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1/31/02

Joey Martin's page was updated late yesterday evening, check it out, he always has great articles.

The big question is over, Tom Brady will be the starting QB for the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

Cathedral host MSD in  basketball today - 2 games - 6pm

AP Poll has Natchez High boys ranked #8 in basketball.

Jackson, MS is getting the Tyler, TX Roughnecks baseball franchise, but they will get a new name. They will be part of the Central League, an independent baseball organization.

Players with Mississippi connections playing in the Super Bowl are: Terrell Buckley DB New England - Pascagoula H.S., Bobby Hamilton DE New England - Southern Miss., Dexter McCleon DB St. Louis - Meridian H.S., Antowain Smith RB New England - East Miss. C.C., Grant Williams OT New England - Clinton H.S.

1/30/02

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 51 - Silliman 30, Kittye Marks 18 pts.

ACCS boys 64 - Silliman 49, Garrett Gamberi 19 pts.

Cathedral girls 21 - Bogue Chitto 61, Danielle Smith 5 pts.

Cathedral boys 85 - Bogue Chitto 95, Jonathan Jackson 24 pts.

Huntington girls 45 - Trinity 56, Vanessa Gordon 21 pts.

Huntington boys 52 - Trinity 53, Dudley Guice 21 pts.

Vidalia girls 57 - Crowville 57

Vidalia boys 91 - Crowville 60, Louis McNulty 18 pts.

Cathedral boys soccer team wins over Forrest County AHS 4-2. Palmer Rhinehart had 2 goals.

Rick Rhoades is the new head football coach at Delta State, he is a former coach of the year.

USM baseball is picked #8 in C-USA.

It's official, Marty Schottenheimer is the new coach of the San Diego Chargers.

1/29/02

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 38 - Central Hinds 32, Kittye Marks 11 pts.

ACCS boys 46 - Central Hinds 49, Christopher Rayborn 11 pts.

Basketball Today

ACCS host Silliman - 4 games - 4pm

Cathedral at Bogue Chitto - 3 games - 5pm

Ferriday at Rayville - 2 games - 6pm

Huntington host Trinity - 5 games - 3pm

Vidalia at Crowville - 2 games - 6pm

Cathedral boys soccer host Forest County - 6pm

In the La. High School Polls, Vidalia is ranked #10 in Class 2A.

Clarion Ledger Top Performers are: Dudley Guice (Trinity) scored 35 pts. & had 23 rebounds in a 134-73 win over Ben's Ford and 26 pts. in a loss to MRA. Vanessa Gordon (Trinity) scored 23 pts. in a 89-11 win over CHA & 30 pts. in a loss to MRA.

In the Clarion Ledger Polls, Natchez High boys are ranked #6.

The Rams are a 14 pt. favorite to win the Super Bowl and everybody is wondering, who will start at QB for the Patriots, Tom Brady or Drew Bledsoe?

Marty Shottenheimer should be introduced as the new head coach of the San Diego Chargers.

1/28/02

ACCS graduate Jacob Stutzman has been named Co-Captain of the Troy State University (Troy, Al) Track Team.  Jacob is a Senior at Troy State.  He was the 1999 Conference Champion (high jump) and 2000 and 2001 Runner up. Last year Jacob also ran hurdles and threw the javelin.  Jacob was recently named recipient of the Jesse Colley Scholarship awarded annually to the outstanding TSU Track Athlete/Scholar. Jacob has an over all 4.0 GPA and is active in several campus organizations, including Farmhouse Fraternity, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Campus Republicans, Student Government, and is the Student/Athlete Liaison to the Athletic Department. Upon graduation, Jacob plans to attend law school.  He is the son of Sheila and Joe Stutzman of Natchez.

New England 24 - Pittsburgh 17

St. Louis 29 - Philadelphia 24

Congratulations to new ACCS head football coach Keith Walters. Keith was an assistant under Bobby Marks at ACCS in the early 80's and was part of the ACCS undefeated season. See the Natchez Democrat for a great article on him today. Keith's a great guy and a proven winner, I wish him the best of luck.

Basketball Today

 ACCS host Central Hinds - 4 games - 4 pm

1/27/02

Basketball Scores

Trinity girls 56 - MRA 59, Vanessa Gordon 28 pts.

Trinity boys 73 - MRA 93, Dudley Guice 26 pts.

Miss. State beats LSU 84-61.

South 41 - North 26 in the Senior Bowl, Rohan Davey (LSU) threw 2 TD passes.

Thursday is the last day for deer hunting, primitive weapons only.

New England at Pittsburgh - 11:30am - CBS

Philadelphia at St. Louis - 3:00pm - FOX

1/26/02

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 65 - Central Private 46, Meghan Marchbanks 19 pts.

ACCS boys 54 - Central Private 67, Garrett Gamberi 21 pts.

Ferriday girls 77 - Vidalia 27, Monique Jones (F) 31 pts., Dominique Trimble (V) 15 pts.

Ferriday boys 65 - Vidalia 61, LaKendrick Nix (F) 25 pts., Jessie Banks (V) 23 pts.

Huntington girls 83 - Ben's Ford 39, Tiffany Ferguson & Sarah Ashmore had 18 pts.

Huntington boys 63 - Ben's Ford 59, Josh Johns 24 pts.

Natchez High girls 75 - Vicksburg 50, Christen West 23 pts.

Natchez High boys 55 - Vicksburg 39, Derek Jarvis 17 pts.

Trinity girls 89 - CHA 11, Vanessa Gordon 23 pts.

Trinity boys 85 - CHA 37, Ryan Rachal 26 pts.

Cathedral boys soccer team wins district title by beating North Pike 6-0. Wyler Murray & Christian Leurinda had 2 goals each. They finished the season at 10-2 & 6-0 in district play.

Cathedral girls soccer lost to North Pike 1-0.

Games Today

Trinity at MRA - 2 games - 2pm - Basketball

Natchez High host Clinton - 2 games - 3pm - Soccer

1/25/02

Basketball Today

ACCS host Central Private - 4 games - 4pm

Ferriday at Vidalia - 3 games - 5pm

Huntington at Ben's Ford - 4 games - 4pm

Natchez High host Vicksburg - 3 games - 5pm

Trinity host CHA - 5 games - 3pm

Cathedral host North Pike in soccer today at 5pm - 3 games (rained out from yesterday)

They keep saying Michael Jordan is done...he scored 40 pts. as the Wizards beat the Cavaliers 94-85.

I'll be at the ACCS/Central Private games today, Central Private boys are ranked #1 MPSA Overall in the State. Come out and watch why!

1/24/02

Stop by most any convenience store in the Miss-Lou and pick up the first edition of MissLouSports.Com "The Magazine", it's kind of short right now, but I promise the next one will be better with more features and news. I had to start somewhere!

Natchez High soccer host Clinton today - 5pm - 2 games

Cathedral soccer host North Pike - 5pm - 3 games

The Associated Press has Natchez High boys ranked at #7 and the girls at #10.

Ole Miss beat LSU 70-55 in basketball.

I was asking yesterday if anybody knew of any team in the Miss-Lou area that scored more than 134 pts. in a basketball game, I got an e-mail from Andrew Ketchings and he said that when he was a sophomore at Trinity, they beat Porter's Chapel 120-30 & Westside Academy 117-23. I e-mailed him back and reminded him how old he was and that they didn't have 3 pointers back then, he replied back saying that  if they had a 3 pt. line, there is no telling how many pts. Richard Wadsworth could have scored. That team won the Class A Championship and beat Jackson Prep for the Overall Title. Andrew also reminded me that not a single sophomore dressed out on that team, only juniors & seniors as they were loaded with players in Charles Herold 6'5, Glenn Benoist 6'4, Wes Gore 6'3, Richard Wadsworth 6'1, Lantz Foster & Jim Smith sharing starting time. The bench consisted of Ault Hootsell, Howard Jones, Fred Dupre, Walter Ketchings, Clark Lambdin and Andrew says he's missing somebody. He went on to add that anybody was capable of a big game and there were only a few close games. Trinity beat Marvell Academy by 10 pts. in the State Finals. At the Overalls, MS. Baptist played them close in the first round as Trinity played poorly. They played McCluer next and beat them by 25 pts. In the Finals, they beat Prep by 2 pts. Andrew said that Trinity was up by 8 pts. and started playing "not to lose" and Prep got hot from the outside to close the game to within 2 pts. before the time expired. That Trinity team went 35-1 losing the final regular season game to Brookhaven Academy in overtime (47-46?, very low scoring, and a controversial goal tending call on Charles Herold). I saw Blake Wadsworth out at ACCS yesterday and we were talking about this Trinity team and Blake said that Coach Clyde Adams pulled his starters early when they got a good lead and that Richard in one game scored 39 pts. at halftime and never went back into the game, he went on to say that Richard never scored 40 or more pts. in a game but if they had a 3 pt. line back then, he could have easily scored over 40 a few times. I asked him about that controversial call at BA and he said that nobody thought Herold had even touched the goal but cited they seemed to always have the same referees whenever they played at BA. BA & Trinity were always bitter enemies back then in every sport....Thanks Andrew for sending me this information and I remember you were pretty good on the hardwood yourself!

1/23/02

MissLouSports.Com "The Magazine" will hit stores today, look for it in convenience stores around town. This is the first edition and it is a little short but, bear with me, it will get better!

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 28 - Centreville 41, Kittye Marks 13 pts.

ACCS boys 55 - Centreville 41, Glenn Williams 17 pts.

Huntington girls 58 - ASC 9, Emily Hazlip 16 pts.

Huntington boys 68 - ASC 44, Patrick Clayton 20 pts.

Natchez High girls 79 - Wingfield 38, Karmethia Mazique 17 pts.

Natchez High boys 79 - Wingfield 67, Vasshun Newborne 21 pts.

Trinity girls 77 - Ben's Ford 38, Lauren Tanner 30 pts.

Trinity boys 134 - Ben's Ford 73, Dudley Guice 35 pts.

I can't remember a high school team scoring 134 pts., does anybody? This could be a Miss-Lou record.

I was at the ACCS/Centreville game and saw something that really surprised me in the boys game. ACCS was up by 9 pts. with a little over 3 minutes left in the game when the Centreville coach pulled his starters and put in his 2nd & 3rd teams to finish the game. I heard that he told them to run a certain play and they kept shooting 3's so he pulled them all. Centreville pretty much scored all their points from outside as did ACCS as they kept the inside clogged up and forced the Rebels to shoot from the perimeter.

Trinity soccer game end in a 2-2 tie against Presbyterian Christian due to rain storms.

Tony Dungy is the new head coach of the Indianapolis Colts.

The independent pro baseball league has put up a 4 yr. $200,000 deal to make Smith-Wills their home, but Jackson is still trying to lure a AA franchise into town, which is unlikely. Jackson City Council will have to decide.

Brett Favre will have a 30 minute profile on ESPN tonight at 6:30pm, where he will talk about all his struggles with painkillers & alcohol.

1/22/02

Basketball Today

ACCS host Centreville - 4pm - 4 games

Ferriday at McCall - 6pm - 2 games

Huntington at ASC - 4pm - 4 games

Natchez at Wingfield - 6pm - 2 games

Trinity host Ben's Ford - 4pm - 4 games

Vidalia at Rayville - 6pm - 2 games

Soccer Today

Natchez at Franklin County - 5pm - 2 games

Trinity at Presbyterian Christian - 5:30pm

Clarion Ledger Top Performers this week from the Miss-Lou area are: Je'Kel Foster (NHS) scored 28 pts. in a 72-63 overtime win against Clinton. Dudley Guice (TE) 20 pts. & 13 rebounds in a 71-12 win over Pine Hills and 27 pts. in a 77-60 loss to Jackson Prep. Lexi Washington (NHS) won the high jump & long jump at the MS. Coliseum.

Clarion Ledger Polls have Natchez High boys basketball at #6.

Jeffery Waycaster from Brookhaven Academy and formerly from ACCS signed with Co-Lin C.C. in baseball and Ben Davis from Brookhaven Academy has committed to play baseball for Co-Lin C.C. ....Thanks to BA Coach Ron Rushing for sending me this information.

I'll be at the ACCS/Centreville games today since I have two kids playing, one plays the first game and the other plays the last.....anybody got a donut I can borrow? Well I might ease down to the baseball diamond between games and watch some baseball practice, Gill Morris is always entertaining...if your not a player! AC baseball ain't what it used to be since Coach Morris arrived, there's alot more discipline (much needed), but you can see the focus in the eyes of his players, even in practice and it all pays off when the dealings done!

1/21/02

The Steelers beat the Ravens 27-10.

The Rams smoke the Packers 45-17.

This sets up the division championships, In the AFC, New England will play Pittsburgh and in the NFC, St. Louis will play Philadelphia.

No local sports today, that I know of anyway.

I'm preparing to come out with MissLouSports.Com "The Magazine", I'll probably do this every 2 weeks. I'll put them at various locations around town, convenience stores mostly, as well as at all the sponsors businesses. I hope to have the first couple of weeks of January out this week. They will start out small and hope that they'll continue to grow as more sponsors come on board.

Remember to check out the Archives Section if you miss any news, I didn't take the weekend off, so there was something every day this week.

Joey Martin's News comes out every week, don't forget to read his column, it's always packed full of great reading.

1/20/02

Basketball Scores

Trinity girls 41 - Jackson Prep 71, Vanessa Gordon 12 pts.

Trinity boys 60 - Jackson Prep 77, Dudley Guice 27 pts.

NFL

Philadelphia Eagles 33 - Chicago Bears 19

New England Patriots 16 - Oakland Raiders 13

Baltimore at Pittsburgh - 11:30am - CBS

Green Bay at St. Louis - 3pm - Fox

Michael Jordan went home to Chicago to play for the first time since he left the Bulls, His Wizards won 77-69. Mike only had 16 pts. He had such a long ovation that they had to turn off the lights to settle the crowd.

Natchez High's Janice Davis set 2 records at the Arkansas Invitational Track Meet. She had a personal best in the 400 meter with  a time of 55.59 and she also won the 55 meter with  a time of 7.06. Both were meet records.

I talked with Gill Morris and Chuck Rasco last night, Chuck had been bragging about his new "Honey Hole" a few days ago and he and Coach were going to try it out on Saturday. They said they caught 7 fish and claim they were monsters, we didn't see any fish because they said they threw them back....(coughyeahcough) They're going back today, maybe they'll bring something home this time.....Did Virgil Ward ever throw anything back?  I don't remember him ever doing it!

1/19/02

We're having a gathering of friends tonight at our house in celebration of Christopher Rayborn signing with Meridian C.C., we invite all of his coaches, teammates and parents, past & present, to drop by the house anytime after 5pm today.

I updated the ACCS Baseball schedule to include the Tournament dates and opponents.

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 37 - Silliman 34, Meghan Marchbanks 13 pts.

ACCS boys 62 - Silliman 47, Garrett Gamberi & Glenn Williams 16 pts. each

Cathedral girls 25 - Enterprise 25, Mary Margaret Allwood 7 pts.

Cathedral boys 60 - Enterprise 61, Brady Hendrix 16 pts.

Huntington girls 61 - CHA 13, Emily Hazlip 16 pts.

Huntington boys 57 - CHA 64, Jordan Owens 21 pts.

Natchez High girls 65 - Clinton 70 (OT), Crystal Brown 16 pts.

Natchez High boys 72 - Clinton 63 (OT), Je'Kel Foster 28 pts.

Trinity girls 63 - Pine Hills 20, Becky Bass 21 pts.

Trinity boys 71 - Pine Hills 12, Dudley Guice 20 pts.

Today's Schedule

Trinity at Jackson Prep - 2 games - 5pm - Basketball

Cathedral host Natchez High - 3 games - 10:30am - Soccer

Natchez High at Magnolia Classic Indoor Meet in Jackson - Track & Field

Cathedral girls soccer 1 - Franklin County 0 - Jessica Mathews 1 goal

Cathedral boys soccer 8 - Franklin County 1, John Erick Myers 3 goals. Cathedral earns playoff berth.

Congratulation to Coach Garcia of Cathedral for his many years of service, the school named the Gym after him last night in a surprise ceremony. He's a class guy and deserves it.

Shelby Watts won his 700th  basketball game as his Central Hinds team beat Copiah 66-52 last night.

Bill Parcells rejects the offer from Tampa Bay and says he will not return to coaching this year.

Tony Dungy was interviewed by the Carolina Panthers. Dungy is also a prospect of the Indianapolis Colts.

1/18/02

Basketball

ACCS at Silliman - 4 games - 4pm

Cathedral host Enterprise - 3 games - 5pm

Ferriday at Crowville - 2 games - 6pm

Huntington host CHA - 4 games - 4pm

Natchez High host Clinton - 3 games - 5pm

Trinity at Pine Hills - 4 games - 4pm

Soccer

Cathedral at Franklin County - 2 games - 6pm

Cathedral girls 19 - Loyd Star 58, Kate Prescott 7 pts.

Cathedral boys 50 - Loyd Star 57, Jonathon Jackson 14 pts.

Cathedral girls 0 - North Pike 1

Cathedral boys 5 - North Pike 1, John Erick Myers 4 goals.

Trinity boys 3 - Natchez High 2, Mickey Stevens (T) 2 goals.

1/17/02

Christopher Rayborn signed his Letter of Intent to play with Meridian C.C. in baseball yesterday. Meridian is generally ranked in the Top 5 in National Junior College Polls year in and year out. I want to thank the Natchez Democrat for the nice article on him today and for clearing up that he does have a mother! (Boy, I caught it at home on that one)

Basketball Today

Cathedral host Loyd Star - 6pm - 2 games

Vidalia boys are ranked #9 in the LA. High School Basketball Polls

The deal to make the Charlotte Hornets new home in New Orleans could be made today or Friday.

Miss. State beats Tennessee 92-91 in overtime.

The Western division of the SEC baseball polls picks LSU to win the conference with Ole Miss in 2nd, Miss. State in 3rd, Alabama 4th, Auburn 5th and Arkansas 6th. South Carolina was picked to win the Eastern division.

The sale of the Boston Red Sox was approved on Wednesday to a group led by John Henry, owner of the Florida Marlins, for a mere $660 million.....a new record purchase price!

1/16/02

ACCS girls 52 - Central Private 62, Meghan Marchbanks 17 pts.

ACCS boys 39 - Central Private 64, Christopher Rayborn 12 pts.

Ferriday girls 64 - Natchez High 62, Torisheka Taylor (F) had 21 pts. Christen West (N) had 18 pts.

Ferriday boys 45 - Natchez High 77, Vasshun Newborne (N) 18 pts. Marvin Harper (F) 12 pts.

Huntington girls 38 - Trinity 73, Trinity's Lauren Tanner & Vanessa Gordon had 21 pts. each. Emily Hazlip (H) had 20 pts.

Huntington boys 34 - Trinity 67, Chad Ridley (TE) had 18 pts. Josh Johns (H) had 7 pts.

Vidalia girls 46 - McCall 81, Gemecia Wiliams 12 pts.

Vidalia boys 60 - McCall 79, Tony Hawkins 20 pts.

I left my scores at home from the ACCS/Central Private games last night, I'll post them on here later but, ACCS girls lost by 10 pts. and the ACCS boys lost by around 24pts. Christopher Rayborn had 12 pts., all in the first half.

Central Private boys were up by 5 pts. after the first period and by 11 at the half. Alot of turnovers by ACCS in the third caused all the starters to be pulled as CP went up by 14 with around 5 minutes left in the 3rd. The starters re-entered the game in the middle of the 4th and trimmed the score to 20 pts. The rest of the squad saw playing time with about 3 minutes left in the game. CP has alot of talent, ACCS played with them for the 1st half and Randall Gullina saw limited time in the first half as it appeared he had back problems. 

Cathedral soccer at North Pike today - 5pm - 3 games

Allen Iverson scored 58 pts. last night in  a win over the Rockets 112-106 in overtime.

Jackson, MS may have another professional baseball team. The Central Baseball League is trying to make a deal to get into Smith-Wills Stadium with one of its 8 teams.

LA Dodger Gary Sheffield was traded to the Atlanta Braves for Brian Jordan , Odalis Perez and a minor league pitcher.

1/15/01

Sorry for the incomplete start today, my computer messed up and had to go to the doctor for repairs.

I'm headed to Zachary, LA today for the ACCS/Central Private games and the Central Private boys are the overall #1 team in the MPSA..... should be an interesting night!

ACCS girls 62 - CHA 9, Nikki Hankins 10 pts.

ACCS boys 57 - CHA 53, Ty Smith 17 pts.

Today's Games

ACCS at Central Private - 4 games - 4pm

Ferriday host Natchez - 2 games - 6pm

Huntington at Trinity - 5 games - 3pm

Vidalia host McCall - 2 games - 6pm

Trinity Episcopal soccer team wins their first game of the season over 4A Parklane Academy in a shootout 2-1.

William "The Refrigerator" Perry cancelled his boxing debut citing medical reasons.

Barry Bonds gets a $90 million 5 year deal to stay with the Giants.

Chase Brown of Trinity Episcopal was named a Top Performer by the Clarion Ledger for totaling 56 pts., 21 assist and 11 steals as Trinity won 2 of 3 games at the Jackson Academy Tournament.

Janice Davis of Natchez High was named a Top Performer by the Clarion Ledger for winning the 55 & 400 meter races at the LSU High School Classic and was chosen the outstanding out of state performer at the meet.

Clarion Ledger Polls have Natchez High boys basketball ranked #7 and Natchez High girls at #13.

Tony Dungy, coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is fired paving the way for "The Big Tuna" Bill Parcells. 

1/14/02

Basketball Today - ACCS host CHA - 2pm - 6 games

Green Bay 25 - San Francisco 15

Baltimore 20 - Miami 3

Steve Spurrier has agreed to an agreement in principle with the Washington Redskins worth $25 million.

The College BCS polls may be changed from all computers to letting the 2 major polls decide #1 & #2 and playing from there. No decisions until April.

Weekend Wrap-up

Friday Night

Cathedral girls 23 - West Lincoln 70, Mary Margaret Alwood 9 pts.

Cathedral boys 51 - West Lincoln 57, Bart Lane 21 pts.

Ferriday girls 61 - Rayville 39, Monique Jones 31 pts.

Natchez High girls 54 - Warren Central 51, Angel Taylor 22 pts.

Natchez High boys 85 - Warren Central 45, Je'Kel Foster 19 pts.

Trinity girls 42 - Jackson Academy 67, Vanessa Gordon 23 pts.

Trinity boys 55 - Jackson Academy 53, Chase Brown 19 pts.

Vidalia girls 54 - Crowville 53, Dominique Trimble & Gemecia Williams each had 10 pts.

Vidalia boys 71 - Crowville 69

Saturday Night

Trinity boys 79 - CM&I 81, Dudley Guice 23 pts.

Cathedral girls soccer 0 - McComb 3

Cathedral boys soccer 2 - McComb 1, Byron Zerby & Patrick Biglane 1 goal each.

Deer season with guns will be over after Wednesday, Thursday will begin the primitive weapon season for the next couple of weeks. Out at my camp on Sunday morning, Al Guillot harvested a nice 11 pt.

I'll be at ACCS on Monday for the Basketball games against CHA, come by and see me.

1/11/02

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ACCS girls 35 - Huntington 52, Tiffany Ferguson (H) 14 pts., Kittye Marks (A) 14 pts.

ACCS boys 49 - Huntington 54, Josh Johns (H) 19 pts., Ty Smith (A) 20 pts.

Trinity girls 77 - CM&I 28, Lauren Tanner & Vanessa Gordon 18 pts. each

Trinity boys 73 - Silliman 43, Chase Brown 22 pts.

Basketball Today

Cathedral host West Lincoln - 5pm - 3 games

Ferriday host Rayville - 6pm - 2 games

Natchez High host Warren Central - 5pm - 3 games

Trinity at Jackson Academy- 7pm - 2 games

Natchez High Track at LSU Field House - Baton Rouge, LA - Today & Tomorrow

Cathedral girls soccer 2 - Wesson 3, Joanna Stubbs 1 goal, Kelly Graves 1 goal

LSU receiver Josh Reed will skip his senior year to enter the NFL draft.

It's official....David Wells is a Yankee again in a 2 yr. $7 million deal.

I was at the ACCS/Huntington game last night and finally got to see the Huntington girls play, they are an excellent ball team and are well coached by Penny Moak. Hats off to the Lady Hounds. I was also impressed with the Huntington boys team, after being down by 8 pts. early in the contest, they never gave up and took the lead and kept it throughout the game with quickness and smart play, Coach Michael McAnally has done a tremendous job with his crop of boys.

1/10/02

Joey Martin's Page is 2 week's worth, we had a e-mail problem so I'm leaving his older news at the bottom of his page and putting the new news at the top of his page.

Cathedral girls 34 - Loyd Star 60, Mary Margaret Alwood 11 pts.

Cathedral boys 37 - Loyd Star 77, Travanti Smith 7 pts.

Today's Games

ACCS at Huntington - 4pm - 4 games

Trinity girls vs. CM&I - 4:30pm at JA New Year Classic

Trinity boys vs. Silliman - 5:30pm at JA New Year Classic

Cathedral host Wesson in soccer - 5:30pm - 2 games

Natchez High at Warren Central in soccer - 5:30pm - 2 games

The Charlotte Hornets may move to New Orleans.

Mark Wohlers signs with the Indians for a 2 year contract.

Billy Wagoner signs a 3 year deal with the Astros worth $27 million.

Diamondbacks infielder Craig Counsell signs a 3 year $7.25 million contract.

Curt Warner wins his 2nd MVP in the NFL.

1/9/02

Check out Joey Martin's Link above for some highlights and stories, updated yesterday.

Ferriday girls 81 - Vidalia 50, Monique Jones (F) 21 pts., Shemica Williams (V) 16 pts.

Ferriday boys 50 - Vidalia 57, Louis McNulty (V) 21 pts., Ladrian Davis (F) 18 pts.

Huntington girls 48 - Silliman 47, Emily Hazlip 16 pts.

Huntington boys 51 - Silliman 50, Todd Iverstine 12 pts.

Natchez High girls 80 - Jefferson County 69, Crystal Brown 17 pts.

Natchez High boys 72 - Jefferson County 60, Je'Kel Foster 25 pts.

Cathedral girls soccer 0 - McComb 1

Cathedral boys soccer 5 - McComb 0, Byron Zerby 2 goals.

New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Ron Zook will be the new head coach at Florida, should be official on Wednesday. This will be his first head coaching position.

Jim Mora is fired from the Colts after he wouldn't replace his defensive coordinator.

Miss. State might not keep that #22 ranking long as they dropped one to Arkansas last night 75-64.

Juan Gonzalez returns to the Rangers for $25 million.

Former LSU coach Gerry DiNardo is the new Indiana Head Football Coach.

1/8/02

ACCS girls 55 - Porter's Chapel 38, Amy Mardis 14 pts.

ACCS boys 38 - Porter's Chapel 35, Caleb Walker 11 pts.

Basketball Today

Cathedral at Loyd Star - 6pm - 3 games

Ferriday host Vidalia - 5pm - 3 games

Huntington at Silliman - 4pm - 4 games

Natchez High at Jefferson County - 5pm - 3 games

Soccer Today

Cathedral at McComb - 5:30pm - 2 games

Natchez at Vicksburg - 5:30pm - 2 games

William "The Refrigerator" Perry will make his boxing debut Feb. 3rd in Gulfport, MS and will fight Eric "Butterbean" Esch in a 4 round Heavy Round match at Grand Casino.

Mississippi State breaks into Top 25 in the Basketball Polls at the #22 spot. The first time in more than 5 years. I guess beating #6 Kentucky wasn't to shabby, huh?

Kansas sits at the #1 spot in College Basketball replacing Duke who lost to Florida State over the weekend.

Natchez High boys are ranked #10 in the State by the Clarion Ledger Polls and the NHS girls are ranked #12.

George Seifert is out at Carolina after 3 years and a record 15 straight losses.

Indianapolis coach Jim Mora had been doing so well his first few years and this year his Colts are playing horrible, he may lose his job....Sound familiar Saints fans?

1/7/02

The Saints get mashed 38-0 by the 49ers.

Basketball Today

ACCS at Porter's Chapel - 4pm - 4 Games

The best game that I saw this past week was the Trinity vs. Central Private game at the WCCA Shootout. Central Private came into the contest as the #1 ranked team in the State, they had just finished winning the MRA Tournament in Jackson with all the big schools from the Jackson area. Randall Gullina, I believe averaged around 40 pts. a game in the Tourney. I guess they rolled into Woodville thinking it was going to be a cake walk and were very surprised to see a young Class A team hang with them throughout the game, Trinity had a 5 pt. lead at one time in the second half. Dudley Guice put on a rebounding show for the Saints and the quickness of the rest of Saints made the #1 team a little shaky in the game. Chad Ridley got into foul trouble early in the contest so I didn't really get to see how much of a threat he could have been to Central Private. Trinity lost by 8 pts. but it was a much closer game than that. Central Private will remember this team for a while!

1/6/02

WCCA Shootout - Saturday

ACCS girls 32 - Oak Forest 45, Meghan Marchbanks 9 pts.

ACCS boys 57 - Oak Forest 48, Christopher Rayborn & Ty Smith 14 pts. each.

Trinity's boys & girls games were cancelled.

Briarfield Tournament - Friday

Huntington girls 55 - Tensas 38, Emily Hazlip 18 pts.

Briarfield Tournament - Saturday

Huntington girls 67 - Briarfield 40, Sarah Ashmore 20 pts.

Next weekend is the last weekend of Deer Season with guns, there will be a 2 week primitive weapon season. The deer at my camp just shut off about Thursday and haven't been moving since.

Check in tomorrow for local sports schedule.

1/5/02

I was at the hunting camp last weekend and just decided to stay there for the week, sorry I didn't mention it here on the web page but I was getting in some good deer hunting since it had gotten cold and it seemed the bucks might be in rut. During the week I was hunting one of my stands and Christopher was hunting another of my stands and we both came in after the evening hunt with deer, he had his first buck, a 5 pt. and I harvested a nice doe.

I heard that Patrick Biglane got an 8 pt., that's all I have on it.

Basketball Scores

Briarfield Tournament - Thursday

Huntington girls 58 - Briarfield 28, Emily Hazlip 17 pts.

Huntington boys 61 - Briarfield 34, Josh Johns 14 pts.

WCCA Shootout - Thursday

ACCS girls 48 - Pine Hills 15, Nicki Hankins 9 pts.

ACCS boys 73 - Pine Hills 15, Garrett Gamberi 18 pts.

Trinity girls 59 - Central Private 53, Lauren Tanner 20 pts.

Trinity boys 55 - Central Private 63, Dudley Guice 27 pts.

Friday Games

Cathedral girls 34 - Monterey 39, Danielle Smith 6 pts.

Cathedral boys 66 - Monterey 56, Larry Thomas 19 pts.

Briarfield Tournament - Friday

Huntington girls 46 - Riverfield 32, Tiffany Ferguson 15 pts.

Huntington boys 34 - Riverfield 58, Todd Iverstine 10 pts.

WCCA Shootout - Friday

ACCS girls 49 - ASC 21, Brandi Case 12 pts.

ACCS boys 63 - ASC 41, Christopher Rayborn 22 pts.

Trinity girls 50 - Oak Forest 56, Vanessa Gordon 14 pts.

Trinity boys 60 - Oak Forest 27, Chase Brown 21 pts.

WCCA Shootout - Saturday

Trinity girls vs. Pine Hills - 11:30am

Trinity boys vs. Pine Hills - 12:45pm

ACCS girls vs. Oak Forest - 2pm

ACCS boys vs. Oak Forest - 3:15pm

WCCA girls vs. Ben's Ford - 4:30pm

WCCA boys vs. Ben's Ford - 5:45pm

Central Private boys and girls will play Brookhaven Academy also tonight.

Warren Central upended Natchez high in soccer action as the girls lost 6-0 and the boys fell 6-0 also.

Steve Spurrier has resigned from Florida, possible NFL positions are Minnesota, San Diego, Jacksonville and Tampa bay. Curious to see how his temper tantrums will prevail in the NFL!

LSU finished up at #7 in the Football Polls....Geaux Tigers!

Michael Jordan scored his 30,000th point last night and I believe I heard that he has scored 125pts. in his last 3 games.....he's still got it!

I'll be at the WCCA Shootout again today and then back to the hunting camp for some good ole fried venison, I'll have an update tomorrow....come to Woodville and see some great B-ball action!

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Archives - February 2002

2/28/02

A Thursday morning after no sports on Wednesday, you figure there wouldn't be any news? Well we have plenty today as Walter Ketchings recaps the final 2 Trinity games at the Class A State Basketball Tournament and Joey Martin's Link is full of great reading material.

Trinity Basketball Recap by Walter Ketchings

Trinity's game with Delta was pretty closed after the 1st quarter.  Delta opened up a double digit lead at halftime with a 3 at the buzzer.  That put them up 42-29.  I thought we looked very flat.  Delta came out and scored the first 6 or 8 points of the 2nd half which put us in a deep hole.  Late in the 3rd quarter we finally started playing our game and had their lead down to 9 at the midway point of the 4th.  To be honest, I thought we had them on the ropes.  They made a bunch of free throws late and as you mentioned earlier we were below 50%.  Delta has 2 really good players and 2 of their other starters had career nights.  They are a very well coached team and deserved the win.  I see where Delta just defeated Marshall to advance to the semi-finals of Overall.

Rossville had  a pretty good team but I thought we should have beaten them. As I mentioned last week their point guard was tough.  I think he had about 30 points against us.  I don't know if you heard but there were 0.6 seconds left in regulation when Rossville inbounded the ball to Mark Meadows who drains the shot from just inside the 3 point line.  We did everything we were supposed to do.  He was well covered.  It was simply a great shot.  I thought Rossville made a good showing at Overall this week.  They defeated a good Leake team and then were blown out by Central Private.  In that game Central Private shot 64% from the floor.  It's tough to beat anyone who is shooting that well especially Central Private. 

McCall, which won 2A last year and finished second to Rayville in Vidalia and Ferriday's district this year, defeated Jewel Sumner 119-58 in a first round playoff game.

USM beat Ole Miss 5-1 in baseball action yesterday.

Miss. State beat UL-Monroe 6-5.

LSU over Ole Miss 59-56 in basketball.

Miss.State over Arkansas 89-83.

2/27/02

Correction: Huntington Baseball vs. Porter's Chapel stats: (Coaches Report)

Report from the Monterey/Block baseball game from Joey Martin:

I just talked with coach Hank Zizzi, they had a wild one, Monterey scored three in the first, Block scored seven in the second, Monterey pulled to within 7-5 in the second before Block went up 11-5 in the third. No score until sixth when Monterey scored four and then tied game with two in seventh. Monterey scored the winning run in the bottom of eighth, Chris Dale got win with a complete game allowing six hits, striking out six and walking three. Beau Barfoot homered and singled, Seth Paul, Ryan Perkins singled twice, Ryan Kemp doubled.

Cathedral 11 - West Lincoln 1 (5inn.) WP Bart Lane, Clay Hammons HR, more as I receive the coaches report.

I watched Central Private beat Amite School Center yesterday 10-4, CP picked up 6 new players, 3 of which are the top 3 pitchers. I saw there #1 pitcher, he threw around 84 mph, but scouts say he can throw 88-89, he only has a fastball and that's all he threw. Their #3 pitcher pitched next and he stayed around 83-84 and had a pretty nice 12-6 pitch. ASC threw their #2 & #3 pitchers as their #1 had pitched the night before. I'm looking forward to see how they bat against stronger pitching.

Miss. State 14 - La. Tech 7

Ouch! I saw where Central Private beat Rossville 101-49 in the MPSA Overall Basketball Tournament. That's gotta leave a mark!

1A Delta beat 4A Jackson Prep 55-44....did I hear somebody say something about a new coach?

2/26/02

Update: I threw in the ASC Baseball Tournament schedule above with the other schedule links.

Update: Huntington lost to Porter's Chapel 6-1, lots of errors with new starters. John Mark Bonnette and Patrick Clayton had two hits each. Will Moak started. Brent Tosspon came in and pitched well...thanks Joey

Update: Cathedral Baseball Stats after 4 games - The teams batting average is .321 and the teams ERA is 2.13 - Leading hitters with at least 8 at bats are: Daggett - .500, Hammons - .375, Jones - .308 & Davis - .300 Chris Norris has a 0.64 ERA in 11 inn., Jeremy Davis has a 1.17 ERA in 6 inn. and Bart Lane has a 0.00 ERA in 4 inn.

Ferriday girls 44 - Christian Life 49 - 2A semifinals, Ferriday is eliminated from the Sweet 16. Congratulations to the Lady Trojans on a fantastic season.

