedi-
cated and fair and he’ll be a tremendous
asset for the college as we move forward.”
EMCC Head Football Coach Bud-
dy Stephens mentioned that Bradberry
would be named the interim president af-
ter a Thursday football game, according
to The Dispatch’s earlier reporting. At the
time, Bradberry had not officially accept-
ed the position.
Bradberry, speaking to The Dispatch,
said he was thankful for the board’s trust
in him.
“I want to thank the board of trustees
for their confidence in giving me this op-
portunity to work with the college in this
period of transition,” he said.
Bradberry, according to an EMCC
press release, has previously served 11
years with the Mississippi State Board
of Community and Junior Colleges. He’s
also served as the commissioner of ath-
letics for the Mississippi Association of
Community Colleges and retired in 2008
from the position of associate executive
director for community college academic
programs.
Bradberry is a former EMCC quarter-
back, having played for the college for the
1967-68 seasons. He returned to the col-
lege nearly a decade later for a 12-year run
as the head football coach from 1976-87.
According to the release, he also has
previously worked as the EMCC director
of athletics, with added responsibilities as
the college’s dean of students. Bradberry
has briefly served before as an interim
president at EMCC before leaving to work
at Copiah-Lincoln Community College in
1988.
There, Bradberry worked as a football
coach and served as Copiah-Lincoln’s
director of institutional research. He
worked at the college for eight years.
EMCC is continuing its search for a
permanent president. The college’s board
of trustees will continue accepting appli-
cations for the position until Oct. 31.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

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Former Columbus High School standout Kylin Hill (8) ran for 211 yards and a pair of touchdowns as No. 18 Mississippi State beat Kansas State, 31-10.

HILL, Fitzgerald help bulldogs run to 2-0

By Bret t Hudson
bhudson@cdispatch.com
MANHAT TAN, Kansas —
When Saturday ends, it’s likely
Mississippi State running back
Kylin Hill will be among the top
five rushers in the Southeast-
ern Conference through two
games. His 10 yards per carry
over that same span could rank
in the same heights among
those with at least 20 carries, if
not higher.
Yet, the only deceiving num-
ber about Hill is his weight.
The Columbus native played
his freshman season listed at
212 pounds and has started
his sophomore season at 215.
The slight difference hides the
transformation that has made
Hill into a back that can be one
of the SEC’s best — a potential
he proved on Saturday.
In running for 211 yards and
two touchdowns on 17 carries
— 12.4 yards per carry — Hill
took himself from one in the
crowd to the unquestioned lead-
er of the pack as No. 18 MSU (2-
0) beat Kansas State 31-10. He
did it in a way that was the exact
manifestation of what he had in
Game 3
n Louisiana at No. 18 Mississippi
State, 6:30 p.m. Saturday (SEC
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mind as he made life changes
over the summer to transform
his body.
This all started with a con-
versation with his new running
backs coach and run game co-
ordinator, Charles Huff. Hill
asked Huff what he needs to do
to fit the Joe Moorhead offense,
and Huff made it simple: Hill
had to be explosive and he had
to be quick. That meant chang-
ing his body and changing it in
a very specific way: he had to
put on muscle, but he had to do
so a very specific way. He had
to be both stronger and faster.
Hill took that burden on
himself. He took the program
from strength and conditioning
coach Anthony Piroli and did
everything he could outside of
it optimize his summer: he was
careful about when he ate and
what he ate, particularly late at
night.
“I had to cut down going to
sleep late like I used to, I don’t
do that anymore,” Hill said.
“This year, I don’t go out much.
I don’t do nothing, just sit in the
house. If I’m not watching TV,
I’m in my playbook.”
It all showed on Saturday.
Hill showed the added explo-
sion, taking his first carry for
47 yards, another one for 52 and
scoring from 28 yards out in the
second quarter. He also showed
See bulldogs, 8B

No. 1 Alabama 57, Arkansas State 7 Ole Miss 76, Southern Illinois 41

University of Alabama Athletic Media Relations Stan Beall/Special to The Dispatch

Alabama wide receiver Jerry Jeudy (4) had four receptions for 87 yards and a pair Former Starkville High standout AJ Brown (1) had eight receptions for 158 yards
of touchdowns in the win over Arkanas State. and two touchdowns to lead Ole Miss past Southern Illinois.

High Tide as Bama cruises Rebels escape in marathon

By John Zenor
The Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Tua Tagov-
ailoa got Alabama rolling with a long
touchdown pass, then another and an-
other. Then he handed the reins to Ja-
len Hurts for pretty much more of the
same.
Tagovailoa passed for three
first-quarter touchdowns and Hurts
added two more before halftime, a
quarterback duet that was good enough
to lead the top-ranked Crimson Tide to
a 57-7 victory over Arkansas State on
Saturday.
The Tide (2-0) racked up big plays
on the way to a 40-0 halftime lead while
rotating the quarterbacks who battled
for the job throughout the offseason.
Coach Nick Saban officially announced
Tagovailoa would remain the starter
Monday, but both were big parts of the
plan again.
“I think that both guys did a really
good job,” Saban said. “I think both
guys played well. We made some big
See TIDE, 8B
By David Brandt
The Associated Press
OXFORD — Second-year Missis-
sippi coach Matt Luke settled into his
postgame press conference chair with
a steely stare and a grim face. Kind of
strange for a man who was in charge
of an offense that put up 76 points in a
35-point victory.
Then again, he also had to watch his
defense.
So as much as he wanted to cele-
brate the Rebels’ 76-41 victory over
Southern Illinois on Saturday, there
was also the realization that his de-
fense had given up more than 600 to-
tal yards to a team from the Football
Championship Subdivsion.
And guess what? No. 1 Alabama
comes to town next week.
“Obviously, we need to play much
better than that,” Luke said.
The wide final margin wasn’t indic-
ative of a game that was much closer
than anticipated. In fact, this one was
downright bizarre.
See REBELS, 8B
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Prep Football
Friday’s Mississippi Scores
Local
Calhoun Aca. 42, Hebron Christian 12
Choctaw County 20, Caledonia 6
Deer Creek School 30, Columbus Christian 0
Lamar School 42, Heritage Aca. 41
Leake County 40, West Lowndes 38
Meridian 26, Noxubee County 23
Nanih Waiya 46, Hamilton 0
Pontotoc 48, Aberdeen 6
Shannon 26, New Hope 7
Starkville 72, Columbus 6
Starkville Aca. 51, East Webster 0
Winona Christian 36, Oak Hill Aca. 10
State
Amanda Elzy 12, Palmer 6
Biggersville 21, TCPS 18
Bogue Chitto 44, Mount Olive 26
Booneville 23, Saltillo 8
Bowling Green, La. 19, Wayne Aca. 0
Brandon 34, Tupelo 6
Brookhaven 33, McComb 3
Calhoun City 28, West Bolivar 0
Callaway 33, Hazlehurst 18
Canton 35, Leake Central 7
Carroll Aca. 25, Newton Co. Aca. 6
Cathedral 40, Amite School 30
Central Holmes 34, Benton Academy 8
Central Private, La. 33, Porter’s Chapel Aca. 6
Centreville Aca. 40, Ben’s Ford, La. 0
Charleston 22, Senatobia 9
Christian Collegiate 40, Franklin Academy 6
Clarkdale 28, Enterprise Lincoln 22
Cleveland Central def. Rosa Fort, forfeit
Clinton 42, Germantown 14
Clinton Christian Academy 24, Park Place Christian
Academy 14
Coffeeville 22, Mantachie 18
Collins 33, Magee 25
Columbia 35, Perry Central 0
Columbia Aca. 34, Parklane Aca. 28
Copiah Aca. 29, River Oaks, La. 21
Corinth 21, Center Hill 12
DeSoto, Ark. 44, Delta Aca. 16
East Central 35, Jefferson Davis County 27
Eupora 41, West Tallahatchie 14
Falkner 44, Potts Camp 36
French Camp 34, Vardaman 6
Greene County 7, Quitman 0
Greenwood 46, Greenville 23
Grenada 45, Kosciusko 13
Gulfport 37, Picayune 35
Hatley 42, Alcorn Central 16
Hattiesburg 51, Oak Grove 19
Holly Springs 42, Strayhorn 0
Houston 34, Itawamba AHS 28
Humphreys Aca. 70, Delta Streets 18
Independence 35, Byhalia 24
Indianola Aca. 34, Winston Aca. 0
Jackson Aca. 31, Northeast Lauderdale 14
Jackson Prep 41, Pillow Aca. 0
Jefferson County 32, South Delta 14
Kossuth 53, Tishomingo County 21
Lake 21, Pisgah 17
Lake Cormorant 27, DeSoto Central 21
Lawrence County 20, Bay 7
Leake Aca. 44, East Rankin Aca. 7
Lee Academy, Ark. 21, Lee Academy-Clarksdale 6
Long Beach 38, Vancleave 35
Louisville 55, Ripley 7
Lumberton 33, Franklin Co. 24
Madison Central 35, Pearl 12
Madison-Ridgeland Aca. 50, Hartfield Academy 0
Magnolia Heights 27, Northpoint Christian 7
Manchester Aca. 56, Kemper Aca. 20
Marshall Aca. 34, Kirk Aca. 14
McLaurin 26, Richland 14
Mooreville 36, East Union 14
Morton 28, Raymond 3
Myrtle 55, Rossville Christian, Tenn. 0
Neshoba Central 14, West Lauderdale 13, OT
Nettleton 30, Baldwyn 2
Neville, La. 27, Warren Central 10
New Albany 42, Amory 28
Newton 28, Choctaw Central 25
North Delta 27, Coldwater 0
North Forrest 49, Sacred Heart 13
North Panola 34, Gentry 0
North Pontotoc 29, South Pontotoc 14
Noxapater 22, McAdams 0
O’Bannon 22, Ruleville 14
Ocean Springs 13, George County 12, OT
Okolona 46, H.W. Byers 0
Olive Branch 42, Kirby, Tenn. 21
Oxford 29, Lafayette 27
Pascagoula 25, Gautier 22
Pelahatchie 56, West Lincoln 0
Petal 27, Laurel 0
Philadelphia 36, Kemper County 6
Pope John Paul II, La. 17, St. Patrick 6
Poplarville 43, Stone 14
Prentiss Christian 65, Rebul Aca. 34
Provine 19, Lanier 6
Puckett 46, Salem 24
Ray Brooks 24, Shaw 16, OT
Resurrection Catholic 14, Forrest Co. AHS 0
Richton 42, East Marion 28
Ridgeland 51, Forest Hill 8
Scott Central 35, Florence 20
Sebastopol 42, Ethel 12
Simmons 64, Leland 0
Simpson Aca. 20, Presbyterian Christian 7
Smithville 34, Thrasher 6
South Jones 28, Northeast Jones 21
South Panola 19, Clarksdale 14
South Pike 62, Amite County 0
Southeast Lauderdale 34, Newton County 28
Spanish Fort, Ala. 42, Moss Point 7
St. Joseph-Greenville 26, Bayou Aca. 7
St. Joseph-Madison 17, St. Andrew’s 10
St. Martin 22, St. Stanislaus 7
Stringer 46, Mize 7
Sumrall 40, Enterprise Clarke 7
Sylva-Bay Aca. 40, Brookhaven Aca. 7
Taylorsville 33, Seminary 20
Terry 34, Port Gibson 0
Tylertown 22, North Pike 13
Union 30, J.Z. George 12
Union Aca. 36, Claiborne, La. 16
Velma Jackson 34, Yazoo County 0
Walnut 44, Middleton, Tenn. 14
Washington School 28, St. Aloysius 17
Water Valley 42, Bruce 0
Wesson 40, Loyd Star 20
West Harrison 21, Pass Christian 0
West Jones 35, Bay Springs 13
West Marion 14, Raleigh 8
White Station, Tenn. 31, Hernando 28
Wilkinson County 30, Heidelberg 0
Winona 41, Forest 21
Yazoo City 36, Crystal Springs 13
ROUNDUP
Heritage Academy drops in shootout; Starkville Academy moves to 4-0
From Special Reports
MERIDIAN — Heritage
Academy saw its season-open-
ing three-game winning streak
come to an end with a 42-41 loss
at Lamar School in Mississip-
pi Association of Independent
Schools (MAIS) football action
Friday night.
Heritage Academy (3-1) held
a 41-28 lead only to see the re-
gaining Class AAAA, Division
II state champions score twice
in the final five minutes to snag
the victory.
“Proud of the effort,” Heri-
tage Academy coach Sean Har-
rison said. “We sustained some
injuries early in the game and
that threw off our game plan
on defense. Lamar again has
a great team. They are well-
coached and disciplined. Credit
to them for rallying late in the
game.”
For the Patriots, Carter Putt
was 11 of 19 passing for 311
yards and four touchdowns with
an interception. Hyde Banks
had two touchdowns catches
(35 and 20 yards), while Moak
Griffin (65 yards) and Jared
Long (40 yards) had the others.
Long had three catches for
102 yards, while Griffin had
four catches for 98 yards and
Banks had three catches for 87
yards.
On the ground, Kelvin “KJ”
Smith ran 22 times for 98 yards,
with touchdown runs of 3 and
25 yards.
“Lot of good teaching mo-
ments on the field,” Harrison
said. “We did a lot of things
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Shannon 26, New Hope 7
TROJANS OFFENSE STYMIED IN SECOND HALF
By DAVID MILLER
Special to The Dispatch
Explosive plays were a uni-
corn the New Hope Trojans
had been chasing through
three games. So when Ryan
Burt connected with De’ajon
Miller 50 yards down the field
Friday, it appeared the Trojans
had caught them one and knew
where to find more.
Braylen Miller would score
from 2 yards out later in the
drive, and New Hope trailed
Shannon 14-7 at the break. But
the Trojans would go three-
and-out on three of their four
possessions in the second half,
eventually falling to the Red
Raiders, 26-7.
The Trojans (0-4) have
scored just 21 points through
four games and have been shut
out twice this season.
David Miller/Special to The Dispatch
Shannon 26, New Hope 7
Shannon 7 7 6 6 — 26 Above, New Hope running back
Columbus 0 7 0 0 — 7 Braylen Miller (1) looks for
First Quarter room to run against Shannon.
S – Jordan Gilleylen 24 pass to Erick Rogers (Thailon Whitfield
kick). At right, lineman Ricky Newby
Second Quarter
S – Gillylen 27 pass to Javis Wren (Whitfield kick).
sacks Shannon quarterback
N – Braylen Miller 2 run (Ellis Clark kick). Jordan Gilleylen.
Third Quarter
S – Rogers 1 run (kick failed).
Fourth Quarter
S – Gilleylen 27 pass to Wren (kick failed). First-year New Hope coach
Team Statistics Wade Tackett said the vibe at
First Downs
SHS NHHS
24 7 halftime “was up,” and the team
Rushes-Yards
Passing Yards
33-234
248
20-22
121
had confidence they would be
Comp.-Att.-Int.
Return Yards
22-33-0
14
12-21-0
11
in the game.
Fumbles-Lost
Penalties
2-1
10-94
0-0
6-44
“We went in, and we thought
we could have easily been up
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: Shannon – Thailon Whitfield 13-92, Stanka White 21-7 at that point,” Tackett
5-65, Devin Walker 10-42, Jordan Gilleylen 2-31, Erick Rogers
2-5, Marterious Johnson 1-(-1); New Hope – Braylen Miller 17-11, said. “We have a couple of bad
Ryan Burt 1-11, Trey Bailey 1-1, Deajon Miller 1-(-1).
PASSING: Shannon – Jordan Gilleylen 22-33-248-0; New Hope breaks, and we’re down 14-7.
– Ryan Burt 12-21-121-0.
RECEIVING: Shannon – Javis Wren 11-158, Erick Rogers 8-88, “The kids are really good at
Devin Walker 2-2, Stanka White 1-0; New Hope – De’ajon Miller
1-53, Trey Bailey 3-24, Kryshone Brooks 2-15, Kameron Harcrow
making the adjustments we ask
3-13, Jordan Thomas 1-9, Braylen Miller 2-7. See TROJANS, 4B
Meridian 26, Noxubee County 23
Meridian 26, Noxubee County 23
Meridian 7 7 12 0 — 26
Noxubee County 0 9 8 6 — 23
Short-handed Tigers fall at home
First Quarter
M — Tevarrius Adams 39 pass to Dewayne Cox (Nick Hickman
kick).
Second Quarter
M — Adams 81 pass to Kendrick Brown (Hickman kick).
NC — Bobby Shanklin 8 run (Michael Barber kick).
By Adam Minichino to the Tigers’ attack. has defeated Noxubee County NC — Safety, Meridian called for holding in the end zone.
aminichino@cdispatch.com “I see a team that is great (2-2). The latest result hap- Third Quarter
M — Adams 57 pass to Brown (Kick failed).
defensively and has all of the pened much like the previous NC — Ja’Qualyn Smith 5 run (Maliek Stallings pass to Kaiyus
Lewis).
MACON — Kyziah Pruitt two in that the Wildcats hit
talent in the world,” Pruitt said. M — Demarcus Looper 6 run (Pass failed).
Fourth Quarter
broke the post-game huddle three big pass plays to account
“We just have to put the pieces NC — Smith 2 run (Kick failed).
and walked back toward the for nearly all of their offense.
together. When I come back, I
center of the field. Noxubee County failed to
Team Statistics
Unable to dress out for the think it will all jell together.”
First Downs
MHS NCHS
9 21
Until then, Noxubee County capitalize on 13 Meridian pen- Rushes-Yards 22-42 44-195
third-straight game, the Nox- alties and a running game that Passing Yards 239 106
ubee County High School se- will have to find a way without Comp.-Att.-Int. 13-23-2 11-22-2
ground out 195 yards, some of Return Yards 47 78
nior athlete had again been the Mississippi State commit- Fumbles-Lost 2-0 6-2
which came with alarming ease Penalties 13-113 11-80
an observer on the sidelines. ment. On Friday, Noxubee
when it appeared the Tigers Individual Statistics
At times during the game, the County showed flashes of its were focused on scoring.
RUSHING: Meridian — Tevarrius Adams 11-20, John Spinks
1-8, Sam Bester 8-7, Demarcus Looper 1-6; Noxubee County —
standout wide receiver / de- old self and but not enough con- After the game, Pruitt, who
Ja’Qualyn Smith 20-106, Maliek Stallings 6-62, Bobby Shanklin
8-40, Kaiyus Lewis 1-0, Khristopher White 9-(-13).
fensive back offered critique sistency in a 26-23 loss to Me- played in the season open- PASSING: Meridian — Tevarrius Adams 13-22-239-2, John
Spinks 0-1-0-0; Noxubee County — Khristopher White 8-14-77-1,
of what he saw. Other times, ridian at Tiger Stadium. er against Starkville but has Maliek Stallings 3-8-29-1.
RECEIVING: Meridian — Kendrick Brown 4-141, Sam Bester
he just watched and wondered The loss marked the third- missed the last three games 3-36, John Spinks 3-14, Dewayne Cox 2-46, Thomas Anderson
1-2; Noxubee County — Ja’Qualyn Smith 7-46, Savion Price 2-22,
what a healthy Pruitt would add straight season Meridian (2-2) See TIGERS, 4B Jeffery Malone 1-42, Maliek Stallings 1-(-4).
Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch
well. Just need to get ready now
for Pillow.” Above left, Starkville Acad-
emy’s Nason Heflin (30)
The teams were tied at 21 at right looks for running room
halftime. around East Webster’s Conner
n Starkville Academy 51, Shurden (33). Above right,
East Webster 0: At Maben, Starkville Academy’s Howell
the MAIS-member Volunteers Archer (17) intercepts a pass
moved to 4-0 with their second intended for Shurden (33) as
shutout against a Mississippi Starkville Academy teammate
High School Activities Associa- Ben Guest (5) defends.
tion (MHSAA) opponent. Right, Caledonia senior Jedar-
ius Gore (5) looks for a lane
Defense was a donat-
against Choctaw County.
ing theme throughout.
“Our defensive effort was
great,” Starkville Academy
coach Chase Nicholson said.
“We forced turnovers and return touchdown by Howell
controlled field position. On Archer helped the Volunteers
offense, we missed a few wide- to a 12-0 lead. A blocked punt
open passes and had some pen- would lead to another score and
alties. We will need to get better the lead would move to 22-0 at
in those areas.” halftime.
A safety and interception See ROUNDUP, 3B Stan Beall/Special to The Dispatch
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Prep Football
Friday’s Alabama Scores
Aliceville 28, Tarrant 6
Local Starkville High 72, Columbus 6
Lamar County 48, Hale County 16

NO. 1 YELLOW JACKETS SWARM OVER FALCONS

Pickens Academy 51, Meadowview Christian 8
Pickens County 54, Brilliant 8
South Lamar 45, Meek 0
Sulligent 35, Sumiton Christian 6
Winfield 18, Gordo 14
State
Abbeville 52, Cottonwood 7
Addison 51, Winston County 18
Anniston 14, Cherokee County 10
Auburn 35, Enterprise 0 By Scot t Walters
Austin 17, Florence 9 swalters@cdispatch.com
Autauga Academy 42, Coosa Valley Academy 0
Bessemer Academy 37, Glenwood 20
Beulah 27, Montgomery Academy 26
Billingsley 25, Loachapoka 18 Starkville High School se-
Blount 38, B.C. Rain 6
Boaz 49, Douglas 7 nior Rodrigues Clark celebrat-
Brantley 39, Kinston 0
Brewer 34, Arab 12 ed his birthday Saturday.
Briarwood Christian 10, Pleasant Grove 6
Brooks 48, Central-Florence 7
Actually, the party started
Carbon Hill 6, Greene County 0
Carver-Montgomery 9, Russell County 0
out of town one day earlier.
Catholic-Montgomery 47, Dale County 16 Clark rushed for 117 yards
Cedar Bluff 37, Asbury 0
Central - Clay County 35, Munford 14 and a pair of touchdowns as
Central-Phenix City 49, Smiths Station 0
Central-Tuscaloosa 36, Jemison 21 Starkville routed Golden Trian-
Chambers Academy 57, Cornerstone Christian 7
Charles Henderson 34, Rehobeth 20 gle area rival Columbus 72-6 in
Chickasaw 35, Choctaw County 6
Chilton County 34, Shelby County 0
a Mississippi High School Ac-
Clay-Chalkville 58, Niceville, Fla. 14
Cleveland 60, West End-Walnut Grove 27
tivities Association (MHSAA)
Colbert County 49, Tanner 15 contest played Friday night at
Cold Springs 28, Southeastern 18
Collinsville 15, North Sand Mountain 12, OT Falcon Field.
Cottage Hill 40, J.U. Blacksher 15
Crenshaw Christian Academy 28, Abbeville Christian “Once we were focused, we
Academy 14
DAR 52, Fairview 15 had a good night,” Clark said.
Dadeville 31, Southside-Selma 13
Davidson 27, Baker 7 “When we play to our potential,
Decatur 38, Cullman 13
Decatur Heritage 36, Valley Head 13
we can dominate. The offensive
Demopolis 39, Bibb County 7
Deshler 65, Elkmont 0
line showed out. It led to a big
Donoho 41, Ragland 7 night for the offense. We just
Elba 28, Pleasant Home 14
Elmore County 35, Leeds 28 wanted to keep the momentum
Escambia Academy 41, Clarke Prep 7
Escambia County 54, Monroe County 0 going.”
Etowah 52, Crossville 7
Eufaula 28, Northview 7 Clark was honored as a na-
Fairfield 47, John Carroll Catholic 0
Faith Academy 38, LeFlore 18
tional player of the week last
Falkville 58, Woodville 21
Fayette County 27, Northside 12
week after scoring three touch-
Fort Payne 42, Albertville 21 downs in a win over then-No. 2 Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
Fultondale 35, Locust Fork 6
Fyffe 56, Section 0 West Point. Starkville High School running
G.W. Long 50, Barbour County 0
Gardendale 31, Huffman 21 In that victory, every yard back Rodrigues Clark (3) looks
Georgiana 35, Florala 28
Geraldine 52, Plainview 14 for Clark was precious and the to elude Columbus linebacker
Good Hope 43, Cordova 24
Yellow Jackets needed a domi- Dontae Gillespie (21) during
Goshen 55, Zion Chapel 6
Greensboro 40, Sumter Central High School 14 nating defense to beat their big- Friday’s game at Columbus.
Greenville 40, Tallassee 21 Right, Starkville’s KJ Lawrence
Haleyville 48, Oak Grove 0
Hamilton 48, West Point 42
gest rival. (26) carries some tacklers with
Handley 30, Holtville 7 Friday night was quite differ- him for extra yardage.
Hartselle 21, Athens 10
Hazel Green 21, Buckhorn 0 ent. Top-ranked Starkville moved to
Headland 36, B.T. Washington 0
Hewitt-Trussville 52, Oak Mountain 47 Starkville finished with 523 4-0 with a 72-6 win at Falcon
Hewitt-Trussville 52, Oak Mountain 47
Highland Home 55, Central-Hayneville 6 total yards and scored on all but Field.
Hillcrest-Evergreen 62, W.S. Neal 20
Hokes Bluff 34, White Plains 8
one possession.
Holy Spirit 62, Ellwood Christian Academy 6
Homewood 27, Pelham 7
The halftime lead was 45-0.
Hoover 45, Thompson 26 “The best thing was get-
Houston County 39, Daleville 36
Hubbard 40, Coosa Christian 7 ting a lot of the reserves some Starkville (4-0) was held in
Hubbertville 45, Berry 20
Hueytown 39, Hillcrest 36 playing time,” Starkville coach check on the first possession.
Huntsville 42, Grissom 33
Isabella 35, Francis Marion 16 Chris Jones said. “We really The Yellow Jackets drove 67
J.B. Pennington 71, Hanceville 8
Jackson 47, Satsuma 21 don’t have that large a drop- yards on 11 plays before Garin
Jackson Olin 30, Minor 15 off (from first team to second Boniol hit a 27-yard field goal.
Jacksonville 33, Ashville 7
James Clemens 36, Bob Jones 20 team). There are still a lot of The Yellow Jackets then
Jasper 26, Dora 13
LaFayette 40, Vincent 0 things we need to clean up. We used a short field for 46-yard
Lakeside School 50, Evangel Christian 12
Lanett 33, Wadley 15 scored a lot of points, but we drive.
Lauderdale County 28, East Lawrence 0
Lawrence County 25, Hayden 22 want to keep getting better.” Clark would then score back-
Lee-Montgomery 25, Jeff Davis 10
Leroy 47, R.C. Hatch 40
to-back touchdowns from 3 and
Lexington 35, Phil Campbell 12 Starkville 72, Columbus 6 54 yards out for a 17-0 lead.
Linden 49, Keith 8 Starkville 10 35 14 13 — 72
Luverne 48, New Brockton 7 Columbus 0 0 0 6 — 6 Clark’s second score
Macon-East 49, Fort Dale Academy 13
Madison Academy 49, East Limestone 21 First Quarter kick-started a 35-point second
Madison County 16, Guntersville 7 S — Garin Boniol 27 field goal. quarter. The defense also got
Maplesville 70, A.L. Johnson 6
Marengo 42, J.F. Shields 0
S — Rodrigues Clark 3 run (Boniol kick).
Second Quarter into the act with a 30-yard in- “There is a lot of confidence growing.”
Marengo 42, J.F. Shields 0
Marion County 24, Lynn 12
S — Clark 54 run (Boniol kick).
S — Luke Altmyer 22 pass to Joshua Aka (Boniol kick). terception return by Justice on this team,” Clark said. “We Altmyer was 13 of 17 pass-
Mars Hill Bible 62, Hackleburg 14
Mary Montgomery 7, Alma Bryant 0
S — KJ Lawrence 1 run (Boniol kick).
S — Justice Robinson 30 interception return (Peyton Rodgers Robinson. enjoy practice. We enjoy work- ing for 222 yards and a pair
McAdory 27, Northridge 13
Midfield 36, Holly Pond 30
kick).
Luke Altmyer hit Rufus Har- ing together as a team. We want of scores. Sam Hunt, Joshua
S — Altmyer 70 pss to Rufus Harvey (Boniol kick).
Mobile Christian 24, Bayside Academy 10 Third Quarter
vey for a 70-yard touchdown in to make this a special year.” Aka, Jatavious Lawrence and
Montevallo 47, Dallas County 0 S — NyJal Johnson 13 pass to Jatavious Lucious (Boniol kick).
Moody 41, St. Clair County 20 S — Amariyon Howard 45 run (Rodgers kick). the final minute of the first half. The second-team also came Harvey has the pass-catching
Morgan Academy 40, Lee-Scott Academy 2 Fourth Quarter
Mortimer Jordan 28, Center Point 20 C — Jaelan Craddieth 9 pass to Fred Harris (pass failed). “Things are beginning to up big for the Yellow Jack- touchdowns.
Mountain Brook 34, Tuscaloosa County 0
Muscle Shoals 52, Columbia 6
S — Johnson 7 pass to Hunt (Rodgers kick).
S — Lazavier Evans 5 run (no try). click of this offense,” Harvey ets with four scores against a On defense, Keyshawn Law-
North Jackson 77, Danville 0
Notasulga 52, Autaugaville 0 Team Statistics said. “The main thing is re- semi-running clock. rence had a pair of fumble re-
Oakman 27, Holt 0
Ohatchee 54, Woodland 19

First Downs
SHS CHS
19 10 maining humble. We have to Jones continued to run an coveries.
Oneonta 49, Cleburne County 42
Opelika 66, Selma 6
Rushes-Yards
Passing Yards
21-253
270
28-105
92 keep working hard in practice up-tempo offense with little Starkville will now enjoy an
Oxford 33, Pell City 0
Patrician Academy 13, Lowndes Academy 6
Comp.-Att.-Int. 18-22-0 13-26-1 and listening to our coaches if huddling. Ny’Jal Johnson hit 5 open date before beginning de-
Return Yards 103 52
Paul Bryant 24, Brookwood 6 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2 we are going to reach out full of 5 passes for 48 yards and a fense of its MHSAA Class 6A,
Phillips-Bear Creek 41, Vina 0 Penalties 5-56 6-47
Piedmont 46, Pleasant Valley 21 potential.” pair of touchdowns. Region 2 championship with
Pike County 39, Houston Academy 7 Individual Statistics
Pike Liberal Arts 45, Northside Methodist 17 RUSHING: Starkville — Rodrigues Clark 9-117, Amariyon How- Last season, Starkville fin- The Yellow Jackets also got Provine at home.
Pike Road 28, Prattville Christian Academy 7
Pinson Valley 49, Shades Valley 7
ard 4-70, Lazavier Evans 4-41, KJ Lawrence 4-25; Columbus —
Karon Hawk 5-54, Derrick Jordan 8-30, Jaelan Craddieth 6-11, ished second in the state. With rushing scores from Amariyon “The region games are
Pisgah 54, Brindlee Mountain 7
Providence Christian 41, Geneva 0
Devarkas Ramsey 3-8, Josh McQuary 2-6, Christian Jackson
1-0, Matthew Harris 1-0, Team 2-(-4). a bulk of the starters returning Howard, Lazavier Evans and next,” Clark said. “It’s time to
Ramsay 35, Parker 6
Ranburne 42, Gaston 0
PASSING: Starkville — Luke Altmyer 13-17-232-0, NyJal John-
son 5-5-48-0; Columbus — Jaelan Craddieth 13-26-92-1.
on both offense and defense, KJ Lawrence. play any better so we can get
Randolph County 41, Glencoe 0
Randolph School 44, West Morgan 6
RECEIVING: Starkville — Rufus Harvey 5=126, Jatavious Lu-
cious 3-43, Joshua Aka 3-29, Atavius Jones 2-33, Sam Hunt
this is clearly shaping up as a “Saw a lot of things that you where we want to go.”
Red Bay 32, Hatton 6
Red Level 12, McKenzie 6
2-18, Rodrigues Clark 2-16, Leroy Hollinshed 1-5; Columbus — race with them in the role of fa- like (from the offense),” Jones Follow Dispatch sports writer
Fred Harris 6-50, Jervorious Vance 5-33, Matthew Harris 1-7,
Reeltown 48, Fayetteville 0 Cameron Ledbetter 1-2. vorites this season. said. “You always want to be Scott Walters @dispatchscott
Robertsdale 25, Gulf Shores 13
Rogers 27, Wilson 2

