Brewer Dies at 83 Former Ole Miss Coach Was Beloved Athlete, Coach at Lee High School

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By Slim Smith remembered something from [email protected] the day after Brewer was fired at Ole Miss. illy Brewer, who made a “The day after he got fired, habit of getting what he the headline in the Clarion Bwas never really supposed Ledger said, ‘Dog Gone,’” Grif- to have and going places where fin recalled. “That was Billy’s he was never supposed to go, is nickname, ‘Dog.’ I’m not sure coming home. exactly how he got that nick- Most widely remembered for name, but I always took it to be his 11 seasons as the football short for ‘under-dog,’ because coach at Ole Miss, Brewer died that’s what Billy always was.” Saturday in Memphis at age 83, Indeed, those most famil- almost 46 years after leaving his iar with Brewer’s life find his hometown of Columbus, where achievements all the more re- he remains a legend as both a markable for the odds he defied player and coach at Lee High along the way. School. Although he remained in The player Oxford after being fired as the Brewer grew up poor and Rebels’ coach in 1993, Brewer hungry in a part of town where maintained close ties with many his closest neighbors and first of his former teammates, fellow playmates where the black kids coaches, players and friends along 14th Street North. Brewer in Columbus. When his wife of later said those experiences — 51 years, Kay (Gunter) Brewer he was the only white kid who died in 2010 and was buried at played football on a sawdust Friendship Cemetery, there was field near the town’s creosote never any real doubt that he plant — helped him relate to the would return some day. black athletes he would eventu- On Sunday, a private family ally recruit and coach. service will be held for Brewer Little more than a street at Gunter-Peel Funeral Home, urchin, Brewer barely made followed by his burial next to it out of junior high, landed a his beloved wife. scholarship at Ole Miss, then a News of Brewer’s death football power, despite his small spread quickly Saturday, evok- frame (5-foot-10, 150 pounds) ing memories and stories of where he excelled as a defensive Ole Miss Athletic Media Relations Brewer’s more than 65 years in back, then landed his first head Homer E. “Billy” Brewer, 83, who played on three of Johnny Vaught’s greatest teams at Ole Miss sports, as a player and coach at coaching job at Lee High with- and then returned years later to become the Lee High and Ole Miss. out any coaching experience or second winningest head football coach in school Frank Griffin, who met Brew- even a college degree. history, passed away late Saturday afternoon at er when the two were in the He was selected as the Ole Tresevant Manor in Memphis, Tennessee, follow- eighth grade and played sports Miss coach despite having no ing a brief illness. together for the next five years, See Brewer, 3A Cadence announces merger with State Bank Financial Corp. Jessica White, left, banks’ boards on Sunday. Cadence and Carley D eal valued at $1.4 announced the merger with a press Hood eat crawfish billion creates bank with release that noted the merger will while sit- create a regional bank organization ting on the more than 100 locations with about 100 branches in Alabama, steps over By Alex Holloway Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Ten- looking the nessee and Texas. Cotton Dis- [email protected] trict during Cadence has several locations the 2018 Cadence Bancorporation is merg- throughout Mississippi, including King Cotton ing with State Bank Financial Corpo- in the Golden Triangle. State Bank, Crawfish ration in a deal valued at roughly $1.4 according to the company’s website, Boil com- billion. has Mississippi locations in north- petition Friday. The deal, according to a Reuters west, central and south Mississippi. Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff report, received approval from both See Cadence, 6A

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Brewer Continued from Page 1A major college coaching fin said. “But Harold in extra bleachers from experience, a surprising Wesson, who had come (Mississippi University choice in some circles. down from Corinth to for Women),” Griffin When he guided Ole be football coach at Lee said. “There were well Miss to its first bowl High, had just left. Billy over 10,000 people at game in 12 years in his didn’t have any coaching that game. first season, he again experience. He didn’t “Really, Billy made defied conventional even have a degree football a social event,” wisdom. — he got a degree a he said. “If you wanted And when last Oc- couple years later by to get into a game, you tober, Brewer was taking correspondence had to buy your tickets announced as a 2018 courses — but he got at 8 in the morning on inductee in the Mis- the job at Lee High, I Friday unless you had sissippi Sports Hall of think, mainly because a season ticket. If you Fame – 25 years after his of Carl McKellar, who didn’t, you wouldn’t get career ended – he defied was the president of the in. I think Magnolia time and fading memory school board and was Bowl seated about 5,000 to claim his spot among the national Ole Miss people. It was full every Mississippi’s sports alumni president. Billy time we played. He legends. was pretty fortunate to took Lee High from the Somehow, through have had that Ole Miss bottom to the top of the grit, guile, good timing connection.” ladder.” and wringing every As it would be later at Lancaster said Brew- ounce of talent from his Ole Miss, Brewer inher- er relied heavily on what small frame, Brewer con- ited a program that had he had learned from his sistently beat the odds struggled. playing days at Ole Miss in a life of sports than “He came at a time to make up for his lack spanned six decades. when the school was of experience. The ragged kid from down,” Griffin said. “He brought in people the poor part of town “We hadn’t won many he played with at Ole Courtesy photo became a star athlete, games.” Miss to help coach and, Billy Brewer, center, sports a cast on a broken right arm he suffered during his junior married the prettiest girl That changed almost basically, we did what season at Lee High School. Brewer, a four-sport athlete at Lee High, went on to in town and ascended immediately. they did at Ole Miss,” he play defensive back at Ole Miss, where he was named to the Rebels’ “Team of the Century” in 1993. He returned to Columbus to start his coaching career in 1962 to one of the top college “That first year, Lee said. “We practiced the coaching jobs in Ameri- and remained at Lee High through the 1971 season. Pictured with Brewer are Mike had a winning season same way, ran the same McRaney, left, and Tommy McCann. ca, where he became the for the first time in I offense and defense. second longest tenured don’t know how long,” He did what he knew. It Lancaster agreed. and second winningest said Bobby Lancaster, a worked pretty well.” “More than anything coach in the program’s sophomore on Brewer’s During his coaching else, Billy was a great history, behind only first team. “We went to career, Brewer was nev- motivator,” Lancaster legendary coach Johnny the Red Carpet Bowl in er considered much of said. “He knew people Vaught, whom Brewer Vicksburg that year. We an innovator, not at Lee and he could motivate played for and emulated had a winning season High, Southeastern Lou- you, especially athletes. when his own coaching again the next year, but isiana (head coach from He could convince you career began. we were really good my 1974-79), Louisiana Tech that whatever it was, you “Billy was two years senior year. We won the (1980-82) or Ole Miss. could do it.” older than me when I met North Big 8 that year, What set him apart was him in eighth grade,” but lost to Gulfport in his ability to relate to Hometown hero Griffin said. “He got the Big 8 championship players, including black started off behind. There After coaching one game, 9-7. We probably players, something he season at Heritage was a man in town that should have won that learned from his child- had a harness racing Academy in 1972, Brewer game.” hood. left for Southeastern Lou- business and Billy was For nine years, Brew- That was a quality - isiana to begin a college learning to be a grooms er’s teams continued to Griffin recognized long man. He missed a lot of coaching career that win. In 1971, the year before Brewer coached school and fell behind, ultimately led him to Ole Lee High was integrat- a game. but by eighth grade he Miss. ed, Brewer’s Lee High “When we were in was in school and started When Brewer learned team went unbeaten, high school, they sent playing sports. I think he would be inducted drawing enormous Billy and me over to sports is what really got into the Mississippi crowds at the Magnolia Franklin Academy to him back in school.” Sports Hall of Fame, he Bowl. run a P.E. Class for the For the next five years, was clearly moved. “When we played younger kids,” Griffin Griffin and Brewer were “I thought it had Provine at the Magnolia said. “He was great with teammates, not only on passed me by,” he said. Bowl, they had to bring those kids.” the football team, but “My attitude was always basketball as well. if it happens, it happens, “He was an outstand- but the clock is ticking. ing athlete,” Griffin said. You better hurry up.” More than that, said Brewer will now be Griffin, Brewer was a inducted posthumously fierce competitor and a during the ceremonies in great teammate. Jackson on July 28. “He was tough as For a kid who might nails,” Griffin said. “And never have made it out he would do anything for of junior high, it was a his friends. He was very place no one might have loyal.” expected him to be. But that’s always The coach the way it seemed to After his years at Ole be where Brewer was Miss, where Brewer was concerned. named to the Ole Miss On Sunday, Billy “Team of the Decade,” Brewer will come home and after a one-year Courtesy photo to be buried next to his stint with the Washing- James “T” Thomas and Brewer grew up together playing beloved wife at Friend- sandlot football on Sunday on a sawdust field near ship Cemetery — the ton Redskins, Brewer the creosote plant on 14th Avenue in Columbus and returned home, unsure became lifelong friends. “I ate more meals at T’s house hometown hero home at of his next step. than I ate at my own house,” said Brewer, who hired last. “He had a hard time Thomas as an assistant coach when he landed the It is right where he finding a job,” Grif- coaching job at Ole Miss in 1983. belongs. 4A MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018

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ZACK PLAIR, Managing Editor BETH PROFFITT Advertising Director The MICHAEL FLOYD Circulation/Production Manager Opinion Dispatch MARY ANN HARDY Controller Possumhaw Things to notice “Most of us are prisoners rels jump from limb to limb. siding. The holes are so perfect they a phone is like carrying around a full of habit, and don’t even notice I even chanced to see one could have been bored with a drill bit. set of unabridged encyclopedias in your that we do the same things, miss his limb and plop on The problem is if they continue to bore pocket. think the same things, want the ground. Like lightning, holes, the house will soon look like The condition of the ash tree is the same things each day he scurried back up the tree. Swiss cheese. For carpenter bees we called “anthracnose.” Ash trees in par- — mostly without conscious I’ve heard of squirrels falling have carpenter bee traps and a badmin- ticular are prone to the fungal disease thought.” from trees but never noticed ton racket. We have a few carpenter after a very damp and cool spring, — Jonathan Lockwood one. I discovered the protho- ants as well. For those we have the which describes our present spring. Huie, author/philosopher notary warbler making her bottom of our shoe. The encouraging news is that the nest in a vase on the porch One beautiful morning I noticed the condition will not last. Once we have There’s some things table. We’ve taken to calling wind was blowing from the south and drier, warmer temperatures, the tree I notice and some things her a “wild canary” because green leaves were flying off the ash should recover. The tree is not losing all I don’t. Sam suggested I Shannon Bardwell prothonotary doesn’t exactly tree — a lot of leaves. In fact, the lower its leaves, but it is odd to notice young notice things like if there’s roll off your tongue. deck was covered with leaves. I rose green leaves being carried away by a water standing somewhere The nesting bird had from my comfortable sitting spot, took gentle south wind. where it shouldn’t so I can let him know. barely started her nest so I removed the outside broom down to the deck and The search revealed the fast-growing We need to find out where the water is the debris and turned the vase upside cleared the leaves. green ash is also called a swamp ash coming from, especially when we are in down. It is not wise for a bird to raise The next morning green leaves and thrives in a wide range of soils, the season of drought. her young on a table at a house where covered the deck again. Then I noticed from sandy to clay, and the seeds are This spring I’ve taken every chance two curious cats live. She will find a the leaves I swept away the morning eaten by wood ducks, finches and cardi- I get to sit on the porch first thing in more suitable location. before had turned black. I mentioned nals. I’ve noticed that. the mornings. I’ve noticed the birds Carpenter bees are looking for it to Sam, who immediately looked up Email reaches Shannon Bardwell of singing, sometimes loudly. The squir- places to bore holes into the cedar the condition on his phone. Nowadays Columbus at [email protected].

