Lafayette sweeps Ripley on the road
The Lafayette Lady Commodores volleyball team earned a convincing 3-0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-15) victory at Ripley Thursday.
Rae Drewrey led Lafayette (4-1 overall) with nine kills, while Moesha Phillips, Janae Westbrook and Kylie Glass chipped in with six, five and four kills respectively.
Several Lady Commodores got into the passing, with Emily Robinson leading the squad with four assists, while Kendall Glass and Abby Styers added three and two.
Holly Robinson had a team-best three digs. Lafayette returns to the court Tuesday with a varsity-only road match at Byhalia before returning to host crosstown rival Oxford on Thursday. (August 10, 2012, Page 7A)
Lafayette holds on to top Tigers
The Lafayette volleyball team faced off against a somewhat familiar foe on Tuesday.
The Ripley Tigers aren’t familiar in the sense that the two squads play one another often. (more…) (September 14, 2011, Page 6)
Billups, Chargers’ O shines in jamboree
This year’s official Oxford High football T-shirt has the saying ‘the power of the stache’ printed on the back in honor of coach Johnny Hill’s famous facial hair.
But after the way senior quarterback Guy Cameron Billups played in Oxford’s jamboree game against Ripley Saturday morning, the booster club may want to print up a new shirt entitled ‘fear the experience of the blonde’ in honor of Billups’ golden locks and his ability to move the offense. (August 16, 2010, Page 6)
