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CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ Newsstand | 40 ¢ Home Delivery Thursday | March 22, 2018 Chief: Letting CPD officer go was ‘bad judgment call’ Police chief admits, denounces ‘unwritten rule’ of professional courtesy among law enforcement on traffic stops Starkville Police By Zack Plair and Isabelle Altman civilians for similar of- Chief Frank Nich- [email protected]; [email protected] Inside fenses. n OUR VIEW: Nichols ols speaks at “A lot of times it’s gets chance to correct a press confer- Starkville Police Chief a professional cour- ence Wednesday Frank Nichols on Wednesday ‘unwritten rule of law tesy,” Nichols said. enforcement.’ Page 6A in reference to a called his department’s deci- “That’s something March 9 traffic sion to let off a Columbus police that’s not just unique ONLINe stop where his officer pulled over for drunk n VIDEO: View SPD officers let off a driving without a ticket “a bad to Starkville. ...I think it’s practiced within dash and body cam foot- Columbus police judgment call.” age at cdispatch.com officer without a the law enforcement In a candid press conference citation despite Alexander profession. But, you at police headquarters, Nichols his showing also acknowledged an “unwritten rule” in know, I think you’ve got to get more respon- signs of being which law enforcement officers are less likely sible with that. In today’s time, if an officer intoxicated. to ticket or arrest other law enforcement than See Traffic Stop, 8A Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff Arnold’s first attempted Pioneers in their field kidnapping charges move to grand jury Suspect a former romantic partner of the child’s mother

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A grand jury will hear the case for at least one of the charges against John B. Arnold Jr. after a preliminary hearing in Starkville Munici- pal Court. Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff Oktibbeha Coun- Arnold Aundrea Self, far left, moderates the Women’s Empowerment Panel at Airbus Helicopters in Columbus Wednes- ty Justice Court day afternoon. The panel members were, seated from left, Judge Dorothy Colom, Airbus Chief of Staff Michelle Strenger, Mississippi State University professor Lakeisha Williams and Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill. Judge Marty Haug, after a hearing that lasted nearly two hours, found there was enough probable cause for a Feb. 16 attempted kidnapping Local women discuss their charge against Arnold for the case to move to a grand jury. Arnold, who was always flanked by at least four police officers challenge-laden paths to success during his hearing, is also facing another charge of attempted kid- By Slim Smith District Chancery Court Judge for than 1,500 workers at Northern napping and several charges of [email protected] 24 years, was part of a panel dis- Telecom in Texas. contempt of court. cussion held in honor of Women’s At 2 a.m. one morning, Strenger udge Dorothy Colom began a During the hearing, a woman History Month at the helicopter answered an urgent call from Dis- program Wednesday at Airbus manufacturing plant in the Lown- ney World. Its voicemail system, See Arnold, 5A Helicopters with a folk tale J des County Industrial Park. which included all of the theme about an old wise woman. Each month, Airbus present a park’s recorded messages, had The woman, who was blind, had program for its employees dealing crashed. a reputation for wisdom that spread with current topics. far beyond her little village. One “The first thing he said was, Wednesday’s panel also includ- ‘Sweetheart, can you put an engi- day a group of skeptics approached ed Airbus Chief of Staff Michelle Shots fired the old blind woman, seeking to neer on the phone?’ When I told Strenger, Mississippi State Univer- him I could help him, he hung up,” discredit her. sity Professor Lakeisha Williams “I have in my hand a bird,” the she said. “He called back a few min- and Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill, utes later and said, ‘I need to talk to in possible wise woman was told. “Is it dead or a former Navy pilot. an engineer ASAP.’ I remember he alive?” Each of the women are pioneers called me ‘Missy’ that time. I told The old blind woman pondered in a sense, moving into roles that him, ‘You can call me anything you domestic case the question for a while, then re- were then the almost exclusive sponded: “I cannot say whether the want, but if you’ll give me the op- DISPATCH STAFF REPORT domain of men. From their own bird is dead or alive, but what I can experience, the women noted portunity, I’m going to help you.’” tell you is the question of whether qualities that helped them in their What she told him next didn’t The Lowndes County Sheriff’s the bird is dead or alive is in your help. Office is investigating a shooting in- journeys. hands.” “I told him, ‘What I want you to cident Wednesday evening in Cale- “The same can be said about do is take the hard-drive out, find a donia that may be a part of a domes- what we as women can achieve,” Michelle Strenger: Overcoming Ziploc bag and put it in the freezer.’ tic violence case. Colom said. “To a large degree, perceptions I can’t tell you how many expletives Deputies reported to a home on what we can do is in our hands.” In her first job, Strenger was the came out of his mouth at that point, Pearrow Drive in Columbus where Colom, who has served as 14th only female in a building with more residents said they witnessed a See Pioneers, 8A Dodge Durango pull into the drive- See Shooting, 8A

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DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Say What? Did you hear? “This will be a dog fight, no pun intended.” Mississippi State softball coach Vann Stuedeman, Facebook’s Zuckerberg apologizes following her team’s 7-0 victory against Central Arkansas and looking ahead to its series against for ‘major breach of trust’ Thursday Georgia this weekend in Starkville. Story, 1B. CEO outlines steps to protect user data in light of a privacy scandal involving a housand ords Trump-connected data-mining firm A T W The Associated Press bridge’s clients included Donald Trump’s gener- NEW YORK — Break- al-election campaign. ing five days of silence, Facebook shares have Facebook CEO Mark Zuck- dropped some 8 percent, erberg apologized for a “ma- lopping about $46 billion jor breach of trust,” admit- off the company’s market ted mistakes and outlined value, since the revelations steps to protect user data in were first published. light of a privacy scandal in- In the CNN interview, volving a Trump-connected Zuckerberg offered equiv- data-mining firm. ocal and carefully hedged “I am really sorry that answers to two other ques- happened,” Zuckerberg tions. He said, for instance, said of the scandal involv- that he would be “happy” ing data mining firm Cam- to testify before Congress, bridge Analytica. Facebook but only if it was “the right has a “responsibility” to thing to do.” He went on protect its users’ data, he to note that many other said in a Wednesday in- Facebook officials might terview on CNN. If it fails, be more appropriate wit- he said, “we don’t deserve nesses depending on what to have the opportunity to Congress wanted to know. serve people.” Similarly, the Facebook His mea culpa on cable chief seemed at one point television came a few hours to favor regulation for Face- after he acknowledged his book and other internet gi- company’s mistakes in a ants — at least the “right” Facebook post, but without kind of rules, he said, such saying he was sorry. as ones that require online Zuckerberg and Face- political ads to disclose who book’s No. 2 executive, paid for them. In almost Sheryl Sandberg, had been the next breath, however, quiet since news broke Fri- Zuckerberg steered clear of Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff day that Cambridge may endorsing a bill that would Donnie Harris of Columbus stands with part of his catch at the John C. Stennis Lock and Dam Monday after- have used data improperly write such rules into feder- noon. “I enjoy the relaxation and I love the sport of fishing,” he said. obtained from roughly 50 al law, and instead talked up million Facebook users to Facebook’s own voluntary try to sway elections. Cam- efforts on that front. CONTACTING THE DISPATCH Police: Bomber’s video amounts Office hours: Main line: n 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon-Fri n 662-328-2424 HOW DO I ... Email a letter to the editor? to confession, but no motive n [email protected] Report a missing paper? they followed. 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Rick Scott The troopers will be endured one of the worst told to stay away. 516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39703 ordered eight highway pa- stationed at Marjory tragedies in Florida his- Zachary Cruz, 18, is Stoneman Douglas High tory,” Scott said. “They being held on $500,000 FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE School indefinitely along must be assured that bond and Broward Coun- with Broward County dep- every necessary step is ty Judge Kim Theresa uties, leaving an armed being taken to increase Mollica has approved a guard at every campus safety and ensure no un- search of his home for entrance point, Scott said authorized people are al- weapons. The Broward TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY in a statement. Before the lowed on campus.” Mostly cloudy Comfortable with Some sun, then turning Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy with a Sheriff’s Office wants him periods of sun cloudy t-storm in spots shooting, the school was The strengthened se- barred from possessing 43° 70° 55° 74° 55° 73° 54° 66° 53° patrolled by one armed curity comes three days deputy and unarmed after suspect Nikolas firearms and also invol- ALMANAC DATA guards. An unspecified Cruz’s younger broth- untarily hospitalized for a Columbus Wednesday mental health evaluation TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW number of deputies, some er, Zachary Cruz, was Wednesday 58° 33° armed with rifles, were arrested on trespassing under a state law passed Normal 70° 45° added after the school re- charges. Deputies said he after the Feb. 14 shooting Record 88° (1948) 20° (1965) PRECIPITATION (in inches) opened. was found Monday riding spree that killed 17. 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Columbus 15 6.02 -0.07 Showers T-Storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Cold Warm Stationary Jetstream GREAT MILLS, Md. killed by the officer’s bul- was shot in the thigh was Fulton 20 12.68 +3.29 -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s — A teenager used his fa- Tupelo 21 2.08 +0.23 let. released Wednesday from FRI SAT FRI SAT ther’s legally-owned hand- Investigators with the a hospital, while the girl, LAKE LEVELS City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Atlanta 63/49/pc 71/59/c Nashville 57/48/pc 71/43/t gun in an attack inside his In feet as of 24-hr. St. Mary’s County sher- Jaelynn Willey, was still 7 a.m. Wed. Capacity Level Chng. Boston 43/31/pc 42/32/pc Orlando 73/48/s 80/56/s high school in Maryland, Chicago 44/33/s 40/28/sn Philadelphia 41/29/pc 44/29/pc iff’s office said Rollins fighting for her life at a the Aberdeen Dam 188 163.85 +0.29 Dallas 81/67/pc 90/66/c Phoenix 82/60/pc 81/54/pc police said Wednesday. shot a 16-year-old girl in a University of Maryland Stennis Dam 166 137.41 +0.29 Honolulu 80/71/c 80/70/t Raleigh 57/31/s 46/34/r Austin Rollins, 17, was Bevill Dam 136 136.44 +0.04 Jacksonville 69/44/pc 76/53/pc Salt Lake City 62/46/sh 55/40/c hallway within minutes of Prince George’s Hospital SOLUNAR TABLE Memphis 68/59/pc 77/47/c Seattle 51/36/r 51/35/r killed Tuesday morning entering the high school. Center. Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for at Great Mills High School Rollins and the girl had Hospital spokesman fi sh and game. Major Minor Major Minor SUN AND MOON MOON PHASES when a school resource recently ended a relation- Michael Schwartzberg Thu. 5:49a 12:03p 6:17p ---- THU FRI FIRST FULL LAST NEW officer fired off a shot at ship. said in an email Wednes- Fri. 6:48a 12:31a 7:17p 1:02p Sunrise 6:55 a.m. 6:54 a.m. Sunset 7:07 p.m. 7:08 p.m. the attacker. It was not “All indications sug- day night that she re- Forecasts and graphics provided by Moonrise 10:28 a.m. 11:17 a.m. yet clear whether Rollins gest the shooting was not mained in critical condi- AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Moonset none 12:34 a.m. March 24 March 31 April 8 April 15 took his own life with his a random act of violence,” tion. THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 3A MSU SPORTS BLOG ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS Visit The Dispatch MSU Sports Blog for breaking For only $1.50 per month, print subscribers can get unlimited Bulldog news: www.cdispatch.com/msusports access to story comments, extra photos, newspaper archives and much more with an online subscription. Nonsubscribers can purchase online access for less than $9 per month. @ Go to www.cdispatch.com/subscribe Senate appointee in Mississippi pledges to support Trump Hyde-Smith will be the first woman to represent her husband, Mi- ping down April 1 with nearly campaigning for a Nov. 6 non- chael Smith, and three years left in his term. Co- partisan special election to Mississippi in either the U.S. House or Senate their daughter, chran issued a statement con- fill the rest of Cochran’s term, A n n a - M i c h a e l gratulating Hyde-Smith: “She which expires in January 2020. By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS push for border security, sup- Smith, a college is a very well-qualified person Bryant has said he believes The Associated Press port gun rights, oppose abor- freshman. whose experiences and excel- the president will campaign tion, and work to rebuild the Hyde-Smith, lent character will benefit our for Hyde-Smith in the special BROOKHAVEN — Missis- military and repeal health care who runs a cat- state in Washington.” election, which could attract sippi’s Republican agriculture tle farm with Hyde-Smith Hyde-Smith, 58, is expected changes enacted under former several candidates. A person commissioner, who served on President Barack Obama. her husband, served 12 years to be sworn in about April 9, close to both the governor and a farm advisory committee for “I am truly humbled. I am in the state Senate, 11 of them when Congress returns from the Hyde-Smith campaign said President Donald Trump, was truly grateful. I thank God for as a Democrat. She switched a break. She will be the first appointed Wednesday to suc- that opportunity. I am stron- to the Republican Party in late woman to represent Mississip- Wednesday that Bryant has ceed a veteran U.S. senator who ger today than I think I have 2010 and was elected statewide pi in either the U.S. House or spoken to a low-level political is resigning because of poor ever been,” Hyde-Smith told in 2011 as the Mississippi com- Senate. She promised to work adviser in the White House health. about 200 people who gath- missioner of agriculture. closely with Mississippi’s oth- about the governor’s appoint- Cindy Hyde-Smith imme- ered outside a train depot in Republican Gov. Phil Bryant er Republican senator, Roger ment of Hyde-Smith but he diately pledged to support Brookhaven, the south Missis- chose her to succeed GOP Sen. Wicker. had not yet spoken directly to Trump’s agenda, saying she will sippi city where she lives with Thad Cochran, 80, who is step- She immediately begins Trump about it.

Detective: Abuse victims covered in excrement Auditor says failed solar plant owes Suspect allegedly neglected toddler, elderly woman leased to a nursing home on Tuesday, Lay said, be- By Alex Holloway a child; felonious abuse Later that afternoon, cause she couldn’t care Mississippi $93 million [email protected] and/or battery of a child SPD received a call to the for herself. Lay said it appeared By JEFF AMY and abuse of a vulnera- same home stating that The Associated Press A ble adult charges against the elderly woman was the elderly woman had Starkville 26-year-old April Triplett. paralyzed. Lay said offi- not been given her med- JACKSON — Mississippi’s state auditor is for- woman ar- Police arrested Triplett cers arrived to find the ications, and may not mally demanding that a failed solar panel maker rested earli- on Monday, and she had child was still in the car have been given them for pay nearly $93 million that he says is owed to state er this week her initial court appear- seat and the elderly wom- “months.” and local governments, a prelude to a possible on abuse ance Wednesday. an was paralyzed on her An affidavit for lawsuit. and neglect Starkville Police De- left side. Triplett’s arrest said the Auditor Stacey Pickering demanded repay- c h a r g e s partment Detective John He said both victims child was strapped into ment in a letter he delivered Tuesday to Stion Triplett a l l e g e d l y Michael Lay said the de- were “covered in urine the car seat for “approxi- Corp., which closed its Hattiesburg plant last allowed a partment received a call and feces” and wearing mately five hours.” year. The Republican said it’s the largest amount toddler and an elderly to a home on Washington diapers. During his testi- Municipal Court he’s ever demanded to be repaid. woman, both relatives, Street on Monday. When mony, he confirmed both Judge Rodney Faver set Stion is the latest in a series of failed green to lay in their own excre- they arrived, they found victims were related to Triplett’s bond at $12,000 energy companies that received loans and incen- ment possibly for hours, a door partially cracked Triplett. during Wednesday’s hear- tives from the state. Mississippi taxpayers have according to testimony open. Upon entering the Both victims were sent ing. She was still in the lost more than $185 million from those ventures, in a Starkville Munic- home, officers saw a child to OCH Regional Med- Oktibbeha County Jail as all entered into by former Gov. Haley Barbour’s ipal Court hearing on in a car seat and an el- ical Center, where the of Thursday morning, ac- administration. Wednesday. derly woman lying on a child was treated and re- cording to jail personnel. The San Jose, California, company borrowed The hearing was for mattress on the floor. At leased. The elderly wom- Triplett’s next court ap- $74.8 million from Mississippi, failed to pay $2.1 the contributing to the the time, officers did not an stayed overnight at pearance is set for March million in reduced property taxes to Hattiesburg neglect or delinquency of make an arrest. the hospital, and was re- 26. and Forrest County, and owes $16 million in inter- est on the state loan and property tax payments, according to Pickering’s calculations. The demand letter means Stion has 30 days to repay or face a civil lawsuit. Pheba man gets 25 years for child sexual abuse Shepard pleaded guilty to two counts sexual battery tence means he will most likely spent the rest of his By ISABELLE ALTMAN was sentenced to 25 years and two counts of sexual life in prison without his [email protected] in the Mississippi Depart- battery, and that the stat- (victims) having to testify ment of Corrections for utory rape counts were and relive the nightmare.” A Clay each count, but the sen- dropped. Shepard’s attorney, C o u n t y tences will be served con- Shepard is related to Ben Lang of Starkville, man will currently. the two victims. did not return a call from spend 25 Deputies with Clay Colom credited CCSO The Dispatch by press years in County Sheriff’s Office and Assistant District time. prison for arrested Shepard in June Attorney Trina David- Shepard’s wife, Tam- sexually 2016 and charged him son-Brooks for their work a b u s i n g my Shepard, was also Shepard with multiple counts of on the case. children. sexual battery of a child “(Shepard) used his arrested in 2016 for rape Wilber Shepard, 43, of and two counts of rape position of authority and and accessory after the Pheba, pleaded guilty to of a child. District At- trust over his (victims) fact. She was found not two counts of sexual bat- torney Scott Colom said to sexually abuse them,” competent to stand trial tery in Clay County Cir- he was indicted on two Colom said. “Thankfully and is currently in a state cuit Court Wednesday. He counts of statutory rape this plea deal and sen- hospital, Colom said.

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cdispatch.com 4A THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Business Dealing with Devin Smoothie King coming to Starkville Plus: The Bungalow this would be the first helping smaller, start-up to open in the Golden businesses that may not opens on Lampkin Street Triangle Area. have a large budget set Let’s move on to a aside for marketing. Smoothie King is opening in quaint office space in Mabry said she Starkville. The Bungalow, which specializes in company A Talk for the specialty is located in downtown branding, but she can beverage shop has been ongoing Starkville on Lampkin also do print and web- for over a year now. However, a Street. Local graphic site design if needed. demolition permit was issued and designer, Emily Mabry, There are a couple the previous building on the lot was and the creator behind more things happening torn down. Sparrow Ink Design, in Starkville. The shop is expected to open on has reopened in the new Devin Edgar A new optometrist’s Highway 12 across from the Mid- office. office, Mitchell Eye dleton Court Shopping Complex. Mabry studied Care, has opened at 450 The buzz originally started in graphic design at Belhaven Univer- Highway 12 West in Suite D. 2016, when preliminary building sity in Jackson, and began freelanc- One last thing, but this time in plans were sent to the city planning ing during that time. But her vision West Point. department. Nothing came of it. for Sparrow Ink Design is simple– Thomas Wholesale and Furni- Then, in February 2017 revised site think small. ture has opened a second location plans were submitted for a space on The idea is to maintain a small in The Mossy Oak Shopping Center Highway 12, across from The State business, and although she said on Highway 45. Shopping Center. she welcomes clients of any type The furniture store’s other Smoothie King has over 800 and from any size company or location is in New Albany and was locations across the country, but business, her passion lies within opened in 2011.

