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Sunday | December 23, 2018

SHOP WITH A COP

Hickman
sues CMSD
Former superintendent
alleges racial
discrimination by
school board members
led to his firing
By ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com

A former superin-
tendent of Columbus
Municipal School
District has filed
an employment dis-
crimination lawsuit
against the district
and certain school
board members alleg- Hickman
ing retaliation and racial prejudice
factored into his firing.
Philip Hickman, who served as
CMSD superintendent from July
2014 until his firing on Feb. 23, filed
the lawsuit in federal court Friday.
In the suit, he named board presi-
dent Jason Spears and board mem-
bers Josie Shumake and Fredrick
Sparks.
Spears, Shumake and Sparks are
the three board members who voted
Alex Holloway/Dispatch Staff
to fire Hickman, with former board
Starkville Police Department Officer Will Simon and Zechariah Boyd look at a “Black Panther” toy in Walmart in Starkville member Angela Verdell voting in
on Thursday. Boyd was one of two children selected to participate in “Shop with a Cop.” The event, organized by State Farm
agent Michael Millis, saw two children given $150 gift cards for a Christmas shopping spree in the store alongside SPD opposition.
officers. TOP OF PAGE: Lucia Tofts, 7, decorates a gingerbread house Wednesday afternoon at The Haven, an antebellum In a letter filed with the com-
home in downtown Columbus. The house’s owner Vonnie Moody hosted Gingerbread Houses at The Haven. — Photo by Chris plaint, Hickman alleges multiple
McDill/Special to The Dispatch. SEE MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 7A. See HICKMAN, 6A

West Point native places third West Point

native Will

in the world for steer wrestling

Lummus wres-
tles a steer
during a rodeo
competition in
Lummus won $100,000 at National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas Moses Lake
Washington
BY MARY POLLITZ they change and do something different, but earlier this
mpollitz@cdispatch.com usually he does the same thing.” year. Lummus
competed
That predictability helps him make the at the Na-
Will Lummus, 26, doesn’t second guess
jump, he said. tional Rodeo
jumping off a running horse to wrestle a 600
pound steer to the ground. “It never gets old,” he added. “It’s the Competition
same feeling every time I do it. It’s a lot of earlier this
If he did, he wouldn’t be the third placed
fun. That’s why a lot of people do it, it’s that month, taking
steer wrestler in the world. home third
“Cattle are creatures of habit,” Lummus rush.”
place world-
said. “Every time they walk, they walk the Lummus, who heralds from West Point, wide and
same trail. A lot of times, you can bank on has been competing in steer wrestling at ro- $100,000.
a steer doing the same thing. Sometimes, See LUMMUS, 6A Photo by Bill Lawless

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1 What piece of heavenly apparel Thursday through Monday, Dec. 27-31 Letters to meetings
does the Littlest Angel not wear Santa and Dec. 28:
■ Christmas Village: By appointment, the seasonal
correctly? Lowndes County
Storehouse at Christian World Missions in
2 Who became Emperor of Japan on artwork Supervisors, 9
Christmas Day, 1926? Starkville presents The Village at Christmas Tree in today’s
3 What “Waltons” star portrayed Lane, with 20 trees, dozens of nativity scenes, a a.m., County
Christmas
Zoe Jensen in “A Christmas Without Dept. 56 village, plus a scavenger hunt, cookie/ Greetings Courthouse
Sophia Heinkel Snow”: Richard Thomas or Michael ornament-making stations, photo backdrops and special Jan. 2: Colum-
Learned? reading corner. $5. Proceeds benefit local and section. bus City Coun-
Third grade, Annunciation
4 In “The Most Wonderful Day of the world missions. To schedule a visit, contact Lee

60 Low 32 Year,” what does Sue’s dolly say? cil, 5 p.m., Mu-
Ann Williamson, 816-769-2050.
High 5 Erroneously thinking he has won a nicipal Complex
Morning rain and drizzle slogan contest, what does Dick Powell (rescheduled to
Full forecast on
proceed to do in “Christmas in July”?
accommodate
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Dispatch holiday schedule holiday)
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and no paper will be published Monday, Dec.
Jan. 7: Lown-
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Comics Insert Obituaries 7B Supervisors, 9
Christmas. The offices of The Dispatch will also
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Say What?
Did you hear? “We appreciate the state and local elected leaders who have

Poll: Christmas carols supported Amazon’s entrance into Mississippi ...”

John Felton, Amazon’s vice president of global customer ful-
fillment, on the company opening a center in Marshall County.

favored over Billboard hits Story, 6A.

12 percent of Americans named ‘Silent Ask Rufus

Night’ as their favorite holiday song
followed by ‘Jingle Bells’ at 8 percent
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. “It’s a story of redemp-
AP Entertainment Writer tion,” said Michael Germa-
na, 65, who called the film
LOS ANGELES — Ma- his favorite. The California
riah Carey’s “All I Want for native is also among the
Christmas Is You” is the 21 percent of adults 60 and
highest-charting Billboard older who choose “Silent
Hot 100 holiday hit in 60 Night,” which was first per-
years, but Americans still formed 200 years ago.
prefer hearing carols such “It’s a song of inclusion,”
as “Silent Night” and “Jin- Germana said. “There’s no
gle Bells,” a new poll shows. strife.”
With Christmas next Americans under 30 are
week, 12 percent of Amer- more likely than those old-
icans named “Silent Night” er to name “Jingle Bells”
as their favorite holiday (12 percent) and Carey’s
song followed by “Jingle “All I Want for Christmas
Bells” at 8 percent, accord- is You” (7 percent) as their
ing to a poll by The Asso- favorite.
ciated Press-NORC Center Carey’s song only trails
for Public Affairs Research. the 1958 song “The Chip-
The open-ended question munk Song” by David Se-
showed that “It’s a Won- ville as the highest-chart-
derful Life” is a fan favorite ing hit on Billboard. Other
among holiday films, fol- popular songs on Billboard
lowed closely by a mix of re- charts include Kenny G’s
cent comedies and classics. “Auld Lang Syne” and “This
Nine percent of respon- One’s for the Children” by Courtesy photo
dents listed the 1946 Frank New Kids on the Block. On February 26, 1927, WCOC radio station went on the air in Columbus. It was one of the first radio stations
Capra classic “It’s a Won- “All I Want for Christ- in Mississippi and probably the second commercial station. T.C. Billups the station manager and announcer is
derful Life” as their favorite mas Is You” was named by shown at his microphone. In October 1929 the station moved to Meridian and later became WOKK.
film. Jimmy Stewart plays a 3 percent of adults overall,
conscientious family man
who faces a seemingly in-
surmountable debt and at-
while “Baby It’s Cold Out-
side,” which has drawn crit-
icism in the #MeToo era
Christmas Greetings From WCOC
I
tempts to end his life, but and led some stations to
is stopped by a guardian stop playing it, was named n Decem- license until
angel on Christmas Eve. by 5 percent. ber 1929, 1924.
an unusual An
Christmas application
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sent out from
for a com-
mercial radio
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n 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon-Fri n 662-328-2424 and Meridian. the Crystal
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n 662-328-2424 Submit a birth, wedding Station WCOC “Down in mission, was created in
or anniversary announce- the Old Magnolia State” 1926. Eugene O. Sykes
Report a news tip?
ment? We are broadcasting on of Aberdeen, a cousin of
n 662-328-2471
n Download forms at www. the holiday wave length Billups, was an original
n news@cdispatch.com
cdispatch.com.lifestyles of nineteen hundred member of that commis-
and twenty-nine meters sion and later served as
extending our hearty good the first chairman of the
Physical address: 516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39701
wishes for Christmas and Federal Communications
Mailing address: P.O. Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703-0511 the New Year Commission.
This is Santa Clause The station was
Starkville Office: 101 S. Lafayette St. #16, Starkville, MS 39759 Announcing located in the Crystal
Please Stand By Oil Company building
SUBSCRIPTIONS T.C. Billups at Fifth Street and Ninth Courtesy photo
Avenue North in Colum- T.C. Billups the station manager for WCOC radio sta-
HOW TO SUBSCRIBE WCOC in Columbus
was one of the first radio
bus. There was no other tion which had just moved from Columbus to Meridian
sent this Christmas card in 1929.
commercial radio station
By phone................................. 662-328-2424 or 877-328-2430 stations in Mississippi within a 100 mile radius
Online.......................................... www.cdispatch.com/subscribe and apparently the state’s of Columbus. Its original
second commercial power of only 100 watts
RATES station. The station went was increased to 250
Daily home delivery + unlimited online access*..........$13.50/mo. on the air on February watts in August 1927.
Sunday only delivery + unlimited online access*...........$8.50/mo. 26, 1927. It was owned Because there were so
Daily home delivery only*.................................................$12/mo. by Hubert Holmes, Jr. few radio stations at
Online access only*.......................................................$8.95/mo. who was partners with that time, its signal was
1 month daily home delivery................................................... $12 his father H.B. Holmes in received from New York
1 month Sunday only home delivery........................................ $7 the Crystal Oil Company. to Oregon and it had
Mail Subscription Rates....................................................$20/mo. The station manager and listeners in more than 30
* EZ Pay rate requires automatic processing of credit or debit card. chief announcer was T.C. states.
Billups. The station became
Mississippi’s first known as the “station
The Commercial Dispatch (USPS 142-320) commercial radio station
Published daily except Saturday. Entered at the post office at Columbus, Mississippi. down in the old Magnolia
Periodicals postage paid at Columbus, MS was KFNG in Coldwater State.” A 1928 Commer-
POSTMASTER, Send address changes to: which began broadcast- cial Dispatch newspaper Courtesy photo
The Commercial Dispatch, P.O. Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703 The studios of WCOC radio station as shown in the
Published by Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company Inc., ing in 1922 but did not article stated that the March 2, 1930, Meridian Star when the station was
516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39703 receive a commercial radio industry was basi- celebrating its third anniversary.
cally a public service as
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE stations “are expensive Lee High Generals and announcer in Meridian,
“ and “net few results to the Philadelphia Torna- Billups was traveling
their owners.” dos, played at Mississippi back and forth to Co-
In addition to Holmes A&M College. lumbus where the family
TODAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY and Billups, the original By 1929 the station farm was located and he
Occasional morning rain Partly sunny Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy Mild with rain and a staff was made up of claimed to be the largest had been elected to the
and drizzle thunderstorm director Mrs. Marietta and oldest commercial Columbus City Council.
59° 31° 54° 33° 56° 44° 61° 53° 66° 58° Bishop, assistant an- radio station operating Later in 1930 Billups
ALMANAC DATA nouncer J.C. Moody and in Mississippi. Its studio left the station and back
Columbus through 3 p.m. Saturday operator and engineer was described as a “spe- in Columbus became cir-
TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW J.K. Moore. The station cial studio with velvet culation manager for The
Saturday 58° 26° was “on the air daily drapes, built on top of Commercial Dispatch.
Normal 55° 34°
Record 76° (2017) 13° (1976) from 5 to 6 PM and each the Crystal Oil Company There he gave future
PRECIPITATION (in inches) Tuesday and Friday building.” Disney animation effects
24 hours through 3 p.m. Sat. 0.00 night from 8 to 10. It had
Month to date 5.26
The station staff director Josh Meador his
Normal month to date 3.72 a wide range of programs included T.C. Billups as first job as a Dispatch
Year to date 62.88 that included ‘daily mar- announcer and station “paper boy.” Meador’s
Normal year to date 54.13
ket reports and late news manager and John Rog- brother Laws had been
TOMBIGBEE RIVER STAGES flashes.’” The station was ers and Laws Meador as WCOC radio station’s
In feet as of Flood 24-hr.
7 a.m. Sat. Stage Stage Chng. to operate 72 hours a operators with Meador chief engineer. Billups
Amory 20 11.95 +0.05 week. as chief engineer. The and his brother-in-law
Bigbee 14 5.06 -0.77 Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Columbus 15 6.16 -0.06
One of the interesting weekly payroll for the Harris Hardy were both
Fulton 20 10.45 -0.21 -10s
Showers
-0s
T-Storms
0s
Rain
10s
Flurries
20s
Snow
30s
Ice
40s
Cold
50s
Warm
60s 70s
Stationary
80s
Jetstream
90s 100s 110s accomplishments of the three employees was killed in a 1947 plane
Tupelo 21 2.11 +0.14 TODAY MON TODAY MON station was a claim that $200. crash in Arkansas.
LAKE LEVELS City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W in November 1927 it In October 1929, the A radio station did not
Nashville 49/29/r 50/31/pc
In feet as of 24-hr. Atlanta 57/37/sh 53/33/pc
carried the first football station moved to Merid- return to Columbus until
7 a.m. Sat. Capacity Level Chng. Boston 42/31/s 38/27/sf Orlando 68/46/s 70/51/pc
Aberdeen Dam 188 163.43 +0.16 Dallas
Chicago 39/25/c 35/27/pc Philadelphia 46/37/pc 47/29/pc game “broadcast direct ian, and increased its WCBI went on the air on
57/36/s 60/52/c Phoenix 73/47/s 71/47/pc
Stennis Dam 166 136.96 +0.16 Honolulu 82/69/s 81/71/pc Raleigh 57/38/pc 51/28/s from the field” in Mis- power to 1,000 watts. Oct. 2, 1940.
Bevill Dam 136 136.41 +0.09 Jacksonville 64/45/s 66/43/pc Salt Lake City 42/32/c 43/32/sn sissippi. It was a game While serving as sta- Rufus Ward is a local
Memphis 52/32/c 54/38/pc Seattle 50/41/r 49/38/c
SOLUNAR TABLE Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. between the Columbus tion manager and chief historian.
The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for
fish and game.
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Mississippi senator’s arrest could create leadership fight

‘The lieutenant governor has made it clear
to Sen. Burton that he believes he should
relinquish his leadership post’
Tate Reeves’ spokeswoman Laura Hipp
By EMILY WAGSTER PET TUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON — A leadership
showdown is developing in the
Mississippi Senate after its
second-ranking official was ar-
rested this week for the third
time on suspicion of drunken
driving.
Republican Terry Burton,
the Senate president pro tem-
pore, issued a statement Friday
apologizing for causing “em-
barrassment” to friends, family
and colleagues, including Re-
publican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves.
Burton said he would consider
professional counseling.
But Reeves is saying Burton
should resign as pro tem.
“The lieutenant governor
has made it clear to Sen. Bur-
ton that he believes he should
relinquish his leadership post,”
Reeves’ spokeswoman Laura
Hipp said.
The lieutenant governor can-
not remove the pro tem, who is
elected by the 52
state senators.
If Burton does
not step aside,
legislative rules
are not clear on a
procedure sena-
tors might use to
remove him once Burton
the legislative session begins in
January.
Reeves and Burton are both
Republicans and have been al-
lies. As pro tem, Burton helps
advance legislation that the
lieutenant governor wants and
presides over the Senate when
Reeves is unavailable.
Burton, 62, presided over
a meeting of the Senate Rules
Committee on Friday at the
Capitol and said afterward
that he didn’t know whether he
would remain as pro tem.
He sent a statement to The
Associated Press hours later,
saying: “I plan to spend the hol-
idays with my family and dis-
cuss with them how best to pro-
ceed to deal with events of this
week, professional counseling
for me and how best to show my
respect for the institution of the
state Senate and the individual
senators.”
Burton said the arrest was
a “personal shortcoming.” He
added that it is “no reflection on
my colleagues but is strictly on
me.”
“I pray to learn and, with pro-
fessional help, move forward to-
ward being a better me in every
aspect of my life,” Burton said.
Burton was arrested
Wednesday in Starkville and
charged with DUI second of-
fense and failure to maintain
proper lane. He was released on
$992 bail.
Burton pleaded guilty after a
2014 DUI arrest in Brandon. He
was acquitted after a 2016 DUI
arrest in Scott County when a
judge ruled that cough syrup
and breath spray that Burton
said he used right after an ac-
cident must have caused a false
positive on a breath test.
Burton took office in Janu-
ary 1992 as a Democrat repre-
senting a state Senate district
in east central Mississippi. He
became a Republican in Decem-
ber 2002.

Poachers suspected in deaths Census Bureau:

Mississippi is among
of 2 university research deer states losing population
Deer are part of a study that tracks “Another carcass
was found badly decom-
be the work of poachers
and at least two have been The Associated Press

and records the movement of mature posed,” Demarais said.

bucks in parts of Madison and Yazoo
counties along the Big Black River
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Two deer
that were a part of a Mis-
sissippi State University
and Mississippi Depart-
ment of Wildlife, Fisher-
ies, and Parks study are
dead and poaching is sus-
pected to be the cause.
Steve Demarais of the
MSU Deer Lab said one
of the animals was found
shot about a month ago
and a second buck’s car-
cass was found recently,
The Clarion Ledger re-
ported.
“One was found by a
sheriff’s deputy shortly
after it was shot,” Dema-
rais said. “He still had the
collar on him. They shot
him with a small caliber
rifle.”
Demarais said he’s un-
sure of why the suspected
poacher or poachers did
not take the buck.
“Maybe they got ner-
vous when they saw the
collar or saw a car and did
not collect it,” he said.
The deer are part of
a study that tracks and
records the movement of
mature bucks in parts of
Madison and Yazoo coun-
ties along the Big Black
River. It also records the
bucks’ movements as
they relate to hunting
pressure.
The study began in
2016 when 55 mature
bucks were captured and
fitted with tracking col-
lars utilizing GPS tech-
nology and ear tags. The
collars send out both a
GPS and VHF signal for
tracking and locating the
collars. Ten of them have
gone silent.
Demarais said the sec-
ond buck was considered
to be a mobile buck be-
cause he had two home
ranges.
“Apparently someone
caught him near Virlilia
Road as he was crossing
his two home ranges. I
think Virlilia Road is a hot
spot for poachers.”
In this case, the collar
was missing and has not
transmitted in several
weeks.
“The collar had to have
been destroyed about
the time the deer was
poached because it never
transmitted from the car-
cass location,” Demarais
said.
“We can’t pick them up
by flying over the area.
We don’t know if those
collars just stopped work-
ing, both the VHF signal
and GPS, or if they were
poached and the collars
destroyed.”
The loss of the col-
lars is also costly. De-
marais said they cost
about $3,000 and another
$3,000 to $4,000 is spent
collaring the deer.
Demarais said two oth-
er deaths of bucks in the
study are suspected to
killed by hunters. While
shooting the tagged and JACKSON — The Census Bureau says Missis-
collared bucks is legal, sippi joined eight other states and Puerto Rico in
losing population from July 2017 to July 2018.
hunters have been en-
couraged to not shoot A report released Wednesday estimates that
Mississippi, with a population of nearly 3 million,
them as the data they
provide is more important was down by 3,122 residents.
than antlers hanging on a Puerto Rico was hit hard by Hurricane Maria
wall. in September 2017 and lost 129,848 people during
the year ending this July.
One hunter said he did
The states with the largest decline in popu-
not see the bright orange
lation were in New York, down 48,510; Illinois,
collar or ear tags on the
down 45,116; West Virginia, down 11,216; and
buck he shot. Another
Louisiana, down 10,840.
apparently couldn’t resist
Other states losing population were Hawaii,
temptation.
down 3,712 residents; Alaska, down 2,348; Con-
“It was a really nice necticut, down 1,215; and Wyoming, down 1,197.
8-point with a kicker or
All numbers are estimates from the Census
two,” Demarais said. “It
Bureau.
was a 160 class. It was a
buck a hunter couldn’t re-
sist.”
The study ends in
March when the release
mechanisms are set to
go off, then two years of
movement data will be
sorted through. Although
the purpose of the study is
to see how mature bucks
react to hunting pressure,
it is expected to reveal
much more.
“We’ll be milking this
data for years,” Demarais
has said.

Around the state

Shutdown should
have little impact at
Vicksburg park
VICKSBURG — The
Vicksburg National Mil-
itary Park will remain
open despite the federal
government’s shutdown
thanks to a local nonprofit
organization.
The Vicksburg Post re-
ports friends of the Vicks-
burg National Military
Park and Campaign have
committed to fund the
park’s basic operations
through the help of do-
nors and partners.
According to Bess
Mitchell Averett, execu-
tive director of Friends
of VNMP and Campaign,
the tour road, Visitor Cen-
ter, U.S.S. Cairo Gunboat
and Museum, the Vicks-
burg National Cemetery
and all restrooms will be
kept open. She says min-
imal staff to operate those
sites will ensure the shut-
down has little impact on
visitors.
During the last govern-
ment shutdown in January
2018, the park closed for
three days.
VNMP is the most vis-
ited tourist attraction in
Mississippi, seeing more
than half a million visitors
a year.
More Mississippians
signing up for
Affordable Care Act
TUPELO — Mississip-
pi Insurance Commission-
er Mike Chaney says an
increasing number of Mis-
sissippians are getting
health insurance through
the Affordable Care Act.
The Northeast Missis-
sippi Daily Journal report-
ed Thursday that Chaney
says there has been a 12
percent increase in the
number of people signing
up for insurance this year
through healthcare.gov.
Preliminary data from
the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid say about
88,000 Mississippians
have sought health in-
surance for 2019 through
the federal exchange.
The increasing number
of Mississippians enroll-
ing through healthcare.
gov opposes the national
trend, with enrollment
dropping from 8.8 million
to 8.5 million people.
Chaney says residents
likely will continue to
use the exchange as long
as tax subsidies remain
available. Mississippi’s
sole insurer on the ex-
change, Magnolia Health,
is available in all 82 coun-
ties.
Judge: No evidence of
conspiracy to assault
late inmate
NATCHEZ — A Mis-
sissippi sheriff says a U.S.
District judge has ruled
in favor of his county in a
lawsuit alleging a former
jailer conspired with in-
mates in an assault on an-
other man in jail who was
found dead the same day.
The Natchez Democrat
quotes Adams County
Sheriff Travis Patten in a
Thursday report as say-
ing the case regarding
32-year-old Joseph Sturdi-
vant concluded Tuesday.
Sturdivant’s fami-
ly sued the county and
sheriff’s office after he
was found dead in March
2016, hanging by a noose
apparently tied with bed
sheets. A preliminary au-
topsy at the time, prior to
the family’s lawsuit, ruled
his death a suicide.
The suit alleged the
ex-jailer conspired with
four inmates to allow
them entry to Sturdivant’s
cell, and that the county
failed to protect him. The
judge ruled no evidence
supported the allegations.
Group: Tourism
has good year on
Mississippi coast
GULFPORT — A tour-
ism group reports that
2019 looks promising for
the Mississippi coast.
Visit Mississippi Gulf
Coast says that room res-
ervations were up for 2018
and group bookings look
strong heading into 2019.
The Sun Herald report-
ed the group bookings
are for business meeting
and sports teams visiting
places like the Gulfport
Sportsplex.
Milton Segarra with
Visit Mississippi Gulf
Coast said 2018 appears
to have been a positive
year for the hotel indus-
try. Segarra said book-
ings this year are up 16
percent, compared with
2017.
The latest monthly fig-
ures, for October, show
room sales were up 27
percent over 2017.
Segarra said traffic on
the gulfcoast.org website
was up 18 percent over
last year.
He says tourists are
visiting the area for casi-
nos, festivals and events,
the beach and recreation-
al opportunities.
Parking garage could
open in September in
downtown Oxford
OXFORD — A down-
town parking garage
could be finished during
next football season in
the city that’s home to the
University of Mississippi.
The Oxford Eagle re-
ports that construction on
Oxford Parking Garage
started later than expect-
ed. The completion date
is now projected to be late
September.
The garage will be
north of the town square.
Finding a parking spot
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Roses and thorns

A rose of
remembrance
and appreci-
ation for Jo
Edna Spear-
man, whose
contributions to Mississippi
University for Women over
four decades remains indeli-
bly written on the memories
of the hundreds of students
whose lives she influenced.
Spearman, 77, died Monday
in Texas, but she will forever
been linked to Columbus and
The W, where she began her
career in 1974 as an instructor,
and, for the next 40 years,
served in roles including de-
partment head for health/ki-
nesiology, professor emeritus
and athletics director. “Today
is a very sad day for the MUW
athletics family,” The W Direc-
tor of Athletics Jason Trufant
said. “Dr. Spearman guided
this athletics department for
many years and was a one
of the first individuals I met
on this campus. Welcoming,
genuine, thoughtful and leader
are just a few words that come
to mind when I think of her.
She will be forever missed.”
A rose to
all the friends,
neighbors
and — yes —
strangers who
spent the time,
money and effort to decorate
their homes for Christmas.
Each evening, our spirits are
lifted during our otherwise
unremarkable comings and
goings by the delightful array
of lights and displays — from
the the small, unassuming and
understated to the elaborate,
exotic and fanciful. Each of
these displays are gifts to all
who may encounter them and
make contagious the spirit of
Christmas and holiday cheer
they represent. Thanks to all
who decorated for brightening
our holidays!
A rose to
the Mississippi
legislature,
and specifical-
ly Rep. Kabir
Karieem who
led the charge, for designat-
ing a portion of Highway 182
in Columbus as the Esther M.
Harrison Memorial Highway.
Harrison, who died in 2015
on her 69th birthday, repre-
sented Lowndes County in
the Legislature for 15 years,
but her contributions to her
hometown went far beyond
her role there. The energy
and work ethics she brought
to her work in civil rights,
regional and community
organizations, education and
church set an example to be
emulated. This week, the
signs designating Highway
182 between Martin Luther
King Drive and Lehmberg
Road were installed. They will
serve not only as a tribute to
Harrison but to the work she
has left for future generations
to continue.
A rose
to longtime
taekwondo
and boxing
instructor
Oliver Miller,
who was honored this week
by the Columbus Boys and
Girls Club as its “Mentor
of the Year.” Twice a week
for the past year, Miller has
been volunteering his ser-
vices to the club, teaching
small group of club members
basic martial arts skills. But
the real lessons he teaches,
Miller admits, are tools for
channeling the youthful
energies and emotions that
children often struggle with
into positive directions. We
want our children to be ener-
getic and be able to express
their emotions, whatever
they may be. Too often, that
energy and those emotions
are suppressed and internal-
ized, which can be every bit
as destructive as using that
energy and emotion inappro-
priately. Helping children find
a positive outlet — in this case
through learning something
new and being active — is
something that makes real
differences in children’s lives.
Thanks, Mr. Miller, for your
generous contributions of
time and expertise.

Letter to the editor Possumhaw

Voice of the people
Comments on recent papers
Let me address Mr. Jiben Roy’s letter about
gun ownership or control of guns. I don’t know if
Mr. Roy understands that the Second Amendment
gives Americans the right to have a firearm. If the
law abiding Americans give up their ability to pro-
tection, only the criminal element will have them.
Guns are not the problem, it is the lack of “love
and respect” for each other, that has created the
problem. Abel killed Cain with a rock. If someone
breaks in my house and threatens my family, I’ll
call Mr. Smith and Wesson to handle it.
Now to the spending freeze, I think that when
everyone cools down the problems will be ad-
dressed. Something has to be done, when you are
$880,000 in the “red.” The problem, as I see it, is
that the CFO of the city has dropped the ball. The
reason why is up for discussion.
Finally, Tuesday night the council questioned
the claims docket and the city credit cards. This
is the first time I’ve seen that in the years I have
been attending council meetings. The days of
rubber stamping the claims docket are maybe
over. An expensive lesson learned. In my opinion
the docket needs to be made public, so we can
see how our money is being spent. I guess I could
request a copy. There can not be too much trans-
parency when it comes to government spending.
Times are tough in Columbus, but together we
can get through it. Notice to politicians who will
be running for office in the future: Your first order
of business is not asking for a raise. Hopefully you
will be serving for the greater good of the citizens
that elected you.
All the talk about the wall, first, it is not Trump’s
wall, it is America’s wall to protect us. We have
kicked this can down the road long enough, build
the darn thing. Maybe if Trump was against it the

The heart of a child

Dems would be for it. Think about it.
God Bless Columbus and America.
Lee Roy Lollar Jr
Columbus
“Children know the In itself, such a request got from the smart men when you
grace of God better than was not unusual, since were born?”
most of us. They see Palmer Home children “Do we have moms an dads
the world the way the often include thanks because they have to watch us.
Today in history morning brings it back for many things during I thought you could see every-
to them. New and born the blessing ... but on thing.”
Today is Sunday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2018. and fresh and wonder- this particular night, “For god so loved the world
There are eight days left in the year. ful.” an eight-year-old girl that he gave his only forgotten son
— Archibald was asking that every- and that who ever should parish
Today’s Highlight in History: MacLeish, American one pray for four young wold have ever lasting life a men.”
On Dec. 23, 1948, former Japanese premier poet (1892-1982) men they had never “Hacome you made bracble
Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders met. 74 heads were stuf. Why Didn’t you just make

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were executed in Tokyo. very now and Shannon Bardwell bowed and 74 pairs of just all plastet.”
then you find a hands were clasped “I want to know why Bobby is
On this date: treasure, something so won- as the young lady led them in a so mene. I wonder why Bobby acts
In 1783, George Washington resigned as derful and precious you think your simple heartfelt prayer.” ugle and rood.”
commander in chief of the Continental Army and heart might explode. There in Mrs. McIver continues, “As “Why Dus the moon have holes
retired to his home at Mount Vernon, Va. the pile of library book donations you read the words of the children in it?”
In 1788, Maryland passed an act to cede an area was a small book, maybe 5-by-7- who contributed to this book, “Why do people have to fus all
“not exceeding ten miles square” for the seat of the inches. The title, “Worries-Won- I hope that your heart will be the time?”
national government; about 2/3 of the area became ders-Why.” The copyright, 1993. touched by their worries, wonders “Sometimes I worry about my
the District of Columbia. The book was 25 years old and and whys. I also hope that you will self. Mabe Il will be ok. Will you
On Dec. 23, 1805, Joseph Smith Jr., principal looked new. Flipping through the share the vision we have for them please help be to not be skaird.”
founder of the Mormon religious movement, was pages, it said “Published by Rusty at Palmer Home.” “If you were first how did you
born in Sharon, Vt. McIver for Palmer Home for Chil- The child contributors were get here? I think I just don’t under-
In 1913, the Federal Reserve System was dren.” A Google search revealed ages four to eleven; their touching stand, but I bet you do. Do you? ...
created as President Woodrow Wilson signed the Rusty McIver passed away in 2015 comments are directed to God: Would you send somebody to tell
Federal Reserve Act. but not before leaving her legacy “I will be good and not say a me. I believe in you.”
In 1941, during World War II, American forces of love for the children. Her fore- single word, so yu will make me a “Please find everyone a house
on Wake Island surrendered to the Japanese. word read: Rescue 911 Fireman.” or some kind of shelter. I’m afraid
In 1954, the first successful human kidney “We were preparing for a typ- “Please help Beulah not to they will get cold at night ...
transplant took place at the Peter Bent Brigham ical weeknight dinner at Palmer find my snake. She’s skared of it. Thank you for my home.”
Hospital in Boston as a surgical team removed a Home. Seventy-five chattering Thank you.” From me to you, may God bless
kidney from 23-year-old Ronald Herrick and im- children were pushing chairs “Now I lay me down to sleep I us everyone and may all have a
planted it in Herrick’s twin brother, Richard. aside to grab a place in line for pray dear Lord the soldiers keep if Merry Christmas.
In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson, on his Miss Bertie’s evening meal. I should die before I wake, I pray Email reaches Shannon Bard-
way home from a visit to Australia and Southeast Suddenly, however, the clamor dear Lord a soldiers cake.” well of Columbus at msdeltachild@
Asia, held an unprecedented meeting with Pope was silenced by a prayer request. “Where is your stuff that you msn.com.
Paul VI at the Vatican; during the two-hour confer-
ence, Johnson asked the pope for help in bringing a
peaceful end to the Vietnam War.
In 1968, 82 crew members of the U.S. intelli-
gence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea, Merry Christmas
11 months after they had been captured.
— The Associated Press
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, December 23, 2018 5A

Cartoonist view
Kicking allies
President Donald Trump’s
behavior is unprecedented, but his
decision to withdraw our troops from
Syria, while unprecedentedly abrupt,
is actually part of a tradition of
unforced errors in American foreign
policy.
Out of spite, or sometimes as a
smokescreen to evade responsibility,
Congress and past presidents have
managed to lose wars that could
have gone the other way. Seeking to
make partisan points, we have cost Mona Charen
ourselves dearly.
In June of 1973, with Richard Nix-
on wounded by Watergate, the Democratic-dominated Con-
gress passed the Case-Church Amendment, which forbade
any further military action in Southeast Asia. We had with-
drawn most of our troops the previous March. South Vietnam
was attempting to fight the Vietcong and North Vietnam (both
backed by the Soviet Union and China) by itself. Congress
liked to tell itself that this was “Nixon’s war,” conveniently
airbrushing out John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, not to
mention that the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which passed
the House with a vote of 416-0, and the Senate by 88-2. For 10
years, Congress had authorized the war through funding.
By 1973, however, most Democrats were endorsing a
revisionist history that suggested that they had no role in the
decision to fight, that it was forced on the nation by presidents.
They passed the War Powers Resolution and cut funds for our
ally South Vietnam.
Could South Vietnam have withstood the onslaught with
only American money and equipment? It’s impossible to say.
What is clear is that a combination of pique and score set-
tling caused Democrats to guarantee defeat. As Sen. Edward
Kennedy explained, aid would “perpetuate involvement that
should have ended long ago.”
President Barack Obama opposed the Iraq War. Fine. But
when he took office in 2009, Iraq was largely pacified. Al-Qa-
ida in Iraq had been defeated. ISIS did not exist. Iran was not
pulling the strings in Baghdad, and no Americans were dying.
Obama could have said to the American people: “I opposed
this war. I thought it was a mistake. But this is not 2003. More
than 4,000 Americans have given their lives, and taxpayers
have spent $757 billion to ensure a better future for this
country and this region and to prevent the incubation of more
terrorists to threaten us at home. A too hasty withdrawal could
jeopardize what has been achieved. Accordingly, I plan to
leave a residual force of 20,000 troops (fewer than we deploy to
South Korea), to stabilize the situation.”
But Obama had a point to make. Instead of remaining to
midwife a secure Iraq, he beat a retreat. Whatever you think
of the decision to invade, at that moment in 2011, there was
still a good possibility of stability. As Vali Nasr, a former State
Department employee explained to The Atlantic: the “frag-
ile power-sharing arrangement ... required close American
management. But the Obama administration had no time or
energy for that. Instead it anxiously eyed the exits, with its
one thought to get out. It stopped protecting the political pro-
cess just when talk of American withdrawal turned the heat
back up under the long-simmering power struggle that pitted
the Shias, Sunnis and Kurds against one another.”
And so, we turned our backs on the Sunni tribes who had
helped defeat al-Qaida, as well as the moderate Shiites who
sought to resist Iranian domination. The aftermath is well-
known: the rise of ISIS, the torment of the Yazidis and Iraqi
Christians, the victory of Iran in controlling its neighbor and
the ongoing agony of Syria. At least Obama achieved one end
— nearly everyone now says Iraq was a disaster. It needn’t
have been.
Against the advice of everyone save Vladimir Putin, Bashar
Assad and Recep Erdogan, Trump has decided to pull all 2,000
American troops from Syria. This is a gift to our enemies and
a betrayal of our friends — especially the Kurds, who fought
ISIS when no one else would, and the Israelis, who will now
have Iran more firmly on their doorstep. This is as foolish and
short-sighted as Obama’s Iraq withdrawal, but with Trumpi-
an flourishes, such as the claim that we have “defeated” ISIS
(30,000 fighters remain) and that “Russia, Iran, Syria & others
are the local enemy of ISIS. We were doing there (sic) work.”
No, the greatest enemy ISIS faced were the Kurds, thousands
of whom died fighting ISIS, and who currently hold 2,000
ISIS prisoners. Turkey is threatening an offensive against the
Kurds, which would be unthinkable with Americans in the
way.
On April 30, 1975, the last helicopters lifted off the roof of
the U.S. embassy in Saigon. This betrayal of an ally is equally
shameful.
Mona Charen is a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public
Policy Center.

Can America fight two Cold Wars at once?

