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CDISPATCH.COM $1.25 Newsstand | 40 ¢ Home Delivery Sunday | September 22, 2013 Eurocopter plant to add assembly line table decrease in work orders U.S. military. With seques- Partial line for AS350 choppers to expand for the UH-72A Lakota heli- tration cuts, those orders are BY NATHAN GREGORY Columbus plant will be up- copters, which the Columbus not guaranteed. [email protected] graded into a full assembly facility also has a full produc- While moves have been line. tion line for. Employees have made to sustain production Eurocopter offi- The upgrade is set to be produced an average of 40 of of the Lakota — such as a re- cials announced Fri- complete late next year. those aircraft for the past sev- cent agreement to manufac- day that the partial The move will preserve eral years but are only con- ture six for the government assembly line for AS350 local jobs. It is also being im- tracted to produce 31 next of Thailand — American helicopters produced at the plemented to offset an inevi- year and 10 in 2015 for the See eurocopter, 3A Resident files complaint with What REALLY happened to state auditor Alleges Noxubee Co. dump truck sprayed Jimmie Lee Griffith slag on private road

BY NATHAN GREGORY [email protected] A Lowndes online County resident n COMPLAINT: has filed a com- View the plaint with the resident’s Mississippi Of- complaint filed with the State fice of the State Auditor’s office at Auditor alleg- cdispatch.com ing a Noxubee County employee spread slag on a private road. Al Finch, who lives on Allison Hardy Road in Lowndes County, addresses his complaint to the Noxubee County Board of Su- pervisors. The complaint names supervisor Larry Tate and Bobby Tate, a truck driver for Noxubee county. “Bobby Tate, truck driver for Noxubee County, brought five Courtesy photo loads of gray slag and spread it Jimmie Lee Griffith, right, is shown in this undated photograph with an unidentified man. Griffith, a Sturgis resident, died on Roger Stevenson’s private road on Sept. 24, 1965. His body was discovered on a road and the case has never been solved. which is located off Allison Hardy Road in Lowndes County,” Finch’s complaint states. “Roger Steven- son called and said he gave Tate 48 years later, Sturgis man’s death permission to do this.” Slag is a stone-like by-product of smelting ore, the process of remains shrouded in mystery producing metal. It can react with water when mixed with concrete B y WILLIAM BROWNING [email protected] Evelett Willis to produce a cementitious surface. talks about her Finch told The Dispatch he STURGIS — late brother, observed the county dump truck Jimmie Lee omething felt wrong. on Stevenson’s property last week Griffith, inside A nagging unrest. A shadow lurking in her hauling the slag with employees her Sturgis mind. She couldn’t figure out what it was. It made spraying it on the gravel road. He S home. Grif- her worry, though, and stayed all day long. said he then approached Bobby fith’s body was This was a Friday nearly a half-century ago. It was Tate and asked him what he was found on a doing before Tate told him he was almost fall, before the leaves turn, and she remembers road on Sept. following his supervisor’s order. her son had a high school football game that night. She 24, 1965. His death has been Finch also noted the driver had a didn’t want to go. Whatever unseen ghost was bother- investigated gate key for the road and that the ing her had not gone away. But she gave in and off they went, a carload of family and friends heading south three times slag was sprayed on two private and has never through Winston County to watch a game. drives. Each Noxubee County been solved. district has its own vehicles and See missing, 6A Micah Green/Dispatch Staff See complaint, 3A

Weather Five Questions Calendar Local Folks 1 Larry David’s real-life wife was Tuesday through Saturday, speakers at the 25th annual Eudora named Laurie, but what was her name Welty Writers’ Symposium (Oct. 24- on Curb Your Enthusiasm? Sept. 24-28 26). Bring lunch at 11:30 a.m. and 2 The postman in the film Il Postino ■ Possum Town Storytelling Festi- socialize; iced tea provided. Or join delivers mail to what exiled poet? val: Internationally known storytellers friends from noon-1 p.m. for the pro- 3 What’s the largest of the Midwest’s Len Cabral, Carmen Agra Deedy and gram. For more information, contact “Quad Cities”? Kuniko Yamamoto weave words into the library at 662-329-5300. Maris James 4 Two Arab nations, Iraq and Qatar, magic at the second annual Possum have the letter Q in their names. What Town Storytelling Festival presented Fourth grade, Annunciation two African nations do as well? Thursday, Sept. 26 5 In 1936, who asked a police officer by the Columbus Arts Council. Pro- ■ History and Traditions of SEC High Low at L.A.’s train station, “Is that a gun in grams for all ages will be presented Football: This fundraiser for the 81 53 your pocket, or are you just happy to at the Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Mostly sunny and cooler Mississippi State Wesley Foundation see me?” Main St., in Columbus. Ask about the Full forecast on features SEC historian Dr. Mark Wind- storytelling and origami workshops. page 2A. Answers, 6D ham from 6-8:30 p.m. at the First For information, contact the CAC, 662- United Methodist Church. Food and 328-2787 or visit columbus-arts.org. fellowship is 6-7 p.m.; Dr. Windham’s presentation is 7-8:30 p.m. Tickets Inside Wednesday, Sept. 25 are $25, available through Sept. 18 ■ Table Talk: Dr. Kendall Dunkelburg, at the FUMC office and Wesley board Larry Cantrell works for Ca- Classifieds5D Obituaries 8A Mississippi University for Women members. Call 662-323-1778 for dence Bank in Columbus. 134rd Year, No. 165 Comics Insert Opinions 4,5A professor of English, previews the more information.

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How I’m How exactly that plays going to answer without out — I don’t know — saying anything?” we’ll have to all see,” she The actress, who will says. mark her second full sea- Gurira is also starring son as the machete-wield- in “Mother of George.” ing fan favorite Michonne The film is the story of when the AMC show re- a woman from Nigeria’s turns Oct. 13, is still fig- Yoruba tribe who moves uring out how to dodge Courtesy photo to Brooklyn, N.Y., to mar- A photo of an Army Air Corps dance at the City Auditorium 70 years ago. It was possibly the 1943 graduation questions about what will ry her intended and the dance for pilot class 43-B. The City Auditorium is now known as the Trotter Convention Center and was the site happen so she doesn’t re- hurdles she faces as part of Friday night’s Air Force Birthday Ball. veal plotlines. of the traditional Yoru- Gurira doesn’t let on ba New York community much about the new sea- when she doesn’t become son, although she says pregnant. 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While the ground with Commander of the Sears Jr. was another * EZ Pay rate requires automatic processing of credit or debit card. held during World War II. floor of the Trotter now 14th Flying Training reminder of the sacrifice contains meeting rooms, Wing, Colonel James In 1942, Kaye Field was by other Air Force or in the 1940s it served as Sears Jr., hosting a established at Columbus Air Corps personal, for it The Commercial Dispatch (USPS 142-320) the local National Guard pre-reception honoring but was later renamed honored former Prison- Published daily except Saturday. Entered at the post office at Columbus, Mississippi. Armory. former Air Corps and Air Periodicals postage paid at Columbus, MS Columbus Army Air Field ers of War. To those who POSTMASTER, Send address changes to: and finally Columbus Air Buses were provided Force personal who had The Commercial Dispatch, P.O. Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703 danced the night away Force Base. Probably for the transportation to been prisoners of war. Published by Commercial Dispatch Publishing Company Inc., and to those who had 516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39703 the most popular base and from the dances. If That was followed by a the dance was on base dinner with the keynote danced before them, we Five-Day forecast for the Golden Triangle Columbus girls would speaker being Lt. Colonel owe a debt of gratitude we can never repay. Today Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday ride a bus to the base (retired) Gene Smith, a to meet their escorts former Vietnam prison- Rufus Ward is a local 80° 82° 85° 88° 87° and when dances were er of war. The evening historian. Email your 55° 66° 65° 66° 66° in town base personnel concluded with a dance questions about local would ride a bus to the on the same floor where history to him at rufushis- A thunderstorm A thunderstorm in Partly sunny and Clouds and sun Partly sunny dance. A photo of one airmen have danced for [email protected]. possible the area warm Almanac Data National Weather Columbus through 3 p.m. yesterday Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Temperature High/low ...... 77°/67° Normal high/low ...... 85°/61° Record high ...... 100° (1954) Record low ...... 42° (1956) Precipitation 24 hours through 3 p.m. yest...... 3.66" Month to date ...... 3.67" Normal month to date ...... 2.49" Year to date ...... 49.08" Normal year to date ...... 40.36" River Stages Yesterday Flood 7 a.m. 24-hr. 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Solunar table Sun and Moon Last New First Full Today Monday The solunar Sunrise ..... 6:42 a.m. Major ..... 2:36 a.m. Major ..... 3:31 a.m. period schedule Courtesy photo/Sonic Johnson allows planning days Sunset ...... 6:50 p.m. Minor ..... 8:48 a.m. Minor ..... 9:44 a.m. so you will be fishing Moonrise ... 8:52 p.m. Guests at Friday night’s Air Force Birthday Ball at the Trotter Convention Center were Major ..... 3:01 p.m. Major ..... 3:56 p.m. in good territory or hunting in good cover Moonset .... 9:51 a.m. Sep. 26 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 dancing on the same floor on which USO dances were held for Army Air Corps per- Minor ..... 9:13 p.m. Minor ... 10:09 p.m. during those times. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2013 sonal over 70 year ago during World War II. Sunday, September 22, 2013 3A MSU SPORTS BLOG ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS Visit The Dispatch MSU Sports Blog for breaking For less than $1 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 $8 per month. @ Go to www.cdispatch.com/subscribe House votes to cut $4B a year from food stamps program’s cost The White House has threat- The new work requirements Five percent reduction will affect program more than dou- ened to veto the bill. proposed in the bill would allow bled in the last House leaders were still shor- states to require 20 hours of used by one in seven Americans five years as the ing up votes on the bill just hours work activities per week from BY MARY CLARE JALONICK achieved by allowing states to economy strug- before the vote. To make their any able-bodied adult with a The Associated Press put broad new work require- gled through case, the Republican leaders child over age 1 if that person ments in place for many food the Great Reces- emphasized that the bill targets has child care available. The re- WASHINGTON — The stamp recipients and to test sion. Democrats able-bodied adults who don’t quirements would be applicable House has voted to cut near- said the rise in Cantor have dependents. And they say to all parents whose children are applicants for drugs. The bill ly $4 billion a year from food the rolls during the broader work requirements over age 6 and attending school. also would end government stamps, a 5 percent reduction tough economic times showed in the bill are similar to the 1996 The legislation is the waivers that have allowed to the nation’s main feeding the program was doing its job. welfare law that led to a decline House’s effort to finish work program used by more than 1 able-bodied adults without Finding a compromise — in people receiving that govern- on a wide-ranging farm bill, in 7 Americans. dependents to receive food and the votes — to scale back ment assistance. which has historically included The 217-210 vote was a win stamps indefinitely. the feeding program has been “This bill is designed to give both farm programs and food for conservatives after Demo- House conservatives, led difficult. The conservatives people a hand when they need it stamps. The House Agriculture crats united in opposition and by Majority Leader Eric Can- have insisted on larger cuts, most,” Cantor said on the floor Committee approved a com- some GOP moderates said tor, R-Va., have said the almost Democrats opposed any cuts just before the bill passed. “And bined bill earlier this year, but it the cut was too high. Fifteen $80 billion-a-year program and some moderate Republi- most people don’t choose to be was defeated on the floor in June Republicans voted against the has become bloated. More cans from areas with high food on food stamps. Most people after conservatives revolted, measure. than 47 million Americans are stamp usage have been wary want a job ... They want what we saying the cuts to food stamps The bill’s savings would be now on food stamps, and the of efforts to slim the program. want.” weren’t high enough. Complaint VA director responds to allegations Continued from Page 1A The Associated Press release that the findings fice of Special Counsel’s equipment. The Dispatch Friday, but The Dispatch could came from two “whis- latest letter and investi- Finch said when he state auditor investiga- not confirm that. JACKSON — A govern- tleblowers,” a current gate any additional issues found out the supervisor tive division staff super- Allison Hardy Road ment report alleges inade- primary care doctor and and allegations it raises. who allegedly gave that visor Sarah Smith, who is in Lowndes County quate patient care, chron- a retired ophthalmologist VA welcomes recommen- order was Larry Tate, he Finch said fielded his District 5 supervisor ic staff shortages, missed with knowledge of radiol- dations of the Office of called Tate to question it. complaint, said the office Leroy Brooks’ territo- diagnoses and nurse prac- ogy issues. Special Counsel — and Tate allegedly told Finch could not comment about ry. Brooks said he went titioners without licenses VA Center director Joe all external reviews — as