Trump to punish China on trade as US companies fear backlash Industry groups: ‘The imposition of ing that “the imposition companies hand over of sweeping tariffs would trade secrets in exchange sweeping tariffs would trigger a chain trigger a chain reaction for access to the Chinese of negative consequences market. The administra- reaction of negative consequences for the U.S. economy, pro- tion argues that years of voking retaliation; stifling negotiations with China for the U.S. economy ...’ U.S. agriculture, goods, have failed to produce re- and services exports; and sults. By PAUL WISEMAN hand it over. raising costs for business- “It could be a water- AP Economics Writer The administration es and consumers.” shed moment,” said Ste- is expected Thursday to The announcement phen Ezell, vice president WASHINGTON — slap trade sanctions on will mark the end of a of global innovation policy Farmers, electronics China, perhaps including seven-month U.S. inves- at the Information Tech- retailers and other U.S. restrictions on Chinese in- tigation into the hardball nology & Innovation Foun- businesses are bracing for vestment and tariffs on as tactics China has used to dation, a think tank. “The a backlash as President much as $60 billion worth challenge U.S. supremacy Trump administration’s Donald Trump targets of Chinese products. in technology, including decision to go down this China for stealing Amer- Dozens of industry dispatching hackers to path is illustrative that pre- ican technology or pres- groups sent a letter last steal commercial secrets vious strategies have not suring U.S. companies to weekend to Trump warn- and demanding that U.S. borne the hoped-for fruit.” The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 5A Area obituaries COMMERCIAL DISPATCH OBITU- for the Monday edition. Incomplete the Rev. Bobby Bowen brothers, Christopher Cog- Hairston Funeral Home of ARY POLICY notices must be received no later officiating. Burial will follow gins and Sherman Coggins, Starkville. Obituaries with basic information than 7:30 a.m. for the Monday at Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. Thompson was born including visitation and service both of West Point; sister, through Friday editions. Paid notices Visitation will be today from Jan. 6, 1965, to the late times, are provided free of charge. must be finalized by 3 p.m. for inclu- Maxine Coggins of West 3-6 p.m. at Carter’s Mortu- Samual D. Thompson and Extended obituaries with a photo- sion the next day Monday through Point; six grandchildren and graph, detailed biographical informa- Thursday; and on Friday by 3 p.m. ary Service Chapel of West four great-grandchildren. Mary Gaston. He was for- tion and other details families may for Sunday and Monday publication. Point. merly employed as a farmer. wish to include, are available for a For more information, call 662-328- Mr. Coggins was born in He is survived by his son, fee. Obituaries must be submitted Johnny Thompson 2471. Clay County on July 3, 1950, Jeremiah Butler Sr.; daugh- through funeral homes unless the to the late Charlie Homer STARKVILLE — Johnny ters, DeSiree Phillips and deceased’s body has been donated Lester Thompson, 53, died to science. If the deceased’s body Coggins Sr. and Christine Ebony Phillips; sisters, Cora Charlie Coggins Jr. Nance Coggins. He was March 15, 2018, at North Jones, Betty Thompson, was donated to science, the family WEST POINT — Charlie must provide official proof of death. formerly employed by Bryan Mississippi Medical Cen- Jewel Thompson, Dorothy Please submit all obituaries on the Homer “Punchie” Coggins Foods. ter-West Point. Warren, Patricia Vernon form provided by The Commercial Jr., 67, died March 18, 2018, He is survived by his Services will be noon Sat- and Debra Taylor; brothers, Dispatch. Free notices must be at West Point Community sons, Rodney Coggins of urday at Peter Rock Temple John Amos, Dallas Amos, submitted to the newspaper no later Living Center. West Point and Ronnie Cog- COGIC of Starkville with Robert Lee Dorsey, Sammy than 3 p.m. the day prior for publica- tion Tuesday through Friday; no later Services will be 11 a.m. gins of Tupelo; daughters, Joseph Hawkins officiating. Thompson, James Thomp- than 4 p.m. Saturday for the Sunday Friday at Mt. Hermon MB Angela Randle and Lequita Visitation will be Friday son and Charles Thompson; edition; and no later than 7:30 a.m. Church of West Point with Coggins both of West Point; from noon-5 p.m. at Century and four grandchildren.

OUT FOR A WALK Tempest over Trump- Putin call turns into uproar over leaks White House: A ‘fireable offense and likely illegal’ to leak Trump’s briefing papers to press

By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The tempest over President Donald Trump’s congratulatory phone call to Vlad- imir Putin quickly grew on Wednesday into an uproar over White House leaks, sparking an inter- nal investigation and speculation over who might be the next person Trump forces out of the West Wing. The White House, which has suffered frequent leaks — at times of notable severity — said in a statement it would be a “fireable offense and like- ly illegal” to leak Trump’s briefing papers to the press, after word emerged that the president had been warned in briefing materials not to congratu- late the Russian president on his re-election. Trump did so anyway, and on Wednesday he defended the call, saying George W. Bush did not have the “smarts” to work with Putin, and that Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff Barack Obama and his secretary of state, Hillary Harshini Devi Sampathkumar finds music to listen to while she gets prepared to walk around Mississippi State Clinton “didn’t have the energy or chemistry” with University’s Chadwick Lake Tuesday. Harshini is a biochemistry and pre-medicine major originally from India. “I’m the Russian leader. an international student here and I like it a lot,” she said. Aides had included guidance in Trump’s talking points for the call to Putin stating: “DO NOT CON- GRATULATE,” a senior administration official said Wednesday, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the official had not been authorized to discuss internal matters. The document had been accessible only to a Mississippi confirms 3rd pediatric flu death select group of staffers, two officials said, and had been drafted by aides to National Security Advis- The Associated Press years of age. months and older, to get a flu shot. er H.R. McMaster. They also said there now is an State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul He says the type of virus primarily internal probe of the leak but provided no other JACKSON — Mississippi’s Byers says influenza activity causing illness in Mississippi and details. The officials spoke on the condition of ano- health department confirms a third in Mississippi has “greatly de- nationwide is the H3N2 flu strain. nymity to discuss sensitive internal deliberations. pediatric influenza death for the creased” over the past few weeks, The White House is not formally acknowledging Other prevention methods include 2017-2018 flu season. but officials are still getting re- the veracity of the presidential guidance first re- The department, in a news re- ports of new cases. The peak flu staying home when sick, covering ported by The Washington Post. lease Tuesday, said the death oc- season in the state typically lasts your mouth and nose when cough- Trump defended his decision to congratulate curred in an individual from Cen- from January through March. ing or sneezing and thoroughly Putin in his Wednesday tweets, saying Obama did tral Mississippi who was under 18 Byers urges residents, ages six washing hands. the same in 2012.

Arnold Continued from Page 1A testified she signed an However, school offi- asked him to leave.” ended in May 2017, when Arnold violated both affidavit for attempted cials found that Arnold Stallings said she and she blocked his phone of those terms when, on kidnapping against Ar- was not listed as a person another officer walked number. Feb. 23, he removed his nold when he tried to with permission to check Arnold out of the school. At the time, the moth- ankle monitor, leading to check her 6-year-old son out the child, and they After learning of the er said, she felt Arnold a two hour manhunt, and out of school. The moth- asked him to leave the attempt at Sudduth, the was becoming more par- attempted to check out er said Arnold first went premises. mother said she called anoid. a child from Henderson to Starkville Academy, “The last time I spoke Lay, during his testi- her attorney, who advised Ward Stewart Elementa- where he asked if a play her to call law enforce- to Johnny in May of 2017, mony, said he confirmed ry School. was scheduled for the day Arnold had never brought ment if Arnold tried to I felt like his behavior had He attempted to get so he could see her son. lunch to the school for contact her or her family. become more erratic,” out of jail on Feb. 27, He was told there was no the child. The mother then she said. play and the child did not called her mother, who Arnold started at- when he attacked a de- attend the school, and said Arnold had come to tempting to contact her tention officer, and was was ultimately asked to ‘That is creepy’ again in early February, charged with attempted During a cross-exam- her parents’ home and leave Starkville Acade- first through Facebook escape and assault on a ination, Starkville Attor- was talking to her step- my’s premises. messages, then through jail officer. ney Charles Yoste, who father in the kitchen. She She said Starkville leaving a voicemail for After that attempt, and was representing Arnold called the sheriff’s office Academy contacted her and former sheriff Dolph her. what law enforcement of- after Arnold’s first at- in court on Wednesday, The mother said Ar- asked the mother if Ar- Bryan, and later that ficials may have been an- tempt. She contacted evening filed an affidavit nold had known her other attempt late on the Sudduth Elementary nold could just have been children since they were trying to visit her child. against Arnold. night of Feb. 28, Arnold School to warn them that born, and they even was moved to the Lown- Arnold may come to the “I guess he could called him “Uncle John- des County Adult Deten- school to attempt to get have,” she said, “but he A former ny,” despite the lack of a tion Center. He’s being her son. She said she told had no permission and romantic partner familial relationship. the school to call her if that is creepy.” During her testimo- However, she said she held without bond for the Arnold made an attempt. School Security Offi- ny, the mother said she’s had never given Arnold Feb. 16 attempted kidnap- Sudduth Elementary cer Rena Stallings said known Arnold, who permission to check her ping charge and on a total did contact the mother Arnold “fumbled around” glared at her and her children out from school. of $30 million bond for cdispatch.com later that day, after Ar- with the computer when family as he entered the Arnold was first ar- the remaining charges. nold attempted to use a he first arrived at the courtroom Wednesday, rested for attempted kid- check out computer near school, then left, then for about 12 years. She napping and booked into You’ve always said you the front entrance to get returned 10-15 minutes said he was a “pretty the Oktibbeha County her child. later, when school offi- good friend” to her and Jail on Feb. 16. He was re- wanted to be buried in Arnold, according to cials asked if he could her ex-husband. leased on $100,000 bond, the dress you wore to your the mother and Starkville be assisted. Arnold then After she and her then arrested again after granddaughter’s wedding. Police Department De- said he was there to see ex-husband split up, she attempting to contact the Preplanning takes care of tective John Michael Lay, the child. said she and Arnold got victim’s family. Haug re- all the decisions so your told officials at Sudduth “Due to the fact that into a closer, romantic instated his bond on Feb. family doesn’t have to. he was the child’s uncle. the mother had called, relationship for about 21 on several conditions, When Caring Counts... They said he claimed to we already knew he four months that ended including that he wear a have brought the child couldn’t,” Stallings said. in a “smooth” breakup. GPS ankle monitor and 1131 N. Lehmberg Rd. 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ZACK PLAIR, Managing Editor BETH PROFFITT Advertising Director The MICHAEL FLOYD Circulation/Production Manager Opinion Dispatch MARY ANN HARDY Controller Our View Nichols gets chance to correct ‘unwritten rule of law enforcement’ Starkville Police Chief officer stopped in Starkville involved in such politics. officers violated the public seemed content to conceal Frank Nichols once told a Dis- on March 9 on suspicion of Turns out, SPD was in- trust, and he stood out front as what happened until jour- patch reporter, “Nothing good driving under the influence to volved in politics of another committed to the long slog of nalism made that no longer ever comes from looking into go home without as much as a kind, and in a press conference regaining that trust. possible. the police.” citation. Wednesday at police headquar- We commend Nichols for In Columbus, Chief Fred This was in response to During the stop, SPD’s Offi- ters Nichols owned up to it, that but not without caveat. Shelton didn’t notify city coun- questions about an officer cer Henderson observed CPD’s admitting it was professional When those in power use cilmen until he learned The Nichols hired last year without Louis Alexander was under courtesy — what he called an their authority to apply a dif- Dispatch was about to break disclosing to the mayor or the influence of alcohol, saying “unwritten rule of law enforce- ferent standard to themselves the story — a full week after board of aldermen that officer at one point “I don’t think he’s ment” — for officers to take than they do those they are the stop occurred. A few days was, at the time, a defendant in drunk. I know he’s drunk.” care of their own at traffic charged with serving, it’s cer- later, councilmen suspended a federal lawsuit. Yet, when Henderson stops. tainly “political” if not outright Alexander for 30 days for “con- Whether Nichols meant that alerted a SPD superior, the Not only did Nichols admit corrupt. In this case — with a duct unbecoming.” comment as a veiled threat or superior said he’ll “take care the practice, he denounced it, police department deliberately Who knows if Starkville al- as proselytizing a philosophy of it.” Instead of being booked proclaiming that professional giving an impaired driver a dermen knew before they read that the “thin blue line” washes in jail like any civilian, Alex- courtesy would never again pass for DUI — it’s dangerous. it in the paper? And what will away all sins of those wearing ander was quietly allowed to be extended by SPD. He also Laws should apply to every- they now have to investigate a badge, the words now stand ride home with another CPD announced a policy change one equally. If anything, police in regards to discipline for the as somewhat prophetic — at officer called to pick him up. that would require arrests for should be held to a higher officers involved? least as it pertains to him and Initially Nichols, who wasn’t all DUIs. standard, not get extra protec- Ultimately, there was ac- his department. consulted before the decision Nichols’ honesty is refresh- tion when they break the law. countability within both police Because The Dispatch and was made to let Alexander go, ing, his changed attitude to- Nichols seemed fine with departments for this traffic other media “looked into the defended his officers’ actions. ward the situation much more the “unwritten rule of profes- stop and how it was handled. police,” we discovered SPD He described the issue as “po- appropriate. sional courtesy” until it burned The troubling part is the ac- allowed a Columbus police litical,” saying SPD doesn’t get He seems to realize his him. And both SPD and CPD countability had to be forced.

Readers comment Cartoonist view From our website The following is an edited selection of read- er comments posted at the end of stories and columns published on-line. More can be found at www.cdispatch.com. Men carrying assault rifle, handgun and machete asked to leave Columbus Walmart RayJay971: There is no reason to carry a long gun into something like a Walmart un- less you’re there to gun people down. That’s idiotic. A holstered pistol is one thing, but if you don’t feel safe enough to go to Walmart without a semi-automatic rifle, do everyone a favor and keep your cowardly ass home. Don’t even leave your house if the outside world is that threatening to you. When people are shooting citizens up with such weapons, we can’t take the risk that you’re just some “good guy” who has horrible judg- ment. And, if you have any respect for the safety of your fellow citizens, you won’t try to “normalize” the sight of people carrying rifles around in public; there is no legitimate reason for a civilian to do that. Police should be able to count on the sight of a guy with an AR in a store as a sign that trouble is happening; they shouldn’t have to give every psychotic shooter the benefit of the doubt that maybe they’re just a “protester.” I get that people want to make statements about their right to open carry, but this is an ex- ceptionally stupid method of doing it, and as a responsible gun owner, I don’t appreciate THE PRESIDENT the “help” of such people at all. Their idiocy is just making it harder for the rest of us.

Tony Clifton: The Law says that he A little too much reality in the show? can. Don’t you think the thought must go Watching the parade (to paraphrase FDR’s who accused Trump of groping through a potential mass shooter’s mind of porn stars, reality TV supposed description of a after the release of the “Access Hol- that he, too, will be lying in a bloody mess contestants and former Latin American despot), lywood” tape. If you recall, Trump with his intended victim when there is the Playboy models lining but it’s not quite that claimed that all of the women were probability CCW carriers in proximity. I may up to lambaste the cut and dried. Trump lying and that he would sue them be wrong, but I’ve never heard of a mass president of the United maintains his innocence, after the election. Zervos, who was shooting at a gun show. States, as well as the which is where things get a contestant on “The Apprentice,” daily trove of stories of confusing. has now received the go-ahead from RayJay971: Just because you can legally wife beating, naked nep- Trump vehemently a judge for her lawsuit to proceed. do a thing doesn’t mean that it’s intelligent at otism, gambling and of- denies the accusations She said he groped her. He called all. As for mass shooters, almost all of them ficial corruption among of groping and affairs, her a liar. She is suing for defama- go into it knowing they’ll either be killed or his Cabinet members but this week it seems tion. Trump’s lawyers had argued will kill themselves at the end. They know and White House staff, I Mona Charen that the elaborate and that his depiction of Zervos as a liar their lives are going to be wrecked, one way was reminded of a story expensive efforts he has was “political speech” and “clearly or another, and it’s a final act, so I really Bill Buckley once told. undertaken to conceal his behavior protected by the First Amendment.” don’t think the possibility of a concealed-car- He had been nominated by the are unravelling a bit. The resulting The judge rejected that argument, rier is a deterrent to them at all. They’re no Nixon administration to serve as prurient press party was entirely and citing the Paula Jones prec- more afraid of being gunned down by some one of our delegates to the United predictable. edent, noted that no president is citizen than they are by the cops. Nations. The FBI called around to Stormy Daniels alleges that she immunized against suits for purely his friends and colleagues, and one, had an affair with Trump. At first, private acts. This could open the James Youngblood: If someone wants to William Rusher, groaned that he the world yawned. But since then door to sworn depositions and possi- shoot they will regardless what the law says. had already answered all of their we’ve learned that Trump’s person- ble further suits. You’re really over thinking this. It’s not that questions when Buckley had been al lawyer Michael Cohen paid her And because character is des- difficult to figure out who the bad guys are. nominated for an earlier assign- $130,000 in hush money in October tiny, yet another Trump acquain- I would rather the police have to do a little ment. The agent replied: “I know, 2016. (Such nice lawyers Mr. Trump tance, Karen McDougal, a former investigating than be lying there dead and but it is my duty to ask whether Mr. hires!) That might have been a Playboy model, is also attempting to never had a chance. Like I said I would never Buckley might have done anything violation of campaign finance laws invalidate her secrecy agreement. do this but if these guys wanted to do harm since 1969 to embarrass the pres- if Trump did not report it as an Thanks to Donald Trump, we’ve they would have regardless of what the law ident.” The sly Rusher responded, in-kind contribution. Beyond that, learned that the gossip magazines said. “No, but since 1969 the Nixon ad- it reveals the contempt with which have a practice called “catch and ministration has done a great deal Trump treats the public. There was kill” for stories they want to sup- RayJay971: Yeah, it’s not that difficult to to embarrass Mr. Buckley.” no affair, but Cohen had a sudden press. The parent company of figure out who the bad guys are -- they’re Imagine the FBI interviews with urge to make a charitable contri- the National Enquirer apparently usually the ones walking into a peaceful nominees such as Gov. Nikki Haley bution to Stormy? And now Trump performed this service for Trump, place full of people carrying rifles. I’m not or Gen. James Mattis. “Have you is suing Daniels for breach of the paying McDougal $150,000 for the over-thinking it, you’re under-thinking it. done anything that could embarrass confidentiality agreement — in the rights to her story. There’s no logical, sane reason to carry a President Trump?” It’s mind-bend- amount of $20 million — though the Nevertheless, McDougal seems weapon like that into a civilian shopping ing. They are honorable people with official Trump position is that the ready to tell her tale, and Daniels center. These guys were suited up like they stellar careers, and he is a failed agreement doesn’t exist. Got that? will tell hers (including allegations were going into Baghdad or something. It’s casino magnate, serial adulterer, Some are attempting to link this of threats emanating from Trump idiotic, and indefensible. swindler of ambitious naifs (see to the #MeToo movement — women world). And perhaps, just perhaps, Trump University), sexual predator must speak “their truth,” lawyer as they settle in this weekend to Kiki: Would I have looked twice at them? and all-around louse. Yes, he’s the Gloria Allred explained — but it’s watch “60 Minutes,” the party of Heck yeah! Who wouldn’t? Would I be president, but is he even capable of a safe bet that Stormy is thinking family values will wonder whether scared of three guys with holstered weapons embarrassment? finances, not feminism. Trump, who they really wanted to sign up for all grocery shopping? Heck no! There are peo- You might say that Donald stresses that winning is the only vir- this. ple in that store all the time with concealed Trump isn’t pretending to be a saint, tue he upholds, should admire that. Mona Charen is a Senior Fel- weapons, but they had every right to open and that he’s tough and strong and The same cannot be said of Sum- low at the Ethics and Public Policy carry. ready to be “our” son of a b—— mer Zervos, one of the 16 women Center. The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 7A

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Alabama eyes potential economic impact of fatal deer disease Hunting in Alabama generates $1.8 billion yearly meat or animals could be brought in knowingly or The Associated Press yearly economic impact. with the neurological dis- unknowingly. Alabama The Montgomery Ad- ease was Arkansas. has banned the import MONTGOMERY, Ala. vertiser reports that a Chuck Sykes with the of carcasses from states where CWD has been — A fatal deer disease dead buck tested posi- Wildlife and Freshwater confirmed. is inching closer to Al- tive for chronic wasting Fisheries Division says The department says abama, where whitetail disease in Mississippi’s it’s unlikely a diseased states with CWD have deer are the most popular Issaquena County last deer would wander “over seen an up to 40 percent game animal and hunting month; until then, the an imaginary line on a decrease in hunting li- generates a $1.8 billion closest state to Alabama map,” but that infected cense sales.