Kim Jong Un,
angered by the
newest U.S. sanc-
tions, is warning
that North Korea’s
commitment to
denuclearization
could be imperiled
and we could be
headed for “ex-
changes of fire.”
Iran, warns
Secretary of State Patrick Buchanan
Mike Pompeo, is
testing ballistic
missiles that are forbidden
to them by the U.N. Security
Council.
Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan has warned
that, within days, he will
launch a military thrust
against U.S.-backed Kurdish
forces in northern Syria,
regarding them as allies of the of the other great military
PKK terrorist organization
inside Turkey.
Vladimir Putin just flew two to defend scores of countries
Tu-160 nuclear capable bomb-
ers to Venezuela. Ukraine
claims Russia is amassing
tanks on its border.
How did the United States,
triumphant in the Cold War,
find itself beset on so many
fronts?
First, by intervening
militarily and repeatedly in a
Mideast where no vital U.S.
interest was imperiled, and
thereby ensnaring
ourselves in that
Muslim region’s
forever war.
Second, by ex-
tending our NATO
alliance deep into
Eastern Europe,
the Balkans and
the Baltics, thereby
igniting a Cold War
II with Russia.
Third, by nur-
turing China for
decades before rec-
ognizing she was becoming a
malevolent superpower whose
Asian-Pacific ambitions could
be realized only at the expense
of friends of the United States.
The question, then, for
our time is this: Can the U.S.
pursue a Cold War policy of
containment against both
powers, even as we maintain
our Cold War commitments
around the globe?
And, if so, for how long can
we continue to do this, and at
what cost?
Belatedly, the U.S. estab-
lishment has recognized the
historic folly of having chap-
eroned China onto the world
stage and seeking to buy her
lasting friendship with $4 tril-
lion in trade surpluses at our
expense since Bush 41.
Consider how China has
reciprocated America’s court-
ship.
She has annexed the South
China Sea, built air and
missile bases on half a dozen
disputed islets, and told U.S.
ships and planes to stay clear.
She has built and leased
ports and bases from the
Indian Ocean to Africa. She
has lent billions to poor Asian
and African countries like the
Maldives, and then demand-
ed basing concessions when
these nations default on the
debts owed for building their
facilities.
She has sent hundreds of
thousand of students to U.S.
colleges and universities,
where many have allegedly
engaged in espionage.
She kept her currency be-
low market value to maintain
her trade advantage and entice
U.S. corporations to China
where they are shaken down
to transfer their technology
secrets.
China has engaged in
cyber theft of the personnel
files of 20 million U.S. federal
applicants and employees. She
apparently thieved the credit
card and passport numbers of
500 million guests at Marriott
hotels over the years.
She has sought to steal the
secrets of America’s defense
contractors, especially those
working with the Navy whose
7th Fleet patrols the Western
Pacific off China’s coast.
She is believed to be
behind the cybersecurity
breaches that facilitated the
theft of data on the U.S. F-22
and F-35, information now
suspected of having played a
role in Beijing’s development
of its fifth-generation stealth
fighters.
Christians are persecuted
in China. And Beijing has
established internment camps
for the Uighur minority, where
these Turkic Muslim peoples
are subjected to brainwashing
with Chinese propaganda.
China’s interests, as mani-
fest in her behavior, are thus
in conflict with U.S. interests.
And the notion that we should
continue to cede her an annual
trade surplus at our expense of
$400 billion seems an absur-
dity.
We have, for decades,
been financing the buildup of
a Communist China whose
ambition is to expel us from
East Asia and the Western Pa-
cific, achieve dominance over
peoples we have regarded as
friends and allies since World
War II, and to displace us as
the world’s first power.
Yet if engagement with
China has failed and left us
facing a new adversary with 10
times Russia’s population, and
an economy nearly 10 times
Russia’s size, what should be
our policy?
Can we, should we, pursue
a Cold War with Russia and
China, using Kennan’s con-
tainment policy and threaten-
ing war if U.S. red lines are
crossed by either or both?
Should we cut back on our
treaty commitments, terminat-
ing U.S. war guarantees until
they comport with what are
true vital U.S. interests?
Should we, faced with two
great power adversaries, do as
Nixon did and seek to separate
them?
If, however, we conclude, as
this city seems to be conclud-
ing, that the long-term threat
to U.S. interests is China,
not Putin’s Russia, President
Trump cannot continue a trade
relationship that provides the
Communist Party of Xi Jinping
with a yearly $400 billion trade
surplus.
For that would constitute
a policy of almost suicidal
appeasement.
Patrick J. Buchanan, a na-
tionally syndicated columnist,
was a senior advisor to presi-
dents Richard Nixon, Gerald
Ford and Ronald Reagan. His
website is http://buchanan.org/
blog.
6A Sunday, December 23, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Amazon to open packing, shipping site in Mississippi

Marshall Co. consumer goods fulfillment center
will create 850 jobs that pay at least $15 an hour
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Amazon will open
a center in northern Mississippi to
pack and ship orders, creating 850
jobs that pay at least $15 an hour.
The company and Mississippi
Gov. Phil Bryant announced the
project Friday, though they did not
say when the consumer goods ful-
fillment center in Marshall County
is expected to open. The jobs are to
be created over three years.
Amazon is updating an existing
ment, said in a news release.
Mississippi Development Au-
thority is providing a $2 million
grant for building costs and a $4 mil-
554,000-square-foot building in the lion grant for road improvements.
Chickasaw Trails Industrial Park Marshall County is providing as-
in Holly Springs, about 27 miles sistance for road improvements and
southeast of Memphis International a property tax exemption worth
Airport in Tennessee. about $6.3 million. Tennessee Val-
ley Authority is also assisting.
“We appreciate the state and
“Amazon’s presence demon-
local elected leaders who have
strates to industry leaders around
supported Amazon’s entrance into the globe that Mississippi has what
Mississippi and we look forward to it takes for companies like Amazon
providing great job opportunities to remain competitive and efficient-
and an exceptional customer expe- ly reach their consumers from our
rience,” John Felton, Amazon’s vice attractive location in the Southeast
president of global customer fulfill- U.S.,” Bryant said in the release.
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in the letter that he felt to The Dispatch Saturday letter says.

intimidated, concerned
for his career and “sick
and afraid to attend board
meetings.”
“I was constantly under
scrutiny based on my race
and not my performance,
but I stayed to finish my
contract out for the best
interest of the children,”
Hickman says in the letter.
Hickman is Afri-
can-American, as is his
replacement, Superinten-
dent Cherie Labat, who
the board unanimously
voted to hire in June.
Hickman is seeking
compensation for the loss
of wages and emotional
distress, as well as “a pub-
lic apology to restore my
reputation.” He specifical-
ly requests a trial by jury.
When reached by The
Dispatch on Saturday,
Hickman declined to com-
ment on the case, saying
he was late for a meeting.
He does not have an at-
torney listed in the com-
plaint.
Hickman also filed a
complaint with the Equal
Employment Opportuni-
ty Commission against
the district alleging racial
and sex discrimination
days before he was fired in
February. In a letter dated
Sept. 21, an EEOC inves-
tigator reported Hickman
had the right to file suit
but that the EEOC had
found no evidence back-
ing Hickman’s claims.
A complainant has 90
days to file a federal law-
denies Hickman’s accusa-
tions.
“The federal law suit
filed by Dr. Hickman con-
tains the same false alle-
gations that were made
in his failed EEOC claim
against the Columbus Mu-
nicipal School Board and
District,” the statement
says. “The EEOC found
that the school board did
not discriminate against
Dr. Hickman and refused
to represent him in federal
court. School board mem-
bers did not say the things
that Dr. Hickman claims
that they said and will vig-
orously defend the school
board and district in feder-
al court.”
Allegations
In his letter filed with
the complaint, Hickman
said Spears and Shumake
both made racist com-
ments to him. He listed
several examples of such
comments from Spears,
among them that Spears
once said he would “nev-
er send his kids to this all
black district” and that
“the problem with the dis-
trict is too many black peo-
ple in charge.”
Hickman’s letter also
said Shumake talked to
him shortly after joining
the board in 2015, when
she allegedly told him
she had been observing
him and that he acted “too
black.”
“She asked that when
she is a board member
Spears
and Shu-
Shumake
make are
both white.
When reached by The
Dispatch, Spears also de-
nied Hickman’s accusa-
tions.
“Anyone who knows
me realizes I don’t make
these type of statements
and don’t have those be-
liefs,” he said.
Shumake declined to
comment when reached
by The Dispatch.
Hickman also rais-
es separate allegations
against Sparks, who is
also African-American,
saying Sparks voted for
Hickman’s termination as
retaliation after Hickman
apparently suspended
Sparks’ son from school
for smoking weed in class.
Hickman added Sparks
threatened to “show him
who was boss” when Hick-
man asked him once if he
was asleep during a board
meeting.
Sparks did not answer
a message from The Dis-
patch by press time.
Circumstances around
Hickman’s firing
Hickman was fired fol-
lowing an investigation by
the school board into “fi-
nancial irregularities” that
appeared on the district’s
claims docket.
One of those involved
Hickman paying $15,000
in district funds between
Spears Sparks
June 2016 and June 2017
to a California-based rep-
utation management firm.
Hickman previously told
The Dispatch he hired the
firm, ReputationDefender,
to help “clean up” search
engine results on the web
“to change the outlook if
someone searches for the
district or me.”
Hickman’s firing also
prompted a two-day termi-
nation hearing at the end
of March, wherein Hick-
man claimed the board
members — particularly
Spears — had been ha-
rassing and abusing him
since “the first day I was
on the job.” Before he was
fired, Hickman claimed
Spears created a hostile
workplace in a “letter of
grievance” he gave the
board in early January.
Controversies during
Hickman’s three-plus
years at CMSD includ-
ed disputes over hiring
family members and a re-
sulting lawsuit tied to one
aborted hiring of an uncle;
purchase of school books
that led to the district
losing money on books
that had been purchased
shortly before his arrival;
personal issues Hickman
took into the public square
to refute; and an investiga-
tion into the district’s spe-
cial education program by
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deos since his sophomore
year at Oak Hill Academy.
By his senior year, he had
garnered two state cham-
pionship titles and contin-
ued wrestling steers as
the rodeo captain at Uni-
versity of Tennessee-Mar-
tin.
This past year, Lum-
mus competed in nearly
90 rodeos, traveling all
over the country and win-
ning nearly $90,000 which
qualified him for the Na-
tional Finals Rodeo in Las
Vegas. The top 15 rodeo
money-earners through-
out the year compete for
10 days, Dec. 6-16, at the
NFR in the Thomas and
Mack Center.
“I’d like to say I just did
what I always do, but I was
a little nervous,” Lummus
said. “Every steer I wres-
tled and every competi-
tion I’ve ever been in was
for that moment. I had
prepared myself for it and
it wasn’t as bad as every-
body told me I would be.”
Through 10 rounds,
he raced on his horse
after a steer. When the
timing was right, Lum-
mus jumped off his horse,
grabbed the steer by the
horns and wrestled it to
the ground — all in less
than five seconds.
At just over six feet and
250 pounds, Lummus said
he has no trouble bearing
down a steer more than
twice his size. During the
competition, he success-
fully wrestled nine out of
10 steers. That one miss,
Lummus said, sent him
down to third place.
“I had a chance at being
world champion and that
one steer kind of cost me
two spots,” he said. “So I
ended up third. It’s excit-
ing to finish that high, but
a little disappointing be-
cause I had the chance to
be best.”
Still, Lummus won
$100,000. With that prize
money, he said he’ll pay
off his truck and take care
of his horses, but largely
he’s going to put it away
for his savings.
He said placing third
worldwide makes up for
the hundreds of hours he’s
spent away from home,
driving to various rodeos
throughout the year.
“Usually when you
make the national finals,
you’ve made some mon-
ey,” Lummus said. “You’ve
made a living. But then
you get to go to the nation-
al finals and you get to win
that much more, it makes
being gone so much nicer.
... It makes it all worth it.”
Runs in the family
Lummus grew up hear-
ing stories of his father,
Clay County Supervisor
Luke Lummus, bull rid-
ing and watched his uncle
Bob Lummus steer wres-
tle. Though he never saw
his father ride bulls, he
has seen dozens of pic-
tures and enjoyed his fa-
ther’s stories.
Likewise, Luke has
loved watching Will’s
career, traveling to Las
Vegas to watch his son in
each of the 10 rounds.
“I wouldn’t have
missed none of it for noth-
ing in the world,” Luke
said. “There’s no way I
can describe it other than
awesome. We’re so proud
of him and proud for him.”
Susan Lummus, Will’s
mother, said she has been
behind him 100 percent
and watching him com-
pete at this level was a
dream come true.
“It’s fantastic,” Susan
said. “Any time that you
can help your children
achieve their dreams and
then you get to live that
dream with them, it’s just
pretty amazing. He’s al-
ways wanted to do this. It
was his goal to go to the
National Finals Rodeo and
he did a good job while he
was there. He exceeded
a lot of people’s expecta-
tions, I think. He had a
phenomenal finals.”
What’s next
for Lummus
After coming back
home to Byhalia from the
competition, Will said he
slept for two days straight.
Now, he added, it’s time
to prepare for next year’s
event. The rodeo season
started for the 2019 cham-
pionship on Oct. 1. So far,
he has traveled to Waco,
Texas and Davie, Florida,
winning fourth and third
respectively.
When he’s not on the
road, Will stays busy help-
ing his friend’s heating
and cooling business or
training.
10 Grant —
12 Forbidden
13 Dull finish
14 In the area
“I have to practice here
15 Table scrap
at home,” he said. “I have
16 Geom. point
an arena set up and every-
18 Put away
thing. I have my steers
19 Attention-getting
and my horses and I prac-
call
tice just like I compete.”
He’s not looking to 21 Bauxite and
compete professionally galena
for more than two years. 22 Flutes and
Tackling 600 pound steers bassoons
and traveling throughout 24 Dove’s love DOWN 21 Without break
an entire year is fine for 25 Tricks 1 Spock player 23 Aloof quality
now, but he enjoys being 29 Tip off 2 Lined up 25 Land of the lei
home with his wife Jenna 30 Like llamas 3 Arm art 26 Mount Hood
much more. 32 Ram’s mate 4 Perch setting
“There’s guys that do 33 Caustic stuff 5 Marquee name 27 Cooking vessel
this for 15 or 20 years and 34 Binary base 6 Saloon bill 28 Lumber worker
I’m not one of those guys,” 35 Golf feat 7 On the boat 29 Sheds tears
Will said. “I love going 37 Nymph chaser 8 Ways to go 31 Like Loki
and I love competing, 39 Devout 9 Lugs 33 Reduced amount
that’s where I get most of 40 Store events 11 Cracked 36 Tote
my drive to do it. As far as 41 Croons 17 Take to the 38 Contented sound
being away from home, 42 On this spot
impound lot
I don’t really enjoy that
20 Biker’s invitation
very much. But it’s only
for a few years ... so I’m
going to do it and enjoy it
while I’m doing it because
I do get to see beautiful
places that some people
don’t get to.”
When Will does decide
to retire from the rodeo,
he won’t have to “figure
out” what he will do next.
“I’m a physical thera-
pist,” Will said. “That’s
what I went to school for. I
graduated August of 2016
and then started rodeoing.
It’s awesome. I finally had
everything that I needed
to follow my dreams.
“It’s kind of like going
to the super bowl and win-
ning second,” he added.
“That’s what it is, that’s WHATZIT ANSWER
our super bowl.” Log cabin
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, December 23, 2018 7A

CHRISTMAS IN THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE

Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff

Alex Holloway/Dispatch Staff
Starkville Police Department Officer Dylan Bowers and Jaleeiah
Fearce browse toys at Walmart in Starkville Thursday evening during
Shop with a Cop. Fearce was one of two children given a $150 gift
card to go on a shopping spree with a local police officer. The event
was organized by State Farm agent Michael Millis.
Jakeria Turner, 10, receives a gift from Zach Smith, dressed as Santa Claus, and helpers Alay-
iah Holt, 17, and Hannah Follins at the Boys and Girls Club in Columbus Saturday morning. At
the event, the I Wish, I Care Foundation provided 177 gifts to local children. “My momma told
me always be thankful for what you have,” said Jakeria, who received a set of headphones.
Jakeria is the daughter of Laytoya Clemmons and Nick Turner. Alayiah is the daughter of Jerry
and Tutricia Lockett.

Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch

All was merry and bright Thursday morning as Heritage Academy students in kindergarten through third grade
presented a Christmas program for parents, grandparents and friends.

Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch

George Irby, left, and Airman 1st Class Beaux Hebert present Willie White of Colum-
bus a fruit basket from the Happy Irby Christmas Fund Thursday. The Columbus Air
Force Base Honor Guard helped Irby distribute more than 120 baskets to seniors.
The Happy Fund, which also benefits children in need, is carried on by George Irby in
honor of his late father, Happy Irby, who was a longtime employee of the Columbus
Club at CAFB.

Merry Christmas
and Happy New
Year!
8A Sunday, December 23, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
Sports
PREP FOOTBALL: The Dispatch’s All-Area Large, Small Schools Teams
Clark had
strong run
in final
season for
Starkville
BY SCOTT WALTERS
swalters@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Weatherspoon, and Quinndary Weatherspoon.
Senior Rodrigues Clark is
aware of the legacy at the
running back position at
Starkville High School.
For his final campaign
in the black and gold,
Clark wanted to help his
team compete for a state
championship and to etch
his name in running back
lore.
Mission accomplished
on both fronts.
Clark ran for 1,262
yards and
24 touch-
downs in an
11-2 season
that ended
in the sec-
ond round
of the Mis-
Clark sissippi
High School
Activities Association
(MHSAA) Class 6A play-
offs with a loss to eventu-
al state champion Horn
Lake.
For his efforts, Clark
is being honored as The
Dispatch’s Large Schools
All-Area Football Team
Offensive Player of the
Year.
“While we didn’t ac-
complish all of our goals,
it was still a fun season,”
Clark said. “We had a great
team. It was fun, working
with these guys and hav-
ing a successful season.
See CLARK, 6B
Putt, Smith
provided
balance for
Patriots
By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
College coaches are
fond of saying the big-
gest improvement in stu-
dent-athletes comes be-
tween their freshman and
sophomore seasons.
Carter Putt and Kel-
vin “K.J.” Smith showed
this season that a player’s
biggest maturation might
come between their soph-
omore and junior seasons.
With Putt at quarter-
back and Smith at tail-
back, the Heritage Acad-
emy football team had an
See BALANCE, 5B
Griffin’s
versatility
fortifies ‘D’
By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
Moak Griffin knew changes
likely were coming to the Her-
itage Academy football team’s
defense early in the season.
After a series of injuries rid-
dled the Patriots’ linebacking
corps, Griffin had a feeling he
might be a candidate to move
from his free safety position to
outside linebacker in an effort
to fortify that position.
Griffin said that speculation
See GRIFFIN, 5B
West Point High School football coach Chris Chambless and senior Ryan Melton
hold the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Class 5A State
championship trophy the team received after beating West Jones 27-12 on Dec. 1
in Hattiesburg. The title was third-straight for the Green Wave.
Melton sets tone for wave
Senior was top performer on defense that fueled WPHS’ run to title
BY SCOTT WALTERS
swalters@cdispatch.com
WEST POINT — Throughout his
football playing career, West Point High
School senior Ryan Melton has shared
many moments with his father, Ricky.
Ricky coached Ryan throughout his
career, including a stint as an assistant
coach on the West Point staff.
Still, there is one football-related
Heritage Academy running back Kelvin “K.J.” Smith has plenty of open space to
maneuver in against Canton Academy.
Inside
n MORE PREP FOOTBALL: Heritage Academy
coach Sean Harrison credits juniors Carter
Putt and Kelvin “K.J.” Smith for their
maturation in 2018. Page 8B
n Nominations from coaches make up our
2018 All-Area Football Team. The large
David Miller/Special to The Dispatch
Heritage Academy’s Moak Griffin (1)
celebrates with quarterback Carter Putt
after a score against Magnolia Heights.
More Joe Horne
n For coverage of the Caledonia-Columbus boys game
and coverage of the two Columbus girls games this
weekend at the Joe Horne Christmas Classic.
www.cdispatch.com
THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2018
Scott Walters/Dispatch Staff
Inside
n more prep football: West Point High
School coach Chris Chambless continues
to excel in his role as “caretaker” for one
of the state’s top programs. Page 5B
task they rarely share together.
“We don’t watch film together,” Ryan
Melton said. “He has always given me
See MELTON, 6B
Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
schools are Caledonia, Columbus, New
Hope, Noxubee County, Starkville and West
Point. The small schools are Columbus
Christian, Hebron Christian, Heritage Aca.,
Oak Hill Aca., Starkville Aca., Victory
Christian, West Lowndes. Page 8B
Harrison has
laid-back,
locked-in
approach
By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
“Laid back” and “locked in”
are two of the terms Tobias
Smith uses to describe Sean
Harrison.
Smith said the laid-back
side to the Heritage Academy
See HARRISON, 4B
B
SPORTS EDITOR SECTION
Adam Minichino
SPORTS LINE
662-241-5000
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
No. 17 Bulldogs
earn big victory
before short break
By Scot t Walters
swalters@cdispatch.com
JACKSON — Saturday felt like a homecom-
ing for Tyson Carter, Robert Woodard II, Nick
All four players had state championship
moments at Mississippi
Coliseum in their high MSU 67,
school careers. Each player Wright St. 63
came up big Saturday night
as the No. 17 Mississippi
State men’s basketball team beat Wright State
67-63 before a crowd of 3,021.
The Bulldogs (11-1) were sluggish at times
but still found a way to win their seventh-straight
game. A strong night from the field and a huge
rebounding advantage helped the team pull
away from a 55-55 tie in the final four minutes.
See MSU MEN, 7B
Game 13
n BYU, 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29 (ESPNU;
WKBB-FM 100.9, WFCA-FM 107.9).
Inside
n MORE COLLEGE BASKETBALL: The Alabama men
defeated Penn State, and Kermit Davis led the Ole
Miss men to a victory against Middle Tennessee
State in his first game against his old team.
n Also, Men’s, Women’s Scores. Page 3B
PREP BASKETBALL
Jones’ double-double
lifts Starkville boys
By DAVID MILLER
Special to The Dispatch
Atavius Jones is back in “basketball shape.”
High school football players usually take several
weeks to condition to the court, and the transition
wasn’t lost on Jones, who played receiver for the
Starkville High School football team this year.
But as a forward and lane enforcer for
Starkville High’s boys basketball team, Jones’
output has increased in the last couple of weeks,
including Saturday at the Joe Horne Christmas
Classic at Columbus High.
See STARKVILLE, 8B
David Miller/Special to The Dispatch
Starkville High School forward Atavius Jones had
15 points against Ridgeway.
Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
Columbus High School’s Hannah White goes up
for a shot but is met by Olive Branch’s Endya
Buford in their game Saturday night. White had
20 points, but Buford a game-high 32 in a 61-49
victory in the Joe Horne Christmas Classic.
2B Sunday, December 23, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

briefly CALENDAR Basketball

NEW YORK GIANTS at INDIANAPOLIS
COLTS — GIANTS: OUT: WR Odell Beckham
(quadricep), LB Alec Ogletree (concussion),
Friday’s Games
Washington 2, Buffalo 1
New Jersey 5, Ottawa 2
NBA C Spencer Pulley (calf), WR Russell Shepard

Mississippi State (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: DE Kerry Wynn Chicago 2, Colorado 1

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Prep Basketball
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
(thumb). COLTS: OUT: S Clayton Geathers
(knee). QUESTIONABLE: G Mark Glowinski
Saturday’s Games
Boston 5, Nashville 2
Fans invited to attend Outback Bowl edition Wednesday’s Games Toronto 25 10 .714 — (ankle), WR T.Y. Hilton (ankle), S Michael Mitch-
ell (calf), S George Odum (knee), LB Anthony
Columbus 4, Philadelphia 3
Florida 2, Detroit 1
Philadelphia 22 12 .647 2½
Travis Outlaw Slam Dunk at the Hump
of ‘Dawg Talk’ on Dec. 30 At Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville
Boston
Brooklyn
18 13 .581 5
15 19 .441 9½
Walker (shoulder).
PITTSBURGH STEELERS at NEW St. Louis 3, Calgary 1
Montreal 4, Vegas 3, OT
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A special Outback Bowl preview edi- New York 9 25 .265 15½ ORLEANS SAINTS — STEELERS: OUT: RB
tion of “Dawg Talk” will air from 7-8 p.m. ET (6-7 p.m. CT) Sunday, Dec. Olive Branch girls vs. Louisville, Noon Southeast Division James Conner (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: WR
JuJu Smith-Schuster (groin). SAINTS: OUT: G
Los Angeles 3, San Jose 2, OT
Arizona 6, Colorado 4
W L Pct GB
30, from 3 Daughters Brewing on 222 22nd Street in St. Petersburg, Itawamba AHS boys vs. Jesuit (Louisiana), 1:30 p.m. Charlotte 16 15 .516 — Jermon Bushrod (hamstring). Buffalo 3, Anaheim 0
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at
two days prior to the No. 18 Mississippi State football team’s matchup Noxubee County girls vs. Starkville, 3 p.m. Miami 15 16 .484 1
DALLAS COWBOYS — BUCCANEERS:
Washington 4, Ottawa 0
Orlando 14 17 .452 2 Pittsburgh 3, Carolina 0
against Iowa on Jan. 1, 2019, in the Outback Bowl at Raymond James Tupelo boys vs. Starkville, 4:30 p.m. Washington 13 20 .394 4 QUESTIONABLE: WR DeSean Jackson
(thumb). COWBOYS: OUT: DE David Irving Toronto 5, N.Y. Rangers 3
Stadium. Thursday’s Games Atlanta 8 23 .258 8 (ankle), TE Geoff Swaim (wrist). QUESTION- Dallas at Minnesota, late
Central Division
Neil Price, the “Voice of the Bulldogs,” and feature analyst Matt East Webster Christmas Classic W L Pct GB
ABLE: WR Tavon Austin (groin), CB Anthony Winnipeg at Vancouver, late
Brown (hand, back), LB Sean Lee (hamstring), Tampa Bay at Edmonton, late
Wyatt will serve as hosts for the show, which will have special guests. Columbus Christian Academy Christmas Classic
Milwaukee 22 10 .688 — G Zack Martin (knee). Today’s Games
Indiana 21 12 .636 1½
Fans are invited to attend. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS at SEATTLE
Heritage Academy boys at St. Andrew’s Classic Detroit 15 15 .500 6 SEAHAWKS — CHIEFS: OUT: WR Sammy Columbus at New Jersey, 11:30 a.m.
Affiliates of the MSU Sports Network, including 100.9 FM in Cleveland 8 25 .242 14½ Watkins (heel). DOUBTFUL: RB Spencer Ware Boston at Carolina, 4 p.m.
Starkville, will carry the hour-long broadcast from 6-7 p.m. CT. It can Columbus girls at Alcorn Central Classic Chicago 8 25 .242 14½ (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: CB Kendall Florida at Chicago, 6 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
also be heard for free on HailState.com/plus and on the TuneIn App. Columbus boys at King Cotton Classic (Pine Southwest Division
Fuller (thumb). SEAHAWKS: OUT: S Tedric
Thompson (chest, ankle). QUESTIONABLE:
Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.
No. 18 MSU (8-4) is seeking back-to-back nine-win seasons for Bluff, Arkansas)
Houston
W L Pct GB
17 15 .531 —
G D.J. Fluker (hamstring), CB Shaquill Griffin N.Y. Islanders at Dallas, 7 p.m.
(hip), T Germain Ifedi (groin), S Bradley McDou-
just the second time in program history. The Bulldogs feature numerous Travis Outlaw Slam Dunk at the Hump San Antonio 18 16 .529 — gald (knee), LS Tyler Ott (illness), RB Rashaad Los Angeles at Vegas, 7 p.m.
Memphis 16 16 .500 1 Arizona at San Jose, 7 p.m.
future NFL players who intend on playing in their final game, including At Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville Dallas 15 15 .500 1
Penny (knee), DT Jarran Reed (groin, oblique).
Monday’s Game Monday’s Games
defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons. A likely first round pick, Simmons Louisville vs. Noxubee County girls, Noon New Orleans 15 18 .455 2½ DENVER BRONCOS at OAKLAND No games scheduled
Northwest Division
declared for the 2019 NFL draft, but he will play in the Outback Bowl. Tupelo boys vs. Jesuit (Louisiana), 1:30 p.m. W L Pct GB
RAIDERS — BRONCOS: DNP: CB Brendan Tuesday’s Games
Langley (concussion), DT Domata Peko (not No games scheduled
Tickets for the New Year’s Day matchup remain on sale at Hail- Starkville girls vs. Olive Branch, 3 p.m. Denver 21 10 .677 — injury related), LB Shane Ray (illness), T Jared
Oklahoma City 20 10 .667 ½
State.com/bowltickets. Fans who purchase tickets through HailState.
com/bowltickets can receive a free Egg Bowl lapel pin, dinner with
Starkville boys vs. Itawamba AHS, 4:30 p.m. Portland
Utah
18 14 .563 3½
16 17 .485 6
Veldheer (illness). LIMITED: LB Shaquil Barrett
(hip), TE Matt LaCosse (ankle), LB Brandon
Marshall (knee), WR Courtland Sutton (quad-
Transactions
coach Joe Moorhead and an athletic facility tour.
n Baseball team will hold winter camps: At Starkville, the base-
College Football Minnesota

14 18 .438 7½
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
ricep), CB Isaac Yiadom (shoulder). RAIDERS:
DNP: DT Maurice Hurst (ankle), CB Daryl Wor-
Saturday’s Moves
BASEBALL
Saturday, Dec. 29 Golden State 21 11 .656 —
ley (shoulder) LIMITED: CB Gareon Conley
American League
ball team will offer a series of camps for youth and high school players. (concussion), C Rodney Hudson (ankle, knee),
The first camps will be Jan. 12 and 13, 2019, for players in grades
Orange Bowl (Miami, Florida) L.A. Lakers
L.A. Clippers
19 13 .594
19 13 .594
2
2
S Karl Joseph (neck), RB Keith Smith (calf), TE CLEVELAND INDIANS — Signed OF Brandon
Lee Smith (back), LB Kyle Wilber (hamstring). Barnes and RHP Brooks Pounders to minor
7-12. The cost for one camp is $150. The cost for both camps is $275. College Football Playoff Semifinal Sacramento 17 15 .531 4 FULL: WR Jordy Nelson (foot), G Kelechi Os- league contracts.
Phoenix 8 25 .242 13½
Check-in on Jan. 12 will be at 9 a.m. in center field at Dudy Noble Field. Alabama vs. Oklahoma, 7 p.m. emele (toe). LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms
with RHP Matt Harvey on a one-year contract.
Friday’s Games College Bowl Schedule
Check-in on Jan. 13 will be at 9 a.m. in the Griffis Boardroom. Checkout
is at 4 p.m. Men’s College Basketball Charlotte 98, Detroit 86
Toronto 126, Cleveland 110
Friday, Dec. 21
Bahamas Bowl
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with
RHP Charlie Morton on a two-year contract.
There will be Youth Skills Camps for players in grades 1-6 on Jan. Saturday, Dec. 29 Atlanta 114, New York 107 At Nassau TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Signed 2B Eric
Indiana 114, Brooklyn 106 Sogard to a minor league contract.
19 and 20, 2019. Check-in will be at 9 a.m. at the Griffis Boardroom. BYU at Mississippi State, 11 a.m. Chicago 90, Orlando 80 FIU 35, Toledo 32
National League
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Checkout is at 4 p.m. The cost for one camp is $150. The cost for both Florida Gulf Coast at Ole Miss, 3 p.m. Milwaukee 120, Boston 107
San Antonio 124, Minnesota 98 At Boise CINCINNATI REDS — Designated LHP Robby
camps is $275. Mississippi University for Women at Belhaven Sacramento 102, Memphis 99 BYU 49, Western Michigan 18 Scott for assignment.
Utah 120, Portland 90 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Designated RHP
MSU also will hold Half-Day Prospect Camps from 9 a.m. to noon College, 4 p.m. L.A. Lakers 112, New Orleans 104 Saturday’s Games Ryan Meisinger for assignment.
and from 1-4 p.m. Jan. 21, 2019, for players in grades 9-12. The cost for Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech, 4 p.m. Saturday’s Games Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl BASKETBALL
each session is $125. L.A. Clippers 132, Denver 111 Wake Forest 37, Memphis 34 National Basketball Association
Sunday, Dec. 30 Washington 149, Phoenix 146, 3OT Armed Forces Bowl NBA — Fined New Jersey coach Kenny
Each session is designed to further develop each player’s skills Philadelphia 126, Toronto 101
Alabama at Stephen F. Austin, 5 p.m. Houston 108, San Antonio 101
At Fort Worth, Texas Atkinson $25,000 for verbally abusing game
and learn new techniques from MSU coach Chris Lemonis and his staff. Miami 94, Milwaukee 87
Army 70, Houston 14
officials and failing to leave the court in a timely
Campers will be put through many of the same drills used by the MSU
coaches. Dudy Noble Field and the Palmeiro Center will be available for
Women’s College Basketball Dallas at Golden State, late
Oklahoma City at Utah, late
Dollar General Bowl
At Mobile, Alabama
Troy 42, Buffalo 32
manner following his ejection.
ATLANTA HAWKS — Transferred F Alex
Friday, Dec. 29 Today’s Games
Hawaii Bowl Poythress from Erie (NBAGL).
the camps. Camps are set up for any and all players who want to play Atlanta at Detroit, 3 p.m.
at the next level. We will have a pro-style workout and various coaching North Florida at Ole Miss, 1 p.m. Washington at Indiana, 4 p.m. At Honolulu FOOTBALL
Louisiana Tech (7-5) vs. Hawaii (8-5), late National Football League
segments that will be set up throughout the day. Saturday’s Game Charlotte at Boston, 5 p.m.
Chicago at Cleveland, 5 p.m. NFL — Fined Seattle LB Bobby Wagner for a
Each camper will be required to fill out the Medical/Release Forms Mississippi University for Women at Belhaven Miami at Orlando, 5 p.m. Wednesday’s Games facemask penalty and Houston DE Jadeveon
New Orleans at Sacramento, 5 p.m. SERVPRO First Responder Bowl Clowney and Arizona DE Chandler Jones for
and bring it to registration. College, 2 p.m. Phoenix at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. At Dallas roughing-the-passer penalties. Each was fined
Players are asked to bring a hat, shoes, glove, and workout Sunday’s Games Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
Boston College (7-5) vs. Boise State (10-3), $20,054. Fined Seattle CB Justin Coleman and
12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Cleveland LB Jamie Collins $26,739 each for
clothes. Louisiana at Mississippi State, 2 p.m. Dallas at Portland, 8 p.m. Quick Lane Bowl unnecessary roughness penalties. Fined New
Go to https://hailstatecamps.com/baseball/hs-summer-camps.php Houston at Southern Mississippi, 2 p.m. Memphis at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m. At Detroit
Orleans DE Marcus Davenport $20,054 for
Monday’s Games Minnesota (6-6) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5),
to download the required forms. No games scheduled roughing the passer penalty. Fined Baltimore
4:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Tuesday’s Games
on the air Cheez-It Bowl CB Jimmy Smith and RB Kenneth Dixon;
Milwaukee at New York, 11 a.m.
Mississippi University for Women Oklahoma City at Houston, 2 p.m.
Philadelphia at Boston, 4:30 p.m.
At Phoenix
California (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Denver CB Jamar Taylor; Cleveland WR
Antonio Callaway; L.A. Rams CB Marcus

