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City drafts MDOT roadway access standards
Suggested policy will space access points
to one per 200 feet along a frontage
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com
The city of Starkville is
looking to implement new
access standards for its road-
ways, which could affect future
developments.
City Engineer Edward
Kemp said a draft of the policy,
presented at Friday’s work ses-
sion, is a “first stab” and a start-
ing point for discussion about
access management in the city.
Access management’s pri-
mary goals are to increase the
overall safety of Starkville’s
transport system, to minimize
congestion and to reduce the
number of curb cuts or entry
points into roadways, Kemp
said — which, in turn, should
reduce the number of conflict
points along a road.
Starkville Mayor Lynn
Spruill said the policy, if it takes
effect, will codify some of the
things the city would like to see
Kemp Spruill
projects consider. To this point,
she said, the city has only been
able to offer suggestions.
“We’ve got engineers that
are doing projects and they’ll
say, ‘We want to do this, or,
‘We want to do that’ and Ed-
ward will say, ‘Well, we suggest
this,’” she said. “But then they
go, ‘Where is this in the code?
Where is this in the policy?’ We
don’t have one.”
Kemp described access
management as a balancing act
between access to businesses
and safety.
“We do have a lot of road-
ways and we do have a lot that
are already at capacity in some
situations, and unfortunate-
ly we have a lot of roadways
where there’s already a lot of
access,” Kemp said.
The proposed policy, which
is based on the Mississippi De-
partment of Transportation’s
guidelines, would reduce ac-
cess point spacing to one per
200 feet along a frontage, with
exception to lots that are used
for single-family or agricul-
tural purposes. It also allows
for two one-way driveways to
serve a commercial property
within that 200-foot limit, as
long as they have a minimum
separation of 25 feet.
The policy also places a
125-foot minimum distance
between access points and in-
tersections to avoid impeding
traffic flow.
Kemp said the policy sets out
See Standards, 6A

CHRISTMAS CONSTRUCTION Facebook gun

threat lands
student in jail
Suspect posted that he
would bring a gun to
Columbus High Monday
By ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com

A Columbus High
School student is
in custody after he
apparently made
a Facebook post
threatening to shoot
the school.
The post, which
appeared Sunday Labat
afternoon, included
a photo of a shirt-
less male and said:
“... just be at school
tomorrow and yall
better take cover in
that b**** im take-
ing a gun to school
tomorrow and i put Shelton
that ong....”
Columbus Police Chief Fred
Shelton confirmed the person be-
lieved to have made the post was
in custody by Sunday evening. The
subject is a male juvenile who at-
Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff tends CHS.
Will Pugh, 8, decorates a homemade gingerbread house at a friend’s home in Columbus Saturday morning. “I like the It’s unclear whether the suspect
M&M’s,” Will said. He is the son of Bryndi Kelso and Ian Pugh. will be charged as a juvenile or
an adult, something Shelton said
will be up to a municipal judge. If
charged as a juvenile, the case will
be remanded to youth court.
Shelton said investigators
Under the capitol dome learned of the post at about 3 p.m.
Sunday and that he received multi-

Analysis: Top 2 Republican counties

ple text messages from concerned
citizens who wanted to ensure po-
lice knew about the threat.

could split in governor primary

The first Republican to enter the 2019
governor’s race was Petal Mayor Hal Marx
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — The road to
the Republican nomination
for statewide offices in Mis-
sissippi runs through a few
conservative communities.
In a largely rural state of just
under 3 million residents, Re-
publican candidates’ strategy
is usually to seek support in a
short list of vote-rich counties
and to pad out a winning mar-
gin with additional votes from
counties with smaller popula-
tions.
Two of the Republicans
running for governor in 2019
come from the strongest GOP
counties. Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves
is from Rankin County in the
central part of the state, and
state Rep. Robert Foster is
from DeSoto County up north.
There’s no guarantee
each will win the place he
lives, but home turf is an ad-
vantage. Foster’s presence in
the race will force Reeves to
spend money and energy in
northern Mississippi while
also trying to line up support
in GOP strongholds along
the Gulf Coast.
See ANALYSIS, 6A
The post has since been taken
down, Shelton said.
Columbus Municipal School
District Superintendent Cherie
Labat told The Dispatch in a text
message that school will be held
today as usual.
“We will not be postponing
school,” Labat said. “The situation
has been resolved. We worked dil-
igently through this situation with
our school resource officers and
the Columbus Police Department.
Safety is our number one priority
See Gun threat, 6A

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after a notoriously biased murder trial in Massachu-
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to a 1917 exhibition with the title “Fountain”? and no paper Oktibbeha County
Julie Krieger
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First grade, Annunciation
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High honorary knight by Queen Elizabeth II? Dec. 25 in
Answers, 6B City Hall
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Full forecast on Christmas. The
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Monday
Say What?
Did you hear? “We didn’t play well enough in any phase of our
game to win. We can’t allow them to run the ball
Top of mind: ‘Justice’ is Merriam- the way they want to run it.”
Webster’s word of the year Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett following a
23-0 loss to the Indianapolis Colts. Story, 1B.

Searches for ‘justice’ in 2018 were up

74 percent when compared to 2017
By LEANNE ITALIE
The Associated Press
most looked up every year,
including those that are
White House closer to partial
NEW YORK — Racial
justice. Obstruction of jus-
tice. Social justice. The
Justice Department. Mer-
slightly abstract, including
“love,” he said.
The designation for “jus-
tice” came soon after Pres-
ident Trump’s one-time
shutdown with border wall demand
riam-Webster has chosen fixer, Michael Cohen, was ‘We’re going to do whatever is necessary ey would not go for the wall but for
fencing upgrades and other border
“justice” as its 2018 word
of the year, driven by the
sentenced to three years
in prison for crimes that
... to stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration’ security. Democrats also offered to
simply keep funding at its current
churning news cycle over included arranging the pay- White House senior adviser Stephen Miller level, $1.3 billion.
months and months. ment of hush money to con-
By HOPE YEN be “proud” to have a shutdown to Showing no signs of budging,
The word follows “toxic,” ceal his boss’ alleged sexual The Associated Press get Congress to approve a $5 bil- Schumer said Sunday that it was
picked by Oxford Dictionar- affairs. He told a judge he
lion down payment to fulfill his up to Trump to decide whether the
ies, and “misinformation,” agreed time and again to WASHINGTON — Pushing the federal government will partially
plucked by Dictonary.com. cover up Trump’s “dirty campaign promise to build a border
government to the brink of a par- shut down, sending thousands of
Peter Sokolowski, Mer- deeds” out of “blind loyalty.” wall. But the president doesn’t have
tial shutdown, the White House federal employees home without
riam-Webster’s editor at Searches for “justice” the votes from the Republican-con-
is insisting that Congress provide pay during the holidays.
large, told The Associated throughout the year, when trolled Congress to support fund- About one-quarter of the gov-
$5 billion to build a wall along the
Press ahead of Monday’s compared to 2017, were up ing for the wall at that level. ernment would be affected, includ-
U.S.-Mexico border despite law-
announcement that “jus- 74 percent on the site that maker resistance from both parties. Both parties in Congress have ing the departments of Homeland
tice” consistently bubbled has more than 100 million Without a resolution, parts of suggested that Trump would like- Security, Transportation, Agricul-
into the top 20 or 30 look- page views a month and the federal government will shut ly need to make the next move to ture, State and Justice, as well as
ups on the company’s web- nearly half a million en- down at midnight Friday. resolve the impasse. The House national parks.
site, spiking at times due tries, Sokolowski said. To “We’re going to do whatever is is taking an extended weekend “He is not going to get the wall in
to specific events but also be word of the year worthy, necessary to build the border wall break, returning Wednesday night. any form,” Schumer said.
skating close to the surface an entry has to show both to stop this ongoing crisis of illegal The Senate returns Monday after a Trump had neither accepted nor
for much of the year. a high volume of traffic and immigration,” White House senior three-day absence. rejected the Democrats’ proposal
While it’s one of those a significant year-over-year adviser Stephen Miller said Sunday. Democratic congressional lead- as of Friday, according to the Dem-
common words people increase in lookups — as Asked if that meant having a ers, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. ocrats, telling them he would take a
likely know how to spell opposed to, say, a word that government shutdown, he said: “If Nancy Pelosi, have proposed no look. Trump will need Democratic
and use correctly in a sen- merely buzzed or felt lofty, it comes to it, absolutely.” more than $1.6 billion, as outlined votes either way, now or in the new
tence, Sokolowski pointed he said. Trump said last week he would in a bipartisan Senate bill. The mon- year, for passage.
to other reasons that drive “We are not editorializ-
search traffic. Among them ing. We looked at our data
is an attempt to focus a and we were ourselves
train of thought around a surprised by this word,”
philosophical problem, or Sokolowski said. “This is a
to seek aspirational moti-
vation. Such well-known
words are often among the
word that people have been
thinking about for this en-
tire year.”
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Remove or keep a statue? South Africa debates painful legacy

Arguments echo similar ones in the United
States, where some monuments to the
U.S. Civil War-era Confederacy have been
removed after protests and vandalism
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA
The Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG — A
hulking statue of a late 19th
century white leader, with a
cane and top hat, has been
a flashpoint for cultural con-
flict in South Africa for years.
Black protesters threw paint
on it. White supporters rallied
around it. Authorities surround-
ed the statue with barbed wire
and then ringed it with a more
permanent fence.
Nearly 25 years after the end
of white minority rule, the stat-
ue of Paul Kruger still looms in
Church Square in the center of
Pretoria, South Africa’s capital.
The tussle over its fate goes to
the heart of a discussion over
whether relics of white domina-
tion should be scrapped or kept
as reminders of a harsh past. It
is also a test of Nelson Mande-
la’s dictum that the black major-
ity’s former oppressors should
be embraced, not punished —
an approach viewed as too gen-
erous by some South Africans.
The arguments echo simi-
lar ones in the United States,
where some monuments to the
U.S. Civil War-era Confederacy
have been removed after pro-
tests and vandalism.
“The removal of a statue isn’t
the end of the conversation”
about legacies of the past, said
Nicole Maurantonio, an aca-
demic at the University of Rich-
mond in Virginia who is work-
ing on a book about how the
Confederacy is remembered to-
day. She spoke on the sidelines
of a forum titled “Falling Mon-
uments, Reluctant Ruins,” held
last month at the University of
the Witwatersrand in Johannes-
burg.
Maurantonio questioned
the rapid clean-up of vandal-
ized monuments such as a
Richmond statue of Confeder-
ate Gen. Robert E. Lee that in
August was smeared with red
paint and the letters “BLM,”
a reference to the Black Lives
Matter movement. By quickly
removing the protest graffiti,
the city had engaged in a “stra-
tegic forgetting” of its past of
white domination as well as on-
going racial problems, she said.
During 2015 protests in
South Africa, excrement was
thrown on a University of Cape
Town statue of British imperial-
ist Cecil John Rhodes that was
eventually removed. However,
another Rhodes statue still
stands in Company’s Garden, a
city park. A South African foun-
dation named after both Man-
dela and Rhodes announced
2019 scholarships last month,
reflecting how uneven the ef-
fort to erase symbols of a nu-
anced past can be.
Rhodes, who died in 1902,
was a segregationist who made
a fortune in mining and grabbed
land from the local population
but was also associated with
education and philanthropy.
Kruger, who died in 1904, rep-
resented the Boers, who were
mainly descended from Dutch
settlers, at war with the British.
The Kruger statue in Pretoria
was unveiled in 1954 by D.F.
Malan, a prime minister who
championed apartheid, the in-
stitutionalized system of racial
repression
“What do we do with the de-
tritus of apartheid, which has
been a preoccupation of the
last more than 20 years?” said
Cynthia Kros, a heritage expert
at the University of the Witwa-
tersrand. After white minority
rule, she said, “there was not
really an idea to destroy that,
but to try and right the balance,
to add the kinds of heritage that
acknowledge other people in
South Africa as well.”

Area arrests
The following arrests
were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n Exzell Williams Jr.,
41, was charged with bur-
glary-breaking entering
a dwelling, cyberstalking
via email/communication
to extort and contempt of Williams Jr. Smith Martin Hopkins Heinz L. Brown Roberson Jr. Criddle Hill McMahon
court. suspended
n Tavaris Smith, 29, driver’s li-
was charged with posses- cense and
sion of a weapon by a felon, two counts
possession of a controlled of failure to
substance and false infor- appear.
mation. The fol-
n Marquez Martin, 26, lowing ar-
was charged with fleeing rests were Mann Williams Kemp Marshall Warren Taylor Forrester Doss W. Brown
or eluding in a motor ve- made by the n Susan McMahon, 34, n Johnathan Marshall, charged with probation counts of burglary of a
hicle, possession of a con- Oktibbeha County Sher- 30, was charged with pro- violation.
was charged with parole vehicle and no driver’s li-
trolled substance, failure iff’s Office: bation violation. n Anna Forrester, 29,
violation. cense.
to appear, no insurance, n Laci Brown, 23, was n Alexander Warren, was charged with proba-
improper turn, driving on
n Jason Mann, 36, n W. T. Brown, 35, was
charged with possession of 33, was charged with a tion violation.
the wrong side of the road, served two days for a felo-
a Schedule II drug and no bench warrant. n Naikerious Doss, charged with third offense
disobeying a traffic control seatbelt. ny charge.
n Marquez Williams, n Eric Taylor, 53, was 18, was charged with two DUI.
device and first offense n Walter Roberson Jr.,
driving under the influ- 58, was charged with a 18, was charged with bur-
ence. bench warrant. glary of a vehicle.
n Dekariol Hopkins, 29, n Kenneth Criddle, 30, n Lasang Kemp, 34,
was charged with sex of- was charged with parole was charged with proba-
fender registration failure. violation. tion violation, no driver’s
n Colby Heinz, 31, was n Samuel Hill, 33, was license, no insurance, pos-
charged with possession charged with a MDOC session of paraphernalia
of methamphetamine, hold. and first offense DUI.

Mississippi bank accused in

lawsuit of unfair overdraft fees
Suit: Trustmark National Bank is mark is unjustly enrich-
ing itself and breaking its
unjustly enriching itself and breaking account agreement with
customers.
its account agreement with customers Similar lawsuits have
been filed against other
The Associated Press al court in Jackson. Law- banks.
yers representing the The Jackson-based
JACKSON — Two women seek approval for bank, with $13 billion in
women say in a lawsuit a class-action lawsuit rep-
that a Mississippi-based assets, didn’t immediate-
resenting all the bank’s ly respond to a request for
bank is unfairly charging
customers. comment.
overdraft fees.
The Clarion Ledger They allege Trustmark Trustmark holds the
reports Cryesha McDon- also charges surprise largest share of bank de-
ald of Waynesboro and fees for using automated posits in Mississippi, and
Chantal Lewis of Jackson teller machines on a dif- also has offices in Ala-
sued Trustmark National ferent bank’s network. bama, Florida, Tennes-
Bank this month in feder- The suit claims Trust- see and Texas.

Alloy ingredient firm sets $10M Mississippi plant

The Associated Press $425,000 to help pay for qualify for incentives
equipment and $250,000 rebating some work-
BURNSVILLE — A for road improvements. er income taxes to the
maker of steel and alumi- Tishomingo County company. That requires
num alloy ingredients is is granting property tax Luxembourg-based Trax-
opening a plant in north- abatements projected at ys pay workers at least
east Mississippi.
nearly $2.3 million over 10 $35,380 annually. Traxys
Traxys Cometals
years. could get $350,000 over 10
Processing announced
Craft says the jobs years.
Thursday that it’s invest-
ing $10 million and will
hire 25 workers.
The plant will be com-
pleted this month at Yellow
Creek Port on the Tennes-
see Tombigbee Waterway
near Burnsville.
Mississippi Develop-
ment Authority spokes-
woman Tammy Craft says
Yellow Creek is borrowing
state money for construc-
tion and will own the build-
ing. The state is giving
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Possumhaw
A goose and a gander
“It’s Christmas time, so made live baiting illegal and
let us drive dull care away. began to collect eggs, hatch
For we have got a Christmas goslings and release them
goose. So, cook it well, I pray.” onto refuges. Oddly enough,
William Topaz McGona- geese born in captivity,
gall, Scotland (1825-1902) something like salmon,
“The world’s best worst return to their birthplace to
poet” nest and bear their young.
Thus, these geese do not
The Canada geese are migrate and rarely travel
back in the fields and more than 100-200 miles
edging along the lakeside; from their birthplace.
sometimes venturing into Shannon Bardwell Geese form strong
the lake, drifting leisurely, family bonds and choose a
foraging for food or avoiding visitors. mate for life. If a mate dies, they will
It is quite possible our geese are not sometimes choose another, but not
migratory. Ours skip from pond to always. Because of the longevity of
pond but rarely leave the area. Sam geese relationships there’s not a lot of Southern climates rarely freeze over. 40 years. Mississippi’s hunting season
said he thought there were non-migrat- exuberant dating rituals like with some Add a little deer corn into the mix and for migratory game birds, including
ing geese so I checked geese facts with other birds. there’s no wonder the geese chose to the Canada goose, remains open until
reference.com, American expedition. The practice of collecting Canada stay, not to mention grazing grasslands Jan. 27. Should you choose to have a
com and geesepeace.com. goose eggs and introducing them for pecans and acorns, as well as boun- Canada goose or three (the bag limit)
In earlier times hunters actually into the wild stopped sometime in the tiful aquatic plants, small fish, insects for Christmas dinner. Be sure to check
used live Canada geese for decoys. The 1990s. Currently, numbers of Canada and food filtered from silt in ponds. with the Mississippi Department of
geese were caught, domesticated and geese have remained steady as they Within 24 hours goslings can swim Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks for reg-
tethered to the ground. Other geese have found safe places for food and and dive. Geese can dive as much as ulations regarding locations, licenses
would fly in, attracted by the tethered molting. Canada geese lose their flight 30 feet deep, whereas our pond may and waterfowl stamps.
geese and wham bam, hunters land- feathers and must wait undisturbed be 5 feet max — easy pickin’s for food As for the Bardwells, we’ll watch
ed a goose for dinner. The live geese while they grow in. sources. the geese, wait for deer sightings and
decoy technique was so successful that Other reasons for the birds not The Canada goose, being the largest enjoy something a little tamer for
it decimated gaggles of geese. choosing to migrate are the lack of goose in the world, can weigh 20-25 Christmas dinner.
As numbers dwindled, the U.S. Fish predators, the abundance of food sup- pounds. In the wild they live 10-20 Email reaches Shannon Bardwell of
and Wildlife Service and state agencies plies all year long, and the fact ponds in years, a few 30, and one in captivity for Columbus at msdeltachild@msn.com.