Falcons look to regroup

Russellville 24, Corner 13
Saint Luke’s Episcopal 33, Sweet Water 25
Saks 49, B.B. Comer 0
Samson 57, Calhoun 0
Sand Rock 12, Ider 7
Saraland 27, Daphne 19
Scottsboro 35, Ardmore 7 By Scot t Walters you have the ability to do. Starkville is
Sheffield 49, Tharptown 0
Sipsey Valley 28, West Blocton 18 swalters@cdispatch.com really good. They beat us soundly. We
Slocomb 14, Wicksburg 13
Snook Christian 45, Sparta Academy 28 didn’t help ourselves. It’s frustrating to
South Choctaw Academy 27, Hooper Academy 6 A season ago, a matchup with Vicks- lose like that.”
Southern Choctaw 46, Washington County 7
Southside-Gadsden 14, Sardis 10 burg was the best thing to happen to Starkville is considered the odds-
Spanish Fort 42, Moss Point, Miss. 7
Sparkman 21, Gadsden 9 the Columbus High School football on favorite to win the Mississippi High
Spring Garden 33, Winterboro 0
Springwood School 13, Edgewood Academy 4 team. School Activities Association (MH-
St. James 41, Bullock County 19
St. John Paul II Catholic 41, Priceville 31 This season, the Falcons hope that SAA) Class 6A state championship af-
St. Paul’s 17, Baldwin County 7
Stanhope Elmore 19, Benjamin Russell 0 holds true again. ter finishing second a season ago.
Straughn 36, Opp 30, OT
Susan Moore 28, Sylvania 21
Columbus players and coaches were Columbus (0-3) knew it would
Sylacauga 48, Springville 10
T.R. Miller 34, Excel 19
all fast forwarding to the week ahead needs its best effort. Some help from
Talladega 41, Childersburg 28
Talladega County Central 34, Appalachian 0
after a 72-6 loss to No. 1 Starkville Fri- Starkville (4-0) would also be appreci-
Theodore 51, Foley 0 day night at Falcon Field. ated. Neither came true.
Thorsby 39, Horseshoe Bend 0
Trinity Presbyterian 21, Alabama Christian Academy 6 Starkville won its fourth straight in “Starkville is well-coached and they
Tuscaloosa Christian School 47, Kingwood Christian 6
UMS-Wright 17, Andalusia 0 the series by racking up 523 yards and have athletes at every position the
Valley 41, Beauregard 20
Vestavia Hills 28, Spain Park 21 building a 45-0 halftime lead. field,” Columbus coach Eric Rice said.
Victory Chr. 14, Gaylesville 8
Vinemont 15, Westbrook Christian 13 “Some of the guys on the team were “You didn’t want it to come to this. Now,
Waterloo 38, Shoals Christian 6
Weaver 30, Walter Wellborn 29
hesitant,” Columbus senior lineback- the question is can you learn from this?
West Monroe, La. 31, McGill-Toolen 24, OT
Westminster Christian 50, Colbert Heights 20
er Tidus Kirk said. “When you play I thought we competed and played hard
Wetumpka 37, Calera 14 Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch the No. 1 team in the state, you can’t and all that. We did not have the man-
Wilcox Academy 34, Jackson Academy 14 Junior quarterback Jordan Nash looks to make a be hesitant. You have to go out there
Williamson 28, Clarke County 6
Winfield 18, Gordo 14 play against the Starkville defense Friday night. power to compete. I would think that is
and make plays. You have to do what See FALCONS, 4B

Roundup
Continued from Page 2B
Clark had another pick-six, fered a concussion during the Caledonia (1-2) trailed 7-6 loss at home. n Pickens Academy 51,
the Volunteers recovered a fum- game but neck scans came at halftime. The Confederates’ For Aberdeen, Fred Fields Meadowview Christian 8: At
ble in the end for another score back clear Saturday. touchdown came on a 68-yard scored on a 6-yard run in the Selma, Alabama, Jon Wesley
and also got another safety. n Calhoun Academy 42, run by Jedarius Gore. fourth quarter to break up the Rye had nine carries for 123
n Deer Creek School 30, Hebron Christian 12: At Cal- n Leake County 40, West shutout. yards and two touchdowns Fri-
Columbus Christian 0: At Ar- houn City, the Eagles fell on the Lowndes 38: At Walnut Grove, n Russell Christian 52, day night to lead the Pirates (1-
cola, the Rams fell to 1-3 with road in MAIS Eight-man play. the Panthers (0-4) fell in their Victory Christian 0: At Me- 3) in AISA play.
this loss in MAIS Class A play. For Hebron Christian (0-4), MHSAA Class 1A, Region 3 ridian, The Eagles trailed 33-0 n Aliceville 32, Tarrant 6:
n Winona Christian 36, Doug Loden had a 75-yard kick- opener. at halftime Friday in dropping At Aliceville, Alabama, Zavien
Oak Hill Academy 10: At Wi- off return for a touchdown and n Nanih Waiya 46, Ham- their Christian Football Associ- Wilkins had 17 carries for 114
nona, the Raiders fell in their caught a 78-yard touchdown ilton 0: At Hamilton, the Lions ation (CFA) opener. yards and a touchdown to lead
MAIS Class AA, District 1 pass from Braiden Triplett. slipped to 1-3 after falling in Brandon Moore was 9-for-13 the Yellow Jackets (1-1) in Ala-
opener. The contest was called n Choctaw County 20, their MHSAA Class 1A, Region for 42 yards and two intercep- bama High School Athletic As-
in the fourth quarter after an Caledonia 6: At Ackerman, 3 opener at home. tions. Preston Kinard had 10 sociation (AHSAA) action.
injury to Oak Hill Academy’s the Confederates fell on the n Pontotoc 48, Aberdeen carries for 30 yards. Jay Elmore Matthew Clark scored on a
Ethan Bryan. road against one of the favor- 8: At Aberdeen, the Bulldogs had two catches for 37 yards. 67-yard run. He also caught a
According to the OHA Face- ites in MHSAA Class 3A North dropped their second straight Elmore also had a team-high 29-yard touchdown pass from
book page, Ethan Bryan suf- State. with this MHSAA non-region nine tackles. Kavon McGraw.
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briefly WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER

Auto Racing
Johnson looks to end skid at Brickyard
INDIANAPOLIS — Jimmie Johnson doesn’t have a playoff spot
locked in as the seven-time NASCAR champion prepared for rain-
Karnley, unbeaten Bulldogs face Louisiana Tech
drenched Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the final race of the regular By Adam Minichino matches. She will look to late for her first practice. He play soccer at MSU. She re-
season. aminichino@cdispatch.com
Johnson is in a 48-race losing streak headed into the Brickyard
help MSU (6-0) complete said Karnley was sweating calls grabbing her stuff by
400 and his Hendrick Motorsports team has been inconsistent all an undefeated run through when she arrived and told the last dugout, taking off
season. It’s put him up by just 19 points over Hendrick Motorsports STARKVILLE — Hope the non-conference slate at 1 him she had taken the bus her cleats by the trash can,
teammate Alex Bowman in the battle for the 15th position on the playoff never has been an idle feel- p.m. Sunday against Louisi- and then ran a mile from and being asked to see An-
grid. That should be enough to get Johnson into the playoffs, but a ing for Monigo Karnley. ana Tech at the MSU Soccer the bus stop to practice. Bis- agnost in his office. She said
surprise race winner could jumble the final berths. It’s why the Liberian na-
“We’ve had a tough year,” Johnson said Saturday. “It’s been Stadium. sett’s initial concern about she couldn’t believe it when
extremely frustrating and extremely difficult to live through, but we are tive took a bus and then ran “We knew after the (ID) Karnley’s commitment Anagnost told her he wanted
all still very eager to turn it around and know that we will.” a mile in an effort to be on camp she really had some quickly dissipated. her on his team.
Johnson is a four-time winner at Indianapolis and even in a crummy time for a training session special moments, and she “She was very technical,” “I hoped I would get a
season, he doesn’t discount how quickly things could flip for the No. 48 with a club soccer team.
team. Johnson won his seventh title in 2016 and despite three wins last has them even here in col- Bissett said. “It was kind of a spot,” Karnley said, “but
season, he peaked in the first quarter of the year and was 10th in the It’s why Karnley, a 5-foot- lege,” MSU coach Tom An- wow factor in what she did.” then I started to beat on
final standings. His last victory was at Dover on June 4, 2017. 4 freshman midfielder, trav- agnost said. “We saw what Bissett said Karnley did myself because I thought I
“A win is the way to turn it around,” Johnson said. “We’ve seen this eled from Georgia and then we saw and we were right.” things technically others wasn’t good enough. I was
team get hot at times and we’ve been unstoppable. A win would be the stayed in a dorm room over-
starting point.” Monigo, which is pro- only imagined they could surprised when they offered
NASCAR moved the regular-season finale this year to Indianapolis night by herself prior to par- nounced Moh-NEE-go, is do. He said she went by play- because I thought I wasn’t
as officials from the sanctioning body and the track tried to make the ticipating in a Mississippi from Liberia, a country ers like they weren’t even able to.”
Brickyard a bigger draw. The race has struggled for much of the last State women’s soccer team with a population of more there and realized Karnley Karnley had two of her
decade in its traditional summer slot in part because of heat, lack of on- ID camp.
track action and low stakes. As the 26th race on the schedule, though, than four-and-a-half mil- was a “special” player. three assists last Sunday in
the show has increased meaning because it will finalize the 16-driver It’s why a young woman lion, in West Africa. She But Bissett said Karnley a 4-0 victory against Austin
playoff field. whose name means “to seek has lived in the United didn’t get to play with the Peay. She showed creativity
But expectations have been doused, first by the NFL scheduling a God” never has allowed fear States for four years, and Fusion right away. In fact, when she fed Gabriella Cole-
home game across the city for the Indianapolis Colts, then a torrent of to prevent her from finding
rain that disrupted all activities at the Brickyard. All activity was washed came to Starkville by way he said she wasn’t initially man for the Bulldogs’ third
out both Friday and Saturday, including Cup qualifying. The field was her path and setting out to of Boothwyn, Pennsylvania, cleared to play due to U.S. goal. Karnley displayed
set by points with Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr., the realize her goals. where she lived with Jarbie Soccer and FIFA guidelines. vision when she took on a
so-called “Big 3” this season, lined up first through third. “Monigo is a very inde- and her family. She attended Even though she trained defender along the endline
The washout Saturday prevented teams from getting any track pendent person,” said Con-
time prior to the race and all will start with setups based off notes. But all
Chichester High School in with the club for two years, and passed the ball back to
previous experience was during July, when the temperature made the stance Jarbie, Monigo’s Pennsylvania. he said this past year was the middle for a streaking
surface of the track hot and slick. The move to September should favor aunt, who welcomed her Karnley had been playing Karnley first playing. MaKayla Waldner, who pow-
drivers, particularly as they adjust their cars. niece into her home in Penn- soccer for years when she “It was around Febru- ered it home for the final
“Temperature just really makes the track less or more forgiving ... sylvania. “When she wants
and it’s so less forgiving when we’re here in July and it feels like 150
arrived in the U.S. In an ef- ary that our administrator score.
degrees,” Johnson said. “When I look at our practice sessions that are to do something she will fo- fort to play at a higher level, (Diana Urbanski) got the MSU associate head
usually in the morning when we were here in July, the cars drive better. cus on it and she will meet she reached out to the Penn news she was cleared,” Bis- coach Matt Kagan said
It’s easier to tune them. In the morning qualifying sessions, cars drive a her objective. She tries her Fusion soccer club to see if sett said. “She remembers Karnley displayed those
lot better. I feel that same trend will happen and hopefully it will allow us best to do all she can and she was good enough. she had never heard such
to race harder with one another since the cars are driving better.” skills and more at the team’s
she always gets what she Scott Bissett, director a happy reaction to finding ID camp in July 2017. He
Tennis wants.” of camps and programs out she was cleared to play said the coaching staff
Karnley, who is majoring with the Penn Fusion Soc- soccer.” didn’t know anything about
Williams loses game over argument, falls in Open final in aerospace engineering, is cer Academy, said Karnley Karnley had a similar re-
NEW YORK — The events and the arguing and the booing that Karnley, but they quickly
would make this a U.S. Open final unlike any other began when Serena averaging nearly 25 minutes didn’t get off to a good start action when she learned she discovered they needed to
Williams’ coach made what she insisted was an innocent thumbs-up, off the bench in MSU’s six when she was 15 minutes had earned a scholarship to See SOCCER, 8B
but the chair umpire interpreted as a helpful signal.

Tigers
It was the second game of the second set Saturday, in a packed
Arthur Ashe Stadium, and Williams’ bid for a record-tying 24th Grand
Slam title already was in real trouble because she was being outplayed
by first-time major finalist Naomi Osaka.
Chair umpire Carlos Ramos warned Williams for getting coaching Continued from Page 2B
during a match, which isn’t allowed. She briefly disputed that ruling, say- with an injury, was asked to explain White was 8-for-14 for 77 yards and the night for Noxubee County. On
ing cheating “is the one thing I’ve never done, ever.” A few games later,
Williams received another warning, this time for smashing her racket, why the Tigers’ had such high highs an interception. Stallings was 3-for-8 first-and-goal from the 5-yard line, the
and that second violation cost her a point, leading to more arguing. and low lows. He smiled and said that for 29 yards and an interception. Both Tigers swarmed running back Sam
Eventually, Williams called Ramos “a thief,” drawing a third violation — was the first time he had been asked a showed signs they are capable of mak- Bester for a 1-yard loss. On second
and costing her a game. question he couldn’t answer. ing the offense go, but those indica-
“I have never cheated in my life!” Williams told Ramos. “You owe
down, Looper appeared to run right
me an apology.”
“I don’t know,” Pruitt said. “We got tions were far from conclusive. As a re- through the middle untouched for a
Soon, Osaka was finishing off a 6-2, 6-4 victory that made her the to figure it out. We are going to figure it sult, the balance between running and score.
first player from Japan to win a Grand Slam singles title. That is not, out. We have a great coaching staff and passing the football Shorter wanted to All of it left Shorter praising his
however, what will be remembered about this chaotic evening. a great team and lot of seniors. We are establish was missing. players for their effort and wishing two
With jeers bouncing off the arena’s closed roof, both players — the
champion, Osaka, and the runner-up, Williams — wiped away tears
going to come together.” Still, Noxubee County had its oppor- calls had gone for his team instead of
during a trophy ceremony that was awkward for everyone involved. Coach Tyrone Shorter’s team threw tunities. The Tigers twice answered against it. The first extended a drive
“I just feel like I had a lot of emotions,” Osaka said, “so I had to kind two interceptions (one on the final scoring drives by the Wildcats on the that ended in a score. The second al-
of categorize what was which emotion.” play), lost two fumbles, and commit- ensuing possession. The second time
Williams whispered something to Osaka and wrapped an arm lowed the Wildcats to eat up valuable
ted its share of untimely penalties that came on a 5-yard run by Ja’Qualyn
around her shoulders. time in the final five minutes.
kept drives alive for the Wildcats. Smith (20 carries, 106 yards) and a
“I felt, at one point, bad, because I’m crying and she’s crying. You “We beat ourselves tonight,” Shorter
know, she just won. I’m not sure if they were happy tears or they were All of it meant for an inconsistent pass from Stallings to Kaiyus Lewis
said. “I am not going to blame anybody
just sad tears, because of the moment. I felt like, ‘Wow, this isn’t how I mix that left Shorter hoping for a re- that cut the deficit to 20-17. Noxubee
felt when I won my first Grand Slam.’ I was like, ‘Wow, I definitely don’t turn to health for Pruitt and the rest of County held Meridian on three downs else. We are still learning. The reason
want her to feel like that,’” said Williams, who missed last year’s U.S.
his Tigers. and forced a punt on the next drive. I like playing these teams because we
Open because her daughter, Olympia, was born during the tournament. know where we will be come division
“Maybe it was the mom in me that was like, ‘Listen, we’ve got to pull “We have to get healthy,” Shorter But a Noxubee County player touched
ourselves together here.’” said. “I think if we get Kyziah back and the punt and appeared not to down the play. Not too many teams are going to
This was the only the latest in a series of high-profile conflicts get better quarterback play, I think football, which forced what officials de- be as good as these guys. Meridian has
with match officials for Williams at Flushing Meadows. It all dates back that is our problem right now. I think termined was an inadvertent whistle. a lot of Division I players. They showed
to 2004, when an incorrect call during a quarterfinal loss to Jennifer up and they made plays. I still think we
Capriati was cited as the main reason for the introduction of replay we can be more explosive with Khris On the re-punt, Smith couldn’t catch
technology in tennis. Then came Williams’ infamous tirade after a foot (White at quarterback), but I think I’m a punt that pushed him back and then have a lot of room to grow, but we have
fault in the 2009 semifinals against Kim Clijsters, and a to-do over a going to have to make that switch and lost out in a scramble for the ball. Three to get more consistent in our quarter-
hindrance call in the 2011 final against Sam Stosur. make Maliek (Stallings) our full-time plays later, Demarcus Looper’s 6-yard back play.”
“It’s always something,” Williams said.
Osaka is just 20, 16 years younger than Williams — and grew up
quarterback. I don’t know yet, but we run provided the winning margin. Follow Dispatch sports editor Adam
idolizing the American, even asking her to pose for a selfie together have to fix it.” Meridian’s final drive epitomized Minichino on Twitter @ctsportseditor

Trojans
at a tournament just a handful of years ago. Their age difference was
the second-widest gap between women’s finalists at a Slam in the
professional era.
“I know that everyone was cheering for her,” Osaka told the crowd,
“and I’m sorry it had to end like this.” Continued from Page 2B
What was most problematic for Williams on the scoreboard was them to make. The good ning lanes for Braylen Mill- completed 12 of 21 passes. The Trojans broke up
that she was unable to keep up with a version of herself. Osaka, who
happens to be coached by Williams’ former hitting partner, hit more thing about this team is, no er, who had the Trojans’ only The struggle was illustrat- five passes and recorded a
aces, 6-3. Osaka hit the match’s fastest serve, 119 mph. She had fewer matter the score, they never score but finished with just ed perfectly on New Hope’s pair of sacks. They forced
errors, 21-14. She saved five of six break points. And she covered the get down. They fight until 11 yards on 17 carries. final drive of the game, an two fumbles and recovered
court better than Williams did. the end, and that’s some- “It’s not scheme,” Tack- 11-play march that featured one, including a strip-and-
thing that will pay off for us ett said. “And the kids a 16-yard completion to scoop inside their own 10 in
WNBA down the road.” are smart and know what Trey Bailey on fourth-and-5 the first quarter. They were
Storm beat Mystics in championship series opener In the meantime, the Tro- they’re doing. Maybe it’s a before Burt got drilled and unfortunate to lose another
SEATTLE — Jewell Loyd was unselfish in the deciding game of the jans will continue navigating lack of confidence – most of whipped the ball into the fumble recovery when offi-
WNBA semifinals, giving up her spot on the floor and choosing not to a road littered with injured them are young and new to sideline four plays later. cials blew the whistle early
mess with what was going right for the Seattle Storm at the time.
Her decision appeared to be rewarded in Game 1 of the Finals.
players and inexperience. it. We had some young guys “We’re moving the ball, on a dumped lateral. The
“It’s amazing how many times when you’re thinking right like she Starting left tackle Brantley (on the offensive line), all ju- but we’re not putting points play would have set up the
(is), and you’re unselfish like she was in Game 5, how you are rewarded Prescott is out for the sea- niors and sophomores, and on the board,” Tackett said.
Trojans in Shannon’s red
the next time,” Seattle coach Dan Hughes said. son after an injury sustained even a freshman for most of “The running game isn’t
Loyd made 9 of 12 shots and scored 23 points, league MVP Bre- zone in the second quarter.
last week, and defensive end the night. They’re trying to what we want it to be, but
anna Stewart added 20 points, and the Storm opened the Finals with an “[The defensive line is] a
89-76 victory over the Washington Mystics on Friday night. Kobe Chandler will likely build confidence in knowing that gives us a goal to work
miss his second game next if what they’re doing is cor- towards.” deep group for us,” Tackett
The first WNBA Finals game in Seattle in eight years was a dom-
inant performance by the home team, led by the guard who watched week due to a concussion. In rect.” New Hope’s defense con- said. “We got some playmak-
most of the fourth quarter of Seattle’s Game 5 win over Phoenix in the all, Tackett said the Trojans Tackett said their mis- tinued its inspirational play ers in that group. They’ve
semifinals.
have lost seven starters to sion in the second half was at all three levels, despite taken Coach (Seth) Still-
Loyd made the suggestion to Hughes not to change Seattle’s man’s defensive scheme,
lineup during that fourth quarter against Phoenix which meant she injury since opening week- to push the ball vertically, being stretched to all angles
stayed on the bench. end. especially to De’ajon Miller, of the field by Shannon’s they rep it every day and
And instead of sulking about her struggles for most of the semifinal The loss of Prescott is a player Tackett said “can passing game. SHS quarter- make strides in games. But
series, Loyd became the leader of an efficient offensive performance particularly troubling be- make things happen.” But back Jordan Gilleylen went they’re also getting a little
from the top team in the league during the regular season.
“It helps when you’re playing with people who are unselfish and set cause the offensive line is the senior had just the one 22 of 33 for 248 yards and nasty attitude about them,
you up and keep giving you the ball. inexperienced. The unit has catch in the game, and Burt three touchdown passes of which is something we’re
“That’s what makes this team special. Everyone is willing to make struggled to open up run- mustered just 121 yards and 24 yards or more. trying to build in them.”

Falcons
that extra pass regardless if you miss 100 shots and make the next 70,
this team is going to give you the ball.”
Loyd scored 10 straight points during the second quarter when
Seattle took control thanks to a 16-4 run, and combined with Stewart to
score 20 of Seattle’s first 22 points of the third quarter. Seattle led by 27 Continued from Page 2B
in the third quarter and 26 early in the fourth quarter.
Seattle shot 53 percent, outscored Washington 46-28 in the paint as well as they could play. It was a tough said. “We need one good thing to Columbus ran for 105 yards. The Fal-
and had 21 assists on 33 field goals. Sue Bird, the hero of Game 5, night in every phase of the game.” happen. It might even be Monday in cons threw an interception and lost
scored just four points, but her points weren’t needed on this night. Columbus has opened the season practice. As we told the team, our final two fumbles. Demario Martin led the
Natasha Howard added 17 points making 7 of 8 shots. with West Point, Noxubee County and eight games will not feature anyone as Columbus defense with seven total
Game 2 is today.
Starkville. Each team played for an good as what we have just faced. Hope- tackles. Quin Malone had a fumble re-
“We were a step behind — they looked quicker than us,” Washing-
ton coach Mike Thibault said. “They made us pay for every defensive MHSAA North State championship a fully, that will instill some confidence. covery.
mistake for a stretch, and we made enough of them to help them.” season ago. The effort is there. We actually had Still, the Falcons’ two-season losing
Washington’s first Finals game in franchise history was mostly for- When Rice accepted the job, he some success offensively in this game. steak now sits at nine games.
gettable. Elena Delle Donne and Kristi Toliver both struggled shooting. inherited this schedule and knew the There are some things there that we “It’s all about Vicksburg now,” Kirk
Ariel Atkins led the Mystics with 23 points, but no other Washington
player scored more than Natasha Cloud’s 11 points. challenge would be tough. can put to use. Monday can’t get here said. “A year ago, we won that game
Still dealing with a bone bruise in her left knee that forced her to Columbus will be on a more-even soon enough. here when we really needed a lift. It’s
miss one game of the semifinals, Delle Donne was 4 of 11, finishing with playing field Friday night when it plays “We need to start a new week of just practice, work hard, get on a bus
10 points and didn’t play the fourth quarter. Toliver scored just five points at Vicksburg (0-2). A year ago, Colum- practice with a new attitude. The and go win a game. Not trying to make
on 2 of 11 shooting, continuing to be either really hot or very cold with
bus won two games — one was a 35-7 schedule is something we can manage it sound too simple. We just have to for-
her shot in the postseason.
“I think our whole offense was a little bit stagnant. Instead of getting home win over Vicksburg. the rest of the way. The kids just have get about the first three games. It’s up
the ball and moving it side to side, we were hanging onto it on one side Rice said he is not worried about his to believe that we can get there.” to the seniors to keep this thing togeth-
and staring at each other,” Delle Donne said. “We need to move a little team losing confidence. Instead, he is The Columbus touchdown Friday er. The region games are ahead, so we
bit more and make them chase it around like they were doing to us. As a worried about having confidence peri- night came in the fourth quarter when got a lot of football left. We won’t have
whole, we were way too stagnant.”
od. Jaelan Craddieth hit Fred Harris on a another night like this.”
—From Wire Reports “I am not sure we have the confi- 9-yard pass. Follow Dispatch sports writer Scott
dence we need to win a game,” Rice Against the state’s best Front Four, Walters on Twitter @dispatchscott
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NFL: Week 1 briefly

Saints look to end opening-day skid against Bucs
By Bret t Martel
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — Saints defen-
sive end Cameron Jordan remembers
all too well the last time New Orleans
entered a season with a lot of hype.
The Saints seemed like a good bet
to make the playoffs for a fifth time
in six seasons back in 2014. Instead,
they stumbled to a 7-9 record in what
became the first of three straight frus-
trating, sub-.500 campaigns before
they won the NFC South last season.
“Everyone’s going to talk about po-
tential. Everyone’s going to talk about,
‘on paper,’ how good we look,” said
Jordan, an All-Pro in 2017 with a ca-
reer-high 13 sacks. “We’ve been here
before. We’ve seen this a couple years
ago, when we looked great on paper.
Paper doesn’t play Sunday.”
The schedule seemingly sets the
Saints up to win a season opener for
the first time since 2013 this Sunday,
when they host the Tampa Bay Bucca-
neers.
New Orleans has nearly all key play-
ers back from a squad that came within
a “Minnesota Miracle” of advancing to
the NFC title game. Now the Saints are
eager to move on from the 61-yard Vi-
kings touchdown they gave up on their
last play of last season.
The Bucs, by contrast, are coming
off a five-win campaign that extended
their decade-long playoff drought and
must play without starting quarter-
back Jameis Winston, who is serving a
three-game suspension .
Oddsmakers have made the Saints
one of the most heavily favored NFL
teams — by more than a touchdown —
in Week 1.
“We recognize what kind of a foot-
ball team New Orleans has,” Tampa
Bay coach Dirk Koetter said. “We’re
going to go out there and do everything
we can to give it to them on Sunday.”
And why not? The last time these
teams met, in their 2017 regular sea-
son finale, the Bucs won in an upset.
Here are some key subplots that will
play out when the Bucs and Saints re-
new their divisional rivalry:
Bucs receiver Mike Evans is one of
three players in NFL history — along
with A.J. Green and Hall of Famer Ran-
dy Moss — to have 1,000 yards-plus re-
ceiving in each of the first four seasons
of a career. Evans figures to be covered
by Saints cornerback Marshawn Lat-
timore, last season’s NFL Defensive
Rookie of the Year.
“I look forward to the matchup,”
said Evans, who was suspended one
game last season for a blindside hit on
Lattimore.
Bucs quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick,
starting for Winston, doesn’t sound
inclined to look away from Evans just
because of who is covering him.
“When you have a guy like Mike
Evans, he’s going to get his balls,” Fitz-
patrick said. “There is nobody that I
am really going to shy away from, no
disrespect to anybody, just because the
talent level Mike has.”
Each team is coping with the sus-
pension of a prominent offensive play-
er.
The Saints are without Pro Bowl
running back Mark Ingram, their lead-
ing rusher last season with 1,124 yards
and 12 touchdowns. He was suspended
four games for use of a banned sub-
stance. That raises the possibility that
Offensive Rookie of the Year Alvin Ka-
mara will play more snaps, but Kamara
was careful not give away anything on
that front.
“The way our team is trending, we’re
an unselfish group,” Kamara said. “If
my touches are low, then it is what it
is, if that’s what we have to do to win.”
Winston begins a three-game
suspension stemming from an eight-
month NFL investigation that conclud-
ed he touched a female Uber driver
inappropriately in 2016.
“At this point, it’s like any other in-
jury that a guy’s out for three weeks,”
Koetter said.
One of Tampa Bay’s top priorities
was revamping a pass rush that pro-
duced a league-low 22 sacks a year
ago. In addition to acquiring former
New York Giants star Jason Pierre-
Paul in a trade , two other new starters
on the defensive line — Vinny Cur-
ry and Beau Allen — signed as free
agents after helping the Eagles win
the Super Bowl. Defensive coordina-
tor Mike Smith said Pierre-Paul had a
good training camp and has been ev-
erything the Bucs expected in terms of
his drive to learn the scheme and make
it tough for coaches to sub him out.
“The guy doesn’t want to come off
the field,” Smith said. “He’s a guy that’s
played, when he’s been healthy, 90-plus
percent of the snaps on defense. That is
unheard of a lot of times in the NFL.”
The Saints spent the bulk of their ef-
forts in free agency trying to improve a
defense that ranked 17th, bringing in
linebacker Demario Davis, safety Kurt
Coleman and cornerback Patrick Rob-
inson. Meanwhile, receiver Cameron
Meredith is expected to make his de-
but for an offense that ranked second
a season ago, while tight end Ben Wat-
son returns after a couple of seasons
with Baltimore.
Major League Baseball
Royals’ rookie Lopez loses perfect game in final at-bat
MMINNEAPOLIS — Kansas City rookie Jorge Lopez came within
three outs of a perfect game before Max Kepler walked leading off the
ninth inning and Robbie Grossman followed with a single in the Royals’
4-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night.
The 25-year-old right-hander made just his seventh big league
start, his fifth for Kansas City since he was acquired from Milwaukee in
the late-July trade that sent Mike Moustakas to the Brewers.
Lopez (2-4) retired his first 24 batters before walking Kepler on a
3-1 fastball. Grossman followed with a clean single to center field on a
1-2 changeup.
Lopez was removed from the game after 110 pitches, 11 more than
his previous high.
Ehire Adrianza hit a sacrifice fly off Wily Peralta, who retired Joe
Mauer and Jorge Polanco on flyouts for his ninth save, completing the
one-hitter.
Lopez struck out four and went to five three-ball counts before the
walk, including his first three batters of the game.
His perfect game bid was preserved when Jorge Polanco’s
fourth-inning liner was caught by right fielder Jorge Bonifacio with a
jump in front of the warning track, and when Jake Cave’s liner was
snagged by left fielder Alex Gordon with a sliding grab in the fifth.
Lopez made his big league debut with the Brewers in 2015, when
he made a pair of late-season starts. He spent most of the next two
years in the minors, making one relief appearance for Milwaukee in July
2017. Lopez had 10 appearances for the Brewers this year, all in relief,
and entered 1-3 with a 5.66 ERA for the Royals.
Lopez was trying to become the second pitcher since at least 1900
to throw a perfect game in his first 10 major league starts. Charles
Robertson was perfect in his fourth start with the Chicago White Sox
in 1922.
Kansas City has never thrown a perfect game and there have
not been any in the major leagues since Seattle’s Felix Hernandez
threw the 23rd all-time, against Tampa Bay on Aug. 15, 2012. The
gap between perfect games is the longest since Catfish Hunter’s for
Oakland against the Twins in 1968 and Len Barker’s for Cleveland
versus Toronto in 1981.
Bret Saberhagen pitched Kansas City’s most recent no-hitter,
against the Chicago White Sox in 1991.
There have been three no-hitters in the majors this year, by Oak-
land’s Sean Manaea, Seattle’s James Paxton and a combined effort by
four Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers.
Hunter Dozier hit an RBI single in the sixth off Jose Berrios (11-11),
who gave up one run and three hits in six innings. Whit Merrifield had
a run-scoring single in a three-run seventh off Tyler Duffey and scored
on Adalberto Mondesi’s double. Gordon added an RBI single against
Andrew Vasquez.
n Astros 5, Red Sox 3: At Boston, Alex Bregman hit his 30th
home run, Charlie Morton returned from the disabled list with five solid
innings and Houston beat Boston for its seventh straight win.
Martin Maldonado also homered for AL West-leading Houston,
which won the first two legs of the three-game rematch of last year’s AL
Division Series. The defending World Series champion Astros will try to
sweep the major league-leading Red Sox on Sunday night. Boston has
only been swept once this season, in a three-game set against Tampa
Bay in late August.
Roberto Osuna took over in the ninth and got his 15th save despite
allowing a run. Osuna got out of a jam when J.D. Martinez grounded
into a double play.
Morton (14-3) was activated from the DL after missing his last start