Today L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 7 p.m. Peters; and Carolina G Andrus Peat $10,026
The W’s Massey will hold two clinics Portland at Utah, 9:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games each for unnecessary roughness penalties.
Independence Bowl DETROIT LIONS — Placed WR Bruce
Mississippi University for Women’s women’s soccer coach Gray AUTO RACING Wednesday’s Games
Phoenix at Orlando, 6 p.m. At Shreveport, Louisiana Ellington and S Charles Washington on injured
Massey will hold two clinics in association with the Columbus Soccer Noon — Sprint Car Series, Kings Royal, CBS Washington at Detroit, 6 p.m. Temple (8-4) vs. Duke (7-5), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) reserve. Signed WR Chris Lacy and CB Dee
Organization. Charlotte at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Pinstripe Bowl
Sports Network Indiana at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. At Bronx, New York
Virgin from the practice squad. Signed WR
The first clinic will be for goalkeepers in eighth grade and younger Deontez Alexander to the practice squad.
BOWLING Toronto at Miami, 6:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Memphis, 7 p.m.
Miami (7-5) vs. Wisconsin (7-5), 4:15 p.m. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Placed CB Will
from 1-2:30 p.m. and from 3:30-5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, at the (ESPN)
3:30 p.m. — PBA Clash, Lake Wales, Florida, WLOV Minnesota at Chicago, 7 p.m. Texas Bowl
Redmond on injured reserve. Signed RB Lavon
Downtown Columbus Soccer Complex. Denver at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Coleman from the practice squad.
The cost is $40 for each session. There is a $10 discount for COLLEGE BASKETBALL New Orleans at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
At Houston
HOUSTON TEXANS — Activated CB Kayvon
Baylor (6-6) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Columbus United players. 3:30 p.m. — Diamond Head Classic, semifinal, Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. Webster from injured reserve.
Players can register at columbusunitedsoccer.org. Those interest-
ed in participating can play at the clinic or mail their payment to 413 4th
TBD, ESPN2
6 p.m. — Diamond Head Classic, consolation
Football Friday’s Games
Music City Bowl
At Nashville, Tennessee
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed S Rolan
Milligan from the practice squad.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed OT
Ave. S Suite 4, Columbus, MS 39701. game, TBD, ESPNU NFL Purdue (6-6) vs. Auburn (7-5), 12:30 p.m. Jermey Parnell and S Ronnie Harrison on
AMERICAN CONFERENCE (ESPN) injured reserve. Signed CB Breon Borders and
The second clinic will be for players in Under-8 and up. The cost 6:30 p.m. — Las Vegas Classic, championship, East Camping World Bowl OL Brandon Thomas from the practice squad.
W L T Pct PF PA
is $50 for each session. The first session will be from 10 a.m. to noon. TBD, FS1 New England 9 5 0 .643 374 310 At Orlando, Florida NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Activated WR Ted
West Virginia (8-3) vs. Syracuse (9-3),
The second will be from 2-4 p.m. Both sessions will be at the Downtown 9 p.m. — Diamond Head Classic, semifinal, TBD, Miami 7 7 0 .500 295 374
4:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Ginn Jr. from injured reserve.
Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 215 333 HOCKEY
Columbus Soccer Complex. ESPN2 N.Y. Jets 4 10 0 .286 292 359 Alamo Bowl
National Hockey League
Players can register online at the address listed above, or mail in South At San Antonio
payment to the address listed above.
9 p.m. — Las Vegas Classic, consolation game, W L T Pct PF PA Iowa State (8-4) vs. Washington State (10-2), CALGARY FLAMES — Assigned F Ryan
Lomberg to Stockton (AHL). Activated F
Houston 10 4 0 .714 352 281 8 p.m. (ESPN)
TBD, FS1 Tennessee 9 6 0 .600 293 270 Michael Frolik from injured reserve.
11:30 p.m. — Diamond Head Classic, Indianapolis 8 6 0 .571 372 300 Saturday, Dec. 29 COLORADO AVALANCHE — Recalled G Joe
The W will hold baseball camps in February 2019 consolation game, TBD, ESPNU
Jacksonville 4 10 0 .286 225 289
North
Peach Bowl
At Atlanta
Cannata from Utah (ECHL) to Colorado (AHL).
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Placed D Dion
The Mississippi University for Women will be the host site for the LUMBERJACK W L T Pct PF PA
Florida (9-3) vs. Michigan (10-2), 11 a.m. Phaneuf on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec.
Pittsburgh 8 5 1 .607 384 316
U.S. Baseball Academy’s camps in February 2019. (ESPN) 11. Activated F Ilya Kovalchuk from injured
The sessions will be Feb. 2, 9, 16, and 23 on the campus of The
Noon — Stihl Timbersports Series, ESPN2 Baltimore
Cleveland
8 6 0 .571 341
6 7 1 .464 309
253
348 Belk Bowl reserve.
W in downtown Columbus. USBA camps feature age-specific sessions NFL Cincinnati 6 8 0 .429 337 413 At Charlotte, North Carolina VEGAS KNIGHTS — Recalled G Zach Fucale
West South Carolina (7-5) vs. Virginia (7-5), 11 a.m.
with instruction tailored for each ability level. Noon — Regional coverage, WCBI W L T Pct PF PA (ABC)
from Fort Wayne (ECHL) to Chicago (AHL).
SOCCER
Noon — Regional coverage, WLOV x-Kansas City 11 3 0 .786 499 380 Arizona Bowl
The cost is $139 for four weeks of one skill (six total hours). There x-L.A. Chargers 11 3 0 .786 395 298 At Tucson, Arizona
Major League Soccer
are discounts available if participants register for multiple sessions. 3:05 p.m. — Regional coverage, WLOV Denver 6 8 0 .429 306 299 Arkansas State (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5), ATLANTA UNITED — Re-signed D Michael
Oakland 3 11 0 .214 260 418 Parkhurst.
The camp is open to players in grades 1-12. Sessions include 3:25 p.m. — Pittsburgh at New Orleans, WCBI NATIONAL CONFERENCE 12:15 p.m. (CBSSN)
hitting, pitching, baserunning, and fielding. 7:20 p.m. — Kansas City at Seattle, WTVA
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Cotton Bowl Classic
At Arlington, Texas
Friday’s Moves
You can register by going to https://oldsite.usbaseballacademy. BASEBALL
NHL Dallas 8 6 0 .571 276
Philadelphia 7 7 0 .500 311
269
318
CFP Semifinal, Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Clemson
(13-0), 3 p.m. (ESPN) American League
com/1779/Columbus/. 6 p.m. — Philadelphia at New York, NHL Network Washington 7 8 0 .467 281 335 Orange Bowl BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with
N.Y. Giants 5 9 0 .357 307 348 At Miami Gardens, Florida RHP Heath Hembree on a one-year contract.
RUGBY
Auto Racing 1 p.m. — Premiership, Wasps vs. Bath, NBC
y-New Orleans
South
W L T Pct PF PA
12 2 0 .857 459 292
CFP Semifinal, Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Alabama
(13-0), 7 p.m. (ESPN)
NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with
LHP Danny Coulombe and LHP Rex Brothers
on minor league contracts. Announced RHP
USCS founder, promoter Walton nominated for 2018 Sports Network Carolina 6 8 0 .429 333 344
Monday, Dec. 31 Parker Bridwell was claimed off waivers by the
Atlanta 5 9 0 .357 356 381
SKIING Tampa Bay 5 9 0 .357 344 403 Military Bowl Los Angeles Angels.
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 360 “Promoter of 1:30 p.m. — FIS Alpine World Cup, women’s
North
W L T Pct PF PA
At Annapolis, Maryland
Cincinnati (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (6-6),
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms
with RHP Joakim Soria on a two-year
the Year” Award slalom and giant slalom, France, WTVA y-Chicago 10 4 0 .714 383
Minnesota 7 6 1 .536 323
264
308
11 a.m. (ESPN)
Sun Bowl
contract. Traded RHP Emilio Pagan and a 2019
ATLANTA — Pete Walton, the founder and president of the United SOCCER Green Bay 5 8 1 .393 332 331 At El Paso, Texas
competitive balance round A draft pick to
Tampa Bay.
Sprint Car Series presented by K&N Filters, has been nominated by a 8:30 a.m. — Bundesliga, FC Augsburg vs. VfL Detroit 5 9 0 .357 284
West
333 Stanford (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (7-6), 1 p.m. (CBS) SEATTLE MARINERS — Acquired OF
Redbox Bowl
board of his peers for the 2018 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 360 Wolfsburg, FS1 W L T Pct PF PA Santa Clara, Calif.
Domingo Santana from the Milwaukee Brewers
Promoter of the Year Award. During the 2018 season, Walton guided y-L.A. Rams 11 3 0 .786 448 343 for OF Ben Gamel and RHP Noah Zavalos.
9:55 a.m. — Premier League, Everton vs. Seattle 8 6 0 .571 363 292 Michigan State (7-5) vs. Oregon (8-4), 2 p.m.
TEXAS RANGERS — Acquired LHPs Kyle
the Fayetteville, Georgia-based 360 cubic inch winged sprint car series San Francisco 4 10 0 .286 301 373 (FOX)
Tottenham, NBC Sports Network Arizona 3 11 0 .214 192 367 Liberty Bowl Bird and Brock Burke and RHP Yoel Espinal
through its 22nd anniversary season of competition after founding the 11 a.m. — Bundesliga, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim At Memphis, Tenn. from Tampa Bay and INF Eli White and an
United Sprint Car Series in 1997. Walton again saw the USCS reach x-clinched playoff spot Missouri (8-4) vs. Oklahoma State (6-6), international signing bonus pool allocation
several milestones in 2018, including sanctioning its 700th event.
vs. Mainz 05, FS1 y-clinched division 2:45 p.m. (ESPN) from Oakland. Traded INF Jurickson Profar to
Oakland and RHP Rollie Lacy to Tampa Bay.
With 62 events on its largest USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour National
schedule in 2018, the traveling series completed 44 of those events
Monday Saturday’s Games
Tennessee 25, Washington 16
Holiday Bowl
At San Diego
Agreed to terms with RHPs Ariel Hernandez
and Phillips Valdez, LHPs Miguel Del Pozo and
even though losing 18 events to rainouts. The series passed the
NFL Baltimore at L.A. Chargers, late
Today’s Games
Northwestern (8-5) vs. Utah (9-4), 6 p.m. (FS1) Jack Leathersich, and INF Nolan Fontana on
Gator Bowl
700-event benchmark in 2018 season as the 22nd season schedule 7:15 p.m. — Denver at Oakland, ESPN Atlanta at Carolina, Noon
At Jacksonville, Florida
minor league contracts.
Houston at Philadelphia, Noon National League

Tuesday
saw the USCS post its 717th event into the record books. N.Y. Giants at Indianapolis, Noon NC State (9-3) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 6:30 p.m. CINCINNATI REDS — Acquired OF Yasiel
Green Bay at N.Y. Jets, Noon (ESPN) Puig, OF Matt Kemp and LHP Alex Wood and
“It is quite an honor to be recognized as a nominee for the National Minnesota at Detroit, Noon
Sprint Car Hall of Fame Promoter of the Year Award,” Walton said. “To COLLEGE BASKETBALL Buffalo at New England, Noon Tuesday, Jan. 1
cash from the Los Angeles Dodgers for RHP
Homer Bailey, INF Jeter Downs and RHP
be a part of the many people who work hard to keep sprint car racing Noon — Diamond Head Classic, seventh-place Cincinnati at Cleveland, Noon
Jacksonville at Miami, Noon
Outback Bowl
Josiah Gray.
At Tampa, Florida
in the fore-front and provide a place for competitors to compete in this game, TBD, ESPNU Tampa Bay at Dallas, Noon Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4), 11 a.m. COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with
L.A. Rams at Arizona, 3:05 p.m. INF Daniel Murphy on a two-year contract.
exciting form of motorsports has always been a pleasure and a privilege 2 p.m. — Diamond Head Classic, fifth-place Chicago at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.
(ESPN2)
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms
Pittsburgh at New Orleans, 3:25 p.m. Citrus Bowl
to me. I and my Family have made so many wonderful friends from game, TBD, ESPNU Kansas City at Seattle, 7:20 p.m. At Orlando, Florida with RHP Joe Kelly on a three-year contract.
the experiences we have had in over 20 years of being involved.’ Any 5:30 p.m. — Diamond Head Classic, third-place Monday’s Game Kentucky (9-3) vs. Penn State (9-3), Noon NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with OF
Denver at Oakland, 7:15 p.m. (ABC) Gregor Blanco on a minor league contract.
honor I receive is only a reflection on the many good people who have game, TBD, ESPNU Fiesta Bowl PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms
dedicated their time and talents over the years to help build the USCS 8 p.m. — Diamond Head Classic, championship NFL Injury Report At Glendale, Arizona with LHP Jeremy Bleich, C Rob Brantly, INFs
into what it has become.” Today’s Games LSU (9-3) vs. UCF (12-0), Noon (ESPN) Phil Gosselin and Gregorio Petit, RHP Josh
game, TBD, ESPN2 ATLANTA FALCONS at CAROLINA Rose Bowl Martin, C-1B-OF Matt McBride and OF Shane
The 360 Promoter of the Year Award is voted on annually by the PANTHERS — FALCONS: QUESTIONABLE: At Pasadena, California
National Sprint Car Hall of Fame pollsters and honors the individual(s) NBA WR Julio Jones (hip, ribs). PANTHERS: OUT: Washington (10-3) vs. Ohio State (12-1), 4 p.m.
Robinson to minor league contracts.
QB Cam Newton (right shoulder). QUESTION- ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms
representing a speedway, sanctioning body or racing series that has 11 a.m. — Milwaukee at New York, ESPN ABLE: DT Kawann Short (not injury related,
(ESPN) with LHP Andrew Miller on a two-year contract.
Sugar Bowl
most impacted winged 360 cubic inch sprint car racing through their 2 p.m. — Oklahoma City at Houston, WKDH-WTVA calf).
At New Orleans
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms
BUFFALO BILLS at NEW ENGLAND with LHPs Ryan Bollinger and Dietrich Enns,
promotional efforts. 7 p.m. — LA Lakers at Golden State, ESPN PATRIOTS — BILLS: OUT: CB Ryan Lewis Texas (9-4) vs. Georgia (11-2), 7:45 p.m.
RHP Tyler Higgins, INFs Allen Craig, Seth
(concussion). QUESTIONABLE: RB Chris Ivo- (ESPN)
The USCS is gearing up for another banner season of competition 9:30 p.m. — Portland at Utah, ESPN ry (shoulder). PATRIOTS: QUESTIONABLE:
Mejias-Brean and Aderlin Rodriguez, and OFs
in 2019 with a 60+ race schedule. The season will kick off Jan. 25-26 LB Brandon King (knee). Monday, Jan. 7 Alex Dickerson and Jacob Scavuzzo on minor
during Florida’s Speedweeks with a 10-race Winter Heat mini-series Wednesday CHICAGO BEARS at SAN FRANCISCO
49ERS — BEARS: DOUBTFUL: S Eddie Jack-
College Football Championship
At Santa Clara, California
league contracts.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to terms
opener at Hendry County Motorsports Park in Clewiston, Florida. COLLEGE FOOTBALL son (ankle), LB Aaron Lynch (elbow). QUES- Cotton Bowl winner vs. Orange Bowl winner, with LHP-RHP Pat Venditte on a one-year
For more series information and rules, visit www.uscsracing.com, TIONABLE: DT Bilal Nichols (knee). 49ERS:
12:30 p.m. — First Responders Bowl: Boston OUT: S Jaquiski Tartt (shoulder).
7 p.m. (ESPN) contract.
BASKETBALL
or call the series office at 770-865-6097. College vs. Boise State, ESPN CINCINNATI BENGALS at CLEVELAND Football Championship National Basketball Association
BROWNS — BENGALS: OUT: WR Tyler Boyd
4:15 p.m. — Quick Lane Bowl: Minnesota vs. (knee), LB Jordan Evans (ankle), CB Tony Subdivision Playoffs WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed G Ron

Golf Georgia Tech, ESPN McRae (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: LB Von-

taze Burfict (concussion). BROWNS: QUES-
Championship
Saturday, Jan. 5
Baker.
FOOTBALL
8 p.m. — Cheez-It Bowl: California vs. TCU, ESPN TIONABLE: T Austin Corbett (foot), CB Phillip At Toyota Stadium National Football League
Kyle Thompson among five golfers to visit troops in NBA
Gaines (knee), DT Larry Ogunjobi (biceps), S
Jabrill Peppers (neck), C J.C. Tretter (ankle), LB
Frisco, Texas
North Dakota State (14-0) vs. Eastern
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed QB Matt Barkley to
a two-year contract extension.
Africa 6:30 p.m. — Toronto at Miami, NBA TV Tanner Vallejo (hamstring).
GREEN BAY PACKERS at NEW YORK
Washington (12-2), 11 a.m.
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Promoted S Maurice
Right about the time Kyle Thompson was ready to abandon his
struggles on the PGA Tour, he jumped at a chance to give back.
SOCCER
6:25 a.m. — Premier League, Fulham vs.
JETS — PACKERS: OUT: DT Kenny Clark
(elbow), CB Will Redmond (shoulder). DOUBT-
FUL: WR Randall Cobb (concussion), T Jason
Hockey Smith from the practice squad. Waived C-G
Hroniss Grasu.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DL
Thompson was on the practice range at the Wyndham Champi- Spriggs (concussion). QUESTIONABLE: WR NHL Ufomba Kamalu from the practice squad.
Wolves, NBC Sports Network Jake Kumerow (hand). JETS: OUT: WR Quin- EASTERN CONFERENCE
onship, where the only way to keep his full card was to win, when he Atlantic Division Signed OL Tony Adams to the practice squad.
received an email from the PGA Tour looking for players who wanted to
8:55 a.m. — Premier League, Liverpool vs. cy Enunwa (ankle). DOUBTFUL: LB Kevin
Pierre-Louis (shoulder). QUESTIONABLE: GP W L OT Pts GF GA SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Placed S Jaquiski

travel to Djibouti, Africa, in December to visit the troops. Newcastle, NBC Sports Network LB Jordan Jenkins (ankle), CB Darryl Roberts Tampa Bay 36 27 7 2 56 148 103 Tartt on the injured reserve.
(toe). Toronto 36 24 10 2 50 135 99 WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Placed OT
“The email said the first five who want to do this trip to Africa get 11:10 a.m. — Premier League, Brighton vs. HOUSTON TEXANS at PHILADELPHIA Buffalo 37 21 11 5 47 111 105 Austin Howard on injured reserve. Signed OT
Boston 36 20 12 4 44 102 91
to go,” Thompson said. “Before talking to my wife, I said, ‘I’m going.’ I Arsenal, NBC Sports Network EAGLES — TEXANS: OUT: CB Mike Tyson
Montreal 37 19 13 5 43 115 117
Timon Parris from the practice squad.
(concussion). QUESTIONABLE: WR Keke HOCKEY
come from a big military family, and I thought it would be really neat.” 1:25 p.m. — Serie A, Napoli vs. Internazionale, Coutee (hamstring), DT Brandon Dunn (ankle), Detroit
Florida
37 15 17 5 35 105 121
34 14 14 6 34 109 122 National Hockey League
WR DeAndre Hopkins (ankle), CB Johna-
It lived up to his expectations. ESPNEWS than Joseph (hip, illness), G Senio Kelemete Ottawa 37 15 18 4 34 118 144 ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled F Michael
Thompson joined David Hearn of Canada, Kris Blanks Shaun Metropolitan Division Bunting from Tucson (AHL).
1:25 p.m. — Premier League, Watford vs. (elbow, rib, illness), RB Lamar Miller (ankle).
GP W L OT Pts GF GA CALGARY FLAMES — Assigned F Buddy
Micheel and Billy Hurley III, a surface warfare officer in the Navy and EAGLES; OUT: CB Sidney Jones (hamstring),
Chelsea, NBC Sports Network G Isaac Seumalo (pectoral), QB Carson Wentz Washington 35 22 10 3 47 129 103
Columbus 35 20 12 3 43 114 109
Robinson to Stockton (AHL).
the only player from a service academy to win on the PGA Tour. (back). QUESTIONABLE: LB D.J. Alexander LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled Fs Austin
Thursday
Pittsburgh 36 18 12 6 42 119 110
They met with the troops at Camp Lemonnier, a forward deployed (hamstring), DE Michael Bennett (foot), DT N.Y. Islanders 34 17 13 4 38 98 97 Wagner and Michael Amadio, and D Sean
Timmy Jernigan (back), CB Cre’von LeBlanc N.Y. Rangers 34 15 14 5 35 100 112 Walker from Ontario (AHL).
military base in a country on the Gulf of Aden that shares a border with COLLEGE BASKETBALL (hamstring). Carolina 34 14 15 5 33 85 100 NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Placed F Marcus
Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea. They saw the operations, gave a golf JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at MIAMI
7 p.m. — Missouri at Creighton, FS1 DOLPHINS — JAGUARS: OUT: WR D.J. Chark
Philadelphia 34 14 16 4 32 101 123
New Jersey 34 12 15 7 31 102 122
Johansson on injured reserve. Activated F
clinic and individual lessons to anyone who wanted them and even had COLLEGE FOOTBALL (quadricep), S Ronnie Harrison (knee), K Josh WESTERN CONFERENCE
Stefan Noesen from injured reserve.
a trivia night. It was part of the tour’s “Birdies for the Brave” program. Lambo (right groin), T Jermey Parnell (knee). Central Division SOCCER
12:30 p.m. — Independence Bowl: Temple vs. DOLPHINS: DOUBTFUL: S T.J. McDonald GP W L OT Pts GF GA Major League Soccer
This trip was mainly about boosting morale and showing support. Duke, ESPN (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: LB Kiko Alonso Winnipeg 35 23 10 2 48 127 101 COLUMBUS CREW — Acquired D Milton
“Not one person was unimpressive,” Thompson said. “The coolest (knee, hamstring), DE Ziggy Hood (hamstring), Nashville 37 22 13 2 46 111 95 Valenzuela on a permanent transfer as a Young
4:15 p.m. — Pinstripe Bowl: Miami vs. CB Xavien Howard (knee), DT Kendrick Norton Colorado 37 19 12 6 44 129 115 Designated Player from Newell (Argentina).
thing was a lot of these guys were in the reserves. The commanding (ankle). Dallas 35 17 15 3 37 96 98
officer works for Dell. The No. 2 guy works at Booz Allen. And they’ve
Wisconsin, ESPN LOS ANGELES RAMS at ARIZONA Minnesota 34 17 15 2 36 102 97
FC DALLAS — Announced the resignation of

been stationed over there for a year.” 8 p.m. — Texas Bowl: Baylor vs. Vanderbilt, ESPN CARDINALS — RAMS: QUESTIONABLE: RB
Justin Davis (shoulder), RB Todd Gurley (knee).
St. Louis 34 14 16 4 32 96 114 vice president of soccer operations Luiz Muzzi.
Signed D Bressan from Gremio (Brazil).
Chicago 38 13 19 6 32 108 139
Thompson’s military history runs deep. His grandfather was NBA CARDINALS: QUESTIONABLE: S Rudy Ford Pacific Division PHILADELPHIA UNION — Signed G Matt
(ribs), DE Markus Golden (ankle), DT Rodney
wounded on Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion, which is how he 7 p.m. — Boston at Houston, TNT Gunter (foot), G Will Holden (shoulder), WR J.J.