he was unaware of any any possible or ongoing there to look and saw at the G. V. (Sonny) Mont- Battle said in a statement an opportunity to evaluate work taking place. Finch investigations or the slag on the private drive gomery VA Medical Cen- that the medical center our programs and identify said he also talked to possible consequences and spoke briefly to ter in Jackson. has already taken correc- areas for improvement,” another Noxubee Coun- if a similar investigation Finch. The allegations were tive action in response to Battle said. ty supervisor, Bruce were to find illegal activ- “There is slag on a in a report this week OSC investigation and The whistleblowers are Brooks, who gave the ity. road that I perceive to from the Office of Special will continue to take ac- the fourth and fifth of sev- same response. Calls to Larry Tate be private property. That Counsel and have been tion to address each rec- en Jackson VA employees “I said, ‘It’s one of were not returned. An at- could have been hauled sent to President Barack ommendation OSC has in four years to contact y’all’s trucks. Somebody tempt to reach Roger Ste- by a private contractor or Obama. made. the OSC, authorities said gave (Bobby Tate) the au- venson was unsuccessful anybody,” Brooks said. “I The OSC said in a news “We will review the Of- in the news release. thority. Where did he get because a listed phone have no idea of where it the slag? Was it charged number was disconnect- came from. I just know to Noxubee County?’” ed. Finch said Larry and Lowndes County forces Miss. colleges share $4.95M in grants When contacted by Bobby Tate are related, didn’t go up there.” led by Lewis and Clark East Mississippi Community College Community College in Il- Celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month to receive $2.7M for job training linois. The total grant was with Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle $23.8 million. The Associated Press Mississippi. The community col- Join us for a series of educational luncheons on East Mississippi Com- leges will work with em- breast cancer, noon-1pm, Rooms 4 & 5, Patient Tower JACKSON — The U.S. munity College will re- ployers to identify the Labor Department has ceive $2.7 million and most pressing needs for Free lunches provided. awarded $4.95 million Hinds Community Col- job training in Mississippi Oct. 2 Ginny Hill, dietitian, will discuss healthy food choices and in grants to develop job lege will received $2.2 such as manufacturing, training programs at two million. The schools will transportation and health how it relates to Breast cancer prevention and survival. community colleges in be part of a consortium care. Oct. 16 Beth Jeffers, from the Fitness Factor, will talk about the importance of an active lifestyle in relation to cancer prevention. She will also lead the group in an exercise demonstration. Eurocopter Oct. 25 Breast cancer survivor ice cream social, 2 p.m., Rooms 4 & Continued from Page 1A 5, Patient Tower. All breast cancer survivors are invited to Eurocopter, a subsidiary full production line for Paganini said in a re- attend. of Eurocopter, needed that aircraft similar to lease that the plant will Oct. 30 Dr. Velmalia Matthews-Smith, oncologist, will discuss what another plan in place to what we do now with the have the capacity to pro- retain workers. Lakota,” Cox said. “Eu- duce 60 AS350 choppers part our genetics play in a breast cancer diagnosis. American Eurocopter rocopter has made the a year by 2016. Wear pink to promote breast cancer awareness. spokesman Bob Cox said choice to invest more in “Our teams in Missis- CEO Marc Paganini made Mississippi in boosting sippi have done a superb Seating is limited, pre-register by calling a commitment in consor- that plant. Marc Pagani- job of producing the La- Amanda at 662-244-2923. tium with Eurocopter to ni pushed really hard to kota for the Army and we ensure jobs stayed in Mis- get this done. At the end want to put their exper- Meals for this luncheon series are provided by Briova, Gentiva and Coram. sissippi. of the day, this decision tise to work building heli- “We’ll begin now to should, in the long run, copters for the civil mar- prepare so that a year preserve jobs and keep ket in the U.S.,” Paganini from now we will have a jobs in Mississippi.” said. goldentriangle.baptistonline.org | 662-244-1000 © The Dispatch Lowndes County Combined Budget for Publication for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2014 Final BGT APP’V BOS 9/13/13 4A Sunday, September 22, 2013

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PETER IMES General Manager SLIM SMITH Managing Editor BETH PROFFITT Advertising Director The MICHAEL FLOYD Circulation/Production Manager Opinion Dispatch Our View Roses and thorns A thorn to job he seeks. If Wilson wants port. The Link is also working will take more study, but if that hope these recent production Oktibbeha to play politics, the county on a 50,000 square foot retail arrangement can be made to numbers are a sign the com- County prose- prosecutor’s office is not the project for Columbus. It is work, it would benefit not only pany is now on the right track cutor candidate place to do it. clear that the folks at the Link the students in the district but with their production. Matthew Wilson have no intentions of slowing also MSU students who can for his efforts to A rose to the down. teach and learn in a real-life A rose to add to the race the one thing Golden Triangle setting. Starkville alder- it most definitely doesn’t need Development A rose to men David Little — partisan politics. A press Link, which con- David Shaw, A rose of and Scott Walk- release sent by Wilson to the tinues to open vice president congratulations er, who alone on media announced that Wilson new avenues of for research and to KiOR who the council voted had won the endorsement of growth in the area. It might economic devel- on Thursday against enacting a pay raise former Arkansas governor have been natural for Link opment at Mis- announced for the mayor and aldermen a Mike Huckabee, a conserva- CEO Joe Max Higgins and his sissippi State, for his interest they produced year before it was scheduled tive radio and TV talk show staff to rest on their laurels in a possible partnership with 172,398 gallons of fuel in July to go into effect. The measure host. There are some races after landing the big Yoko- Oktibbeha County schools and August, bringing total passed by a 5-2 vote and comes that should be divorced from hama plant for Clay County as they plan for consolidation production this year to 357,532 as the aldermen approved a the polarizing nature of par- back in the spring. But there with the Starkville School Dis- gallons. The company is facing budget for next year that will tisan politics and the county was plenty of evidence to the trict. Shaw told the consolida- a class action lawsuit, which raise taxes. Although it will be prosecutor job is certainly one contrary this week when Link tion committee this week that alleges KiOR misled investors some time before any of the al- of them. By law, the prosecu- officials announced plans to the university is interested in a by over-projecting production dermen are called into account tor’s race is non-partisan. It’s a build a spec building at the partnership which could allow this year. KiOR has long main- for the indifference displayed cheap, political ploy that raises Starkville Industrial Park and its students to take teaching tained they are still ramping in the vote for the early raise, legitimate questions about a second spec building near theorem out of the classroom up operations and working out the voters are likely to remem- Wilson’s attitude toward the Golden Triangle Regional Air- and into a real-world setting. It problems as they arise. Let’s ber. We’re good with that.

Other editors Legislature has right to be dumb We still don’t like that so-called “open carry” law, but we’ll concede we haven’t seen any civilians walking around with holstered pistols hanging from their belts like cell phones since the state Supreme Court upheld the measure. So, it may not turn out to be as bad as critics predicted, and we hope that’s the case. It was no surprise that the Mississippi Su- preme Court overruled Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd who had ruled the law was too vague. Kidd said “a reasonable person reading the bill could not discern what the law allows and what it prohibits.” That was a ridiculous stretch. Kidd, like many in law enforcement, didn’t like the law and was searching for justification for shooting it down. The three-page ruling handed down by the Supreme Court made no reference to the bogus argument — made by Gov. Phil Bryant, Attor- ney General Jim Hood, Republican legislative Micah Green/Dispatch Staff Golden Triangle Development Link CEO Joe Max Higgins speaks at the Link quarterly luncheon Wednesday at leaders and the National Rifle Association — East Mississippi Community College. At the meeting Higgins announced plans for a new spec building in Oktib- that Mississippi’s constitution has for 123 years beha County, a new spec building in Lowndes County and a potential 50,000 square foot retail development in guaranteed the right of citizens to openly carry Columbus. non-hunting firearms. The principle the justices upheld was not the citizens’ right to bear arms but rather the Legis- lature’s right to pass dumb laws. In finding that Judge Kidd erred when he blocked House Bill 2 from taking effect July Possumhaw 1, the court reaffirmed that it’s not the role of the judiciary to second-guess the judgment of lawmakers. As long as the Legislature doesn’t Murderous mantis violate the state or federal constitutions, it is legally free to do as much mischief as it pleases. The praying mantis day he did. Some Allene was right. I read sever- The courts, even if they see a train wreck com- had the advantage, as mantises fly at night. al articles but couldn’t bring my- ing, don’t have veto power. That rests with the his head rotates 180 Whether this one did self to watch the YouTube videos. executive branch in the person of the governor. degrees. His forearms or not, I do not know. Apparently a lot of folks learned In this case, since Mississippi has a gun-pander- were folded in prayer; If he walked it would the hard way that the praying ing “cowboy” in the Governor’s Mansion, that he looked so delicate, be like crossing the mantis is a carnivorous predator wasn’t going to happen. so pious. His very Sahara for him to that can trap its prey at the speed But let’s be clear. House Bill 2 doesn’t reaf- name “mantis” means climb up the porch, of 1/20th of a second, so quick it firm what is in the 1890 constitution. That is a “prophet” in Greek. up the rails, up more would be difficult to see with the fiction. But if there ever was a rails to the ceiling naked eye. Locked in the man- House Bill 2 creates a completely new right. wolf in sheep’s cloth- then down the curved tis’s interlocking leg spikes, the It overturns part of a previous law, passed in ing, it is the praying hook to the humming- hummingbird is helpless. 1991 to allow the concealed-carry of firearms mantis. Shannon Bardwell bird feeder. Praying mantises, ranging with a permit, that made it clear the open carry The mantis sat That week I had from 1/2 inch to 6 inches long, of a deadly weapon was illegal. quietly praying on the occasion to visit with have been known to kill not only So now we will find out how much harm edge of the hummingbird feeder. Allene Swoope. We enjoy talking hummingbirds but mice, lizards, lawmakers have done. House Bill 2 is going to Thinking he was waiting for about birds and plants and I frogs, small birds and snakes. make it difficult for lawmen, or anyone else, to unsuspecting insects I wasn’t too find her quite knowledgeable. I With those two compound eyes differentiate the law-abiding gun-toters from the concerned. Even so, I thought he shared with her about this year’s and three simple eyes they can lawbreaking ones, the sane gun-toters from the might be a nuisance so I eased legions of hummingbirds and see a good 50 feet away. insane ones. As long as the gun is visible, law- him away. Having him rid the about the pesky mantis. One article suggested remov- men will have no standing to ask whether the porch of insects was not a bad “The praying mantis will ing a mantis from your hum- armed individual is barred by felony conviction thing. kill your hummingbirds. They mingbird feeder carefully. If you or mental instability from carrying a weapon. The praying mantis is intrigu- capture them with their spiked grab the praying mantis by his Since no background checks are required for ing; their coloration makes them front legs so that the humming- scrawny little prophet-praying open carry, there is no permit to ask for. almost undetectable. And so it bird can’t get away. Then they eat neck he can swivel around and This law will not make Mississippi safer. was that, as the hummingbirds them alive,” she said. penetrate a finger. The article If anything, it will make it more dangerous, swarmed, the mantis prayed on Her description sounded suggested wearing gloves. prompting more gunfire, more deaths and more the edge of a feeder, or was it like those horror movies with At the Bardwell house we tense confrontations between cops and citizens. preyed? prehistoric creatures. That little removed our murdering mantis- It is a mistake, but one the Supreme Court In the course of the afternoon praying bug, as thin as a needle, es with a flick of a finger and a says lawmakers have every right to make. I removed the praying mantis could kill a hummingbird? Surely heavy boot. Enterprise-Journal, McComb four times. Finally, I thumped not. Shannon Rule Bardwell’s him off the porch and down to Back at my computer I goo- column appears weekly in The the grass below. That day he gled “praying mantis and hum- Dispatch. Her email address is did not return but the following mingbirds.” [email protected]. Voice of the People We encourage you to share your opinion with readers THE STAFF OF THE DISPATCH of The Dispatch. Submit your letter to The Dispatch by: EDITOR/PUBLISHER Mary Jane Runnels CIRCULATION Matt Garner PRODUCTION E-mail: [email protected] Birney Imes Jackie Taylor Michael Floyd Micah Green Ronald Gore, Sr. Mail: P.O. 