I Won’t Gloat.
I Won’t Gloat.
As the toothed trap
closes on Donald Trump, he
contemplates going coyote,
and chewing through his
own leg, leaving it behind
and limping off into the
underbrush to either heal or
grow a new one.
In other words, he dith-
ers and jitters on the edge
of a revolution, beginning,
and not timidly, to call for
said revolution, a rising up Marc Dion
of “We the People.”
They will, he figures, rise up in their sweatpanted
millions, leaving the couch and the Cheetos and the
beer, so entranced by the thought of shooting liber-
als instead of paper gun-range targets that they will
cheerfully miss “Monday Night Football,” maybe for
years.
I’m watching the trap close, too, here in this
small room of a home office, a room furred with my
pipe smoke, a room that just holds back the dark
New England night, thinking and writing three feet
from the cat’s litter box, a location that reminds me
of my own mortality.
Trump is in trouble with the law. He’s in Mafia
family trouble with the law. He’s in biker gang
trouble with the law. He’s in the kind of law trouble
that produces indictments thicker than a Bible. He’s
in the kind of law trouble that requires thousands of
pages of damning documents. Ask anyone who owes
child support or taxes what happens when the law
gets its hand on you. Only the very poor can escape,
and that’s because they can walk off and sink into
some tent city on a disused piece of industrial prop-
erty. Anyone who owns anything, works anywhere,
or lives anywhere can be found.
And I, who have written hard things about
Trump, I will not be glad as he starts to be revealed
for the cheap huckster he’s always been.
I won’t gloat because nothing that wounds my
country is a personal victory for me. I will not do
what my self-proclaimed non-snowflake friends do,
and whine about how I “suffered” through a Trump
presidency.
I will not chant, “Lock him up!” That would be
rude, and stupid, and cruel.
I want this thing worked out in courtrooms, with
deadly serious purpose, and the oath, and the flag
hanging limply from a varnished pole. I want robed
justices and legal language that’s full of Latin. I want
dignity, and quiet, and the inching forward of the
judicial process just as surely as it inches forward
in the trial of the poorest, scabbiest junkie in the
lowest court in the land.
I’ll be sorry for every second of this mess that
passes, but I’ll be happy if it goes by in the quiet way
that government is meant to go by.
As someone who spent a quarter-century of his
life covering politics in towns of less than 100,000
people, and often in towns of less than 30,000
people, what I know is that properly run government
is boring as hell, because everyone knows what
they’re doing, no one is stealing, and there’s enough
money to pay the bills. If a “big story” comes out of
government, it means government is not working.
Whatever happens to Donald Trump, even if it
seems to be in my interest, I will not gloat. I don’t
believe in any one person, and I don’t like saviors
unless they are as poor as Christ. I believe in my
country, and I believe in our form of government,
and I want to see it work, as certain as the clock’s
next tick.
Marc Dion, a nationally syndicated columnist, is a
reporter and columnist for The Herald News, the daily
newspaper of his hometown, Fall River, Massachu-
setts. For more on Dion, go to go to www.creators.com.
Collusion is possible
It has become an arti- who say, “If there were It has since come to light that his
cle of faith in some quar- any evidence of collu- children and top advisors met with
ters on the right — well, sion with Russia, we a Russian peddling dirt on Clinton
most — that Robert would have heard of at Trump Tower. Or just check the
Mueller’s investigation it by now.” Not neces- guilty pleas of Michael Cohen.
has found no evidence sarily. The Mueller Cohen now confirms that Trump
of collusion with Russia investigation has been was pursuing a Moscow tower
and has accordingly the most silent of any deal until at least June 2016. The
shifted gears to process in memory. He doesn’t Trump organization was hoping to
crimes like lying to the leak. His spokesman is get Vladimir Putin’s approval and
FBI or obstruction of said to have the simplest endorsement of the idea, and were
justice. Having decided job in Washington, say- apparently considering doing busi-
that this must be true, Mona Charen ing “no comment.” ness the Russian way — offering
many have called for At least 14 people in Putin himself the penthouse, valued
Mueller to wrap it up. Donald Trump’s orbit were ap- at $50 million, as a loss leader.
But this requires a lot of wishful proached by Russian agents during Trump signed a letter of intent to go
thinking. the campaign and transition. These forward with the project on Oct. 28,
Consider the sentencing memos. included his children, his lawyer, 2015, the night of the third Republi-
Most of the attention has focused his national security advisor and can presidential primary debate —
on the payoffs to Stormy Daniels his business associates. His cam- in the midst of denials that he had
and Karen McDougal. But the paign chairman, Trump had reason anything to do with Russia.
Office of Special Counsel advised to know when he hired him, was up Felix Sater, a Russian-born
a federal judge that Michael Cohen to his eyeballs in oligarchs. Suppos- Trump business colleague, was
had committed other serious edly, when Trump learned of Paul working on this with Cohen. After
crimes. He “withheld informa- Manafort’s extensive Russia ties the letter of intent was signed, Sater
tion material to the investigation in 2016, he said, “I’ve got a crook wrote to Cohen saying: “Everything
of Russian interference in the running my campaign.” Today, he will be negotiated and discussed
2016 presidential election.” He paints Manafort as a martyr and not with flunkies but with people
later came clean. Mueller’s office ostentatiously dangles a pardon, who will have dinner with Putin
recommended that Cohen be given even though we’ve since learned of and discuss the issues and get a
some credit for this, and included Manafort’s close ties to an asset of go-ahead. My next steps are very
this wording: Cohen “voluntarily Russian intelligence. And it’s worth sensitive with Putin’s very, very
provided the SCO with information asking again: If Trump was such a close people. We can pull this off.”
about his own conduct and that of keen businessman, why didn’t he They didn’t. But not for lack
others on core topics under investi- question Manafort’s willingness of trying. Roger Stone, a long-
gation by the SCO... the information to work for free? Shouldn’t it have time Trump pal and self-styled
he provided has been credible and alarmed him to have someone so dirty trickster, boasted of ties
consistent with other evidence indebted to shady Kremlin associ- to WikiLeaks. Others who were
obtained in the SCO’s continuing ates so close? weirdly friendly toward the Krem-
investigation.” Trump has repeatedly denied lin included George Papadopoulos,
The “core topic” under investiga- any connections to Russia. In July Michael Flynn, and, of course,
tion is Russian interference in the 2016 he told CBS: “I mean, I have Donald Trump Jr.
election. The “other evidence” is nothing to do with Russia. I don’t The reason so many people of
unknown to us at this point, but it’s have any jobs in Russia. I’m all over low character are proving prob-
safe to assume that it’s significant, the world but we’re not involved in lematic to this president is that he
because Mueller would not rely on Russia.” And in September, he told has always attracted that sort. If
Cohen’s word alone. a rally: “I have nothing to do with he let them conspire a little against
In the sentencing memo about Russia, folks. I’ll give you a written “crooked Hillary,” would that really
Michael Flynn, Mueller’s office not- statement.” be a shock?
ed that he was cooperating on three You don’t have to credit the lurid Mona Charen is a Senior Fel-
criminal investigations. Three. gossip in the Steele dossier to know low at the Ethics and Public Policy
This should give pause to those that those statements were lies. Center.
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Child’s death highlights communication barriers on border

Border Patrol agents increasingly coming
into contact with migrants who speak
neither English nor Spanish
By JULIE WATSON
The Associated Press
Shortly before a 7-year-old
Guatemalan girl died in U.S.
custody, her father signed a
form stating that his daughter
was in good health. But it’s un-
clear how much the man under-
stood on the form, which was
written in English and read to
him in Spanish by Border Pa-
trol agents.
The death of Jakelin Caal
highlights the communication
challenges along the U.S.-Mex-
ico border as agents come in
contact with an increasing
number of migrants who speak
neither English nor Spanish.
Her father’s native language
is the Mayan tongue known as
Q’eqchi’. His second language
is Spanish. It’s unclear whether
something was lost in transla-
tion or whether it would have
made a difference in saving
Jakelin after the two were de-
tained and underwent a health
screening along a remote
stretch of U.S.-Mexico border.
But the case raises questions
about the Border Patrol’s use of
English-only forms.
All agents are required to
speak Spanish, and they receive
formal Spanish training. Read-
ing forms in Spanish is often
enough to pose basic questions.
But some other Spanish-speak-
ing migrants reported signing
paperwork that they later said
they did not understand.
Scores of immigrant par-
ents who were separated from
their children after crossing
the border in the spring said
they signed forms agreeing to
be deported with the under-
standing that their kids would
be returning with them, only
to find themselves deported
without them. Many had to wait
months before being reunited
with them in their homelands.
Jakelin and her father, Nery
Gilberto Caal Cuz, were part of
a group of 163 migrants arrest-
ed Dec. 6 near a border cross-
ing in New Mexico. Hours later,
Family of Guatemalan migrant girl
disputes official story on her death
The Associated Press
The family of a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody is disputing
an account from U.S. officials who said she had not been given food or water for days.
In a statement released by lawyers, the parents of Jakelin Caal said the girl had been given
food and water and appeared to be in good health as she traveled through Mexico with her father,
29-year-old Nery Gilberto Caal Cuz. The family added that Jakelin had not been traveling through
the desert for days before she was taken into custody.
Tekandi Paniagua, the Guatemalan consul in Del Rio, Texas, told The Associated Press that he
spoke with the Jakelin’s father. The consul said Nery Caal told him the group they were traveling
with was dropped off in Mexico about a 90-minute walk from the border.
Border Patrol officials did not immediately respond to the family’s comments.
they were placed on a bus to the Attorneys in Texas repre- an “objective and thorough” in-
nearest Border Patrol station, senting Caal criticized U.S. vestigation to determine wheth-
but Jakelin began vomiting and officials for asking him to sign er officials met standards for
eventually stopped breathing. Form I-779, which asks a series taking children into custody.
She later died at a Texas hospi- of questions with check boxes Border Patrol officials did
tal. of “yes” or “no.” In the addi- not immediately respond to the
Border Patrol officials on tional comments section on the family lawyers’ statement. The
Friday said agents did every- form was written “claims good father, who is staying at a shel-
thing they could to save the girl health.” ter in El Paso, Texas, has asked
but that she had not had food “It is unacceptable for any for privacy.
or water for days. An initial government agency to have Authorities are conducting
screening showed no evidence persons in custody sign docu- an autopsy to determine the
of health problems, they said, ments in a language that they cause of death. Results are ex-
and her father spoke to them in clearly do not understand,” the pected in about a week, said
Spanish and signed a form indi- attorneys said in a statement. Tekandi Paniagua, the Guate-
cating she was in good health. Jakelin’s family is asking for malan consul in Del Rio, Texas.

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She is survived by was formerly employed BERLIN — Germany has agreed children to Britain from Nazi Germany
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Neal; daughter, Jessica primarily Jews, who were evacuated About 1,000 survivors are thought
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sister, Sherry Collier tian Church. The New York-based Conference on “In almost all the cases the parents
of Meridian; and two In addition to his par- Jewish Material Claims Against Ger- who remained were killed in concen-
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Alabama; brother, Dale
Landry of Vernon,
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Tupelo Automobile
Museum closing next year
Co-founder plans to sell all 178 vehicles the museum owns at auction in April
The Associated Press
TUPELO — An automobile mu-
seum in Mississippi is closing next
year, with the co-founder saying it’s
no longer “sustainable” for her and
some volunteers to operate.
The Northeast Mississippi Daily
Journal reported the co-founder of
Around the state
Some complain
about sex offender in
Mississippi parade
SARDIS — Some peo-
ple in a north Mississippi
town are complaining af-
ter the local chamber of
commerce chose a sex of-
fender as the grand mar-
shal of the town Christ-
mas parade.
WMC-TV reports Mi-
chael Saripkin presided
over the Sardis Christ-
mas parade Tuesday.
Saripkin was convict-
ed in Tennessee of sexual
battery in 1990 and statu-
tory rape in 1997. In 2013,
he was convicted in Mis-
sissippi of inappropriately
touching a child.
Store owner Carolyn
Whaley says she knew of
Saripkin’s past but didn’t
object to the honor. She
says Saripkin has donat-
ed money to civic causes
and encouraged busi-
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to improve safety, without
limiting access to busi-
nesses.
“As one goes up, the
other goes down, so try-
ing to find that middle
point where the balance
is right is really where the
Gun threat
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for students, faculty and
staff.
“I would like to com-
mend our school re-
source officers and the
Columbus Police Depart-
ment for their proactive
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Reeves has not an-
nounced his candidacy,
but for several years he
clearly has had his eyes
on becoming governor.
The 44-year-old
Reeves is entering the
final year of his second
term as lieutenant gov-
ernor after serving two
terms as state treasurer
— a job he won as a po-
litical newcomer in 2003
when he was just 29 years
old.
Reeves was sitting on
a $5.4 million campaign
fund at the end of 2017.
The next round of cam-
paign finance reports,
due by Jan. 31, will show
how much he has col-
lected since then. He is
the clear front-runner
in fundraising for a race
that will be wide open be-
cause the current gover-
nor, Republican Phil Bry-
ant, cannot seek a third
term.
Reeves grew up in and
still lives in the Jackson
suburb of Rankin Coun-
ty, which has been one
of Mississippi’s most reli-
ably Republican areas the
past two decades.
Foster, a first-term
state House member from
Hernando, announced his
gubernatorial campaign
Dec. 11, calling himself
a “conservative outsider.”
The 35-year-old Foster
grew up in DeSoto Coun-
ty and still lives there.
DeSoto is just south
the Tupelo Automobile Museum,
Jane Spain, plans to sell all 178 ve-
hicles the museum owns, with the
proceeds for a charitable education
foundation her late husband Frank
Spain envisioned.
The museum opened in 2002 but
the newspaper reported it’s never
had the numbers of visitors needed
nesses to move to Sardis.
Officials with the city of
Sardis and the Chamber
of Commerce couldn’t
be reached for comment.
The Sardis Chamber
of Commerce holds the
parade.
Police officer demoted
for giving retired K-9
to shelter
JACKSON — A Missis-
sippi police department
says it has demoted a
police officer who surren-
dered his retired police
K-9 to an animal shelter.
Jackson police Sgt.
Roderick Holmes tells
The Clarion Ledger that
Officer Carl Ellis was
believed to be caring for
Ringo, but had actual-
ly surrendered him to a
shelter. The department
said Tuesday that Ellis
was “reassigned to patrol
duty” once the depart-
public policy comes into
it,” he said.
Starkville’s draft policy
also address other mat-
ters, such as the width
of driveways in certain
areas, or the distance a
driveway must be from
and speedy response to
removing the immediate
threat,” she added.
Shelton said addition-
al CPD officers will be
patrolling the schools
today to ensure the stu-
of Memphis, Tennes-
see, and for years it has
been Mississippi’s fast-
est-growing county. It is
also one of the biggest
places for Republican
candidates to seek votes
in the quest for statewide
office.
The first Republican to
enter the 2019 governor’s
race was Petal Mayor
Hal Marx, 50, who an-
nounced his intention in
May. Marx was elected
in 2009 in the city that
now has about 10,600 res-
idents. Petal is in south-
ern Mississippi’s Forrest
County, which leans Re-
publican but is smaller
than Rankin or DeSoto.
DeSoto County has
more than 178,000 resi-
dents, compared to just
over 152,000 in Rankin
County and about 75,500
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to be self-supporting.
The auction is set April 25-27.
Spain says the museum will stay
open until late March or early April,
when it closes to prepare for the sale.
Among the collection, an 1886
Benz three-wheeled car, a 1918 Stan-
ley Steamer, a 1929 Dusenberg Mod-
el J and a 1957 Corvette.
ment learned of Ringo’s day that the Board of
abandonment. Health is naming Dr.
Ringo had assisted the Thomas Dobbs as the
police department in find- state health officer. It’s
ing drugs, search and res- a job he has held on an
cue missions, and track- interim basis since Dr.
ing. He retired in October Mary Currier retired
along with a fellow police Oct. 31. She had been the
K-9 named Alpha. health officer for almost
The department says nine years.
police Chief James Davis Dobbs is a board-cer-
now has implemented a tified infectious diseases
policy requiring quarter- and internal medicine
ly welfare checks for both physician.
active and retired police He previously worked
dogs. It says additional for the state Department
policy is being drafted of Health as a district
about K-9 welfare require- health officer and state
ments. epidemiologist. He then
worked in Laurel as a
Former epidemiologist physician and vice presi-
dent for quality and chief
named new Mississippi medical officer of South
health officer Central Regional Medical
JACKSON — The Mis- Center.
sissippi State Department Dobbs returned to the
of Health has a new lead- state department as dep-
er. uty state health officer
The department says before moving into the
in a news release Thurs- top job.
a nearby lot to avoid en- 300 feet of separation be-
croaching onto adjacent tween access points, while
property. Cleveland allows two per
The draft policy lays out 300 feet and Biloxi re-
provisions that are in line quires 250 feet. Madison
with similar cities in Mis- and Tupelo require 200
sissippi. Oxford, Brandon feet, as Starkville’s draft
and Olive Branch require policy does.
dents’ safety. important for the safety
He also thanked com- of students for police of-
munity members who ficers to take all threats
saw the post and alerted against schools seriously.
CPD, which he said al- “We talk about credi-
lowed officers to respond ble threats, but ... a threat
quickly. He added it’s is a threat,” he said.
in Forrest County. DeSoto counties, while
Other population cen- Dennis did best in his
ters important to winning home county, Harrison.
a Republican nomination Candidates’ qualify-
are the Jackson suburb of ing deadline is in March,
Madison County, coast- party primaries are in
al Jackson and Harrison August, and the general
counties, northeastern election is in November.
Mississippi’s Lee County, Four-term Attorney
and eastern Mississippi’s General Jim Hood has
Lauderdale County. already announced as a
The last time Missis- Democrat for governor,
sippi had a governor’s as has retired Jackson
race without an incum- State University employ-
bent was in 2011. Five ee Velesha P. Williams.
candidates sought the Others could seek the
Republican nomination. nomination. Democrats
Bryant had served one running statewide need
term as lieutenant gov- a broad ground game in
ernor after being state counties with lots of local
auditor nearly 12 years. Democrats also on the
His closest challenger for ballot. It’s important to
the nomination for gover- do well in Hinds County,
nor was Gulf Coast busi- which is home of the state
nessman Dave Dennis. capital of Jackson and has
Bryant had his strongest the largest population of
showings in Rankin and any county in the state.
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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

B
SECTION

McCaffrey, Rebels use 28-0 run

Kamara
could play to roll past Mocs
From Special Reports

big roles OXFORD — The Ole Miss men’s basketball

team used a 28-0 run early in the second half to
Running backs figure seize the momentum en route to a 90-70 victory
against Chattanooga at The Pavilion at Ole Miss.
to take center stage Trailing by six points with less than 17 min-
utes to go, the Rebels (8-2) held the Mocs (5-7)
for Panthers, Saints scoreless for nearly seven minutes in the run to
earn their fifth consecutive victory.
By STEVE REED “Our defense more than anything (got
The Associated Press
going),” Ole Miss coach
CHARLOT TE, N.C.
Kermit Davis said of the Ole Miss 90,
run. “Breein Tyree got
— There has been no
going. He can do that
Chattanooga 70
such thing as a sopho-
some days in practice.
more slump for Christian
He’s a real confident offensive player, but really
McCaffrey and Alvin Ka-
it was just points off turnovers. We got our hands
mara.
on a bunch of loose balls, blocked shots, they got
The two NFC South
sped up and then the game in transition, and we
running
backs have really started executing. We came out of a time-
followed out, our guys really executed a back door play to
up strong Devontae Shuler. He laid it in, got fouled and that
rookie cam- was the big play for our team. There are a lot of
paigns with things that have to go right, but the biggest thing
even bet- during a 28-0 run is the defensive end and that’s
ter second what happened.”
McCaffrey seasons for Ole Miss also shot better than 50 percent for
the Caro- Thomas J. Russo/USA TODAY Sports
the fifth game in a row, setting a new record in
lina Pan- Indianapolis running back Marlon Mack (25) fends off Dallas linebacker Damien The Pavilion at Ole Miss with a 61.5-percent
thers and Wilson (57) in the second half of their game Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. (32-for-52) clip. Terence Davis and Tyree had 20
apiece. Davis also added team highs in assists

