MHSAA considering new sites for football championships
JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi’s high school football championship games could be coming to a stadium — or university — near you.
The Mississippi High School Activities Association is open to exploring other sites for the organization’s six football title games, which will be played for the 20th straight year this week at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. (more…) (November 29, 2011, Page 7)
OHS Booster Club meeting Thursday
The Oxford Booster Club will host its monthly meeting Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the OHS lecture center. Girls soccer coach Laura Flint will be present along with the girls soccer team to discuss the season. Also present, coach Scott Kendricks and the cross-country teams to celebrate their outstanding season.
Members and non-members are invited to attend. The Booster Club will also have a Christmas shop set up in the Oxford commons at OHS from 3:30-5:30 p.m. where you can purchase Charger products. (November 29, 2011, Page 7)
WVMS splits with Coffeeville
The Water Valley Middle School basketball squads split with rival Coffeeville on Monday. (more…) (November 29, 2011, Page 7)
Class 4A title tickets on sale at LHS
Tickets for Saturday’s MHSAA Class 4A state championship football game between the Lafayette Commodores and Laurel Tornadoes will go on sale Wednesday after lunch at the high school and middle school offices. (more…) (November 29, 2011, Page 7)
Education briefs
- LMS honor roll
- Santa Letters
- Walking Wednesdays continues
- Tech Center hosts winter coat drive
- Savage receives scholarship
- Barkley named scholarship recipient
Greatness
Local columnist Jimmy Reed writes about greatness, that combination of preparation, coaching and desire that makes players and teams excel, and relates it to life. (November 29, 2011, Page 4)
The debut of “Around the Net” touches on coaching search and more
AROUND THE NET: This has been a long time coming and is probably well over due.
In an effort to better keep y’all in the know with all things related to Ole Miss, Oxford High, Lafayette High and Water Valley High athletics, I’m going to attempt to blog more regularly in the form of an “around the net” entry. (more…) (November 28, 2011)
Monday’s obituaries
- Carol Jean Billingsley Alexander — 76, died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital–North Mississippi in Oxford. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Waller Funeral Home in Oxford, with the Rev. Randy Hope officiating. Burial will follow in Abbeville Cemetery in Abbeville. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 this evening at the funeral home.
- Glenda Baird Bethea — 72, died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, at her home in Water Valley. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Wells Funeral Home Chapel in Batesville. Burial will follow in Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville. Visitation will be held for three hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
- Mary Frances Davis — 80, died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, at Graceland Care Center in Oxford. Burial was in Laurel. A memorial service will be held at a later time. Baldwin Lee Funeral Home of Pearl was in charge of arrangements.
- Annie Lucinda Owens — 67, died Saturday at her home in Oxford. Arrangements are incomplete with Serenity-Martin Funeral Home of Oxford.
Rebels looking forward
STARKVILLE — Saturday’s Egg Bowl at Mississippi State’s Davis Wade Stadium hadn’t been over more than about 25 minutes when talk of the 2011 season moved forward to next year. (more…) (November 28, 2011, Page 1B)
Bulldogs top Rebels in Nutt’s finale
STARKVILLE — Houston Nutt sat down to deliver his final postgame press conference as Ole Miss’ head football coach following Saturday’s 31-3 loss to Mississippi State at Davis Wade Stadium. Even though there wasn’t a podium for Nutt to stand behind and answer questions from the media, after a season that produced the most losses (10) in the history of the program, Nutt probably felt more like sitting and resting than anything else. (more…) (November 28, 2011, Page 1B)
