1/31/03

This son of a former Miss-Lou coach was named first team All-District and All-Metro at nose guard and offensive guard despite standing only 5-foot-5. Answer: A.J. Goglia of Trinity, son of Ron Krause. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Who holds the SEC record for most interceptions yards in a game (162)? Answer: Joe Brodsky of Florida against Mississippi State (3)  in 1956. Winner: Glenn Carroll

Who performed the National Anthem at Super Bowl II? Answer: Grambling State Band. Winner: John L. Sullivan.

Basketball

ACCS girls 50 - WCCA 27, (A) Kim Robertson 14 pts. (W) Caroline Kee 9 pts.

ACCS boys 51 - WCCA 39, (A) Beau Brashier 28 pts. (W) Adam Ryan 10 pts.

ASC host Trinity - 4pm

Cathedral at Bogue Chitto - 6pm

Centreville host Brookhaven Academy - 4pm

Ferriday host Vidalia - 6pm

Franklin County host Enterprise - 6pm

Huntington at Pine Hills - 4pm

Natchez High at Clinton - 5pm

WCCA host Tensas - 4pm

My News

The Lady Rebels made an easy game of the Lady Rams and everybody got to play for AC. The AC boys had rough night and just played sluggishly, except for Beau Brashier, he lit it up! It was Sweetheart night and Kate Wadsworth was named Sweetheart Queen.

I'll probably go to the Ferriday/Vidalia games tonight. They're the only games in town!

AYA Basketball starts tomorrow and tip-off is at 8:30am at both ACCS and Trinity gyms. Go out and watch the future stars in some really fun basketball action!

Ya'll have a great weekend and I'll see ya'll on the Board!

1/30/03

Basketball

ACCS host WCCA - 4pm

My News

Joey Martin's Page is updated on his Link above, check out all his news from sports around the Miss-Lou!

Nobody's gotten the Main trivia question yet, not even  a guess! This is the last day!

I'll be out at the ACCS gym tonight, I believe it's the only game in town and tonight is the "Sweet Heart Court", ya'll come out and enjoy a great night and I'll see ya'll there!

It's a typical Wednesday, not much happened yesterday to report on, so my column is short today.

See ya'll on the Board!

1/29/03

Basketball

ACCS girls 35 - Central Private 64, Anna McLemore 10 pts.

ACCS boys 51 - Central Private 65, Dustin Case 16 pts.

Cathedral girls 27 - MSD 48, Mattie Smith 10 pts.

Cathedral boys 45 - MSD 51, Charlie Lane 12 pts.

Ferriday girls 89 - McCall 67, Monique Jones 35 pts.

Ferriday boys 53 - McCall 60, LaKendrick Nix 25 pts.

Franklin County girls 41 - Wilkinson County 53, Shalenia Wilcher 10 pts.

Franklin County boys 53 - Wilkinson County 60, Bobby Henderson 18 pts.

Huntington girls 50 - Parklane 48, Emily Hazlip 15 pts.

Huntington boys 57 - Parklane 69, Jordan Owens 18 pts.

Natchez High girls 46 - Callaway 63, Crystal Brown 15 pts.

Natchez High boys 49 - Callaway 60, Derrick Martin 19 pts.

Trinity girls 29 - Tensas 64, (TE) Amber Easom 9 pts. (TA) Lyndsay Hendrix 14 pts.

Trinity boys 77 - Tensas 37, (TE) Dudley Guice 26 pts. (TA) Matthew Bauerle 12 pts.

Vidalia girls 48 - Rayville 77, Gemecia Williams 22 pts.

Vidalia boys 106 - Rayville 78, Ajay Warner 21 pts.

Soccer

Cathedral boys 2 - West Lauderdale 3, Wyler Murray & Palmer Rinehart each had a goal.

My News

Amite School Center's Bent Bean, who played QB in football has signed with Delta State.

Brookhaven Academy's Boo Burchfield, has signed  to play baseball at Co-Lin C.C.

I saw 2 much improved Cathedral basketball teams play yesterday, their losses weren't nearly as bad when they played MSD earlier in the season. Hats off to coaches Peter Arnold and Bobby Holder!

Yesterday I got game footage from both Cathedral teams, Ferriday girls, Huntington girls and both of Vidalia's games. Should make for a good show next week.

Don't forget that "The Sports Buzz" airs this evening at 5:30pm on Cable channel 4, lots of footage from last weeks action!

Poor Morgan, she scored last night against Central Private and had it wiped away because of a foul away from the ball.

AYA Basketball Schedule is on the Link above, it starts this Saturday.

That's all for today, catch ya'll on the Board!

1/28/03

Basketball

Trinity girls 31 - Porter's Chapel 51, Mallory Archer 13 pts.

Trinity boys 74 - Porter's Chapel 27, Dudley Guice 24 pts.

ACCS at Central Private - 4pm

ASC host WCCA - 4pm

Cathedral host MSD - 1pm

Ferriday host McCall - 6pm

Franklin County at Wilkinson County - 6pm

Huntington host Parklane - 4pm

Natchez High host Callaway - 6pm

Pine Hills at Ben's Ford - 4pm

Trinity at Tensas - 4pm

Vidalia host Rayville - 6pm

Soccer

Cathedral host West Lauderdale - 6pm

Powerlifting

Natchez High 3 Team Event: Christopher Chatman won the Super Heavyweight division, other first were Anthony Strauder 308 lb. class, Michael Woods 275 lb. class, Jeremy Jackson 242 lb. class, Bryan Woods 220 lb. class, Michael Winn 198 lb. class, Phillip Smith 181 lb. class, Frankie Williams 165 lb. class and Jimmie Johnson 132 lb. class.

My News

Trinity girls ARE getting better! they led 10-5 after the first quarter but a poor second quarter led to their demise. Watch out for this team in the next couple of years as they are loaded with youngsters!

Trinity boys didn't have any problems last night and seemed to score at will, it won't be any different tonight as they travel to Tensas, the TE boys are playing some great basketball and at the right time!

I plan on catching the Cathedral games today and with them playing early, I will head over to Ferriday and catch some of the girls game, cross the street and catch some of the Huntington games and hopefully end back up at Vidalia to catch the end of the boys game. Anybody got some gas money they want to hand out?

I've added the games on the ACCS baseball schedule for the Parklane Tournament.

Sorry about yesterday, it wasn't my fault, the server was down and didn't get back on until late yesterday evening, everything seems to be back to normal now though.

I'll probably run into ya'll somewhere tonight, until then, have a great day!

1/27/03

Basketball

Trinity host Porter's Chapel - 6pm

Track & Field

Natchez High took home first place in the girls and boys division at the McNeese Indoor High School Invitational.. Kendrick Gibbons set another personal best in the 55m hurdles with a time of 7.36 which was also a meet record and won the long jump at 23'  1/2". Tenieka Hill won the 55m in 7.52 for the girls. Lexi Washington tied for the high jump at 5'.

My News

I told ya'll DEFENSE, DEFENSE!!, the Bucs put the Raiders away 47-21 and anytime it looked like the Raiders were going to bounce back, they got bounced by the Buc's defense!

I'll be headed to Trinity tonight as they host Porter's Chapel, I believe it's the only game in town, so I'll have an easy night!

Sorry that this page is late today, my server was down and I've just been waiting for them to fix it.

Hey, it's been awhile since I've had 7 straight days of the main page, Deer season is over for me so I'm stuck at home!

See ya'll on the Board!

1/26/03

Basketball

ACCS girls 40 - Jackson Prep 46, Meghan Marchbanks & Kin Robertson 12 pts. each.

ACCS boys 52 - Jackson Prep 50, Luke Ogden & Dustin Case 17 pts. each.

Centreville 36 - Pres. Christian 50, Jenae Jackson 12 pts.

Centreville boys - Pres. Christian - No Score

Trinity girls 38 - Central Private 77, Mallory Archer 20 pts.

Trinity boys 56 - Central Private 52, Chase Brown & Dudley Guice 18 pts. each.

Soccer

Cathedral girls 0 - North Pike 1 (Double Overtime)

Cathedral boys 4 - North Pike 1, Jordan Kirkwood 3 goals, Blase Gaude 1 goal.

My News

What a night for basketball, I watched the ACCS Jr. High boys fall by only 2 pts. to Jackson Prep, then I watched as the ACCS girls played one heck of a game against them as well losing by only 6 points. I headed over to watch the Trinity/Central Private game and when I arrived, it looked like CP was schooling TE. But after the halfway break, TE bounced back and overtook the lead and held on for a 4 pt. win, it was a great game to watch and I though to myself, "I have seen some good basketball tonight!" When I got home my phone rang, it was my wife, she said, "You should have stayed at AC, our boys beat JP 52-50!" This was a shocker! But it just goes to show you what can happen when hard work and determination pays off! Congratulations to the AC guys on a great game plan and congrats to the TE guys on getting some revenge on a team that upset them earlier in the season.

I receive an e-mail from Janice Davis (the mother) She said that Janice (the daughter)  could not make the McNeese Indoor Meet, although she has already committed to Stanford, she had a visit set up with Harvard, they wanted the opportunity to talk to her and visit her hometown. The official signing period is not until April. Janice has been invited to compete in New York at the National Indoor Scholastic and to Landover Maryland for the Nike Meet also held in March and Mt. Sac in California in April.

Are you ready for some football!!!! That's right, it's Super Bowl Sunday! I'll be fixed in my favorite position this evening, laid back in my recliner munching on chips'n'dips and enjoying some BBQ meat balls and finger sandwiches. I'm pulling for the Bucs...DEFENSE, DEFENSE, it should prove to be a great game and it has a great story line with Gruden leaving Oakland just last year.

Ya'll have a Super Sunday and I'll catch ya'll in here tomorrow!

1/25/03

Basketball

ASC girls 23 - Tensas 37, (A) Brooke Caston & Kendall Stratton 5 pts. each. (T) Megan Bauerle 13 pts.

ASC boys - Tensas - No Score

Cathedral girls 37 - Enterprise 50, Danielle Smith 9 pts.

Cathedral boys 49 - Enterprise 67, Jonathan Jackson 13 pts.

Centreville girls 62 - Bowling Green 31, Jenae Jackson 22 pts.

Centreville boys - Bowling Green - No Score

Ferriday girls 52 - Crowville 39, Monique Jones 24 pts.

Ferriday boys 78 - Crowville 52, Ladrian Davis 32 pts.

Huntington girls 65 - Ben's Ford 27, Erin Hedrick & Emily Hazlip 15 pts. each.

Huntington boys 75 - Ben's Ford 46, Jordan Owens 17 pts.

Natchez High girls 61 - Vicksburg 48, Crystal Brown 17 pts.

Natchez High boys 30 - Vicksburg 51, Brian Williams 8 pts.

Trinity girls 58 - WCCA 44, Mallory Archer 26 pts.

Trinity boys 60 - WCCA 16, (T) Chase Brown & Dudley Guice 13 pts. each. (W) Jason Reed & Randy Harris 4 pts. each.

ACCS host Jackson Prep - 2pm

Centreville host Presbyterian Christian - 2pm

Pine Hills host Union - 1pm

Trinity host Central Private - 2pm

WCCA at Silliman - 3pm

Soccer

Cathedral host North Pike - 11am

My News

I saw a couple of JUCO college coaches last night at the NHS/Vicksburg games, Gwin Young, the girls head coach at Co-Lin was there, his team is undefeated and ranked #1 in the nation, he was there looking at Crystal Brown & Gloria Lewis, he was telling me about his point guard, he says she is awesome and has already signed with Mississippi State. I also talked to Hillary Allen, the girls head coach at Meridian, he was there looking at the same two girls and Karmethia Mazique as well. Coach Allen is also the athletic director at Meridian, a really nice guy. I enjoyed talking to them both, they're both very successful and will continue to do well with the talent that is spread around the State.