Coaches report from Franklin County: Franklin County play Natchez High in a JV game and a Varsity doubleheader last Saturday. FCHS JV won 14-2 and FCHS Varsity took both games 18-6 & 20-8.

Coaches report from Cathedral: Last Tuesday - Cathedral vs. Jena, Jena pitcher pitched a 2 hitter, stayed ahead of the batters, Jeremy Davis pitched 6 innings, gave up 5 hits, 3K's, 2 BB's & 1 ER. Jena won the game 5-1. Last Friday vs. Franklin County, Chris Norris got the win with an outstanding pitching performance of 7 inn. 3 hits, 12 K's, 4 BB's & 0 ER. Cathedral won 6-3. Michael Blain was 2-2 & Rodney Daggett was 2-4 with a double. Improvements: Hitting with runners in scoring position and improving fundamentally on defense. Record: 3-1. 1st district game is today vs. West Lincoln at home 5&7pm.

I went to the Amite Tournament yesterday and watched Silliman vs. Columbia Academy, there were probably 30 or more scouts there to watch Micah Schilling from Silliman bat. Micah had a bad night going 0-3. I've seen him in action quite a bit and he's never been shut down like this before, believe me, he can rip a baseball better than any high school player I've ever seen. Silliman won the game 9-6. Amite School Center played Franklin Academy in game #2 and it was getting late so we headed back home after watching 1 inning which saw Franklin go up 1-0 after the inning. I'll probably go back today and watch Central Private play ASC, I believe they are changing the game time to 4:30pm. This is the only game today.

I know that Huntington played last night against Porter's Chapel, I'll have an update as soon as I hear from coach McAnally.

ACCS will play Lamar Christian at 5pm on Friday at the Amite Tournament instead of Central Private, LC is a small private school around the Hattiesburg area. ACCS will play Parklane at 7pm on Friday as scheduled. I made the change on the ACCS Baseball Schedule Link above.

I want to welcome Bryan Painting as a new supporter of MissLouSports.Com, Bryan Painting also is a big supporter of Monterey Baseball. Glad to have you aboard Ricky!

2/25/02

Vidalia baseball team won the Winnsboro Tournament beating Mangham 4-2, Oak Grove 9-8 & Winnsboro in the Championship game 10-4.

College Baseball

LSU lost to Houston 12-11, they had a 2 run lead going into the 9th, costly errors!

Miss. State 6 - Ohio State 6, Ohio had to fly home!

Ole Miss 5 - S. Alabama 6

USM 6 - Nebraska 5

MPSA All-Star Basketball Game

The players go to Jackson on Wednesday, March 6 and will receive uniforms, physicals, practice schedules, etc and get started.  The slam dunk and 3-pt shootout are on Thursday evening at MRA.   The girls 3-pt shoot-out is a 6:30PM.  1st & 2nd rounds of Slam Dunk Contest are at 7:00PM.  Boys 3-pt shoot-out is at 7:15PM and Final round of Slam Dunk is at 8:00 PM.  Admission is $3.00 to these contests.  The games are at Mississippi College on Friday with the 1A-2A girls game at 2PM, 1A-2A boys at 3:30PM, and 3A-4A girls at 5:30PM with the boys following at 7:00PM.  Admission to the games is $5.00.

The roster for the South 3A-4A girls is as follows:

Rebekah Flemming--Jackson Academy; Jill Kennedy--Silliman Institute; Madeline Price--Copiah Academy; Emily Edgar--Manchester; Brooke Currier--Parklane; Mary Kathryn Sharpe--Jackson Prep; Candace Clayton--Copiah Academy; Cameron Vaughn--Jackson Academy; Kittye Marks--ACCS; Kat Stott--Silliman; Elizabeth Studdard--Jackson Academy; Tara Chez Britton--Jackson Prep.

The roster for the South 3A-4A boys:

Tommy Haskins--MRA; Randall Gulina--Central Private; Coly Powell--Central Hinds; Michael Wakefield--Jackson Academy; Jimbo Moss--Jackson Prep; Chris Bracey--Parklane; Chase Baker--Central Private; Richard Kilby--Central Hinds; Brock Maples--Jackson Academy; Christopher Johnston--Jackson Prep; Cory Norris--Central Private; Zach Pattie--Parklane.

2/24/02

Basketball News

Natchez High boys 71 - Meridian 67 - North State Champions, Je'Kel Foster & Vasshun Newborne had 14 pts. each. NHS will have a bye in the State Tournament and will play March 5th in the MS. Coliseum.

Trinity boys 87 - Rossville 89, Dudley Guice 28 pts. - Trinity finishes 4th at State and is eliminated from the Overall Tournament. Congratulations to the Saints on a great season, The Saints will have at least 2 more runs at the State Title as the nucleus of this team is in the 10th grade.

Vidalia 9 - Pine Prairie 5, WP Jenny Watson, Jennifer Wyles 2-3, Miranda Doughty 2-3, Katie Barlow 2-2

Vidalia softball 1 - Captain Shreve 0, WP Jenny Watson, Miranda Doughty 2-2

Co-Lin C.C. 6 - Delgado 3, Ryan Davis (ACCS) 2B, Cole Zumbro (FCHS) HR

Ole Miss 7 - S. Alabama 6, Matt Tolbert (Centreville) 2-4

Miss. State 2 - Ohio St. 9

USM 7 - McNeese St. 9, Jarrett Hoffpauir (VHS) 1-2

I traveled to Jackson yesterday and watched some of the Northwest Rankin Tournament, we saw the end of the Madison Central vs. Starkville game which MC won 9-1, and then we saw Warren Central play Prattville, AL. WC won the game 2-1 as Brian Pettway (Ole Miss signee) picked up his first win of the season. He also helped them out at the plate collecting 2 hits, one of them a triple.

2/23/02

Basketball News

Natchez High 89 - Horn Lake 61, Vasshun Newborne 25 pts.

Natchez High vs. Meridian - 3:30pm - North State Championship Game

Trinity 68 - Delta 82, Dudley Guice 29 pts. - A State Tournament

Trinity vs. Rossville - 6pm - Playing for 3rd place and a trip to the Overall State Championship

Vidalia 79 - Jonesboro/Hodge 90, Ajay Warner 26 pts. - 2A State Playoffs

Last night I was watching the Beauty Pageant out at ACCS and running outside to get the score of the Trinity game as my radio wouldn't pick it up inside. From what I gathered, it sounded as if Trinity's play was a little sluggish again and Delta was hot as a firecracker. I heard one of the announcers mention that Delta didn't have a single guy that was any better than anyone on Trinity's team. I can believe that after watching Trinity play during the South State Championship. A win over Rossville today will mean  a berth in the Overall State Tournament and a chance for some redemption. Good Luck Saints!!

It looks like Mike Martin and his Bulldogs are hitting on all cylinders again as they ran over Horn Lake last night. They'll play Meridian for the North State Championship today at 3:30pm. They also earned a berth in the State Championship at the MS. Coliseum in Jackson. I wasn't real good in geography, but I'm pretty sure that Natchez is in the South...hmmmm?

Baseball News

Cathedral 6 - Franklin County 3, WP Chris Norris 12 K's, 3 H - LP Colby Beech,  Jeremy Davis & Michael Blain doubled for Cathedral and Chris Herring doubled for Franklin County.

Natchez High 2 - Loyd Star 12, LP Drew Kossum

Check schedules above for Prep games today.

Miss. State 4 - UAB 2

Ole Miss 12 - South Alabama 5

USM 7 - UL-Monroe 4

2/22/02

Update: Coaches Report from Franklin County -  We beat Gautier 4-3 and Lost to Gulfport 5-3 but we were able to use 19 different players just in the Gulfport game alone, so we were very pleased with the effort. We out hit Gulfport 7-4. Also our game verse Tylertown was cancelled.  So as of right now we are 2-1 and host Cathedral at 5:00 and 7:00 tonight and come to play Natchez tomorrow for a JV and a varsity double header beginning at 11:00. A triple header.  ...from Wade Wilson, Asst. Coach at Franklin County.

Update: I talked with Jennie Atkins the other day and she gave me Brandon & Doug's College Baseball websites, I'll post along with the others on the left side of this page. She told me that Brandon was up to bat when Southeastern played LSU, but when LSU brought in a lefty, they changed the batting lineup. Brandon's been plagued a little with his knee, but he'll come around and get to play more. Doug's at Troy State and seen alot of action, he's carrying a .90 ERA with 6 appearances and is 1-1 with 1 save. He's pitched 10 innings, giving up 7 hits, 6 runs, 1 earned run, 3 walks and 6 strikeouts.

Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen Baseball 2002

The team is comprised after conversations with high school and college coaches in Mississippi and pro scouts.

Clay Dirks - Hernando H.S. headlines the list.

J.J. Brown - Vicksburg, Kevin Caldwell - Tupelo, Cory Carter - West Point, Stephen Head - Hillcrest Christian, Mark Maddox - Oak Grove, Joseph McCaskill - Jackson Academy, Brian Pettway - Warren Central, Van Pope - Terry, Christopher Rayborn - Adams Christian, Kenard Springer - Nettleton, Brae Wright - Southaven.

Christopher Rayborn's article: A Meridian C.C. signee, the 6'3, 185 lb. right handed pitcher also plays shortstop for the Rebels. Despite having back trouble, Rayborn had a 6-1 record and a 2.33 ERA with 63 strikeouts and 17 walks in 48 innings and hit .385 and helped Adams Christian to a 22-8 record and an Academy AAA runner-up finish last season. Rayborn's back is OK now, Adams Christian coach Gill Morris said. "Christopher has control of four pitches, straight fastball, curve, changeup and side-armed fastball," Morris said. "He believes he can throw every pitch for a strike on any count. That's the kind of confidence that he has and I have in him."

Christopher has talked about making Dandy Dozen since Tyler Walker made the team 3 years ago. Baseball America's Prospects Plus has him ranked #3 in the State and #338 overall player in the Nation. He was recently added to the Top 150 pitchers by TeamOne Baseball. But making Dandy Dozen will be one of his most cherished accomplishments of his career so far. Congratulations son!

Basketball News

Ferriday girls 60 - Jonesboro/Hodge 58, Monique Jones 18 pts. - Ferriday will go to the "Sweet 16"

Natchez High boys at Horn Lake - 6:30pm

Trinity boys vs. Delta - 7:30pm

The Trinity games will be on the radio, 107.1 FM "The River" has carried all the Trinity games since South State and I'm sure they're not going to stop now, tune in tonight and listen.

Baseball News

Cathedral at Franklin County - 5&7pm

Natchez High at Brookhaven Tournament

Vidalia at Winnsboro Tournament

Vidalia softball 10 - Monterey 0, WP - Jenny Watson

I've added a bunch of Prep schedules, if you can get me any that aren't listed above, I'd sure appreciate it. Check them out for games being played daily.

I have to attend the ACCS Beauty Pageant tonight as my son is one of the Beaus and will be performing skits as well. I will have my radio with me so I can listen to the Trinity game!

Be sure and check back in from time to time during the day, I never know when I may receive some updates. Everybody is helping out now and sure has made this page more interesting....Thanks!

2/21/02

Update from Walter Ketchings at the MPSA State Tournament: I saw most of the Rossville-Riverdale game yesterday.  I was surprised that Riverdale didn't make a better showing.  Rossville won 74-57.  Rossville has an extremely quick point guard that could cause problems.  Rossville defeated Lee in the North semi-finals 65-56.  I was talking to someone from Delta who told me that Rossville and Delta's boys were both streaky teams.

On the girls' side, I thought Strider was an excellent basketball team.  One of their parents told me their record was 36-7 with 4 of the losses coming to Delta.

In the boys' game Trinity was flat in the 1st half.  We went to the locker room leading 23-20.  As you know, that is a very low scoring half for a running team like us.  David must have had a nice "chat" with them because they came out focused in the 3rd quarter and outscored Lee 49-24 in the 2nd half.  We are looking forward to the Friday night match up with the Delta/River Oaks winner.

If anyone is bored Friday, I would highly recommend the Delta/Riverdale girls game at 2:30.  Each of these teams has only lost 1 game all season.  ..........Thanks Walter, great job!

Update: True Freshman Taylor Tankersley from Warren Central pitched his first ballgame for  the University of Alabama yesterday going 6-1/3 innings, 10 K's,  (the most a Tide player has struck out this year) and 2 runs on 2 hits. Alabama beat Georgia State 4-2.

Update: Monterey baseball team lost to Forest Hill 10-6, Beau Barfoot got the loss. A.J Smith homered, Ryan Kemp went 2-4, Phillip Bryan & Ryan Perkins doubled. Monterey had 9 errors in the contest and walked 9 Forest Hill batters but were still in the game in the last inning with the bases loaded and the #3 batter at the plate, he struck out and the #4 batter flew out to end the game.

Basketball News

Trinity girls 40 - Strider 66, Becky Bass 14 pts. - State Tournament

Trinity boys 72 - Lee, AR 44, Chad Ridley 20 pts. State Tournament

Ferriday girls host Jonesboro Hodge - 7pm - State Playoffs

I listened on the radio last night and the Trinity girls seemed to have a down night, they just weren't hitting on all cylinders. The Lady Saints had a great season and they played hard for Coach Melanie Hall. They may be in a little rebuilding stage next year but, they have alot of young girls that will step up in the near future and bring them back to the State Championship again.

The Trinity boys game stayed pretty close for a while as the Saints just couldn't put them away real quickly. Anytime Dudley Guice doesn't just dominate and Chase Brown isn't knocking down the 3's, you figure they had a down night. Well I think they had a down night and I'm glad that game's over with because the competition will get better and they need to be playing their best from here on out. Gregory Ketchings stepped it up last night and put in 18 pts. for the Saints. They will play the winner of the Delta vs. River Oaks game (which is played today) on Friday.

I did  an interview with the new Natchez High Head Baseball Coach Greg Patterson, Check out the Link above for all the details.

Joey Martin's Update is on his Link above, check out the latest news from across the River.

2/20/02

Basketball News

Huntington girls are out of the MPSA State Tournament falling to Lee, AR 64-57. Tiffany Ferguson 18 pts.  Congratulation to Coach Penny Moak and the Lady Hounds on a great season.

Natchez High boys 84 - Callaway 68, Vasshun Newborne 23 pts. - 5A North Playoff Game.

Trinity girls vs. Strider Academy - 7pm - 1A State Tournament

Trinity boys vs. Lee, AR - 8:30pm - 1A State Tournament

ACCS's Kittye Marks will be playing for the "South" in the MPSA 3A/4A All-Star Basketball Game at Mississippi College, March 8th, 2002. Only 3 players were selected from the 4-3A District, Kat Stott & Jill Kennedy from Silliman Institute will join Kittye on the team. Way to go Kittye!!!!

Baseball News

Cathedral 1 - Jena 5, The game over after 5 inn. as bad weather moved in. Jeremy Davis got the loss, Wyler Murray had a double for the Greenwave.

Jackson's new professional baseball team will play it's first home game at Smith Will's Stadium against the Alexandria Aces on May 24th. Most games will start around 7:05pm. The team still doesn't have a name.

The Natchez Gamblers, playing in the Natchez Adult Soccer League won the City Championship ...again! This makes 14 years in a row they have accomplished this feat. Congratulations!

The Huntington Lady Hounds should be proud, they had a great season and return the majority of its team next year. Some of the younger girls got some game experience and it will pay off for them next year. I enjoyed watching them play the few times that I did, but they showed alot of heart and played well for Coach Penny Moak.

Are the Trinity games being broadcast on the radio? If anybody knows, let me know so we can tune in tonight.....Thanks.

I've got alot of the baseball schedules listed above and am waiting on a few more, check them out for games and times if you have the "need" to watch some baseball action.

I've been battling a cough for over 3 weeks, I went out to watch the Cathedral vs. Jena games and with the wind blowing and the chance of rain, I decided I better get home and try to recoup. I saw a little of the JV game and it looked to me as if Jena thought it was a doubleheader, the guy that threw for them could have easily thrown in the varsity game, he was a lefthander with a good curve and had fair speed. Maybe they were just trying to get all their pitchers a little time on the mound.

Everybody keep your fingers crossed tonight as our home town Trinity Saints compete at the MPSA State Tournament!

2/19/02

Update: I've got 2 volunteers to get me stats, scores and highlights for the MPSA Class A State Tournament in Walter Ketchings and John Mark Williams. If you don't read about this Tournament in here, be sure the next time you see Walter or John Mark, chew'em out good! (laugh) They might need this extra pressure to motivate them!

Update: Ferriday girls beat Ville Platte 68-60 last night. Monique Jones had 31 pts. Ferriday will host Jonesboro-Hodge Thursday at 7pm. J-H upset Loyola of Shreveport last night 43-40. Loyola knocked out Ferriday the last 2 years. A Ferriday win puts them in the "Sweet 16"...by Joey Martin

Update: Monterey lost to Forest Hill in baseball 10-6, my source said they had the "1st game jitters", I'm sure Coach Zizzi can whip them around!.....he whipped me a few times! Ya'll remember those planed off baseball bats they used to whip us with?

Update: Warren Central beat Louisville 11-0 in 5 innings last night, Chris Hite (ACCS) went 1-3 with a double and was 4-4 on base percentage. In 2 games WC has had 5 different players hit "Dingers" and 3 of them aren't the Power Hitters!......thanks Larry

Update: Cathedral's Coaching report just came in.

Coach Beesley's baseball team completed their first contest with a win over Natchez High on Saturday 9-3. He was pleased with the overall play of the team and thought they did a good job of putting the ball in play. Garrett Jones went 3-3 with a double & a triple, Wyler Murray had a double and Daniel Wisner went 2-2 at the plate. Chris Norris picked up the win going 4 inn. with 3 hits, 4 K's, 3 BB & 1 ER. Coach Beesley said "Our pitchers need to improve on their control.

Game #2 on Saturday - Cathedral 14 - Natchez High 4, Coach Beesley was pleased with both the offensive & defensive play, especially since it was the first playing date of the year. Bart Lane picked up the win going 4 inn. on 1 hit, 3 K's, 0 BB & 0 ER. Leading the hits for Cathedral were Bert Goldman 3-3, Rodney Daggett 2-2, Clay Hammons 2-4 with a double and Jeremy Davis had a double. Coach Beesley stated that they only have 2 more games before their district schedule starts. "Hopefully we can continue to put the ball in play, play solid defense and our pitchers can get ahead of the hitters."

Next up for Cathedral is Jena, LA today at Chester Willis Field in Natchez.

Update: Franklin County 18 - Natchez High 8, Chuck Rasco called in the score but he couldn't find out any game stats. Hopefully my nephew (Wade Wilson) will get them to me, he's the asst. baseball coach at Franklin County High School.

Basketball News

Natchez High girls 64 - Callaway 73, Christen West 18pts.

Huntington girls vs. Lee, AR - 7pm - State Championship Tournament

Natchez High boys at Callaway - 7pm - North State Championship Tournament

Clarion Ledger Top Performers listed Trinity's Dudley Guice for 24 pts. & 31 pts. in wins over Glenbrook & Riverdale for the Academy South A Title.

In email conversation with Walter Ketchings, he told me that Trinity & Huntington girls were not in the same bracket as Riverdale & Delta which only have 1 loss each, both to Jackson Academy. Delta did beat JA earlier this season and JA beat Riverdale in January. So the probable Trinity vs. Huntington match-up may decide who plays for the State Championship. I may be jumping the gun but hey, I have confidence in our area teams!

Baseball News

Natchez High at Franklin County yesterday, anybody have the scores?

Vidalia 5 - Pineville 7, LP - Barry Bowden, Bryan Bennett 3 run HR.

Cathedral host Jena - 5 & 7pm

Franklin County at Tylertown - 5 & 7pm

Natchez High at Brookhaven Tournament - Don't know specifics

I talked with John Wimberly yesterday, he informed me that his son Jason (ACCS) playing at Meridian C.C. pitched Feb. 13th against Pearl River and went 7-1/3 innings, had 4 K's and 2 BB's, the score was tied when he left the game. He also pitched against Tyler, TX team for 6 innings, had 6 K's and 1 BB. The score was 6-2 when he left the game and Meridian ended up losing. So with 2 starts, Jason has 2 no decisions. John told me that the coach has them on a pitch count since it's so early in the season. Jason is the probable starter Friday against East Mississippi at 3pm in the 2002 Rush Classic in Meridian, MS.

Dandy Dozen Baseball to be revealed this Friday.

Track News

Natchez High's Janice Davis has been asked for pictures from Track and Field News Magazine for an upcoming article, I'll let you know more about this as it develops. Also, Natchez High's first Track Meet will be March 1st at Port Gibson, but I believe that it's only for relay teams, I'll find out more later.

Former Oakland Coach Jon Gruden is the new head coach for Tampa Bay.

OT - Tony Boselli is the first pick in the expansion draft by the Houston Texans. It looks as if Houston did a good job of studying salary caps in the NFL as they picked up some gems in DB -Aaron Glenn & Marcus Coleman, OT Ryan Young, DT - Seth Payne & Gary Walker, LB - Jamie Sharper and Jermaine Lewis, one of the NFL's best kick returners. The Texans took 19 players in the expansion draft & will get the first draft out of college on April 20th.  They'll be going for a quarterback... go to the Bulletin Board to cast your vote for who the Texans should pick.

2/18/02

College Baseball

LSU 17 - Mercer 1

Ole Miss 6 - Jacksonville State 5

USM 9 - Lipscomb 2

Natchez High girls host Callaway - 7pm

Ward Burton wins Daytona 500.

I think the Trinity boys & girls have a first round bye in the Class A Tournament, I'm not sure when Huntington girls play. If anybody knows the tournament schedule, let me know...thanks!

2/17/02

Basketball News

Trinity girls 40 - Riverdale 61, Ashley Kingsafer 15 pts. - South A Championship Game

Trinity boys 65 - Riverdale 56, Dudley Guice 32 pts. - South A Championship Game

Huntington girls 77 - Porter's Chapel 39, Emily Hazlip 27 pts. - South A Consolation Game

Prep Baseball

Cathedral 9 - Natchez 3, WP Chris Norris - LP Lance Harveston - MH - Garrett Jones (C) 3, Daniel Wisner 2.

Cathedral 14 - Cathedral 4, WP Bart Lane - LP Leon Stewart - MH - Goldman (C) 3, Hammons (C) 2, Daggett (C) 2, Newman (N) 2.

JUCO Baseball

Co-Lin 13 - East Mississippi 3, Cole Zumbro (Franklin County) 3B & 2B, Ryan Davis (ACCS) HR.

Yesterday I watched Cathedral vs. Natchez High in baseball, I watched ACCS inner squad baseball and I listened to Trinity on the radio. (Geez, I need some help!) I went out to Chester Willis Field first and watched Cathedral & NHS for 3 innings, it was a good ballgame for 2 innings as NHS was up 1-0 going into the top of the 3rd inning, but then it was over as Cathedral scored 7 runs in the 3rd and never looked back. Lefty Chris Norris looked good on the mound considering it was his first outing. Lance Harveston picked up the loss for NHS, he didn't look that bad, he just left a few pitches up in the zone and Cathedral took advantage of every one of them. Lance will get into form and do well for the Bulldogs.

I went out to ACCS and watched the inner squad game, this is the 3rd inner squad and the pitchers have to tell the batters what's coming. I think this is great since it gives the batters a chance to watch the pitch and better understand how different pitches work. I can see the progress with this team and things are coming around for the Rebels. Coach Gill Morris is working the team hard everyday to get them back to the State Championship game.

I listened to the Lady Saints while watching inner squad and as I said, them 2 Riverdale girls are quick and deadly. The Trinity girls should hold their heads high as they did a great job. Coach Melanie Hall, if I know her right, will make some changes and will be ready for the State Championship Tournament.

I went back out to watch the 2nd game at Chester Willis field and it had already got out of hand, Bart Lane picked up the win for Cathedral and Leon Stewart got the loss. Cathedral played everybody in the second game and there were alot of hits from the young Cathedral crew. I think somebody told me that Cathedral has 15 - 9th graders, but there are some gifted athlete's in that class and they will gain alot of experience playing up against the competition. Natchez High is fairly young also and their pitchers will get their needed work in the bullpen to sharpen things up. I heard that new Head Coach Greg Patterson has been focusing on hitting first and that he's brought alot of these kids a long way since his arrival. I like the way he coach's, he's got alot of fire in him and this NHS team will gain alot from him.

Congratulations to the Trinity boys for capturing the South A Championship. Trinity ran off with it early in the contest but, Riverdale wouldn't give up as they cut the lead down to 6 pts. at one time in the 4th period. But what can anybody do to stop Dudley Guice? he puts in 32 pts. and gets 15 boards and he just turned 15! Yep, he's a young sophomore, he should be in the 9th grade! Coach David King will carry his team to the State Championship Tournament and will be watching 2 teams real closely...CMI and Delta Academy. Somebody told me that CMI has just about every public school in Jackson, MS's 6th man and they will be the team to beat.

Natchez Recreation adult men's All-Star Basketball game is today at 7pm in the Martin Gym.

I finally changed the "Local Ramblings" section down below, this is a good place for upcoming events, if you have any, let me know.

2/16/02

Basketball News

Natchez High girls 67 - Clinton 60, Crystal Brown & Christen West had 18 pts. apiece - Div. 4-5A Champions.

Natchez High boys 56 - Clinton 68, Vasshun Newborne 19 pts.

MPSA 1A South State at Trinity

Huntington girls 49 - Riverdale 75, Sarah Ashmore 17 pts.

Trinity girls 49 - Porter's Chapel 39, Lauren Tanner 14 pts

Riverdale 46 - River Oaks 44 - 2OT - Adam Jones 21 pts. (Riverdale)

Trinity boys 80 - Glenbrook 58, Dudley Guice 25 pts.

Trinity girls vs. Riverdale - 2:30pm

Trinity boys vs. Riverdale - 7:30pm

The Huntington girls saw quickness like they've never seen before, a very hard press forced alot of turnovers early in the contest from Riverdale. Riverdale isn't blessed with much height on the court but, they make up for it with 2 extremely great shooters that are quick off the dribble.

Trinity girls jumped out early on Porter's Chapel and got a little sluggish at the end. For Trinity to beat Riverdale, they'll have to break their press early, and get the ball down low and utilize their height under the goal. Probably keying the 2 hot guards might keep their offense slowed down a bit, but they better put some quick girls on them and keep the tall girls bunched up down low.

The Riverdale vs. River Oaks game was by far the best game of the night going into double overtime with River Oaks having 2 chances to end the game early. Riverdale finally got the upper hand with the score tied and used the clock to get the last shot and making it count for the win. There were more 3's shot in this game than all the other games in the tournament shot altogether! It figured since I saw a bunch of fans with signs that said "It's Raining 3's" so this must not be uncommon from either team.

Trinity boys handled Glenbrook easier than the score indicated as Coach David King let the reserves finish things up.  Chase Brown had five 3's on the night and Gregory Ketchings had 2 or 3. But it was the strong play of Dudley Guice that put Glenbrook away. He is so dominating under the goal. I was talking to Allan Dossett about Dudley and he was saying to watch how fast he jumps, he's a quick jumper. He's off the ground before most of the kid's get ready to jump. Riverdale has one tall boy that can jump really well but, they don't utilize him enough which is good for Trinity. They are going to light it up from outside and they have a few kid's that can put it in from nowhere land. It should be an interesting game at the least with alot of action.

Natchez High & Cathedral play baseball today at Chester Willis Field at 12pm.

ACCS baseball will have an inner squad game today around 1:30pm.

2/15/02

Update: Natchez High's Janice Davis is nationally ranked by best times: #2 in the 55m, #1 in the 60m, #4 in the 200m & #5 in the 400m banked track. Track & Field News Magazine list her as an All American and one of the Top Female Athletes in the country. Janice will be in New York on March 8, 2002 in the National Scholastic Indoor Championship, last year this event was televised. She'll be at the Nokia Sugar Bowl in New Orleans March 22-23 and in Mobile, AL April 6, 2002.

Basketball News

Cathedral boys 68 - Bogue Chitto 87, Bart Lane 22 pts. - 7-1A Tournament.

Ferriday girls 75 - Lakeview 62, LaShawnda Pryor 23 pts.

South State 1A Tournament at Trinity

Trinity boys 73 - Tallulah 52, Dudley Guice 23 pts.

Girls - Huntington vs. Riverdale - 1pm / Trinity vs. Porter's Chapel 2:30pm

Boys - River Oaks vs. Riverdale - 6pm / Trinity vs. Glenbrook - 7:30pm

Div. 4-5A Tournament in Vicksburg

Natchez High girls vs. Clinton - 6:00pm - Championship Game

Natchez High boys vs. Clinton - 7:30pm - Championship Game

I watched the Trinity boys team against Tallulah last night, this is the second time that I've seen them play this year, I saw them against #1 Central Private earlier in the season and they played well against them down at the Woodville Shootout. I could tell that Trinity was very dominate over Tallulah and Tallulah did a good job of breaking the press early in the game and scoring on the Saints. If you can break Trinity's press, you can score! but the downside is that I don't know what you could do to stop Trinity from scoring. Trinity has too many scoring threats, they shoot and score from all over the court. I enjoyed the game and watching the quickness of this team, alot of natural talent and Coach David King's tutelage...a winning combination!

Vidalia softball 8 - Avoyelles 3

Kris Thomson (Trinity) is playing basketball at Delta State and getting some playing time, Kris was redshirted last year so he is a freshman.

Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen Baseball 2002

Public School

#1 Warren Central, #2 Southaven, #3 Tupelo, #4 W. Lauderdale, #5 Picayune, #6 New Hope, #7 Madison Central, #8 Terry, #9 Meridian, #10 Oak Grove, #11 Ittawamba AHS, #12 Vicksburg, #13 Pascagoula, #14 Forest Hill, #15 Hattiesburg

Private School

#1 Parklane, #2 Hillcrest, #3 Indianola, #4 Simpson, #5 Starkville

I've noticed from the past that alot of pre-season rankings are a courtesy from last years teams final rankings and aren't a real indication of this years teams capabilities, especially in the Private School rankings. Am I saying this because ACCS Baseball is not ranked? Ya dang right! ACCS returns the nucleus of it's team this year and all the pitching, this is the team that finished 2nd in the MPSA 3A State Championship Game. Every player that is playing this year, started at some point last year. The Rebels lost 4 seniors but, there were games when some of them didn't even start, which means that AC returns 9 starters from last years squad. None of the others can claim that! Plus I've never seen a pre-season poll that a Jackson school wasn't involved, no matter how many they lose or what they have coming back. But that's understandable, they probably sell more papers around Jackson than anywhere else....P.S. Why do they call it Dandy Dozen Baseball Teams when there are 15 Public schools listed and only 5 Private Schools? I'm not sure when they'll post the Dandy Dozen Baseball Players, it should be soon, I know that's 12 players, or it has been in the past!

2/14/02

Update: Franklin County's baseball schedule is added to the Links above. They travel to Gulfport this weekend to play former NHS baseball coach Michael Lindsey and his Gulfport team.

Update: LSU's 4 games & their 4 starting pitchers, Chad Vaught carries a team low 1.50 ERA (6 innings). Lane Mestepey pitched 7 innings in his outing and carries a 2.57 ERA. Finally found me a good LSU stats page.

#1, it's Valentine's Day and if your reading this and forgot to have your "honey" something this morning, your a low life dirty dog! at least that's the way I get treated if I forget. But I didn't, as I put her present in my sock drawer so I wouldn't forget!

I've posted the Monterey Baseball schedule, see the Link above.

Well, the MissLouSports.Com Bulletin Board is taking off! You can ask questions as well, this page is for ya'll to interact with each other. Keep up the good work, it makes for fun reading.

Basketball News

ACCS boys 46 - Copiah 69, Garrett Gamberi 15 pts. - 3A South State Tournament

Cathedral girls 26 - St. Al 45, Kelsey Stephens 13 pts.

Cathedral boys 72 - St. Al 62, Bart Lane 19 pts.

Cathedral boys vs. Bogue Chitto today at 5:30pm - 7-1A Tournament

Huntington girls 52 - Tensas 41, Tiffany Ferguson 19 pts. - 1A South State

Huntington boys 31 - River Oaks 49, Todd Iverstine 7 pts. - 1A South State

Trinity girls 60 - Glenbrook 43, Becky Bass 22 pts. - 1A South State

1A South State at Trinity - Games Today

Girls - Riverdale vs. Franklin - 4pm / Porter's Chapel vs. Central - 7pm

Boys - Riverdale vs. Ben's Ford - 5:30pm / Trinity vs. Tallulah - 8:30pm

I was at Trinity last night and watched the Trinity vs. Glenbrook game, I haven't seen the Trinity girls play this year and I was eager to see them play. I'm always posting Vanessa Gordon has high scorer but she got into foul trouble in the first half and saw limited action. But Becky Bass was the highlight putting in 22 pts. for the Lady Saints. I could tell that Glenbrook was hot early as anything they threw up went in. I figured this wouldn't last long and it didn't as Trinity pulled away in the second half.

The Huntington girls figured out fast that to beat Tensas, they had to stop their center. They dished her the ball underneath easily at first and she made them pay for it. Huntington Coach Penny Moak put an end to that and it was the difference in the ball game as the Lady Hounds slowly put them away.

I'm looking forward to tonight's games as the competition is getting stiffer as the Tournament narrows down. If you've been waiting for the right night to go out and watch the Tournament, you can start tonight!

Natchez High boys basketball team are ranked #8 by the Ms. AP

Natchez High's Kejuane Bates signs with Co-Lin to play football.

LSU 68 - Miss. State 65 in overtime!

Ole Miss 62 - Auburn 65, Ole Miss was up by 13 pts. and tried to play the clock down.

2/13/02

Update: Joey Martin's News for this week is posted on his Link above, check it out!

Update: LSU Junior Pitcher Chad Vaught (Huntington) started last night for the Tigers against Southeastern Louisiana University and gave up 1 run in the first inning. He pitched a total of 6 innings striking out 8 batters, gave up 1 walk and 5 hits. He had a 2-1 lead when he left the game. LSU lost the game 4-3. But still an impressive start for Vaught and I'm sure, a real confidence booster.

Basketball Scores & Games

ACCS girls 39 - Manchester 56, Meghan Marchbanks 15 pts. - 3A South State Tournament

ACCS boys vs. Copiah - 8:30pm @ Centreville - 3A South State Tournament

Natchez High girls 69 - Vicksburg 56, Christen West 14 pts. - 4-5A Tournament

Natchez High boys 83 - Warren Central 64, Je'Kel Foster & Vasshun Newborne 21 pts. - 4-5A Tournament

Huntington girls vs. Tensas - 4pm @ Trinity - South State A Tournament

Trinity girls vs. Glenbrook - 7pm @ Trinity - South State A Tournament

Huntington Boys vs. River Oaks - 8:30pm @ Trinity - South State A Tournament

Vidalia beat Winnsboro 6-1 in softball, Jenny Watson was the winning pitcher and she went 3-4 at the plate.

2/12/02

Update: ACCS girls vs. Manchester - 4pm @ Centreville Academy - 3A South State Basketball Tournament...Thanks JM for the reminder.

Basketball Scores

MPSA Class 1A South State Tournament at Trinity Episcopal

Huntington girls 55 - Mt. Olive 31, Emily Hazlip 17 pts.

Huntington boys 55 - Mt. Olive 36, Crawford Kifer 16 pts.

The Huntington girls games was alot worse than the score indicates, the Lady Hounds dominated this game, Mt. Olive didn't really score any points until late in the 3rd period.

The Huntington boys had a hard time stopping Mt. Olive's Josh May, he was the whole team in the first half putting in 16 pts. and barely missing a shot that rolled out of the basket at the buzzer. Huntington took a 19-16 first half lead into the locker room. I was talking with Greg Ketchings and mentioned that if they could stop May, they would crush Mt. Olive. Huntington Coach Michael McAnally came back after the half and ran a Box 1 defense putting a man on man on May and he only scored 6 pts. in the second half...smart coaching!

The earlier games saw Glenbrook girls defeat River Oaks 50-41 and the Glenbrook boys beat CHA 85-58. I didn't see these games but Ketchings told me that Glenbrook had a very scrappy team.

Basketball games at Trinity will not pit any area teams playing, but there will still be some great basketball action:

Central, LA girls vs. Pine Hills - 4pm

Plain Dealing boys vs. Tallulah - 5:30pm

Franklin Academy girls vs. Ben's Ford - 7pm

Tensas boys vs. Ben's Ford - 8:30pm

Cathedral girls vs. St. Al - 7pm @ Bogue Chitto - 7-1A Tournament

Cathedral boys vs. St. Al - 8:30pm @ Bogue Chitto - 7-1A Tournament

Natchez girls vs. Vicksburg - 7pm @ Vicksburg - 4-5A Tournament

Natchez boys vs. Warren Central - 5:30pm @ Vicksburg - 4-5A Tournament

Vidalia will scrimmage against Winnsboro today in baseball at 4pm in Vidalia.