Papermaker to upgrade Mississippi box plant, add 25 workers The Associated Press Atlanta-based We- new machine will make give WestRock $320,000 stRock announced better cardboard. The for building improve- SALTILLO — A paper Wednesday that it will company didn't say how ments and $50,000 for company is expanding replace the corrugating much it will spend at the worker training. Local of- its cardboard box plant machine at its Saltillo plant, which now has 169 in northeast Mississippi, plant with a new, larger workers. ficials will grant property with plans to add 25 jobs machine to make card- The Mississippi De- tax breaks worth an esti- over three years. board. WestRock says the velopment Authority will mated $2.6 million. 8A THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Traffic stop Continued from Page 1A is going to put himself and upon request. tant chief. But I’m a ser- Policy change the public at risk of danger geant.” Alexander was taken to In the past, Nichols by driving under the in- Alexander retired as a the police station, Nichols said, general policy al- fluence, that officer don’t sergeant in 2008 and re- said, and a SPD officer lowed officers discretion need to wear this badge. turned in 2015 as a part- notified CPD of the situa- as to whether to arrest “I’m not going to say it time patrolman. The po- tion. a driver for DUI. As of happens often,” he later sition of interim assistant CPD Chief Fred Shel- Wednesday, he said, new added. “I’d say it happens chief doesn’t exist at CPD. ton confirmed a Columbus policy dictates his offi- ... every now and then. ... Henderson reports the investigator, Reginald Ad- cers “shall make an ar- But from this point on, stop to his sergeant, spec- ams, drove to Starkville in rest” if they detect alco- that courtesy won’t be ex- ifying Alexander was a po- an unmarked police car to hol through field sobriety tended at Starkville Police lice officer and asks what pick up Alexander. tests or other means. Department.” Shelton notified Co- to do. The sergeant then SPD patrol officer tells him to take Alexan- “Moving forward, I lumbus councilmen on would like to assure the Henderson pulled over Friday morning of the der to police headquarters Louis Alexander, a part- and he’d meet them there. public that this will not be stop, just before The Dis- tolerated and we’re taking time CPD officer who was patch broke the story. Later, in the stop, the off-duty, on Highway 12 footage shows Henderson appropriate measures to Councilmen on Tuesday update our policy and en- near CSpire at about 12:37 suspended Alexander for administering field sobri- a.m. March 9, accord- ety tests — including the sure that this never hap- 30 days without pay for pens again,” he said. “Ad- ing to police documents. “conduct unbecoming.” portable breath test that Nichols said in the press detected alcohol. ditionally, I will see that all Nichols said he notified uniformed officers receive conference Henderson ob- Mayor Lynn Spruill about “You’ve had more than served Alexander swerv- two drinks,” Henderson additional training in ... the stop “sometime last the detection of DUI. It’s ing in-and-out of his lane. week.” He did not com- tells Alexander. A portable breath test “I’ve already talked to always been my promise ment on whether any of to be transparent and to reported the presence of the officers involved in the my sergeant, and I told alcohol, but Nichols said him you were a police of- provide the highest qual- stop or the decision to let ity service over Starkville Alexander was never Alexander go would face ficer,” Henderson later given a Breathalyzer to adds. “... He told me to Police Department and discipline. measure his blood alcohol handle it like normal and that will not change.” level, which contradicts he’d take care of it when Shelton told The Dis- Columbus city officials Camera footage he gets to the station. patch his officers also will previously telling The Dis- On Wednesday, SPD What he means by that, I receive additional train- patch his blood contained also released Henderson’s don’t know.” ing, and there would be more than twice the legal dash and body camera Alexander also tells policy changes in light of limit of .08. footage from the traffic Henderson the woman the Alexander incident. Nichols said he was stop. with him has also been He did not specify what made aware of the stop After Henderson initi- drinking, and Henderson those would entail. later that morning, and ates the stop, the footage tells her she will also be As to Nichols’ assertion the decision to release Al- shows Alexander, who taken to police headquar- that law enforcement has exander without charges had been driving a pickup ters where she can call historically taken care of was made “up the chain with a female passenger, someone for a ride home. its own on traffic stops, of command” — among telling Henderson he had The woman, at one Shelton said he wasn’t Henderson, a sergeant, a “two or two-and-a-half point, asks Henderson if aware of CPD practicing lieutenant and a captain. drinks.” he thinks Alexander is that way. Nichols would not name When asked, Alexan- drunk. “That’s his opinion,” any of the officers in- der said he worked for “I don’t think he’s Shelton said of Nichols. volved and would not give CPD. He later says: “Right drunk,” he replies. “I “He’s entitled to his opin- Henderson’s first name now, I’m the interim assis- know he’s drunk.” ion.”

Pioneers Continued from Page 1A but I was able to fix his discovered a dynamic to do that in my ocean.’ running,” she added. problem,” she said. “I had that made her realize the So I switched oceans,” “Now, there are at least found in the lab that there support system for wom- she said. five women running for was a problem with hard- en does not always come Spruill transferred to the open positions on the drives overheating. It just from other women. Norfolk, Virginia, earned chancery court. I hope needed to be cooled down “What I found interest- her carrier qualification running and my election and it would be fine.” ing is that the men were and became the first 24 years ago empowered Strenger said that saying, ‘Go for it and woman to pilot a flight to them to run.” incident taught her an apologize later,’” she said. an aircraft carrier. important lesson. “But the women around “You don’t take ‘no’ “I was defined by my campus were telling me, for an answer,” she said. voice before this individ- ‘Tread lightly.’ I under- “There are great oppor- ual ever knew what my stand that. At the time, tunities for women. First, capabilities were,” she that had been the experi- you have to be prepared said. “Don’t let gender ence of the women there. so that when that window define you. Don’t let your But, really, it was the of opportunity opens, background define you. message the men were you’re ready for it. Then You cannot allow others telling me that helped me you have to push through to define you by their most. I needed to hear, the resistance. You push misperceptions.” ‘Go for it.’” until the ‘no’ becomes a ‘yes.’” Lakeisha Williams: Find Lynn Spruill: When ‘no’ your support is not the answer Dorothy Colom: When Lakeisha When Spruill first Persistence Williams arrived at considered going into the At the end of the year, Mississippi State in 2003 Navy, she was deter- Colom will retire from to pursue a doctorate in mined to be a pilot. The her position as Chancery biomedical engineering, answer was initially a Court Judge after 24 she wasn’t at all sure how resounding “No.” years. The landscape has long she would stay. “I didn’t hear that changed dramatically “I’m from New Orleans word when I was growing since she arrived in Co- and I didn’t know a soul,” up, and I sure didn’t want lumbus to practice law 40 Williams said. “And I was to hear it from somebody years ago. the only female in my when I was trying to get “A the time, there were classes. So every day, I a job or when I wanted to only three practicing would call my mom and be a pilot,” she said. female lawyers in (the) say, ‘I’m coming home.’ Eventually, the Navy entire Golden Triangle,” She would say, ‘No, you’re started an experimental she said. “Now, there not.’ That went on for pilot training program are over 40. Forty years weeks. I can honestly for women and began ago, there was only one say that without that recruiting women who female judge. Now there support, I would never had aviation experience. are five.” have stayed, never have Spruill, who had taken Colom’s message to become the first female private flying lessons, women: Be persistent. to get a (doctorate) at was accepted into the “Running for judge Mississippi State in my program, graduating first was not easy,” Colom field, (and) never have in her in flight school said. “In fact, I ran for become the first female class. judge three times before faculty member in my She was assigned to I was elected. When I department at Mississip- fly C-130 cargo planes. first ran and lost, I had pi State. When the Navy began friends and family who “From that expe- another program allow- discouraged me from rience, I learned that ing women pilots to fly running. But some people having support is critical non-combat supply flights did encourage me. The for women when they to aircraft carriers, she decision whether I ran or find themselves in a was excited about the not was in my hands. male-dominated field,” opportunity. “When I ran for she added. “But I had an admiral chancery court judge, Williams said she also who said, ‘She’s not going no other women were

Shooting Continued from Page 1A way, followed by a pickup that rammed driver of the pickup was her estranged the Durango. The witnesses said as the husband. The woman said her husband Durango pulled away, the person in the had a history of violence and was track- pickup began firing at the Durango. One ing her movements through a GPS he of the witnesses said he fired at the pick- has attached to the Durango. The wom- up after the initial shots were fired. en said they were traveling to a friend’s Deputies identified the owner of the home when they realized they were lost. truck, who was contacted by the LCSO. They pulled into a driveway to turn The Durango’s owner, along with a friend around when the woman said her es- who was in the vehicle at the time of the tranged husband rammed her vehicle incident, met with deputies later Wednes- from behind. day evening. No charges have been filed as LCSO The owner of the Durango said the continues to investigate the incident. SPORTS EDITOR SECTION Adam Minichino SPORTS LINE 662-241-5000 B Sports THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n THURSDAY, March 22, 2018 COLLEGE SOFTBALL Bulldogs post 12th shutout of season BY SCOTT WALTERS No. 23 Mississippi St. 7, centage Index (RPI). [email protected] Wednesday was a chance Central Arkansas 0 to hold serve. This weekend’s STARKVILLE — Junior series will provide a chance first baseman Sarai Niu can to move higher in those rank- sense the difference in the Game 31 ings and to strengthen the Mississippi State softball n No. 7 Georgia at quest for a top-half finish in team this season. No. 23 Mississippi State, the SEC. “The confidence level on 6 p.m. Friday (SEC Network+). “This weekend is huge, but this team is through the roof,” then every weekend in this Niu said. “The last couple of ally televised non-conference league is huge,” MSU coach years, there was a little doubt matchup Wednesday night at Vann Stuedeman said. “This here or there. Not this year. Nusz Park. will be a dog fight, no pun in- This team has a lot confi- MSU improved to 26-4 en- tended. Georgia may be play- dence at the plate. It makes all tering this weekend’s three- ing the best softball in the the difference in the world.” game Southeastern Confer- nation. We won’t back down Niu and senior shortstop ence series against No. 7 from that challenge. The chal- Trevor Birchett/Mississippi State Athletic Media Relations Reggie Harrison hit home Georgia. The week began lenge is why you sign a schol- Mississippi State’s Cassady Knudsen, above, combined with Holly Ward runs as No. 23 MSU beat Cen- with the Bulldogs ranked No. arship paper to play here.” on a one-hitter Wednesday in a 7-0 victory against Central Arkansas. tral Arkansas 7-0 in a nation- 18 in the NCAA’s Ratings Per- See SOFTBALL, 7B

WOMEN’S WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL COLLEGE BASEBALL COLLEGE TENNIS Rentouli, Pitching staff Bulldogs realizes its goal flying high after wins in second rout Seven pitchers used to save bullpen By Hunter Sciara Special to The Dispatch for SEC weekend series at Missouri

STARKVILLE — By Brett Hudson Anastasia Rentouli didn’t [email protected] know what happened. In one moment, STARKVILLE — The Mississippi Rentouli, the No. 4 singles State baseball team accomplished its player in the mission Wednesday night. Mississippi Coming off three losses in its State wom- first Southeastern en’s ten- Conference series and with nis team’s a set of league games against lineup, was Missouri scheduled l e a d i n g for this weekend, MSU Vanderbilt’s interim coach Gary Rentouli 98th-ranked Henderson hoped to win A m a n d a two home mid-week games Meyer. The next moment, and save his pitching staff. Stovall Rentouli wasn’t. MSU realized that goal “I was really confident. Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch Wednesday in an 11-6 victory against Then out of nowhere she Mississippi State’s Roshunda Johnson drives against Oklahoma State’s Mandy Texas Southern at Dudy Noble. came back and was beating Coleman in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Monday night in Starkville. The Bulldogs (12-10) kept all seven me, so I got kind of spaced of their pitchers under 32 pitches to pre- out,” Rentouli said Wednes- serve them for the weekend. The victory day, when asked to recall came a day after MSU used three relief the match. “But I looked TOUGHNESS lifts MSU TO KC pitchers after a four-inning start to beat at my teammates. None of Alcorn State. them were shaking their Schaefer likes fight team shows vs. Oklahoma State to reach Sweet 16 Shuffling a pitching staff isn’t the easi- heads but just kept telling est thing to do for a team that already has me ‘You can do this.’ I just STARKVILLE NCAA lost Spencer Price and Graham Ashcraft started repeating to myself he Bulldog in the 2017-18 Missis- to season-ending injuries, but it won’t what coach told me, ‘I am sippi State women’s basketball TOURNAMENT have to play two mid-week games again in ready for this, and I can do Tteam reared its head Monday KANSAS CITY REGIONAL the same week until the end of the regular this.’ ” night. Friday’s Games season. The advice from MSU MSU coach Vic Schaefer said it best n Mississippi State (34-1) vs. “I felt like for the most part we did a See TENNIS, 6B following his squad’s North Carolina State (26-8), 6 p.m. (ESPN) good job of covering the 18 innings,” 71-56 victory against n Texas (28-6) vs. UCLA (26-7), 8:30 p.m. Henderson said. Oklahoma State that (ESPN2) Cole Gordon (2-1) needed 27 pitches he felt like the Bull- to get through the first two innings. He dogs “bowed their See MSU BASEBALL, 6B neck” and showed Inside the toughness and n MORE NCAA WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT: Game 23 Post play will be key to several off the grit he loves to see in n Mississippi State at Missouri, his players. Sweet 16 teams. Page 5B 6:30 p.m. Friday (SEC Network+; Harrison Greenan Adam Minichino That’s a great MSU Radio Network). sign given No. 1 seed The next step on the journey will Match 18 MSU (34-1) has to win four more games come at 6 p.m. Friday (ESPN) when Inside n Mississippi State at to claim the ultimate prize that eluded it MSU takes on No. 4 seed North Carolina n Southeastern Conference Standings. Missouri, 5 p.m. Friday last season. See MINICHINO, 5B Page 6B