Other Editors Clash of the medical titans Given the financial stresses rampaging through the medical industry, a prominent showdown between a large hospital system and a large insurance company was inevitable. Unless cooler heads prevail, it will occur this summer in Mississippi. The University of Mississippi Medical Center, based in Jackson, said last week it will stop accepting insurance policies from Blue Cross Blue Shield after June 30. The medical center’s CEO said this means UMMC still will accept Blue Cross customers for treatment, and the insurer will reimburse UMMC for services under the existing contract between the two organizations for now. After June 30, however, UMMC patients will have to file their own claims with Blue Cross, and if the medical center charges more money than the insurer is willing to pay, the patient will owe the difference. You have to be a pretty big medical care provider to take on a large insurer such as Blue Cross. UMMC is the state’s largest hospital, and says it is no longer willing to work under a contract that allows Blue Cross to unilaterally change the terms of the agree- MISSISSIPPI VOICES ment so that the hospital receives less money for providing care. Although UMMC officials took the step of an- nouncing the separation from Blue Cross, it is almost Walton heirs provide a script for certain that its goal is to work out an agreement. If the two sides let June 30 arrive without a deal, there is bound to be a public-relations backlash against both. small-town success As the state’s biggest hospital, UMMC gets plenty of patients from all around Mississippi for treatment OXFORD — Yes, or other factors related Borg-Warner produces vehicle by specialists. These patients may not think to ask we’re talking about the to luck. Each one of throttles nearby in Water Valley. whether their insurance will cover them, and those heirs of Sam Walton, these ingredients is SMW Manufacturing, which with Blue Cross will not be happy if they must pay founder of Walmart attainable pretty much makes components for large more at UMMC. — the mega-company anywhere. trucks, has taken over a former Also, doctors referring Blue Cross-covered patients that assorted interest Let’s focus on Ox- Caterpillar plant. to specialists are likely to send them somewhere groups and media ford, which is home to Tourism, too, illustrates the in- besides UMMC, depriving the medical center of the types love to hate. the state’s largest uni- gredient of diversity in economic extra revenue it badly needs. As it happens, the versity. Not every town drivers. The community markets On the Blue Cross side, it is common for patients heirs are pretty good can have more than itself — mostly centered on food, to be disappointed with insurance companies when folks. Yes, they’re 20,000 students and music and history — and in 2016 the bill comes due. Even the best insurance policies worth more billions world-class research- recorded a one-year gain of 13.9 Charlie Mitchell require patients to pay part of the cost, but the billing than they can possibly ers. But just about percent to $156 million in spend- statement has not yet been invented that can help the spend — but laudably every decent-sized ing by visitors. Tourism and food average person understand what got paid for, what they don’t use their town in Mississippi has services account for more than did not and especially why the insurer made these wealth to buy politicians or make a community college or branch. 2,000 jobs, a number growing at decisions. random donations. Instead, the And every town is able to recruit an annual rate of 9.3 percent If a patient at UMMC has to file his own insurance Walton Family Foundation — like and support people with innova- Finally, there’s this nebu- claim and pay more because of the dispute, odds are all quality philanthropic groups — tive energy. lous-sounding “quality of place” that patient will fault Blue Cross instead of the facility makes investments. They expect Oxford has several examples. component. Let’s say this: All that provided the care. a quality of life return in exchange FNC is a software developer that is lost if a town’s leaders think UMMC said Blue Cross patients account for 13 for every dollar provided. filled the demand for the special- parks are nice when there’s extra percent of the medical center’s revenue. That’s one The Foundation’s newest re- ized needs of real estate apprais- money, that traffic planning is dollar out of every eight it takes in, and UMMC’s deci- port, out last week, details a study al. Merely an idea in 1995, the optional, that high crime doesn’t sion could put some or all of that money at risk. After of small American towns that have company sold for $475 million in hurt anything, really, and that the all, there are other medical centers in Mississippi. prospered. Any community that 2016. The new owner is planning quality of schools and health care Patients have options. collectively desires to do better to remain in Oxford to create an is not important. Boiled down, this is a money problem that has been can use the report as a step-by- innovation center and employ People are more mobile than brewing for years. Hospitals have been hit hard by step guide, almost like a recipe. 600 more people. Next Gear is ever and will go where they per- reduced reimbursements from the two government The five towns were Findlay, another company less that 20 ceive opportunity for a good life. health insurance programs, Medicare and Medicaid, Ohio; Brookings, S.D.; Jasper, years old. The firm also develops As proof, Oxford grew from 9,292 and from private insurers. They rightly believe their Ind.; Ardmore, Okla.; and Oxford, specialized workflow software. people in 1970 to 33,875 in 2016. survival is threatened by further revenue declines. right here in Mississippi. It projects a need for 125 more Some parting numbers: Na- Blue Cross, meanwhile, is trying to hold down its Although there were differ- employees. Morrow Creative, No tionally, job growth averaged 1.2 costs by controlling the payments it makes to hospi- ences from one of these fly-over Time 2 Cook and New Media Lab, percent from 2011 to 2016. It was tals. towns to the next, the study’s LLC, are four more niche small 4.4 percent in Oxford. Nationally, Whether or not UMMC and Blue Cross arrive at a author, Walton Family Foundation business start-ups recording solid wage growth averaged 4.1 percent solution, this problem is not going away. Medical care Fellow Ross DeVol, extracted success. during the same time. It was 6.2 keeps getting more expensive — but nobody wants to seven major attributes. Have any failed? Dozens, no percent in Oxford. pay for it. The seven, paraphrased, are: doubt. The point is that the com- Other Mississippi towns are n Access to higher education munity adopted a posture welcom- prospering, too. What the report Greenwood Commonwealth and research. ing informed risk-taking. Projects targeted to only five nationally n Community colleges with were not dismissed merely due to confirms that community success strong workforce development. fear of failure. is not happenstance. It is planned n Understanding and support Most Mississippians don’t asso- and intentional, not keyed to THE DAILY LEEK of entrepreneurs and early-stage ciate Oxford with manufacturing. geography, demographics, natural capital. Several years ago when one of resources or any of the standard n Multiple economic drivers. the town’s largest non-university excuses some towns list as their Local Coffee shop makes highly caffeinated n Manufacturing along with employers, Whirlpool, shut down insurmountable obstacles. Yes, morning blend; crime decreases by 46% logistics and supply chain oppor- and moved a lot of jobs to, as it there are some pluses that come New studies reveal a direct link between coffee tunities. happens, another town in the via location, but it’s pretty clear consumption and a decrease in violent crime. Many n Support for technical, tech- study, Findlay, Ohio. the formula could work anywhere scientists believe the root issue of the spike in Colum- nology and professional enterpris- Oxford was resilient, though, … anywhere enough people want bus crime to be an acute case of “mondaymorning- es. and is one of few towns that came it to work. grumpyitis”. The high dosage of caffeine found in the n Quality of place. out of the 2008 economic crisis Charlie Mitchell is an associate brew seems to be the common cure. At the outset, note there’s with more manufacturing jobs dean of journalism at the Univer- The Daily Leek is written by local funny man Josiah nothing here, at least directly, than before. Winchester makes sity of Mississippi. Email reaches Andrews. You can reach him at [email protected] about natural climate or resources ammunition north of the town and him at [email protected]. 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SURABAYA, Indonesia — An Indonesian family brought its 8-year-old daughter to a suicide bomb attack it launched Monday on the police headquarters in the country’s second-largest city, author- ities said, a day after members of another family conducted coordinated suicide bombings on three city churches that killed 12 people. National police chief Tito Karnavian said the girl, who was with two of the attackers on a mo- torcycle, survived being thrown by the blast at Surabaya’s police headquarters. The attack killed the four perpetrators. Six civilians and four officers Beth Proffitt/Dispatch Staff were wounded. Community Counseling Services is taking part in National Mental Health Awareness Month. Approximately one The attack came just hours after police said the in five Americans experience a mental illness, yet only one-third of them will access treatment. The negative family that carried out the church bombings in- stereotypes surrounding mental illness deter people who may experience these disorders from getting the help that can improve their lives and their ability to achieve their full potential. cluded girls aged 9 and 12. The flurry of bombings raised concerns that previously beaten-down militant networks in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation have been reinvigorated by the return of some of the estimated 1,100 Indonesians who went to fight Noisy Hawaiian volcano lava fissure with the Islamic State group in Syria. Experts have warned for several years that when those fighters prompts more evacuations return, they could pose a significant threat. By CALEB JONES lost to the lava to nearly 40. behind some trees. The Associated Press Residents in the immediate “I’ve actually seen rocks fly area were told to evacuate, and over the tree line and I can feel it PAHOA, Hawaii — A new two nearby community centers in my body,” Schott said. “It’s like fissure in Hawaii’s Puna District were serving as shelters for people a nuclear reaction or something.” sent gases and lava exploding into and pets. The new opening was still the air, spurring officials to call Lava spread across hundreds of showing signs of activity Sunday for more evacuations as residents waited for a possible major erup- yards of private land and loud ex- afternoon. The fissure measures tion at Kilauea volcano’s summit. plosions rocked the neighborhood about 1,000 feet (300 meters) long, Hawaii County Civil Defense not far from Leilani Estates subdi- officials said. issued an emergency cellphone vision, where more than a dozen The U.S. Geological Survey’s alert after the fissure was discov- other active vents have opened in Hawaiian Volcano Observatory ered early Sunday morning. The the past week. said new fissures, ground defor- agency said one “unidentified Nearby resident Richard mation and abundant volcanic structure” was destroyed by the Schott, 34, sat near a police check- gases indicate eruptions on the new vent, bringing the total num- point and watched as the eruption eastern flank of Kilauea are likely ber of homes and other buildings churned just over a ridgeline and to continue.

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Bridget Yarbrough Bridget Elaine Yarbrough, age 44, of Millport, AL passed away Monday, May 7, 2018, at her residence. A visitation was held on Saturday, May 12, 2018, from 12:00 – 2:00 PM at Crossroads Bap- tist Church, Carrollton, AL. A funeral service followed on Saturday, May 12, 2018, at 2:00 PM Allen Porter at Crossroads Baptist Church with Bro. Gene Visitation: Monday, May 14 • 1-1:45 PM Dawkins officiating and Lowndes Funeral Home Memorial Gunter Peel directing. Funeral Home 2nd Ave. Location Mrs. Yarbrough was born on January 21, 1974, Graveside Services: in Columbus, MS to Kermit and Judy Pritchard Monday, May 14 • 2 PM Friendship Cemetery Baucom, Jr. She was preceded in death by her Burial daughter- Hope Yarbrough. Friendship Cemetery Mrs. Yarbrough is survived by her husband- John Yarbrough of Millport, AL; daughters- Jaci Billy Brewer Yarbrough, and Morgan Yarbrough; son- Justin Services: Saturday, May 19 • 1 PM Butler; mother- Judy Baucom of Columbus, MS; The Pavilion at Ole Miss father- Kermit Baucom, Jr. of Columbus, MS; sis- Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home ters- Tabitha (Wade) Beard, and Rachel (Timo- College St. Location thy) Daniels; and brother- Jodi Baucom. Pallbearers will be Kevin Baucom, Jeremie Doug Yelverton, Jr. Baucom, Donald Pritchard, Jimmy Adkins, Incomplete James Yarbrough, Alex Yarbrough, and Jeremy 2nd Ave. North Location Howard. Memorials may be made to Recover House for Woman, 770 Golding Road, Columbus, MS 39702. memorialgunterpeel.com Compliments of Lowndes Funeral Home www.lowndesfuneralhome.net 6A MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Education EAST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Courtesy photo An end-of-year bash and retirement celebration took place in the student union on the Golden Triangle campus of East Mississippi Community College Monday, May 7. Some of the retirees have worked their last day while others will remain through the month of May. The retirees (and the number of years they have worked at EMCC) are, from left: Speech instructor Sandra Grych (20 years); Director of Libraries Donna Ballard (13 years); Adult Basic Education instructor Melissa Wilson (20 years); Director of Nursing and Allied Health Patricia Clowers (16 years); and Dean of Students Cathy Kemp (6 years). Retirees not pictured are Automotive instructor Benny Cooper (6 years); and Lion Hills maintenance worker Craig Mitchell (18 years). ■ The Dispatch’s education page appears each Monday. Submissions must come from school personnel and include all pertinent information, including names of everyone featured in a photograph, left to right. Submissions can be emailed to [email protected]. Time-sensitive submissions will have top priority and The Dispatch will publish the rest as space permits.