ACCS will have an inner squad baseball game today after school around 3pm.

I got a great e-mail yesterday from Natchez High Track Star Janice Davis's mother. She told me that Janice has over 250 colleges and universities interested in her. Janice will be listed in the NCAA Clearinghouse this Spring, she has met all the requirements for Division I. Beginning July 1, 2002, they can begin personal contact with her. Ms. Davis will be sending all of Janice's Track results and her schedule to post on this website....Thanks again Ms. Davis!

2/11/02

Basketball Today

South State 1A Tournament at Trinity Episcopal:

Glenbrook, LA girls vs. River Oaks - 4pm

Glenbrook, LA vs. CHA - 5:30pm

Huntington girls vs. Mt. Olive Christian - 7pm

Huntington boys vs. Mt. Olive Christian - 8:30pm

Congratulations to 4 yr. old Kenneth Jordan on winning 1st place at Volunteer National BMX Championship.

The only feedback on the Bulletin Board is from former baseball coach Greg Harris, it was nice to hear from him. C'mon now, use the Board!!!!

2/10/02

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 44 - Centreville 32, Meghan Marchbanks & Brandi Case scored 9 pts. each.

ACCS boys 63 - Centreville 49, Caleb Walker 15 pts.

Trinity girls 41 - Huntington 38, Vanessa Gordon (T) 26 pts., Tiffany Ferguson (H) 10 pts.

Trinity boys 64 - Huntington 48, Dudley Guice (T) 17 pts., Ples Arthur & Crawford Kifer scored 12 pts. each.

Trinity girls & boys captured the District 5-1A Tournament Title.

ACCS girls & boys finished 3rd in the District 4-3A Tournament.

Congratulations to Natchez High Track Star Janice Davis on winning the 60 meter dash at the Adidas Midwest Indoor Track Classic. She set a record with the best time in the nation at 7.38. The meet will be on ESPN2 today at 3pm.

Go to the MissLouSports.Com Bulletin Board and post some comments. I've got some questions for you there!

2/9/02

Basketball Scores & Games

ACCS girls 28 - Central Private 52, ACCS will play Centreville today at 4:00pm, Nikki Hankins led with 7 pts.

ACCS boys 36 - Silliman 49, ACCS will play Centreville today at 5:30pm. Caleb Walker, Ty Smith & Garrett Gamberi all scored 8 pts. each.

Cathedral girls 45 - Monterey 56, Kelsey Stephens 14 pts.

Cathedral boys 65 - Monterey 73, Jonathan Jackson 15 pts.

Ferriday girls 78 - McCall 59, Monique Jones 26 pts.

Ferriday boys 57 - McCall 93, Marvin Harper 16 pts.

Huntington girls vs. Trinity - 5pm at CHA

Huntington boys vs. Trinity - 6:30pm at CHA

Natchez High girls 54 - Brookhaven 49, Crystal Brown 14 pts.

Natchez High boys 66 - Brookhaven 54, Je'Kel Foster 22 pts.

Vidalia girls 56 - Rayville 76, Dominque Trimble 16 pts.

Vidalia boys 70 - Rayville 72, Ajay Warner 27 pts.

LSU picked up its first win under new baseball skipper Smoke Laval by defeating Birmingham Southern 10-9.

Dodgers sign Japanese lefthander pitcher for $12.3 million & 4 years. In Japan, he was 12-3 with a 3.40 ERA and 173 K's in 175 innings pitched.

The Diamondbacks reach a 1 year deal worth $2.65 million with catcher Damian Miller.

2/8/02

Basketball Scores

Huntington girls 61 - Pine Hills 23, Emily Hazlip 11 pts.

Huntington boys 62 - Ben's Ford 54 - OT - Patrick Clayton 13 pts.

Trinity girls 60 - Ben's Ford 15, Vanessa Gordon 20 pts.

Trinity boys 83 - CHA 47, Chad Ridley 24 pts.

Basketball Today

ACCS girls vs. Central Private - 4pm at Silliman

ACCS boys vs. Silliman - 8:30pm at Silliman

Cathedral at Monterey - 2 games - 6pm

Ferriday host McCall - 2 games - 6pm

Natchez High at Brookhaven - 2 games - 6pm

Vidalia host Rayville - 2 games - 6pm

 I'll be headed to Silliman Institute today and catch the district playoffs, I'll have updates of the action tomorrow morning. Until then, be safe if your driving to any ballgames as it's always more dangerous on Fridays on the road.

2/7/02

Basketball Today

Huntington girls vs. Pine Hills - 7:00pm at CHA

Huntington boys vs. CHA - 8:30pm at CHA

Trinity girls vs. Ben's Ford - 4:00pm at CHA

Trinity boys vs. Ben's Ford - 5:30pm at CHA

ACCS quarterback Ty Smith signs with Co-Lin.

Trinity quarterback Chad Ridley signs with Delta State.

Congratulations to Charlie Fisher on bowling the elusive perfect 300 game. Give me a call Charlie when you get that ring so I can snap a picture.

The Diamondbacks get outfielder David Dellucci for 1 year worth $775,000.

Check out Joey Martin's page, it's updated today and he offers alot of reading for you.

The Bulletin Board has some new questions for your response, check it out!

2/6/02

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 34 - Copiah 52, Kittye Marks 10 pts.

ACCS boys 53 - Copiah 64, Garrett Gamberi 12 pts.

Cathedral girls 27 - St. Al 40, Mary Margaret Allwood 12 pts.

Cathedral boys 54 - St. Al 62, Larry Thomas 18 pts.

Ferriday girls 63 - Crowville 38, Monique Jones 19 pts.

Ferriday boys 54 - Crowville 52

Natchez High girls 63 - Jefferson County 52, Gloria Lewis 20 pts.

Natchez High boys 92 - Jefferson County 32, Vasshun Newborne 21 pts.

ACCS Jr. High won the MPSA District 4-3A Basketball Tournament and finish the season 14-4 overall & 6-0 in District play.

The Wilson Cup Matches at Beau Pre' C.C. is over as the rain forced the tournament to end and Team Mississippi is declared the winner.

The Houston Astros want Enron to either ante up the 30 yr. $100 million rights to use the Enron name on their field or get rid of it altogether. They wanted to start negotiations with other advertisers but Enron has refused them to do so.

The Copiah girls were very quick, AC used a man to man defense to help slow them down and it helped to stop the bleeding. They were very deep coming off the bench as well. They are a well coached team and have alot of talent, they didn't miss many outside shots but few were taken as the Lady Rebels played them very tightly in the man to man defense. They moved real well off the dribble and with the tall girls underneath, it was almost impossible to get rebounds but, the Lady Rebels played well considering that Copiah is #4 overall in the MPSA.

Copiah boys weren't that good, AC made a ton of turnovers as Copiah pressed the whole game. Copiah sports an 11-18 overall record. AC carries an 11-11 record heading into the District Tournament which starts Friday.

2/5/02

Basketball Today

ACCS host Copiah Academy - 2 games - 6pm

Cathedral at St. Al - 2 games - 6pm

Ferriday host Crowville - 2 games - 6pm

Natchez High host Jefferson County - 3 games - 5pm

Out at ACCS tonight, it is Senior Recognition Night and Copiah Academy girls bring their MPSA Overall #4 ranking to town along with an impressive 32-2 record.

Vidalia boys are ranked #10 in LA. High School Polls in Class 2A. and Ferriday girls are ranked #3 in Class 2A.

In the Clarion Ledger Polls, Natchez High boys are ranked #6 and the NHS girls are ranked #14.

The Wilson Cup Matches between Mississippi & Louisiana at Beau Pre' C.C. have MS. in the lead after 2 days of play, the individual matches start today at 8am.

NCAA is considering an early signing period for football, much like basketball and baseball. Because so many athletes commit early already, it's no big surprise when the official signing day comes on Feb. 7th. It gives college programs a chance to get ready for next years season before they start this years season. Don't look for this anytime soon, it's in the very early stages.

Craig Brasfield from Amory, MS and a former Ole Miss baseball player is the new general manager of Jackson's new professional baseball team.

University of Southern Mississippi's Father of Athletics, Coach Reed Green was buried Monday.

I'll be at Centreville today at 10am to watch the ACCS Jr. High compete in the District Tournament. I have a daughter on the ACCS Jr. High team, then I'll be back at ACCS tonight as they host Copiah Academy. I've heard so much about Copiah's girls, I can't wait to see them in action. I also have a Senior on the boys team so I have to do the parent thing for Senior recognition night. Come out and catch the games and drop by and visit with me.

2/4/02

New England Patriots 20 - St. Louis Rams 17, What a game! The Rams didn't start to play until the end of the game and then it was too late as the Patriots drove down the field in the final seconds to kick the game winning field goal. Tom Brady was named MVP.

Jorge Posada becomes the 2nd highest paid catcher in the MLB in a 5 yr. $51 million deal with the Yankees.

The only sports today (that I know of) is the Beau Pre' C.C. Wilson Cup Match's. An alternate shot tournament.

Basketball season is winding down and area teams will be competing in their district tournaments, more coverage as this develops.

2/3/02

Today's the Big Day, Super Bowl XXXVI between the Rams of St. Louis and the Patriots of New England and everybody is expecting a blowout, even the point spread for the game is around 14 pts. in favor of the Rams. I guess I'm going to pull for the Patriots and pretend that they have 14 pts., maybe that will make it interesting.  I generally pull for the underdog anyway.

Cathedral soccer team lost to West Lauderdale 10-0 in the playoffs and finish the season with an impressive 11-3 record.

In basketball action yesterday, the Trinity Lady Saints beat Silliman 58-42, Vanessa Gordon had 19 pts. Inthe boys game, Trinity won 71-48, Dudley Guice had 20 pts.

The Wilson Cup Matches at Beau Pre' C.C. in the Men's division start today at 11am. This will be an alternate shot tournament. The Women start tomorrow.

2/2/02

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 46 - Centreville 51, Nikki Hankins 10 pts.

ACCS boys 68 - Centreville 65, Christopher Rayborn 19 pts. (5 - 3 pointers), Ty Smith 19 pts.

Natchez High girls 83 - Franklin County 41, Angel Taylor & Chrystal Sylvester had 13 pts. each.

Natchez High boys 72 - Franklin County 29, Vasshun Newborne 14 pts.

Vidalia girls 50 - McCall 83, Tiffany Fleming 11 pts.

Vidalia boys 63 - McCall 84, Jessie Banks 15 pts.

Trinity at Silliman in basketball today - 2 games - 6pm

Cathedral at W. Lauderdale in soccer today at 2pm

Alabama football is put on probation for 5 years, cut scholarships for 3 years and banned from Bowl games for 2 years for recruiting scandal where boosters were accused of paying money for Prep players.....Roll Tide!!!! (had to say that for Coach Gill Morris, he won't sleep well for 5 years now!)

The MPSA suspends Bowling Green in the stiffest penalty ever after fans attacked referees during a basketball game. The MPSA suspended Bowling Green's entire athletic program for the rest of the 2001-2002 year. They will not play any home basketball games in 2002-2003, will pay a $1,500 fine and will remain on probation though the 2003-2004 school year. 3 people are banned from MPSA sanctioned events for life and another is banned for 3 years.

This is a tough penalty for any school, I really feel sorry for the innocent kids that have to suffer because of the actions of some fans. This means that Bowling Green can't play baseball, softball, golf, tennis and track for the rest of this school year. I hope that there aren't some athletes at that school that can play at the next level but need the Spring exposure to get them that push into college, it would be a shame for them to be punished also. Also Bowling Green could lose alot of kids that would transfer out because of this and that would stifle any Private school.

2/1/02

Basketball Scores

Cathedral girls 58 - MSD 47, Kate Prescott 22 pts.

Cathedral boys 65 - MSC 38, Bart Lane 19 pts.

Basketball Today

ACCS at Centreville - 4 games - 4pm

Natchez High at Franklin County - 2 games - 6pm

Vidalia at McCall - 2 games - 6pm

I went out to Natchez High yesterday to get a few Seniors pictures for "The Magazine" and walked into a media circus as Janice Davis was getting her picture taken for Sports Illustrated. I met Janice and got her picture, she was extremely nice. Janice is just a Junior and has taken the High School Track scene by storm. If you have the chance, go out and watch her run this spring. I'll post the dates of Track meets as they become available.

Meridian C.C. signs shortstop Joey Lieberman from Warren Central, Joey played in Natchez as a youth. They also signed catcher Josh Morgan from Thomasville, AL, Josh caught Christopher Rayborn this summer at the East Coast Professional Baseball Showcase and Christopher mentioned how good he was after the Showcase.

MissLouSports.Com

Archives - March 2002

3/31/02

Baseball News

Franklin County 1 - Clinton 10

WP - Korey Cunningham

LP - Tom Wimberly

Loyd Star 2 - Clinton 6

WP - Luke Sandroni

LP - Seth Britt

2B - (L) Brister

Natchez High 12 - Block 2

WP - Floyd Newman

LP - Ryan King

2B - (N) Kinds, Hayes

Parklane 6 - Jackson Academy 9

WP - Jacob Christian

LP - Rusty Rayborn

HR - (P) C. Ginn, Smith Johnston

Parklane 1 - Jackson Academy 11

WP - Joseph McCaskill

LP - Wayne Moore

College Baseball News

Ole Miss 9 - Kentucky 5, Matt Tolbert 2-5

Ole Miss 5 - Kentucky 4

USM 8 - Houston 4, Jarrett Hoffpauir 2-3

LSU 7 - Miss. State 3

Southwest C.C. 0 - Pearl River 1

Southwest C.C. 1 - Pearl River 0

My News

Indiana and Maryland on Monday night for the NCAA Championship....I'm pulling for Indiana, I always like the underdog!

Has anybody harvested a Turkey? Let me know what you hear.

MissLouSports.Com "The Magazine" will be out later in the week, look for it in area convenience stores.

That's about it for Easter morning, I'm headed to Jefferson County for some home cooked vittles, see ya'll tomorrow!

3/30/02

College Baseball News

Miss. State 15 - LSU 4

USM 2 - Houston 3, Hoffpauir 1-3

Co-Lin 8 - LSU-E 1, Ryan Davis (ACCS) double

Co-Lin 2 - LSU-E 3

My News

Not much action on the Prep scene on Friday, this could be my shortest daily news in a while.

I went fishing yesterday evening, even that was slow!

I saw where ya'll asked a good question about the "Freaky Friday Frenzy" Trivia Question, "What sport" I assume it's football, I haven't heard from Joey yet. Ole Walter got the "Teaser" already.

I'll have a movie review of "The Rookie" when I get back from the theater today, I'm going to the first showing today.

Just got back from the movies, "The Rookie" was great, not alot of baseball action, more of his personal life and the tribulations of playing ball.

Check out the Bulletin Board, I have a question about the naming of the Natchez High Football Stadium.

3/29/02

Baseball News

ACCS 3 - Riverfield 9

WP - Jude Johnston

LP - Russ Marks

2B - Christopher Rayborn

Amite School Center 18 - Trinity 2

WP - John Birdsong

LP - Elliot Meng

2B - (A) Perkins, Gordon, Young, Nelson (T) G. Ketchings

Huntington 6 - Pine Hills 5

WP - Will Moak

LP - Kyle Trout

2B - (P) Brown, Stevens, Longmire

McComb 0 - Raymond 4

WP - Dale Brewer

LP - N/A

Natchez High 12 - Vidalia 8

WP - Leon Stewart

LP - Trey White

HR - (N) Stewart 2, Green (V) Bowden, Williams, Fuqua

2B - (V) Bowden

Port Gibson 1 - Terry 12

WP - Brian Barlow

LP - John Moore

2B - (P) Brown

Vidalia 11 - Monterey 0

WP - Barry Bowden

LP - Phillip Bryan

HR - (V) Bowden, Warshaw

2B - (V) Marling, Bowden, White

Softball News

Vidalia 2 - Crowville 0

WP - Jenny Watson

LP - Lauren Monroe

2B - (V) Watson

Golf News

Match at Colonial C.C. - Loyd Star 175 - St. Andrews 191

Track News

Natchez High girls and boys won the NHS Invitational.

My News

I watched a couple of games yesterday, I went out and watched Trinity play Amite School Center, costly errors plagued the Saints throughout the ballgame and ASC took advantage of all of them. Depth is another problem for the Saints as I believe they only had 11 players on the team. They're young and I'm sure they'll bounce back.

The ACCS/Riverfield game was just flat out ugly as the host Rebels just couldn't muster any runs at the plate. The Rebels left 11 runners stranded in the first 4 inn. ( I think that's correct) Riverdale showed alot of patience at the plate and adjusted to every pitch, a very disciplined ball hitting team. Christopher Rayborn had his first at bats this season going 2-4 with a double and an RBI and robbed of a 3rd hit by a diving catch from the centerfielder, glad to see him back at the plate.

Congratulation to Coach Patterson & the Natchez High Bulldogs on their first victory. Maybe this will break the ice!

Believe it or not, "The Rookie" came to town today, I'll be at the picture show tomorrow to see this one!

The NEW "Freaky Friday Frenzy" Trivia Question is up today, made it a little easier this week, also the answers to last week's questions are posted as well.

Check back later for Updates!

3/28/02

Baseball News

Cathedral 0 - St. Al 10

WP - Jason Brown

LP - Chris Norris

Port Gibson 0 - Terry 12

WP - Kyle Bridges

LP - Don Lucas

Parklane 3 - Jackson Academy 2

WP - Dylan Roberts

LP - Michael Wakefield

HR - (P) Roberts

2B - (P) K. Ginn, Simmons, Roberts

College Baseball

Miss. State 7 - UNO 1

Golf News

Natchez Coca Cola Invitational - 1st Cathedral, 4th Natchez, 6th Brookhaven, 7th Wesson, 8th McComb

Coaches Report

Cooksey - Amite School Center

The Rebels are 6-4 overall & 3-0 in district with an important game today. The Rebels are led by Senior Stewart Gordon, Junior Clay Kirkland & Junior Robert Young at the plate. Senior John Birdsong, Stewart Gordon and Robert Young have had the bulk of the work on the mound. The Rebels play at Trinity today at 3pm.

My News

Joey Martin's "Link" is updated today, lots of reading for this week, check it out!

I'll be at the ACCS/Riverfield baseball game today, AC defeated Riverfield on Monday 1-0, should be an interesting outing.

I'm still not sure if ACCS and Huntington will make up the baseball game that was cancelled Tuesday, I know that Huntington has a district game today, but maybe they could make it up tomorrow, it would be a good time to play and a good gate since it's 2 local teams..... hint, hint!

Check back later for Updates!

3/27/02

Baseball News

Bogue Chitto 6 - St. Al 3

WP - Jacob Leggett

LP - Aaron George

HR - (B) Edwards, Moore

Loyd Star 4 - Madison St. Joe 1

WP - Seth Britt

LP - Randy Geimer

3B - (L) Wall

2B - (L) Portrey

McComb 0 - Terry 10

WP - Van Pope

LP - Jesse Boyd

Natchez 0 - Brandon 8

WP - Jake Parker

LP - Jeremiah Green

North Pike 10 - Crystal Springs 0

WP - Dusty Davis

LP - Lee Evans

2B - (NP) Travis, Boyd, Davis

Trinity 2 - Silliman 6

WP - Cade Dubois

LP - Chad Ridley

West Lincoln 7 - St. Al 12

WP - Zane Key

LP - Landon Case

College Baseball News

Ole Miss 7 - Miss. Valley State 4

Miss. State 3 - UNO 7

USM 5 - South Alabama 6, Jarrett Hoffpauir 2-3

LSU 9 - SE Louisiana 7

Co-Lin 9 - Hinds 2, WP - Cole Zumbro (FCHS), Ryan Davis 2B

Co-Lin 3 - Hinds 2, HR - Cole Zumbro

Softball News

Brookhaven 3 - Lawrence County 12

WP - Ashley Davis

LP - N/A

Enterprise 0 - Newton County 7

WP - Krissi Harris

LP - Amanda Parker

3B - (E) Parker

Golf News

Match at Northwood C.C. - Parklane finished in 4th.

Match at Pine Belt G.C. - Loyd Star 1st.

Tennis News

Cathedral 4 - Lawrence County 1

Natchez 1 - Brandon 4

Parklane 1 - Jackson Academy 8

My News

I got an e-mail from Walter Ketchings, he heard that Kenny Bizot, Hillcrest's boys basketball coach, resigned
to take an assistant position at Mississippi College.

Joey Martin talked to Mitch Ashmore, Mitch said that LSU pitcher Chad Vaught (Huntington) didn't make the trip to Ole Miss but, that his arm was getting better.

Check back in later for Updates!

3/26/02

Baseball News

ACCS 1 - Riverfield 0

WP - Christopher Rayborn, 0R, 2H, 0BB, 5K

LP - Frank Hales, 1R, 4H, 2BB, 5K

2B - (A) Walker

Cathedral 11 - Enterprise 0

WP - Bart Lane

LP - Monti Crotwell

3B - (C) Lane

Centreville 9 - Pine Hills 1

WP - Charlie Landers

LP - Wayne Perritt

3B - (P) Brown, (C) Fonte

2B - (P) Jackson, Trout, (C) Jones

Huntington 0 - Porter's Chapel 13

WP - Drew Embry

LP - Watson Rhodes

HR - (PC) Towne

Monterey 18 - Epps 1

WP - Phillip Bryan

LP - Eddie Fletcher

HR - (E) Fletcher

3B - (M) Smith

2B - (M) Kemp, Barfoot

Vidalia 15 - Block 5

HR - (V) Bennett, Ware

WCCA 7 - Trinity 6

WP - Brad Pritchart

LP - Walt Ketchings

3B - (W) Dore, (T) Ridley

2B - (W) Dore

Coaches Reports

Michael McAnally - Huntington

Another poor effort for Huntington Monday night as Porter's Chapel takes the Hounds to the woodshed for an easy 13-0 victory.  Yet again, Huntington fails to make the routine plays and is unable to hit the ball, with Landon Yarborough's single in the 3rd being the only Hound base runner of the night.  Bronson Rhodes (1-2) suffered the loss, despite not giving up an earned run.  Rhodes pitched 3 solid innings, giving up 6 unearned runs on 6 hits with one strikeout and one walk.  Brent Tosspon pitched the final 2 innings and was roughed up for 7 runs, 6 of which were earned; the final blow being a grand slam in the bottom of the 5th that brought the 10 run mercy rule into effect.  Drew Embry was solid on the mound for the Eagles, facing the minimum 15 batters and striking out 10 through his five innings.  The loss drops the struggling Hounds to 4-7; next up is a trip to ACCS tonight.

Tom Graning - Cathedral

Cathedral: 10
Enterprise: 0

WP: Bart Lane
LP: Monty Crotwell

Bart Lane had an outstanding night on the mound tonight. He had great control, striking out seven batters with no walks and giving up just two hits in five innings. He also had a good night at the plate going 2-3 with a triple and 3 RBI. Rodney Daggett had a good night also, going 2-2 with a double and 2 RBI.
Cathedral plays St Al Wednesday in Vicksburg. Varsity at 5:00 and JV at 7:00pm.
 

College Baseball News

Ole Miss 3 - Austin Peay 1

Softball News

ACCS 11 - Huntington 1

WP - Charmaine Reagon

LP - Jo Lee Hughes

3B - (A) Cox, (H) Ferguson

2B - (A) Flynn

Joey Martin told me that ACCS lost in the finals to Parklane at the ASC Tournament this past weekend.

Tennis News

McComb 1 - Terry 4

Golf News

Match at Wolf Hollow - (1st) Loyd Star 167, (3rd) Brookhaven 196

Match at Swan Lake - (2nd) West Lincoln 185

Clarion Ledger Top Performers - March 18-24

Girls Track - Trumesa Banks - Amite County - Won the 200m & 400m & anchored 3 winnings relay teams at Woodville meet.

Golf - Stephen Hollingsworth - Cathedral - Was medalist in a 3 team match at Duncan Park and shot a 1 under 34.

Golf - Beck Troutman - Parklane - Was medalist among 12 teams at the MRA Invitational with a 73 at Deerfield.

Track News

Jacob Stutzman - Troy State

My News

The ACCS vs. Riverfield game yesterday was aggravating to watch as Riverfield's left handed pitcher was throwing batting practice and the Rebels could only manage 4 hits, I believe the coaches records said we only had 3 hits, I ruled Russ Marks as having a hit because the leftfielder had a ball short hop him and it got through, I thought Burchfield's base runner would have scored anyway which would haven given the Rebels 1 earned run, purely a judgment call. Riverfield consistently made contact with the ball while at the plate as Rayborn only had 5 strikeouts through 7 inn. of play, the paper said he gave up 2 walks, they must have gotten confused with Riverfield's pitcher that gave up 2 walks. The pitcher's mound looked like they took a couple of wheel barrows of dirt and dumped it onto the infield and packed it down...horrible! No lights, No press box, No concession stand...a miserable evening.

ACCS Pitcher Christopher Rayborn's ERA so far this year is 0.6

ACCS Baseballer Te Riley will have to wear a brace for 2 weeks and then undergo therapy, they believe it's just a tear in his elbow area and may heal on its own. Let's hope so!

If playing conditions are favorable, I'll be out at ACCS today as they host Huntington in a JV game at 5pm & a Varsity game at 7pm, bring something warm as it's suppose to get cold tonight.

Walter won't be running any laps as he correctly answered Joey's Trivia questions AND he answered the "Teaser" as well, Walter is ineligible and we still don't have a winner, keep the guesses coming!

ACCS Baseball games for today are cancelled. Not sure on makeup date.

Trinity is playing at Silliman today at 6pm.

Vidalia vs. Monterey baseball game will be played Thursday at 3pm followed by a game with Natchez High.

3/25/02

Baseball News

ACCS baseball game against Riverfield game times have been changed, the Varsity will play at 3:30pm followed by the JV, the games are at Riverfield, call the school for directions.

Centreville 4 - Oak Forest 9

WP - Garrett Fitzgerald

LP - Nathan Mathis

2B - (C) White, Landers

College Baseball News

USM 8 - Cincinnati 0

Ole Miss 10 - LSU 7, Matt Tolbert 3-4 with a double

Miss. State 13 - Kentucky 3

Track News

Jacob Stutzman and the Troy State track team were at the Alabama Relays this weekend, and in the Javelin he placed 12th out of 39, this may not sound great, but consider the following,  for the 3rd time in 4 meets he set a new personal best eclipsing his old mark by 1 inch, and consider the competition, some names you may recognize:  Pittsburgh, Ole Miss, Miss. State, Alabama, Maryland, Wisconsin, Tulane, UNO, South Alabama, Middle Tennessee, Drake, Michigan, Eastern Michigan,  U. of MO-KC, Alabama State, UMASS, Cincinnati, SE MO. Jacob is the #2 Javelin thrower in the Atlantic Sun Conference.

College Basketball News

We're down to the Final Four, Indiana will play Oklahoma & Maryland will play Kansas for a trip to the Finals.

Golf News

Craig Perks wins The Players Championship, he's the only golfer to ever win at this tournament for their first ever win on tour. Craig played in Natchez a few years ago, I can't remember if it was the Jordan Tour or the Hooters Tour. He won by 2 strokes.

My News

Alot of Prep sports action in the Miss-Lou today, get out and root for your favorite team.

I'll be headed to Rayville today to watch ACCS play Riverfield, Russ Marks is the probable starter on the mound.

I talked to Caro Bet Riley yesterday and they are taking Te to the Sports Medicine Clinic in Jackson today. Hopefully he'll be back on the playing field soon.

Joey Martin's Trivia Question is tearing them up this week, nobody can figure this one out, Walter's even speaking out on the MissLouSports.Com Bulletin Board and Joey's loving it. I guess I'll have to give you a clue. One of the players signed as a free agent by the New Orleans Saints.

Oh, and Walter! Joey says if you can't guess by tomorrow, you have to run laps!

Walter got the Trivia Question right and he's named 2 of the 3 of the Teaser question but, he's ineligible for the T-shirt since he's already won, so ya'll keep sending in the answers.

I'm headed out, see ya'll tomorrow!

3/24/02

Baseball News

Amite County 5 - Crystal Springs 7

WP - Brett Selman

LP - Fields

Enterprise 9 - Union 8

WP - Brian McNeil

LP - Jody Blount

HR - (E) Jimmerson

3B - (U) Blount

2B - (U) Blount, Cain

McComb 8 - Franklin County 6

WP - Matthew Hay

LP - Tom Wimberly

HR - (F) Beach

2B - (M) Barnes, Martin

Monterey 10 - Crowville 9

WP - David Phillips

LP - Beau Barfoot

HR - (M) Smith

2B - (M) Barfoot, Paul, Green

Natchez 8 - Warren Central 9

WP - Steven McDevitt

LP - Floyd Newman

HR - (W) Mitchell

2B - (W) Ferguson, (N) Stewart, Newman

Natchez 6 - Wayne County 7

WP - Jade Roberts

LP - Hays

3B - (N) Stewart

2B - (N) Stewart

Parklane 11 - Amite School Center 4

WP - Lane Moore

LP - Josh Legrange

HR - (P) Johnson

2B - (P) Ginn 2, Roberts, Farnham

College Baseball

LSU 6 - Ole Miss 5, Tolbert 1-4

USM 17 - Cincinnati 3, Hoffpauir 1-4

Miss. State 4 - Kentucky 2

Gulf Coast 3 - Co-Lin 0

Gulf Coast 5 - Co-Lin 2

Softball News

Vidalia 0 - Jena 5 - Championship Game

WP - Heather Smith

LP - Jenny Watson

2B - (J) Baker

Tennis News

Cathedral 5 - Resurrection 0

Track News

Nokia Sugar Bowl Track & Field Classic - Janice Davis won the 100m in 12.11 & the 400m in 54.56 (National best time), 3rd in the 200m in 26.55, she had a shin splint and a 10 min. recovery time when the 200m finals started, she posted the best time in the 200m with a 24.69 in prelims and the finals winning time was 25.30. High School Runner Magazine will be doing a Feature Story on Janice later in the Track Season.

Kendrick Gibbons won the 110m hurdles in 14.82, he won the long jump on Friday night.

Darius Edwards won the 300m hurdles in 40.72.

My News

Does anybody know how the Amite School Center Softball Tournament came out yesterday? 

I did a little bank fishing yesterday evening, caught about a dozen using a "Spook", Greg Ketchings introduced me to Spook fishing quite a few years back and it's the finest bait to use if they're hitting top water lures.

3/23/02

Baseball News

ACCS 6 - Parklane 9

WP - Rusty Rayborn, 5 inn., 8H, 1BB, 4K

LP - Glenn Williams, 2-1/3 inn. 4H, 5BB, 5K

2B - (A) Burchfield 2, Perry, Williams 2, (P) C. Ginn, Simmons 2

Brookhaven Academy 5 - Columbia Academy 1

WP - Adam Smith

LP - Drew Haddox

HR - (C) Champaigne

2B - (B) Smith

Huntington 4 - Trinity 2

WP - Will Moak

LP - Elliot Meng

2B - (H) Tosspin, Moak, (T) Meng

Loyd Star 7 - McLaurin 5

WP - Cass Brister

LP - Bubba Sandifer

2B - (M) McLin

McComb 10 - South Pike 0

WP - Jesse Boyd

LP - Travansky Seals

2B - (M) Hay

Terry 9 - Brookhaven 3

WP - Kyle Bridges

LP - Brooks Hall

2B - (B) Hall

Vidalia 9 - Cathedral 7

WP - Barry Bowden

LP - Jeremy Davis

HR - (C) Davis, Hammons

3B - (V) Marling

2B - (C) Lane, (V) Bennett 2, Williams, White, Warshaw

Coaches Report

Michael McAnally - Huntington

Huntington defeated Trinity Friday afternoon by a score of 4-2 in a district 5-A match up.  Will Moak (2-3) picked up his second win of the year, pitching a complete game 4-hitter while striking out six and not issuing a walk.  He hit 4 batters.  Elliot Meng suffered the loss despite a 14 strikeout performance.  Meng allowed 6 hits and walked 3 batters in 7 innings of work.  At the plate, Moak helped his own cause with a 3-3 effort, including a double.  Brent Tosspon had a 2-run double in the first to give Huntington an early 2-0 lead.  Patrick Clayton and Crawford Kifer also had singles to complete the Hounds' six hit attack.  The win improved Huntington's record to 4-6 overall and 2-1 in district play, one game back of Amite.  Trinity fell to 0-5, 0-3 in district play.  Although it was another sluggish effort at the plate, Huntington was able to get timely base hits and execute defensively enough to earn a win.  The Hounds will travel to Porter's Chapel on Monday and ACCS on Tuesday before returning home on Thursday for a district contest with Pine Hills.

College Baseball

Ole Miss 9 - LSU 3, Tolbert 1-4

USM 2 - Cincinnati 0

Miss. State at Kentucky was postponed for cold weather until today, they'll play a double header.

Softball News

Vidalia 8 - Rayville 3

WP - Jenny Watson, 4H, 0BB, 7K

3B - (V) Elliot

2B - (V) Corley

Golf News

The maintenance crew wins the Chamber Golf Scramble at Beau Pre' C.C. - Dan Scruggs, Ronnie Dawson, Ricky Maier & Bill Holland shot a 55.

My News

The ACCS vs. Parklane game was a shootout, pretty even across the board as ACCS had 8 hits and Parklane had 7, the downside for ACCS was pitching, starting Rebel pitcher Glenn Williams said his finger tips were frozen and he didn't have control of the ball, Glenn is a tough competitor and he will be back. Parklane's Rusty Rayborn got into trouble in the 3rd inn. but battled back through 5 inn. Both teams hit the ball and when it was over, AC committed 3 errors to Parklane's 1 and AC's were costly. Te Riley injured his arm on the mound in relief of Williams, I'm not real sure how bad it is, keep him in your prayers. Casey Ginn came in relief of Rayborn for Parklane and Douglas Davis came in for Riley for AC.

I have to mention that Walter Ketchings did name 1 of the 4 players in the "Trivia" question, but he's stumped on the "Teaser!"...I can hear Joey giggling!

2 Big Softball Tournaments today, Vidalia Tournament and Amite School Center Tournament in Liberty, MS

3/22/02

Baseball News

Monterey 7 - Harrisonburg 5

WP - Phillip Bryan

LP - Adam Ainsworth

2B - (M) Kemp, Brailler, Kemp (H) McEntyre

Vidalia 9 - W. Feliciana 7

WP - Trey White

LP - Paul Lambert

HR - Chris Williams

College Baseball

Co-Lin 3 - East Central 4

Co-Lin 5 - East Central 3

WP - Cole Zumbro (Franklin County)

2B - Robinson (Parklane)

Softball News

Amite School Center 3 - Trinity 4

WP - Ashley McCalip

LP - Erin Graves

2B - (T) McCalip (A) Forman

McComb 0 - Lawrence County 2

Golf News

Match at Vicksburg C.C. - Cathedral 1st, 180 - 202, Low Medalist - (C) Stephen Hollingsworth 40

Parklane came in 7th at the Match at Deerfield C.C.

Tennis News

Cathedral 9 - West Lincoln 0

Parklane 2 - MRA 7

Brookhaven 4 - McComb 1

Copiah Academy 7 - Parklane 2

Track News

Natchez High at the Nokia Sugar Bowl Classic in New Orleans.

My News

I went to Centreville yesterday for the Track Meet, I watched my daughter in the High Jump at 11:30am, she fell out at 4'2" and then informed me that her next and only other event would be at 5pm, I informed her that I would not be there. I know it sounds bad but, that's too long for me.

I went out and caught the Vidalia vs. W. Feliciana baseball game yesterday evening, WF jumped out to a 6-1 lead after 2-1/2 inn., but the Vikings came back with 4 runs in the bottom of the 3rd. WF added another run in the 5th and it would be their last as Vidalia put up 4 more in the 5th to make the score 9-7 in favor of Vidalia. Mac Ware was the starting pitcher for Vidalia giving up 7H, 3 Walks and 3K's, he was pulled after 5-1/3 inn., Trey White picked up the win giving up 0 hits and striking out 5. WF starting pitcher Lance Deville pitched the first 4 inn. and stayed in the mid to upper 80's, still haven't figured out why they pulled him?

I'll be headed to McComb today as Parklane host ACCS in baseball, Glenn Williams is the probable starter in the Varsity game. I heard that Parklane's Trent Smith will not be there and that SS Kyle Ginn twisted his knee and is probable for the game.

Joey Martin's "Freaky Friday Frenzy" Trivia Question is posted above, the "Teaser" is for you die hard Trivia enthusiast, sorry no prize for the Teaser, but we will give you credit on this site if you can answer it!.....(pssst) I really think Joey's just trying to stump Walter Ketchings with the Teaser, he told me it would take Walter, Andrew, Greg and all the other Ketchings to get this one!