FOOTBALL: NFL Changes to catch rule recommended Brewer anxious for pro challenge By BARRY WILNER clarify what is a catch. Commissioner Former Lee High School standout will coach with Philadelphia Eagles The Associated Press Roger Goodell said during the week of By Brett Hudson ical change in his career. the Super Bowl he would urge simplifi- [email protected] Given that his comfort zone WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The cation of the rules. has remained intact for 32 years NFL’s catch rule would get less compli- Gunter Brewer has found a “Catch/no catch is at the top of ev- in the business, it would have cated if team owners approve recom- way to stay in a comfort zone. eryone’s minds,” Troy Vincent, the mendations from the powerful compe- Whether it has been coaching taken quite an opportunity for tition committee. NFL’s football operations chief, said in his home state of Mississippi, Brewer to leave it. One of the first orders of business Wednesday before outlining the com- working with familiar peers in The NFL’s Philadelphia when the league’s annual meetings mittee’s recommendations. the profession or in places he Brewer Eagles provided Brewer with begin Monday in Orlando, Florida, The owners will be asked to vote on has lived, Brewer has been for- that chance. will be a proposal by the committee to See catch rule, 6B tunate not to experience too much rad- See BREWER, 6B 2B THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL South Region features Kentucky, other guys By PAUL NEWBERRY The team bus was supposed to The Associated Press “My challenge is have a police escort, but it never showed up. The driver wasn’t famil- ATLANTA — The Loyola of preventing our players iar with the route, so he meandered Chicago men’s basketball team’s from drinking the all over the place for a good half- bus got lost on its way to arena. hour, trying to find the right spot How appropriate. poison that they have an to drop off the Ramblers. That, in With the exception of Kentucky, turn, really tested the patience of which knows its way around Atlanta easy road.” coach Porter Moser. all too well, no one could’ve expect- “Our guys handled it a lot better ed these teams to need directions Kentucky men’s basketball than me,” Moser said. “I guess my to the NCAA’s South Regional. coach John Calipari immaturity came out. It was frus- Nevada? Not likely. trating. We couldn’t get here.” Kansas State? No way. Kentucky is certainly familiar Loyola? Don’t make us laugh. for fifth-seeded Kentucky to cruise with the route to the Sweet 16. “We’re going to be picked as the to the Final Four, especially since This is the seventh time in nine underdogs,” Loyola star Donte In- Atlanta is like a second home to the years under coach John Calipari gram said Wednesday, after he and his eight-time national champions go- that the Wildcats have advanced teammates arrived at Philips Arena for ing back to the days when the city to this stage of the tournament, a light practice. “We embrace that.” was a frequent site of the Southeast- setting up another run at their first For the first time in tournament ern Conference tournament. national title since 2012. history, the top four seeds in a re- They don’t call it “Cat-lanta” for But coach John Calipari is urg- gional were eliminated on the open- nothing. Of course, those other ing his young team not to buy into ing weekend . three teams might have something the perception that this regional Virginia lost to Maryland-Balti- to say about that. has become nothing more than the more County in a historic 16-vs.-1 “I don’t think any of us, once you “Kentucky Invitational.” upset. Fourth-seeded Arizona was get to this point, really care about “My challenge is preventing our another one-and-done, blown out the name on the front of your jer- players from drinking the poison that by Buffalo. No. 2 Cincinnati got sent sey,” Loyola’s Clayton Custer said. they have an easy road. There are no packing by Nevada, while Loyola The Ramblers already endured easy roads,” Calipari said. “If we drink set up its improbable journey to the a bit of hardship just getting to the the poison, we’ll be done (today).” Sweet 16 with a last-second stunner court, even though they are staying A look at the regional semifinal against third-seeded Tennessee. at downtown hotel less than a mile games: That seemingly clears the way from Philips Arena. See SOUTH, 4B West Region will be without its top two seeds By BETH HARRIS The Aggies are seek- sions and injuries along North Carolina, Duke, The Associated Press ing to make the Elite the way. Virginia, Louisville, and Eight for the first time in “I believed that we Notre Dame. LOS ANGELES — The school history. could get it corrected, and “We feel that we can Gonzaga, Michigan, and “The first time you I knew we had the piec- compete a lot better if we Texas A&M men’s basket- get in a situation like this es,” Kennedy said. have more guys to share ball teams are no strang- you’re celebrating and ev- Florida State has a the load where we don’t ers to the Sweet 16. erything’s about having lot of moving parts. The put all that responsibility Florida State? It’s been on one or two particular 25 years for the Semi- fun,” Texas A&M coach Seminoles use a 10- and noles, who are brimming Billy Kennedy said. “You 11-man rotation, which players,” he said. with confidence afterwant your guys to experi- goes against what most His players appreciate knocking off No. 1 seed ence it all. Sometimes you teams do in reducing their his trust in them. Xavier last weekend. experience too much of bench as they go deeper “It is great because “Nobody had us here,” the success.” into the postseason. everyone that comes into Seminoles guard Braian That wasn’t the case “Very, very impres- the game is fresh,” re- Angola said. with the start of South- sive,” Gonzaga coach serve forward Mfiondu Texas A&M took care eastern Conference play in Mark Few said. Kabengele said. “Energy of defending national late December. After be- Seminoles coach Leon- is always high on a team champion North Caroli- ing ranked fifth early on, ard Hamilton suggested like ours and that always na in the second round, the Aggies lost their first it’s more about surviv- makes it fun to play.” ensuring neither of the five conference games and al in the Atlantic Coast A look at the regional region’s top two seeds dropped off the radar. Conference against tra- semifinal games: would be in Los Angeles. They endured suspen- dition-rich programs like See WEST, 4B Loyola’s run shines light on barrier-breaking game vs. MSU By ANDREW SELIGMAN Loyola is back in the Sweet 16 for The Associated Press the first time since 1985 thanks to two last-second shots and two prayers an- CHICAGO — Under the bright lights swered for Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, of the popping flashbulbs, Jerry Harkness the 98-year-old team chaplain who has grasped the magnitude of the moment. become a celebrity during this capti- There he was on that day in March vating run that continues with a game 1963, a black player from Loyola of Chi- against Nevada on Thursday night in cago shaking hands with a white player Atlanta. from Mississippi State, Joe Dan Gold, at It’s also shining a light on the team center court. They were about to tip off that blasted through racial barriers in a regional semifinal in East Lansing, 55 years ago. With four black start- Michigan, that would come to be known ers, Loyola won what remains the only as the Game of Change. NCAA Division I championship by an “Boy, the flashbulbs. I couldn’t be- Illinois school. And for the players who lieve,” Harkness recalled this week. were there, the current run is bringing “I just couldn’t understand. ... I was back all sorts of memories. shocked. I looked him in his eyes. He From the taunts in Houston to the didn’t smile; I tried to smile at him. I death threats mailed to their dorm, from could tell he was there, he was happy to the biggest blowout in NCAA tourna- play us and he was happy to be there. He ment history to the Game of Change and had on his game face. I was shocked with beating Cincinnati in overtime to win it the bulbs and I went back to the huddle all, it was unforgettable. Three years lat- in kind of a daze, a little. er, Texas Western with five black starters “I thought, boy, this is more than a beat Adolph Rupp’s all-white Kentucky game. This is history.” See LOYOLA, 4B Western Kentucky, Utah reach NIT semifinals By The Associated Press n Utah 67, Saint Mary’s 58: At Roundup Moraga, California, Sedrick Barfield STILLWATER, Okla. scored 19 points and had three of Utah’s — Freshman Taveion four 3-pointers in overtime and Utah beat Inside Saint Mary’s on Wednesday night to Hollingsworth matched n advance to the semifinals of the NIT at his career high with 30 MORE NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL: Postseason Madison Square Garden. points and the Western Scores, Schedules. Donnie Tillman added 17 points for Kentucky men’s basket- Page 3B Utah (22-11), which joined Gonzaga as ball team advanced to the the only teams to win at Saint Mary’s this final four of the National season. The Utes, headed to the NIT Final Invitation Tournament Kendall Smith and Tav- Four for the first time since 1992, will for the first time since arius Shine each had two play Western Kentucky on Tuesday. The 1948 with a 92-84 victory 3-pointers in the second win by Utah, a second seed in its bracket, over Oklahoma State on quarter to help the Cow- ensured that none of the No. 1 seeds in Wednesday night. the four brackets would reach New York. boys close within 43-41 at There were 14 ties and nine lead The fourth-seeded the half. Oklahoma State changes and neither team led by more Hilltoppers (27-10) made tied the game once late in than five until Barfield hit a stepback 15 of 18 free throws in in the third quarter but after 3-pointer from the left wing for a 66-58 the last three minutes to pulling within 80-77 with lead with 30.4 seconds to go. hold off the second-seed- Saint Mary’s (20-6) only made two of 2 minutes, 11 seconds left 11 shots in the last 9:11 and had 15 turn- ed Cowboys (21-15), who went cold. overs. Jock Landale led the Gaels with missed six of eight shots Lamonte Beardan add- 16 points and 10 rebounds and Tanner in the last two minutes. ed 19 points. and Dwight Krebs had 10 and 10. Landale, Calvin Western Kentucky will Coleby had 16 with 13 re- Hermanson and Emmett Naar passed face Utah in the semifi- bounds for WKU. Matthew Dellavedova’s 2013 class for a record 109 wins in their previous game. nals Tuesday at Madison Smith had 19 points, An offensive foul on Krebs with 7.3 Square Garden. and Shine 13 for Oklaho- seconds left in regulation allowed the Hollingsworth had a ma State, which was bid- Utes the last shot but Justin Bibbins pair of 3-point plays and ding for a school-record missed a leaning 15-footer from the left eight points in a 12-2 run 16th home win on the wing at the buzzer. David Collette, Utah’s second lead- that helped Western Ken- season in front of a re- ing scorer at 12.6, only played 14 minutes tucky open a nine-point cord post-season crowd of and scored eight points, because of a lead in the first quarter. 11,308. back injury. The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 3B