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Ernest Rogers Sarah Fowler The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, September 22, 2013 5A Village idiots take aim at Miss America A couple are going to have such pageants, they months ago, I And you are almost — almost — less appalled by the big- should not be stained by xenophobic got an email prejudice. from Supreet. otry than by the slack-jawed, knuckle-dragging, dull-eyed Nina Davuluri deserves better. So Supreet is in does Supreet. Their families, after all, the 11th grade. ignorance of people so stupefyingly uninformed that chose this country. Consider what that He shops at means: To give up everything you have Wal-Mart and they can’t even hate straight. always known and of all the other op- plays basketball. site in 2010, which some people thought appalled by the bigotry than by the tions available, decide that this is where His father came was because male visitors are required slack-jawed, knuckle-dragging, dull- you want to be. Presumably, one factor to this country to cover their heads and Obama didn’t eyed ignorance of people so stupefyingly in that choice was America’s promise: from India and want anyone calling him a Muslim. uninformed that they can’t even hate here you are equal, here you are free, both are Sikhs, Leonard Pitts “But Sikhs are NOT Muslims,” wrote straight. Miss America’s parents are here you may rise to whatever height followers of a Supreet. “Why do we keep getting Hindus. Hindus are not Muslims, either. aspiration and hard work will take you. centuries-old labeled as Muslims?” Not that hating them would be accept- So the treatment they have received is faith founded in the Punjab region. It is a plaintive question with which able even if they were. And not that not just ugly, but embarrassing, and not Supreet wanted to tell me what it is like the new Miss America would doubtless the distinction will matter to the folks just embarrassing but promise-breaking. being a Sikh in America. sympathize. Nina Davuluri of New York quoted above. All dark-skinned people Jonah Carlin and others like him need He wrote about how, after 9/11, state won the crown last week, becom- with exotic names or unfamiliar customs to read the writing on the demographic his father became “perhaps the most ing the first Indian American to do so. are Muslim terrorists to that bunch of wall. What was exotic and unfamiliar hated man in our small town.” He wrote Her triumph was marred by an eruption nuclear physicists. yesterday is shopping at Wal-Mart and about how his dad had to stop wearing of — pardon the tautology — ignorant There was more. “Jessica Ayres” shooting hoops today. Change is com- the turban Sikh men use to cover their bigotry on social media. offered this self-negating bon mot when ing; that fact is non-negotiable. But our “kesh,” the hair their faith forbids them “Audrey Graham” tweeted, “Miss Davuluri won: “I swear I’m not racist but success or lack thereof in incorporating to cut. He wrote about bullying and America is a terrorist. Whatever. It’s this is America.” Then there was “Jonah that change will determine what Ameri- depression suffered by young Sikhs. fine.” Carlin,” who tweeted images of blond, ca is 50 years from now. He wrote about black boys who taunted “Luke Brasili” tweeted, “9/11 was blue-eyed Miss Kansas, Theresa Vail, Step one: Decide if we are serious in him as “Osama’s son.” He wrote about four days ago and she gets miss Ameri- dubbing her “a real Miss America.” what we claim ourselves to be. In other Wade Michael Page, who in 2012, shot ca?” And so it goes. words, we can either keep America’s 10 people, killing six, at a Sikh temple “De La Rutherford” tweeted, “Con- Some of us are not beauty pageant promise or else stop making it. in Wisconsin, likely thinking it was a gratulations, Al-Qaeda. Our Miss Ameri- fans. Indeed, some of us find them Leonard Pitts is a columnist for the Mi- mosque. He wrote about how President ca is one of you.” archaic outposts of retrograde sexism. ami Herald. His e-mail address is lpitts@ Obama canceled a visit to a Sikh holy And you are almost — almost — less But surely all of us can agree that if we miamiherald.com. Here she comes... Colorado floods of so-called biblical proportions, fire on the Boardwalk, a Miss America contestant with visi- ble tattoos? It really might be the End Times. While I’ve always been mys- tified about why anyone — male or Rheta Johnson female — would want tattoos, I’ll Someone clev- admit the idea of an Army sergeant er wrote that Miss Kansas who boxes, bow hunts, feminists have speaks Chinese, sings opera and has gone into the the Serenity Prayer inked on her torso closet vacated tickles me. Sounds like a Sandra Bull- by gays. ock movie. It’s hard to objectify an expert marksman wielding a bow and arrow. It will enrage all the right Miss America purists. Bold beauty Theresa Vail blogged about her tattoos last month, “because I do not Minimum Wage Madness: Part II want to shock the nation when I’m seen in a swimsuit, bearing my marks.” A survey of Amer- vote for things that era of apartheid, white labor First we must get beyond the self-impor- ican economists the Black Caucus unions urged that a minimum tance of that statement. This is, after all, found that 90 percent wanted. wage law be applied to all races, a nation that has seen great wars, a Great of them regarded When I asked to keep black workers from tak- Depression, the Dust Bowl, several killer minimum wage what could the black ing jobs away from white union- epidemics and Madonna. It probably could laws as increasing members of Con- ized workers by working for less have withstood the shock of seeing a blonde the rate of unem- gress possibly get in than the union pay scale. in a bikini with her tattoos showing. Most of ployment among return for supporting Some supporters of the first us, after all, have been to the beach. low-skilled workers. minimum wage laws federal minimum wage law in But now I’m nitpicking. I know what she Inexperience is often that would be worth the United States -- the Da- means. Miss America pageants in the past the problem. Only sacrificing whole vis-Bacon Act of 1931 -- used have been about covering up things — dark about 2 percent of generations of young exactly the same rationale, roots, body flaws, lack of talent, Penthouse Americans over the Thomas Sowell blacks to huge rates citing the fact that Southern photographs. age of 24 earned the of unemployment, construction companies, using And then came this Joan of Arc, fearless minimum wage. People whose the discussion quick- non-union black workers, were in life and pageant, baring and bearing, Advocates of ly ended. I may have able to come north and un- strutting her stuff and enough ink to print minimum wage laws wages are been vehement when der-bid construction companies the next issue of The Daily Beast. Take that, usually base their I asked that question. using unionized white labor. Anita Bryant. support of such laws raised by law The same ques- These supporters of min- Someone clever wrote that feminists have on their estimate of tion could be asked of imum wage laws understood gone into the closet vacated by gays. I think how much a worker do not neces- black public officials long ago something that today’s truer words were never penned. It’s as tough “needs” in order to in general, including supporters of such laws seem to find an admitted feminist these days as it have “a living wage” sarily benefit, Barack Obama, who not to have bothered to think is an eight-track tape player. — or on some other have taken the side of through. People whose wages We are out here, all right, but embar- criterion that pays because they the teachers’ unions, are raised by law do not nec- rassed a bit by what a mess of a mutant time little or no attention who oppose vouchers essarily benefit, because they has made of the movement. While aspiring to the worker’s skill are often less or charter schools are often less likely to be hired to the vote, equal pay and professional level, experience or that allow black par- at the imposed minimum wage access and the end of the perpetual beauty general productiv- likely to be ents (among others) rate. myth, who could have imagined feminists ity. So it is hardly hired at the to take their children Labor unions have been sup- in 2013 would have to be satisfied with a surprising that out of failing public porters of minimum wage laws tattooed Miss Kansas? minimum wage laws imposed min- schools. in countries around the world, I am, however, a realist. The Bible says set wages that price Minimum wage since these laws price non-union the poor will always be with us, and so, I many a young work- imum wage laws can even affect workers out of jobs, leaving suspect, will beauty pageants. So long as er out of a job. the level of racial more jobs for union members. little girls dream of wearing that crown and What is surprising rate. discrimination. In People who are content to ad- speaking to a television audience about mak- is that, despite an ac- an earlier era, when vocate policies that sound good, ing the world a better place, Miss America cumulation of evidence over the racial discrimination was both whether for political reasons or will get more ink than she wears. years of the devastating effects legally and socially accepted, just to feel good about them- And, I take my hat off to Theresa Vail of minimum wage laws on black minimum wage laws were often selves, often do not bother to for her military service and managing to teenage unemployment rates, used openly to price minorities think through the consequenc- come up with another first for the tired old, members of the Congressional out of the job market. es beforehand or to check the gimmick-ridden pageant. There was the Black Caucus continue to vote In 1925, a minimum wage results afterwards. first Jewish Miss America (Bess Myerson), for such laws. law was passed in the Canadian If they thought things the first African-American victor (Vanessa Once, years ago, during a province of British Columbia, through, how could they have Williams), the first deaf winner (Heather confidential discussion with a with the intent and effect of pric- imagined that having large num- Whitestone), and the 2014 Miss America member of the Congressional ing Japanese immigrants out of bers of idle teenage boys hang- (Nina Davuluri), the first of Indian descent. Black Caucus, I asked how they jobs in the lumbering industry. ing out on the streets together We could have had as Miss America the first could possibly vote for mini- A well regarded Harvard would be good for any commu- soldier, an outdoors girl with visible tattoos. mum wage laws. professor of that era referred nity -- especially in places where The bar, once again, has been raised. The answer I got was that approvingly to Australia’s most of these youngsters were I used to think beauty pageants were members of the Black Caucus minimum wage law as a means raised by single mothers, an- anachronistic in a world of Sally Ride, Mad- were part of a political coali- to “protect the white Austra- other unintended consequence, eleine Albright, Maya Angelou and Kathryn tion and, as such, they were lian’s standard of living from in this case, of well-meaning Bigelow. Now I see that’s not necessarily so. expected to vote for things that the invidious competition of the welfare policies? Accomplishment and beauty riding tan- Thomas Sowell is a senior other members of that coali- colored races, particularly of the dem is a killer combination, in this modern fellow at the Hoover Institution at tion wanted, such as minimum Chinese” who were willing to age as much as any. And, if a contestant can work for less. Stanford University. His web site wage laws, in order that other succinctly explain her philosophy during the In South Africa during the is www.tsowell.com. members of the coalition would swimsuit competition without opening her mouth, she deserves to win. Rheta Grimsley Johnson, a nationally syndi- cated columnist, lives near Iuka. 6A Sunday, September 22, 2013 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Missing Continued from Page 1A She’s 81 now, an elderly online two miles from where her woman with a cane still ■ LEARN MORE: To learn brother was found. She living in Sturgis. Not long more about the Civil Rights has tried to accept the ago she sat on her couch Memorial Center at the South- unknown. recounting that day. ern Poverty Law Center visit “I guess I never will When specifics wouldn’t splcenter.org/civil-rights-me- know,” she said. come she put a palm to morial She hinted, though, her forehead and closed that the ghost that began her eyes. witness or viable suspect. bothering her the day her “I’m going to be hon- Please accept our sincere brother died hasn’t gone est, I’ve been through so condolences on the loss of completely away. much,” she said. “Bring- your grandfather.” “I know that some of ing this memory back has The Griffith family re- the people have gone off brought a lot of trouble on alizes no one will probably to glory,” she said of her my mind.” ever be able to tell them brother’s possible killers. Her son’s team lost what happened to Jimmie “But some might not be. I that night. When a player Lee Griffith. Jeffrey Grif- never know who’s track- got hurt an ambulance fith, 37, is still thankful for ing around.” with flashing lights came. what the FBI did. Afterwards, riding home “I just wish there was This story is based on in the dark, she thought Micah Green/Dispatch Staff something that could multiple interviews with close it,” she said. that was the premonition When she didn’t see in unsolved murders that the names of 74 men and Evelett Willis, Jeffrey she had carried all day: Griffith or his daughter, occurred before 1969. As women who died during Spring Hill Methodist Griffith, Jeff Griffith and Those emergency lights she went to her parents’ part of the initiative, the the civil rights era under Church, the church where Alcurtis Griffith, along had struck her so strange. bedroom. Griffith’s FBI released the names circumstances suggest- Jimmie Lee Griffith is with information from Then their car, after en- 6-year-old daughter was of more than 100 victims ing racially motivated buried, is gone. Where a Starkville Daily News tering Oktibbeha County, there, sitting up in bed, of possible racially-moti- violence. it once stood is just an article from Sept. 28, came up on their Sturgis crying out for her father. vated murders. Someone “It still has not been re- open space in the woods. 