Check back later for "Updates"

3/21/02

College Baseball

USM 8 - University of New Orleans 10, Jarrett Hoffpauir 1-4

Miss. State vs. Miss. Valley State - rained out, rescheduled for April 10th in a doubleheader.

Golf News

Cathedral 1st, Natchez High 2nd, St. Andrews 3rd at Duncan Park on Tuesday. Stephen Hollingsworth (C) 34.

Co-Lin at the Jones C.C. Invitational - Jonathan Haley 37

Natchez High came in 5th at Match at Patrick Farms - Joe Bell (N) 39

The Chamber Golf Tournament is still on for today at Beau Pre' C.C. - 1pm tee time

My News

I'll be heading to Centreville Academy today for a Track Meet which starts at 11:30am.

Joey Martin's "Link" is updated with tons of new stuff to read today, check it out!

With all the rain yesterday evening and the kids out of school, I was forced indoors to watch movies, so here goes my movie reviews: "Riding in Cars with Boys" A waste of time and money, not a chick flick either as my daughter even left the room. Back & forth from the past to the present junk also, all in all, pretty boring. "Training Day" Pretty deep, but some good action scenes, I thought it could have been better though, glad I waited to see it at home and not the Theater.

I need some "Staff" writers, if you go to a sporting event, take a few notes and pass them on here.

Probably won't have any "Updates" today unless it's before 10am, after that I'll be gone all day and probably all night, you know how these Track Meets work!

3/20/02

Baseball News

ACCS 11 - Brookhaven Academy 0 - Game 1

WP - Christopher Rayborn  3H, 1BB, 0R, 8K

LP - Paul Coker

2B - (AC) Russ Marks, Dustin Perry

ACCS 11 - Brookhaven Academy 0 - Game 2

WP - Caleb Walker  3H, 2BB, 0R, 1K

LP - Ben Sandifer

HR - (A) Boo Burchfield

3B - (A) Garret Rayborn

2B - (A) Garret Rayborn, (BA) Ben Sandifer

Cathedral 4 - Bogue Chitto 2

WP - Chris Norris

LP - Jacob Leggett

3B - (C) Clay Hammons

Amite School Center 5 - Huntington 2

WP - Stewart Gordon

LP - Will Moak, 4 inn., 7H 5K

HR - (ASC) Dillon

Franklin County 2 - North Pike 1

WP - Colby Beach

LP - Dusty Davis

2B - (FC) Will Buckels

Trinity 2 - CHA 9

WP - Austin Fagan

LP - Walt Ketchings

HR - (T) Chad Ridley

2B - (T) Elliot Meng, (C) Moye, Fagan, Gilbert, Purvis

Parklane 7 - Centreville 3

WP - Dylan Roberts

LP - Josh Jones

HR - (P) Roberts, (C) Rollins

2B - (P) Simmons, Smith

Softball News

Vidalia 5 - Crowville 3

WP - Jenny Watson

LP - Lauren Monroe

3B - (V) Watson, Elliot

2B - (C) Walker 2, Little

Brookhaven 2 - Warren Central 4

WP - Lauren Anderson

LP - Mandy Binson

3B - (W) Johnson

College Baseball

LSU 0 - UL/Lafayette 7

Ole Miss 7 - USM 2, (UM) Matt Tolbert 1-2, (USM) Jarrett Hoffpauir 2-4

Coaches Reports

Michael McAnally - Huntington

Wade Wilson - Franklin County

My News

In the first game with ACCS and Brookhaven, Christopher Rayborn allowed 2 hits off of infield slow rollers in the 1st inn., he stayed 85-87mph all evening, even from the stretch and with his side arm fastball. He also had more control as he moved the ball up & down the strike zone more and his curve ball was at it's best as he kept the Cougar's bats twisted up all evening. In the second game, Caleb Walker pitched an excellent game and kept the batters at bay with his curve ball and some great defensive play by the Rebels. AC had 3 runs going into the 6th when everything broke out at the plate and Boo Burchfield's 3 run homer ended the game.

I caught the last at bat for Bogue Chitto last night against Cathedral, They told me that Chris Norris pitched a great game and this moves Cathedral to 2-0 in district play.

If it doesn't rain today (highly unlikely) I'll be out to watch ACCS host Trinity in softball at 4pm.

If it rains, I'll probably be stuck inside and should have some "Updates" and probably emailing with Joey all day!

3/19/02

Baseball News

ACCS 16 - Copiah Academy 1

WP - Russ Marks

I'll have the stats later this morning.

Centreville 13 - WCCA 3

WP -Drew Havard

LP - Dustin Dore

2B - Pace (W)

Monterey 5 - Forest 2

WP - Phillip Bryan, 3H, 4BB, 11K

South Pike 1 - Raymond 11

LP - Kelly Martin

Trinity 8 - Oak Forest 15

LP - Chad Ridley

2B - G. Ketchings, Chad Ridley

Softball News

Huntington 15 - Oak Forest 5

WP - Michelle Yearick

2B - Bradford, Li. Wagoner 3, Moak, Hughes 2, Raley

Clarion Ledger Top Performers - March 11-17

Baseball

Jessie Boyd - McComb, 3 doubles and a single in an 11-4 win over Tishomingo County.

Ben Goza - Brookhaven, 2 HR and a single in a 13-12 win over Cathedral.

Dylan Roberts - Parklane, No hitter w/ 9 K's in a 7-0 win over Simpson.

Forrest Rollins - Centreville, 1B, 2B & HR in a 5-1 win over Oak Forest.

Caleb Walker - Adams Christian, 2 HR's in a 4-3 loss to Centreville.

Track

Charlie Spillers - Wilkinson County, Won the long jump (22'11"), high jump (6'4") & triple jump (45'10") at the Alcorn Meet.

Janice Davis - Natchez High, Won the 100m (11.9) and the 200m (24.4) at the Alcorn Meet.

Coaches Reports

Hank Zizzi - Monterey

Monterey 13 - Forest 3, Phillip Bryan 12K's, Bryan 2-4 2B, A.J. Smith 2-3 2B HR, Perkins 2-5, Kemp 2-4, Barfoot 2-3 2HR's, Brallier 2-4.

Monterey 4 - Crowville 10, Beau Barfoot 1-3 w/ double

Monterey 13 - Tallulah 2, Smith 1-2 2B, Thomas 1-2 2B, Barfoot 1-2 2B, Russell 1-1

Monterey 9 - Rayville 0, Bryan 1-2, Smith 2-3, Barfoot 1-2, Thomas 1-4, Brallier 1-3 2B

My News

Centreville Academy's Will Arnold (6'5", 320 lbs.) an offensive lineman, has verbally committed to play football at LSU.

The Copiah/ACCS baseball game last night went from bad to nightmare for the host Colonels, they went through 4 pitchers and every time they put a new one in, the Rebels hit it harder. I left the game without the stats as I saw a couple of classmates from when I went to Co-Lin that I haven't seen since then but, Coach Morris is suppose to call them into me this morning. Russ Marks did an outstanding job on the hill and the defense played excellent behind him.

I'll be out at ACCS today as the Rebels host Brookhaven Academy for a Varsity Doubleheader starting at 4:30pm, probable starter will be Christopher Rayborn and Caleb Walker in the second game.

Check back in later for Updates!

3/18/02

College Baseball News

Miss. State 6 - South Carolina 9

Ole Miss 6 - Florida 17

LSU 7 - Vanderbilt 8

USM 8 - TCU 3, Jarrett Hoffpauir 3-5

Basketball News

Miss. State 64 - Texas 68

Miss. State women 55 - Texas Tech 77

My News

I had a few updates yesterday, be sure and check them out below.

Tiger Woods won the Bay Hill  Invitational by 4 strokes. He is the first golfer to win back to back to back tournaments for 3 years in a row, he also won 3 straight Junior Amateurs and 3 straight Amateurs, so he has actually won 5 Tournaments 3 times in a row. He also reached 30 career wins faster than anyone with the win on Sunday.

I'll be headed to Gallman, MS today for the ACCS/Copiah baseball games, JV 5pm & V 7pm.

ACCS host Brookhaven tomorrow in a varsity doubleheader starting at 4:30pm, the previous games at BA were rained out.

Anyone traveling to Copiah, I suggest you go to Hazelhurst on Hwy. 28 as they are milling the Hwy. between Roxie and Meadville and it's in terrible condition, or you could go that way anyway and get your windshield busted and give me a call!

Trinity host Oak Forest today at 3:30pm in baseball.

Huntington softball host Oak Forest today at 4pm.

Attention Joey!!!! Should we let Walter win the T-shirt? (laugh...adding fuel to the fire!)

Check in later for Updates!

3/17/02

Baseball News

Amite School Center 6 - Centreville 5

WP - Young

LP - Cody White

3B - Perkins (C)

2B - Fonte (C), Gordon (A), Kirkland (A), LeGrange (A)

Parklane 12 - Oak Forest 2

WP - Lane Moore

LP - Chris Edwards

HR - Rayborn (P)

Parklane 8 - Brookhaven Academy 0

WP - Rusty Rayborn

LP - Ben Sandifer

3B - K. Ginn (P)

2B - Simmons (P), Smith (P)

Brookhaven Academy 9 - Central Private 1

WP - Adam Smith, 4 inn., 0H, 0R, 4BB, 3K

LP  - B. Roberts

2B - Chase Magee (B), Chad Lagrone (B)

Coaches Report

James Cooper - Centreville Academy

Johnny Lee Hoffpauir - Vidalia

We  played in the Ruston Tournament this weekend. Friday night we beat 5A DeLaSalle high school out of New Orleans  7-3. That upped our record to 8-3  Barry Bowden picked up the win giving up 2 hits and striking out 11. He is now  4-1 on the year.  He topped out at 88mph and settled in at 85. This was his third straight outstanding outing of the year. We had 11 hits led by Stephen Welch (2 doubles) and Mac Ware (2-3). In our second game of the tournament we were beaten by 5A  Ruston. They are the third ranked team in 5A and we were just outmatched.  They have 5 pitchers who are college or pro prospects. All 5 throw in the high 80's or low 90's. Their pitcher, Stoney Stone, (yep that's his name) is their number 4 guy and he was sitting on 88 and 89. 4 pro scouts were in the stands. The game was called in the 3rd inning with us down 13-0, not because of the score but because of a serious injury suffered to our leftfielder, Jeffrey Anderson. Jeffrey suffered a compound fracture of his right leg (Tibia and Fibula) as he was tracking down a deep fly ball. Jeffrey underwent surgery Sunday morning and I hope all of the great baseball fans from our area will pray for Jeffrey's full recovery. I know next year when we look out in leftfield, Jeffrey will be there. He's by far the toughest and bravest young man I've been around. As the Ambulance was about to take him to the hospital he told us "Ya'll come back and when this game" I didn't have the heart to tell him that we had already stopped it due to the injury.

College Baseball

Ole Miss 6 - Florida 7, Matt Tolbert 1-3

USM 10 - USM 9, Jarrett Hoffpauir (Vidalia) was 2-6 and had the game winning 2 run RBI in the top of the 10th inn.

Miss. State 3 - South Carolina 5

LSU 2 - Vanderbilt 9, Lane Mestepey (Central Private) had the loss.

Basketball News

Alabama 58 - Kent State 71, thought I needed to add this one for "Bama Fan" Coach Gill Morris.

My News

I covered the Bay Hill Invitational yesterday (I got to sit on my recliner all day) Tiger Woods had a 4 stroke lead going into Saturdays play, he had 4 bogeys and 2 birdies and still has a 1 stroke lead going into today's final round. I think I'll cover the game today as well.

I did catch a movie on Saturday, My wife & I went to see "Showtime" with Robert DeNiro, Eddie Murphy and Renee Russo, pretty funny, worth the trip to the show.

3/16/02

Baseball News

ACCS 5 - Silliman 1

WP - Te Riley, 1H, 4BB, 7K

LP - Cade Dubois

2B - Dustin Perry (AC), Hitt (S)

ACCS 3 - Centreville 4

WP - Patrick Kimery, 4 inn. 3H, 2BB, 4K

LP - Douglas Davis, 4 inn. 3H, 1BB, 5K

HR - Drew Havard (C), Caleb Walker (AC) 2

2B - Glenn Williams (AC) 2, Boo Burchfield (AC), Fonte (C)

Natchez High 7 - Meridian 12

LP - Mathew Henderson

Centreville 5 - Oak Forest 1

WP - Joshua Jones

HR - Rollins (C)

2B - Rollins (C)

Parklane 10 - University Christian 0

WP - Casey Ginn

HR - Johnson (P), Smith (P)

2B - Simmons (P) 2, K. Ginn (P)

College Baseball

Miss. State 12 - S. Carolina 4

USM 6 - Texas Christian 8

Ole Miss 5 - Florida 24, Matt Tolbert 3-5

LSU 6 - Vanderbilt 0

Track News

High School Meet at Alcorn State

Boys

Wilkinson County  4th, Franklin County 5th, Natchez High 6th, Brookhaven 7th

100m - Miguel Storey 11.25 (WC), 3200m - Percy Harris 11.09 (WC), High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump - Charlie Spiller (WC) 6'4", 22'11", 45'10", 3200m relay - (WC) 8:53.2

Girls

Natchez 1st, Brookhaven 2nd, Franklin County 6th, Wilkinson County 7th

100m, 200m - Janice Davis (N) 11.9, 24.4, 400m - Kenyata Coleman (B) 1:00.3, 100m high hurdles - Tenekia Hill (N) 17.1, 300m low hurdles - Roslyn Minor (N) 46.0, Discus - Vanecia Dorsey (WC) 81'11", Shot Put - Jaine Smith (B) 32'2", High Jump - Lori Washington (N) 5', Long Jump - LaToria Kerr (B) 16-6-1/2", 400m relay - Natchez 50.5, 1600m relay - Natchez 4:10.81

College Basketball News

Miss. State 70 - McNeese 58

Ole Miss 58 - UCLA 80

Miss. State girls 65 - Boston College 59

Coaches Report

My News

I was at the Parklane Tournament yesterday and as ACCS faced 2 district opponents, it was obvious that Coach Gill Morris wasn't going to let them see any pitchers that they will face when district playoffs begin. Te Riley took the mound against Silliman in the first game and somebody forgot to tell him that he wasn't in the rotation as he pitched a 1 hitter. Te never faced more than 5 batters an inning and for 3 innings he faced the minimum. Te showed the composure of a 4 year letterman and I'm sure he'll toe the mound again as the season wears on. AC's bats heated up today as they collected 7 hits against Silliman.

Douglas Davis in his first varsity start, faired well for the Rebels against Centreville, he struck out 5 and allowed just 3 hits in 4 innings. Freshman Dustin Case came in and pitched 2 innings giving up 2 hits and no runs. The Rebels had 7 hits in this game also, but a few costly errors allowed 2 runs to score in the contest and ended up being the deciding factor.

I caught the end of the Natchez High/Meridian baseball game yesterday evening and Lance Harveston told me that his knee was just bruised and he should be back on the field before long.

I met the new Natchez Democrat Sports Editor, Adam Daigle at the NHS game yesterday evening. He was a pleasure to talk with and he seems enthusiastic about his new position here. I wish him the best of luck, and if there's anything I can do to help Adam, just let me know.

3/15/02

Baseball News

ACCS 5 - Amite School Center 1

WP - Christopher Rayborn , 2H, 4BB, 7K, 0ER

LP - John Birdsong, 4H, 5BB, 4K

HR - Boo Burchfield (AC)

2B - Dustin Perry (AC)

Amite School Center 1 - University Christian 3

LP - Gordon

2B - Perkins (A)

McComb 4 - Southaven 19

HR - Spiers (M)

2B - Lewis (M), Boyd (M)

Parklane 7 - Simpson 0

WP - Dylan Roberts, 0 H, 0BB, 9K

2B - K. Ginn

Softball News

Vidalia 5 - Block 2

WP - Jenny Watson, 5H, 0BB, 3K

LP - Amy Bruit, 6H, 1BB, 4K

College Baseball

Co-Lin 19 - Hibbing 1

HR - Robinson (Parklane)

Co-Lin 12 - Hibbing 1

Mar. 10th - USM's Jarrett Hoffpauir (Vidalia) is batting .347 w/ 5 doubles and carries a .449 slugging percentage

Mar. 13th - Ole Miss's Matt Tolbert (Centreville) is batting .288 and .339 slugging percentage.

Mar. 13th - Ole Miss's Seth Smith (Hillcrest) is batting .548 with 4 HR's and carrying a .881 slugging percentage, Seth is at Ole Miss on a football scholarship.

My News

I was out at the ACCS vs. ASC game yesterday, it started out pretty cool in McComb as the clouds were overcast and it kept looking like rain. Christopher Rayborn took the hill for the Rebels and threw 85-86mph in the first innings, but as the only 3 balls they gave us got wet from all the dew, his speed slowed down. It was a fair outing for him as he picked up his first win of the season. Boo Burchfield hit a homer and when his dad received the ball, it was a few ounces heavier and the ball was slick. Any time a ball was thrown and it hit the ground, you could see a rooster tail flying from it. AC is still struggling with the bats as they only had 4 hits in the game. ASC has improved since I saw them earlier this year, they will fair well in the Class A division this year.

I talked with Les Dykes (Parklane) yesterday and he is currently at Miss. State, he told me that he was being red-shirted this year and that Miss. State has 20 pitchers on their staff. They have alot of upper classmen on the pitching staff and this will work out better for Les in the long run.

I also talked to #14 ranked player in the nation Micah Schilling (Silliman) he told me that he has only hit 1 ball solid this year, he said that everybody is throwing curveballs and junk at him. His dad told me that he has hit 2 HR's this year but they were high pop up's that just happen to go over the fence. Silliman's "Ace" pitcher Cade Dubois fouled a pitch off the side of his knee a couple nights ago and a large knot jumped out and he missed yesterdays game as he was going to the doctor for an examination. Cade was in a terrible auto accident a year and a half ago and is just now getting back to the pitching caliber he once had. Here's wishing him a speedy recovery.

I'll be back at the Parklane Tournament again today as ACCS plays Silliman at 10am and Centreville at 12:15pm.

No "Updates" today, I'll be late getting back. See ya'll tomorrow!

3/14/02

Baseball News

Vidalia 12 - Cathedral 9

WP - Bryan Bennett

LP - Bart Lane

HR - Wyler Murray (C)

2B - Mac Ware (V), Daniel Wisner (C)

Natchez High 7 - Wesson 15

LP - Robin Blake

3B - Stewart

2B - Stewart

Natchez High 1 - Loyd Star 7

WP - Cass Brister

LP - Brandon Geter

2B - Brister (L), Cuevas (L)

McComb 11 - Tishomingo 4

Natchez High 1 - Lawrence County 2

LP - Jeremiah Green

WP - Michael Lewis

HR - Barnes

2B - Dyson (M), Boyd (M) 3, Spiers (M), Barnes (M)

Brookhaven 2 - Southaven 13

LP - Scott Smith

Centreville 11 - Oak Forest 8

WP - Nathan Mathis

HR - Mathis, Rollins

2B - Fonte 2, White, Jones, Perkins

West Lincoln 3 - St. Al 13

LP - Cody Mitchell

College Baseball

Ole Miss 13 - UL/Monroe 6, Matt Tolbert 1-5, Seth Smith (Hillcrest) 2 HR's

Miss. State 4 - South Alabama 8

Southwest C.C. 4 - Kishwaukee 6

Southwest C.C. 9 - Kishwaukee 1

Coaches Report

My News

I watched the Cathedral vs. Vidalia game last night and I was about to leave because Vidalia had a 7 run lead, I'm glad I stayed as the Cathedral bats warmed up and they tied the game at 8 apiece. Sophomore Mac Ware started the game and I gunned him around 79mph, quite impressive for a 10th grader. Chris Norris started for the Green Wave and he didn't quite have the pop he usually has as he threw around 76-77 last night. He had been down with the "bug" late last week, he's probably just getting his strength back. Some costly errors hurt Cathedral late in the game and Vidalia took full advantage of them and pulled ahead for the win.

Joey Martin's Link is updated today, check it out!

I'm headed to McComb this morning for the Parklane Tournament, ACCS plays Amite School Center at 10am, so there won't be any updates today.

3/13/02

Baseball News

ACCS 4 - Huntington 2

WP - Glenn Williams - 1 H, 1R, 2BB, 10 K

LP - Will Moak - 4H, 4R, 3BB, 1K

HR - (AC) Burchfield

2B - (AC) Russ Marks, Garret Rayborn

Parklane 5 - Magnolia Heights 7

LP - Wayne Moore

HR - Casey Ginn (P)

Evangelical Christian 2 - Parklane 1

LP - Rusty Rayborn

2B - Johnson (P)

North Pike 12 - Wesson 11

WP - Dusty Davis

2B - Boyd, McCullough (NP)

College Baseball

Co-Lin C.C. 9 - Kishwaukee 5, Cole Zumbro (Franklin County) HR

Co-Lin C.C. 6 - Kishwaukee 8, LP - Cole Zumbro

Co-Lin C.C. 9 - Kishwaukee 11, Cole Zumbro 2B

Miss. State 7 - South Alabama 8

LSU 1 - UL/Lafayette 2

3/8 - Southwest C.C. 6 - LSU-E 2, Michael Clements (N. Pike H.S.) went 2-3 with a homer

3/9 - Southwest C.C. 2 - LSU-E 12

3/9 - Southwest C.C. 12 - LSU-E 6, WP - Jonathon Honea (Pine Hills) 5 hits, 0 ER

Track News

Natchez High's Janice Davis at the NSIC Track Meet in New York finished 3rd in the 60m dash at 7.70 and 3rd in the 200m at 24.06. Next up she will be at a Track meet at Alcorn this Thursday.

Golf News

Cathedral placed 2nd at a match at Wolf Hollow in Wesson, MS with a team score of 339. Mark Carter won the medalist honors with a round of 80.

Basketball News

Alcorn 77 - Siena 81 - NCAA Tournament

My News

First off, my compliments to the Huntington guys for getting the playing field ready for play last night, I'm sure that their field is probably harder to get dry than most because of the flatness of the terrain but, they did an outstanding job of preparing the field.

Glenn Williams of ACCS in his debut start for the Rebels did an outstanding job on the mound. Glenn has gotten stronger from last year where his average fastball hovered around 75mph, last night he stayed 79-81mph and in cold weather when the game started. As the season progresses he should hang around 82-83mph which is great speed for a left handed sophomore. Huntington's Will Moak was impressive last night as he held the Rebels to just 4 hits on the night, he only struck out 1 batter, but he kept the balls rolling in the infield, which is what you do as a good pitcher. Huntington has come a long way since I saw them play Brookhaven Academy a couple of weeks ago. They played well on defense and had a few bad breaks on the bases while in scoring position. Hats off to Ashmore & McAnally for bringing these guys around, they'll be ready when District play begins.

I'll be at the Cathedral vs. Vidalia game today at Chester Willis Field. JV plays at 4pm & the Varsity at 6pm.

Talk about bored yesterday! I refereed the Joey Martin/Walter Ketchings dog out match, via email, these two go way back and I enjoyed being in the middle of the jawing contest.  Walter eating Joey out for his Trivia question and Joey ragging him back for even thinking about complaining.

Check back in later for updates!

3/12/02

Baseball News

Cathedral 12 - Brookhaven 13

WP - Brooks Hall

LP - Bert Goldman

HR - Goza (B) 2, Perkins (B), Ogden (B), Davis (C), Lane (C)

2B - Brooks (B), Hall (B), Jones (C), Blain (C)

Cathedral 1 - Lawrence County 11

WP - Luke Watts

LP - Jeremy Davis

Huntington 2 - Brookhaven Academy 3, game suspended for rain in the bottom of the 3rd.

McComb 9 - Brandon 4

WP - Jessie Boyd

LP - Casey Deason

3B - Dyson (M)

Brookhaven 5 - Brandon 4

WP - Josh Townsend

LP - Kyle Sephton

Pine Hills 7 - CHA 2

WP - Mark Sturdivant

LP - Brett Bufkin

2B - May (C)

Coaches Reports

Hank Zizzi - Monterey

Monterey 0 - Pine Prairie 19

They had a great team, we walked 11 batters, gave up 10 hits & committed 5 errors. Beau Barfoot 1-1, Ryan Perkins 1-1. Need to improve all phases of the game.

Monterey 6 - Bayou Chicot 7

Bad base running, 5 errors, unable to get hits when needed. We did hit better, had 8 hits. Ryan Perkins 1-2, Phillip Bryan 1-3, A.S. Smith 1-4, Chad Thomas 2-3, Beau Barfoot 1-2, Max Green 1-2. We need timely hitting & fielding.

Monterey 11 - Mansfield 7

Played much better, hit well, fielded better. Ryan Perkins 2-3, Chad Thomas 1-2 double, A.S. Smith 3-3 HR, Beau Barfoot 1-3 HR, Max Green 1-2. Pitching still needs to improve.

Next Game: At home against Rayville - 3/12/02 - 3:30pm

Michael McAnally - Huntington

My News

I have a report that LSU pitcher Chad Vaught (Huntington) had a cortizone shot last week and will have to wait 10 days before he can resume pitching. I'm wishing Chad a speedy recovery.

My plans were to watch ACCS at Huntington today but Mother Nature may change that unless the rains quit real soon this morning, I'm not real sure how quickly gumbo dries or how well Huntington's field drains. If this game isn't played today, this will be the 5th game out of 6 that will be rained out for ACCS.

I've got a poll on the Bulletin Board for your picks for the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.

Added some news under the "Local Ramblings"

Trinity's baseball games against Hillcrest this morning was rained out. Hillcrest beat Public school #10 ranked  Hernando 10-0 yesterday...I wonder if Clay Dirks was pitching?

ACCS vs. Huntington may be played tonight at 7:30pm, 1 game only. Will know more around 3:30pm.

The ACCS/Huntington game is on for 7:30pm tonight, there will only be 1 varsity game. The games at Huntington.

Check back in later for Updates!

3/11/02

College Basketball News

Miss. State knocks off Alabama 61-58 to claim the SEC Championship.

Track News

Jacob Stutzman (ACCS) was at the USM track meet on Saturday, he placed 5th out of 15 Javelin throwers, but he again had a personal best of 170 ft 10 in., an almost 15 ft increase from last weeks previous career best. This places him 3rd on the Troy State all time Javelin distance list.

College Baseball

Ole Miss 5 - Indiana State 6

Miss. State 2 - Loyola Mary Mount 3

USM 4 - E. Illinois 2, Hoffpauir 1-1

Baseball News

Spring Break is here for almost all high schools and that means Tournament play. Check out schedules to see your favorite team play this week.

My News

I guess I get a day off as no one is playing around here today.

I was at the LSU vs. UL/Monroe game in Baton Rouge on Sunday. LSU squeezed it out but, not without a valiant effort by ULM, they just kept digging and digging. LSU doesn't seem to have the strong at bats they've had in the past but they manage to produce runs. LSU swept the weekend series and without an error, this has got to please Coach "Smoke" as defense has plagued him early on this season. The seasons early and things will change, let's just hope that it's for the better. I'm not real sure about Chad Vaught's arm situation, if anyone has any information, let me know.

If there is any game around town, let me know also.

Nobody's answered Joey Martin's "Freaky Friday Frenzy" Trivia Question, is it too hard?

Getting away from the "Frames Page", causes too much trouble with my computer and transferring of files, hope you like this way better. Most of the stuff that was on the left side of the page has been added below.

I added Centreville Academy's Baseball Link down below. Check it out for games and schedules.

Baseball America rankings are in for Mississippi players, Christopher Rayborn slipped to #4 in the State and #369 in the Nation. See the "Link" above.

Maybe it's just my computer but, if you're not getting today's news, try www.misslousports.com

Check back in later for Updates!

3/10/02

Baseball News

In the Vidalia Tournament, Jena beat Vidalia 3-2 and Winnsboro beat Cathedral 6-1. Cathedral then played Vidalia in the consolation game and the Green Wave won 5-3. Chris Norris picked up the win allowing 2 hits and striking out 9. Trey White got the loss for the Vikings. Barry Bowden had a double in the game.

McComb 14 - Port Gibson 6

WP - Pat Barnes

2B - Lewis (M), Spiers (M), Martin

HR - Barnes (M)

College Baseball

USM 6 - E. Illinois 11, Jarrett Hoffpauir (Vidalia) 1-3

Ole Miss 11 - Indiana State 4, Matt Tolbert (Centreville) 2-5

LSU 7 - UL/Monroe 1

Jones C.C. 10 - Co-Lin C.C. 9, Cole Zumbro (Franklin County) double

Jones C.C. 7 - Co-Lin C.C. 5

Softball News

Winnsboro Tournament

Vidalia beat Winnsboro 8-1, Crowville 6-3, Oak Grove 6-2 and Rayville 6-0

Basketball News

3A-4A South All-Star team won 69-57, Kittye Marks (ACCS) scored 2 pts.

1A-2A South All-Star team won 73-68, Vanessa Gordon (Trinity) scored 15 pts. and Lauren Tanner (Trinity) had 6 pts.

1A-2A South All-Star team won 74-67, Chad Ridley (Trinity) scored 16 pts.

Track News

Natchez High girls placed 4th and the boys placed 6th at the Southern Miss. Inv.

Powerlifting News

Cathedral placed 4th at South State.

Coaches Report

My News

After the ACCS/Brookhaven Academy games were rained out, I went out and watched the Vidalia Tournament, if you weren't there, you missed some weird baseball, as the winds blew pop flies to center field to the right fielders at times and ball that looked like a homer might end up going half way into the outfield. The wind was treacherous! Johnny Lee Hoffpauir, his staff and volunteers put on a first class tournament, I just wish it could have been Vidalia vs. Cathedral for the finale.

Alot of games were cancelled yesterday and I'm not sure about make-up games, if anybody knows something, let me know.

I'm headed to Baton Rouge today to catch LSU vs. UL/Monroe and hoping Chad Vaught will step on the hill for the Tigers.

3/9/02

Baseball News

Natchez 5 - Brandon 14

LP - Leon Stewart

HR - Newman

Vidalia 3 - Harrisonburg 2

WP - Barry Bowden

HR - Bennett

2B - Ware, Bowden

McComb 4 - NW Rankin 14

LP - Reid

South Pike 1 - Terry 20

LP - Ben Morgan

College Baseball

Ole Miss 11 - Indiana State 8, Matt Tolbert (Centreville) 1-2

Miss. State 7 - Loyola Marymount 1

Track News

Southern Miss. Inv.

Girls - 2nd Amite County - 4th Natchez

Boys - 6th Natchez - 11th Amite County - 15th Franklin County

My News

I was out at the Vidalia Baseball Tournament last night and by far the best 2 teams there were Vidalia and Harrisonburg and they played in the nightcap. Harrisonburg is a Class B school that could play with alot of 3A & 4A schools. Their pitcher, Lefty Adam Ainsworth was as salty as they come, with a little hitch in his throwing motion tied in with a fastball around 84mph and great off speed stuff, he kept the Vidalia batters at bay all night. Well, Vidalia had one of their own doing the same thing in right handed pitcher Barry Bowden, Barry showed excellent delivery of the baseball mixing in a little of everything with a fastball around 84 mph also. It was definitely a "pitchers dual" The only thing was, nobody told Bryan Bennett as he slapped the game winner over the levee in the bottom of the 7th inn. to win the ballgame.

I'll be headed up to "Ole Brook" to watch ACCS play Brookhaven Academy, I may miss the JV game and head over to Co-Lin and watch them as they host Jones C.C. in a doubleheader starting at 1pm.

Chuck, I told you wrong, Ricky Williams ended up getting traded to the Miami Dolphins after all yesterday, the Saints will get Miami's first round pick in the draft plus some other picks.

Well, let's hope the rain misses us and I'll see ya'll here tomorrow!

3/8/02

Baseball News

ACCS 1 - Parklane 4

WP - Dylan Roberts - 2 hits, 2BB, 1 ER, 10 K's in 5 inn.

LP - Christopher Rayborn - 7 hits, 0BB, 2 ER, 3 K's in 4 inn.

(AC) - Burchfield 2-3, double

(PA) - C. Ginn 2-4, K. Ginn 2-4 HR, Simmons 3-4 double

Cathedral 6 - Block 1 at Vidalia Tournament

WP - Jeremy Davis - 5 hits, 0 ER, 5 K's

(C) - Murray double

Huntington 3 - Franklin 4

WP - Chris Brister

LP - Bronson Rhodes

(H) Clayton, Moak double

(FA) Wiggers double

Basketball News

McComb boys 48 - Lanier 73

Vidalia Baseball Tournament is updated above for today's games.

 Golf News

Cathedral 169 - St. Andrews 204, Mark Carter led Cathedral with a 37.

Tallulah 335 - Trinity 365  - ACCS 370 - CHA 383, Lee Jones (T) shot a nice round with a 76.

Tennis News

Cathedral 4 - Vicksburg 3

Track News

Natchez High travels to Hattiesburg today for the Southern Miss. Invitational. Janice Davis & Taji Dorsey will not be there as they are headed to New York for the National Scholastic Track Meet.

Coaches Reports

Michael McAnally - Huntington

Huntington lost to Franklin Academy Thursday night in Winnsboro by a score of 4-3.  Chris Brister picked up the win for Franklin.  Bronson Rhodes took the loss for the Hounds despite a solid performance.  Rhodes pitched 5 innings, scattering 6 hits while only allowing one earned run.  He struck out five and walked three.  Brent Tosspon pitched the sixth for Huntington, allowing one hit while giving up an intentional walk.  Errors continue to plague Huntington, as Franklin capitalized for three unearned runs in the contest.  Huntington pitchers have allowed 34 runs in five games, yet only 15 have been earned.  Offensively, Rhodes led the Hounds at the plate with a 2-3 effort, including a double.  Patrick Clayton and Will Moak also had doubles for HHS, which had six hits on the night, along with three errors.  Franklin finished the game with seven hits and three errors.  Youth and inexperience continues to haunt this ball club, but time will tell if this team is capable of returning to the playoffs.  The Hounds return to the diamond Monday night with a JV/V doubleheader at Brookhaven.

Hank Zizzi - Monterey

Monterey 6 - Cathedral 16

Got off to a good start, scored 4 runs in 1st inn., they cam back and scored 5 runs in the next inn. and we fell apart in the 4th inn. giving up walks and runs.

Leaders: Seth Paul 2B, Phillip Bryan 1B, A.S. Smith 1B, Ryan Kemp 2 singles, Beau Barfoot 1B, Chad Thomas 1B, Ben Brallier 1B, Chris Dale 1B.

Our team needs to improve on hitting & fielding.

Next up: Pine Prairie, Bayou Chicot & Grace Christian at the Forest Hill Academy Tournament on March 8th at 7pm & March 9th at 1pm & 5pm.

Coach Shively - Monterey

My News

Last nights game at ACCS was disappointing as the Rebels couldn't touch the lefty from Parklane, he threw around 80 mph, but the AC batters couldn't muster anything except for Boo Burchfield who went 2-3 on the night and had an RBI double. Caleb Walker got the only other hit and he made contact at his bats. Christopher Rayborn threw the ball 86-87 mph all night, even from the stretch, but the Parklane guys just plain hit the baseball. Costly errors plagued AC on defense as the Rebels committed 5 on the night, Parklane had no errors. I talked with some of the parents that I've come to know through the years from Parklane and they told me that after the lefty (Dylan Roberts) that they fall back alot on the mound. They also said that the one thing they've done because they knew they were weak on the mound was take tons of batting practice and it really showed last night as they only had 3 strikeouts through the first 4 inn. The Rebels will have to make adjustments on defense and move personnel around and strengthen the batting order.

I'll be out at the Vidalia Tournament tonight to catch Vidalia for the first time this year.

I need to mention that Morgan Rayborn (9th grade) placed 3rd in the High Jump yesterday at the Silliman Institute Track Meet. It was her first time to ever high jump. She leaped 4'2"

Joey Martin will be hosting a Trivia Question every Friday right below his Link on the page, be the first to email me the answer and win a free MissLouSports.Com T-Shirt. I dubbed it "Joey Martin's Freaky Friday Frenzy" Trivia Question. Believe me, Joey ain't gonna make'em easy!!!

Check back in for updates later on today, they'll be mixed in above with the other news.

3/7/02

Update: Coaches Report below, going to start just mixing in the updates, you'll have to read more!

Southwest C.C. split with Holmes C.C. on Feb. 28th, SWCC won the first game 5-3 and John David McKay (Amite School Center) pitched the final 2 inn. to get the save. SWCC plays next at home on Friday against LSU-Eunice.

Having major problems with the ole computer this morning, if your reading this, everything is OK.