MACK ATTACK LIFTS COLTS

New Orle-
ans Saints,
who’ll meet
Monday
night in a
Kamara game with
big play-
off ramifications for both
teams.
McCaffrey has 926
yards rushing and 701
yards receiving. He has
a chance to join Roger
Craig and Hall of Famer
Marshall Faulk as the only
running backs in NFL his-
tory to post 1,000 yards
rushing and receiving in
the same season.
Kamara, the 2017 Of-
fensive Rookie of the Year,
has 1,384 yards from
scrimmage and needs five
scores in the final three
weeks for a 20-touchdown
season.
“They’re both highly
Indianapolis smothers Prescott, Cowboys to stay alive in playoff race
By MICHAEL MAROT
The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis
Colts running back Marlon Mack kept
his eyes down the field and his legs
churning Sunday.
His teammates took the cue.
The offensive line created enough
space for Mack to run for a career-high
139 yards and two scores, an improving
defense smothered the league’s hottest
offense and Indianapolis rolled past Dal-
las 23-0 to stay in the AFC playoff hunt.
“When I saw those holes, I was like
‘Yeah, it might be a good day,’” Mack
said. “Holes like that don’t come often.”
If Mack continues to exploit the
creases, there’s no telling what the
(seven) and rebounds (five), while Tyree sparked
the run with 18 of his 20 points in the second half.
The junior guard was limited to eight minutes in
the first half due to foul trouble, but he brought a
spark coming out of the locker room.
See OLE MISS, 2B
Colts (8-6) could do if they earn a post-
season trip.
Since losing five of their first six,
Indy has won seven of eight. Andrew
Luck continues to play the best football
WOMEN’S COLLEGE
of his career and Mack appears ready BASKETBALL
to thrive with starting center Ryan Kel-
ly back in the lineup.
Indianapolis’ improved defense has
allowed 27 points in the past three
weeks, including two games against di-
Copeland’s career
day helps Curry
vision leaders, Houston and Dallas, and
has its first shutout since a 27-0 victory
against Cincinnati on Oct. 19, 2014.
“Against that team, with the guys
they have, it’s tough,” coach Frank Re-
ich said. “They have some of the best
(offensive) guys in the NFL.”
earn 400th victory
See COLTS, 4B From Special Reports
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Sophomore Ariyah

Foles shows no rust in Eagles’ win

versatile players,” said
Saints quarterback Drew
Brees. “They’ve got great
instincts and a great feel
for making cuts, break-
ing tackles, just a level of
elusiveness that’s pretty
unique. And then their
ability to catch balls and
really be receivers outside
the pocket is very unique
as well.”
The only difference in
the two this season has
been in the win-loss col-
umn. The Panthers and
Saints have been head-
ing in opposite directions
since early November.
Carolina (6-7) has
lost five straight — de-
spite 747 total yards and
eight touchdowns from
See MONDAY, 3B
Inside
n MORE NFL: Rookie
running back Jaylen
Samuels ran for a
season-high 142 yards to
lead the Pittsburgh Steelers
past the New England
Patriots. Page 3B
By GREG BEACHAM
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES —
The Philadelphia Eagles
already knew Nick Foles
could do it.
After all, it was only last
December when the veter-
an quarterback replaced
an injured Carson Wentz
and upset the Los Ange-
les Rams at the Coliseum.
Less than two months
after that breakthrough
game, he was an improba-
ble Super Bowl MVP.
One season later in
the same arena, Foles
went back into Wentz’s
spot under center after
three months without
game action.
Foles promptly recap-
tured the magic, passing
for 270 yards and confi-
dently leading the Eagles
to a 30-23 victory against
the Rams on Sunday
Philadelphia quarterback Nick Foles (9) throws a pass
in the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Rams
on Sunday at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
night with plenty of help
from his defense and his
playmakers.
Foles’ encore might
not end in the Super Bowl
again. It might not even
include the playoffs. But
after guiding Philadel-
Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports
phia to another win with
a grace and poise belying
his inactivity, the Eagles
are thrilled to have him
back in the game.
“It’s been really emo-
tional,” said Foles, who
See EAGLES, 4B
Copeland had a career-high 26 points Sunday to
lead the Alabama women’s basketball team to an
87-73 victory against Northwestern State 87-73 at
Coleman Coliseum.
The victory gave coach Kristy Curry her
400th career win.
“It’s good to have five players in double
figures,” Curry said. “I
thought we had great Alabama 87,
team balance today. It’s
good to have a back-to-
Nwestern St. 73
the-basket post presence
with Ariyah (Copeland). She did a great job
today with her double-double.”
“We have to continue working on free throws,
but at the end of the day it was a great team effort.
We have to improve the turnovers. It is very viv-
id at times, especially from our starting group.
I didn’t feel like they were focused and ready to
play like they needed to be today, but at the end
of the day it was good to find a way to win.”
Copeland added 12 rebounds for her second
double-double of the season and the third of her
career. Freshman De’Sha Benjamin also reached
a career-high in scoring, totaling 16 points. Junior
guards Jordan Lewis and Cierra Johnson had 12
points, and senior Shaquera Wade added 10.
Northwestern State used a 10-0 run in the sec-
ond quarter to cut Alabama’s lead to 28-27 with 5
minutes, 53 seconds remaining before halftime.
The Crimson Tide led 46-39 after 20 minutes.
See ALABAMA, 2B

