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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Events encourage people to get outdoors
Oxford Park Commission celebrates national Get Outdoors Day from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Pat Lamar Park. Various activities will be held for both children and adults, from children’s fishing in Lake Patsy to football tosses, face painting, camping and hiking and the Art-to-Go will be on hand. Includes collaboration between Leadership Lafayette, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ole Miss Outdoors, U.S. Forestry Service, Boys and Girls Scouts, the Lafayette County 4-H club and Volunteer Oxford. (June 7, 2013, Page 3A)
LHP Reed selected 46th overall by Royals
Just a couple of years ago Cody Reed was a crafty left-hander at Horn Lake High who showed some projectability because of his frame.
Thursday, the Ole Miss signee and Northwest Mississippi Community Ranger was selected 46th overall in the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Players Draft by the Kansas City Royals.
OHS soccer workouts begin next week
Four workouts will be open to boys who will be in grades 7-12 next year. (more…) (June 7, 2013, Page 7A)
Lady Chargers softball holding golf scramble
The ninth-annual Oxford High softball team will hold a four-man scramble at the Country Club of Oxford Aug. 3. (more…) (June 7, 2013, Page 7A)
Kendricks wins NCAA pole vault
EUGENE, Ore. — Ole Miss sophomore Sam Kendricks captured a national title in the men’s pole vault at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Wednesday night.
With his winning clearance of 18 feet, 8.25 inches, the former Oxford High standout and Oxford native became the first person in school history to win an NCAA title in the pole vault. (more…) (June 6, 2013, Page 6)
Rebs unsure how ’13 MLB Draft will hit
Heading into last year’s MLB Draft the Ole Miss Rebels had a pretty good idea who they would lose. (more…) (June 6, 2013, Page 7)
6.4.2013 OPC Softball Results
The following are results from Tuesday’s Oxford Park Commission youth softball action played at FNC Park: (more…) (June 6, 2013, Page 7)
Cutting Room Floor: More from Yarbrough, Reed on the draft
VIDEO BLOG: As former Ole Miss baseball player Alex Yarbrough found out last season, the MLB First-Year Players Draft can be rather unpredictable in a number of ways. (more…) (June 5, 2013)
Oxford’s Perkins relieved of soccer, track coaching duties
Oxford High School is in search of a new head boys soccer and girls track & field coach after the district decided to part ways with Jamie Perkins. (more…) (June 5, 2013, Page 6A)
Soon-to-be draft picks should be patient
If Alex Yarbrough were to give advice to this year’s class of soon-to-be draftees, it’d be for them to remain patient.
The draft, as Yarbrough found out last season, is rather unpredictable. (more…) (June 5, 2013, Page 6A)