College Baseball News

USM 1 - UL/Monroe 4, Hoffpauir 1-3 with a double

Miss. State 9 - Jackson State 0

Tennis News

Natchez 2 - McComb 3

CHA 6 - ACCS 3

Coaches Report

Ron Rushing - Brookhaven Academy

Amite School Center

ASC 6 - Trinity 4

Trinity - 4 runs on 4 hits with 4 errors

ASC - 6 runs on 7 hits with 0 errors

The game went to 9 inn. when Stewart Gordon hit a 2 run homer to win the game in the bottom of the 9th.

Elliot Meng pitched a great game for Trinity, while Stewart Gordon got his first conference win with the help of John Birdsong. ASC improves to 2-1 on the year & 1-0 in conference play.

ASC at CHA on Saturday at 1pm.

Improvements: We are not hitting the ball very well at this time.

Track News

Tallahassee, FL. March 2

In the wind and rain, Jacob Stutzman placed first in the Javelin at the
Florida State Season Opener Relays.

Jacobs winning throw was a career personal best 156 feet.  Jacob, an ACCS
graduate,  is a Senior and Co-Captain of the Troy State, AL Track team.
He has also recently been accepted for admission to the Univ. of Miss School
of Law.

My News

Congratulations again to ACCS's Kittye Marks on being selected to play in the MPSA All-Star game and also to Lauren Tanner & Vanessa Gordon of Trinity on their selection as well. Chad Ridley will represent Trinity for the boys at 3:30pm and Coach David King will be an Asst. Coach. The Trinity pair will play at 2pm this Friday and Kittye will play at 5pm Friday. The games will be held at Mississippi College in Clinton, MS.

From Joey Martin - McCall High in Tallulah was put on probation and cannot host a district basketball game or playoff game next year. They are in Ferriday and Vidalia's district, so Ferriday and Vidalia will host them twice. McCall was playing Lakeview in the playoffs. The game had a few seconds left and was close. A fan reached out and knocked the ball out of a Lakeview player's hands and the officials did not see it. McCall won the game. Lakeview sent a tape to Tommy Henry's office showing the incident, which led to the probation.
 

Joey Martin has his weekly articles posted above, check'em out!

I'll be out at the ACCS vs. MPSA Overall #1 Parklane Academy today. The JV will play first at 4:30pm followed by the varsity game at 6:30pm. Christopher Rayborn is the probable starter in the 6:30 contest.

This may sound strange to some of you, and to others maybe normal but, I'm as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs and I'm not even playing! But as my son takes the mound for the first time this year, I'll be glad when this games over! Christopher hasn't thrown full speed yet this year as in practice they have been throwing 3/4 speed and telling the batters what's coming. He won't admit to me that's he's nervous but I can tell, I've known him longer than he has. It's strange because this summer he pitched to the best baseball players in the nation at the East Coast Professional Baseball Showcase in Wilmington, NC and the TeamOne Showcase in Clemson, SC.  and in the 2 showcases he gave up only 2 hits, no runs, 1 walk and had 6 strikeouts combined.

I'll be cleaning up the Bulletin Board today, ya'll need to utilize this more, this is the place to post comments, start conversations and poll questions or anything that floats your boat.

Check back in later for Updates!

3/6/02

Basketball News

Gulfport 89 - Natchez 77 in overtime.  Natchez was down 10 at the half, 36-26, but they were not playing poorly.  Their shots were not falling at all.  Vasshun Newborne picked up his 2nd foul early and sat until the 2nd half.  Gulfport built the lead to 12 in the 3rd and it hovered between 8 and 12 until Natchez made a strong run in the last 2 minutes in the 3rd to cut the lead to 4 going in the 4th quarter.  Ja'Kel Foster had a couple of 3's and Newborne and Derek Jarvis were huge underneath for the Bulldogs in the run that lasted to about the 3:30 mark in the 4th, and saw the Dogs go up by 9.  During that stretch, Natchez ran a solid press that caused many Admiral turnovers.  But in the end, it was the Gulfport press and Natchez foul trouble that doomed the Dogs.  Foster, Jarvis, and Chris Logan all fouled out for Natchez, and Newborne played most of the way with 4.  Burton Broudy missed the first, but made the 2nd of 2 free throws with 8.6 seconds to go in regulation.  Natchez did not have anyone under for the rebound, but some how a Gulfport player got behind the defense and scored at the buzzer to send it to OT.  In overtime, it was all Gulfport, as most of Natchez scorers were on the bench with 5 fouls.  I can't say enough about the effort by the Bulldogs.  They play hard and smart.  Mike Martin is the most under-appreciated coach there is, in my opinion.  Year in and year out those guys are always there.  Coach Martin refuses to take any of the credit for their success, but he is obviously the reason Natchez is always in the thick of things.  I was sitting behind Dr. Ennis Proctor at the game, and he told me he thought Coach Martin was one of the best in the state. I couldn't agree more.   by Andrew Ketchings   

Jefferson County boys 54 - Heidelberg 56, Dewones Smith & Delvin Thompson 15 pts. each.

McComb boys 73 - Yazoo City 64

South Pike girls 62 - Noxubee County 61

Baseball News

Cathedral 15 - Monterey 6, WP Chris Norris - LP Beau Barfoot - (C) Davis, Norris, Hammons doubles - (M) Paul double

Cathedral JV 5 - Monterey 4, Ellard double

Centreville 7 - Brookhaven Academy 8 - see Coaches Report

Huntington 24 - Pine Hills 3 - see Coaches Report

Trinity 4 - ASC 6, WP Stewart Gordon - LP Walt Ketchings, (A) Gordon HR, (T) W. Ketchings, Brinegar doubles

Vidalia 11 - Bolton 5, WP Barry Bowden - (V) Bowden HR, Bowden, Williams, Ware doubles

College Baseball

USM 15 - UL-Monroe 2, Jarrett Hoffpauir (VHS) 2-4 and scored 3 runs, he was hit by a pitch.

Ole Miss 12 - Memphis 0, Matt Tolbert (Centreville) 3-5 with a double.

LSU 5 - Tulane 6

Miss. State plays Jackson State today at 4pm

Co-Lin 7 - Southwest 1 - Cole Zumbro (Franklin County) double

Co-Lin 12 - Southwest 4, WP Cole Zumbro, Ryan Davis (ACCS) 2-3

Coaches Reports

Softball News

Vidalia 2 - Block 3, WP Glynda Butts - LP Jenny Watson, (V) Elliott HR, (B) Butts, Brach doubles

Track News

My News

I've put out the MissLouSports.Com "The Magazine" in several convenience stores yesterday, I'll put out some more today on the North end of Natchez and make my way to Woodville, Centreville, Gloster and Roxie. A Monterey baseball dad took a bundle with him last night to distribute around Monterey & Jonesville...thanks!

I want to thank Andrew Ketchings for the great coverage of the Natchez High basketball game yesterday, I wish we would've won though. Andrew sums up this Natchez team and their coach to the point! Congratulations to Natchez High & Coach Mike Martin on an excellent season.

I watched most of the Cathedral vs. Monterey game last night, Chris Norris started out a little slow as he wasn't locating his curve for strikes. When he did, he stifled the Monterey bats. When Chris warmed up, he threw around 78-80 mph and with the temperature as cool as it was last night, I would easily say he will throw around 82-84 when the weather warms up. Talking with a few of the Monterey fans, they didn't come with their "Ace" last night and I would have liked to have seen him. Beau Barfoot started and stayed around 80 mph, I was told he was probably the #3 starter. I hope to catch Monterey again down the road, I hear they have 2 top notch pitchers.

OK all you Cathedral fans, I've been hearing so far this year that Cathedral is suffering because they have 327 freshman and 128 sophomores on the team and only 3 juniors and 3 seniors. ( I could be exaggerating a little) And we're going to be down this year! OK, you've played 6 games and you're 5-1, you've beat some good teams! teams you thought were better than you? The lowdown is: you've got an excellent bunch of freshman and sophomores that compliment your upperclassmen, and guess what? Those younger guys are gonna get better & better with more game experience. Don't start counting them chickens just yet!!!!

I haven't seen Trinity play baseball this year yet but, remember that the vast majority of this team are still getting their sneakers off. Given a little time, I don't see why they won't be one of the teams in their district to reckon with. They have one of the most talented sophomore classes in high school and they won't be down long.

I need a favor....send everybody on your email list the MissLouSports.Com web address, just type in the "Subject" Check This Out! and in the "message body", just type in the address:  www.misslousports.com     I appreciate it!!!!

Not much happening today so the sports will be a little brief tomorrow, Joey Martin will have his weekly update though and he always provides plenty of reading for you die hard sports enthusiast. By the way Joey, where's that Vidalia Baseball Tournament bracket you promised me? You know it's like getting eggs from a rooster to get Johnny Lee to send it to me! ( I hope your reading this Johnny)

Check back in through the day, If I receive any "Updates" they'll be posted at the top of today's News and if I receive any "Coaches Reports" they'll be under that "section"........Later Ya'll!!!!!

3/5/02

Update: Ole Miss is off to a 9-2 start and Centreville's Matt Tolbert is batting .270 and has played in all 11 games and started in 10 of them. Another Centreville grad is Rusty McDaniel, he's made appearances in 4 games for the Rebels and had 1 at bat and got a hit and an RBI. Silliman Institute's Dwayne Hall, a red shirted freshman got in 1.2 inn. on the mound and made the best of it by only allowing 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 strikeout and no runs. Hall's got the best change-up I've ever seen and can throw it as his "out pitch" and most of the time he did! We'll see alot more of him on the mound as his velocity rises, because he has the control already.

Update: USM off to a 9-2 record faces the University of Louisiana/Monroe today at 6:30pm & tomorrow at 3pm. Jarrett Hoffpauir (Vidalia) is batting .324 for the Golden Eagles and has started all 11 games at 2nd base. He has a .957 fielding percentage and 6 double plays as of March 3rd. How many miles are on that van now Johnny Lee?

Update: LSU vs. Tulane tonight, 6:30pm at Alex Box Stadium. Catch the game on 98.1 FM or on the Internet at www.lsusports.net Probable starters on the hill - LSU Freshman Clay Harris (1-0) and Tulane Sophomore Lefty Michael Aubrey (1-0). Harris's only start was a 2 inn. outing against Houston on Feb. 24th. Aubrey was a 2001 All American and held LSU to only 2 runs in 6 inn. last year in the NCAA Super Regionals.

Update: Andrew Ketchings emailed me and said he will be at the Natchez vs. Gulfport game today and will pass some game coverage on to us here. I'll post it as soon as I receive it.

Update: Joey Martin emailed me and said that Ferriday no longer has baseball or softball due to lack of interest. They still have Track and have started a power lifting program.

Basketball News

Natchez High boys vs. Gulfport - 2:30pm - MS. Coliseum

Jefferson County boys vs. Heidelberg - 8pm - MS. Coliseum

Baseball News - Check schedules above for today's games

Huntington 1 - Tallulah 0, WP - Brent Tosspin (No hitter)

Trinity 7 - Centreville 17, WP - Cody White - LP - Andy Moon - Landers (C) 2B, Forrest Rollins (C) 2B, Meng (T) 2B

Franklin County 4 - Wesson 2, WP King -Windom 2B

Softball News

Vidalia 23 - Newellton 2, WP Miranda Doughty - 3B's - DeWeese, Burden - 2B's - Miller, Corley - Golden 2-2

Tennis News

McComb 3 North Pike 2

My News

I'm feeling better today, I don't know if it was something I ate or the stomach bug that's going around, anyway I'm back at work and hope to have more news for you today. Check back in later for "Updates"

I'll probably go see the Cathedral vs. Monterey games today at Liberty Park since there will be 2 Miss-Lou area teams playing. If you see me there, stop by and say hello.

Does anybody know if Ferriday has a baseball team this year? I heard last year that they may discontinue playing baseball.

I sure would have liked to been at Huntington yesterday to watch Brent Tosspin throw a no-hitter. He also drove in the winning run. I wonder if Coach McAnally & Coach Ashmore gave him the game ball?

If Natchez High & Jefferson County win today, they will be in the Finals in boys basketball. Good Luck Guys!!

MissLouSports.Com "The Magazine" should go out today, I believe one of the numbers on my missed calls was the printers so look for them in area convenience stores, grab a couple and pass them around at work or at the ball field.

Coaches Reports

3/4/02

I think I've got the stomach bug, not much news now, if I feel better later, I'll post some more stuff.

Tallulah at Huntington - 4pm - 1 varsity baseball game today

Franklin County Coaches Report

College Baseball

LSU 5 - Long Beach St. 4, Matt Heath  1 out HR in 11th inn.

Miss. State 5 - Jacksonville St. 1

Ole Miss 9 - Illinois 2, Matt Tolbert (Centreville) 2-4

USM 5 - Buffalo 8

3/3/02

Basketball News

Congratulations to Natchez High girls Coach Mary Irving on her selection to coach the Mississippi All-Stars Girls Basketball Team against Alabama in the 12th interstate rivalry. The games will be held June 8th at a site to be determined in Mississippi. Irving's record is 620-327 overall with 3 State Titles.

Natchez High boys will play Tuesday at 2:30pm against Gulfport, a win will put them in the Big Dance on Friday at 8pm. All games are at the MS. Coliseum in Jackson.

CM&I boys 67 - Delta 57 - MPSA Overall State Championship

Jackson Academy girls 40 - Pillow 34 - MPSA Overall State Championship

College Baseball

Ole Miss seemed to be the only big school that got to play Friday night, all the others played double headers on Saturday and everybody will play one game on Sunday to end their 3 game series.

Ole Miss 8 - Illinois 2, Matt Tolbert (Centreville Academy) 2-3

LSU 3 - Long Beach St. 8

LSU 10 - Long Beach St. 2, WP -Lane Mestepey (Central Private) 2-0

Miss. State 11 - Jacksonville State 6

Miss. State 14 - Jacksonville State 2

USM 14 - Buffalo 5, Jarrett Hoffpauir (Vidalia) 2-5

USM 18 - Buffalo 6

Brandon Atkins (ACCS) playing at Southeastern University, swept a double header on Saturday against Tennessee-Martin 4-3 & 6-5. Brandon was part of a triple play in the first game as he caught a fly ball in right field and threw the runner out at home, there was an appeal on a base runner leaving early from the bag and he was ruled out to make up the triple play.

Auburn's Eric Brandon (So.) pitches the first SEC 9 inn. perfect game in 35 years, retiring 27 betters against Murray State on Saturday. Auburn won 9-0.

3/2/02

Update: Coaches Report

Brookhaven Academy     ( 10 ) 0 0 3 0 0 8  -  21  11  2
Huntington                           3   0 3 1 0 0 0  -    7    9  8

WP- Ben Sandifer ( 1-0 )    3 inn., 7 hits, 3 BB, 4 K's
LP- Brent Tosspon      

Chad Lagrone (BA)- 4 inn., 2 hits, 2 BB, 8 k's

HR- none    Triples- none    Doubles-Waycaster 2 (BA),
Davis (BA), Lofton (BA), Tosspon (H), Kifer (H)
Multiple Hits- Waycaster 2 (BA), Nix 2 (BA), Allred 2 (BA),
Sandifer 2 (BA), Bonnette 2 (H), Kifer 2 (H), Moak 2 (H)

Brookhaven Academy's next game is Tuesday at Centreville
at 5:00

Baseball News

Well the rain came and washed away any chance of playing baseball around here, The Amite Tournament is cancelled and that cost ACCS 3 games. Being a parent of a ballplayer and a sports enthusiast, it hurts me deeply. After watching some public school games and a few MPSA games, it just seems that everybody else has curbed their appetite for baseball. As much as I enjoy watching other teams though, my appetite worsens as I'm waiting to watch my son and his team perform. It's my last year to watch him at this level and it's going to go by fast enough without rain delays. Plus everybody else is gaining game experience and his team hasn't even stepped on the field yet! ACCS will open play at home next Thursday against #1 ranked Parklane Academy.

Ole Miss 6 - E. Illinois 1

LSU will host Long Beach State today in a double header starting at 2pm

Basketball News

McComb boys 73 - Yazoo City 64, Jackie Butler (M) 24 pts.

South Pike girls 62 - Noxubee County 61, Erika Holloway (SP) 17 pts.

MPSA Overall State Title Games Today

Jackson Academy girls vs. Pillow - 1pm

CM&I boys vs. Delta - 3pm

3/1/02

Update: Joey Martin talked with Johnny Lee Hoffpauir and he said that in the USM/Ole Miss game that Jarrett hit the ball hard twice, but right at somebody. He also told Joey that Jarrett started 2 double plays, one which got the Eagles out of a jam. USM won the game 5-1.

Baseball News

Huntington 7 - Brookhaven 20 - more when I receive the coaches report.

Natchez High 0 - Warren Central 11 - WP  Ferguson - LP Leon Stewart - MH - (WC) Lieberman, Mitchell, Mims.

Loyd Star 4 - Lumberton 15, Jared Britt picked up the loss

Co-Lin 0 - Miss. Delta 5

I watched a couple of innings of the Huntington/Brookhaven game last night, I wanted to stay longer but my wife has been sick and I needed to get home. Brookhaven coach Ron Rushing told me that he passed out uniforms on the bus as the majority of his team finished playing basketball the night before and hadn't even picked up a ball or bat. It was hard to tell as Brookhaven hit the ball well in the first inning. I believe Brookhaven has 6 seniors on the team and should fare well this season. Huntington is rebuilding after losing a truckload of seniors from last year. Pitching seems to me, to be the biggest loss for Huntington. They made several errors last night on defense, but that will change as the young team gathers experience.

I talked with Gerald Vaught last night at the Huntington/Brookhaven game. He was telling me that Chad was rushed to the bullpen twice this past weekend when LSU got into pitching trouble and developed a little soreness in his shoulder in the rush. He's alright after a trip to the doctor and should be ready to go. Gerald sited that Chad needs alot of time to get loose especially since he had pitched during the week. He also mentioned that "Smoke" had moved Chad up to the #3 spot after his last pitching performance. Gerald said that Chad could easily pitch 70-80 innings this year, I sure hope so, he deserves it!

Brandon Atkins (ACCS) hit a 2 run homer Saturday against Samford in a 5 run first inning, Southeastern won the game 8-4.

As of Feb. 24th, Doug Atkins (ACCS) pitching for Troy State is carrying a 2.38 ERA in 8 appearances and 11 inn., he's 1-1 at the date and had given up 11 hits, 8 runs, 3 earned, 4 walks and 8 strikeouts.

The new professional baseball team in Jackson finally got a name "The Senators", a throw back to the old team from Jackson in the 1940's.

Softball News

Vidalia softball 9 - Avoyelles 3, WP Miranda Doughty - Heather Miller 4-5

Kelly Fuller (NHS) is starting for the Lady Wolves of Co-Lin in fast pitch softball.

Basketball News

CM&I 103 - Central Private 88

Delta 48 - MRA 44

John Madden leaves Fox for Monday Night Football, Miller and Fouts are out and it will be a 2 man booth with Al Michaels.

I want to welcome X'Press Po-Boys as a new sponsor for MissLouSports.Com, order up a sandwich while your sitting around reading this page.

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Archives - April 2002

4/30/02

Prep Baseball

Cathedral 6 - Union 5

WP - Chris Norris

LP - Jody Blount

3B - (C) Norris

2B - (C) Davis, Hammons

Loyd Star 0 - Lumberton 10

WP - Thomas Royals

LP - Seth Britt

2B - (LS) Wall

Lumberton wins series 2-1.

Vidalia 4 - Sacred Heart 3

WP - Barry Bowden

LP - Jared Matte

HR - (V) White, Bennett

2B - (V) Bennett

Prep Softball

ACCS 13 - Central Hinds 3

WP - Charmaine Reagan

LP - Saw

3B - (A) Messer

2B - (A) Marchbanks, Reagan

Huntington 9 - Parklane 6

WP - Jolee Hughes

LP - Brooke

3B - (H) Ferguson

2B - (H) Li. Wagoner

Clarion Ledger Top Performers - April 22-28

Royce Fonte, Centreville: Had a single, triple and homer in a 8-7 loss to Silliman.

Kyle Ginn, Parklane: Homered twice and singled in a 10-6 win over Hillcrest.

Stewart Gordon, Amite School Center: Pitched a 5 inn. no-hitter in a 15-0 win over University Christian Prep.

Will Arnold, Centreville: Threw the shot put a best reported 56-11 for victory at the Academy South AAA meet.

Nathaniel Banks, Amite County: Swept the Region 4-3A, 100m 10.96, 200m 21.96 and 400m 49.00

Charlie Spiller, Wilkinson County: Leaped to victory in the Region 4-3A high jump, long jump and triple jump.

Janice Davis, Natchez: Won the Region 3-5A 100m 11.30 (best reported) 200m 23.48 and 400 54.8

Mark Carter, Cathedral: Fired a 70 at Brookhaven C.C., leading Cathedral to the Division 4-1A championship.

Beck Troutman, Parklane: Was medalist in a 10 team match at Caroline G.C. with  a 3 under-par 69.

My News

What a day! I caught the first 4 inn. of the Vidalia game with Vidalia up 3-2 when I left, and found out that they had to squeeze in the winning run. I did see Trey White's homer and Bryan Bennett kill one over the center-field fence.

I got to Cathedral's game in the 2nd inn. and they were up 2-0. What a game, it looked like whoever batted last was going to win as Union tied it up in the 5th inn., Union added a run in the top of the 6th inn. and Cathedral scored 2 in the bottom of the 6th, Union came back with a game tying run in the top of the 7th and Cathedral scored the winning run in the bottom of the 7th on a pass ball.

Well, we still have baseball to watch in the Miss-Lou, Vidalia will play either Friday or Saturday, probably away. Cathedral will begin a best of 3 series with St. Al and will probably just have one game in Natchez and it will probably be Friday. (Notice how I'm covering myself?)

Van Pope of Terry H.S. signed with Meridian C.C. in baseball, I had the chance to see him play at the East Coast Professional Baseball Showcase in Wilmington, NC this past summer and he's the "real deal" at shortstop and not to shabby at pitching with a 12-1 record and still playing. He also has a great eye at the plate and can hit for power. He and Christopher got to be good friends at the showcase and at an Ole Miss baseball camp and they talk regularly on the phone. If you know Christopher, they both have similar personalities.

I'll probably watch the ACCS/Parklane softball game today out at ACCS at 4pm.

Off to the Bulletin Board to see who's slicing me up today, Huntington's coach McAnally needs to be coaching something, he's just too harsh!!!! hahaha

Later Ya'll!

4/29/02

College Baseball

Ole Miss 9 - Tennessee 2, Matt Tolbert 1-4

Miss. State 0 - Vanderbilt 4

USM 4 - UAB 5

LSU 13 - Arkansas 5

Prep Track

Huntington Lady Hounds win South State Title.

My News

I'm in a dilemma, do I watch Cathedral or Vidalia today? Both teams can either advance or be finished for the season and I'll miss one of them. It's a hard decision, although I know Joey will be at Vidalia doing excellent coverage, I still want to see Vidalia play. But I also want to see if Cathedral can advance to the next round and I think they can with Chris Norris on the hill, the lefty kept them off balance on Friday and they know that! I may just try & see some of the Vidalia game which starts at 5pm and then run over to Catch the remainder of the Cathedral game. I believe it's my only option. I wish both teams the best of luck today, I'm a rooting fer ya's!

For those of you that keep the Bulletin Board updated with scores & stats....hats off to you, we all appreciate it!

Are the "Trivia Questions" too hard? Don't let Joey get the best of you, e-mail those answers!

Well, I'm off to the Bulletin Board to snap back at some of the wise-cracks at me, join in!

4/2802

Prep Baseball

Cathedral 5 - Union 15

WP - Wes Henry

LP - Jeremy Davis

HR - (C) Davis

2B - (C) Jones, Wisner

Loyd Star 7 - Lumberton 6

WP - Cass Brister

LP - Raphael Rodgers

HR - (LS) Jo. Britt

2B - (LS) S. Britt, Ja. Britt

College Baseball

Ole Miss 6 - Tennessee 14, Matt Tolbert 1-4

Miss. State 12 - Vanderbilt 4

LSU 8 - Arkansas 0

USM 7 - UAB 6

Co-Lin 0 - Pearl River 4, LP Cole Zumbro

Co-Lin 5 - Pearl River 6

Track News

I got an e-mail from Janice Davis (mother):

My News

I'm waiting for tomorrow and the final game between Cathedral & Union, the winner advances and the loser goes home. It should be an interesting game, I just wonder if Chris Norris is rested enough to pitch game #3. Good Luck Green Wave, I'll be there rooting ya'll along!

I was bored yesterday, so I went to see "The Scorpion King"  I love medieval movies and this was a great show, even if the STAR was THE ROCK from WWF Rasslin. He did a good job and I enjoyed it. I give it 2 thumbs up!!!!

See some of ya'll tomorrow at Chester Willis Field!

4/27/02

Prep Baseball

ASC 15 - University Christian Prep 0

WP - Stewart Gordon

LP - Brad Baskin

HR - (A) Aguillar, Young

2B - (A) Perkins, Gordon, LeGrange, Kirkland

Cathedral 3 - Union 2

WP - Chris Norris

LP - Jody Blount

Loyd Star 0 - Lumberton 2

WP - Thomas Royals

LP - Seth Britt

Trinity 8 - Franklin 10

WP - Tyler Harris

LP - Elliot Meng

HR - (T) G. Ketchings, Ridley

2B - (T) Meng, Rachel

College Baseball

Miss. State 6 - Vanderbilt 4

Ole Miss 5 - Tennessee 8, Matt Tolbert 1-4

USM 5 - UA Birmingham 4, Jarrett Hoffpauir 1-4, double

LSU 3 - Arkansas 0

My News

I caught the Trinity game yesterday and Trinity should have won, they gave up only 1 earned run, but had 8 errors. Franklin gave up 4 earned runs and had 5 errors. Hats off to the Saints on a great season anyway, they'll be back in the race again next year in every sport.

I caught the Cathedral game last night, fast game as both pitchers were sitting them down until the 4th inn. when Cathedral got a run on the board, they added another in the 5th to go up 2-0. In the 6th inn. Union got 2 runs on 2 hits to even the score. In the bottom of the 7th, Union's pitcher Jody Blount lost control and walked in the winning run. The game today will be on the radio, go to the Bulletin Board for times and stations, Walt Brown has it listed in there.

The Bulletin Board had finally gotten to where it should be, alot of participation with updates & schedule changes regularly. I hope ya'll are enjoying it. If you have any updates, please list them on the Board and thanks!!!!

4/26/02

Prep Baseball

Monterey 5 - Vidrine 8

WP -Jacob Artego

LP - Phillip Bryan

2B - (M) Kemp

Parklane 10 - Hillcrest 6

WP - Rusty Rayborn

LP - Marc Basye

HR - (P) K. Ginn 2

2B - (P) Johnston 2

Parklane 2 - Hillcrest 15

WP - Marc Basye

LP - Casey Ginn

HR - (P) Ott

2B - (P) K. Ginn

Prep Softball

Huntington 10 - Brookhaven Academy 2

WP - JoLee Hughes

LP - Lindsey Holmes

3B - (H) Ferguson

2B - (H) La. Wagoner, (B) Byrd

Coaches Reports

Tom Graning - Cathedral

Cathedral opens the second round of the state baseball playoffs Friday at 6:00pm at Chester Willis Field against Union High School. Saturdays game will be at 2:00pm at Union with the third game if necessary in Natchez Monday. Chris Norris will get the start Friday with Jeremy Davis getting the nod Saturday. Cathedral advanced with a sweep of Mize last weekend. Union split with Weir before winning the third game.

My News

Big day today as Trinity host Franklin Academy in a possible double header starting at 1pm and Cathedral host Union at 4pm, so I'll be doing some running today to catch both teams play.

Monterey finished up its season by losing to Vidrine last night, pitcher Phillip Bryan went to the mound with a 102 degree fever to help his teams cause, it was a great effort, but it came out short for the Wolves. Congratulations on a great season though.

Franklin County gets a new head football coach, Loyd Star's Anthony Hart who led his team to a Class 2A South State Championship appearance and an 11-3 record.

Walt Brown will be doing the Cathedral games for the second round of the playoffs.  They will be broadcast on W-NAT 1450 AM and K-TYX 105.1 FM.  Friday's game is at 6 PM in Natchez.  Saturday's game is 2 PM from Union and back here Monday night if necessary.

It's that time! Joey Martin's "Freaky Friday Frenzy" Trivia Questions, nobody got the "Teasers" last week and that leaves Joey chuckling, c'mon, don't let him get the best of ya'll!!!!

Don't forget to check out the Bulletin Board for Updates, News and Schedule changes, as well as some wise cracks!

4/25/02

Prep Baseball

Centreville 2 - ACCS 0

WP - Patrick Kimery

LP - Russ Marks

2B - (C) Cooper, Reed, Fonte, (A) G. Rayborn

Centreville 7 - Silliman 8

WP - Cade Dubois

LP - Nathan Mathis

HR - (C) Fonte

3B - (C) Fonte

2B - (S) Peay, Smith, Dubois, Leblanc

Vidalia 12 - Springhill 2    5 inn.

WP - Barry Bowden

LP - Jonathan Johnson

HR - (V) White, Eiceman

2B - (V) Ware

College Baseball

Miss. State 17 - W. Alabama 5

USM 19 - S.E. Louisiana 5, Jarrett Hoffpauir 5-6, 4 doubles!!!!

Coaches Reports

Centreville Academy - James Cooper

My News

ACCS baseball ended their season last night in the district tournament losing to Centreville Academy 2-0. Both teams pitchers did an excellent job on the mound. The difference was getting runs over home plate. Centreville scored its 2 runs in the top of the 5th inn. when Clint Cooper hit an RBI double, the next batter, Royce Fonte doubled in Cooper. Centreville's Patrick Kimery gave up no runs on 5 hits, striking out 5 and walking 2. ACCS's Russ Marks gave up 2 runs on 8 hits, striking out 5 with no walks and had 2 earned runs. I want to thank Coach Gill Morris for his time and effort on the season, he did a great job and I wish him the best in the future.

I heard that Vidalia pitcher Barry Bowden had 15 strike outs last night in 5 inn. of play, they said his curveball was nasty last night and when he would throw his fastball, there was no catching up. Good luck in the next round Vikings, I'll be pulling for ya'll!

I want to thank James Cooper over at Centreville Academy, he did an outstanding job in covering their baseball program this year and providing all the stats for all our readers to enjoy. A super guy! Thanks again James, look forward to your reports next year.

Joey Martin's Page is updated for today, check out what's going on in Louisiana sports!

Joey stumped them this week, we had a winner for the Trivia Question, but NO WINNERS on any of the Teasers.

Well, I'm headed to the Bulletin Board before Joey & Walter start a coup!

The Bulletin Board is the place to go to check for Updates and schedule changes.
 

4/24/02

Prep Baseball

ACCS 5 - Silliman 6

WP - Brandon Leblanc

LP - Christopher Rayborn

HR - (S) Schilling

2B - (S) Dubois, (A) G. Rayborn

Amite School Center 11 - University Christian Prep 6

WP - Robert Young

LP - Casey

HR - (A) Birdsong, Gordon, Perkins, Young

2B - (A) Gordon, Kirkland

Centreville 4 - Central Private 7

WP - Josh Williams

LP - Cody White

HR - (CA) Havard

Parklane 1 - Hillcrest 4

WP - Stephen Head

LP - Dylan Roberts

2B - (P) C. Ginn

Trinity 1 - Franklin Academy 13

LP - Elliot Meng (2 inn.)

College Baseball

Miss. State 8 - UAB 3

Ole Miss 3 UT Martin 1, Matt Tolbert 1-3

LSU 10 - UL Monroe 3

Southwest 2 - Pearl River 11

Southwest 0 - Pearl River 9, LP Jonathan Honea

Prep Tennis

ACCS 6 - Parklane 3

CHA 6 - Huntington 3

Coaches Reports

Centreville Academy - James Cooper

My News

ACCS vs. Silliman, I keep my own stats, so they're not official. Silliman's pitcher Brandon Leblanc gave up no runs on 5 hits, striking out 1 with 2 walks. Cade Dubois entered in the 7th inning and had no runs on 1 hit, striking out 2 with no walks. ACCS pitcher Christopher Rayborn gave up 4 runs on 6 hits, striking out 8, 1 walk and allowed 3 earned runs. Christopher is now 3-5 on the year with a 1.96 ERA. He threw 86-88mph last night. In the 1st inn. Silliman's Will Peay reached base on an error, Micah Schilling hit a high hopper in the infield, Cade Dubois hit a 2 RBI double. Silliman added 2 more in the 3rd inn. as Will Peay singled and Micah Schilling hit a 2 run homer. ACCS had 11 flyouts and 7 groundouts, they just couldn't get the needed base hits. Garret Rayborn was the only AC multiple hitter, he went 2-3 with a double. AC will play Centreville today at 4pm at Central Private.

I talked with Trinity coach David King last night and he said that Elliot Meng was having trouble with the mound and he just didn't have it last night, so he pulled him after 2 inn. and pitched Andy Moon for the rest of the game. Elliot will be ready for Friday's doubleheader at home, as well as Walt Ketchings.

If I have any Updates, check the Bulletin Board during the day, I'll be leaving early today to catch the Central Private/Silliman game at 1pm. I heard that maybe their is a possibility that the 2 losers from today will play a second game tonight, if I find out if that's true, I'll post it on the Bulletin Board.

I know some of you never travel past this section, check out the Local Ramblings, I added some information.

I'm off to the Bulletin Board to see what Joey & Walter are saying about me, ya'll join in!!!!

4/23/02

Prep Baseball

ACCS 7 - Copiah Academy 8

WP - Jake Greer

LP - Caleb Walker

HR - (A) G. Rayborn, (C) Cline 2

2B - (A) Williams, Perry, (C) Cline, Garland, Tebo

Prep Golf

Match at Brookhaven C.C. - 1st Cathedral, 3rd Bogue Chitto, 4th Enterprise, 5th West Lincoln - (C) Mark Carter 70.

Clarion Ledger Top Performers - April 15-21

Garrett Jones - Cathedral: Had 4 singles, a double and 3 RBI's in a 1A series sweep of Mize.

Matthew Perkins - Centreville: Had 3 doubles and a homerun in a 9-8 loss to Adams Christian.

Janice Davis - Natchez High: Swept the 100, 200 (best reported 23.4) and 400 at the Division 6-5A meet.

Beck Troutman - Parklane: Fired a 3 under par 69 at Fernwood C.C. as Parklane defeated 5 opponents.

Clarion Ledger Baseball Poll

Parklane ranked #5 overall in MPSA with a 18-6 record.

Track News

The Atlantic Sun Conference track meet was held Friday and Saturday at Troy State University in Troy, Alabama. Jacob Stutzman had been fighting flu-like symptoms all week. Head coach Bob Lambert said Jacob "got out of his death bed" to place first in the Javelin and 3rd in the high jump.  Jacob threw 185ft 11 in.  10 ft 7in. better than previous best. See below for recap of his "career"
Freshman -  Won Trans America [now Atlantic Sun] high jump - All conference
Sophomore -  2nd high jump - All conference
Junior -  2nd high jump - All conference, also competed in hurdles
Senior - Co-Captain -  1st javelin  [2nd all time at TSU]  3rd high jump[11th all time at TSU]  All conference, received award tonight for Athlete Campus Wide. Senior with highest GPA  4.0
 

My News

I watched the ACCS/Copiah baseball game last night and ACCS didn't throw any starters as they open up the District Tournament today against Silliman Institute in Baker, LA at Central Private's field. Copiah is the #1 seed for their district in the South State Playoffs and the #2 seed from AC's district will play them next week. The Rebels last night had 11 hits and left 8 runners stranded, so things are getting better offensively. Let's just hope that this carries on into the tournament. Douglas Davis started for AC on the hill and gave up 5 runs on 7 hits, striking out 7 and had 2 walks, all 4 runs were earned. Copiah's Calen Cline had 5 RBI's on the night and he started on the mound giving up 6 runs on 9 hits, striking out 1 with 2 walks. Sophomore Jake Greer came in the 5th inn. and gave up 1 run on 2 hits, striking out 4 with no walks. Caleb Walker came in the 7th for AC and gave up 3 runs on 3 hits, striking out 1 and walking 1.  Copiah had 10 hits on the night, AC had 11 hits, Copiah had 2 errors and AC had 1 error.

I'll be at the District Tournament at Central Private today, I'm sure I'll stay for both games and see who ACCS and Centreville will play next. Don't rule out Centreville just because they are playing Central Private, Centreville is a real scrappy team and I wouldn't be surprised to see them beat CP, even if CP is ranked #4 in the MPSA State Polls.