COLLEGE FOOTBALL College Football Playoff

Cotton Bowl Classic

Heupel, Saban, Kelly finalists for nation’s top coach
By RALPH D. RUSSO
The Associated Press
Central Florida’s Josh
Heupel, Notre Dame’s Bri-
an Kelly and Alabama’s
Nick Saban are the finalists
for The Associated Press
national college football
coach of the year after lead-
ing their teams to unbeaten
regular seasons.
The winner will be an-
nounced at 11 a.m. Monday.
Heupel guided No. 7
UCF (12-0) to a second-con-
secutive unbeat-
en season. The
American Athletic
Conference cham-
pions will play No.
11 LSU in the Fies-
ta Bowl on Jan. 1.
Kelly led the third- Saban
ranked Fighting
Irish (12-0) to
its first College Football
Playoff appearance. Notre
Dame will play No. 2 Clem-
son in the Cotton Bowl on
Dec. 29. Saban has No. 1
Alabama (13-0) in the play-
off for the fifth-consec-
utive season. Alabama
won the Southeastern
Conference and face
No. 4 Oklahoma in the
Orange Bowl on Dec.
29.
The AP Coach of the
Year was established
in 1998. Saban is one
of two coaches to win the
award twice, along with
Gary Patterson of TCU. Sa-
ban was coach of the year
with LSU in 2003 and with
Alabama in 2008.
Kelly won coach of the
year in 2012, the last time
he led Notre Dame to a 12-0
season.
Last year’s winner was
Scott Frost of UCF.
Frost left UCF to be-
come head football coach
at Nebraska. UCF hired
Heupel, who was offensive
coordinator at Missouri, to
replace him.
No school has had differ-
ent coaches win the award
in consecutive seasons.
At Arlington, Texas
Semifinals — Dec. 29
n Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Clemson (13-0), 3 p.m. (ESPN)
Orange Bowl
At Miami Gardens, Florida
Semifinals — Dec. 29
n Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Alabama (13-0), 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Outback Bowl
n Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4), 11 a.m.,
Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019 (ESPN2; WKBB-FM 100.9,
WFCA-FM 107.9).
THIS WEEK
n On Tuesday, the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of
the Year will be announced. The award celebrates
college football players who have incredible stories of
overcoming illnesses, setbacks, and life challenges.
n Also, Bowl Schedule. Page 2B
2B Monday, December 17, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
briefly CALENDAR
Local Prep Basketball
Starkville High School boys basketball team loses in OT Today’s Game
TUPELO — The Starkville High School boys basketball team Hatley at Hamilton
suffered its first loss of the 2018-19 season Saturday night in a 57-55 Tuesday’s Games
setback in overtime to Tupelo. Columbus at Noxubee County
Tyler Talley had 11 points to lead the Yellow Jackets (8-1). Jamarri- New Hope at Pickens County
on Brown had nine. Houston at Caledonia
West Point at Kemper County
Booneville at Aberdeen
Mississippi State
Thursday’s Games
Baseball team will hold winter camps New Hope at Calhoun City
STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State baseball team will offer a Vardaman at Hamilton
series of camps for youth and high school players. Friday’s Games
The first camps will be Jan. 12 and 13, 2019, for players in grades Noxubee County at West Point
7-12. The cost for one camp is $150. The cost for both camps is $275. Lafayette at Aberdeen
Check-in on Jan. 12 will be at 9 a.m. in center field at Dudy Noble Field. Columbus Christian at Delta Academy
Check-in on Jan. 13 will be at 9 a.m. in the Griffis Boardroom. Checkout Joe Horne Christmas Classic
is at 4 p.m. At Columbus High School
There will be Youth Skills Camps for players in grades 1-6 on Jan. Minor (Ala.) girls vs. West Lowndes, 2 p.m.
19 and 20, 2019. Check-in will be at 9 a.m. at the Griffis Boardroom. Holly Springs boys vs. Minor (Ala.), 3:30 p.m.
Checkout is at 4 p.m. The cost for one camp is $150. The cost for both Horn Lake girls at Columbus, 5 p.m.
camps is $275. Pinson Valley (Ala.) boys vs. Starkville, 6:30 p.m.
MSU also will hold Half-Day Prospect Camps from 9 a.m. to noon Caledonia boys at Columbus, 8 p.m.
and from 1-4 p.m. Jan. 21, 2019, for players in grades 9-12. The cost for Saturday’s Games
each session is $125. Joe Horne Christmas Classic
Each session is designed to further develop each player’s skills At Columbus High School
and learn new techniques from MSU coach Chris Lemonis and his staff. Minor (Ala.) boys vs. Kosciusko, 11 a.m.
Campers will be put through many of the same drills used by the MSU Minor (Ala.) girls vs. Ridgeway (Tenn.), 12:30 p.m.
coaches. Dudy Noble Field and the Palmeiro Center will be available for Horn Lake girls vs. Starkville, 2 p.m.
the camps. Camps are set up for any and all players who want to play Ridgeway (Tenn.) boys vs. Starkville, 3:30 p.m.
at the next level. We will have a pro-style workout and various coaching Olive Branch girls at Columbus, 5 p.m.
segments that will be set up throughout the day. Pinson Valley (Ala.) boys vs. Okolona, 6:30 p.m.
Each camper will be required to fill out the Medical/Release Forms New Hope boys at Columbus, 8 p.m.
and bring it to registration.
Players are asked to bring a hat, shoes, glove, and workout Prep Soccer
clothes. Today’s Matches
West Point at Lafayette, 5 p.m.
Go to https://hailstatecamps.com/baseball/hs-summer-camps.php
to download the required forms. Tuesday’s Matches
Caledonia at New Hope, 5 p.m.
Mississippi University for Women Itawamba AHS at Columbus, 5 p.m.
Thursday’s Matches
Wallace has career-high 35 points in loss Tupelo at Starkville, 5 p.m.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Rokila Wallace had a career-high 35
points Saturday, but the Mississippi University for Women’s women’s Men’s College Basketball
basketball team lost to Huntingdon College 92-78. Today’s Games
The W (10-3) played without starter Qiayon Bailey, a former Mississippi University for Women at
Southwestern Assemblies of God, 5 p.m.
standout at West Point High School.
Wallace, a former standout at Columbus High, was 9-for-19 from Tuesday’s Games
the field. She also went 4-for-7 from 3-point range and 13-for-18 from Mississippi University for Women at Wiley
the free-throw line. College, 2 p.m.
Autumn Taylor added 20 points, seven rebounds, and five assists, Alabama vs. Liberty (Huntsville, Alabama), 7 p.m.
and Keyahna Jones had 10 points and six rebounds for the Owls. Wednesday’s Games
Seniors T.I. Duncan (28 points) and Payton Kiser (23) had Southern Miss at Kansas State, 7 p.m.
career-high scoring performances for Huntingdon College (8-2). Wofford at Mississippi State, 7 p.m.
Duncan also had 12 rebounds for her fourth double-double of the Friday’s Games
season. She added eight assists. Ole Miss vs. Middle Tennessee (Nashville), 7 p.m.
Kiser was 7-for-9 from 3-point range. The seven 3-pointers are the Southern Mississippi at South Dakota, 7 p.m.
second most in a game by a Lady Hawk during the NCAA era. Penn State at Alabama, 8 p.m.
Huntingdon built a 10-point lead a little more than five minutes into Saturday’s Game
the game. Huntingdon pulled ahead to an 18-point lead late in the first Mississippi State vs. Wright State (Jackson), 6 p.m.
half and led 47-31 at halftime.
Huntingdon took a 20-point lead, its largest lead of the game, 10 Women’s College Basketball
seconds into the fourth quarter on a 3-pointer by Kiser. The W pulled Tuesday’s Games
within 11 points in the final minutes, but Huntingdon maintained a Blue Mountain at Southern Mississippi, 6 p.m.
double-digit lead and closed out the game. Mississippi State at Oregon, 9 p.m.
Wednesday’s Game
Troy at Ole Miss, 6 p.m.
The W’s Massey will hold goalkeeper clinic Thursday’s Games
Mississippi University for Women’s women’s soccer coach Gray Alabama vs. Virginia (Orlando, Florida), 3 p.m.
Massey will hold a clinic for goalkeepers ages 14 and above on Jan. Southern Mississippi at Southeastern Louisiana,
3, 2019. 6 p.m.
The cost is $50, and lunch will be provided. Mississippi State at Washington, 9 p.m.
Check-in will be from 9:30-9:45 a.m. in the lobby of Pohl Gymna- Friday’s Game
sium.
Alabama vs. Miami, Florida (Orlando, Florida),
The schedule will feature training about technical foundations
followed by lunch, a discussion of the psychology of goalkeeping, and a 5:15 p.m.
session on shot stopping.
on the air
The W will hold baseball camps in February 2019 Today
The Mississippi University for Women will be the host site for the
U.S. Baseball Academy’s camps in February 2019. AUTO RACING
The sessions will be Feb. 2, 9, 16, and 23 on the campus of The 5 p.m. — Ad Diriyah E-Prix, Formula E Championship,
W in downtown Columbus. USBA camps feature age-specific sessions Saudi Arabia, FS1
with instruction tailored for each ability level. COLLEGE BASKETBALL
The cost is $139 for four weeks of one skill (six total hours). There 6 p.m. — Davidson at Wake Forest, ESPNU
are discounts available if participants register for multiple sessions. 6 p.m. — Arizona State at Vanderbilt, SEC
The camp is open to players in grades 1-12. Sessions include Network
hitting, pitching, baserunning, and fielding. 8 p.m. — Chicago State at Northwestern, ESPNU
NBA
You can register by going to https://oldsite.usbaseballacademy.
com/1779/Columbus/. 7 p.m. — Utah at Houston, NBA TV
9:30 p.m. — Memphis at Golden State, NBA TV
and Fox Sports Southeast
Alabama NFL
7:15 p.m. — New Orleans at Carolina, ESPN
Three swimmers at the FINA World Short Course NHL
6 p.m. — Anaheim at Pittsburgh, NHL Network
Championships
HANGZHOU, China — Three Alabama swimming and diving
alums raced at the 2018 FINA World Short Course Swimming
Tuesday
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Championships in Hangzhou, China over the past week. 5 p.m. — Princeton at Duke, ESPN2
Three-time NCAA Champion Kristian Gkolomeev, Southeastern 5:30 p.m. — Appalachian State at Georgetown, FS1
Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year Anton McKee and Abbas
6 p.m. — Youngstown State at Ohio State, Big
Qali all saw action in the six-day event. Ten Network
Swimming for his native Iceland, McKee posted top-25 finishes
6 p.m. — Xavier at Missouri, ESPNU
in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events. The 2017 7 p.m. — Buffalo at Syracuse, ESPN2
Crimson Tide senior opened the championships with a semifinal 7 p.m. — Mercer at Florida, SEC Network
finish in the 100 breaststroke, posting a career-best 57.57 seconds 7:30 p.m. — Presbyterian at Butler, FS1
and setting a new Icelandic national record. 8 p.m. — Western Carolina at Iowa, Big Ten
The 2017 NCAA runner-up in the 200 breaststroke, McKee Network
took 10th in the event at the World Championships, cranking out 8 p.m. — Creighton at Oklahoma, ESPNU
a 2:04.37, ranking him 21st in the world this year. It is also the COLLEGE FOOTBALL
second-fastest time in Icelandic history. McKee closed out the cham- 6 p.m. — Boca Raton Bowl: Alabama-Birmingham
pionships with a 21st-place finish in the 50m breaststroke, touching vs. Northern Illinois, ESPN
the wall at 26.74.
NBA
Gkolomeev, who finished his Alabama career in 2016, posted 6:30 p.m. — Los Angeles Lakers at Brooklyn,
top-25 finishes in the 50 and 100 freestyles and the 50 butterfly. The NBA TV
Greek native tied for 16th in the 50 freestyle, posting a 21.28. He was NHL
also 25th in the 100 freestyle after stopping the clock at 47.63. He 6:30 p.m. — Nashville at Chicago, NBC Sports
was 24th in the 50 butterfly, while Qali, a 2016 senior and a native of Network
Kuwait, took 50th with a 24.43.
SOCCER
Current Alabama senior Robert Howard (United States) and 10:20 a.m. — FIFA Club World Cup, semifinal,
junior Zane Waddell (South Africa) earned spots at the World Cham- River Plate vs. TBD, FS2
pionships but passed to focus on the NCAA season. 1:30 p.m. — Bundesliga, Fortuna Düsseldorf vs.
Borussia Dortmund, FS1
College Volleyball 1:30 p.m. — Bundesliga, Augsburg vs. Hertha
Berlin, FS2
Stanford wins NCAA-record eighth title, in five sets WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
vs. Nebraska 5 p.m. — Stanford at Tennessee, SEC Network
MINNEAPOLIS — The celebration of Stanford’s NCAA-record 9 p.m. — Mississippi State at Oregon, ESPN2
eighth national volleyball title was in full swing when the Cardinal
players went flat on their backs to flap their arms and legs for some
Wednesday
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
snow angels in the layer of confetti on the court. 5:30 p.m. — St. Francis (N.Y) at St. John’s, FS1
There was some exhaustion amid the exhilaration, too, after 5:30 p.m. — Sacred Heart University at Seton
being pushed to the limit by defending champion Nebraska. Hall, FS2
Kathryn Plummer finished with 19 kills and 10 digs, Morgan 6 p.m. — Central Arkansas at Indiana, Big Ten Network
Hentz had a career-high 32 digs and freshman Holly Campbell 6 p.m. — Penn State at Duquesne, CBS Sports
added a career-high 15 kills for the Cardinal in a five-set victory over
Network
the Huskers on Saturday night, 28-26, 22-25, 25-16, 15-25, 15-12. 6 p.m. — Auburn at North Carolina, ESPN2
“It took us a while to get there. Nebraska kept coming back and 6 p.m. — Virginia at South Carolina, SEC Network
back,” Hentz said. “They put up an amazing fight.” 7:30 p.m. — University of the Incarnate Word at
Audriana Fitzmorris added 14 kills, Jenna Gray had 57 assists DePaul, FS2
and Tami Alade had eight blocks for Stanford, which won despite 8 p.m. — UCLA at Cincinnati, ESPN2
Plummer, the 6-foot-6 two-time national player of the year, hitting
8 p.m. — Georgia Tech at Arkansas, SEC Network
only .153 after entering with a .288 percentage for the season. COLLEGE FOOTBALL
“We found out other ways to score when I wasn’t scoring,” 11 a.m. — National Signing Day Special, ESPNU
Plummer said. “Other people stepped up.” 7 p.m. — Frisco Bowl: San Diego State vs. Ohio,
Mikaela Foecke had 27 kills and a game-high 29 points for sev- ESPN
enth-seeded Nebraska, which had the crowd at Target Center on its NBA
side and effectively minimized the power and precision of Plummer 2 p.m. — G-League, Raptors 905 vs. Memphis,
but couldn’t pull away from this towering Stanford team that finished ESPNU
the season on a 32-match winning streak and was determined to 4:30 p.m. — G-League, Lakeland vs. Maine, ESPNU
avenge a loss to Florida in last year’s semifinals. 7 p.m. — G-League, Erie vs. Texas, ESPNU
“I don’t know that I’ve been part of a match that was more NHL
interesting, more hard-fought,” Cardinal coach Kevin Hambly said, 7 p.m. — Pittsburgh at Washington, NBC Sports
adding: “Foecke was unbelievable in that match. We couldn’t touch Network
her. It’s sad to see her leave the NCAA. She’s going to have a long SOCCER
career ahead of her. I think we just all have a lot of respect for that 1:30 p.m. — Bundesliga, Bayern Munich vs. RB
team, how hard they play, the way they defend, the way they scrap.” Leipzig, FS1
The Cardinal (34-1) had a much tougher time than in their three- 1:30 p.m. — Bundesliga, Frankfurt vs. FSV
set victory over BYU in the semifinals against the Huskers (29-7), Mainz, FS2
who were champions in 2015 and 2017. They took a 3-1 lead in the 9:30 p.m. — FIFA Club World Cup, semifinal,
Real Madrid vs. TBD, FS2
final set, but the Cardinal proved they were much more than the
power and precision of Plummer, who’s part of a star-studded junior WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
class with Fitzmorris, who’s also 6-foot-6, Gray and Hentz. 7:30 p.m. — Connecticut at Oklahoma, FS1
— From Staff and Wire Reports
Basketball Golf PNC Father-Son Challenge
NBA Sunday
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
At The Ritz-Carlton GC, Orlando, Florida
Purse: $1.085 million / Yardage: 6,853; Par: 72
Final
Toronto 23 9 .719 — Davis Love III-Dru Love, $200,000.......................................................................................62-56—118
Philadelphia
Boston
20 11 .645 2½
18 11 .621 3½
Stewart-Connor Cink, $62,417.............................................................................................61-60—121
John-Little John Daly, $62,417.............................................................................................59-62—121
Brooklyn 13 18 .419 9½ Retief-Leo Goosen, $62,417.................................................................................................63-58—121
New York 9 22 .290 13½
Southeast Division
David-Carter Toms, $49,000............................................................................................... 60-63—123
Jack-G.T.Nicklaus, $48,000.................................................................................................61-64—125
W L Pct GB Lee-Connor Janzen, $46,500...............................................................................................62-64—126
Charlotte
Orlando
14 15 .483 —
14 15 .483 —
Jerry-Wesley Pate, $46,500................................................................................................ 63-63—126
Jim-Mike Furyk, $44,500..................................................................................................... 64-63—127
Miami 13 16 .448 1 Matt-Peter Kuchar, $44,500.................................................................................................65-62—127
Washington 12 18 .400 2½ Vijay-Qass Singh, $44,500.................................................................................................. 64-63—127
Atlanta 6 23 .207 8 Tom-David Kite, $43,250..................................................................................................... 65-63—128
Central Division Mark-Shaun O’Meara, $43,250........................................................................................... 63-65—128
Milwaukee
W L Pct GB
19 9 .679 —
David-Brady Duval, $42,500............................................................................................... 66-63—129
Darren-Tyrone Clarke, $42,000............................................................................................67-64—131
Indiana 20 10 .667 — Bernhard-Jackie Langer, $41,500....................................................................................... 68-64—132
Detroit
Chicago
14 13 .519 4½
7 23 .233 13
Nick-Matthew Faldo, $40,750.............................................................................................. 64-69—133
Lee-Daniel Trevino, $40,750................................................................................................66-67—133
Cleveland 7 23 .233 13 Greg Norman-Greg Norman Jr., $40,250........................................................................... 68-66—134
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
Nick-Greg Price, $40,000.....................................................................................................67-69—136
W L Pct GB Alfred Dunhill Championship
Memphis 16 13 .552 — Sunday
At Leopard Creek CC, Malelane, South Africa
Dallas 15 13 .536 ½
San Antonio 15 15 .500 1½ Purse: $1.7 million / Yardage: 7,287; Par: 72
Houston 14 14 .500 1½ Final
David Lipsky, United States...................................................................................... 70-66-70-68—274
New Orleans 15 16 .484 2
Northwest Division David Drysdale, Scotland..........................................................................................69-69-71-67—276
W L Pct GB Zander Lombard, South Africa.................................................................................71-69-68-69—277
Scott Jamieson, Scotland......................................................................................... 71-66-68-72—277
Denver 20 9 .690 —
Oklahoma City 18 10 .643 1½ Oliver Wilson, England.............................................................................................. 70-69-71-69—280
Portland 16 13 .552 4 Ben Evans, England...................................................................................................70-70-71-69—280
Niklas Lemke, Sweden...............................................................................................72-68-70-71—281
Utah 14 16 .467 6½
Minnesota 13 16 .448 7 Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa................................................................................. 71-69-70-71—281
Pacific Division Oliver Bekker, South Africa....................................................................................... 66-73-75-68—282
Adri Arnaus, Spain..................................................................................................... 71-74-67-70—282
W L Pct GB
Golden State 20 10 .667 — Pablo Larrazabal, Spain.............................................................................................69-73-67-73—282
L.A. Lakers 18 12 .600 2 Neil Schietekat, Spain................................................................................................72-72-70-69—283
Darren Fichardt, South Africa....................................................................................69-70-73-71—283
L.A. Clippers 17 12 .586 2½
Sacramento 16 13 .552 3½ Dylan Frittelli, South Africa........................................................................................69-70-72-72—283
Phoenix 6 24 .200 14 Robert MacIntyre, Scotland....................................................................................... 70-71-72-71—284
Romain Langasque, France...................................................................................... 74-68-69-73—284
Late Saturday Brandon Stone, South Africa.................................................................................... 69-70-69-76—284
Oklahoma City 110, L.A. Clippers 104 Jean-Paul Strydom, South Africa.............................................................................. 74-72-72-67—285
Masahiro Kawamura, Japan...................................................................................... 72-71-72-70—285
Phoenix 107, Minnesota 99
Sunday’s Games Chris Paisley, England...............................................................................................75-70-70-70—285
Brooklyn 144, Atlanta 127 Matt Wallace, England............................................................................................... 74-71-70-70—285
Philadelphia 128, Cleveland 105 Max Orrin, England.................................................................................................... 71-74-67-73—285
Indiana 110, New York 99 Sean Crocker, United States.....................................................................................72-68-71-74—285
Washington 128, L.A. Lakers 110
Miami 102, New Orleans 96
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, South Africa....................................................................75-69-66-75—285
Raphael Jacquelin, France....................................................................................... 68-75-66-76—285
Sacramento 120, Dallas 113 Also
Denver 95, Toronto 86 Ernie Els, South Africa...............................................................................................73-67-73-73—286
Today’s Games Branden Grace, South Africa.....................................................................................73-72-70-72—287
Milwaukee at Detroit, 6 p.m. Chase Koepka, United States....................................................................................73-72-75-79—299
Phoenix at New York, 6:30 p.m.
Chicago at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
Sacramento at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Utah at Houston, 7 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 28
Music City Bowl
Hockey
Philadelphia at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.
Memphis at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.
At Nashville, Tennessee
Purdue (6-6) vs. Auburn (7-5), 12:30 p.m.
NHL
Portland at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. EASTERN CONFERENCE
(ESPN)
Atlantic Division
Tuesday’s Games
Cleveland at Indiana, 6 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.
Camping World Bowl
At Orlando, Florida GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay 34 25 7 2 52 138 97
Washington at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.
West Virginia (8-3) vs. Syracuse (9-3),
4:15 p.m. (ESPN) Buffalo 34 20 9 5 45 105 98
Dallas at Denver, 8 p.m. Alamo Bowl Toronto 33 21 10 2 44 117 93
Montreal 33 17 11 5 39 108 107
At San Antonio
Football Iowa State (8-4) vs. Washington State (10-2),
8 p.m. (ESPN)
Boston
Detroit
33 17 12 4 38 90 88
34 14 15 5 33 98 115
Bowl Schedule Saturday, Dec. 29
Ottawa
Florida
34 14 16 4 32 112 132
31 12 13 6 30 101 113
Saturday, Dec. 15
Celebration Bowl
Peach Bowl Metropolitan Division
At Atlanta
At Atlanta
Florida (9-3) vs. Michigan (10-2), 11 a.m.
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 32 20 9 3 43 122 100
North Carolina A&T 26, Alcorn State 22
Cure Bowl
(ESPN) Columbus 32 17 12 3 37 107 105
At Orlando, Florida
Belk Bowl
At Charlotte, North Carolina
Pittsburgh 32 15 11 6 36 110 104
Tulane 41, Louisiana-Lafayette 24
New Mexico Bowl
South Carolina (7-5) vs. Virginia (7-5), 11 a.m. N.Y. Islanders 31 15 12 4 34 89 91
Carolina 32 14 13 5 33 84 93
Albuquerque
(ABC)
Arizona Bowl N.Y. Rangers 32 14 13 5 33 94 106
Utah State 52, North Texas 13
Las Vegas Bowl
At Tucson, Arizona New Jersey 31 11 13 7 29 94 111
Philadelphia 31 12 15 4 28 93 116
Fresno State 31, Arizona State 20
Arkansas State (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5),
12:15 p.m. (CBSSN) WESTERN CONFERENCE
Camellia Bowl
At Montgomery, Alabama
Cotton Bowl Classic Central Division
Georgia Southern 23, Eastern Michigan 21
At Arlington, Texas
CFP Semifinal, Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Clemson
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Winnipeg 33 22 9 2 46 121 94
New Orleans Bowl
Appalachian State 45, Middle Tennessee 13
(13-0), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Nashville 33 22 10 1 45 104 82
Orange Bowl Colorado 33 18 9 6 42 121 102
Tuesday’s Game
Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl
At Miami Gardens, Florida
CFP Semifinal, Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Alabama
(13-0), 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Minnesota 32 17 13 2 36 101 91
Dallas 33 16 14 3 35 92 93
UAB (10-3) vs. North Illinois (8-5), 6 p.m. St. Louis 31 12 15 4 28 88 107
Chicago 35 10 19 6 26 99 135
(ESPN) Monday, Dec. 31
Pacific Division
Military Bowl
Wednesday’s Game At Annapolis, Maryland GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Frisco (Texas) Bowl
San Diego State (7-5) vs. Ohio (8-4), 7 p.m.
Cincinnati (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (6-6), Calgary
Anaheim
34 22 10 2 46 122 93
34 18 11 5 41 89 98
11 a.m. (ESPN)
(ESPN) Sun Bowl
At El Paso, Texas
San Jose
Vegas
34 18 11 5 41 112 103
35 19 14 2 40 107 101
Thursday’s Game Stanford (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (7-6), 1 p.m. (CBS) Edmonton 34 18 13 3 39 98 101
Gasparilla Bowl Redbox Bowl Vancouver 36 16 16 4 36 110 118
At St. Petersburg, Florida Santa Clara, Calif. Arizona 32 14 16 2 30 81 89
Marshall (8-4) vs. South Florida (7-5), 7 p.m. Michigan State (7-5) vs. Oregon (8-4), 2 p.m. Los Angeles 34 11 20 3 25 75 106
(ESPN) (FOX)
Liberty Bowl NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
Friday’s Games At Memphis, Tenn. overtime loss. Top three teams in each division
Bahamas Bowl Missouri (8-4) vs. Oklahoma State (6-6), and two wild cards per conference advance to
At Nassau 2:45 p.m. (ESPN) playoffs.
Toledo (7-5) vs. FIU (8-4), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Holiday Bowl
At San Diego Late Saturday
At Boise, Idaho
Nashville 2, New Jersey 1, SO
Western Michigan (7-5) vs. BYU (6-6), 3 p.m. Northwestern (8-5) vs. Utah (9-4), 6 p.m. (FS1)
(ESPN) Gator Bowl Colorado 6, Dallas 4
At Jacksonville, Florida Vancouver 5, Philadelphia 1
Sunday’s Games
Saturday, Dec. 22
Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl
NC State (9-3) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 6:30 p.m.
(ESPN) Vegas 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, OT
Memphis (8-5) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), 11 a.m. Carolina 3, Arizona 0
(ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 1 Calgary 7, St. Louis 2
Outback Bowl
Armed Forces Bowl
At Fort Worth, Texas At Tampa, Florida
Buffalo 4, Boston 2
Winnipeg 5, Tampa Bay 4, OT
Houston (8-4) vs. Army (9-2), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4), 11 a.m. San Jose 7, Chicago 3
(ESPN2)
Dollar General Bowl
Citrus Bowl
Vancouver 4, Edmonton 2
At Mobile, Alabama Today’s Games
Buffalo (10-3) vs. Troy (9-3), 6 p.m. (ESPN) At Orlando, Florida Vegas at Columbus, 6 p.m.
Kentucky (9-3) vs. Penn State (9-3), Noon
Hawaii Bowl
(ABC) Anaheim at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m
At Honolulu Boston at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.
Louisiana Tech (7-5) vs. Hawaii (8-5), 9:30 p.m. Fiesta Bowl
Nashville at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.
At Glendale, Arizona
(ESPN) LSU (9-3) vs. UCF (12-0), Noon (ESPN) N.Y. Islanders at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Rose Bowl
Wednesday, Dec. 26
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
At Pasadena, California
Washington (10-3) vs. Ohio State (12-1), 4 p.m. Transactions
At Dallas
Boston College (7-5) vs. Boise State (10-3),
(ESPN)
Sunday’s Moves
Sugar Bowl
12:30 p.m. (ESPN) At New Orleans BASKETBALL
Quick Lane Bowl
At Detroit
Minnesota (6-6) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5),
Texas (9-4) vs. Georgia (11-2), 7:45 p.m.
(ESPN)
National Basketball Association
WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Recalled Fs Troy
Brown Jr. and Okaro White from Capital City
4:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Cheez-It Bowl
Monday, Jan. 7
College Football Championship
(NBAGL).
NBA G League
AGUA CALIENTE CLIPPERS — Traded G
At Phoenix
California (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
At Santa Clara, California
Cotton Bowl winner vs. Orange Bowl winner, Ryan Boatright to Texas for F J.J. Avila.
Thursday, Dec. 27
7 p.m. (ESPN) HOCKEY
National Hockey League
Independence Bowl CAROLINA HURRICANES — Assigned Fs
At Shreveport, Louisiana Football Championship Clark Bishop and Janne Kuokkanen and G
Scott Darling to Charlotte (AHL).
Temple (8-4) vs. Duke (7-5), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Pinstripe Bowl Subdivision Playoffs NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled G
At Bronx, New York Championship Alexandar Georgiev from Hartford (AHL).
Miami (7-5) vs. Wisconsin (7-5), 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5 Assigned LW Matt Beleskey and G Dustin
(ESPN) At Toyota Stadium Tokarski to Hartford.
Texas Bowl Frisco, Texas ST. LOUIS BLUES — Recalled F Tanner
At Houston North Dakota State (14-0) vs. Eastern Kaspick from Tulsa (ECHL) to San Antonio
Baylor (6-6) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Washington (12-2), Noon (AHL).
Alabama
Continued from Page 1B
Alabama scored the first six edge. The Crimson Tide shot 44 per-
points of the third quarter and ex- cent (27-for-61) from the field and
tended its lead to 52-39 with 6:59 assisted on 15 of their made field
left in the period. The Crimson Tide goals. Alabama scored 42 points in
clung to a double-digit advantage the paint.
throughout the third period and en- Alabama will return to action at
tered the fourth quarter with a 64- 3 p.m. Thursday when it takes on
50 lead. Virginia as a part of the Florida Sun-
Alabama had a 53-30 rebounding shine Classic in Orlando, Florida.
Ole Miss
Continued from Page 1B
Bruce Stevens recorded 15 points to give Ole Miss its first lead since
off the bench on 6-for-7 shooting. late in the first half. After another
Junior center Dominik Olejniczak stop, a 3-pointer by Shuler from the
scored seven points and had a team- corner turned a six-point deficit
high three steals and two blocked into a six-point advantage 51-45 and
shots. forced the Mocs to call a timeout.
David Jean-Baptiste led Chat- The Rebels kept the Mocs score-
tanooga with 15 points. The Mocs less for 6:38 to finish off the run and
were 11-for-21 (52.4 percent) from build a 22-point lead.
3-point range. “I had a sneaky feeling,” Davis
Ole Miss led 33-21 with 5 min- said. “I started watching Chatta-
utes, 23 seconds remaining in the nooga on tape, and watching Lam-
opening half. The Mocs used an ont Paris’ team, they’ve really got-
18-4 run to take a 39-37 lead at half- ten much better over the last three
time. Chattanooga hit four 3-point- or four games. We haven’t really
ers in that span, including a triple been tested at home yet, exhibition
from Jerry Johnson Jr. right before or the first four games. It was just
the buzzer. Both teams shot 59 per- something I thought would happen,
cent in the first half. and it did. It was my first time as the
The second half started off as a coach at Ole Miss to get down in the
3-point contest. Chattanooga drilled second half at home and watch your
a pair from long range to build a six- fans and players respond, so to me
point advantage before the Rebels that was a cool thing and I enjoyed
flipped the script with four threes of it.”
their own. Davis began the barrage Ole Miss will return to action
with a contested three to slice the at 7 p.m. Friday when it plays Mid-
margin in half. After a rejection by dle Tennessee State, Davis’ former
Olejniczak, Tyree sank a transition team, at Bridgestone Arena in Nash-
3-pointer from the wing to tie the ville, Tennessee. The game will be
game at 45. A steal by Olejniczak broadcast on CBS Sports Network’s
turned into another Tyree 3-pointer Facebook page.