The Lady Bulldogs got a little revenge on Vicksburg last night after dropping the first game to them earlier in the season, they are now 3-2 in district play and tied at first place.

The Natchez High boys are rebuilding and I caught some of the JV boys game before the girls game and Coach Mike Martin has some great players coming up in the near future and some that are playing a little now! Hang in there, they'll be back in running real soon.

I'll be headed out to watch the ACCS Jr. High boys play Jackson Prep today, this will be a really good game, I'll stay and watch my daughter play and then I'll head over for the Trinity boys vs. Central Private game, Central Private won't lay down for the Saints, should be a good game, maybe I'll see ya'll there!

Ya'll have a great day and I'll see ya'll in here in the morning!

1/24/03

Name the first female recipient of the Hugh Green Scholarship Award which went to an outstanding scholar/athlete who did not receive an athletic scholarship from Natchez High, Cathedral and Trinity on a rotating basis. Answer: Ashley Isbell of Trinity. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Name the former SEC football coach who had a 100-yard interception return when he played for Georgia Tech. Answer: Frank Broyles. Winner: Joey Martin.

What is the record for most yards thrown by two college quarterbacks on the same team in a single game? Answer: Andre Ware and David Klingler combined to complete 53 of 81 passes for 771 yards against SMU in 1989. Winner: Walter Ketchings.

Basketball

ACCS girls 29 - Hillcrest 38, Anna McLemore 9 pts.

ACCS boys 55 - Hillcrest 65, Glenn Williams 18 pts.

ASC at Tensas - 4pm

Cathedral at Enterprise - 6pm

Centreville host Bowling Green - 4pm

Ferriday host Crowville - 6pm

Franklin County  host North Pike - 6pm

Huntington host Ben's Ford - 4pm

Natchez High host Vicksburg - 5pm

Trinity at WCCA - 4pm

My News

The Lady Rebels were missing some key players last night as well as Hillcrest, it was a low scoring game and the play was pretty sloppy. It didn't seem that either team could find a groove last night. A tough loss for the AC girls.

Hillcrest boys used a strong 2nd quarter to push the score up on AC but they came back late in the 4th quarter and made a good run at it before Hillcrest slowed things down and used the clock in their favor to preserve the win.

I'll probably head out and watch the Natchez High/Vicksburg games tonight, the Lady Bulldogs need to win this one since they loss to Vicksburg earlier in the season.

Joey didn't get his sweep, it was close but Walter Ketchings upset him on the last day! Maybe this week.

Plenty of action tonight, find a game if you don't have a favorite and enjoy a good Friday night of basketball.

I added a Link for Baseball and softball schedules, they're incomplete but, it's a start!

See ya'll in the morning!

1/23/03

Basketball

Huntington girls 36 - MRA 43, Erin Hedrick 15 pts.

Trinity boys 57 - MRA 62

ACCS host Hillcrest - 4pm

My News

Joey Martin's page is updated today, check out his Link above.

It's Thursday and nobody has answered the Trivia, Joey just might get his SWEEP!!!!

I'll be out at ACCS this evening for what should be a great night of basketball action.

I was invited to go on the last day of deer hunting with guns by the crew of "Redneck Adventures" I didn't take a gun, I just took my camera and will have some footage of it on next week's TV show. All I can say is, it was a riot! There were two 4 pts. taken and a fairly nice 8 pt also but, there were also 3 misses. There were about 15 hunters and we went to 2 different places hunting.

That's about all I have for today, I'll see ya'll on the Board!

1/22/03

Basketball

ACCS girls 46 - Copiah 59

ACCS boys 79 - Copiah 70, Luke Ogden 27 pts.

Cathedral girls 22 - Bogue Chitto 71, Kelsey Stephens 9 pts.

Cathedral boys 39 - Bogue Chitto 47, Jonathan Jackson 17 pts.

Centreville girls 63 - Silliman 38, Jenny Watts 18 pts.

Centreville boys - Silliman - No Score

Ferriday girls 62 - Neville 42, Monique Jones 25 pts.

Ferriday boys 50 - Neville 71, Ladrian Davis 18 pts.

Huntington girls 72 - Trinity 29, (H) Emily Hazlip 20 pts. (T) Mallory Archer 14 pts.

Huntington boys 30 - Trinity 70, (H) Jordan Owens 8 pts. (T) Mike Lickliter 16 pts.

Natchez High girls 52 - Amite County 44, Crystal Brown 14 pts.

Natchez High boys - Amite County - No Score

Vidalia girls 45 - McCall 74, Gemecia Williams 13 pts.

Vidalia boys 100 - McCall 87, Ajay Warner 23 pts.

Soccer

Cathedral girls 2 - Franklin County 0, Brittany Laird goal.

Cathedral boys 6 - Franklin County 1, Palmer Rinehart 4 goals.

Natchez High girls 0 - North Pike 3

Natchez High boys 1 - North Pike 2, Curtis Holder goal.

Huntington girls vs. MRA in New Orleans - 2:30pm

Trinity boys vs. MRA in New Orleans - 4pm

My News

You can catch the Trinity/MRA game today on 107.1 FM "The River" at 4pm.

I went out to Trinity last night and watched them host Huntington, the Trinity girls played a great 1st quarter but the power of the Huntington girls proved to be too much for the young Lady Saints. Trinity boys started out strong and everybody got plenty of playing time for the Saints last night, which was good considering that they have to travel to New Orleans today to take on MRA. Huntington has a really good team and will fare well come playoff time.

It's looking like Joey Martin may just get that sweep he's been looking for! Although Walter has been hunting all week and when he gets back and sees this, he'll probably make sure that Joey loses!

Don't forget that at 5:30pm this evening, The Sports Buzz comes on with a new show!

If you want to see a picture of Coach Ron Rushing's new baby, click HERE!

That's about all I have for today, so I'm off...and Kramer, break a leg! .......Later Ya'll!!!!

1/21/03

Basketball

ACCS at Copiah - 4pm

ASC host Pine Hills - 4pm

Centreville host Silliman - 4pm

Ferriday host Neville - 6pm

Huntington at Trinity - 4pm

Tensas at Pecanland Christian - 4pm

Vidalia host McCall - 6pm

WCCA at Ben's Ford - 4pm

Track

Janice Davis signs with Stanford after a tough struggle between them and UCLA, I thought she was in California competing in another big track meet but, according to today's paper, she has inked her scholarship. Congratulations Janice and good luck this year!

My News

Speaking of the paper, Adam Daigle, if you're reading this, you owe me 50 cents, the paper thrown in my yard today didn't have anything in it but "The Guide" And don't think I will forget! lol Just kidding, DUDE!!!!

I'll be out at Trinity tonight to catch their district game against Huntington, I'll have my camcorder with me in hopes of snagging a few interviews for The Sports Buzz. So get ready McAnally!

The TV show this week was finalized last night, I stayed here until around 11pm getting it ready, while I was recording the show to tape, I went to the Bulletin board and what a night! kf51 and Doc Fungo matched wits most of the night, all I could do was just read and shake my head!

I haven't received any answers to Joey Martin's Trivia this week, ya know he's still looking for that sweep!

Not anything happened yesterday that I know of so, that's a wrap! See ya'll in the morning.

1/20/03

Track

Natchez High competed in the Magnolia State Indoor Track and Field Championships in Jackson over the weekend. Kendrick Gibbons set a State Record in the 55m hurdles with a time of 7.45 and won the long jump with a leap of 22'1", he was 2nd in the high jump at 5'10" and was part of the 1,500m relay team that finished 2nd. Darius Edwards won the 300m in 37.20, Richard Blanton came in 2nd in the 55m dash at 6.65. The NHS girls won the meet without Janice Davis who was in California competing, Lexi Washington won the long jump at 16'6" and was 2nd in the high jump at 4'10", she was also on the winning team in the 1,600m relay, Teneika Hill won the 400m in 1:01.43 and the 55m hurdles in 8.63.

My News

What a story line, Ex-coach vs. Ex-team....John Gruden in his first year as coach at Tampa Bay will travel to San Diego to take on his former team, the Raiders! For Oakland, it's about revenge, for Gruden, it's about, you should have offered me more money to stay! Should be a good Super Bowl game and I for one, am looking forward to this match-up!

Gun season is over and the deer won, I didn't harvest anything! However, in the last 8 days at my camp, 5 bucks were taken. Oh well, there's always next year! I might add, if anybody has any excess deer meat they need to get rid of, give me a call.

Not much happening today in the Miss-Lou as far as local sports that I know of but, plenty of Basketball action tomorrow night.

We took your suggestions and revamped the show, we now have a bigger sign, a table, logo matching shirts and everything seemed to go alot smoother. We also changed the format up some, we're now going by each school and covering all their action for the week, we're still staying in alphabetical order though. So if you want to see ACCS coverage, you better tune in early, if you want to see Vidalia coverage only, you can tune in later, but we want you to watch the WHOLE show! We had interviews with 3 coaches this week and 3 players. There is some bonus footage of the Cathedral coaches and parents working on the Liberty Park baseball field and some footage of the Vidalia baseball try-outs. To cut down on too many commercials, we will run them all once during the show and then after the show, we will run them all again. You're thinking "Well I won't watch the commercials at the end" Well, you'll have too since we added bloopers and a skit between them. You didn't think we did all this on the first take did you? It should be fun and entertaining, so stay tuned after the show to catch us at our worst!

1/17/03

In 1990, a Miami Hurricane offensive coach and defensive coach were the featured speakers at the Southwest Coaches and Officials Conference program held at Natchez High. Name either one of them. Answer: Tommy Tuberville. Winner: Walter Ketchings

Bonus Questions

Who was Alcorn's starting quarterback going into the 1991 season before Steve McNair took the field as a freshman? Answer: Reginald Martin. Winner: Joey Martin

Name the player with the most interceptions in the 1990s. Answer: Rod Woodson. Winner: Porky Smith

Basketball

ACCS girls 49 - ASC 25, (AC) Kim Robertson 10 pts. (ASC) Brittany Walsh 8 pts.

ACCS boys 79 - ASC 48, (AC) Glenn Williams 20 pts. (ASC) Trent Coleman 10 pts.

Trinity girls 41 - Porter's Chapel 72, Mallory Archer 18 pts.

Trinity boys 61 - Porter's Chapel 37, Chase Brown & Dudley Guice 21 pts. each.

ASC at Huntington - 4pm

Cathedral at St. Al - 6pm

Centreville at Columbia - 4pm

Ferriday at Rayville - 6pm

Franklin County at Jefferson County - 6pm

Natchez High host Clinton - 5pm

Tensas host Ben's Ford - 4pm

Vidalia at Crowville - 6pm

WCCA at Pine Hills - 4pm

Saturday - Trinity host Centreville - 2pm

Soccer

Cathedral at Franklin County - 5:30pm

Natchez High at Clinton - 5pm

Saturday - Cathedral host Brookhaven - 12 Noon

My News

Coach Ron Rushing and his wife Kappi had a boy last night, around 8-1/2 lbs. Congratulations Ron & Kappi! Your life as you knew it just ended! lol.....I was interviewing ASC Coach Barry Bean last night when Coach Matt Mason's cell phone rang about the news. I had Matt ask him if the baby had curly hair, Ron said, "No, it's straight!"