1965, FBI files from the home. Out front, on the Willis went back Jeffrey Griffith went to solved as to why his body A small cemetery is still 1966 investigation, the road, was a line of sheriff’s outside where Harpole church with showed her was run over twice,” Lecia there, and Griffith’s grave- 2012 letter the FBI gave cars with flashing lights. told her what she already a list of the names and Brooks, the director of stone reads, “Not My Will the Griffith family and an It was about 11 p.m. That’s knew: Her brother was Jimmie Lee Griffith was the Civil Rights Memorial But Thine Be Done.” interview with the director when Evelett Willis knew. dead. His body had been there. Family members Center, said. “It suggests Today, Evelett Willis of the Civil Rights Memori- “I had a hunch some- taken to a Starkville fu- were asked to come for- to us that there was some- lives alone on Sturgis-Lou- al Center at the Southern thing happened to my neral home. Willis wanted ward. Jeffrey emailed the thing else behind (his isville Road, less than Poverty Law Center. brother,” she said. to see it. Harpole said she FBI, an agent visited her death).” She was right. Jimmie couldn’t. home and an investigation Brooks added that the Lee Griffith was dead. After a passing began. manner of Griffith’s death While Willis and her motorist had discovered It wasn’t justice or re- was similar to that of family and friends had the body and notified venge she wanted. It was others who lost their lives been at the game, his authorities, a doctor came closure. during the civil rights era. body was found on a road to the scene. Griffith had “I wanted to know what No matter the motive, she outside of Sturgis. Murder been struck by a vehicle, really happened,” she said, Griffith deserves to was suspected. There but the doctor believed said. be remembered. were three investigations it wasn’t accidental. A — one by state officials, vehicle appeared to have ■■■ ■■■ two by federal agents. The backed over the body. earliest began that night. There were burn marks The new investigation Last year, an FBI agent The most recent ended on Griffith’s shirt and a spanned five years. visited Jeffrey Griffith last year. Services Offered Include 5-inch-long wound near A lot of important peo- in Columbus, where she The case has never • 24/7 RN Coverage his genitals. ple from 1965 had died: works at PACCAR. The been solved. • Wound Care Through the next few the person who found the agent brought a letter de- days Harpole and his dep- body; Sheriff Harpole and • Short-Term “Rehab to Home” Programs ■■■ tailing the FBI’s findings. • Hospice Care/Respite Care uties interviewed about his lead investigator; and “He sort of gave me a 30 people. According to the doctor who examined • Alzheimer’s/Dementia Care There are at least two pep talk,” she said. “He • Pain Management a news story at the time, the body. Complicating told me the letter would photographs of Jimmie someone unnamed was matters was the fact that • Comprehensive Rehabilitation Services: tell me more than I knew, Lee Griffith. He smiles given a polygraph. Then the Oktibbeha County Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy and but that it wouldn’t give an © The Dispatch in both. He is handsome the investigation petered Sheriff’s Office had not Occupational Therapy answer.” and trim, with broad out. retained records prior to For more information or placement, please call shoulders. He looks like Despite FBI agents 1975. The seven-page letter Sandra Beard, Admissions Coordinator or a young man who knew coming to Sturgis a year But leads shook loose. outlined the possible Beverly Taylor, Admissions Director hard work but enjoyed later at the request of the Theories surfaced. Each theories and said, “We at 662-323-6360 life. He liked fedoras. Department of Justice’s went in a different direc- regret to inform you that Like his six siblings, Civil Rights Division, no tion. we are unable to proceed he was born in Winston further...because the starkville manor eyewitnesses or suspects Eight months before he health care and rehabilitation center County. Their father federal investigation...has ever turned up. died, in Jan. 1965, Jimmie 1001 Hospital Road | Starkville, MS 39759 farmed and worked at a Both investigations, Lee Griffith had been a failed to identify any eye- Medicare & Medicare Pending Accepted sawmill. Their mother however, suggested Grif- passenger in a vehicle was a homemaker. At fith may have been the involved in a head-on some point they moved to victim of an intentional collision in Sturgis. In that Sturgis. hit-and-run. This fueled crash, Leonard Terry, the Leaving Sturgis toward more rumors. driver of the car Griffith Louisville on Sturgis-Lou- But after Griffith was was in, died. Griffith sur- isville Road there is a buried at Spring Hill vived, and was scheduled hill. At the top there was Methodist Church outside to testify in an upcoming a home and by the early of Sturgis, the people who criminal trial about the ac- 1960s that is where they knew and loved him sup- cident. For several months lived: Mr. and Mrs. Grif- pressed their unanswered following the crash, Grif- fith; Evelett Willis and her questions. His death fith was visited, time and husband; and Jimmie Lee became a rarely-spoken-of again, by a man who had Griffith and his daughter. part of family lore. been in the logging truck The house is gone now. Decades passed. Peo- that took Terry’s life. WWW.GTRA.COM But back then it was a live- ple moved on. That man’s name was ly place packed with three George Rhodes. He was generations of Griffiths. ■■■ white. Griffith wouldn’t Everyone had a nickname talk to him. Rhodes died and together they had a Jeffrey Griffith is in 1974, but in 1966 he good time. Jimmie Lee Griffith’s acknowledged to the FBI “We did until that granddaughter. She is that he had tried to speak happened,” Evelett Willis named after an uncle and with Griffith about how he said. grew up in Sturgis. By would testify. He denied GOLDEN TRIANGLE It happened on Sept. the late 1980s she was a threatening Griffith, 24, 1965. teenager gathering pieces however, and said he was Here is what is known: of rumors. at home with family the REGIONAL AIRPORT Griffith, who worked at “I wanted to know night Griffith died. Some Sturgis Lumber Company, about him,” she said of of Griffith’s family mem- rode to Starkville with her grandfather. “And bers told investigators someone when he got I wanted to know what that they did not believe WELCOMES off. He took part in a dice happened.” Rhodes would have threat- game and drank some But when she asked ened Griffith. Rhodes was alcohol. Then someone questions, it became never arrested. gave him a ride back to apparent it was a “hush- The FBI also discov- Sturgis, where he visited hush” thing in the family. ered that on the night a friend. At approximately A distant cousin, though, Griffith died, while he YOKOHAMA TIRE 8 p.m. he left that friend’s told Jeffrey Griffith a was riding back from the home, walking alone. story. Starkville dice game, he A little while later, on Jimmie Lee Griffith, got into a fight in the car’s Sturgis-Louisville Road, according to the tale, had backseat. That allegedly less than two miles from CORPORATION been beaten to death by led to a “knifing,” accord- where he lived, someone a group of white people, ing to the driver, and found his lifeless body. castrated and left on that may explain the wound ヨコハマタイヤのみなさん He was a 28-year-old road. The killing, accord- discovered near Griffith’s black man. This was ing to the distant cousin, genitals. ゴールデントライアングル空港へ ようこそ！ during the civil rights was racially motivated. Some people told the movement. Across the The image of her FBI that Griffith could state tensions were high. mutilated grandfather was have been killed over Rumors began. seared in Jeffrey Griffith’s unpaid gambling debts. thoughts. She remem- Some said he could have ■■■ bers sitting in class at died at the hands of a Sturgis High School and jealous lover. Evelett Willis wondering if some of her According to family screamed when she saw classmates could be the members, Griffith was the deputies’ flashing grandchildren of people not involved in the civil lights that night. involved in a murder. She rights movement. And “I had had that feeling never knew if she would the evidence to suggest all day,” she said. find out. his murder was racially A crowd had formed Then, in 2007, the Civil motivated is scant. in their yard. Oktibbe- Rights Era Cold Case Yet, at the Southern ha County Sheriff Bill Initiative began. It was a Poverty Law Center in Harpole was there, and partnership between the Montgomery, Ala., at the he wanted to speak to FBI, civil rights groups Civil Rights Memorial Willis, but in her panicked and federal and state law Center, Griffith is listed state, she ignored him enforcement branches as one of “The Forgotten.” and rushed in the house. aimed at pursuing justice The list is made up of The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, September 22, 2013 7A 39 dead in Kenya mall attack claimed by militants ment said it had no further de- Witness to the attacks said the gunmen told tails. As night fell in Kenya’s cap- Muslims to stand up and leave and that non- ital, hostages remained inside Muslims would be targeted the mall, but officials didn’t or couldn’t say how many. Two By JASON STRAZIUSO safeguard the lives of those still contingents of army special The Associated Press being held hostage. forces troops had moved inside Al-Qaida-linked Somali as the stand-off stretched into NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s militant group al-Shabab has its ninth hour. president says that 39 people claimed responsibility for the Police and military sur- have been killed and more than attack. rounded the huge shopping 150 injured by armed terrorists Terrified shoppers huddled complex as helicopters buzzed who attacked an upscale mall in in back hallways and prayed overhead. An Associated Press Nairobi. they would not be found by reporter said he saw a wound- President Uhuru Kenyatta the Islamic extremist gunmen ed Kenyan soldier put into an says he lost “very close family lobbing grenades and firing as- ambulance at nightfall, an indi- members” in the attack carried sault rifles inside Nairobi’s top cation, perhaps, of a continuing out by “despicable perpetra- mall Saturday. When the coast shoot-out inside. tors” of a cowardly act. was thought to be clear, crying Witnesses said at least five Kenyatta said that hundreds AP Photo/Jason Straziuso gunmen — including at least mothers clutching small chil- People run from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday of people were safely evacuated dren and blood-splattered men after gunmen threw grenades and opened fire during an attack one woman — first attacked an from the mall. He said Kenyans sprinted out of the four-story that left multiple dead and dozens wounded. outdoor cafe at Nairobi’s West- courage and sympathy saved mall. gate Mall, a shiny, new shop- lives and reassured countless The al-Qaida-linked gunmen were not. rebels threatened more attacks. ping center that hosts Nike, people. asked the victims they had cor- Somalia’s Islamic extremist Foreigners are expected to Adidas and Bose stores. The He said security forces were nered if they were Muslim: If group al-Shabab claimed re- be among the casualties. There mall’s ownership is Israeli, and responding to the attack. He the answer was yes, several wit- sponsibility and said the attack are reports of American citi- security experts have long said called it a delicate operation nesses said, those people were was retribution for Kenyan forc- zens injured in the attack but the structure made an attrac- and said a top priority was to free to go. The non-Muslims es’ 2011 push into Somalia. The the United States State Depart- tive terrorist target. CITY OF COLUMBUS BOARD VACANCY Watchdog gets details CITY PLANNING COMMISSION of Syrian chemical arsenal The City of Columbus is accepting applications for the City Planning Commission to fill three (3) terms that will expire on October 7, 2013. All components of the chemical weapons program are to These appointments will be made on October 15, 2013. The Board meets be removed from the country or destroyed by mid-2014 every 2nd Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the Courtroom of the City Hall. By MIKE CORDER, sia agreement aimed at cure and destroy Syria’s • APPLICATIONS FOR THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION MUST BE SUBMITTED The Associated Press swiftly ridding Syria of its arsenal of poison gas and chemical arsenal, Damas- BY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2013, BEFORE 5:00 P.M. THE HAGUE, Neth- nerve agents as well as its cus had until Saturday to production facilities. erlands — Technical ex- submit a full list to the or- perts at the Organization However, diplomatic ef- APPLICATIONS MAY BE OBTAINED IN THE MAYOR’S OFFICE, ganization of its chemical for the Prohibition of forts to speed up the pro- weapons and production LOCATED AT 523 MAIN STREET. Chemical Weapons were facilities so they can be cess are moving slowly. reviewing Saturday a fur- secured and destroyed. ther disclosure from Syria about its chemical weap- U.S. officials said last ons program. week that Washington and A day earlier, the body Moscow agreed that Syria that polices the global had roughly 1,100 tons of treaty outlawing chemical chemical weapons agents weapons said it had re- and precursors, including ceived a preliminary sub- blister agents, such as sul- mission from Syria. fur and mustard gas and No details have been nerve agents like sarin. released of what is in the In the aftermath of the Syrian declarations, and U.N. report that conclud- OPCW spokesman Mi- ed sarin had been used in chael Luhan refused to an Aug. 21 attack in Da- give any more information mascus, the Hague-based about the latest submis- chemical weapons watch- sion. dog is looking for ways Under a U.S.-Rus- to fast-track moves to se-