Prescott looks to get Cowboys back

By SCHUYLER DIXON
The Associated Press
FRISCO, Texas — Dak
Prescott barks at his team-
mates a little more now
that he’s a couple of years
removed from a sensational
rookie year with the Dallas
Cowboys.
At least that’s the way
tight end Geoff Swaim put
it, and he didn’t mean it in a
negative way. The star quar-
terback sure hopes so.
“I may be a little bit more
vocal,” Prescott said. “But
when you say ‘barking,’ it’s
almost like at a negative
tone. Like, you’re going out
at them hard. I’d say if any-
thing, I’m trying to be more
encouraging and bring more
out of them.
“When you have a young
team and different person-
alities, it’s hard just to be
negative and be critical the
whole time. For me, it’s a
lot about coaching the guys
up. And then the guys that
I know I can be critical on,
yeah, sure I am.”
The 2016 NFL Offensive
Rookie of the Year, who
opens the season Sunday
at Carolina trying to get
the Cowboys back to the
playoffs after they missed
during his less-than-stel-
lar encore , just illustrated
offensive coordinator Scott
Linehan’s take on leadership
from Prescott.
Sure, this 25-year-old
with a master’s degree in
workforce education leader-
ship from Mississippi State
is the unquestioned com-
mander of the offense — and
that includes over running
back Ezekiel Elliott, his fel-
low first-year standout from
2016.
But it’s not necessarily
because of the retirement of
Tony Romo, the quarterback
he replaced with one of the
best debuts for a quarter-
back in NFL history.
Or because 15-year tight
end Jason Witten joined
Romo in the broadcast
booth this year. Or because
the Cowboys dumped bois-
terous receiver Dez Bry-
ant, the franchise leader
in touchdown catches, in a
cost-cutting move.
Since Prescott showed up
as the forgotten third-team-
er on Romo’s team two
years ago, he has shown
the leadership qualities that
suddenly became more pro-
nounced. He was a natural
to become the face of the
franchise , and would be by
himself if not for linebacker
Sean Lee.
“He’s always been a guy
that, even as a rookie, he
was not afraid to speak up
and give his two cents on the
field and encourage guys,”
Linehan said. “He’s a natu-
ral when it comes to that.”
Prescott led the Cowboys
to 11 straight wins after
Romo injured his back in
the preseason in 2016, when
Dallas had an NFC-best 13
victories before losing to
Green Bay in a divisional
playoff.
Elliott’s six-game sus-
pension marred their sec-
ond season together, and
Prescott felt the burden of
the absence.
The poor decisions he
avoided as a rookie were
more frequent, including an
ill-advised throw that was in-
tercepted and returned for a
touchdown in a late-season
loss to Seattle that finished
off Dallas’ playoff hopes in
Elliott’s first game back.
The theme last season
was whether Prescott could
avoid a sophomore slump,
a term he brushed off. Now
it’s whether he can have a
bounce-back season, if there
is such a thing for a young
quarterback.
“You can call it whatev-
er you call it,” he said. “I’m
excited for what we’re going
to have and the year we’re
going to have and I feel very,
very confident in the players
we have and the team we
have and what we’re going
to do this season.”
There are questions,
starting with a revamped re-
ceiving corps that lacks the
star power brought by Wit-
ten and Bryant.
The Cowboys say they’ll
attack the passing game
with versatility, hoping
to take advantage of one-
on-one matchups with
opponents focusing first
on stopping Elliott, the
league rushing leader when
Prescott was voted the top
offensive rookie.
There are two new start-
ers on Dallas’ vaunted of-
fensive line. Joe Looney is
replacing Travis Frederick
at center while the four-time
Pro Bowler recovers from
Guillain-Barre syndrome,
an auto-immune disease that
attacks nerves. He doesn’t
know when he will return.
Rookie second-round pick
Connor Williams is at left
guard.
Despite the questions,
Prescott is determined not
to try to do too much again.
“I know I’ll be better,” he
said. “I just learned so much
from last year, just moving
forward, mature within the
game, just learned a lot more
that I didn’t know last year
that I wasn’t as comfortable
with. Just reads, my game
on footwork, accuracy and
consistency, everything.”
Learning isn’t stopping
him from coaching, as he
put it.
“I think as a rookie it was
more encouraging and that
kind of thing,” Swaim said.
“This year, the barking, it’s
not like he’s screaming and
yelling. That’s not his thing.
It’s more just, ‘Hey, this is
what you need to do here.’
And it’s good because it
keeps everyone focused and
in their role and doing their
job.”
Prescott just wants you to
know it’s not negative.
with discomfort in his right shoulder. He allowed a run and three hits in
the first inning, but Boston didn’t score again until Xander Bogaerts’ solo
homer in the fifth.
Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4) pitched 3 1/3 innings. Houston tagged
him for five runs and six hits, including solo homers by Bregman and
Maldonado.
n Athletics 8, Rangers 6: At Oakland, California, Khris Davis hit
his major league-leading 41st home run, Matt Olson homered to drive in
the go-ahead run and Oakland beat Texas for its fifth win in six games.
Olson broke a 6-6 tie against Chris Martin (1-4) leading off the
eighth. Olson has a career-high 25 homers, one more than last year.
Chad Pinder also homered and Matt Chapman added an RBI
double in the eighth. The A’s, a big league-best 31-15 since the All-Star
break, began the day a season-high 6 1/2 games ahead of Seattle for
the AL’s second wild card.
Ryan Butcher (4-0) struck out Joey Gallo, his only batter, and Blake
Treinen fanned two in a perfect ninth for his 37th save in 41 chances.
n Brewers 4, Giants 3: At Milwaukee, Gio Gonzalez (8-11)
received a standing ovation following an impressive first start with
Milwaukee, allowing an unearned run and three hits over 5 2/3 innings.
Gonzalez struck out seven and walked one in his first start since
an Aug. 31 trade from Washington. The veteran left-hander was 0-3
with an 8.70 ERA over his final four starts with the Nationals. Gonzalez
had 10 days between starts, though, and took it to the Giants, who lost
their season-high seventh straight game and fell a season-worst seven
games under .500.
The Brewers pushed their NL wild-card lead to 2 1/2 games over
the St. Louis Cardinals.
Christian Yelich hit his 28th homer for Milwaukee, and Travis Shaw
also got his 28th, taking Chris Stratton (9-9) deep in the first. Jeremy
Jeffress recorded the final four outs for his 10th save.
n Nationals 10, Cubs 3: At Washington, Max Scherzer pitched a
complete game and Washington took advantage of sloppy Chicago in
the opener of a doubleheader.
Scherzer, bidding for a third straight NL Cy Young Award, allowed
nine hits. He struck out 11 without a walk and hit a batter while improv-
ing to 17-6.
Scherzer also had an RBI single, raising his average to .270 this
season. It was one of just six hits by Washington, which capitalized on
nine walks and three errors from the Cubs. The Nationals scored five
runs in the sixth inning on just two hits thanks for two errors and a wild
pitch that resulted in a run.
After Friday night’s game was rained out, the start of Saturday’s
first game was delayed two hours and 10 minutes by rain.
Cubs manager Joe Maddon opted to counter Scherzer with a
bullpen game, and the Nationals jumped in front early. Jaime Garcia
(3-7), in his Cubs debut, walked the bases loaded with one out in the
first inning and Soto sent a hard grounder past first baseman Anthony
Rizzo that was ruled a two-run single. That was all for Garcia, and
Washington’s Matt Wieters provided a third run with an RBI single off
former Nationals reliever Brandon Kintzler.
n Indians 9, Blue Jays 8: At Toronto, Roberto Perez homered
and drove in four, Michael Brantley hit a two-run shot and Cleveland
outslugged Toronto.
Brantley returned to the lineup after missing the previous two
games because of a sore left foot and went 2 for 4 with two walks as
Cleveland inched closer to clinching a playoff berth. The Indians began
the day with a magic number of seven to lock up their third straight AL
Central title.
Josh Tomlin (1-5) got two outs for the win and Cody Allen, Cleve-
land’s seventh pitcher of the game, pitched around a one-out double in
the ninth to earn his 26th save.
Randal Grichuk homered twice for the Blue Jays, his fourth career

Newton anxious to see new-look Panthers’ offense

By Steve Reed
The Associated Press
CHARLOT TE, N.C. — Cam New-
ton says he’s extremely comfortable
playing in new coordinator Norv Turn-
er’s scheme and is thrilled with the tal-
ent the Panthers have surrounded him
with on offense.
But the eighth-year quarterback
isn’t going out on a limb and making
predictions on what Carolina might
achieve this season.
“We don’t know what we have yet
and that is why Sunday is so important
for everybody — because we finally
find out,” Newton said in preparation
for the team’s home opener against the
Dallas Cowboys.
The Panthers added speed at wide
receiver — trading for Torrey Smith,
signing free agent Jarius Wright and
drafting D.J. Moore from Maryland in
the first round. Wide receiver Devin
Funchess returns as the No. 1 receiv-
er and three-time Pro Bowl tight end
Greg Olsen is healthy again after miss-
ing nine games in 2017 with a foot in-
jury. Second-year running back Chris-
tian McCaffrey figures to be a vital
part of the offense in the run and pass
game, and the Panthers added 1,000-
yard rusher C.J. Anderson behind him.
That’s a lot of different options for
Newton — which coach Ron Rivera
said is by design.
Rivera wants Newton to get back
to what he was doing in 2015 when he
spread the ball, completing at least 10
passes to nine different receivers. The
formula worked well as Newton threw
for a career-high 35 touchdowns and
won league MVP honors while leading
the Panthers to 15 straight wins and a
Super Bowl appearance.
“I think that plays very to the type of
football team that we want to be,” Rive-
ra said. “(Defenses) can’t key in on one
or two guys and they have to play the
whole field and that can work to our ad-
vantage if we have guys that can make
plays.”
Rivera fired offensive coordinator
Mike Shula this past offseason after
Newton regressed — at least statisti-
cally — the past two seasons.
Turner, who Rivera once worked un-
der in San Diego, was hired to bring a
little more creativity to the offense —
and help improve Newton’s poor career
58.5 completion percentage. Newton,
who played under Turner understudy
Rob Chudzinski earlier in his career,
said the adjustment to the offense has
been smooth.
Now he’s ready to test the waters.
“I’m excited to play a full four quar-
ters of football,” Newton said. “... Hope-
fully we can be hitting on all cylinders
as far as efficiency and executing.”
Coach Jason Garrett said stopping
Newton on Sunday will be key.
“He’s big, he’s strong, he’s athletic,
he has a great feel for making plays
both as a runner and as a passer,” Gar-
rett said. “He can play well within their
system. He can play well when the play
breaks down. He’s just a dynamic guy.
He’s hard to tackle, he’s hard to tack-
le in the pocket, he’s hard to tackle
when he’s out on the run, he’s got a big,
strong arm and can throw the ball any-
where on the field.”
Newton enters this season not hav-
ing to worry about his shoulder being
an issue. Rotator cuff surgery last year
forced Newton to miss most of OTAs
and minicamp and a portion of training
camp. He only threw two passes in the
2017 preseason.
multihomer game, and Rowdy Tellez hit his first career homer. The Blue
Jays lost despite outhitting the Indians 18-11.
Blue Jays right-hander Sean Reid-Foley (1-3) made his fourth ca-
reer start and allowed six runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings. He walked a
season-high five and struck out three.
n Reds 7, Padres 2: At Cincinnati, Joey Votto ended his two-
month homer drought with Cincinnati’s 11th grand slam — one shy of
the NL record — and the Reds beat San Diego in a game called early
because of rain.
The game started an hour early because of a foreboding forecast
and was played in a steady rain that intensified with one out in the top
of the seventh.
Votto connected off Robbie Erlin (3-6) during a seven-run second
inning, his first homer since July 9 — the second-longest drought of his
career.
Matt Harvey (7-8) allowed Eric Hosmer’s two-run homer and es-
caped a bases-loaded threat in the fourth. He fanned 10 in six innings,
his highest strikeout total since he fanned 10 at San Diego on May 8,
2016, and his ERA rose to 4.87.
n Tigers 4, Cardinals 3: At Detroit, Victor Reyes scored on a
game-ending wild pitch with one out in the ninth inning, and Detroit beat
St. Louis.
The Cardinals, who entered with a one-game lead for the second
National League wild card, have lost five of seven. The Tigers have won
four straight.
The Tigers led 3-1 with two outs in the top of the ninth, but Marcell
Ozuna hit a two-run homer off Shane Greene (4-6) to tie it. It was
Ozuna’s 18th homer and third in two days.
Reyes led off the bottom half and reached second on first baseman
Matt Carpenter’s fielding error. Bud Norris (3-5) walked Jeimer
Candelario, and both runners moved up on Jim Adduci’s sacrifice
bunt. The Cardinals intentionally walked Nicholas Castellanos to load
the bases with one out, but Norris bounced the next pitch and Reyes
scored easily.
n Rays 10, Orioles 5: At St. Petersburg, Florida, Ryan Yarbrough
struggled but got his 14th win, most among major league rookies, and
Tampa Bay won its 10th straight home game.
After reliever Diego Castillo pitched a scoreless first, Yarbrough
(14-5) entered and allowed three runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Twelve of the lefty’s wins have come in “bullpen games” for Tampa Bay.
—From Wire Reports
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Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
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San Jose
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Car number in parentheses W L Pct GB NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
defeat Southeastern Louisiana in four sets on Saturday to close out the
Aberdeen at New Hope, 7 p.m. 1. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, charter team owner Colorado 77 63 .550 —
third week of non-conference play. points 1st. Los Angeles 77 64 .546 ½ Saturday’s Matches
The Bulldogs (4-6) overpowered the Lady Lions (1-8), 20-25, 25- Caledonia at Byhalia, 7 p.m. 2. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, charter team owner Arizona 76 65 .539 1½ D.C. United 1, New York City FC 1, tie
points 2nd. San Francisco 68 75 .476 10½ Sporting Kansas City 1, Orlando City 0
19, 25-14, 25-13 in the final match at the Jaguar Invitational. Hamilton at West Lowndes, 7 p.m. 3. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, charter team San Diego 56 88 .389 23 Colorado at Portland, late
owner points 3rd.
“It’s good to head home with a win,” first-year coach Julie Darty Noxubee County at West Point, 7 p.m. 4. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford, charter team owner Friday’s Games
Wednesday’s Match
Minnesota United at D.C. United, 6:30 p.m.
said. “To see our response after dropping the first set, and to make a Aberdeen at New Hope, 7 p.m. points 4th. Chicago Cubs at Washington, ppd.
decision as a team to play with such a sense of urgency was nice to 5. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, charter team owner Cincinnati 12, San Diego 6 National Women’s
see. I think our passing was pretty good, because we relied heavily on Louisville at Grenada, 7 p.m. points 5th.
6. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, charter team
Pittsburgh 5, Miami 3
Detroit 5, St. Louis 3
Soccer League
Amory at Nettleton, 7 p.m. owner points 6th. Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Mets 3 W L T Pts GF GA
AJ, Amarrah and Deja when we needed some big-time offense. From 7. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, charter team Milwaukee 4, San Francisco 2 x-North Carolina 16 1 6 54 48 17
the service line, we were pretty good as well. When we can control the East Webster at Strayhorn, 7 p.m. owner points 7th. L.A. Dodgers 4, Colorado 2 x-Portland 12 6 6 42 40 28
8. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, charter team owner Arizona 5, Atlanta 3 x-Seattle 11 5 8 41 27 19
serve and pass game, that helps us be able to execute our game plan. Pillow Academy at Heritage Academy, 7 p.m. points 8th. Saturday’s Games x-Chicago 9 4 10 37 37 26
“I’m proud of the Dawgs for finishing with a win, and I think every 9. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, charter team owner Pittsburgh 5, Miami 1 Utah 8 7 8 32 20 22
Magnolia Heights at Starkville Academy, 7 p.m. points 9th. Washington 10, Chicago Cubs 3, 1st game Houston 9 9 5 32 35 34
time we play we look a little bit more comfortable with each other,” Darty 10. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, charter team Orlando 8 9 6 30 30 36
explained. “We still have plenty to improve upon, but I thought that in Carroll Academy at Oak Hill Academy, 7 p.m. owner points 10th.
Cincinnati 7, San Diego 2, 7 innings
Detroit 4, St. Louis 3 Washington 2 17 5 11 12 35
Sky Blue FC 0 17 6 6 20 52
sets 2-4, we were pretty consistent as a group and consistency has Lee (Arkansas) at Columbus Christian, 7 p.m. 11. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, charter team
owner points 11th.
Milwaukee 4, San Francisco 3
N.Y. Mets 10, Philadelphia 5
been a big theme for us.” Humphreys Academy at Hebron Christian, 7 p.m. 12. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, charter team owner Atlanta at Arizona, late NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
points 12th. L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, late x-clinched playoff spot
A kill by AJ Koele put the Dawgs on the board to start the match. East Rankin Academy at Winston Academy, 7 13. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, charter team owner Chicago Cubs at Washington, late, 2nd game
A kills battle ensued as 11-straight points were totaled solely by kills to points 13th. Today’s Games Friday’s Match
bring the score to 11-9, Mississippi State. The back-and-forth continued p.m. 14. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, charter Philadelphia (Velasquez 9-10) at N.Y. Mets (de- Portland 3, Seattle 1
team owner points 14th. Grom 8-8), 12:10 p.m. Saturday’s Matches
throughout the set, before two errors by the Bulldogs gave Southeast- Tabernacle School (Alabama) at Victory Christian, 15. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, charter team San Diego (Nix 2-3) at Cincinnati (Reed 0-2), Sky Blue FC 1, Orlando 0
owner points 15th. Utah 2, Chicago 1
ern Louisiana the set win. Amarrah Cooks had a .556 hitting percentage 7 p.m. 16. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, charter
12:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Gant 6-5) at Detroit (Fulmer 3-10), North Carolina 5, Houston 0
with five kills. Koele hit .800 with four kills. Aliceville at Sulligent, 7 p.m. team owner points 16th. 12:10 p.m. PLAYOFFS
Mississippi State continued to have some confusion on the court 17. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, charter team Chicago Cubs (Montgomery 4-5) at Washing- Semifinals
Gordo at Oakman, 7 p.m. owner points 17th. ton (Fedde 1-3), 12:35 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15: Seattle at Portland, 2 p.m.
during the start of the second set, but a kill by Cooks and a service 18. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, charter team Miami (Brigham 0-1) at Pittsburgh (Williams Sunday, Sept. 16: Chicago at North Carolina,
ace from Kendall Murr spurred a five-point spurt to push MSU into the Greene County at Lamar County, 7 p.m. owner points 18th. 12-9), 12:35 p.m. 2 p.m.
19. (21) Paul Menard, Ford, charter team owner San Francisco (Bumgarner 5-5) at Milwaukee Championship
lead, 9-7. Similarly to the first set, both teams were clicking on offense Lynn at Pickens County, 7 p.m. points 19th. (Davies 2-5), 1:10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22: TBD vs. TBD at Portland,
and a kill by Koele secured the set for the Bulldogs. Cooks had another 20. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, charter team L.A. Dodgers (Wood 8-6) at Colorado (Ander- 3:30 p.m.
South Lamar at Berry, 7 p.m. owner points 20th. son 6-7), 2:10 p.m.
impressive set hitting .714 and tallying five kills. Deja Robinson had
three kills, a .429 hitting percentage and added two block assists.
Cornerstone at Pickens Academy, 7 p.m. 21. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, charter
team owner points 21st.
Atlanta (Toussaint 1-1) at Arizona (Ray 5-2),
3:10 p.m. Transactions
Back-to-back errors by SLU put MSU ahead to start the third set. Prep Soccer 22. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet, charter team
owner points 22nd.
23. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, charter
Monday’s Games
L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 5:40 p.m. Saturday’s Moves
BASEBALL
The Lady Tigers struggled to stop the Bulldogs attack game, and MSU Tuesday’s Match team owner points 23rd.
Washington at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.
American League
Miami at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.
propelled to a 19-6 lead. From there, the Bulldogs could not be stopped Starkville Academy at Heritage Academy, 5 p.m. 24. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, charter Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 7:05 p.m. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed RHP Michael
as they went on to win the set and take the 2-1 edge into the fourth set. team owner points 24th. Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m. Kopech on the 60-day DL. Selected the con-
Koele led the team with six kills and a .625 hitting percentage. Murr had Prep Softball 25. (38) David Ragan, Ford, charter team owner
points 25th.
26. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, charter team
Arizona at Colorado, 7:40 p.m.
Atlanta at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.
tract of RHP Rob Scahill from Charlotte (IL).
DETROIT TIGERS — Released LHP Josh
Smoker.
six digs and one assist. Kath and Cooks both had two block assists, and Monday’s Games
Cooks added four kills.
owner points 26th.
27. (95) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, charter team
League Leaders HOUSTON ASTROS — Reinstated RHP Char-
lie Morton from the 10-day DL.
Starkville Academy at Winston Academy, 4 p.m. owner points 27th.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Recalled RHP Chris
Mississippi State capitalized on its attack game and benefitted BATTING—Betts, Boston, .339; Martinez, Bos-
from errors by Southeastern Louisiana to cruise to an early 10-3 lead. Kirk Academy at Oak Hill Academy, 6 p.m. 28. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, charter
team owner points 28th.
ton, .335; Altuve, Houston, .317; Segura, Seat- Bassitt from Nashville (PCL).
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Assigned RHP Mike
tle, .314; Trout, Los Angeles, .306; Merrifield,
The Bulldogs had a six-point run, which included two service aces from Caledonia at Itawamba AHS, 6 p.m. 29. (6) Matt Kenseth, Ford, charter team owner Kansas City, .303; Brantley, Cleveland, .303; Hauschild outright to Buffalo (IL).
points 29th. Smith, Tampa Bay, .301; Bregman, Houston, National League
Alleah Stamatis, to make it 20-8. The two teams exchanged sideout Tuesday’s Games 30. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, charter team own- .300; Wendle, Tampa Bay, .296. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Reinstated
points down the stretch before a kill by Paige Shaw ended the match. er points 30th. RUNS—Lindor, Cleveland, 117; Betts, Boston, RHP Zack Godley from paternity leave.
Caledonia at New Hope, 6 p.m. 31. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, charter team 112; Martinez, Boston, 103; Benintendi, Boston, LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Sent RHP Den-
“AJ and Amarrah being named to the All-Tournament team is a owner points 31st. nis Santana to Rancho Cucamonga (Cal) for a
Starkville Academy at Canton Academy, 6:30 32. (15) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, charter team
97; Bregman, Houston, 97; Ramirez, Cleveland,
rehab assignment.
nice nod for them,” Darty commented. “I am proud of their consistent owner points 32nd.
95; Trout, Los Angeles, 89; Chapman, Oakland,
play this weekend.” p.m. 33. (72) Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, charter team
87; Stanton, New York, 87; Springer, Houston, NEW YORK METS — Selected the contract of
C Jose Lobaton from Las Vegas (PCL). Trans-
86.
After an impressive performance to start the day versus Louisiana Oak Hill Academy at Newton Academy, 7 p.m. owner points 33rd.
34. (00) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, charter
RBI—Martinez, Boston, 117; Davis, Oakland, ferred RHP Bobby Wahl to the 60-day DL.
106; Ramirez, Cleveland, 97; Bregman, Hous- PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Recalled C An-
Tech, Mississippi State fell short to close out the day against South Thursday’s Games team owner points 34th. ton, 96; Encarnacion, Cleveland, 94; Bogaerts, drew Knapp and 3B Mitch Walding from Lehigh
Alabama Friday. 35. (23) JJ Yeley, Toyota, charter team owner Boston, 90; Lowrie, Oakland, 87; Cruz, Seattle, Valley (IL).
Hebron Christian at Columbus Christian, 5:30 points 35th. 85; Haniger, Seattle, 85; 2 tied at 84. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Sent RHPs Michael
MSU swept Louisiana Tech, 25-11, 25-13, 25-21, in the first match. 36. (51) David Starr, Chevrolet, charter team HITS—Martinez, Boston, 171; Segura, Seattle, Wacha and Mike Mayers to Memphis (PCL) for
South Alabama swept MSU, 19-25, 19-25, 22-25. p.m. owner points 36th. 165; Lindor, Cleveland, 164; Merrifield, Kansas rehab assignments.
37. (96) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Toyota, open team
“Today was a tough day,” Darty said. “This morning we came out Nettleton at New Hope, 6 p.m. owner points 37th.
City, 163; Betts, Boston, 160; Castellanos,
Detroit, 159; Bregman, Houston, 158; Rosario,
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with a different energy than we had in the second match. We always Hatley at Caledonia, 6:30 p.m. 38. (7) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, open team Minnesota, 156; Brantley, Cleveland, 152; Ben- CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Signed G David
owner points 38th. intendi, Boston, 149. Nwaba to a one-year contract.
have to win the serve and pass game and be the team that wins the Saturday’s Games 39. (66) Timmy Hill, Toyota, open team owner DOUBLES—Bregman, Houston, 48; Bogaerts, FOOTBALL
transition game, and that wasn’t us tonight. This morning, I felt like it was points 42nd. Boston, 41; Lindor, Cleveland, 40; Betts, Bos- National Football League
Caledonia, New Hope at Smithville Tournament 40. (52) BJ McLeod, Ford, open team owner ton, 39; Andujar, New York, 38; Benintendi, ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed RB David
a step in the right direction with our sweep against Louisiana Tech, but points 44th.
Prep Volleyball Boston, 37; Castellanos, Detroit, 37; Escobar, Johnson to a three-year extension through the
we haven’t hit the full consistency yet. This morning we were a gritty, NASCAR XFINITY Series Arizona, 37; Piscotty, Oakland, 37; 3 tied at 36.
TRIPLES—Smith, Tampa Bay, 9; Sanchez,
2021 season.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed WR Alex
defensive team digging a lot of balls. Tonight, we weren’t. It’s just that Tuesday’s Matches Lilly Diabates 250 Chicago, 9; Hernandez, Toronto, 7; Kiermaier, Erickson to a two-year contract extension.
simple and we have to figure it out. I know we will.” Saturday qualifying ccd.; Saturday race Tampa Bay, 7; Span, Seattle, 7; Benintendi, NEW YORK JETS — Waived FB Lawrence
Starkville High at New Hope, 6 p.m. ppd. until Monday Boston, 6; Chapman, Oakland, 6; Jones, De- Thomas. Signed LB Frankie Luvu from the
Louisiana Tech scored the first two points to get the match started At Indianapolis Motor Speedway troit, 6; Moncada, Chicago, 6; Profar, Texas, 6. practice squad.
before MSU went on to a seven-point scoring streak, including kills from Caledonia at New Albany, 6 p.m. Indianapolis HOME RUNS—Davis, Oakland, 40; Martinez, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Placed LB Deko-
Columbus at South Panola, 6 p.m. Lap length: 2.5 miles Boston, 39; Ramirez, Cleveland, 37; Gallo, da Watson on injured reserve.
Taylor Haskins, Amarrah Cooks, AJ Koele and a service ace from Deja Car number in parentheses Texas, 35; Cruz, Seattle, 34; Lindor, Cleveland, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Waived CB Simeon
Robinson. Mississippi State never trailed from that point, as they went Thursday’s Matches 1. (22) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 2018 owner points 33; Stanton, New York, 33; Trout, Los Angeles, Thomas. Placed CB Dontae Johnson on injured
1st. 31; 3 tied at 29. reserve. Activated S Earl Thomas. Signed CB
on to blow past the Lady Techsters. Lafayette at New Hope, 6 p.m. 2. (7) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 2018 owner STOLEN BASES—Gordon, Seattle, 30; Mer- Akeem King from the practice squad.
Alleah Stamatis had two service aces and Cooks registered a .556 points 2nd. rifield, Kansas City, 30; Ramirez, Cleveland, WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Waived/injured
hitting percentage with six kills. Koele and Haskins had four kills apiece. Madison Central at Starkville High, 6 p.m. 3. (18) Ryan Preece, Toyota, 2018 owner points 29; Smith, Tampa Bay, 29; Betts, Boston, 27; DE Anthony Lanier.
3rd. Anderson, Chicago, 25; Lindor, Cleveland, 23;
Morgan Kath and Kanani Price each had six digs. Caledonia at Amory, 6:30 p.m. 4. (1) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 2018 owner Trout, Los Angeles, 22; Benintendi, Boston, 20; Friday’s Moves
points 4th. Segura, Seattle, 20. BASEBALL
Set two played out similarly to set one as Mississippi State Saturday’s Matches 5. (00) Cole Custer, Ford, 2018 owner points PITCHING—Kluber, Cleveland, 18-7; Snell, American League
dominated Louisiana Tech. In the middle of the set, it was close with two Caledonia, Starkville High at Tupelo VolleyFest 5th. Tampa Bay, 18-5; Severino, New York, 17-7; BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Selected the con-
6. (42) John Hunter Nemechek, Chevrolet, 2018 Carrasco, Cleveland, 16-8; Porcello, Boston, tract of INF Corban Joseph from Bowie (EL).
points being the dividing factor as MSU lead 14-12. A kill by Kath started
a eight-point run from the Bulldogs to push the lead to 22-12, and was College Football owner points 6th.
7. (20) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 2018 owner
16-7; Happ, New York, 15-6; Price, Boston, 14-
6; Verlander, Houston, 14-9; 3 tied at 13.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled LHP Wil-
liams Jerez from Salt Lake (PCL).
points 7th. ERA—Sale, Boston, 1.97; Snell, Tampa Bay,
able to sideout the victory. Robinson had a .750 hitting percentage with Saturday’s Games 8. (21) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 2018 owner 2.06; Bauer, Cleveland, 2.22; Verlander, Hous-
NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinstated SS Didi
Gregorius from the 10-day DL.
three kills and she added two blocks. Khristian Carr also had three Southern Miss at Appalachian State, 2:30 p.m. points 8th. ton, 2.73; Kluber, Cleveland, 2.75; Cole, Hous- National League
9. (9) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 2018 owner ton, 2.86; Clevinger, Cleveland, 3.11; Morton,
kills. Price led the team with five digs. Once again, Stamatis had two LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Reinstated RHP
Alabama at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. points 9th. Houston, 3.14; Fiers, Oakland, 3.36; Carrasco, Ross Stripling from the 10-day DL.
service aces. 10. (23) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 2018 owner Cleveland, 3.41. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Activated LHP
Louisiana Tech came out fighting in the third set as they held a 5-1 Louisiana at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. points 10th. STRIKEOUTS—Cole, Houston, 251; Verland- Sean Doolittle from the 10-day DL.
11. (19) Brandon Jones, Toyota, 2018 owner er, Houston, 248; Sale, Boston, 219; Bauer,
advantage, largely thanks to three service aces by Jordyn Carswell. A
back-and-forth ensued before Darty called a timeout to rally her team
College Cross Country points 11th.
12. (2) Matt Tifft, Chevrolet, 2018 owner points
Cleveland, 214; Severino, New York, 202; Car-
rasco, Cleveland, 201; Paxton, Seattle, 194;
American Association
FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Re-
leased LHP Anthony Pacillo.
Saturday’s Meets 12th. Kluber, Cleveland, 190; Snell, Tampa Bay, 186; Atlantic League
together as they were down 16-11. From then on, MSU took control of 13. (11) Ryan Truex, Chevrolet, 2018 owner Morton, Houston, 185. LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Activated OF
the set and tied it up at 19 all. Six of the next eight points were in the Mississippi University for Women at Rhodes points 13th. NATIONAL LEAGUE Robert Garcia and C Wagner Gomez. Placed
14. (3) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 2018 owner points BATTING—Gennett, Cincinnati, .317; Yelich, INFs Dan Lyons and Jordany Valdespin on the
Bulldogs’ favor with kills from Paige Shaw and Koele. College Invitational (Memphis, Tennessee) 14th. Milwaukee, .314; Zobrist, Chicago, .313; inactive list.
15. (16) Ryan Reed, Ford, 2018 owner points Markakis, Atlanta, .311; Cain, Milwaukee, .308;
MSU also capitalized on Louisiana Tech’s errors to take the set and Alabama at Falcon Invitational (Montevallo, 15th. Martinez, St. Louis, .306; Freeman, Atlanta,
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
the match in a sweep. Shaw hit .429 with three kills on seven hits. Koele Alabama) 16. (4) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 2018 owner .303; Goldschmidt, Arizona, .300; Story, Colo- ATLANTA HAWKS — Signed G R.J. Hunter.
hit .600 on three kills and five swings. Kath, Kendall Murr and Gabby points 16th. rado, .298; Rendon, Washington, .297. FOOTBALL
Zgunda each tallied four digs. Men’s College Golf 17. (5) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 2018 owner
points 17th.
18. (51) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 2018
RUNS—Blackmon, Colorado, 100; Yelich, Mil-
waukee, 96; Carpenter, St. Louis, 93; Albies,
National Football League
CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with NT
“It’s nice to come out and play well as a team,” Darty said. “Across Atlanta, 92; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 89; Harper,
Friday through Sunday owner points 18th. Washington, 89; Arenado, Colorado, 88; Baez,
Eddie Goldman on a four-year contract exten-
sion through the 2022 season.
the board we were just playing good, clean volleyball, and we controlled Mississippi State at Louisville Cardinal Challenge 19. (39) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 2018 owner Chicago, 88; Freeman, Atlanta, 87; Turner, TENNESSEE TITANS — Released WR Da-
the pace in sets one and two. We let up a little bit in the third set and we points 19th. Washington, 86. more’ea Stringfellow from the practice squad.
got a little too comfortable, but we responded well when we went down (Louisville, Kentucky) 20. (36) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet, 2018 owner
points 20th.
RBI—Baez, Chicago, 100; Suarez, Cincinnati,
100; Aguilar, Milwaukee, 97; Story, Colorado,
Canadian Football League
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released QB
and had to fight back to finish the match 3-0. Women’s College Golf 21. (35) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 2018 owner
points 21st.
95; Arenado, Colorado, 93; Rizzo, Chicago,
91; Harper, Washington, 89; Markakis, Atlanta,
Alex Ross.
HOCKEY
“I’m proud of our defense,” Darty continued. “We continue to play Saturday through Sunday 22. (60) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 2018 owner 87; Hoskins, Philadelphia, 85; Yelich, Milwau- National Hockey League
hard and just get after it back there. When we focus on the serve and points 22nd. kee, 85. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Signed RW Drew
pass game and then focus on winning the transition game, we really put Mississippi State at Mary Fossom Invitational 23. (0) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 2018 owner
points 23rd.
HITS—Markakis, Atlanta, 171; Gennett, Cin-
cinnati, 166; Freeman, Atlanta, 165; Peraza,
Stafford to a professional tryout agreement.
SOCCER
ourselves in a good position. It’s still all about finding that consistent play (East Lansing, Michigan) 24. (78) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet, 2018 Cincinnati, 160; Story, Colorado, 159; Gold- Major League Soccer
owner points 25th. schmidt, Arizona, 158; Yelich, Milwaukee, 158;
for longer periods of time. We are leveling off and I think the level of play
is getting better. I’m proud of our team today.”
Men’s College Soccer 25. (90) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 2018 owner
points 26th.
Turner, Washington, 156; Baez, Chicago, 155;
Castro, Miami, 154.
DC UNITED — Acquired $75,000 in general al-
location money from the New York for the rights
M Jean-Christophe Koffi. Claimed D Kevin El-
Tuesday’s Match 26. (8) Caesar Bacarella, Chevrolet, 2018 own-
er points 27th.
DOUBLES—Markakis, Atlanta, 40; Carpenter,
St. Louis, 39; Story, Colorado, 39; Freeman,
lis off waivers from Chicago. Placed D Taylor
Kemp on the season ending injury list.
Millsaps College at Mississippi University for
Ole Miss Women, 5 p.m.
27. (38) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 2018 owner points
28th.
28. (15) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 2018 owner
Atlanta, 37; Rendon, Washington, 36; Baez,
Chicago, 35; Albies, Atlanta, 34; Cabrera, Phil-
adelphia, 33; Polanco, Pittsburgh, 32; CTaylor,
NEW YORK RED BULLS — Signed M
Jean-Christophe Koffi to an MLS homegrown
contract, effective Jan. 1, 2019.
Soccer falls to Uconn at Arkansas Friday’s Match
points 29th.
29. (52) David Starr, Chevrolet, 2018 owner
Los Angeles, 31.
TRIPLES—KMarte, Arizona, 10; Baez, Chi-
United States League
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – After falling into a 3-0 hole early, Ole Miss points 30th. cago, 9; Desmond, Colorado, 8; Nimmo, New NEW YORK RED BULLS II — Signed M
Mississippi University for Women vs. Hendrix 30. (01) Vinnie Miller, Chevrolet, 2018 owner York, 8; CTaylor, Los Angeles, 8; Difo, Wash- Jean-Christophe Koffi for the remainder of the
(5-2) gave everything it had Friday evening against UConn but fell just points 32nd. 2018 season.
short of completing a miraculous comeback, dropping a 4-3 heartbreak- College (Memphis, Tennessee), 2 p.m. 31. (12) Austin Cindric, Ford, 2017 owner win-
ington, 7; Hamilton, Cincinnati, 7; Rosario, New
York, 7; 4 tied at 6. COLLEGE
CAMPBELL — Named Tyler Shewmaker as-
er to the Huskies at Razorback Field. Sunday’s Match ner.
32. (10) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 2018 driver
HOME RUNS—Carpenter, St. Louis, 35; Gold-
sistant baseball coach. Named Ryan Bertram
schmidt, Arizona, 33; Muncy, Los Angeles, 32;
The Rebels fell behind early as just five minutes into the match Erin Mississippi University for Women at Rhodes winner. Aguilar, Milwaukee, 31; Arenado, Colorado, director of baseball operations.
33. (93) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 2000 driver 31; Harper, Washington, 31; Story, Colorado, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN — Named George
Spillane was able to get onto a failed Ole Miss clearance and lift a shot College, 2:30 p.m. winner. 31; Suarez, Cincinnati, 31; Baez, Chicago, 30; Schaefer associate head baseball coach.
over Marnie Merritt for the early goal. 34. (76) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 2018 owner CHOWAN — Named Nicolette Dungee wom-
Women’s College Soccer
Hoskins, Philadelphia, 28.
attempts 24-33rd. STOLEN BASES—Turner, Washington, 35; en’s lacrosse coach.
While the Rebels controlled possession from there, in a span of just 35. (45) Josh Bilicki, Toyota, 2018 owner at- SMarte, Pittsburgh, 31; Hamilton, Cincinnati, CLEMSON — Named Ted Nargorsen rowing
five minutes Ole Miss found itself down three goals thanks to counter-at- Tuesday’s Match tempts 24-36th. 29; Cain, Milwaukee, 26; Inciarte, Atlanta, 25; assitant coach and recruiting coordinator.
Named Katie Muench rowing assistant coach.
36. (40) Chad Finchum, Toyota, 2018 owner Story, Colorado, 25; MTaylor, Washington, 24;
tack goals from UConn’s Isabelle Lynch and Sophia Danyko-Kulchycky Millsaps at Mississippi University for Women, 7 attempts 24-37th. Jankowski, San Diego, 22; Baez, Chicago, 21; LEHIGH — Promoted Billy Dunn to director of
in the 17thand 19th minutes. 37. (66) Brandon Hightower, Dodge, 2018 own- Peraza, Cincinnati, 20. men’s basketball operations and enrichment.
p.m. er attempts 24-39th. PITCHING—Nola, Philadelphia, 16-4; Scher- Named Greg Tarca men’s basketball video
Ole Miss continued to attack and in the 33rd the Rebels were able 38. (74) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet, 2018 owner zer, Washington, 16-6; Lester, Chicago, 15-5; coordinator.
to pull a goal back with an excellent series of play. Sydney Michalak cut Thursday’s Matches attempts 24-41st. Chacin, Milwaukee, 14-6; Godley, Arizona, 14- RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE — Named Monica
39. (55) Bayley Currey, Toyota, 2018 owner Mesalles Nassi women’s gymnastics coach.
a ball back to CeCe Kizer, who found Haleigh Stackpole on a great run Southern Miss at Jackson State, 4 p.m. attempts 23-38th.
8; Mikolas, St. Louis, 14-4; Freeland, Colorado,
13-7; Greinke, Arizona, 13-9; 3 tied at 12.
in the middle of the box and the freshman buried it from 10 yards out. Ole Miss at Alabama, 7 p.m. 40. (89) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, 2018 ERA—deGrom, New York, 1.68; Scherzer, Thursday’s Moves
owner attempts 21-46th. Washington, 2.28; Nola, Philadelphia, 2.29; BASEBALL
The Rebels cut the deficit down to a single goal right out of the Friday’s Matches Foltynewicz, Atlanta, 2.75; Freeland, Colorado, American League
break as Madisyn Pezzino sent in a dangerous ball that tucked inside
of the post and in. However, three minutes later Spillane scored her Mississippi University for Women at Mississippi Baseball 2.96; Corbin, Arizona, 3.01; Mikolas, St. Louis,
3.06; Greinke, Arizona, 3.08; Williams, Pitts-
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Announced C Bruce
Maxwell cleared waivers and was sent outright
to Nashville.
second of the game with a well-placed shot to the left post from just Valley State, 7 p.m. American League burgh, 3.15; Wood, Los Angeles, 3.37.
STRIKEOUTS—Scherzer, Washington, 260; American Association
East Division deGrom, New York, 230; Corbin, Arizona, 223; CHICAGO DOGS — Traded INF Stephen Pe-
outside the top of the 18. Mississippi State at Auburn, 6:30 p.m. W L Pct GB Nola, Philadelphia, 196; Marquez, Colorado, rez to the Lancaster (Atlantic) for a player to
In the 81st minute, Kizer gave the Rebels a shot, scoring on an Sunday’s Matches Boston 97 46 .678 — 184; Greinke, Arizona, 180; Foltynewicz, At- be named.
New York 88 53 .624 8 lanta, 179; Pivetta, Philadelphia, 172; Godley, FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Re-
incredible effort play. Breaking away on goal, the senior hit the crossbar Tampa Bay 77 64 .546 19
Alabama at DePaul, 1 p.m. Arizona, 170; 2 tied at 168. leased INF Maikol Gonzalez. Traded RHPs
with her initial shot but out-hustled everyone to collect the rebound Toronto 64 78 .451 32½ Geoff Broussard and Travis Ballew to Lincoln
before firing into the net,
The Rebels came within inches of pulling even in the waning
Western Kentucky at Southern Miss, 1 p.m.
Memphis at Ole Miss, 7 p.m.
Baltimore