Coach Bruce Pickle's Lady Rebels got on the board quick and piled up the numbers which allowed him to clear the bench through the 4th quarter, I know it's always best to play good competition but, sometimes it's good to win  by a large margin so the bench players can get some time on the hardwood, they practice everyday and deserve some time when the opportunity presents itself, hats off to Coach Pickle.

The AC Rebel boys jumped out quick also by over 30 pts. in the 1st quarter and Coach Ricky Gray started substituting early, letting a few mingle in at a time, everybody got plenty of playing time last last night.

Joey Martin's Freaky Friday Frenzy Trivia Questions are posted above, try your luck, he's still looking for that sweep!

I'll catch some video footage of the Natchez High/Clinton basketball game tonight before I head out to the hunting camp for the final weekend of gun season. See ya'll in here Monday!

1/16/03

Basketball

Huntington girls 48 - Tensas 27, (H) Emily Hazlip 24 pts. (T) Brittany Ratcliff & Megan Bauerle 8 pts. each.

Huntington boys 38 - Tensas 44, (H) Kyle Johnson 12 pts. (T) Ryan Borsch & Matthew Bauerle 8 pts. each

ACCS at ASC - 4pm

Trinity at Porter's Chapel - 6pm

My News

I hope ya'll enjoyed "The Sports Buzz" last night, it was the first show and we saw several areas for improvement but, ya gotta start somewhere! Next weeks show will have more interviews plus a few surprises, so get ready to be entertained!

I'll be headed to Liberty today to watch the ACCS/ASC basketball games, Coach Bean and Coach Mason may have something to say for the show next week, if not, I'll bug them until they do!

Joey Martin's Page is updated today, check out his Link above.

National News

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Mo Williams gave it up to Antoine Pettway for one big shot and saved the last one for himself. Williams set up Pettway's tying layup to close overtime and then hit a 3-pointer with 26 seconds left in overtime as No. 9 Alabama beat No. 14 Mississippi State 68-62 on Wednesday night, the Bulldogs' third straight loss. Pettway tied the game at 55 with a baseline layup off the glass with 1.6 seconds left in regulation. "I told Mo they were going to expect him to take the shot," said Pettway, who also made two free throws late in overtime. "I told him if he comes by me, I would take the shot. "I wanted to shoot the 3 and tell everybody to go home, but the lane was so wide open," he said. It was the first basket for the Crimson Tide (12-2, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) in nearly seven minutes after they overcame a 12-point halftime deficit. The Bulldogs have lost 16 straight road games against ranked conference opponents and their first three SEC games after rising to a school-best No. 7 ranking. "If you want me to say I'm happy being 0-3, no," Bulldogs coach Rick Stansbury said. "If you want me to say I'm going to panic, no. There's 15 games to play." Alabama extended the nation's third longest home winning streak to 28 games.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- It was a big night for LSU's reserves. Tony Gipson scored 14 points -- going 4-for-4 from 3-point range -- and No. 23 LSU beat Centenary 112-65 on Wednesday night to stretch its home winning streak to 11 games. "I can't promise a night like that every night," Gipson said. "It was a lot of fun." Torris Bright added 13 points for LSU (12-2), while Collis Temple III and Antonio Hudson each scored 12 and Ronald Dupree had 10 -- all playing 20 minutes or less. The Tigers played all 15 players and 13 scored. LSU got 57 points from its bench. "How we played tonight was what made Centenary look that way," Bright said. "They're not a bad team."

1/15/03

Basketball

ACCS girls 41 - Parklane 56, Meghan Marchbanks 14 pts.

ACCS boys 56 - Parklane 63, Beau Brashier 25 pts.

Cathedral girls 17 - West Lincoln 65, Mattie Smith 7 pts.

Cathedral boys 45 - West Lincoln 69, Jonathan Jackson 13 pts.

Centreville girls 36 - Brookhaven Academy 55

Centreville boys 21 - Brookhaven Academy 72

Ferriday girls 51 - Vidalia 31, (F) Monique Jones 18 pts. (V) Shemica Williams 13 pts.

Ferriday boys 50 - Vidalia 61, (V) Louis McNulty 18 pts. (F) LaKendrick Nix 15 pts.

Franklin County girls 46 - North Pike 48 (OT), Victoria Hunt 13 pts.

Natchez High girls 50 - Jim Hill 26

Natchez High boys 49 - Jim Hill 76

Trinity girls 50 - Pine Hills 35, (T) Mallory Archer 16 pts. (P) Brandi Arnold 10 pts.

Trinity boys 67 - Pine Hills 22, (T) Dudley Guice 26 pts. (P) Johnathan Latham 8 pts. Ryan Etheridge 8pts.

Soccer

Cathedral girls 0 - Natchez High 1, (N) Stacy Weaver goal.

Cathedral boys 6 - Natchez High 1, (N) Mathew Henderson goal (C) Palmer Rinehart 4 goals, Will Carter 2 goals.

My News

I jumped around a good bit last between the Trinity gym and the ACCS gym, one of the ACCS Jr. high games went into overtime and by the time I got back to Trinity, the varsity boys game was over! I got some good interviews for next weeks TV show though.

The Trinity girls played patiently against Pine Hills and put together a solid game for the win.

The Parklane girls took advantage of their height and kept feeding the ball down low, the Lady Rebels just couldn't adjust and it was the difference in the ballgame.

The ACCS boys just got off to a slow start and couldn't regain after Parklane started off really strong.

"The Sports Buzz" starts tonight! It's the first show and things may be a little rushed but, we had to start somewhere! After I made the final cut, I did see a couple of mistakes and we'll try and remedy that for next weeks show, which will have more interviews with coaches and players. Trying to produce all the commercials and editing the footage kept me extremely busy this week. With most of the commercials already made, I'll have more time for editing next week plus, I learned alot about editing this week as well! So bear with us as we try to make this show run more seamlessly. Don't get me wrong, it's still a good show, but it will get better. The show starts this evening at 5:30pm.

I don't know of any sports action that will be today and that's fine by me...I need the break! Just kidding, I wouldn't have it any other way!

Peyton Manning will stay at Ole Miss for his senior year! Good decision since there is a plethora of quarterbacks entering the draft this year! (Did ya'll like me using that big word? I got it from the movie "The Three Amigo's")

I'll catch ya'll on the Board!!!!

1/14/03

Basketball

ACCS host Parklane - 4pm

Cathedral at West Lincoln - 5pm

Centreville at Brookhaven Academy - 4pm

Ferriday at Vidalia - 6pm

Franklin County at North Pike - 6pm

Huntington at Tensas - 4pm

Natchez High at Jim Hill - 6pm

Trinity host Pine Hills - 4pm

Soccer

Cathedral host Natchez High

My News

Well it looks like Joey's sweep ain't gonna be this week! Ole Porky done stumped him! The main question is still out there though and that's the one that'll win ya a T-shirt!

The Final's are in for the Football Pick'Em Contest: 1st - Andrew Ketchings / 2nd - John L. Sullivan / 3rd - Keith Rayborn / 4th - Walter Ketchings / 5th - Gill Morris / 6th - Michael McAnally / 7th - Clay Ketchings / 8th - Joey Martin / 9th - Jamie Tyson / 10th - Chris Newman / 11th - Andrew Gore. I'll be presenting Andrew a certificate for a nice dinner for 2, John L. will also get a dinner, just maybe not as nice as Andrew's, but still good! The rest of us get to eat Pork'n Beans!!!!.....at your own expense!

I know I haven't been on the Board too much but, putting this TV show together has really spent my time! Don't get me wrong, it's alot of fun and I'm enjoying getting out and shooting the commercials for everyone involved.

I'm headed to Woodville this morning to shoot another commercial, I'll catch with ya'll this evening.

I'll be headed out to catch some of the Vidalia/Ferriday game tonight, then I'll head over to the ACCS/Parklane game, I hope I have enough time to make it over to Trinity and see some of their action against Pine Hills, I'm sure I will....I'll probably run into ya'll tonight.

1/13/03  

Track

Natchez High sprinter Janice Davis set the meet record Saturday at the LSU Indoor Track & Field Championships with a 6.83 in the 55m dash. She won the 400m with a time of 56.5. Kendrick Gibbons finished second in the long jump at 22-2" and he won the 55m hurdles in 7.36. Darryl Basset finished 3rd in the triple jump at 43-8".

My News

I got a call last night from Loney Bell, a member at my camp, he harvested an 11 pt. that weighed 195 lbs. and sported a 17-1/2" spread, he had talked earlier to David Marchbanks, another member at my camp, that was hunting over at McNair, MS and got a 10 pt. with a 17-3/4" spread. That's just about right, I came in early yesterday to shoot the video for the new TV show and the bucks were moving yesterday evening!

Next weekend is the last weekend for deer season with guns, then you can break out those muzzleloaders again! I'll be finished after next weekend, no smoke pole for me!

Jerry & I shot our footage last night for "The Sports Buzz", the first show will air Wednesday evening at 5:30pm, we're in a rush trying to put everything together and the first show is experimental. Jerry & I have never produced anything like this before but, it's fun and we hope to keep ya'll entertained.

I don't believe there's any basketball tonight but, if you know of any games, please list them on the Bulletin Board. There are numerous games tomorrow and I'll have them posted in the morning.

So far I haven't received any guesses on the Joey Martin Trivia, maybe he was right, he's looking for a sweep this week!

National News

Over the weekend, Tennessee beat Pittsburgh 34-31 in OT, Philadelphia beat Atlanta 20-6, Tampa Bay won over San Francisco 31-6 and Oakland whopped the New York Jets 30-10. This sets up next Sundays Conference Championship games between Tennessee at Oakland in the AFC at 4:30pm on CBS and Tampa Bay at Philadelphia in the NFC at 2pm on Fox.

Super Bowl Sunday will be Sunday, Jan. 26th at 5:18pm and will be played in San Diego.

1/10/03

Who did Keith Walters beat in his first football game at WCCA and who did Chris Calcote beat in his first game at South Natchez? Answer: Walters' WCCA team beat ACCS 14-0, while Calcote's Colonel team beat Vidalia 9-0. Winner: Joey Martin

Bonus Questions

Who were the two Penn State running backs Barry Krause and company stopped on third and fourth down in the 1979 Sugar Bowl? Answer: On 3rd down Matt Suhey was stopped at the 1.  On fourth down Mike Guman was stopped short of the goal line. This is one of the classics of all time.  Bear Bryant said that he would never forget that goal line stand. Winner: Mike Smith

When the NFL allowed microphones to be worn in the helmet in 1994, which quarterback refused to wear one? Answer: Troy Aikman of Dallas. Winner: Joey Martin

Basketball

Trinity boys 50 - Jackson Academy 65, Dudley Guice 25 pts.

ACCS at Hillcrest - 4pm

Cathedral at Block - 6pm

Centreville host Oak Forest - 4pm

Ferriday host Wossman - 6pm

Franklin County hsot Crystal Springs - 6pm

Huntington at WCCA - 4pm

Natchez High at Warren Central - 6pm

Pine Hills host Tensas - 4pm

Trinity at Ben's Ford - 4pm

Vidalia host Davidson - 6pm

Soccer

Cathedral host Wesson

My News

I plan on getting a little coverage today of the Cathedral/ Wesson soccer game and then I'll head over to Ferriday and get some pictures and film of Ferriday girls. I'll head by Vidalia and hopefully catch some of the action before heading to the hunting camp for the weekend. I'll see ya'll in here Sunday evening.