FOOTBALL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
New England 9 5 0 .643 374 310 6-0-0 3-5-0 6-4-0 3-1-0 3-1-0
Miami 7 7 0 .500 295 374 6-1-0 1-6-0 6-4-0 1-3-0 4-1-0
Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 215 333 3-4-0 2-5-0 3-7-0 2-2-0 1-3-0
N.Y. Jets 4 10 0 .286 292 359 2-5-0 2-5-0 3-8-0 1-2-0 1-4-0
South
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
Houston 10 4 0 .714 352 281 5-2-0 5-2-0 8-3-0 2-1-0 3-2-0
Indianapolis 8 6 0 .571 372 300 5-2-0 3-4-0 6-5-0 2-1-0 3-2-0
Tennessee 8 6 0 .571 268 254 5-1-0 3-5-0 5-6-0 3-0-0 3-2-0
Jacksonville 4 10 0 .286 225 289 3-5-0 1-5-0 3-7-0 1-3-0 1-4-0
North
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
Pittsburgh 8 5 1 .607 384 316 4-3-0 4-2-1 5-5-1 3-0-0 3-1-1
Baltimore 8 6 0 .571 341 253 5-2-0 3-4-0 6-4-0 2-2-0 2-3-0
Cleveland 6 7 1 .464 309 348 4-2-1 2-5-0 4-5-1 2-2-0 2-1-1
Cincinnati 6 8 0 .429 337 413 4-4-0 2-4-0 4-6-0 2-2-0 1-3-0
West
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
x-Kansas City 11 3 0 .786 499 380 6-1-0 5-2-0 9-2-0 2-1-0 4-1-0
x-L.A. Chargers 11 3 0 .786 395 298 5-2-0 6-1-0 8-2-0 3-1-0 3-2-0
Denver 6 8 0 .429 306 299 3-4-0 3-4-0 4-6-0 2-2-0 2-2-0
Oakland 3 11 0 .214 260 418 2-5-0 1-6-0 2-8-0 1-3-0 0-4-0
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
Dallas 8 6 0 .571 276 269 6-1-0 2-5-0 7-3-0 1-3-0 4-1-0
Philadelphia 7 7 0 .500 311 318 4-3-0 3-4-0 5-6-0 2-1-0 3-2-0
Washington 7 7 0 .500 265 310 3-4-0 4-3-0 6-5-0 1-2-0 2-3-0
N.Y. Giants 5 9 0 .357 307 348 2-5-0 3-4-0 4-7-0 1-2-0 1-4-0
South
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
y-New Orleans 11 2 0 .846 447 283 5-1-0 6-1-0 8-2-0 3-0-0 3-1-0
Carolina 6 7 0 .462 324 332 5-1-0 1-6-0 4-5-0 2-2-0 1-2-0
Atlanta 5 9 0 .357 356 381 4-4-0 1-5-0 5-5-0 0-4-0 2-2-0
Tampa Bay 5 9 0 .357 344 403 4-3-0 1-6-0 4-6-0 1-3-0 2-3-0
North
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
y-Chicago 10 4 0 .714 383 264 7-1-0 3-3-0 8-2-0 2-2-0 4-1-0
Minnesota
Green Bay
7 6 1 .536 323 308 5-2-0 2-4-1 5-4-1 2-2-0 2-1-1
5 8 1 .393 332 331 5-1-1 0-7-0 3-7-1 2-1-0 1-3-1
Detroit 5 9 0 .357 284 333 3-4-0 2-5-0 3-7-0 2-2-0 1-3-0
West
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
y-L.A. Rams 11 3 0 .786 448 343 6-1-0 5-2-0 7-3-0 4-0-0 4-0-0
Seattle 8 6 0 .571 363 292 4-2-0 4-4-0 7-4-0 1-2-0 2-3-0
San Francisco 4 10 0 .286 301 373 4-3-0 0-7-0 2-8-0 2-2-0 1-4-0
Arizona 3 11 0 .214 192 367 1-6-0 2-5-0 3-7-0 0-4-0 2-2-0
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Thursday, Dec. 13
L.A. Chargers 29, Kansas City 28
Saturday, Dec. 15
Houston 29, N.Y. Jets 22
Cleveland 17, Denver 16
Sunday’s Games
Baltimore 20, Tampa Bay 12
Washington 16, Jacksonville 13
Indianapolis 23, Dallas 0
Buffalo 14, Detroit 13
Chicago 24, Green Bay 17
Minnesota 41, Miami 17
Tennessee 17, N.Y. Giants 0
Atlanta 40, Arizona 14
Cincinnati 30, Oakland 16
Pittsburgh 17, New England 10
San Francisco 26, Seattle 23, OT
Philadelphia 30, L.A. Rams 23
Today’s Game
New Orleans at Carolina, 7:15 p.m.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Sunday’s Men’s Major
Scores
EAST
Boston College 77, Fairfield 67
Drexel 92, Quinnipiac 83
Duquesne 72, Maine 46
Florida Gulf Coast 76, UMBC 53
Fordham 74, Howard 67
Hartford 87, Oakland 82
Niagara 77, Cornell 74
Providence 87, CCSU 63
Rhode Island 83, West Virginia 70
St. John’s 73, Wagner 58
Stony Brook 74, Delaware 68
Vermont 75, Northeastern 70
SOUTH
Canisius 92, Elon 91
Coastal Carolina 69, NC Central 65
Mississippi 90, Chattanooga 70
N. Kentucky 72, Miami (Ohio) 66
Troy 87, W. Kentucky 81
UCF 90, Stetson 65
William & Mary 106, William Peace 89
Winthrop 109, Hiwassee 66
MIDWEST
Bowling Green 82, Findlay 57
Illinois St. 88, Cleveland St. 77, OT
Loyola of Chicago 80, Norfolk St. 49
Michigan St. 104, Green Bay 83
Milwaukee 87, Wisconsin Lutheran 64
Nebraska 79, Oklahoma St. 56
SOUTHWEST
Houston 68, Saint Louis 64
TCU 90, Indiana St. 70
Tulsa 72, Dayton 67
UTEP 68, UC Riverside 56
FAR WEST
Hawaii 76, MVSU 51
New Mexico 82, Cent. Arkansas 70
Pacific 79, CS Northridge 77
San Francisco 68, Cal St.-Fullerton 54
South Dakota 68, Colorado St. 63
UC Davis 83, William Jessup 65
The Associated Press
Men’s Top 25 Fared
1. Kansas (9-0) beat No. 17 Villanova
74-71.
2. Duke (9-1) did not play.
3. Tennessee (8-1) beat Memphis 102-92.
4. Gonzaga (9-2) lost to No. 12 North
Carolina 103-90.
70-62.
5. Michigan (11-0) beat Western Michigan
6. Virginia (9-0) did not play.
7. Nevada (11-0) beat South Dakota State
72-68.
8. Auburn (9-1) beat UAB 75-71, OT.
9. Michigan State (9-2) beat Green Bay
104-83.
10. Florida State (8-1) did not play.
11. Texas Tech (10-0) beat Northwestern
State 79-44; beat Abilene Christian 82-48.
12. North Carolina (8-2) beat No. 4
Gonzaga 103-90.
13. Virginia Tech (9-1) beat Washington
73-61.
14. Buffalo (10-0) beat Southern Illinois
73-65.
15. Ohio State (9-1) beat Bucknell 73-71.
16. Wisconsin (9-2) beat Savannah State
101-60.
17. Villanova (8-4) lost to Pennsylvania
78-75; lost to No. 1 Kansas 74-71.
18. Mississippi State (9-1) beat Cincinnati
70-59.
19. Kentucky (8-2) beat Utah 88-61.
76-74.
20. Arizona State (8-1) beat Georgia
21. Marquette (8-2) did not play.
22. Iowa (8-2) beat Northern Iowa 77-54.
23. Furman (12-0) beat Charleston
Southern 77-69; beat UNC Wilmington 93-50.
24. Houston (10-0) beat LSU 82-76;beat
Saint Louis 68-64.
25. Indiana (9-2) beat Butler 71-68.
25. Kansas State (7-2) beat Georgia State
71-59.
25. Syracuse (7-3) lost to Old Dominion
68-62.
Ole Miss 90,
Chattanooga 70
CHATTANOOGA (5-7): Easley 2-8 0-0
4, Smallwood 1-2 1-1 3, J.Johnson 3-9 0-2 8,
Jean-Baptiste 6-10 0-0 15, Scott 4-6 3-6 14,
Kerby 1-3 0-0 2, Brown 1-1 1-1 3, Vila 5-8 0-0
10, Toatley 2-8 0-0 5, Caldwell 2-3 0-0 6. Totals
27-58 5-10 70.
OLE MISS (8-2): Olejniczak 2-3 3-5 7,
Shuler 3-6 1-1 9, T.Davis 9-11 0-0 20, Tyree
7-12 3-5 20, Hinson 2-4 1-2 5, Stevens 6-7 2-2
15, Buffen 0-3 2-4 2, Naylor 0-1 2-2 2, D.Davis
2-3 1-2 6, Halums 0-0 2-2 2, Morgano 0-0 0-0
0, Rodriguez 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 32-52 17-25 90.
Halftime—Chattanooga 39-37. 3-Point
Goals—Chattanooga 11-21 (Scott 3-4,
Jean-Baptiste 3-4, Caldwell 2-3, J.Johnson
2-5, Toatley 1-3, Kerby 0-2), Ole Miss 9-16
(Tyree 3-4, T.Davis 2-2, Shuler 2-4, Stevens
1-2, D.Davis 1-2, Hinson 0-1, Rodriguez 0-1).
Fouled Out—Smallwood. Rebounds—Chatta-
nooga 21 (Scott 7), Ole Miss 26 (T.Davis 5). As-
sists—Chattanooga 19 (Toatley 10), Ole Miss
20 (T.Davis 7). Total Fouls—Chattanooga 22,
Ole Miss 16. Technicals—Hinson. A—6,344
(9,500).
Late Saturday Men’s Major
College Scores
SOUTHWEST
Oklahoma 81, Southern Cal 70
Saturday, Dec. 22
Washington at Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.
Baltimore at L.A. Chargers, 7:20 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 23
Atlanta at Carolina, Noon
Houston at Philadelphia, Noon
N.Y. Giants at Indianapolis, Noon
Green Bay at N.Y. Jets, Noon
Minnesota at Detroit, Noon
Buffalo at New England, Noon
Cincinnati at Cleveland, Noon
Jacksonville at Miami, Noon
Tampa Bay at Dallas, Noon
L.A. Rams at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.
Chicago at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at New Orleans, 3:25 p.m.
Kansas City at Seattle, 7:20 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 24
Denver at Oakland, 7:15 p.m.
FAR WEST
Baylor 58, Arizona 49
California 67, Cal Poly 66
Grambling St. 70, Portland 58
LSU 78, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 74
Loyola Marymount 85, Portland St. 58
San Diego 85, N. Colorado 65
San Jose St. 79, N. Arizona 74
Texas A&M 67, Oregon St. 64
UC Irvine 86, Denver 52
Utah St. 86, Alabama St. 48
LSU 78, Saint Mary’s 74
LSU (8-3): Bigby-Williams 1-2 3-4 5, Reid
5-13 4-4 14, Taylor 3-6 0-0 7, Mays 3-6 7-8 14,
Smart 1-8 0-0 2, Williams 4-6 7-7 15, Days 0-1
0-0 0, Edwards 1-2 0-0 3, Waters 7-12 1-2 18.
Totals 25-56 22-25 78.
SAINT MARY’S (CAL) (7-5): Fitts 2-6 4-5
9, Thomas 1-1 0-0 2, Hunter 7-8 1-4 15, Ford
8-17 4-6 21, Kuhse 2-6 4-4 8, Fotu 2-5 1-2 7,
Tass 1-3 2-2 4, Krebs 2-6 2-2 8, Clinton 0-0 0-0
0, Mudronja 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-52 18-25 74.
Halftime—LSU 29-28. 3-Point Goals—
LSU 6-17 (Waters 3-5, Mays 1-2, Edwards
1-2, Taylor 1-3, Days 0-1, Reid 0-2, Smart
0-2), Saint Mary’s (Cal) 6-17 (Fotu 2-3, Krebs
2-4, Fitts 1-3, Ford 1-6, Kuhse 0-1). Fouled
Out—Krebs. Rebounds—LSU 21 (Williams 6),
Saint Mary’s (Cal) 32 (Fitts 8). Assists—LSU 11
(Waters, Smart 3), Saint Mary’s (Cal) 9 (Kuhse
6). Total Fouls—LSU 22, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 22.
A—5,107 (18,000).
Texas A&M 67,
Oregon State 64
TEXAS A&M (4-4): Mekowulu 2-7 0-0 4,
Mahan 3-5 2-2 10, Chandler 1-4 0-0 2, Starks
8-17 1-2 18, Flagg 2-6 3-4 7, Nebo 2-4 2-2 6,
J.Walker 2-2 5-5 10, Mitchell 3-9 1-2 10. Totals
23-54 14-17 67.
OREGON STATE (6-3): Hollins 2-9 3-5 8,
Kelley 2-6 2-2 6, Tinkle 6-17 4-6 17, E.Thomp-
son 6-12 5-6 20, S.Thompson 2-11 0-0 5,
Washington 1-1 0-0 2, Vernon 2-3 0-0 6, Reich-
le 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 21-61 14-19 64.
Halftime—Texas A&M 33-30. 3-Point
Goals—Texas A&M 7-17 (Mitchell 3-6, Mahan
2-3, J.Walker 1-1, Starks 1-6, Chandler 0-1),
Oregon St. 8-27 (E.Thompson 3-6, Vernon 2-2,
Hollins 1-3, S.Thompson 1-7, Tinkle 1-8, Reich-
le 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Texas
A&M 30 (Flagg 8), Oregon St. 36 (Hollins 10).
Assists—Texas A&M 16 (Starks 8), Oregon St.
12 (E.Thompson, Vernon, Tinkle, Reichle 2).
Total Fouls—Texas A&M 20, Oregon St. 17.
Technicals—Mekowulu. A—5,802 (19,393).
Southeastern Conference
Men
Conf. Pct. Overall Pct.
Auburn 0-0 .000 9-1 .900
Mississippi State 0 -0 .000 9-1 .900
Tennessee 0-0 .000 8-1 .889
Kentucky 0-0 .000 8-2 .800
Arkansas 0-0 .000 7-2 .778
Ole Miss 0-0 .000 8-2 .800
Vanderbilt 0-0 .000 6-2 .750
LSU 0-0 .000 8-3 .727
Alabama 0-0 .000 6-3 .667
Missouri 0-0 .000 6-3 .667
Georgia 0-0 .000 5-4 .556
Florida 0-0 .000 5-4 .556
Texas A&M 0-0 .000 4-4 .500
South Carolina 0-0 .000 4-5 .444
Saturday, Dec. 15
Tennessee 102, Memphis 92
Kentucky 88, Utah 61
Arizona State 76, Georgia 74
Auburn 75, Alabama-Birmingham 71, OT
Arkansas 79, UTSA 67
Mississippi State 70, Cincinnati 59
LSU 78, Saint Mary’s 74
Texas A&M 67, Oregon State 64
Sunday’s Game
Ole Miss 90, Chattanooga 70
Today’s Game
Arizona State at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m.
(SEC Network)
Tuesday’s Games
Xavier at Missouri, 6 p.m. (ESPNU)
Oakland at Georgia, 6 p.m.
Liberty vs. Alabama, 7 p.m.
Mercer vs. Florida, 7 p.m. (SEC Network)
Wednesday’s Games
Virginia at South Carolina, 6 p.m.
(SEC Network)
Auburn at North Carolina State, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
Samford at Tennessee, 6 p.m.
Wofford at Mississippi State, 7 p.m.
Valpariaso at Texas A&M, 7:30 p.m.
Georgia Tech at Arkansas, 8 p.m.
(SEC Network)
Thursday’s Games
No games scheduled
Friday’s Games
Ole Miss vs. Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m.
Furman at LSU, 7 p.m.
Penn State at Alabama, 8 p.m. (SEC Network)
Saturday’s Games
Wake Forest at Tennessee, 11 a.m. (ESPN2)
Georgia at Georgia Tech, 11 a.m. (ESPNU)
Clemson at South Carolina, 1 p.m. (ESPN2)
Texas State at Arkansas, 1 p.m. (SEC Network)
Marshall at Texas A&M, 1 p.m.
Murray State at Auburn, 3:30 p.m.
(SEC Network)
Florida Gulf Coast vs. Florida, 4 p.m. (FS2)
Kentucky at North Carolina, 4:15 p.m. (WCBI)
Vanderbilt vs. Kansas State, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
Wright State at Mississippi State, 6 p.m.
(SEC Network)
Illinois vs. Missouri, 7 p.m. (Big Ten Network)
Sunday, Dec. 23
No games scheduled
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
Steelers ride rookie Samuels past Patriots
By WILL GRAVES
The Associated Press
PIT TSBURGH — Ben Roethlis-
berger didn’t want to use the word
“crossroads.” He did anyway.
His team mired in a three-game
losing streak and with Tom Brady
and the New England Patriots on
the other sideline Sunday — a sight
that typically signals doom for Ro-
ethlisberger and the Pittsburgh
Steelers — the longtime quarter-
back understood his team’s enig-
matic season had reached a tipping
point.
“Are we going to step up and
play? Are we going to divide each
other? Who knows?” Roethlisberg-
er said after a taut 17-10 victory.
“This was going to be a great chal-
lenge for us against a team that is
always one of the best. I thought we
answered the bell today.”
In so many ways.
Monday
Continued from Page 1B
McCaffrey during that
span — and is in dire need
of a win to keep its slim
playoff hopes alive. Kamara
and backfield mate Mark
Ingram have New Orleans
(11-2) out in front in the
NFC and looking to stay a
step ahead of the Los An-
geles Rams in the battle for
the top seed and home-field
advantage in the playoffs.
Both teams will count
on their all-purpose backs
down the stretch.
“He’s a heck of a player,”
McCaffrey said of Kamara.
McCaffrey said he
spends some of his off days
studying film on Kamara
and looking at some of what
he does to see if he can in-
corporate it into his game.
“It’s been fun watching
him and it’s kind of cool, a
lot of similarities obviously
in our game,” McCaffrey
Conference USA
Conference All Games
W L Pct. W L Pct.
North Texas 0 0 .000 10 1 .909
FIU 0 0 .000 8 2 .800
Louisiana Tech 0 0 .000 9 3 .750
Old Dominion 0 0 .000 8 3 .727
Southern Miss. 0 0 .000 7 3 .700
FAU 0 0 .000 7 3 .700
Marshall 0 0 .000 7 4 .636
UAB 0 0 .000 6 4 .600
W. Kentucky 0 0 .000 5 5 .500
UTEP 0 0 .000 4 5 .444
Rice 0 0 .000 4 7 .364
UTSA 0 0 .000 3 7 .300
Charlotte 0 0 .000 2 5 .286
Middle Tenn. 0 0 .000 3 8 .273
Saturday, Dec. 15
Old Dominion 68, Syracuse 62
Marshall 75, Akron 74
UC Santa Barbara 99, Rice 89, OT
Wichita State 63, Southern Mississippi 60
Toledo 84, Middle Tennessee 62
Auburn 75, Alabama-Birmingham 71, OT
Arkansas 79, UTSA 67
Louisiana Tech 83, Louisiana-Lafayette 62
Sunday’s Games
Troy 87, Western Kentucky 81
UTEP 68, UC Riverside 56
Today’s Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday’s Games
South Florida at FIU, 6 p.m.
East Carolina at Charlotte, 6:30 p.m.
Alcorn St. at UAB, 7 p.m.
Rice at Rio Grande, 7 p.m.
North Texas at New Mexico, 8 p.m.
Southwestern Athletic
Conference
Conference All Games
Grambling St.
W L Pct. W L Pct.
0 0 .000 5 6 .455
Alcorn St. 0 0 .000 4 6 .400
Texas Sou.
Ark.-Pine Bluff
0 0 .000 4 6 .400
0 0 .000 3 7 .300
Alabama St.
Jackson St.
0 0 .000 2 6 .250
0 0 .000 2 9 .182
MVSU 0 0 .000 2 11 .154
Prairie View 0 0 .000 1 9 .100
Southern U.
Alabama A&M
0 0 .000 1 10
0 0 .000 0 9 .000
.091
Saturday, Dec. 15
Murray State 74, Jackson St. 57
Northwestern State 69, Southern U. 66
Utah State 86, Alabama St. 48
Grambling State 70, Portland 58
Sunday’s Game
Hawaii 76, MVSU 51
Today’s Game
Texas Southern at Tulane, 7 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Alabama State at Sam Houston State, 6:30 p.m.
Alcorn State at Alabama-Birmingham, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Women’s Major
Scores
EAST
Boston College 78, Boston U. 51
CCSU 56, New Hampshire 47
Drexel 65, Gardner-Webb 48
Duquesne 66, ETSU 58
Michigan St. 74, Hartford 66
Penn St. 80, American U. 59
Sacred Heart 74, Manhattan 46
Siena 64, UMass 59
SOUTH
Alabama 87, Northwestern St. 73
Auburn 73, Samford 46
Ball St. 86, W. Kentucky 83
Coll. of Charleston 65, Lipscomb 63
Davidson 90, Clemson 80
East Carolina 63, SC-Upstate 53
Florida A&M 57, Miami (Ohio) 56
Florida St. 71, Creighton 52
Georgia Tech 60, Kennesaw St. 35
Miami 71, Md.-Eastern Shore 53
Old Dominion 60, VCU 57
UAB 62, Alabama St. 47
UNC-Greensboro 48, Liberty 45
Virginia Tech 83, Mount St. Mary’s 51
W. Michigan 69, FAU 59
MIDWEST
Akron 62, Canisius 53
Arizona St. 65, Kansas St. 51
Cincinnati 79, Xavier 61
Gonzaga 70, Missouri St. 67
Illinois St. 61, Maryville (MO) 52
Iowa 83, N. Iowa 57
Iowa St. 86, Drake 81
N. Dakota St. 51, Valparaiso 48
Notre Dame 103, Binghamton 53
Ohio 73, IUPUI 66
Ohio St. 46, Florida 41
Purdue Fort Wayne 86, Goshen College 45
South Carolina 82, Purdue 73
UMKC 88, Loyola of Chicago 74
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas 71, Prairie View 44
North Texas 59, Xavier (LA) 46
Oral Roberts 74, Houston Baptist 56
TCU 69, Southern U. 40
Texas 65, Stetson 46
FAR WEST
Boise St. 73, Washington 69
California 69, UC Santa Barbara 45
Long Beach St. 57, Grand Canyon 50
Montana 79, St. Francis (Pa.) 77
Montana St. 59, Nebraska-Omaha 56
Southern Cal 58, CS Northridge 42
UC Irvine 84, Portland 69
UCLA 71, Oklahoma St. 59
Monday, December 17, 2018 3B
Rookie running back Jaylen certainly looked like one against
Samuels ran for a season-high 142 New England (9-5). Samuels ran 19
yards in his second NFL start. The times and caught two passes for 30
defense that looked so vulnerable in yards, including a leaping 20-yard
the late going during Pittsburgh’s grab on third-and-9 on Pittsburgh’s
recent slide figured out a way to penultimate possession that helped
slow Brady and Rob Gronkowski. set up Boswell’s field goal.
Embattled kicker Chris Boswell “I was just staying relaxed, didn’t
drilled a critical 48-yard field goal want to stay too tensed up,” Samuels
in the final minutes, and the Steel- said. “Just do what I do. We knew it
ers (8-5-1) gave their playoff hopes was going to be a hard-fought game
a welcome jolt. ... it was a pretty good outcome.”
“I knew it was a big game, it was One that helped Pittsburgh pre-
a redemption game for last year,” serve its half-game lead over Balti-
said Samuels, a senior at North Car- more (8-6) in the AFC North with
olina State last fall when Pittsburgh two weeks to go. It also exorcised
collapsed late in a loss to the Patri- some demons. Pittsburgh had
ots. “I just wanted to go out there dropped five straight to New En-
and give them my all.” gland and only beaten Brady twice
Forced into action with James in his storied career. Despite never
Conner missing his second straight trailing, their third win over him
game due to a sprained left ankle, wasn’t assured until Morgan Bur-
Samuels said he’s never been a fea- nett knocked down Brady’s heave
ture back. Funny, the fifth-round to the end zone intended for Julian
pick considered a bit of a project Edelman with 20 seconds to go.
league has put added value
“It’s been fun watching him and in recent years on versatile
it’s kind of cool, a lot of similarities running backs.
Saints coach Sean Pay-
obviously in our game.” ton said that with the for-
mations and the running
Carolina Panthers running back schemes in the NFL that
Christian McCaffrey, have begun to resemble
talking about his style and that of college football in terms of
New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara. zone reads and run-pass
option plays “those type of
players are a handful.”
said. “He’s a good one to back,” Kamara said. “We
“He’s very gifted in the
watch.” came in in the same class so passing game, he’s got ex-
McCaffrey was Caro- I think it is just respect for all ceptional vision, and I think
lina’s first-round pick in backs that we came in with he runs with good balance
2017, while Kamara slipped whether it’s Christian or and power,” Payton said
to the Saints in the third Leonard (Fournette) or Dal- of McCaffrey. “You see
round. Kamara said he and vin (Cook) or anybody. We him in goal line situations,
McCaffrey do a lot of the all kind of watch each oth- short-yardage situations.
same things, yet still have er. We talk in the offseason. He’s a guy that’s very diffi-
different styles. But he too He’s having a great year and cult to defend in space, and
keeps an eye on what oth- definitely doing a lot of good I think that’s the same way
er backs from the Class of things. So I see it.” Alvin is. I think that those
2017 are doing in the NFL, McCaffrey and Kamara are explosive guys that can
including McCaffrey. have joined Todd Gurley change the field position
“Christian is a great and Saquon Barkley as the very quickly.”
Gonzaga pushing
Samford 8 9 7 22 — 46
The AP Women’s Top 25 Auburn 20 16 20 17 —73
Fared 3-Point Goals—Samford 7-21 (Fitzgerald
0-1, Brown 3-3, Serup 1-3, Williams 0-3, Allen
1. UConn (9-0) did not play.
2. Notre Dame (9-1) beat Binghamton 3-5, Battle 0-1, Hill 0-4, Omar 0-1), Auburn 6-16
(Alexander 1-5, Jones 2-3, McKay 1-2, Howard
through tough
103-53.
0-2, Benton 2-4). Assists—Samford 16 (Brown
3. Baylor (8-1) beat Morehead State 96-58;
lost to No. 11 Stanford 68-63. 7), Auburn 10 (McKay 4). Rebounds—Samford
36 (Armstrong 16), Auburn 34 (Thompson 6). Total
4. Louisville (11-0) beat Northern Kentucky
92-59. Fouls—Samford 20, Auburn 8. A—1,675.
5. Mississippi State (10-0) beat Southern
Ohio State 46, Florida 41
stretch in schedule
Mississippi 86-42.
6. Maryland (10-0) beat Loyola (Md.) 83-48. FLORIDA (3-7): Moore 1-3 1-2 4, Robinson
0-0 0-0 0, Nakkasoglu 4-14 3-4 14, Smith 1-7
7. Oregon (8-1) beat South Dakota State
87-79. 0-2 2, Washington 3-10 2-2 8, Brower 0-1 0-0 0,
Williams 1-7 0-1 2, de Oliveira 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson
8. Oregon State (8-2) beat Eastern
Washington 91-45; lost to Texas A&M 76-70. 3-6 0-0 8, Rainey 1-8 0-0 3, Totals 14-57 6-11 41.
OHIO STATE (4-3): Juhasz 2-10 2-4 6, Wa-
9. Tennessee (8-0) did not play.
10. N.C. State (11-0) beat Maine 84-46. terman 5-15 1-1 11, Grande 2-11 2-2 6, Miller 0-2 By A ARON BEARD
0-0 0, Santoro 1-6 4-8 6, Patty 3-7 2-2 8, Crooms
11. Stanford (7-1) beat No. 3 Baylor 68-63.
12. Texas (8-2) beat Stetson 65-46. 2-3 0-0 4, Queenland 2-4 0-0 5, Totals 17-58 11- The Associated Press
17 46.
13. California (9-0) beat UC Santa Barbara
69-45. Florida 13 12 12 4 —41
14. Minnesota (10-0) beat Coppin State Ohio St. 10 8 14 14 —46
3-Point Goals—Florida 7-27 (Moore 1-3, CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Gonzaga
84-52.
15. Syracuse (8-2) did not play. Nakkasoglu 3-8, Smith 0-1, Washington 0-3,
Brower 0-1, Williams 0-1, de Oliveira 0-1, John-
men’s basketball team has
spent the early part of the Notebook
16. Iowa (9-2) beat Northern Iowa 83-57.
17. Arizona State (8-2) beat Kansas State son 2-4, Rainey 1-5), Ohio St. 1-19 (Juhasz 0-4,
Waterman 0-2, Grande 0-5, Miller 0-2, Santoro
65-51.
18. Kentucky (10-1) beat Middle Tennessee 0-1, Patty 0-2, Crooms 0-1, Queenland 1-2). As- season traveling around the
sists—Florida 5 (Smith 2), Ohio St. 9 (Grande 5).
72-55.
19. Marquette (8-2) beat Green Bay 80-54. Fouled Out—Ohio St. Patty. Rebounds—Florida country to face high-profile
39 (Washington 10), Ohio St. 51 (Santoro 10). Total
20. DePaul (7-3) did not play .
21. Gonzaga (10-1) beat Missouri State Fouls—Florida 20, Ohio St. 15. A—4,585. non-conference opponents, and coach
70-67. Late Saturday Women’s Mark Few has no regrets — even after No.
22. Missouri (8-3) lost to South Dakota
74-61. Major College Scores 4 Gonzaga fell at No. 12 North Carolina for
23. Michigan State (9-1) beat Hartford FAR WEST
74-66, OT. Texas A&M 76, Oregon State 70 its second-straight loss.
24. Miami (9-2) beat Maryland-Eastern UC Riverside 57, E. Washington 45
Shore 71-53. “When you play games in December,
25. South Carolina (6-4) beat Purdue Texas A&M 76, I think college basketball gets noticed.
82-73, 2OT.
No. 8 Oregon State 70 instead of waiting until February to pay
No. 25 South Carolina 82, TEXAS A&M (8-2): Jones 2-8 4-6 8,
Purdue 73, 2OT Johnson 5-9 1-2 11, Carter 10-24 3-3 27, Wash-
ington 3-4 0-0 7, Wells 5-11 8-8 20, Martin 0-2 attention,” Few said Saturday night after
SOUTH CAROLINA (6-4): Herbert Harrigan
8-16 3-4 19, Jennings 7-13 5-5 19, Harris 3-8 8-9
0-0 0, Rael-Whitsitt 0-0 0-0 0, Jackson 1-1 1-2
3, Walton 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 26-59 17-21 76.
a 103-90 loss in Chapel Hill. “It’s the right
14, Henderson 0-1 0-0 0, Perry 2-4 0-0 5, Grissett
1-3 0-0 2, Jackson 4-9 5-6 14, Cliney 1-2 2-2 5,
OREGON STATE (8-2): Corosdale 1-3 time and the right game to play.
Cooper 1-4 0-1 2, Cuevas-Moore 1-8 0-0 2, Totals
0-2 2, Washington 1-1 2-2 4, McWilliams 9-13
1-1 19, Pivec 4-9 1-6 10, Slocum 3-9 0-0 7, “With that said, I really loaded up on
28-68 23-27 82.
Thropay 0-0 0-0 0, Grymek 4-6 0-0 8, Good-
PURDUE (7-4):Harris 4-9 2-2 10, Diagne
1-2 0-0 2, Farquhar 2-5 0-0 4, McLaughlin 6-14 man 5-11 1-1 14, Tudor 1-7 3-3 6, Totals 28-59 the schedule for this particular team.
8-15 70.
10-12 25, Oden 6-14 5-6 19, Gony 0-0 0-0 0, Har-
din 0-0 0-0 0, Traylor 2-7 6-9 11, Whilby 1-2 0-0 2, Texas A&M 24 18 11 23 —76 This has been a tough little run here. But
Totals 22-53 23-29 73.
South Carolina 11 17 11 16 12 15 — 82
Oregon St. 14 18 18 20 —70
3-Point Goals—Texas A&M 7-15 (Carter I’d definitely do it again, especially with
Purdue 10 13 19 13 12 6 —73 4-10, Washington 1-2, Wells 2-3), Oregon St.
6-16 (Pivec 1-2, Slocum 1-3, Goodman 3-6, Tu-
this group of guys.”
See MEN, 5B
3-Point Goals—South Carolina 3-16 (Harris
0-2, Perry 1-2, Jackson 1-3, Cliney 1-2, Cooper
0-1, Cuevas-Moore 0-6), Purdue 6-13 (McLaugh-
dor 1-5). Assists—Texas A&M 11 (Carter 3), Or-
egon St. 12 (McWilliams 3). Fouled Out—Texas
A&M Carter, Rebounds—Texas A&M 33 (Jones
lin 3-6, Oden 2-5, Traylor 1-2). Assists—South
Northern Illinois
Carolina 16 (Harris 7), Purdue 12 (Traylor 5). 20), Oregon St. 33 (Pivec 8). Total Fouls—Tex-
Fouled Out—Purdue Harris, Farquhar, Oden. as A&M 14, Oregon St. 13. A—1,083.
Rebounds—South Carolina 39 (Herbert Harrigan
15), Purdue 38 (Oden 10). Total Fouls—South Car- SEC Women
olina 25, Purdue 25. A—10,086. Conf. Pct. Overall Pct.
player hits 11
Mississippi State 0-0 .000 10-0 1.000
Alabama 87, Tennessee 0-0 .000 8-0 1.000
Northwestern State 73 Kentucky 0-0 .000 10-1 .909
Auburn 0-0 .000 8-1 .889
treys in game
NORTHWESTERN STATE (4-5): Gilliam Texas A&M 0-0 .000 8-2 .800
2-4 1-1 5, Johnson 5-10 2-2 15, Bonner 5-11 4-5 Missouri 0-0 .000 8-3 .727
15, Grant 1-5 0-0 2, Thomas 0-4 0-0 0, Barnes
Arkansas 0-0 .000 8-3 .727
1-3 1-4 3, Miller 3-4 0-0 6, Savage 1-2 5-8 7, Scott
Alabama 0-0 .000 7-4 .636
0-3 3-4 3, Bell 2-3 0-0 4, Nero 5-11 3-9 13, Totals
LSU 0-0 .000 5-3 .625
25-60 19-33 73.
Georgia 0-0 .000 6-4 .600
ALABAMA (7-4): Copeland 10-13 6-11 26, By DOUG FEINBERG
Walker 3-10 1-2 7, Johnson 3-6 6-8 12, Lewis 2-7 South Carolina 0-0 .000 6-4 .600
Ole Miss 0-0 .000 5-7 .417
7-8 12, Wade 4-10 0-0 10, Benjamin 4-11 5-6 16,
Vanderbilt 0-0 .000 4-6 .400 The Associated Press
Craig Cruce 0-3 0-0 0, Abrams 1-1 2-2 4, Barber
0-0 0-0 0, Worth 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 27-61 27-37 87. Florida 0-0 .000 3-7 .300
Northwestern St. 13 26 11 23 —73
Alabama 26 20 18 23 —87 Saturday, Dec. 15 NEW YORK — Northern Illinois
Kentucky 72, Middle Tennessee 55
3-Point Goals—Northwestern St. 4-17
(Gilliam 0-1, Johnson 3-5, Bonner 1-5, Grant 0-2, Louisiana Tech 80, Ole Miss 71 senior guard Mikayla Voight had a game
Thomas 0-1, Nero 0-3), Alabama 6-24 (Walker
0-2, Johnson 0-1, Lewis 1-5, Wade 2-8, Benjamin
South Dakota 74, Missouri 61
Rutgers 57, LSU 43 to remember against Western Illinois.
3-6, Craig Cruce 0-2). Assists—Northwestern St. Central Michigan 66, Vanderbilt 57
Texas A&M 76, Oregon State 70
She set two school records when she
10 (Thomas 3), Alabama 15 (Craig Cruce 5). Re-
bounds—Northwestern St. 30 (Miller 4), Alabama Sunday’s Games had a career-best 52 points
in the 86-61 win on Dec. Notebook
Ohio State 46, Florida 41
53 (Copeland 12). Total Fouls—Northwestern St.
31, Alabama 24. A—2,113. Alabama 87, Northwestern State 73
Arkansas 71, Prairie View 44
Arkansas 71, Prairie View 44 Auburn 73, Samford 46 8, going 19-for-25 from
PRAIRIE VIEW (3-5): Nealey 2-7 0-2 4, Wil-
liams 3-8 0-0 6, Dobbins 2-16 3-4 7, Newman 1-6
South Carolina 82, Purdue 73, 2OT
Today’s Game the field — including 11
0-0 3, Willis 2-4 1-1 5, Burrell 0-0 0-0 0, Campbell
2-4 2-4 6, Cobb 1-5 0-0 2, Ford 4-12 0-0 8, Penni-
Texas State at Missouri, 7 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
3-pointers.
man 0-3 0-0 0, Shepherd 0-2 0-0 0, Tieuel 1-3 0-0 Stanford at Tennessee, 5 p.m. (SEC Network) The 11 3-pointers set a Northern Illi-
3, Tolbert 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 18-72 6-11 44.
ARKANSAS (8-3): Williams 1-6 4-4 6, Dun-
Auburn vs. Coastal Carolina, 5:30 p.m.
Western Carolina at Kentucky, 6 p.m. nois record, surpassing the mark of nine
gee 2-11 4-6 8, Mason 3-6 0-0 6, Monk 3-9 2-2 Nicholls at LSU, 6:30 p.m.
8, Tolefree 3-10 0-0 7, Stout 1-1 0-0 3, Thomas Nebraska at Arkansas, 7 p.m. set by Alexis Lindstrom in 2014. Her 19
5-9 1-2 11, Weaver 2-2 0-1 4, Doumbia 1-5 0-0 2,
Gaulden 2-6 2-2 6, Northcross-Baker 2-6 0-1 5,
Mississippi State at Oregon, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)
Wednesday’s Games made shots also tied the school mark set
Spangler 0-1 0-2 0, Zimmerman 0-4 5-6 5, Totals
25-76 18-26 71.
Lipscomb at Georgia, 10 a.m.
USC at Texas A&M, 5 p.m.
by Charmonique Stallworth in 1996. Her
Prairie View
Arkansas
18 4 9 13 —44
13 13 21 24 —71
Troy at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. 52 points was the third-highest effort in
Thursday’s Games
3-Point Goals—Prairie View 2-16 (Dobbins
0-4, Newman 1-4, Penniman 0-2, Shepherd 0-1, Arkansas at Tulsa, 2 p.m. Division I play this season.
Florida vs. Utah, 2 p.m.
Tieuel 1-3, Tolbert 0-2), Arkansas 3-23 (Dungee
0-2, Mason 0-2, Monk 0-2, Tolefree 1-6, Stout Alabama vs. Virginia, 3 p.m. “I’ve really got to credit my team-
1-1, Doumbia 0-2, Northcross-Baker 1-5, Span- Auburn vs. North Carolina, 5:30 p.m.
LSU at Louisiana, 6:30 p.m. mates because they got me the ball when
gler 0-1, Zimmerman 0-2). Assists—Prairie View
7 (Williams 2), Arkansas 11 (Doumbia 3). Re- Vanderbilt vs. Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Mississippi State at Washington, 9 p.m.
I was open,” said Voigt following her re-
bounds—Prairie View 46 (Williams 12), Arkansas
64 (Zimmerman 11). Total Fouls—Prairie View 20, Friday’s Games cord-breaking performance. “Great pass-
Murray State at Kentucky, 11 a.m.
Arkansas 12. A—1,892.
Georgia Southern at Georgia, Noon es make it easier to shoot and the bucket
Auburn 73, Samford 46 Missouri at Illinois, Noon
Alabama vs. Miami, 5:15 p.m. just looked really big today. We just took
SAMFORD (3-8): Fitzgerald 0-3 0-0 0, Arm-
strong 5-10 0-0 10, Brown 3-4 0-0 9, Serup 1-3 0-0
3, Williams 0-3 0-0 0, Crozier 1-1 0-0 2, Allen 3-7
Temple at South Carolina, 6 p.m.
(SEC Network) what the Western defense was giving us.”
0-0 9, Battle 5-11 1-2 11, Hill 1-7 0-0 2, Omar 0-2
0-0 0, Totals 19-51 1-2 46.
East Tennessee State at Tennessee, 6 p.m.
Prairie View at Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m.
Voight’s next game is Monday against
AUBURN (8-1): Thompson 2-7 1-2 5, Al- Vanderbilt vs. Creighton, 7:30 p.m. Eastern Illinois.
exander 6-13 3-3 16, Jones 2-5 2-2 8, McKay Saturday’s Game
6-12 7-8 20, Primm 3-8 3-4 9, Howard 0-3 0-0 0, Auburn at Elon, 1 p.m.
See WOMEN, 5B
Jackson 0-2 0-0 0, Kelly 0-1 0-0 0, White 2-3 1-1 5, Sunday, Dec. 23
Benton 4-10 0-0 10, Totals 25-64 17-20 73. No games scheduled
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Ramos, Mets agree to two-year, $19M deal