Cadence Continued from Page 1A According to the Ca- tions). We said we would chairman once the deal formidable competitor in dence release, State Bank be selective and that we closes. Tome Willey, vice the dynamic markets we shareholders will receive were looking for a gem. chairman of the State serve.” 1.160 shares of Cadence “We found a gem with Bank board, will serve as Cadence Bank CEO Bancorporation Class A State Bank. I believe this a director of Cadence Ban- Sam Tortorici will relo- common stock for each is going to be an outstand- corporation and Chair- cate to Atlanta, Georgia. share of State Bank coming combination,“ he man of Cadence Bank. Cadence Bank’s head- mon stock. The transac- added. “ I see it as a joint “We are excited to quarters, likewise, will tion is valued at $1.4 bil- win for both company’s be partnering with Ca- move to Atlanta from lion, based on Cadence’s shareholders, customers, dence,” Evans said in a Birmingham, Alabama. May 11 closing price of employees and the com- statement. “From this Cadence Bancorporation, $30.23 per stock. State munities we serve.” incredible combination according to the release, Bank’s shares, accord- State Bank board of talents and resources will remain headquar- ing to Reuters, closed at Chairman Joe Evans will will emerge a truly excep- tered in Houston. $33.08. serve as Cadence’s vice tional bank that will be a When the deal is finalized, Cadence shareholders will own 65 percent of the combined company, and State Bank shareholders will own 35 percent. The move comes slightly more than a year after Cadence went public on the New York Stock Exchange. The company’s stock ended the first day of trading on April 13, 2017 at $21.55. Cadence Bancorpora- tion Chairman and CEO Paul B. Murphy Jr. said in the release that he’s excited about the merger. “We are excited to announce that two great companies are joining forces. State Bank is an impressive organization with talented, experienced and customer-centered bankers,” Murphy said. “When we went public a year ago, we said we wanted to be active with (mergers and acquisi-

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Jordan Westburg went 4-for-4 with four RBIs, and Jake Mangum and Eli- jah MacNamee had three hits as part of a 20-hit attack Sunday in the Mississippi State baseball team’s 18-8 victory against No. 21 Kentucky at Cliff Hagan Stadium. MSU (28-24, 12-15 Southeastern Conference) recorded its second-most hits in a MSU 18, game and its most in a SEC game this season No. 21 Kentucky 8 to salvage Game 3 of the weekend series. The loss dropped Kentucky to 33-18 and 13-14. “This was a great win,” MSU interim coach Gary Henderson said. “We had a disappointing loss yes- Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff terday, and it’s hard to bounce back from that on the Mississippi University for Women pitcher Drew Williams appeared in 10 games for the Owls this season. He road. It’s great to see the team continue to improve enters the United States College Athletic Association Small College World Series (USCAA) with a 6-3 record and a offensively. Scoring runs early was important. Ja- 4.92 earned run average. cob Billingsley also gave us a great start.” Rowdey Jordan, Tanner Allen, Hunter Stovall, and Marshall Gilbert also had two hits. MacNamee had three RBIs, while Mangum and Stovall had OWLS HONORED BEFORE SERIES OPENERS two. The Bulldogs scored three runs in the first in- From Special Reports a .349 batting average, scored 27 slugging percentage. ning, four in the second, and two more in the third runs, and had 37 hits (five doubles, Martin leads the Owls with a to stake starter Jacob Billingsley to a big cushion. DUBOIS, Pa. — The Mississip- two triples) and 19 RBIs. The Tal- .380 batting average, a .504 on-base Billingsley (4-3) allowed eight hits and five runs in pi University for Women baseball lassee, Alabama, native has a 7-2 percentage, and a .489 slugging 5 2/3 innings. He walked none and struck out 11. and softball teams picked up some record in 49 1/3 innings. percentage. In 34 games, the junior Zach Neff and Cole Gordon pitched the final 3 1/3 awards Sunday prior to their first The W earned the No. 9 seed and utility player has 35 hits (eight dou- innings. appearances in the United States was scheduled to play No. 9 seed bles, one triple) and 23 RBIs. MSU will conclude its regular season this week- College Athletic Association Small Florida National University at 8:30 Duke and Martin had grade- end with a series against reigning national champi- College World Series (USCAA). a.m. Monday at Showers Field. The point averages of 3.5. The feat on Florida. Game 1 of the three-game series will be Freshman infielder Damainwinner of that game is scheduled to landed them a spot on the USCAA at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Dudy Noble Field. Benefield received first-team US- play No. 1 seed University of Cin- All-Academic Team. CAA All-America honors after a cinnati-Clermont at 4 p.m. Monday. Tiffany Phillips, Anna Kate regular season that saw him lead The double-elimination tour- O’Bryant, Mackenzie Harris, Mad- The Owls (19-13) in almost every nament features 20 small college ison Scoggin, Madeline Newman, offensive category — .429 batting teams from nine states. Ciara Steward, and Cara Hopper average, a .530 on-base percentage, MUW softball players Kat- also were named to the All-Academ- Celtics rout Cavs in and a .736 slugging percentage. In lyn Duke and Kristen Martin ic team. 28 games, the team MVP scored were named third-team USCAA The W earned the No. 7 seed 24 runs and had 39 hits (10 doubles All-Americans. for the tournament and will face Game 1 of East final and six home runs) and 32 RBIs. Duke leads The W (19-17) with 10th-seeded Penn State Beaver at Freshman utility player Will 32 RBIs. The junior from Philadel- 10 a.m. Monday. The winner will By JIMMY GOLEN Peters was named a third-team phia has a .321 batting average, a face St. Mary of the Woods at 6 p.m. The Associated Press USCAA All-American. Peters had .358 on-base percentage, and a .454 Monday. BOSTON — The assignment for Boston Celt- ics forward Marcus Morris in his first start this postseason was easy to explain but nearly impos- sible to execute. His job: Guard LeBron James, and keep the four-time NBA MVP from running the Celtics out of Boston 108, their own gym in the East- Cleveland 83 ern Conference finals for the second year in a row. “He’s the best player in the game,” Morris, who during the week boasted he was up to the challenge and on Sunday explained why he wanted it. “Because I’m a competitor. He’s the best player, and I’m going to be able to tell my kids this one day.” Morris scored 21 points and added 10 re- bounds while pestering James into a playoff-high seven turnovers — and a playoff-low 15 points — and the Celtics opened a 21-point, first-quarter lead to scorch Cleveland 108-83 in Game 1. Jaylen Brown scored 23 points and Al Horford had 20 for Boston, which ran off 17 points in a Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff row in the first and never allowed the Cavaliers Mississippi University for Women junior Kristen Martin Mississippi University for Women pitcher Tiffany Phillips within single digits again. The Celtics led by 28 motions to the dugout after a hit against Millsaps. Martin enters the the United States College Athletic Association when Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue pulled James was honored Sunday for her inaugural season at The W. Small College World Series (USCAA) with a 2-1 record. for good with 7 minutes, 9 seconds left. State championships MSU softball earns enjoy banner stays on college campuses No. 2 seed in Tucson BY SCOTT WALTERS STARKVILLE The title was different [email protected] eshoba Central because it was the first High School one won on the campus STARKVILLE — Mississippi State senior Nfast-pitch softball of Mississippi State. The pitcher Holly Ward never takes a postseason in- coach Trae Embry has Class 1A, 3A, and 5A vitation for granted. coached in some of the State championship se- “This is what you work so hard for,” Ward state’s biggest games this ries were played at MSU’s said. “There is still an excitement when you see decade. Nusz Park. The Class your name called out. Everybody was relaxed On Friday, Neshoba 2A, 4A, and 6A State title because we felt like we were in good shape. That Central series were played at doesn’t change that moment when you see your won a Southern Mississippi in name, though, and you know you have a chance sixth- Hattiesburg. to keep playing.” straight “It’s a game-changer On Sunday, MSU earned its 14th berth in Missis- for softball in this state,” the NCAA tournament when it was named the sippi Embry said. “It’s the best No. 2 seed in the Tucson Regional. Hosted by High thing to ever have happen No. 14 national seed Arizona, MSU (36-21) will School in this sport. The players face North Dakota State (33-17) at 8 p.m. Friday Scott Walters Activities love it. The coaches love (ESPN2) to open the four-team, double-elimina- Asso- it. It’s a big-time envi- tion event. Arizona (40-14) will face Saint Francis Scott Walters/Dispatch Staff (39-17) at 10:30 p.m. Friday. ciation ronment for the biggest Members of the Hamilton High School fast-pitch (MHSAA) Class 5A State games of our season. softball team reach for the Mississippi High School “Another business trip for this team,” said championship with a Proud of the MHSAA for Activities Association (MHSAA) Class 1A State MSU coach Vann Stuedeman, who earned 6-2 victory against Pearl making this move.” championship trophy Saturday after an 11-2 victory her sixth regional berth in seven seasons in River Central. See WALTERS, 2B against Myrtle at Mississippi State’s Nusz Park. See MSU SOFTBALL, 2B 2B MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com briefly Alabama loses series finale to SEC BASEBALL Standings CALENDAR Eastern Division LSU SEC Overall Mississippi State W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Prep Baseball BATON, ROUGE, La. — Beau Florida 20-7 .741 41-12 .774 #MoorCowbell Road Dawgs Tour resumes Monday Wednesday’s Game Jordan had three hits, and Daniel Georgia 16-11 .593 35-16 .686 STARKVILLE — New Mississippi State football coach Joe S. Carolina 15-12 .556 30-21 .588 Mississippi High School Activities Association Cabrera and Jake Slaughter had two Kentucky 13-14 .481 33-18 .647 Moorhead will be back on the road Monday when the Road Dawgs Tour (MHSAA) Class 4A State championship series hits Sunday to lead the LSU base- Vanderbilt 13-14 .481 27-24 .529 resumes with visits in Starkville, Tupelo, and Memphis, Tennessee. Tennessee 11-16 .407 28-25 .528 The event and celebration of MSU Athletics is a collaboration (Best-of-three) ball team to a 7-3 victory against Al- Missouri 10-17 .370 31-20 .608 by the MSU Bulldog Club, MSU Alumni Association and local alumni At Trustmark Park, Pearl Western Division abama in Game 3 of the three-game SEC Overall chapters. New Hope vs. Vancleave, 4 p.m. set at Alex Box Stadium. W-L Pct. W-L Pct. MSU women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer, the 2017-18 National NOTE: Per the MHSAA web site, barring no The win helped the Tigers (31- Arkansas 17-10 .630 36-15 .706 Coach of the Year, as well as MSU Director of Athletics John Cohen Ole Miss 16-11 .593 39-13 .750 will make appearances on the tour. Schaefer led the Bulldogs to their weather delays this weekend, Game 2 dates and 21, 14-13 Southeastern Conference) LSU 14-13 .519 31-21 .596 times for Thursday and Friday will be set after the Auburn 13-14 .481 35-17 .673 second-straight national championship game appearance and the clinch the series. Alabama won 6-1 Texas A&M 12-15 .444 34-17 .667 program’s first SEC Championship earlier this spring. completion of the semifinal rounds and late Saturday night. Miss. St. 12-15 .444 28-24 .538 On Tuesday, the tour will continue in Meridian and Biloxi. On graduation schedule considerations. The loss dropped Alabama to 26- Alabama 7-20 .259 26-27 .490 Wednesday, the tour will continue in Houston, Texas. It will wrap up 27 and 7-20. Late Saturday Thursday in Huntsville, Alabama, and Atlanta. College Baseball Alabama 6, LSU 1 Jordan scored a run and had Today’s Games Sunday’s Games an RBI from his leadoff position. Tennessee 8, Vanderbilt 7 Ole Miss United States College Athletic Association Georgia 4, Florida 1 Cabrera hit his seventh home run Small College World Series Arkansas 6, Texas A&M 3 Funeral arrangements set for legendary coach Brewer and had four RBIs, while Slaughter South Carolina 1, Missouri 0 OXFORD — Funeral arrangements for Ole Miss legend Billy At DuBois, Pennsylvania LSU 7, Alabama 3 also had an RBI. Brewer, who played on three of Johnny Vaught’s greatest teams and Mississippi University for Women vs. Florida Mississippi State 18, Kentucky 8 then returned years later to become the second-winningest head Nick Bush (1-1) allowed five Today’s Games National University, 8:30 a.m. No games scheduled football coach in school history, have been set. hits in six innings to get the win. Tuesday’s Games NOTE: Winner plays Cincinnati-Clermont at Brewer, 83, passed away Saturday afternoon at Trezevant Manor He allowed two runs (one earned), Presbyterian at Georgia, 5 p.m. in Memphis, Tennessee, following a brief illness. 