Well if it hadn't been for Mike Smith getting one of the trivia questions, Joey would have had a sweep! In his e-mail to me this week, he guarantees a sweep this week.

Remember to send me any information about any deer harvested.

If anybody does any filming of their teams basketball games, please let me get some footage from you for our upcoming TV show, I'll just need to borrow your tape for a few minutes and I'll return it back to you. Give me a call and I'll come by and pick it up also. 597-3624.

Ya'll have a great weekend!!!!

1/9/03

Basketball

Trinity boys 57 - Lee (Ark.) 46, Dudley Guice 19 pts., Gregory Ketchings 18 pts., all 3 pointers!!!!

Trinity will play Jackson Academy tonight at 8:30pm in the Jackson Academy Tournament, tune in to 107.1 FM "The River" for coverage of the game tonight.

My News

The Atkins twins are back together again! Brandon has transferred to Troy State to join his brother Doug on the baseball field. I bet their parents are happy that they won't have to split time and travel to two different locations every week. Doug is a closer on the mound and Brandon plays outfield. This will be their senior year, good luck guys!

Joey Martin's Page is updated today, check out his Link above.

Last day for the trivia, all new questions tomorrow...do ya'll hear Joey laughing?

Click HERE to check out Ron Rushing's Deer that he got on his birthday, Dec. 25th, 2002

National News

NEW ORLEANS -- Paul Pierce, mindful of the Boston Celtics' 3-point struggles in a loss this week to Washington, made sure his team got inside against the New Orleans Hornets. Pierce shot only 5-of-14 but scored 16 from the foul line and his 28 points led Boston to a 93-83 victory over the Hornets on Wednesday night. "I wanted to just stay aggressive, mix it up and get to he line," said Pierce, who had 21 of his points in the second half. "We learned from our last game when we took too many 3-pointers, and I just wanted to make a concerted effort to go to the basket." Boston, which was 8-of-32 from 3-point range against Washington on Monday, improved marginally to 9-of-28 against New Orleans. But Boston was able to make three straight from long range -- two by Tony Delk and one by Pierce -- during a 16-2 fourth-quarter run to put the game away.

NEW YORK -- The NFL implemented several officiating changes Wednesday, including the positioning of officials on field-goal attempts to avoid future foul-ups like the one at the end of the Giants-49ers playoff game. Under the new policy, initiated by commissioner Paul Tagliabue, the seven field officials will be realigned so they can better see what happens in the event of a fake field goal or a botched attempt, like the one at the end of last Sunday's game, won by the 49ers 39-38. The new policy will begin with this weekend's four playoff games. In addition, the new policy calls for the field officials to confer on controversial game-deciding calls at the end of games instead of just the referee and the other officials who made the call. However, the officials involved in Sunday's botched call are unlikely to be disciplined beyond bad grades that will keep them from working the Super Bowl this season, according to a source within the league who requested anonymity. In the Giants-49ers game, a bad snap on a potential game-winning 41-yard field goal by New York on the game's final play was fumbled and then picked up by holder Matt Allen. He tried a desperation pass on which there was clearly interference against Rich Seubert, a guard wearing No. 69 who had lined up as an eligible receiver. As teams are required, the Giants had told the officials before the game that Seubert would be eligible on field-goal attempts and extra points. In a rare public admission of culpability, the league announced Monday that officials correctly threw a flag for an ineligible receiver downfield against Tam Hopkins, a New York offensive lineman who ran beyond the line of scrimmage. But the league also said a flag should have been thrown against San Francisco's Chike Okeafor for pass interference against Seubert, who came close to catching the ball that Allen heaved downfield. The offsetting penalties would have allowed the Giants to try the kick again. As for discipline, Tagliabue said, "As I have learned from successful coaches like John Madden and Bill Parcells, we do not make overall personnel decisions until the season is completed, not during the season." NFL rules actually have provisions for replaying parts of games or -- as in this case -- one play. However that has never been done and the league said in this case that it is obviously impractical. In reality, there are mistakes by officials every week -- coaches routinely ask the officiating department to review calls that they think were improperly handled. The NFL then responds to the coaches, often telling them they were correct. The controversies occasionally become public when teams announce that they have been wronged. But rarely has the league volunteered that officials made a mistake, something it did this week because of the magnitude of the game and the national exposure it got. Officials are graded on their performances in every game -- obviously receiving lower grades if they make mistakes. Those rated at the top at each position are given playoff assignments. And those that finish No. 1 are assigned to the Super Bowl. If they are consistently rated low, they are fired. However, there are exceptions. For example, Scott Green, the back judge involved in the call in the Giants-49ers game, did last year's Super Bowl and was rated No. 1 at his position this year. However, he would not have been eligible for the title game in any case because league policy prohibits an official from working it two years in succession. But league officials noted that since the officials in the Giants-49ers game had been rated high enough to get playoff assignments it was unlikely there would be discipline beyond low grades for the game. They also said those downgraded for mistakes in Sunday's game will likely start over with clean slates next year -- as does every official. "That's the way we handle it every year," Tagliabue said.

1/8/03

Basketball

ACCS girls 37 - Central Private 59, Meghan Marchbanks 9 pts.

ACCS boys 34 - Central Private 44, Glenn Williams 10 pts.

ASC girls 33 - Trinity 36, Mallory Archer 18 pts.

ASC boys 22 - Trinity 58, Dudley Guice 10 pts.

Centreville girls 45 - Bowling Green 29, Jenae Jackson 14 pts.

Centreville boys 53 - Bowling Green 60 (OT), Matthew Perkins 19 pts.

Ferriday girls 74 - Sicily Island 33, Monique Jones 19 pts.

Ferriday Boys 62 - Sicily Island 50, Ladrian Davis 26 pts.

Franklin County girls 36 - Jefferson County 51, Victoria Hunt 15 pts.

Franklin County boys 53 - Jefferson County 42, Jack Thomas 16 pts.

Huntington girls 58 - Pine Hills 18, (H) Erin Hedrick 17 pts. (P) Kristi Whittington 9 pts.

Huntington boys 71 - Pine Hills 16, (H) Jordan Owens 25 pts. (P) Jonathan Latham 6 pts.

Natchez High girls 69 - Newellton 55, Crystal Brown 19 pts.

Natchez High boys 62 - Newellton 39, Brian Williams 18 pts.

Tensas girls 58 - WCCA 36, (T) Sarah Beth Melville 18 pts. (W) Caroline Kee 14 pts.

Tensas boys 55 - WCCA 46 (OT) (T) Tyler White 16 pts. (W) Jason Reed 19 pts.

Vidalia boys 58 - Winnsboro 64, Tony Hawkins 18 pts.

Trinity at Jackson Academy Tournament

Soccer

Cathedral boys 3 - McComb 2, Palmer Rinehart had 2 goals in Overtime.

Cathedral girls 1 - McComb 3, Adrian Mullins goal.

My News

The Sports Buzz, our new TV show will premier next Wednesday evening at 5:30pm til 6:30pm and a re-run will follow on Sunday at the same time. I talked with Adam Daigle last night at the ACCS Gym and he will probably do a story on it this week some time and he'll also put the TV times on the 2nd page of the Democrat under the "On Tap" section at the top.

Trinity girls played a good game last night against ASC and hit some crucial free throws to clinch the victory. The Trinity boys were just too much for the ASC boys and were handling them pretty easy when I left. Central Private girls won easily over ACCS, turnovers by the Lady Rebels were quickly turned into baskets by Central Private. The ACCS boys played alot closer game than what the score turned out, the Rebels weren't hitting on all cylinders last night and had a tough time scoring in the final quarter.

Basketball from here on out should get alot better, with all the holidays behind them now, you'll see the area teams sharpen up and play better ball.

Only today and tomorrow is left on the Trivia Questions, right now, Joey's winning!!!!

The Bulletin Board is back to normal, everybody's finally back at work!

1/7/03

Basketball 

ACCS host Central Private - 4pm

ASC at Trinity - 4pm

Centreville host Bowling Green - 4pm

Ferriday host Sicily Island - 6pm

Franklin County host Jefferson County - 6pm

Huntington host Pine Hills - 4pm

Natchez High host Newellton - 5pm

Tensas host WCCA - 4pm

Vidalia host Winnsboro - 5pm

Natchez High girls are ranked #9 in the MS. Prep Polls with a 12-1 record.

Trinity boys are ranked #5 in the MPSA Polls with a 10-3 record.

Soccer

Cathedral at McComb - 5:30pm

Natchez High at North Pike - 5:30pm

My News

I'll be headed out to ACCS tonight to watch the girls game and then I'm headed to watch Trinity boys, I haven't seen TE boys play this year and I'll be taking my camcorder tonight to get some action on film for an upcoming TV show that Jerry Roberts and myself will be producing, it's called "The Sports Buzz" and will most likely air on Wednesday nights at 5:30pm to 6:30pm, we'll also have a re-run of the show which will air on Sunday evening at the same time slot. We hope to have it ready for next Wednesday, I'll let ya'll know in here when it will air. We will be conducting interviews with coaches and players and showing some game footage from around the Miss-Lou, plus we'll have some bonus stuff just to keep you interested. It should be fun!

No complete answers on the trivia yet, Ron Rushing got half of it right but, it's a 2 part question. Ya'll keep trying !

National News

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Memphis Grizzlies have a strange problem -- they can't hold 30-point leads. The Grizzlies led New Orleans by 31 points with 6:47 left in third quarter Monday night, let the Hornets get within one with less than three minutes left in the game and finally held on to win 106-102. It marked the second consecutive game in which the Grizzlies almost blew a lead of more than 30 points. On Friday, Memphis squandered a 32-point lead against the Los Angeles Clippers before recovering to win. "It's a good problem to have," Memphis forward Shane Battier said. "I'd rather be talking about losing a 30-point lead than trying to come back from 30 down." Jason Williams scored 28 points and handed out 14 assists as the Grizzlies turned back the second-half New Orleans comeback. "I tell people all the time, it might be safer to have a 5- or a 10-point lead as opposed to a 30-point lead," Williams said. "I don't care who you are, you are going to relax a little bit. But we have to fight through it and overcome it." The Hornets got within one, 97-96, when Courtney Alexander hit a 12-foot turnaround with 2:51 to play. But they could never overtake the Grizzlies as Williams hit two shots to extend the Memphis lead and sealed the win with two free throws with just under 24 seconds to play. "I feel like my shot is going to go in every time I shoot it," Williams said. "I've just got to take my time, take good shots and try not to rush things." The Grizzlies led 76-45 when Battier made a 3-pointer with 6:47 remaining in the third. The Hornets then outscored Memphis 23-6 in the rest of the quarter to cut the lead to 82-68. A pair of early 3-pointers by David Wesley and Jamal Mashburn fueled a 14-5 Hornets' run to open the quarter and get New Orleans within five, 87-82. "We just waited too late to make the run," said Hornets coach Paul Silas. "If we had tied the score, I feel as if we would have had a chance to win. I looked at the tape of the (Clippers) game, and they were down by over 30 and almost won," he said. "So, I knew they would give (the lead) up." The win was Memphis' second straight and their eighth in the last nine home games. The loss snapped a two-game winning streak for New Orleans, but the Hornets have lost nine of their last 12.