41 101 .289 55½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Basketball to complete an earlier trade.
WICHITA WINGNUTS — Traded OFs Zach
Nehrir and Angel Reyes to Lincoln to complete
seconds of the match, with Mary Kate Smith hitting the woodwark with
Cleveland 81 61 .570 — WNBA Finals an earlier trade. Traded INF Chase Simpson to
Men’s College Tennis Minnesota 64 77 .454 16½ (Best-of-5; x-if necessary) Cleburne to complete an earlier trade. Traded
less than five seconds remaining before UConn was able to clear to Detroit 59 83 .415 22
College Volleyball
Seattle 1, Washington 0 C John Nester to Somerset (Atlantic) for future
Chicago 56 86 .394 25 Friday, Sept. 7: Seattle 89, Washington 76 considerations. Traded LHP Casey Harman to
seal the contest. Kansas City 47 94 .333 33½ Sunday, Sept. 9: Washington at Seattle, 2:30 Sugar Land (Atlantic) for future considerations.
n Volleyball beats Georgia State: At Atlanta, Ole Miss volleyball Tuesday’s Matches West Division p.m. Atlantic League
W L Pct GB Wednesday, Sept 12: Seattle at Washington,
secured its second sweep of the season, taking down Chicago State Mississippi University for Women at Covenant Houston 89 53 .627 — 7 p.m.
LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Activated RHP Matt
Larkins and C Dioner Navarro. Placed RHP
in straight sets in the opening contest of the Georgia State Invitational, College, 5 p.m.
Oakland 86 57 .601 3½ x-Friday, Sept. 14: Seattle at Washington, 7 Lorenzo Barcelo and C Wagner Gomez on the
Seattle 78 63 .553 10½ p.m.
held at the GSU Sports Arena. Los Angeles 70 72 .493 19 x-Sunday, Sept. 16: Washington at Seattle, 7
inactive list.
Sophomore Leah Mulkey guided the Rebels in the first two frames, Memphis at Ole Miss, 7 p.m. Texas 61 81 .430 28 p.m.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
slamming nine kills on a .316 hitting efficiency. Junior Emily Stroup Samford at Alabama, 7 p.m. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Waived DT Chris
delivered an impressive final frame, posting seven kills to finish with Wednesday’s Match
Friday’s Games
Toronto 3, Cleveland 2, 11 innings
Tampa Bay 14, Baltimore 2
Football Okoye and CB Josh Shaw from the reserve/
injured list with injury settlements.
15 on the day. Senior Caitlin Wernentin also tallied nine kills. Mulkey Mississippi University for Women at Sewanee, 6 Detroit 5, St. Louis 3 Canadian Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Claimed DL Antho-
ny Zettel off waivers from Detroit. Waived OL
and libero Caroline Adams each collected nine digs, with junior Nicole Houston 6, Boston 3 EAST DIVISION
p.m. Minnesota 10, Kansas City 6 W L T Pts PF PA Aaron Neary.
Purcell following closely behind with eight. L.A. Angels 5, Chicago White Sox 2 Ottawa 6 4 0 12 255 227 LOS ANGELES RAMS — Re-signed S Isaiah
The Rebels came out with force, taking a 5-1 lead and then going Thursday’s Match Oakland 8, Texas 4 Ottawa 6 4 0 12 255 227 Johnson.
N.Y. Yankees 4, Seattle 0 Hamilton 6 5 0 12 307 253 MIAMI DOLPHINS — Placed TE MarQueis
up 10-4 to create some cushion in the opening stanza. The Cougars Mississippi State at North Texas, 7 p.m. Saturday’s Games Montreal 3 8 0 6 190 339 Gray on injured reserve. Signed TE Gavin
Escobar.
worked a small comeback, coming within one at 17-16, before late
offensive surges from Wernentin, middle Nayo Warnell, Mulkey, and
Junior College Football Houston 5, Boston 3
Oakland 8, Texas 6
Cleveland 9, Toronto 8
Toronto

3 9 0 6
WEST DIVISION
W L T
250 372

Pts PF PA
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed WR
Riley McCarron from the practice squad and
Stroup pushed Rebels to victory at 25-20. Thursday’s Game Tampa Bay 10, Baltimore 5 Calgary 9 2 0 18 337 220 TE Stephen Anderson to the practice squad.
Detroit 4, St. Louis 3 Saskatchewan 7 4 0 14 278 273 Placed DB Duke Dawson on injured reserve.
Chicago State pressured in Set 2, using two separate 3-0 runs EMCC at Itawamba, 6:30 p.m. L.A. Angels 12, Chicago White Sox 3 Edmonton 7 5 0 14 353 312 HOCKEY
National Hockey League
and a 4-0 rally to maintain the lead for most of the second frame. The
Cougars and Rebels traded points for almost the entire contest, going
Junior College Golf Kansas City 4, Minnesota 1
N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, late
Today’s Games
Winnipeg
B.C.
5 7 0 10
4 6 0 8
365 316
227 250 COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Signed pres-
ident of hockey operations John Davidson and
through 10 tied scores before Ole Miss mounted a comeback, taking Monday through Tuesday Cleveland (Clevinger 11-7) at Toronto (Pan- Friday’s Game general manager Jarmo Kekalainen to contract
none 1-1), 12:07 p.m. BC 26, Ottawa 14 extensions. Promoted Bill Zito to associate
five of the last six points to win 25-23. Itawamba at Wallace State Fall Invitational Baltimore (Cobb 5-15) at Tampa Bay (TBD), Saturday’s Games general manager and signed him to a contract
n Men’s cross country wins SEC Preview: At Auburn, 12:10 p.m. extension.
(Hanceville, Alabama) St. Louis (Gant 6-5) at Detroit (Fulmer 3-10),
Hamilton 36, Toronto 25
Saskatchewan 32, Winnipeg 27 ECHL
Alabama, Ole Miss took advantage of an early look at the conference
championship course, with the Rebel men’s cross country team Junior College Soccer 12:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Kennedy 1-8) at Minnesota (Littell
Edmonton 48, Calgary 42 IDAHO STEELHEADS — Agreed to terms with
F Alexander Dahl on a one-year contract.
emerging victorious at Auburn’s SEC Preview on Friday morning, while Tuesday’s Matches 0-2), 1:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Heaney 8-9) at Chicago White Sox Soccer HORSE RACING
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF RACING AND HALL
OF FAME — Named Cate Johnson as acting
the Rebel women took second. Women: Itawamba at Holmes, 1 p.m. (Lopez 5-9), 1:10 p.m.
Major League Soccer director.
Texas (Jurado 2-4) at Oakland (Cahill 6-3),
The Rebel men edged out Tennessee, 31-35, for the team title, and Men: Itawamba at Holmes, 3 p.m. 3:05 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE SOCCER
the Rebel women snared a solid runner-up finish to the Vols at 34-53. N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 7-6) at Seattle W L T Pts GF GA Major League Soccer
All five Rebel men’s scorers placed in the top-10 of the 6K, led by Friday’s Match (Ramirez 2-3), 3:10 p.m. New York 17 7 4 55 50 29 INDEPENDENT PANEL — Rescinded the
one-game suspension and fine for the red card
Houston (Keuchel 11-10) at Boston (Porcello Atlanta United FC 16 5 6 54 56 33
Michael Coccia’s second place effort (17:53.52) and Cade Bethmann’s Women: Southwest Tennessee at Itawamba, 1 16-7), 7:05 p.m. New York City FC 14 8 6 48 50 37 issued to Seattle D Chad Marshall for serious
Monday’s Games Columbus 12 8 7 43 35 34 foul play in a Sept. 1 match against Sporting
third place finish (17:59.51) in their first cross country races as Rebels. p.m. Houston at Detroit, 5:10 p.m. Philadelphia 12 11 4 40 39 41 Kansas City.
Robinson Snider – the top Ole Miss finisher last week at the Memphis Saturday’s Matches Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m. Montreal 11 14 3 36 37 45 FC DALLAS — Loaned D Moises Hernandez to
N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m. New England 8 10 9 33 40 42 San Antonio (USL).
Twilight Classic – finished in seventh (18:19.33), while Everett Smulders COLLEGE
Women: Itawamba at Motlow State, 11 a.m. Chicago White Sox at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m. D.C. United 8 11 6 30 42 43
(18:22.51) and Dalton Hengst (18:25.41) rounded out the top-10 in ninth Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:07 p.m. Toronto FC 7 14 6 27 45 52 FORDHAM — Named Jasmine Cannady asso-
and tenth, respectively. Men: Andrew College at Itawamba, Noon National League
Orlando City
Chicago
7 16 3 24 40 61
6 15 6 24 37 52
ciate athletic director of marketing, promotions
and tickets.
East Division WESTERN CONFERENCE OREGON STATE — Announced the retirement
W L Pct GB W L T Pts GF GA of baseball coach Pat Casey.
—From Special Reports Atlanta 77 64 .546 — FC Dallas 14 6 7 49 47 37 TENNESSEE — Signed men’s basketball
Philadelphia 74 67 .525 3 Los Angeles FC 13 7 7 46 54 42 coach Rick Barnes to a three-year contract
Washington 70 72 .493 7½ Sporting Kansas City 13 7 6 45 48 33 extension through the 2023-24 season.