4 p.m. Monday. The loser will play at 8:30 a.m. Auburn at Troy, 6 p.m. walked one, and struck out one. South Carolina Upstate at South Carolina, 6 p.m. A memorial service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at The Pavil- Tuesday — From Special Reports Indiana State at Missouri, 6 p.m. (SEC Network) ion at Ole Miss. A private family service will be Sunday at Gunter-Peel Tuesday’s Games Kentucky at Murray State, 6 p.m. Funeral Home in Columbus. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made Northwestern State at LSU, 6:30 p.m. to the Palmer Home in Columbus, Mississippi, Oxford-University United New Orleans at Southern Mississippi, 6 p.m. Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt, 6:30 p.m. Methodist Church, or the M-Club Scholarship fund at Ole Miss. Ole Miss at Arkansas State, 6:30 p.m. Sam Houston State at Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m. Ole Miss at Arkansas State, 6:30 p.m. In addition to his parents, Brewer was proceeded in death by his Thursday’s Games Walters wife of 51 years, Kay Gunter Brewer, and brothers Robert (Bobby) Southern Mississippi at Marshall, 5 p.m. Continued from Page 1B Brewer and Richard (Red) Brewer. He is survived by his sons Brett Ole Miss at Alabama, 6 p.m. In 2014, the high school football (Susan) of Memphis, Tennessee and Gunter (Rhonda) of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and grandchildren Keaton (Kate), Blaine (Tara), Lauren, Florida at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m. state championships were moved Bailey and Brogan. Friday’s Games from Jackson to MSU’s Davis Wade MSU softball Southern Mississippi at Marshall, 1 p.m. Stadium. Presently, the six state cham- Continued from Page 1B Alabama Ole Miss at Alabama, 6 p.m. pionship games rotate between MSU, Starkville. “Each week this team Rowing earns three medals, finishes fifth at Big 12 Florida at Mississippi State, 6 p.m. Ole Miss and this fall, for the first time, has battled. Very proud of the com- Saturday’s Games Southern Mississippi. petitive nature of this team and Championships Southern Mississippi at Marshall, 9:30 a.m. The volleyball state championships OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — For the second-straight year, Alabama row- how they have always fought when ing competed in all five Grand Final races Sunday at Melton Hill Lake, Ole Miss at Alabama, 1 p.m. were played in the fall at MSU’s New- adversity hit. Each weekend in the earning three event bronze medals and posting a fifth-place finish. Florida at Mississippi State, 3:30 p.m. ell-Grissom Building. The MHSAA SEC is the same as playing in a The medal count ties the team’s total from last season. softball championships were the last super regional. The experiences “We had a solid team performance this weekend,” Alabama coach College Softball to move to Division I campuses in the Today’s Games earned by this team will hopefully Larry Davis said. “All of our crews made the grand finals, we garnered state. three medals in five events, and finished fifth overall in the team United States College Athletic Association pay off in this regional.” “This is Vanntastic for softball in standings.” Small College World Series For a second-straight season, After medaling in three events last season, the Tide equaled that this state,” MSU coach Vann Stuede- At DuBois, Pennsylvania the SEC placed all 13 members in performance by grabbing third in the Third Varsity 8+, Second Varsity man said. “The state has been slow Mississippi University for Women vs. PSU-Beaver, the 64-team tournament field. The 4+ and First Varsity 4+. Those showings helped propel Alabama to a in growing the sport, but this another fifth-place finish with 23 team points. 10 a.m. step in the right direction. Anytime conference also received a tourna- The 3V8+ was the first race of the day for Alabama, finishing neck- NOTE: Winner plays St. Mary of the Woods at you have a chance to showcase your ment-record nine host spots. Au- and-neck with Tennessee as the Tide’s bow pushed across the line in 6 p.m. Monday. The loser will play at 10 a.m. 7:08.299, six-tenths of a second ahead of the Volunteers in 7:08.912 facilities, it’s a win. We want to continue burn, Ole Miss, MSU, and Missouri Tuesday to secure a bronze medal for Alabama. The Tide’s 2V4+ and 1V4+ to bring in some of the best players in will travel for postseason play. Friday’s Games took third in the next two races before the First and Second Varsity 8+ the state. You have to start with home- “We talked about it before play- finished the day. NCAA tournament grown, in-state talent. That is how you ing in the SEC tournament,” Ward Senior Nicole Lane, a member of Alabama’s conference 1V8+ Tempe Regional crew, earned All-Big 12 honors. build a program.” said. “We talked about how great At Tempe, Arizona Earlier in the week, Alabama placed 35 rowers on the Academic MSU had two commitments win the SEC is. It means a lot that ev- Long Beach State vs. Ole Miss, 6 p.m. All-Big 12 team. Thirty-three of the 35 earned first-team honors, state championships at Nusz Park. erybody got in. We competed with including five with 4.0 grade-point averages, the highest total in both New Mexico State at Arizona State, 8:30 p.m. Neshoba Central junior pitcher Aspen those teams during the regular sea- categories for any Big 12 team. Tucson Regional Wesley threw her 11th no-hitter of the son. We know we have what it takes — From Special Reports At Tucson, Arizona season in a 3-0 victory against Pearl to win games against teams in a re- Mississippi State vs. North Dakota State, 8 p.m. River Central on Thursday. She then gional because we faced those other Saint Francis at Arizona, 10:30 p.m. SUNDAY’S GOLF SCORES threw a four-hitter in Game 2. conference teams during the regu- Tuscaloosa Regional PGA Tour The Players Championship “Playing here was an incredible lar season.” At TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium), Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida At Tuscaloosa, Alabama Purse: $11 million / Yardage: 7,189; Par 72 experience,” Wesley said. “Playing at Catcher Mia Davidson earned Final Wisconsin vs. Oregon State, 6 p.m. Webb Simpson (600), $1,980,000...... 66-63-68-73—270 Mississippi State added just a little ex- Freshman of the Year honors from Charl Schwartzel (230), $821,333...... 68-66-73-67—274 Middle Tennessee State at Alabama, 8:30 p.m. Xander Schauffele (230), $821,333...... 68-68-71-67—274 tra motivation throughout the season. the SEC coaches. Davidson set a Jimmy Walker (230), $821,333...... 69-68-70-67—274 Jason Day (115), $418,000...... 69-67-71-68—275 Men’s College Golf It was great to play in this stadium. It MSU freshman record by hitting 18 Jason Dufner (115), $418,000...... 72-69-66-68—275 made you feel like everything was a Keegan Bradley (91), $331,375...... 69-69-72-66—276 Today through Wednesday home runs in the regular season. Tommy Fleetwood (91), $331,375...... 69-71-68-68—276 Alabama at Pacific-hosted Stockton Regional little more big time. Got to admit, I was Danny Lee (91), $331,375...... 68-66-70-72—276 Davidson is excited about her Harold Varner III (91), $331,375...... 71-67-70-68—276 (Stockton, California) a little nervous before pitching the first Chesson Hadley (67), $225,500...... 66-69-75-67—277 first postseason trip and a chance to Brooks Koepka (67), $225,500...... 70-70-74-63—277 Mississippi State, Ole Miss at Texas-Tech hosted game.” play in a hitter friendly Hillenbrand Ian Poulter (67), $225,500...... 70-69-69-69—277 Junior third baseman Aquana Adam Scott (67), $225,500...... 69-68-72-68—277 Bryan Regional (Bryan, Texas) Stadium. Justin Thomas (67), $225,500...... 73-70-68-66—277 Brownlee helped lead Houston to its Tiger Woods (67), $225,500...... 72-71-65-69—277 “The team is excited,” Davidson Rafa Cabrera Bello (52), $148,867...... 71-71-67-69—278 Women’s College Golf second fast-pitch state championship. Charles Howell III (52), $148,867...... 68-67-74-69—278 Friday through Sunday said. “We will face a big challenge Jamie Lovemark (52), $148,867...... 76-67-68-67—278 Brownlee, another MSU commitment, Alex Noren (52), $148,867...... 66-69-77-66—278 Alabama, Ole Miss at NCAA Championships because it is a hitter’s park. The key Dustin Johnson (52), $148,867...... 66-71-69-72—278 homered in both victories against Matt Kuchar (52), $148,867...... 66-71-71-70—278 (Stillwater, Oklahoma) will be for all the pitchers to keep Scott Brown (39), $92,714...... 70-71-69-69—279 Raleigh. Ryan Palmer (39), $92,714...... 74-67-69-69—279 the ball down. As the catcher, it is Justin Rose (39), $92,714...... 68-72-73-66—279 Men’s College Tennis “Everybody was more hyped play- Steve Stricker (39), $92,714...... 67-69-73-70—279 my job to make sure that happens. Patrick Cantlay (39), $92,714...... 66-68-74-71—279 Friday’s Matches ing at State,” Brownlee said. “It made Henrik Stenson (39), $92,714...... 68-70-71-70—279 you want to get to that championship For the hitters, this will be a good Richy Werenski (39), $92,714...... 70-71-68-70—279 NCAA Round of 16 Byeong Hun An (27), $65,371...... 71-70-69-70—280 At Winston-Salem, North Carolina just a little more. It was a fun experi- chance to play well and show what Kiradech Aphibarnrat, $65,371...... 71-71-71-67—280 Cody Gribble (27), $65,371...... 68-71-72-69—280 Mississippi State vs. Texas, 11 a.m. ence for everybody involved. I hope we we are capable of doing.” Ryan Moore (27), $65,371...... 71-70-73-66—280 Chez Reavie (27), $65,371...... 71-71-69-69—280 Alabama vs. Texas A&M, 6 p.m. have a chance to come back here and North Dakota State won the Sum- Rory Sabbatini (27), $65,371...... 67-71-71-71—280 Grayson Murray (27), $65,371...... 72-68-69-71—280 Ole Miss vs. Florida, 6 p.m. do this again.” mit League regular-season champi- Bryson DeChambeau (20), $50,600...... 70-67-73-71—281 onship and conference tournament Emiliano Grillo (20), $50,600...... 69-71-72-69—281 Hamilton took two of three games Billy Horschel (20), $50,600...... 68-70-73-70—281 Women’s College Tennis in the Class 1A State championship championship. North Dakota State Nick Watney (20), $50,600...... 70-72-72-67—281 Thursday’s Match Brice Garnett (15), $40,700...... 69-69-73-71—282 series against Myrtle. It was the first upset Oklahoma to win the Norman Ted Potter, Jr. (15), $40,700...... 70-70-72-70—282 NCAA Round of 16 Patrick Reed (15), $40,700...... 72-68-70-72—282 fast-pitch state title for the Lady Lions. Regional in 2009, which was its first Jordan Spieth (15), $40,700...... 75-68-65-74—282 At Winston-Salem, North Carolina Jhonattan Vegas (15), $40,700...... 67-72-70-73—282 “Playing at Mississippi State will year of being NCAA postseason el- Austin Cook (9), $27,980...... 72-70-71-70—283 Ole Miss vs. UCLA, 6 p.m. Matthew Fitzpatrick, $27,980...... 72-70-70-71—283 always mean a lot to these girls,” Ham- igible. Branden Grace (9), $27,980...... 69-71-73-70—283 ilton coach Bryan Loague said. “Many Beau Hossler (9), $27,980...... 70-69-73-71—283 Junior College Baseball NDSU also upset top-seeded Chris Kirk (9), $27,980...... 70-71-70-72—283 of them will never have this kind of ex- Jason Kokrak (9), $27,980...... 