MELBOURNE, Fla. -- University of Miami tailback Willis McGahee took out a $2.5 million insurance policy two weeks before he was injured in the Fiesta Bowl and can collect after a year if the injury prevents him from returning to football, a Florida newspaper reports. Insurance agent Keith Lerner of Gainesville told Florida Today that the policy was signed and put into effect just prior to the game, the newspaper said in a story for Tuesday editions. That last-minute decision could end up securing McGahee's financial future if he's unable to play again. The sophomore rushed for a school-record 1,686 yards and 27 touchdowns this past season, and was projected to be a top-five draft pick had he turned pro early. McGahee suffered a severe injury to his left knee in the fourth quarter of the 31-24 loss to Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl. "I just visited him in the hospital and told him that my hope is, and that everybody's hope is, that you're going to the NFL and make a substantial amount of money," Lerner said Monday night. "But if he doesn't, he's got something to fall back on." McGahee underwent surgery Sunday at HealthSouth Doctors Hospital, next to the Coral Gables campus. Doctors repaired torn anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments and are hopeful he could eventually return to play again. If he isn't able to return from the injury, he'll get $2.5 million minus taxes, Lerner said. He said McGahee will be eligible to collect Jan. 3, 2004 -- one year from the date of the injury if he's not back by then. Dr. John Uribe, who performed the surgery, declined to set a timetable for McGahee's return but said he should make a complete recovery. Lerner, president of the financial consulting firm Total Planning, has written numerous insurance policies for college stars. Lerner told Florida Today on Monday that he wrote a policy for McGahee in late December with Lloyd's of London, after McGahee contacted him. The coverage officially started on Dec. 20. The final medical forms were sent to Lloyd's of London the day of the Fiesta Bowl, Lerner said. McGahee's premium was about $20,000, paid for with a loan taken out by McGahee's family, Lerner told the newspaper. "It was a real, real smart decision on his behalf," Lerner said. "He wanted to get as much insurance as he could. The ironic thing about it is that he waited so late in the season to get it that he got a lot more coverage than he could have at the beginning of the season." Insurance policies for college athletes not taken out directly through the NCAA's program can be done by independent writers.

1/6/03

Basketball

Pine Hills at Union - 4pm

My News

It's good to be back and I'm excited about another new year and sports in the Miss-Lou!!!!

Basketball was played through the holidays, but not like when school is back in session, Tuesday is full of basketball by just about every school in our area, I'll post all the games and times tomorrow, get out and catch some action!

To recap my time off, I spent it at my hunting camp, there were a only a few deer harvested over the holidays, mostly doe but, David Marchbanks got a nice 8 point. Not having much luck at my camp, I decided to spend a few evenings hunting at my in-laws over in Jefferson County. Me & Christopher took some stands out there to set up and while we were looking at a possible place to put one up, a buck jumped out about 30 yards from us and ran across the field, of course we didn't have a gun as we watched a nice tall rack with about an 18" spread, which looked about like an 8 point speed away from us. Christopher had already been up there a couple weeks earlier and harvested a doe and after seeing this, we were hooked. We invited a friend of mine and his son up to hunt also that day and his son saw a 6 point and a doe, but he had already unloaded his gun and was getting ready to get off the stand. The next evening I had a doe dodge my bullet at about 200 yds., we went back the next morning and looked around just to make sure that that that doe was as fast as I thought it was! My last hunt was yesterday evening and I had a small doe come out about a 150 yds. from me and I was anticipating a buck to soon follow but, that was short lived as the deer turned and started staring and then darted back to the woods, I caught something in my eye to my right and along came two mangy dogs across the field. So I've only got a deer in the freezer and I desperately need 2 more, maybe I can get them in the next couple of weeks. If not, I do accept donations!

Walt Ketchings got him a nice buck, click HERE to see the picture.

I was able to watch quite a few Bowl games during the holidays and I, like most of you, was really surprised to see Ohio State beat Miami, I told everybody in my camp that Ohio State was gonna win after the Ohio State cheerleaders hit both field goals during half time. I took it as an omen!

The New Orleans Saints chances of making the playoffs are getting slimmer, I don't think there could be THAT many airline crashes in one weekend, so all you Saint fans will have to wait another year, I'm just not sure WHICH year!

It seems Brett Favre is excited to go deer hunting, with the loss, he can still get in the next few weeks which should be the best. Does Peyton Manning hunt also?

I want to thank all those for keeping the Bulletin Board going with sports re-caps and scores while I was gone. It's not always just nonsense in there, sometimes we really do actually talk sports!

Joey Martin's trivia is back, ya'll have until Thursday to try and beat him.

I'm hoping that John L. will be back at work today to finalize the Football Pick'Em and Grid Iron Challenge winners, I'll post it as soon as I receive the information.

I'll see ya'll on the Board today!!!!

2/28/03

Who was the head coach of the 92-93 Trinity girls basketball team which ended an 82-game losing streak and what player was named all-conference from that team? Answer: Doug Roher and Ellyn Falkenheiner. Winner: Joey Martin.


Bonus Questions

Name the top player in the 1979 NFL Draft picked from LSU, Miss. State, Ole Miss and Alcorn. Answer: Charles Alexander of LSU (12th pick), Henry Monroe of MIss. State (180), Curtis Weathers of Ole Miss (241) and Larry Willis of Alcorn ((268). Winner: Walt Brown.


Who got the only St. Louis hit in the second game of the 1967 World Series? Answer: Julian Javier. Winner: Johnny Lee Hoffpauir.

Basketball

Ferriday girls 44 - Christian Life 57, LaShawnda Pryor 15 pts.

Trinity vs. Hillcrest - 6pm - MPSA Overall State Tournament.

Baseball

Monterey 6 - LaSalle 5

ACCS vs. Silliman - 6pm - ASC Tournament

Vidalia at Winnsboro Tournament

My News

I'll be heading to Liberty, MS this evening to watch 2 games at the ASC Baseball Tournament, ACCS will face Silliman in the nightcap. Silliman has already knocked off a highly rated Central Private team in 2 games earlier in the week. This should be a real tester for the young Rebel squad!

As bad as I feel for the Ferriday girls basketball team, they had a great run and deserve alot of credit for the way they played this year, they finished the season at 32 victories and 1 loss. Congratulations to Coach Lisa Abrons and all the girls on a fantastic year!

I'll be heading out early in the morning to Meridian, MS for the MCC Rush Invitational, this weekend will really tell alot about the Eagles baseball team as they will play several top notch teams in NE Texas, Bishop State & top ranked Chipola. Chipola had the either the first or second best recruiting class in ALL of baseball last year! They have a left handed pitcher that throws 96 mph and was drafted #3 overall in the MLB June Draft and turned it down! He was going to Arizona State but, his ACT score kept him from it and he opted for Chipola. He is expected to be the #2 overall pick in the June Draft this year.

Good Luck to the Trinity boys basketball team tonight as they take on Hillcrest Christian, I know it's gonna be a battle! If the Saints wins tonight, it will put them in the Finals tomorrow at 2:30pm.

Joey Martin's Trivia is posted and if you are one of these persons that is involved in this answer, you CAN'T play! hahaha

I've added some teams to the various schedules above and will continue to as soon as I get them.

Ya'll have a great weekend and I'm sure you can find alot of scores on the Bulletin Board while I'm gone. Giddy-up!

2/27/03

Basketball

MPSA Overall State Tournament

Trinity 72 - MRA 59, Dudley Guice & Mike Lickliter 23 pts. each.

Trinity vs. Hillcrest - Friday - 6pm

LHSAA Semi-Finals Playoffs

Ferriday girls at Christian Life - 7pm

Baseball

ACCS vs. ASC - If conditions allow

Cathedral at Jena

Monterey host LaSalle

Vidalia at Winnsboro Tournament

Softball

Natchez High host Wesson

Vidalia host Mangham

My News

Joey Martin's page is updated for today, check his Link above.

I listened to the Trinity/MRA basketball game yesterday and Trinity really never let MRA in the game as they led through all 4 periods. It got kind of scary when Chase Brown fouled out with 4 minutes to play but, the Saints didn't let that stop them as they rolled on to victory! Next up is Hillcrest Christian! Go Saints!!!!

I went out to the Natchez High/Cathedral baseball game yesterday and they started the JV game FIRST! Cathedral won easily but only played a few innings because of the game time, the varsity game was cancelled. Not sure when the make-up game will take place.

I talked with Gill Morris and he said that their game in the ASC Tournament would probably be cancelled since they've had so much rain over there the last few days.

I posted all the games above but, inclement weather could cause some delays, I believe the rain is suppose to be gone this morning, but unless we see some sunshine and wind, it may not dry up in time for today!

Good Luck to the Ferriday Lady Trojans today, Christian Life is a team that they want a little revenge on since they put them out last year!

The main trivia question has gone unanswered, today's the last day to get your guesses in!

That's about all I got for right now, check the Bulletin Board for any updates, ya'll come back now, ya hear!

2/26/03

Basketball

MPSA Overall State Tournament

Trinity boys 65 - Prairie View 52, Dudley Guice 23 pts.

Trinity vs. MRA - 2pm

Baseball

ACCS 13 - Huntington 1

WP - Douglas Davis / LP - Will Moak

HR - Douglas Davis / 2B - (AC) Douglas Davis, David Alton New III (H) Bronson Rhodes, Zack Calhoun.

Huntington at Franklin Academy Tournament

Meridian C.C. 13 - Alabama Southern 1

WP - Christopher Rayborn (2-0)

Co-Lin C.C. 10 - Holmes 0

Co-Lin C.C. 9 - Holmes 1

My News

Christopher's stats from Meridian were: 4 inn. pitched, 3 hits, 3 K's, 2 walks and 1 earned run. I talked to him after the game and he wasn't happy with his performance, he said his 2 seam fastball wasn't moving much and he had to go to the 4 seamer and locate. He's pretty hard on himself and always strives to be better. He'll pitch again on Sunday in the Rush Invitational at Meridian against Bishop State at 3pm.

Congratulations to the Trinity boys on their win last night and good luck today against MRA! We're pulling for ya'll!!!!

I talked with ACCS baseball coach Gill Morris yesterday and although his team took an easy win against Huntington, he says they still need alot of work, especially on the mound. "District play is on us really quick and we'll need 3 good pitchers when we start" Morris said. With the addition of the players back on the field for the first time yesterday from the basketball team, Morris said, "The pitchers from the basketball team haven't thrown any in 2 weeks, we need to get them into shape soon!"  ACCS will play again on Thursday in the ASC Tournament against ASC.

For anybody new that visits the Bulletin Board, please understand that it's all in fun and sometimes people get carried away and offend someone. The majority of the time, it's all in fun, please don't take too much in there too seriously.

Trinity boys game at 2pm today against MRA will be broadcast on 107.1 FM "The River"

The Sports Buzz will air today at 5:30pm on Cable One channel 4.

I'm headed to the Board, maybe I'll see ya'll in there! Have a good'un!

2/25/03

Basketball

MPSA Overall State Tournament

ACCS boys 76 - Leake Academy 91, Glenn Williams & Dustin Case 20 pts. each.

Trinity boys vs. Prairie View - 2pm

LHSAA Girls Playoffs

Ferriday 77 - Jewel Sumner 58, Monique Jones & LaShawnda Pryor 24 pts. each.

Baseball

ACCS host Huntington - 1:30pm

Franklin County host Natchez High - 5pm & 7pm

Softball

Vidalia 3 - Monterey 2, WP - Miranda Doughty.

Vidalia at Block - 4pm

My News

I'm headed to Meridian C.C. this morning to watch Christopher pitch against Alabama Southern C.C., it's suppose to be cold out there today, so we'll be taking plenty of blankets and I'll break out my coveralls from hunting season! Ahhh nothing like baseball when it's freezing out!