By RONALD BLUM
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The New York
Mets have agreed to a $19 million,
two-year contract with free agent
catcher Wilson Ramos, according
to a person familiar with the nego-
tiations.
The agreement signals an end to
the Mets’ pursuit of Marlins catch-
er J.T. Realmuto. Instead, New York
turned to a two-time All-Star com-
ing off a strong year with the Tampa
Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies.
The person spoke to The Associated
Press on condition of anonymity Sun-
day because the deal has not been
announced and is pending a physical.
Grandal, another free agent catch- possible backups. D’Arnaud, who
er, in Arizona. Ramos became the turns 30 in February, has been on
priority for the Mets, partly be- the disabled list in five straight sea-
cause of compensation required sons as injuries limited him to 366
for signing Grandal, who turned major league games, an average of
down a $17.9 million qualifying of- 73 per season.
fer from the Los Angeles Dodgers. D’Arnaud was 3-for-15 (.200)
If New York had signed Grandal, with one homer and three RBIs in
the Mets would have forfeited their four games this year when he felt
second-highest pick in next June’s tightness in his right elbow during
amateur draft and $500,000 of in- pregame drills in Miami. He was
ternational signing bonus alloca- sent to New York and had an MRI
tion in 2019-20. that revealed a torn ulnar collater-
The Mets also discussed a possi- al ligament. Mets medical director
ble trade for Realmuto but decided
the players it would have had to give
Dr. David Altchek performed Tom-
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New York officials met last week Ramos is expected to be New an additional $2 million this year as
with Ramos at the winter meetings York’s primary catcher, with Travis an escalator for making 55 starts at
in Las Vegas and with Yasmani d’Arnaud and Kevin Plawecki as catcher in 2017.