72-69-71-71—283 Wednesday’s Game Oklahoma last season before falling Shane Lowry (9), $27,980...... 75-68-69-71—283 perience again. This group has worked Kevin Na (9), $27,980...... 69-71-72-71—283 NJCAA Region XXIII tournament to Tulsa and Oklahoma in the Nor- C.T. Pan (9), $27,980...... 68-70-76-69—283 At Eunice, Louisiana so hard that I am proud they got make Chris Stroud (9), $27,980...... 70-70-72-71—283 man Regional. Kevin Tway (9), $27,980...... 70-72-72-69—283 Itawamba vs. Meridian, Noon the history of winning a first fast-pitch “They are known for pulling Daniel Berger (6), $24,310...... 74-68-72-70—284 championship. Playing at MSU made Tony Finau (6), $24,310...... 70-72-71-71—284 the big upset,” Stuedeman said. Adam Hadwin (6), $24,310...... 72-68-71-73—284 it much easier on our fans, too, so this Mackenzie Hughes (6), $24,310...... 76-67-68-73—284 “We will do our research and have Martin Laird (6), $24,310...... 72-71-70-71—284 on the air was a great experience.” Bubba Watson (6), $24,310...... 68-71-73-72—284 a plan. However, all four teams in Si Woo Kim (5), $23,320...... 67-72-74-72—285 Myrtle and Hamilton virtually filled Marc Leishman (5), $23,320...... 71-71-67-76—285 Today the regional can play. Saint Francis Jon Rahm (5), $23,320...... 68-70-77-70—285 the stadium for each of their three Tyrone Van Aswegen (4), $22,880...... 74-68-70-74—286 CYCLING leads the nation in grand slams. Ar- Brandon Harkins (4), $22,440...... 75-68-73-71—287 3 p.m. — Amgen Tour of California, stage 2, meetings. With each school being less J.J. Henry (4), $22,440...... 72-71-69-75—287 than 75 miles from the MSU campus, izona is one of the standards. When Andrew Landry (4), $22,440...... 67-75-71-74—287 Ventura to Santa Barbara County, California, NBC you grow up watching softball, Ar- Sergio Garcia (3), $22,000...... 68-69-75-76—288 travel was easy and both schools had Ross Fisher (3), $21,780...... 70-73-73-73—289 Sports Network large turnouts. izona is one of the programs you The Rocco Forte Open MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL know about.” Sunday The trend continued with strong At Verdura Gulf Club, Agrigento, Sicily 1:15 p.m. — Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, Fox The winner of the Tucson Re- Purse: $1.19 million / Yardage: 7,217; Par: 71 Sports Southeast crowd support for each of the final Final gional will face the winner of the NOTE: Lagergren won on first playoff hole 6 p.m. — Tampa Bay at Kansas City, ESPN two games Thursday and Friday. Joakim Lagergren, Sweden...... 71-66-63-68—268 Attendance figures also were strong Los Angeles Regional (hosted by Mike Lorenzo-Vera, France...... 71-64-63-70—268 9 p.m. — Regional coverage, Houston at L.A. Lucas Herbert, Australia...... 69-71-66-63—269 at Southern Miss, where most of the UCLA) in a super regional. Andy Sullivan, England...... 67-72-65-65—269 Angels OR Cincinnati at San Francisco, MLB Lucas Bjerregaard, Denmark...... 65-68-68-69—270 participating teams had longer trips to This season, MSU has spent Julien Guerrier, France...... 68-65-67-71—271 Network Steven Brown, England...... 68-66-73-66—273 make. a majority of the regular season Francesco Laporta, Italy...... 69-69-67-68—273 NBA Edoardo Molinari, Italy...... 71-70-67-66—274 “For the first time around, every- ranked. The Bulldogs rode a 28-3 Andrea Pavan, Italy...... 72-66-66-70—274 8 p.m. — NBA playoffs, Western Conference Austin Connelly, Canada...... 70-74-65-66—275 finals, Game 1, Golden State at Houston, TNT thing went well,” MHSAA Executive non-conference record to a top 20 Ryan Evans, England...... 65-69-71-70—275 Director Don Hinton said. “The Paul Waring, England...... 70-68-70-67—275 NHL finish in the Ratings Percentage Eddie Pepperell, England...... 72-69-69-66—276 feedback from coaches and players Jeff Winther, Denmark...... 71-74-65-66—276 7 p.m. — NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, Western Index (RPI). The non-conference Thomas Aiken, South Africa...... 68-71-70-67—276 was very positive. The change of venue losses were to Arizona State, Drake, Tom Lewis, England...... 71-71-67-67—276 Conference finals, Game 2, Vegas at Winnipeg, Pop Angles, Spain...... 72-70-66-68—276 added to the championship games. I Cal State Fullerton, which are all in Jacques Kruyswijk, South Africa...... 72-68-68-68—276 NBC Sports Network Also think it made an impact.” the NCAA tournament. Chase Koepka, United States...... 72-69-71-68—280 Daniel Im, United States...... 74-71-69-68—282 Tuesday The fast-pitch championships were “Credit to our players for tak- Web.com Knoxville Open CYCLING played in Madison or Ridgeland prior ing care of their business in the At Fox Den Country Club, Knoxville, Tennessee 3:30 p.m. — Amgen Tour of California, stage 3, to moving to MSU and Southern Miss. Purse: $550,000 / Yardage: 7,088; Par: 71 non-conference games,” Stuede- Final King City to Laguna Seca, California, NBC Sports The economic impact of moving man said. “When you play in the Stephan Jaeger, $99,000...... 68-72-64-64—268 Network Sungjae Im, $59,400...... 69-69-65-68—271 softball games isn’t nearly as dramatic SEC, your RPI will be excellent. You Wyndham Clark, $37,400...... 69-70-68-65—272 GOLF Cameron Davis, $21,656...... 70-69-67-67—273 moving football games. The football separate yourself by playing well in Derek Ernst, $21,656...... 68-63-72-70—273 7 p.m. — World Long Drive Tour, AK-CHIN Smash state championship games in the Matt Harmon, $21,656...... 68-69-66-70—273 the non-conference games. Those Wes Roach, $21,656...... 71-68-63-71—273 In the Sun, at Phoenix, TGC larger classifications can draw between Anders Albertson, $15,400...... 71-66-68-69—274 are the ones you have to win. We Roberto Castro, $15,400...... 68-68-70-68—274 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 15,000 and 20,000 people. Will Claxton, $15,400...... 68-65-68-73—274 were close to hosting. Daniel Summerhays, $15,400...... 70-64-67-73—274 6:30 p.m. — Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, Fox However, the football games went Ben Kohles, $11,550...... 68-72-66-69—275 “Realistically, if you win three Henrik Norlander, $11,550...... 70-67-69-69—275 Sports Southeast first, and the feedback statewide has Alex Prugh, $11,550...... 69-66-69-71—275 more games, you are hosting. That Joseph Bramlett, $9,350...... 69-68-66-73—276 7 p.m. — St. Louis at Minnesota, FS1 been positive. The MHSAA has contin- George McNeill, $9,350...... 71-70-67-68—276 NBA probably means scoring three more Scott Pinckney, $9,350...... 72-68-65-71—276 ued that trend by moving other events. Mark Anderson, $6,254...... 68-69-69-71—277 6:30 p.m. — NBA draft Lottery, at Chicago, ESPN runs. As a coach, you motivate by Kevin Dougherty, $6,254...... 69-71-69-68—277 While a plan for the fast-pitch cham- Brad Hopfinger, $6,254...... 69-71-70-67—277 7:30 p.m. — NBA playoffs, Eastern Conference pionships hasn’t been announced, look pointing out we have been compet- Justin Hueber, $6,254...... 72-68-68-69—277 Hank Lebioda, $6,254...... 68-71-69-69—277 finals, Game 2, Cleveland at Boston, ESPN for a similar setup to this season. itive with some of the best teams in Maverick McNealy, $6,254...... 74-67-68-68—277 Sebastián Muñoz, $6,254...... 72-69-71-65—277 NHL On this occasion, the MHSAA got the nation. It is also shows the play- Mito Pereira, $6,254...... 73-64-70-70—277 Brady Schnell, $6,254...... 69-72-67-69—277 7 p.m. — NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, Eastern it right. ers how close we are to taking the Scott Harrington, $3,971...... 69-70-73-66—278 Conference finals, Game 3, Tampa Bay at next step.” Max Marsico, $3,971...... 72-66-70-70—278 Scott Walters is a sports writer for Dan McCarthy, $3,971...... 71-69-70-68—278 Washington, NBC Sports Network The Dispatch. He can be reached at Follow Dispatch sports Dicky Pride, $3,971...... 68-70-73-67—278 Robby Shelton, $3,971...... 69-71-68-70—278 [email protected]. Follow him writer Scott Walters on Twitter Cameron Champ, $3,149...... 75-66-70-68—279 Erik Compton, $3,149...... 71-69-71-68—279 on Twitter @dispatchscott. @dispatchscott The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018 3B MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL COLLEGE SOFTBALL: NCAA tournament AMERICAN LEAGUE Schedule East Division All Regionals May 18-20 / * — Host Institution Newcomb W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Alabama one of Lexington Regional Boston 28 12 .700 — — 6-4 W-2 11-4 17-8 At Lexington, Kentucky New York 28 12 .700 — — 8-2 W-2 18-7 10-5 Michigan (43-11) vs. Notre Dame (32-21) Toronto 21 20 .512 7½ 3½ 3-7 L-2 11-11 10-9 Illinois-Chicago (33-19) vs. No. 16 seed Kentucky* (31-19) has strong Tampa Bay 16 22 .421 11 7 3-7 L-1 8-10 8-12 nine national Columbia Regional Baltimore 13 28 .317 15½ 11½ 5-5 W-1 10-12 3-16 At Columbia, South Carolina Central Division No. 9 seed South Carolina* (45-14) vs. UNCG (46-11) W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Liberty (47-12) vs. Hofstra (40-12) effort on Cleveland 20 19 .513 — — 4-6 W-2 13-9 7-10 seeds from SEC Minnesota 17 19 .472 1½ 5 7-3 L-1 7-7 10-12 Tempe Regional At Tempe, Arizona Detroit 17 22 .436 3 6½ 4-6 W-1 10-9 7-13 From Special Reports Kansas City 13 27 .325 7½ 11 5-5 L-2 6-13 7-14 Long Beach State (42-12) vs. Ole Miss (30-23) Chicago 10 27 .270 9 12½ 2-8 W-1 3-15 7-12 New Mexico State (29-22) vs. No. 8 seed Arizona State* (43-11) mound for TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama West Division and Ole Miss softball teams were part of Tuscaloosa Regional W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away At Tuscaloosa, Alabama Houston 26 16 .619 — — 6-4 W-2 12-10 14-6 history Sunday when the Southeastern Oregon State (28-26) vs. Wisconsin (28-21) Atlanta Los Angeles 24 16 .600 1 — 6-4 W-1 10-12 14-4 Conference sent all 13 of its teams to the Middle Tennessee (39-20) vs. No. 12 seed Alabama* (33-18) Seattle 22 17 .564 2½ 1½ 5-5 L-1 8-8 14-9 NCAA tournament. Oakland 19 21 .475 6 5 4-6 L-2 11-9 8-12 Alabama (33-18) earned a No. 12 na- Fayetteville Regional By STEVEN WINE Texas 16 26 .381 10 9 4-6 L-2 7-16 9-10 At Fayetteville, Arkansas The Associated Press tional seed and will play at home, while No. 13 seed Arkansas* (39-15) vs. DePaul (35-15) NATIONAL LEAGUE Ole Miss (30-23) will go on the road to Wichita State (30-21) vs. Oklahoma State (38-20) MIAMI — Even though East Division play in the Tempe (Ariz.) Regional. Norman Regional W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Sean Newcomb had trouble Last season, the SEC set the NCAA At Norman, Oklahoma throwing strikes Sunday, he Atlanta 24 15 .615 — — 6-4 W-2 8-7 16-8 record when all 13 teams earned a spot Missouri (28-27) vs. Tulsa (33-23) kept escaping because the Philadelphia 23 16 .590 1 — 7-3 W-1 16-6 7-10 in the NCAA Tournament. The SEC re- Boston U. (39-18) vs. No. 4 seed Oklahoma* (50-3) Washington 24 18 .571 1½ — 8-2 W-4 10-10 14-8 ceived eight national seeds. Miami Marlins had a lot of New York 19 18 .514 4 2½ 2-8 L-1 7-10 12-8 Tucson Regional trouble hitting him. Miami 14 26 .350 10½ 9 3-7 L-2 8-14 6-12 This season, the SEC set the NCAA At Tucson, Arizona Newcomb allowed no Central Division record with nine national seeds. SEC Mississippi State (36-21) vs. North Dakota State (33-17) runs for the third start in a W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away regular-season and tournament cham- St. Francis (Pa.) (39-17) vs. No. 14 seed Arizona* (40-14) row and gave up only one Milwaukee 24 17 .585 — — 6-4 W-1 10-9 14-8 pion Florida (50-8) earned the No. 2 St. Louis 22 16 .579 ½ — 6-4 L-2 12-7 10-9 Baton Rouge Regional hit in six innings to help the seed, Georgia (43-11) received the No. 7 At Baton Rouge, Louisiana Pittsburgh 23 17 .575 ½ — 6-4 L-1 12-6 11-11 seed, South Carolina (45-14) earned the No. 11 seed LSU* (41-14) vs. Fordham (33-21) Atlanta Braves beat Miami Chicago 21 16 .568 1 ½ 5-5 L-1 13-7 8-9 No. 9 seed, Tennessee (45-12) received Houston (36-20) vs. Louisiana (38-14) 4-3. Cincinnati 14 27 .341 10 9½ 7-3 W-6 6-15 8-12 “A year ago that game West Division the No. 10 seed, LSU (41-14) captured Tallahassee Regional probably gets away from W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away the No. 11 seed, Arkansas (39-15) was At Tallahassee, Florida