Congratulations to the ACCS boys and Coach Ricky Gray on a great season! Nobody ever expected them to go as deep into the playoffs as they did. This experience will help the underclassman for next year, never playing this deep before can be intimidating and anybody that says AC was "Lucky" needs to reflect on all they accomplished this year! Can you be lucky enough to place 2nd at South State? and then be lucky enough to gain a spot to Overalls? That just seems like TOO much luck if you ask me! Yes they had some game ending situations that allowed them to advance but, they had to play hard and earn that opportunity to be in those ballgames in the first place. Hats off to you guys for turning heads this year in the MPSA and I know there will be more chances in the future for ACCS basketball.

Good Luck to the Trinity Saints basketball team today, you're our last hope at bringing home the Overall Title! The game will be broadcast on 107.1 FM "The River" If you can't make the game, please tune in, and somebody better call me with an update!

I watched the Vidalia Lady Vikings play some softball yesterday, it was their first game of the season, Miranda Doughty did an outstanding job pitching yesterday and Jacee DeWeese has a gun behind the plate, she made Monterey forget about trying to steal! This Vidalia team has all the potential for a run at State this year, Good Luck girls!

I watched Ferriday girls take on Jewel Sumner last night, JS had two big girls and they were hard to stop once they got their hands on the ball, problem was, Ferriday didn't allow it too much as they pressed JS so hard that turnovers led to Ferriday gaining the lead and keeping it. The Lady Trojans will play Christian Life next, the team that put them out last year.

Well I'm outta here, got a long trip to take! Ya'll have a good day and I'll catch ya'll in the morning.

2/24/03

Basketball

MPSA Overall Tournament - MS. College in Jackson, MS.

ACCS boys vs. Leake Academy - 6:30pm

Trinity boys will play Prairie View on Tuesday at 2pm.

Jewel Sumner at Ferriday - I saw this in the Democrat, check the Board later and I'll try to find out what time.

Baseball

Monterey at Block - 4pm & 6pm

Vidalia at Pineville - 6pm

USM beat S. Alabama 8-0 yesterday, Jarrett Hoffpauir went 2-4 with a double. On Saturday USM won 13-12, Hoffpauir went 3-5 with a double.

Meridian C.C. lost to East Central Mississippi C.C. on Saturday and won against East Mississippi yesterday, they will play Jones C.C. today and Alabama Southern C.C. tomorrow at Meridian. Christopher will pitch tomorrow. They are now 5-1 on the year.

Softball

Vidalia host Monterey - 4pm

My News

Things didn't work out so I could go to Meridian today to watch Christopher pitch and then head to Jackson for the Overall Tournament. I'll just have to chase John Mark down and steal his game film.

If Ferriday's  girls basketball team is playing, I'll try to get over there, it should be a really good game.

With the basketball overall tournament going on, ACCS baseball team is having to miss games, they were scheduled to play Columbia today in the ASC tournament. They are suppose to play Huntington tomorrow at ACCS but, if AC wins tonight, they will have to cancel this game as well.

I want to wish both ACCS & Trinity "Good Luck" in the overalls, maybe ya'll can meet each other in the finals, I believe that's the only way a game between them can happen!

I have a special birthday picture that I'll be posting on the Board, but I'm going to make ya'll figure out who it is!

Ya'll have a great day and I'll see ya on the Board!

2/21/03

Name the three schools Mary Irving has won state championships at.  Answer: Davidson, North Natchez and Natchez High. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Name the quarterback who in 1991 attempted 224 passes and did not have an interception. Answer: Matt Blundin of Virginia. Winner: Mike Smith.


Who was the youngest player to appear in the Major Leagues? Answer: Fifteen-year-old Joe Nuxhall. Winner: Johnny Lee Hoffpauir.
 

Basketball

Ferriday girls 65 - Clinton 39, Monique Jones & LaShawnda Pryor 20 pts. each.

Trinity boys 54 - CM&I 48, Mike Lickliter 17 pts.

ACCS vs. Jackson Prep - 6pm at MRA.

Trinity vs. Rossville - 6pm at Greenville Christian.

Brookhaven Academy girls vs. Simpson - 2:30pm

Brookhaven Academy boys vs. Prairie View - 7:30pm

Baseball

Dandy Dozen Baseball 2003

Travis Bogue: Warren Central, Cliff Davis: Eupora, Patrick Ezell: Petal, Jonathan Hancock: Tupelo, Justin Henry: Vicksburg, Richard Imhoff: Picayune, Josh Johnson: Caledonia, Brett Jones: Hillcrest, Trent Posey: West Lauderdale, Jeffery Rea: Nettleton, Jon Still: Madison Central.

My News

I didn't get to make the Ferriday game yesterday as planned, I got caught up making a video for "Redneck Adventures", and it had me here at the office until after 7:30pm last night.

With CM&I out of the way and Rossville on the plate next, I just hope the Trinity boys aren't too wore out from last nights game as it sounded like a very fast paced game. I haven't heard much about Rossville but, I don't think they played out of their region very much, here's hoping the Saints have an easy night tonight! Good Luck guys!

I've got to go to Jackson this morning on business and will hang around until the ACCS/Prep game tonight. Good Luck Rebels!

 I've got to head out, see ya'll tomorrow.

2/20/03

Basketball

Ferriday girls host Clinton - 7pm

Trinity boys vs. CM&I - 5:30pm in Greenville, MS

My News

First off, Good Luck to Ferriday & Trinity tonight in their basketball games!

I watched alot of basketball yesterday at the MPSA Class AA State Tournament at Brookhaven Academy. BA girls took an easy win over Benton Academy 65-38, the BA boys were leading by only 2 pts. at halftime over Marshall Academy and I left as it was getting late and good thing I did because it wasn't much of a ballgame after that! BA won 76-46 as Marshall only scored 19 pts. the rest of the game!

I watched a really good game between Prairie View and West Memphis Christian, I had heard that West Memphis had only lost 2 games this year and both were against teams outside the MPSA, their point guard, Daniel Bandy has already committed to play at Gonzaga next year, the first 4 shots he took were NBA 3 pointers and he drained them all! he scored 17 pts. in the 1st quarter! he ended up with 39 for the night and his team lost 93-77. I got some good footage from all three games last night and will show it on next weeks Sports Buzz.

The Brookhaven gym was packed all night and alot of coaches outside the class AA ranks were there watching as some great basketball was played. I even met a guy that played in the band, "Black Oak Arkansas", he was a Benton girls fan and took alot of pictures for the team.

I guess I'll listen to the Saints this evening and then head over to Ferriday for the ballgame.

Joey Martin's page is updated today, catch what he's got going on his Link above!

There's still one trivia question that's not answered! Today's the last day!

See ya'll on the Board!

2/19/03

Basketball

MPSA 3A State Tournament

ACCS boys 39 - Lee Academy 38, Dustin Case 13 pts.

ACCS will face Jackson Prep at 6pm on Friday night at MRA.

MPSA 2A State Tournament

Centreville girls 58 - Leake 69, Jenae Jackson 31 pts.

Trinity boys will face CM&I Thursday night at 5:30pm at Greenville.

Ferriday girls will host wildcard Clinton in the first playoff game on Thursday, either 6 or 7pm.

Baseball

Jarrett Hoffpauir scored 2 runs as the USM Golden Eagles beat New Orleans 13-1 last night.

LSU wins over ULM with a score of 9-4.

Meridian C.C. got 2 wins over Jeff Davis C.C. yesterday, Christopher Rayborn picked up his first win in his first start yesterday. In game #1 the score was 6-3 and in game #2 the score was 4-2. Christopher pitched 5 innings and had 7 strikeouts giving up 5 hits (3 were bunts). As I read the Clarion Ledger, I see where they gave the win to another pitcher, that's about right for him, he pitches well and doesn't get the credit! At least they didn't say he was from Raymond!

My News

Clarion Ledger Top Performers for Feb. 10-16.

Dudley Guice, Trinity: Scored 21,34 and 25 pts. in 3 wins for the Academy South A championship.

Congratulations to Cathedral's Brent Tosspin on signing a letter of intent to play football at Co-Lin C.C.

I watched the MCC/Jeff Davis Baseball game yesterday, In the first 3 innings Christopher had 6 K's and only one ground ball, in the 4th inning when the top of the order came back around, the # 2 batter hit a shot over the 3rd baseman's head, the next batter capped a ball just over the 1st baseman's head, with runners at 2nd & 3rd, the next guy bunts and reaches safely, the next guy bunts and the next and the next, they kept doing that into the next inning because they were getting on base more often than getting thrown out. MCC's 3rd baseman has always played shortstop his entire life and he's having to adjust to the new position, when he did, the bunting stopped! Christopher left the game after he pitched the top of the 5th inn. and when MCC came to bat, Brad McKee hit a homerun to go up 4-3 in the bottom of the 5th, thus giving Christopher the win.

We left Meridian after the first game as my daughter Morgan had to go and cheer for the ACCS boys basketball team. Lee Academy didn't impress me except for one thing, they are well coached, they had a couple of big boys and the coached used that size to bang them inside. AC played about as sloppy as I've seen them this year! But when AC was down by 10 pts. with around 3 minutes left in the game, he applied a hard press and some key takeaways allowed AC to come back and with 5 seconds on the clock, Luke Ogden made a basket inside to go up by 1 point and was fouled, he missed the free throw and a Lee player traveled the distance of the floor and forced a lay-up that rolled around the rim and fell out! The gym went crazy and it proved that "The Magic is Back!"

2/17/03

Basketball

Natchez High girls vs. Columbus - 6pm at Columbus in the North State Play-offs.

MPSA State Tournaments will start Tuesday for area teams, Adams Christian boys will play Lee Academy at 5:30pm at MRA. Centreville girls will play Leake Academy at 7pm at Brookhaven Academy. Trinity boys will not play until Thursday when they face the winner of  the Strider/CM&I game which will be played Tuesday.

My News

I got a great e-mail from Janice Davis (the mother), her daughter Janice and Kendrick Gibbons participated in the Houston All-Comers Indoor Track Meet. Janice placed 2nd in the 60m dash and 2nd in the 200m dash. Gibbons finished 3rd in the 60m hurdles. She went on to say that the scouts will be returning to Natchez to watch Gibbons some more. College and High School athletes were competing in this event which is not a high school sanctioned event. Natchez High will open their season up March 1st in Woodville.

Andy Taunton, Jordan Kirkwood, Ja'Mel Jackson & Brent Tosspon will participate in the South State Powerlifters Meet at St. John's High School March 13th.

It couldn't have worked out any better for me, I'll head to Meridian C.C. on Tuesday to watch Christopher pitch his first official game for the Eagles at 1pm, after the game is over and we head back towards home, I'll stop in Jackson for the ACCS/Lee Academy game at 5:30pm at MRA gym. I'm hearing that AC will have a good chance in winning this game, they (Lee) supposedly have 2 guys that AC will need to key on and if this happens and AC wins, they will advance to the overall finals next week at Mississippi College in Clinton, MS.

I will be heading out early in the morning, so I will not be posting anything on here tomorrow. Check the Bulletin Board for any sports updates through the day.

Well, I'm off to the Board, plus I'll be editing the Sports Buzz footage this morning for Wednesday's show, see ya'll later!

2/15/03

Basketball

MPSA Class 3A South State

ACCS boys 44 - Jackson Prep 43, Luke Ogden 10 pts.

ACCS boys vs. Hillcrest - Finals - 7:30pm at McComb, MS.

MPSA Class 2A South State

Centreville girls 49 - Brookhaven Academy 57, Jenae Jackson 19 pts.