Calgary
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
37 22 12 3 47 127 103
Freese.
COLLEGE
met his wife, a nurse. Five of their 11 children served in the military. His 9:30 p.m. — Philadelphia at Utah, TNT Nelson (illness, not injury related), CB Patrick San Jose 37 19 12 6 44 121 111 DRAKE — Promioted Todd Stepsis to football
Peterson (illness), TE Ricky Seals-Jones (ill- Vegas 38 20 15 3 43 114 108
maternal grandfather was a prisoner of war in a Japanese camp during NHL ness). Anaheim 38 19 14 5 43 95 109 coach.
World War II. 6:30 p.m. — Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, NBC MINNESOTA VIKINGS at DETROIT
LIONS — VIKINGS: OUT: LB Eric Kendricks
Edmonton 35 18 14 3 39 99 105 EAST CAROLINA — Named Ryan
Vancouver 38 17 17 4 38 117 124 Robinson executive
The other players also had military connections. Blanks grew up Sports Network (hamstring). LIONS: OUT: WR Bruce Ellington Arizona 35 15 18 2 32 89 98 associate athletics director for
on military bases until he graduated high school. Hearn’s grandfather SOCCER (hamstring), S Charles Washington (ham-
string). QUESTIONABLE: CB Jamal Agnew
Los Angeles 36 13 20 3 29 82 109 external operations.
was in the Canadian Army during World War II. Micheel’s father was a 1:55 p.m. — Premier League, Southampton vs. (knee), RB LeGarrette Blount (calf), WR Kenny NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for MICHIGAN — Junior DT Aubrey Solomon
announced he is transferring to Tennessee.
Golladay (chest), DT Damon Harrison (ankle), overtime loss. Top three teams in each division
cryptologist who worked on behalf of the Air Force Security Service. West Ham, NBC Sports Network LB Devon Kennard (hip), QB Matthew Stafford and two wild cards per conference advance to SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — Promoted Joe
— From Staff and Wire Reports (back). playoffs. DeForest to outside linebackers coach.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL / COLLEGES
Saturday’s Men’s
Major Scores
EAST
American U. 82, Md.-Eastern Shore 58
Brown 78, Marist 53
CCSU 93, Maine 90, 2OT
Duquesne 85, E. Kentucky 84, OT
Fairfield 63, New Hampshire 57
Georgetown 102, UALR 94, OT
Harvard 75, George Washington 61
Hofstra 107, Rosemont 54
Holy Cross 60, Siena 57
La Salle 57, Towson 51
Lehigh 88, St. Francis (Pa.) 76
Mount St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s College of Maryland 44
83,
Niagara 78, Army 66
Rutgers 68, Columbia 65, OT
Saint Joseph’s 45, Loyola of Chicago 42
St. John’s 104, Sacred Heart 82
Stony Brook 76, Quinnipiac 73
Syracuse 82, Arkansas St. 52
Temple 82, Drexel 64
Villanova 81, UConn 58
Wagner 77, Hartford 68
West Virginia 74, Jacksonville St. 72
Yale 99, Iona 84
SOUTH
Alabama A&M 67, Tulane 59
Auburn 93, Murray St. 88
Austin Peay 75, Liberty 66
Campbell 70, Alabama St. 69
Clemson 78, South Carolina 68
Davidson 88, Central Penn College 54
Florida 77, Florida Gulf Coast 56
Florida St. 81, Saint Louis 59
Georgia 70, Georgia Tech 59
Hampton 89, Howard 82
Kentucky 80, North Carolina 72
Louisiana Tech 73, Texas A&M-CC 68
Memphis 99, Tennessee St. 41
Miami 75, FAU 55
Mississippi St. 67, Wright St. 63
NC State 98, SC-Upstate 71
Nicholls 84, Mobile 67
Old Dominion 76, Morgan St. 53
Richmond 74, High Point 59
Seton Hall 78, Maryland 74
Tennessee 83, Wake Forest 64
UNC-Greensboro 83, Samford 75
VCU 70, Wichita St. 54
Virginia 72, William & Mary 40
W. Kentucky 71, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 68
MIDWEST
Boston College 65, DePaul 62
Bradley 63, SE Louisiana 60
CS Northridge 85, SIU-Edwardsville 79
Cent. Michigan 81, Jackson St. 72
Cincinnati 77, SC State 56
Dayton 81, Presbyterian 69
Drake 66, New Mexico St. 63
E. Michigan 90, Siena Heights 72
Evansville 80, Green Bay 75
Indiana 94, Jacksonville 64
Iowa 110, Savannah St. 64
Kansas St. 69, Vanderbilt 58
Michigan 71, Air Force 50
Milwaukee 67, W. Michigan 66
Missouri St. 93, Ark.-Pine Bluff 72
N. Illinois 100, Chicago St. 59
N. Iowa 64, North Dakota 62
Nebraska 86, Cal St.-Fullerton 62
UMKC 95, Elon 59
Winthrop 79, S. Illinois 71
Wisconsin 84, Grambling St. 53
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas 73, Texas State 70
SMU 81, Cornell 53
Texas A&M 92, Marshall 68
UTEP 76, Wyoming 65
FAR WEST
Arizona 70, UC Davis 68
Boise St. 83, Pacific 71
Fresno St. 93, UT Martin 53
Indiana St. 72, Colorado 67
Long Beach St. 64, Colorado St. 61
Nevada 68, Akron 62
Ohio St. 80, UCLA 66
Penn 75, New Mexico 65
Rider 74, N. Colorado 67
San Diego St. 90, BYU 81
San Francisco 74, Stanford 65
UC Riverside 60, Loyola Marymount 53
UC Santa Barbara 84, Idaho St. 65
UNLV 73, Hawaii 59
Utah Valley 85, Sam Houston St. 79
Weber St. 83, Delaware St. 69
The Associated Press
Men’s Top 25 Fared
Saturday
1. Kansas (10-0) at No. 18 Arizona State.
Next: vs. Eastern Michigan, Saturday.
2. Duke (11-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Clemson, Saturday, Jan. 5.
3. Tennessee (10-1) beat Wake Forest
83-64. Next: vs. Tennessee Tech, Saturday.
4. Michigan (12-0) beat Air Force 71-50.
Next: vs. Binghamton, Sunday, Dec. 30.
5. Virginia (11-0) beat William & Mary
72-40. Next: vs. Marshall, Monday, Dec. 31.
6. Nevada (12-0) beat Akron 68-62. Next:
at Utah, Saturday.
7. Auburn (10-2) beat Murray State 93-88.
Next: vs. North Florida, Saturday.
8. Gonzaga (11-2) did not play. Next: vs.
North Alabama, Friday.
9. North Carolina (8-3) lost to No. 19
Kentucky 80-72. Next: vs. Davidson, Saturday.
10. Michigan State (10-2) did not play.
Next: vs. Northern Illinois, Saturday.
11. Florida State (11-1) beat Saint Louis
81-59. Next: vs. Winthrop, Tuesday, Jan. 1.
12. Texas Tech (10-1) did not play. Next:
vs. Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Friday.
13. Virginia Tech (10-1) did not play. Next:
vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore, Friday.
14. Buffalo (11-1) did not play. Next: at
Canisius, Saturday.
15. Ohio State (11-1) beat UCLA 80-66.
Next: vs. High Point, Saturday.
16. Wisconsin (10-2) beat Grambling
State 84-53. Next: at Western Kentucky,
Saturday.
17. Mississippi State (11-1) beat Wright
State 67-63. Next: vs. BYU, Saturday.
18. Arizona State (8-2) vs. No. 1 Kansas.
Next: vs. Princeton, Saturday.
19. Kentucky (9-2) beat No. 9 North
Carolina 80-72. Next: at Louisville, Saturday.
20. Marquette (10-2) did not play. Next:
vs. Southern University, Friday.
21. Houston (11-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Coppin State, Sunday.
22. Indiana (11-2) beat Jacksonville
94-64. Next: vs. Illinois, Thursday, Jan. 3.
23. Iowa (10-2) beat Savannah State
110-64. Next: vs. Bryant, Saturday.
24. Furman (12-1) did not play. Next: at
ETSU, Saturday.
25. Nebraska (10-2) beat Cal State
Fullerton 86-62. Next: vs. Southwest
Minnesota State, Saturday.
No. 3 Tennessee 83,
Wake Forest 64
WAKE FOREST (6-4): Hoard 3-9 1-1 7,
Smart 0-0 0-0 0, T.Johnson 2-5 2-2 6, Childress
4-11 3-5 14, Brown 7-16 3-4 19, Mucius 3-6 2-4
8, Sarr 1-3 2-3 4, Wright 2-4 2-3 6, Wynn 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 22-54 15-22 64.
TENNESSEE (10-1): Schofield 6-14 0-0
12, Alexander 9-10 1-4 19, Pons 0-1 0-0 0, Wil-
liams 7-14 8-9 22, Bone 8-15 1-2 18, Walker 0-0
0-0 0, Fulkerson 0-2 0-0 0, Turner 0-0 0-0 0,
Bowden 0-1 6-6 6, Campbell 0-0 0-0 0, J.John-
son 2-3 0-0 6. Totals 32-60 16-21 83.
Halftime—Tennessee 42-30. 3-Point
Goals—Wake Forest 5-23 (Childress 3-9, Brown
2-6, T.Johnson 0-1, Sarr 0-1, Mucius 0-2, Wright
0-2, Hoard 0-2), Tennessee 3-13 (J.Johnson 2-3,
Bone 1-4, Bowden 0-1, Williams 0-2, Schofield
0-3). Fouled Out—Smart. Rebounds—Wake
Forest 25 (Brown 6), Tennessee 33 (Williams 10).
Assists—Wake Forest 13 (Childress 5), Tennes-
see 17 (Bone 5). Total Fouls—Wake Forest 18,
Tennessee 21. Technicals—Sarr.
No. 7 Auburn 93,
Murray State 88
MURRAY STATE (8-2): Davis 0-3 0-0 0,
Sanchious 0-1 0-0 0, Buchanan 8-14 1-2 21,
T.Brown 6-12 2-3 19, Morant 7-14 10-11 25,
Cowart 5-7 3-4 13, K.Williams 2-3 0-0 4, Whit-
ley 1-4 3-4 6. Totals 29-58 19-24 88.
AUBURN (10-2): Okeke 7-14 0-2 17, Wiley
7-9 3-5 17, B.Brown 4-10 0-0 11, Harper 4-11
2-4 12, Doughty 6-7 6-6 20, McLemore 2-2 0-0
5, Spencer 1-1 0-1 2, Purifoy 0-1 0-0 0, McCor-
mick 2-4 0-0 5, Dunbar 1-5 1-2 4. Totals 34-64
12-20 93.
Halftime—Auburn 38-35. 3-Point Goals—
Murray St. 11-25 (T.Brown 5-7, Buchanan 4-7,
Whitley 1-2, Morant 1-6, Davis 0-3), Auburn 13-33
(B.Brown 3-8, Okeke 3-8, Doughty 2-3, Harper
2-6, McCormick 1-1, McLemore 1-1, Dunbar 1-4,
Wiley 0-1, Purifoy 0-1). Rebounds—Murray St.
34 (T.Brown 10), Auburn 29 (Wiley 10). Assists—
Murray St. 18 (Morant 7), Auburn 19 (Harper 10).
Total Fouls—Murray St. 18, Auburn 19. A—8,356
(9,121).
No. 19 Kentucky 80,
No. 9 North Carolina 72
KENTUCKY (9-2): K.Johnson 7-11 3-4
21, Travis 6-15 7-11 20, Washington 5-8 0-0 11,
Hagans 2-6 3-4 7, Herro 6-17 0-1 15, Richards
1-2 0-0 2, Montgomery 1-1 0-0 2, Baker 0-3 0-0
0, Quickley 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 28-64 15-22 80.
NORTH CAROLINA (8-3): Brooks 3-3 1-1
7, Maye 6-13 1-2 16, C.Johnson 6-10 3-4 17,
Williams 4-10 2-4 11, White 3-11 1-2 8, Huffman
0-0 0-0 0, Little 2-8 0-0 4, Rush 0-0 0-0 0, Man-
ley 1-1 0-0 2, Miller 0-0 0-0 0, Robinson 0-1 0-0
0, Ellis 0-0 0-0 0, Black 0-2 0-0 0, Platek 0-1
0-0 0, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Woods 2-4 3-3 7. Totals
27-64 11-16 72.
Halftime—Kentucky 40-31. 3-Point
Goals—Kentucky 9-26 (K.Johnson 4-7, Herro
3-8, Washington 1-3, Travis 1-4, Quickley 0-1,
Baker 0-3), North Carolina 7-18 (Maye 3-5,
C.Johnson 2-4, Williams 1-2, White 1-4, Black
0-1, Little 0-2). Fouled Out—K.Johnson. Re-
bounds—Kentucky 38 (Washington 9), North
Carolina 33 (Brooks 8). Assists—Kentucky 24
(Washington 8), North Carolina 18 (Williams
5). Total Fouls—Kentucky 19, North Carolina
19. Technicals—Kentucky coach John Calipari.
No. 17 Mississippi St. 67,
Wright State 63
WRIGHT STATE (6-7): Wampler 7-14
1-2 19, Ernsthausen 3-6 2-2 11, Vest 2-5 1-1 5,
Gentry 3-9 0-0 7, Hughes 4-11 0-0 11, Smith
3-4 2-3 8, Potter 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 23-52 6-8 63.
MISSISSIPPI STATE (11-1): Perry 1-1 1-2
3, Holman 5-10 0-0 12, Q.Weatherspoon 5-11
3-4 14, N.Weatherspoon 4-9 0-0 9, Peters 2-7
6-9 11, Feazell 1-1 0-0 2, Carter 4-7 0-0 10,
Woodard 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 25-51 10-15 67.
Halftime—Mississippi St. 35-24. 3-Point
Goals—Wright St. 11-28 (Wampler 4-9, Erns-
thausen 3-4, Hughes 3-9, Gentry 1-5, Potter
0-1), Mississippi St. 7-21 (Carter 2-4, Holman
2-5, Q.Weatherspoon 1-3, N.Weatherspoon 1-3,
Peters 1-5, Woodard 0-1). Rebounds—Wright St.
21 (Hughes 5), Mississippi St. 32 (Holman 9). As-
sists—Wright St. 13 (Gentry 4), Mississippi St. 11
(Peters 6). Total Fouls—Wright St. 16, Mississippi
St. 13. A—3,021 (6,500).
Georgia 70,
Georgia Tech 59
GEORGIA (7-4): Claxton 3-5 6-8 13,
Hammonds 4-10 2-2 11, Ogbeide 4-8 0-0 8,
Hightower 5-10 1-2 12, Jackson 0-4 0-0 0,
Toppin 0-0 0-0 0, Ngumezi 2-2 0-0 4, Wilridge
2-4 2-2 6, Crump 3-8 2-2 10, Fagan 0-0 0-0 0,
Harrison 0-0 0-0 0, Harris 2-4 2-2 6. Totals 25-
55 15-18 70.
GEORGIA TECH (6-5): Moore 1-7 0-0 2,
Wright 3-6 1-1 7, Banks 3-8 5-6 11, Alvarado
3-19 5-7 11, Devoe 6-11 2-5 14, Gueye 1-3 0-0
2, Sjolund 0-1 0-0 0, Alston 2-4 1-1 6, Haywood
2-6 0-0 6. Totals 21-65 14-20 59.
Halftime—Georgia 29-19. 3-Point
Goals—Georgia 5-18 (Crump 2-7, Claxton
1-1, Hammonds 1-2, Hightower 1-4, Wilridge
0-1, Jackson 0-3), Georgia Tech 3-16 (Hay-
wood 2-5, Alston 1-2, Sjolund 0-1, Devoe 0-1,
Moore 0-2, Alvarado 0-5). Rebounds—Georgia
38 (Claxton 13), Georgia Tech 29 (Alvarado,
Banks 8). Assists—Georgia 16 (Claxton 6),
Georgia Tech 9 (Alvarado 5). Total Fouls—
Georgia 20, Georgia Tech 16. Technicals—Ng-
umezi, Claxton, Banks.
Friday’s Men’s Major
Scores
EAST
Bethune-Cookman 74, Boston U. 66
Binghamton 68, LIU Brooklyn 67
Bryant 68, Dartmouth 67
La Salle 80, Alabama A&M 57
Mass.-Lowell 97, Loyola (Md.) 79
Northeastern 64, St. Bonaventure 59
Princeton 81, Lafayette 79
Towson 73, Tulane 55
UMBC 86, Hood 65
UMass 85, Fairleigh Dickinson 84
SOUTH
Alabama 73, Penn St. 64
Austin Peay 88, Campbell 75
Charleston Southern 86,
Johnson & Wales (NC) 61
Chattanooga 79, Bryan College 45
Coll. of Charleston 73, Coastal Carolina 71
ETSU 76, Wyoming 53
George Mason 84, Navy 63
LSU 75, Furman 57
Liberty 73, Alabama St. 55
Lipscomb 91, Vermont 66
Longwood 77, Stetson 63
Louisiana-Monroe 80, Coppin St. 63
Louisville 73, Robert Morris 59
Mercer 77, UNC-Wilmington 73
Mississippi 74, Middle Tennessee 56
Morehead St. 74, IUPUI 70
Radford 80, Georgia Southern 68
South Florida 83, Alcorn St. 44
Troy 74, UAB 73
UCF 77, Illinois St. 56
UNC-Asheville 86, Milligan 76
VMI 89, North Alabama 68
MIDWEST
Abilene Christian 70, SE Missouri 68
Bowling Green 73, W. Carolina 52
Butler 71, UC Irvine 54
Ill.-Chicago 76, St. Francis (IL) 55
Iowa St. 101, E. Illinois 53
Marquette 103, Buffalo 85
Michigan St. 99, Oakland 69
Minnesota 86, NC A&T 67
Oklahoma 76, Northwestern 69, OT
Southern Miss. 66, South Dakota 60
Xavier 69, Detroit 55
SOUTHWEST
Baylor 57, Oregon 47
Lamar 121, Howard Payne 32
Nebraska-Omaha 83, Rice 66
Norfolk St. 75, UTEP 62
Oklahoma St. 82, Cent. Arkansas 73
Providence 71, Texas 65
Stephen F. Austin 97, Arlington Baptist 47
FAR WEST
California 88, San Jose St. 80
E. Washington 92, Corban University 73
Gonzaga 101, Denver 40
Kent St. 66, Oregon St. 63
Portland 54, Florida A&M 39
Santa Clara 77, Idaho 56
Southern Cal 91, S. Utah 49
Texas-Arlington 75, Cal Poly 70, OT
Utah 76, N. Arizona 62
Washington 57, Sacramento St. 41
LSU 75, No. 24 Furman 57
FURMAN (12-1): Rafferty 4-7 1-3 9,
Mounce 0-2 0-0 0, Brown 5-9 2-2 15, Hunter
4-14 2-2 12, Lyons 5-16 1-2 13, Gurley 1-5 0-0
3, J.Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Clark 2-3 0-0 5. Totals
21-56 6-9 57.
LSU (9-3): Bigby-Williams 4-6 2-6 10,
Reid 4-7 1-2 9, Mays 7-10 0-0 16, Taylor 4-6
0-0 8, Smart 0-4 0-0 0, Days 2-2 0-0 4, E.Wil-
liams 3-3 2-3 8, Waters 7-18 4-4 20. Totals
31-56 9-15 75.
Halftime—LSU 31-27. 3-Point Goals—
Furman 9-31 (Brown 3-6, Lyons 2-7, Hunter
2-10, Clark 1-2, Gurley 1-5, Mounce 0-1), LSU
4-13 (Mays 2-5, Waters 2-8). Fouled Out—
Mounce. Rebounds—Furman 20 (Hunter 5),
LSU 40 (Bigby-Williams, Reid 10). Assists—
Furman 8 (Rafferty, Hunter, Lyons 2), LSU 12
(Waters 7). Total Fouls—Furman 16, LSU 15.
A—9,765 (13,215).
Ole Miss 74,
Middle Tennessee 56
OLE MISS (9-2): Olejniczak 5-6 0-0 10,
Tyree 10-13 0-0 24, Shuler 3-8 0-0 7, T.Davis
2-7 3-5 8, Hinson 3-8 2-2 8, Stevens 4-9 2-4
12, Naylor 0-1 0-0 0, Buffen 1-3 1-3 3, D.Davis
0-1 0-0 0, Rodriguez 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 29-58
8-14 74.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE (3-9): Scurry 4-4
5-5 13, Gamble 0-9 0-0 0, Sims 2-5 1-2 5,
Green 7-17 3-4 22, Johnson 4-7 4-8 12, Haw-
thorne 2-11 0-0 4, Massenburg 0-0 0-0 0, Mos-
ley 0-0 0-0 0, C.Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Farquhar 0-2
0-0 0, Butler 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-56 13-19 56.
Halftime—Ole Miss 38-26. 3-Point
Goals—Ole Miss 8-22 (Tyree 4-6, Stevens 2-6,
Shuler 1-2, T.Davis 1-3, D.Davis 0-1, Naylor
0-1, Buffen 0-1, Hinson 0-2), Middle Tennessee
5-14 (Green 5-8, Sims 0-1, Hawthorne 0-1,
Farquhar 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Gamble 0-2). Re-
bounds—Ole Miss 37 (Buffen 9), Middle Ten-
nessee 27 (Johnson 7). Assists—Ole Miss 13
(T.Davis 4), Middle Tennessee 7 (Hawthorne,
Johnson 2). Total Fouls—Ole Miss 16, Middle
Tennessee 15. A—11,294 (19,395).
Alabama 73, Penn State 64
PENN STATE (6-6): Watkins 3-5 0-0
6, Stevens 6-19 0-0 12, Wheeler 0-1 0-0 0,
Reaves 4-10 0-0 9, Bolton 1-2 0-0 3, Buttrick
5-5 0-0 13, Harrar 1-3 0-0 2, M.Jones 3-16 5-5
11, Dread 3-7 0-0 8. Totals 26-68 5-5 64.
ALABAMA (8-3): Hall 7-10 3-3 17, Lewis
2-7 3-4 7, Petty 5-7 2-3 13, H.Jones 3-7 2-4 8,
Mack 3-6 3-4 11, Reese 1-1 0-0 2, Smith 1-3
0-0 2, A.Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, Ingram 3-6 0-2 6,
Norris 3-4 0-1 7. Totals 28-53 13-21 73.
Halftime—Alabama 33-27. 3-Point
Goals—Penn St. 7-25 (Buttrick 3-3, Dread 2-6,
Bolton 1-1, Reaves 1-4, Wheeler 0-1, M.Jones
0-4, Stevens 0-6), Alabama 4-10 (Mack 2-4,
Norris 1-2, Petty 1-3, Lewis 0-1). Rebounds—
Penn St. 33 (Watkins 8), Alabama 32 (Hall 11).
Assists—Penn St. 16 (M.Jones, Reaves, Ste-
vens 3), Alabama 11 (Lewis, Ingram 4). Total
Fouls—Penn St. 20, Alabama 11. A—10,142
(15,383).
Southern Mississippi 66,
South Dakota 60
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (8-4): Harp-
er-Baker 2-6 0-0 4, Magee 2-3 0-0 4, Edwards
6-14 0-0 14, Griffin 4-9 3-4 12, Holland 3-7 0-0
9, Rowe 4-7 0-0 9, Jacdonmi 3-5 0-0 6, Wat-
son 1-4 0-0 2, Draine 2-5 0-0 6. Totals 27-60
3-4 66.
SOUTH DAKOTA (6-7): Jech 2-3 3-4
7, Burch-Manning 2-8 1-2 7, Kelley 4-9 0-0
11, Simpson 4-7 5-6 15, Peterson 1-7 4-4 6,
Umude 4-11 2-2 11, Armstrong 1-6 1-2 3. Totals
18-51 16-20 60.
Halftime—South Dakota 34-29. 3-Point
Goals—Southern Miss. 9-24 (Holland 3-6,
Draine 2-4, Edwards 2-4, Rowe 1-3, Griffin 1-3,
Watson 0-1, Magee 0-1, Harper-Baker 0-2),
South Dakota 8-26 (Kelley 3-7, Burch-Manning
2-3, Simpson 2-4, Umude 1-3, Peterson 0-4,
Armstrong 0-5). Fouled Out—Peterson, Rowe.
Rebounds—Southern Miss. 33 (Edwards 11),
South Dakota 34 (Kelley 8). Assists—Southern
Miss. 15 (Harper-Baker, Griffin 4), South Dako-
ta 15 (Peterson 7). Total Fouls—Southern Miss.
17, South Dakota 13. A—1,750 (10,000).
Southeastern
Conference Men
Conf. Pct. Overall Pct.
Miss. State 0-0 .000 11-1 .917
Tennessee 0-0 .000 10-1 .909
Auburn 0-0 .000 10-2 .833
Kentucky
Ole Miss
0-0 .000 9-2
0-0 .000 9-2
.818
.818
LSU
Alabama
0-0 .000 9-3
0-0 .000 8-3
.750
.727
Arkansas
Missouri
0-0 .000 8-3
0-0 .000 8-3
.727
.727
Vanderbilt 0-0 .000 7-3 .700
Georgia 0-0 .000 7-4 .636
Florida 0-0 .000 7-4 .636
Texas A&M 0-0 .000 6-4 .600
S. Carolina 0-0 .000 4-7 .364
Friday’s Games
Ole Miss 74, Middle Tennessee 56
LSU 75, Furman 57
Alabama 73, Penn State 64
Saturday’s Games
Tennessee 83, Wake Forest 64
Georgia 70, Georgia Tech 59
Clemson 78, South Carolina 68
Arkansas 73, Texas State 70
Texas A&M 92, Marshall 68
Auburn 93, Murray State 88
Florida 77, Florida Gulf Coast 56
Kentucky 80, North Carolina 72
Kansas State 69, Vanderbilt 58
Mississippi State 67, Wright State 63
Missouri 79, Illinois 63
Today’s Games
No games scheduled
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled
Tuesday’s Games
No games scheduled
Wednesday’s Games
No games scheduled
Thursday’s Games
No games scheduled
Friday, Dec. 28
Austin Peay at Arkansas, 7 p.m.
Louisiana-Monroe at LSU, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29
BYU at Mississippi State, 11 a.m. (ESPNU)
Tennessee Tech at Tennessee, Noon
Tennessee State at Vanderbilt, 12:30 p.m.
Kentucky at Louisville, 1 p.m. (ESPN2)
Morehead State at Missouri, 1 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast at Ole Miss, 1 p.m.
Texas Southern at Texas A&M, 2:30 p.m.
Butler at Florida, 3 p.m. (ESPNU)
North Florida at Auburn, 3 p.m.
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Sunday, Dec. 30
Alabama at S.F. Austin, 5 p.m. (ESPNU)
Massachusetts at Georgia, 5 p.m.
(SEC Network)
Monday, Dec. 31
UNC Asheville at Vanderbilt, 1 p.m.
North Greenville at South Carolina, 1 p.m.
Saturday’s Women’s
Major Scores
EAST
Liberty 55, Duquesne 51
Loyola (Md.) 75, Monmouth (NJ) 67
Northeastern 63, Maine 55
SOUTH
Auburn 96, Elon 44
Ohio 109, Richmond 58
Syracuse 57, UCF 52
Towson 76, Marshall 69
Tulane 67, Texas State 61
MIDWEST
Jackson St. 72, Ill.-Chicago 57
Minnesota 91, Rhode Island 71
Notre Dame 87, Marquette 63
Xavier 61, New Orleans 45
SOUTHWEST
Oklahoma 77, SMU 61
Southern Cal 73, Texas-Arlington 61
Texas Tech 75, Texas Southern 55
FAR WEST
Long Beach St. 50, Utah St. 48
Pacific 72, Cal St.-Fullerton 64
Saint Mary’s (Cal) 83, Old Dominion 65
UConn 76, California 66
Utah Valley 56, UC Riverside 53
The AP Women’s
Top 25 Fared
Saturday
1. UConn (11-0) beat No. 14 California
76-66. Next: at No. 6 Baylor, Thursday, Jan. 3.
2. Notre Dame (11-1) beat No. 19
Marquette 87-63. Next: vs. Coppin State,
Saturday.
3. Louisville (12-0) did not play. Next: vs.
North Carolina, Thursday, Jan. 3.
4. Mississippi State (11-1) did not play.
Next: vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, Sunday, Dec.
30.
5. Maryland (11-0) did not play. Next: at
Penn State, Friday.
6. Baylor (8-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Monday.
7. Oregon (11-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Washington, Friday, Jan. 4.
8. Stanford (8-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Cal State Northridge, Saturday.
9. Tennessee (9-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Murray State, Friday.
10. N.C. State (12-0) did not play. Next:
vs. Davidson, Sunday, Dec. 30.
11. Oregon State (8-1) did not play. Next:
vs. Cal State Bakersfield, Saturday.
12. Texas (8-2) did not play. Next: vs.
Northwestern State, Saturday.
13. Minnesota (11-0) beat Rhode Island
91-71. Next: vs. Wisconsin, Friday.
14. California (8-1) lost to No. 1 UConn
76-66. Next: vs. Harvard, Sunday, Dec. 30.
15. Syracuse (11-2) beat UCF 57-52.
Next: at Clemson, Thursday, Jan. 3.
16. Iowa (9-2) did not play. Next: at No. 22
Michigan State, Sunday, Dec. 30.
17. Arizona State (9-2) did not play. Next:
at Arizona, Sunday, Dec. 30.
18. Kentucky (12-1) did not play. Next: vs.
Sacred Heart, Saturday.
19. Marquette (9-3) lost to No. 2 Notre
Dame 87-63. Next: vs. Providence, Saturday.
20. DePaul (9-3) did not play. Next: vs.
Creighton, Saturday.
21. Gonzaga (11-1) did not play. Next: at
Loyola Marymount, Saturday.
22. Michigan State (9-1) did not play.
Next: vs. No. 16 Iowa, Sunday, Dec. 30.
23. Texas A&M (10-2) did not play. Next:
vs. Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Saturday.
24. Miami (10-3) did not play. Next: vs.
Florida A&M, Friday.
25. South Carolina (7-4) did not play.
Next: vs. Furman, Sunday, Dec. 30.
Friday’s Women’s Major
College Scores
EAST
Boston College 76, Campbell 56
Canisius 67, Vermont 46
Dartmouth 62, New Hampshire 42
Fairfield 68, Ill.-Chicago 60
Fordham 57, Iona 40
Georgetown 79, Rider 49
Harvard 67, Boston U. 47
Hofstra 57, Siena 50
Kent St. 57, NJIT 40
Mass.-Lowell 62, UMass 59
Mercer 61, George Washington 53
Penn 55, Drexel 39
Pittsburgh 78, St. Francis (Pa.) 75
Princeton 75, Hartford 38
Providence 77, La Salle 47
St. Peter’s 75, Fairleigh Dickinson 58
Stanford 62, Buffalo 55
Syracuse 87, Duquesne 71
Wagner 86, College of Staten Island 59
SOUTH
Alabama A&M 65, Jacksonville 60
Belmont 74, Arkansas St. 55
Charlotte 78, Davidson 66
Clemson 87, Appalachian St. 48
Dayton 85, Georgia Tech 66
East Carolina 71, SC State 63
Georgia 81, Georgia Southern 38
Georgia St. 62, Bethune-Cookman 57
Houston 66, George Mason 56
James Madison 64, St. John’s 51
Kennesaw St. 78, NC Central 54
Kentucky 88, Murray St. 49
Miami 101, Alabama 74
NC State 78, Chattanooga 58
Nicholls 86, William Carey 45
North Florida 67, Warner 36
Northwestern St. 82, Central Baptist College 56
Old Dominion 56, Tulane 48
Presbyterian 71, Coll. of Charleston 65
Seton Hall 71, UNC-Greensboro 64
South Alabama 84, FIU 77
South Carolina 88, Temple 60
Stetson 60, N. Dakota St. 59
Tennessee 80, ETSU 61
Tennessee Tech 67, Lipscomb 52
UAB 62, Florida Gulf Coast 60
UALR 63, Memphis 60
UCF 53, Liberty 45
UNC-Wilmington 35, Longwood 33
VCU 54, NC A&T 48
Virginia 74, South Florida 67
Virginia Tech 81, Ohio St. 73
W. Carolina 65, Winthrop 57
William & Mary 55, Norfolk St. 44
MIDWEST
Akron 64, UTEP 57
Ball St. 90, Tennessee St. 51
Bowling Green 79, Valparaiso 72
Butler 73, E. Michigan 63
Cincinnati 85, Howard 51
Creighton 75, Vanderbilt 55
E. Illinois 63, Indiana St. 39
Indiana 68, South Dakota 60
Iowa 91, Drake 82
Michigan 76, Southern U. 35
Missouri 67, Illinois 45
Missouri St. 68, SIU-Edwardsville 65
N. Illinois 114, Chicago St. 52
N. Iowa 79, Nebraska-Omaha 50
Purdue 74, Bradley 61
S. Illinois 78, IUPUI 73
Toledo 77, Detroit 60
UMKC 80, Louisiana Tech 70
W. Illinois 85, Furman 78
W. Michigan 69, Florida A&M 50
Wisconsin 96, Evansville 60
SOUTHWEST
North Texas 71, CS Bakersfield 59
Oklahoma St. 89, Oral Roberts 69
Saint Mary’s (Cal) 89, Texas State 62
Texas A&M 70, Prairie View 57
FAR WEST
Arizona 71, N. Arizona 47
BYU 70, N. Colorado 50
Colorado St. 84, Denver 79
Grambling St. 62, Loyola Marymount 61
N. Kentucky 51, Pepperdine 46
New Mexico St. 82, Alcorn St. 64
North Dakota 100, San Francisco 97
Oregon 115, UC Irvine 69
San Diego 83, San Jose St. 79
UC Santa Barbara 63, San Diego St. 58
UNLV 56, Florida 53
Utah 73, Hawaii 48
No. 9 Tennessee 80,
East Tennessee State 61
ETSU (2-13): Spears 4-6 0-1 8, Tipps
2-2 1-4 5, Haynes-Overton 3-10 4-4 11, Lytton
4-11 0-0 11, Upton 0-4 1-2 1, Dean 2-10 2-6 6,
Snowden 1-5 0-1 2, Stafford 0-0 0-0 0, Adams
0-1 0-0 0, Jackson 0-2 0-0 0, Murphy 1-2 0-0
2, Scheetz 4-14 6-9 15, Totals 21-67 14-27 61.
TENNESSEE (9-1): Davis 3-8 4-4 11,
Green 5-6 2-2 12, Green 4-8 0-0 9, Jackson
8-14 0-0 23, Westbrook 0-5 2-2 2, Collins 3-4
5-6 11, Harris 0-0 1-2 1, Kushkituah 0-0 2-4 2,
Burrell 2-9 1-2 5, Massengill 2-6 0-0 4, Totals
27-60 17-22 80.
ETSU 14 14 16 17 —61
Tennessee 22 16 24 18 —80
3-Point Goals—ETSU 5-20
(Haynes-Overton 1-1, Lytton 3-9, Upton 0-1,
Dean 0-2, Jackson 0-1, Murphy 0-1, Scheetz
1-5), Tennessee 9-23 (Davis 1-2, Green 1-3,
Jackson 7-12, Westbrook 0-2, Burrell 0-3, Mas-
sengill 0-1). Assists—ETSU 13 (Haynes-Over-
ton 3), Tennessee 20 (Westbrook 9). Re-
bounds—ETSU 33 (Snowden 7), Tennessee
50 (Massengill 9). Total Fouls—ETSU 17,
Tennessee 23. A—8,025.
No. 18 Kentucky 88,
Murray State 49
MURRAY STATE (4-6): Adebayo 7-11 5-9
20, Mack 0-0 0-0 0, Griffith-Wallace 1-8 0-0 3,
Mayes 2-8 0-0 5, Turley 2-3 1-1 5, Burpo 1-5 0-2
3, Crane 6-9 1-2 13, Barrett 0-2 0-0 0, Black-
burn 0-0 0-0 0, Hill 0-1 0-0 0, Manley 0-1 0-0 0,
Totals 19-48 7-14 49.
KENTUCKY (12-1): McKinney 0-3 1-2 1,
Wyatt 2-5 1-2 5, Howard 9-13 2-2 25, Morris
5-11 0-0 13, Murray 5-10 2-2 12, Anyagaligbo
1-4 0-2 2, Halsel 1-1 0-0 2, Green 4-6 0-0 9,
Paschal 2-5 0-0 4, Roach 0-1 0-0 0, Roper 5-8
4-5 15, Totals 34-67 10-15 88.
Murray St. 20 8 9 12 — 49
Kentucky 20 22 26 20 — 88
3-Point Goals—Murray St. 4-13 (Ade-
bayo 1-2, Griffith-Wallace 1-3, Mayes 1-5,
Turley 0-1, Burpo 1-1, Manley 0-1), Kentucky
10-21 (McKinney 0-1, Howard 5-8, Morris 3-5,
Murray 0-1, Green 1-1, Paschal 0-1, Roper 1-4).
Assists—Murray St. 13 (Turley 5), Kentucky 20
(Murray 6). Rebounds—Murray St. 29 (Ade-
bayo 9), Kentucky 39 (Anyagaligbo 10). Total
Fouls—Murray St. 16, Kentucky 15. A—4,312.
Sunday, December 23, 2018 3B
Alabama beats Penn State
No. 23 Texas A&M 70,
Prairie View 57
PRAIRIE VIEW (3-7): Nealey 4-8 0-0 8,
Williams 1-2 0-0 2, Ford 3-12 6-7 13, Newman
4-10 2-2 14, Tieuel 0-4 0-0 0, Burrell 0-0 0-0 0,
to roll into holiday break
Campbell 4-6 0-0 8, Cobb 1-2 0-0 2, Dobbins
1-5 2-2 4, Tolbert 1-8 0-0 3, Willis 1-5 1-2 3,
Totals 20-62 11-13 57.
TEXAS A&M (10-2): Jones 4-8 7-11 15,
Johnson 2-11 10-11 14, Jackson 0-0 7-8 7,
Washington 4-10 4-4 13, Wells 5-12 3-4 14, El-
lison 0-2 2-2 2, Martin 0-0 0-0 0, Rael-Whitsitt
1-1 0-0 2, Walton 1-5 1-2 3, Williams 0-0 0-0 0,
Totals 17-49 34-42 70.
Prairie View 18 19 16 4 — 57
From Special Reports
Roundup
Texas A&M 13 16 19 22 —70
3-Point Goals—Prairie View 6-20 (Ford TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The
1-2, Newman 4-8, Tieuel 0-2, Tolbert 1-7,
Willis 0-1), Texas A&M 2-7 (Washington 1-2, Alabama men’s basketball team play. Freshman Kira Lewis Jr.
Wells 1-4, Walton 0-1). Assists—Prairie View
14 (Newman 5), Texas A&M 9 (Washington defeated Penn State 73-64 Fri- sealed the victory by scoring all
4). Fouled Out—Prairie View Ford, Cobb, Re-
bounds—Prairie View 33 (Nealey 6), Texas day night at Coleman Coliseum seven of his points in the final
A&M 44 (Jones 18). Total Fouls—Prairie View
28, Texas A&M 13. A—3,209.
to record its third-consecutive five minutes.
No. 24 Miami 101, victory entering the Christmas At halftime, the Alabama
Alabama 74 break. men’s basketball program hon-
ALABAMA (8-5): Copeland 3-4 0-0 6, Senior forward Donta Hall ored the late Hall of Fame head
Walker 5-11 2-3 14, Abrams 1-2 0-0 3, Benja-
min 1-9 0-0 3, Lewis 5-11 2-5 13, Craig Cruce had 17 points and 11 rebounds coach C.M. Newton. Newton,
0-2 0-0 0, Knight 1-3 0-1 2, Barber 0-0 0-0 0,
Berry 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 9-16 6-7 27, Wade 2-9 for his fourth double-double of who coached at Alabama for 12
1-2 6, Totals 27-67 11-18 74.
MIAMI (11-2): Mompremier 7-12 3-4 17, the season to lead the Crimson seasons, led the Crimson Tide
Hof 5-9 2-2 12, Cornelius 7-9 0-0 20, Gray
7-14 2-2 21, Marshall 5-11 0-0 13, Huston 4-5 Tide. Sophomore John Petty had to unprecedented heights and,
0-0 8, Mortensen 0-0 0-0 0, Banks 1-1 0-0 3, 13 points and junior Tevin Mack more importantly, integrated
Mason 2-5 0-0 4, Ripley 1-1 0-0 3, Totals 39-
67 7-8 101. added 11. Sophomore Herbert the men’s basketball program.
Alabama 9 25 21 19 —74
Miami 22 33 22 24 —101 Jones had eight points and four Newton passed away June 4,
3-Point Goals—Alabama 9-31 (Walker
2-8, Abrams 1-2, Benjamin 1-4, Lewis 1-4, rebounds. He also played some 2018, at the age of 88.
Craig Cruce 0-2, Johnson 3-8, Wade 1-3),
Miami 16-22 (Cornelius 6-7, Gray 5-7, Mar- lock-down defense with three “I am just so honored we had a
shall 3-5, Banks 1-1, Mason 0-1, Ripley 1-1).
Assists—Alabama 14 (Lewis 5), Miami 26 (Cor- blocked shots and three steals. chance to recognize C.M. New-
nelius 5). Rebounds—Alabama 24 (Johnson 6),
Miami 47 (Mompremier 12). Total Fouls—Ala-
“We struggled a little bit ear- ton at halftime,” Johnson said.
bama 12, Miami 22. A—472. ly tonight,” Alabama coach Av- “He was a great man. I know I
No. 25 South Carolina 88, ery Johnson said. “We went to shared this with you guys the
Temple 60 our bench and our bench gave other day, but he was really a
TEMPLE (3-7): Davis 4-12 2-2 10, Taylor
6-9 2-2 14, Butts 8-22 0-0 19, Mayo 1-4 0-0 2, us a huge lift. We finally found great friend of our program. He
Oliver 1-11 1-2 3, Williamson 1-2 2-4 4, Atkin-
son 0-1 0-0 0, Mackins 2-8 2-2 8, Totals 23-69 a little bit of a rotation there in was here for my introductory
9-12 60.
SOUTH CAROLINA (7-4): Herbert Harri- the first half where we went on a press conference, and it really
gan 2-7 2-2 7, Jennings 1-1 0-0 2, Cooper 6-8
0-0 16, Harris 5-10 0-0 12, Henderson 2-4 0-0 huge run. We took control of the makes me emotional because he
6, Grissett 1-2 2-2 4, Jackson 2-7 0-0 6, Saxton
3-4 3-3 9, Wesolek 1-2 0-0 3, Williams 0-4 0-0 game in the first half and built a was here, and my college coach
0, Cliney 4-4 2-2 11, Cuevas-Moore 2-6 0-0 5,
Perry 2-6 2-3 7, Totals 31-65 11-12 88.
double-digit lead. Ben Jobe was here, along with
Temple 15 20 6 19 — 60 “In the second half, again, Wimp (Sanderson). Both coach
South Carolina 25 19 27 17 — 88
3-Point Goals—Temple 5-21 (Davis just a bunch of different waves. Jobe and C.M. are not here any-
0-1, Butts 3-8, Mayo 0-3, Oliver 0-5, Mackins
2-4), South Carolina 15-31 (Herbert Harrigan We’re up, they’re coming back. more, but it just really warms
1-2, Cooper 4-5, Harris 2-3, Henderson 2-3,
Jackson 2-6, Wesolek 1-2, Cliney 1-1, Cue- We finally fought our way to my heart to know that our ad-
vas-Moore 1-5, Perry 1-4). Assists—Temple
5 (Butts 4), South Carolina 18 (Harris 6). Re- take control of the boards and ministration, led by our athletic
bounds—Temple 31 (Taylor 9), South Carolina
49 (Grissett 8). Total Fouls—Temple 11, South
rebound the basketball and director, Greg Byrne, honored
Carolina 12. A—11,297. run and get out in space. Over- C.M. tonight. What a special
Missouri 67, Illinois 45 all, this was our best defensive night that we could win a game
MISSOURI (10-3): Schuchts 3-5 0-0 6,
Aldridge 4-8 0-0 11, Cunningham 3-8 0-0 9, performance, from a defensive on a night we honored him.”
Roundtree 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 6-13 2-2 16, Berg
3-3 0-0 7, Tahane 1-3 0-0 2, Brown 0-0 0-0 0, efficiency standpoint, against Alabama will return to action
Chavis 0-4 0-0 0, Green 0-2 0-0 0, Levy 6-11
1-2 14, Troup 1-2 0-0 2, Winfrey 0-0 0-0 0, To- an outstanding basketball team at 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, when
tals 27-60 3-4 67.
ILLINOIS (8-3): Andrews 0-2 0-0 0, Wit- that will have a chance to make it travels to Nacogdoches, Tex-
tinger 7-10 1-1 15, Beasley 3-8 2-2 9, Joens 1-4
0-0 2, Rice 4-10 0-0 9, Blazek 3-5 0-0 6, Robins it to the tournament.” as, to take on Stephen F. Austin.
0-1 0-0 0, Shewan 0-3 0-0 0, Ephraim 0-1 0-0
0, Kirkpatrick 2-3 0-0 4, Totals 20-47 3-3 45.
Alabama trailed 23-9 with 9 ESPNU will televise the game
Missouri 16 11 24 16 — 67 minutes, 35 seconds left in the live.
Illinois
3-Point
13 13 5 14 — 45
Goals—Missouri 10-30 first half. The Crimson Tide n Ole Miss 74, Middle
(Schuchts 0-2, Aldridge 3-5, Cunningham 3-8,
Tennessee State 56: At Nash-
Roundtree 0-1, Smith 2-5, Berg 1-1, Chavis 0-3, responded with a season-high
Green 0-1, Levy 1-3, Troup 0-1), Illinois 2-14
ville, Tennessee, Breein Tyree
(Andrews 0-2, Beasley 1-4, Joens 0-2, Rice 24-0 run in a span of 7:24 to take
1-4, Shewan 0-1, Kirkpatrick 0-1). Assists—
Missouri 15 (Aldridge 3), Illinois 10 (Beasley a 33-23 lead with 2:11 left to play had a game-high 24 points Fri-
3). Rebounds—Missouri 35 (Smith 9), Illinois
26 (Blazek 4). Total Fouls—Missouri 8, Illinois
in the first half. Alabama led 33- day night to lead the Rebels (9-
7. A—1,288. 27 at halftime. 2) past the Blue Raiders (3-9) at
Georgia 81, Mack scored eight-straight Bridgestone Arena.
Georgia Southern 38 points to help Alabama extend The result helped Ole Miss
GEORGIA SOUTHERN (5-6): Dias-Allen
2-9 2-2 6, Franks 1-1 0-0 3, Atwater 1-10 0-0 2, its lead to 43-31 with 15:53 re- first-year head coach Kermit
Barber 1-4 3-6 5, Brown 2-12 6-9 10, Felkins
0-1 0-0 0, Nisbet 0-0 0-0 0, Owens 3-11 1-2 maining. However, Penn State Davis earn a victory against his
7, Stavropoulos 0-0 0-0 0, Strange 1-6 2-2 5,
Totals 11-54 14-21 38. used strong inside play to regain former team.
GEORGIA (8-4): Paul 1-4 2-2 4, Rob- Dominik Olejniczak started
inson 4-13 2-2 10, Cole 5-9 5-5 15, Connally the lead, 52-51, with 8:53 left.
and had a season-high 10 points,
6-9 7-7 22, Johnson 2-6 0-0 5, Staiti 3-8 4-6
10, Caldwell 3-5 2-4 8, Henderson 0-2 0-0 0, Hall scored the next 10 points
Hose 1-4 2-2 4, Hubbard 1-2 1-2 3, Totals 26- in the next 3:37 to give Alabama while Bruce Stevens had 12
See ROUNDUP, 6B
62 25-30 81.
Georgia Southern 7 12 12 7
Georgia
— 38
18 16 27 20 — 81
a 63-58 lead with 5:04 left to
3-Point Goals—Georgia Southern 2-9
MSU, Ole Miss post high
(Dias-Allen 0-1, Franks 1-1, Barber 0-1, Brown
0-3, Owens 0-1, Strange 1-2), Georgia 4-14
(Robinson 0-1, Cole 0-1, Connally 3-4, Johnson
1-3, Caldwell 0-2, Hose 0-3). Assists—Georgia
Southern 8 (Brown 4), Georgia 16 (Cole 6).
marks in semester grades
Rebounds—Georgia Southern 34 (Dias-Allen
5), Georgia 49 (Robinson 14). Total Fouls—
Georgia Southern 20, Georgia 16. Technical
Fouls—Georgia Southern TEAM 1. A—2,724.
Creighton 75,
Vanderbilt 55 From Special Reports earned a spot on the Bulldog Hon-
VANDERBILT (4-8): Fasoula 8-18 5-7 or Roll with a fall 2018 semester
21, Horrocks 2-5 0-0 4, Carter 10-20 1-2 21,
Clemons-Green 0-4 0-0 0, Walker 2-4 2-2 6, Mississippi State and Ole Miss GPA of 3.0 or higher. Sixty-seven
Cambridge 0-4 1-2 1, Hall 0-1 2-2 2, Welch 0-0
0-0 0, Totals 22-56 11-15 55. student-athletes recorded strong percent of MSU student-athletes
CREIGHTON (6-5): Agnew 4-9 0-0 11, academic performances in the
Faber 7-15 2-2 21, Griglione 3-4 0-0 7, Kissing- produced a 3.0 or higher this
er 1-2 0-0 2, Rembao 1-4 0-0 2, Turner 3-6 0-0 latest semester to post all-time semester. Fifty-nine Bulldogs
7, Brotzki 1-3 1-1 3, Carda 3-3 0-0 8, Dworak
1-1 0-0 3, Elger 2-3 0-0 6, Owens 1-2 0-0 3, highs. scored a 4.0 GPA to receive “Top
Saunders 0-2 2-2 2, Totals 27-54 5-5 75.
Vanderbilt 14 9 17 15 — 55 For the third-consecutive se- Dawg” accolades.
Creighton 22 19 19 15 —75
3-Point Goals—Vanderbilt 0-3 (Clem- mester, MSU student-athletes Women’s scholarship stu-
ons-Green 0-1, Walker 0-1, Cambridge 0-1),
produced a 3.0 grade-point aver- dent-athletes combined to post
Creighton 16-30 (Agnew 3-5, Faber 5-10, Gri-
glione 1-1, Kissinger 0-1, Turner 1-2, Brotzki age or higher. The department’s a 3.42 GPA. All seven teams fin-
0-1, Carda 2-2, Dworak 1-1, Elger 2-3, Owens
1-2, Saunders 0-2). Assists—Vanderbilt 17
(Clemons-Green 7), Creighton 19 (Faber 3).
fall all-sport scholarship mark of ished above a 3.0. Women’s golf
Fouled Out—Creighton Turner. Rebounds— 3.17 was the highest on record. led the way with highest mark
Vanderbilt 27 (Fasoula 8), Creighton 37 (Agnew
6). Total Fouls—Vanderbilt 9, Creighton 15. “I can’t begin to tell you how at 3.71. Women’s basketball pro-
A—365.
proud I am of our Mississippi duced its second-highest GPA
UNLV 56, Florida 53 State student-athletes,” MSU Di-
FLORIDA (3-9): Moore 3-8 0-2 8, Robin- with a 3.38. Volleyball’s 3.51 GPA
son 2-4 0-0 4, Johnson 1-6 0-0 2, Nakkasoglu rector of Athletics John Cohen
was the program’s highest on re-
6-12 0-0 16, Smith 3-7 1-1 8, Williams 4-8 1-4 9,
said. “They continue to raise the
de Oliveira 0-2 0-0 0, Rainey 2-8 0-0 6, Totals
21-55 2-7 53. cord for a fall or spring semester,
UNLV (2-9): Anderson 1-5 1-2 4, Bell bar every semester with their eclipsing the previous best of 3.49
4-11 2-4 10, Wade 2-8 3-4 7, Thomas 2-5 0-0
5, Wheatley 6-12 6-9 18, Bodnar Rydalch 1-3 excellence in the classroom. An- in the spring of 2010.
0-0 2, Jackman 0-2 0-0 0, Brown 0-0 0-0 0,
Ethridge 1-3 0-0 2, Smith 3-4 1-1 8, Totals 20- other school-record GPA speaks Men’s scholarship student-ath-
53 13-20 56.
Florida 15 8 10 20 —53 volumes of their character as letes shattered their highest GPA
UNLV 15 5 15 21 —56
3-Point Goals—Florida 9-23 (Moore 2-5,
well as the level of commitment on record with a 2.99. Men’s ten-
Johnson 0-2, Nakkasoglu 4-6, Smith 1-4, de from our coaches and academic nis was tops with a 3.66 GPA,
Oliveira 0-1, Rainey 2-5), UNLV 3-16 (Anderson
1-5, Bell 0-2, Wade 0-1, Thomas 1-3, Bodnar support staff. I congratulate each while men’s golf posted its highest
Rydalch 0-1, Jackman 0-1, Ethridge 0-2, Smith
1-1). Assists—Florida 15 (Johnson 7), UNLV and every one of them as well as fall GPA ever with a 3.32. Football
9 (Wheatley 4). Fouled Out—Florida Moore,
UNLV Wade. Rebounds—Florida 39 (Johnson Christine Jackson and the entire also had its highest GPA ever with
8), UNLV 33 (Bell 6). Total Fouls—Florida 17,
UNLV 13. A—709. academic support staff.” a 2.84, and men’s track and field
SEC Women Ole Miss student-athletes re- scored its second-highest fall GPA
Kentucky
Conf. Pct. Overall
0-0 .000 12-1
Pct.
.923
corded the second-best semester on record with a 3.11.
Miss. State 0-0 .000 11-1 .917 GPA in athletic department his- For Ole Miss, 20 current Reb-
Auburn 0-0 .000 11-1 .916
Tennessee 0-0 .000 9-1 .900 tory and moved the department’s els graduated while 13 claimed
Texas A&M 0-0 .000 10-2 .833
Arkansas 0-0 .000 10-3 .769 cumulative GPA to the highest in their degrees by taking advantage
Missouri
LSU
0-0 .000 10-3
0-0 .000 7-3
.769
.700 recorded history at 3.032. of the Rebel Reconnect program.
Georgia
S. Carolina
0-0 .000 8-4
0-0 .000 7-4
.667
.636
“The community has much to Ole Miss had a record 55 percent
Alabama
Ole Miss
0-0 .000 8-5
0-0 .000 5-8
.615
.385
be proud of in how our student-ath- of its student-athletes make the
Vanderbilt 0-0 .000 4-8 .333 letes take advantage of their edu- AD’s Honor Roll (3.0 GPA or bet-
Florida 0-0 .000 3-9 .250
cational opportunities while com- ter). Fifty-five claimed the Dean’s
Friday’s Games
Kentucky 88, Murray State 49 peting at the highest level in their Honor Roll (3.5 or better) and 67
Georgia 81, Georgia Southern 38
Missouri 67, Illinois 45 respective sports,” Ole Miss Se- earned a spot on the Chancellor’s
UNLV 56, Florida 53
Miami 101, Alabama 74
nior Associate Athletic Director Honor Roll (3.75 or better). Thir-
South Carolina 88, Temple 60
Tennessee 80, East Tennessee State 61
for Student-Athlete Development, ty-one Rebels earned a 4.0 semes-
Texas A&M 70, Prairie View 57 Dr. Bob Baker. “These academic ter GPA.
Creighton 75, Vanderbilt 55
Saturday’s Game stats and accomplishments are The Rebel men’s cross coun-
Auburn 96, Elon 44
Today’s Games
indicative of the culture that Ross try, football, men’s tennis and vol-
No games scheduled Bjork and his administration have leyball teams either tied or set the
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled established in our athletic depart- record for highest team semester
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled ment with student-athletes at the GPA this fall.
Tuesday’s Games center of our mission.” The Ole Miss soccer team
No games scheduled
Wednesday’s Games For MSU, 29 Bulldogs received once again led the way for all the
No games scheduled
Thursday’s Games their academic degrees, including Rebel teams, recording a depart-
Southeastern Louisiana at LSU, 6:30 p.m. 18 members of the Outback Bowl- ment-high 3.61 GPA. Six on the
Friday, Dec. 28
Presbyterian at Georgia, 1 p.m. bound football team. soccer team recorded a perfect
North Florida at Ole Miss, 1 p.m.
Murray State at Tennessee, 6 p.m. The 3.17 all-sport scholarship 4.0 GPA, while 11 made the Chan-
Samford at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29
GPA broke last year’s fall record. cellor’s Honor Roll.
Sacred Heart at Kentucky, 10:30 a.m. Eleven Bulldog teams produced The Rebel men’s tennis team
Alabama State at Auburn, Noon
UT Rio Grande Valley at Texas A&M, Noon a 3.0 GPA or higher, including came away as the highest-rated
Sunday, Dec. 30
Belmont at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
baseball, men’s golf, men’s tennis, program on the men’s side with a
Charleston Southern at Florida, 1 p.m. men’s track and field, women’s team record 3.43 semester GPA.
Furman at South Carolina 1 p.m.
Arkansas State at Missouri, 2 p.m. basketball, women’s golf, soccer, Eighty percent of the team made
Jackson State at Arkansas, 2 p.m.
Louisiana-Lafayette at Mississippi State, 2 p.m. softball, women’s tennis, women’s at least one Honor Roll, and 89
South Florida at LSU, 3 p.m. (SEC Network)
Monday, Dec. 31
track and field, and volleyball. percent of all grades on the team
No games scheduled A total of 263 student-athletes were A’s or B’s.
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FOOTBALL