Gunman’s employer sought Navy consulting work Company sent email to Sec. Mabus saying it had the experience to help the military improve its security By JACK GILLUM and ist Aaron Alexis. LOLITA C. BALDOR And it fueled concern The Associated Press over what defense offi- cials believe may have WASHINGTON — A been failures by the com- little more than 24 hours pany to alert the military after an IT contractor about Alexis’ apparent gunned down a dozen mental health problems. workers at the Washing- In the email, which ton Navy Yard, the CEO was obtained by The As- of the company he worked sociated Press, Hoshko for sent an email to Navy said he was “dramatical- Secretary Ray Mabus say- ly” affected by the inci- ing he has the experience dent and “my heart and to help the military im- prayers go out to the fam- prove its security. ilies and friends of those The email from The innocent victims.” But Experts chief Thomas the email quickly moves Hoshko, which included on, as Hoshko lays out descriptions of his back- his work experience and ground and expertise, offers his services, saying stunned some Navy lead- he is “confident that I can ers still reeling from the provide valuable input and shooting rampage Mon- solutions to the process day that left 13 people that will provide better dead, including the gun- security for the military, man, former Navy reserv- contractors and civilians.” 8A Sunday, September 22, 2013 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Are a obituaries COMMERCIAL DISPATCH Mr. York was born Jessie Verdo Hanson at 2 p.m. at Calvert OBITUARY POLICY Oct. 6, 1940, to John and Ethel Mae Knight Funeral Home Chapel When Caring Counts... 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Micah Green/Dispatch Staff Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott (15) celebrates after a score Saturday in a 62-7 victory against Troy at Davis Wade Stadium. Bulldogs click on nearly all cylinders Defense never lets Prescott leads offensive explosion that Trojans find rhythm sends MSU to second easy victory of season

By MATTHEW STEVENS By MATTHEW STEVENS yards in total offense. [email protected] [email protected] “Perception versus re- ality exists here where it STARKVILLE — Even STARKVILLE — So ... may look like we have all Dan Mullen thought his about that faulty Missis- the answers because we Mississippi State football sippi State offense? played great,” MSU coach team would be in for a MSU players and Dan Mullen said. “The re- shootout Saturday night coaches weren’t happy ality is we’re going to have against Troy. with the comeback effort a lot of things to correct, Mullen should have Troy nearly pulled off last but we’ll be doing it with a asked his defense for a year. A year later, the Bull- big smile on our face after second opinion. dogs decided to crush the a big win at home.” After allowing 572 Trojans’ spirit before half- MSU sophomore quar- yards to Troy last year, time. terback Dak Prescott, which was the third-most Thanks to most points who drew his third-con- yards allowed by a Mul- by a Bulldogs team in a secutive start, accounted len-coached MSU team, half (45) since 1950, MSU for 296 all-purpose yards Troy struggled Saturday rolled to a 62-7 victory and four touchdowns in to get any momentum in Micah Green/Dispatch Staff Saturday at Davis Wade a 62-7 blowout at Davis Mississippi State wide receiver Robert Johnson had three catches for 30 yards Stadium. a little more than 12 min- Wade Stadium. Saturday against Troy. MSU has scored 82 utes leading the offense. “I really thought we point in the first halves The MSU passing attack, were in for a shootout at home against Alcorn which had mostly relied like last year because of Lewis delivers versatile effort State and Troy. The Bull- on bubble screens and everything they had done dogs’ output is the most short passes, exploited By MATTHEW STEVENS against us in the game was a three-star recruit according to for the program since a mismatches down the [email protected] last year,” Mullen said. Rivals.com and ESPN.com for his ath- 66-22 victory on Oct. 22, field Saturday and aver- “We had guys on defense letic ability at quarterback. In the Wild- aged 18.6 yards per com- STARKVILLE — Jameon Lewis is 1994. banged up and the next cat offense, Lewis led Tylertown to 15 Following a three-point pletion. MSU didn’t punt used to having the kind of first half he healthy guy on the depth straight wins and the school’s first Class showing in a season-open- in the game for the first experienced Saturday. chart was willing to make 3A State championship. In the 3A title ing loss to then-No. 13 time since senior punt- a play tonight.” All Lewis has to do is think back to game against Aberdeen, he had a hand Oklahoma State, MSU er Baker Swedenburg The fireworks began his days at Tylertown High School when in all five touchdowns, rushing for two fans voiced their displea- arrived on campus four with the first drive, as he always was the center of attention. scores, including the game-clincher on sure with the offense and years ago. MSU’s Jamerson Love On Saturday in Mississippi State’s a fourth-down dash. He also threw for play calling. In two home “I have always told him turned an effective Troy 62-7 victory against Troy, Lewis showed three scores. games against mid- to that in a perfect game I drive into a 70-yard in- the announced crowd of 55,096 at Davis Once Lewis arrived at MSU, he be- low-major programs, hope you don’t play,” Mul- terception return for a Wade Stadium what he could do. gan his career serving as the scout team MSU has averaged 56.5 len said. “I don’t think See DEFENSE, 3B Four years ago, the 5-foot-9 receiver See NOTEBOOK, 3B points per game and 554 See MSU, 3B

No. 1 Alabama 31, Colorado State 6 McCarron lifts Tide past Rams By JOHN ZENOR, The Associated Press Inse id n MORE COLORADO STATE-ALABAMA: TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — It was a sput- Saturday was a day of firsts for the top- tering, inconsistent, and rather mundane ranked Crimson Tide. More importantly, performance for No. 1 Alabama. Alabama’s freshmen has a chance to play at home for the first time. Page 7B Or at least, that’s how it seemed a week after a big-game roller coaster ride. AJ McCarron passed for 258 yards the win really wasn’t what it should have and threw a 30-yard touchdown to De- been. So I felt like we kind of got away Andrew White in the fourth quarter to with a win. We didn’t dominate that win.” lift Alabama to a 31-6 victory against Col- Offensive lineman Kellen Williams orado State on Saturday night. described the postgame mood as “pretty Two fourth-quarter touchdowns, one somber,” even after the 25-point win. on special teams and another on fourth Kenyan Drake set up one touchdown down, helped keep the final score from with a blocked punt returned 15 yards being close for the Tide (3-0). by Dillon Lee and scored on a 3-yard “I felt like as a whole, we didn’t real- touchdown run for the Tide, which led ly execute to our full abilities,” Alabama just 17-6 heading to the fourth. Alabama Alabama Athletic Media Relations linebacker C.J. Mosley said. “That’s not managed only one offensive touchdown Alabama wide receiver Christion Jones makes a catch in between two Colorado an SEC opponent that we just played and See ALABAMA, 7B State defenders Saturday night in their game in Tuscaloosa, Ala. 2B Sunday, September 22, 2013 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Monday’s Game Monday’s Games briefly Baseball Oakland at Denver, 7:40 p.m. Washington at Boston, 6 p.m. Thursday’s Game Chicago at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. CALENDAR American League San Francisco at St. Louis, 7:25 p.m. Minnesota at Columbus, 6 p.m. East Division Sunday, Sept. 29 New Jersey at Montreal, 6:30 p.m. Local W L Pct GB N.Y. Giants at Kansas City, Noon N.Y. Rangers at Calgary, 8 p.m. Prep Cross Country x-Boston 94 62 .603 — Seattle at Houston, Noon Winnipeg at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m. Bright wins 2013 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Tampa Bay 85 69 .552 8 Baltimore at Buffalo, Noon Phoenix at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Monday’s meet New York 82 73 .529 11½ Arizona at Tampa Bay, Noon Stock Division title Starkville Academy at Madison-Ridgeland Baltimore 81 73 .526 12 Indianapolis at Jacksonville, Noon Toronto 71 83 .461 22 Cincinnati at Cleveland, Noon Soccer CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — Trey Bright, of Coker, Ala., is the 2013 Central Division Chicago at Detroit, Noon Invitational W L Pct GB Major League Soccer NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division Champion. Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota at London, Noon EASTERN CONFERENCE Detroit 91 64 .587 — N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 3:05 p.m. With scheduled Week 26 events Friday at Hattiesburg Motorsports Prep Soccer Cleveland 85 70 .548 6 W L T Pts GF GA Kansas City 81 73 .526 9½ Washington at Oakland, 3:25 p.m. New York 14 9 6 48 46 36 Park and Saturday at Jackson Motor Speedway, Bright has enough Tuesday’s Matches Minnesota 65 89 .422 25½ Dallas at San Diego, 3:25 p.m. Sporting K.C. 14 9 6 48 43 28 points to clinch the Championship. Chicago 60 94 .390 30½ Philadelphia at Denver, 3:25 p.m. Montreal 13 9 6 45 46 42 Washington School at Heritage Academy, 3 p.m. New England at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Kevin Spears, of Fayette, Ala., will clinch the second spot in the West Division Houston 12 10 7 43 37 36 Indianola Academy at Immanuel Christian, 4 p.m. W L Pct GB Open: Carolina, Green Bay New England 11 11 7 40 41 33 2013 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division point standings. Oakland 92 63 .594 — Monday, Sept. 30 Chicago 11 12 6 39 36 43 Miami at New Orleans, 7:40 p.m. With one week left in the 2013 season, Bright holds a three-point Wednesday’s Match Texas 84 70 .545 7½ Philadelphia 10 10 9 39 37 39 Los Angeles 75 78 .490 16 Columbus 11 14 5 38 36 39 Seattle 67 87 .435 24½ CFL advantage over Spears. Spears would only be able to net a maximum Starkville Academy at Washington School, 3 p.m. EAST DIVISION Toronto FC 4 15 11 23 25 44 Houston 51 104 .329 41 D.C. 3 20 6 15 19 48 of two points in Week 27 competition next weekend. Thursday’s Matches x-clinched division W L T Pts PF PA Bright clinches the 2013 NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Toronto 8 4 0 16 354 315 WESTERN CONFERENCE Heritage Academy at Starkville Academy, 3 p.m. Hamilton 6 6 0 12 316 329 W L T Pts GF GA Friday’s Games Seattle 15 8 4 49 37 27 Division Championship with a best 14-week total of 693 points after nine Cleveland 2, Houston 1, 7 innings Montreal 4 8 0 8 285 339 wins, 18 top-five finishes, and 22 top-10 finishes in 28 races driving the Bayou Academy at Immanuel Christian, 4 p.m. N.Y. Yankees 5, San Francisco 1 Winnipeg 2 10 0 4 251 368 Real Salt Lake 14 10 6 48 53 39 Detroit 12, Chicago White Sox 5 WEST DIVISION Portland 11 5 13 46 45 31 AKA Cores Chevrolet. Prep Softball Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 4, 18 innings W L T Pts PF PA Colorado 12 9 9 45 37 31 There are 10 other drivers in the top 20 of the point standings who Boston 6, Toronto 3 Calgary 9 3 0 18 373 301 Los Angeles 13 10 5 44 45 35 Monday’s Games Kansas City 2, Texas 1 Saskatchewan 8 3 0 16 354 258 Vancouver 11 10 8 41 42 38 still have a chance to earn a top-10 points fund-paying position next Oakland 11, Minnesota 0 B.C. 7 4 0 14 301 280 San Jose 11 11 8 41 31 41 week. Mississippi Association of Independent Schools L.A. Angels 3, Seattle 2, 11 innings Edmonton 3 9 0 6 294 328 FC Dallas 10 8 10 40 40 41 Class AAA North tournament Saturday’s Games Chivas USA 6 16 8 26 29 54 Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 1 Friday’s Game At Propst Park, Columbus N.Y. Yankees 6, San Francisco 0 Edmonton 35, Winnipeg 27, OT NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie MSU Oakland 9, Minnesota 1 Edmonton at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. MRA at Heritage Academy, 10 a.m. Cleveland 4, Houston 1 Saturday’s Games Friday’s Game Volleyball team wins two matches Saturday Detroit 7, Chicago White Sox 6, 12 innings Hamilton 28, Montreal 26 Portland 1, Colorado 0 Magnolia Heights vs. Starkville Academy, 11:45 a.m. Texas 3, Kansas City 1 Toronto 33, Calgary 27 Saturday’s Games Today’s Games NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Mississippi State volleyball team beat Toronto 4, Boston 2 Vancouver 3, Montreal 0 Alabama-Birmingham and Arkansas State on Saturday to conclude the MAIS Class A North tournament Seattle at L.A. Angels, late B.C. at Saskatchewan, 3:30 p.m. Sporting Kansas City 2, Toronto FC 1 Bruin Classic. At Carroll Academy, Carrollton Today’s Games New England 2, D.C. United 1 Houston (Bedard 4-11) at Cleveland (Kluber Golf Columbus 3, Chicago 0 MSU’s (9-5) nine non-conference wins are the most in the five-year Central Academy at Carroll Academy, 11:45 a.m. 9-5), 12:05 p.m. Houston 5, Chivas USA 1 Jenny Hazelwood era. San Francisco (Petit 4-0) at N.Y. Yankees PGA Tour Championship San Jose 2, Real Salt Lake 1 Tuesday’s Games (Pettitte 10-10), 12:05 p.m. Saturday Seattle FC at Los Angeles, late “I couldn’t be more proud of this team today,” Hazelwood said. “Af- Chicago White Sox (Er.Johnson 1-2) at Detroit At East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta Today’s Game ter struggling last night, we had to come out today and play well. UAB is New Hope at Starkville, 6 p.m. (Ani.Sanchez 14-7), 12:08 p.m. Purse: $8 million FC Dallas at New York, 4 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 13-12) at Boston (Doubront Yardage: 7,307; Par 70 (35-35) Friday, Sept. 27 a very good club and to be able to grind out a win in five sets like we did Smithville at Hamilton, 6:30 p.m. 10-6), 12:35 p.m. Baltimore (Feldman 5-4) at Tampa Bay Third Round Philadelphia at Sporting Kansas City, 7 p.m. can go a long way for our young team. On top of that, we had the ability Caledonia at Columbus, 6:30 p.m. (Ro.Hernandez 6-13), 12:40 p.m. Henrik Stenson 64-66-69—199 Saturday, Sept. 28 to remain disciplined and focused tonight and beat Arkansas State.” Texas (Ogando 7-4) at Kansas City (Shields Dustin Johnson 68-68-67—203 D.C. United at Toronto FC, Noon Prep Volleyball 12-9), 1:10 p.m. Steve Stricker 66-71-68—205 Real Salt Lake at Vancouver, 6 p.m. Freshman Kimmy Gardiner turned in yet another career day as she Seattle (F.Hernandez 12-9) at L.A. Angels Zach Johnson 69-68-69—206 Houston at New England, 6:30 p.m. notched a career-high 27 kills against UAB and followed it up with 18 Tuesday’s Matches (C.Wilson 17-6), 2:35 p.m. Justin Rose 68-68-70—206 Montreal at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota (De Vries 0-0) at Oakland (Gray Billy Horschel 66-70-70—206 Sunday, Sept. 29 against ASU. She also had 13 digs and six blocks on the day. New Hope at Ridgeland, 6 p.m. 3-3), 3:05 p.m. Jordan Spieth 68-67-71—206 Los Angeles at Portland, 2:30 p.m. Freshman Suzanne Horner pick up a career-best 56 assists, Monday’s Games Luke Donald 70-70-67—207 Columbus at FC Dallas, 7:30 p.m. DeSoto Central at Columbus, 6 p.m. Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 2:10 p.m. Nick Watney 72-65-70—207 New York at Seattle FC, 8 p.m. while Roxanne McVey and Gabby Litwin tacked on 26 and 20 digs, Belmont at Caledonia, 6 p.m. Houston at Texas, 7:05 p.m. Webb Simpson 68-71-69—208 San Jose at Chivas USA, 10 p.m. respectively. Detroit at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m. Sergio Garcia 68-71-69—208 Tupelo at Starkville, 6:30 p.m. Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m. Bill Haas 70-69-69—208 In the second match of the day, Gardiner and Chelsea Duhs post- Oakland at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. Phil Mickelson 71-67-70—208 Tennis ed four kills each, while Alex Warren notched four of her seven blocks. Kansas City at Seattle, 9:10 p.m. Gary Woodland 70-67-71—208 ATP World Tour McVey added 14 more digs and Horner notched her third double-double Adam Scott 65-69-74—208 on the air National League D.A. Points 72-67-70—209 Moselle Open of the season with 50 assists and 15 digs. East Division Keegan Bradley 72-65-72—209 Saturday MSU will play host to No. 4 Florida on Friday. W L Pct GB Jason Dufner 74-70-66—210 At Les Arenes de Metz Atlanta 91 63 .591 — Jason Day 68-74-68—210 Today Washington 83 71 .539 8 Metz, France n On Friday, MSU lost to the tournament-host Belmont Bruins 3-0. Hunter Mahan 70-69-71—210 Purse: $621,700 (WT250) Philadelphia 71 83 .461 20 Roberto Castro 67-71-72—210 Set scores were 25-15, 25-23, 25-21. AUTO RACING New York 70 84 .455 21 Surface: Hard-Indoor Brandt Snedeker 69-75-67—211 Singles Taylor Scott had a team-high nine kills, while Dani McCree had 6:30 a.m. — Formula One, Singapore Grand Prix, Miami 56 98 .364 35 Graham DeLaet 68-71-72—211 Central Division Semifinals seven. Suzanne Horner had 22 assists. Chelsea Duhs and Alex Warren NBC Sports Network W L Pct GB Jim Furyk 70-68-73—211 Gilles Simon (2), France, def. Nicolas Mahut, each had three blocks. St. Louis 91 64 .587 — Matt Kuchar 69-74-69—212 France, 6-3, 7-6 (2). 1 p.m. — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Sylvania 300, at Pittsburgh 89 66 .574 2 Tiger Woods 73-71-69—213 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (1), France, def. Florian n Men’s golf team finishes seventh: At Nashville, Tenn., Senior Cincinnati 88 67 .568 3 Brendon de Jonge 70-72-71—213 Mayer (8), Germany, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Chad Ramey carded the 15th top-10 finish of his career Saturday Loudon, N.H., ESPN Milwaukee 68 86 .442 22½ Kevin Streelman 69-72-74—215 Doubles Chicago 65 90 .419 26 Boo Weekley 70-75-73—218 Semifinals afternoon to lead the men’s golf team to a seventh-place showing at the 3:30 p.m. — Global Rallycross Championship, at West Division Charl Schwartzel 68-79-77—224 Nicolas Mahut and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, Dick’s Sporting Goods Collegiate Challenge Cup. Concord, N.C., WKDH-WTVA W L Pct GB def. Paul Hanley, Australia, and Andre Sa, x-Los Angeles 89 66 .574 — Champions Tour Brazil, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 10-4. Ramey fired a final-round 73 at the Golf Club of Tennessee to finish 7:30 p.m. — NHRA, Fall Nationals, at Ennis, Arizona 78 76 .506 10½ Pacific Links Hawaii with a 2-under-par 211. Ramey’s solid play carried the Bulldogs to a 299 San Diego 72 82 .468 16½ Saturday Texas (same-day tape), ESPN2 San Francisco 71 84 .458 18 ATP World Tour Saturday and a 26-over-par 878 for the 54-hole event. Colorado 71 85 .455 18½ At Kapolei Golf Club Fellow senior Joe Sakulpolphaisan also tallied a 73 on Saturday to GOLF Kapolei, Hawaii St. Petersburg Open x-clinched division Purse: $1.8 million Saturday vault into a tie for 19th at 4-over 217. The solid final round registered his 7 a.m. — European PGA Tour, Open d’Italia, final Yardage: 7,002; Par 72 At SCC Peterburgsky second-straight top-25 finish and the 12th of his career. Friday’s Games Second Round St. Petersburg, Russia round, at Turin, Italy, TGC Atlanta 9, Chicago Cubs 5 Mark Wiebe 64-69—133 Purse: $519,775 (WT250) Barrett Edens, carded a 76 Saturday to tie for 26th at 6-over 219. 11 a.m. — PGA Tour, TOUR Championship, final Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 5, 10 innings Vijay Singh 69-66—135 Surface: Hard-Indoor Junior T.J. Morgan finished with a 77 on Saturday to tie for the 42nd po- Washington 8, Miami 0 Corey Pavin 68-68—136 Singles round, at Atlanta, TGC N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 4 Brian Henninger 67-69—136 Semifinals sition with an 18-over 231, while Axel Boasson rounded out the Bulldog N.Y. Yankees 5, San Francisco 1 Sandy Lyle 70-67—137 Ernests Gulbis (6), Latvia, def. Michal lineup with a final-round 82 that put him in 49th with a 238. Noon — PGA Tour, TOUR Championship, final Colorado 9, Arizona 4 John Cook 66-71—137 Przysiezny, Poland, 6-3, 6-3. Georgia claimed the team title, while Ben Crancer of Texas A&M St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 6, 10 innings Bernhard Langer 69-69—138 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Joao round, at Atlanta, WTVA San Diego 2, L.A. Dodgers 0 David Frost 69-69—138 Sousa, Portugal, 6-1, 6-1. took individual medalist honors. The teams wrap the inaugural Colle- 6 p.m. — Champions Tour, Hawaii Championship, Saturday’s Games Gene Sauers 69-69—138 Doubles giate Cup today with the SEC and ACC teams challenging each other in N.Y. Yankees 6, San Francisco 0 Bart Bryant 68-70—138 Semifinals final round, at Kapolei, Hawaii, TGC Chicago Cubs 3, Atlanta 1 Mark Calcavecchia 66-72—138 Dominic Inglot, Britain, and Denis Istomin, match play. The Bulldogs will face Boston College. Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 2 Kirk Triplett 69-70—139 Uzbekistan, def. Aslan Karatsev and Dmitry N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 4, 7 innings n MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Jeff Hart 71-69—140 Tursunov, Russia, 6-4, 5-7, 11-9. On Friday, Ramey shot a 4-under-par 138 and was tied for fifth Miami at Washington, ppd., rain Duffy Waldorf 71-69—140 after the opening two rounds. Noon — San Francisco at New York Yankees, St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 2 Steve Pate 71-69—140 Arizona 7, Colorado 2 WTA KDB Korea Open As a team, MSU was seventh at 11-over-par 579. Rocco Mediate 69-71—140 Saturday TBS L.A. Dodgers 4, San Diego 0 Esteban Toledo 71-70—141 Edens and Sakulpolphaisan were tied for 16th and 19th, respec- Today’s Games At Olympic Park Dick Mast 72-69—141 Seoul, South Korea 1:10 p.m. — Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, Fox San Francisco (Petit 4-0) at N.Y. Yankees R.W. Eaks 71-70—141 tively. Edens opened with a 2-under-par 69, while Sakulpolphaisan was (Pettitte 10-10), 12:05 p.m. Purse: $500,000 (Intl.) at 2-over-par 144. Sports South, WGN Cincinnati (Arroyo 13-11) at Pittsburgh (Locke Scott Simpson 70-71—141 Surface: Hard-Outdoor 10-6), 12:35 p.m. Brad Faxon 68-73—141 Semifinals Morgan shot a 12-over-par 154 to tie for 42nd, and Boasson carded 7 p.m. — St. Louis at Milwaukee, ESPN Miami (Flynn 0-2) at Washington (Haren 9-13), Fred Couples 71-71—142 Agnieszka Radwanska (1), Poland, def. Lara a 14-over-par 156 to claim a tie for 45th. NFL 12:35 p.m. Dan Forsman 73-69—142 Arruabarrena, Spain, 6-0, 6-2. N.Y. Mets (C.Torres 3-5) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee Joel Edwards 70-72—142 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (3), Russia, def. n Rain cuts women’s golf team’s tournament to 36 holes: At Anders Forsbrand 74-68—142 Noon — San Diego at Tennessee, WCBI 14-6), 12:35 p.m. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 7-6 (11), 7-6 (6). Knoxville, Tenn., Heavy rains soaked the Cherokee Country Club on Atlanta (Teheran 12-8) at Chicago Cubs Bill Glasson 74-68—142 Doubles Jim Gallagher, Jr. 69-73—142 Saturday, forcing the second round at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Noon — Arizona at New Orleans, WLOV (E.Jackson 8-16), 1:20 p.m. Semifinals Arizona (Corbin 14-7) at Colorado (Nicasio Bob Gilder 72-71—143 Chan Chin-wei, Taiwan, and Xu Yi-Fan, Championships to be canceled. 3:25 p.m. — Indianapolis at San Francisco, 8-8), 3:10 p.m. Larry Mize 71-72—143 China, def. Shuko Aoyama, Japan, and Megan Jay Don Blake 71-72—143 L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 15-3) at San Diego Moulton-Levy (3), United States, 7-5, 6-1. The tournament will be shortened to 36 holes, with Ginger Brown- WCBI (Cashner 10-8), 3:10 p.m. Mark O’Meara 70-73—143 Lemm’s Lady Bulldogs entering the final 18 holes in ninth place after a St. Louis (J.Kelly 9-4) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta Jeff Freeman 73-70—143 7 p.m. — Chicago at Pittsburgh, WTVA 10-15), 7:05 p.m. David Eger 74-69—143 WTA Guangzhou Open 293 Friday. SOCCER Monday’s Games Joey Sindelar 75-68—143 Saturday MSU will tee off at 7:40 a.m. today with Chattanooga and Penn Milwaukee at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m. Peter Senior 72-72—144 At Tianhe Sports Center 9:55 a.m. — Premier League, Manchester N.Y. Mets at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m. Tom Kite 72-72—144 Guangzhou, China State on hole one. Philadelphia at Miami, 6:10 p.m. Roger Chapman 71-73—144 Purse: $500,000 (Intl.) n On Friday, No. 8 MSU notched a 9-over-par 293, while junior United at Manchester City, NBC Sports Network Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 7:05 p.m. Mark Mouland 72-72—144 Surface: Hard-Outdoor Ally McDonald fired a 1-under-par 70. Washington at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m. Rod Spittle 71-73—144 Singles WNBA Arizona at San Diego, 9:10 p.m. Bob Tway 73-71—144 Championship Junior Rica Tse posted the squad’s second-best score with a 2 p.m. — Playoffs, first round, game 2, Chicago Jeff Sluman 69-75—144 Zhang Shuai, China, def. Vania King, United 2-over-par 73 and was tied for 33rd. Jessica Peng and Mary Langdon Basketball Willie Wood 69-75—144 States, 7-6 (1), 6-1. at Indiana, ESPN2 John Inman 69-75—144 Doubles Gallagher both notched 4-over-par 75 rounds, while Blaise Carabello WNBA Playoffs Andrew Magee 76-68—144 Championship finished with an 81 during her career debut. 4 p.m. — Playoffs, first round, game 2, (x-if necessary) Hale Irwin 72-73—145 Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Peng Shuai (1), China, def. Vania King, United States, and n CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Mike Goodes 73-72—145 Men’s tennis team: At Knoxville, Tenn., Jordan Angus and Minnesota at Seattle, ESPN2 (Best-of-three) Steve Elkington 71-74—145 Galina Voskoboeva (3), Kazakhstan, 6-3, 4-6, Malte Stropp continue to dominate in doubles at the 2013 Southeastern Eastern Conference John Riegger 73-72—145 12-10. Monday Atlanta vs. Washington Nick Price 73-72—145 Conference Fall Classic, earning two more victories to advanced to the Thursday’s Game Tom Pernice Jr. 73-72—145 championship match of the Vanderbilt-hosted event. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Washington 71, Atlanta 56 Bob Niger 70-75—145 Transactions Saturday’s Game Barry Lane 73-72—145 The sixth-ranked and second-seeded MSU tandem beat Texas 6 p.m. — Milwaukee at Atlanta, SportSouth Atlanta 63, Washington 45, series tied 1-1 Saturday’s Moves Bobby Clampett 75-70—145 BASEBALL A&M’s No. 12 team of Harrison Adams and Shane Vinsant 8-5 in the Monday’s Game Tommy Armour III 76-69—145 NFL Washington at Atlanta, TBA American League quarterfinals and Georgia’s fourth-seeded team of Nathan Pasha and Steve Jones 72-74—146 BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled LHPs Mike 7:25 p.m. — Oakland at Denver, ESPN Doug Garwood 71-75—146 Hernus Pieters 8-5 in the semifinals. Chicago vs. Indiana Belfiore and LHP Zach Britton from Norfolk (IL). Ronnie Black 73-73—146 TAMPA BAY RAYS — Recalled RHP Jake WNBA Friday’s Game Kenny Perry 72-75—147 They will play the 13th-ranked Vanderbilt duo of Ryan Lipman and Indiana 85, Chicago 72, Indiana leads series Odorizzi and LHP Jeff Beliveau from Durham Chien Soon Lu 73-74—147 (IL). Gonzales Austin in the championship match at 10:30 a.m. today. 9 p.m. — Playoffs, first round, game 3, Phoenix 1-0 Mark McNulty 70-77—147 Today’s Game National League “I’m very impressed with the play of Jordan (Angus) and Malte at Los Angeles (if necessary), ESPN2 Chicago at Indiana, 2 p.m. Morris Hatalsky 74-73—147 ATLANTA BRAVES — Reinstated OF Jason (Stropp) so far,” MSU coach Per Nilsson said. “It’s been an overall good x-Tuesday’s Game Olin Browne 69-78—147 Heyward from the 15-day DL. Tuesday Indiana at Chicago, TBA Kohki Idoki 75-72—147 NEW YORK METS — Recalled SS Wilfredo start and it’s very telling of what we’re doing well and what we need to Rick Fehr 76-71—147 Tovar from Binghamton (EL). do to improve.” MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Western Conference David Ishii 76-71—147 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Reinstated RHP Jim Rutledge 75-73—148 n On Friday, MSU’s sixth-ranked and second-seeded duo of Minnesota vs. Seattle Michael Stutes from the 60-day DL. 6 p.m. — Milwaukee at Atlanta, SportSouth Friday’s Game Steve Lowery 72-77—149 FOOTBALL Jordan Angus and Malte Stropp defeated Vanderbilt’s Anton Kovrigin WNBA Minnesota 80, Seattle 64, Minnesota leads Brad Bryant 72-77—149 National Football League and Mason Vierra 8-1. series 1-0 Isao Aoki 76-74—150 CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed CB 7 p.m. — Playoffs, first round, game 3, Indiana Today’s Game Gary Hallberg 76-74—150 Chris Lewis-Harris from the practice squad. In singles, MSU freshman Florian Lakat upset Georgia’s Nathan Minnesota at Seattle, 4 p.m. Joe Daley 72-79—151 Released S Jeromy Miles. Pasha, who is ranked 32nd nationally and is the tournament’s No. 5 at Chicago (if necessary), ESPN2 x-Tuesday’s Game Bobby Wadkins 74-77—151 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed FB Toben Seattle at Minnesota, TBA Tom Purtzer 75-76—151 Opurum to the practice squad. Released DL seed, 6-4, 6-4. He lost to Texas A&M’s Vinsant, ranked 56th nationally Tom Byrum 75-76—151 Jordan Miller. and a 9-16 seed in the tournament, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (3). Los Angeles vs. Phoenix Gene Jones 76-75—151 HOCKEY Thursday’s Game Mark Brooks 77-74—151 National Hockey League Angus lost to South Carolina’s No. 14-ranked and second-seeded Phoenix 