Commodores ready for elimination game
SPORTS EDITOR BLOG — Lafayette’s Commodores made sure they got another bus trip to Amory by defeating the Panthers 4-3 Saturday night at W.V. Brewer Field. The win by LHS evened the best-of-three Class 4A second-round playoff series at 1-1 and set up the deciding Game 3 on Monday at Amory at 7 p.m. (more…) (May 9, 2010)
LHS baseball advances past Cleveland
SPORTS EDITOR BLOG — Lafayette’s baseball team advanced into the second round of the Class 4A playoffs Friday evening with a 3-1 win over Cleveland at W.V. Brewer Field. (more…) (May 1, 2010)
Robertson to coach LHS boys basketball
SPORTS EDITOR BLOG — Lafayette defensive coordinator Eric Robertson just got the opportunity to add a new title to add to his resume as he accepted the open position of boys basketball coach today. (more…) (April 14, 2010)
LHS baseball team loses three players
SPORTS EDITOR BLOG — A violation of team rules over the weekend has cost the Lafayette baseball team three starters for the remainder of the season. (more…) (April 14, 2010)
Extra prep baseball information
SPORTS EDITOR BLOG — There were a couple of games I had to pull out of my article involving Water Valley and Lafayette in today’s paper. So in the attempt to get that information in somewhere, I have included all the details here in the blog. (more…) (April 12, 2010)
LHS captures 2-4A tennis title
Lafayette won the Division 2-4A title Thursday with a 5-2 win over Senatobia at the Oxford-University Stadium courts. The Commodores finished with a perfect 6-0 district record and advance into the 4A playoffs for the second straight year. (April 9, 2010, Page 7A)
Grenada downs Lafayette for title
Some uncharacteristic errors and the inability to make enough key pitches at critical times proved to be the Lafayette Commodores undoing in their 13-2 loss in Thursday’s Tri-Lake Junior High Conference title game with Grenada at W.V. Brewer Field. (April 8, 2010, Page 7A)
Burchfield out at Lafayette
Lafayette boys basketball coach Teague Burchfield has resigned his position as boys basketball coach to pursue another job opening. His resignation letter was officially accepted by the Lafayette school board Tuesday night. His vacancy is apparently going to be filled by a coach already working at the school district, according to sources close to the situation. Burchfield coached LHS two seasons after being hired from Madison Central. (April 7, 2010)
OHS set to host EAGLE Relays on Saturday
A stiff test against some of the top teams in North Mississippi will be what awaits the Oxford girls and boys track teams in Saturday’s EAGLE Relays. The day-long track meet at Bobby Holcomb Field will begin at 11 a.m., with the running events scheduled to begin approximately at 1:30 p.m. (March 26, 2010, Page 9A)
Cousins take family tradition to new level
For Lafayette’s Luke McCullough and Water Valley’s Walt McCullough, baseball is a family tradition and a source of great pride each spring. (March 25, 2010, Page 6)