Starkville’s Akins caps ‘wild ride’ by signing with Tennessee-Martin

BY SCOT T WALTERS
swalters@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — It
would be understandable
if the days have been run-
ning together lately for
East Mississippi Commu-
nity College sophomore
football player JaQuez
Akins.
The Starkville native
was back in his hometown
for a celebration with
friends and family Friday.
Earlier this week, Akins
signed a National Letter
of Intent to play football at
Tennessee-Martin.
“It has been a wild ride
to say the least,” Akins
said. “The last month
or so may have been the
most hectic month of my
life. It’s been a challenge.
The recruiting process
is never easy. For (ju-
nior college players), it is
even more compact. Even
though it’s a challenge,
it’s rewarding to see this
day come.”
The 5-foot-10,
190-pound defensive
back has been a mainstay
on each of the last two
National Junior College
Athletic Association (NJ-
ble recovery as part of a
defense that ranked first
in the National Junior
College Athletic Associa-
tion (NJCAA) for points
allowed per game (11.2).
“Quez plays so much
bigger than his size,”
EMCC defensive coordi-
nator Cliff Collins said.
“He just has great in-
stincts for the football. If
you can combine passion
with a strong work ethic
and a nose for the game,
then you can have a great
player. This season, be-
ing a sophomore, he was
more of a vocal leader on
defense, too. Those traits
will help him on the next
level.”
Akins had four inter-
Scott Walters/Dispatch Staff ceptions in his senior
Former Starkville High School and East Mississippi Community College standout season at Starkville. As a
JaQuez Akins poses with family members during a celebration in his honor Friday in junior, he played an inte-
Starkville. Akins recently signed a scholarship offer with Tennessee-Martin. gral role on the defense of
a Mississippi High School
CAA) national champi- That is a special place. “I have been dream- Activities Association
onship squads in Scooba. These brothers will be my ing about this day and a (MHSAA) Class 6A State
In those two seasons, the friends for the rest of my chance to sign to play col- championship squad.
Lions finished 23-1. life. Special thanks for the lege ball since I started “Really have been
“Playing there has EMCC football family, the playing at 6 years old. It’s blessed to be in this
just been a life-changing Starkville football fami- good to see all the hard situation,” Akins said.
experience,” Akins said. ly, and to Fast Training work pay off.” “The coaches have re-
“We won a lot of cham- (training company) for This season, Akins ally helped guide me at
pionships, but we also helping make this oppor- had 45 tackles, four in- two very good programs.
grew together as a team. tunity happen. terceptions, and a fum- Starkville has a rich tra-
dition, while EMCC has
been the best program in
the nation for quite some
time. Being able to play a
big role at both places has
meant a lot to me, helping
me grow as a person and
as a player.”
The junior college re-
cruiting calendar calls for
one official visit. In the
past month, Akins had to
complete coursework to
be a December graduate,
while gauging the inter-
est of schools. EMCC
also played through the
Thanksgiving holiday to
win the latest title.
“That’s the biggest
challenge,” Akins said.
“You get one visit, so you
really can’t miss. You
have to be sure of what
you are doing. When I
visited there, I fell in love
with the place. They have
some great coaches and
they play the type of de-
fense I like. This will be
a great opportunity for
me to showcase my skill
while hopefully getting
ready to play on the next
level.”
Follow Dispatch sports
writer Scott Walters on
Twitter @dispatchscott

Former Bulldogs McKinney, Cox, Slay celebrate NFL Pro Bowl honors
From Special Reports Tuesday night. The three Eagles’ S l a y tions through 14 games along with one-and-a-half
former MSU stars repre- defensive e a r n e d this year. His 15 passes sacks, five tackles for loss,
STARKVILLE — The sent the most Pro Bowl line to earn his sec- defended are third most in five quarterback hits, one
NFL honored three for- selections for MSU since his fourth- ond-straight the NFL behind only Kyle forced fumble and a sin-
mer Mississippi State 2016, when Cox joined Dak straight Pro Bowl Fuller (21) and Stephon gle-season, career-high
football standouts for Prescott (Dallas Cowboys) Pro Bowl select ion. Gilmore (18). Since enter- four passes defended. He
their selection to the 2019
and K.J. Wright (Seattle select ion. He is the ing the NFL in 2013, no one ranks 11th in the AFC in
Pro Bowl roster earlier
Seahawks) as All-Pro hon- He is the Cox Slay first Lions has defended more passes tackles. Since 2016, McK-
this week.
orees. 10th player player to than Slay with 89 total. He’s inney has 320 tackles,
Linebacker Benardrick
McKinney (Houston Tex- Twenty-one former in franchise go to back- totaled 11 interceptions in which is fifth in the AFC.
ans), defen- Southeastern Conference history with at least four- to-back Pro Bowls since the past two season, tied for In Houston franchise
sive tackle stars were selected to 2019 straight All-Pro nods. Cox Calvin Johnson went to six the most by a cornerback in history, McKinney is
Fletcher Pro Bowl rosters. Alabama racked up the second-most straight from 2010 to 2015. that span. He has 12 games ninth in total tackles
Cox (Phil- and LSU led the way with quarterback hits in the Slay is the third Detroit cor- in which he has defended at (378) and seventh in tack-
adelphia four selections each. MSU NFL this season with 29. nerback to make the Pro least three passes, the most les for loss (30).
Eagles), and and South Carolina boasted He also has seven-and-a- Bowl in back-to-back years in the league in the last six The 2019 NFL Pro
cornerback the second-most selections half sacks. Earlier this sea- in the Super Bowl era, join- seasons. Bowl is set for Jan. 27,
Darius Slay among SEC programs with son, he became the Eagles’ ing Lem Barney and Dre Earning his first Pro 2019, at Camping World
McKinney (Detroit Li- three. all-time leader in career Bly. Bowl selection, McKin- Stadium in Orlando, Flor-
ons) earned Cox had yet another sacks for interior defensive The sixth-year corner- ney leads the Texans with ida. ESPN will televise
Pro Bowl selections on dominant season on the lineman. back has three intercep- 96tackles (58 solo) to go the game.

Saints seek top seed in NFC, while Steelers eye AFC North title
By BRET T MARTEL
The Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — While Saints de-
fensive end Cameron Jordan stressed
that New Orleans doesn’t fear going on
the road in the playoffs, he readily ac-
knowledged the advantages of staying
in the Superdome.
New Orleans (12-2) can lock up the
No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs with a
victory against visiting Pittsburgh (8-5-
1) on Sunday.
“That would be huge,” said Jordan,
referencing what he calls “dome-field
advantage.”
The Saints did fine on the road this
season, going 7-1. They won’t finish any
better in the Superdome, where they are
5-1 with two regular-season home games
left. But New Orleans’ offense generally
has been better at home, where Drew
Brees’ pre-snap instructions — and cen-
ter Max Unger’s line calls — are eas-
ier for teammates to hear. The Saints
have averaged about 38 points at home,
but their road scoring average dipped
about nine points below that after three
straight road games in which they were
held to 28 or less in each game and to 12
or fewer points twice.
“It’s been almost a month since we’ve
been at the dome, so it’ll be nice to be
back in there,” Brees said. “We’ve got
a lot going for us right now — a lot at
stake.”
In reality, the Saints don’t have that
much riding on Sunday’s game — cer-
tainly not as much as the Steelers, who
could still win the AFC North but hav-
en’t clinched a playoff berth yet. New Or-
leans already has won a second straight
NFC South crown and will finish as a top
seed even if it splits its next two games.
But from the standpoint of offensive pro-
duction, playoff history and promoting
optimal health, the Saints know they’d
be best served by beating Pittsburgh.
In franchise history, the Saints are
1-7 in playoff games away from the Su-
perdome. Since coach Sean Payton and
Brees arrived in 2006, the Saints have not
lost any of their five home playoff games.
The one season they won the Super Bowl,
they were the NFC’s No. 1 seed.
In fact, no Super Bowl participant has
won a single road playoff game since
the 2012 Baltimore Ravens won at Den-
ver and New England en route to their
title-winning tilt with San Francisco in
New Orleans.
Meanwhile, key Saints players could
get as much as two weeks rest — the
regular-season finale and the playoff bye
— if New Orleans wins this week.
“Rest is much needed to get our bod-
ies right,” Saints cornerback Marshon
Lattimore said. “Take a week, or two
(off) if we clinch it this week. Hopefully
rest the starters for the last game.”
The Steelers can’t worry about rest
— not even after improving their post-
season outlook with a victory over New
England last week.
“We just want to get into the playoffs,”
quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said.
“It doesn’t matter how you get in, we just
want to get in. Obviously, the first and
second seed you would like, but I don’t
think we can get that now. So, let’s just
find a way to get in.”

Harrison
Continued from Page 1B
football coach can be seen
in the hallways at the
school, when Harrison
talks to players and stu-
dents.
The locked-in side comes
more on Friday nights or af-
ter school at practice, when
Harrison is trying to make
a point or to get his players’
attention.
Smith, who joined the
football team’s coaching
staff prior to the 2018 sea-
son after coaching at Co-
lumbus High School, said
Harrison’s ability to balance
the two approaches helps
makes him successful.
“I have seen him get
fired up on the sideline
when things aren’t going
right, and I have seen him
get fired up when things
are going really well,” Smith
said. “He is a really good
guy, and everybody around
the program really respects
him.”
Heritage Academy went
4-0 to win the Mississippi
Association of Indepen-
dent Schools (MAIS) Class
AAA, District 2 title en
route to a 10-3 finish. It lost
to eventual state champion
Adams County Christian
School 28-10 in the third
round.
For his accomplish-
ments, Harrison is The
Dispatch’s Small Schools
All-Area Football Team
Coach of the Year.
“It goes back to how
fortunate I have been with
teams,” Harrison said. “I
inherited a group my first
year that was a great group
of seniors — a big class. Last
year, we had a really young
group, but a group that loved
football, wanted to play, and
wanted to get better each
week. This year, they con-
tinued to build on that.
“I try to have a good rela-
tionship with my guys as far
as I am a big proponent that
football is the greatest game
in the world because it can
put you in adverse situations
that no other sport or situa-
tion can before you go in the
real world and face them,
but I think it is important it
is a high school game that
is to be enjoyed. If you’re
not having fun doing it, why
are you doing it? Life is too
short to do something that
makes you miserable, so
we try to balance that and
teaching adversity and hard
work and work ethic and not
making it their life and them
understanding this is a very
short time period and only
a select few of them coach,” Griffin said. bring these guys in. I think down at Wayne, but they
are going to get a “He’s taught me a continuing to do that and to were on a pretty bad streak
chance to play after lot about the game of building on what we have and I was a young coach.
high school.” football. started and finishing it (is It better be my way or the
Smith said Harri- “I think he’s able the next step).” highway because somebody
son’s ability to build to connect with his Regardless of what hap- has got to fix it, and that has
trust with his play- players and have rela- pens in the future, Harrison definitely changed. Our
ers comes from the tionships with them, will remain humble. He rou- Sundays no longer consist of
Harrison
fact he shows them and (he is) able to get tinely credits opponents and me saying what we’re going
he cares. It might his players to play for opposing players leading to do. It is me asking what do
sound simple, but Smith, each other and lay it on the up to and after games. He they want to do. The biggest
who played on the offensive line.” also has a self-deprecating change is having this quality
line at Columbus High and Harrison said he felt he sense of humor that shows staff around me and being
at Mississippi State, said was tougher on the 2018 he knows football has its able to step back.”
Harrison has helped instill a team than the 2017 squad place, even if he remains an “I think I became a
work ethic in his players that because it was more experi- intense coach who wants better coach because my
allowed the program to have enced. He said he needs to to win just as much as the players were more ready
one of its most successful keep changing because the rah-rah coach who slams physically and mentally,”
seasons in recent memory. program still hasn’t reached clipboards and constantly Harrison said. “I think the
“He talks to the guys the ultimate goal of winning honks his whistle at prac- offseason program was
from the time they walk in a state title. tice. huge. I think these kids
the door,” Smith said. “He One of those chang- Harrison uses a different buying in and showing up
will say good morning to es was bringing on Tony approach. He is more apt to on Sundays when they’re
them or yell out the door Phinisey as an assistant put his arm around a player not told to. We didn’t miss
good morning. He will tell coach. Phinisey helped with and talk to them about a play practice this year. We didn’t
them when they leave, ‘I will the Patriots’ conditioning. and offer encouragement complain at practice this
see you later. Have a good Harrison said another or a piece of advice that year. I don’t have a point
night. That goes a long way way he changed was to step will help produce a better of this year I can point to
with players because when back and to give his assis- result the next time. If need- it was a really bad practice
you go home they may not tants more room to coach. ed, though, he will flip the and we drew a line. I didn’t
be getting that. Coach Har- “This year probably my switch and do what need to have that. That has nothing
rison always provides that, I biggest change was letting be done to motivate or to get to do with me as a coach. It
think it pays dividends.” my coaches coach and get- his players back into line. has to do with this group. If
Heritage Academy se- ting out of their way,” Har- “I tell people all of the you want to call me a better
nior Moak Griffin also rison said. “It was neat to time I was 5-16 before I coach it is because of these
praised Harrison’s ability to see. I think the board and came here,” Harrison said. kids and this staff.”
balance his intensity and his Dr. Carlyle and the admin- “I didn’t get here and figure Follow Dispatch sports
desire to keep the game fun. istration have bee really out how to coach. I got a editor Adam Minichino on
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Dodgers send Puig, Kemp, Wood, cash to Reds for Bailey, prospects
By The Associated Press
CINCINNATI — The Los
Angeles Dodgers had a surplus
of outfielders. With one atten-
tion-getting deal, they reshaped
their roster in hopes of another
pennant run.
The reigning National
League champions shook up
their lineup on Friday, trading
Yasiel Puig, Matt Kemp and left-
hander Alex Wood along with
cash to the Cincinnati Reds for
a pair of prospects as part of a
seven-player deal.
The Reds included starter
Homer Bailey in the swap, a way
of freeing them from the $28 mil-
lion owed him in the final year of
his contract. Bailey didn’t fit into
the Reds’ pitching plans, so they
wanted to include him in a deal
if possible. The Dodgers plan to
release him.
“It was to grant him his re-
lease, more of fitting into the
overall construct of the deal,”
said Andrew Friedman, the
Dodgers’ president of baseball
operations.
The Dodgers get minor
leaguer infielder Jeter Downs
and right-hander Josiah Gray.
The Reds got catcher Kyle
Farmer for depth at the position.
Roundup
“I think if you look back over
last few years, a hallmark of our
teams has been depth on our ros-
ter,” Friedman said. “This put
us in position with a surplus in
the outfield and pitching. A big
focus was to figure out moves on
those fronts that made sense.”
For the Reds, it’s another
move toward becoming compet-
itive after four straight 90-loss
seasons. Cincinnati has been re-
building since 2015, and decided
it’s time to spend some money
and make some deals to comple-
ment its core of young players.
n Rangers trade Profar to
A’s in three-team deal involv-
ing Rays: At Arlington, Texas,
the Texas Rangers traded in-
fielder Jurickson Profar to the
Oakland Athletics on Friday in
a three-team deal that included
Tampa Bay and netted the Rang-
ers four prospects.
Oakland also finalized a $15
million, two-year contract with
free agent right-hander Joakim
Soria, giving the A’s a reliable
and versatile reliever.
The 34-year-old Soria, a two-
time All-Star, went 3-4 with a
3.12 ERA in 66 appearances and
60 2/3 innings this year for the
Chicago White Sox and Milwau-
kee Brewers.
He gets $6.5 million next year
and $8.5 million in 2020, and he
can earn $500,000 annually in
performance bonuses for games
finished: $250,000 each for 35 and
40. Soria would get a $750,000 as-
signment bonus the first time he
is traded during the contract.
Profar, who at 19 in 2012 hom-
ered in his first big league at-bat
before shoulder issues forced
him to miss two full seasons,
hit .254 with 20 homers and 77
RBIs in 146 games while playing
all four infield positions for Tex-
as this year.

PREP FOOTBALL Balance

Continued from Page 1B
attack that was equally dead-
ly throwing or running the
football. The Patriots proved
to be as lethal as they were
thanks to the development
of both players and the con-
fidence they gained in what
turned out to be one of the
program’s most successful
seasons in recent memory.
“At the beginning of the
season after last year, we
had a pretty good season,
(my teammates) were kind
of like, ‘He might be all right.
We can trust him a little bit,’
” Putt said. “As the season
kept going and going last
year and we got to this year,
they were like, ‘He is doing
OK, we might as well trust
him. As we kept going and
I kept trusting my receivers
— they know I trust them —
coming up here on Sundays
we were throwing and hav-
ing fun so they’re eventually
going to end up trusting me
based on all of the time we
have put in together.”
David Miller/Special to The Dispatch
For their accomplish-
West Point High School football coach Chris Chambless talks to someone on his
ments, Putt and Smith
team’s sideline during its game against Olive Branch in the Mississippi High School
Activities Association (MHSAA) Class 5A playoffs in West Point. are The Dispatch’s Small
Schools All-Area Football
Moak Griffin’s speed or the
size of Jared Long or Banks
Hyde. That maturation
gave him the confidence to
know he could check out of
something or flip the side of
the field the play was called
to hit, even if he didn’t do it
very often because he said
he had confidence in coach
Sean Harrison’s play calls.
Harrison said Smith’s
ability to break tackles at the
second level was a primary
reason why he was able to
average 7 yards per carry.
He said Smith’s success for
the season was a reflection
of his ability to take con-
structive criticism and apply
it to how he played the game.
Smith, who transferred
to Heritage Academy fol-
lowing the 2017 football
season, played with the
school’s baseball team in
2018. He said he played
H-back and third-string
tailback (the H-back in the
Falcons’ offense was basi-
cally a blocking back who
really didn’t factor into the
passing game) at Columbus.
When Smith arrived at Her-
“Even people at Colum-
bus High knew I could
(play tailback),” Smith said.
“They just never gave me
the chance to do it. When I
got the chance I just made
the most of it.”
Smith said he wasn’t
surprised by his success
because he knew he was
running behind an offensive
line that was at times domi-
nating. He also was part of
an offense that had plenty of
weapons surrounding quar-
terback Carter Putt, who
threw 31 touchdown passes.
After shattering his goal
of 1,500 yards and rallying
from what he called a slow
start, Smith feels he did
good but has room to pick
up more blocks on blitzes,
to build his endurance, and
to increase his speed. He
said he already has started
work to enhance those areas
because he doesn’t ant to fall
short of winning a champi-
onship in football in his se-
nior year
Smith said his primary
goal is lowering his time of
4.8 in the 40-yard dash to 4.4

CHAMBLESS LEADS WPHS

Team co-Offensive Players itage Academy following the or 4.5.
of the Year. 2017 football season, he had “It should be a chal-
Putt, who threw for a sense talking to Dontae lenge, but I just want to get
more than 2,000 yards and Gray, who served as the Pa- it down,” Smith said. “I am

TO ANOTHER TITLE THREE-PEAT

BY SCOT T WALTERS
swalters@cdispatch.com
West Point High School football
coach Chris Chambless had an extra ad-
vantage when coaching his senior class
this season.
Chambless’ son, Jake, was a senior
quarterback. Since he knew his son so
well, it led to a deeper understanding
and bond with others on the team.
“When we got them as ninth-graders,
we knew this could be a special class,”
Chambless said. “They stayed together.
They worked together. As a class, they
may have had a better work ethic than
any other class I have been around. We
knew their time would come as they
moved along and worked their way up
the ranks.”
This season, those seniors helped
lead West Point to a 14-1 record and a
third straight Mississippi High School
Activities Association (MHSAA) Class
5A State championship.
As a result, Chambless is being hon-
ored today as The Dispatch’s Large
Schools All-Area Coach of the Year.
31 touchdowns in leading
the Patriots to a 10-win
season, attended multiple
camps, especially one in
“Playing for coach Chambless and Birmingham, Alabama,
the other coaches out here is the best the summer before his
thing that has ever happened to me,” junior season that helped
West Point senior safety Tyler Rupert him realize how defenses
said. “They genuinely care about us. would line up. He said he
learned how to read ten-
They give that extra push to make sure
dencies and to capitalize on
you are giving your very best. Every Fri-
the strengths of his team-
day night, we come out, motivated, pre-
mates. Like any good team-
pared. It’s just been a lot of fun. A lot of
mate, Putt praised the play
people would like to be in this position.”
of his offensive line and his
Thanks in large part to the running
playmakers for helping him
back tandem of Marcus Murphy, West
make the Patriots go.
Point had few issues winning state champi-
“The biggest change
onships in 2016 and 2017. This season was
was pre-snap,” Putt said.
different. The Green Wave won two regu- “My sophomore year I
lar-season victories by one point en route wouldn’t really look at the
to the program’s 10th state championship. defense. I would think of
“This class just had a juice factor,” the play and kind of think
Chambless said. “They had the highest who might be open. This
amount of juice possible. They played year, I would look at match-
hard on every snap. That’s the thing the ups and see the slot receiv-
coaches have preached from the begin- er and the outside lineback-
ning of the season. If you mess up, go er guarding him.”
hard on the next play. This team was not Putt said he would scan
the most talented one we have had had. the defense and see if he
But they had the juice. could find a mismatch or a
See CHAMBLESS, 6B defense he could exploit with
triots’ feature back as a se-
nior, that he could step into
that role in 2018.
“At the beginning of the
season, I had some confi-
dence but it took until the
third game until I finally
realized what I could do,”
Smith said. “I just put it all
on my back and told myself
I had to succeed and I had to
do something for my team. It
gave me motivation to keep
pushing, to keep going.”
Despite getting off a
fast start in terms of yards,
Smith said he felt “kind of
slow” at the beginning of the
campaign. He said his vision
wasn’t there and he didn’t
think he had a lot of speed.
“There wasn’t any mean-
ing to it,” Smith said.
But things turned in
Week 3, when he rushed
for yards in a victory against
Wayne Academy. Smith said
that performance helped
him build his confidence
and become the player he
believed he could have been
at Columbus High.
going to start working on it.”
Putt said he will contin-
ue to work with his team-
mates to build an even
stronger connection. He
acknowledged he isn’t the
loudest player on the field
and that he prefers to lead
by example. In 2019, Putt
said he plans to follow that
strategy in the offseason
and throughout the year and
build on the confidence he
gained in 2018.
“Knowing that they trust-
ed me to change a play or
do whatever I needed to do
get a first down or score,
it just made me feel better
and I didn’t have to be all
stressed out or worried that
they might want another
quarterback, or something
like that,” Putt said. “They
all trust me and I trust them
and we are all going to go out
there and do what we can to
make the big play when we
have got to.”
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became a reality when defen-
sive coordinator Russ Whiteside
talked to him about the posi-
tion change at practice prior to
the team’s game against Lamar
School.
Griffin, who has been playing
safety since he was in the ninth
grade, didn’t mind.
“I just knew we were down a
few people in that position and I
was willing to play whatever po-
sition for the team,” Griffin said.
Griffin’s ability to transition
from free safety to outside line-
backer enabled the Patriots to
shore up what could have been a
problem area on defense. Instead
of becoming a sore spot, the play
of Heritage Academy’s lineback-
ers in a 3-4 defense proved to be
one of the important pieces to the
program’s success in 2018.
For his accomplishments,
Griffin is The Dispatch’s Small
Schools All-Area Football Team
Defensive Player of the Year.
“I felt like I brought speed and
quickness down to linebacker to
add on to what we already had,”
Griffin said. “I felt like I was able
to help more on run defense than
I would’ve been able to at safety.
The 6-foot-1, 185-pound athlete
played nearly every position for
the Patriots, who went 4-0 to win
the Mississippi Association of In-
dependent Schools (MAIS) Class
AAA, District 2 title en route to a
10-3 finish. Heritage Academy lost
to eventual state champion Adams
County Christian School 28-10 in
the third round.
Griffin, who started playing
football in the fourth grade, said
learning to be run read first prob-
ably was his toughest adjustment
because he said he always had
been a pass-read-first player.
Griffin made the transition
look easy while seeing signifi-
cant action at running back and
at wide receiver. He also played
some at quarterback out of the
Wildcat formation as the season
progressed.
Despite Griffin’s success at
linebacker, Heritage Academy
coach Sean Harrison wasn’t sure
about moving the senior standout
from free safety.
“Coach Howard wanted Moak
at outside linebacker from the
get-go just because he was so
athletic and so fast and stopping
things at the line,” Harrison said.
“I fought it because my thought
was if we put him at outside back-
er he was only going to be on one
side of the field, whereas at free
safety he could roam both sides.”
Harrison said Griffin started
the season at free safety, but a
bevy of injuries to the lineback-
ing corps essentially forced his
hand. Turns out Griffin was good
at it, too, as evidenced by the fact
he was named defensive MVP of
Class AAA, District 2.
Harrison joked he felt like he
had the last laugh after seeing
Griffin record two interceptions
— and nearly making a third —
in the annual Mississippi Asso-
ciation of Independent Schools
(MAIS) Senior All-Star Game.
Griffin also scored caught a
touchdown pass to help his White
team earn a 24-22 victory against
the Blue team in the annual
MAIS All-Star Game.
“We really didn’t have any oth-
er guys who played there,” Har-
rison said. “We had been practic-
ing Moak there — probably not
enough — and then in the Lamar
game when he has to move down,
he has taken about two practices
worth of snaps there, but he was
able to step in and did well. It turned
out to be a good year for him.”
Harrison said Griffin didn’t
care if he played free safety or
linebacker. He said Griffin was
willing to play any role the Patri-
ots needed him to this season.
The move to linebacker actually
wasn’t a drastic change of scen-
ery for Griffin because Harrison
said there aren’t many differenc-
es between the positions in a 3-4
defense, which Heritage Acade-
my played this season.
“We were fortunate that we
had a group of kids — with him
being one of them — that they
wanted to do whatever they need-
ed to do to help the team,” Harri-
son said.
Harrison said Griffin sur-
prised him with how well he ad-
justed to playing linebacker. After
all, Griffin missed his 10th-grade
season of football due to an inju-
ry. Last season, Griffin played
nothing but free safety before
suffering a season-ending injury
against ACCS.
Harrison said he was worried
about what was going to happen
when Griffin came down to make
a play against the run because
he had never done or and the
coaches had never seen him do
it. The apprehension proved to
be unwarranted because Griffin’s
physical style enabled him to han-
dle going against bigger players,
whether they were linemen or
tight ends.
“I don’t think there was any-
body he was scared of on the
field,” Harrison said. “He had so
strong in the offseason and had
some weight to bring with him
that he hadn’t had before to know
he could take on anybody who
came at him.”
Griffin credited Whiteside
and Howard for helping him re-
fine his technique. He said he
also had to adjust to getting off
blocks and finding the football.
Griffin said he watched a lot of
film on the line of whomever we
were playing and that the coach-
es helped the defense a lot on
what formations they like to run
out of and pass out of.
Griffin said he doesn’t prefer
to play on either side of the ball or
a particular position. On a team
with so many versatile players
and individuals who had dual
roles, Griffin fit in just fine and
played an integral role in one of
the Patriots’ most successful sea-
sons in recent memory.
“With the number of people on
our team, most of the guys had to
learn to deal with playing both
ways,” Griffin said. “This is why
the team worked so hard in the
summer, so we could be in the
best shape possible and ready to
play both ways, so we just had to
accept it and move forward.”
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Chambless
Continued from Page 5B
“They would consis-
tently go hard every play
for four quarters. That’s
why this season had a
little bit of it all. We had
comebacks, down times,
one-point wins. It seemed
liked in every game some-
thing would happen that
would trigger us.”
Chambless likes to call
himself “the caretaker” of
one of the state’s most sto-
ried programs. This is the
second the Green Wave
have reeled off three con-
secutive championships.
After Chambless led
the squad to the 2010 state
championship, there were
a couple of flirtations with
another title before things
fell into place.
“There is nothing like
putting on the West Point
uniform and playing be-
fore our fans on a Friday
night,” West Point senior
wide receiver John Facella
said. “Everybody gets in-
volved. Football is always
a conversation all around
town during the fall. You
take pride in being part of
that. It means a lot as se-
niors when you uphold the
tradition.
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Starkville High School’s Rodrigues Clark celebrates after a touchdown in a victory against Jackson Murrah. “Just have a lot of trust
special. That goes from
the administration at the
school, to the coaches, to
the players, then to the
fans. Everybody in this
town comes together and
is working to make the
football program the best
it can be.
“We never take for
granted the support. It’s
incredible, and it’s not like
this most places. We have
something unique going
that is for sure. Now there
is an expectation that is
for sure. But everybody
works together to make
sure that expectation is
met.”
Next season, West
Point will look for more
leaders and face a new
series of questions. For
three seasons, Murphy
was the answer to many
of them. This season,
West Point had to a dig a
little deeper and rely on
new faces to maintain that
championship standard.
Now, they want more.
“We feel like we should
be the No. 1 team in 5A
every year,” West Point
junior running back Bran-