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Editor’s Note: The Dispatch will provide
the weekly sports TV listings in Sunday’s
edition each week.
Today
AUTO RACING
1 p.m. — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup
Series, Big Machine Vodka 400 at The
Brickyard, at Indianapolis, NBC Sports
Network
4 p.m. — IMSA, WeatherTech SportsCar
Championship, America’s Tire 250, at Sali-
nas, California, FS1
CYCLING
10 p.m. — Vuelta a Espana, Stage 15,
from Ribera de Arriba to Lagos de Cova-
donga, Spain (same-day tape), NBC Sports
Network
GOLF
5 a.m. — European PGA Tour, Omega
European Masters, final round, at Crans
Montana, Switzerland, TGC
11 a.m. — PGA Tour, BMW Championship,
final round, at Newtown Square, Pennsylva-
nia, TGC
1 p.m. — PGA Tour, BMW Championship,
final round, at Newtown Square, Pennsylva-
nia, WTVA
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
12:30 p.m. — Chicago Cubs at Washing-
ton, TBS
3 p.m. — Atlanta at Arizona, Fox Sports
South
7 p.m. — Houston at Boston, ESPN
NFL
Noon — Houston at New England, WCBI
Noon — Tampa Bay at New Orleans, WLOV
3:25 p.m. — Dallas at Carolina, WLOV
7:20 p.m. — Chicago at Green Bay, WTVA
RODEO
3 p.m. — PBR Bull Riding, PFIWESTERN.
com Invitational, at Springfield, Missouri
(taped), WCBI
RUNNING
11 a.m. — New Balance 5th Avenue Mile,
at New York, WTVA
SOCCER
10:50 a.m. — UEFA Nations League,
Bulgaria vs. Norway, at Sofia, Bulgaria,
ESPNEWS
1:30 p.m. — UEFA Nations League, Cyprus
vs. Slovenia, at Nicosia, Cyprus, ESPNEWS
TENNIS
Noon — U.S. Open, women’s doubles
championship, at New York, ESPN2
3 p.m. — U.S. Open, men’s championship,
at New York, ESPN
TRACK & FIELD
Midnight — IAAF, Continental Cup, at
Ostrava, Czech Republic (same-day tape),
NBC Sports Network
WNBA
2:30 p.m. — Finals (best-of-five series),
Game 2, Washington at Seattle, WTVA-ABC
WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER
5 p.m. — Samford at LSU, ESPNU
Monday
BASKETBALL
6 p.m. — Exhibition, Women’s national
teams, United States vs. Japan, at Wash-
ington, NBA TV
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
6 p.m. — Regional coverage, Washington
at Philadelphia or N.Y. Yankees at Minneso-
ta (7 p.m.), MLB Network
9 p.m. — Atlanta at San Francisco, Fox
Sports Southeast
10 p.m. — Texas at L.A. Angels (10 p.m.,
joined in progress), MLB Network
NFL
6:10 p.m. — N.Y. Jets at Detroit (in
Spanish on ESPN2 from ESPN Deportes
simulcast), ESPN
9:15 p.m. — L.A. Rams at Oakland (in
Spanish on ESPN2 from ESPN Deportes
simulcast), ESPN
SOCCER
1:30 p.m. — UEFA Nations League,
Sweden vs. Turkey, at Solna, Sweden,
ESPNEWS
Tuesday
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 p.m. — Regional coverage, Milwaukee
at Chicago Cubs or Pittsburgh at St. Louis,
MLB Network
9 p.m. — Atlanta at San Francisco, Fox
Sports Southeast
SOCCER
1:30 p.m. — UEFA Nations League, Spain
vs. Croatia, at Elche, Spain, ESPN2
7:30 p.m. — Men, International friendly,
United States vs. Mexico, at Nashville,
Tennessee, ESPN
Wednesday
EQUESTRIAN
7 p.m. — FEI World Equestrian Games, at
Mill Spring, North Carolina (same-day tape),
NBC Sports Network
GOLF
9 p.m. — Asian Tour, Shinhan Donghae
Open, first round, at Inchon, South Korea,
TGC
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Noon — Regional coverage, Pittsburgh at
St. Louis OR L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati
(11:30 a.m.), MLB Network
7 p.m. — Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs,
ESPN
WNBA
7 p.m. — Playoffs, Finals (Best-of-five
series), Game 3, Seattle at Washington,
ESPN2
Thursday
AUTO RACING
3:25 a.m. (Friday) — Formula One,
Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix,
practice, ESPN2
BOXING
7 p.m. — Pablo Cesar Cano vs. Ruslan
Madiev, super lightweights, at Las Vegas,
ESPN2
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
6:30 p.m. — Boston College at Wake
Forest, ESPN
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
EQUESTRIAN
6 p.m. — FEI World Equestrian Games, at
Mill Spring, North Carolina (same-day tape),
NBC Sports Network
GOLF
4 a.m. — LPGA Tour, The Evian Champion-
ship, first round, at Evian-les-Bains, France,
TGC
8:30 a.m. — LPGA Tour, The Evian Cham-
pionship, first round, at Evian-les-Bains,
France, TGC
11:30 a.m. — European PGA Tour, KLM
Open, first round, at Spijk, Netherlands,
TGC
5 p.m. — Web.com Tour, Albertsons Boise
Open, first round, at Boise, Idaho, TGC
9 p.m. — Asian Tour, Shinhan Donghae
Open, second round, at Inchon, South
Korea, TGC
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
6 p.m. — Regional coverage, L.A. Dodgers
at St. Louis or Oakland at Baltimore, MLB
Network
9 p.m. — Regional coverage, Seattle at
L.A. Angels or Minnesota at Kansas City
(joined in progress), MLB Network
NFL
7:20 p.m. — Baltimore at Cincinnati, NFL
Network
WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER
6 p.m. — Kentucky at Missouri, SEC
Network
Friday
AUTO RACING
7:25 a.m. — Formula One, Singapore
Airlines Singapore Grand Prix, practice,
ESPNU
1 p.m. — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup
Series, South Point 400, practice, at Las
Vegas, NBC Sports Network
2 p.m. — NASCAR, Xfinity Series, DC Solar
300, practice, at Las Vegas, NBC Sports
Network
3 p.m. — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup
Series, South Point 400, practice, at Las
Vegas, NBC Sports Network
4 p.m. — NASCAR, Xfinity Series, DC Solar
300, final practice, at Las Vegas, NBC
Sports Network
5 p.m. — NASCAR, Camping World Truck
Series, World of Westgate 200, qualifying,
at Las Vegas, FS1
5 p.m. — IndyCar, Grand Prix of Sonoma,
practice, at Sonoma, California, NBC
Sports Network
6:30 p.m. — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup
Series, South Point 400, qualifying, at Las
Vegas, NBC Sports Network
8 p.m. — NASCAR, Camping World Truck
Series, World of Westgate 200, at Las
Vegas, FS1
BOXING
9 p.m. — Jose Ramirez vs. Antonio Orozco,
for Ramirez’s WBC junior welterweight title,
at Fresno, California, ESPN
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
6 p.m. — Georgia State at Memphis, ESPN
CYCLING
10 p.m. — Vuelta a España, Stage 19,
from Lleida to Andorra, Spain (same-day
tape), NBC Sports Network
DRAG RACING
6 p.m. — NHRA, Dodge Nationals, qualify-
ing, at Mohnton, Pennsylvania (same-day
tape), FS1
EQUESTRIAN
8 p.m. — FEI World Equestrian Games, at
Mill Spring, North Carolina (same-day tape),
NBC Sports Network
GOLF
4 a.m. — LPGA Tour, The Evian Champi-
onship, second round, at Evian-les-Bains,
France, TGC
8:30 a.m. — LPGA Tour, The Evian Cham-
pionship, second round, at Evian-les-Bains,
France, TGC
11:30 a.m. — European PGA Tour, KLM
Open, second round, at Spijk, Netherlands,
TGC
2 p.m. — Champions Tour, The Ally Chal-
lenge, first round, at Grand Blanc, Michi-
gan, TGC
5 p.m. — Web.com Tour, Albertsons Boise
Open, second round, at Boise, Idaho, TGC
9 p.m. — Asian Tour, Shinhan Donghae
Open, third round, at Inchon, South Korea,
TGC
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. — Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, MLB
Network
6 p.m. — N.Y. Mets at Boston, MLB Net-
work
6:30 p.m. — Washington at Atlanta, Fox
Sports South
ROWING
9 p.m. — FISA World Championships, at
Plovdiv, Bulgaria (same-day tape), NBC
Sports Network
SOCCER
1:30 p.m. — Bundesliga, Dortmund vs.
Eintracht, FS1
WNBA
7 p.m. — Playoffs, Finals (Best-of-five
series), Game 4 (if necessary), Seattle at
Washington, ESPN2
Saturday
AUTO RACING
4:55 a.m. — Formula One, Singapore
Airlines Singapore Grand Prix, practice,
ESPN2
Noon — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup
Series, South Point 400, practice, at Las
Vegas, NBC Sports Network
1 p.m. — NASCAR, Xfinity Series, DC Solar
300, qualifying, at Las Vegas, NBC Sports
Network
2:30 p.m. — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup
Series, South Point 400, final practice, at
Las Vegas, NBC Sports Network
4 p.m. — NASCAR, Xfinity Series, DC Solar
300, at Las Vegas, NBC Sports Network
7 p.m. — IndyCar, Grand Prix of Sonoma,
qualifying, at Sonoma, California (same-day
tape), NBC Sports Network
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
11 a.m. — Ball State at Indiana, Big Ten
Network
11 a.m. — UCF at North Carolina, ESPNU
11 a.m. — Oklahoma at Iowa State, ESPN
11 a.m. — Miami at Toledo, ESPN2
11 a.m. — Florida State at Syracuse,
WTVA-ABC
11 a.m. — Troy at Nebraska, Big Ten
Network
11 a.m. — Hawaii at Army, CBS Sports
Network
11 a.m. — Kent State at Penn State, FS1
11 a.m. — Rutgers at Kansas, Fox Sports
Net
11 a.m. — UTEP at Tennessee, SEC
Network
11 a.m. — Murray State at Kentucky, SEC
Network Alternate
11:30 a.m. — Georgia Tech at Pittsburgh,
ACC Regional
1 p.m. — UC Davis at Stanford, Pac-12
Network
1:30 p.m. — Vanderbilt at Notre Dame,
WTVA
2:30 p.m. — LSU at Auburn, WCBI
2:30 p.m. — West Virginia at North Caroli-
na State, ESPNU
2:30 p.m. — Georgia Southern at Clem-
son, WTVA-ABC
2:30 p.m. — Boise State at Oklahoma
State, ESPN
2:30 p.m. — BYU at Wisconsin, ESPN2
2:30 p.m. — Duke at Baylor, FS1
2:30 p.m. — SMU at Michigan, Big Ten
Network
2:30 p.m. — Lehigh at Navy, CBS Sports
Network
3 p.m. — Houston at Texas Tech, WLOV
3 p.m. — UTSA at Kansas State, Fox
Sports Net
3 p.m. — Colorado State at Florida, SEC
Network
3 p.m. — North Texas at Arkansas, SEC
Network Alternate
4 p.m. — San Jose State at Oregon, Pac-
12 Network
6 p.m. — Alabama at Ole Miss, ESPN
6 p.m. — Arkansas Sate at Tulsa, CBS
Sports Network
6:15 p.m. — Middle Tennessee at Georgia,
ESPN2
6:30 p.m. — Marshall at South Carolina,
ESPNU
6:30 p.m. — Louisiana-Monroe at Texas
A&M, SEC Network
6:30 p.m. — Louisiana at Mississippi
State, SEC Network Alternate
6:30 p.m. — Missouri at Purdue, Big Ten
Network
7 p.m. — Ohio State vs. TCU, at Arlington,
Texas, WKDH-WTVA
7 p.m. — Southern California at Texas,
WLOV
7 p.m. — Eastern Washington at Washing-
ton State, Pac-12 Network
9 p.m. — Washington at Utah, ESPN
9:30 p.m. — Arizona State at San Diego
State, CBS Sports Network
9:30 p.m. — North Carolina Central at
South Carolina State (same-day tape),
ESPNU
9:30 p.m. — Fresno State at UCLA, FS1
10 p.m. — Southern Utah at Arizona, Pac-
12 Network
CYCLING
Midnight — Vuelta a España, Stage 20,
Engordany to Coll de la Gallina, Spain
(same-day tape), NBC Sports Network
DRAG RACING
3 p.m. — NHRA, Dodge Nationals, qualify-
ing, at Mohnton, Pennsylvania, FS2
EQUESTRIAN
10:30 p.m. — FEI World Equestrian
Games, at Mill Spring, North Carolina
(same-day tape), NBC Sports Network
GOLF
5 a.m. — LPGA Tour, The Evian Champi-
onship, third round, at Evian-les-Bains,
France, TGC
10:30 a.m. — European PGA Tour, KLM
Open, third round, at Spijk, Netherlands
(same-day tape), TGC
2 p.m. — Champions Tour, The Ally
Challenge, second round, at Grand Blanc,
Michigan, TGC
5 p.m. — Web.com Tour, Albertsons Boise
Open, third round, at Boise, Idaho, TGC
9 p.m. — Asian Tour, Shinhan Donghae
Open, final round, at Inchon, South Korea,
TGC
3:30 a.m. (Sunday) — LPGA Tour, The
Evian Championship, final round, at Evian-
les-Bains, France, TGC
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Noon — Washington at Atlanta, WLOV
3 p.m. — Regional coverage, N.Y. Mets at
Boston or Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, MLB
Network
6 p.m. — Minnesota at Kansas City, FS1
9 p.m. — Regional coverage, Seattle at
L.A. Angels or Colorado at San Francisco
(games joined in progress), MLB Network
RUGBY
8:30 p.m. — English Premiership, Har-
lequins vs. Bath (same-day tape), NBC
Sports Network
RUNNING
2 a.m. (Sunday) — Berlin Marathon, at
Berlin, NBC Sports Network
SOCCER
6:30 a.m. — Premier League. Tottenham
vs. Liverpool, NBC Sports Network
8:30 a.m. — Bundesliga, Bayern Munich
vs. Bayer Leverkusen, FS1
8:30 a.m. — Bundesliga, Leipzig vs. Han-
nover, FS2
9 a.m. — Premier League, Manchester City
vs. Fulham, NBC Sports Network
11:20 a.m. — Bundesliga, Moenchenglad-
bach vs. Schalke, FS1
11:30 a.m. — Premier League, Watford vs.
Manchester United, WTVA
9 p.m. — Liga MX, Monterrey vs. Guadala-
jara, FS2
Sunday, September 9, 2018 7B
briefly
Mississippi University for Women
Volleyball drops matches at Huntingdon Tournament
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Mississippi University for Women
volleyball team took on Huntingdon College and Agnes Scott College
in the first day of the Huntingdon College Volleyball Tournament. The
W offense demanded attention but was unable to bring home a victory
on Friday.
Haley McMurphey, junior outside hitter, led the Owls offense with
24 total attacks and nine kills in The W’s first match at the Huntingdon
Volleyball Tournament. The Owls competed hard against the tourna-
ment host Huntingdon, but they were unable able to pull a win, falling in
three sets 19-25, 9-25, 26-28.
McMurphey, a junior from Caledonia, stepped up offensively for 24
total attacks and nine kills. She also stepped back to help defensively
with seven digs.
Other standout Owls were Madison Lamon who led the team with
a match high of 11 assists and Sadie Mitchell who led the team with
eight digs.
In the second match of the day, the Owls hung close with the
Scotties in two of the three sets. The W put up a great offensive front
but was unable to convert the effort into a victory. The Owls were taken
down in three sets, 22-25, 9-25, and 22-25.
Haley McMurphey and Tori Weir led The W offensively with four
kills each. McMurphey was able to tally 20 total attacks while Weir put
up 13.
Sadie Mitchell led the Owls again defensively with 16 digs. She
also collected three service aces, one kill, and 13 total attacks.
“We battled two teams today that were evenly matched with us,”
said Head Coach Roxanne Hernandez. “We should have come out
with two wins, but we just gave too many points away on unforced
errors. Our setters and hitters did a good job despite some shaky
serve receives in the beginning. For tomorrow, our focus will need to
be the same as we had coming in: establish a lead and fight for points
to finish.”
Alabama
Volleyball off to best start in school history
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama volleyball is off to its best start in
program history at 9-0 following a three-set sweep over Northern Illinois
Saturday afternoon at Foster Auditorium.
With the win, the Crimson Tide is 9-0 to start a season for the first
time since becoming an NCAA program in 1989. Alabama needed just
three sets to earn its ninth victory of the season over Northern Illinois
(2-8), posting set scores of 25-18, 25-22 and 25-12.
The Tide hit .296 as a team, led by career-high hitting percentages
from juniors Hayley McSparin (.667) and Mahalia Swink (.625). Swink
was second on the team with 11 kills, only trailing junior Ginger Perinar
in that category with 12. For their efforts over the weekend, Swink
and senior Cidavia Hall were named to the Hampton Inn Bama Bash
All-Tournament team while Perinar was named the MVP.
Alabama started the first set on a 4-0 run but NIU fought back
quickly to tie it at 7-7. Later tied at 10-10, the Tide added some distance
with a 4-0 run and the margin was the same at the media timeout,
15-11. The Huskies took its first team timeout trailing 18-13 and burned
its second three points later down 20-14. Alabama would hold on to win
the set, 25-18.
With the Tide trailing 5-3 early, Alabama scored three straight to
regain a 6-5 lead. A solo block from Hall put the Tide up 12-10 at the
halfway mark and a kill from Swink made it 15-13 at media timeout.
Back-to-back points after the break increased the lead to 17-13 and
NIU spent its first team timeout of the set. Each team scored four more
points before NIU’s next timeout at 21-17. The Huskies would fight to tie
it up late at 22-22, forcing Alabama to burn a team timeout before score
three straight to win the frame, 25-22.
Alabama was dominant to open the third set, building a 10-3 lead
before NIU called its first team timeout. The Tide kept rolling, building a
double-digit lead at 16-16 and eventually running away with a 13-point
victory, 25-12, for the sweep.
Alabama beat Marshall and Georgia Tech Friday.
The Crimson Tide (8-0) defeated the Thundering Herd (4-6) in
four sets, 25-23, 25-19, 23-25, and 25-11 before sweeping the Yellow
Jackets (9-1) by scores of 25-17, 25-13 and 25-23.
In the opening match of the day, Alabama took the first two sets
over Marshall by before the Herd avoided the sweep with a two-point
decision in the third. The Crimson Tide posted a convincing 25-11 win in
the fourth to claim the victory. Sophomore Doris Carter led the offense
with 14 kills and a .375 hitting percentage. The Tide had five players in
double-digit kills, with Carter joined by juniors Ginger Perinar, Mahalia
Swink and Hayley McSparin and senior Cidavia Hall. Carter, Swink and
Hall all finished the match hitting above .300, with the Tide hitting .299
as a team.
The Tide continued its winning streak with a sweep over Georgia
Tech, holding the Yellow Jackets to a .077 clip while hitting .298 as
a team. Perinar and Carter both hit above .300 and finished with
double-digit kills, with Perinar posting 16 and a .343 clip. Carter added a
season-best three aces from the service line, as did Swink.
n Men’s golf sets tournament record: At Dalton, Georgia, The
No. 2-ranked Alabama men’s golf team scorched the par 72, 7,178-
yard Farm Golf Club with a team tournament single-round record of
18-under par 270 during Saturday’s second round of the Carpet Capital
Collegiate. As a result, the Crimson Tide is in third overall with a team
total of 558, two strokes behind co-leaders No. 7 Georgia Tech and
Tennessee.
Four UA golfers finished the day with rounds in the 60s en route to
its record-setting performance on Saturday. In addition to the course re-
cord, Alabama’s 18-under was the fourth-lowest round in relation to par
in program history, while the team total of 270 tied for the fourth-lowest
18-hole score in the program record books.
Three Crimson Tide golfers are among the top-10 in the field, as
senior Davis Riley (T-3rd), sophomore Wilson Furr (T-6th) and freshman
Frankie Capan III (T-8th) will each enter the final 18 holes in the top 10.
Capan vaulted 28 spots up the leaderboard into eighth place after
carding the team’s low round of 6-under par 66 on Saturday and is in
the clubhouse with a 36-hole total of 4-under 140 (74-66). The North
Oaks, Minn., native, playing in just his second collegiate tournament
round, began the day with birdies on four of his first six holes. After a
bogey on the ninth hole, Capan collected three birdies and six pars on
the back nine to end his day.
Riley, who entered the day in first overall, finished the second
round at 3-under 69 and is at 7-under 137 (68-69) after 36 holes to
move into a third-place tie overall. He will enter the third and final round
of play just two strokes behind co-leaders Tyler Strafaci of Georgia Tech
and Jake Meenhorst of Tennessee.
Furr collected his second consecutive sub-par round with a
4-under 68 on Saturday to give him a two-round total of 5-under par 139
(71-68). He will enter the final round in a tie for sixth overall.
Not to be outdone, sophomore Davis Shore had the biggest move
up the leaderboard from round one to round two in the entire field. After
carding a 6-over par 78 during the opening 18 holes, the Knoxville,
Tenn., native responded with a 5-under 67 on Saturday to climb 44
spots into a tie for 23rd overall with a two-day total of 1-over 145.
Junior Josh Sedeno rounds the Crimson Tide golfers in a tie
for 47th overall with a 5-over par 149 (75-74). Meanwhile, freshman
Prescott Butler, who is competing as an individual, is in a tie for 63rd
with a 36-hole total of 7-over 151 (75-76).
Georgia Tech (-20), Tennessee (-20) and Alabama (-18) are the
only schools in the 15-team field boast under par totals. Auburn (+1) is
in fourth, while South Carolina (+2) and Virginia (+2) round out the top
five teams.
n Women’s cross country places fourth: At Auburn, Alabama,
the Alabama women’s and men’s cross country teams got a first look
at the course they will run on at the SEC Championships Friday as
they turned in fourth- and fifth-place finishes, respectively, at the SEC
Preview Meet at Indian Pines Golf Course in Auburn, Ala.
Senior Nicole Gardner was the top finisher for the Crimson Tide
women, covering the 4,000-meter course in 13:55.1 to finish ninth
in her first outing of the season. Senior Connor Ferrentino led the
Crimson Tide men, finishing 18th in 18:56.1 in his season debut in the
6,000-meter race.
Alabama will be off the next two weekends before returning to
action at the Nuttycombe Invitational, Sept. 28 at the University of
Wisconsin.
n McMahon records Top 10 finish: At Eilat, Israel, Alabama
freshman Kensey McMahon battled to a sixth-place showing in the
10,000-meter race at the FINA World Junior Open Water Champion-
ships being held in Eilat, Israel this week.
McMahon finished less than three seconds behind fellow American
Erica Sullivan, with a time of one hour, 57 minutes and 47.4 seconds
over the 10k course. McMahon, a native of Jacksonville, Fla., stayed
with the lead group throughout the swim, moving up from ninth over the
last third of the race.
Sullivan and McMahon made the USA the only nation with two
finishers in the top nine. The USA was also the only squad with two
swimmers under two hours in the race. Spain’s Paula Ruiz Bravo took
the gold with a time of 1:57:21.9.
This was McMahon’s second trip to the World Junior Champion-
ships after competing for the United States at the 2016 championships.
McMahon’s latest international assignment comes on the heels
of a Junior Nationals meet in early August that saw her win both the
800-meter and 1,500-meter freestyles. She finished more than five sec-
onds ahead of the field in the 800 and seven seconds in the 1,500. She
was also second in the 400-meter freestyle, less than a half-second out
of first and nearly three seconds ahead of the rest of the competition.
—From Special Reports
8B Sunday, September 9, 2018
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: No. 18 Mississippi State 31, Kansas State 10
Fitzgerald celebrates return to lineup as Bulldogs rout Wildcats
By Bret t Hudson
bhudson@cdispatch.com
MANHAT TAN, Kan. —
Nick Fitzgerald’s impact on his
first game back as Mississippi
State’s starting quarterback
was profound — even if it wasn’t
in the way quarterbacks are de-
signed to do it.
Fitzgerald’s 19 carries for
159 yards offset what he admit-
ted was not a great day throw-
ing the ball. He still threw for
154 yards and two touchdowns,
despite completing 40.7 percent
of his passes, in No. 18 MSU’s
31-10 win over Kansas State (1-
1).
Fitzgerald’s first play was a
success, a five-yard completion
to tight end Justin Johnson; all
momentum was gone after his
next five attempts fell incom-
plete. Gashing the Wildcat de-
fense up the middle with his
feet proved to be the medicine
he needed.
“I found the flow of it, run-
ning the ball-wise. I didn’t
have a great day passing it, I’m
Football
College Scores
EAST
Army 38, Liberty 14
Boston College 62, Holy Cross 14
Buffalo 36, Temple 29
Campbell 13, Georgetown 8
Colgate 10, New Hampshire 3
Delaware 37, Lafayette 0
Duquesne 23, Valparaiso 21
Monmouth (NJ) 56, Hampton 28
Navy 22, Memphis 21
Penn St. 51, Pittsburgh 6
Rhode Island 45, Albany (NY) 26
Sacred Heart 30, Bucknell 14
St. Francis (Pa.) 45, Delaware St. 14
Stony Brook 50, Bryant 21
Syracuse 62, Wagner 10
Villanova 31, Lehigh 9
West Virginia 52, Youngstown St. 17
SOUTH
Alabama 57, Arkansas St. 7
Appalachian St. 45, Charlotte 9
Auburn 63, Alabama St. 9
Bethune-Cookman 79, Lynchburg 16
Chattanooga 29, The Citadel 28, OT
Coastal Carolina 47, UAB 24
Davidson 49, Chowan 28
East Carolina 41, North Carolina 19
Elon 45, Furman 7
FAU 33, Air Force 27
Georgia 41, South Carolina 17
Georgia Southern 34, UMass 13
Jacksonville St. 71, MVSU 0
James Madison 17, Norfolk St. 0
Kentucky 27, Florida 16
La.-Monroe 21, Southern Miss. 20
LSU 31, SE Louisiana 0
Louisiana Tech 54, Southern U. 17
Maine 31, W. Kentucky 28
Marshall 32, E. Kentucky 16
Mercer 45, Jacksonville 3
Miami 77, Savannah St. 0
Middle Tennessee 61, UT Martin 37
Mississippi 76, S. Illinois 41
Morehead St. 48, Mount St. Joseph 19
NC A&T 45, Gardner-Webb 6
NC Central 51, St. Augustine’s 14
NC State 41, Georgia St. 7
North Alabama 25, Alabama A&M 20
Northwestern St. 34, Grambling St. 7
Richmond 52, Fordham 7
South Florida 49, Georgia Tech 38
Stetson 63, Waldorf 34
Tennessee 59, ETSU 3
Troy 59, Florida A&M 7
Tulane 42, Nicholls 17
UCF 38, SC State 0
Vanderbilt 41, Nevada 10
Virginia Tech 62, William & Mary 17
Wake Forest 51, Towson 20
Wofford 59, VMI 14
MIDWEST
Akron 41, Morgan St. 7
Butler 45, Taylor 7
Colorado 33, Nebraska 28
Duke 21, Northwestern 7
E. Michigan 20, Purdue 19
Iowa 13, Iowa St. 3
Kansas 31, Cent. Michigan 7
Kent St. 54, Howard 14
Maryland 45, Bowling Green 14
Michigan 49, W. Michigan 3
Mississippi St. 31, Kansas St. 10
Notre Dame 24, Ball St. 16
Ohio St. 52, Rutgers 3
SE Missouri 40, Dayton 21
South Dakota 43, N. Colorado 28
Wisconsin 45, New Mexico 14
SOUTHWEST
Houston 45, Arizona 18
Oklahoma 49, UCLA 21
Bulldogs
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the added strength, battering the Wild-
cats (1-1) to the point that he would have
averaged six yards per carry even if his
three longest carries were removed. His
211 yards were the most by any Bulldog
since Nick Fitzgerald ran for 258 in the
2016 Egg Bowl and most by a MSU run-
ning back since Anthony Dixon ran for
252 on Kentucky in 2009.
On Hill’s long runs, he would hit the
hole with enough speed to beat a defend-
er crashing to it. On his shorter runs, it
was common to see him lower the shoul-
der on an incoming safety before ulti-
mately going to the turf.
“Certainly Kylin runs with a tremen-
dous physicality, runs behind his pads
and has the second gear to take it the
distance,” Moorhead said.
The new version of Hill has everyone
impressed. Fitzgerald described Hill’s
game as strong, quick, fast and agile, all
before adding he can, “make people miss
and run through tackles.”
“You knew he was going to go off like
this eventually,” Fitzgerald said.
All it took was the opportunity.
Hill spent his freshman season as a
rotational back behind Aeris Williams,
ending it with 78 carries, six per game.
A new coaching staff and new system
granted an opportunity to reset that sta-
tus quo; a rotation was still expected, but
maybe one that did not favor one back
over the other as last year’s did Williams
over Hill.
Soccer
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do a lot of research to find out
as much as they could about
her. He feels Karnley has had a
positive effect on the team in a
short amount of time.
“I think she has rubbed off
on a lot of the kids in terms of
mental toughness and maturi-
ty,” Kagan said. “For a kid who
is so young, I think she is very
going to continue to work on
that, work with (quarterbacks
coach Andrew) Breiner and
(head coach Joe) Moorhead
and get the accuracy going,”
Fitzgerald said. “I think after
the first scramble, the first hit, I
got back into it. I thought I was
going to be a lot more nervous
than I was.
“It felt great to go out there
and reap the rewards of all the
hard work with your teammates
all offseason, since this past
January. It was amazing to go
out there and play like that.”
As those coaches look back
on it, they expect to find a game
of near misses.
“At the beginning of the
game, I think he was a little
amped up, had a few throws
that were errant: had an over-
throw to Osirus (Mitchell), had
Austin (Williams) early in the
end zone, which was the same
play he completed later in the
game,” Moorhead said.
“He made some very good
throws, he did some good
things by improvisation, but we
Texas Tech 77, Lamar 0 First downs 19 26
FAR WEST Rushes-yards 31-173 44-278
Idaho 56, W. New Mexico 10 Passing 218 321
Montana 48, Drake 16
Oregon 62, Portland St. 14
Comp-Att-Int
Return Yards
22-51-1 20-29-0
86 -6
Washington 45, North Dakota 3 Punts-Avg. 8-40.5 4-35.0
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
No. 18 MSU 31, Penalties-Yards 10-84 4-35
Kansas State 10 Time of Possession 28:16 31:44
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Mississippi St. 3 14 7 7—31
Kansas St. 3 0 7 0—10 RUSHING —Arkansas St., Wand 11-
60, Weh-Weh 4-45, Murray 7-34, Lo.
First Quarter
MSST —FG Christmann 30, 9:07 Bonner 3-28, Hansen 6-6. Alabama,
KST —FG Lynch 26, 3:53
Second Quarter
N.Harris 13-135, D.Harris 12-61, Hurts
5-32, Tagovailoa 4-20, Robinson 5-16,
MSST —Hill 16 pass from Fitzgerald Jo.Jacobs 5-14.
PASSING —Arkansas St., Da.Brown
(Christmann kick), 14:20
MSST —Hill 28 run (Christmann kick), 1-1-0-25, Hansen 15-36-1-140, Lo.
Bonner 6-14-0-53. Alabama, Tagov-
3:33
Third Quarter ailoa 13-19-0-228, Hurts 7-9-0-93,
MSST —Au.Williams 13 pass from M.Jones 0-1-0-0.
Fitzgerald (Christmann kick), 10:18 RECEIVING —Arkansas St., Merritt
5-29, Bowling 5-25, Bayless 3-36,
KST —Schoen 23 pass from S.Thomp-
son (Lynch kick), 2:20 McInnis 2-20, Wand 2-19, Weh-Weh
1-26, Hansen 1-25, Ke.Edwards 1-23,
Fourth Quarter
MSST —Hill 16 run (Christmann kick), Isaac 1-8, Tyler 1-7. Alabama, Jeudy
13:16
MSST KST
4-87, I.Smith 4-41, D.Smith 3-77,
Ruggs 3-56, Jo.Jacobs 3-23, D.Harris
First downs 24 15 1-14, Kief 1-14, Waddle 1-9.
Rushes-yards 39-384 35-113 MISSED FIELD GOALS —Arkansas
Passing 154 100 St., S.Williams 27.
Comp-Att-Int
Return Yards
11-27-1 9-21-1
68 127
Ole Miss 76,
Punts-Avg. 1-34.0 6-36.5 Southern Illinois 41
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 S. Illinois 21 17 3 0—41
Penalties-Yards 11-84 2-15
Time of Possession 30:34 29:26
Ole Miss 14 21 14 27—76
First Quarter
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS SIL —Kilby 9 pass from Straub (Gual-
RUSHING —Mississippi St., Hill 17- doni kick), 13:04
211, Fitzgerald 19-159, Gibson 3-14.
Kansas St., Barnes 17-75, S.Thomp-
MIS —Phillips 7 run (Logan kick), 9:57
SIL —Lenoir 7 pass from Straub (Gual-
son 12-34, Delton 6-4.
PASSING —Mississippi St., Fitzgerald
doni kick), 6:32
MIS —Sanders 30 pass from Ta’amu
11-27-1-154. Kansas St., Delton 2-4-1-
14, S.Thompson 7-17-0-86.
(Logan kick), 5:31
SIL —Straub 2 run (Gualdoni kick),
RECEIVING —Mississippi St., 1:01
S.Guidry 2-42, Ju.Johnson 2-37,
D.Jones 1-21, Hill 1-16, Au.Williams
Second Quarter
MIS —E.Moore 50 pass from Ta’amu
1-13, Gibson 1-9, Je.Jackson 1-6,
F.Green 1-5, O.Mitchell 1-5. Kansas
(Logan kick), 14:52
SIL —FG Gualdoni 22, 8:12
St., Schoen 2-34, D.Warmack 2-21,
Barnes 2-19, Zuber 2-11, Reuter 1-15.
MIS —A.Brown 38 pass from Ta’amu
(Logan kick), 6:40
MISSED FIELD GOALS —Missis-
sippi St., Christmann 44. Kansas St.,
SIL —Leonard 9 pass from Straub
(Gualdoni kick), 4:06
Lynch 52. MIS —Phillips 6 run (Logan kick), 1:17
No. 1 Alabama 57, SIL —Leonard 70 pass from Straub
Arkansas State 7
(Gualdoni kick), :49
Third Quarter
Arkansas St. 0 0 7 0— 7 MIS —A.Brown 46 pass from Ta’amu
Alabama 19 21 10 7—57 (Logan kick), 11:22
SIL —FG Gualdoni 26, 5:00
First Quarter
BAMA —Jeudy 58 pass from Tagov- MIS —Metcalf 5 pass from Ta’amu (Lo-
gan kick), 3:48
ailoa (A.Jones kick), 13:19
BAMA —Ruggs 31 pass from Tagov- Fourth Quarter
ailoa (kick failed), 11:30 MIS —Dasher 88 interception return
BAMA —D.Smith 41 pass from Tagov- (kick failed), 14:42
ailoa (kick failed), 3:00 MIS —Woullard 2 run (Way kick),
Second Quarter 12:00
BAMA —I.Smith 10 pass from Hurts MIS —V.Evans 56 fumble return (Lo-
(Bulovas kick), 8:52 gan kick), 9:34
BAMA —Jeudy 7 pass from Hurts (Bu-
lovas kick), 7:43
MIS —Corral 1 run (Nasiatka kick), 1:42
SIL MIS
BAMA —S.Smith 38 interception re-
turn (Bulovas kick), 6:44
First downs
Rushes-yards
29
45-241 32-167
26
Third Quarter Passing 388 479
ARKS —Ke.Edwards 23 pass from
Hansen (S.Williams kick), 12:36
Comp-Att-Int
Return Yards
30-48-2 24-35-0
23 63
BAMA —FG Bulovas 39, 9:46
BAMA —Kief 14 pass from Tagovailoa
Punts-Avg.
Fumbles-Lost
3-33.0 2-38.5
2-1 0-0
(Bulovas kick), 1:30
Fourth Quarter
Penalties-Yards 8-48 9-75
Time of Possession 37:44 22:16
BAMA —N.Harris 1 run (Bulovas kick),
12:06
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING —S. Illinois, D.Davis 16-
ARKS BAMA 121, Straub 10-36, Hampton 4-32,
On Saturday, Hill ran it 17 times, Nick
Gibson ran it three times and Williams
did not get a carry. This is when Hill is
most comfortable.
Hill said it felt like he was in high
school again, when he was running for
200 yards or more with ease and leading
Columbus High School to the playoffs. In
those days, he was the unquestioned al-
pha for a group of teammates that looked
at him knowing their best chance to win
rested on his shoulders; at times in Bill
Snyder Family Stadium, he got the same
treatment.
“Every time we got on the field, Fitz
kept telling me, ‘Let’s roll 8 (Hill’s jersey
number),’” Hill said. “The offensive line
is going to do their job, the receivers are
going to catch and we’re going to punch
it in.”
What a performance like that means
for Hill’s future workload is left to be
seen. Moorhead is quick to point out his
past features more feature ball carriers
than not, but he’s just as quick to point
out offenses in his past that had two run-
ning backs run for 1,000 yards in the
same season. Williams is still a proven
1,000-yard rusher waiting in the wings
if MSU chooses to turn to him. For now,
Hill is living what he visualized all sum-
mer.
“It was a dream come true.”
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mature and still has a little of
room to grow in those areas.
She is positive and is a great
life force on our team. I think
all of those experiences say a
lot about her as a human being.
She is a great person first. That
is what I love about her.”
Whether Karnley has had to
catch a bus and run to a train-
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certainly have to work to con-
tinue our explosiveness while
increasing our efficiency and
completion percentage.”
Going into the game, Fitz-
gerald knew this would be his
challenge. He saw in Kansas
State (1-1) a fundamentally
sound defense, one that is al-
ways where they are supposed
to be and one that forces, “your
11 to play better than their 11.”
He knew pinpoint accuracy was
required; luckily, he spent an
offseason tweaking a throwing
motion to deliver just that.
He said he felt all the work
on that new throwing motion
translated to his first game
with it; now he goes to the week
ahead to find what is missing.
“When I watch the film I’ll
know more, but I felt like I was
throwing it well, just not putting
it where it needs to be,” Fitzger-
ald said.
“The ball was spinning well,
that kind of thing. I’ll watch the
film and learn from it.”
Leonard 2-15, J.Williams 4-14, Perkins
4-11, Quarells 1-8, Mixon 2-6, Burton
1-2, James 1-(minus 4). Mississippi,
Phillips 15-107, Knight 4-26, Woullard
7-23, Linton 3-12, Corral 1-1, Ta’amu
2-(minus 2).
PASSING —S. Illinois, Labanowitz
1-1-0-6, Straub 29-47-2-382. Missis-
sippi, Corral 1-2-0-31, Ta’amu 23-33-
0-448.
RECEIVING —S. Illinois, Lenoir 9-83,
Leonard 6-117, Varble 5-59, James
5-51, D.Davis 2-28, Kilby 2-20, Gra-
ham 1-30. Mississippi, A.Brown 8-158,
Metcalf 7-93, Sanders 4-133, Phillips
2-4, E.Moore 1-50, Weber 1-31, Allen
1-10.
AP Top 25 Fared
No. 1 Alabama (2-0) beat Arkansas
State 57-7. Next: at Mississippi, Sat-
urday.
No. 2 Clemson (2-0) beat Texas A&M
28-26. Next: vs. Georgia Southern,
Saturday.
No. 3 Georgia (2-0) beat No. 24 South
Carolina 41-17. Next: vs. Middle Ten-
nessee, Saturday.
No. 4 Ohio State (2-0) beat Rutgers 52-
3. Next: vs. No. 16 TCU at Arlington,
Texas, Saturday.
No. 5 Wisconsin (2-0) beat New Mexi-
co 45-14. Next: vs. BYU, Saturday.
No. 6 Oklahoma (2-0) beat UCLA 49-
21. Next: at Iowa State, Saturday.
No. 7 Auburn (2-0) beat Alabama State
63-9. Next: vs. No. 11 LSU, Saturday.
No. 8 Notre Dame (2-0) beat Ball State
24-16. Next: vs. Vanderbilt, Saturday.
No. 9 Washington (1-1) beat North
Dakota 45-3. Next: at Utah, Saturday.
No. 10 Stanford (2-0) beat No. 17
Southern Cal 17-3. Next: vs. UC Davis,
Saturday.
No. 11 LSU (2-0) beat SE Louisiana
31-0. Next: at No. 7 Auburn, Saturday.
No. 12 Virginia Tech (2-0) beat William
& Mary 62-17. Next: vs. East Carolina,
Saturday.
No. 13 Penn State (2-0) beat Pitts-
burgh 51-6. Next: vs. Kent State,
Saturday.
No. 14 West Virginia (1-0) beat
Youngstown State 52-17. Next: at NC
State, Saturday.
No. 15 Michigan State (1-0) at Arizo-
na State. Next: at Indiana, Saturday,
Sept. 22.
No. 16 TCU (2-0) beat SMU 42-12,
Friday. Next: vs. No. 4 Ohio State at
Arlington, Texas, Saturday.
No. 17 Southern Cal (1-1) lost to No.
10 Stanford 17-3. Next: at Texas,
Saturday.
No. 18 Mississippi State (2-0) beat
Kansas State 31-10. Next: vs. Louisi-
ana-Lafayette, Saturday.
No. 19 UCF (2-0) beat SC State 38-0.
Next: at North Carolina, Saturday.
No. 20 Boise State (1-0) vs. UConn.
Next: at Oklahoma State, Saturday.
No. 21 Michigan (1-1) beat Western
Michigan 49-3. Next: vs. SMU, Sat-
urday.
No. 22 Miami (1-1) beat Savannah
State 77-0. Next: at Toledo, Saturday.
No. 23 Oregon (2-0) beat Portland
State 62-14. Next: vs. San Jose State,
Saturday.
No. 24 South Carolina (1-1) lost to No.
3 Georgia 41-17. Next: vs. Marshall,
Saturday.
No. 25 Florida (1-1) lost to Kentucky 27-
16. Next: vs. Colorado State, Saturday.
ing session with the Fusion club
team or to put aside her fears to
shine in a college setting, she
has done whatever it takes to
realize her goals.
Jarbie said her niece has
had that attitude since she was
little. She said Monigo didn’t
want to follow in the footsteps
of other family members who
A sticking point you can’t accept in victory what
you won’t accept in defeat.”
One line on the box score
that suggests a final score far
different from the one that ac- Injury report
tually materialized was penal- Moorhead did not have an
ties: MSU committed 11 for 84 update on cornerback Jamal Pe-
yards compared to two for 15 ters, who left the game with an
yards from Kansas State. The
upper body injury in the second
Wildcats went well into the
half and did not return. Moor-
third quarter without a single
head said Peters was being
penalty.
evaluated during his postgame
One was more costly than
press conference and he had no
most: safety Johnathan Abram
further details. Peters’ starting
being ejected for targeting
counterpart, Cameron Dant-
in the second half, meaning
zler, also got injured during the
he will be ineligible for the
game but returned before the
first half of next week’s game
end.
against UL Lafeyette.
“Obviously I think we need
to be a little better at penalties,” Updating the record book
Moorhead said. “Certainly the Fitzgerald’s 159 rushing
targeting for Johnathan, that yards gave him 2,645 for his
hurts for this game and the career, which surpassed Dak
next. We had an offsides that Prescott to make him the pro-
took us off of third-and-1 and a gram’s all-time leader in quar-
delay of game that took points terback rushing yards and
off the board with the field goal. second in the Southeastern
They don’t get you until they get Conference behind Tim Tebow.
you. In a game when you’re up, Follow Dispatch sports writer
they kind of get glossed over, Brett Hudson on Twitter @Brett
but it’s the same as last week: —Hudson
Golden Eagles fall in final minute
By The Associated Press Abraham threw for 378 yards and two
touchdowns for the Golden Eagles (1-1)
HAT TIESBURG — Cortez Sisco Jr. and had driven to midfield inside the
intercepted a Jack Abraham pass and re- final two minutes when Sisco jumped
turned it 46 yards with 22 seconds left in front of the intended receiver for the
in the game, preserving Louisiana Mon- pick.
roe’s 21-20 victory Saturday night. Evans hit Green for a 47-yard touch-
Caleb Evans had 165 yards passing down to put UL-Monroe up 14-7 late in
and threw for two touchdowns as Louisi- the first quarter.
ana-Monroe (2-0) held on to edge South- Southern Miss replied with a field
ern Mississippi. Marcus Green caught goal and a touchdown and the Warhawks
both scores. trailed 17-14 at halftime.
Tide
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plays in the passing game, were pretty “It’s tough to hold onto the ball when
efficient.” you’re getting helicoptered like that,”
Again. left tackle Jonah Williams said. “For
It’s the first time since 1925 Ala- him to be able to bounce back and drive
bama has scored 50-plus points in each
of its first two games. The combined us down the field, that’s just what we’ve
six touchdown passes total was tied for come to expect from him.”
second-most in Alabama history, match- Najee Harris ran for a career-high 135
ing Hurts and Tagovailoa’s tally against yards and a touchdown on 13 carries.
Mercer last season. Justice Hansen couldn’t get the Red
Neither quarterback was made avail-
Wolves’ fast-paced offense going against
able to reporters after the game. the Tide defense. He was 15 of 36 for 140
Tagovailoa finished 13 of 19 for 228
yards and four TDs. He led seven drives yards with a touchdown and intercep-
and tossed in runs of 15 and 12 yards in tion after tying a school-record with six
the second half. Tagovailoa had TD pass- touchdown passes last week.
es of 58 yards to Jerry Jeudy, 31 to Henry Alabama outgained Arkansas State
Ruggs III and 41 to DeVonta Smith — all 599-391 in total yards.
in the first quarter — and tacked on a “Considerably the best team I’ve seen
14-yarder to Derek Kief. in pads or on film in a long time,” Red
Hurts, who started the past two sea-
sons, was effective, too. He was 7 of 9 for Wolves coach Blake Anderson said. “I
93 yards and rebounded strongly after talked to Coach Saban before the game,
losing a fumble at the goal line after tak- asked him if he knew of any weaknesses,
ing a hit while airborne. but he didn’t share any with me.”
Rebels
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Southern Illinois led the field against a com- said. “We didn’t come in
38-35 at halftime and put pletely unprepared Ole here to play well, we came
pressure on Ole Miss Miss defense. in to win. We were still
throughout the third The Rebels finally playing with that effort,
quarter before the Reb- broke the game open even when the game got
els finally responded with early in the fourth quar- away from us in the sec-
an avalanche of fourth ter when Vernon Dasher ond half. I’m proud of my
quarter points — includ- snagged an interception guys.”
ing two defensive touch- and ran it back 88 yards Ole Miss defensive co-
downs — that ended the for a touchdown and a 55- ordinator Wesley McGriff
upset bid. 41 lead. The play seemed said earlier in week that
Ole Miss had huge to break the Salukis’ spir- he expected Southern
offensive numbers. Jor- it and the Rebels pulled Illinois to rely heavily on
dan Ta’amu threw for away. the running game. In-
448 yards and five touch- Ta’amu said there was stead, the Salukis threw
downs while Scottie Phil- never any panic on the
five straight pass plays on
lips ran for 107 yards and Ole Miss sideline.
the first drive, including a
two more scores. The “I just felt like we need-
9-yard TD from Straub to
problem was the defense ed to go out there and
Nigel Kilby.
was giving up huge num- keep scoring,” Ta’amu
Kilby was one of many
bers, too. said. “Our defense was
SIU receivers who were
“We played pretty ef- going to come in and help
ficient on offense,” Luke us out a little bit.” running coverage-free in
said. “And we needed ev- Southern Illinois’ Sam the first half. Straub had
ery bit of it.” Straub completed 29 of little problem connecting
The Salukis (1-1) had 47 passes for 382 yards, against the oft-confused
never beaten a team from four touchdowns and two Ole Miss defense, com-
the Southeastern Confer- interceptions. D.J. Davis pleting 19 of 25 passes for
ence and were 3-30 com- ran for 121 yards. Straub 299 yards and four touch-
ing into the game against was brilliant for most of downs before halftime.
Football Bowl Subdivi- the game, but his two The lead wouldn’t last,
sion opponents. But they fourth-quarter intercep- but it was certainly enter-
pushed the Rebels (2-0) tions ended any chance at taining. The two teams
for most of the afternoon, the win. combined for nearly 1,300
flinging the ball all over “It still hurts,” Straub total yards.
have worked in the medical pro- Jarbie said. “When it comes to
fession, which is why she chose something she really wants to
to study aerospace engineer- do, she has no fear. … She is not
ing. If the combination of aca- going to pay attention to things
demic and athletic responsibil- that might distract her so she
ities sounds like a lot to handle, will always get to where she
Jarbie said Monigo’s focus will wants to go.”
allow her to do it. Follow Dispatch sports editor
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A joy and a service

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Boy Scout Troop 2 member Noel Fisher of Columbus marks off the new soccer field at the Boys & Girls Club on 14th Avenue North in Columbus Sept. 1.
Other Scouts work in the background. The 16-year-old chose to establish the field as his Eagle Scout Service Project. He has also donated soccer balls,
cones, pinnies and other equipment to the club. Noel is the son of Jay and Marla Fisher. Troop 2 is chartered by First United Methodist Church in Columbus.