Semifinals Men’s NCAA Friday’s Game briefly Baseball South Alabama (21-12) at Yale (17-13), 5 p.m. CALENDAR Division I tournament Saturday’s Game Spring Training EAST REGIONAL AMERICAN LEAGUE Nevada (19-16) at Central Arkansas (24-9), At TD Garden, Boston 5 p.m. Local W L Pct. Regional Semifinals Prep Baseball Houston 17 7 0.708 Friday’s Games Championship Caledonia High School tennis team beats Shannon Today’s Games Boston 17 8 0.680 Villanova (32-4) vs. West Virginia (26-10), Kansas City 15 10 0.600 March 28 or 29 The Caledonia High School tennis team defeated Shannon 6-1 on 6:27 p.m. Semifinals winner, TBA Leake Academy at Starkville Academy, 6 p.m. Cleveland 16 11 0.593 Purdue (30-6) vs. Texas Tech (26-9), Tuesday at The Magnolia Tennis Club in Columbus. Baltimore 14 11 0.560 8:57 p.m. Women’s NCAA In girls singles, Caledonia’s Sunny Logan defeated def Jamiya Tuscaloosa Academy at Oak Hill Academy, 6 p.m. New York 14 11 0.560 Fayette County at Caledonia, 7 p.m. Chicago 13 12 0.520 Regional Championship Division II tournament Bowers 6-0, 6-0. In boys singles, Caledonia’s Hunter Logan beat Trey Oakland 12 12 0.500 Sunday’s Game At Sioux Falls, South Dakota Hallmark 6-1, 6-0. Friday’s Games Minnesota 12 12 0.500 Semifinal winners Semifinals Toronto 12 13 0.480 Wednesday’s Games In No. 1 girls doubles, Gracie McBrayer and Cooper Stanley won Calhoun Academy at Columbus Christian (DH), 4 p.m. Los Angeles 13 15 0.464 SOUTH REGIONAL Central Missouri 70, Union (Tenn.) 57 6-0, 6-0. At No. 2 doubles, Karen Gao and Mckinley Coleman on 6-2, Seattle 12 14 0.462 At Philips Arena, Atlanta Ashland 92, Indiana (Pa.) 68 Oxford at Columbus, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay 11 13 0.458 Regional Semifinals 6-0. Detroit 9 14 0.391 Today’s Games Championship In No. 1 boys doubles, Quinton Scott and Aden Thomas won 6-4, Noxapater at West Lowndes, 5 p.m. Texas 7 18 0.280 Nevada (29-7) vs. Loyola of Chicago (30-5), Friday’s Game NATIONAL LEAGUE 6:07 p.m. Central Missouri (29-3) vs. Ashland (36-0), 6-1. At No. 2 doubles, Sam Yarbrough and Presley Neyman won 6-1, Starkville at Madison Central, 6 p.m. W L Pct. Kansas State (24-11) vs. Kentucky (26-10), 7 p.m. 6-0. Milwaukee 17 8 0.680 8:37 p.m. Starkville Academy at Manchester Academy, 6 p.m. Chicago 16 10 0.615 Caledonia will play host to Starkville today at Magnolia Tennis Club. Central Holmes at Oak Hill Academy, 6 p.m. San Diego 12 9 0.571 Regional Championship Women’s NAIA Division I Miami 13 10 0.565 Saturday’s Game New Hope at Louisville, 6:30 p.m. St. Louis 13 11 0.542 Semifinal winners tournament Atlanta 13 13 0.500 At Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark, Ole Miss Hamilton at Sulligent, 6:30 p.m. Los Angeles 13 13 0.500 MIDWEST REGIONAL Billings, Montana Arizona 12 13 0.480 At CenturyLink Center Omaha, Championship No. 7 baseball team will take on No. 13 Texas A&M Saltillo at West Point, 7 p.m. San Francisco 12 14 0.462 Omaha, Nebraska Tuesday’s Game COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The No. 7 Ole Miss baseball team Washington 11 13 0.458 Regional Semifinals Freed-Hardeman 76, Westmont 64 Caledonia at Pontotoc, 7 p.m. Colorado 10 14 0.417 Friday’s Games will take on No. 13 Texas A&M at 6 tonight in Game 1 of a three-game, Noxubee County at Leake Central, 7 p.m. Philadelphia 10 15 0.400 Kansas (29-7) vs. Clemson (25-9), 6:07 p.m. Southeastern Conference weekend series at Blue Bell Park. Pittsburgh 9 16 0.360 Duke (28-7) vs. Syracuse (23-13), 8:37 p.m. Hockey Houston at Aberdeen, 7 p.m. Cincinnati 9 16 0.360 Game 2 will be at 6 p.m. Friday Game 3 will be at 2 p.m. Saturday. New York 8 16 0.333 Regional Championship NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE The first two games will be broadcast on the SEC Network. The finale Sunday’s Game Prep Softball Wednesday’s Games Semifinal winners Atlantic Division will be broadcast on SEC Network+. Boston 8, Tampa Bay 3 GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Tampa Bay 73 50 19 4 104 264 205 Left-hander Ryan Rolison (3-2, 2.37 earned run average) is Today’s Games Houston 8, Washington 3 WEST REGIONAL St. Louis 13, Miami 6 At STAPLES Center, Los Angeles x-Boston 72 45 17 10 100 240 186 scheduled to start today for Ole Miss (20-2), which is the first team in Columbus at Tupelo (DH), 5 p.m. Philadelphia 7, Toronto 7 Regional Semifinals Toronto 73 43 23 7 93 246 208 Florida 71 37 27 7 81 219 218 the nation to 20 wins. Leake Central at Noxubee County, 5 p.m. Chicago Cubs 5, Texas 1 Today’s Games Milwaukee (ss) 4, Oakland 3 Texas A&M (22-12) vs. Michigan (30-7), Detroit 73 27 35 11 65 189 228 Ole Miss and Vanderbilt are the only teams in the nation to rank San Diego 4, Chicago White Sox 3 6:37 p.m. Montreal 74 26 36 12 64 185 237 Starkville at Louisville, 5:30 p.m. Ottawa 72 26 35 11 63 199 251 in the top 30 in team ERA (third), batting average (27th), and fielding Atlanta 3, Detroit 2 Florida State (22-11) vs. Gonzaga (32-4), Nettleton at Aberdeen, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota 3, Pittsburgh 1 9:07 p.m. Buffalo 73 23 38 12 58 173 240 percentage (12th). N.Y. Yankees 9, Baltimore 4 Metropolitan Division Vardaman at West Lowndes, 6 p.m. GP W L OT Pts GF GA n In related news, senior Will Golsan was selected Wednesday as Kansas City 12, Cleveland 8 Regional Championship West Point at Saltillo, 6:30 p.m. San Francisco 14, Arizona 0 Saturday’s Game Washington 73 42 24 7 91 229 217 one of 30 candidates for the 2018 Senior CLASS Award on Wednes- Seattle 7, Milwaukee (ss) 4 Semifinal winners Pittsburgh 74 42 27 5 89 243 225 Columbus 74 41 28 5 87 210 206 day. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as New Hope at Kosciusko, 6:30 p.m. Today’s Games Atlanta vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Florida, FINAL FOUR Philadelphia 74 37 25 12 86 222 220 an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas Mooreville at Caledonia, 7 p.m. 12:05 p.m. At The Alamodome, San Antonio New Jersey 73 37 28 8 82 219 221 Carolina 73 31 31 11 73 197 232 of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. Boston vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Florida, National Semifinals Friday’s Games 12:05 p.m. Saturday, March 31 N.Y. Rangers 73 32 33 8 72 211 236 The former standout at new Hope High School in Columbus was Detroit vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Florida, South champion vs. West champion N.Y. Islanders 73 31 32 10 72 235 263 Starkville at Caledonia, 5:30 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE one of five Southeastern Conference players chosen. He joined Texas 12:05 p.m. East champion vs. Midwest champion Alcorn Central at Aberdeen, 6 p.m. Miami vs. Houston at West Palm Beach, Central Division A&M’s Kaylor Chafin and Cason Sherrod, Florida’s Nick Horvath, and Florida, 12:05 p.m. National Championship GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Yankees vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Monday, April 2 x-Nashville 72 48 14 10 106 236 178 Kentucky’s Troy Squires. Winnipeg 73 44 19 10 98 242 190 Men’s College Basketball Florida, 12:05 p.m. Semifinal winners Golsan was elected one of two team captains by his teammates Tampa Bay vs. Toronto (ss) at Dunedin, Florida, Minnesota 73 41 24 8 90 227 210 Tuesday’s Game 12:07 p.m. National Invitation Colorado 73 40 25 8 88 236 210 this season, and he has provided leadership on and off the field in the Colorado vs. Oakland at Mesa, Arizona, St. Louis 73 40 28 5 85 203 194 Rebel locker room. The exercise science major has been named to the National Invitation Tournament 3:05 p.m. Tournament Dallas 74 38 28 8 84 212 201 Kansas City vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, Quarterfinals Chicago 74 30 35 9 69 209 228 SEC Academic Honor Roll for three-straight years, maintaining a 3.4 At Madison Square Garden, New York 3:05 p.m. Tuesday, March 20 Pacific Division grade-point average. San Diego vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Arizona, Penn State 85, Marquette 80 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Semifinals Vegas 73 47 21 5 99 248 200 Golsan has been active in the community throughout his collegiate 3:05 p.m. Mississippi State 79, Louisville 56 Mississippi State vs. Penn State, 8:30 p.m. Toronto (ss) vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Wednesday’s Games San Jose 73 41 23 9 91 225 201 career. He and the Rebels participate in Reading with the Rebels each Florida, 5:05 p.m. Western Kentucky 92, Oklahoma State 84 Anaheim 74 38 24 12 88 210 197 Los Angeles 74 40 27 7 87 212 186 semester. He also has taken part in the Bats and Balls Clinic. He and Washington vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Utah 67, Saint Mary’s 58, OT Women’s College Basketball Florida, 5:10 p.m. Calgary 75 35 30 10 80 204 226 his teammates also collect money each year for Adopt a Basket, which Cincinnati vs. Texas (ss) at Surprise, Arizona, Semifinals Edmonton 73 32 36 5 69 208 234 Today’s Game Arizona 73 25 37 11 61 179 231 is a program that allows for needy families to have warm meals at 8:05 p.m. At Madison Square Garden, New York National Invitation Tournament Chicago White Sox vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Tuesday’s Games Vancouver 73 25 39 9 59 187 240 Thanksgiving. Arizona, 8:40 p.m. Western Kentucky (27-10) vs. Utah (22-11), Third Round Texas (ss) vs. Seattle at Peoria, Arizona, 6 p.m. NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for On the field, Golsan is approaching 200 games played as a Rebel. 8:40 p.m. Penn State (24-13) vs. Mississippi State overtime loss. Top three teams in each division He hit .312 as a junior and has played nearly every position in his Georgia Tech at Alabama, 7 p.m. Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, (25-11), 8:30 p.m. and two wild cards per conference advance to Friday’s Game Arizona, 9:05 p.m. playoffs. career. This season, he has started in center field every game. L.A. Angels vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Championship The 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists in late April. NCAA tournament Arizona, 9:05 p.m. Thursday, March 29 Tuesday’s Games Friday’s Games Semifinal winners, 6 p.m. Columbus 5, N.Y. Rangers 3 Those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be Sweet 16 Boston vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Florida, Washington 4, Dallas 3 distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and 12:05 p.m. CollegeInsider.com N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 1 At Kansas City, Missouri Edmonton 7, Carolina 3 fans, who will select one candidate who best exemplifies excellence Detroit vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Florida, 12:05 Mississippi State vs. North Carolina State, 6 p.m. p.m. Tournament Florida 7, Ottawa 2 in the four C’s of community, classroom, character and competition. Houston (ss) vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Quarterfinals Detroit 5, Philadelphia 4, SO Wednesday’s Games Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 3 The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2018 Florida, 12:05 p.m. College Baseball Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, UIC 83, Austin Peay 81 Winnipeg 2, Los Angeles 1, OT College World Series® in June. Florida, 12:05 p.m. Northern Colorado 86, San Diego 75 Colorado 5, Chicago 1 Today’s Game Today’s Games Vegas 4, Vancouver 1 n Track and field team will compete in Trailblazer Challenge: Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Ole Miss at Texas A&M, 6 p.m. Florida, 12:05 p.m. Sam Houston State (20-14) at UTSA, 7 p.m. San Jose 6, New Jersey 2 At Los Angeles, the track and field team will open the outdoor season at Toronto vs. Tampa Bay (ss) at Port Charlotte, Saturday’s Game Wednesday’s Games Friday’s Games Florida, 12:05 p.m. Central Michigan (21-14) at Liberty (21-14), Pittsburgh 5, Montreal 3 the inaugural Trailblazer Invite at the University of Southern California. St. Louis vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Florida, 1 p.m. Arizona 4, Buffalo 1 The meet will feature the five high-major (Power 5) programs that Southern Mississippi at Florida Atlantic, 5:30 p.m. 12:10 p.m. St. Louis 2, Boston 1, OT Ole Miss at Texas A&M, 6 p.m. Kansas City (ss) vs. San Francisco at Semifinals Anaheim 4, Calgary 0 have both the men’s and women’s track and field teams coached by Scottsdale, Arizona, 3:05 p.m. Wednesday, March 28 Today’s Games women: Miami (Amy Deem), Ohio State (Karen Dennis), Tennessee Mississippi State at Missouri, 6:30 p.m. Milwaukee vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Arizona, Game 1, 6 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. 3:05 p.m. Game 2, 8 p.m. Arizona at Carolina, 6 p.m. (Beth Alford-Sulivan), USC (Caryl Smith Gilbert), and Ole Miss Connie Alabama at Tennessee, 6:30 p.m. Seattle vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Florida at Columbus, 6 p.m. Price-Smith. Arizona, 3:05 p.m. Championship Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m. L.A. Dodgers vs. Kansas City (ss) at Surprise, Friday, March 30 Washington at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. Competition will begin at 2 p.m. Friday afternoon with the women’s Arizona, 3:05 p.m. Semifinal winners, TBA Edmonton at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m. hammer throw. The hammer and the discus will be Friday at Long on the air Cincinnati vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Arizona, College Basketball Toronto at Nashville, 7 p.m. Beach State. 3:10 p.m. Vancouver at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Oakland vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Arizona, Invitational Los Angeles at Colorado, 8 p.m. Ole Miss is coming off an indoor season that ended with one Today 3:10 p.m. Semifinals Vegas at San Jose, 9 p.m. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Houston (ss) vs. Washington at West Palm Wednesday’s Game Friday’s Games first-team All-American (Janeah Stewart, weight throw, third place) and Beach, Florida, 5:05 p.m. North Texas 90, Jacksonville State 68 Montreal at Buffalo, 6 p.m. seven Second-Team honorees. Price-Smith’s squad also came away 6 p.m. — NCAA Division II tournament, first Washington (ss) vs. Miami at Jupiter, Florida, Today’s Game New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. 6:05 p.m. Campbell (18-15) at San Francisco (20-15), Anaheim at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. with two SEC individual titles (women’s weight throw, men’s mile). semifinal, West Texas A&M vs. Ferris State, at Arizona vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Arizona, 9 p.m. Vancouver at St. Louis, 7 p.m. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, CBS Sports Network 8:05 p.m. Boston at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Texas vs. San Diego at Peoria, Arizona, Championship Series Saturday’s Games 6 p.m. — NCAA tournament, first semifinal, 8:40 p.m. (Best-of-three) Vegas at Colorado, 3 p.m. Alabama (x-if necessary) Calgary at San Jose, 3 p.m. Loyola-Chicago vs. Nevada, WCBI Wednesday’s College Monday’s Game Chicago at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m. Women’s basketball team will play host to Georgia 6:30 p.m. — NCAA tournament, first semifinal, Game 1, TBA Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m. Scores Wednesday, March 28 Detroit at Toronto, 6 p.m. Texas A&M vs. Michigan, TBS EAST Game 2, TBA Arizona at Florida, 6 p.m. Tech in WNIT Siena at Boston College, ppd. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Alabama women’s basketball team Friday, March 30 Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 6 p.m. 8:30 p.m. — NCAA Division II tournament, SOUTH x-Game 3, TBA Washington at Montreal, 6 p.m. will play host to Georgia Tech at 7 tonight in the third round of the Wom- Alice Lloyd at Pikeville, ppd. Carolina at Ottawa, 6 p.m. second semifinal, Northern State (SD) vs. Belmont 8, Vanderbilt 5 Men’s NCAA St. Louis at Columbus, 6 p.m. en’s National Invitation Tournament at Coleman Coliseum. Queens (NC), at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, CBS Boston College at Siena, ppd. Nashville at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Alabama (19-13) lost to Georgia Tech 77-67 last season at home in Charlotte 6, Arkansas 3 Division II tournament Los Angeles at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Sports Network Duke 9, Md.-Eastern Shore 5 At Sioux Falls, South Dakota McCamish Pavilion in the quarterfinals of the event. FAU 11, Miami 9 Quarterfinals Alabama advanced to the round of 16 with an 81-60 victory over 8:30 p.m. — NCAA tournament, second Florida St. 13, UCF 3 Tuesday’s Games Soccer semifinal, Kansas State vs. Kentucky, WCBI Indiana-Southeast at Campbellsville, ccd. West Texas A&M 87, Le Moyne 73 UCF on Sunday. Jacksonville St. at Kennesaw St., ccd. Ferris State 87, Barry 84 Major League Soccer Georgia Tech (20-13) advanced to the round of 16 with wins 9 p.m. — NCAA tournament, second Lee 12, Tusculum 10 Queens (NC) 100, California Baptist 94 EASTERN CONFERENCE Louisville 8, W. Kentucky 5 Northern State 79, East Stroudsburg 71 W L T Pts GF GA against Bethune-Cookman (85-32) and Alabama-Birmingham (91-47). semifinal, Florida State vs. Gonzaga, TBS Mercer 6, Georgia Tech 2 New York City FC 3 0 0 9 6 1 n Men’s swimming and diving team ready for NCAA CORNHOLE Middle Tennessee 8, Lipscomb 7, 10 innings Semifinals Columbus 2 0 1 7 5 2 Morehead St. 9, Alabama St. 4 Today’s Games Atlanta United FC 2 1 0 6 7 6 Championships: At Minneapolis, Minnesota, the swimming and diving 6 p.m. — American Cornhole League National N.C. Central 8, High Point 7 Ferris State (36-1) vs. West Texas A&M (32-3), Philadelphia 1 0 1 4 2 0 team will opens competition at the NCAA Championships at 10 a.m. Old Westbury 10, Plymouth State 7 6 p.m. New York 1 1 0 3 4 1 Championships, at Las Vegas, ESPN2 Pittsburgh at Penn St., ppd. Queens (NC) (32-3) vs. Northern State (35-3), Montreal 1 2 0 3 4 5 today with the preliminaries of the 200 freestyle relay. FIGURE SKATING Sewanee at Maryville (Tenn.), ppd. 8:30 p.m. New England 1 1 0 3 2 3 The meet will run through Saturday. Alabama also will swim in the Thomas More at Spalding, ppd. D.C. United 0 1 2 2 4 6 11 a.m. — World Championships, Men’s Short Union (Tenn.) 16, Trevecca Nazarene 4, Championship Orlando City 0 2 1 1 2 5 50 freestyle and the 400 medley relay today. 7 innings Saturday’s Game Chicago 0 2 0 0 4 6 The Crimson Tide’s NCAA championships squad includes nine Program, at Milan (same-day tape), NBC Sports Virginia at Towson, ccd. Semifinal winners, 2 p.m. Toronto FC 0 2 0 0 0 3 Network Virginia Tech at Marshall, ppd. WESTERN CONFERENCE men, six who are competing in individual events and three who fill out W. Carolina at Tennessee Tech, ccd. Men’s NAIA W L T Pts GF GA the relay squads. 2 p.m. — World Championships, Pairs’ Short Washington & Lee at E. Mennonite, ppd. Los Angeles FC 2 0 0 6 6 1 Xavier at E. Kentucky, ppd. Division I tournament Minnesota United 2 1 0 6 6 5 n No. 49 women’s tennis team will play host to No. 18 Florida: Program, at Milan (same-day tape) NBC Sports MIDWEST At Municipal Auditorium, Sporting Kansas City 2 1 0 6 7 7 At Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the women’s tennis team will play host to No. Network Austin Peay 4, Kansas St. 2 Kansas City, Missouri Vancouver 2 1 0 6 5 6 Bellevue 8, Doane 2 Championship Houston 1 1 1 4 7 4 18 Florida at 5 p.m. today at the Alabama Tennis Stadium. GOLF MidAmerica Nazarene 7-4, Evangel 6-3, first Tuesday’s Game FC Dallas 1 0 1 4 4 1 Graceland (Iowa) 83, LSU Alexandria 80, OT Alabama is coming off a 4-0 loss to then-No. 13 Auburn on Friday 1 p.m. — PGA World Golf Championships-Dell game 10 innings Real Salt Lake 1 1 1 4 3 6 Mount Mercy 13, Cornell (Iowa) 3, 8 innings Women’s NCAA San Jose 1 1 0 3 5 5 at Yarbrough Tennis Center. Technologies, Day 2, at Austin, Texas, TGC Peru St. 6-10, Bethany 4-4 LA Galaxy 1 1 0 3 3 3 Division I tournament Colorado 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 p.m. — LPGA Tour, Bank of Hope Founders ALBANY REGIONAL Seattle 0 2 0 0 0 4 Basketball Portland 0 2 0 0 1 6 Basketball Cup, at Phoenix, Arizona, TGC Regional Semifinals Saturday’s Games NBA NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL EASTERN CONFERENCE At Albany, New York Lieberman to coach team in BIG3 league South Carolina (28-6) vs. Buffalo (29-5), NEW YORK — Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman will coach a team 12:05 p.m. — New York Yankees at Minnesota, Atlantic Division Saturday’s Games W L Pct GB 10:30 a.m. New York City FC at New England, 12:30 p.m. in the BIG3 this season. ESPN2 x-Toronto 53 19 .736 — UConn (34-0) vs. Duke (24-8), 1 p.m. Portland at FC Dallas, 2:30 p.m. Lieberman, a former basketball star who has coached in the NBA, 3:05 p.m. — Kansas City at Milwaukee, MLB x-Boston 48 23 .676 4½ D.C. United at Columbus, 5 p.m. Philadelphia 40 30 .571 12 Regional Championship Minnesota United at New York, 6 p.m. WNBA and NBA Development League, will lead the Power team, the Network New York 26 46 .361 27 Monday’s Game Sporting Kansas City at Colorado, 8 p.m. league announced Wednesday. She replaces Clyde Drexler, who Brooklyn 23 49 .319 30 Semifinal winners, 6 p.m. LA Galaxy at Vancouver, 9 p.m. NBA Southeast Division Friday, March 30 recently accepted a job as commissioner of the 3-on-3 league of former 6 p.m. — Philadelphia at Orlando, NBA TV W L Pct GB SPOKANE REGIONAL Real Salt Lake at Toronto FC, 7 p.m. NBA players. Washington 40 31 .563 — Regional Semifinals Saturday, March 31 9 p.m. — Atlanta at Sacramento, NBA TV Miami 39 33 .542 1½ Saturday’s Games New York at Orlando City, Noon “Nancy is one of the sharpest basketball minds and also one of Charlotte 31 41 .431 9½ At Spokane, Washington Los Angeles FC at LA Galaxy, 2 p.m. NHL Orlando 21 50 .296 19 the most competitive,” Drexler said. “Her experience and basketball Notre Dame (31-3) vs. Texas A&M (26-9), Vancouver at Columbus, 2 p.m. 6:30 p.m. — Philadelphia at Detroit, NBC Sports Atlanta 21 50 .296 19 3 p.m. Portland at Chicago, 5 p.m. acumen will stand out in the BIG3, which is filled with star players and Central Division Oregon (32-4) vs. Central Michigan (30-4), Atlanta United FC at Minnesota United, 7 p.m. Network W L Pct GB 5:30 p.m. coaches.” Cleveland 42 29 .592 — New York City FC at San Jose, 7 p.m. D.C. United at Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. Lieberman was a three-time All-American at Old Dominion and 9 p.m. — Vegas at San Jose, NBC Sports Indiana 41 31 .569 1½ Regional Championship Milwaukee 37 34 .521 5 New England at Houston, 7:30 p.m. two-time U.S. Olympian. She was a head coach in the WNBA and Network Detroit 32 39 .451 10 Monday’s Game Philadelphia at Colorado, 8 p.m. Semifinal winners, 8 p.m. Montreal at Seattle, 9 p.m. the Dallas Mavericks’ minor league affiliate, plus an assistant for the Chicago 24 47 .338 18 Friday WESTERN CONFERENCE Sacramento Kings. Southwest Division KANSAS CITY REGIONAL COLLEGE BASKETBALL Regional Semifinals Transactions “It’s an honor and privilege for me to be a part of the BIG3 and W L Pct GB 6 p.m. — NCAA tournament, regional, first semifi- y-Houston 57 14 .803 — Friday’s Games its vision,” Lieberman said. “We have former NBA players and Hall of San Antonio 42 30 .583 15½ At Kansas City, Missouri Wednesday’s Moves N.C. State (26-8) vs. Mississippi State (34-1), BASEBALL Fame coaches who still love the game, have a deep respect for the nal, Clemson vs. Kansas, WCBI New Orleans 42 30 .583 15½ American League Dallas 22 49 .310 35 6 p.m. competition, and a passion to play competitive basketball. It’s in our 6:15 p.m. — NCAA tournament, regional, first Memphis 19 52 .268 38 UCLA (26-7) vs. Texas (28-6), 8:30 p.m. BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Signed RHP Alex Cobb to a four-year contract. Designated RHP DNA.” semifinal, West Virginia vs. Villanova, TBS Northwest Division W L Pct GB Regional Championship Jose Mesa Jr. for assignment. Optioned RHP Co-founded by entertainer Ice Cube, the league returns this 8:30 p.m. — NCAA tournament, regional, second Portland 44 27 .620 — Sunday’s Game Hunter Harvey to Bowie (EL). Oklahoma City 43 30 .589 2 Semifinal winners, 6:30 p.m. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Assigned LHP summer for its second season. The half-court league played in 10 cities, semifinal, Syracuse vs. Duke, WCBI Minnesota 41 31 .569 3½ Richard Lovelady; RHPs Kevin Lenik, Glenn and the Power finished fourth out of eight teams. 8:57 p.m. — NCAA tournament, regional, first Utah 40 31 .563 4 LEXINGTON REGIONAL Sparkman and Josh Staumont; Cs Nick Dini The season kicks off June 22 at the Toyota Center in Houston. Denver 39 33 .542 5½ Regional Semifinals and Parker Morin and INFs Cody Asche, Erick semifinal, Texas Tech vs. Purdue, TBS Pacific Division Friday’s Games Mejia and Ryan O’Hearn to minor league camp. W L Pct GB At Lexington, Kentucky NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned INF-OF COLLEGE HOCKEY y-Golden State 53 18 .746 — Oregon State (25-7) vs. Baylor (33-1), Tyler Austin; OF Billy McKinney; and RHPs Tennis 2 p.m. — NCAA tournament, teams TBD, ESPN2 L.A. Clippers 38 33 .535 15 6 p.m. Ben Heller and Giovanny Gallegos to Scranton/ L.A. Lakers 31 39 .443 21½ Louisville (34-2) vs. Stanford (24-10), 8:30 p.m. Wilkes-Barre (IL). Serena Williams loses in first round at Miami Open GOLF Sacramento 23 49 .319 30½ SEATTLE MARINERS — Claimed LHP Dario 9:30 a.m. — PGA Tour, Corales Puntacana Phoenix 19 53 .264 34½ Regional Championship Alvarez off waivers from the Chicago Cubs and Sunday’s Game optioned him to Tacoma (PCL). to Osaka Resort & Club Championship, second round, TGC x-clinched playoff spot Semifinal winners, 11 a.m. TEXAS RANGERS — Placed RHP Ronald KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — The match ended with Serena Williams y-clinched division Herrera on the 60-day DL. Released C Curt 1 p.m. — WGC Tour, Dell Technologies, Match Casali. Tuesday’s Games FINAL FOUR grinning at the net. She saved her worst shot for last, and after a rare At Columbus, Ohio TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Acquired RHP Play, day 3, TGC Toronto 93, Orlando 86 Sam Gaviglio from Kansas Cit for a player to first-round defeat she had to laugh. Boston 100, Oklahoma City 99 National Semifinals MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Friday, March 30 be named or cash considerations. Designated Still rusty in her return from pregnancy, Williams was unable Minnesota 123, L.A. Clippers 109 LHP Matt Dermody for assignment. Noon — Boston at New York Yankees, ESPN New Orleans 115, Dallas 105 6 p.m. to overcome a tough opening draw at the Miami Open and lost Wednes- Atlanta 99, Utah 94 8:30 p.m. National League day to Naomi Osaka, 6-3, 6-2. 3:10 p.m. — Cincinnati at Colorado, MLB Network Detroit 115, Phoenix 88 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Traded 2B Houston 115, Portland 111 National Championship Eliezer Alvarez to Texas for cash. On the final point, Williams thundered forward to attack an easy 8:40 p.m. — Texas at San Diego, MLB Network Wednesday’s Games Sunday, April 1 BASKETBALL shot at eye level, whacked the ball six feet past the baseline and SKATING Cleveland 132, Toronto 129 Semifinal winners, 5 p.m. National Basketball Association Philadelphia 119, Memphis 105 ATLANTA HAWKS — Signed G Jaylen Morris responded with a sheepish smile. 2:30 p.m. — World Figure Skating Charlotte 111, Brooklyn 105 Women’s National to a multiyear contract. Not that motherhood has mellowed Williams. She left without Miami 119, New York 98 MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Signed G Brandon Championships, Ladies Free Program, NBC Denver 135, Chicago 102 Invitation Tournament Jennings to a second 10-day contract. talking to the media. Sports Network L.A. Clippers 127, Milwaukee 120 Second Round NBA G League The 20-year-old Osaka, who earned her first career title Sunday at New Orleans 96, Indiana 92 Tuesday’s Game RIO GRANDE VALLEY VIPERS — Acquired G WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL San Antonio 98, Washington 90 New Mexico 93, Rice 73 Darius Morris. Waived G Tony Wroten. Indian Wells, said she was nervous at the start playing her idol for the Today’s Games FOOTBALL first time. Osaka said her goal was to avoid Williams winning 6-0, 6-0. 6 p.m. — NCAA tournament, regional, first Memphis at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Third Round National Football League semifinal, Mississippi State vs. North Carolina Philadelphia at Orlando, 6 p.m. Today’s Games ATLANTA FALCONS — Agreed to terms with “She’s the main reason I started playing tennis,” Osaka said. “I just Detroit at Houston, 7 p.m. Purdue (20-13) at Indiana (19-14), 6 p.m. TE Logan Paulsen on a one-year contract. wanted her after the match to know who I am.” State, ESPN L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 7 p.m. James Madison (23-10) at West Virginia DETROIT LIONS — Signed TE Luke Willson 6 p.m. — NCAA tournament, regional, first Utah at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. (23-11), 6 p.m. and DT Sylvester Williams. Mission accomplished. What did Williams say when they shook Atlanta at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Fordham (24-9) at Virginia Tech (20-13), INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Re-signed CB hands after the match? semifinal, Oregon State vs. Baylor, ESPN2 Friday’s Games 6 p.m. Pierre Desir and OT-G Jack Mewhort. “She said ‘good job’ and stuff,” Osaka said. “I kind of blanked out, Denver at Washington, 6 p.m. Duquesne (25-7) at St. John’s (18-14), 6 p.m. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed DT Xavier 8:30 p.m. — NCAA tournament, regional, second L.A. Clippers at Indiana, 6 p.m. Georgia Tech (20-13) at Alabama (19-13), Williams. but I’m pretty good she said ‘good job.’” Brooklyn at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. 7 p.m. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed LS Nick semifinal, Stanford vs. Louisville, ESPN Minnesota at New York, 6:30 p.m. Michigan State (19-13) at South Dakota Osaka, who has both American and Japanese citizenship and Phoenix at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Dooley, K Kai Forbath and TE Josiah Price. 