86, Los Angeles 75, Phoenix leads Craig Stadler 77-75—152 College Baseball series 1-0 CAROLINA HURRICANES — Reassigned G Tsvetan Mihov 6-2, 7-5. Gary McCord 78-75—153 Mike Murphy to Charlotte (AHL). Saturday’s Game Nobuo Serizawa 78-78—156 Senior Malte Stropp and freshman Robin Haden received first- Los Angeles at Phoenix, late FLORIDA PANTHERS — Loaned Fs Bruce Summerhays 82-75—157 Garrett Wilson, Jonathan Hazen, Logan Shaw, x-Monday’s Game Russ Cochran 73—DQ round byes and lost their second-round matches. Phoenix at Los Angeles, 9 p.m. Anthony Luciani, Mattias Lindstrom John n Women’s soccer team loses to Missouri: At Starkville, McFarland, and Philippe Lefebvre and D Elisabeth Sullivan scored her ninth goal of the season as part of a solid MSU lands nation’s Hockey Josh McFadden, Alex Petrovic and Jonathan Football Racine to San Antonio (AHL). Assigned second-half performance, but it wasn’t enough as the women’s soccer NHL Preseason Fs Jack Combs, Philippe Cornet, Jed NFL EASTERN CONFERENCE Ortmeyer, Wade Megan team fell 3-1 to Missouri in the rain-soaked Southeastern Conference AMERICAN CONFERENCE and Jared Gomes; Gs Dov East Atlantic Division opener for both squads Friday night. GP W L OT Pts GF GA Grumet-Morris and Rob Madore; and D Zach W L T Pct PF PA Miskovic, John Lee, Tony Turgeon and Dennis Sullivan increased her school-record goals and points tally to 32 No. 2 signing class New England 2 0 0 1.000 36 31 Tampa Bay 4 4 0 0 8 18 11 Buffalo 4 3 0 1 7 15 10 Urban to San Antonio. Released D Brett Clark. and 77, respectively, as MSU fell to 3-5 and 0-1 in the SEC. Missouri Miami 2 0 0 1.000 47 30 NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned D Harry N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 28 30 Toronto 4 3 0 1 7 12 10 Young to Albany (AHL). improved to 5-4 and 1-0. From Special Reports Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 45 46 Boston 4 3 1 0 6 13 13 COLLEGE The Memphis native cut a Missouri 2-0 halftime lead to one as she South Florida 5 2 1 2 6 16 17 W L T Pct PF PA Ottawa 3 2 1 0 4 9 6 NORTH CAROLINA — Suspended TE Jack deposited the rebound off her initial attempt that deflected off goalkeep- STARKVILLE — Boasting 12 players who Houston 2 0 0 1.000 61 52 Detroit 4 2 2 0 4 12 7 Tabb two games. er McKenzie Sauerwein. Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 41 41 Montreal 4 1 2 1 3 14 14 were 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 40 39 Metropolitan Division Friday’s Moves “The conditions were far from ideal tonight, but I was proud of the Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 11 47 GP W L OT Pts GF GA BASEBALL way our team competed. Unfortunately, we gave up a goal right before Player draft picks or high school or junior North Columbus 5 4 1 0 8 19 15 American League W L T Pct PF PA Washington 4 2 0 2 6 14 14 NEW YORK YANKEES — Announced the halftime that proved to be the difference,” MSU coach Aaron Gordon college All-Americans, the Mississippi State Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 41 34 New Jersey 3 2 1 0 4 8 6 retirement of LHP Andy Pettitte at the end of said. “I really liked how we came out fighting in the second half and baseball program’s 2012-13 signing class has Baltimore 1 1 0 .500 41 55 Philadelphia 4 1 2 1 3 11 13 the season. scored a goal to make it a 2-1 game. With the limited roster we have Cleveland 0 2 0 .000 16 37 Pittsburgh 4 1 2 1 3 12 17 National League been ranked second nationally by Collegiate Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .000 19 36 N.Y. Rangers 2 1 1 0 2 4 4 NEW YORK METS—Activated 3B David Wright right now, I thought our legs gave out on us at the end.” West N.Y. Islanders 4 1 3 0 2 10 15 from the 15-day DL. Baseball. The ranking is the second-highest W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 4 1 3 0 2 9 17 BASKETBALL MSU goalkeeper CJ Winship made six saves in the contest. Kansas City 3 0 0 1.000 71 34 WESTERN CONFERENCE National Basketball Association n Seventh annual Department of Communication schol- for the Bulldogs by the newspaper based in Denver 2 0 0 1.000 90 50 Central Division LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Signed C Ryan arship golf tournament will be Oct. 18: At Starkville, MSU alumni, Oakland 1 1 0 .500 36 30 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Kelly. Tucson, Ariz., which began ranking classes San Diego 1 1 0 .500 61 61 Dallas 4 2 0 2 6 14 12 FOOTBALL students, faculty, and friends are invited to participate in and to support three decades ago in 1983. NATIONAL CONFERENCE Chicago 3 2 0 1 5 10 8 National Football League the seventh annual Department of Communications scholarship golf East St. Louis 4 2 1 1 5 15 15 NFL — Fined N.Y. Jets G Willie Colon $34,125 “It is really exciting for respected people W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 3 2 1 0 4 9 7 — $26,250 for contact with an official, and tournament on Oct. 18 at the MSU Institute of Golf (MSU Golf Course). Dallas 1 1 0 .500 52 48 Winnipeg 5 1 2 2 4 11 17 $7,875 for punching an opponent. Fined The tournament will be held at the with registration, food, and a inside our industry to recognize the work of Philadelphia 1 2 0 .333 79 86 Colorado 2 1 1 0 2 5 5 Tennessee RB Jackie Battle $21,000 for N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 54 77 Nashville 3 0 2 1 1 6 14 lowering the crown of his helmet into an putting contest from 10:30-11:45 p.m. before a noon shotgun start. This (assistant coaches) Nick Mingione and Butch Washington 0 2 0 .000 47 71 Pacific Division opponent, Philadelphia LB DeMeco is an open-date weekend for MSU football. Thompson, two of the best recruiters in all South GP W L OT Pts GF GA Ryans $21,000 for a hit to the head and neck As in previous years, our overall goal in planning this fundraising W L T Pct PF PA Anaheim 4 3 1 0 6 11 11 area of San Diego WR Malcom Floyd and of college baseball,” MSU coach John Cohen New Orleans 2 0 0 1.000 39 31 Calgary 5 3 2 0 6 19 17 Tampa Bay DE Adrian Clayborn $21,000 for a event is to earn money for our departmental student scholarships. Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 48 47 Edmonton 4 2 1 1 5 14 12 helmet-to-helmet hit on New Orleans QB Drew This year, we again will dedicate the tournament proceeds to our Lora said. “We will not be able to judge the quality Carolina 0 2 0 .000 30 36 Phoenix 3 2 1 0 4 11 9 Brees. Fined New England DE Chandler Jones Tampa Bay 0 2 0 .000 31 34 San Jose 2 1 0 1 3 5 5 $15,750 for roughing N.Y. Jets QB Geno Smith DeFore Memorial Scholarships that support departmental student of this class for a few years, but we really like North Los Angeles 4 1 2 1 3 12 13 and Chicago CB Charles Tillman $15,750 for internships. We hope to attract up to 120 players this year and increase W L T Pct PF PA Vancouver 2 0 2 0 0 3 7 a horse-collar tackle of Minnesota WR Greg this 2013 class.” Chicago 2 0 0 1.000 55 51 Jennings. Fined N.Y. Jets OT D’Brickashaw our scholarship funds greatly. Detroit 1 1 0 .500 55 49 Ferguson $15,000 for punching a New England MSU went 51-20 last season and was the Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 66 54 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for In addition to raising money, our tournament provides us with player. Fined Tennessee C Robert Turner and Minnesota 0 2 0 .000 54 65 overtime loss. opportunities to re-connect with alumni and other friends in a fun event national runner-up to UCLA. The 2012-13 West Washington OL Will Montgomery $10,000 Friday’s Games each for illegal peel-back blocks. Fined New and to generally promote our department. newcomers are the fourth MSU class in the W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 41 10 Chicago 5, Washington 4, SO England DE Michael Buchanan, CB Alfonzo There will be an adidas polo for all non-student players and a past five years to be ranked in the top 15 by St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 51 55 Montreal 6, Carolina 0 Dennard and DT Vince Wilfork $7,875 each for T-shirt to student players. There also will be prizes for winning overall San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 37 57 Tampa Bay 4, St. Louis 3 throwing punches. Fined Cleveland LB Paul Collegiate Baseball or Baseball America, and Arizona 1 1 0 .500 49 48 Dallas 4, Florida 1 Kruger $7,875 for pulling off an opponent’s teams, numerous hole competitions, and a pre-tournament putting Colorado 4, Los Angeles 3, OT helmet and Washington LS Nick Sundberg contest (to win 32-inch TV donated by WCBI). Lunch will be provided. the second group to finish in the top eight. Thursday, Sept. 19 Anaheim 3, San Jose 2, OT $7,875 for unnecessary roughness against Kansas City 26, Philadelphia 16 Saturday’s Games Green Bay’s M.D. Jennings. Drinks also will be available throughout the day. “The (recruiting) ranking is not reflective Today’s Games Toronto 3, Buffalo 2, SO HOCKEY Those interested in participating can play in the event, sponsor San Diego at Tennessee, Noon Tampa Bay 5, Florida 4, SO National Hockey League of what our players accomplished earlier this Minnesota 4, Winnipeg 3, SO CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Assigned G Mac the event, donate prizes to be given out at the event, or volunteer in the Arizona at New Orleans, Noon year,” Cohen said. “I think we will feel the St. Louis at Dallas, Noon Columbus 5, Pittsburgh 3 Carruth to Rockford (AHL). event. For more information, contact Dr. John E. Forde at 662-325- Cleveland at Minnesota, Noon Boston 2, Detroit 0 NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned D effects of what happened in Omaha (, Neb.) Houston at Baltimore, Noon Carolina 3, Montreal 1 Taylor Aronson, D Anthony Bitetto, F Zach 8033. N.Y. Giants at Carolina, Noon New Jersey 3, N.Y. Islanders 0 Budish, D Charles-Olivier Roussel and F Josh from a recruiting perspective, but it will be a Detroit at Washington, Noon St. Louis 3, Dallas 2, OT Shalla to Milwaukee (AHL). Reassigned F Correction Tampa Bay at New England, Noon Vancouver at Edmonton, late Felix Girard to Baie-Comeau (QMJHL), Mikko New Hope’s Alex Melton had an RBI Tuesday in the slow-pitch little bit later on.” Green Bay at Cincinnati, Noon Phoenix at San Jose, late D Vainonen to Kingston (OHL) and F Tommy Atlanta at Miami, 3:05 p.m. Today’s Games Veilleux to Victoriaville (QMJHL). Released D softball team’s victory against Grenada. The information was incorrect The class is highlighted by 2013 MLB draft Indianapolis at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 4 p.m. Kayle Doetzel, F Sebastian Geoffrion, G Eric in Wednesday’s edition. pick Reid Humphreys, Mississippi’s 2013 Mr. Jacksonville at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Nashville, 5 p.m. Levine, D Michael Moffat, G Cody Reichard, D — From Special Reports Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 3:25 p.m. Buffalo at Toronto, 6 p.m. Teddy Ruth and G Allen York from their tryout See MSU BASEBALL, 10B Chicago at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Anaheim, 7 p.m. agreements. The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, September 22, 2013 3B briefly Defense College Football SOUTHWEST Continued from Page 1B Saturday’s Scores Alcorn St. 21, Ark.-Pine Bluff 16 Ole Miss EAST Ark.-Monticello 22, NW Oklahoma St. 20 American International 48, Pace 27 Volleyball team wins tournament touchdown. Love’s score was MSU’s large early lead Amherst 23, Hamilton 7 Arkansas Tech 49, S. Nazarene 7 Brown 45, Georgetown 7 Baylor 70, Louisiana-Monroe 7 OXFORD — The Ole Miss volleyball team kept its composure the first of his career and 11th forced Troy to be one dimen- CCSU 20, Albany (NY) 17 E. Texas Baptist 56, Southwestern (Texas) 10 and rebounded from a first set loss to defeat Louisiana-Lafayette Clarion 20, Mercyhurst 13 Emporia St. 54, Cent. Oklahoma 38 interception returned for a sional in the final 45 minutes Colby 31, Williams 8 Henderson St. 44, SE Oklahoma 35 3-1 (20-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-14) in the Rebel Classic championship Cornell 45, Bucknell 13 Houston 31, Rice 26 on Saturday evening at the Gillom Sports Center. touchdown by a MSU player and eliminated any running Cortland St. 26, William Paterson 15 Lamar 53, Bacone 0 Delaware 49, Wagner 9 Mary Hardin-Baylor 35, Wesley 7 “We did a great job of adjusting and putting some pressure under Mullen. MSU’s defense threats for the Bulldogs’ front Delaware Valley 20, Albright 17 Ouachita 24, East Central 17 back on them,” Ole Miss coach Joe Getzin said. “Lafayette played Dickinson 24, Susquehanna 21 Prairie View 28, Alabama A&M 26 has caused a turnover on the seven. MSU moved to 15-2 Fordham 52, Columbia 7 S. Arkansas 20, SW Oklahoma 17 a great match in the first set and we got a little frustrated with that. Framingham St. 42, Fitchburg St. 21 Sam Houston St. 52, Incarnate Word 21 We then settled down and started putting some pressure on them first drive in each of its two all-time under Mullen when it Frostburg St. 36, Case Reserve 33 Stephen F. Austin 52, Montana St. 38 and things started going our way.” Gallaudet 37, Rochester 13 Tarleton St. 38, Angelo St. 34 home games this season. holds an opponent to less than Gannon 38, Slippery Rock 27 Texas 31, Kansas St. 21 Sophomore middle blocker Ty Laporte had a team-high 10 Geneva 49, Thiel 28 Texas A&M 42, SMU 13 “It all starts with the pres- 100 yards rushing. Hampden-Sydney 49, Coast Guard 7 Texas A&M-Kingsville 52, McMurry 32 kills, freshman Aubrey Edie had 33 assists and freshman libero Hartwick 45, Becker 19 Kristen Brashear had 14 digs to lead Ole Miss. sure up front,” Love said. “We knew we needed to Hobart 34, Utica 21 Texas Tech 33, Texas St. 7 Howard Payne 38, Wayland Baptist 34 Trinity (Texas) 33, Sul Ross St. 6 Sophomore middle blocker Nakeyta Clair earned tournament “Then the coaches teach us keep flying around on defense Husson 13, Alfred 0 UTSA 32, UTEP 13 MVP honors following the match, and was joined on the all-tourna- Indiana (Pa.) 26, Seton Hill 0 Washburn 48, Northeastern St. 3 every day in practice how to go and we had to keep being pos- Ithaca 17, Union (NY) 3 West Texas A&M 62, Texas A&M Commerce 28 ment team by freshman right side hitter Melanie Crow and Edie. Johns Hopkins 52, Moravian 14 FAR WEST Earlier Saturday, Ole Miss beat Chattanooga 3-0. Set scores make a play back there.” itive with our body language,” Juniata 38, Gettysburg 16 Adams St. 16, Western St. (Col.) 14 Kean 24, Endicott 17 Azusa Pacific 28, Humboldt St. 2 were 25-18, 25-20, 25-18. After being puzzled by MSU junior linebacker Mat- Lebanon Valley 38, King’s (Pa.) 17 CSU-Pueblo 44, W. New Mexico 7 Clair had a team-high 13 kills, and Edie had 33 assists. Edie Lehigh 29, Princeton 28 Carroll (Mont.) 24, Rocky Mountain 17 Troy’s zone-option offense last thew Wells said. “I feel like Lock Haven 12, Cheyney 10 Harvard 42, San Diego 20 also had nine digs. Lycoming 52, Misericordia 14 La Verne 25, Whitworth 20 n On Friday, Ole Miss defeated Southern Miss 3-0. Set scores year, especially in the pass we got down last year and let Mass. Maritime 52, Maine Maritime 18 Linfield 52, Cal Lutheran 14 were 25-19, 25-19, 25-15. Merchant Marine 7, NY Maritime 6 Montana 47, Panhandle St. 14 game, MSU (2-2) held quar- our head hang after they got Michigan 24, UConn 21 Montana St.