Centreville girls vs. Simpson - For 3rd place - 1pm at Raymond, MS.

MPSA Class 1A South State

Trinity boys 79 - Plain Dealing 39, Dudley Guice 34 pts.

Trinity boys vs. Glenbrook - Finals - 7:30pm at Minden, LA.

Div. 4-5A Tournament

Natchez High girls 50 - Warren Central 61 - Championship game - Gloria Lewis 15 pts.

Regular Games

Ferriday girls 67 - McCall 56, Monique Jones 22 pts.

Ferriday boys 52 - McCall 73, Ladrian Davis 30 pts.

Vidalia girls 23 - Rayville 65, Shemica Williams 14 pts.

Vidalia boys 71 - Rayville 39

My News

I went and watched some of the Ferriday girls last night as they went on to win and end their season with a perfect 30-0 record. Coach Lisa Abrons told me that they will host a playoff game next week.

As I was driving back to Natchez, I was listening to the Trinity/Plain Dealing games on the radio and it seemed that Mike Lickliter was having the game of his career as Trinity made an easy night of Plain Dealing and will play in the championship game tonight against highly rated Glenbrook.

I ended up at Natchez High and the girls were already playing, Warren Central's bench proved to be too much last night as they ran the floor and defeated the Lady Bulldogs in the championship game. It's far from over though as they still advance to the North State tournament, that's right, North! Natchez High somehow is in the North division...go figure!

I got home and was trying find out how ACCS boys were fairing against Jackson Prep, a bad cell phone connection only let me know that we were tied with them...then the phone started ringing and ringing and ringing as we found out that AC had done it AGAIN!!! Glenn Williams hits a 3 pointer from just inside half court at the buzzer to put AC up by one and into the championship game tonight against Hillcrest.

The wife & I will be headed to McComb tonight to watch the ACCS/Hillcrest championship game. Geez, AC beats Jackson Prep twice in one year and I've missed them both. If AC plays tonight like they have the past 2 games...watch out Hillcrest!

Christopher came home late last night, they won both of their games yesterday in their baseball debut at Monroeville, AL, the first game was a blowout, I believe he said it was 14-3, the second game was 7-6. Terry's Van Pope had 3 homers, Aaron George (St. AL) homered, Warren Central's Joey Lieberman also homered, MCC hit 6 dongs in the contests.

Good Luck to all the area teams playing tonight!

2/14/03

This former North Natchez pitcher was 1-14 in 1991, but would be named Most Valuable Player for Mississippi Valley's baseball team two straight years. Who was it? Answer: Luther Davis. Winner: Joey Martin.
 
Bonus Questions

Who is the only player to lead Mississippi State in passing four straight seasons? Answer: John Bond. Winner: Bill (Loggerheaded Rattletrap) Darsey.
 
The University of Kentucky football team has posted two wins over No. 1 ranked teams. Who were they? Answer: Oklahoma 13-7 in 1950 and Ole Miss 27-21 in 1964. Winner: Walt Brown.

Basketball

Div. 7-3A Tournament

Franklin County boys 50 - Hazlehurst 53

MPSA Class 1A South State

Trinity boys 57 - Franklin Academy 41, Dudley Guice 21 pts.

Div. 7-5A Championship

Natchez High girls vs. Warren Central - 6:30pm

MPSA 3A South State

ACCS boys vs. Jackson Prep - 7:30pm

MPSA 2A South State

Centreville girls vs. Brookhaven Academy - 2:30pm

MPSA 1A South State

Trinity boys vs. Plain Dealing - 6pm

Baseball

Clarion Ledger Pre-Season Polls

Public

#1 - Picayune / #2 New Hope / #3 West Lauderdale / #4 Oak Grove / #5 Petal / #6 Meridian / #7 Tupelo / #8 Clinton / #9 Madison Central / #10 Purvis / #11 Warren Central / #12 NW Rankin / #13 Terry / #14 Senatobia / #15 Southaven

Private

#1 Hillcrest / #2 Magnolia Heights / #3 Central Private / #4 Jackson Academy / #5 Prairie View, LA / #6 Simpson Academy / #7 Indianola / #8 Parklane / #9 Porter's Chapel / #10 Univ. Christian

Dandy Dozen will be announced next Friday.

My News

The playoff field is narrowing down with ACCS boys, Centreville girls, Natchez High girls and Trinity boys advancing to the next round. Louisiana public hasn't started playoffs yet, but the Ferriday girls and Vidalia boys look to be a shoe-in.

Trinity boys held off a close 1st half as the score was tied at the halfway mark, but a strong pressured defense proved to be too much for the Franklin boys and Trinity walks away victorious in the second half.

Where will I go today? I really don't know yet! I may see if coach David King has room on the bus for one more passenger.

I've added some players to the College Players Link way down at the bottom of this page.

I've also added some stuff under the Ramblings section down below also.

I thought I may be driving to Monroeville, AL this morning (5 hours) but, Christopher told me that he will pitch the first game against Jeff Davis C.C. next Tuesday in Meridian at 1pm. It seems the other pitcher is well enough to throw today...thank goodness!

I'll be home tomorrow, so look for an update in the morning. Ya'll have a great weekend!

2/13/03

Basketball

ACCS girls 36 - Copiah 39, Heather Holloway 11 pts.

ACCS boys 67 - Parklane 50, Dustin Case 23 pts.

Franklin County boys 38 - North Pike 37, Bobby Henderson 15 pts.

Huntington girls 49 - Porter's Chapel 66, Sarah Ashmore 18 pts.

Div. 7-3A Tournament

Franklin County vs. Hazlehurst - 8:30pm

MPSA Class A South State in Minden, LA.

Trinity boys vs. Franklin Academy - 5:30pm

My News

ACCS Nikki Hankins was putting on a show last night before she turned her ankle in the 3rd period, last time she played at Parklane, guess what? she turned her ankle! The Lady Rebels played hard against Copiah and had their chances late in the ballgame but, turnovers were the difference. Congratulation on a great season!

The ACCS boys were hitting on all cylinders last night and sophomore Dustin Case was the spark plug as he was pouring in the baskets from all over the floor! Luke Ogden was just killing them underneath as he bulled his way to the goal every time it touched his hands. The boys will face Jackson Prep on Friday night. The Jackson Prep coaches were there and they better be glad none of their players were as they had already been beaten by them once this year and last nights performance would have scared them to death!

Congratulation to the Lady Hounds on a great year, I was shocked to see that they lost to Porter's Chapel last night. I know Huntington has the better team, it just didn't happen for them last night.

I'm sure Trinity boys will be aired on 107.1 FM "The River" this evening and I'll be listening in to root the Saints on!

Joey Martin's page is updated today, check out his Link above.

I talked with Ken Jackson last night and he also says that Hillcrest will be the team to beat in 3A baseball this year, Central Private is not ruled out either as they have 2 very good pitchers returning from last years team. Ken also said to watch for Magnolia Heights to perform well with their ace pitcher John Hoggard. Hoggard played in the Team One Showcase with my son last year and this kids got what it takes! and I believe he has already signed with Ole Miss.

Baseball is just around the corner and I'm looking forward to it!

That's about all I have today, if I have anything else, I'll post it on the Board, see ya'll there!

2/12/03

Basketball

MPSA Class A South State

Trinity girls 22 - Sharkey-Issaquena 25, Sierra Massey 9 pts.

WCCA girls 41 - Deer Creek 51, Caroline Kee 14 pts.

WCCA boys 56 - Sharkey-Issaquena 59, Jason Reed 37 pts.

MPSA Class AA South State

Centreville girls 61 - East Rankin 35, Emily Knighton & Jenae Jackson 16 pts. each.

Div. 7-1A Tournament

Cathedral girls 38 - MSD 58, Kelsey Stephens 15 pts.

Cathedral boys 51 - St. Al 66, Eric Lee 14 pts.

Div. 7-4A Tournament

Natchez High girls 43 - Clinton 39, Crystal Brown 18 pts.

Natchez High boys 33 - Vicksburg 38, Ronaled Calcote 9 pts.

MPSA Class A South State at Glenbrook, LA

Huntington vs. Porter's Chapel - 7pm

MPSA Class 3A South State Tournament at McComb, MS.

ACCS girls vs. Copiah - 6pm

ACCS boys vs. Parklane - 7:30pm

My News

First of all, good luck to all the schools from the Miss-Lou that are playing basketball today!

I watched some good basketball yesterday, the Vicksburg/Warren Central girls game was really heated as these two teams hail from Vicksburg and the rivalry is unmatched by anything I've seen in a while! The Natchez High girls played a sub par game yesterday but got by with the win, they'll have to step it up on Friday night when they play Warren Central, which has a huge bench!

The Natchez High boys are finished after the loss to Vicksburg last night, and if last nights second half performance is any kind of a reflection of "what's to come", get ready Bulldog fans, because coach Mike Martin played alot of young guys the second half and they look like they will once again be a force to reckon within the next 3 years!

I'll be headed to McComb this evening to watch the ACCS girls and boys play, both of these games should be very interesting.

The Sports Buzz comes on this evening at 5:30pm on CableOne Channel 4!!!!

The AYA basketball scores have been updated. See their Link above.

See ya'll on the Board!!!!

2/11/03

Basketball

MPSA Class South State

Huntington boys 60 - Claiborne 67, Jordan Owens 15 pts.

Tensas boys 50 - Greenville Christian 52, Tyler White 19 pts.

Tensas girls 49 - Central - 52, Megan Bauerle 14 pts.

WCCA girls vs. Deer Creek - 4pm

Trinity girls vs. Sharkey-Issaquena - 7pm

WCCA boys vs. Sharkey-Issaquena - 5:30pm

Div. 7-3A Tournament in Meadville, MS.

Franklin County vs. North Pike - 7:30pm

Div. 4-5A Tournament in Natchez, MS.

Natchez High boys vs. Vicksburg - 5:30pm

Natchez High girls vs. Clinton - 7pm

My News

Ferriday girls basketball are ranked #3 in Class 2A.

Vidalia boys basketball are ranked #7 in Class 2A.

Clarion Ledger Top Performers for Feb. 3-9.

Jason Reed, WCCA: Scored 40 pts. in a 62-55 loss to Huntington.

Mallory Archer, Trinity: Scored 28 pts. in a 59-38 win over Ben's Ford.

Jenny Watts, Centreville: Scored 34 pts. in a 73-55 win over Columbia Academy.

I went to the Mississippi College vs. Louisiana College basketball games last night. This is a fierce rivalry and the basketball was pretty intense! The MC girls on by one point in overtime. Brookhaven Academy's Katie Newman (So.) started at point guard and she is some kind of quick, she got into foul trouble early and didn't see much playing time in the second half though. A girl from Enterprise named Lacey Palomarez scored 29 pts. for MC, I went to Co-Lin C.C. with her mother, but didn't know who she was until the game started when I saw her mom in the gym, I hadn't seen her in over 20 years. The caliber of basketball is probably better than you think. I enjoyed it.

MHSAA charges to have their playoff games filmed, so I issued a special request to see if they would let me partially film some of the games. I'm awaiting their approval. MPSA said I could film whatever I wanted. If approved, I plan on going to Natchez High tonight to get some footage of the playoffs.

I know alot of ya'll will be traveling during playoffs and will arrive back home late at night, a word of caution...Watch Out for Deer!!!! They're sneaky!

I changed and added a few things and names on the College Players Link. If you know of anymore, let me know!

Ya'll have a great day and I'll see ya'll on the Board!

2/10/03 

Basketball

It's playoff time!!!! Here's today's action.