8:30 p.m. — NCAA tournament, regional, second (28-6), 7 p.m. Waived LB Shaan Washington. lives in Fort Lauderdale, raised her profile with last week’s title run and Miami at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. Friday’s Game semifinal, Texas vs. UCLA, ESPN2 Milwaukee at Chicago, 7 p.m. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed WR UC Davis (27-6) at Kansas State (18-15), Matthew Slater. showed no signs of letup and overpowered the erratic Williams. Osaka Utah at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 9 p.m. — NCAA Division II tournament, Final, Boston at Portland, 9 p.m. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed LB Emmanuel had the stronger serve and wore down Williams in rallies working her March 21-23 Lamur. Atlanta at Golden State, 9:30 p.m. New Mexico-Rice winner vs. TCU (21-12), TBA from side to side. teams TBD, CBS Sports Network Saturday’s Games HOCKEY The matchup worthy of a final came about because both players WOMEN’S COLLEGE CURLING Minnesota at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Women’s Basketball National Hockey League Chicago at Detroit, 6 p.m. NHL — Fined Tampa Bay F Steven Stamkos were unseeded. Osaka is ranked a career-best 22nd, while Williams’ 6 p.m. — Ford World Curling Championship, Phoenix at Orlando, 6 p.m. Invitational $5,000 for a dangerous trip against Toronto D ranking is 491st after a layoff of more than a year. L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 7 p.m. Quarterfinals Morgan Rielly during a March 20 game. Canada vs. United States, NBC Sports Network New Orleans at Houston, 7 p.m. Tuesday’s Game ARIZONA COYOTES — Named Mike Berry — From Staff and Wire Reports Charlotte at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Yale 70, Binghamton 64 vice president, corporate partnerships. 4B THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com GOLF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL McIlroy, Johnson, Mickelson lose in Match Play Cobb signs four-year, $57M deal with Orioles By DOUG FERGUSON comes off a win, next week out they’re By The Associated Press doesn’t pitch at least 130 innings in 2020, The Associated Press either a little flat or still as hot as can be an additional $5.25 million of the final’s and they’re just going to blitz it.” SARASOTA, Fla. — Alex Cobb’s year salary would get deferred, payable AUSTIN, Texas — Rory McIlroy put McIlroy was a little of both. He had comfort and familiarity with the Ameri- $1.75 million annually on Nov. 30 from together another flawless back nine, a bogey, a double bogey and no bird- can League Eastern Division was the de- 2033-35. running off five straight birdies. ies as Uihlein raced out to a 5-up lead ciding factor in his decision to sign with Cobb has a full no-trade this year, This time, it wasn’t enough. through 10 holes. McIlroy began his the Baltimore Orioles. then can list 10 teams from 2019-21 that Former U.S. Amateur champion run of five straight birdies on No. 12, “They used the AL East and the he cannot be dealt to without his consent. Peter Uihlein built a 5-up lead against and it might have been enough had Ui- success I’ve had in it to He had spent his entire six-season big McIlroy and held off his late charge their advantage,” the hlein not matched him with a birdie at league career with Tampa Bay and was with enough key shots of his own in a 30-year-old right-hander the 12th and another one on the 13th, the last big-name starting pitcher avail- 2-and-1 victory, one of several surpris- said Wednesday after when he laid up into the wind on the able in a slow-moving free agent market. es Wednesday in the opening session finalizing a $57 million, short par 4 over water and stuffed a He joined Andrew Cashner and Chris of the Dell Technologies Match Play. four-year contract. “They wedge into 5 feet. Tillman in a rotation that includes hold- Defending champion Dustin John- kept challenging me with overs Dylan Bundy and Kevin Gausman. “I made him earn it at least,” McIl- son hit two shots out-of-bounds on the it and I love the challenge Cobb was 12-10 with a 3.66 earned roy said. “I just came away a little fat. I Cobb same hole, another tee shot in the haz- of pitching in this division run average in 29 starts last season. He didn’t really necessarily play badly. He ard and couldn’t make the putts that and they know that over pitched 179 1/3 innings in his first full didn’t make a bogey all day, so it was he couldn’t afford to miss on the back the times we talked. They did a really year back after missing nearly two sea- nine. He wound up losing on the 17th hard to sort of claw my way back.” good job of making me feel like this is sons because of Tommy John surgery. hole to Bernd Wiesberger. McIlroy, along with Johnson, Phil where I need to be.” He had turned down the Rays’ $17.4 Justin Thomas also got a scare, Mickelson and Tommy Fleetwood, Cobb gets $14 million in each of the million qualifying offer in November, and mainly because his opponent had to now have to do some serious clawing first three seasons and $15 million in Baltimore pursued him from the start of putt with a sand wedge over the last 12 to win their groups. All of them lost 2021, and he would earn a $500,000 bo- free agency. holes. the opening match in their four-man nus in each year he pitches 180 innings. “They didn’t stop bothering me the McIlroy was coming off a victory groups and will need some help to ad- Baltimore will defer $6.5 million from whole offseason,” Cobb said. “They were in the Arnold Palmer Invitational just vance to the weekend. this year’s salary and $4.5 million in each very persistent, and I think that you no- three days ago, when he birdied five of In the two years this round-robin of the next three seasons. tice that confidence they have in you just his last six holes to win by three shots. format has been used, only four players He gets $2 million of the deferred by the way they speak to you and the “I felt it was going to go two differ- have lost on Wednesday and won their money on Nov. 30, 2022, and $1.8 million questions you ask and not questioning ent ways,” Uihlein said. “When a guy group. annually on Nov. 30 from 2023-32. If he anything that’s gone on.” South West Continued from Page 2B Continued from Page 2B LOYOLA VS. NEVADA: game.” young, it took time,” Cali- TEXAS A&M vs. in the paint and just so big During that span, the Nevada is a team with- Along with Syracuse, pari said. “We were trying MICHIGAN: in general,” teammate T.J. Zags have made 50 of 59 out defined positions,the Ramblers (30-5) are to land the plane before The Wolverines (30-7) Starks said. foul shots. The last player sending out an inter- the lowest-seeded team we ran out of runway.” bring an 11-game win- Michigan counters opponents want to foul is changeable lineup that still alive in the tourna- Kansas State (24-11) ning streak — third-best with 6-11 Moe Wagner, a Josh Perkins, who has hit includes twins Cody and ment, reigniting interest is viewed as perhaps in the nation — into their junior from Berlin, Ger- all 17 of his shots during Caleb Martin and no play- in a program that won a the worst team left in fourth Sweet 16 berth in many, whose minutes that stretch. er taller than 6-foot-7. national title in 1963. the NCAA field, advanc- six years. were limited by foul trou- As good as the Zags are The Wolf Pack (29-7) “Someone just sent ing with a 50-43 victory They led the Big Ten ble in the first two tour- at the line late, Zach Nor- are averaging 83 points a us a thing about Loyola against UMBC. in scoring defense at 63.1 ney wins. vell Jr. is Mr. Clutch. He’s game and present all sorts watch parties all around Coach Bruce Weber, points per game while av- FLORIDA ST. vs. scored a team-best 93 of matchup problems with the country,” Moser said. who previously took Illi- eraging nine 3-pointers. GONZAGA: points in the last five min- their fast-paced style. “How cool is that?” nois and Southern Illinois Defense is the hall- The Zags bring a 16- utes of games this season. They’re also playing KANSAS STATE VS. to the Sweet 16, has used mark of the Aggies (22- game winning streak When he’s not scoring in with enormous confi- K ENTUCK Y: that perception as moti- 12). They held opponents — the nation’s best — the final five minutes, he dence after rallying from Kentucky’s latest batch vation for his unheralded to 32 percent shooting into Staples Center and has dished out 11 assists a 22-point deficit with 11 of stopover stars is com- team. Kansas State fin- on 3-pointers and limited are the only team in the minutes remaining to ing together at just the ished fourth in the Big 12 them to 40 percent from country to be appearing with one turnover and had beat Cincinnati . right time. and was drubbed by state the field overall. in a fourth straight Sweet eight steals. Nevada would prefer to The Wildcats (26-10) rival Kansas in the confer- Their frontcourt trio 16. During Mark Few’s Florida State (22-11) play from in front against lost four straight games ence tournament. of Tyler Davis, D.J. Hogg 19 years at the helm, the knocked off higher seeds Loyola. in early February and Now, they’re facing and Robert Williams — all Zags are 21-5 as a high- in its first two tournament “If we get behind with finished fourth in the another of college basket- 6-foot-9 or taller — makes er seed, including a 15-1 games: No. 8 Missouri this team, it’ll be hard to SEC, but they’ve won nine ball’s blue bloods. it tough for opponents to mark since 2009. and No. 1 Xavier. get back in front because of their last 10 with an “We’ve got to come out, shoot over them. Gonzaga (32-4) is dead The only other time they execute so well of- all-freshman lineup led fight them, grind it out,” “If you want to stop calm at the free throw the teams met was in the fensively,” Hallice Cooke by Kevin Knox and Shai Weber said, “and hope Rob, you are going to line, shooting 85 percent 2010 NCAA tournament, said. “They know how to Gilgeous-Alexander. that somebody can step have to double-team him in the final three min- with the Zags winning 67- control the pace of the “We were just so up and make some shots.” because he is so dominant utes of its last 14 games. 60. Loyola Continued from Page 2B team for the champion- ship. But the Ramblers “We did not realize what we were started paving that glory road, whether they real- going through, nor did we fully ized it at the time or not. appreciate it at the time. I think it “Was it impactful? Yes, it was very impactful,” came later. I know for me personally, said Ron Miller, a guard from the Bronx. “My it came later.” opinion was we did not re- alize what we were going Loyola guard Ron Miller through, nor did we fully appreciate it at the time. I Mississippi State and that — saw the Ramblers rally think it came later. I know led to some ugly letters from 15 down in the sec- for me personally, it came from Ku Klux Klan mem- ond half to win 60-58 in later.” bers, calling them names overtime on Vic Rouse’s They saw the obstacles and saying they had no tip-in . in front of them, heard the right to play, arriving at “So much went on back insults thrown their way. the dorm on Sheridan then,” said Harkness, who Miller remembers Road. The fact that the later became friends with coming off the bench the writers knew where the Gold. previous season because team lived was unnerv- About a month after coach George Ireland ing to Harkness. He got the Game of Change, was following the unwrit- two of those letters, some Martin Luther King Jr. ten rule that teams could were sent to other team- penned his famed “Letter play one black player on mates. Ireland wound up from Birmingham Jail” the road, two at home taking them, dismissing defending the strategy of and three if they were the threats as junk. non-violent resistance to way behind. A loss in the “I was all right about racism. In 1965, Missis- NIT and pressure to win it after we got over that,” sippi State admitted its switched his thinking. Harkness said. “I don’t first black student. “He’d have played four know why. In a couple With Loyola in the green guys if they would days, we were on our way Sweet 16, Harkness has help the team,” said John to Michigan so I felt all been thinking about that Egan, the point guard and right at that time.” time — and some more lone white starter on the While the Ramblers recent tensions, includ- championship team. “I be- dealt with threats, their ing the deadly white su- lieve that.” opponent had to figure out premacist rally in Char- The crowd in Houston a way to get to the game. lottesville, Virginia, last late in the season was par- Mississippi State’s August. ticularly brutal, hurling coach and school presi- “You think, boy, a lot of insults and throwing wa- dent wanted the team to progress has been made,” ter and ice and even pen- play in the tournament de- he said. “Then you have nies at the players. spite an informal rule bar- something like Charlot- “That was the only ring the state’s schools tesville. ... You can’t ex- time I was truly fearful of from playing against ra- pect that things will stay what might happen,” said cially integrated teams. that way. You’ll have some center Les Hunter, who The Maroons, as they ups and downs, you’ll was from Nashville. were known at the time, lose some progress. But The death threats, came up with a plan to slip that more than anything Harkness remembers, away and fly to the game stuck in my mind because came after Loyola opened in Michigan, avoiding an we played such a major the NCAA tourney by expected court order. role not only in the teams beating Tennessee Tech The game itself had like Mississippi State and by 69. The game played no such off-court drama. teams in the Deep South a few miles from campus Loyola won by 10 and starting (to integrate), but at Northwestern remains beat Illinois and Duke be- what it did for the players the biggest rout in tourna- fore dethroning two-time there. They were accept- ment history. champion Cincinnati. The ed back. So many good It put the Ramblers in final — featuring a com- things happened around the regional semis against bined seven black starters the game.” The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 5B AUTO RACING BOXING WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL NBC promises more Joshua has chance Post play could be key to hold all four exposure for IndyCar heavyweight belts to get to Final Four By JENNA FRYER By DOUG FEINBERG The Associated Press By STEVE DOUGLAS The Associated Press The Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Indianapolis 500, an NEW YORK — Reaching the women’s Final Four SHEFFIELD, England — If 2017 for Anthony American staple on ABC for 53 years, will have a and winning a national championship may come down Joshua was about becoming the world’s No. 1 new television home next season. to play in the post. heavyweight, 2018 is all about creating his leg- In fact, the entire IndyCar package is moving to Even as basketball has gone away from traditional acy. NBC in 2019 in what could turn out to be an excep- position players, trending toward more versatile tal- “No one is on the journey anymore,” Joshua tional deal for the series because of promised in- ents, there are plenty of dominant post players left in said Wednesday. “We’re at the destination.” creased exposure across multiple platforms. the NCAA tournament. Teaira McCowan, Azura Ste- Bold words for someone with just 20 profes- That’s secondary, though, to another network vens, A’ja Wilson, or Kalani Brown could be a big rea- sional fights to his name. Then again, Joshua is ending ABC’s stranglehold on the “The Greatest son why one of their teams cuts down the nets celebrat- no normal boxer. Spectacle in Racing.” ing a national championship in Columbus, Ohio. Potentially within four months, the 28-year- The Indy 500 on ABC is the second-longest part- All four are finalists for the Lisa Leslie Award and old Brit could be the first undis- nership in television and sports events behind only have helped their teams reach the Sweet 16, which be- puted world heavyweight cham- the Masters, which has been on CBS since 1956. It’s gins Friday. The quartet spent some time together this pion since Lennox Lewis in 2000, a jewel ABC did not particularly want to give up, and summer at the USA Basketball Under-23 camp, doing IndyCar wasn’t unhappy with the network’s produc- and the first boxer to hold all four drills, competing in scrimmages, and bonding. tion of its most important asset. belts in the division — WBA, IBF, “It was fun just going talent against talent — com- But IndyCar badly wanted its races on one net- WBO, and WBC. paring their style of play with my style,” said the 6-foot- work and made that clear in negotiations with both Stage 1 comes on March 31 7 McCowan, who has been instrumental in Mississippi ABC and NBC. The networks have been sharing the when Joshua, the WBA and IBF Joshua State’s success the past few years. “Being taller play- series for several years, with ABC owning the Indy champion, fights WBO titleholder ers, you don’t go against size every night, so you have 500 and the broadcast rights. NBC got the leftovers Joseph Parker in front of around to figure out how you need to play and what you need to and was allowed to air IndyCar only on cable. 80,000 spectators in Cardiff. do in order to be successful.” IndyCar CEO Mark Miles worked out a three- If all goes to plan in the Welsh capital, the fight They carried over the camp experience to their play year deal assigning all media rights to NBC. The the world wants to see should be next — Joshua this season. Wilson, who helped South Carolina win a agreement announced Wednesday comes with an vs. WBC champion Deontay Wilder, a meeting national championship last year, was named SEC play- increased number of races on broadcast (NBC) and a of heavyweight boxing’s two most destructive er of the year for a record third time this month. Brown subscription-only channel for IndyCar’s diehard fans. punchers. was the Big 12 Player of the Year for Baylor, and Con- “Mark Miles had a singlehanded focus in finding “It will be in 2018,” Joshua’s promoter, Eddie necticut’s Stevens earned MVP honors of the Ameri- just one partner,” Jon Miller, president of program- Hearn, promised. can Athletic Conference Tournament despite coming ming for NBC Sports Group, told The Associated Joshua knows Wilder is the big one, the fight off the bench. Press. “The opportunity to have the entire series that will define him even more than last year’s McCowan was a huge reason that the Bulldogs were was very important to us. Of course, to be able to do epic victory over Wladimir Klitschko before able to end UConn’s 111-game winning streak last year the crown jewel, the Indy 500 on NBC, really puts 90,000 at Wembley that rocketed him into box- in the Final Four and reach the title game. The Huskies the icing on the cake for us.” ing’s global consciousness. simply had no answer for her size. NBC and ABC were in the bidding until the very When the American’s name was brought up at “She not only cleans up our mess on offense, but end, with both networks interested in obtaining the a media session at the English Institute of Sport she’s also the aircraft carrier that protects the rim on whole package, Miles said. But negotiations appar- in Sheffield, northern England, on Wednesday, defense,” MSU coach Vic Schaefer said. “She may not ently ended sometime late last week and ABC sent Joshua sat up straight in his chair and moved for- block the shot, but she’ll alter it or somebody just may an internal memo to its stations notifying them the ward. look up and say, ‘No, I’m not going in there.’ ” IndyCar package would end after this season. An He spoke of Wilder being an unrealistic nego- UConn has its own rim protector now in the 6-foot-6 employee at one of those stations revealed ABC’s tiator — “he has to stop living in a fantasy land” Stevens. She had to sit out last season after transferring statement in a since-deleted tweet. — but Hearn, sitting alongside him, said it is a from Duke. “We have had a wonderful and rewarding rela- “I try to bring a post presence, defensively, offen- fight that somehow will get made. tionship with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the sively,” she said. “I want to bring that altering, block- First of all, however, Joshua has to deal with Indianapolis 500 and IndyCar, and it has been our ing shots, getting in passing lanes and rebounding Parker, a tough New Zealander who arrives in distinct honor to be partners for so many years,” as well.” said Burke Magnus, the executive vice president of the U.K. with a 24-0 record — 18 of them knock- Baylor coach Kim Mulkey has a pair of talented programming and scheduling for ESPN, which like outs — but the least envied of the four belts. post players in Brown, who is 6-foot-7, and Lauren Cox, ABC Sports is part of Disney corporation. “We look Parker will be in uncharted territory, having who is 6-4. The duo, referred to as “Double Trouble” by forward to the rest of our events this season and typically fought in front of crowds of around Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer, makes life difficult wish them all the best in the future.” 10,000 in his native country. for opposing teams and coaches. Miles and Miller complimented ABC’s job with Since becoming heavyweight champion in “They are incredible. Lauren Cox, Kalani, a monster IndyCar, especially with the 500 each May. ABC April 2016, Joshua has fought at four different inside, but Lauren is a monster inside, point guard men- had such a stranglehold on the event that landing it British venues — London’s O2 Arena (16,000 tality outside where she’s such a great passer, shoots was celebrated as a coup for NBC. fans), Manchester Arena (21,000 fans), Wembley the jumper so well. Incredibly difficult matchup,” said “This becomes one of the leading properties on (90,000 fans), and Cardiff’s Principality Stadium Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico, whose team lost to our air,” Miller said. (78,000 fans) — and filled out each one. the Lady Bears in the second round. Minichino Continued from Page 1B State (26-8) at the Sprint Friday tired, we weren’t, and we Center in the Sweet 16 of n Follow coverage of the punched and punched and the NCAA tournament’s Mississippi State-North punched and they essen- Kansas City Regional. Carolina State game on tially got punched. I think Perhaps its fitting that Twitter @ctsportseditor. that is when we spread MSU has to eliminate a After the game Friday night, the lead a little bit. When team that in many ways is go to www.cdispatch.com to a team is down, we try to a mirror image of itself to read coverage of the game. put them away and keep it Additional reports from the reach the Elite Eight for game will appear in going. That is when they the second-straight year. Sunday’s print edition. called the timeout first, The Wolfpack, who are and that is when it went coached by veteran Wes downhill for them.” Moore, is an athletic, ag- Now, though, the chal- MSU likely will have a gressive group that likes lenge is to see if good can strong following in Kansas to rebound. become great. City. It remains to be seen With a four-guard line- Morgan William if the maroon and white up, rebounding has been offered a taste of that turnout will be as large as a point of emphasis for the Monday when she raised it was last year in Okla- Bulldogs. That conver- her level and scored 17 homa City and in Texas, sation starts with junior points. More important- but the support will be center Teaira McCowan, ly, William’s defense on there. The victory against who is third in the nation graduate student Loryn Oklahoma State offered in rebounding (13.3), Goodwin, who had 35 hope that MSU learned its but others like Victoria points in MSU’s 79-76 win lesson from a disappoint- Vivians (career-high 6.2 on Dec. 3 in Starkville, ing shooting performance per game) and Roshunda played a huge role in the against South Carolina Johnson (three per game) Bulldogs’ ability to control in the SEC tournament have done their job to the tempo. title game. The Bulldogs ensure the Bulldogs’ lack While Vivians and attacked and continued to of traditional post size in McCowan led the way punch, particularly when the starting lineup hasn’t in scoring against OSU, they trailed in the first been a liability. MSU will need Johnson half. They stayed with that In fact, Schaefer’s and Blair Schaefer to play approach in the second move to the four-guard bigger parts this weekend. half to close an 18-0 slate lineup has fueled a Johnson arguably has at home and to match the second-straight 34-win been the team’s most im- 2016-17 team for the sin- season highlighted by the portant piece because the gle-season wins record. program’s first Southeast- offense flows so well when It’s safe to say the 2017- ern Conference regular she is playing well on both 18 team wants to bow its season. The Bulldogs con- ends of the floor. neck four more times to tinue to score at a high clip Schaefer has played a reach magic number 38 (82.09 points per game) similar role. She showed and capture the program’s and to defend (55.57) with some of that determi- first national title. Judging the nation’s best teams. nation MSU needs at a from the last game, the Earlier in the season, it critical juncture by hitting Bulldogs appear to be en- remained to be seen if the a jump shot when the gaged, willing, and ready. Bulldogs would find their Bulldogs trailed 20-12 in “Tonight when it maybe footing on that end of the the first quarter. William was kind of not going their court. Schaefer said early added another jumper at way, they found a way to and often that the 2017-18 the end of the period. The find themselves, find their Bulldogs weren’t a good baskets were part of an 8-0 teammates, get everybody defensive team. Yet there run that erased the Cow- settled down and make they were Monday lim- girls’ momentum and set it happen,” coach Schae- iting a team that scored the stage for a strong third fer said after the game 76 on them in December quarter that ultimately against OSU. “I thought to 56 points. The effort turned the tide. their presence on the is even more impressive “I think the team that court was great.” considering the Cowgirls was more tough, had more scored 20 points in the in them, was wanting to Adam Minichino is first quarter. win. I think that is what sports editor of The It is almost as if the this tournament is all Dispatch. You can reach Bulldogs responded to the about, the team that has him at aminichino challenge of their coach to the most left in them,” @cdispatch.com. Follow show him they could be a Blair Schaefer said. “I him on Twitter good defensive team. feel like when they got @ctsportseditor. 6B THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Brewer Catch rule Continued from Page 1B Continued from Page 1B Brewer, a Columbus native, de- the Ole Miss people, you never re- clarifications that eliminate parts of cided earlier this month to make his ally leave that place. Those people the rule involving a receiver going first jump from the college ranks have been very gracious to myself, to the ground, and that also elim- to the pro game when he opted to my dad, and family. Mississippi in inate negating a catch for slight leave his position as wide receivers general is the hospitality state.” movement of the ball while it is in coach and co-offensive coordinator Those ties helped Brewer find the receiver’s possession. No calls at North Carolina to become the Ea- another home in North Carolina. in the last few years — not even pass gles’ wide receivers coach. Carl Torbush — who coached with interference — have caused more “It’s the Super Bowl champs at a Billy Brewer at Southeastern Loui- consternation than overturned great organization. You don’t get a siana, Louisiana Tech and Ole Miss catches in key situations, including chance to coach at the highest lev- — hired Gunter Brewer as his wide those by Dez Bryant, Jesse James, el very often, and when you do, you receivers coach at North Carolina and Austin Seferian-Jenkins. have to make that move,” Brewer in 2000. “We were at the point as far as said. “(It’s an) opportunity to coach From there, Gunter Brewer went players and particularly coach- at this level and see what you can to Oklahoma State, where his path es who asked, ‘Why is that not a learn. You’re never too old to learn crossed with Larry Fedora, who catch?’” Vincent said. “We talked and share what you’ve learned. It’s is entering his seventh season as to fans, coaches and players and we a challenge for me, and at this stage North Carolina’s head coach. Fedo- asked the groups, ‘Would you like in my career, I felt like I was ready ra hired Brewer in his second sea- YESTERDAY’S ANSWER this to be a catch?’ It was 100 per- YESTERDAY’SYesterday’s ANSWERanswer for a challenge. We’re going to find son in Chapel Hill. cent yes. Sudoku 4 5 9 7 2 6 8 3 1 SudokuSudoku is a number- out.” As Brewer put it, “coaching “Then we began writing rules Sudoku is a number- placing puzzle based on 6 1 3 5 8 9 2 7 4 Brewer spent the past four years weaves a unique web,” and that’s placing puzzle based on that actually apply to making these a 9x9 grid with several as the Tar Heels’ wide receivers stayed true with the Eagles. He said a 9x9 grid with several 2 7 8 4 1 3 6 9 5 situations catches.” given numbers. The object given numbers. The object 8 6 5 3 4 1 7 2 9 coach and co-offensive coordinator. some members of the staff have ju- Here’s what would constitute a is to place the numbers is to place the numbers In all, he worked at North Carolina nior college experience as he does. 1 to 9 in the empty spaces 7 3 1 6 9 2 4 5 8 catch if the owners approve the com- 1 to 9 in the empty spaces for 11 seasons in two stints. Howard sees the connections, but so that each row, each petition committee’s alterations: so that each row, each 9 2 4 8 5 7 3 1 6 Brewer’s path started at Wake he said they aren’t the reason why column and each 3x3 box n control of the ball; column and each 3x3 box 5 9 6 2 3 8 1 4 7 Forest, where he played for two Brewer has been successful. contains the same number n getting two feet down; contains the same number only once. The difficulty 1 8 2 9 7 4 5 6 3 years and became a strength and “Gunter is one of the finest hu- n performing a football act or; only once. The difficulty