This Scout project proves, ‘If you build it ... ’

BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com

W
hen high school junior Noel Fisher
visited the Boys & Girls Club in Co-
lumbus and saw the vacant field next
to it, he thought his search for an Eagle Scout
Service Project might be over.
Noel, 16, loves soccer; he plays on the
Heritage Academy soccer team, as well as the
football and baseball teams. His parents, Jay
and Marla Fisher, support the Boys & Girls
Club. His mother volunteers on its board.
Looking at the wide, empty space, Noel saw
an opportunity to combine the two interests in
a way that would benefit all the children who
utilize the club.
“I knew they had a gym inside, but I saw
they had nothing outside and there was this
big, open field right there,” said the member
of Boy Scout Troop 2 of the Pushmataha Area
Council. “I thought, wouldn’t it be great to have
a soccer field so they could get outdoors?”
Boys & Girls Club administrators agreed.
“The staff was elated by this new opportu-
nity for our boys and girls here,” said Errolyn
Gray, director of development and special
programs at the club. “We really do appreciate
it and look forward to this contribution being
a vital part of our commitment to our kids and
their healthy lifestyles.”
Presenting a detailed, written proposal Jan Swoope/Dispatch Staff
for approval was part of Noel’s Eagle Project Noel Fisher presents new soccer balls, cones and yellow and red pinnies at the Boys & Girls Club in Co-
responsibilities. lumbus Thursday to, from left, Ashlyn Nichols, Jakeria Turner, Kayla Dyson and Jonathan Ross Jr., all 10.

An Eagle Scout Service Project is the

culmination of a Scout’s leadership train-
ing. Completing it before the age of 18 is a
requirement for a young man to attain the
ultimate Eagle Scout rank. The project must
be approved by the organization it benefits, as
well as the scoutmaster and troop committee
or council.
“I had to lay out what I proposed, how big
it would be, what materials I would need, how
much money I would need to raise ... ” said
Noel.
Funds he required to build the field and
also supply the club with soccer balls, pumps,
cones and team pinnies to wear were raised
through the support of his soccer coach, Joe
Asadi, and families of Heritage Academy
soccer players, including his own.
Noel’s duties also entailed taking the
leadership role in organizing other troop
members for the hands-on work. He had to
demonstrate that he could designate tasks
Jan Swoope/Dispatch Staff and supervise the project to successful com-
Noel Fisher offers tips on fundamentals as several children delight in trying out the new soccer pletion.
field at the Boys & Girls Club in Columbus Thursday. See Fisher, 6C
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calendar
Today
Tennessee Williams Tribute
— The three-day Tribute concludes
today with related sermons at 8
a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, 318 College St.,
and a tour of apartments from, 1-4
p.m.; start at the Tennessee Williams
Home, 300 Main St. ($20). Visit
tennesseewilliamstribute.org or call
662-368-8591.
Exhibit opening — The West
Point/Clay County Arts Council’s “An
Exhibit by Extraordinary Women,”
featuring art by Columbus artists Kay
Calaway, Elayne Goodman and Judy
Howle, opens with a free reception
from 2-3:30 p.m. at the Louise Camp-
bell Center for the Arts, 235 Com-
merce St., downtown West Point.
Monday, Sept. 10
Hazard Lecture Series — See
details at top of calendar.
Sept. 12-14, 16, 18-22
“Sylvia” — Starkville Commu-
nity Theatre presents this modern
romantic comedy about a marriage
and a dog at 7:30 p.m. nightly (except
2 p.m. Sunday) at the Playhouse on
Main, 108 E. Main St., Starkville.
Tickets $15 adults, $10 students.
Contact the box office at 662-323-
6855.
Thursday, Sept. 13
Roast-N-Boast auction —
This fundraiser to benefit St. Jude
Children’s Hospital begins at 7 p.m.
at the American Legion Hall, 308
Chubby Drive, Columbus. Free to
attend; refreshments will be available
for purchase. For information, visit
roastnboast.com/auction.
Books and Authors — Friends
of the Starkville Public Library host a
talk by author Michael Kardos at noon
at the library at 326 University Drive.
Refreshments will be served at 11:30
a.m. Free to the public.
Battle of the Bands — The
winner of this contest at MSU Lee
Hall’s Bettersworth Auditorium will
open for Bulldog Bash Sept. 28. Learn
more at msuconcerts.com.
Friday, Sept. 14
Starkville Art Walk — Part of
New South Weekends in Starkville,
fine art vendors display and sell their
original work downtown from 2-5 p.m.
For more information, visit starkville.
org of contact The Partnership, 662-
323-3322.
Saturday, Sept. 15
Canoe day — Noxubee National
Wildlife Refuge hosts free canoeing
and kayaking at Bluff Lake. Canoes,
kayak, life jackets and paddles
provided free between 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
at the Refuge Visitor Center outside
Starkville. For information, call 662-
323-5548.
Starkville-MSU Symphony
— The Symphony Association opens
its 50th season with a free 7:30
p.m. concert at Whitfield Hall’s Rent
Auditorium at Mississippi University
for Women. For more information, visit
facebook.com/StarkvilleSymphony.
Sunday, Sept. 16
Downtown Venue Stroll —
Stroll downtown Columbus from 1-5
p.m. to visit three unique social ven-
ues, Events Off 5th, The Southern and
Venue 208. Enjoy light refreshments
and mellow entertainment as you tour
event venues and meet the owners.
A vapor-sensing dog works in a crowded area to detect any body-
worn explosives.
Friday, Sept. 21
Shots Heard ’Round the
World — Rotary Club of Colum-
bus hosts this fourth annual target
shooting competition fundraiser
at Prairie Wildlife in Clay County.
Proceeds will benefit efforts to
eradicate polio worldwide. For
information, contact Stacy Madi-
son, 601-562-2761; James Hazard,
662-574-2577; or Chase Frazure,
662-251-3942.
Friday and Saturday,
Sept. 21-22
Roast-N-Boast BBQ champi-
onship — This Mississippi State
BBQ Championship takes place at
the Columbus Fairgrounds on High-
way 69 South. Opening ceremony
is 5 p.m. Sept. 21. $5 gate charge
Sept. 21; no charge Sept. 22. For
information, visit roastnboast.com.
Saturday, Sept. 22
Run United 5K Kickoff —
This 8 a.m. 5K at the Starkville
Sportsplex, with live music and rally
homeofvaporwake.com
stations, benefits United Way of
North Central Mississippi. Check-
in is 7 a.m.. $25 early registration
($30 race morning). For more infor-
mation, visit unitedwayncms.com or
call 662-323-3830.
Thursday, Sept. 27
MUW Lowndes Alumni — The
W Lowndes County Alumni Chapter
hosts a Welty Symposium preview
luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at Hogarth
Dining Center on campus. Cost is
$12.25, payable at the event.
Downtown Columbus Art
Walk — Stroll through downtown
Columbus to visit with artists dis-
playing their original work from 5:30-
7:30 p.m. Enjoy live music, kids’
activities and shopping-after-hours.
For more information, contact Main
Street Columbus, 662-328-6305.
Friday, Sept. 28
Bulldog Bash — This free event
presented by the MSU Student Asso-
ciation includes the 3 p.m. Maroon
Market and a 6 p.m. concert with a
Battle of the Bands winner, rapper
Ric Wilson, alt-pop The Mowgli’s and
Monday, Sept. 10
Hazard Lecture Series
— The Hazard Lecture Series
presents Jim Floyd, program
advisor and former director of
the Auburn University Canine
Performance Sciences, at 7
p.m. at Heritage Academy Ele-
mentary School Activity Build-
ing, 623 Willowbrook Road,
Columbus. He’ll speak about
training dogs to sense vapors
from explosives in moving
crowds, plus other research.
Free. For information, contact
Beth Lucas, 662-327-1595,
ext. 211.
The All-American Rejects in down-
town Starkville. Visit msubulldog-
bash.com, or call 662-325-2930 for
more information.
Friday and Saturday,
Sept. 28-29
Possum Town Tales Story-
telling Festival — Professional
international storytellers Sheila Kay
Adams and Gene Tagaban entertain
nightly at 7 p.m. at the Columbus
Arts Council’s Rosenzweig Arts
Center, 50l Main St. Weekend: $25
members; $30 nonmembers, or
nightly member/nonmember tickets.
Free on Sept. 29: 10 a.m. Storytell-
ing for kids 6-16 with Tagaban and
Mother Goose. 1 p.m. Storytelling
Workshop with Adams. Get tickets at
columbus-arts.org, or call 662-328-
2787.
Ongoing
Columbus Hitching Lot Farmers
Market: Mondays 4-6 p.m.; Thurs-
days/Saturdays 7-10 a.m. Second
Street and Second Avenue North.

Still firm friends, after all these years

BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com

A
lmost 13 years ago,
on Feb. 6, 2006, Ja-
son Nickles joined
the staff of the Colum-
bus-Lowndes Humane
Society and pretty much
made it his “home away
from home.” One day
later, Mama Dog showed
up and made herself at
home, too. The former
stray and Nickles, who
manages shelter oper-
ations, have been firm
buddies ever since.
Mama Dog isn’t as
spry as she once was.
Her hearing is just about
gone, and she moves
more slowly now. Even
so, she still takes her
role as “greeter” to heart,
positioning herself by
the shelter’s front door,
welcoming all those who
cross the threshold. That
is, unless she’s close on
Nickles’ heels, or napping
under the reception desk.
Shelter staff estimate
Mama Dog’s age must be
at least 15. In August, she
marked her fifth year in
the new humane society
facilities built on Airline
Road in east Columbus,
not far from the deterio-
rating building the shel-
ter operated out of before.
It was there, in much
older, cramped quarters,
that Mama Dog began
earning her reputation as
“a trickster.”
“She came in as a
stray, had probably six or
seven puppies with her,”
Nickles recalled. “Once
they all got adopted, we
couldn’t keep her in a
cage.”
Indeed, the dog
revealed a canny talent
for escape. The previous
shelter’s old wood was no
match for her determina-
tion.
“She could open
doors with her teeth, she
chewed through wood
and got out of cages,”
Nickles said.
He recounted an epi-
sode that seems to have
won Mama Dog her run
of the place. When her
puppies were weaned,
they were fostered out to
await spaying and neu-
tering when old enough.
When that time came and
they returned to the shel-
ter for the procedures,
Mama Dog was confined
separately overnight.
“Maybe she could
smell them or somehow
Columbus-Lowndes Humane Society Manager Jason Nickles pauses with Mama
Dog Thursday near the shelter entrance, where she often waits to greet visitors.
The former stray arrived at the shelter on Feb. 7, 2006, one day after Nickles began
working there. The dog has been a beloved fixture ever since.
knew they were there,
but she chewed through
three wood doors, and
when we came in to work,
she was lying with her
puppies. That’s when we
said, ‘Forget it, let her
go where she wants,’”
Nickles smiled, tossing
his hands up in the air for
effect.
Great escape
Escapades aside,
Mama Dog’s good nature
quickly won staff and
volunteers over. They
adopted her into their
informal “family.” Nickles
learned her likes and dis-
likes, comforting her fear
of thunderstorms and
occasionally taking her to
his home on weekends to
“rip and run.”
The canine’s transi-
tion to the new facility
five years ago seemed
to go seamlessly, shelter
staff said. That’s not to
say she didn’t test her
Houdini skills there, too.
There was even an early
incident that involved
setting off an alarm after
hours, which summoned
police to the grounds.
When Nickles arrived,
law enforcement diligent-
ly warned him to keep
safely back.
“I tell you, it’s going
to be the dog,” Nickles
Jan Swoope/Dispatch Staff
recalled telling them. for her and can’t find
Sure enough, the four- her,” Nickles said, “she’s
legged escape artist, who either got her head in
should have been inside, a food bowl, or she’s
soon came trotting into sleeping under the office
view around the building desk or sleeping in the
outside. “There’s the
culprit right there,” he
bathroom. ... I really don’t Know a good cook? Drop us a line.
recounted saying.
know if there will ever be email: jswoope@cdispatch.com
another one like her.”
The tales are all part
of Mama Dog lore now
at the shelter, snippets in
the story of a beloved dog
who found her real place
in the world nearly 13
years ago.
Karen Johnwick is
director of the Colum-
bus-Lowndes Humane
Society, a position she’s
held since 2007.
“She’s just been an
awesome addition to the
shelter; she knows it’s
her home,” Johnwick
said. “Everybody knows
her and looks for her
when they come in.”
Receptionist and
secretary Lisa Richard
knows the office “mas-
cot” can still be feisty,
despite her age.
“She has more life in
her than I do in me some-
times,” she joked.
The reality, however,
is that she’s an older girl
now, one with senior
status. She’s earned the
privilege of taking life at
a more relaxed pace.
“If you’re ever looking
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018 3C

W professor awarded artist fellowship from MAC

DISPATCH STAFF REPORT inspiration for my work as a ada, Russia, France, Jordan, Julia Mortyakova, chair of The
composer. This grant will help Netherlands, Great Britain, W’s music department and

V
alentin M. Bogdan, asso-
ciate professor of music
at Mississippi University
for Women, has been awarded
a $5,000 artist fellowship from
the Mississippi Arts Commis-
sion (MAC).
The funds are a portion of
the nearly $1.4 million in grants
the commission awarded for
2018-2019. It will be used to
help Bogdan in his creative
work as a composer and
pianist, the composition and
performances in the United
States and Europe of a set of
piano works inspired by his
Mississippi experiences.
“I am extremely honored to
be the recipient of this artist fel-
lowship,” said Bogdan, who has
been a music professor at The
Courtesy photo
Valentin Bogdan
W since 2013. “Since I moved
here five years ago, the beauti-
ful sights and wonderful people
of Mississippi have been a true
me share my newest composi-
tions — piano works based on
my Mississippi experiences —
with audiences all across the
U.S. and Europe.”
Malcolm White, executive
director of MAC, said, “Artists
who receive grants from the
Mississippi Arts Commission
represent some of the most gift-
ed individuals in their respec-
tive fields. These outstanding
artists carry on Mississippi’s
legacy of artistic excellence,
and MAC is proud to support
those who enliven and enrich
their communities with the
creative spirit.”
An award-winning compos-
er and pianist, Bogdan enjoys
an international career, with
performances in Italy, Can-
Germany, Poland, Bulgaria and
the United States.
Career highlights include
wining the Second Prize at the
Ellis Duo Piano Competition,
winning the Second Prize at
the Varna International Piano
Competition, winning the
Wayne State Concerto Com-
petition, the 2015 Mississippi
Music Teachers Association
Commissioned Composer of
the Year and the 2010 Florida
Music Teachers Association
Commissioned Composer of
the year.
Bogdan appears on record-
ings released by Ravello Re-
cords and Ablaze Records, and
he has also released three solo
piano albums and a duo piano
album with music colleague
associate professor of music.
“I would like to thank the
Mississippi Arts Commission
and our legislators for their
continuous support for the arts,
especially contemporary classi-
cal music,” said Bogdan.
MAC is a state agency
providing grants that support
programs to enhance commu-
nities, assist artists and arts
organizations, promote the
arts in education and celebrate
Mississippi’s cultural heritage.
Established in 1968, MAC is
funded by the Mississippi Leg-
islature, the National Endow-
ment for the Arts, the Missis-
sippi Endowment for the Arts
at the Community Foundation
of Greater Jackson and other
private sources.

Submissions sought for UM Film Fest One-Minute Film Competition

University, high school filmmakers
can enter through Sept. 21
BY K ATHERINE STEWART
University of Mississippi
Communications
OXFORD —
screened at the UM Film
Festival, a free event
taking place Oct. 12-13 at
Fulton Chapel.
short-form films are just
fun to watch.”
Categories
To be considered in
the High School catego-
ry, a film must be made
by someone who either
about how much work
goes into commercials,
and some of them are
only 15 seconds long.”
In fact, commercials
and “mock” commercial
entries are welcome and
encouraged.
our students make their
films on phones.”
Entries will be judged
by a panel composed of
faculty members Hen-
nigan, Witt and Alan Ar-
rivée, associate professor
of film.
tional and entertainment
value of the competition
and the UM Film Festival
overall, this new com-
ponent serves to bolster
Mississippi’s image as
a rising star in the film
world. The 15-year-old

T
he University of
Mississippi De-
partment of The-
atre and Film is debuting
a new way for university
community and high
school students to get
involved in filmmaking.
The first-ever UM
Film Festival One-Min-
ute Film Competition
is open for submissions
through Sept. 21. The
competition is free to
enter and offers cash
prizes; top finishers in
the High School and Uni-
versity categories will be
This addition to the
UM Film Festival’s offer-
ings was conceived in a
class taught by Harrison
Witt, assistant professor
of film production, who
did a one-minute film
project with students
and was inspired by
how much the students
enjoyed it.
“I did a little research
and found that there are
quite a few one-minute
film competitions out
there,” Witt said. “It’s a
great way to get involved
without making a full-
length film. And besides,
is in high school or who
was when the film was
completed; the University
category is open to all
current and former Ole
Miss students and current
faculty and staff. All films
must have been complet-
ed after Jan. 1, 2018.
Entries can be narra-
tive, documentary, experi-
mental or even promotion-
al, but whatever the style,
they must be under 60
seconds, including titles
and credits.
“You might wonder if
something so short is val-
id,” Witt said. “But think
“Our whole program is
based on cinematic story-
telling,” Witt said. “Bring
anything you want.”
Witt hopes the short
format will encourage
people who might not
otherwise consider
making films to take a
chance, and he wants it
known that amateurs and
others who have limited
access to high-tech film
equipment shouldn’t feel
intimidated.
“‘Tangerine,’ which
premiered at Sundance in
2015, was shot on iP-
hones,” Witt said. “Lots of
“We’ll be looking at
how well people meet the
challenge of telling a be-
ginning-middle-end story
in 60 seconds,” Arrivée
said. “Even within short-
film competitions, shorts
have gotten shorter, and
this is an extreme of that.
It becomes more and
more challenging.”
The competition is
unique not only for its
abbreviated format, but
for its inclusion of high
school students from both
within and outside the
state.
Besides the educa-
Oxford Film Festival, held
annually in the spring,
has attracted national me-
dia attention and recently
landed on MovieMaker
magazine’s list of “50
festivals worth the entry
fee.”
“We want to promote
the idea that Mississippi
can be a home for inde-
pendent filmmaking,”
Hennigan said.
For complete rules and
submission guidelines,
visit UM-1 Minute Film.
For more information,
contact Harrison Witt at
hcwitt@olemiss.edu.

Filmmaker to discuss
erosion of Dauphin Island
MUW UNIVERSITY served as program coor-
RELATIONS dinator. In her first film
“Good Housekeeping,”

O
n Thursday, Sept.
13, as part of Mis-
sissippi University
for Women’s fall Forum
Series hosted by the
Gordy Honors College,
filmmaker Liza Slutskaya
will screen and discuss
her film “A Disrupted
System: Alabama’s Disap-
pearing Barrier Island.”
The film explores the
erosion of Dauphin Island
from the perspective
of long-time residents.
Dredging in Mobile
Harbor means that the
natural flow of sand along
Alabama’s shoreline is no
longer replenishing the
island’s beaches.
Slutskaya received her
Courtesy photo
Filmmaker Liza Slutskaya
will screen and talk about
her film “A Disrupted
System: Alabama’s Disap-
pearing Barrier Island” at
6 p.m. Thursday in Nissan
Auditorium.
degree in anthropology
and film production from
Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity. In 2016, she was a
Southern Exposure Film
Fellow and this year
she explored the burden
of utility costs for low-in-
come communities.
The Southern Expo-
sure Film Fellowship is
awarded to emerging
documentary filmmakers
focused on protecting
natural resources, pro-
moting human health and
working for environmen-
tal justice through film
and collective action.
This presentation
is free and open to the
community and begins at
6 p.m. in Nissan Audito-
rium. For more informa-
tion, email honors@muw.
edu, call 662-241-6850 or
visit muw.edu/honors/
forum.

Worth the drive

Observatory offers chance to explore fall skies
Friday program 4-County Electric Power
Association.
and the American Lunar
and Planetary Observers.
in French Camp is Teske has won various
teaching awards, includ-
After the presentation,
weather permitting, an
free to public ing Teacher of the Year,
from schools at the Air
observing session will
be held using some of
SPECIAL TO THE Force Association and Rainwater’s collection of
DISPATCH has been recognized by powerful telescopes. The
NASA. He is a retired sci- planetarium can be used

R
ainwater Observato-
ry in French Camp
will offer a free
public program called
“Exploring Fall Skies.”
The presentation will be
given on Friday, Sept. 14
at 7 p.m. by teacher and
solar astronomer David
Teske. This educational
and entertaining presen-
tation explores the beau-
ty, science and mythology
of the fall stars, planets
and constellations. The
program is sponsored by
ence teacher and lifelong
amateur astronomer. He
has  been doing public
outreach at Rainwater
Observatory since 1990.
Teske also does out-
reach at local schools
and nature centers. He
is an avid observer of
the sun and moon, as
well as whatever else he
can see in the skies, and
contributes his solar and
lunar observations to the
American Association of
Variable Star Observers
if the outdoor observing
is clouded out.
Rainwater Observato-
ry and Planetarium is lo-
cated one mile east of the
Natchez Trace Parkway
off Mississippi Highway
413 near the village of
French Camp, about one
hour’s drive from Colum-
bus, less from Starkville.
For more information,
visit rainwaterobservato-
ry.org, call 662-547-7283
or email info@rainwa-
terobservatory.org.

If you don’t read The Dispatch, how are you gonna know?
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Playing in the dirt

Timely tips for great autumn blooms

S
eptember was my least
To do this month weeks. That makes playing replace faded annuals, seeds inches from ground for autumn
favorite much more fun and much n Preparation: Plan beds for English daisy, Forget-me- blooms. Remove dead and
month easier. for bulbs (this is so you can not, pansy, Sweet William and damaged wood from trees and
when I worked, Now, if you think you can find them they come up). violet. shrubs.
because Labor only plant in the spring, guess Order bulbs. Prepare beds for n Fertilize: Acid loving n Water: Water gardens
Day was the last again. Fall is the ideal time to October by adding compost or plants that exhibit yellowing of deeply early in the morn-
day out of school plant shrubs, trees and some leaf mold. leaves need a treatment of iron ing or in late afternoon, but
until Thanksgiv- veggies and ornamentals. n Plant: Daylilies can go in chelate. Mums need a complete infrequently throughout the
ing. I think that’s Read on for tips about fall a sunny location, to be well es- fertilizer every two weeks and month. Potted plants need to
changed now, planting. But first, if you just tablished before winter. Divide water thoroughly until buds be watered daily. Make sure
Carrigan
but back then want to know these things and transplant Louisiana iris, show color. azaleas and camellias stay
those weeks all by yourself, think about Easter lily, canna, liriope, ajuga n Prune: Annuals such well-watered. Especially re-
stretched interminably with joining the Master Gardener and Shasta daisy. as impatiens and vinca can member to keep newly planted
no relief in sight. In retire- organization next year. Watch Plant all cool season vegeta- be pruned to encourage fall items well-watered. September
ment, it’s the month after this column for the where and bles such as broccoli, cauliflow- bloom. Disbud camellias, temperatures are still very hot.
summer, the first day of fall when nearer time for the next er, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, dahlias and chrysanthemums Now, go play in the dirt.
(Sept. 22) and an opportunity class to begin. You’ll meet new etc., and warm season grasses; to produce specimen blooms. Sharon Carrigan of Colum-
for more playing in the dirt. friends (and maybe some old mums for September bloom Continue deadheading in the bus shares timely gardening tips
As I write, we are blessed with ones), learn all about when to and fall color. Marigolds, garden to stimulate blooming. on behalf of the Lowndes County
good rain for the first time in plant and so much more. asters, zinnias and celosia to Cut back rose canes to 24-30 Master Gardeners.

Ask a designer: Creating a perfectly cozy place to read

By MELISSA RAYWORTH
The Associated Press
W
e decorate our
homes in order
to enjoy them.
For book lovers, adding
a cozy and well-lit space
dedicated to reading can
be the perfect finishing
touch.
Most homes, of course,
don’t have a spare room
for use as a library. But
interior designers often
carve out one section of a
living room, sunroom or
master bedroom as a ded-
icated reading area, says
designer Pamela Harvey.
Harvey, who splits
her time between design
projects in Florida and in
the northern Virginia/
Washington, D.C., area,
says that where you put a
reading space depends on
your habits. Are you seek-
ing a spot that’s private
and silent, or would you
rather have an open, airy
reading space to share
with family members?
Here, she and two oth-
er interior designers —
Kansas City-based Jaclyn
Joslin, founder of Coveted
Home, and Bethesda,
Maryland-based Kelley
Proxmire — suggest
ways to create a perfectly
luxurious space, even on a
budget.
Creative locations
Joslin has helped two
clients turn unused formal
dining rooms into multi-
use spaces. Although the
rooms are used by the
whole family, she says,
“in both homes we added
nice comfy chairs for the
adults to sit in and read.”
Proxmire added a read-
ing space to a home office
for a woman who wanted
her kids to cuddle up and
read while she worked.
She has also creatively
repurposed spare closets,
a trick that’s especial-
ly useful in children’s
bedrooms. For one client,
she removed closet doors,
added a padded bench
seat across the width of
the closet, and then added
a wall-mounted light
fixture. Built-in drawers
underneath the seat and
shelf space above mean
the closet still offers
storage.
Add pillows to the pad-
ded seat and a curtain for
privacy, Proxmire says,
and you’ve got the perfect
place for a child to curl up
and get lost in books.
And if your reading
space must be in a com-
mon area, you can still
have a measure of privacy.
Try adding a decorative
screen or strategically
placed bookcase that func-
tions as a room divider.
That’s “a great way to
carve out a little space in
a corner of a room for a
retreat-like feeling,” Joslin
says.
Layered lighting
Build in “the flexibili-
ty to have different levels
of light” in your reading
space, Harvey says.
She suggests a mix of
table lamps, floor lamps
and small reading lamps.
“Task lamps work
really well,” she says.
Joslin agrees: “I love
floor lamps that are
sleek and minimal that
can be tucked under or
right next to the chair
to provide direct light
for reading,” she says.
“Swing arm wall sconces
are also a great option
for a reading nook.”
Along with plenty of
spots to plug in all this
lighting, don’t forget
to have enough outlets
for chargers if you’ll
be reading on a digital
device, Harvey says.
All the right elements
Reading chairs don’t
have to be expensive.
But they must be com-
fortable.
“A chair large enough
to curl your legs up into
is the ultimate comfy
zone for reading,” Joslin
says, “so choosing chairs
with arms and styles
that don’t skimp on seat
space is key.”
And no matter how
comfortable and large
your reading chair may
be, all three designers
suggest including an
ottoman or footstool
so that your legs can
be stretched out and
elevated.

Ten things you might give up to be a happy parent

SPECIAL TO THE
DISPATCH
By Carol Tuttle
Editor’s note: Carol Tuttle
is CEO of Live Your Truth,
LLC and national author
of the best-selling par-
enting book, “The Child
Whisperer: the Ultimate
Handbook for Raising
Happy, Successful, Cooper-
ative Children.”
they’re more likely to
listen, which means less
struggle and frustration
for both of you.
n Give up yelling
— If you’re not a yeller,
this one isn’t for you. But
if you tend to yell when
you’re feeling upset,
consider this question:
has yelling strengthened
your relationship with
your child, or not?
unnecessary guilt. Guilt
can be useful if you use it
to recognize where you
need to make changes.
But overwhelming, par-
alyzing guilt that makes
you feel worthless as a
person or parent doesn’t
accomplish anything. You
are enough, just as you
are.
n Give up negative
messages — So many
messages are repeated
to children: you’re too
loud, you’re too quiet, you
ask too many questions,
you’re exhausting, you’re
demanding, you’re too
talkative, you should
make more friends, quit
moving, speak up, settle
down, smile more.
Try this instead:
comment on the exact
same behavior in a pos-
itive way. For example,
you can see the trait of,
“You’re too talkative,” as
“You really make friends
easily.”
n Give up on giving
up — I’ve heard from
parents who worry that
they’ve damaged their
child, or that they’ve
made a mistake that will
last a lifetime. I’ve said
this many times: It’s nev-
er too late to be a better,
happier parent.
Whether your children
are 4 or 40, they respond
to genuine love from
their parents. The effects
of mistakes may take a
little longer to overcome
if your child is older, but
it’s never impossible to
show up as the happy,
supportive parent you are
meant to be.