MPSA Class 1A in Minden, LA.

Tensas girls vs. Central - 4pm

Tensas boys vs. Greenville Christian - 5:30pm

Huntington boys vs. Claiborne - 8:30pm

MPSA Class 2A in Raymond, MS.

Centreville girls vs. East Rankin - 4pm

 My News

2/7/03

In 1973, Huntington's basketball boys lost to Sam Barthe 67-63 in the LISA regionals. Who was the Huntington coach? Answer: Bob Ulmer. Winner: Coach Johnny Lee Hoffpauir.
 
Bonus Questions

Name the ACCS basketball player who was ejected from a 1988 game with Huntington for taking a swing at the Hounds' Brad Daye. Answer: Leigh King. Winner: Brandon Smith's dad.

Who made the first 3-point shot in an NBA All-Star Basketball Game? Answer: Larry Bird. Winner: Jarred Martin.
 
Who was the first golfer to win two major events in the 1990s? Answer: Nick Faldo. Winner: Walter Ketchings.

Basketball

Huntington girls 42 - Tensas 31, (H) Emily Hazlip 20 pts. (T) Tabby Howard 8 pts.

Huntington boys 63 - Tensas 53, (H) Jordan Owens 22 pts. (T) Tyler White 17 pts.

ACCS host Lamar - 6pm

Cathedral host St. Al - 6pm

Ferriday host Jefferson County - 6pm

Franklin County host Amite County - 6pm

Natchez High host Brookhaven - 5pm

Vidalia host McCall - 6pm

My News

ACCS Jr. High boys lost in the finals of the District 3-AAA Tournament to Jackson Prep 53-42. Timmy Foster had 17 pts.

I'll be out at ACCS for the girls game then I'll probably head over to Natchez High and then Cathedral to catch some footage for next weeks show.

The wife & I will be getting up early in the morning and heading to Meridian to watch Christopher play in the Meridian C.C. Green & White game. After then game we will have dinner with the team and meet everybody. Should be a fun weekend. We'll be back on Sunday and I'll update everything on Monday morning.

Joey Martin got swept this past week in his Trivia game, I think his feelings got hurt, so watch out for this weeks questions!

Ya'll have a great weekend!!!!

2/6/03

Basketball

Huntington vs. Tensas at Franklin Academy - 6:15pm

Trinity girls vs. WCCA - ????

My News

Congratulations to those that signed to play football yesterday. Centreville Academy has sent Will Arnold to LSU while teammate Drew Havard has signed with Southwest C.C. and Ferriday's duo of Tyrrence Taylor & Brennan Smith are headed to Nichols State.

Joey Martin's Link is updated today, check out all his stories from around the Miss-Lou.

I'm not sure about the Trinity/WCCA basketball game but, when I find out, I'll have something on the Board.

Plenty of local basketball on tap for tomorrow night, just not much happening today in Natchez.

I forgot that there were 4 trivia questions this week and my apologies to Jarred Martin who answered correctly earlier in the week, I've given you credit above and I know that it was pleasing to you to beat your uncle at his own game! lol

I went out and watched Natchez High baseball team play an intrasquad ( I have spell checking in here) game yesterday and they were going at it pretty good. This kind of enthusiasm will carry them far as they put on quite a show. Coaches Charlie Williams and Chris Williams (no relation) are fired up about baseball and you can see it in the players as well.

For those of you that are huge LeBron James fans, he has been cleared to play! I knew that'd make your day!

Until tomorrow....Later!

2/5/03

Basketball

Cathedral girls 15 - West Lincoln 78, Mattie Smith 5 pts.

Cathedral boys 42 - West Lincoln 69, Russell Barmer 14 pts.

Centreville girls 73 - Columbia 56, Jenny Watts 34 pts.

Centreville boys 45 - Columbia 91, Josh Jones 14 pts.

Ferriday girls 73 - Rayville 50, LaShawnda Pryor 24 pts.

Ferriday boys 71 - Rayville 75, LaKendrick Nix 32 pts.

Huntington girls 64 - WCCA 33, (H) Erin Hedrick 16 pts. (W) Caroline Kee 12 pts.

Huntington boys 62 - WCCA 55, (H) Jordan Owens 16 pts. (W) Jason Reed 40 pts.

Natchez High girls 57 - Jefferson County 54, Karmethia Mazique 22 pts.

Natchez High boys 48 - Jefferson County 72, Derrick Martin 9 pts.

Tensas girls 58 - Pine Hills 20, (T) Megan Bauerle 15 pts. (P) Kristi Whittington 9 pts.

Tensas boys 59 - Pine Hills 21, (T) Bryant Killen 18 pts. (P) Jonathan Latham & Brandon Bateman 5 pts.

Trinity girls 59 - Ben's Ford 38, Mallory Archer 28 pts.

Trinity boys 80 - Ben's Ford 15, Dudley Guice 21 pts.

Vidalia girls 39 - Crowville 69, Gemecia Williams 12 pts.

Vidalia boys 110 - Crowville 43, Ajay Warner 23 pts.

My News

I went around yesterday before all of the basketball games and got some footage of area baseball teams practicing for the TV show next week, mostly everybody is into conditioning right now.

The Sports Buzz comes on this evening at 5:30pm on Cable One channel 4.

I talked with QB Tyrrence Taylor of Ferriday last night and he's excited about signing with Nichols State and playing under Ferriday native and head coach Darryl Daye. RB Brennan Smith will join him there, so maybe we'll see the dynamic duo do it again!

I talked with Trinity's Mallory Archer last night, she had a career high school high of 28 pts. last night and a tied the school record with 7 three pointers!, the win put them in a tie for 3rd place with WCCA and she told me that they would have a play-off game on Thursday to decide who would be 3rd. The top 4 advance so Trinity & WCCA will still be in the play-offs. Huntington is the #1 seed and Tensas is the #2 seed heading to South State.

Regular season play is over for the MPSA Class 1A in our area and Trinity boys finished undefeated while Huntington is tied at the #2 slot with Tensas. They will play on Thursday to see who will be seeded #2 for the South State Tournament. WCCA is in at 4th place.

Poor Ben's Ford boys basketball team, they got to shoot a technical foul before the game because of a dunk by Trinity in warm-ups and made 1 pt. With less than 2 minutes in the half, the score was 49 -1 Trinity, they finally picked off an errant pass and made a lay-up and they went into the locker room at halftime trailing 51-3. Ben's Ford started throwing up Hail Mary's and made 4 three pointers in the second half. Clearly not the same team as last year. Everybody on the Trinity team saw plenty of playing time last night!

Well, it's Wednesday and all we have to look forward to tomorrow is Joey's Page, it couldn't come at a better time, he really does a great job and I look forward to reading his stuff every week.

See ya'll on the Board!

2/4/03

Basketball

Cathedral host West Lincoln - 5pm

Centreville vs. Columbia - 6:15 - District Tournament

Ferriday host Rayville - 6pm

Franklin County host Amite County - 6pm

Huntington host WCCA - 4pm

Natchez High at Jefferson County - 5pm

Tensas host Pine Hills - 4pm

Trinity host Ben's Ford - 4pm

Vidalia host Crowville - 6pm

Vidalia is ranked #4 in the Class 2A polls.

Dudley Guice is named Boys Player of the Week by the Clarion Ledger.

My News

Congratulations to the ACCS Jr. High boys basketball team, they won last night over Copiah and will face the winner of the Jackson Prep/Parklane game on Thursday for the Tournament Championship.

I'm suppose to go to Meridian this weekend for family day for the MCC baseball team, I hope the weather holds out so we can see some of the scrimmage game, it's suppose to rain through Friday for sure and maybe Saturday.

I'll probably catch the Ferriday girls tonight, the Huntington girls and boys and then catch the last of the Vidalia boys. That's the plan anyway, it could change because I would like to get in some of the Trinity games if possible.

I'll have alot more to say in here tomorrow, until then, I'll see ya'll on the Board!

2/3/03

Swimming

Natchez Swim Team at the Hattiesburg "Hubfins Super Weekend"

Girls - 6 & under - Aubrey Timm, 1st place - 25m freestyle, 50m freestyle, 25m backstroke, 50m backstroke, 25m butterfly.

Boys - 6 & under - Jack Daly, 1st place - 25m freestyle, 25m backstroke, 25m butterfly, 200m freestyle.

Boys - 8 & under - Rudy Timm, 1st place - 50m freestyle, 100m fresstyle, 25m backstroke, 50m backstroke, 25m butterfly.

Natchez Swim team finished 3rd overall with only 10 swimmers competing!

My News

My computer went down this weekend, hence, no weekend news! I'm operated right now on only 60mb of Ram, the other 64mb was damaged and wouldn't let my computer work, it's really slow, but it works now. I guess I know what JoJo experiences everyday with his computer! lol

No basketball games today that I know of but, plenty tomorrow! There are some Jr. High playoffs going on, but they're all out of town.

Wasn't the Pro Bowl just awful? 45 to 20 in favor of the AFC! Well anyway, I would take the $15,000 and a trip to Hawaii for losing also!

You owe it to yourself to go out and watch the AYA basketball on Saturdays at either ACCS or Trinity gyms, they are really fun to watch!

Not much to report on today, see ya'll on the Board!

3/31/03

Baseball

Huntington at Porter's Chapel - 5/7pm

Monterey host Epps - 3:30pm

Trinity host Franklin Academy - 3:30pm

Softball

ACCS host Jackson Prep - 4pm - DH

Tennis

Natchez High host Warren Central - 3:30pm

Golf

Beau Pre' C.C. MGA Kick-Off Scramble: Scoop Murray, Bill Salters, Jack Lazarus, Ricky Flechas & Mike Cook won with a 55.

Coaches Reports

Centreville Academy Baseball

Centreville takes a double header from Oak Forest by scores of 11-1 and 16-0. They are now 10-5 overall and 6-0 in district play. They  have a 9 game winning streak. Their bats are starting to come around as they have outscored the district competition 84-14 in six games. The competition promises to get a great deal tougher in the coming weeks though.

C'ville 11 Oak Forest 1
WP Patrick Kimery(2-0)
2B Perkins(CA), Reid(CA), Chandler(OF)
HR Havard(CA)
Multiple hits Perkins(CA)(3), Mathis(CA)(2), Reid(CA)(2)

C'ville 16 Oak Forest 0
WP Josh Jones (3-0)
2B White(CA), Mathis(CA),  Kimery(CA)(2), Landers(CA)
3B Jones(CA)
HR Havard(CA)
Multiple hits Cooper(CA)(3), Jones(CA)(2), Perkins(CA)(2), Havard(CA)(2),
Landers(CA)(3), Kimery(CA)(2)
 

Natchez High Tennis

Here are Saturday's scores with Wayne County.  (NHS record 1-3)

NHS 3, WC 2

Brian Hughes vs Justin Westover 0-6, 4-6
Tennessee Williams vs Hannah McAnain 6-2, 6-2
Nick Butler/Jermaine Marsaw vs Adam Burns/Brendan Hegwood 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
Melissa Johnson/Tonisha Coach vs Serena Davis/Holly Bolduck 6-1, 6-2
Aubrey Fulton/Lindsay Burns vs Jenny Bowen/Chad McCoy 2-6, 0-6

Amite School Center Power Lifting

We will have our Powerlifting Meet Wed. April 2, starting at 1:45...should be a good one, teams include----ASC, Trinity, Oak Forest, Huntington, Pine Hills, Tri County, Pres. Christian, Columbia, Centreville, may have some from ACCS also, the