We have a winner on the Trivia Question, but I'll leave the Teasers open for ya'll to keep guessing at!

I'm headed to the Bulletin Board to see what's happening, Later Ya'll!!!!

4/22/02

College Baseball

Ole Miss 5 - Alabama 2

Miss. State 7 - Auburn 19

LSU 3 - S. Carolina 4

USM - St. Louis - Rained out

Golf News

Jay Lessley & Bubba Kaiser finished tied for 3rd place at the MGA State 4-Ball at Patrick Farms G.C.

My News

There are always Updates, Sporting News and Sports Questions on the Bulletin Board, we have fun in there but, there is some serious news inside also. Join in!!!!

It just started raining outside (7am) I don't know how long it will last. I'll be at ACCS today as they host Copiah Academy, JV at 4:30pm & Varsity at 6:30pm.

Check back for Updates on the Bulletin Board.

4/21/02

Prep Baseball

Loyd Star 6 - Clarksdale 0

WP - Blake Wall

LP - Justin Brewer

2B - (L) Cuevas

Loyd Star wins best of 3 series 2-1.

Parklane 1 - Silliman 16

WP - Cade Dubois

LP - Lane Moore

HR - (S) Moody, Peay, Leblanc

2B - (P) Gant

Parklane 9 - Central Private 7

WP - Casey Ginn

LP - Josh Williams

HR - (C) Carter

2B - (P) Roberts, Rayborn, Hicks

College Baseball

LSU 2 - S. Carolina 4

Miss. State 12 - Auburn 1

USM 5 - St. Louis 0, Jarrett Hoffpauir 2-4

Ole Miss 2 - Alabama 12

Co-Lin 2 - Hinds 12, LP Cole Zumbro

Co-Lin 5 - Hinds 6, Ryan Davis double

Prep Track

District 3-4A Meet at Silliman

Boys - 1st Centreville, 2nd Silliman, 3rd Central Private, 4th Adams Christian

Girls - 1st Silliman, 2nd Silliman, 3rd Adams Christian, 4th Central Private

District 4-2A Meet

Boys - 2nd WCCA, 3rd Brookhaven Academy

Girls - 2nd WCCA, 3rd Brookhaven Academy

District 5-1A Meet

Boys - 1st Trinity, 2nd CHA, 3rd ASC, 4th Huntington, 6th Pine Hills

Girls - 1st Huntington, 2nd CHA, 3rd ASC, 4th Pine Hills

My News

The Saints picked up a wide out in Donte Stallworth from Tennessee in the first round and the 13th pick overall, great pick by the Saints in my opinion.

I found out that Central Private swept Silliman last Friday night, so ACCS will face Silliman Tuesday at Central Private in the District Tournament at 4:00pm, Central Private will play Centreville at 6:30pm.

I saw where Union beat Weir 11-0 to win the best of 3 series 2-1, so Cathedral will play Union in a beat of 3 series starting Thursday, I don't know where at first though.

Got any news? send it to me!

I'm off to the Bulletin Board to see what's happening in there, Later Ya'll!!!!

4/20/02

Prep Baseball

ACCS 6 - Centreville 5   Game #1

WP - Russ Marks

LP - Patrick Kimmery

HR - (C) Rollins

2B - (A) Marks

ACCS 9 - Centreville 8    Game #2

WP - Caleb Walker

LP - Matthew Perkins

HR - (C) Perkins

2B - (A) Williams, (C) Perkins 3, Rollins 2, White

Brookhaven Academy 6 - Oak Forest 2

WP - Paul Coker

LP - Hoyt McNabb

2B - (B) Lagrone, Morton

Cathedral 8 - Mize 5

WP - Jeremy Davis

LP - Justin Sullivan

3B - (C) Daggett

2B - (C) Jones

Cathedral wins best of 3 series 2-0.

Franklin County 2 - Greene County 6

WP - Taylor Kimble

LP - Colby Beach

Greene County wins best of 3 series 2-0.

Huntington 12 - Pine Hills 19 - 8 innings

WP - David Brown

LP - Will Moak

HR - (P) Longmire, Perritt, (H) Kifer

2B - (P) Jackson 2, Stevens 2, Savage, Sturdivant, (H) Kifer, Moak, Yarbrough, Ferguson

Loyd Star 8 - Clarksdale 6

WP - Seth Britt

LP - Weir

HR - (L) S. Britt

2B - (L) S. Britt, J. Britt, Portrey

Best of 3 series tied at 1-1.

McComb 1 - Quitman 4

WP - Jonathan Russell

LP - Patrick Barnes

2B - (M) Barnes

Quitman wins best of 3 series 2-0.

North Pike 3 - Purvis 15

WP - Andy McCarter

LP - Lamkin

Purvis wins best of 3 series 2-0.

Trinity 13 - Pine Hills 8

WP - Walt Ketchings

LP - Mark Sturdivant

Save - Elliot Meng

3B - (T) Ridley

2B - (T) Meng, W. Ketchings, Rogel, (P) Brown 2, Savage

Vidalia 12 - Rayville 2

WP - Barry Bowden

LP - Jim Morgan

HR - (V) Warsaw

My News

UNBELIEVABLE!!!! It's the only word I can think of to describe the 2 ACCS wins over Centreville Academy last night. In game #1, ACCS pitcher Russ Marks gave up 5 runs on 7 hits, walked 1 and struck out 4, he gave up 3 earned runs. Centreville pitcher Patrick Kimmery gave up 6 runs on 5 hits, walked 2 and struck out 3, he gave up 3 earned runs. With the score tied at 5 apiece in the bottom of the 7th inn. and 1 out, Russ Marks doubled, Boo Burchfield was put on base and Christopher Rayborn came to the plate, he drove the ball up the middle for the game winning RBI.

In game #2, Centreville 1st baseman hit a 1 run homerun in the 1st inn., ACCS put up 3 runs in the first inn., Centreville bounced back and scored 1 run in the 2nd, 2 in the 3rd, 2 in the 5th and 3 in the 7th. ACCS remained scoreless until the bottom of the 7th, Boo Burchfield led off with a single, Christopher Rayborn hit a shot to shortstop who threw the ball out of the reach of the 2nd baseman, Te Riley hit a RBI single, Glenn Williams hit an RBI double, Dustin Perry was hiy by the pitch, Dustin Case flew out, Garret Rayborn hit a RBI single, Caleb Walker hit a RBI single, Russ Marks struck out, Boo Burchfield walked setting up a bases loaded 2 out at bat for Christopher Rayborn, he hit a shot at the shortstop again, and again he threw the ball out of the reach of the 2nd baseman and the go ahead win scored. Nathan Mathis picked up the loss for Centreville giving up 9 runs on 11 hits, walking 4, struck out 1 and he gave up 5 earned runs. ACCS started with Glenn Williams who was relieved by Douglas Davis in the 5th inn. and Davis was relieved by Caleb Walker in the 7th and picked up the win.

Centreville shortstop played an exceptional game #1 at their place, he's a sophomore and you will hear about him in the future, he played well tonight, he had alot of pressure on him and that's tough on such a young player but, he gained alot of experience in these ballgames and I wish him well in the years to come.

The difference in both games (really all 3 games) was errors, Centreville made 4 in the first game last night to AC's 3, and Centreville had 4 in the 2nd game and AC didn't have any.

I talked with ACCS Coach Gill Morris after the game, "We didn't quit" said Morris, "I'm concerned that we didn't do anything between the 1st and 7th innings, but we made some good 2 strike swings tonight, This game was a launching pad for us, we needed the spark and we got it"

The Rebels showed me something tonight that I haven't seen this year, they had a strong desire to win, and they looked more focused than I've seen them since last year during district play. This could be the turning point for the Rebels, let's hope so!

Trinity Episcopal Baseball advances to the South State Playoffs and will play either Franklin Academy or Tallulah Academy starting next Tuesday.

Cathedral Baseball advances to the next round of the playoffs starting next Thursday, I believe they will play the winner of the Weir/Union series which is tied up at 1-1.

One of my ole golfing buddies, Greg Brooking, teamed up with Parklane Academy 16 yr. old sophomore Beck Troutman, blistered the course in the Bancorp State 4-Ball at Patrick Farms G.C. in Brandon, MS with a 10 under 62. They had 7 straight birdies to shoot 29 on the front nine and birdied 10 & 11 to have 9 straight birdies. They lipped out eagle putts on 9 & 10! Troutman had 7 birdies, Brooking had 5. They both birdied #4 & #16. They hold a one stroke lead going into today's round.

If you're not reading the MissLouSports.Com Bulletin/Chat Board, you're missing alot of fun, WARNING: Be careful, you get get sliced up in there! It's all just in fun though! Join in!

4/19/02

Prep Baseball

Brookhaven Academy 9 - Manchester 2

WP - Ben Sandifer

LP - Lampley

3B - (B) Allred

2B - (B) Nix, A. Smith, Magee

Cathedral 4 - Mize 3

WP - Chris Norris

LP - Adam McAllister

HR - (C) Jeremy Davis

Franklin County 1 - Greene County 3

WP - Luke Mills

LP - Tom Wimberly

McComb 0 - Quitman 18

WP - Matthew Creighton

LP - Matthew Hay

North Pike 4 - Purvis 5

WP - Lovdahl

LP - Davis

2B - (NP) Dickerson

Parklane 4 - Jackson Prep 1

WP - Rusty Rayborn

LP - Tal Hendrix

2B - (P) Johnston

Parklane 9 - Jackson Prep 8

WP - Blake Robinson

LP - Tyler Perrett

HR - (P) Ginn

3B - (P) Simmons, Roberts

2B - (P) Ott 2, Simmons 2, Roberts, Ginn, Rayborn, Johnston

Trinity 10 - Huntington 0

WP - Elliot Meng

LP - Will Moak

2B - (T) Meng

Prep Track

Natchez High girls win District 5-5A meet. 1st place finishers were Janice Davis in the 100m 11.38, 200m 23.09 & 400m 54.9. Tenieka Hill 300 hurdles 47.8 and the 4x 200m relay 1.44, 4x 400m and the 4x mile relay.

The NHS boys won the 4x 200m relay . Karlecio Richardson won the 400m in 50.0, Darius Edwards won the 300m hurdles in 39.4. The boys won 3rd place.

Meet at Jackson Academy - Parklane boys 5th place, girls 6th place

Meet at Amite County - Boys - Wilkinson County 1st, Amite County 2nd, Franklin County 4th - Girls - Amite County 1st, Wilkinson County 2nd, Franklin County 4th

Prep Golf

Match at Forest C.C. - 2nd place Franklin County

Match at Canebrake C.C. - 4th place North Pike

Match at Van Hook G.C. - 8th place Natchez High

Match at Wolf Hollow G.C. - 1st place Loyd Star, 4th West Lincoln, 7th Enterprise

Prep Tennis

CHA 7 - Franklin Academy 2

My News

I caught the Trinity/Huntington baseball game yesterday, Trinity's Elliot Meng had an outstanding day on the mound giving up no runs on 2 hits, walking 2 and striking out 11. After a scoreless 1st inn. by both teams, Trinity opened up the second inn. with 4 runs on 4 hits, they tacked on 2 more in the 3rd, 3 more in the 4th and 1 more in the 6th to end the ballgame by virtue of the 10 run rule. Huntington was without 3 starting players and being a small school, it hurts! Huntington will play Pine Hills today at 2pm and the loser is eliminated from the playoffs, the winner will face Trinity at 4:30pm and have to beat them twice to advance, a second game, if necessary, would be around 7pm. All games today will be at Huntington because they have a lighted field.

I listened to the Cathedral/Mize game on the radio when I got home, sorry I told ya'll the wrong station, it was on FM 105. Talk about game swings! back and forth at the end but a great win by the Green Wave. They'll play today in Natchez at 6pm.

I'll be at the ACCS/Centreville Varsity doubleheader today starting at 4:30pm, ACCS has to win 2 today to place 3rd in district, Centreville just has to win 1. This is important for the District Tournament seedings.

It's Friday!!!! and that means "Joey Martin's Freaky Friday Frenzy Trivia Questions" Get your answer's in fast!!!!

Joey didn't show up to cover the Trinity/Huntington game yesterday and Walter was letting him have it, I think he called him, "Mr. Louisiana Sports" and he's not even here! I think he was having pictures made or something? Better defend yourself on the Bulletin Board, Joey!

Well, I'm headed to the Bulletin Board to see what's happening, this should be good today!

4/18/02

College Baseball

USM 6 - Miss. State 3

Southwest 4 - East Central 3

Southwest 10 - East Central 0, WP Jonathan Honea (Pine Hills)

Co-Lin 6 - Gulf Coast 4

Co-Lin 11 - Gulf Coast 3

Prep Tennis

Cathedral splits district championship with Resurrection Catholic.

My News

You can catch the Cathedral at Mize series starting tonight on 105.1 FM "The River" at 6pm. I have to commend Mike & Desire' Smith for their support of Miss-Lou sports as well as all the local sponsors.

I'll be out at Trinity today at 4pm as they host Huntington in the district tournament.

Check back later for Updates, I'm headed to the Bulletin Board!

4/17/02

Prep Baseball

ACCS 4 - Centreville Academy 5

WP - Cody White

LP - Christopher Rayborn

2B - (C) Kimery, (A) Williams, Riley

Brookhaven Academy 7 - Copiah Academy 3

WP - Hunter Posey

LP - Patrick Williams

2B - (B) Davis

Huntington 13 - Pine Hills 3

WP - Bronson Rhodes

LP - D.J. Bonner

HR - (H) Clayton

2B - (H) Moak, Rhodes

College Baseball

LSU 13 - Southern University 2

Miss. State 19 - USM 2

Ole Miss 8 - Arkansas St. 1, Matt Tolbert 2-4

Prep Softball

ACCS 9 - Brookhaven Academy 3

WP - Charmaine Reagan

LP - N/A

3B - (A) Reagan, Messer

2B - (A) Stutzman, Brown

Huntington 3 Oak Forest 1

WP - Jolee Hughes

LP - Sharkey

Vidalia 8 - Lakeside 2

WP - Jenny Watson

LP - Katie Cooper

3B - (V) Miller

2B - (V) Doughty

Prep Tennis

Parklane 1 - Hillcrest 8

Coaches Reports

Huntington defeated Pine Hills Tuesday night 13-3 in the first round of the District 5-A tournament at Huntington.  The game was called after 6 innings because of the 10-run rule.  Bronson Rhodes (4-2) picked up the wins for the Hounds, pitching 6 solid innings, allowing 3 runs, only one earned.  Rhodes scattered 5 hits while striking out 4 and not issuing a walk.  D.J. Bonner was tagged with the loss for the Wildcats.  Offensively, the Hounds were led at the plate by Patrick Clayton who was 2-3, including his first career home run, a solo shot to lead off the 5th inning.  Will Moak was 2-3 with a double and 2 RBIs, and Trey Corbett helped the cause with 2 singles and 3 RBIs.  The win moved the Hounds, who are playing without shortstop John Mark Bonnette and catcher Ples Arthur due to illness, to 8-10 on the year and set up a showdown against rival Trinity on Thursday afternoon at 4:00 at Trinity.  The district tournament received a shakeup with the tragic death of two Amite students early Tuesday morning.  Amite withdrew as host for the tournament and will accept their automatic bid into the playoffs by virtue of their regular season championship.  Huntington, Amite, and Pine Hills will play a double-elimination tournament, with the winner joining Amite in the playoffs.  After Thursday's Huntington/Trinity match-up, the tournament will return to Huntington Friday beginning at 2:00.  That game will feature Pine Hills vs. the Huntington/Trinity loser.  The winner of the Huntington/Trinity game will advance to the finals and must be beaten twice.  The Huntington family wishes to send our condolences to the ASC Rebels; we are certainly thinking of you in your time of grieving.

My News

Disappointing is all I can say about the ACCS/Centreville Academy game, ACCS came out in the first 2 inn. looking like things were finally coming together as they collected 2 runs on 4 hits including 2 doubles and left the bases loaded in the 2nd inn. That was the high point until the 7th inn. with the score tied at 3 apiece. Te Riley got on base by an error, Glenn Williams had a sac bunt to move Riley to 2nd base, Caleb Walker hit a single, he took off for first after the first pitch and the catcher threw the ball to 3rd base and over threw it letting Riley score and Walker advanced to 3rd base, Russ Marks popped out to the 2nd baseman, and with 2 outs, Christopher Rayborn hit a single deep in the hole to the shortstop who couldn't make the throw scoring Walker to go up 4-3. Centreville came back in the bottom of the 7th and lead off batter Charlie Landers hit a single, next batter got on base by an error, Nathan Mathis struck out, Patrick Kimmery got on base with an error, Slade Priest hit a single to tie the game, Clint Cooper hit a slow roller that was picked up by Christopher Rayborn and thrown home for the 2nd out. Royce Fonte hit a single to end the game. Cody White gave up 4 runs on 6 hits, 2 strikeouts and had 3 earned runs. Christopher Rayborn gave up 5 runs on 5 hits, struck out 10 and had 2 earned runs. Centreville left 4 runners stranded on base and ACCS left 7 on base.

My heart felt sympathy to the Blalock family in Liberty, MS. Two of their children that attend Amite School Center were killed yesterday morning leaving for school. Please keep this family in your prayers during their healing process.

We have a winner on the "Freaky Friday Frenzy" Trivia Question, but we're still taking answers to the "Teasers"

I'm headed to Jackson, MS today, so there shouldn't be any Updates unless it's on the Bulletin Board. Everybody needs to visit the Bulletin Board, it's alot of fun, join in!

4/16/02

Prep Baseball

Brookhaven  0 - Clinton 12

WP - Luke Sandroni

LP - Hall

Franklin County 4 - Bogue Chitto 3

WP - Will Buckels

LP - Jacob Leggitt

HR - (F) Halford

Loyd Star 1 - St. Andrews 6

WP - Brad Baskin

LP - Seth Britt

College Baseball

Southwest 7 - Miss. Delta 1, WP John David McKay (ASC)

Southwest 2 - Miss. Delta 1

Prep Softball

Loyd Star 8 - Sumrall 9

WP - Brittany Stevens

LP - Melissa Britt

Enterprise 2 - St. Al 5

WP - Laura Beth Lyons

LP - Amanda Parker

Enterprise-Lincoln 9 - Ola 6

WP - Nicole Floyd

LP - Rachel Wright

3B - (E) Laird

Prep Tennis

Parklane 0 - MRA 9

Prep Golf

Match at Wolf Hollow - 1st Loyd Star (Red), 3rd Loyd Star (White)

Track News

MPSA 4-3A Junior High District Meet

Boys - 1st Centreville, 2nd ACCS, 3rd Silliman, 4th Central Private

Girls - 1st Silliman, 2nd Centreville, 3rd ACCS, 4th Central Private

MPSA 5-1A Junior High District Meet

Boys - 1st CHA, 2nd Huntington, 3rd ASC, 4th Pine Hills, 5th Trinity

Girls - 1st Huntington, 2nd CHA, 3rd Trinity, 4th ASC, 5th Pine Hills

Jacob Stutzman (ACCS) placed 2nd in the Javelin for Troy State at Samford University [Birmingham, AL] Meet on Saturday. Conference Meet this weekend, I'll have his results next week.

Clarion Ledger Top Performers - April 8th-14th

Seth Britt - Loyd Star, homered twice & was the winning pitcher in a 9-3 win over McLaurin.

Parklane Academy is ranked #5 in the MPSA Overall Polls.

Coaches Reports

Wade Wilson - Franklin County

My News

Well, McCall didn't show up at Vidalia yesterday, I'm told that this is not uncommon. I talked to Coach Hoffpauir and he said that he talked to the athletic director and the headmaster that day and they said everything was on and they'd see them there at 4:30pm. I thought the game was at 6pm, so I went out early to talk with Johnny Lee and they were playing an inner squad game. I apologize to anyone that went to the game because I said to be there. Johnny Lee told me that they may not even have a team next year. I wonder why?

The Ketchings boys and the Trivia questions, poor ole Walter was guessing, but little brother Andrew nailed all 3, but he wasn't positive about 2 of them....good guessing though! But they don't count, so I'm still looking for a possible winner!

I'll be headed to Centreville Academy today as ACCS plays the first game of three series in district play. This is the last district series and there will be a district tournament, I believe next week, that will be played either at Silliman or Central Private, they play this week to determine 1st place. The eventual winner of district play will automatically go into South State as the #1 seed from our district, the district tournament will decide who will go as the #2 seed to South State.

I hope to find out more about Centreville Academy pitcher Josh Jones today who was hit by a line drive to the face last week. Hopefully he will recover 100% and be back to his day to day routines soon.

4/15/02

College Baseball

Ole Miss 10 Auburn 2, Matt Tolbert 1-1 double

Miss. State 6 - Arkansas 4

LSU 13 - Georgia 4

USM 9 - Louisville 11

My News

Tiger Woods wins his 3rd Masters and the 2nd in a row, it seemed like everybody was giving it to him as they fell by the wayside faltering on the back 9. Retief Gooson came in 2nd but he was 3 shots back.

I got an em-mail from James Cooper over at Centreville Academy on pitcher Josh Jones who was hit by a line drive in the face pitching against Silliman last Friday night:

Get your camcorders ready!!!! McCall is coming to Vidalia today for a 6pm contest, there won't be a JV game, just one game. I promise you entertainment like you've never seen before as McCall comes to town to play baseball. They've got 9 players, one coach and zero fans and if they're all dressed alike, I'll buy everybody at the game a Coke!

What? Nobody can get any of the "Freaky Friday Frenzy" Trivia Questions correct? Ya'll have Joey snickering!

Join in on the Bulletin Board, we're having fun in there!!!!

4/14/02

Prep Baseball

Brookhaven Academy 9 - Simpson Academy 3

WP - Jonathan Strong

LP - Napier

Brookhaven Academy 4 - Franklin Academy 3

WP - Hunter Posey

LP - Tyler Harris

HR - (B) Waycaster

2B - (B) Waycaster

Cathedral 7 - Natchez High 6     9 inn.

WP - Bert Goldman

LP - Drew Kossum

3B - (N) Newman 2

2B - (N) Kossum, Hayes, (C) Wisner

Centreville 16 - Pine Hills 4

WP - Drew Havard

LP - Loftin

HR - (C) Havard

2B - (C) Cooper 2, Perkins 2

Loyd Star 6 - Madison St. Joe 7

WP - Randy Geimer

LP - Cass Brister

3B - (L) Portrey

2B - (L) Cuevas, Portrey

McComb 6 - Raymond 2

WP - Par Barnes

LP - Dale Brewer

HR - (M) Barnes

3B - (M) Lewis

2B - (M) Lewis, Hart

Parklane 3 - Central Private 12

WP - Ryan Meaux

LP - Rusty Rayborn

2B - (P) Farnham

West Lincoln 6 - Wesson 11

WP - Justin Smith

LP - Daniel Allen

HR - (WL) Wallace

College Baseball

LSU 14 - Georgia 4

Miss. State 3 - Arkansas 7

Ole Miss 2 - Auburn

USM 1 - Louisville 3

Co-Lin 5 - East Central 1

Co-Lin 5 - East Central 3, WP Cole Zumbro

Prep Softball

Huntington Tournament was won by Huntington, they beat Claiborne 17-3, Pine Hills 9-6 and Parklane 9-2, Jo Lee Hughes pitched and won all 3 games. Pam Harris & Tiffany Ferguson each homered in the tourney.

My News

I caught the Cathedral/Natchez High game yesterday at Liberty Park, Jeremy Davis started for Cathedral and left the game after the 3rd inn. with the score 5-3 in favor of Cathedral to let Bert Goldman get some mound work, before you knew it, Natchez High put up 4 runs in the 5th inn., Goldman was putting the ball outside and they were taking full advantage of it with 5 hits. The game went into the 9th inn. tied at 7 apiece and in the bottom of the 9th, (after a couple Natchez errors) Jeremy Davis hit an RBI single to end the game.

The Masters - Tiger Woods and Retief Goosen are tied for the lead, I don't think Goosen can stand the heat of playing with the #1 golfer in the world. 

I'll cover the Masters today as I always watch from beginning to end on Sunday, Vijay Singh is only 2 shots back, Mickelson is 4 back and Ilostamyball is 5 back.

4/13/02

Prep Baseball

ACCS 0 - Central Private 1      Game #1

WP - Bernard Robert

LP - Russ Marks

3B - (C) Burtner

2B - (C) Williams

ACCS 3 - Central Private 0      Game #2

WP - Glenn Williams

LP - Josh Williams

CHA 0 - Huntington 10       Game #1

WP - Bronson Rhodes

LP - Martin Moye

CHA 10 - Huntington 5       Game #2

WP - Craig Gilbert

LP - Brent Tosspin

2B - (C) Moye, (H) Clayton

McComb 4 - Lawrence County 7

WP - Dusty Ladd

LP - Jesse Boyd

Natchez 0 - Wayne County 5

WP - Ty Lawson

LP - Jeremiah Green

Trinity 20 - WCCA 2       3-1/2 inn.

WP - Walt Ketchings

LP - Stephens McVea

2B - (T) Ridley 2

College Baseball

USM 7 - Louisville 2

LSU 8 - Georgia 2

Ole Miss 3 - Auburn 10

Miss. State 17 - Arkansas 4

Coaches Report

James Cooper - Centreville Academy

My News

ACCS/Central Private Recap - In game #1, Russ Marks did an outstanding job on the hill for AC, he gave up 5 hits, struck out 2 and didn't walk a single batter. The field was wet and some infield grounders were tried to get picked up and our infielders would slip and fall before they could make the throw. On a dry day, Russ would have pitched a 2 hitter. CP starting pitcher Bernard Robert had 8 K's, gave up 1 hit and walked 5. AC had 1 really bad mental error in the game, with a runner on 2nd base and 1 out, Christopher Rayborn hit a long fly ball to right center field and the base runner wasn't tagged up to get to third and had to go back to 2nd, Dustin Perry then hit a single (the only hit of the game) that would have scored the base runner at 2nd (had he been on 3rd.) CP would have been in the middle of their lineup for their next at bat and AC was fixing to be at the top of their lineup. 

In Game #2, Glenn Williams got the complete game he needed to boost his confidence again, he struck out 8, walked 5 and allowed 3 hits. CP's Josh Williams struck out 6, walked 1 and gave up 5 hits. Freshman Dustin Case was 2 for 3 for AC, he really stepped up and plays like he's a seasoned veteran. I've always heard that "to win away" you have to win decively, well this was the case last night in game #2 as I thought I had seen it all in baseball, Dustin Perry hit a ball that was picked up and thrown to 1st base and it pulled the 1st baseman off the bag, he tagged Perry after he crossed the bag and the umpire called him safe, well then the umpire behind the plate came out and reversed the call at 1st after the CP coach came out and complained. The bad thing is, CP will probably win the district and have home field advantage for the district tournament, so we'll see these umpires again!

The Master's - Check back in the Archives Section, didn't I say to also watch for Vijay Singh? He's atop the leader board at -9, Retief Goosen in 2nd at -6, Phil Mickelson, Jose Maria Ilostamyball & Tiger Woods are at -3. Should be an interesting day today as the leaders try to separate themselves from the rest of the pack.

4/12/02

Prep Baseball

Cathedral 4 - St. Al 5 (10 inn.)

WP - Aaron George

LP - Chris Norris

2B - (C) Lane, Hammons

Monterey 0 - Harrisonburg 9

WP - Allen Ainsworth

LP - Phillip Bryan

HR - (H) T. McIntyre

2B - (H) T. McIntyre, R. McIntyre, Mason, (M) Smith

Parklane 14 - Simpson 4

WP - Dylan Roberts

LP - Derrick Thompson

2B - (P) K. Ginn, Simmons

South Pike 3 - Raymond 6

WP - Dale Brewer

LP - N/A

Vidalia 11 - Crowville 1

WP - Barry Bowden

LP - Ronnie Bradley

2B - (V) Bowden, White, (C) Phillips

Golf

Match at Brookhaven C.C. - 1st Cathedral, 2nd Natchez, 3rd Brookhaven, Stephen Hollingsworth 77.

Track

ACCS Invitational

Boys - 1st Silliman, 2nd WCCA, 3rd Briarfield, 4th Trinity, 5th Parklane, 6th Tensas, 7th Huntington, 8th ACCS, 9th Rebul, 10th Tallulah

Girls - 1st Silliman, 2nd ACCS, 3rd Huntington, 4th Parklane, 5th WCCA, 6th Porter's Chapel, 7th Briarfield, 8th (tie) Tensas & Tallulah 

Prentiss Christian Meet

Boys & Girls - 1st Centreville, 5th ASC, 6th Brookhaven Academy.

My News

The Masters - Davis Love III is at -5, Sergio Garcia & Angel Cabrera are 1 stroke back. Phil Mickelson is at -3 and Tiger Woods & Jose Maria Ilostamyball are at -2. I told ya'll to watch out for Ilostamyball!

I'll be headed to Baker, LA today for the varsity doubleheader of Central Private & ACCS. AC's Russ Marks should start game 1 & Glenn Williams in game 2.

I'm headed to the Bulletin Board/Chat Room to see who's getting on who's case today!

E-mail from Caro Bett Riley:

We went to the doctor yesterday, Te's X-ray showed that his elbow had healed on its on, the ligament was stretched not torn, said he could play, bat and pitch (only with the brace on) we will go back in two weeks for another x-ray to make sure everything's still healing, Dr. Savoie was real pleased. I want to thank everyone that was concerned in this matter and for their prayers, Te will dress out tonight but have not heard if he'll bat, he took a little batting practice yesterday, his arm did not hurt, just a little tight. Again Thanks to Everyone Concerned. (Please let everyone know how thankful we are through MissLouSports.Com)
Sincerely,
Caro Bett and Willie

Bryan Bennett (Vidalia H.S.) will officially sign today at 1:30pm to play baseball next year at USM.

4/11/02

Prep Baseball

ACCS 4 - Central Private 6

WP - Bill Burtner

LP - Christopher Rayborn

HR - (CP) Burtner

2B - (CP) Ledig, Martin

Amite County 2 - Crystal Springs 7

WP - Lee Evans

LP - Fields

Cathedral 15 - Enterprise 7

WP - Bert Goldman

LP - Monte Crotwell

3B - (E) Crotwell

2B - (C) Davis, Norris 2, Murray, Blain, Wisner, Daggett, (E) Crotwell, Russell

Huntington 2 - Trinity 4

WP - Elliot Meng

LP - Will Moak

2B - (T) Meng

Loyd Star 9 - McLaurin 3

WP - Seth Britt

LP - Daniel Byrd

HR - (L) Britt 2, Wall

McComb 4 - Terry 3

WP - Matthew Hay

LP - Van Pope

2B - (M) Boyd, Barnes

College Baseball

Ole Miss 4 - Murray State 0

LSU 9 - Tulane 5

Miss. State 11 - Miss. Valley State 1

USM 13 - New Orleans 2, Jarrett Hoffpauir 1-4

Southwest 1 - Hinds 11

Southwest 1 - Hinds 9

Co-Lin 6 - Jones 1, WP Cole Zumbro

Co-Lin 5 - Jones 6

Coaches Reports

James Cooper - Centreville Academy

My News

What a game! Central Private's Ace pitcher Bill Burtner threw 87-88mph for 2 straight innings and hit 89 twice. He fell a little to around 85-86 in the next 2 inn. and when the 5th inn. came around he dropped to the low 80's and lost control. That's when the Rebels had their chance and couldn't put it away. Burtner gave up 4 hits, had 7 strikeouts and walked 7. Christopher Rayborn went the distance for AC and stayed 84-86mph the whole game, he scattered 11 hits, had 6 strikeouts and walked 4. A few of the hits were the infield type that couldn't get handled quick enough for the throw or just slow rollers. He gave up 3 earned runs. Costly errors plagued the Rebels who usually play solid defense. To stay in the district race, AC will have to win 2 at Central Private on Friday.

Joey Martin's Page is updated for today, catch all the inside stuff on Louisiana sports!

Don't miss the action happening in the Bulletin Board, join in and have some fun.

Check back later for Updates as I receive them.

4/10/02

Prep Baseball News

Brookhaven 4 - Lawrence County 5

WP - Casey Williams

LP - Brooks Hall

2B - (B) Hall, Smith

Brookhaven 4 - NW Rankin 15

WP - Tyler Brown

LP - N/A

College Baseball

Miss. State 7 - Samford 2

Ole Miss 7 - Memphis 1

USM 6 - SE Louisiana 4

Tennis News

Cathedral 5 - Bogue Chitto 1

Swimming News

Bluff City Barracudas

CRAWFISH SPRING LONG COURSE METER SWIM MEET------April 6-7, 2002 - Baton Rouge, LA

  Evan Salter
Boys 8 & Under 50 LC Meter Freestyle--- 39.78--1st place
Boys 8 & Under 100 LC Meter Freestyle--1:24.03--1st place
Boys 8 & Under 50 LC Meter Backstroke--47.26--1st place
Boys 8 & Under 50 LC Meter Breaststroke--1:04.50-- 3rd place
Boys 8 & Under 50 LC Meter Butterfly--      49.94--1st place

  Matt Salter
Boys 8 & Under 50 LC Meter Freestyle--1:10.26--10th place
Boys 8 & Under 50 LC Meter Backstroke--1:14.09--9th place

My News

If you're not reading the Bulletin Board and joining in, you're missing alot of fun! Anytime your bored at work, hop on in and drop us a line.

I'll be at Augusta National starting Thursday covering "The Masters"....of course it will be from my recliner at home, probably the closet I'll ever get to the famed course! Tiger's the man to shoot at, he's ranked #1 in the world.

I'll be out at ACCS today as they host #5 in the MPSA overall rankings, Central Private School. CP has 6 new players this year and 3 of them are pitchers #1, #2 & #3. They all throw around 84-85 and their #1 has thrown around 88-89mph. I'm sure he'll start today and Christopher Rayborn will be the probable starter for the Rebels. AC needs to sweep CP to have a chance to capture the District Title.

Doug Atkins - Troy State - as of April 9th, 3.38 ERA, 1-1 record, 17 appearances, 1 save, 32 innings, given up 30 hits, 17 runs, 12 earned runs, 15 walks and 25 strikeouts. Doug works as a closer.

Brandon Atkins - Southeastern University - as of April 8th, .296 batting average, .407 slugging, .352 on base %, started 22 games and played in 25, has 81 at bats with 24 hits, 12 runs, 10 RBI's, 6 doubles, 1 homerun, 5 walks, 2 hbp, 14 strikeouts and has a 1.00 fielding percentage.

Check back later for Updates, I'm headed to the Bulletin Board to see what's happening.

4/9/02

Coaches Report

Rick Fife - ACCS

ACCS Lady Rebels won the Parklane Tournament this past weekend by defeating Amite School Center 15-0 in the Championship game.

We played well defensively, we had 18 hits in 3 innings in the game.

Kristen Cox went 3-3, Kelcie Ward 2-3, April Boyd 2-2 with a triple, Charmaine Reagan 3-3, Meghan Marchbanks 2-3, Krystal Truitt 2-3 with a double and a triple.

ACCS beat ASC twice in the tournament, they also beat Brookhaven Academy, Parklane & Heidelberg Academy.

Rick Fife is assisted by Danny Hankins.

Clarion Ledger Top Performers - April 1-7

Janice Davis (Natchez High) was named Girls Player of the Week, she won the 100m in 11.61, 200m in 24.03 at the Mobile Meet of Champions.

Anthony Donnan (Franklin County) Singled, doubled & homered in a 14-10 win over Cathedral.

Bart Lane (Cathedral) Singled twice, doubled & tripled in a 10-0 win over Bogue Chitto.

Chad Ridley (Trinity) Had 3 singles, a double, 2 triples & 2 homers in 3 wins.

Bob Robinson (Wilkinson County) Hit 2 homeruns in  7-5 loss to Crystal Springs.

Dooley Simmons (Parklane) Had 4 homers, 2 singles & a triple in 2 wins over MRA and 1 win over Centreville.

Nathaniel Banks (Amite County) Ran a best reported 200m in 21.64.

Charlie Spiller (Wilkinson County) Won the long jump, high jump & triple jump in a meet in Amite County.

Trymesa Banks (Amite County) Ran a best reported 400m in 57.30

Dale Sykes (Loyd Star) Shot a 2 under par 33 in leading his team to victory in a 4 team match at Brookhaven C.C.

Beck Troutman (Parklane) Was medalist among 11 teams with a 4 under par 68 at Canton C.C.

My News

Parklane Academy is ranked #3 in the MPSA Polls.

ACCS rescheduled today's baseball games for tomorrow, same place, same times.

Had fun on the MissLouSports.Com "Bulletin Board" yesterday, everyone's invited to join in, the more the merrier!