Y
ou want to be a
happy parent —
but your countless
responsibilities make
this goal challenging.
Don’t lose hope just yet.
I have a list of 15 things
that keep you from happy
parenting. Read through
them. Be honest with
yourself. Then let them
go. Allow yourself to be
a happy parent for your
child, and yourself.
n Give up “sup-
posed to” — We were
conditioned by our own
early family experienc-
es to believe that par-
enthood or childhood
are supposed to look a
certain way. But if you
hold onto the way things
are “supposed” to be,
you may miss enjoying
how they actually are. Be
willing to question what
you prioritize as a parent
and why.
n Give up keeping
score — What does your
mental scorecard keep
track of: which parent
does more? Who’s most
consistent? Which mom
contributes most in your
child’s class? Who’s most
involved in your homes-
chool group?
Keeping score wastes
energy. Just do what you
feel inspired and able to
do. Don’t feel obligated
by others’ contributions.
Don’t obligate them to
live up to yours.
n Give up force —
As a parent, you have
a responsibility to set
boundaries. But if a child
consistently resists a
certain boundary, don’t
just force them to comply.
Ask yourself and your
child, “Why?”
Think of yourself as
your child’s trusted and
effective guide, not their
dictator. When they expe-
rience you as their guide,
Yelling usually hap-
pens in anger, and it often
frightens and intimidates
children. It destroys trust
and a child’s feeling of
safety. Pay attention to
times and circumstances
when you yell and then
commit to changing
those scenarios in the
future.
n Give up worry —
Compulsive worrying
doesn’t make your child
any safer. It doesn’t make
you any happier. And it
teaches your children to
live in fear. Release your
worries, and cultivate
gratitude for your child’s
safety in the present
moment.
n Give up the role of
events coordinator — If
you feel like parenthood
is a treadmill you can’t
keep up with, you may be
taking too much respon-
sibility for your children’s
time. Make plans that
support your children’s
development, but don’t
map out every minute for
them.
Downtime is support-
ive for many children.
Moments of boredom
allow children to take
responsibility for their
own time. Make resourc-
es available, and then let
your children create the
experience they want.
You’ll all be happier.
n Give up unhealthy
self-sacrifice — As a
parent, you generously
give love, time and atten-
tion. But you shouldn’t
give up your core self just
because you’re a parent.
When you ignore your ba-
sic needs, you teach your
children that when they
grow up, they shouldn’t
take care of themselves.
n Give up guilt —
Parents sometimes fall
into the self-sacrifice
trap because they feel
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In the garden with Felder

Close encounters of the good kind

J
ump back, calm
down and move
on: Good advice
for encounters
between gardeners
and beneficial rep-
tiles found lurking
in out-of-the-way
places.
I just wish I
could stifle the
high-pitched little
Felder Rushing
girl squeal that
ekes out whenever
I accidentally get
my face wrapped up in a spider
web. Especially the kind made
by those huge yellow-and-black a more than foot-long ribbon
garden spiders (shudder).
Like dragonflies hovering
around the water garden and
eating other insects, the big
yellow spiders are incredible
predators in the garden, which
I appreciate, but that little girl
squeal is spring-loaded for
spiders and wasps. Can’t help
it; just comes out.
But then I don’t mind the
non-poisonous snakes in my
garden at all. I have four differ-
ent kinds, and I know where
they are and what they eat, and other snakes, mice, rats and
can tell them apart from ven-
omous kinds which thankfully
I don’t have.
Two of the most common
garden snakes are tiny, not
much bigger than a new
pencil when full grown: the
grayish-brown “smooth earth
snake” and the
similar DeKay’s
snake with a dark
stripe and little
dark dots on either
side on a long dark
stripe on its back.
Both are worm and
slug eaters and are
physically unable to
bite even if picked
up. I uncover them
when moving rocks,
in monkey grass,
and often in the
compost.
Last summer I had to rescue
snake, a type of garter snake
with three pretty yellow stripes
along its body, that had gotten
stuck in the mesh fencing
around my compost bin. It act-
ed all grown up, posturing and
snapping at me, but I knew it
wasn’t poisonous, so I ushered
it into the undergrowth.
The one that I’m most cau-
tious about is a three-foot long
speckled king snake, shiny
black with a Milky Way of pale
yellow spots on its body. It eats
lizards, so I leave it alone. Be-
sides, though it isn’t poisonous,
it’ll bite if picked up. So I don’t.
Most gardens have an
assortment of toads down low
and all sorts of incredibly loud
little tree frogs, and I appreci-
ate them. They are about the
Beneficial garden residents like anoles help keep the pest popula-
tion down.
loudest nighttime creatures out
there.
But I especially cherish
the three kinds of lizards that
patrol my garden. Blue-tail
skinks live in the monkey
grass and mulch, while the
color-shifting green-or-brown
Felder Rushing/Courtesy photo
anoles run around up high in
search of prey. And I haven’t
even seen a roach outside in
the past five years, thanks
to the partially see-through
geckos that lurk around porch
lights at night snarfing every
moth, spider and roach in
sight. By the way, they chirp
just like birds, all night.
All these creatures eat stuff
I’d rather not have, and they
don’t bite or sting so I just
move out of their way when
I uncover them, usually by
accident.
They’re the top predators
in a healthy garden, which
naturally attracts all sorts of
wildlife to its eat-or-get-eaten
buffet. But you can help them
with a variety of shelters, from
dense plants, tall grasses and
groundcovers, to thick mulch,
leaf piles, drystone wall, old
stumps or pile of rocks, logs or
other debris.
Like other garden creatures,
they also need water for drink-
ing and sometimes reproduc-
ing. In addition to this shelter,
food and water, most reptiles,
being cold blooded, also need a
safe place to bask in the warm
morning sun, preferably a flat
rock, stump, wide log or wood-
en fence.
Of course, if you don’t want
garden reptiles, get rid of your
garden, or get a cat. But you’ll
still have to deal with spider
webs.
Felder Rushing is a Mississip-
pi author, columnist, and host of
the “Gestalt Gardener” on MPB
Think Radio. Email gardening
questions to rushingfelder@
yahoo.com.

Right at home: Low-tech gear

for intrepid young explorers
By KIM COOK
The Associated Press

T
he world is full of
high-tech chil-
dren’s toys. But
there’s a movement afoot
to bring back some sim-
pler playthings — ones
that invite kids to explore
the outdoors, and tap into
their ingenuity, creativity
and sense of play in ways
that don’t involve an app
or a download.
Design company
Kikkerland has partnered
with Dutch designers
Chris Koens and Ramon
Middelkoop on a line of
nature-inspired toys they
call Huckleberry. There’s
a shatterproof magnifier,
a flower press frame,
braided leather with a
magnetic closure for
making a flower neck-
lace, a fishing kit, and the
duo’s favorite item, a little
propeller-equipped boat
motor that runs on a AAA
battery. Why is it their
favorite?
“It’s totally up to the
kids to decide what kind
of boat to make and what
materials to use,” says
Koens. “You can carve a
piece of wood or repur-
pose a plastic bottle that
otherwise would’ve gone
to a landfill. That’s very
exciting.”
Koens says the sim-
plicity of each piece was
important, keeping the
designs fairly “open” in
concept.
“Kids can decide for
themselves what they
want to do or make.
Their imagination and
creativity is a necessary
element,” he says. “Huck-
leberry’s own namesake
is the story of a boy who
loved having adventures
in nature.”
A portion of Huckle-
berry sales goes to the
Children and Nature
Network , a Minneapo-
lis-based national non-
profit that invests in com-
munity-based efforts to
encourage kids to be out-
doors and get reacquaint-
ed with nature. The
organization has worked
on providing more green
space in schoolyards, and
training youth leaders
as the next generation of
environmental stewards
and outdoor enthusiasts.
If you’re looking for
other gear and toys that’ll
Kikkerland Design/Ulalume Zavala via AP
This photo provided by Kikkerland Design shows the
company’s flower press frame. Kikkerland has part-
nered with Dutch designers Chris Koens and Ramon
Middelkoop on a line of nature-inspired toys they call
Huckleberry. There’s a shatterproof magnifier, this
flower press frame, a braided leather with a magnetic
closure for making a flower necklace, a fishing kit, and
the duo’s favorite item, a little propeller-equipped boat
motor that runs on a AAA battery.
encourage your kids to
explore the natural world,
there are many cool
options.
Magic Cabin has a
whimsical runner bean
growing kit for the young
Jack in the Beanstalk fan.
There’s a castle, twine,
pole, growth chart, Scar-
let Runner beans, a cute
version of the fairytale
that recasts the giant as
Jack’s helpful mentor, and
six stakes for the beans
to climb. The stakes are
shaped like a goose, cow, Kikkerland Design/Ulalume Zavala
castle and story charac- via AP
ters. All you’ll need is a This photo provided by
bit of ground or a planter Kikkerland Design shows
the company’s toy propel-
pot. ler-equipped boat motor.
Also at Magic Cabin
is a set of 12 or 18 soft, Rope, string, a compass
flexible, colorful silicone and a comprehensive
connectors called Stick- guide are included, as
lets. Use them to join well as plaster mix for
twigs and branches, and molding tracks.
make shapes, forts or
Also at the retailer:
even animal habitats. rugged flashlights, binoc-
Got a kid crazy for but-
ulars, periscopes, and so-
terflies? Insect Lore will
lar lanterns for both day
send them a cupful of five
and night exploration.
baby caterpillars, food, a
Finally, to keep the
chrysalis station to watch
the unfolding drama, and lines of communication
a pop-up mesh habitat for open among your out-
the big finale. There are door explorers, consider
larger kits and refills of Hearthsong’s set of
everything available. No traditional walkie talkies
butterfly fans? There are with a 250-foot range; you
similar kits for ladybugs can converse on them, or
and ants. practice your Morse code
Fat Brain Toys has skills. Or for something
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Costume collection offers opportunities for community theater programs
MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC
AFFAIRS
F
rom aprons, dress-
es, jackets and
jumpsuits to pants,
shawls, shirts and shorts,
items in Mississippi
State’s Myrna Colley-Lee
Costume Collection put
the fun in fashion.
Along with benefiting
Theatre MSU produc-
tions throughout the
year, these timeless
pieces are now available
for Mississippi school
and community theatre
programs to rent from
MSU Libraries.
A collaborative effort
between MSU Libraries
and the Department
of Communication’s
Theatre MSU program,
the collection consists
of Colley-Lee’s vintage
costumes and clothing,
as well as actual pieces
dating from the 1920s to
the present. Colley-Lee,
a Hamlet, North Caroli-
na, native, has over four
decades of experience
in costume design. She
also is an art director and
set designer for film and
television productions,
as well as founder of
Fisher
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■■■
On the first Saturday
morning of September,
Noel and more than a
dozen other Scouts and
several adults were at
work in the field at the
Boys & Girls Club on 14th
Avenue North. A brisk
breeze tossed the boys’
shouts back and forth as
they worked at both ends
of the new soccer field, or
pitch.
Noel walked behind a
rolling aerosol paint mark-
er, putting down white
boundary lines. Others
assembled goal frames
and nets.
“We mowed over the
grass to get it close and
even, and I gave a safety
briefing — in this case,
mostly about dehydration
and sunburn,” Noel said.
“Then I assigned teams
and explained jobs.”
One of the most import-
ant ones was accurately
measuring off the soccer
pitch, the halfway line
and the penalty areas so
they could be staked with
string and then painted.
“We had to make sure
we had all the corners at
right angles and every-
thing the correct length,
or the field could end up
slanted,” Noel said.
When the work was
finished, the boys gath-
ered at coolers for water
before pronouncing the
field “done.”
This past Thursday,
Noel returned to the club
to present soccer equip-
ment to some enthusiastic
children.
“I can’t wait to play!”
said 10-year-old Ashlyn
Nichols, holding a new
soccer ball. “I’ve seen it
before but haven’t played
it.”
The kids were even
more excited when Noel
accompanied several
of them to the field.
Soon they were running
between goals, chasing
the ball, getting tips on
fundamentals from Noel,
as well as his father, Jay,
who stood at the sideline.
The former Columbus
Air Force Base vice wing
School news
Perry completes IMPACT
Jazsmine Perry of Macon has completed the
IMPACT new student orientation and enrolled at
Troy University for the Fall 2018 semester at the Troy
campus.
Fall semester for the Troy Campus started Aug. 15.
Art happens.
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rent items from Col- throughout her career. arts in 2007. “I couldn’t
ley-Lee’s collection. The She said inspiration came be more gratified with
process for renewal is after befriending Cunet- everyone who has worked
similar to that of check- to and learning of the on this project and the
ing out a library book, university’s connection to cataloging process that
according to the collec- theater. has made this collection
tion’s organizer Melanie “As my collection so accessible to those
Harris. became too big to house who need it most.”
An MSU communica- and my relationship with “We had fashion
tion instructor also serv- Stephen and MSU devel- historians come in, and
ing as Theatre MSU’s oped, it seemed a natural we took measurements
costumer and theater progression for me to of every piece, so if there
operations manager, donate and allow new is anything special or
Harris has played a major thespians and designers unique about a piece, we
role in maintaining the to benefit from decades can tell people,” Harris
of salvaging interesting said. “We would like
collection, which can be
bits of clothing to make to add more items, so
explored online at cos-
a character come alive,” the collection will keep
tumes.library.msstate.
said Colley-Lee, who evolving. As we find more
edu.
received an MSU honor- treasures, we want them
“All of the clothes in
ary doctorate of creative to be shared.”
Courtesy photo/Megan Bean
the collection are Myr-
Mississippi State Communication Instructor Melanie na’s, except for about 10
Harris looks at a polka-dotted skirt that is part of the pieces that I have added
Myrna Colley-Lee Costume Collection housed at the with her permission,”
university’s Mitchell Memorial Library. In addition to ac- Harris said. “We have a
tual pieces dating from the 1920s to the present, the jumpsuit made of legit old
collection consists of vintage costumes and clothing
school denim, like what
amassed by Colley-Lee throughout her 40-year profes-
sional career as a costume designer.
a 1940s mechanic would
have worn. We have a
the GladRags Designs Dean Stephen Cunetto. 1940s evening gown that
costume and interior de- “It is a wonderful way of would make for a perfect
sign firm in Tallahatchie sharing Myrna’s trea- summer garden party
County. sures that she collected dress. We have a West
“We are pleased to be over the years.” Point cadet jacket, too.”
able to make this site and Rental fees are based More than a decade
collection available to the on time, but there is no ago, Colley-Lee donat-
theater community,” said restriction on how long ed to MSU items she
MSU Libraries Associate theater programs can acquired for costume use
commander (2015-2017) and equipment will get Club. It’s been a fun
is a former Eagle Scout kids moving and foster a experience trying to get
himself. Seeing his eldest lifelong enthusiasm for all the pieces together
son come up through physical activity — and — sometimes a little
Scouting and take on an of soccer. Ideas are in the stressful, but that’s OK,”
Eagle Project has made works for some soccer he grinned. “I’m very
him proud. It’s something clinics at the club soon. happy I could help the
Noel has been on the “I’m glad I could help club enjoy a sport that I
path toward since the out the Boys & Girls love.”
age of 6, when he joined
Tiger Cub Scout Pack 51
near San Antonio, Texas.
Marla Fisher said,
“Our boys are very
involved in a lot of sports
and church, so I get
asked a lot, ‘How do you
do it? I just can’t make
it work. How can you fit
Scouts in, too?’ We’ve
always looked at it like
Scouting is just some-
thing that is going to part
of our lives. It’s a priority;
it’s given my boys life
skills and helps them be
well-rounded.”
Every Scout rank has
a service aspect, she
noted, and merit badges
encourage citizenship
and community volun-
teerism.
Scouting also pro-
motes maturity, said
Noel’s Scoutmaster, Peter
Birks. He started out as a
Cub Scout leader before
becoming Scoutmaster.
“Some of these boys
I’ve been with for about
five years, and the
amount of maturity is
amazing,” he said. “It’s
amazing to see boys,
some of them 12 years
old, that know what a lot
of folks who are 25 or 30
years old don’t know.”
That can range from
knowing how to take
care of themselves in
the woods to knowing
how to plan, effectively
communicate and exhibit
leadership.
Of Noel’s Eagle Proj-
ect, Birks said, “A big
problem in this country
as a whole is getting kids
out exercising, getting
fresh air, and this gives
them a chance to do
that. It’s good, healthy
exercise, and something
they can play just about
anywhere they go in the
future.”
Noel hopes having
ready access to a field
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RAC
A reception Thurs-
day at the Colum-
bus Arts Council’s
Rosenzweig Arts
Center opened a
month-long exhibit
of whimsical sculp-
tures and paintings
by Amy Ballard of
Columbus. Artwork
by Ballard’s stu-
dents who attend
Victory Christian
Academy is also
featured.

Joel Vig, Brenda Caradine, Julia Mortyakova, Valentin Bogdan Reagan Ellis, Denise Hamm, Olivia Ellis, Nancy McDill, Aylah O’Neal

Elaine and Travis Ballard, Bob Nolan Jo Shumake, “Mad Hatter” Fred Haley, Amy Ballard

Sara Linder, Hope Miley Lee Hackett, Karen Henry

Linda Ratliff, Frankie Davis, Jackie Downer Doris and Hal Baggett

NIGHT MARKET
A Night Market at Starkville’s Fire Station Park featured indy vendors, pop-up shops, artisans, craft beer tastings and live music Aug. 31.

Junghua Lee, Heejin, Claire and Aiden Cho David Short, Katie Erickson, Kim Erickson, Maria Peterson

Bailey McDaniel, Jenny Turner Martin Crawford, Parker Davis Kristina King, Morgan Fant
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Southern gardening

Native fall beautyberry belongs in the landscape

I
’ve noticed a
common charac-
teristic among
us gardeners. As we
go through the year,
our favorite plants
in the landscape
and garden seem to
change from week
to week.
To other gar-
deners, this makes
sense, as our Gary Bachman
landscape plants go
through their life cycles. And,
boy, am I glad that the plants
are on different growth and
development cycles. It would
really be boring if they were in
sync.
One plant that always brings species. Some plants have such
a smile to my face and lots of
question when I post it on so-
cial media is American beauty-
berry. This plant just seems to
pop up randomly along road-
sides, at the edges of wooded
areas and in people’s yards.
American beautyberry,
known botanically as Callicar-
pa americana, is a native plant
species found all across Missis- out into the fall.
sippi. It has a wide distribution
range east of the Mississippi
River in the mid-Atlantic and
Gulf Coast regions.
Despite its native
status, American
beautyberry is quite
at home and, in my
opinion, desirable
in the home land-
scape.
Its flowers are
rather inconspicu-
ous unless you’re
taking a really
close look. I think
the lavender-pink
flowers are quite attractive. But
what draws the most attention
is the production of bright
magenta-purple berries in tight
clusters all up and down the
arching stems of the straight
heavy berry production that it
seems like the leaves are grow-
ing out of the clusters.
You are not limited to only
purple berries. The Alba selec-
tions have white berries, and
I really like the Welch’s Pink
selection that was first found
in west Texas. These have
pastel-pink berries that bleach
It is worth noting that crape
myrtle bark scale has been
found on American beautyber-
American beautyberry is a native plant species found all across
Mississippi and much of the country east of the Mississippi River.
ries. It seems this destructive,
nonnative insect pest to our
beloved crape myrtles is using
the native beautyberry to gain
a foothold. It may also be using
other species of Callicarpa
grown in the Southeast as for-
age stock. We’ll have to keep
an eye on this development.
I’ve recently read where
Gary Bachman/MSU Extension Service
some folks are calling Amer-
ican beautyberry an invasive
species, but that is far from the
truth. It is true that it reseeds
and birds move the seed
around, but since it is native to
the Southeast, it shouldn’t be
considered invasive.
Beautyberry has a loose
and open habit. One plant can
be attractive, but a grouping of
two or three creates a full clus-
ter. The plants cross pollinate,
which helps ensure the fullest
fruit production. Beautyberry
tolerates dry soil conditions
and part shade, but full sun
provides for the healthiest
plants and best fruit presen-
tation. Be sure to maintain
consistent soil moisture.
There are a few different
species of beautyberry that
have differences in mature size
and berry arrangement. All are
generally referred to as beau-
tyberry in garden centers and
nurseries. In my opinion, what
the plants are called doesn’t
matter, so long as you have one
or two in your landscape.
Regardless of the variety,
beautyberry berries will
persist into the fall and winter
until the birds pick the branch-
es clean.
Gary Bachman is an Ex-
tension and research professor
of horticulture at the Missis-
sippi State University Coastal
Research and Extension Center
in Biloxi and hosts Southern
Gardening television and radio
programs. Contact him at south-
erngardening@msstate.edu.

How to reset retirement plans to weather a downturn

By LIZ WESTON
Make sure you’re worth of withdrawals regular rebalancing — worry that the rule might financial planner Michael
NerdWallet in safer investments to that’s done automatically. not work in extended Kitces.
properly diversified

T
he older the cur-
rent bull market
gets, the more
stories you’re likely to
read about how this is an
awful time to retire.
Yes, we’re due for a
correction that trims
20 percent or more
from stock values. That
could be a big problem
for people taking with-
drawals from investment
portfolios, since market
losses early in retirement
increase the chances of
running short of money.
The answer isn’t to
cower in fear, but to plan
for the inevitable down-
turns. Financial planners
say the following actions
can help make your mon-
ey last.
Stocks have quadru-
pled since March 9,
2009, the beginning of
the current bull market.
Meanwhile, returns on
bonds and cash remain
low. Investors who hav-
en’t regularly rebalanced
back to a target mix of
stocks, bonds and cash
probably have way too
much of their portfolios
in stocks.
The time to rebalance
is now, before markets
start bucking and mak-
ing it harder to think
rationally. The right asset
allocation depends on
your income needs and
risk tolerance, among
other factors, but many
financial planners recom-
mend having a few years’
mitigate the urge to sell
when stocks fall.
Certified financial
planner Lawrence
Heller of Melville, New
York, uses the “bucket”
strategy to avoid selling
in down markets. Heller
typically has clients keep
one to three years’ worth
of expenses in cash,
plus seven to nine years’
worth in bonds, giving
them 10 years before they
would have to sell any
stocks.
“That should be
enough time to ride out
a correction,” Heller says.
Near-retirees who use
target date funds or com-
puterized robo-advisors
to invest for retirement
don’t have to worry about
But they may want to
consider switching to a
more conservative mix if
stocks make up over half
of their portfolios.
Start smaller, or be
willing to cut back
Historically, retirees
could minimize the risk
of running out of money
by withdrawing 4 percent
of their portfolios in the
first year of retirement
and increasing the with-
drawal amount by the
inflation rate each year
after that. This approach,
pioneered by financial
planner and researcher
Bill Bengen, became
known as the “4 percent
rule.”
Some researchers
periods of low returns.
One alternative is to start
withdrawals at about 3
percent.
Another approach is
to forgo inflation ad-
justments in bad years.
Derek Tharp, a research-
er with financial planning
site Kitces.com, found
that retirees could start
at an initial 4.5 percent
withdrawal rate if they
were willing to trim their
spending by 3 percent
— which is equivalent
to the average inflation
adjustment — after years
when their portfolios lose
money.
“You don’t actually
cut your spending. You
just don’t increase it for
inflation,” says certified
Pay off debt, maximize
social security
Reducing expenses
trims the amount that
retirees must take from
their portfolios during
bad markets. That’s why
Melissa Sotudeh, a cer-
tified financial planner
in Rockville, Maryland,
recommends paying off
debt before retirement.
She also suggests
clients maximize Social
Security checks. Benefits
increase by about 7-8 per-
cent for each year people
put off starting Social Se-
curity after age 62. The
more guaranteed income
people have, the less they
may have to lean on their
portfolios.

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: I re-
cently traveled to
Germany to help
my 19-year-old daughter
settle in for her semes-
ter of study abroad. I
was in tears the entire
trip home, not because
I was sad to leave her,
but because she kept
lashing out at me for
anything from using a
cotton swab to following
proper directions exiting
the train, to asking
simple — but, in her Dear Abby
mind, ridiculous —
questions. This is not
new behavior. Her brother has also
observed her overreactive behavior
to minor things.
I treated her and her roommate
to dinners out and stocked her apart- it will allow me to express my feelings
ment with groceries,
in addition to making
significant financial con-
tributions toward her
tuition. I’m also splitting
the cost of her monthly
rent with her dad.
I feel hurt, like she
regards me as only an
ATM. She wouldn’t even
let me use her Europe-
an electrical adapter to
charge my phone before
leaving for the airport.
Should I convey how
hurt I feel and, if so,
what are your sugges-
tions? I feel if I have a
phone conversation, she will sigh, tell
me she doesn’t have time for this or
accuse me of being a killjoy. If I put it
in a letter, I’ll feel like a coward, but
without interruption or protest. —
UNAPPRECIATED IN VERMONT
DEAR UNAPPRECIATED: Frankly,
I’m surprised you weren’t crying
because you recognized your part
in creating the self-entitled monster
your daughter has become. You
should have put a stop to it when she
first started “overreacting” with rude,
insensitive and ungrateful behavior.
By all means write her a let-
ter, and when you do, tell her she
behaved shamefully, it was hurtful,
and that you will no longer tolerate it.
Be sure she understands she will not
get another penny until you receive
an apology and assurances that you
won’t be subjected to that kind of
abuse again. Continue practicing
tough love until you see real changes
in your daughter’s attitude. It’s the
only kind of language she will under-
stand.
DEAR ABBY: After 23 years
together, my wife, after spending
time with her grown children, brought
home photos of her deceased former
husband. The photos that bother me
are the ones in which they are hold-
ing hands. He was the stepfather to
her now-middle-aged children. They
had 19 years together, and he had
a daughter who became my wife’s
stepdaughter.
The stepdaughter posted on
social media that she missed her
dad. My wife expressed the same
feelings and said she thinks about
him, too. When my wife posted those
sentiments on the internet, everyone
could read it. Those pictures and
feelings bother me. Am I wrong for
being angry about this? — UPSET IN
CALIFORNIA
DEAR UPSET: It’s time to grow
up and accept that your wife was
married — I presume happily —
before her former husband’s death.
If you want a healthy marriage, stop
competing with a dead man. For her
to express solidarity with her former
stepdaughter was no reflection on
her love for or her marriage to you.
Your feelings are not all that unusual,
but you are wrong to be angry. If you
need reassurance, ask your wife for
it, and I’m sure she’ll give it to you.
Because she once loved another
man doesn’t mean she doesn’t love
you.
TO MY JEWISH READERS: At
sundown tonight, Rosh Hashana, the
Jewish New Year, begins. At this time
of solemn introspection, I would like
to wish you all “L’shana tova tikat-
evu” — may you be inscribed in the
Book of Life and have a good year.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept.
9). Your success secret this
year is simple enough: You’ll
make promises that others
find useful, and you’ll keep
them. You know your value,
and you’ll set standards
that reflect it. Your efforts to
learn new skills, develop your
talents and become a better
friend will open the way for joy
like you’ve never known. Libra
and Cancer adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 4, 3, 22,
28 and 49.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). There’s harmony in your
relationships now — a happy
but fragile condition worthy of
your protection. You intuitively
understand that good times
are too precious to take for
granted.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). You can be spontaneous
when you feel like it, but the
opportunities don’t always
arise. They will today, though,
and it will be lucky to say “yes”
to unexpected invitations.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
It’s easy to tell who the poor
listeners are. They may turn
their heads toward a speaker,
but their bodies are inclined
away, seemingly blocking the
message. Trust your instincts.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). In regard to your special
project, you’ll need just a little
more faith to accomplish a
desired result. Go forward as if
you already had the funding in
place. What happens after that
will surprise and delight you.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
You’ll be a sort of teacher
today, and you would do well to
make it a policy to grade on a
curve, holding others to stan-
dards relative to the current
situation instead of standards
of some ideal beyond the
realm.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.
22). A financial win is in
store. This has little to do with
math skills; rather, it’s your
high emotional intelligence
to credit. Your top-rate social
skills are such that people
with money want to buy into
whatever you’re selling.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Don’t worry about what to
say. If you’re fully there, you
won’t even need words. Your
presence will say everything.
A focus on being increasingly
aware of your surroundings will
bring profound knowledge.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Avoid bribing people.
Don’t pay for what should be
given to you naturally. Payment
has a way of supplanting
people’s intrinsic motivation
— and even their sense of
decency.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). You’re all about
providing real help, workable
solutions and genuine care for
those around you. You have
no interest in getting people
to buy into what they don’t
need. Herein lies the secret to
today’s success.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Those overly concerned
with their correctness will miss
the point that you understand
perfectly. Some things are
never going to be all that
great, but you still grow from
the experience of dealing with
them.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Even though you’re smart
to assess what’s in it for you
or what’s in it for others, don’t
assume you’ll figure it out.
Some things are just worth it,
even if nobody really knows
why.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Sacred things have a
different resonance but are no
better or worse than regular
things. So while you honor sa-
cred things, you love ordinary
things, too, seeing them as
worthy of your attention and
care.