BASKETBALL: NBA
East features MVP candidates without LeBron
By SCHUYLER DIXON
The Associated Press
With eight shopping
days to Christmas, the
NBA’s decision to have Mil-
waukee’s Giannis Antetok-
ounmpo and Philadelphia’s
Joel Embiid in its holiday
lineup is more than just
sides in another hoop smor-
gasbord.
It puts the spotlight on
— and raises a question
— about the MVP race,
as in, who in the Eastern
Conference is a legitimate
contender. It’s a question
because the last East MVP,
LeBron James going on six
years ago, has moved West.
The conversation has to
include the biggest name to
go the opposite direction
this past offseason: Toron-
to’s Kawhi Leonard, who
forced his way out of San
Antonio in a trade after
missing most of last season
with a mysterious leg inju-
ry.
“Oh yeah,” first-year At-
lanta coach Lloyd Pierce
declared about the East’s
MVP hopes.
“We missed Kawhi last
year and the people that
coached against him didn’t
Notebook
for a reason,” said Pierce,
who was an assistant with
the 76ers for Embiid’s first
two seasons. “He’s a domi-
nant two-way player. Ante-
tokounmpo is unbelievable
and his growth continues
to rise every game, every
year.”
The “Greek Freak”
opens the Christmas lineup
a week from Tuesday with
a visit to Madison Square
Garden to face the Knicks,
and Embiid will play at East
rival Boston. Leonard and
the Raptors don’t play Dec.
25.
The 7-foot Embiid is
sixth in scoring, third in
rebounding and eighth in
blocks with the Sixers sit-
ting fourth in the East go-
ing into Sunday’s games.
Another West star, New
Orleans’ Anthony Davis,
is the other player in the
top eight in those three
categories.
“It’s a little tougher for
those big guys to get in the
mix, but I think Joel, he’ll
make his mark,” Pierce
said. “He’s got to be if not
an MVP, a defensive player
of the year candidate, first-
team all-defensive player
this year.”
If Antetokounmpo can
get his 26.6-point scoring
average back to 27, he has
a chance to be the first to
average that many points
along with at least 13 re-
bounds and six assists per
game. The Bucks star is
eighth in scoring and fifth
in rebounding.
“He’s doing things I
think LeBron’s doing,” In-
diana coach Nate McMil-
lan said. “He’s a forward
playing the point. He’s an
excellent passer.”
Leonard has missed
games with foot and hip
injuries, along with the
occasional rest on the sec-
ond night of a back-to-back
after missing all but nine
games of his final season
with the Spurs because of
the leg injury.
Surging Celtics
Considered the presea-
son favorites in the East,
the Celtics are finally play-
ing like it. Boston won eight
straight games before a
loss to Detroit to surge to
fifth in the East, even in the
loss column with fourth-
place Philadelphia.
Jayson Tatum shot better
than 50 percent in the win-
ning streak while scoring Sunday’s Cryptoquote:
almost 18 points per game.
Terry Rozier scored in dou-
ble figures off the bench in
six of the first seven games
during the streak.
The week ahead
Memphis at
Golden State, Monday:
Mike Conley is having
quite a bounce-back sea-
son for the surprising
Grizzlies, averaging 20.4
points and 6.8 assists per
game. Stephen Curry and
the Warriors are 8-3 since a
four-game winning streak
that was the longest of Cur-
ry-Klay Thompson-Dray-
mond Green era.
Houston at
Miami, Thursday: Justise
Winslow’s scoring average
is up significantly for Mi-
ami in recent games as the
Houston native gets ready
for his first meeting this
season against the team
he rooted for growing up.
Father Rickie Winslow was
Phi Slamma Jamma team-
mates with Hakeem Ola-
juwon at the University of
Houston in the 1980s.

Colts
ACROSS
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6 New parents’
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While the Colts (8-6) celebrated, first 100-yard game since Week 9 Mack opened the second half 11 Mosque faith
12 Rust compound
Dallas was dismayed. and endured its first shutout since with a 6-yard scoring run and Vi- 13 Perhaps
The Cowboys (8-6) came out flat losing 12-0 to the Patriots on Nov. natieri sealed it with two more field 14 Brink
on offense, wore down on defense 16, 2003. goals. 15 Take it easy
and failed to clinch the NFC East “We didn’t play well enough in Defensively, the Colts made big 17 Mouse-spotting
title as a five-game winning streak any phase of our game to win,” Cow- play after big play, too. cry
ended. boys coach Jason Garrett said. “We Elliott lost 2 yards and the ball 18 Nevertheless
Ezekiel Elliott ran 18 times for can’t allow them to run the ball the on fourth-and-1 from the Colts 3, 22 “Carpe —”
87 yards and caught seven passes way they want to run it.” Dallas was knocked out of field-goal 23 Blood compo-
for 41 yards. Amari Cooper had That wasn’t the only problem. range on Tyquan Lewis’ sack on the nent
27 Ryan of “Paper
four catches for 32 yards and Dak The Colts repeatedly took advan- Cowboys’ final chance in the first Moon”
Prescott was 24-for-39 for 206 yards tage of Cowboys’ miscues. half, Pierre Desir and Darius Leon- 29 Dogpatch fellow
with one interception. When Denico Autry blocked a ard each ended drives by breaking 30 Submitted Sunday’s answer
But Mack set the tone with a Dallas field-goal attempt , Mack up passes in the second half and 32 Sunrise site
physical 19-yard run on his first capitalized with a 1-yard touch- George Odum capped it with a late 33 Women’s work- 4 Neighbor in the 25 Butte’s kin
carry, ran 22 times and matched his down plunge. Luck cashed in on a interception. place right cafeteria 26 Showily preten-
career best for scoring runs — all defensive holding call against An- Mack took care of the rest. 35 Mouth part 5 Lipstick slip tious
against the league’s No. 3 run de- thony Brown on third down to set “He ran well, he does all the lit- 38 “E Pluribus —” 6 Short book 28 Water and wine,
39 Suspect’s 7 Chopping tool for two
fense. up Adam Vinatieri for a 43-yard tle things really, really well,” Luck
defense 8 Deep mud 31 Convent resident
The result: Dallas gave up its field goal to make it 10-0 at the half. said. 41 Prince of India 9 Border 34 Mystiques

Eagles
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went 24-for-31 with one
interception. “You hate
for your teammate to get
hurt. I feel really bad for
Carson. ... What you’ve
done in the past, what I’ve
done in the past, it doesn’t
matter when you step on
that field. It’s a new day.
So I was dealing with the
emotions, but prepping as
hard as I could, and then
realizing I’m not alone.
I have great teammates
out there. All I have to do
is spread the ball around,
lean on them, stay in the
moment, and we were
able to do that tonight.
Today was a huge win for
us.”
Wendell Smallwood
rushed for two touch-
downs and rookie Josh
Adams ran for another
score as the Eagles (7-7)
kept their playoff hopes
quite viable with a gritty
victory against the Rams
(11-3), who lost consec-
utive regular-season
games for the first time
in coach Sean McVay’s
tenure.
Foles hadn’t played
since Week 2, but Wentz
is out with a back injury
that could sideline him
for the rest of the season.
Philadelphia coach Doug
Pederson declined to
say whether Foles would
start next week against
Houston, but Foles’ team-
mates know what they’ve
got after he slipped right
back into his old role in a
simplified offensive game
plan.
“That’s a guy with true
character,” Smallwood
said of Foles. “We’re just
comfortable with him
back there. We don’t feel
like anything has fallen
off. We know he’s going to
step up there and do the
job. We rode that guy and
we stuck with him (last
year), and he went out and
played for us tonight.”
The Eagles still trail
NFC East leader Dallas
(8-6) and sit even with
Washington (7-7), so they
will need help to get back
into the postseason, most
likely from Carolina and
Minnesota stumbling
down the stretch. But
they’ll get an enormous
boost from becoming
the first team to beat the
Rams twice under McVay.
“It’s very satisfying,”
Pederson said. “Our
backs have been against
the wall for the last few
weeks. Hopefully this
gives us momentum for
the rest of the season.
Our goals are still in front
of us.”
The Eagles scored 17
consecutive points in the
third quarter and then
survived the Rams’ late
45 Gave a hoot 10 Look for 35 Face card
46 Be penitent 16 Ray-gun sound 36 Arkin of “Argo”
47 Leg joints 18 Commotions 37 Hidden mike
48 Run-down 19 Of high quality 40 Hive resident
rally. After Philadelphia’s 20 New driver, often 42 Coffee, in slang
DOWN 21 Artist for the 43 Linking word
Jake Elliott missed a field 1 Bob Cratchit’s son same recording 44 “You there!”
goal with 1 minute, 8 sec- 2 Much of N. Amer. company
onds left, Jared Goff got 3 Go by air 24 Ginger cookie
the Rams to the Philadel-
phia 18 with 4 seconds
to play — but he couldn’t
connect with Josh Reyn-
olds on a pass to the goal
line as time expired.
Goff passed for 339
yards with two intercep-
tions in the Rams’ first
loss at the Coliseum in
seven games this season.
Todd Gurley rushed for
two touchdowns — giv-
ing him an NFL-best 21
TDs this season — while
catching 10 passes for 76
yards. But the superstar
running back also accept-
ed the blame for failing
to get out of bounds on a
catch inside the final 20
seconds, depriving the
Rams of likely two addi-
tional shots at the end
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Exam week
Most of the top 25 teams had a light
week because of final exams. No. 1 Con-
necticut didn’t play and second-ranked
Notre Dame beat Binghamton 103-53.
Third-ranked Baylor went out to Cali-
fornia and lost at No. 11 Stanford 68-63
Saturday.
Wolfpack attack
Tenth-ranked N.C. State is off to its
best start in 21 years. The 1997-98 team
started 10-0 and reached the Final Four
that season. The Wolfpack (11-0) have
a good shot at remaining unbeaten up
to Atlantic Coast Conference play. N.C.
State will play Friday at Chattanooga
and against Davidson on Dec. 30 in Ra-
leigh, N.C.
Unexpected unbeatens
While many of the remaining unde-
feated teams were expected to be good,
like UConn, Louisville, and Mississip-
pi State, three of the other unbeaten
schools are off to incredible starts.
Bradley has won its first eight games
for only the second time in school histo-
ry and the eight-game winning streak is
tied for second-longest in school history
behind the 2001-02 team that started 9-0.
The team can match that mark Wednes-
day with a win at Cleveland State.
South Alabama also has won its first
eight games for the second time in pro-
gram history. That includes a victory
against Alabama. The 1984-85 team won
its first 12 games before suffering a de-
feat. The eight wins in a row is tied for
the seventh-longest streak in program
history.
Northeastern is 9-0 to start the sea-
son and has tied the school record for
longest winning streak set by the 1998-
99 NCAA tournament team. Jess Genco
hit a school-best nine 3-pointers Satur-
day as part of a 31-point effort in a victo-
ry against Providence. Genco broke her
mark of 3-pointers in a game.
Gonzaga (9-2) has had a headline-grab-
bing opening month. It won the Maui In-
vitational by holding off Duke star fresh-
men RJ Barrett and Zion Williamson to
beat the then-No. 1 Blue Devils.
That propelled Gonzaga to No. 1
in The AP Top 25. It then traveled to
Creighton (103-92 win) and edged Wash-
ington (81-79 win) before losing to No. 3
Tennessee last weekend in Phoenix.
Then came the visit to UNC, the start
of a home-and-home series that will
bring the Tar Heels to Spokane, Wash-
ington, next season.
“I’ve never had any of my teams play a
schedule this tough,” Few said.
North Carolina’s offense turned in
a huge performance by shooting 55
percent and making 13 of 25 3-point-
ers, while the Tar Heels dominated the
boards (42-21) and finished with a 27-0
edge in second-chance points. It high-
lighted what the Zags need to improve:
defense and rebounding.
Gonzaga should get help with some of
that when Killian Tillie is ready to go. The
6-foot-10 junior hasn’t played this year be-
cause of ankle surgery, though his project-
ed eight-week recovery time could have
him back next month in time for the start
of West Coast Conference play.
Tare Heels’ rise?
That same game offered the Tar Heels
a glimpse of what can happen when they
shoot the ball well and attack the glass.
The same team that looked flum-
moxed in a double-digit loss at No. 5
Michigan on Nov. 28 played with a confi-
dent edge. The Tar Heels shot 57 percent
in the first half and led 53-39 and never
let the Zags closer than eight after half-
time.
The only real blemish was the sea-
son-high 23 turnovers that led to 29
points for Gonzaga, along with a few
defensive breakdowns. Overall, though,
it could give the Tar Heels a chance to
climb back inside the top 10 when Mon-
day’s poll is released.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY: happy about it she has withdrawn from most
My sister has and ended it. Am I socializing. I receive updates
been having off base because from my friend, who takes her
an affair with a I feel the way I to appointments, shopping, etc.
married man. do? — SNEAK- when she can’t drive herself
When I asked if ING AROUND IN or when she feels the woman
he was going to MAINE needs company. Officially, I
leave his wife, DEAR SNEAK- don’t know anything. But I was
she said no, and ING: You’re not told her oncologist has informed
it was fine with off base. But her she’s got six months.
her. She claims you’re also not My question is: Should I
his wife is fat and your sister. The contact her? I’ll feel like an idiot
ZITS that they have a two of you appear and like I’m invading her privacy
son with severe to have very if I do, yet somehow guilty if I
disabilities, and different values. don’t. The only thing I would say
she (my sister) While you want a to her is that I’m sorry this has
wouldn’t want the full relationship, happened to her. My gut tells
responsibility of
Dear Abby the “crumbs” and me I should keep quiet, but my
that, even though goodies she’s guilt is getting in the way. —
I’m sure the boy would stay with getting from her honey may be FRIEND OF A FRIEND IN NEW
his mother. enough for her, and she may YORK
She refers to him as her regard their stolen moments DEAR FRIEND: I assume
“honey,” and he buys her as exciting. If she were hoping you know as much about this
things. (She has always been for more than the status quo, woman as you do because your
materialistic.) She stays in I would say she’s wasting her good friend is confiding in you.
contact with him constantly on time. But she seems to know If you don’t know anything “offi-
her iPad and says how much he the score. cially,” I assume your friend was
GARFIELD loves her. DEAR ABBY: I know three sworn to secrecy and chose to
I would want to be open people who have cancer. One tell you because she receives
and have everyone get to know is terminal, one is probably ter- emotional support from you.
about my honey instead of minal and the other is possibly I see nothing to be gained by
sneaking around. When I say I terminal. The second and third inserting yourself at this point,
don’t believe he loves her, she individuals I’ve known for a long and you should not feel guilty
gets mad and accuses me of time. The terminal person, how- for keeping your distance.
being jealous. I also told her ever, is a social acquaintance Listen to your gut.
that if I loved someone, I’d want — someone I met through a Dear Abby is written by
to be with him and not commu- close friend. Abigail Van Buren, also known
nicate via email. Gifts wouldn’t Over the last two years we as Jeanne Phillips, and was
make up for the person not have socialized a half-dozen founded by her mother, Pauline
being with me, especially if I times, but we’ve never had an Phillips. Contact Dear Abby
claimed to love him. extended conversation, and at www.DearAbby.com or P.O.
I was in a relationship with a I don’t especially like her. As Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA
CANDORVILLE married man once, but I wasn’t her condition has worsened, 90069.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.
17). It’s not too late to do the
thing you really wanted to do, if
you want it badly enough. You’ll
get your mind and efforts all
aligned because this year is
about confluence. Your team
gains numbers. In fact, it triples
by February. Scorpio and Pisces
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 20, 2, 22, 7 and 13.
BABY BLUES ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Are you the influencer, or is the
other person? Bigger question:
Does it matter? You’re both
influential, so don’t even worry
about it. Do you and see what
happens.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
The rules of acceptable conduct
are constantly changing, and
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
you are fantastic at keeping
abreast of the situation, testing,
observing and tracking what
works and what doesn’t.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
What once caused you stress
is no longer a problem. You’ve
grown, the situation has shrunk
– something like that! A smooth
transaction will be the first sign
of progress.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). You read people. That’s
your thing. Except don’t get too
assumptive in this regard today,
because people will surprise
you with their idiosyncrasies
and pivots.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Questing can be more of an ac-
tivity than the solution to a prob-
lem. It’s pretty fun to go looking
for things, more fun than, say,
taking care of the stuff you al-
ready have. Before you embark,
make sure you don’t already
have what you seek.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Take out the emotional part
and matters of finance are, at
their root, just math. So why is
it nearly impossible to take out
the emotional part? Because
maybe this isn’t about money
after all. So what’s it really
about?
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
23). You’re not interested in
surrounding yourself with yes
people, yet to be an effective
leader, the team must follow
you at least some of the time.
Pick your times, and make your
requests.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You’re here, and your mind
is over there. That’s fine for
momentary flights of fancy, but
it’s no way to live -- because
your senses, though they may
be partly engaged in fantasy
and future, are only fully alive
where you are.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). As the sign of the archer,
it’s always better when you have
a clear aim. Make some goals
just for the fun of it. If you don’t
have a target, you rob yourself
of the satisfaction you get from
hitting it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You’ll be involved with a
task that’s a lot like a boomer-
ang. It will keep coming back
with more to do. Ready to stop?
There’s never one last throw
without one last catch. When
you have it in your hand, set it;
don’t throw it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). When people are ready
to learn, it happens easily and
quickly. Ideally, your student will
be ready. But if not, there’s a
little more work to do. Getting
people ready to learn is part of
the learning process.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). If you had to, you could get
by on your charms. But that’s
not you. You want to do some-
thing useful, make a concrete
contribution, feel the tensile
strength of your connections.
Charm – that’s your cherry on
top.