him,” Braves manager Bri- Arizona 24 16 .600 — — 3-7 L-5 13-10 11-6 named the No. 13 seed, Texas A&M (40- Auburn (40-15) vs. Kennesaw State (39-15) Colorado 22 19 .537 2½ 1½ 6-4 L-1 7-11 15-8 Jacksonville State (33-23) vs. No. 6 seed Florida State* (47-10) an Snitker said. “But right 16) took the No. 15 seed, and Kentucky San Francisco 20 21 .488 4½ 3½ 4-6 W-1 10-7 10-14 (31-19) received the No. 16 seed. now he has more weapons Los Angeles 16 24 .400 8 7 3-7 L-4 8-13 8-11 Athens Regional At Athens, Georgia and more experience.” San Diego 16 26 .381 9 8 5-5 W-2 10-17 6-9 In addition, Auburn (40-15) earned a spot in the Tallahassee Regional, while No. 7 seed Georgia* (43-11) vs. Harvard (23-16) Newcomb (4-1) pitched Northwestern (36-17) vs. California (34-19) around four walks and Bri- American League National League Mississippi State (36-21) will play in the an Anderson’s second-in- Late Saturday Late Saturday Tucson Regional and Missouri (28-27) Knoxville Regional ning double. The 24-year- Seattle 9, Detroit 5, 2nd game Pittsburgh 6, San Francisco 5 will play in the Norman Regional. At Knoxville, Tennessee James Madison (42-12) vs. Ohio (38-15) old left-hander has thrown Minnesota 5, L.A. Angels 3, 12 innings Colorado 4, Milwaukee 0 Alabama will play host to its 14th- Sunday’s Games San Diego 2, St. Louis 1, 13 innings Monmouth (32-14) vs. No. 10 seed Tennessee* (45-12) 20 consecutive scoreless straight NCAA Regional. It will welcome Baltimore 17, Tampa Bay 1 Cincinnati 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 Wisconsin, Oregon State, and Middle College Station Regional innings and last allowed a N.Y. Yankees 6, Oakland 2 Sunday’s Games Tennessee to Rhoads Stadium. At College Station, Texas run April 26. Boston 5, Toronto 3 Atlanta 4, Miami 3 No. 15 seed Texas A&M* (40-16) vs. Prairie View (20-21) “I didn’t have my best com- Detroit 5, Seattle 4 Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Mets 2 The winner of the Tuscaloosa Re- McNeese (40-19) vs. Baylor (36-16) mand of the curve, and my Cleveland 11, Kansas City 2 San Francisco 5, Pittsburgh 0 gional will face the winner of the Seattle changeup was average,” New- Houston 6, Texas 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Chicago Cubs 3 Regional, hosted by fifth-seeded Wash- Gainesville Regional At Gainesville, Florida comb said. “It was good to Chicago White Sox 5, Chicago Cubs 3 Milwaukee 7, Colorado 3 ington. Other teams playing in Seattle Ohio State (34-14) vs. South Florida (38-21) have that start considering.” L.A. Angels 2, Minnesota 1 Cincinnati 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 See SOFTBALL, 5B Bethune-Cookman (31-24) vs. No. 2 seed Florida* (50-8) Newcomb struck out Today’s Games San Diego 5, St. Louis 3 six. He has given up a total Tampa Bay (Yarbrough 2-2) at Kansas Washington 6, Arizona 4 City (Skoglund 1-2), 6:05 p.m. Today’s Games COLLEGE TENNIS: NCAA Championships of five hits in his past three Cleveland (Carrasco 5-1) at Detroit (Fiers Atlanta (Teheran 3-1) at Chicago Cubs starts, and his earned run 3-2), 6:10 p.m. (Quintana 4-2), 1:20 p.m. average is 2.51. Oakland (Manaea 4-4) at Boston Milwaukee (Guerra 2-3) at Arizona Ole Miss men upset No. 4 Stanford “He has been unbeliev- (Porcello 5-0), 6:10 p.m. (Corbin 4-0), 8:40 p.m. able,” teammate Ender In- Seattle (LeBlanc 0-0) at Minnesota Colorado (Anderson 2-1) at San Diego From Special Reports Roundup Genesen led 2-0 in the ciarte said. “He gets quick (Odorizzi 3-2), 6:10 p.m. (Lucchesi 3-2), 9:10 p.m. final set, but Reynolds outs, and we’re back in the Houston (McCullers 5-1) at L.A. Angels Cincinnati (Romano 2-3) at PALO ALTO, Calif. broke back and went on to dugout in no time. It’s great (Heaney 1-2), 9:07 p.m. San Francisco (Stratton 3-3), 9:15 p.m. — Freshman Finn Reyn- tennis teams make the Tuesday’s Games Tuesday’s Games a 6-2 victory that clinched for us to play defense for a olds helped the Ole Miss Sweet 16. It also is the first the match. couple of minutes and go Chicago White Sox (Lopez 0-2) at Colorado (Marquez 2-4) at San Diego men’s tennis team upset time since 1999 Ole Miss’ Pittsburgh (Williams 4-2), 6:05 p.m. (Lyles 0-1), 2:40 p.m. The teams of Tim back to hitting.” No. 4 seed Stanford 4-3 on men’s and women’s tennis N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 4-2) at Chicago White Sox (Lopez 0-2) at Sandkaulen and Grey Inciarte hit his third Sunday night in the sec- teams have advanced to Washington (Gonzalez 4-2), 6:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Williams 4-2), 6:05 p.m. Hamilton and homer of the year and his ond round of the NCAA the Sweet 16 in the same Philadelphia (Pivetta 2-2) at Baltimore N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 4-2) at Fabian Fallert and second in two games for Championships at the year. (Cashner 1-4), 6:05 p.m. Washington (Gonzalez 4-2), 6:05 p.m. Reynolds earned 7-5 wins the NL East-leading Braves, Cleveland (Tomlin 0-4) at Detroit (Liriano Philadelphia (Pivetta 2-2) at Baltimore Taube Tennis Stadium. Reynolds rallied af- who took three of four in the 3-1), 6:10 p.m. (Cashner 1-4), 6:05 p.m. With the win, Ole Miss ter losing the first set to in doubles to give Ole series. They have won 10 Oakland (Mengden 2-4) at Boston L.A. Dodgers (Wood 0-3) at Miami (Chen (16-12) will face Florida at sophomore William Gen- Miss a 1-0 lead. of their past 11 road games (Rodriguez 3-0), 6:10 p.m. 1-2), 6:10 p.m. 6 p.m. Friday in the Round esen 6-3 at No. 6 singles. Filip Kraljevic defeat- and improved to 38-20 at Toronto (Garcia 2-2) at N.Y. Mets Toronto (Garcia 2-2) at N.Y. Mets of 16 in Winston-Salem, At 5-5 in the second set, ed Sameer Kumar 7-5 (Syndergaard 2-1), 6:10 p.m. (Syndergaard 2-1), 6:10 p.m. Marlins Park. North Carolina. Genesen broke Reynolds 6-3 on court three to give St. Louis (Flaherty 0-1) at Minnesota Chicago Cubs (Darvish 0-3) at Atlanta Jose Urena (0-6) allowed Ole Miss reached the and served for the match, the Rebels a 2-0 lead, but (Berrios 3-4), 7:10 p.m. (Foltynewicz 3-2), 6:35 p.m. Stanford reeled off three- three runs in six innings, Tampa Bay (TBD) at Kansas City St. Louis (Flaherty 0-1) at Minnesota second round with a 4-3 but Reynolds broke back raising his ERA to 4.38. Mi- (Kennedy 1-4), 7:15 p.m. (Berrios 3-4), 7:10 p.m. victory against Duke on to force a tiebreaker. Gen- straight wins on courts ami’s opening day starter Houston (Cole 4-1) at L.A. Angels (Barria Milwaukee (Chacin 3-1) at Arizona Saturday. esen raced out to a 6-3 four, one, and five, to go remained winless in nine 3-1), 9:07 p.m. (Greinke 3-2), 9:40 p.m. The wins helped Ole lead, but Reynolds saved up 3-2. outings after going 14-7 last Texas (Minor 3-2) at Seattle (Leake 4-3), Cincinnati (Mahle 3-4) at San Francisco Miss become one of four all the match points and Sophomore Tim year. 9:10 p.m. (Blach 3-4), 10:15 p.m. schools to have both its won the tiebreaker 8-6. See TENNIS, 5B COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: SEC Outdoor Championships MSU’s Price-Weimer wins 1,500 Arop breaks his freshman mark From Special Reports Southeastern Conference Championships From Special Reports Southeastern Conference Championships At Knoxville, Tennessee At Knoxville, Tennessee KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Rhianwedd Final Women’s Team Scores KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Marco Arop Final Men’s Team Scores Price-Weimer was in third place en- 1. No. 9 Florida ...... 91 finished second in the 800 meters Sun- 1. No. 1 Florida ...... 111 2. No. 1 LSU ...... 88.5 tering the final 200 meters, but she day to lead the Mississippi State men’s 2. No. 5 Texas A&M ...... 100 3. No. 8 Texas A&M ...... 79.5 surged through the turn to win the 3. No. 8 Arkansas ...... 99 4. No. 15 Tennessee ...... 78 track and field team at the Southeastern 1,500 Sunday at the Southeastern 4. No. 3 Alabama ...... 97.66 5. No. 23 Ole Miss ...... 74 Conference Outdoor Championships. Conference Outdoor Track and Field 5. No. 6 Georgia ...... 71 6. No. 4 Arkansas ...... 70 Arop broke his MSU freshman 6. Tennessee ...... 66.5 Championships. 6. No. 5 Kentucky ...... 70 record with a time of 1 7. No. 13 Kentucky ...... 54.33 Price-Weimer, the SEC champion and 8. No. 6 Georgia ...... 61 Roundup minute, 47.45 seconds. 8. No. 12 LSU ...... 48 NCAA leader, led the 9. No. 17 Alabama ...... 53.5 Among Canadians, 9. Ole Miss ...... 43 Roundup 10. No. 18 Missouri ...... 53 down the homestretch Arop is second only to 10. Auburn ...... 41 11. Auburn ...... 38.5 to win in a time of 4 min- former Bulldog and 2016 SEC champi- 11. No. 20 Mississippi State ...... 39 12. Mississippi State ...... 30 utes, 18.79 seconds. The 12. South Carolina ...... 31.5 13. South Carolina ...... 20 on Brandon McBride this year. victory helped her add a conference title 13. Missouri ...... 13 14. Vanderbilt ...... 10 “I knew (Texas A&M’s) Dixon to her 2015 NCAA crown in the event. would go out fast, so I told him to stay “I don’t really know what happened, on the gas,” MSU coach Steve Dudley as part of an 11th-place finish (39 points). but I think maybe it was a mental thing MSU women finish 12th with 30 points. said. “If he’d gone any slower Ole Miss n On Saturday, Spears broke a where I was dying,” Price-Weimer No. 9 Florida edged No. 1 LSU 91- would’ve outkicked him. That’s how 15-year-old school record in the 110 said. “I knew with 150 meters to go that 88.5 to win the women’s title. No. 23 we want to run it, fast early on so we hurdles. His wind-legal time of 13.65 we’ve done a lot of pace change work Ole Miss finished fifth (74 points) and don’t have to worry about anyone hav- replaces Kelvin Harris’ 2003 mark of at 150. I knew I needed to dig in and No. 17 Alabama was ninth (53.5). ing a kick.” 13.73. go now.” n On Saturday, Price-Weimer The Bulldogs scored a point in the n The Ole Miss men finished first in Price-Weimer capped her night with turned in the fastest qualifying time in men’s 4x100m relay, but lost Ro’Derick two events to claim a ninth-place finish a fifth-place finish and four more points the 1,500. Spears along the way. Running the an- (43 points). in the 5,000. In her first collegiate 5000 Alicia Viveros added to her fresh- chor leg, he pulled up with a tight ham- Senior Robert Domanic, the top on the oval, she clocked a 16:42.36. man record, bumping her personal string and didn’t run the 110 hurdles fi- 1,500-meter runner in the United Price-Weimer’s finishes helped the See SEC WOMEN, 4B nal. MSU also scored in the 4x400 relay See SEC MEN, 4B MEN’S COLLEGE GOLF: NCAA Championships MSU, Ole Miss open action in Texas; Alabama kicks off play in California From Special Reports at the Stockton (Calif.) Regional Texas A&M will play host to and sophomore Garrett Johnson The Rebels earned their berth on the par 72, 7,132-yard Reserve the 13-team regional that also will occupy the first three spots. Se- by ranking in the top 50 of nation- BRYAN, Texas — The Mis- at Spanos Park layout. feature Baylor, Clemson, Ken- nior Taylor Bibbs and freshman al rankings throughout the year. sissippi State, Ole Miss, and Ala- “This is the time of year we all tucky, UCLA, Ole Miss, South Cameron Clarke fill out the line- Playing in 11 tournaments, Ole bama men’s golf teams will open look forward to,” said MSU coach Carolina, San Francisco, Geor- up card. Miss finished in the top five sev- NCAA Championship Regional Dusty Smith, who has the Bull- gia, UNC-Wilmington, Northern Freshman Hunter Hammett is en times. The Rebels recorded play Monday. dogs in the postseason in his first Colorado, and Bradley. MSU is with the team as a substitute. five top-three finishes, including MSU and Ole Miss will kick year. “Our guys have earned this the No. 10 seed. For the 11th time in program a win at the Hootie at Bulls Bay off play at the Bryan (Texas) Re- opportunity, and I am excited to Smith’s regional starting line- history, Ole Miss, which is No. 31 gional at the par-72, 7,146-yard watch them compete this week. up includes the same five players in Golfweek’s national rankings (March 25-27). The victory at Traditions Club. This week is going to be a great who have played in four consecu- and the coaches poll and No. 34 The Hootie came via comeback The three-round, 54- test for our team.” tive tournaments. Golfstat’s national poll, is making as Ole Miss erased a six-shot defi- hole event will run through MSU will make its first region- For the 11th time in as many its 11th appearance in the NCAA cit with a school-record 269 (-19) Wednesday. al appearance since the 2013-14 tournaments, sophomore Peng regionals. It is the sixth seed in in the final round. No. 7 Alabama will open play season. Pichaikool, senior Taylor Grant the regional. 