level increases from 2018 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc. flexibility coach. He moved to Ole mans I know,” Howard said. “He’s level increases from 3 4 7 1 6 5 9 8 2 n performing a third step. 3/21 Miss, where he worked as a grad- very selfless. It’s been really neat to Monday to Sunday. Difficulty Level The stipulation that slight move- Monday to Sunday. uate assistant from 1988-1990 and watch his journey go from graduat- ment of the ball while the receiver then as associate head coach and ing from Lee High School to play- still has control no longer would passing game coordinator in 2011. ing at Wake Forest to going to the result in an incompletion. Vincent Prior to working in Oxford, college coaching ranks and literally Brewer was the head coach and working his way up to the profes- pointed to the touchdown catch offensive coordinator at Northeast sional ranks. Nothing’s been hand- by the Philadelphia Eagles’ Corey Mississippi Community College in ed to him on a silver platter. He’s Clement in the Super Bowl as an 1995. worked his tail off for everything.” example of a player never losing The call home always has been Brewer is doing much of the possession of the ball despite slight strong for Brewer, even when foot- same now. In the short time he has movement. ball wasn’t involved. Tommy How- been in Philadelphia, the Eagles “That’s what the fans, coaches ard has been Brewer’s best friend have traded wide receivers Marcus and players want,” Vincent said. since they were 4 years old. Johnson and Torrey Smith. The “They are the magical moments “Go back to when his father (for- moves have forced a man who has people are looking for, and that in- mer Ole Miss coach Bill Brewer) coached Biletnikoff Award (college cludes all of those (plays). It’s the got an assistant position at South- football’s top receiver) finalists Jus- biggest (proposed change). Why we eastern (Louisiana), so they moved tin Blackmon (2010, 2011 winner), want this is this is one call shaping to Hammond, Louisiana, and in the Randy Moss (1997 winner), and results across the sport.” summer, Gunter would come back Dez Bryant (2008 runner-up) to ad- Richard Sherman, the star cor- to stay with me and I’d go there to just to his first pro job quickly. nerback who recently was cut by Se- stay with him,” Howard said. “They “I wish it was like baseball where attle and signed with San Francisco, went on to Louisiana Tech from this isn’t a cap or isn’t much of a approves cleaning up the rules. there, same thing, Gunter would cap,” Brewer said. “I coach the ones “I’m in favor of it because it gives always come back. Mississippi has they give me and we’ve got a good the refs more clarity,” Sherman always been home to him and in his nucleus coming back.” said. “I think anytime you can give heart.” Follow Dispatch sports writer the referees more of a straight line, Said Gunter Brewer, “It’s hard Brett Hudson on Twitter @Brett_ an edge, to call plays, I think it’s bet- to describe. Once you connect with Hudson ter for the game.” Tennis Continued from Page 1B coach Daryl Greenan provided in the moment. I just tried to shut my the doubles point. the perfect effect for Rentouli, mind up and stay in that moment.” Rentouli’s singles victory capped who rallied for a 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (5) The back-and-forth nature of a 4-0 week in singles and doubles match-clinching victory against Rentouli’s match made it tough for and set the stage for Wednesday, then-No. 2 Vanderbilt on Friday. Greenan and all of the other Bull- when she was named SEC Player of Two days later, Rentouli posted dogs. Rentouli led 5-1 in the third the Week. her third-straight, match-clinching, set before Meyer won five-straight Against Vanderbilt, Rentouli and come-from-behind triumph — 2-6, games. But Rentouli kept her poise, Lizariturry posted the only dou- 6-3, 6-2 — against Kentucky’s Di- which Greenan said reflected the bles win against the reigning SEC ana Tkachenko in a 4-0 victory. confidence and trust he has in her. champions Lauren Gish and Chris- Those victories propelled MSU “To be down 6-5, a lot of players tina Rosca 6-4 on court 3. (12-5, 3-3 Southeastern Confer- would have thrown in the towel, but “It is a true honor for me to be ence) from unranked to No. 24 in she was determined at that point to named SEC Player of the Week,” this week’s Intercollegiate Tennis make it work,” Greenan said. “She Rentouli said. “I want to give credit Association (ITA) national rank- was a major contributor to a histori- to my teammates, coaches and staff ings. cal weekend of Bulldog tennis.” because last weekend was clearly ACROSS 1 Riding whip MSU will put that ranking on the The win was the highest-ranked a team effort, and it would not be 5 “Get out!” line at 5 p.m. Friday when it takes victory in MSU men’s and women’s the same without their endless sup- 10 Accolade on Missouri (11-8, 0-5) in Colum- tennis history. port. I am so thankful for everyone 12 Artist Matisse bia, Missouri. Madison Harrison, who is one of who helped us to make this spring 13 Digression The wins against No. 2 Vander- two seniors on the team, said this break memorable.” 14 Before bilt and No. 14 Kentucky — MSU’s year’s squad is unique. MSU will have six regular-sea- 15 Carnival city first back-to-back victories against “We are confident as a team, son matches remaining after the 16 Cooling ingre- top-15 foes — extended MSU’s win- but obviously playing a team like match against Missouri. The SEC dient 18 Wise teacher ning streak to three. that makes it a little extra special,” tournament will follow. The recent 20 Bulldog backer Greenan, who is in his ninth year Harrison said. “The biggest part, success has Harrison excited about 21 Track shape as MSU’s coach, said it was difficult though, was rebounding two days the rest of campaign. 23 “My word!” to control his excitement during later to beat Kentucky, another “At the beginning of this semes- 24 Nick’s dog the match against Vanderbilt as it high-level team.” ter we all sat down and wrote out 26 Bustles became apparent MSU was going Rentouli played a key role in that some goals we have as a team,” 28 Turned on to earn the victory. victory, too. She teamed with Sara Harrison said. “One is hosting the 29 Jared of “Dallas “I’m trying to not think in my Lizariturry to beat Kentucky’s Di- NCAA tournament, and now we’re Buyers Club” 31 Paris pal head what a big deal this could be,” ana Tkachenko and Brianna Tull- in the position to potentially host if 5 Eschew 30 Punk rock 32 Brain-based Greenan said. “I was trying to stay och 6-3 to help the Bulldogs claim we keep up this high level of play.” 6 Small change offshoot 36 Refer to 7 Active 33 Off limits 39 Brewpub order 8 Camden Yards 34 Permit Southeastern Conference 40 Borders team 35 Vichyssoise Eastern Division 41 Dinner setting MSU baseball Conference Overall 9 Toiler of comics veggies 43 Girder material Continued from Page 1B W-L Pct. W-L Pct. 11 Ouster 37 Abound 44 Haunted house Vanderbilt 3-0 1.000 15-6 .714 17 Pitching number 38 Land in the sea allowed one hit and one McQuary said. digits thanks to a three- resident Florida 2-1 .667 19-4 .826 19 Small child 42 Gifted run. Keegan James and McQuary said scout- RBI night from freshman 45 Crooner Mel Georgia 2-1 .667 15-6 .714 22 Fingerprints, in Jared Liebelt needed 24 ing information for mid- third baseman Jordan Missouri 1-2 .333 16-5 .773 46 Road rescues cop jargon and 31 pitches, respec- week opponents general- Westburg, three hits from South Carolina 1-2 .333 13-8 .619 24 — please (did Tennessee 1-2 .333 13-9 .591 DOWN tively, to record two score- ly is given to the players second baseman Hunt- one’s best) Kentucky 0-3 .000 15-6 .714 1 Amulet less innings. Denver Mc- right before the game. er Stovall, and two each Western Division 25 Bee part 2 Historic riveter Quary, Trysten Barlow, He said he still finds use from catcher Dustin Skel- Conference Overall 27 Mafia head 3 Burger topper Cole Marsh and Blake for it to try new things or ton, first baseman Josh W-L Pct. W-L Pct. 28 Least valid Arkansas 3-0 1.000 16-5 .762 4 Pea’s place Smith combined for the to work through other is- Hatcher, and center field- Ole Miss 2-1 .667 20-2 .909 final three innings. It was sues. On Wednesday, Mc- er Jake Mangum. Auburn 2-1 .667 19-3 .864 Barlow’s first appearance Quary experimented with “Two nights in a row LSU 2-1 .667 15-7 .682 since Feb. 21 after recov- a new grip on a breaking of improved at-bats and Texas A&M 1-2 .333 18-4 .818 Alabama 1-2 .333 16-6 .727 ering from an injury. ball, but he knows he only sustained concentration, Mississippi St. 0-3 .000 12-10 .545 This routine has be- can experiment so much. although we lost our con- come the norm for Mc- “You have to treat it centration in the seventh Wednesday’s Games Quary, who likely will like it’s the weekend,” Mc- and eighth (when Tex- Charlotte 6, Arkansas 3 Missouri 14, Arkansas State 9 pitch for the third time Quary said. “When you as Southern scored five Florida 10, Jacksonville 3 in the middle of the week don’t do that, your con- runs). That was pretty LSU 10, Tulane 4 and on the weekend. centration dies down and clear,” Henderson said. Mississippi State 11, Texas Southern 6 Belmont 8, Vanderbilt 5 He pitched against New that’s when you get off. I “Overall, a step forward Today’s Game Mexico State on Tuesday, think that’s kind of what I for our kids offensively.” Ole Miss at Texas A&M, 7 p.m. March 6, Utah Valley on did tonight, I didn’t throw Most importantly, ev- (SEC Network) Sunday, March 11, against as well as I wanted to.” ery pitcher who pitched Friday’s Games Arkansas at Florida, 5:30 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana McQuary allowed against Alcorn State of (SEC Network+) on Wednesday, March 14, two hits and two runs in Texas Southern will be Auburn at Kentucky, 5:30 p.m. and against Vanderbilt on his 26-pitch outing. He available in relief for Kon- (SEC Network+) Saturday, March 17. walked two and struck nor Pilkington on Friday, Alabama at Tennessee, 5:30 p.m. (SEC Network+) “The team’s playing out one. Ethan Small on Saturday, South Carolina at Georgia, 6 p.m. pretty well, so whenever Luckily, McQuary and and Jacob Billingsley on (SEC Network+) I get my opportunity to the other pitchers had Sunday, Henderson said. Ole Miss at Texas A&M, 6 p.m. throw, that’s what I’m go- more than enough run Follow Dispatch sports (SEC Network) Mississippi State at Missouri, 6:30 p.m. WHATZIT ANSWER ing to do and hopefully we support. writer Brett Hudson on (SEC Network+) WHATZIT ANSWER keep playing like we are,” MSU scored in double Twitter @Brett_Hudson LSU at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m. (ESPNU) Log cabin Log cabin The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018 7B Southeastern Conference Softball Conference Overall Continued from Page 1B W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Tennessee 3-0 1.000 30-1 .968 MSU enters the weekend with will be fine.” Harrison, who is a veteran, a little hesitancy at the plate,” Niu Texas A&M 3-0 1.000 29-4 .879 a confidence built on some stellar Knudsen and Ward combined struggled to put into words what said. “This year is different. We Georgia 5-1 .833 27-2 .931 offensive production. for the team’s 12th shutout. it is like to be part of a nationally have had so many games where Florida 4-2 .667 24-3 .889 A year ago, MSU hit .295 with Knudsen was dominant, only los- ranked team that believes it can we have hit home runs, doubles, Mississippi St. 2-1 .667 26-4 .867 South Carolina 2-1 .667 25-4 .862 28 home runs and averaged 4.03 ing her no-hit bid on an infield win any series. driven in runs. The positive vibes LSU 3-2 .600 23-4 .852 runs per game. This season, the single with no outs in the sixth “We are still just working the are real. They make us believe Kentucky 2-3 .400 19-6 .760 average is at .336. The two home inning. The duo combined to al- process,” Harrison said. “I know we can compete with anybody.” Auburn 2-4 .333 28-6 .824 runs lifted the total to 27. The low that one hit, walk two, and that’s the motto around here. We Harrison said playing at Nusz Alabama 1-2 .333 20-7 .741 Bulldogs are averaging 6.2 runs. strike out nine. are doing what we have always Park will be huge for the home- Ole Miss 1-5 .167 15-10 .600 ‘”It’s just a totally different MSU had seven hits. Fresh- done. We are just doing it better. standing Bulldogs this weekend. Missouri 1-5 .167 18-15 .545 Arkansas 0-3 .000 23-5 .821 mental outlook,” Niu said. “Our man Mia Davidson leads the The at-bats are better. The timely MSU will look to take that next pitchers know they don’t have to team in average (.433) and home hitting is better. We just take the step in being an SEC contender. Wednesday’s Games pitch the perfect game. If a play- runs (10). She was the lone multi- field with a new sense of confi- “The Nusz is really going to Mississippi State 7, Central Arkansas 0 er gets a hit, they know they are ple hitter against UCA. dence. You are going to have play be rocking,” Harrison said. “We Missouri 10-2, Southeast Missouri St. 2-8 going to move around the bases “You look up there and we had really well to beat us.” have waited a long time for a big Florida 9, South Florida 0 Georgia 10, Georgia Southern 3 because of who comes next. If four runs on three hits, then later While MSU opened confer- series like this. We will be ready Auburn 22, Alabama State 0 you make an out, you cheer your we had seven runs on five hits, six ence play by taking two of three to play.” Today’s Game teammates on and watch as they hits,” Stuedeman said. “That’s the games from Missouri, Georgia Game 1 will be at 6 p.m. Fri- BYU at LSU, 7 p.m. (SEC Network+) pick up the slack. story of our season, taking advan- won two of three against then- day. The final two games will be Friday’s Games “Our margin for error was so tage of opportunities. That is what No. 2 Florida. That set of Bull- at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. BYU at LSU, 5 p.m. small last year. This year, with we didn’t do well in the Saturday dogs saw a 25-game winning All three games will be broadcast Tennessee at South Carolina, 6 p.m. Kentucky at Auburn, 7 p.m. Cassady (Knudsen) and Holly game at Missouri (a 7-2 loss). For streak end when the Gators won on SEC Network+. Missouri at Arkansas, 7 p.m. (Ward) doing what they are do- the most part, we have been full of the Sunday game. Follow Dispatch sports Georgia at Mississippi State, 7 p.m. ing, we just have to give them a timely hits, and we are really go- “When we have played the writer Scott Walters on Twitter @ Ole Miss at Alabama, 7:30 p.m. little something. If we do that, we ing to need them this weekend.” elite teams in the past, there was dispatchscott All games on SEC Network+ Comics & Puzzles DILBERT Dear Abby EAR ABBY: my husband, but I grandmother of an 18-month- My husband, can’t seem to get old girl. My daughter is an DTom, and I him to appreciate attentive mother in every way have three kids: the importance except one. My concern is that One is in college, of including me. she lets the baby play alone in the next is in If I make a big the bathtub. grade school and deal about it, My husband and I recently the youngest he opts not to celebrated my birthday at her is a baby. I’m a attend the event house. When I asked where the full-time medical at all. I’m slightly baby was, another guest said, suspicious of his “She’s playing in the bathtub.” student, and he’s behavior and of- Sure enough, the baby was in a professional fended. He’s kind the bathroom, in the bathtub, athlete. ZITS to me, a good pro- playing and swimming around From the vider and cares in the water by herself. I was outside, it would for our kids, but horrified! I can’t imagine that seem like we have how can I get him times have changed this much a perfect life. In Dear Abby to understand or that it could ever be OK to reality, Tom does it’s important for leave a baby unattended in the his own thing. He both of us to have bath, no matter their dexterity attends parties, fun together with other adults? or ability to walk. goes to exciting social events — SPORTS WIFE IN CALIFORNIA I spent the next day in a and hobnobs with the rich and DEAR SPORTS WIFE: A wife panic, sending my daughter famous. I am left at home to is supposed to be more than stories, news articles and other manage all of our day-to-day a baby machine, housekeeper information, trying to get across responsibilities and socially and nanny. She’s supposed to her how dangerous this is, restricted to family functions or to be her husband’s partner. but she didn’t want to hear it. kid sports. While I understand there may Do you have some magic words I would like to be included be some events the athletes at- for me? — GRANDMOTHER IN GARFIELD in the invitations and attend tend without spouses, it would NORTH CAROLINA some of the fun activities with be interesting to know whether DEAR GRANDMOTHER: Ba- my husband, but when I ask the other athletes’ wives are bies have been known to drown him if I can go, he says they being treated the way you in as little as 2 inches of water. are “work-related.” So I end are. Surely you know some of Your clueless daughter may not up staying home to care for them. Talk to the ones you are want to hear it, but what you our kids. He thinks I should closest with. Your husband may have described is child endan- be happy with this and says I not have been entirely honest germent. The magic words you don’t understand his business about why he insists on flying are asking for are: “parenting responsibilities. solo, so make it your business classes.” And if she still won’t I’d really like the chance to to do some checking. listen, some other good ones interact with other adults with DEAR ABBY: I’m the proud are: “Child Protective Services.”