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For Placing/Canceling Classified
Chancery Clerk of
Line Ads: Over 6 lines is $1 per additional line.
Lowndes County, Mis- 4 Lines/26 Days................. $46.80 Price includes 2 FREE Garage Sale
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(90) days from this12:00 P.M. Rate applies to commercial operations signs. RAIN GUARANTEE: If it
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THISisthe
Thursday
29th day of12:00 P.M.
LEGAL NOTICES must November, 2018.
be submitted 3 business days
prior toWilliams
/s/Velma first publication
Liv- date Advertisements must be paid for in advance.
ingston
Velma Williams Living- You may cancel at any time during regular business hours and receive a refund for days not published.
• Please read your ad onston
the first day of publication. We accept
responsibility only for the first incorrect insertion.
• The Publisher assumes/s/ noSamuel
financial
ingston,
omission of copy. Liability shall
Hilary Liv-
responsibility for errors nor for
III not exceed the cost of that portion of FREE SERVICES These ads are taken by fax, e-mail or in person at our office. Ads will not be take by telephone.
Bargain Column Ad must fit in 4 lines Free Pets Up to 4 lines, runs for 6 days.
Samuel Hilary Living-
space occupied by such error.
ston, III
• All questions regarding classified ads currently running should be
(approximately 20 characters per line) and will run for 3 days.
Lost & Found Up to 6 lines, ad will run for 6 days.
directed to the Classified
/s/ Department.
James Clifton Liv-
• All ads are subject to the approval of this paper. The Commercial
ingston
Dispatch reserves the James
right toClifton Livingston
reject, revise, classify or cancel any For items $100 or less ONLY. More than one item may be in
advertising at any time.
/s/ Lulu L. Yarborough
same ad, but prices may not total over $100, no relists.
Lulu L. Yarborough
Lawn Care / Landscaping Commercial Property For
Need fast cash?
Legal Notices 0010 Legal Notices 0010 Tree Services 1860 Apts For Rent: Other 7080 Investment Property 8550
OF COUNSEL: 1470 Rent 7100
IN THE CHANCERY William F. Gillis, MBN VICKERS TREE 1BR/1BA located in His- 20% UNDIVIDED in-
COURT OF LOWNDES 4854 JESSE & BEVERLY'S SERVICE, LLC toric Downtown Colum- OFFICE SPACE: 2,000
terest (other owner has
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI Crowell Gillis & Cooper, LAWN SERVICE. Mow- Tree trimming and re- bus, Open space, very square feet. 294
80%) in beautiful devel-
PLLC ing, cleanup, landscap- moval. Fully insured. nice. $650/mo. 662- Chubby Dr. Flexible leas-
opment property at the
IN THE MATTER OF THE Post Office Box 1827 ing, sodding, & tree cut- Free estimates. 328-8655. ing terms. Available
southeast intersection
ESTATE Columbus, MS 39703 ting. 356-6525. *Now Accepting Credit now. 662-328-8254
of two four-lane high-
OF S. H. LIVINGSTON, (662) 243-7329 & Debit Cards* 2BR/2BA located in
Historic Downtown ways, US Hwy 82 and
JR., DECEASED Call Curt 662-418-0889 US Hwy 45. Equidistant
PUBLISH: 12/3, 12/10, or 662-549-2902 Columbus. 2,000 sq.
Painting & Papering 1620 feet. Hardwood floors to Starkville, Columbus,
NO. 2018-0250-C & 12/17/2018 “A cut above the rest” HISTORIC DOWNTOWN and West point. About
throughout. Open floor. Columbus Office, Retail,
SULLIVAN'S PAINT Very nice. $1300/mo. four miles from Golden
VELMA WILLIAMS LIV- SERVICE General Help Wanted 3200 Restaurant Space avail- Triangle airport. 80%
INGSTON, SAMUEL HIL- Building & Remodeling 1120 Call 662-328-8655 or able. Call 662-328-
Certified in lead owner likely wants to
Sell your unwanted items in
ARY LIVINGSTON, III, Noweta's Green Thumb 662-574-7879. 8655 or 662-574-7879. develop. 205-826-
HOME REPAIRS & CON- removal. Offering spe-
JAMES CLIFTON LIVING- cial prices on interior & is accepting applica- 3225.
STON, AND LULU L. STRUCTION WORK 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart-

the classifieds today.

WANTED. Carpentry, exterior painting, pres- tions for 2 positions: ments & townhouses.
YARBOROUGH, CO-EX- sure washing & sheet delivery personnel & Houses For Rent: Northside
ECUTORS small concrete jobs, Call for more info. Lots & Acreage 8600
electrical, plumbing, rock repairs. general help. Driver 662-328-8254. 7110
roof repairs, pressure Free Estimates must know the area &
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
washing and mobile Call 435-6528 have good driving his- General Merchandise 4600 Pets 5150 DOWNTOWN - WALK to 2 AVAILABLE: 2BR/1BA 2.28 +/- Acre Lot.
tory. Apply in person @ 149 Tanyia Lane. Off of
home roof coating and MUW, church & shops! near CAFB. $450/mo +
Letters Testamentary 1325 Main St. Lake Lowndes Road.
underpinning. No job APPLE COMPUTERS 2BR/1BA, central H&A, $350 dep. 662-889-
have been granted and M-F, 3-5 & SAT, 9-1. Has asphalt drive &
too small. 549-7031. Plumbing 1680 Two 2009 iMac com- hardwood. No Pets, no 1122.
issued to Velma Willi- No phone calls. puters available. Good parking, 1200 ft. shop
smoking, no HUD. Avail-
ams Livingston, Samuel working condition. w/ living area, septic
ACME, INC. able January. $675/
Hilary Livingston, III, Would be good for ba- tank & water meter. No
SUGGS CONSTRUCTION Stan McCown Medical / Dental 3300 $675. Credit check.
BLUECUTT ESTATES: trailers. $45,000. Call
James Clifton Living- Licensed Plumber sic web browsing or Call Long & Long Real
Building, remodeling, CKC REGISTERED Pup- 662-574-0345.
ston, and Lulu L. Yarbor-
metal roofing, painting "We fix leaks." HELP WANTED word processing. 2Ghz; Estate, 662-328-0770. 3BR/2BA, ch/a, double
ough, Co-Executors of 2 GB RAM; 250 GB HD. pies! Ready for Christ- garage, chain link
& all home repairs. 662-386-2915 mas! Call or text for
the Estate of S. H. Liv- CARE CENTER OF Computer and built-in DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA, fenced backyard, newly 3.5 Acre Lot. 3 estab-
ingston, Jr., deceased, 662-242-3471 info, 662-305-5584. CH&A, 1 story, W/D, remodeled.
ABERDEEN monitor only; mouse lished trailer lots. Play-
by the Chancery Court and keyboard not in- historic district, 1 block For Rent: $900/mo. or ground. Located on
of Lowndes County, Mis- Stump Removal 1790 cluded. $50 each. Business Opportunity 6050 from downtown, $625/ For Sale: $115,000.
Tom Hatcher, LLC 11-7 LPN needed Morgan Lane. Off of
sissippi, on the 27 day PRN (as needed) LPN's Call 662-574-1561 mo. + $625 dep. NO 662-352-4776. Harris Road. Caledonia
of November, 2018. Custom Construction, HISTORIC DOWNTOWN
Restoration, Remodel- PETS. 662-574-8789. Schools. $25,000.
This is to give notice to Columbus: 411 Main Peaceful & Quiet area.
ing, Repair, Insurance Apply in person at St. Office, Retail, Res- Houses For Rent: New Hope 662-574-0345.
all persons having claims. 662-364-1769. Care Center
claims against said es- taurant Space available. FIRST FULL MONTH 7130
Licensed & Bonded 505 Jackson St, Call 423-333-1124. UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY!
tate to Probate and Re- VINTAGE BIKE, Can- RENT FREE! 1 & 2 Bed- A Stable growth invest-
Aberdeen
gister same with the nondale Road Bike, pro- room Apts/Townhomes. 4BR/2BA, 1.25 Acres ment. FSBO: 72 Acres
EOE Apts For Rent: Northside 7010
Chancery Clerk of General Services 1360 fessionally recondi- Stove & refrigerator. Christopher Hills Sub; in Webster Co., near
Lowndes County, Mis- ALLSTUMP GRINDING tioned. $275. Call 662- $335-$600 Monthly. $197K (15K below ap- Mantee. Mature pines
sissippi, within ninety MUSIC THEORY LES- SERVICE Bargain Column 4180 251-3205. 2622 CANTERBURY - Credit check & deposit. praisal). New Hope
Enjoy the quiet conveni- (75yr), hardwoods
(90) days from this SONS GET 'ER DONE! Coleman Realty, School District. Avail- (50yr), 10ac hay field,
date. A failure to so Pro- $25 per hour We can grind all your EXTREMELY NICE Metal ence of this partially up- 662-329-2323. able to rent $1,000/
dated home. Features 2ac pond, w/county
bate and Register said Chords, Scales, Modes stumps. Hard to reach Toddler Bed with mat- mth - must meet minim- road frontage/utilities,
places, blown over tress $99. Will deliver. Sporting Goods 4720 include a wonderful JANUARY AVAILABILITY
claim will forever bar the & more! Call Jimbo @ (NOW ACCEPTING um credit/income re- superb potential home
same. 662-364-1687 roots, hillsides, back- Call (662)364-6520. shaded back yard, quirements. Military
ED SANDERS Gunsmith covered patio, screened APPLICATIONS) site & recognized
If no answer leave yards, pastures. Free families welcome. Move school. 45 minutes to
voicemail or text. estimates. You find it, BASKETBALL GOAL, Open for season! 9-5, porch, raised flower
THIS the 29th day of Tues-Fri & 9-12, Sat. Downtown Area- in ready. Dep $500 plus MSU. 334-277-9744.
November, 2018. we'll grind it! new, fully assembled. beds, and a well for
Over 50 years experi- 2BR/1BA, CH&A, hard- first month’s rent. Hot
662-361-8379 Portable. $100. Call duty free watering. Ex-
ence! Repairs, cleaning, tremely spacious and wood, appliances, no tub, detached apart- HUNTING LAND IN
/s/Velma Williams Liv- RETAINER WALL, drive- 662-328-7313.
refinishing, scopes pets, spacious, walk to ment, & large wired PICKENS COUNTY, AL
ingston way, foundation, con- reduced to $135,000. shop. Contact James
QUEEN SET mattresses. mounted & zeroed, Call Emily C. Moody for MUW. NO HUD. 93 acres on County
Velma Williams Living- crete, masonry restora- Tree Services 1860 Agent Owned. Thompson @ 662-574-
Very good cond. $100. handmade knives. a private viewing. Road 47 (Gordo 159 to
ston tion, remodeling, base- Located: Hwy 45 Alt, $675.00/$675.00. 6269.
Call 662-251-3205. Long & Long, Realtors County Road 47. Turn
ment foundation, re- A&T Tree Service North of West Point, @ 662-328-0770 or left & land is on the
/s/ Samuel Hilary Liv- pairs, small dump truck Bucket truck & stump Convenience-
Farm Equipment & Supplies turn right on Yokahama 662-574-3903. left). Paved road ac-
ingston, III hauling (5-6 yd) load & removal. Free est. Blvd, 8mi & turn left on 2BR/1BA, almost fin-
4420 GREAT LOCATION to cess. Mostly level.
Samuel Hilary Living- demolition/lot cleaning. Serving Columbus FOX RUN COMPANY LLC ished make-over. CH/A,
Darracott Rd, will see school, clean, 2BR/ Price: $204,600.
ston, III Burr Masonry since 1987. Senior 1 & 2 BR near hospital. new flooring, paint, ap-
sign, 2.5mi ahead shop 1BA, a/c, gas heat, w/d Linda Pruett, Keller
662-242-0259. citizen disc. Call Alvin @ 2016 JOHN Deere on left. 662-494-6218. $595-645/mo. Military pliances & more. No Williams Realty Tusca-
/s/ James Clifton Liv- 242-0324/241-4447 5100E Tractor, 210 hook up. No pets, no
discount offered, pet pets, no HUD. HUD. 662-327-2798. loosa, 205-657-5330.
ingston "We'll go out on a limb hours. $46,500. area, pet friendly, and
for you!" Also, 2016 15ft Agent Owned. Lv msg after 3rd ring,
James Clifton Livingston WORK WANTED: furnished corporate $495.00/$495.00. LOWNDES COUNTY 45
Licensed & Bonded-car- Kubota Bush hog avail. Pets 5150 available for showing. acres on Sobley & Dav-
205-329-1790. apartments available.
/s/ Lulu L. Yarborough pentry, painting, & de- ON SITE SECURITY. West Point- is Rd. Excellent hunting.
Lulu L. Yarborough molition. Landscaping, AKC REGISTERED 1 mile west of Hwy. 69.
ON SITE MAINTENANCE. Large 1BR/1BA, gas
gutters cleaned, bush J&A TREE REMOVAL Firewood / Fuel 4450 Chesapeake Bay
ON SITE MANAGEMENT. space heat, window air. Houses For Rent: South 7140 Small creek runs thru
OF COUNSEL: hogging, clean-up work, Work from a bucket Retrievers. Great property. $1375 per
24-HOUR CAMERA Water furnished. No 3BR/2BA, 2300 sqft,
William F. Gillis, MBN pressure washing, mov- truck. Insured/bonded. FIREWOOD FOR Sale. hunting, guard & com- acre. 205-799-9846 or
SURVEILLANCE. pets or HUD. very nice w/ 2 car gar-
4854cdispatch.com ing help & furniture Call Jimmy for a free es- Various lengths. panion dogs. $1000 ea. 205-695-2248.
Benji @ 662-386-4446 Agent Owned. age, lg back yard. Pets
Crowell Gillis & Cooper, repair. 662-242-3608 timate 662-386-6286. 662-295-2274 Call 662-574-7879.
Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. $375.00/$375.00 with need approval. 1612
PLLC Sat/Sun by appt only. approved application.
General
Post Help Wanted
Office 3200
Box 1827 9th St. S. $1,050 per WINTER SPECIAL
Columbus, MS 39703 STUDIO APT for rent. mo + dep. 662-574- 1.95 acre lots.
Long & Long, Realtors 7879 or 662-328-8655. Good/bad credit.
(662) 243-7329 Newly remodeled. 662-328-0770
$400/mth rent & dep 10% down, as low as
PUBLISH: 12/3, 12/10, $299/mo. Eaton Land.
& 12/17/2018
req. Convenient to town
& CAFB. No hud. No COLEMAN Houses For Rent: Starkville
7170
662-361-7711
pets. 662-328-2340. RENTALS
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS Campers & RVs 9300
Apts For Rent: West 7050 2BR/1BA house w/ 2
1 BEDROOM acres in county. 3 miles TOMBIGBEE RV Park,

VIP
from Strk, 5 miles from located on Wilkins Wise
2 BEDROOMS MSU South Entrance, Rd & Waverly Rd. Full

Rentals
3 BEDROOMS W/D, carport. SMALL
dogs ok w/ deposit.
Hookups available.
$300/mo. 662-328-
Great for grad student
Apartments LEASE, 8655 or 662-574-7879.
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