Clark
Continued from Page 1B
We thought we could win the (state)
championship, but it wasn’t meant
to be. Still, I will remember a lot of
great times with these guys. It was
fun playing the game and making
these friendships.”
Clark’s monster final season pro-
vided great moments after it ended,
too. In addition to All-State accolades,
he was chosen for the Mississippi-Al-
abama Shrine Classic. On Wednes-
day, Clark took advantage of the early
National Signing Day to sign a schol-
arship offer with Memphis.
“(Clark) had a great year,”
Starkville coach Chris Jones said.
“He really showed a lot of leader-
ship. Offensively, we had a strong
season and he was a big part of that
success. He just kept working hard
and did a great job of motivating
other people around him.”
Starkville averaged 43.5 points
per game. The Yellow Jackets took
flight thanks in large part to anoth-
er year of development from soph-
omore quarterback Luke Altmyer,
who threw for 1,952 yards and 19
touchdowns. The Yellow Jackets
found balance on offense with Clark
accounting for slightly more than
half of the team’s rushing yards.
“(Clark) was just such a depend-
able player,” Starkville senior run-
ning back KJ Lawrence said. “He
always led by example. It was one
of those situations where when he
got the ball, you were waiting on the
big play.”
After routing Noxubee County and
Oxford to start the season, Starkville
earned its first signature victory with
a 23-7 come-from-behind win against
eventual MHSAA Class 5A State
champion West Point.
Starkville trailed 7-6 at halftime.
Clark scored all three of his team’s
touchdowns.
“That was a big game because
we had lost to them the year be-
fore,” Clark said. “The defense
played great, and we knew if they
kept that up, we could have a suc-
cessful season. On offense, we
started the season strong, but we
didn’t execute every game like we
were capable of doing.”
Starkville finished second in
Class 6A, Region 2. A 27-20 loss
at Northwest Rankin was the big
blow. It gave Northwest Rankin
the region title, but it also meant
Starkville wouldn’t have home-field
advantage throughout the playoffs.
After beating South Panola 37-7
in the first round, Starkville found
in coach Chambless and
all the coaches. They are don Harris said. “When
doing to do everything to the season ends, we got
make sure you succeed on two days off and then it
the field and in life.” was back to the weight
the going tough at Horn Lake. The The community aspect
eventual state champions eliminat- room. That’s the coach
isn’t lost on Chambless.
ed the Yellow Jackets with a 35-14 Chambless way. We don’t
He was an assistant under
victory. The loss came on the heels Dennis Allen before tak- take any shortcuts. We
of a state championship game ap- ing over as head coach. don’t settle. It’s all about
pearance in 2017. “This award is a com- winning a championship.”
“That was a tough way to end the Follow Dispatch sports
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of hard work went into the season
and we came up short, so that was
a disappointment. We were motivat-
ed (by finishing second in 2017) to
get back there. However, we didn’t
do the things that we needed to do.”
With that season in the rear-view
mirror, Clark is excited about start-
ing anew. Fellow Starkville teammate
and defensive lineman Jalil Clemons
also signed with Memphis.
“Everybody wants to play col-
lege ball,” Clark said. “Signing day
is something you think about from
an early age. My coaches and team-
mates really helped me get to this
point. Memphis has a fun offense. I
look forward to having a chance to David Miller/Special to The Dispatch
West Point High School football coach Chris
be part of that.” Chambless addresses his team following its victory
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Melton
Continued from Page 1B
feedback on my performance. He
is always pushing me to be bet-
ter. However, we don’t break the
film down together. He has been
around the game long enough to
know what I am doing well with
his own eyes.
“We talk on Saturday morn-
ings. Sometimes, he wakes me
up excited by a great play. Some-
times, it’s the opposite.”
Melton capped a memorable
high school career by helping
West Point to a third-straight
Mississippi High School Activi-
ties Association (MHSAA) Class
5A State championship. This sea-
son, Melton had 46 tackles, three
interceptions, four pass deflec-
tions, and three blocked kicks.
The 6-foot-1, 173-pound defen-
sive back played in the Bernard
Blackwell All-Star Game. On
Wednesday, he signed a National
Letter of Intent to play at South Al-
abama.
For his success, Melton is being
honored today as The Dispatch’s
Large Schools All-Area Football
Team Defensive Player of the Year.
“On offense, it’s common
place to have that one dynamic
playmaker on offense who can
change the entire game,” West
Point coach Chris Chambless
said. “It’s rare to have that kind of
presence on defense. Ryan gave
us that this year. Whether it’s
playing his position on defense or
blocking a big kick, he was every-
where on the field. On a defense
that was really great, he was the
leader. He kept the engine going.
He could make things happen
from anywhere on the field.”
Perhaps there was no bigger
play than the blocked punt Melton
returned for a touchdown in a 27-
12 victory against West Jones in
the state championship game. He
broke through the line untouched,
blocked a kick and returned it 25
yards for a score that score gave
West Point a 20-6 lead midway
through the second quarter.
“He just makes plays,” West
Point senior linebacker Brentt Cun-
ningham said. “With Ryan, there is
nothing that stands out. Yet, he just
imposes his will on the other team
throughout the game. They know
he is coming. They know where
he is at, and he still controls most
things on the field. As a defensive
unit, we are told to go hard on every
play. You never known which play
might define a game or a season.”
Going hard is something
Melton heard from an early age
from his father, who played line-
backer at Vanderbilt. His father lat-
er had a lengthy coaching career
alongside Chambless. That ended
this season when a position change
within the school district meant he
had to give up coaching.
“There is a special bond there
because my son (Jake) and Ryan
were born at the same time,”
Chambless said, “so the families
have always been close. From an
early age, Jake and Ryan were
running around the field house
together. In a lot of ways, I feel
like I have helped raise Ryan. He
is just part of the family. He got
the football instincts naturally be-
cause his dad was one heck of a
player. He instilled the work ethic
in Ryan and made sure he was al-
ways on top of everything.”
West Point finished 14-1 this
season. The Green Wave had few-
er marquee players, but they found
a way to bounce back from an early
season loss to Starkville to win a
third-straight state title. The road
to the title was bumpy. West Point
had a come-from-behind win at
Olive Branch and also beat region
rival Lafayette by a point.
“This team had a toughness,”
Melton said. “As seniors, it was
important we go out as champi-
ons. When you have two-straight
titles, you want that third one.
I promise you the coaches are
going to drive next year’s team.
They are going to do everything
they can to win again.”
As West Point rose to the
top, many Green Wave players
continued to fly under the radar.
As Melton’s film collection accu-
mulated, more schools became
interested. The decision to sign
early ensures Melton will follow
in his father’s footsteps and have
a chance to play Division I ball.
“It’s something we have talked
about from time to time,” Melton
said. “The coaches have always
stressed to us that you will get out
of football what you put into it. I
saw the impact the game on other
members of my family. I wanted
to have that feeling, too.”
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points to help Ole Miss
win its sixth-straight
game.
Ole Miss held Middle
Tennessee to 33.9-percent
shooting from the field and
shot better than 50 percent
for the sixth-straight game.
Antonio Green led the
way for Middle Tennessee
with 22 points.
Middle Tennessee made
the first bucket of the game
before the Rebels scored
the next seven points to
claim an early advantage.
Ole Miss maintained a lead
throughout the first half
with the help of its defense,
holding the Blue Raiders
without a field goal for
more than six minutes.
Ole Miss used a 10-0
run in the first half to break
open a close game and
build a 15-point lead. Tyree
(11 points) and Stevens (10
points) reached double fig-
ures in the opening half to
help Ole Miss take a 38-26
halftime lead.
The Rebels extended
their lead in the second
half. Tyree’s fourth 3-point-
er followed by a Terence
Davis 3-point play pushed
the difference to 16. Three
minutes later, Olejniczak
sparked an 11-0 run. The
seven-footer started with
an offensive putback on a
missed free throw. Tyree
hit a tough jumper before
Shuler found Luis Rodri-
guez for a backdoor al-
ley-oop. Getting into the
1-3-1 zone, KJ Buffen got
a steal at the top of it. Ole-
jniczak took the ball and
threw down an emphatic
slam that brought the Ole
Miss bench it its feet.
Ole Miss will close 2018
at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29,
when it plays host to Flori-
da Gulf Coast at The Pavil-
ion at Ole Miss.
n Southern Mississip-
pi 66, South Dakota 60:
At Vermillion, South Dako-
ta, Cortez Edwards had 14
points and 11 rebounds Fri-
day night to help the Gold-
en Eagles (8-4) complete a
road trip of the Midwest.
“South Dakota plays
with a lot of pace to their
offense,” Southern Miss
coach Doc Sadler said.
“It’s been a long week, but
I could not be more proud
of our basketball team the
last seven-eight minutes
tonight. We showed some
toughness and had some
guys step up for big shots.
It was a great team win.”
The Golden Eagles
came away with the victory
thanks in part to Edwards,
who became the fourth play-
er in Southern Miss history
to register 1,000 points, 500
rebounds, and 200 assists.
He joins Courtney Beasley
(2006-09), Derrek Hamil-
ton, and John White (both
1985-88) on the list.
The most unique aspect
of the game was Southern
Miss didn’t attempt a free
throw until there were 21
seconds left. Tyree Grif-
fin sank three of his four
attempts to keep South
Dakota at bay. The Golden
Eagles, who outscored the
Coyotes 30-18 in the paint,
are the 26th team out of
302 since the 2010-11 sea-
son to win despite having
four or fewer free throws
and allowing 20 or more,
according to sports-refer-
ence.com.
Southern Miss will
return to action at 4 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29, when
it faces Louisiana Tech in
Ruston, Louisiana.
Women
n No. 24 Miami 101,
Alabama 74: At Winter
Park, Florida, Mykea Gray
had a team-high 21 points
to lead all five starters in
double figures as the No.
24 Hurricanes (11-2) beat
the Crimson Tide (8-5) in
the final game of the Flor-
ida Sunshine Classic on the
campus of Rollins College.
Laura Cornelius added
20 points for Miami, which
was 16-for-22 from 3-point
range.
Junior Cierra Johnson
had a career-high 27 points
to lead Alabama. Johnson
and junior Jordan Lewis
were named to the all-tour-
nament team.
Miami took a 22-9 after
the first quarter and never
looked back. It scored 33
points in the second quar-
ter to extend its advantage
to 21 points at halftime.
Alabama will return to
action against Florida on
Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, at
Coleman Coliseum in its
Southeastern Conference
opener.
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MSU men
Continued from Page 1B
“There are no excuses,”
MSU coach Ben Howland said.
“When the ball is in the air, we
need to be ready to play. How-
ever, this is a good team we de-
feated. Wright State made the
NCAA tournament last year
and is picked to win the league
again this year. That is why we
play games like this.”
MSU looked crisp in hard-
fought victories against Cincin-
nati and Wofford. Again, it was
another hard-fought win, but
the game wound up much clos-
er than first thought after Nick
Weatherspoon hit a 3-pointer
for a 38-24 lead in the first min-
ute of the second half.
“We just had to pay a little
more attention to the scouting
report,” MSU senior center Aric
Holman said. “We had to guard
better. We were taken off-guard
by some things, but we kept
battling. That’s the good thing
about this team.”
Howland said the Bulldogs’
preparation was thrown off
when Wright State center Loud-
on Love didn’t play. The team’s
leading scorer, Love was ruled
out minutes before tip because
of an ankle injury.
“It’s hard to adapt on the fly,”
Howland said. “We had spent
two days preparing a game plan
built around Love. Wright State
is a unique team in that they
do something totally different
when he doesn’t play. He is a big
reason why they are picked to
win their league. Honestly, we
had a difficult time defending
some things when they had to
make changes.”
Still, the Bulldogs were dom-
inant in the first 20 minutes.
A basket by KeyShawn Fea-
zell helped the Bulldogs to a
13-5 lead.
Feazell also had good mem-
ories to channel from his high
school career in the building,
too.
The lead grew to 23-11 on a
dunk by Quinndary Weather-
spoon.
The Bulldogs collected 18 of
the first 22 rebounds, shot 50
percent from the field, and led
35-24 at halftime.
“Our offensive flow was
good in the first half,” Howland
said. “We continued what had
been going on the last couple
of games. On defense, we just
lost their man too many times.
That led to some uncontest-
ed 3-pointers and a couple of
dunks.”
Wright State pulled within
two after a 15-3 run.
From there, Nick Weather-
spoon came up big with a cou-
ple of baskets and a couple of
key offensive rebounds. Wood-
ard II gave the team valuable
minutes, after Abdul Ado was
ruled out with a rib injury suf-
fered in warmups.
Carter also came alive with
a critical basket for a 62-59 lead
as the shot clock expired.
“It was fun to be back here,”
Woodard II. “The arena is just
higher in general, so it takes a
little time to adjust. We just had
to focus and do a great job of
closing this game out.”
The Bulldogs did that by hit-
ting 5 of 6 free throws to close
out the win.
“If you had told me 11-1 go-
ing into the Christmas break,
I would have taken that,” How-
land said. “We have a played a
very challenging schedule. The
kids need a few days away from
basketball.”
Quinndary Weatherspoon
led the Bulldogs with 14 points.
Holman added 12, while Peters
had 11 and Carter had 10.
Bill Wampler led Wright
State (6-7) with 19 points.
MSU will play host to BYU
at 11 a.m. Dec. 30 in the Hum-
phrey Coliseum to close the
non-conference schedule.
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WEST POINT —
Herny Lee “Speedy”
Cunningham, 69, died
Dec. 18, 2018, at Alle-
giance Specialty Hospi-
tal in Greenville.
Services are 2 p.m.
today at Upper Prairie
Creek M.B. Church in
Woodland in Woodland
with the Rev. Gerald
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Mr. Cunningham was
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ham. He was a member
of Upper Prairie Creek
M.B. Church.
In addition to his
father, he is survived
by his brothers, Wilson
Cunningham of Sanford,
Florida, TL Cunning-
ham of Marietta, Florida
and Abron Cunningham
of St. Louis, Missouri;
and sister, Mary Louise
Gates.
Robert Alpe
STARKVILLE —
Robert James “Butch”
Alpe, 76, died Dec.
20, 2018, at Oktibbeha
County Hospital.
A memorial service
was Saturday at St.
Joseph Catholic Church.
Visitation was two hours
prior to services at the
church. Welch Funeral
Home in Starkville was
in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mr. Alpe was born
June 2, 1942, in Winns-
boro, Louisiana, to the
late Joseph Bernard
and Camille Forte Alpe.
He was a 1960 graduate
of Winnsboro High
School and a 1966 grad-
uate of Louisiana State
University. He was a
U.S. Army veteran and
was formerly employed
as the director of the
Mississippi Depart-
ment of Agriculture
and Commerce Plant
Industry. He was also
the secretary and trea-
surer for the Mississip-
pi Agriculture Industry
Council.
In addition to his par-
ents, he was preceded
in death by his brother,
Charles Alpe.
He is survived by
his wife, Twila Little
Alpe; children, Mike
and Mitzi Alpe, both of
Starkville, Shane and
Kristy Alpe, both of
West Point and Kalicia
and Lee Henderson,
both of Tupelo; broth-
er, Joe Frank Alpe of
Little Rock, Arkansas;
sister, Cheryl Reeves of
Winnsboro, Louisiana
and seven grandchil-
dren.
Memorials may be
made to the Butch Alpe
Scholarship Fund in
the College of Agricul-
ture and Life Sciences,
MSU Foundation, P.O.
Box 6149, Mississippi
State, MS 39762.
Timothy Davis
COLUMBUS — Tim-
othy Davis, 37, died
Dec. 20, 2018, at the
Orlando Regional Med-
ical Center in Orlando,
Florida.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced at a later
date by Carter’s Funer-
al Services of Colum-
bus.
Hubert Guin
AMORY — Hubert
Leroy Guin, 84, died
Dec. 21, 2018, at Gilm-
ore Memorial Hospital.
Services are 2 p.m.
today at Tisdale-Lann
Memorial Funeral
Home of Aberdeen
with Roger Collins and
Dennis Sullivan offici-
ating. Burial will be at
Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Visitation was Saturday
at the funeral home.
Mr. Guin was born
Aug. 29, 1934, in
Monroe County to the
late Clyde Guin Sr. and
Bessie Taylor Guin. He
was a lifelong resident
of Monroe County and
formerly employed
as a truck driver for
Merchants Truck Line.
Hubert was a charter
member of the GMT
Hunting Club and a
faithful member and
deacon of Southside
Baptist Church.
In addition to his par-
ents, he was preceded
in death by one sister,
one brother and one
grandchild.
He is survived by his
wife, Grace Laverne Ri-
ner Guin of Hamilton;
daughter, Tina Evans
of Aberdeen; sons
Neal Guin of Hatley,
Area obituaries
Tony Guin of Hamilton preceded in death by one hour prior to the district for several
and Sam Copeland of her husband, Clarence service at the church. years and was a retired
Greenwood Springs; Whitaker; and daugh- Lowndes Funeral United Methodist
four grandchildren and ters, Frances Stokes Home in Columbus is minister.
three great-grandchil- and Ola Mae Smith. in charge of arrange- He was preceded in
dren. She is survived by ments. death by his parents,
her daughters, Sarah Curtis and Myral Os-
Gladis Lewis Mattison of Columbus Gerald Gammill walt Gammill; brother,
CALEDONIA — and Shirley Whitlock Glenn Gammill; chil-
STARKVILLE —
Gladis M. Lewis, 95, of Amory; sons, Sonny dren, Donna Gammill,
Gerald Bayne Gammill,
died Dec. 18, 2018, at Whitaker of Amory Beverly Hodges and
87, died Dec. 20, 2018,
Baptist Memorial Hos- and Jerry Whitaker at his residence. Denny Gammill.
pital-Golden Triangle. of Hamilton; nine Services were Sat- He is survived by
Services are 1 p.m. grandchildren and 10
urday at the chapel of his wife, Johnnie F.
today at Hopewell M.B. great-grandchildren.
Welch Funeral Home in Gammill; daughters,
Church with the Rev. Pallbearers will
Starkville with Danny Pam Gentry and
Michael Love officiat- be Wayne Hawkins,
ing. Burial will follow Rowland officiating. Renee Gammill; eight
Robert Hawkins,
at Memorial Gardens Visitation was Saturday grandchildren, 11
Chase Whitaker, Dylan
Cemetery. Visitation at the funeral home. great-grandchildren
Perkins, Shane Per-
was Saturday at Car- Mr. Gammill taught and one great-great
kins, Scotty Davis and
ter’s Funeral Services Michael Whitaker. in the Starkville School grandchild.
of Columbus.
Mrs. Lewis was born
May Jones Animals
Aug. 30, 1923, in Pick-
ens County, Alabama,
ETHELSVILLE, grieve
to the late Mose Jones
Ala. — May Pauline
Jones, 98, died Dec. 21,
too.
and Allie L. Halbert.
2018, at her residence.
She was a member of
Faith Christian Baptist Services are 1 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 28, at
Church.
Pleasant Hill Baptist I’ve always wanted my dog to attend my graveside service.
In addition to her
Church in Columbus. You need to tell someone.
parents, she was pre-
ceded in death by her Burial will follow at Call us at (662) 328-1808
spouse, Osy Lewis; and Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Lowndes Funeral Home and Crematory
siblings, Oscar Jones, Visitation is Friday
Cleveland Jones, Olden
Jones, Coy Jones, Susie
Hughes, Hazie Perkins
and Irene Lowe.
She is survived by
her children, Odell
Lewis of Atlanta, Geor-
gia, Larry Lewis, Cleve-
land Lewis and Melvin
Lewis, all of Columbus,
Jewlean Lewis and
Annie Chambers, both
of Caledonia and Mar-
vin Lewis of Jackson;
siblings, Robert Jones,
Roy Jones and Marie
Henry, all of Columbus;
13 grandchildren and
26 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers are her
grandsons.
Rondia Riles
OKEECHOBEE, Fla.
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48, died Dec. 21, 2018,
in Newnan, Georgia.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
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Viola Whitaker
COLUMBUS — Vi-
ola Hawkins Whitaker,
96, died Dec. 21, 2018,
at the Baptist Memo-
rial Hospital-Golden
Triangle.
Family graveside
services are 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Center
Hill Cemetery in Ham-
ilton with Helen Smith
officiating. Visitation is
Wednesday from noon-
1 p.m. at Tisdale-Lann
Memorial Funeral
Home of Aberdeen.
Mrs. Whitaker was
born Aug. 12, 1922, in
Hamilton to the W.T.
Hawkins and Dora
Hawkins. She was a
lifelong resident of
Monroe County and af-
filiated with the Church
of God.
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PREP FOOTBALL
Heritage Academy’s Harrison: Confidence key to development for Putt, Smith
By Adam Minichino
aminichino@cdispatch.com
Balance is a prerequisite for
nearly all successful football
teams.
Heritage Academy coach
Sean Harrison is no different
when he says he wants the Pa-
triots to be able to run and to
throw the football when they
want to.
Juniors Carter Putt and Kel-
vin “K.J.” Smith made sure
Harrison could dial up nearly
any play on any down and have
success.
Putt threw for 2,381 yards
and 31 touchdowns (five inter-
ceptions). He also rushed for
two scores and completed 60
percent of his throws.
In his first season with the
program, Smith, a transfer
from Columbus High School,
eclipsed his preseason goal and
finished with 1,675 yards and 21
touchdowns (average of 7 yards
per carry).
For their accomplishments,
Putt and Smith are The Dis-
patch’s Small Schools All-Area
Football Team co-Offensive
Players of the Year.
Harrison said Putt’s confi-
dence was the biggest area of
development from his sopho-
more to junior season. He said
Putt was able to put mistakes
behind him faster. He said Putt
also had better timing and con-
tinuity with his receivers.
“I think he did a good job of
throwing people open, not wait-
ing until they were open,” Harri-
son said “I think we were more
in synch when I called some-
thing. He knew what I wanted
him to do and also did a really
good job when what I wanted to
do wasn’t there of finding what
was there. I always tell them
their job is to cover up my mis-
takes, and I think he did really
good job of that.”
Smith complemented Putt
and a passing game that fea-
tured Jared Long, Moak Griffin,
Lex Rogers, Noel Fisher, and
Banks Hyde. His bruising run-
ning style attracted contact and
welcomed it as he developed
confidence in his ability to be
the team’s primary tailback.
“K.J. was our workhorse,”
Harrison said. “At one part of
the season before we kind of
started getting Moak the ball
out of the backfield K.J. had
90-something percent of our
carries and we’re a run-first
team. We were 68 or 69 percent
run and he has 90-something
percent of his carries.
“We were fortunate he made
it through injury free. You never
really saw him slow down. Phys-
ically, his work in the weight
room really helped. I think he
really accomplished something
making it through the year
as many times as he carried
it. That is a goal this season,
to find somebody he can split
those carries with a little bit to
get him a rest.”
With Smith taking a bulk of
the carries, Harrison said the
Patriots took a lot more deep
shots than he ever has called
as a coach in large part due to
his confidence in Putt and the
confidence Putt had to deliver
the football where he wanted.
As a result, Heritage Academy
scored 471 points and scored 35
or more points 10 times.
Putt worked with his re-
ceivers nearly every weekend
to build the relationships that
allowed those statistics to blos-
som. The work started with Putt
and Long but soon branched out
to multiple playmakers. Harri-
son said he never forced Putt or
any of the offensive players to do
that work, but he said Putt is a
reflection of his father, Michael,
in that neither one is going to
get rattled if things go off script.
Harrison said he saw signs of
that quality in Putt last season,
but there still were times when
he got worked up when things
sped up. This season, Harrison
said Putt erased about 95 per-
cent of the young mistakes he
made.
Harrison said he saw the
same maturation in Smith. He
said the proverbial “light bulb”
came on for Smith after the
game against Tupelo Christian
Prep in Week 2.
“Kirk Academy was Week
1, and everybody was feeling
their way through that one.
Game 2, he struggled a little
bit in the first half and we had
a little ‘Come to Jesus meeting’
with him in the second quarter,”
Harrison said. “I think after that
corrections were made through-
out the year. He came from
playing 6A football and he was
a fullback. He had never played
tailback. ... He learned in our
league don’t dance, go score. I
think he figured out he could be
very successful doing that.”
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THE DISPATCH’S All-Area Team

n CALEDONIA: JeDarius Gore,
Tanner Holley, Brandon Edmondson, Jacob
Richardson, Alex Mathews, Brandon Chrest
n COLUMBUS: Dontae Gillespie, Fred Harris,
Cameron Jenkins, Derrick Jordan, DeMario Martin,
Jevorius Vance
n COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY:
Dakota Shaw, Will Teague, Tyler Blackwell, Jordan Meek,
Isaiah Cooper, Bryar Kemp, Lawson Studdard
n HEBRON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: Doug Loden,
Bradley Scott, Jon McGrew, Jon Garret Lowe,
Elijah Parrish, Braeden Triplett, Jackson Langley, Evin
Pilkington, Gage Yeatman
n HERITAGE ACADEMY: Moak Griffin, Noel
Fisher, Lex Rogers, Jared Long, Carter Putt, Kelvin
“K.J.” Smith, Ethan Bumgarner, Clay Walters, Parker
Ray, Chapman Cooper, Eli Acker
n NEW HOPE: Braylen Miller, Antwaan Roland,
Kobe Matthews, R’monta Harris, Rayshaun Gibson,
Ricky Newby, CJ Sanders, Skyler Ferguson
n NOXUBEE COUNTY: Kyziah Pruitt, Khristopher
White, Ja’Qualyn Smith, Robby Shanklin, Kaiyus
Lewis, Savion Price, Tomorris Luster, Erin Gray,
Malcolm Purtue, Mateo Chandler, Eldrick Hopkins,
Chaokang Brooks, Verdell Clemons, Travoryus
Hatcher, Marlon Windham, Trillo Brown, Rodolthas
Johnson, JaQuaris Jamison, Keymarcus Jackson,
Rodney Williams, Maliek Stallings, DaJawaun
Memphard
n OAK HILL ACADEMY: Grayson Easterling, Jake
Makamson, Jaden Craven, Ethan Bryan, Alex Powell
n STARKVILLE: Luke Altmyer, Rodrigues Clark,
K.J. Lawrence, Rufus Harvey, Mike Goss, Derwin
Ferguson, Jalen Ware, Jalil Clemons, Zach Edwards,
Keyshawn Lawrence, Ty Johnson, Zitavious Williams,
Alexis Stallings, Myles Stone, Khiry Gee, Justice
Robinson, Jamori Evans, Garin Boniol
n STARKVILLE ACADEMY: Walker Tranum, Will
Miller, Taylor Arnold, Howell Archer, Ben Guest, Trey
Tyler, Willie Latham, Matt Miller, Campbell Spivey,
Nason Heflin
n victory christian: Michael Tate, Jay
Elmore, Chris McDonald, Kenny Collier, Preston Kinard,
Dallas Colom, Brandon Moore
n WEST LOWNDES: Que Sanders, Ki’Kown Clark,
Melvin Crawford, Tyler Bridges, Douglas Tabb, Tommie
Malone, Royquavious Williams, Eric Brooks, Jermaine
Williams, Jerrious Jenkins, Jashon Harkins, Jerqualin
Morris, Anquarius Harkins, Jeremiah Harris, Ny’jhule
Holloway, Cordarius McGee, Symetrious Pippins,
Jataquist Brown
n WEST POINT: Tyler Rupert, Quantaze
Powell, Tyron Orr, Brandon Lairy, Ryan Melton, Brentt
Cunningham, Kentavious Williams, Brian
Crawford, Stededric Griffis, Timothy Mays, Latarius
Embry, Jaylen Cungious, Reco Bailey, Donte Smith,
Jequarius Thomas, Jaylon Webb, Robert Spearmon,
Jaquerius Crawford, Brandon Harris, Jaylun Eggerson,
Kameron Martin, Dantariyus Cannon, JeQwan Young, Gray
Berry, John Facella, Jake Chambless, Kelviontae Gibbs,
Treddis Anderson, Ezekiel Head, Jose Lemus,
Nehemiah Walker, KeAris Smith, Kameron Dyson,
Jonquez Roby, Daveon Relves, Daniel Comer, Sema’J
Harris

Starkville
Continued from Page 1B
Jones had 15 points,
including 10 on offensive
rebounds, in an 80-61
victory against Memphis
Ridgeway. Jones registered
his second straight dou-
ble-double after Starkville
(9-1) beat Pinson Valley
(Alabama) on Friday night.
Jones had 27 points to help
the Yellow Jackets rally
from a double-digit deficit
in the first half.
“The big thing with
him is getting in shape,”
said Quvarius How-
ard, Starkville assistant
coach. “Once he gets in
shape, he’s able to play
more minutes, get up and
down and go to the boards
hard each possession.”
Jones was key in help-
ing the Yellow Jackets re-
build their lead in the third
after they saw a 20-point
first-quarter advantage
dwindle to five at halftime.
Jones had five offensive re-
bounds in the third quarter
and scored on four of them.
Tyler Talley hit a 3-pointer
on the other.
The Yellow Jackets
pushed their lead back to
double digits and cruised
in the fourth quarter.
“They can’t stop me
in the paint,” Jones said.
“Nobody wanted to come
match up on me.”
Howard said Starkville
elected to start two post
players this week, pair-
ing Zeke Cook and Ja-
mareus Phillips against
Pinson Valley, and Jones
and Cook against Ridge-
way. Howard said Phillips
suffered a twisted ankle
Starkville High School guard Amaria Strong drives to
the basket against Horn Lake.
Friday and came off the
bench Saturday.
The big lineup creat-
ed more second-chance
scoring opportunities for
the Jackets, which frus-
trated the Ridgeway play-
ers, Howard said
“I think that took
(them) out of it,” he said.
Jones said playing
primarily with two post
players creates screen
mismatches the Yellow
Jackets can exploit.
“Either way, one of us
will set the screen, and
they don’t know which
one of us will set it,” Jones
said. “Then, one of our
David Miller/Special to The Dispatch
post players can go out
and shoot.”
Talley led Starkville
with 24 points.
Terrence Burks led
Ridgeway with 18 points.
Girls
n Starkville 54, Horn
Lake 45: Three Starkville
players scored in double
figures, and the Lady Yel-
low Jackets staved off a late
Horn Lake run to improve
to 6-3.
Amaya Ford had 17,
Jalisa Outlaw had 16, and
Idalis Suell scored 10.
Starkville, which was
coming off a victory at
Tupelo on Dec. 15, raced
out to an 18-3 lead ear-
ly in the second quarter
and led 30-19 at halftime.
Outlaw paced the scoring
in the third, including
a late 3-pointer to give
Starkville a 42-26 lead.
But Horn Lake forward
Deresia Randle scored 11
of her team-high 15 points
in the second half to cut
Starkville’s lead to 44-
39 midway through the
fourth quarter.
“We went to that 2-3
zone. They burned us a
couple of times in it, but
we knew we were out-
sized,” Starkville coach
Kristie Williams said.
“(Randle) is a great post
player, and we had to do
Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
everything we can to con- TOP: New Hope High School’s Tikorian Chandler drives
tain her. In most games, to the basket: BELOW: Columbus High’s Gabe Williams
that’s the way it’s going has his shot blocked by New Hope’s Caleb Parr.
to be, but our posts gave
great effort in trying to
push her out of the block
and force her to have get
out of her comfort zone.”
Amira Strong scored
four points in a late 10-6
run, and Outlaw iced the
game with four free throws
in the waning seconds.
“I tell them it’s a game
of runs,” Williams said. “I
knew Horn Lake would
come out and give us every-
thing they had; even when
they’re down, they’re not
out. Coach (Janet) Thomp-
son is going to push them
and get their best.
“I thought we were
careless with the ball
down the stretch, but
even through that care-
lessness, we were able to
regroup.”
Lifestyles LIFESTYLES EDITOR
Jan Swoope: 328-2471
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SECTION

Friendship
with flair

Photo by Abbi Oswalt

Starkville High School seniors Owen Hardin and Hannah Jian share a high five after a Dec. 11 fashion show at The Mill Conference Center in Starkville.
Hardin was the guest of honor at the event Jian spearheaded that benefited the Central Mississippi Down Syndrome Society. Hardin, 19, is the son of Jim-
my and Orly Hardin. Jian, 17, is the daughter of Guihong Bi.

A special event shows friends

and hard work are always in style
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com

L
ife has been pretty cool lately for Owen
Hardin. This past fall, the 19-year-old
Starkville High School senior with
Down syndrome was elected homecoming
king by the student body. And on Dec. 11,
he was the guest of honor at a fashion show
fundraiser for the Central Mississippi Down
Syndrome Society, an event created by
fellow classmate Hannah Jian. The night was
a testament to Jian’s energy and organiza-
tion, and a tribute to her classmate who is an
integral part of the SHS Class of 2019.
Jian didn’t have to think long about who
to honor with the event.
“Owen is so loved by our school,” said the
teen who moved to Starkville
about five years ago with her
mother, Guihong Bi, a re-
search professor in Mississip-
pi State’s Department of Plant
and Soil Sciences. “Having
Down Syndrome is not an easy
thing to deal with, but every
day I see Owen at lunch or in Bi Photo by Abbi Oswalt
the hallway, and he’s always Hannah Jian helps coordinate more than 30 participating models backstage for the style show
smiling or laughing. I think at The Mill in Starkville Dec. 11.
he’s the perfect example of
someone who doesn’t let one a teenager create and carry out a large-scale the Lions Clubs International. She’s active
thing in his life define who he project from start to finish is more rare. in National Honor Society service projects,
is.” “It was a big undertaking for Hannah such as tutoring and recycling, has partic-
Hardin’s mother, Orly Har- and a great thing to see someone have that ipated in scouting, instigated a donation
din, said, “I think it’s remark- sort of drive,” he said. “She had a specific drive for the local humane society and orga-
able that someone Hannah’s vision.” nized a school supply drive for Boys & Girls
Hardin
age could be influenced by Club youth, to name a few ventures.
knowing Owen to the point ■■■ Her idea to develop a benefit fashion show
where she actually acted on it went from spark to working plan quickly,
and went through all the effort Jian, 17, first got the idea for the event as as Jian and her friend Kayleigh Thomas put
to put on a fashion show and she sat in the audience at an MSU Fashion their heads together.
get all the vendors to help her Board style show in late October. Paramount on the to-do list was to secure
make the show a success.” “While I was watching, I told my friend, a location: The Mill. Models: about 35 took
Starkville High School ‘Wouldn’t it be really cool if we could put part. Runway outfits: Jian went to Starkville
National Honor Society Chair Peagler on our own version of a fashion show?’ The clothing vendors with her idea.
Dane Peagler echoed the more I thought about it, I realized there was “I started phoning and emailing and went
thought. He helped coordinate nothing preventing us from doing it.” around downtown to local boutiques to ask
student volunteers to help with the function. That head-on attitude isn’t unusual for if they would be interested in letting us bor-
While finding people willing to help out a Jian. She is president of the Leo Club at her row clothes,” the senior said.
good cause isn’t uncommon, he said, seeing school. Leos are the youngest members of See Friendship, 6C
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calendar
Thursday through Monday, Dec. 27-31
Courtesy photo Christmas Village — By appointment, the Store-
4-H members take part in a state shooting sports competition in July. house at Christian World Missions in Starkville presents
The Village at Christmas Tree Lane, with 20 trees, dozens
of nativity scenes, a Dept. 56 village, plus a scavenger

Volunteer leaders sought for 4-H

hunt, cookie/ornament-making stations, photo backdrops
and reading corner. $5. Proceeds benefit local and world
missions. To schedule a visit, contact Lee Ann Williamson,
816-769-2050.