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Letters of Administra- and Register said claim house-keeping & 4504 Hwy 69. 4 miles 1 BEDROOM families. 3100 Sq. Ft. tion Cum Testamento will forever bar the flexible hours. south of Alabama St. Garage Sales: New Hope 4530 Call Hampton. SPRING SPECIAL Annexo have been gran- same. Let Me Lend A Hand! 662-312-2402 for info. 2 BEDROOMS 662-603-1994. 1.95 acre lots. ted and issued to the 20+ years of exp. 1158 PLEASANT Hill Rd. 3 BEDROOMS Good/bad credit. undersigned upon the This the 20th day of Call 662-570-2208. Garage Sales: East 4510 Gigantic Sale. Multi 10% down, as low as Estate of Thelma Jean March, 2018. Family. Every thing must Houses For Sale: East 8200 $199/mo. Eaton Land. Stump Removal 1790 COMMUNITY YARD go! Sat. 3/24, 6am un- LEASE, 662-361-7711 Warren McPherson, de- 2BR/1BA house. Elec ceased, by the Chan- DIANE M. DUNCAN, Sale. Fountain Square. til. Lots of new items. DEPOSIT formerly known as 80 Suffolk Dr.(off of wall heat. Window AC. cery Court of Lowndes © The Dispatch Mobile Homes for Sale 8650 Patricia Diane M. Yorkville Rd.) Sat. 3/24 AND Remodeled. Fenced County, Mississippi, on yard. Owner fin. avail. the 19th day of March, Thomas, Administratrix, from 6a-until. H/h Garage Sales: Other 4560 BRAND NEW 16x80 C.T.A. items, clothes & more! CREDIT CHECK w/Cash down. 1016 Single Wide. 3 Bed/2 A. D., 2018. This is to Shady St. 352-4776 give notice to all per- 784 WAVERLY Ferry Rd. Bath. Must have land to sons having claims PUBLISH: 3/22, 3/29, STORAGE AUCTION! Fri, Sat, Sun. 8 until. 662-329-2323 put home on! $5000 against said estate to & 4/5/2018 Sat, 3/24, 9am. Furniture and misc. Houses For Sale: Caledonia Down & $500 Month. Probate and Register ALLSTUMP GRINDING Magnolia Mini Storage, We sell stuff. 8450 Call 662-401-1093. same with the Chan- Building & Remodeling 1120 SERVICE 4504 Hwy 69. 4 miles 2411 HWY 45 N cery Clerk of Lowndes GET 'ER DONE! south of Alabama St. COLUMBUS, MS 3BR/2BA in Ridgeland Resort Property 8750 County, Mississippi, Tom Hatcher, LLC We can grind all your 662-312-2402 for info. General Merchandise 4600 Estates. 226 Justin Cir. within ninety (90) days Custom Construction, stumps. Hard to reach Newly remodeled. 10.4 ACRES in High- from the first publica- Restoration, Remodel- places, blown over Garage Sales: North 4520 DRAFTING TABLE, stu- Caledonia school dist. lands Plantation, Stark- tion date of this Notice ing, Repair, Insurance roots, hillsides, back- dio style with Lamp & Apts For Rent: Other 7080 Commercial Property For $175,900. 662-245- ville. Resort status, can to Creditors. A failure to claims. 662-364-1769. yards, pastures. Free 397 BETTY Dr. Fri. & Roller Chair included. Rent 7100 1191 or 662-549-9298. be Commercial. Only so Probate and Re- Licensed & Bonded estimates. You find it, Sat. from 7a-5p. Vin- Like new, barely used. 1BR/1BA located in his- site prep needed to gister said claim will we'll grind it! tage furn., glider swing, $400. 662-352-9318. toric Downtown Colum- RESIDENTIAL & build! Road frontage & forever bar the same. bus. $575/mo. No Houses For Sale: Other 8500 beautiful hill overlook- W S CONSTRUCTION 662-361-8379 glassware, & more. COMMERCIAL Rental pets. References req. Property Available ing valley. Sold Whole or This the 20th day of Building, remodeling, Call 662-328-8655, Divided. Eaton Land metal roofing, painting General Help Wanted 3200 Call 662-435-4188 for March, 2018. leave message. more information. Development, LTD & all home repairs. WELSH PONY with 662-361-7711. DIANE M. DUNCAN, 662-242-3471 The Dispatch is looking for an saddle for $950. formerly known as Call 662-328-2785 or Houses For Rent: Northside Autos For Sale 9150 Patricia Diane M. General Services 1360 ADVERTISING 662-251-1829. Chateaux 7110 Thomas, Administratrix, Entertain in this beauti- '01 TOYOTA Sequoia. C.T.A. DUMP TRUCK Hauling SALES REPRESENTATIVE. Holly Hills COLONIAL TOWN- ful home on the River!! Good condition for Slag, Gravel, Clay Dirt, The ideal candidate is a motivated Sporting Goods 4720 HOUSES. 2 & 3 bed- Large screened in room $5000 (book price). Call PUBLISH: 3/22, 3/29, Grating Driveways & room w/ 2-3 bath town- is great for outdoor 662-630-5405. self-starter with excellent communication and Rivergate events. 4 BR, 2 Bath & 4/5/2018 Trailer Parks. 5 yard In- GUN SMITH. Over 50 houses. $600 to $695. ternational Truck holds organizational skills, a strong work ethic and yrs. exp. (As good as Apartments home across from 2005 LEXUS GX 470, IN THE CHANCERY 662-549-9555. Ask for water on private 1 acre 5 tons. $175/load, Col. the ability to relate to a wide range of people. the best, better than Glenn or text. white with towing pack- COURT OF LOWNDES Lawn Service & Pres- most). New & used lot in close proximity to COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI 2 boat ramps on the age & third row seating. sure Washing Service. Sales experience preferred, but not required. guns, new scopes, re- Studio Sold AS IS by original Walter, 662-251-8664. pairs, rebuilding, clean- Houses For Rent: New Hope Tenn-Tom waterway. IN THE MATTER OF THE Full-time position includes insurance benefits, 1 & 2 Bedroom Cozy neighborhood. owner. $7800. PLEASE ing & scopes, mounted 7130 TEXT: 662-341-0329. ESTATE OF WALTER L. competitive pay, paid personal leave and & zeroed on range, an- Apartments Under home parking for MCKAY, JR., DECEASED HILL'S PRESSURE opportunity for advancement. Come join our 4 vehicles. 2 Car WASHING. Commercial/ tique guns restored, & NICE FAMILY home, detached garage with 2005 TOYOTA 4-Runner. wood refinished. Ed 2 Bedroom Townhouses NO. 2018-0049-D residential. House, con- creative, award-winning staff. 4BR/2BA. 2800sf. 1mi half bath can be used Leather interior, sun- crete, sidewalks & mo- Sanders, West Point. from school. $1500/ for work shop or rental. roof, good tires, white Take 45 Alt. Turn right and Furnished Units NOTICE TO CREDITORS bile washing. Free est. Hand deliver resume to mo. 662-574-1214. Additional adjoining w/gray interior, $8500. Call 662-386-8925 on Yokohoma Blvd. Go Available acreage available for Call 662-295-7362. Beth Proffitt at 8 mi. east & turn left on Letters Testamentary Houses For Rent: West 7150 purchase. Must see! 516 Main Street, Columbus or Darracott Rd & go 2 mi. Call 662-245-4273 or having been granted on Open Tue-Fri. 9a-5p & Mon-Fri 8:30 - 5:30 2007 TOYOTA Tacoma. the 6th day of March, MUSIC LESSONS email to [email protected] 662-889-1228 Silver, 4-door & in great Guitar, Bass & Theory: Sat. 9a-12p. Call for 3BR/2BA HOUSE. 2018, by the Chancery appt. 662-494-6218. 328-8254 © The Dispatch CH/A. $600/mo. condition with 119,000 Court of Lowndes $25 per hour miles for $14,900. Call Chords, Scales, Modes 102 Newbell Rd |Columbus 2501 5th Ave. N. Investment Property 8550 County, Mississippi, to By Probst Park. 662-328-2785 or the undersigned Exec- & more! Call Jimbo @ 662-251-1829. 662-364-1687 Horses / Cattle / Livestock 662-574-0495 INVESTORS OPPORTUN- utrix of the Estate of DOWNTOWN EXECUT- ITY: 10 unit apartment Walter L. McKay, Jr., de- If no answer leave 5200 voicemail or text. IVE APARTMENT: 1,500 Houses For Rent: Caledonia complex, leases at Campers & RVs 9300 ceased, notice is hereby Auctions 4120 sqft, 2BR/2BA, new ap- $350 per month per given to all persons hav- FOR RENT: 2 horse pl, 60" TV, granite type 7160 unit. Corner of Military & TOMBIGBEE RV Park, ing claims against the RETAINER WALL, drive- stalls with grazing pas- countertops, beautiful 6th Ave. N. $199k. located on Wilkins Wise estate to present the way, foundation, con- ture. Convenient to flooring, walk in closet, 2BR/1BA country Call 662-352-4776. Rd & Waverly Rd. Full same to the Clerk of crete/riff raft drainage Columbus & Caledonia. ceiling fans, recessed house. Quiet neighbor- Hookups available. this Court for probate work, remodeling, base- Very reasonable rate. lighting, pantry, W&D, hood. W/D incl. Avail $300/mo. 662-328- and registration accord- ment foundation, re- 731-514-4061. $1300/mo unfurnished, 4/1. $675/mo $675 8655 or 662-574-7879. ing to law, within ninety pairs, small dump truck $1500/mo furnished. dep. Call 662-356-4764 (90) days from the first hauling (5-6 yd) load & Dep, lease, & credit or 901-848-0051. Motorcycles & ATVs 9400 publication of this no- demolition/lot cleaning. Apts For Rent: Northside 7010 check. Coleman Realty tice or they will be Burr Masonry 662-329-2323. 2001 HARLEY David- forever barred. 662-242-0259. FOX RUN COMPANY LLC 3BR/2BA, Nice Older son Fat Boy. Excellent 1 & 2 BR near hospital. Home. 1700 sqft. condition. 8400 miles. TLegalHIS Noticesthe 6t 0010h day of $550-600/mo. Military FIRST FULL MONTH $1100/mo, Lease & $8700, firm. 731-514- March, 2018. discount offered, pet RENT FREE! 2 Bedroom Deposit. No Smokers. 4061. area, pet friendly, and Apts/Townhomes No Pets. Available now. /s/Judy Stroud Sewell furnished corporate $390-$600 Monthly. 662-435-1248. Five Questions: JUDY STROUD SEWELL, apartments available. Lease, Deposit & Cred- Executrix of the Estate Benji @ 662-386-4446 it Check. Coleman of Walter L. McKay, Jr., Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. Realty, 662-329-2323. Houses For Rent: Other 7180 Take down Deceased Sat/Sun by appt only. 1 Global AVAILABLE RENTALS: that “for rent” MITCHELL, McNUTT & FULLY FURNISHED 1224 20th St. N., 1513 positioning SAMS, P.A. CORPORATE UNITS 13th Ave. N., 1906 7th P.O. BOX 7120 Conference Room. 24/7 Ave. N., 98 Dan Buddy sign and get system TUPELO, MS 38802- 1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart- Professional Gym. Cable Rd., Call Jeffrey Carter 7120 ments & townhouses. & Electric included. 50" at 662-327-4620. (662) 842-3871 Call for more info. 662- smart TV's. ON SITE fast results 549-1953. Management, Security 1BR/1BA near EMCC. 2 The Magnif- SOLICITORS FOR THE & Maintenance. MTM Water, trash, lawn incl. with an easy ESTATE Flexible leases. Next to in lease. No pets. icent Mile Apts For Rent: South 7040 hospital. 8 Corporate $450/mo. $350 dep. classified ad. PUBLISH: 3/8, 3/15, & Units Available. App/refs/lease req. 3/22/2018 DOWNTOWN 1BR - This For more info, contact: 662-242-2923. large 1 bedroom apart- 662-386-4446, ask for: 3 “Glee” ment has been recently Benji, Mon-Fri 9a-5p OR 40370 SEELY Rd., Call today renovated. It features Ashleigh, Sat-Sun 9a-5p Hamilton, MS. This, great natural light, hard- broker-owned 3BR/2BA, to place wood floors, tall ceil- CH/A home has been ings and access to a DOWNTOWN LOFT. Very completely remodeled. 4 White shared laundry room. big, nice 1 bedroom. New carpet, laminate, & your ad. $750 rent and $750 de- Wood floors, lots of win- painted inside & out. posit. Utilities included. dows, washer/dryer. Qualified buyers move No pets please. Call $700 per month. Call in for free. Call Jeffrey 328-2424 5 Jasper Peter 662-574-1561 Jessica, 662-889-1770. Carter, 662-327-4620. Johns