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Monster Energy Cup AUTO RACING KC Masterpiece 400 Saturday At Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas Lap length: 1.5 miles (Starting position in parentheses) Harvick earns fifth win in 12 races 1. (1) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 267 laps, 58 points. 2. (7) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 267, 36. 3. (9) Joey Logano, Ford, 267, 47. By DAVE SKRETTA So is everybody else. 4. (22) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 267, 49. Late Saturday 5. (6) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267, 36. The Associated Press The second thing Har- 6. (11) Paul Menard, Ford, 267, 31. 7. (12) Erik Jones, Toyota, 267, 32. vick’s response to his vic- 8. (8) Kurt Busch, Ford, 267, 35. KANSAS CITY, Kan. — But his response to his tory demonstrates is that, 9. (4) Aric Almirola, Ford, 267, 38. victory at Kansas, where he 10. (3) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 267, 37. Kevin Harvick had just tak- well, he hasn’t changed a 11. (16) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 267, 26. overcame trouble getting 12. (17) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 267, 25. en the checkered flag for whole lot over the years. 13. (20) David Ragan, Ford, 267, 24. the fifth time this season, through inspections and a 14. (5) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 267, 31. Harvick earned the nick- 15. (33) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 267, 26. wheeled his car into victory car that was off much of the 16. (18) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 266, 21. name “Happy Harvick” as 17. (25) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 266, 20. lane and bathed in another night, speaks to a couple of 18. (19) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 266, 19. a joke, a play off the fact 19. (23) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 265, 18. confetti shower when he very crucial facts. 20. (36) Michael McDowell, Ford, 265, 17. he was prone to emotional 21. (34) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 264, 16. lamented what could have First, it shows how de- 22. (37) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 263, 15. outbursts. 23. (21) Darrell Wallace Jr, Chevrolet, 262, 14. been. manding Harvick is of his 24. (27) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, 262, 13. And while he may have 25. (31) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 260, 12. Come again? team, and how nobody in 26. (28) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 259, 0. mellowed over the years, 27. (30) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 259, 10. “Still wasn’t really happy the garage is willing to 28. (14) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 258, 9. with it,” Harvick said of his settle for greatness — not that streak is still in there, 29. (29) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 257, 8. capable of rearing its head 30. (15) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, accident, 253, 7. No. 4 for Stewart-Haas Rac- when there is perfection 31. (24) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, accident, 253, 6. at the most unsuspecting 32. (38) Timmy Hill, Ford, 253, 0. ing, which he set a record to chase. Pit stops could 33. (13) William Byron, Chevrolet, accident, 252, 4. of moments. 34. (10) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, accident, 252, 3. YESTERDAY’SSunday’s answer ANSWER in Saturday night at Kansas be cleaner, the car could 35. (32) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 251, 0. Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER Given the way the sea- 36. (35) Matt Kenseth, Ford, accident, 250, 1. Sudoku 4 6 5 7 3 8 1 2 9 Speedway by becoming the handle the least little bit 37. (2) Ryan Blaney, Ford, accident, 247, 19. Sudoku is a number- Sudoku is a number- fastest to five victories. better, and the margin son has gone, though, 38. (26) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, accident, 247, 1. placing puzzle based on 8 3 1 5 2 9 7 4 6 Race Statistics placing puzzle based on “I think,” Harvick said, of victory could be even Happy Harvick probably Average Speed of Race Winner: 138.399 mph. a 9x9 grid with several Time of Race: 2 hours, 53 minutes, 38 seconds. a 9x9 grid with several 7 9 2 1 4 6 3 8 5 ought to be simply happy. Margin of Victory: 0.390 seconds. given numbers. The object “we can make it better more comfortable. given numbers. The object 1 2 7 8 5 4 9 6 3 He began his winning Caution Flags: 6 for 31 laps. is to place the numbers when we come back.” “They’re hitting on Lead Changes: 13 among 7 drivers. is to place the numbers Lap Leaders: K.Harvick 1-32; R.Blaney 33-84; 1 to 9 in the empty spaces 3 4 8 9 6 7 2 5 1 That shouldn’t make the all cylinders,” marveled streak at Atlanta, contin- K.Harvick 85-123; R.Blaney 124-125; A.Dillon 1 to 9 in the empty spaces 126-129; K.Harvick 130; K.Larson 131-213; J.Logano so that each row, each rest of the Monster Energy reigning series champi- ued it at Las Vegas and so that each row, each 9 5 6 2 1 3 4 7 8 214-215; R.Stenhouse 216-225; K.Larson 226-243; column and each 3x3 box made it three straight with K.Harvick 244-248; J.Logano 249-252; M.Truex column and each 3x3 box 2 1 9 4 8 5 6 3 7 Cup Series feel very good on Martin Truex Jr., who 253-265; K.Harvick 266-267 contains the same number a triumph in Phoenix. An Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): contains the same number about things. Harvick has was in a similar spot last K.Larson, 2 times for 99 laps; K.Harvick, 5 times for only once. The difﬁculty 6 8 4 3 7 1 5 9 2 won back-to-back races af- season, when he reached early wreck in California 74 laps; R.Blaney, 2 times for 52 laps; M.Truex, 1 time only once. The difﬁculty level increases from 2018 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. for 12 laps; R.Stenhouse, 1 time for 9 laps; J.Logano, 2 level increases from 5 7 3 6 9 2 8 1 4 ter a three-race win streak victory lane eight times. ended the streak, but he times for 4 laps; A.Dillon, 1 time for 3 laps. Monday to Sunday. Difficulty Level 5/12 Wins: K.Harvick, 5; Ky.Busch, 3; C.Bowyer, 1; Monday to Sunday. earlier this season, and “They’ve got a great bal- finished in the top 10 in A.Dillon, 1; J.Logano, 1; M.Truex, 1. Top 16 in Points: 1. Ky.Busch, 503; 2. J.Logano, heads into next week’s All- anced race car and they’re each of the next five races, 491; 3. K.Harvick, 484; 4. B.Keselowski, 396; 5. Ku.Busch, 393; 6. C.Bowyer, 386; 7. D.Hamlin, 380; 8. Star race at Charlotte as the doing all the right things, including a second-place M.Truex, 376; 9. R.Blaney, 365; 10. K.Larson, 356; 11. A.Almirola, 342; 12. J.Johnson, 286; 13. E.Jones, one guy head and shoul- and we’re just a step be- run at Texas and a pole at 285; 14. A.Bowman, 271; 15. C.Elliott, 266; ders above everyone else. hind that.” Talladega. 16. R.Stenhouse, 265. SEC women Continued from Page 3B best in the shot put up to 14.41m (47 Freshman Shey Taiwo was eighth n For Alabama, freshman Tamara feet, 3 ½ inches). In the long jump, with an eight-foot PR of 48.72m (159- Clark finished third in the 100 in a Alexis Farley advanced to finals with 10). school-record time of 11.02. a personal-best jump of 6.16m (20-2 Senior Lindsey Murray, who The High Point, North Carolina, Sunday’s Cryptoquote: 1/2). missed the 2017 outdoor season due native added another bronze medal n Ole Miss’ fifth-place finish was to injury, finished third in the pole to her day with a third-place finish in its highest at the SEC meet. It topped vault with a school-record 4.35m (14- the 200 an hour later. Clark posted a the sixth-place finish in 2008. 3 1/4). personal best of 22.65. “I am really proud of our women,” Junior Maddie McHugh finished Junior Portious Warren finished Ole Miss coach Connie Price-Smith third in the 800 (season-best 2:05.54) fourth in the discus with a personal said. “They came out and did a great for the second-straight conference best throw of 171-9 (52.35). Alabama’s job. They were going after wins and meet. 4x100 relay of freshmen Daija Lamp- points, and I’m just extremely proud Shelby Brown was sixth (16:43.51) kin, Clark, sophomore Symone Dari- of how they got out there and compet- and Clio Ozanne-Jaques was seventh us and freshman Demi Washington ed.” (16:45.67) in the 5K. finished fourth in 43.27. n Three Rebel women earned On Saturday, Shelby Brown Junior Nicole Gardner finished bronze medals, including the third became the first Ole Miss woman to eighth in the 1,500 (4:29.91). Senior medal of the weekend from Janeah win the steeplechase with a time of Britainy Smith tied for seventh in the Stewart. The senior All-American 10:05.58. pole vault with a clearance of 13-3 ½ won her third-straight Commission- Brown took the lead for good over (4.05m). Senior Kaitlin Walker fin- er’s Trophy, which is awarded to the the second-to-last water barrier, as ished fifth in the 400 hurdles in 58.28, meet’s top scorer. she got stronger as the race went on the ninth-fastest time in school histo- “She is one of the quiet leaders,” and held off Kentucky’s Katy Kunc, Price-Smith said. “She doesn’t always the reigning champion. ry. say a lot, but she leads by example. Ole Miss freshman Lisa Vogelge- The 4x400 relay of Lampkin, Dar- She gets in there and she takes care sang chased down Kunc in the final ius and sophomores Katie Funcheon of business. Despite her hand injury 100 meters to finish second (16-sec- and Takyera Roberson capped the and some bad luck, she refused to ond PR of 10:06). day for the women with a sixth-place lose, and that’s just the kind of atti- Senior Hannah Christen finished finish in 3:29.71. tude that you have to have. She’s been sixth (four-second PR of 10:27.30). n On Saturday, junior Portious like that since she’s been here. I’m re- Earlier in the day, Stewart earned Warren set a school record in the shot ally proud of what she has done here, her first SEC Outdoor gold medal put with an effort of 56-11 ¼ (17.35m) and the way that she has done it.” with a four-inch PR of 17.97m (58-11 on her final attempt of the competi- Stewart finished third in the discus 1/2) to win the shot put. tion. with a six-inch season-best 54.91m Sophomore Kieshonna Brooks set Junior Kiara Williams finished (180-2). She ended the weekend with a new personal best in five of the sev- seventh with a personal- and Al- 24 points to win the Commissioner’s en events en route to a historic perfor- abama-season best leap of 20-10 Trophy, the most by an SEC woman mance in the heptathlon. Brooks fin- (6.36m). since Florida’s Genevieve LaCaze tal- ished fifth at a new career-best score Senior Filippa Fotopoulou finished ACROSS lied 30 in 2012. of 5,338 points. eighth at 20-4 ¼ (6.20m). 1 Pilaf grains 5 Meat-and-pota- toes dish SEC men 9 Sought ore Continued from Page 3B 10 Computer screen dot States this season, kept pole vault. Weissmann be- Junior Shelby McEwen icho, Kenya, native the 12 Steer clear of the Ole Miss streak alive came just the fourth mem- won the high jump with league titles in the 5,000- 13 Cider fruit in the 1,500, winning his ber of the Ole Miss 17-foot a personal best-equal- and 10,000. 14 Stand up for first-career outdoor ti- club, clearing 5.20m (17- ing clearance of 7-4 ½ Also earning All-SEC 16 Flamenco cheer tle at 3:45.84 to make it 3/4 on his first attempt. (2.25m). McEwen is the honors on Sunday were 17 Like a desert three straight Rebel men Waleed Suliman, the first Alabama jumper to juniors Keitavious Walter 18 Makes blank wins in the event (join- fastest freshman nation- win the SEC high jump and Kord Ferguson in the 21 Indulgent ing Craig Engels’ wins in ally in the 800, took sixth title since Thomas Mc- 200 and in the discus. 