Not official yet, but I hear that Terry H.S. Pitcher/Shortstop Van Pope may be headed to Meridian C.C., I also heard that Meridian C.C. signee Joey Lieberman of Warren Central was not on the Hinds C.C. "10 Player Protected List"  Which means that if Brian Pettway of Warren Central can't make the ACT score, he could be headed to Meridian C.C. also. Meridian C.C. can pick 2 players from each district even if they are on any team's "Protected List" They got this right because they were encouraged to join in on the State Level play starting next year.....pretty good deal huh?

I got some of "The Magazine's" out yesterday, I'll be headed to Woodville, Centreville, Gloster, Crosby, Roxie, Bude & Meadville today, so look for them stashed in any place I can find!

4/8/02

Track News

Email from Janice Davis (mother)...

Prep Baseball News - Late Results

Amite School Center 11 - Central Private 12

WP - Chad Dunn

LP - Josh LeGrange

2B - (A) Gordon 2, Young

North Pike 3 - Wesson 5

WP - Justin Smith

LP - J.P. Nunnery

2B - (NP) McCullough

Parklane 16 - Centreville 8

WP - Lane Moore

LP - John White

HR - (P) Simmons

3B - (P) Simmons

2B - (P) K. Ginn, Roberts, (C) Perkins, Priest

Softball News

Vidalia swept the Tioga Tournament in 4 games, they beat Marksville in the final game 4-2.

College Baseball News

USM 7 - Charlotte 5, Jarrett Hoffpauir 2-3

Miss. State 2 - Georgia 9

Ole Miss 10 - Vanderbilt 9

LSU 9 - Auburn 5

Golf News

Leroy Smith won the Harvest Club Golf Tournament at Duncan Park G.C. with a 2 day total of 143.

Ben Hargis and Trey Coker won the Pilgrimage Four Ball at Beau Pre C.C. with a 2 day total of 133.

My News

Well, it's raining and it doesn't look like it's going to stop any time soon! It will mess up the local sports scene but, I'll find something to put on here everyday until the weather clears.

Joey Martin's "Freaky Friday Frenzy" Trivia Question was answered by one of them Ketchings boys! Had alot of answers on the Bonus Teaser as Ron Bloomberg of the NY Yankees. One guesser answered Ron Bloomberg of the Boston Red Sox, I ain't saying who he was because I don't want to embarrass him, but his initials are Vidalia Baseball Coach JLH... (I didn't tell on you Johnny Lee!)

Still don't have an answer on the "Teaser", do ya'll need a hint? .....It was in the 90's!!!!

Heard a couple of great stories on the McCall baseball team, seems they always show up late when they play Vidalia, well one game they were late and a guy from McCall drives up in a jeep, walks straight up to the pitchers mound and starts pitching the game! No warm ups or anything. Another game, they look in the dugout and a guy is making pitching motions with just his arm and then he goes straight to the mound and starts pitching. You owe it to yourself to at least be at one game when they come to Vidalia again, I promise it will be entertaining!

I'll get out and distribute the MissLouSports.Com "The Magazine" this week to area convenience stores, they were ready Friday but I was already headed to Frogmore, LA for the weekend. The Front Page is the Joey Martin story of USM/Vidalia baseball extraordinaire Jarrett Hoffpauir, Jarrett is tearing it up this year at USM and he's just a freshman!

With a good rainy day, we need to open up the Bulletin Board and see if we can get Joey and Walter at each other...I know how to get it started, so get to the Bulletin Board and join in!

Check back for any Updates, if I can find some!

4/6/02 & 4/7/02

Prep Baseball News

ACCS 5 - Silliman 1

WP - Russ Marks

LP - Hunter Moody

2B - (A) Burchfield, Case

ACCS 5 - Silliman 9

WP - Cade Dubois

LP - Glenn Williams

HR - (A) Perry

2B - (A) Walker, Burchfield

Amite School Center 20 - Huntington 4

WP - John Birdsong

LP - Will Moak

HR - (A) Gordon, Birdsong

2B - (A) Birdsong 2, LeGrange, Dillon, Aguilar

Brookhaven Academy 14 - WCCA 1

WP - Paul Coker

LP - Stevens McVea

3B - (B) Waycaster 2, (W) Pace

2B - (B) Nix, Allred

Brookhaven Academy 4 - Simpson 7

WP - Lance Sasser

LP - Posey

Cathedral 10 - Bogue Chitto 0

WP - Chris Norris

LP - Barren Wallace

3B - (C) Lane

2B - (C) Lane, Davis

Cathedral 10 - Franklin County 14

WP - Tommy Arnold

LP - Bart Lane

HR - (F) Donnan

3B - (C) Jones, Davis

2B - (F) Buckles, Donnan, Windham, (C) Murray, Lane

Loyd Star 11 - Piney Woods 1

WP - Blake Wall

LP - Richards

3B - (L) Brister

2B - (L) S. Britt

McComb 2 - NW Rankin 5

WP - Leighton Davis

LP - Jesse Boyd

2B - (M) Barnes

Monterey 10 - Forest 4

WP - Phillip Bryan

LP - B. Sims

2B - (M) Kemp

Natchez 0 - St. Al 10

WP - Aaron George

LP - Leon Stewart

Natchez 1 - Terry 11

WP - Kyle Bridges

LP - Brandon Geter

3B - (N) Stewart

Natchez 0 - Petal 10

WP - Brett Hoeflich

LP - Matthew Henderson

South Pike 0 - Terry 16

WP - Brian Barlow

LP - Ben Tate

Trinity 13 - CHA 9

WP - Walt Ketchings

LP - Craig Gilbert

3B - (T) Ridley

2B - (T) G. Ketchings, Meng, (C) Gilbert

Wilkinson County 5 - Crystal Springs 7

WP - Brant Hood

LP - Jones

2B - (W) Jones, Fossioman, Robinson 2

Coaches Report

James Cooper - Centreville Academy

College Baseball News

LSU 9 - Auburn 4

LSU 3 - Auburn 11

Miss. State 7 - Georgia 5

Miss. State 14 - Georgia 4

USM 9 - Charlotte 3, Hoffpauir 1-3

USM 10 - Charlotte 4, Hoffpauir 2-4, 2 doubles

Ole Miss 9 - Vanderbilt 0

Ole Miss 6 - Vanderbilt 1

Co-Lin 10 - Southwest 7

Co-Lin 5 - Southwest 3

Track News

Troy State Invitational track meet was held Sat 4-6. Jacob Stutzman placed 2nd in high jump and first in javelin for the 4th time this season in 6 meets/ Jacob set a new personal best, his throw of 175 ft 7 inches places him second in the Atlantic Sun Conference and second  in Troy States all time javelin records.

My News

The M&D 500 was a blast, hundreds of 4 wheelers were there and it seemed that everybody had a good time, Lakeside Ford/Polaris took home the honors as they won the 4 wheel drive modified class. That 700 Polaris was bad to the bone! I saw William Pugh of Lakeside go through a mud hole that was sticking alot of 4 wheelers and he never let up, oh yeah, he was on a new Polaris Ranger, that machine impressed me, I thought he was crazy to put it through that hole but, he went through it easier than anything else there!

I plan on taking it easy today and recoup from the weekend, see ya'll tomorrow!

4/5/02

Prep Baseball News

Amite School Center 16 - CHA 0

WP - John Birdsong

LP - Fagan

HR - (A) Gordon

2B - (A) Perkins 2, Birdsong, Aguilar

Brookhaven 2 - Raymond 7

WP - Dale Brewer

LP - Townsend

2B - (B) Ogden, (R) Round

Parklane 9 - MRA 2

WP - Rusty Rayborn

LP - Michael Kirchsten

HR - (P) K. Ginn, Simmons 2

3B - (M) Owen

Parklane 16 - MRA 1

WP - Mitch Johnston

LP - Walley Cummins

2B - (P) K. Ginn

Vidalia 22 - McCall 0

WP - Bryan Bennett

LP - Jason Virgil

HR - (V) Bennett

3B - (V) Welch

2B - (V) Bowden, White

Golf News

Match at Clear Creek G.C. - 2nd Cathedral, 5th Natchez

Match at Canton C.C. - 3rd Parklane, 8th Brookhaven Academy

Tennis News

Cathedral 4 - West Lincoln 1

CHA 5 - Briarfield 4

My News

I watched the most horrible baseball game as Vidalia creamed McCall, I can say anything about McCall I want as nobody from there probably reads this page, why do I say that? Because they didn't bring 1 single fan to the game! They brought the coach and 9 players (if you can call them that) It was pitiful, it wouldn't surprise me if they discontinue baseball at that school. $ or 5 players didn't even have a cap and 3 or 4 didn't have on the same shirts. The only positive was that Vidalia got "live pitching" batting practice yesterday. Bryan Bennett hit a shot over the centerfield wall into the face of the wind that was blowing pretty darn hard. He also pitched 3 inn. and had 8 K's, 1 hit and a walk. I'll probably miss the next time Vidalia plays McCall.....quit laughing Joey!

E-mail from Joey:  Chad Vaught is having shoulder surgery this morning. Gerald said he will miss rest of year. Gerald said Smoke was looking to pitch Chad on Sunday. They are hoping he can get a medical red shirt this year and still have two years remaining. Also, Gulfport football coach Ronnie Cuevas has been named head coach at Starkville H.S., Bet the former Bulldog is looking to get on at MSU in the future.

Joey added a "Bonus Teaser" for you die hard Trivia nuts...Good Luck!!!!

 I will be at the M&D 500 all weekend, so I won't have any news until Sunday evening. Ya'll have a great weekend!
 

4/4/02

Prep Baseball News

Brookhaven Academy 10 - Oak Forest 0

WP - Adam Smith

LP - Chris Edwards

2B - (B) Allred, Moreton

College Baseball

Ole Miss 8 - Miss. State 4 - Governor's Cup

Co-Lin 6 - Delgado 5, Cole Zumbro 2B, Ryan Davis 2B & Homer.

Co-Lin 4 - Delgado 2

Softball News

ACCS 16 - Trinity 0

WP - Charmaine Reagan

LP - Ashley McCalip

3B - (A) Stutzman

2B - (A) Truitt, Brown, Ward

Huntington 8 - Trinity 5 - Tuesday

3B - (T) Ashley Kingsafer

Vidalia 11 - Monterey 0

WP - Jenny Watson

LP - Megan Paul

3B - (V) Miller

2B - (V) Watson, Doughty

Coaches Report

Rick Fife - ACCS

Well played defensive game with no errors. We hit the ball well with 12 hits in 3 innings. We had 4 hits with extra bases, 3 doubles & 1 triple.

Casey Stutzman had 2 hits with a triple at 3 times at the plate. April Boyd went 2-2. Kelcie Ward went 2-2 with a double. Krystal Truitt went 2-2 with a double. Alesia Brown had 2 hits. Kelcie Messer had a double.

We need to continue to improve on defense and hitting to the right side of the field.

Next Game: at Brookhaven, April 5th - 4pm

Tennis News

Cathedral 3 - St. Joe 2

Golf News

Cathedral 153 - Wesson 218, (C) Hollingsworth & Carter shot 37.

Match at Brookhaven C.C. - 1st Loyd Star 160, 2nd Brookhaven 173, 4th Bogue Chitto 196

Swimming News

MISSISSIPPI SWIMMING 8 AND UNDER SHORT COURSE STATE DEVELOPMENTS MEET - LAUREL, MS

Bluff City Barracudas

Matt Salter--6 year old
6&U 25 yard Freestyle--- 31.19  11th place
6&U 25 yard Backstroke  32.15--10th place
6&U 25 yard Butterfly       36.88-- 4th place

              Jack Aaron Tiffee--7 years old

7 year old 25 Freestyle-- 20.29 4th place
7 year old 50 Freestyle--50.64  8th place
7year old 100 Freestyle--1:51.35  6th place
7 year old 25 Backstroke 28.14--6th place
7 year old 50 Backstroke 56.11--6th place

               Evan Salter---8 years old

8 year old 25 Freestyle--16.25-- 3rd place
8 year old 50 Freestyle--33.90--2nd place
8 year old 100 Freestyle-- 1:14.54--1st place
8 year old 50 Backstroke 40.19  3rd place
8 year old 100 Individual Medley--1:28.62--1st place

            Andrew Mayfield---8 years old

8 year old 25 Freestyle--24.62--10th place
8 year old 50 Freestyle--55.66--8th place
8 year old 25 Backstroke 27.33--7th place
8 year old 50 Backstroke 57.18--8 th place

Evan Salter also had qualifying times to swim with the 10 and Under Boys at the MISSISSIPPI STATE SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIP MEET on March 8-10, 2002.
10 and Under--50 yard freestyle--he was 10th out of 30 34.50
10 and Under--100 yard freestyle--he was 4th out of 25 with a 1:12.63
10 and Under 50 yard Backstroke-- he was 12th out of 30 with a 41.10
10 and Under 50 yard Butterfly--he was 11th out of 18 with a 39.91
10 and Under 100 yard Butterfly-- he was 6th out of 11 with a 1:33.99
10 and Under 100 yard I.M --he was 8th out of 24 with a 1:26.52
 

My News

I got to the ball park late yesterday for the ACCS/Trinity softball games, ACCS varsity had just won 16-0 and the "B" team game was just getting started. The Lady Rebels looked more relaxed and hit the ball well as mostly everybody plays both games anyway. It didn't look the same though without Rianna Flynn at shortstop, we'll all miss her but, she's in a better place!

Michael Jordan's hanging up his sneakers for this year, a swollen knee has him down, he says he'll be back next year.

I'll probably catch Vidalia host McCall today in baseball, first game is at 4:30pm. Bryan Bennett is the probable starter on the mound.

The M&D 500 4 Wheeler Mud Ride is this Saturday at Frogmore, LA.

I added the Baseball tryout dates for the State Games of Mississippi under "Local Ramblings" I also have the sign up forms if you need them and all the information about the games.

Joey Martin's Page is updated today, he always has plenty to write about, check it out!

Check back in later!

4/3/02

Prep Baseball News

ACCS 0 - Silliman 5

WP - Cade Dubois

LP - Christopher Rayborn

2B - (S) Dubois

Amite School Center 16 - CHA 0

WP - John Birdsong

LP - Fagan

HR - (A) Gordon

Bogue Chitto 4 - St. Al 10

WP - Jason Brown

LP - Jacob Leggett

2B - (S) Amborn, Segers

Cathedral 8 - West Lincoln 2

WP - Jeremy Davis

LP - Daniel Allen

2B - (C) Jones, Goldman, Lane

Loyd Star 7 - Wesson 3

WP - Cass Brister

LP - Ryan Williams

HR - (L) Wall

3B - (W) Langham

2B - (L) Cuevas, (W) Williams

McComb 5 - Brookhaven 0

WP - Pat Barnes

LP - Brooks Hall

2B - (M) Dyson, Erwin

Natchez High 3 - Meridian 13

WP - Tyler Maxwell

LP - Jeremiah Green

HR - (N) Kossum

2B - (M) Cole 2, Alexander, McMillan, (N) Stewart

Parklane 11 - MRA 2

WP - Dylan Roberts

LP - Chad Crosswhite

HR - (P) K. Ginn, Simmons

2B - (P) Roberts, Farnham

Port Gibson 1 - Raymond 13

WP - Antoine Clay

LP - Brown

HR - (R) Mangum

2B - (R) Elmore, Jones

Trinity 13 - Pine Hills 0

WP - Elliot Meng

LP - Mark Sturdivant

HR - (T) Ridley

2B - (T) Archer, Ridley

Vidalia 8 - Crowville 2

WP - Barry Bowden

LP - David John Phillips

HR - (V) Bennett

2B - (V) Fuqua

Coaches Reports

James Cooper - Centreville

Tom Graning - Cathedral

Cathedral: 8
West Lincoln: 2       

WP: Jeremy Davis (2-3) 
LP: Daniel Allen

Jeremy 5 innings  2 Hits 8 K's 2 BB
Bert Goldman 2-2 2 RBI
Garrett Jones & Bart Lane (Doubles)

We did not have much intensity tonight. It is disappointing to  play a district game with the intensity that we brought to the park tonight, but we won which sets up a big district game Friday night with Bogue Chitto.
 

Stephen Cooksey - Amite School Center

ASC had 16 runs on 11 hits and 0 errors.

CHA had 0 runs on 0 hits and 3 errors.

John Birdsong, a senior for ASC picked up the win. Jeremy Perkins led offensively going 3-3. Stewart Gordon went 2-3 with a homerun.

Key hits were the difference in the game.

ASC also got solid pitching from Gordon & junior right hander Robert Young.

Next up: at Huntington on 4/5/02 at 7pm.

College Baseball

Miss. State 6 - UT-Martin 5

LSU 8 - UNO 1

USM 3 - Alabama 4

Co-Lin 4 - Pearl River 3, WP - Cole Zumbro (FCHS), 2B Robinson (Parklane)

Co-Lin 1 - Pearl River 4

Softball News

Brookhaven 0 - Lawrence County 18

WP - Ashley Davis

LP - Courtney Felder

3B - (L) Sanders

2B - (L) McCloud, Givens

Huntington 8 - Trinity 5

WP - Jo Lee Hughes

LP - Mallory Archer

3B - (H) Li. Wagoner, (T) Kingsafer

2B - (H) La. Wagoner, Hughes, Lee, (T) Clayton 2

Vidalia 9 - Rayville 2

WP - Miranda Doughty

LP - Alicia O'Neal

Co-Lin 3 - Pearl River 8

Co-Lin 0 - Pearl River 8, 3B - Groom (NHS)

Tennis News

Brookhaven Academy 8 - Parklane 1

My News

Barry Bonds opens up the season with 2 homers, he's projected to hit 324 HR's this season!

If anybody sees Gill Morris, ask him how the Yankees did in their opener with "Ace" pitcher Clemens toeing the mound.

I was at the ACCS/Silliman game yesterday and AC just can't manufacture runs, they're hitting the ball, but alot of pop ups and grounders right to the defense. It seems to me that the Rebel batters are swinging as hard as they can, they're not adjusting to the off speed stuff, everything's wide open swinging. Christopher Rayborn had a fair outing after a shaky inning where 3 runs scored off a grounder that got by the left fielder. He struck out 10 but gave up 9 hits. His fastball was a little down as he averaged 84-85mph most of the night and gave up 4 earned runs. Maybe AC needs to play a little more "small ball" to get runners on base and manufacture some runs, something better change or the Rebels are in for a short season.

I'll be headed to watch Trinity host ACCS in softball today at 4pm, my first softball game of the year. I know, that's horrible, but there's only one of me...anybody want to send me softball stats, I'll take'em!!!!

Check back in later.

4/2/02

Baseball News

Huntington 9 - Centreville 7

WP - Bronson Rhodes

LP - Charlie Landers

HR - (C) White

2B - (C) Mathis, (H) Bonnette

Trinity 8 - Pine Hills 7

WP - Walt Ketchings

LP - David Brown

HR - (T) Ridley

3B - (T) Ridley

2B - (T) Meng, Rachal, (P) Brown

Coaches Report

Michael McAnally - Huntington

Huntington defeated Centreville 9-7 Monday afternoon in Ferriday.  The win earned the Hounds consecutive wins for the first time this season and pushes them to one game back of .500 at 6-7.  Bronson Rhodes (2-2) picked up the win for the Hounds, allowing 7 runs, only 2 of which were earned.  He scattered 6 hits over 4 2/3 innings pitched, striking out 4 while walking 3.  Will Moak picked up his first save of the year, pitching a scoreless 2 1/3 innings that included 4 strikeouts and 3 walks.  Offensively, the Hounds were led by senior shortstop John Mark Bonnette's 3-4 performance, including an RBI double in the bottom of the 6th.  Moak, Patrick Clayton, and Trey Corbett also singled for the Hounds, who finished with 6 hits.  It was another struggle in the field for Huntington, which made 4 errors.  The Hounds will try to fine tune things over the next 3 days before returning to district play with a key home match-up with Amite that will determine 1st place in District 5-A.
 

Golf News

Cathedral 319 - Loyd Star 336, Mark Carter 74

Itawamba C.C. Invitational - Co-Lin wins with a 317, Jonathan Halley (ACCS) was the medalist with a 76.

Clarion Ledger Top Performers for March 25-31

Dusty Davis - North Pike, pitched a 6 inn. no hitter with 13 K's in a 10-0 win over Crystal Springs.

Dylan Roberts - Parklane, pitches a 2 hitter, doubled and homered in a 3-2 win over Jackson Academy.

Adam Simpson - Enterprise, had 2 singles, a double and 2 homers in a doubleheader sweep of Lake.

My News

Maryland 64 - Indiana 52, it was a good game to watch, Indiana hung in better than I thought.

Congratulations to the Trinity baseball team on getting their first win, I'm sure they'll have plenty more now that the "ice" is broken.

I'll be at ACCS this evening as Silliman comes to town for the first district game of the season, probable starter for AC will be Christopher Rayborn. #14 player in the nation, Micah Schilling of Silliman Institute will be the starting shortstop and Cade Dubois should be on the mound. JV at 4:30pm and Varsity at 6:30pm.

Chuck Rasco picked up the "Teaser" also, so he had a "double whammy" Wonder what Joey has in store for this week?

I leave 2 days of "Local News" on the page so you can go back and check for Updates, sometimes it may be late in the evening when I post something and I like to leave it on for an extra day so you can catch up.

Later Ya'll!

4/1/02

College Baseball News

Ole Miss 12 - Kentucky 2, Matt Tolbert 3-5

USM 6 - Houston 7, 13 inn.

Miss. State vs. LSU - Cancelled

Softball News

McComb 2 - St. Al 3

WP - Law

LP - Tab Hazlewood

My News

NCAA Basketball Championship - Indiana vs. Maryland - 7:18pm - CBS - Tonight

UConn girls win the NCAA Championship 82-70 over Oklahoma and finish the season 39-0.

Major League Baseball officially started on Sunday with one game as Cleveland beat Anaheim 6-0, 10 games are slated for tonight.

Chuck Rasco answered the "Freaky Friday Frenzy" Trivia Question as East Union, can anybody name their Mascot?

E-mail from Joey: I saw David Lindsey and he said Michael's Gulfport team was ranked No. 2 before losing to Picayune. They will win their division. Of course, Buddy Wade will take all the credit for teaching Michael everything he knows.

E-mail from Coach Lindsey - KEITH, I TRY AND KEEP UP WITH THE BASEBALL NEWS IN THE MISS-LOU BY CHECKING YOUR SITE WEEKLY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A CORRECTION. WE (GULFPORT) WERE RANKED 12th BEFORE GETTING BEAT BY THEN NUMBER 2 PICAYUNE. WE ARE FIRST IN THE DIVISION WITH AN 8-2 RECORD WITH FOUR GAMES TO PLAY. BILOXI IS ONE GAME BACK WITH A 7-3 RECORD AND LONG BEACH IS THIRD WITH A 6-4 RECORD. THE DIVISION RACE WILL GO DOWN TO THE LAST WEEK. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. WE ARE 15-8 OVERALL WITH SIX OF THOSE LOSSES AT THE HANDS OF TOP TEN TEAMS IN THE STATE.  OUR TEAM WEBSITE IS: www.eteamz.com/gulfporthighbaseball 

THE WEBSITE IS GREAT, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! ..... THANKS, COACH LINDSEY
 

As most of you have read, ACCS Student/Athlete Riana Flynn died in an automobile accident early Sunday morning, her funeral will be today at 3pm at the Church Hill United Methodist Church. Please keep the Flynn family in your prayers.

I got a report that out at Triangle Hunting Club, Paul Barnes harvested a Turkey last Thursday and Matt Marchbanks bagged one on Friday, I believe it's Matt's first, I'm sure ole Dad was by his side and grinning like a possum!

MissLouSports.Com

Archives - May 2002

5/31/02

Youth Baseball

Natchez 11/12

B&K 19 - Whittington 1

WP - Bradley Harveston

LP - Colby Verucchi

3B - (W) Strahan

2B - (B) Brumfield, Harveston, (W) Jones

Huber 3 - Primo 2

WP - Matt Barnes

LP - Dustin Carroll

Natchez 9/10

Ramada 7 - Scott's 6

WP - Preston Johnson

LP - T.J. Floyd

3B - (R) Walker

2B - (S) Ballard, Netterville

Smith Printing 9 - Dr. Bug 5

WP - Cody Floyd

LP - Jered Anderson

HR - (D) Byrd

3B - (S) Emanuel 2

2B - (D) White

Natchez 13/14

UMB 10 - Sports Center 8

WP - Clay Floyd

LP - Matt Marchbanks

2B - (U) Wright, Best, (S) Maher

David New 13 - Coke 2

WP - Cole Bradford

LP - Chris Seeger

2B - (D) Middleton, Calcote

My News

I'll post the answers to last weeks Trivia Teasers on the Bulletin Board today.

The 15-18 league games at Vidalia were washed out yesterday, both of the games in Natchez (ACCS Field) were played. Blaney Oilfield won over Sports Center and MissLouSports.Com was winning 10-0 after 4 inn. against Ferriday Farm when I left, Caleb Walker had a homerun and Glenn Williams had a triple for MissLouSports.Com. Douglas Davis was pitching for them and he seems to have picked up a few mph since the school season.

All 13-18 baseball games have been moved from Liberty Park to ACCS Field for the rest of the year. Games at Vidalia Field remain the same.

Later Ya'll!

5/30/02

My News

Well, as you know, I'm scratching for news on Thursdays as nothing happens on Wednesday, I'm sure Joey will have his recap of Louisiana Sports to me today and I'll get it on his Site in here as soon as I receive it from him.

The 96'ers game was rained out yesterday in Jackson, we went anyway and met most of the team and all the coaches and people involved. Christopher will pitch Saturday night in Collierville, TN at 7pm. I also found out that Josh Grant (Ole Miss) will be on the team as he is only 18 right now, his birthday is August 23rd. He should have held back a year in elementary! He topped out at 96 mph this year and throws in the low 90's consistently.

I was talking with Carl Upton's (Warren Central) dad, Carl signed with Meridian. Well the Hinds C.C. coach threw a fit because in his "Protected 10 List" he didn't have Joey Lieberman (Warren Central) on the list. Joey signed with Meridian as did Van Pope (Terry H.S.). That's 3 from the Hinds district. Meridian can pick up 2 players from each district, even if they are protected. Van and Carl were on the list but not Joey, and for some reason the Junior College Board is siding with the Hinds coach, now they're saying that the "Protected 10 List" covers more than 10! It's a real stink and Mr. Upton is even more upset because of the way the J.C. Board is handling the whole situation. I don't blame him either. I went to ACCS and while I was there, 10 was 10! not 11 or 12.

Joey Martin's Page is updated! 11am

I'm headed to the Bulletin Board to see what's going on in there....Later!

5/29/02

Youth Baseball

Natchez 13-14

Concordia Bank 4 - Coke 3

WP - Timmy Foster

LP - Corey Walker

3B - (CB) Timmy Foster

15-18

MissLouSports.Com 10 - Riverland Medical 0

WP - Glenn Williams

LP - Tony Hawkins

HR - (M) Case

3B - (M) Walker

2B - (M) Walker 2, Thomas

Concordia Bank 23 - Blaney's Oilfield 2

WP - Ty Eiceman

LP - Bronson Rhodes

HR - (C) Bowden (with wood bat), Williams, Ware (left handed)

2B - (C) Bowden, Williams, Temple, Thomas

My News

I saw Johnny Lee Hoffpauir last night at the 15-18 game in Vidalia, he told me that his son Josh got sent to AA ball in Bowie, Maryland. Johnny Lee told me that he was thinking they would probably send him to a high A team but, that he did so well in the extended spring season in Florida, they decided to move him up. Good Luck Josh, we're all proud of you.

Delta State ended their NCAA Div. II Tournament hopes by blowing a 4 run lead with only 4 outs left in the game.

Christopher Rayborn has been invited to play on a baseball team this summer called the 96'ers, they've had a team since 1976 and were called the 76'ers, but the pro team caught wind of it back then and made them change their name because of copy write infringements. The 96'ers play for 9 weeks and play at least 5 games a weekend with a few games mixed in during the week. Christopher will be 1 of 5 starting pitchers. They will play a 25 & under team tonight at Madison Central H.S. and will leave for Memphis on Friday. The team is mostly comprised of college bound players with a few rising seniors that should play at the next level as well. The team is coached by Charlie Russell. I believe he told me that there will be 5 players on the team that will be playing at Meridian C.C. next year.

I talked with Doug Atkins the other night, he will be traveling this summer playing baseball and hoping the June draft will be in his favor this year. He told me that he wasn't going to get too excited this year after last year's draft failed to pick him up. But he has had interest this year as well and has filled out a few forms for Major League teams.

The 13-14 game went 8 innings last night as Corey Walker and Timmy Foster dueled on the mound. I clocked Corey at 82 mph a few times last night and he stayed 79-81 most of the night. Timmy topped out at 79 mph and was around 76 most of the night but, Timmy's team won in the bottom of the 8th on a pass ball with a runner on 3rd base. Great game!

I'll be heading to Madison, MS tonight to watch baseball, Christopher will probably just pitch an inning as most all the pitchers will before heading out this weekend.

We have a winner on the Trivia Question! Check out the answer above.

I think we need a new name for the Bulletin Board...any suggestions? Somebody said "The Cutting Board", that has a ring to it!

I don't think I'll be headed anywhere this morning, so I'll probably be on the Bulletin Board. Later!

5/28/02

Youth Baseball

15-18

Concordia Bank 11

Riverland Medical 5

WP - Chris Norris

LP - Will Windom

3B - (C) Blain

2B - (C) Murray 2

Natchez 9-10 / Standings through game 1 yesterday

Confederate League

Scott's Welding - 6-0 / Div. 2-0

Ramada Hilltop - 2-3-1 / Div. 0-2

Dr. Bug - 2-4-1 / Div. 1-2

Smith Printing - 3-3-1 / Div. 2-1

Rebel League

Dr. Pepper - 3-3 / Div. 1-1

Quality Glass - 3-2-1 / Div. 2-0

El Toro - 1-4-1 / Div. 0-2

David New - 2-3-1 / Div. 1-1

Golf News

Beau Pre' C.C. Memorial Day Scramble was won by Bill Byrne, Bob Latham, Alan Coley, Randy Johnson & Jim Overton with a score of 58 (-14 under)

My News

There will be no college teams from Mississippi in the NCAA Baseball Tournament.

I watched the first game yesterday of the 15-18 baseball league, Concordia Bank came out with red hot bats and put up 10 runs in 2 innings. Concordia Bank substituted all their starters in the 3rd inn. and Riverland Medical scored 3 runs in the 3rd and 2 more in the 4th. The game was called after 5 due to the time limit. MissLouSports.Com was to play Sports Center, but somebody forgot to tell Sports Center there was a game and they were a "no show" Maybe they were scared because of the team name! hahaha

The 15-18 league will have games today at both Natchez & Vidalia. Game times are 6pm & 8pm at both fields. I don't have all the team names yet, but I do know that MissLouSports.Com will play Riverland Medical tonight in Vidalia at 6pm.

Tons of games going on tonight in the Miss-Lou, just drive around and pick a team to watch, it's alot better than sitting at home and watching TV!.......Later!

5/27/02

College Baseball

Alabama 6 - South Carolina 2 - SEC Championship Game

Delta State 5 - Ashland 12 - Opening game, Delta State will play Columbus State on Tuesday at 2:30pm in an elimination game.

My News

The 64 field for the NCAA Tournament will be announced at 11:30am today on ESPN2 or you can see them after noon on www.clarionledger.com

It appears that now, Miss. State probably has the best chance of receiving a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Ole Miss was still practicing over the weekend in hopes that their record against Top 25 teams will slide them in.

I can't believe it, Joey had me watching the INDY 500 yesterday, I just happened by and there were only 20 laps left. Joey's pick (Cheevers) was running 3rd or 4th, so I was pulling for him to wreck, at least that made it fun! Helio Castroneves won, whoever he is?

Still a debate on the Bulletin Board whether or not auto racing is really even a sport!

Nobody has answered the Trivia Question yet! Jamie Tyson knew one of them, but not the other. I guess he'll get half a T-shirt if nobody gets the correct answer!

Well, I hope everybody enjoys their Memorial Day, remember what it's all about! Later!

5/26/02

College Baseball

LSU 8 - South Carolina 10 - Game 1

LSU 4 - South Carolina 5 - Game 2

South Carolina will play Alabama for the SEC Championship today at 3pm.

My News

Congratulations to Huntington Coach Michael McAnally on being named 2001-2002 All-Metro Coach of the Year by the Natchez Democrat. Michael coached the softball fast pitch team to its 2nd straight MPSA Class 1A Championship last fall.

Congratulations to Stephanie Elliot of Vidalia High on being named the 2001-2002 All-Metro Player of the Year.

Also a congratulations to all the Miss-Lou girls that made the All-Metro teams as well.

We have some great athletes every year that move on to the next level of play and I'm sure you'll be seeing alot these girls moving on to bigger and better things!

If you haven't been out to any of the ballparks to watch the rising stars of the Miss-Lou, you're missing a treat! Youth baseball around here is very competitive and the talent level just seems to be getting better and better. You owe it to yourself to travel around the various fields in the Miss-Lou and catch some games, you might be surprised!

Dixie Majors (High School) kicks off Monday, I believe that games will be played again this year at both Chester Willis Field and the High School Field in Vidalia. I was supposed to receive a schedule on my fax this weekend. I hope it's at the office when I get there in the morning.

Enjoy your Sunday ya'll, I'm smoking yard bird for supper tonight!

5/25/02

College Baseball

Miss. State 0 - Florida 5

USM 5 - Tulane 12, Jarrett Hoffpauir 2-4 with a double.

LSU vs. South Carolina today at 1:30pm.

Youth Baseball

Ferriday Major League

Kiwanis Club 12, Concordia Metals 2

Dalton Smith was the winning pitcher. For Kiwanis, Dalton Smith doubled and singled  twice. Hunter White and Bo weevil Smith had two singles each, while Stephen Fowler doubled. Phillip Washington had two singles for Concordia Metals.

Concordia Drug 20, Ferriday Finance 3

Billy Metcalf was the winning pitcher. For Concordia Drug, Dylan Green and Jesse Morace had two singles. Trey King and Taylor Campbell tripled, while Jared Ensminger doubled. Beau Shively, Austin Lipsey and Tyler Perry singled. For Ferriday Finance, Stephen Fowler and Seth Rachel doubled, while Alec Webber, Chris Johnson and Trey Brashier singled.

Ferriday Minor League

Natchez Community 17, Concordia Bank 2

Tyler Moore pitched a no-hitter for Natchez Community. Gage DeWitt and Lee Whittington doubled, while Jared Mulder singled.

D&D Drilling 9, Colvin’s 5

For D&D, Patrick Scruggs tripled, while Luke Whitaker, Michael Dekerlegand singled. Ross Lipsey singled for Colvin’s.

Tri-Parish

Sports Center defeated Reed Insurance 10-3

Jacob Bonnette pitched a no-hitter as Sports Center defeated Reed Insurance 10-3. Richard Steele tripled and singled for Sports Center, while Tony Godbold had two singles. Bonnette doubled, while David Stewart, Wes Hedrick, John Dale Loomis and John Casey Ashley each singled.

Concordia Bank 8, Delta Bank 5

Will Thomas was the winning pitcher. For Concordia Bank, Landon Willard tripled, doubled and singled. Jude Dugas doubled and singled, while Micah Collard singled twice. Travis Jordan doubled, while Thomas and Teddy Burchfield singled. For Delta Bank, Nick Coley doubled and singled. Trey Corbett doubled, while Austin Butler and Lanny Bass singled.

Delta Bank defeated Sports Center 10-9.

Tyler Nunn picked up the win, while also collecting two singles. Austin Butler had two doubles for Delta Bank, while Nick Coley singled. Jacob Bonnette singled twice for Sports Center, while Richard Steele, Tony Godbold and Wes Hedrick each singled.

Vidalia Major League

Scott’s Weld.10, Sports Center 9

Amos Merritt was the winning pitcher. Hunter Davis and Britton McCall doubled and singled for Scott’s Welding. Dude Harrell had two singles. Cameron Boyette, Josh Temple, Merritt and Kevin Johnson singled. For Sports Center, Jake DeWeese and Beau Doughty singled twice. Trey Lillie, Russ Brasher and Jason Grantham singled.

Wilmar Cons. 11, Alcoa 6

Aaron Keith was the winning pitcher. Kole Junkin singled three times, Keith singled twice and Matt Roberson and Cody Snelson each singled. For Alcoa, Nolan Rabb singled twice, while Michael Thompson and Trey Barnes both singled.

Vidalia Minor League

Coke 8, Natchez Community 5

Seth Thompson was the winning pitcher. Thompson and Doc Fleming doubled for Coca-Cola.\For Natchez Community, Gage Dewitt doubled and singled, Mason Ozburn doubled and B.J. Neely tripled.