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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
CALVARY ASSEMBLY OF GOD — Lehmberg Rd. and
Bennett Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eric Crews, Pastor.
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 2201 Military Road. Christian
Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Nursery Church
(2-3 yrs.) Super Church (children)10:30 a.m. Worship 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Nursery provided for all services. Jody
Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-6374
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope Road.
Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., Jack
Medley, Pastor. 662-664-0852
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N. Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 5 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch McWilliams, Pastor.
662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707 Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-
328-0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff
Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road. Sunday
School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
LLC
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771 Hwy.
12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Kids for Christ 5 p.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children,
and Youth classes 7 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-0541.
Brad Creely, Minister of Music and Youth, 662-312-8749. www.
borderspringsbaptistchurch.com
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe Road,
Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Bible Study 4 p.m., Worship 5
p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Bob Burch, Pastor.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle Dr. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir rehearsals
and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday
6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim Pastor. 662-328-6741
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW, Vernon,
Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
(6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Wil
Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg Rd. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Service and Children’s Church 10:30 a.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul Shaw, Pastor. 662-
327-3771
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday School 8:15
a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Jimmy
Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490 Yorkville Rd. East
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes 6:30 p.m. Matt
Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music Director. 662-
327-5306
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844 Old West Point
Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Greg Upperman, Pastor.
662-323-6351 or visit www.cornerstonestarkville.com
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy. 50 W. (Hwy. 50
and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by Discipleship Training, Mission
Friends and GAs 5 p.m., Sanctuary Choir 6:30 p.m., Wednesday
Prayer Meeting, Youth Worship, Preschool & Children’s Choirs
6:30 p.m. Bryon Benson, Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben Christopher Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Licensed
& Insured
Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924
FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621 Mike Parra
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev. Michael
Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave. N.
Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m. (Worship
televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus Cable Channel
7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday 5 p.m. Worship
at 3000 Bluecutt Road, Midweek Prayer Service Wednesday
6:00 p.m. located downtown. Dr. Shawn Parker, Pastor. 662-
245-0540 columbusfbc.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40 Odom Rd.,
Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or 662-328-3183
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline Rd. Sunday School
9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Charles
Whitney, Pastor.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912 11th Ave. S.
Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy Burns. 662-328-1096
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 278 East
between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m. Rev. John Walden,
Pastor. 662-356-4445
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — Caledonia.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., AWANA 4:45-
6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship 5 p.m., Choir
Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics Children’s Ministry
an Cross Training Youth Wednesday 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding, Pastor.
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner Street,
Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.;
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Pastor Larry W. Yarber,
or email ynyministry@yahoo.com, 662-769-4774
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jimmy Ray,
Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Prayer
Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver Clark, Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628 East Tibbee
Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 a.m., 1st, 3rd
and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake Lowndes
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor.
662-328-2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. Sunday
Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups for
all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 9297 Hwy. 69 S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway 50 E.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd. Sunday
Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin Edge,
Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe Rd., 3 miles
south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday Evening - AWANA 4 p.m.,
Discipleship Training, Youth & Adult 5 p.m., Evening Worship
6 p.m., Wednesday - Adults, Youth & Children 6:30 p.m. 662-
356-4940 www.newsalembaptistcaledonia.com Bro. Mel
Howton, Pastor.
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave. and
Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, Pastor.
Telephone: 662-327-1467
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PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor High
Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor. 662-272-8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd. Sunday
Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bill Hurt, Pastor.
662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth Rd. Sunday
Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Randy Rigdon,
Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852 Hwy. 12 E.,
Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 12859 Martin
Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible
Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-
329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST CHURCH — 4307
Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Pastor. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-
327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 blocks east of
Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15
a.m. Steven James, Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104 Louisville St.,
Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St. Luke Lutheran
Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bert
Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH — Victory Loop off
of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 6 p.m., AWANA
Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Shelby Hazzard,
Senior Pastor. Brad Wright, Director of Student Ministries.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1118 7th
St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday
7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m. Rev. Brian Hood,
Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nathaniel Best,
Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy. 373. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130
SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957 Sunset Drive,
Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference Room, Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pastor John
Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1853 Anderson Grove
Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship 11:00
a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. David O. Williams,
Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Kenny
Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd &
3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30 a.m.,
2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev. Willie
James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, Activity
Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd, 4th & 5th
Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-744-0561
BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School 9:30
a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess Lyons Road.
Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship
10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert Bowers, Pastor.
662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr. Worship
Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-434-6528
CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH —
14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739, Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Bobby
Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U. Program
every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7:00 p.m.,
Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand Road. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class Tuesday 6 p.m.
Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076.
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7
p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or 662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 a.m.
Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert Church
Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd. Sunday School
8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry Johnson, Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E., Caledonia.
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr., Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St. Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East North
St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1207 5th Ave.
N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Baptist Training
Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Tony A.
Montgomery, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION M.B. CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979
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MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot #4. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Erick
Logan, Pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville Ferry Rd.
E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every Sunday except
5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells, Pastor.
MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport, Ala.
Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Pastor Benny
W. Henry. 205-662-3923
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Thomas
E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week except 5th
Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th Sunday, 5th
Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A. Gardner, Pastor.
662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New Hope
Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand Rd. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor
Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224
OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor Thurston Rd.
Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., 5th Sunday 8
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m. Pastor Therman
Cunningham Sr., 662-328-5546
OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road, Crawford.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible
study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 1st and 2nd
Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus Rehearsal - Wed. before 3rd Sun.
6 p.m., Junior Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th Sun. 6 p.m.
Rev. Sammy L. White, Pastor.
PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH — 9203 Hwy.
389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15
a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible Study 7 p.m. Pastor
George A. Sanders. 456-0024
PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. A.
Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev.
Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213 Island Rd. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev.
David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH — 4898 Baldwin
Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry Rd. E.
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave. N. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 7
p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-2344
SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S. (1st & 3rd
Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., (1st
& 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin, Pastor. 662-327-9843
STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 514 20th St. N. Sunday
School 9:15 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. & 11 a.m. B.T.U. 5 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Joe Peoples, Pastor.
St. James MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6:15
p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
St. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd., Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Joe
Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Mays,
Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St. Disciple
Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00 a.m. Rev.
John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 325
Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver Rd. (Hwy. 69
S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive, Macon.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m.
UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150 Spurlock Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH — 8086 Hwy. 12.
East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Retherford, Pastor.
THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s
Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
James A. Boyd, Pastor.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Washington
St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday 10:30 a.m. and 2
p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-4937
HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Flower
Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy. 45.
Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-2305
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland Road,
Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday School 9:00
a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6 p.m. 662-
738-5006.
SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton. Sunday 10:30 a.m.
& 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder Joseph Mettles, Pastor.
662-369-2532
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew Rd.,
Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-5939 or
anglicancatholic.org
CATHOLIC
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808 College St.
Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m., Tuesday 5:30
p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation Catholic
School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey Waldrep,
Priest.
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CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary. Jerry Mitchell,
Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave. N. and 8th St.
N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main St., Caledonia.
Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday Worship
9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah Johnson 662-574-0426 or
E-mail: jtychicus00@gmail.com
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd. Sunday Bible class
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Richard
Latham, Minister. 662-328-4705
CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th St. S. Morning
Worship (3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Morning Worship 11:30 a.m., Wednesday Night Bible Study 7
p.m. 662-327-6060 Bishop Timothy L. Heard, Pastor.
COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401 7th St. N. Sunday
Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Sunday Bible
Study 5 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Lendy Bartlett, Minister of
Community Outreach; Paul Bennett, Family Life Minister; Billy
Ferguson, Minister of Discipleship.
EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Highway 182 E. at
Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m., Bible Study 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. http://eastcolumbuschurch.com
HWY. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday Bible
Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. www.highway69coc.com
LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903 Lone Oak Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess Lyons Rd. Bible
Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Minister David May, Pastor. 662-769-5514.
NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST — 900 North
Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m., Bro. Arthur Burnett, Minister,
662-304-6098. Email: nhill crestcoc@gmail.com
STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens Vernon Rd. 9:15 a.m.
Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Larry Montgomery, Minister.
10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828 10th Ave. N.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Bible Class 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Willie McCord, Minister.
WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST — Woodlawn Community.
Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday
7:30 p.m. Willis Logan, Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
CHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS’ NAME — Hwy. 12. Sunday 10
a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. David Sipes, Pastor.
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840 Wolfe Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570
LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave. S. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6 p.m. Brenda
Othell Sullivan, Pastor.
NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103 Jess Lyons
Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts, Pastor.
YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville Rd., Sunday
Connect Groups 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Worship 7 p.m.; Nursery available for all services (newborn-4).
Scott Volland, Pastor. 662-328-1256 or www.yorkvilleheights.
com
ZION ASSEMBLY CHURCH OF GOD — 5580 Ridge Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Byron Harris, Pastor.
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
426 Military Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Monday
Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m., Tuesday and
Thursday Prayer Noon. Tommy Williams, Pastor.
FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 917 15th
St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor.
GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor.
MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 5429
Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 8:30 a.m.,
Worship 9:30 a.m., 4th Sunday Fellowship Lunch, Youth Sunday
4th Sunday, Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Elder Robert L.
Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-327-4221. Email: mr.endure@aol.com
NOW FAITH CENTER MINISTRIES — 425 Military Road,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday Night
Bible Study 7 p.m. Elder Samuel Wilson, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer Ave.,
Aberdeen. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible School 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th Thursday
Evangelist Night 6 p.m. Johnnie Bradford, Pastor. 662-574-2847.
PETER’S ROCK TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
223 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Starkville. Sunday Worship
7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Sunday School 9 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 7 p.m.
VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Minnie
Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 12 p.m., Tuesday 7
p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor. 662-243-2064
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE
CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic Reconciliation
4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Catholic Priest Father Paul Stewart.
Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45
a.m. Wing Chaplain Lt. Col. Steven Richardson. 662-434-2500
EPISCOPAL
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 321 Forrest Blvd.
Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest. 662-574-1972
GOOD SHEPHERD NORTH — Hwy. 45 North and Hwy. 373
(Sharing space with Faith Lutheran Church) Sunday evening
worship 6:30 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest. 662-574-1972
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College St. Sunday 8
a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Rev. Anne Harris.
662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com.
FULL GOSPEL
BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Jack
Taylor, Pastor.
BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 8490
Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday Service 8:30 a.m., Tuesday
Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy Bourne, Senior Pastor.
CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 1524 6th Ave.
S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor.
CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:40 a.m., Worship
11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer Hour Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.,
Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership Class 9:30 p.m., 5th Sunday
Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-5355
COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W. Yorkville Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Evening 6:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
Fairview Full Gospel BAPTIST CHURCH — 1446 Wilson
Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter 662-328-2793
GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship
10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7 p.m. Doran V.
Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905
GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL GOSPEL
FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Jerome Gill, Pastor. 662-
244-7088
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday Service
10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson, Pastor. 662-
329-2820
NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-327-3962
NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 426 Military
Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10a.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor.
PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old Macon Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m.,
Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson, Pastor.
SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 120 19th St. S.
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Missionary Service every 2nd Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie
Edwards, Pastor.
JEWISH
B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-monthly.
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Universalist
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple B’nai Israel,
1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday. 662-620-7344
or uua.org
LUTHERAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) — Hwy.
45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible Class 3:45 p.m., Worship 5
p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.) — 1211 18th
Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m. Stan Clark,
Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org
MENNONITE
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m.,
2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Kevin
Yoder, Senior Pastor.
METHODIST
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50 Church Street,
Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Gene Merkl,
Pastor.
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 811 Main
Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Charity Gordon, Pastor.
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville Ferry Rd. E.
2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3 p.m., Geneva H.
Thomas, Pastor.
CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH — 1235
Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Robert
L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 618 31st Ave.
N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Eugene Bramlett,
Pastor.
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Main St.,
Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10 a.m. Kathy
Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848
CROSSROAD CHAPEL C.M.E. CHURCH — Steens. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Carl
Swanigan, Pastor.
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417 Lehmberg Rd.
Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning worship at 11 a.m.
Minister Gary Shelton.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602 Main St. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m., Vespers & Communion
5 p.m. Rev. Jimmy Criddle, Pastor. Rev. Trey Skaggs, Associate
Pastor. 328-5252
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 80 Old Honnoll
Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Sunday
School 10:30 a.m. Charity Gordon, Pastor.
GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St. S. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael Terry, Pastor.
662-328-1109
HEBRON C.M.E. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road, Steens.
Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class each
Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor.
MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Hwy.
12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45, Service 11 a.m.. Meet on 2nd
and 4th Sundays. Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra
Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-4263
NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road East,
Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship service first,
third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia Naylor, Pastor. 662-328-
5309
NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 2503 New
Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah Windham, Pastor.
662-329-3555
ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Saturday
9 a.m.
PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 102
Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m., Sunday
School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Andy Tentoni.
SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th St. N. Sunday
School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45 a.m. Rev. Dr.
Luther Minor, Pastor.
SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional Worship Service 9 a.m.,
Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 722 Military Rd.
Breakfast 9:20 a.m., Sunday School 9:40 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m., Adult/Children Bible Study
Wednesday 6 p.m., Young Adult Bible Study Thursday 7 p.m.
Rev. Paul E. Luckett, Pastor.
ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH — Freeman
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Services 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Youth activities 5 p.m. John Powell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 307 South Cedar
Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. ,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Demetric Darden, Pastor.
ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 800
Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Ron McDougald, Pastor.
TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Rt. 2, 6015
Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rickey C. Green,
Pastor. 205-662-3443
TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastor Lizzie Harris.
662-329-3995
TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5 p.m. Yvonne
Fox, Pastor.
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday 5:15 p.m.,
Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah
Windham.
WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45
Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m.,
Tuesday 6 p.m. Kori Bridges, Pastor. 662-422-9013.
MORMON
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS —
2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m., Sunday School
10 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 11 a.m., Youth Activities
Wednesday 6 p.m. Bishop Eric Smith. 662-328-3179.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor.
NON — DENOMINATIONAL
A PREPARED TABLE MINISTRY — 1201 College St. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Timothy
J. Bailey, Pastor. 662-889-7778
ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S. Frontage
Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig Morris, Pastor.
ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, INC.
— 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:45 p.m.,
Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m. Pastor James T. Verdell, Jr.
crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11 a.m., & 7 p.m. on Fridays only.
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S. McCrary
Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor. 662-328-3328
CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109 Maxwell
Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday
Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Band 7 p.m. Grover C. Richards,
Pastor. 662-328-8124
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98 Harrison Rd.,
Steens. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., 1st Sunday Evening 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba) Dees, Pastor. 662-327-4303
DAYSTAR FAMILY CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd.,
Sunday Worship 10 a.m., DFC Baby Church 6 weeks-2 yr. old,
AMP Jr. 3&4 yr. old, AMP Sr. 5-12 yr. old. Wednesday Worship 6
p.m. Pastor Jim Ballew.
EL BETHEL — 3288 Cal-Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Wes Andrews,
Pastor. 662-855-5006
EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH — 1608 Gardner
Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. J.
Brown, Pastor.
FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr. Sunday
Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-889-8132
FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST MINISTRIES —
1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning Worship 9 a.m. Pastor Kenyon
Ashford.
FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN
CENTER — 247 South Oliver St., Brooksville. Prayer Saturday
5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m. Pastor David T. Jones,III. 601-345-5740
FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Maxine Hall, Pastor.
GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
The McBryde Family
1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
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Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Darren Leach, Pastor.
HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742 Old West Point
Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Donnell
Wicks, Pastor.
HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday School,
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 a.m.,
Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen.
JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE APOSTOLIC FAITH
CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m.; Service
11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon.,
Wed. and Fri. noon. For more information call Bishop Ray
Charles Jones 662-251-1118, Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or
662-904-0290 or Lynette Williams 662-327-9074.
KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH — 3193 Hwy
69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-327-1960
LIFE CHURCH — 419 Wilkins Wise Rd. Sunday Worship 10
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information, call 662-570-4171
LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr. Martin Luther
King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Pastor Apostle
Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH MINISTRIES
SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
— Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every 1st and 3rd Sunday) Since 1960
Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-9843 or 662-497-3434. 24 Hour Towing
NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson. Worship
Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor.
1024 Gardner Blvd.
NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441 18th St. S. 328-8277
Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.
PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP — 2651 Trinity
Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Every 2nd and Support Our Community Churches
4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097
by advertising here.
THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 p.m. Call Cynthia, Mary Jane,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Brittney, or Beth
THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY CHURCH —
312 N. Lehmberg Rd., Sunday Prayer Time 9:50 a.m., Sunday
to schedule your ad.
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Thursday Bible Study 6 p.m., 328-2424
Annie Hines, Planter and Pastor. 662-570-1856
TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St., Starkville.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m. Rev.
Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella, Pastors. 662-617-4088
TRUE GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY — 2119 7th. Ave.
N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie Edwards, Pastors.
TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St., Caledonia.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor.
TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER MINISTRIES — 5450
Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Francisco Brock, Sr.
662-356-8252
UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRIES —
1701 22nd Street North, Columbus. Sunday Worship 8:30 a.m.
-10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.-7 p.m. Rone F. Burgin,
Sr., Pastor/Founder. 662-328-0948
VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday 9 a.m., 10:15
a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Grove Coffee Cafe 8 a.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. The Grove 6:30 p.m. Nursery provided through age 3.
Jason Delgado, Pastor. 662-329-2279
WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN CENTER — 2648
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Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis, Pastor. 662-230-3182 or
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ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX MISSION — 725 4th Ave. N.
Visit www.stcatherineorthodox.com for schedule of services and
to schedule your ad.
updates on this Mission.
PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH MINISTRIES —
118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women Meeting Friday 7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder Robert
L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922 17th St. N.
Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. Terry
Outlaw, Pastor,
VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 548 Hwy. 45 North Frontage
Rd. (1/4 mile past the CAFB entrance on the right) Sunday Bible
Class 10:15 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6
p.m. G. E. Wiggins, Sr., Pastor. 662-251-2432
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North McCrary
Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny L. Obsorne,
Pastor.
DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601 14th Ave.
N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m., Tuesday Bible
Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF LOVE — 1210
17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human Resources. Sunday
School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. Gloria Jones, Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267 Byrnes
Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11
a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH — 1504 19th
St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.,
Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106 22nd St.
S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible
Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District Elder Lou J. Nabors
Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Billy Kidd
Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.
and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m. Ernest Thomas,
Pastor.
VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6 Boyd Rd.,
Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon, Tuesday
Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Mildred Spencer,
Pastor. 662-341-5753
UNITED PENTECOSTAL
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 5850
Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia. Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, Pastor. 662-356-0202
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-1750
PRESBYTERIAN
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
— 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. Rev. Tim Lee,
Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church School 11:15 a.m.,
Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 Call 328-2424 Today!
TRINITY PLACE
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) — 515
Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 p.m. John
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
Richards, Pastor.
FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 2698
Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Offering independent living apartments, personal
Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Bible Study 5 p.m.; Monthly care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Tue. 4 p.m.), Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: Exercise Class Tuesday and Thursday
8 a.m. Rev. Luke Lawson, Pastor. 662-328-2692 “Our Bottom Line Is People”
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt Rd.
Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 5 p.m., Adult Choir Hunting • Fishing
Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd Wednesdays 6 Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
p.m. Rev. Dr. Tom Bryson, Minister. Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) — Main and Oktibbeha County Co-Op
7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday Fellowship Supper 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 Check Out Our Boot & Cap Section
p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha, Pastor. 662-323-1742
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3044 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy. 82 East.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m., Wednesday
Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30 p.m., Thursday
Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m., Majors Alan and Sheryl
Phillips, Commanding Officers.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH —
301 Brooks Dr. Saturday 9:30 a.m., Bible Study 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Jon Holland, Pastor. 662-
329-4311
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th St. N.
Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-327-9729
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES APOSTOLIC
CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 10:30 a.m.,
Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer
Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
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HILL'S PRESSURE
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RETAINER WALL, drive-
way, foundation, con-
crete, masonry restora-
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ment foundation, re-
pairs, small dump truck
hauling (5-6 yd) load &
demolition/lot cleaning.
Burr Masonry
662-242-0259.
STORAGE UNITS FOR
RENT @ 1801 Main St.
10x10-$45
10x15-$55
10x20-$65
662-434-5555
WORK WANTED:
Licensed & Bonded-car-
pentry, painting, & de-
molition. Landscaping,
gutters cleaned, bush
hogging, clean-up work,
pressure washing, mov-
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repair. 662-242-3608
Housekeeping 1380
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HUDSON CLEANING
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662-251-0351. IENCED HEAVY EQUIP-
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MENT OPERATORS
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General Help Wanted 3200
JESSE & BEVERLY'S
LAWN SERVICE. Mow-
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ing, sodding, & tree cut-
ting. 356-6525.
TERRA CARE
Landscaping L.L.C.
Phone: 662-549-1878
Landscaping, Property
Clean Up, Plant Care,
Bush Hogging,
Herbicide Spraying
Painting & Papering 1620
CLIFF'S PAINTING. Cliff
Baswell. Free estim-
ates. Interior/Exterior
work. 30 years experi-
ence. Many references.
662-327-9079.
662-386-0006.
General Help Wanted 3200
SULLIVAN'S PAINT
SERVICE
Certified in lead
Building & Remodeling 1120 Building & Remodeling 1120
removal. Offering spe-
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Building, remodeling, exterior painting, pres-
REMODELING. Roofing sure washing & sheet
metal roofing, painting
(Shingles or Metal) & rock repairs.
& all home repairs.
Roof Repairs, Pressure Free Estimates
662-242-3471
Washing, Carpentry & Call 435-6528
Handyman Work. Veter-
Tom Hatcher, LLC
an & Senior Discounts!
Custom Construction, Stump Removal 1790
Call 662-397-0800, for
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STRUCTION WORK Licensed & Bonded
WANTED. Carpentry,
small concrete jobs, General Services 1360
electrical, plumbing,
roof repairs, pressure DUMP TRUCK Hauling
washing and mobile Slag, Gravel, Clay Dirt, ALLSTUMP GRINDING
home roof coating and Grating Driveways & SERVICE
underpinning. No job Trailer Parks. 5 yard In- GET 'ER DONE!
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INDEX
0 Legals 1780 Sitting with Elderly/Sick 4000 Merchandise 5000 Pets & Livestock 8000 Real Estate
1790 Stump Removal 4030 Air Conditioners 5100 Free Pets 8050 Commercial Property
1000 Service 1800 Swimming Pools 4060 Antiques 5150 Pets 8100 Farms & Timberland
1030 Air Conditioning & Heating
1830 Tax Service 4090 Appliances 5200 Horses/Cattle/Livestock 8150 Houses - Northside
1060 Appliance Repair 1860 Tree Service
4120 Auctions 5250 Pet Boarding/Grooming 8200 Houses - East
1070 Asphalt & Paving 1890 Upholstery
4150 Baby Articles 5300 Supplies/Accessories 8250 Houses - New Hope
1090 Automotive Services 1910 Welding
4180 Bargain Column 5350 Veterinarians 8300 Houses - South
1120 Building & Remodeling
2000 Announcements 4210 Bicycles 5400 Wanted To Buy 8350 Houses - West
1150 Carpeting/Flooring
4240 Building Materials 8450 Houses - Caledonia
1180 Childcare 2050 Card of Thanks
4250 Burial Plots
6000 Financial 8500 Houses - Other
1210 Chimney Cleaning 2100 Fraternal & Lodge 6050 Business Opportunity
2150 Good Things To Eat 4270 Business Furniture & 8520 Hunting Land
1240 Contractors 6100 Business Opportunity Wanted
2200 In Memorial Equipment 8550 Investment Property
1250 Computer Services 6120 Check Cashing
1270 Electrical
1300 Excavating
2250 Instruction & School
2300 Lost & Found
4300 Camera Equipment
4330 Clothing
6150 Insurance
6200 Loans
8600 Lots & Acreage
8650 Mobile Homes
4360 Coins & Jewelry 8700 Mobile Home Spaces
1320 Fitness Training 2350 Personals
4390 Computer Equipment
6250 Mortgages
8750 Resort Property
1330 Furniture Repair & Refinishing 2400 Special Notices
4420 Farm Equipment & Supplies
6300 Stocks & Bonds
8800 River Property
1360 General Services 2600 Travel/Entertainment 6350 Business for Sale
4450 Firewood 8850 Wanted to Buy
1380 Housecleaning 3000 Employment
1390 Insulation
4460 Flea Markets 7000 Rentals 8900 Waterfront Property
3050 Clerical & Office 4480 Furniture 7050 Apartments
1400 Insurance 3100 Data Processing/ Computer 4510 Garage Sales 7100 Commercial Property
9000 Transportation
1410 Interior Decorators 9050 Auto Accessories/Parts
1440 Jewelry/Watch Repair
1470 Lawn Care/Landscaping
3150 Domestic Help
3170 Engineering
4540 General Merchandise
4570 Household Goods
7150 Houses
7180 Hunting Land
9100 Auto Rentals & Leasing
9150 Autos for Sale
3200 General Help Wanted 4630 Lawn & Garden 7190 Land for Rent/Lease
1500 Locksmiths 9200 Aviation
1530 Machinery Repair
3250 Management Positions 4660 Merchandise Rentals 7200 Mobile Homes
9250 Boats & Marine
3300 Medical/Dental 4690 Musical Instruments 7250 Mobile Home Spaces
1560 Mobile Home Services 3350 Opportunity Information 9300 Camper/R.V.’s
4700 Satellites 7300 Office Spaces
1590 Moving & Storage
1620 Painting & Papering
3400 Part-Time
3450 Positions Wanted
4720 Sporting Goods
4750 Stereos & TV’s
7350 Resort Rentals
7400 River Property
9350 Golf Carts
9400 Motorcycles/ATVs
1650 Pest Control
1680 Plumbing
3500 Professional
3550 Restaurant/Hotel
4780 Wanted To Buy 7450 Rooms
7500 Storage & Garages
9450 Trailers/Heavy Equipment
9500 Trucks, Vans & Buses
1710 Printing 3600 Sales/Marketing 9550 Wanted to Buy
1740 Roofing & Guttering 3650Trades
7520 Vacation Rentals
7550 Wanted to Rent
1770 Saws & Lawn Mowers 3700Truck Driving 7600 Waterfront Property
General Help Wanted 3200 General Help Wanted 3200 Antiques 4060 Apts For Rent: West 7050 Commercial Property For
Rent 7100
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12 hour shifts with 3 must have an eye for 60hp, 486hrs. Call 662- 1 & 2 BR Apts for Rent.
struction company in 356-4700. house for rent. Big yard.
days off one week and detail & quality. Flexible Military & 6th Ave N. Carport. W/D hookup.
Columbus. Responsib- 4 days off the next! HS
ilities include working Diploma or GED re- hours are a must. Email CH&A and Owner pays Nice neighborhood.
resume to Furniture 4480 water. $350 per month, $780 per month. 155 W
with General Contract- quired. Previous mental
mfloyd@cdispatch.com deposit required. Thomas Dr. 3 min from
ors & Subcontractors, health experience pre- LANE COUCH. Like new, 662-352-4776.
performing take offs, or drop resumes off at CAFB. 504-813-1200.
ferred. Monitor and as- 516 Main St, 3yo. From smoke free,
preparation of bids, sists patients at the
Columbus, MS 39701. pet free environment.
job management of CSU. Participates as a Gave $700, Asking
field employees, No phone calls please. HISTORIC DOWNTOWN
team member to $300. Call after 5pm, 3BR/2.5BA, charming
scheduling, procuring provide a nurturing and Columbus apt available.
WAREHOUSE POSITION, 662-244-0081. 2BR/2BA. Call 662- Antebellum home w/
materials & timeline consistent therapeutic FULL TIME. Driver with
management of 328-8655 or 662-574- huge bedrooms. W&D
treatment environment. Class D License. Heavy General Merchandise 4600 incl. Large eat-in kit-
projects. Require- HS Diploma or GED re- 7879.
Lifting Required. chen, big deck w/
ments include com- quired. Previous mental Apply in person at
puter skills, strong health experience pre- 2016 GRAVELY Resid- fenced back yard, se-
Bell Building Supply, cure covered parking.
communication, fol- ferred. ential Zero Turn Mower. DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA,
402 Lampkin Street Still under warranty. CH&A, 1 story, W/D, $1200/mo + dep.
low-through, & people in Starkville.
skills. Must be ex- Applications/Resumes $2250. 662-425-0601. historic district, 1 block 662-251-9908.
Ask for Foley or Wes.
tremely reliable, must be submitted from downtown, $575/
timely, organized, & through CCS’ Job Portal. THE DISPATCH BASKETBALL GOAL, mo. + $575 dep. NO
detail oriented with The link can be ac- is looking for an new, fully assembled. PETS. 662-574-8789.
Peaceful & Quiet area. 3BR/3BA w/ MOTHER-
positive attitude & cessed at ADVERTISING SALES Portable. $185. Call IN-LAW APT w/ sep en-
character. Back- www.ccsms.org and REPRESENTATIVE. 662-328-7313. trance. CH&A, lg. family
ground in construc- click on the Employ- The ideal candidate is a rm. w/ f. pl, DR, LR w/
tion supervision pre- ment Tab. CCS is an motivated self-starter Sporting Goods 4720 FIRST FULL MONTH
Equal Opportunity Em- f. pl., W & D, fridge/
ferred but not re- with excellent commu- RENT FREE! 1 & 2 Bed- freezer/ icemaker,
quired. Salaried posi- ployer. nication and organiza- ED SANDERS Gunsmith room Apts/Townhomes. bkfast rm, lndry rm,
tion with benefits & tional skills, a strong Open for season! 9-5, Stove & refrigerator. scrd. porch, workroom,
vehicle furnished. work ethic and the abil- Tues-Fri & 9-12, Sat. $335-$600 Monthly. fenced patio, off street
Credit check & deposit.
Email resume to ity to relate to a wide Over 50 years experi- parking. M-I-L Apt incl.
job101@ range of people. Sales ence! Repairs, cleaning, Coleman Realty, kit, kitchenette, BR &
cdispatch.com experience is preferred, refinishing, scopes 662-329-2323. bath. 323 13th St N.
COLUMBUS LAW firm
but not required. Full- mounted & zeroed, $1250/mo., Dep. Req.
search of a legal secret- time position includes handmade knives. Ref/app. req. No HUD.
ary/paralegal with 5 yrs
office experience pre-
insurance benefits,
competitive pay, paid
personal leave and op-
Located: Hwy 45 Alt,
North of West Point,
turn right on Yokahama
COLEMAN 662-386-7506.
ferred with references. RENTALS
Please send resume to: portunity for advance- Blvd, 8mi & turn left on TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
ment. Come join our Darracott Rd, will see SHERWOOD FOREST,
P.O. Drawer 1426, creative, award-winning sign, 2.5mi ahead shop 1 BEDROOM 3BR/2BA, 2,000sqft at
staff. Hand deliver re- on left. 662-494-6218. 50 King Edward Dr. New
sume to Beth Proffitt at 2 BEDROOMS range & fridge. W/D in-
marketstreetlaw.com 516 Main Street, Pets 5150 3 BEDROOMS cl. Fenced yard.
Columbus or email to $1150/mo + dep.
bproffitt@cdispatch.com ADORABLE LAB pup- 662-242-4923.
LEASE,
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pies, 3 mos old. $25
Truck Driving 3700 covers worming & DEPOSIT
booster shot. Call or Houses For Rent: East 7120
CLASS A CDL Driver text 662-435-2069. AND
with Truck & Lowboy 3BR/1BA Close to by-
Trailer experience to CREDIT CHECK pass. Stove, refrigerat-
load, haul, & unload F1B DOUBLE DOODLE or, dishwasher, w/d
Puppies- M & F. 1st
heavy construction
equipment. Overnight shots & vaccinations. 662-329-2323 hookup, CH/A, double
carport, fenced back-
travel required. Only P/U available 9/14/18. yard, large outside
qualified applicants with For pricing call/text shop. $695/mo. $695
clean MVR, current 601-590-1982. 2411 HWY 45 N dep. 1-year lease. Cred-
medical examiner’s cer- COLUMBUS, MS it check. Coleman Re-
tificate and no acci- 3 YORKIE male puppies. alty. 662-329-2323.
dents need apply. Fax CKC registered with
resume to 662-492- health records. Nine Apts For Rent: Other 7080
4490 or email to weeks old. Call or text
jm.sitemasters 662-256-0951.
@yahoo.com
DRIVERS NEEDED - Apts For Rent: Northside 7010
Poole Trucking is a
great place to build a FOX RUN COMPANY LLC
career! Seeking hard- 1 & 2 BR near hospital.
working, dedicated & $550-600/mo. Military
self-motivated drivers to discount offered, pet
area, pet friendly, and
join our trucking family.
*2yrs exp. needed furnished corporate
*Flatbed training avail. apartments available.
ON SITE SECURITY. ON
*Safety & Compliance a
MUST SITE MAINTENANCE. ON
SITE MANAGEMENT. 24-
*Maintaining service
HOUR CAMERA SUR-
hours on-time
VEILLANCE. Benji @
*Equiptment care &
662-386-4446
securing loads
Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm.
to DOT standards
Sat/Sun by appt only.
*Lease options after
1 year
Contact Brad at 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart-
662-386-8517 or ments & townhouses.
pooletrucking@ Call for more info.
gmail.com 662-328-8254.
Estate Sales 4490
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Houses For Rent: Other 7180 Mobile Homes for Rent 7250 Lots & Acreage 8600

BUY, SELL, and DISCOVER

3 BEDROOM 1.5 Bath-
room Country home
for rent $625/month.
Great for settling into
retirement. View by
appointment only.
Call (303)549-8359.
RENT A fully equipped
camper w/utilities &
cable from $145/wk -
$535/month. Colum-
bus & County School
locations. 662-242-
7653 or 601-940-1397.
Office Spaces For Rent 7300
GREAT, CONVENIENT
location! Office space
for lease at 822 2nd
Ave. N. 662-574-3970.

Commercial Property 8050

NICE HOUSE W/ POOL.
3BR/2.5BA, LOTS OF RETAIL SPACE located
CLOSETS, GAS FIRE- in Historic Downtown
PLACE, LARGE DEN, Columbus. 3,000 sq. ft.
SUN ROOM W/ SUNKEN Call 662-574-7879 or
SPA, IN-GROUND POOL. 662-328-8655.
$1200 A MONTH, DE-
POSIT REQUIRED. Houses For Sale: Northside
BLACK CREEK RD.
662-386-7530 8150
2622 CANTERBURY
Mobile Homes for Rent 7250
Road. Close to hospital
in well-established
2BR FURNISHED. All
utilities included. 2
neighborhood, 3 bed-
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Call 662-275-0666.
workshop overlooking Sudoku
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will love the quiet, safe only once. The difficulty
neighborhood, conveni- Houses For Sale: East 8200
only once. The difficulty 5 4 9 3 2 6 1 7 8
ent to everything. Call level increases from
Pam, 601-310-3528.
3BR/2BA. 2000 sq. ft.
Wired shop, screened in
level increases from
Monday to Sunday. 3 6 8 5 1 7 9 2 4
sunroom, 2-car garage, Monday to Sunday. Difficulty Level 9/07

new patio cover, fenced

FOR RENT: Very nice in backyard. Nice neigh- Houses For Sale: Other 8500
2BR/2BA, just off Milit- borhood. $149,000.
ary & Black Creek Rd. 662-251-4403. 4BR/3BA, 3,514 sqft
Quiet, respectable trail- home on 3 acres on
er park. 662-24-6439 or Fernbank Rd, 3.5 miles
662-570-3340. Houses For Sale: Caledonia across the State Line in
8450 AL. Tons of storage
space, large L-shaped
LOTS FOR Rent in New 3BR/2BA, brick, Ch&A, front porch, bonus
Hope Mobile Home fireplace, laminate hard- room, sunroom/office,
Park. $160-$200/mo, wood, new kit & bath, gas log fireplace, cus-
will prepare site. Hurry, ceramic tile, screened tom blinds, large de-
only 3 lots available! in porch, quiet street. tached garage w/ solid
Pam, 601-310-3528. $129,900. Call 662- oak cabinets. Master
386-7694. closet is a safe room.
Asking $252,000,
NICE 3/2 DBL/MH 3BR/2BA, Caledonia Serious Inquiries Only!
Columbus Schools. School Dist, completely Call 205-662-3633.
$600 rent/$600 dep. updated, fenced back
Hwy. 373. Call 601- yard, 1.6ac, w/ 1BR
940-1397 or 662-308- apt. Affordable price. Investment Property 8550
7781. Call 662-574-0082. INVESTORS OPPORTUN-
ITY: 10 unit apartment
Houses For Sale: Other 8500 complex, leases at
$350 per month per
APARTMENTS & TOWNHOUSES unit. Corner of Military &
6th Ave. N. $199k.
HOUSES (OVER 200 MANAGED) Call 662-352-4776.
DOWNTOWN LOFTS
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY Lots & Acreage 8600
200 ACRES timberland
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662-361-7711

Houses For Sale: Other 8500

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Lots & Acreage 8600

in the CLASSIFIED AD SECTION!

WOODED: 6.4 Acres in

Oktibbeha Co, small
lake, turn left on Nich-
ols Rd, $49,900.
662-312-5184.

Mobile Homes for Sale 8650

16X88 SINGLEWIDE.
That's right, 88 feet ACROSS
long! Huge living room & 1 Trick
kitchen. Must see!
Only $58,900. 5 Fight memento
662-570-1375 9 Jail units
10 Hang in the air
5BR/3BA. Central AC 12 Church areas
and skirting. Delivery,
set up & tie down in- 13 Spiny plant
cluded. Only $79,900. 14 Sentiment for an
662-570-1375.
ailing friend
16 Men’s store buy
ASSUME PAYMENTS.
Singlewides & 17 Compass dir.
Doublewides available. 18 Court do-over
662-328-2424

Small transfer fee re-

quired. 662-570-1375. 20 Harsh
22 Refinery rocks
USED SINGLEWIDE. 23 Suit pieces
14x52, 2BR/1BA. Deliv- 25 Oxford, for one
ery, set-up & tie down
included. Only $15,995. 28 Improvised
662-570-1375. contrivance
32 Surf wear 3 Whole lot 26 Like many
Need a 34 Binary digit 4 Gist rescues
35 Common verb 5 Commandments 27 Verdi opera
36 1970s fad item verb 29 Sweatshirt type
38 Husband of 6 Gear part 30 Some kin
Pocahontas 7 Film set on 31 Flat-nosed dogs
Houses For Sale: Other 8500
NEW RIDE? 40 Tureen acces- Pandora 33 Tip over
FIND ONE IN THE sory 8 Upbraid 37 Steak choice
CLASSIFIEDS 41 Lombardy city 9 Zoo sights 39 Way off
42 Great Lakes tribe 11 Film units
43 Parachute pull 15 Leaves alone
Autos For Sale 9150
44 Spots 19 Honcho
2003 CHEVY Avalanche. 21 Singer Burl
84,000 miles, good
DOWN 24 Squeals
tires, covered w/ rub- 1 Mend one’s ways 25 Honey bunch
ber floormat. $9,850. 2 Loose overcoat
Call 662-328-3094.

Campers & RVs 9300

TOMBIGBEE RV Park,
located on Wilkins Wise
Rd & Waverly Rd. Full
Hookups available.
$300/mo. 662-328-
8655 or 662-574-7879.

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