22 Lockup head 2016 and 2017). (1:49.29). Cants in 1985. Ferguson finished sec- 23 Yield slightly Senior All-American All told, the Rebel men’s Junior Vincent Kiprop ond in the discus with a 24 Black suit Brian Williams defended and women’s freshmen won his second individual throw of 193-8 (59.05m) to 26 Lyricist Gershwin Sunday’s answer his title in the discus, win- scored 30 total points. title of the weekend with a give the Tide a medalist in 29 Dr. Seuss 2 Really stuck 23 Diamond club ning by 16 feet at 59.87m n Alabama wrapped up victory in the 5,000. Kiprop the event for the third year elephant 3 Handed over 24 Salt ingredient (196-5). the meet with two confer- outsprinted Kentucky’s in a row. Walter finished 30 Checkout swipe 4 Genesis garden 25 Right away Freshman Peyton ence champions, six All- Jacob Thomson down the third in the 200 in a person- 31 Commotion 5 Relaxing resort 26 Glacial period Weissmann cleared a half- SEC performances and a homestretch to finish in al best — and Alabama sea- 32 Rely 6 Gratuity 27 Unpleasant-tast- foot PR to finish fifth in the school record. 13:48.49 to give the Ker- son best — time of 20.33. 34 Beatles drummer 7 Reveal ing 37 Follow the 8 Peter of “Robo- 28 Peruvian peaks outline of Cop” 29 Damage Tennis 38 Understated 9 Olympics award 30 Bender Continued from Page 3B 39 Sponsorship 11 Sediment 33 Greek vowels Sandkaulen beat former North Carolina, won his It will face No. 5 Texas A&M at 6 p.m. Fri- No. 5 Ole Miss women advance 40 Lawn burrower 15 Cul-de-sac 35 Salon stuff junior World No. 1 Alex first set 6-3, but Robert day in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 41 Future flower “It feels incredible,” Alabama coach to Round of 16 19 Equips 36 Exalted verse Geller 7-5, 6-3 at No. 2 Levine won the second set George Husack said. “It started with OXFORD — The No. 5 Ole Miss 20 Tavern quaff singles to even the match 7-6 (1). Hamilton clinched doubles. Guys were confident, believed, women’s tennis team beat Wichita State DOWN 22 Karate’s kin at 3. the victory with a 6-0 win and were strong. Our guys battled. We 4-2 on Saturday in the second round of 1 Muralist Diego The loss marks the in the third set. had three rain delays, it’s late, and we the NCAA Championships at the Palmer/ finished under the lights, but there was Salloum Tennis Center. first time a No. 4 national The Rebels grabbed With the win, Ole Miss (22-6) ad- the early momentum no stopping them.” seed has been eliminat- “Before we went out (after each rain vances to the Round of 16 for the first ed before the round of with strong doubles from delay), we got in a big huddle and I think time since 2010. It will face No. 12 UCLA, 16 since the NCAA went courts two and three. Af- I said the same speech four times and which beat Baylor 4-0, on Thursday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. to the current format in ter Duke won on court they prevailed, so it’s incredible. They did such an incredible job.” Wichita State took matches on 1999. one, Fallert and Reynolds courts three and one to win the doubles The No. 3-seeded Tide, handed the earned a 6-3 win on court point. It is Ole Miss’ first top- regional host and No. 1-seeded Semi- Ole Miss rebounded in singles to win five win since 2009. three and then Zvonimir noles their fifth loss of the season. four first sets. Ole Miss’ Arianne Harto- Babic and Kraljevic won Alabama cruised through doubles to n On Saturday, No. no made her last match at home count, 6-2 on court two. earn a 1-0 lead. For the second-straight 38 Ole Miss advanced to downing Fatima Bizhukova 6-0, 6-2. Sandkaulen made it 2-0 match sophomore Zhe Zhou and fresh- Sophomore Anna Vrbenska fol- the second round of the man Patrick Kaukovalta finished first on NCAA Championships by with a 6-3, 6-4 win against lowed up with a 6-4, 6-3 win against San- Nick Stachiowak at No. court three with a 6-3 win over Gracia/ dra Honigova at No. 3 singles to hand the rallying from a 3-2 deficit Whitehurst. The sophomore combo of Rebels a 2-1 lead. Allie Sanford, playing against No. 28 Duke. 2 singles, but then Duke Thibault Cancel and Alexey Nesterov answered with wins on in just her second dual singles match of Trailing 3-2, Kraljevic clinched for the second time in two days, the year, earned a 6-2, 6-3 win on court courts one, five and six to beating No. 60 Iradukunda/Knaff 6-4 and Grey Hamilton deliv- six against Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva to go up 3-2. After multiple lengthy rain delays make it 3-1. ered the knockout punch in singles play, Alabama’s Edson Ortiz Ole Miss senior Natalie Suk lost to in two third sets. Kralje- Alabama men upset No. 11 defeated Jose Gracia 6-3, 7-5 to make Gabriela Prorubin to help the Shockers vic rallied from a set down Florida State it 2-0 advantage. Florida State bounced pull to within 3-2. to defeat Catalin Mateas TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The No. 42 back with back-to-back wins on court two With Alexa Bortles locked in a tight and court three to knot the match at 2. 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 to tie it at 3-3. Alabama men’s tennis team upset No. 11 match on court five, Sabina Machalova Florida State 4-2 on Saturday night. Nesterov then beat Alex Knaff, 6-2, defeated Giulia Guidetti 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 WHATZIT ANSWER Hamilton, who hails With the win, Alabama (20-12) 6-4, to earn his fifth-straight victory in and clinch the Rebels’ ninth trip to the WHATZIT ANSWER from Southern Pines, earned its fourth trip to the Round of 16. singles competition. Sweet 16. Log cabin Log cabin The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018 5B Softball Golf Continued from Page 3B Continued from Page 3B include Minnesota, Tex- (28-26) opened the sea- ue Saturday and Sunday Beau Briggs, Josh Sei- ton Regional, which fea- tournaments. Senior Lee as, and Boise State. son with a 17-9 record in the double-elimination ple, Kerry Sweeney, Bra- tures No. 1 seed and sixth- Hodges and junior Davis Alabama is making its but went 11-17 down the format. den Thornberry, and Cecil ranked LSU, followed by Riley, both of whom earned 20th-straight appearance stretch, including a 9-14 The winner of the Tem- Wegener will play for Ole the No. 2 seed and sev- first-team All-SEC honors in the NCAA tournament. record in the Pacific-12 pe Regional will advance Miss. This will be the third- enth-ranked Crimson Tide. and are ranked among the It has earned a top-16 na- Conference. straight tournament with The Tigers and Tide are top 20 golfers in the nation, to play the winner of the tional seed 16 times. Ala- Middle Tennessee this lineup, a group that two of a record 14 South- lead the way. Columbia Regional in the bama hasn’t lost a game in State (39-20) won Confer- finished third at the Old eastern Conference teams Senior Jonathan Hardee regional play since 2007, ence USA’s automatic bid Super Regional round Waverly Collegiate Cham- who earned a spot in the and freshmen Davis Shore a streak of 34-straight to the NCAA tournament. May 24-27. That region pionship (April 16-17) and NCAA tournament. The and Wilson Furr round out games. MTSU rallied to beat features No. 9 national advanced to the match play rest of the 13-team field the starting five. Wisconsin will face Florida Atlantic to win seed South Carolina, Lib- portion of the Southeastern includes: No. 3 seed and The top five teams from Oregon State at 6 p.m. Fri- the program’s first confer- erty, Hofstra, and North Conference Championships 18th-ranked Stanford, No. each of the six regional day. Alabama will take on ence title after posting its Carolina Greensboro. (April 25-29). 4 and 19th-ranked USC, sites and the top individual Middle Tennessee State best regular-season finish Regionals will be held This is Alabama’s sec- No. 5 and 30th-ranked Ore- finisher not on an advanc- at 8:30 p.m. Both games since 2004. May 17-20, followed by ond-straight season play- gon, No. 6 and 31st-ranked ing team will move on to the will be streamed live on Ole Miss will play in the Super Regionals May ing on the West Coast for TCU, No. 7 Colorado, No. NCAA Men’s Golf National the WatchESPN.com and the NCAA tournament for regionals. Last season, Al- 8 Kansas, No. 9 Kennesaw Championship on May 25- 24-27. The Women’s Col- the WatchESPN app. the third-straight season. abama tied for third at the State, No. 10 Iowa State, 30 at Karsten Creek Golf lege World Series will Wisconsin (28-21) beat It will play Long Beach Washington (Sammamish) No. 11 UNC Greensboro, Club in Stillwater, Okla- Purdue and lost to Minne- State at 6 p.m. Friday. 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CANDORVILLE Horoscopes TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May a good way to make it fit no one. work came before yours and 14). The travel you do will pay TAURUS (April 20-May 20). where it’s likely to go next. The off in joy, in education and even- You’ll never have enough time to more you can find out the better tually in dollars. New people impart what you know in great your results will be. are added to your inner circle, detail. So choosing your stories LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You and they will lift your experience well and telling them succinctly feel that you can predict what during this jubilant solar return. will be your key to making sure people are going to do on the As you become a more loving everyone has understood you. grand scale by correctly analyz- and tolerant partner, something GEMINI (May 21-June 21). ing what they do on the small magical happens: The change Wanting and needing — what one. Your skill at this is pretty you wanted occurs without your a position to be in! If you can impressive today, and you’ll be BABY BLUES involvement. Leo and Pisces rid yourself of both conditions, very accurate. adore you. Your lucky numbers you’ll get the best deals and VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). are: 2, 24, 32, 29 and 40. arrangements possible. Also, It’s easier to settle in when ARIES (March 21-April don’t be afraid to negotiate. circumstances are not all that 19). The unique qualities come You’re great at it! much different from the ones naturally to you. Build on that CANCER (June 22-July 22). you already know; however, you originality. Steer away from “one You want to know exactly what didn’t come all this way to re- size fits all”-type goals. Trying to you’re dealing with, what’s going peat the same pattern. Accept make something fit everyone is to be expected of you, what discomfort as part of growth. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You have people in the same group working toward the same goal who view things very dif- ferently. Not only is this OK; it’s preferred. It’s what makes your BEETLE BAILEY group strong. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There are people who develop crushes quickly and with very little basis. Know that they will just as quickly lose those crushy feelings. Enjoy each temporary stage for what it’s worth. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’re an inclusive person, but if you don’t create and protect your schedule, you may regret it later. People want your time. Before you agree, decide MALLARD FILMORE how well this fits into your plan. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll be a bridge between people, closing the gap that exists because of cultural and generational differences. The reason you can do this is that you know both worlds very well. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You want quick answers and would love to have a guar- antee, yet such things aren’t in the cards today. Settle in for the whole story. Expect that people will do their best. It’s as FAMILY CIRCUS good as it gets, which won’t be half bad. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Relationships will mature just as soon as the people in them do. It can happen as a function of being in the relation- ship, but more than likely, it will be what happens outside of it

that starts the growth spurt.

Couldn’t care less care Couldn’t SOLUTION: 6B MONDAY, MAY 14 , 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

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