Randy Maxwell 7, Easterling  4

Seth Barlow was the winning pitcher. Chris Cox had three singles for Randy Maxwell. Dalton Slade singled twice and Kyle Parker singled. For Easterling, Stephen Wells had three singles, Cade Craft singled twice and Joshua Welch singled.

Coke 19, Vidalia Auto Glass 4

Seth Thompson was the winning pitcher. Thompson and Mark Bruce singled for Coca-Cola. Ben Parnham, Brennon Evjen and Brad Thibodeaux singled. Brian Shamblin and Aaron Adair singled for Auto Glass.

Maxwell 12, Vidalia Auto Glass 8

Chris Cox was the winning pitcher. Dalton Slade doubled and singled for Randy Maxwell. Adam Coley singled twice. Chris Cox, Seth Barlow, Holden Hill and Dylan Craft each singled. Brian Shamblin singled for Vidalia Auto Glass.

Youth Softball

Vidalia Softball / 11-12

Sears 11, Three Rivers 6

Scoring three runs for Sears were Jessica Bonnette and Megan Hutchins. Scoring one run were Lily Roberts, Mia Roberts, Karianna Roberts, Kayla Loyed and Amanda Huff. Scoring one run for Three Rivers were Amber Stroud, Melissa Holzhauer, Stephanie McKinley, Tammy Hutchins, Joanna Warshaw and Dana McKnight.

Brakenridge 12, Williams Motors 7

Scoring two runs for Brakenridge were Hillary Guillot, B.B. Waller, Erika Brown and Leia Helmes. Scoring one run wre Jessica Boone, Lori Evans, Rachal Lindsey and Breanna Dickson. Scoring two runs for Williams were Tori Lemoine and Alicia White. Scoring one run were Brittany Hill, Amberlee Collard and Kaci Smith.

13-18

Sonny’s Pizza 15, Lakeside Ford 9

Scoring two runs each for Sonny’s were Ashley Prince, Mandy Morris, Katie Stevens and Rena Buffington, Jamie Holzhauer and Grubby Harrell. Scoring one run were Jamie House, Megan Watson and Lori Evans. Scoring two runs for Lakeside were Katie Celmer, Sarah Dewitt, Tiffany Lillie and Robbie Fuller.. Scoring one run was Kimberly Dewitt.

Sandbar 10, J&J Carpet 6

Scoring two runs for Sandbar were Alea Dobson, Emily Robert, Katie Celmer and Grubby Harrell. Scoring one run were Casey Winborne and Kristen Cupit. Scoring one run for J&J were Leah Warshaw, Sam Miller, Dori Reed, Brittany Neely, Ashley Manchester and Lori Evans.

Van’s Photo 16, J&N 9

Scoring three runs for Van’s was Christy Corley. Scoring two runs were Kimberly Probst, Kate Wilkinson, Kelly O’Gwin, Heidi Davis, Summer Rogillio and Lori Evans. Krista Clark scored one run. Scoring two runs for J&N was Sam Barnes. Scoring one run were Meghan Bolyer, Crystal Welch, Jennifer Adair, Vicki Pregeant, Derrah Souldier, Stevie Wilson and Grubby Harrell.

Sandbar 13, Papa T’s 9

Scoring three runs for Sandbar was Emily Roberts. Scoring two runs were Michelle Yearick, Alea Dobson, Jennifer Faehl. Scoring one run were Casey Winborne, Brittany Jenkins, Nikki Smith and Erika Brown. Scoring three runs for Papa TÕs was Jenna Davis. Meghan Bolyer scored two runs. Scoring one run were Heather Davis, Meaghan Marchbanks, Rachal Roberts and Brittany Burnette.

Van’s Photo 16, Lakeside 5

Scoring two runs for Papa T’s Kimberly Probst, Kate Wilkinson, Kelly O’Gwin, Heidi Davis, Krista Clark and Summer Rogillio. Scoring one run were Christy Corley, Lissa Grantham, Elizabeth Cowan and Brittany Burnette. Scoring one run for Lakeside were Chelsey Knapp, Kimberly Dewitt, Robbie Fuller, Kathie Dickens and Angel Freeman.

J&N 11, Sonny’s Pizza 8

Scoring two runs for J&N were Sam Barnes, Jennifer Adair, Vicki Pregeant and Amber Harrigill. Scoring one run were Crystal Welch, Derrah Souldier and Stevie Wilson. Scoring two runs for Sonny’s was Alex Roberts. Scoring one run were Katie Stevens, Ashley Prince, April Dillon, Jamie House, Megan Watson and Jamie Holzhauer.

9-10

Coca-Cola 11, Dianne’s 10

Scoring two runs for Coca-Cola were Desiree Buie and Mary Sanders. Scoring one run were Maggie Kirby, Shelby Craft, Emily Smith, Holly Hutchins, Jessica Matthews and Sam Huff. Scoring two runs for Dianne’s was Cami Dunn. Scoring one run were Alexa Mallory, Jenna Spears, Haley Clark, Shelbie Johnson, Taylor McGlothin, Ashley Stutson, Abbie LaSyone and Kaitlyn Grayson.

Uniform Store 13, Alcoa 11

Scoring three runs for Uniform Store were Anabet Roberts and Sarah Brumfield. Rachel Staggs scored two runs. Scoring one run were Dara Fauvre, Katie Roberts, Macy Caviness and Shelbie Zimmerman. Scoring two runs for Alcoa were Lauren Secrest, Kassi Randall and Eryn Secrest. Scoring one run were Danielle Hutchins, Tootie Alexander, Alicia Wells, Blue Moreno and Holly Hutchins.

Reeves 17, Vidalia Methodist Church 8

Scoring three runs for Reeves were Katie Smith and Hannah Merriett. Scoring two runs were Kat Junkin, Ashley Dyer, D’Nae Beach and Holly Hutchins. Scoring one run were Macy Moore and Katherine Massey. Scoring a run for Vidalia Methodist were Ashleigh Barrington, Lauren Hedrick, Miranda Landers, Kaitlyn Walker, Heather Snelson, Rachel Tubbs, April Barrington and Logan Blackmon.

Uniform Store 5, Vidalia Methodist 4

Scoring two runs for Uniform Store was Bethani Muray. Scoring one run were Anabet Roberts, Sarah Brumfield and Miranda Young. Scoring one run for Vidalia Methodist were Lauren Hedrick, Miranda Landers, Rachel Tubbs and Savannah Walker.

Dianne’s 8, Reeves Drug 7

Scoring two runs for Dianne’s were Jenna Spears and Shelbie Johnson. Scoring one run were Alexa Mallory, Haley Clark, Taylor McGlothin and Ashley Stutson. Scoring two runs for Reeves was Rebecca Cavin. Scoring one run were Jordyn Jackson, D’Nae Beach, Hannah Merriett, Katie Smith and Ashley Dyer.

Alcoa 12, Coca-Cola 8

Scoring three runs for Alcoa were Eryn Secrest and Kassi Randall. Scoring two runs were Danielle Hutchins and Tootie Alexander. Scoring one run were Lauren Secrest and Mallorie Kennon. Scoring two runs for Coca-Cola were Mary Sanders, Maggie Kirby and Emily Smith. Scoring one run were Sara Melton and Shelby Craft.

My News

I got an e-mail from Marlin Reid:

We are considering having a "wooden bat" tournament. If you know of any summer teams in the area that would like to participate, please have them contact me. We are looking for teams in the Jr. & Sr. (next school year) age range. The tournament would be at the Centreville Academy baseball field.

I have Marlin's phone numbers, if you need them and are interested, drop me an e-mail.

Miss. State is out of the SEC Tournament and more than likely, baseball for this year!

USM is out of the C-USA Tournament.

If LSU wins today, they will only have to win 1 game on Sunday to become the SEC Tournament Champions, since they would be the only undefeated team left.

Congratulations to Chrystal Sylvester of Natchez High, she signed a letter of intent to play basketball with Tougaloo College.

See ya'll tomorrow unless I see ya on the Bulletin Board!

5/24/02

College Baseball

USM 1 - Houston 7, Jarrett Hoffpauir 1-3. USM to face Tulane again today at 3pm.

Miss. State 10 - Georgia 3 / Miss. State vs. Florida today at 3pm.

LSU 8 - South Carolina 3

Youth Baseball

Natchez Dixie Boys 13-14

Coke 9 - Sports Center 5

WP - Chris Seeger

LP - Steven Ridley

HR - (C) Seeger (inside the park)

2B - (C) Perry 2

Concordia Bank 7 - David New 2

WP - Timmy Foster

LP - David Alton New III

3B - (C) David

2B - (C) Foster 2

My News

Golfing legend Slammin' Sammy Sneed died at age 89, he had been suffering from minor strokes. Sam had the same swing forever, that's what kept him atop the leader board for years. I remember people saying that they remembered seeing him hit a 3 wood into greens and make the ball back up! That's a perfect swing!

Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco hasn't sent his players home just yet, he's hoping that the NCAA will look at his record against Top 25 teams and invite them to the NCAA Tournament.

I'll get the "Freaky Friday Frenzy" Trivia Questions on here today, Joey must be thinking really hard!

It's graduation for a few of the area schools tonight, please express the necessity of being careful tonight to your graduate! I will!

Headed to the Bulletin Board...Later!

5/23/02

College Baseball

Miss. State 2 - Alabama 12 - 8 inn.

LSU 2 - Auburn 1

Miss. State vs. Georgia - 10am

LSU vs. South Carolina - 8pm

USM vs. Houston - 3pm

My News

E-mail from Janice Davis/Mother

Joey Martin's Page is updated today with plenty of sports from Louisiana!

All the Trivia questions are answered above and waiting on Joey for the next set for tomorrow. Hit'em hard Joey!

Typical Wednesday yesterday, not much happening on the local sports scene. Although the Bulletin Board had alot of action, a few new names popped up yesterday, I still think we have more viewers than we do, they just aren't saying anything...yet! I'm sure we'll find they're weakness soon enough, everything about anything pops up in there...join in!

Headed to the Board...Later!

5/22/02

Youth Baseball

David New 10 - UMB 1

WP - Cole Bradford

LP - John Griffey

HR - (DN) New

3B - (DN) New, Dollar

2B - (DN) Bradford, Dollar, Thomas, White

College Baseball

USM 7 - Tulane 3, Jarrett Hoffpauir 0-1 with a SAC bunt, a SAC fly RBI, 1 walk and scored a run.

My News

I added Vidalia's baseball camp & Mitch Ashmore's baseball camp dates under "Local Rambling"

Ryan Leaf signed with the Seattle Seahawks for a 1 year contract. (that's for you Joey)

Josh Hoffpauir is playing with the Orioles organization and should be assigned to either a high A team or a AA team which are both in Maryland. Good Luck Josh!

The Ole Miss and LSU football bashing has already began on the Bulletin Board. Join in and defend your team!

I'm outta here! Later!

5/21/02

Prep Baseball

Amite School Center 2 - Deer Creek 3

WP - Brian Holland

LP - Stewart Gordon

HR - (A) Birdsong

Deer Creek wins the MPSA 1A State Championship series 2-0.

Prep Softball

Amite School Center 18 - Kemper Academy 0

WP - Erin Graves

LP - Kasey Barnes

HR - (A) Seay

3B - (A) Forman, Mabry

2B - (A) Haygood, Fenn

Amite School Center wins the MPSA 1A State Championship

Youth Baseball

Coke  2 - Concordia Bank - 1

WP - Corey Walker - No Hitter - 13 strikeouts

LP - Michael Chatman

2B - (Coke) Tel Faulkner

My News

I was watching the news last night and saw where the Conference USA listed All Conference players from USM, I didn't see Jarrett Hoffpauir's name in there, not even an honorable mention! I was headed to work thinking of who I was going to call to find out why! I grabbed the paper and saw where he was named to the C-USA All Freshman Team.....Duh! Just because you're a freshman, does that mean you can't make anything else? I know he had better stats than some of the upperclassman! If this is the case, it needs to be changed!

Congratulations to Amite School Center, the boys baseball team finished 2nd in the State and the girls softball team finished 1st in the State!

I saw a great game last night between Coke & Concordia Bank in the 13-14 ranks. Timmy Foster tried to pitch for Concordia Bank, but his arm was a little sore. He pitched for the Gators 15 & Under team this past weekend and it came back to haunt him last night. Coke's Corey Walker pitched one heck of a game! He had 13 strikeouts and threw a no-hitter. Michael Chatman pitched an excellent game for Concordia Bank but came up on the losing end. Coke won 2-1.

13/14 - UMB will play David New tonight at 7pm.

I'm outta here...Later!

5/20/02

College Baseball

Miss. State 10 - Ole Miss 5

LSU 5 - Alabama 1

Golf News

Guys & Dolls Tournament at Beau Pre' C.C. - Jay Branham & Shirley Laborde shot a 2 day total of 126 to win.

My News

Miss. State swept Ole Miss and earned the #7 spot in the SEC tournament which starts this Wednesday, Ole Miss did not make the cut!

LSU swept Alabama this past weekend, LSU will be the #4 seed and Alabama is the #2 seed.

Alabama will play Miss. State on Wednesday at 1pm.

LSU will play #5 Auburn on Wednesday at 5pm.

Delta State earns trip to the World Series in Div. II baseball.

Amite School Center plays today at Deer Creek for the MPSA Class 1A State Championship at 1pm, if ASC wins, they'll play another game today. Deer Creek leads the series 1-0 in the best of 3 series.

Huntington & Trinity came up short at the MPSA 1A State Tournament, but I want to congratulate both teams on great seasons!

OK, tonight is the night that will pit Timmy Foster against CorEy Walker (I emphasized the "E" because Corey's dad, Timmy corrected me) game time is 8pm. Sports Center will play David New at 6pm.

Pat Biglane won the Trivia Question, but for you dieharders, the teasers are still out there with just a few answering them correctly!

I'm off to the Bulletin Board to defend my honor!!  Later!

5/19/02

Prep Baseball

Silliman 9 - Indianola 2 - Silliman wins MPSA 3A State Championship

Amite School Center at Deer Creek for the MPSA 1A State Championship has been moved to Monday at 1pm.

College Baseball

Miss. State 12 - Ole Miss 2

Miss. State 14 - Ole Miss 5

LSU 3 - Alabama 0

LSU 6 - Alabama 5

USM 4 - Tulane 7

Youth Baseball

My News

What happened? I predicted War Emblem to win the Preakness Stakes and he did! Hey Joey, who did you pick? I know nothing about horse racing and am really even considering calling it a sport!

Ole Miss Baseball may get ousted from the SEC Tournament if they lose again today to Miss. State, wouldn't that be horrible as Ole Miss was ranked as high as # 6 or #9 in the nation at one time!

No winner yet on the Trivia Question, don't let Joey get the best of you!

Well, I better check out the ole Bulletin Board and see what's happening! Later!

5/18/02

College Baseball

USM 2 - Tulane 8

Ole Miss - Miss. State - rained out

LSU - Alabama - rained out

Prep Baseball

Amite School Center game was moved to today because of rain.

My News

Well I'm late getting in from work and I have to go back again tomorrow, so I'll be posting on here late again. Check the Bulletin Board, there's always updated news in there.

Until tomorrow evening.......later ya'll!

5/17/02

Prep Baseball

Amite School Center 9 - Deer Creek 12 - Tuesday night - Deer Creek leads series 1-0.

WP - Brett Boykin

LP - John Birdsong

HR - (A) Birdsong, Young

2B - (A) Gordon 2, Perkins

Jackson Academy 11 - Starkville Academy 4 - JA wins MPSA 4A State Championship series 2-0.

Magnolia Hts. 9 - Simpson 2

Magnolia Hts. 6 - Simpson 2 - Magnolia Hts. wins MPSA 2A State Championship series 2-1.

College Baseball

USM 0 - Tulane 7, Jarrett Hoffpauir 1-2 with a double.

Youth Baseball

Ferriday Major League

Concordia Drug 5, Ferriday Finance 2

Trey King was the winning pitcher. Billy Metcalf homered for Concordia Drug, while Taylor Campbell singled. Max Jackson singled for Ferriday Finance.

Kiwanis Club 9, Concordia Metals 3

Stephen Fowler was the winning pitcher. Dalton Smith tripled and doubled, while Hunter White had two singles. Roger Merrill doubled, while Boweavell Smith and Fowler singled. For Concordia Metals, Devon Bryan doubled, while Jordan Bass singled.

Concordia Drug 9, Kiwanis Club 6

Trey King was the winning pitcher. For Concordia Drug, Billy Metcalf hit a home run and doubled. Beau Shively and Dylan Green singled. For Kiwanis, Stephen Fowler had two doubles. Dalton Smith and Curtis Cirilo both singled.

Ferriday Finance 9, Concordia Metals 8

For Ferriday Finance, Seth Rachel hit a home run and doubled. Steven Fowler tripled, Alec Webber and Max Jackson doubled. Joshua McCurdy singled. For Concordia Metals, Jordan Bass doubled.

Ferriday Minor League

Concordia Bank 8, Coca-Cola 0

John Brixey was the winning pitcher, allowing no hits.

Brixey had two singles for Concordia Bank.

Colvin's Pharmacy 20, D&D Drilling 5

Ross Lipsey was the winning pitcher, allowing no hits.

Lipsey doubled for Colvin's

Vidalia Major League

Alcoa 10, Scott's Welding 9

Trey Barnes was the winning pitcher. For Alcoa, Drue Beach hit a grand slam. Jeremy Randall tripled and singled. Brandon Hawkins doubled, while Michael Thompson singled. For Scott's Welding, Amos Merritt singled three times. Cameron Boyette doubled and singled. Britton McCall, Dude Harrell, Bobby Dallalio and Josh Guillory singled.

Wilmar Const. 7, Sports Center 3

Kole Junkin was the winning pitcher. For Wilmar, Aaron Keith doubled and singled. Blase Bradford singled twice, while Junkin and Waylon Wilkinson both singled. For Sports Center, Woods Lindsey doubled and singled. Jake DeWeese, Trey Lillie, Robbie Carroll, Russ Brasher and Jason Grantham singled.

Sports Center 7, Alcoa 2

Jake DeWeese was the winning pitcher. Woods Lindsey doubled for Sports Center, while Beau Doughty and Jason Grantham singled. For Alcoa, Jeremy Randall homered and singled. Brandon Hawkins and Trey Barnes singled.

Wilmar 7, Scott's Welding 3

Aaron Keith was the winning pitcher. Keith homered and singled. Blase Bradford and Waylon Wilkinson doubled and singled. Kole Junkin doubled, while  Kysar Huff, Cody Snelson and Chase Caldwell singled. For Scott's Welding, Amos Merritt, Josh Temple and Cameron Boyette singled.

Vidalia Minor League

Natchez Community 6, Randy Maxwell 3

Mason Osburn was the winning pitcher. For Natchez Community, Ozburn doubled twice, while B.J. Neely singled. For Randy Maxwell, Adam Coley and Dalton Slade doubled, while Seth Barlow and Derek Arnold singled.

Vidalia Auto Glass 9, Easterling Music 6

Dylan Parker was the winning pitcher. For Easterling's Joshua Welch tripled, Buford Lessley doulbed and Kodie Carroll and Cory Wadlington singled.

Easterling 7, Natchez Community 6

Joshua Welch was the winning pitcher. For Easterling, Welch tripled and Cade Craft doubled. Kodie Carroll singled twice, while Cory Wadlington and Stephen Wells both singled. For Natchez Community, Lee Whittington singled twice, while B.J. Neely, Gage DeWitt, D.J. Clark, Jarred Mulder and Mason Ozburn singled.

Randy Maxwell 13, Coca-Cola 11

Seth Barlow, Adam Coley and Chris Cox pitched for Randy Maxwell. Dalton Slade tripled, doubled and singled twice for Randy Maxwell. Chris Cox, Holden Hill and Seth Barlow had two singles, while Adam Coley doubled. Brett Mulberry and Derek Arnold singled. For Coca-Cola, Brad Thibodeaux doubled and singled, while Seth Thompson singled twice. Mark Bruce and Tri McCoy singled.

Vidalia Softball 9-10

Alcoa 11, Reeves Drug Store 10

Scoring two runs for Alcoa were Kassi Randall, Danielle Hutchins and Tootie Alexander. Scoring one run were Lauren Secrest, Eryn Secrest, Angela Landers, Mallorie Kennon and Blue Moreno. Scoring two runs for Reeves were Jordan Jackson and Katherine Massey. Scoring one run were Kat Junkin, Ashley Dyer, Katie Smith, D'Nae Beach, Rebecca Cavin and Alaina Burns.

Dianne's Frame Shoppe 11, Vidalia Methodist 10

Scoring two runs each for Dianne's were Alexa Mallory, Taylor McGlothin, Abbie LaSyone and Kaitlyn Grayson.  Scoring one run were Jenna Spears, Haley Clark and Ashley Stutson. Scoring two runs each for Vidalia United Methodist were Ashleigh Barrington and Logan Blackmon. Scoring one run were Miranda Landers, Gabrielle Wagoner, Kaitlyn Walker, Lauren Hedrick, Rachel Tubbs and Lucy Perry.

Uniform Store 12, Coca-Cola 5

Scoring three runs for Uniform Store were Anabet Roberts and Sarah Brumfield. Scoring two runs was Rachel Staggs. Dee Fauvre, Bethany Murray, Shelbie Zimmerman and Miranda Young scored one run each. Scoring two runs for Coke was Desiree Buie. Scoring one run were Mary Sanders, Sara Melton and Maggie Kirby.

Reeves Drug Store 8, Coca-Cola 6

Scoring two runs for Reeves were Kat Junkin, Ashley Dyer and Katie Smith. Scoring one run were Hannah Merriett and Alaina Burns. Scoring two runs for Coca-Cola were Shelby Craft and Holly Hutchins. Scoring one run were Emily Smith and Jessica Matthews.

Uniform Store 20, Dianne's 8

Scoring for runs each for Uniform Store were Anabet Roberts, Sarah Brumfield and Dara Fauvre. Scoring two runs were Katie Roberts and Miranda Young. Scoring one run were Rachel Staggs, Macy Caviness, Bethany Murray and Shelbie Zimmerman.

Alcoa 15, Vidalia Methodist 7

Scoring three runs for Alcoa were Danielle Hutchins and Tootie Alexander. Scoring two runs were Kassi Randall and Eryn Secrest. Scoring one run were Angela Landers, Alicia Wells, Mindy McCall, Blue Moreno and Mallorie Kennon. Scoring two runs for Vidalia Methodist were Gabrielle Wagoner and Lucy Perry. Scoring one run were Ashleigh Barrington, Lauren Hedrick and Miranda Landers.

Golf News

The St. Jude's Golf Scramble tees off tomorrow at Duncan Park at 8:30am & 1:30pm.

The Guys & Dolls Invitational starts tomorrow at Beau Pre' C.C.  tee times start at 7:50am.

Tennis News

Trinity Mayfair Tennis Tournament starts tomorrow at Duncan Park, registration is at 7:30am.

Prep Signings

WCCA running back Stephens McVea signs with Millsaps.

My News

The big game is tonight out at the 13-14 field as pitcher Timmy Foster will go up against Cory Walker, both these young men throw the baseball over 80 mph! It should be an interesting game. They face each other at 8pm.

It's time for "Joey Martin's Freaky Friday Frenzy Trivia Questions" Answer the first question correctly and win a MissLouSports.Com T-shirt (1 winner per family), the "Teasers" are for previous winners and anybody else that thinks they can answer them. I'll post the winners of the "Teasers" on the Bulletin Board.

Amite School Center has to take 2 games from Deer Creek today as they are behind 1-0 in the best of 3 series for the MPSA Class 1A State Championship. They play at Deer Creek and game time is 1pm.

Silliman Institute has to win 1 game over Indianola Academy up there tomorrow to win the MPSA Class 3A State Championship.

Well, I'm off to the Bulletin Board, see ya'll there or see ya in here in the morning!

5/16/02

College Baseball

Miss. State 13 - Samford 7

My News

It's been awhile since there weren't any sporting news, but nothing happened in Prep Sports on Wednesday. All the high school baseball action is later in the week.

If you go on the Bulletin Board, I had an update on Brandon & Doug Atkins, check it out!

Joey Martin's Page is updated today, he always has some sporting news from the Louisiana side of the river!

Walter Ketchings played golf with Archie Manning yesterday in Jackson, I'm sure he'll have a story to share on the Bulletin Board.

I've listed all the answers to the Trivia Questions, I had alot of guesses and only a few correct answers, so Joey must be doing a good job of stumping ya'll!

That's about all for today, check for updates on the Board! Later Ya'll!

5/15/02

Prep Baseball

Class 3A Championship - Senatobia 5 - Purvis 2 - Senatobia wins series 2-0.

MPSA Championship Series

4A - Jackson Academy 9 - Starkville Academy 3

3A - Silliman 15 - Indianola 5

2A - Simpson 6 - Magnolia Hts. 5

1A - Deer Creek 12 - Amite School Center 9

College Baseball

Ole Miss 3 - McNeese St. 2

Miss. State 6 - UAB 1

Prep Softball

Late Results

Parklane wins the MPSA 3A/4A State Championship by beating ACCS 15-5.

Leake wins the MPSA 2A State Championship by beating Brookhaven Aca. 18-12.

My News

OK, I'm going to go out on a limb and give a prediction on "The Preakness", Horse racing isn't a sport but, Joey Martin thinks it is, so I'll give it a shot! I'll say "War Emblem", I know it's a long shot but, it's my guess!....that's for you Joey!

Back to real sports now!....I saw the Silliman/Indianola Aca. game yesterday, the starting pitcher, Steven Arant couldn't find the strike zone and after walking in 3 runs, he was pulled in the 1st inning. In the 3rd inn., Derek Weeks hit a solo homerun for IA and winked at the crowd as he trotted to first. Silliman's Cade Dubois hit a solo HR in the 5th inn. Silliman got out of a bases loaded 5th inn. and were leading 6-5. The left handed pitcher who replace Arant didn't fair much better. Derek Weeks came in the 6th inn. and between walks, hitting batters and errors, Silliman went ahead 15-5 and ended the ballgame. Weeks got hit by the pitch in his next at bat after the "winking incident" A little bad blood may carry over to the series at Indianola on Saturday.

Last night I got to Amite School Center to watch them play Deer Creek, I got to the game in the 3rd inn. with the score 2-0 after Deer Creek's Brett Boykin hit a 2 run HR in the 1st inn. Deer Creek added 2 more runs to make the score 4-0. John Birdsong hit a grand slam to put ASC up 7-4 and then Robert Young hit a solo HR to make the score 8-4 after 5 inn. Deer Creek answered back in the top of the 6th putting up 8 runs of their own off of walks and errors. 16 runs in 1 at bat for both teams! ASC couldn't battle back but added 1 run in the 7th to end the scoring for ASC. Final score Deer Creek 12 - ASC 9.

I saw Dooley Simmons from Parklane last night at the ASC game, he said that he had some visit's setup with West Alabama and South Alabama, he told me that Kyle Ginn was made an offer by Meridian C.C.

I saw Central Private's 1st baseman Matt Carter at the Silliman game and he's head to Wallace C.C. to continue playing ball.

Well, I'm off to the Bulletin Board to see what's happening in there! Later Ya'll!!!!

5/14/02

Prep Baseball

Class 5A - Madison Central 7 - Oak Grove 0 - Madison Central State Champions

Class 4A - Picayune 5 - New Hope 3 - Picayune State Champions

Class 3A - Purvis at Senatobia - 5pm - Senatobia leads series 1-0.

Class 2A - Mooreville 6 - Lumberton 4 - Mooreville State Champions

MPSA 4A - Starkville Academy at Jackson Academy - 6pm

MPSA 3A - Indianola Academy at Silliman Institute - 5pm

MPSA 2A - Magnolia Hts. at Simpson Academy - 6pm

MPSA 1A - Deer Creek at Amite School Center - 7pm

College Baseball

Ole Miss 12 - Arkansas St. 4

Clarion Ledger Top Performers - May 6-12

Robert Young, Amite School Center: Doubled and homered in an 8-4 win over Franklin, LA in the Academy A playoffs.

Nathaniel Banks, Amite County: Won the 100m & 200m & was 2nd in the 400m to lead his team to the 3A Title.

Charlie Spiller, Wilkinson County: Won the 3A high jump (6-6) and long jump (22-83/4) and was 4th in the triple jump.

Janice Davis, Natchez High: Led Natchez to the 5A title with wins in the 100m (11.82), 200m (24.28) and 400m (54.57)

Teneika Hill, Natchez High: Won the 5A 300m hurdles with a best reported time of 44.79

Jerrod Rayborn, Brookhaven Academy: Won Academy 2A No. 1 singles in tennis.

Stephen Hollingsworth, Cathedral: Led Cathedral to the 1A title as medalist with a 151 at Wolf Hollow G.C.

Coach Larry Wesley, Natchez High: Wesley's Lady Bulldogs outscored Murrah 85-78 for their second straight Class 5A state championship in girls track and field and third in four years Saturday at Hughes Field.

Prep Signings

Laura McDaniel of Centreville Academy signed with Southwest C.C. in Basketball.

Forrest Rollins of Centreville Academy signed with Belhaven in Baseball.

Walt Arnold of Centreville Academy signed with Southwest C.C. in Football.

Royce Fonte of Centreville Academy signed with Southern University in Football.

Byron Zerby of Cathedral signed with Jones C.C. in Soccer.

Chris Logan of Natchez High signed with Northeast C.C. in Basketball.

My News

The Colorado Rockies have a cure for the long ball at home, they are keeping their baseballs in a climate controlled room to keep the balls from drying out in the high altitude. So far? Average combined scoring in the first 14 games at Coors Field this year is 9.5, last year it was 15.63. The balls comply with all legal specifications. That's good thinking as a Colorado scout once told me that it's hard to get pitchers to sign with them because of the home run derby effect that comes with Coors Field!

Ole Miss has to win 1 game in the series with Miss. State this weekend to get a spot in the SEC Tournament. Miss. State has to sweep Ole Miss and/or have 1 more win than Arkansas. This should be an outstanding series!

I'll be headed to watch the 1st game of 3 series today as Silliman host Indianola Academy at 5pm. The doubleheader will be at Indianola Academy later this week. Depending on how fast the game goes, I may come back through and watch the Amite School Center game as they host Deer Creek tonight at 7pm.

Be sure and check out the Bulletin Board, there's always something going on inside and even some news from around the Miss-Lou.

Later Ya'll!!!!

5/13/02

Prep Baseball

Class 5A Championship - Madison Central at Oak Grove - 7pm

Class 4A Championship - New Hope at Picayune - 6pm

Class 3A - Purvis at Senatobia - Series tied at 1-1.

Class 2A Championship - Mooreville at Lumberton - 6pm

Class 1A Champions - Myrtle

College Baseball

Miss. State 4 - Alabama 11

Ole Miss 8 - Arkansas 10

LSU 8 - Florida 5

USM 7 - E. Carolina 11, Jarrett Hoffpauir 1-2 with a triple and a SAC fly.

My News

MPSA Championship best of 3 Series start on Tuesday.

Tons of baseball and softball around the Miss-Lou as our area youth are into full swing now, go out and watch some of the rising stars!

It just started to rain outside as I'm writing today's news, that should mean alot of time today on the ole Bulletin/Chat Board! Someone wrote that I need to change the name of the Board to "The Cutting Board", it's not "that" bad! but we do have alot of fun in there, come in and join us, the more the merrier!

Later Ya'll!!!!

5/12/02

Prep Baseball

Amite School Center 7 - Franklin Academy 11

WP - Harris

LP - John Birdsong

2B - (A) LeGrange, Dillon

Amite School Center 9 - Franklin 4 - ASC wins series 2-1.

WP - Robert Young

LP - Boutwell

2B - (A) Bean, Kirkland

Madison Central 12 - Oak Grove 2 - series tied at 1-1.

Picayune 6 - New Hope 3 - series tied at 1-1.

Senatobia 18 - Purvis 11 - Senatobia leads series 1-0.

Lumberton 6 - Mooreville 2 - series tied at 1-1.

Myrtle 3 - St. Al 2 - Myrtle wins series 2-0. - Class 1A State Champions

Indianola Academy 11 - Oak Hill 8

Indianola Academy 8 - Oak Hill 0 - Indianola wins series 2-1.

Magnolia Hts. 4 - Benton 1

Magnolia Hts. 12 - Benton 2 - Magnolia Hts. wins series 2-1.

College Baseball

Ole Miss 5 - Arkansas 11, Matt Tolbert 1-3

Miss. State 7 - Alabama 9

USM 5 - E. Carolina 1

LSU 3 - Florida 6

Youth Baseball

Prep Track

E-mail from Janice Davis's mother:

My News

I went up to Jefferson County yesterday for Mother's Day at my wife's mom's place so I got back in time to watch 2 games at the new 13-14 field. Timmy Foster pitched again and picked up another win over David New 6-1, David Alton didn't pitch as they were taking extra precaution with his arm since he threw a few innings the night before. The game was much closer than the score indicated as Concordia Bank only had 1 earned run to David New's 0 earned runs.

UMB made it look easy against Coca Cola winning 8-0. Clay Floyd did a great job on the hill for UMB and Coke's pitcher Chris Seeger wasn't as bad as the score showed. Some of the pitchers haven't pitched much since last year while some played on a tournament team before the league kicked off this year. It shows as a pitcher only gets better as time rolls along.

I hope ya'll haven't forgot that it's Mothers Day today! See ya'll later!

5/11/02

Prep Baseball

Jackson Academy 18 - Hillcrest 4 - JA wins series 2-0.

Deer Creek 6 - University Christian 3 - Deer Creek Wins series 2-0.

Central Private 13 - Silliman 6 - Series ties at 1-1.

Central Private 4 - Silliman 14 - Silliman wins series 2-1.

College Baseball

Ole Miss 4 - Arkansas 5 - Matt Tolbert 2-3

Miss. State 5 - Alabama 9

LSU 5 - Florida 4 - 10 inn.

Youth Baseball

My News

I've been scouring the ball fields and hopefully the commissioners of the area leagues will be sending me their game results, some are waiting for the regular season to start before sending them and others may require a volunteer to get the stats and e-mail them to me here. If you don't see your league's stats in here, go see your commissioner and let him have it!

13-14 yr. olds have already begun their regular season games in Natchez and they are doing a great job in keeping me posted on their results, thanks alot!

As most of you know, the 13 yr. olds that came in 3rd last year at the World Series, are 14 now and I can't wait to see how they fare this year, I was at the park last night and had my radar gun (with charged up batteries) and I clocked Cory Walker, he hit 81 mph twice in the one inn. I gunned him, he hit 80 a few times and stayed 78-79. David Alton New, who hasn't thrown in 2 years because of a shoulder injury hit 79 mph and stayed in the upper 70's the inn. that I clocked him. Clay Floyd pitched last night, he was in the 70's, but he just keeps the batters off balance really well. This gives the future Natchez bunch 5 pitchers that are most effective with Timmy Foster and Benji Maher also getting time on the hill. This bunch will be a blast to follow!

MPSA Class 1A South State Softball Tournament is today at Huntington.

MPSA Class 3A/4A State Softball Tournament is today at Liberty.

MHSAA Class 5A State Track Meet is today in Jackson. Great article in the Natchez Democrat today on Natchez High's Janice Davis, she already owns every award that a sprinter can receive and she's just a junior! I met Janice at Natchez High one day and she is a gem, just as polite as can be. She doesn't let all the spotlights go to her head, she's just enjoying every minute of it. She's traveled all over the nation competing this year and representing Natchez like a true champion.

Have ya'll been watching any SEC baseball action? The SEC races are going bonkers as the wins and losses are very critical right now, teams are just a few wins or losses from advancing or going home this year, it's just been a wild ride. Just goes to show you how tough the SEC really is!

Well, I'll be at the 13-14 tr. old field this evening to watch Timmy Foster duel against David Alton New at 6pm. Should be a great game!

Time to check out the Bulletin/Chat Board, Later Ya'll!!!!

5/10/02

Prep Baseball

Parklane 3 - Starkville Academy 4

WP - Joby Garner

LP - Rusty Rayborn

2B - (P) C. Ginn

Parklane 3 - Starkville Academy 9

WP - Brent Moore

LP - Mitch Johnston

2B - (P) K. Ginn, Trent Smith

Oak Grove 2 - Madison Central 0 - Oak Grove leads series 1-0.

New Hope 4 - Picayune 1 - New Hope leads series 1-0.

Mooreville 6 - Lumberton 5 - Mooreville leads series 1-0.

Myrtle 7 - St. Al 3 - Myrtle leads series 1-0.

Simpson 9 - Canton Academy 1 - Simpson wins series 2-0.