Shooting Sports program Thursday, Jan. 3

Interest meeting set
for Jan. 3 in Lowndes Co.
BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com
program focuses on safety, ethics,
risk management, youth develop-
ment and proper hands-on training
techniques. The curriculum aims
to inspire lifetime participation
in recreation, hobbies and even
careers related to shooting sports
sion office at 485 Tom Rose Road
in Columbus. The facility is located
near the junction of Highway 82
and Highway 45 South, next to a
new multi-purpose arena being
erected off Highway 82.
“Volunteer leaders teach many
Exhibit reception — The Columbus Arts Council
hosts a free reception from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Rosenz-
weig Arts Center, 501 Main St., opening an exhibit of
quilting by Karen Arzamendi in the main gallery. ArtReach
program artwork will be displayed in Artist Alley. For
information, visit columbus-arts.org or call 662-328-2787
(closed Mondays).
Friday, Jan. 11
Pageant night — The Miss Starkville/Red Hills/

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Golden Triangle pageant begins at 6 p.m. at Starkville
rganizers of and wildlife. skills and life lessons and form High School, an official preliminary to the Miss Mississippi
the 4-H Shoot- Participating 4-H members lifelong relationships with 4-H’ers,” pageant. For information, contact Angella Baker, 662-617-
ing Sports 3239 or email marb2006@bellsouth.net.
choose between shotgun, rifle, said Nevins. “Being a volunteer
program know there air rifle, pistol, air pistol, hunting, has just as much impact on the
is more than one way muzzleloader or archery for a volunteer leader as it does on the Friday, Jan. 18
to instill life lessons. shooting discipline and become 4-H youth.” Memphis Jones — The Columbus Arts Council
That’s why 4-H is well educated about their project. Volunteers must be at least 21 presents Memphis Jones & The City Limits from BB King’s
calling for more Throughout the year, they can years of age and complete the Mis- Blues Club at 7:30 p.m. in the Rosenzweig Arts Center
volunteer leaders Nevins Omnova Theater, 501 Main St.. Advance tickets for CAC
participate in competitions on the sissippi volunteer enrollment pro- members are $15 or $17 at the door. Non-members,
to help youth learn local, state and potentially national cess, which includes a background $20/$22. Get tickets at columbus-arts.org or call 662-
responsibility, sportsmanship, level. check, application and training 328-2787 (closed Mondays).
self-discipline and other qualities Extension Agent III Reid Nevins video. A certified instructor train-
critical to becoming productive encourages anyone interested in ing is scheduled for Saturday, Jan.
citizens. Shooting sports is a learning more about becoming 19, 2019, in West Point. Monday, Jan. 21
means volunteers and 4-H profes- a volunteer leader to attend an Contact the Extension office at Day of Giving — Following a breakfast, volunteers
will distribute school supplies to teachers to help finish
sionals utilize to keep young people informational meeting set for 5:30 662-328-2111 for information about the school year, sponsored by Visit Columbus, City of
engaged while teaching valuable p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, at the the program and volunteer devel- Columbus, United Way of Lowndes County and The W. For
life skills. The certified training Mississippi State University Exten- opment. information, call 662-329-1191 or 800-327-2686.

Larson, Graham to be recognized

at HEADWAE program
MUW UNIVERSITY
RELATIONS

D
ee Larson, interim
chair of Mississip-
pi University for
Women’s business depart-
ment, and Demyia (Myia)
Graham, a student in
sciences and mathemat-
ics, will be recognized at
the Higher Education Ap-
preciation Day, Working
for Academic Excellence
(HEADWAE) Tuesday,
Feb. 26.
One student and facul-
ty member are selected
from each of Mississippi’s
four public and private
universities and colleges
and are honored at the
ceremony.
Larson has been
selected as the business
and professional studies
faculty member of the
year numerous times.
She also serves on the
Curriculum Assessment
and Design Commit-
tee and the University
Curriculum Council, both
of which she is currently
chairing. She serves as
a mentor to students and
faculty alike. Larson is
also known for going
above and beyond her
regular duties to ensure
her students’ success.
“Dr. Larson, professor
of marketing and man-
agement, is well respect-
ed both among her col-
leagues and students for
her exceptional teaching
and advising,” said Marty
Brock, interim dean of
the College of Business
Courtesy photo
Dee Larson
and Professional Studies.
“She has an enthusiasm
for her subject area that
is always evident wheth-
er in the classroom or
online.”
Graham is a biology
major, and a member of
The W’s Honors Pro-
gram. She is known for
her “positive presence”
in the classroom. Gra-
ham excels in all of her
classes, including several
notably difficult, upper
level science classes.
She is a member of the
Writer’s Forum and the
MUW History Club. She
is also a member of the
National Organization for
Women, as well as The
W’s mental health orga-
nization, Active Minds.
Graham is extensively
involved in the commu-
nity as well, serving as
a teacher’s assistant at
Boys & Girls Club of
Columbus/Lowndes
County.
Courtesy photo
Myia Graham
“She has an excellent
academic record in a
demanding major,” stated
the nomination from
science and mathemat-
ics professors. “She has
served MUW and her
community tirelessly in a
myriad of organizations
and service aspects.
In our opinion, Myia
embodies the spirit of our
university.”
The honorees will
begin the day with a visit
to the State Capitol where
they will be welcomed by
Gov. Phil Bryant, recog-
nized by the Senate and
the House of Represen-
tatives and given a tour
of the Capitol followed by
the awards luncheon.
HEADWAE was estab-
lished by legislative reso-
lution to honor individual
academic achievement
and the overall contribu-
tion of the state’s public
and private institutions of
higher learning.

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Gifts remembered
SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH
Editor’s note: The following
Christmas remembrance was
shared by retired New Hope
Elementary School teacher Pam
Stratton of Columbus.
calling God had placed on his
life. That, however, did not yield
much pay. We lived in a small,
two-bedroom trailer on the
farm of an elderly couple who
pastored the church we attend-
ed. We had very little food, with
the exception of an abundance
By Christmas Eve she had col-
lected three books of stamps,
giving her enough to get one
toy each for my brothers and
me. That night, after tucking
all three of us into bed, Mom
wrapped the three gifts and
placed them under the tree.
The man explained that the
Lord had told him to bring the
gifts, and even told him what to
bring. After the man left, Mom
and Dad quietly placed the
packages under the tree.
We woke early on Christmas
morning to the smell of fried
cherish fondly.
Many Christmases have
come and gone, and my
stuffed dog has long since
gone to “toy heaven,” but no
gift that I’ve ever received
has made more of an impres-
sion on me. Only God knew

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ur family of oatmeal, which we ate daily. Before drifting off to sleep, I oatmeal, which was served my heart and exactly what
Christ- A nearby dairy farmer brought looked up at the stars through much like pancakes, and was would touch it. Through the
mases us milk and cream. Mom the window to see if I could a delicacy to us. We dashed years I’ve heard Dad speak of
have always been churned the cream into butter spot the star that shined over into the living room where that special Christmas in his
special to me, but by shaking it in a large jar. We the stable where Christ was we were presented with our messages, reminding me that
one particular occasionally had other things born. I listened intently to try gifts. I noticed that my gift, everything is in God’s hands.
Christmas has to eat other than oatmeal, but and hear the angels singing, being taller than me, was the Only God knows everyone’s
always come to not very often. just like they did the night largest of all. As I climbed onto hearts, and what it takes to
the forefront of Stratton Our entertainment was Christ was born. I drifted off a stool to peer into the top of touch them. He knows exactly
my memory as singing along as Dad played to sleep, imagining that I could the box, my eyes widened with what we need and the perfect
being the best Christmas ever. the guitar, and Mom played hear them in the distance. amazement when I saw a huge, timing for it.
While still quite young, my the accordion. As Christmas During the night, as we chil- white, fluffy, stuffed dog. I Still, on Christmas, I look
parents had only three children approached we delighted in dren slept, a man knocked on remember the excitement I felt to the sky with eager antici-
at the time. I was the only girl singing many songs about the the door and asked our parents as I took the dog from the box pation of spotting that special
(4), with one older brother (6) glorious birth of Christ. With to walk to his car. The man was and wrapped my arms around star, while standing quietly,
and one younger brother (3). fascination we learned about not a complete stranger, but it. The divinely inspired gifts per chance I may hear the
Although we children never Jesus, and that Christmas is a Mom and Dad didn’t know him my brothers and I received angels singing of the birth
knew this at the time, our celebration of His birth. personally. Dad accompanied were the exact things we had of Christ. The story of the
family was the poorest we’d Mom collected green the man to his car, and in the wanted. No one but God knew Nativity is embedded within
ever been. Dad was often on the stamps so that she could get trunk were three gifts — one that. Memories of that Christ- my heart as well as the true
evangelistic field, following the each of us a gift for Christmas. each for my brothers and me. mas are ones that I will always reason for celebration.

MSU, Habitat for Humanity dedicate 10th Maroon Edition home

MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC but the build was in a for 10 Habitat partner lege students.”
AFFAIRS different area than the families. This year’s MSU’s Maroon Volun-
current Sunset location, Maroon Edition book teer Center works with

A
s a decade-long
tradition continues,
a local mother has
a new home for starting
her own holiday tradi-
tions, thanks to a partner-
ship between Mississippi
State University and
Starkville Area Habitat
for Humanity.
The 10th Maroon
Edition home, dedicated
Monday, has had vol-
unteers from MSU and
Habitat for Humanity
building a new living
space for Lou’Quan
Lucious and her three
children. The fall semes-
ter project was completed
for the family just in time
for Christmas.
“I’m very excited,” Lu-
cious said. “This is really
for my kids.”
MSU President Mark
E. Keenum has driven
the ceremonial first nail
for every Maroon Edition
home, a project he said is
so she elected to put off
being a homeowner until
this year to be closer
to family. Last fall, she
worked on the Maroon
Edition home being built
for her friend, Habitat
partner Kareema Gillon.
This fall, after her third
child was born, she made
time to work on her home
while balancing family
and work demands.
“Right now, I have two
Photo by Megan Bean jobs, so when I couldn’t
Dot Livingston, left, presents a T-shirt quilt, represent-
come in the daytime,
ing the Mississippi State students and student organi- they would let me come
zations that worked on the 10th Maroon Edition Habitat at night and would leave
for Humanity home, to new homeowner Lou’Quan
Lucious Dec. 17.
stuff out for me to do,”
Lucious said.
The Maroon Edition
a great source of pride. love that went into build-
During Monday’s cere- ing your home,” Keenum program was initiated
mony, Keenum presented said. by MSU’s Office of the
Lucious with a family The new home is Provost in 2009 and has
Bible. providing a better envi- since brought students
“Your home is a shin- ronment for Lucious, a together annually around
ing beacon right here in supervisor at McDon- a common reading
this neighborhood of all ald’s, and her children. experience, while uniting
the hard work that went She applied with Habitat more than 3,600 volun-
into this, but also of the and was selected in 2017, teers to build new homes
was “Calico Joe” by MSU
alumnus and bestselling
author John Grisham.
The first Maroon Edition
book also was a Grisham
novel, “A Painted House,”
which inspired the Hab-
itat partnership for the
program.
Starkville Area Hab-
itat for Humanity has
provided more than 60
homes to local families.
Several of these homes
are located in the Sunset
neighborhood.
“This is a special part-
nership with Mississippi
State,” Starkville Area
Habitat for Humanity
Executive Director Joel
Downey said. “We rely
on the community a lot
for raising funds to build
houses. A lot of people
come out as volunteers
that are not associated
with Mississippi State,
but the majority of our
workers, by far, are col-
Habitat for Humanity
to coordinate volunteer
opportunities for the stu-
dents, faculty and staff
who help build the home.
“This is more than
community service — it
is meaningful engage-
ment,” MSU Interim
Director of Student Lead-
ership and Community
Engagement Meggan
Franks said. “It allows
the students to learn
about the community
they will be in for four
or more years, to build
relationships with people
they might otherwise
not meet as a student,
and to develop skills
that they can use to help
lead the communities of
tomorrow. We appreciate
this partnership, and I’m
looking forward to the
next decade with our
Maroon Edition Habitat
for Humanity homes.”

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: My
daughter is 40
years old and a
lousy conversationalist.
She will answer ques-
tions, but her conver-
sation always turns to
herself and her narrow,
specific interests. She
never asks me (or oth-
ers) about ourselves,
and when she starts
talking about herself,
there’s no stopping
her. She seems to
need to dominate every Dear Abby
conversation.
She has always
been this way, and I think it’s partly
because she’s anxious. She was
bullied as a child, and I think that
contributes as well. When she was
little, her dad and I talked about it,
but he’s very hands- most helpful thing you could say, are typically no more than 10 or 15 many years has an offensive eating
off and didn’t want to IF SHE ASKS for advice, would be feet away. If they wanted him to go habit. When finishing his meal, he
address it. Because that she needs unbiased guidance, outside, they would open the door takes the plate or bowl, puts it to
of that, her style never which she can find by scheduling for him. Thanks! — CONCERNED his mouth as one would a drinking
changed, and I now some time with a licensed mental PARENT OF A TODDLER glass, and shovels the remains into
think we made a mis- health professional. DEAR PARENT: As requested, I’m his mouth. As he does it he makes
take. Can you suggest DEAR ABBY: Will you please ask printing your letter. However, when little sucking movements with his
a way I could help her, your readers NOT to open doors parents take small children shop- lips like an animal lapping food from
even now, to become for toddlers? Since I became a ping, they should be extra careful a bowl. I find it revolting, but how
better at conversation? parent and my son has learned to about keeping them close and in can I address it without offending
— SMOOTH TALKER IN walk, I have been amazed at how their line of sight. Another concern him? — ANNOYED IN ALBUQUER-
CALIFORNIA many people will open the door in is, toddlers have been known to QUE
DEAR TALKER: a store or supermarket to let him destroy displays of cans, bottles DEAR ANNOYED: Offending HIM?
You are well-meaning, outside. I guarantee you, my son is and boxes, and get underfoot, which Try this: Say it in PLAIN ENGLISH!
but there is little you safer inside the store than alone creates a hazard for other shoppers. (Or just feed him sandwiches.)
can do to turn your and unsupervised outside. While he It isn’t always a “helpful” shop-
daughter into a better may stand at the door wanting to go per who allows the little ones to Dear Abby is written by Abigail
conversationalist. From outside, he does not know what is exit. Sometimes the doors swing Van Buren, also known as Jeanne
your description, she may be deeply best for him, and chances are I’m open automatically. It might be safer Phillips, and was founded by her
insecure. However, until she realizes still inside the store. for all concerned if the little ones mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact
that her coping mechanism is driving Abby, please remind your readers are kept securely fastened in the Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or
others away, your suggestions will that although a child may be stand- cart or a stroller. P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA
be met with denial and ignored. The ing alone at the door, the parents DEAR ABBY: My husband of 90069.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.
23). You’re good to others, and
it comes back around. Passion
will be tempered by compan-
ionship, loyalty, understanding
and support. More points of
interest include an exclusive
arrangement you feel fortunate
to take advantage of, a differ-
ent mode of travel than you’re
used to and special clearance
of some kind. Leo and Taurus
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 9, 33, 1, 17 and 20.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). The unconventional
wisdom is that unconventional
wisdom doesn’t exist. If a thing
works, it works for many other
people, too. All you have to do
is dig around a bit to see who
else is using it.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). Come up with a name
for the feeling you’re having
— something all yours, to
encompass both the sweeping
scope and the minute specific-
ity of the emotion. It will help
you move through or use the
feeling to good effect.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
There are different definitions
for the word pride, some
focusing on a feeling of self-re-
spect and worthiness and
others focusing on a feeling of
superiority and conceit. Pride
is a precarious matter. Go
cautiously in its expression.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
A return to merriness will have
to do with letting go of a few
things, especially things that
won’t matter in a week or even
tomorrow. Clinging tightly to
things that will inevitably pass
can only lead to misery.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Go
on and make your rules, and
then try to follow them. One a
day is enough at first. Estab-
lish habits. Paradoxically, the
more disciplined you are the
freer you’ll be.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Every day, you tolerate people
who have different values,
styles and preferences. Usual-
ly, it’s not a problem, but it still
takes self-control to live and
let live, which is why it could be
very relaxing to just stay home
today.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
To be correct and to have the
approval of those who recog-
nize this can be a very stable
sort of feeling, but it’s even
more stabilizing to know that
whether or not you’re correct
and accepted, you’re just fine.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). The attempt to achieve
security is silly, really — con-
sidering we live in the time-
span of a blink on a spinning
sphere hurtling through a vast
universe. Yet you probably
feel you need a little certainty
today, and you’ll get it, too.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). In the past, you were
punished for joy out of bounds.
Now you restrict yourself need-
lessly. The biggest obstacle to
your happiness is the simple
fact that you’re not allowing it.
So give yourself permission.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Questions open options
and keep you in loops of
thought, but thinking doesn’t
always bring more clarity.
Today it’s better to go another
route: Stop asking and start
accepting.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). It takes a strong person
to acknowledge human vul-
nerabilities. A weaker person
puffs up to compensate for
limitations shared by most
others on the planet. How
unnecessary.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Some relationships are so
transactional it doesn’t matter
who is on the other end; it
could be a robot or a unicorn
and make no difference. But
there are intangible things your
loved one does that can’t be
duplicated by anyone.
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Transitions: Club note

Area Weddings,
Engagements
and Anniversaries

Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

Sunday’s answer
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School News
Beard makes President’s List
Jami Beard of Columbus was
among several students who
Weston James Nichols and Haley Marie Frias made the President’s List for
the Fall 2018 semester at North-
west Mississippi Community
College.
The President’s List includes
Phi Theta Kappa is the inter- Laura Newell James;
national honor society for the Columbus: Lauren Rene
two-year college. Its hallmarks Cole, Destiny Kiara King, Kaiya
are leadership, scholarship, S. Palmer, Ardrianna Shar-
fellowship and service. Mem- dae Rice, Kelsi Nicole Speed,
bers are afforded opportunities Savannah R. Baker and Jessica
for personal and professional
Sunday’s Cryptoquote:
growth and to provide service
Marquette Houston;
Steens: Carley Paige Belue

Frias/Nichols students completing a minimum

of 12 semester hours with a 3.75
to 4.0 grade point average.
to the community and society
at large.
and Caitlyn Brooke Morrison;
Macon: Abigail Augusta
Colvin;
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Frias of Georgetown, Texas, ICC honors Starkville: Alexis Sharnee
announce the engagement of their daughter, Haley Area students were among Glass; and
Marie Frias, to Weston James Nichols of Universal
Wilson on VP List those named to the 2018 Fall Se- West Point: Adeline Faith
Jesse Wilson of Steens was McDonald, Re’Erica L. Tumblin
City, Texas, son of retired United States Air Force mester’s President’s and Dean’s
among students who made the and Alexis Danielle Hannah.
Col. and Mrs. William Nichols of Universal City. List for Itawamba Community
Vice President’s List for the
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Ruben College.
Fall 2018 semester at North- President’s List scholars
and Connie Barrera and Mary Barrera, all of George- west Mississippi Community who have a grade point average
ICC graduates
town, and Mrs. Susanna Frias and the late Mr. John College. Area students were among
Frias of Georgetown. between 3.8-4.0 include:
The Vice President’s List those who earned Associate of
She is a graduate of Georgetown High School. She Caledonia: Audrey N. Net-
includes students completing a Arts or Associate of Applied
earned a bachelor’s degree in 2017 and a master’s tles, Jessica Nicole Reeves and
minimum of 12 semester hours Kelsey Marie Wade; Science degrees or certificates
degree in 2018 from the University of the Incarnate with a 3.50 to 3.74 average. at the conclusion of the 2018 fall
Columbus; Taylor E. John-
Word in San Antonio, Texas. semester at Itawamba Commu-
son, Bryan Keith Vogel and
She is currently employed as an IT auditor in San Phi Theta Kappa inductions nity College. They include:
Macey Elizabeth Pennington;
Antonio. Helen Leonard of West Point Caledonia: Laura James (cer-
Steens: Victoria Faith
The prospective groom is the grandson of Mr. and was recently inducted into the Miley; tificate) and Katelyn Keltner
Mrs. Steve Cockerham of Columbus, and Mr. and Beta Tau Sigma chapter of Starkville: Jastacheya M. (A.A.)
Mrs. Bill Nichols of Bossier City, Louisiana. Phi Theat Kappa at Itawamba Wright; and Columbus: Bethany Gore
He is a graduate of Grafton High School in York- Coummunity College-Tupelo West Point: Helen Simmone (certificate, A.A.S.), Jessica
town, Virginia, and a 2018 graduate of Mississippi Campus. Leonard. Houston (certificate) and Jamel
State University, where he received a bachelor’s Caleb Comer and Spencer Dean’s List scholars who Thomas (A.A.)
degree in kinesiology. Unruh, both of Caledonia, were have a grade point average be- Macon: Kalmorris Robinson
He is entering active duty as a United States Army inducted into the Upsilon Sigma tween 3.5 and 3.79 include: (A.A.)
officer in January 2019. chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Caledonia: Caleb James Starkville: Jazmine Johnson
The couple will exchange vows at noon Jan. 5, at Itawama Community Col- Comer, Durley Lane Stockman, (A.A.) and Xaviera Spencer
2019, at First Baptist Church of San Antonio. lege-Fulton Campus. Spencer Austin Unruh and (A.A.).

MONDAY’s puzzles ACROSS

1 Corn cover
The Dispatch will not publish a Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, newspaper, due to the holiday. 5 Dancer or Prancer
9 North Pole boss
The Jumble, Word Warp, Crossword, Sudoku and Cryptquote puzzles that would have 10 North Pole
appeared in that edition are printed below. workers
12 Alan of “Argo”
13 Nearby
14 Yuletide sea-
soning
16 “— it snow...”
17 Gaggle sound
18 Yuletide sea-
soning
21 Plus
22 Some bees
23 Yuletide entree
24 Assurances
26 “Deck the Halls” Sunday’s answer
syllables
Sunday’s Cryptoquote: 29 Yuletide sea- 2 Mean 26 Feeling friend-
soning 3 Adhere less
30 Letter after theta 4 “Citizen —” 27 Makes amends
31 Make a choice 5 Christmas mo. 28 Wise men
32 Yuletide drink 6 Building wing 29 Yuletide
34 Long stories 7 Change over time 30 Snow house
37 Graff of “Mr. 8 Views anew 33 Main idea
Belvedere” 9 Malia’s sister 35 Swindle
38 “Vive —!” 11 Hardens 36 Take a load off
39 Shoe parts 15 Dickens miser
40 Tenant’s fee 19 Defeat
41 Stocking stuffers 20 Wallet bill
Sunday’s 22 Medicine amount
DOWN 23 Workout site
1 Talk incessantly 24 Late meal
about 25 Apparel

sudoku Sunday’s Answer

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on a 9x9 grid with sev-

eral given numbers. The 7 8 2 4 3 6 1 5 9
object is to place the 9 3 1 7 5 4 6 2 8
numbers 1 to 9 in the
empty squares so that 4 5 8 2 6 3 9 1 7
each row, each column 2 7 6 9 8 1 5 4 3
and each 3x3 box con-
tains the same number 1 4 3 8 7 5 2 9 6
only once. The difficul-
ty level increases from 6 2 7 3 1 9 4 8 5
Monday to Sunday. 8 9 5 6 4 2 3 7 1 WHATZIT ANSWER
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IN the garden with Felder

A look back at fun and foibles of the past gardening year

T
ime to ’fess up
about 2018’s gar-
den foibles and
failures. I’ve had ’em.
Some garden experts
opine that it’s best to
always be positive. But
as much as I’d like to
gloss over how garden-
ing isn’t always rosy, I’d
rather maintain cred-
ibility with folks who
know better. So here Felder Rushing
are some highlights of
the low points.
This past year I did see incred-
ible gardens all over the world,
learned much at top notch garden
shows, and met some great people
— including right here in our own
backyards. I helped honor the
passing of the Gardens Clubs of
Mississippi’s delightful longtime
wildflower champion Hall Jo Ellis
by sharing wildflower seeds with
hundreds of other admirers. I re-
main the host of the most laid-back, great-grandmother’s bulbs which
longest-running garden party in
the country every week on NPR’s
Mississippi Public Broadcasting.
Oh, and your truly unique home- dear friend offered to make home-
town newspaper started running
my garden columns. Being from a
bustling Delta village where pomp
is less important than politeness,
I’m grateful to be put in touch with
real gardeners who write to share
anecdotes and offer corrections
when I flub something.
And I’m cheekily
proud of my newest
bottle tree, tallest in the
state. When workers
carved up an old cedar
that was tangling my
power lines, I got them
to stub back the limbs
and drill foot-long metal
rods into each, onto
which I stuck colorful
bottles and topped it
all with a bowling ball.
Want to see it lit up for
the holidays? Check it
out on my blog.
But I failed at some stuff, too.
My hostas withered, and a trea-
sured new camellia died from be-
ing planted in a low, wet spot. I had
to bite the bullet, replacing a huge
new crape myrtle with another
flowering tree to head off dealing
with the inevitable infestation of
incurable bark scale.
I never got around to moving my
are being shaded out by maturing
trees. Grasshoppers ate the tops
out of half my broccoli, and when a
made soup, she discovered that I’d
rather hide my kale to preserve its
garden beauty than help chop it
into a cookpot.
But I added more this fall by
building a small raised bed, only
a couple of feet wide but wrapped
halfway around a new fig tree. I
figure the fig will take a year or two
to start filling in and shading the
area, so why not temporarily put
the compost-rich dirt I dug around
it to good use? After adding a facer
board on top of the box to make it
look neat I painted it teal and lined
the outer edge with wine bottles
because why not?
And it has produced the most
amazing mesclun salads, a steady
bounty of red, green, flat and frilly
lettuces plus mustard, kale and
a couple of broccoli and cabbage
plants — with little watering and
no spraying. And because it’s
homegrown, I know whether or
not whoever picks it washed their
hands first (I didn’t).
Next month I’ll cut the new fig
tree back to a foot or so, to make it
branch out with low, sturdy trunks,
and every winter after that I’ll cut
all the new growth back to a couple
of feet so the bush will stay com-
pact and fruitful, and picking will
be easier for the rest of my life.
If I could indulge in personal
garden wishes, it’d be for more suc-
cess with tomatoes, less fuss with
weeds. But in case I only have one,
here’s hoping we all have a great
new gardening year.
Felder Rushing is a Mississippi
Felder Rushing/Courtesy photo
author, columnist, and host of the This small raised bed garden (lined with wine bottles
“Gestalt Gardener” on MPB Think because, why not?) is just one feature Felder Rush-
Radio. Email gardening questions to ing added to his garden this year. It produces a tasty
rushingfelder@yahoo.com. winter salad.

Architecture students seek to honor the past and educate with Asylum Hill Project
MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC holds an MSU bachelor’s
AFFAIRS degree in architecture
and minor in philosophy.

T
he discovery of
more than 7,000
coffins over the
past few years at the for-
mer site of a state-owned
lunatic asylum has put
Mississippi State Univer-
sity School of Architec-
ture students to work.
These students have
created designs for a new
facility at the centu-
ries-old, 20-acre ceme-
tery plot, located on the
University of Mississippi
Medical Center campus
to be used for preserva-
tion, study and remem-
brance of patients who
died at the Mississippi
State Lunatic Asylum
from 1855-1935.
Part of Associate Pro-
fessor Alexis Gregory’s
architecture design stu-
dio course, the Asylum
Hill Project challenged
her students to use their
research and site analysis
skills in developing de-
signs for a building with
a research center, where
faculty from MSU’s De-
partment of Anthropol-
ogy and Middle Eastern
Cultures can study the
human remains exhumed
from the asylum cem-
etery. Other features
include a visitor’s center
where the public can
learn about mental illness
and the asylum’s history,
and possibly help identify
remains.
An indoor or outdoor
memorial to honor the
deceased patients and
provide a space of reflec-
tion for families is also
included.
“The lunatic asylum
operated from 1855-1935
and recently was brought
back to the public con-
sciousness,” Gregory
said. “Mississippi State
University Anthropology
Associate Professor Dr.
Molly Zuckerman is part
of the Asylum Hill Re-
search Consortium that
was formed to determine
what to do with the bod-
ies that are still buried
in the cemetery, and the
design ideas that the
students devised can help
Mississippi State senior architecture major Maria I. Ory of Destrehan, Louisiana, presents a site plan she created
for the Asylum Hill Project in Associate Professor Alexis Gregory’s architecture design studio course. Her pro-
posed design featured a research center, visitor center and memorial space to honor and preserve the remains
of Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum patients whose coffins were discovered in a 20-acre cemetery on the Univer-
sity of Mississippi Medical Center campus in Jackson.
inform that decision.”
Throughout the
design process, students
conducted research on
mental illness, visitor
centers, cemeteries and
memorials, as well as
building codes, zoning,
accessibility and egress
to generate ideas for pos-
sible program and spatial
requirements for each
of the building’s three
components. Students
also met with Zuckerman
and toured facilities at
MSU’s Lois Dowdle Cobb
Institute of Archaeology
to better understand the
anthropologists’ research
needs.
Additionally, Grego-
ry’s class participated in
a site visit to Jackson and
met with Ralph Didlake,
UMMC associate vice
chancellor for academic
affairs and chief academ-
ic officer who also serves
as director of UMMC’s
Center for Bioethics and
Medical Humanities. Did-
lake recently attended
the students’ final presen-
tations on the Starkville
campus.
Functional and
inspirational
Senior architecture
major Maria I. Ory of
Destrehan, Louisiana,
said the memorial served
as the focal point of her
building design. Lead-
ing up to the memorial
would be a long pathway
inspired by her research
on the National Memori-
al for Peace and Justice
in Montgomery, Ala-
bama.
“Dr. Didlake said
UMMC wanted a medici-
nal garden, so I included
that along the pathway,”
she said. “I really wanted
to show respect for the
lives that were lost at this
site, so I also have a big
reflecting pool approach-
ing the memorial.”
In her renderings
of the proposed visitor
center, Ory envisioned
a versatile and comfort-
able space where family
members could visit with
researchers to find out
more about loved ones
who may have been treat-
ed at the asylum.
For the research cen-
ter, Ory suggested use of
black concrete to “con-
trast with the other two
buildings and show the
remains more respect.”
Didlake said he
enjoyed his first visit to
MSU’s School of Archi-
tecture, where he saw
“a lot of creativity from
strong students.”
“There’s no small
emotional component to
Photo by Logan Kirkland
this project, and they got
that,” he said. “There
are things we’ve thought
about that the students
have validated for us as
conceptually possible.
The hospitality and input
of the faculty also has
been great.”
Didlake was accom-
panied by other UMMC
leaders and staff,
including center archi-
tect Laura Taylor, who
She too was impressed
with the intricacy of
ideas presented, but also
advised the students to
be selective throughout
the design process.
“You’ve got your
whole career to use all
of your good ideas, so
think about the ones you
really want this project
to include,” she said. “It
takes discipline to let go
of a good idea, but that’s
something you’ll have to
do when you get out and
practice.”
Anna Osterholtz,
assistant professor in
MSU’s Department
of Anthropology and
Middle Eastern Cultures,
also offered words of
praise for the students’
efforts. She said their
projects incorporated
features that “were not
overt, but helped you feel
better in the space.”
“It’s interesting to see
the ‘functional’ meet with
the ‘inspirational.’ There
are some very specific
logistical things about
security and respect
for the remains that the
students had to keep in
mind, in addition to sym-
bolism and how people
would use and interact
with the space,” she said.
“I’ve been really im-
pressed with the amount
of detail and work that all
of the students have put
into the process. It’s very
cool stuff.”

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Friendship
Continued from Page 1C
In the end, the endeavor
involved multiple businesses
(including Cobos, Deep South
Pout, George Marys, Klara
Haloho, LA Green, Libby
Story and Reeds) and models
from the MSU Fashion Board,
Starkville High, Starkville
Academy and Armstrong Mid-
dle School. A small army of
volunteers from the Leo Club
and National Honor Society
pitched in to sell tickets, set
up and take down. Jian also
arranged for Miss Riverbend,
Sydney Slocum, to make
remarks. Slocum’s platform in
Miss Mississippi competition
has focused on possibilities for
those with disabilities.
In fewer than six weeks
from idea to show time, Jian
and company developed a
viable community event that
raised right at $1,000 for the
nonprofit Down Syndrome
Society through sales of $5
tickets, plus a raffle and dona-
tion box at the show.
■■■
For all the hours invested
in preparation, event night was
nerve-racking, Jian admit-
ted — especially as the 150
chairs set up for patrons began
filling.
“I was so extremely
stressed out because I felt like
I had spread myself very, very
thin,” the senior laughed. “I
was running back and forth,
with a million things going
through my mind, wanting
to make sure everything was
ready to go.”
She needn’t have worried so
much.
“It was a very fun event,”
said Orly Hardin, who watched
her son beam and wave to the
crowd when he was introduced
by Jian at the show. “He knew
a lot of the models, and he
was thrilled to be there to see
them.
“I think what is so remark-
able about this class is he has
been with a certain group
since kindergarten, and they
have stayed together and
taken good care of him. His
kindergarten teacher charged
them with taking care of Owen
the entire time they’ve been
in school together, and they
have.”
Jian’s mother said, “Hannah
has always mentioned that
Owen is a great schoolmate.
I’m very glad to see her grow
up and be concerned for
others. She is oriented to help
other people and give back to
the community.”
Jian stressed that the fund-
raiser would not have been
possible without the support of
the Leo Club, National Honor
Society, models, vendors,
MSU Fashion Board and many
others. She’s proud of what
was accomplished and knows
that honing her time manage-
ment and leadership skills
through the endeavor will help
her as she heads to college,
where she plans to focus on
business and marketing.
For now, Jian and Hardin
are enjoying Christmas break.
When the seniors return to
Starkville High in January,
their thoughts will turn toward
graduation, something they
both look forward to. For a few
more months, however, the
Class of 2019 will be together,
with Hardin an important part
of the circle.
“He’s a real uniting force for
all of us,” Jian said. “So many
students in our class maintain
a friendship with Owen. The Photos by Abbi Oswalt
amount of care and love we Harper Ford, a student at Armstrong Middle School, and Jason
have for him is something that Roberson, who attends Starkville High School, were among almost
connects us all.” three dozen models participating in the Dec. 11 benefit style show.

MSU’s must-see museums and galleries: an experience for all ages

MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC The library also is that help visitors visualize exhibits about Mississip- Extension Arthropod the breadth of collec-
AFFAIRS where patrons can ex- and understand the 4.6 pi’s geologic history. Mu- Zoo. Featured are insects, tions and current events
plore the Charles H. Tem- billion-year history of seum tours, presentations millipedes, centipedes, or to see any of MSU’s

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rom rare rocks and
antique clocks to
self-playing instru-
ments and eye-opening
insects, Mississippi
State’s museums and
galleries have something
for everyone.
Curious visitors and
serious researchers can
investigate the more
than 20 museums and
collections highlighting
different disciplines in
the sciences, arts and hu-
manities. Many of these
are free and open to the
public year-round.
“Our galleries and
collections bring 15,000
to 18,000 people to cam-
pus each year, including
school-aged children,
researchers, university
students and faculty,
and families,” said Amy
Moe-Hoffman, chair of
MSU’s museums and
galleries committee who
also serves as an instruc-
tor in the university’s De-
partment of Geosciences.
“We are very proud of our
museums and galleries’
contributions to educa-
tion and outreach, and we
are continually working
to increase our impact
and further support the
mission of the university.”
Located at Cullis Wade
Depot is the Cullis and
Gladys Wade Clock Mu-
seum, where more than
400 clocks and watches
dating back to the 1700s
are exhibited year-round.
The collection belonged
to MSU electrical engi-
neering alumnus and
renowned antique clock
collector, the late Charles
Cullis Wade of Newton,
and his late wife, Gladys
Valentine Wade of Laurel.
While most are original
productions, several
clocks were customized
by Cullis Wade with
hand-painted glass
designs, and a number of
French clocks and several
English and German
pieces are featured.
Making MSU a leading
destination for research
on the Civil War, Recon-
struction and the nation’s
16th and 18th presidents,
the Ulysses S. Grant
Presidential Library and
the Frank and Virginia
Williams Collection of
Lincolniana are housed
in Mitchell Memorial
Library. In November
2017, MSU Libraries
celebrated the opening
of the state-of-the-art
museum chronicling
Grant and Lincoln’s lives
through correspondence,
photographs, paintings,
engravings, statues
and other artifacts and
ephemera.
pleton Sr. Music Muse- planet Earth. Public dis- and fossil excursions tarantulas, spiders, museums and galleries,
um, a collection that was plays include such spec- can be arranged, along scorpions and a variety call 662-325-1053, visit
donated to MSU nearly imens as a Triceratops with use of specimens for of other local and exotic museums.msstate.edu
30 years ago by the late skull cast, Cretaceous research purposes. arthropods as part of a or follow the Mississippi
Starkville businessman. crocodile skull, minerals Other impressive walk-through or guided State University Muse-
Highlighting the industry from around the world, specimen collections tour. ums and Galleries on
when ragtime dominated and recent donations and include those at the MSU To learn more about Facebook.
popular American music,
the collection tells the sto-
ry of the “business of mu-
sic” through more than
22,000 pieces of sheet mu-
sic, 200 self-playing mu-
sical instruments, 15,000
recordings and unique
musical memorabilia
from the 1880s-1930s.
Tools to anthropods
The Cully A. Cobb An-
tique Tool Museum, main-
tained by the College of
Forest Resources, is an-
other must-see collection.
The museum serves as a
showplace for more than
350 antique tools, axes,
saws, hammers, drills
and chisels that can be
viewed by appointment.
MSU’s museums and
galleries committee also
hosts a number of fun,
collaborative events each
year to raise awareness
of the resources avail-
able to the university
and local communities.
“Science Night at the
Museum” draws all ages
to the university’s Lois
Dowdle Cobb Museum
of Archaeology and the
Dunn-Seiler Museum.
Participants can observe
scientific demonstrations
in a variety of disciplines,
including anthropology,
archaeology, art, astron-
omy, biology, chemistry,
meteorology, physics and
veterinary science.
“I love seeing people of
all ages get excited about
science while learning
more about the impor-
tance of the collections on
campus,” Moe-Hoffman
said.
Objects in the Cobb
Museum of Archaeology
are a must-see for the
avid archaeologist, educa-
tor or curious patron in-
terested in learning more
about the ancient Middle
East and southeastern
U.S. Located on Lee
Boulevard, the museum
houses a significant col-
lection of casts of ancient
Near Eastern sculptures
and panels that were do-
nated by the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New
York City. Among these
are replicas of the Code of
Hammurabi, the Moabite
Stone, the Black Obelisk
of Shalmanezer III and
the Rosetta Stone.
With collections dating
to the late 1800s, the
Dunn-Seiler Museum
houses extensive mineral,
rock and fossil collections
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FIRST CHRISTMAS
Columbus’ First Baptist Church presented an interactive recreation of Bethlehem the weekend of Dec. 9, complete with the nativity,
village merchants and live animals. — Photos by Chris Jenkins/Special to The Dispatch

Mary Jane and Frank Brown

(In front) Will Free, Elena Rosal, Nolan Barnhill; (middle) Flynn Free, Adelyn Rosal, Presley Free, Joyanna Free;
Stan Glover (back) Lindsey and Isabella Rosal, Ashlin, Hilary and Adeline Free

Phyllis, Jeffrey, Sebastian and Daphne Ramirez Janessa, Wyatt and Wayne Schmidt

CHRISTMAS
EXTRAVAGANZA
Santa made a stop at
Emerson Family School’s
Christmas Extravaganza in
Starkville Dec. 13. — Pho-
tos by Alex Holloway/Dis-
patch Staff

Santa (Mike Goree) and Ella Jang Margaret Mason, Aaryn Reese, Katala Weaver, Acrissa Reese

Clemensia Evans, Labarret Washington Jr. Mallory and Greg Campbell Lacy Watson, Ojosh Bhushan, Jazmine Kelley, Cayden Walker
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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
CALVARY ASSEMBLY OF GOD — Lehmberg Rd. and
Bennett Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eric Crews, Pastor.
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 2201 Military Road.
Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Nursery
Church (2-3 yrs.) Super Church (children)10:30 a.m.
Worship 6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Nursery provided for all
services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-6374
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope Road.
Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., Jack
Medley, Pastor. 662-664-0852
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch McWilliams,
Pastor. 662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707 Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-
328-0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff
Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771 Hwy.
12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Kids for Christ 5 p.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children,
and Youth classes 7 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-
0541. Brad Creely, Minister of Music and Youth, 662-312-
LLC
8749. www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe Road,
Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Bible Study 4
p.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Bob
Burch, Pastor.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle Dr. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir
rehearsals and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6
p.m., Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim
Pastor. 662-328-6741
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW, Vernon,
Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
(6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Wil
Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Service and Children’s Church
10:30 a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul
Shaw, Pastor. 662-327-3771
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday School
8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6
p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490 Yorkville
Rd. East Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes 6:30
p.m. Matt Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music
Director. 662-327-5306
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844 Old West
Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Greg Upperman,
Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www.cornerstonestarkville.
com
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy. 50 W. (Hwy.
50 and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship
We unlock 10:30 a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by Discipleship
Training, Mission Friends and GAs 5 p.m., Sanctuary Choir
cars
6:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting, Youth Worship,
Preschool & Children’s Choirs 6:30 p.m. Bryon Benson,
Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben Christopher
p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
RESIDENTIAL FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924
FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621 Mike
Parra Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev.
Michael Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave.
N. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.
(Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus
Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday
5 p.m. Worship at 3000 Bluecutt Road, Midweek Prayer
Service Wednesday 6:00 p.m. located downtown. Dr.
Shawn Parker, Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40 Odom Rd.,
Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or 662-328-3183
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Charles Whitney, Pastor.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912 11th Ave.
S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy Burns. 662-
328-1096
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 278
East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m. Rev.
John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — Caledonia.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., AWANA
4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship 5 p.m.,
Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics Children’s
Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding, Pastor.
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner Street,
Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.;
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Pastor Larry W.
Yarber, or email ynyministry@yahoo.com, 662-769-4774
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training
5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jimmy
Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.,
Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver Clark,
Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628 East Tibbee
Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 a.m., 1st,
3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake Lowndes
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor. 662-328-
2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. Sunday
Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups for
all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 9297 Hwy.
69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and
6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway 50 E.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd. Sunday
Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin Edge,
Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe Rd., 3
miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday Evening - AWANA
4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth & Adult 5 p.m., Evening
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday - Adults, Youth & Children 6:30
p.m. 662-356-4940 www.newsalembaptistcaledonia.com
Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor.
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave. and
Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR M.B. CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, 405
Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 1st
2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263-7102
PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor High
Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor.
662-272-8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bill
Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Randy
Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852 Hwy.
12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 12859 Martin
Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible
Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-
329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST CHURCH —
4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Pastor. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. 662-327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 blocks east
of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship
10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104 Louisville St.,
Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St. Luke Lutheran
Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bert
Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH — Victory Loop
off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 6
p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Shelby Hazzard, Senior Pastor. Brad Wright, Director of
Student Ministries.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1118
7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nathaniel
Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy. 373.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130
SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957 Sunset Drive,
Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference Room, Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pastor
John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1853 Anderson
Grove Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. David O.
Williams, Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Kenny
Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd
& 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30
a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev.
Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, Activity
Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd, 4th &
5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-744-0561
BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess Lyons
Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert
Bowers, Pastor. 662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr. Worship
Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-434-6528
CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
— 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739, Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U.
Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand Road.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class
Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076.
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or 662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 7
a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert Church
Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry Johnson,
Interim Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr., Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East North
St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1207 5th
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Baptist
Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION M.B. CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 7
p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979
MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot #4.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville Ferry
Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every
Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells, Pastor.
MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport, Ala.
Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Pastor
Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week except 5th
Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th Sunday,
5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A. Gardner,
Pastor. 662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New Hope
Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224
OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor Thurston Rd.
Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., 5th Sunday 8
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m. Pastor Therman
Cunningham Sr., 662-328-5546
OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road, Crawford.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
Bible study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 1st
and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus Rehearsal - Wed. before
3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th
Sun. 6 p.m. Rev. Sammy L. White, Pastor.
PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH — 9203
Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible Study 7 p.m.
Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024
PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. A.
Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev.
Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213 Island Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev.
David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH — 4898 Baldwin
Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry Rd. E.
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave. N.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-2344
SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S. (1st & 3rd
Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
(1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin, Pastor. 662-
327-9843
STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 514 20th St. N.
Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. & 11 a.m. B.T.U. 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Joe Peoples,
Pastor.
St. James MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
St. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7
p.m. Joe Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Willie
Mays, Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St. Disciple
Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00 a.m. Rev.
John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 325
Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver Rd.
(Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive, Macon.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m.
UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150 Spurlock Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH — 8086 Hwy.
12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Retherford, Pastor.
THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366
Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s
Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
James A. Boyd, Pastor.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday 10:30
a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-4937
HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Flower
Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy. 45.
Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-2305
MAYHEW PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — 842 Hwy.
45 Alternate, Starkville. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Herb
Hatfield,Pastor. 662-315-4937
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland Road,
Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday School 9:00
a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6 p.m. 662-
738-5006.
SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton. Sunday 10:30
a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder Joseph Mettles,
Pastor. 662-369-2532
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew Rd.,
Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-5939
or anglicancatholic.org
CATHOLIC
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808 College
St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m., Tuesday 5:30
p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation Catholic
School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey Waldrep,
Priest.
CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary. Jerry
Mitchell, Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave. N. and
8th St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main St.,
Caledonia. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday Worship
9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah Johnson 662-574-
0426 or E-mail: jtychicus00@gmail.com
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd. Sunday Bible
class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. Richard Latham, Minister. 662-328-4705
CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th St. S. Morning
Worship (3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Morning Worship 11:30 a.m., Wednesday Night
Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-327-6060 Bishop Timothy L. Heard,
Pastor.
COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401 7th St. N.
Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Sunday
Bible Study 5 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Lendy Bartlett,
Minister of Community Outreach; Paul Bennett, Family Life
Minister; Billy Ferguson, Minister of Discipleship.
EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Highway
182 E. at Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m., Bible Study
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. http://
eastcolumbuschurch.com
HWY. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. www.highway69coc.com
LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903 Lone Oak Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess Lyons
Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister David May, Pastor. 662-769-
5514.
NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST — 900 North
Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday Worship 10:00
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m., Bro. Arthur
Burnett, Minister, 662-304-6098. Email: nhill crestcoc@
gmail.com
STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens Vernon Rd. 9:15
a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Larry Montgomery, Minister.
10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828 10th Ave. N.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Bible Class
5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Willie McCord,
Minister.
WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST — Woodlawn
Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m., Worship 6
p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis Logan, Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
CHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS’ NAME — Hwy. 12. Sunday

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CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840 Wolfe Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570
LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave. S.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6
p.m. Brenda Othell Sullivan, Pastor.
NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103 Jess
Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts, Pastor.
YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville Rd.,
Sunday Connect Groups 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Worship 7 p.m.; Nursery available for all
services (newborn-4). Scott Volland, Pastor. 662-328-1256
or www.yorkvilleheights.com
ZION ASSEMBLY CHURCH OF GOD — 5580 Ridge Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Byron Harris, Pastor.
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m.,
Worship 9 a.m., Monday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday Prayer Noon. Tommy
Williams, Pastor.
FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 917
15th St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor.
GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD
IN CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m.,
Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor.
MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
5429 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School
8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., 4th Sunday Fellowship
Lunch, Youth Sunday 4th Sunday, Wednesday Bible Study
6 p.m. Elder Robert L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-327-4221.
Email: mr.endure@aol.com
NOW FAITH CENTER MINISTRIES — 425 Military Road,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday Night
Bible Study 7 p.m. Elder Samuel Wilson, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer Ave.,
Aberdeen. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible School 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th Thursday
Evangelist Night 6 p.m. Johnnie Bradford, Pastor. 662-574-
2847.
PETER’S ROCK TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— 223 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Starkville. Sunday
Worship 7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
Minnie Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 12
p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor. 662-243-
2064
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE
CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic
Reconciliation 4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Catholic Priest
Father Paul Stewart. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Wing Chaplain Lt. Col.
Steven Richardson. 662-434-2500
EPISCOPAL
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 321
Forrest Blvd. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest. 662-
574-1972
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College St.
Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Rev. Anne Harris. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com.
FULL GOSPEL
BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Jack Taylor, Pastor.
BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
8490 Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday Service 8:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy Bourne, Senior
Pastor.
CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 1524
6th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor.
CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:40 a.m.,
Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer Hour Mon.-
Fri. 10 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership Class 9:30
p.m., 5th Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-5355
COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W. Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Evening 6:30
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Fairview Full Gospel BAPTIST CHURCH — 1446
Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter 662-
328-2793
GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7
p.m. Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905
GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL GOSPEL
FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Jerome Gill,
Pastor. 662-244-7088
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday
Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson,
Pastor. 662-329-2820
NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-327-3962
NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 426
Military Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor.
PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old Macon
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
6:30 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson, Pastor.
SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 120
19th St. S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie Edwards, Pastor.
JEWISH
B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-monthly.
Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038
Universalist
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple B’nai
Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday. 662-
620-7344 or uua.org
LUTHERAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) —
Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible Class 3:45 p.m.,
Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.) — 1211
18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m. Stan
Clark, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org
MENNONITE
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m.,
2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor.
METHODIST
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50 Church
Street, Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Gene Merkl, Pastor.
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 811 Main
Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Charity Gordon, Pastor.
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville Ferry Rd.
E. 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3 p.m.,
Geneva H. Thomas, Pastor.
CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH —
1235 Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 618 31st
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Eugene
Bramlett, Pastor.
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Main St.,
Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10 a.m.
Kathy Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848
CROSSROAD CHAPEL C.M.E. CHURCH — Steens.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Carl Swanigan, Pastor.
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417 Lehmberg Rd.
Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning worship at 11 a.m.
Minister Gary Shelton.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602 Main St.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m., Vespers &
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Lead Pastor. Rev. Anne Russell Bradley, Associate Pastor.
Rev. Aislinn Kopp, Associate Pastor. 328-5252
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 80 Old
Honnoll Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service 9:30
a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Charity Gordon, Pastor.
GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St. S.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael
Terry, Pastor. 662-328-1109
HEBRON C.M.E. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road, Steens.
Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class each
Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor.
MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
Hwy. 12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45, Service 11 a.m..
Meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Wednesday Bible Study
6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-4263
NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road East,
Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship service
first, third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia Naylor,
Pastor. 662-328-5309
NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 2503 New
Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10
a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah Windham,
Pastor. 662-329-3555
ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Saturday 9 a.m.
PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 102
Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m., Sunday
School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Andy Tentoni.
SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th St. N.
Sunday School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45 a.m.
Rev. Dr. Luther Minor, Pastor.
SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional Worship Service
9 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 722
Military Rd. Breakfast 9:20 a.m., Sunday School 9:40 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m., Adult/
Children Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m., Young Adult Bible
Study Thursday 7 p.m. Rev. Paul E. Luckett, Pastor.
ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH —
Freeman Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Services 11
a.m. and 5 p.m. Youth activities 5 p.m. John Powell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 307 South
Cedar Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m. , Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Demetric
Darden, Pastor.
ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 800
Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Ron McDougald,
Pastor.
TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Rt. 2,
6015 Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Rickey C. Green, Pastor. 205-662-3443
TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610 Carson
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastor Lizzie
Harris. 662-329-3995
TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St. S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5
p.m. Yvonne Fox, Pastor.
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday 5:15
p.m., Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Sarah Windham.
WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— Hwy. 45 Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:15 a.m., Tuesday 6 p.m. Kori Bridges, Pastor.
662-422-9013.
MORMON
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
— 2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 11 a.m., Youth
Activities Wednesday 6 p.m. Bishop Eric Smith. 662-328-
3179.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor.
NON — DENOMINATIONAL
A PREPARED TABLE MINISTRY — 1201 College St.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Timothy J. Bailey, Pastor. 662-889-7778
ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S.
Frontage Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig
Morris, Pastor.
ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH,
INC. — 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:45
p.m., Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m. Pastor James T.
Verdell, Jr. crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11 a.m., & 7 p.m. on
Fridays only.
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S. McCrary
Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor. 662-328-
3328
CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109 Maxwell
Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Band 7 p.m.
Grover C. Richards, Pastor. 662-328-8124
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98 Harrison Rd.,
Steens. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., 1st Sunday Evening
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba) Dees, Pastor.
662-327-4303
EL BETHEL — 3288 Cal-Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Wes
Andrews, Pastor. 662-855-5006
EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH — 1608
Gardner Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and Sunday
at 7 p.m. J. Brown, Pastor.
FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr.
Sunday Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-889-
8132
FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST MINISTRIES
— 1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning Worship 9 a.m.
Pastor Kenyon Ashford.
FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN
CENTER — 247 South Oliver St., Brooksville. Prayer
Saturday 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m., Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David T. Jones,III.
601-345-5740
FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Maxine Hall, Pastor.
GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday School
9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Darren
Leach, Pastor.
HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742 Old West
Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Donnell Wicks, Pastor.
HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday School,
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen.
JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE APOSTOLIC
FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N. Sunday School
10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Friday
7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For more
information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-1118,
Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or Lynette
Williams 662-327-9074.
KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH — 3193
Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday School
10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-327-
1960
LIFE CHURCH — 419 Wilkins Wise Rd. Sunday Worship
10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information, call 662-
570-4171
LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr. Martin
Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m.,
Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 113
Jefferson St., Macon. Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor.
662-493-2456 E-mail: livingwaterslifechurch@gmail.com
NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH
MINISTRIES — Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every 1st
and 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study 10:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-9843
or 662-497-3434.
NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson.
Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor.
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NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441 18th St. S.
Gunter
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Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.
PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP — 2651 Trinity
Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Every
2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., Wednesday Funeral Homes & Crematory
Funeral Homes
6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097
www.memorialfuneral.net 662-328-4432
THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 p.m. www.gunterandpeel.com 662-328-2354
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
THE RIVER CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd., Sunday
Worship 10 a.m., Children’s Church 3&4 yr. old, 5-12 yr. old.
Wednesday Worship 6:45 p.m. Pastor Chuck Eubanks.
THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY CHURCH
— 312 N. Lehmberg Rd., Sunday Prayer Time 9:50 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Thursday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Annie Hines, Planter and Pastor. 662-570-
1856
TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St., Starkville.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m.
Rev. Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella, Pastors. 662-617-
4088
TRUE GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY — 2119
7th. Ave. N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie Edwards,
Pastors.
TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5
SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor. Since 1960
TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER MINISTRIES 24 Hour Towing
— 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor
1024 Gardner Blvd.
Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252 328-8277
UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRIES
— 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus. Sunday Worship
8:30 a.m. -10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.-7 p.m.
Rone F. Burgin, Sr., Pastor/Founder. 662-328-0948
VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday 9 a.m.,
10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Grove Coffee Cafe 8 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. The Grove 6:30 p.m. Nursery provided
through age 3. Jason Delgado, Pastor. 662-329-2279
WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN CENTER —
2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis, Pastor. 662-230-
3182 or mdavis43@hotmail.com
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH —
725 4th Ave. N. Visit www.stcatherineorthodox.com for
schedule of services and updates on this Mission.
PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH MINISTRIES —
118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women Meeting Friday
7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder
Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922 17th St.
N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.
Terry Outlaw, Pastor,
VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 548 Hwy. 45 North
Frontage Rd. (1/4 mile past the CAFB entrance on the
right) Sunday Bible Class 10:15 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. G. E. Wiggins, Sr., Pastor.
662-251-2432
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North McCrary
Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny L.
Obsorne, Pastor.
DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601 14th
Ave. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m.,
Tuesday Bible Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF LOVE —
1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human Resources.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. Gloria Jones,
Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267 Byrnes
Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH — 1504
19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45 a.m. and
7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106 22nd St.
S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
Bible Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District Elder
Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Billy
Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m.
Ernest Thomas, Pastor.
VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6 Boyd Rd.,
Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon, Tuesday
Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Mildred
Spencer, Pastor. 662-341-5753
UNITED PENTECOSTAL 1721 Hwy 45 N
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 5850
Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia. Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m.,
® Columbus, MS
Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, Pastor. 662-356-0202 662.848.0919
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m., In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-
TRINITY PLACE
1750
PRESBYTERIAN
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. Offering independent living apartments, personal
Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) — 515
“Our Bottom Line Is People”
Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 p.m. Hunting • Fishing
John Richards, Pastor. Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 Oktibbeha County Co-Op
a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Bible Study 5 Check Out Our Boot & Cap Section
p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Tue. 4 p.m.), 662-323-1742
Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: Exercise 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke Lawson,
Pastor. 662-328-2692
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt Rd.
Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m., Adult Choir
Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd Wednesdays
6 p.m. Rev. Wayne Bruchey, Pastor.
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) — Main
and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:40
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship Supper 5:30 p.m.,
Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha, Pastor.
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH —
3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy. 82
East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30
p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m.,
Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH —
301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m., Sabbath School
10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Ray The McBryde Family
Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th St. N. 1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-
327-9729
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES APOSTOLIC
CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., • RECYCLING SINCE 1956 •
Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Specializing in industrial accounts
Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-328-8176 973 Island Rd. 1-800-759-8570
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Licensed & Bonded pets. 662-328-2340. West Point-
For Rent: $900/mo. or
sign, 2.5mi ahead shop 2411 HWY 45 N For Sale: $115,000.
Classified Line Ads: on left. 662-494-6218.
Apts For Rent: West 7050 DOWNTOWN - WALK to
Large 1BR/1BA, gas 662-352-4776.
Sunday .................. Thursday 3:00 p.m. General Services 1360
MUW, church & shops!
space heat, window air. COLUMBUS, MS
Water furnished. No

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Monday.................... Friday 12:00 p.m. MUSIC THEORY LES- Pets 5150 2BR/1BA, central H&A, pets or HUD.
hardwood. No Pets, no 7130
SONS Agent Owned.
Tuesday.................Monday 12:00 p.m.
Rentals
$25 per hour AKC REGISTERED smoking, no HUD. Avail- $375.00/$375.00 with Commercial Property For
able January. $675/ 4BR/2BA, 1.25 Acres
Wednesday ........... Tuesday 12:00 p.m. Chords, Scales, Modes
& more! Call Jimbo @
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Retrievers. Great $675. Credit check.
approved application. Rent 7100
Christopher Hills Sub;
Thursday ........ Wednesday 12:00 p.m. 662-364-1687 hunting, guard & com- Apartments Call Long & Long Real Long & Long, Realtors 117 DR. Martin Luther $197K (15K below ap-
Estate, 662-328-0770. 662-328-0770 praisal). New Hope
& Houses
If no answer leave panion dogs. $1000 ea.
Friday .................. Thursday 12:00 p.m. voicemail or text. Call 662-574-7879.
King Jr. Dr. West in
Starkville. 4,000 sq. ft School District. Avail-
LEGAL NOTICES must be 1 Bedrooms building. Call 662-323- able to rent $1,000/
PAINTING/CARPENTRY DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA, mth - must meet minim-
submitted 3 business days prior to 30 years experience. 2 Bedroooms CH&A, 1 story, W/D,
5119.
um credit/income re-
CKC REGISTERED Male
first publication date Great prices. Call
- Leslie, 662-570-5490.
toy poodle. Perfect for
Christmas. $500. Call
3 Bedrooms historic district, 1 block
from downtown, $625/ It’s a classified
quirements. Military
families welcome. Move
• Please read your ad on the first day of mo. + $625 dep. NO COMMERCIAL PROPER- in ready. Dep $500 plus
publication. We accept responsibility
RETAINER WALL, drive- 662-549-7809.
Furnished & PETS. 662-574-8789. rule-of-thumb: TIES/Retail/Office first month’s rent. Hot
way, foundation, con-
only for the first incorrect insertion. crete, masonry restora- Unfurnished Peaceful & Quiet area.
We tell readers
Spaces starting @
$285/mo. Downtown &
tub, detached apart-
ment, & large wired
tion, remodeling, base-
• The Publisher assumes no financial 1, 2, & 3 Baths East Columbus loca- shop. Contact James
responsibility for errors nor for
ment foundation, re-
pairs, small dump truck Lease, Deposit
FIRST FULL MONTH what they need tions. 662-435-4188. Thompson @ 662-574-
RENT FREE! 1 & 2 Bed- 6269.
omission of copy. Liability shall not hauling (5-6 yd) load &
demolition/lot cleaning. & Credit Check room Apts/Townhomes. to know to buy
exceed the cost of that portion of space Stove & refrigerator. OFFICE SPACE: 2,000 GREAT LOCATION to
occupied by such error.
Burr Masonry CKC REGISTERED Pup- viceinvestments.com $335-$600 Monthly. what they need. square feet. 294 school, clean, 2BR/
327-8555
662-242-0259. pies! Ready for Christ- 1BA, a/c, gas heat, w/d
Credit check & deposit. Chubby Dr. Flexible leas-
• All questions regarding classified ads mas! Call or text for
Coleman Realty, ing terms. Available hook up. No pets, no
WORK WANTED: info, 662-305-5584.
currently running should be directed to Licensed & Bonded-car- 662-329-2323. now. 662-328-8254 HUD. 662-327-2798.
the Classified Department. pentry, painting, & de- Apts For Rent: Starkville 7070 Lv msg after 3rd ring,
molition. Landscaping, Business Opportunity 6050 available for showing.
• All ads are subject to the approval of SMALL APT, walking dis-
gutters cleaned, bush
this paper. The Commercial Dispatch hogging, clean-up work, HISTORIC DOWNTOWN tance to MSU. Partially Houses For Rent: South 7140
reserves the right to reject, revise, pressure washing, mov- Columbus: 411 Main furnished incl W/D w/
classify or cancel any advertising at any ing help & furniture St. Office, Retail, Res- ch/a. $500/mo + dep. 3BR/2BA, 2300 sqft,
repair. 662-242-3608 taurant Space available. Call 662-722-0020, very nice w/ 2 car gar-
time. Call 423-333-1124. leave msg or text. age, lg back yard. Pets
Lawn Care / Landscaping need approval. 1612
Advertisements must be 1470 General Help Wanted 3200
9th St. S. $1,050 per
mo + dep. 662-574-
paid for in advance. JESSE & BEVERLY'S
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Houses For Rent: Starkville

You may cancel at any time during ing, cleanup, landscap-
ing, sodding, & tree cut- 7170
regular business hours and receive a ting. 356-6525.
refund for days not published. 2BR/1BA house w/ 2
Painting & Papering 1620 acres in county. 3 miles
REGULAR RATES SULLIVAN'S PAINT
from Strk, 5 miles from
4 Lines/6 Days ........................ $19.20 MSU South Entrance,
SERVICE W/D, carport. SMALL
4 Lines/12 Days...................... $31.20 Certified in lead dogs ok w/ deposit.
4 Lines/26 Days...................... $46.80 removal. Offering spe- Great for grad student
cial prices on interior & or professor. Non-
Rate applies to commercial operations exterior painting, pres- smoking. $700/mo.
and merchandise over $1,000. sure washing & sheet Utilities not included.
rock repairs.
SUPER SAVER RATES Free Estimates
662-617-5601.
6 Days ...................................... $12.00 Call 435-6528
Mobile Homes for Rent 7250
12 Days.................................... $18.00 Plumbing 1680
Over 6 lines is $1 per additional line. 2BR/1BA Trailer. 129
Brownlee Dr. $500
Six lines or less, consecutive days. Rate applies to ACME, INC. per mo. $350 dep.
Stan McCown
private party ads of non-commercial nature for Licensed Plumber
Call 662-295-3262.
merchandise under $1,000. Must include price in "We fix leaks." 3BR/2BA Trailer, New
ad. 1 ITEM PER AD. No pets, firewood, etc. 662-386-2915 Hope school dist.
GARAGE SALE RATES Stump Removal 1790
$500/mo & $500 dep.
Call between 10a-7p.
4 Lines/1 Day ........................... $9.20 662-386-4292.
4 Lines/3 Days ........................$18.00 NO TEXT MESSAGES.

Price includes 2 FREE Garage Sale signs. Rain

Guarantee: If it rains the day of your sale, we will
re-run you ad the next week FREE!
You must call to request free re-run.
FREE SERVICES
ALLSTUMP GRINDING
SERVICE
Bargain Column Ad must fit in 4 lines (ap- GET 'ER DONE!
proximately 20 characters per line) and will run We can grind all your
for 3 days. For items $100 or less ONLY. More stumps. Hard to reach
than one item may be in same ad, but prices may places, blown over
not total over $100, no relists. roots, hillsides, back-
Free Pets Up to 4 lines, runs for 6 days. yards, pastures. Free
Lost & Found Up to 6 lines, ad will run for estimates. You find it,
6 days. we'll grind it!
662-361-8379
These ads are taken by e-mail or in person at our
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1000 Service
1030 Air Conditioning & Heating
1060 Appliance Repair
1070 Asphalt & Paving
1090 Automotive Services
1120 Building & Remodeling
1150 Carpeting/Flooring
1180 Childcare
1210 Chimney Cleaning
1240 Contractors
1250 Computer Services
4390 Computer Equipment
4420 Farm Equipment &
Supplies
4450 Firewood
4460 Flea Markets
4480 Furniture
4510 Garage Sales
4540 General Merchandise
4570 Household Goods
4630 Lawn & Garden
4660 Merchandise Rentals
4690 Musical Instruments
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Bucket truck & stump
removal. Free est.
Serving Columbus
since 1987. Senior
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"We'll go out on a limb
for you!"
J&A TREE REMOVAL
Work from a bucket
truck. Insured/bonded.
Call Jimmy for a free es-
timate 662-386-6286.

1270 Electrical
1300 Excavating
1320 Fitness Training
1330 Furniture Repair &
Refinishing
1360 General Services
1380 Housecleaning
1390 Insulation
1400 Insurance
1410 Interior Decorators
1440 Jewelry/Watch Repair
1470 Lawn Care/Landscaping
1500 Locksmiths
1530 Machinery Repair
1560 Mobile Home Services
4700 Satellites
4720 Sporting Goods
4750 Stereos & TV’s
4780 Wanted To Buy
5000 Pets & Livestock
5100 Free Pets
5150 Pets
5200 Horses/Cattle/Livestock
5250 Pet Boarding/Grooming
5300 Supplies/Accessories
5350 Veterinarians
5400 Wanted To Buy
6000 Financial
6050 Business Opportunity
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1590 Moving & Storage
1620 Painting & Papering
1650 Pest Control
1680 Plumbing
1710 Printing
1740 Roofing & Guttering
1770 Saws & Lawn Mowers
1780 Sitting with Elderly/Sick
1790 Stump Removal
1800 Swimming Pools
1830 Tax Service
1860 Tree Service
1890 Upholstery
1910 Welding
2000 Announcements
2050 Card of Thanks
2100 Fraternal & Lodge
2150 Good Things To Eat
2200 In Memorial
2250 Instruction & School
2300 Lost & Found
2350 Personals
2400 Special Notices
2600 Travel/Entertainment
3000 Employment
3050 Clerical & Office
3100 Data Processing/ Computer
6100 Business Opportunity
Wanted
6120 Check Cashing
6150 Insurance
6200 Loans
6250 Mortgages
6300 Stocks & Bonds
6350 Business for Sale
7000 Rentals
7050 Apartments
7100 Commercial Property
7150 Houses
7180 Hunting Land
7190 Land for Rent/Lease
7200 Mobile Homes
7250 Mobile Home Spaces
7300 Office Spaces
7350 Resort Rentals
7400 River Property
7450 Rooms
7500 Storage & Garages
7520 Vacation Rentals
7550 Wanted to Rent
7600 Waterfront Property
8000 Real Estate
8050 Commercial Property
8100 Farms & Timberland
8150 Houses - Northside
St @ the 911 Center in
Starkville on Saturday,
December 29, 2018 at
9am. For more info call
662-324-0745.
General Help Wanted 3200
PART TIME OFFICE
ADMIN/SECRETARY
needed for
small church.
Monday & Wednesday,
16 hours per week.
Tech and social media
skills required.
For more info, call
662-574-1972 What do you need to plant the seeds
CONTRACTOR SEEKING
experienced carpenter
with lots of experience.
Please call:
for a successful business — ofce space, equipment,
662-570-9464 for info.
Bargain Column 4180
transportation, employees, CUSTOMERS?
ELECTRIC DRYER.
Older. Works good.
$80. Call 662-364-
2498.
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3150 Domestic Help
3170 Engineering
3200 General Help Wanted
3250 Management Positions
3300 Medical/Dental
3350 Opportunity Information
3400 Part-Time
3450 Positions Wanted
3500 Professional
3550 Restaurant/Hotel
3600 Sales/Marketing
3650Trades
3700Truck Driving
4000 Merchandise
4030 Air Conditioners
4060 Antiques
4090 Appliances
4120 Auctions
4150 Baby Articles
4180 Bargain Column
4210 Bicycles
4240 Building Materials
4250 Burial Plots
4270 Business Furniture &
8200 Houses - East
8250 Houses - New Hope
8300 Houses - South
8350 Houses - West
8450 Houses - Caledonia
8500 Houses - Other
8520 Hunting Land
8550 Investment Property
8600 Lots & Acreage
8650 Mobile Homes
8700 Mobile Home Spaces
8750 Resort Property
8800 River Property
8850 Wanted to Buy
8900 Waterfront Property
9000 Transportation
9050 Auto Accessories/Parts
9100 Auto Rentals & Leasing
9150 Autos for Sale
9200 Aviation
9250 Boats & Marine
9300 Camper/R.V.’s
9350 Golf Carts
9400 Motorcycles/ATVs
REFRIGERATOR. $100.
Call 662-364-2498.
Farm Equipment & Supplies
4420
2016 JOHN Deere
5100E Tractor, 210
hours. $46,500.
Also, 2016 15ft
Kubota Bush hog avail.
205-329-1790.
Firewood / Fuel 4450
FIREWOOD FOR Sale.
Various lengths.
662-295-2274
General Merchandise 4600
APPLE COMPUTERS
Two 2009 iMac com-
puters available. Good
working condition.
Would be good for ba-
sic web browsing or
word processing. 2Ghz;
2 GB RAM; 250 GB HD.

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Equipment 9450 Trailers/Heavy Equipment Computer and built-in
4300 Camera Equipment 9500 Trucks, Vans & Buses monitor only; mouse
4330 Clothing and keyboard not in-
9550 Wanted to Buy cluded. $50 each.
4360 Coins & Jewelry
Call 662-574-1561

Medical / Dental 3300
Let your
fingers do the
walking.
Find your
dream job in
the classifieds!
Mobile Homes for Rent 7250
RENT A fully equipped
camper w/utilities &
cable from $145/wk -
$535/month. Colum-
bus & County School
locations. 662-242-
7653 or 601-940-1397.
Apts For Rent: Other 7080
Houses For Sale: Other 8500
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Houses For Sale: Other 8500 Investment Property 8550 Lots & Acreage 8600 Autos For Sale 9150 Five Questions:
GRAVEL FOR SALE on UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY! '07 GRAY Chevy Tahoe.
APARTMENTS & TOWNHOUSES private property. Approx A Stable growth invest- Good cond. Leather
HOUSES (OVER 200 MANAGED) 6 acres. Will sell or
lease property located
ment. FSBO: 72 Acres
in Webster Co., near
interior. Has 197,878
miles. Asking $7,500. 1 His halo
DOWNTOWN LOFTS in NE Noxubee County. Mantee. Mature pines Call 662-251-6258.
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY 601-405-3717. (75yr), hardwoods
2 Hirohito
(50yr), 10ac hay field,
Lots & Acreage 8600 2ac pond, w/county
TO SEE VIRTUAL TOURS OF road frontage/utilities, Campers & RVs 9300
ALL AVAILABLE PROPERTIES, 2.28 +/- Acre Lot. superb potential home
149 Tanyia Lane. Off of site & recognized TOMBIGBEE RV Park,
PLEASE CONTACT US AT
3 Michael
Reuse
Lake Lowndes Road. school. 45 minutes to located on Wilkins Wise
Has asphalt drive & MSU. 334-277-9744. Rd & Waverly Rd. Full
662-328-1124 Learned
parking, 1200 ft. shop Hookups available.
w/ living area, septic LOWNDES COUNTY 45 $300/mo. 662-328-
www.robinsonrealestate.com
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tank & water meter. No acres on Sobley & Dav- 8655 or 662-574-7879.
trailers. $45,000. Call is Rd. Excellent hunting.
662-574-0345. 1 mile west of Hwy. 69.
HUNTING LAND IN Small creek runs thru 4 “How do
PICKENS COUNTY, AL property. $1375 per Recycle Trailers & Heavy Equipment
“You’ll like our 93 acres on County acre. 205-799-9846 or 9450 you do!”
personal service.” Road 47 (Gordo 159 to
County Road 47. Turn
205-695-2248.
this 1999 MACK Dump
NewspapeR
left & land is on the Truck & 30,000lb Trail-
5 He goes on
left). Paved road ac- WINTER SPECIAL boss Tag-A-Long Trailer,
cess. Mostly level. 1.95 acre lots. both good condition.
a spending
Price: $204,600. Good/bad credit. Can be seen at 5356
Linda Pruett, Keller 10% down, as low as Hwy 182 E, Columbus.
Williams Realty Tusca- $299/mo. Eaton Land. Call 662-328-6203 or
loosa, 205-657-5330. 662-361-7711 662-574-6202. spree
Houses For Sale: Other 8500
Houses For Sale: Northside
8150
2622 CANTERBURY -
Enjoy the quiet conveni-
ence of this partially up-
dated home. Features
include a wonderful
shaded back yard,
covered patio, screened
porch, raised flower
beds, and a well for
duty free watering. Ex-
tremely spacious and
reduced to $135,000.
Call Emily C. Moody for
a private viewing.
Long & Long, Realtors
@ 662-328-0770 or
662-574-3903.
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