-Northern 49, Dickinson St. 24 Clair had 12 kills, while Edie had 36 assists. Of the seven Middlebury 27, Bowdoin 5 Montana Western 29, Montana Tech 22 terback Corey Robinson to a big plays. After anything they Monmouth (NJ) 21, Holy Cross 14 N. Arizona 22, South Dakota 16 Rebels who recorded a kill Friday night, six had at least five kills Morrisville St. 28, St. Lawrence 23 and five Rebels had at least two block assists. career-low 105 yards passing. did positively tonight, we were Muhlenberg 58, McDaniel 0 N. Iowa 26, N. Colorado 7 Norwich 31, WPI 14 NM Highlands 31, Fort Lewis 20 n Women’s soccer team beats Arkansas: At Fayetteville, “We got embarrassed,and loud about making up for it on Penn 27, Lafayette 21 Nevada 31, Hawaii 9 Ark., Olivia Harrison and Rafaelle Souza found a rhythm late for Penn St. 34, Kent St. 0 Oregon St. 34, San Diego St. 30 it’s because we didn’t play a the next snap.” RPI 23, Castleton St. 8 Pacific 28, Menlo 21 the Rebels, connecting twice in the final 15 minutes of the match to Rutgers 28, Arkansas 24 Pacific Lutheran 35, Redlands 14 help the women’s soccer team beat Arkansas 2-1 in the Southeast- very good football game and Wells led the defense with Sacred Heart 78, Chowan 35 Portland St. 41, UC Davis 10 Shippensburg 41, East Stroudsburg 31 Puget Sound 42, Whittier 33 ern Conference opener for both teams. nothing they did to us,” Rob- five tackles in one half. He also Springfield 41, Mount Ida 0 Rhodes 36, Claremont-Mudd 9 Souza now leads the Rebels with nine goals, while Harrison St. Francis (Pa.) 38, Lincoln (Pa.) 7 S. Oregon 73, E. Oregon 20 inson said. “We got taken be- had a devastating sack of Rob- Syracuse 52, Tulane 17 S. Utah 24, Sacramento St. 21, OT holds the team lead with five assists to pace a balanced offensive Thomas More 31, Westminster (Pa.) 0 Simon Fraser 21, Cent. Washington 14 attack. hind the woodshed and beaten. inson that pushed Troy out of Trinity (Conn.) 28, Bates 17 Southern Cal 17, Utah St. 14 “It’s huge to pick up a win tonight,” Ole Miss coach Matthew Ursinus 20, Franklin & Marshall 9 Stanford 42, Arizona St. 28 That’s about it.” a reasonable third-down situa- Vanderbilt 24, UMass 7 UNLV 38, W. Illinois 7 Mott said. “Road wins are so important and start conference play Villanova 35, Stony Brook 6 W. Oregon 51, Dixie St. 32 The Troy coaching staff con- tion early in the game. W. Connecticut 35, Plymouth St. 3 Washington 56, Idaho St. 0 on the right foot was big. To come back after falling behind on the Wake Forest 25, Army 11 road just says a lot about the character of this team. tinued to swap Robinson, the Robinson was 32 of 46 for Washington & Jefferson 40, Grove City 19 Friday’s Games “We did a good job of passing the ball and moving it around. Waynesburg 23, St. Vincent 6 EAST NCAA’s active leader in passing 343 yards last season against Wesleyan (Conn.) 52, Tufts 9 Bentley 38, CW Post 24 Olivia found two good spots and the Rafa did what she does and West Chester 48, Millersville 3 Bridgewater (Mass.) 51, Worcester St. 20 yards, for backup quarterback a secondary that featured two Westfield St. 36, Mass.-Dartmouth 7 put the ball in the net. Our back line did a really good job against a New Haven 70, St. Anselm 26 Widener 21, Wilkes 0 S. Connecticut 40, Merrimack 34 tough front line that has been scoring a lot of goals for Arkansas.” Deon Anthony because of An- future NFL second-round draft Wis.-Whitewater 55, Buffalo St. 14 Stevenson 55, FDU-Florham 22 Ole Miss will return to action at 5 p.m. today when it plays host Yale 39, Colgate 22 Stonehill 41, Assumption 38, OT thony’s running ability. The lack picks (Johnthan Banks and SOUTH SOUTH to Arkansas Little Rock in the final non-conference matchup of the Alabama 31, Colorado St. 6 Catholic 19, Carnegie-Mellon 7 of cohesion at quarterback creat- Darius Slay). Against a much Alabama St. 52, Grambling St. 21 regular season. It will be Family Movie Night and Kickin’ Cancer MIDWEST Albany St. (Ga.) 34, Elizabeth City St. 13 SW Minnesota St. 37, Minot St. 21 Night at the Ole Miss Soccer Stadium. The Rebels will partner with ed two turnovers in the first half more inexperienced secondary Appalachian St. 31, Elon 21 FAR WEST Averett 30, Guilford 27 Fresno State 41, Boise State 40 the Student Activities Association and Baptist Hospital to provide a that both led to touchdowns. riddled with injuries after the Birmingham-Southern 49, Stetson 34 fun night for the family and raise funds and awareness in the fight Bridgewater (Va.) 51, Ferrum 28 Conference USA After Troy (2-2) scored its first three weeks, Robinson Campbellsville 26, Bethel (Tenn.) 0 against ovarian cancer. East Division Carson-Newman 41, Brevard 7 Conference All Games n Women’s golf team: At Knoxville, Tenn., only touchdown with six sec- didn’t complete two passes in a Centre 37, Washington & Lee 28 W L PF PA W L PF PA n On Friday, freshman Maria Toennessen and sophomore Charleston (WV) 38, Virginia-Wise 15 East Carolina 1 0 31 13 2 1 93 66 onds left in the first quarter, it row all game. Charleston Southern 20, Norfolk St. 12 Middle Tenn. 1 0 42 35 3 1 124 114 Abby Newton carded 2-over par 73s. Christopher Newport 34, Shenandoah 6 Marshall 0 0 0 0 2 2 159 77 gained just 38 yards in the final “If he gets on a rhythm he Coastal Carolina 50, Hampton 17 As a team, Ole Miss was 10th place with a 10-over 294. UAB 0 0 0 0 1 2 100 118 Cumberland (Tenn.) 41, Belhaven 31 FIU 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 187 Juniors Stani Schiavone and Taelor Rubin fired 3-over par 74s three quarters. will absolutely tear you up be- Delta St. 37, North Alabama 34 So. Miss. 0 0 0 0 0 3 31 102 and were tied for 44th. Alison Hovatter recorded a 6-over 77 and E. Kentucky 56, Morehead St. 24 FAU 0 2 48 73 1 3 82 117 “I have said this all along, but cause he’s as good as any pass- Emory & Henry 61, Methodist 22 West Division was 71st. Fayetteville St. 21, Virginia Union 7 Conference All Games when you go to a Southeastern ing quarterback in the coun- Florida 31, Tennessee 17 n Men’s tennis team ends stay at SEC Fall Classic: At W L PF PA W L PF PA Florida St. 54, Bethune-Cookman 6 Tulane 1 0 24 15 2 2 114 115 Nashville, Tenn., the men’s tennis team ended its stay at the SEC Conference town, you usually try,” Mullen said. “We got some Fort Valley St. 12, Clark Atlanta 9 UTSA 1 0 32 13 2 2 101 120 Fall Classic Saturday with junior William Kallberg bowing out in the Gardner-Webb 3, Wofford 0 N. Texas 0 0 0 0 2 2 116 105 find SEC teams, coaches, and pressure on him, (made him Georgia 45, North Texas 21 Rice 0 0 0 0 1 2 80 97 singles quarterfinals to Harrison Adams, of Texas A&M. Georgia Tech 28, North Carolina 20 Tulsa 0 0 0 0 1 2 57 112 players,” Troy coach Larry make) some uncomfortable Greensboro 34, Apprentice 21 Both players are ranked close together in the preseason La. Tech 0 1 15 24 1 3 66 91 Huntingdon 34, Louisiana College 27 UTEP 0 1 13 32 1 2 90 95 rankings, but Adams, ranked No. 67, jumped out to an early lead Blakeney said. “I don’t know throws, and our secondary did Jacksonville 69, Warner 16 and went on to defeat 65th-ranked Kallberg 6-2, 6-1. Jacksonville St. 32, Georgia St. 26, OT Saturday’s Games how good everyone else is in a great job in man coverage.” James Madison 34, Charlotte 7 Louisville 72, FIU 0 The Rebels had three players advance to the third round of the Johnson C. Smith 35, Davidson 22 Middle Tennessee 42, FAU 35 the league, but I’m glad we don’t Follow Matt Stevens on Kentucky Christian 38, Bluefield South 7 year’s first tournament, including Oxford native Zach Wilder and Kansas 13, Louisiana Tech 10 LSU 35, Auburn 21 Virginia Tech 29, Marshall 21 sophomore Stefan Lindmark. play a SEC team every week.” Twitter @matthewcstevens. Lenoir-Rhyne 34, Wingate 13 Georgia 45, North Texas 21 Next up for the Rebels is the year’s first national event, the Lindsey Wilson 35, Pikeville 26 Syracuse 52, Tulane 17 Louisville 72, FIU 0 Houston 31, Rice 26 ITA All-American Championships, which begins Sept. 28 with the Maryland 37, West Virginia 0 UAB 52, Northwestern State 28 prequalifying tournament at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Maryville (Tenn.) 42, Sewanee 30 UTSA 32, UTEP 13 McNeese St. 43, Weber St. 6 Thursday’s Game MSU Memphis 31, Arkansas St. 7 Tulsa, Okla. Nik Scholtz will return to the courts for Ole Miss as he Iowa State at Tulsa, 6:30 p.m. (FS1) earned a berth in the main draw. Continued from Page 1B Mercer 43, Berry 0 Friday’s Game Miami 77, Savannah St. 7 Middle Tennessee at BYU, 8 p.m. (ESPNU) n On Friday, Kallberg earned a straight-sets victory against that’s ever happened here for having more fun like that from Middle Tennessee 42, FAU 35, OT Saturday, Sept. 28 Tennessee’s Brandon Fickey. Midwestern St. 38, West Georgia 28 East Carolina at North Carolina, 11:30 a.m. us, but it’s a great feeling to now on don’t we?” Millsaps 38, Point (Ga.) 17 UTEP at Colorado State, 2:30 p.m. (CBS Sports Wilder lost to Vanderbilt’s Gonzales Austin, seeded No. 6 and Mississippi St. 62, Troy 7 Network) ranked No. 35 in the nation, 6-4, 6-1 to finish 2-1 in the tournament. have your punter never play.” Prescott led MSU in pass- Newberry 27, Catawba 0 Army vs. Louisiana Tech, at Dallas, Texas, 3 p.m. Nicholls St. 42, Langston 22 (FS1) Lindmark lost to Georgia senior Hernus Pieters, seeded 9-16 MSU (2-2) eclipsed its larg- ing yards (207), rushing yards North Greenville 39, Tusculum 36 Houston at UTSA, 3 p.m. (Fox Sports Network) and ranked No. 72 in the country, 7-6, 6-3 to finish the weekend Old Dominion 59, The Citadel 58 Florida Atlantic at Rice, 6 p.m. est first-half point total since (53), and also accounted for a Pittsburgh 58, Duke 55 Tulane at Louisiana-Monroe, 6 p.m. at 2-1. Randolph-Macon 36, Bethany (WV) 28 UAB at Vanderbilt, 6:30 p.m. (Fox Sports Network) it scored 38 points vs. North- 36-yard touchdown catch on Reinhardt 28, Faulkner 24 Southern Miss at Boise State, 9:15 p.m. (ESPNU) n Women’s tennis team’s Jones wins again: At Little Rock, Richmond 30, Liberty 21 Ark., For the second day in a row, women’s tennis junior Julia east Louisiana University in a a trick play in the first half. S. Virginia 33, Va. Lynchburg 30 Southeastern Conference Jones knocked off a top-50 ranked opponent to advance to the SC State 59, Benedict 6 East 59-0 victory on Nov. 2, 1996. According to collegefoot- SE Louisiana 34, Samford 31 Conference All Games finals of the A Draw at the Country Club of Little Rock Invitational Salisbury 28, NC Wesleyan 10 W L PF PA W L PF PA Troy, which came in allowing ballreference.com, MSU had Shepherd 28, Urbana 21 Saturday. Florida 1 0 31 17 2 1 71 44 Southern U. 17, MVSU 7 Georgia 1 0 41 30 2 1 121 89 On Friday, Jones downed 47th-ranked Hermone Brhane, of 36 points per game against never had a player since 1960 St. Augustine’s 35, Stillman 7 S. Carolina 1 1 65 66 2 1 92 76 Oklahoma, in straight sets. On Saturday, Jones took out Arkansas’ St. Joseph’s (Ind.) 45, Alderson-Broaddus 17 Missouri 0 0 0 0 3 0 141 65 Football Bowl Subdivision op- account for a touchdown by Tennessee St. 41, Tennessee Tech 21 Kentucky 0 0 0 0 1 2 80 69 No. 1 player, Yang Pang, who is ranked No. 43 in the nation. Jones ponents, allowed 35 points in running, throwing, and catch- Towson 35, NC Central 17 Tennessee 0 1 17 31 2 2 128110 blanked Pang in the first set and then needed just one break in the UAB 52, Northwestern St. 28 Vanderbilt 0 2 60 74 2 2 122 84 the second quarter on drives ing the football. On Saturday, UNC-Pembroke 41, Shaw 20 West second for the 6-0, 6-3 win. Valdosta St. 40, Shorter 0 Conference All Games At 5-1 on the year, Jones will face Skylar Kuykendal, of Mem- that ranged from nine seconds Prescott and junior wide re- Virginia 49, VMI 0 W L PF PA W L PF PA Virginia St. 41, Kentucky St. 0 LSU 1 0 35 21 4 0 173 78 phis, in the final today. to more than six minutes. ceiver Jameon Lewis accom- Virginia Tech 29, Marshall 21, 3OT Mississippi 1 0 39 35 3 0 114 71 In the C Draw semifinals, sophomore Allie Robbins fell to Lynn W. Carolina 30, Mars Hill 23 Alabama 1 0 49 42 3 0 115 58 “About eight years ago I’ve plished the feat. W. Kentucky 58, Morgan St. 17 Arkansas 0 0 0 0 3 1 113 64 Kiro of Texas Tech 6-0, 6-2. Webber 20, Union (Ky.) 19 Auburn 1 1 45 55 3 1 114 88 In consolation singles, senior Caroline Rohde-Moe and soph- seen them put up points in a “I told him everything bet- West Liberty 9, W. Virginia St. 0 Texas A&M 0 1 42 49 3 1 201 121 William & Mary 20, Rhode Island 0 Mississippi St 0 1 20 24 2 2 136 59 omore Marija Milutinovic picked up wins. Rohde-Moe didn’t have second half like it was a video ter go the right way,” Prescott Winston-Salem 35, Tuskegee 13 to play long to get one, as her opponent, 61st-ranked Texas Tech’s MIDWEST Saturday’s Games game and I didn’t want some- joked after the 36-yard touch- Adrian 48, Concordia (Ill.) 0 Vanderbilt 24, UMass 7 Samantha Adams retired after losing the first game. Milutinovic Albion 38, Aurora 20 Georgia 45, North Texas 21 defeated Oklahoma’s Whitney Wofford 6-4, 6-4. thing like that to even mat- down from Lewis on the trick Augsburg 19, Gustavus 16 Rutgers 28, Arkansas 24 Augustana (Ill.) 35, Loras 10 Florida 31, Tennessee 17 — From Special Reports ter,” Mullen said. “We needed play. “He got it to me, and Augustana (SD) 24, Bemidji St. 0 Texas A&M 42, SMU 13 Ball St. 51, E. Michigan 20 Alabama 31, Colorado State 6 to put them early tonight and that’s all that counts in a pass Beloit 38, Lawrence 21 Mississippi State 62, Troy 7 Benedictine (Ill.) 28, Kalamazoo 23 LSU 35, Auburn 21 not be nervous like last year.” in my book.” Benedictine (Kan.) 42, Baker 28 Missouri 45, Indiana 28 In the first half, Troy (2-2) After a 25-yard field goal Bethel (Minn.) 47, Buena Vista 14 Saturday, Sept. 28 Bluffton 36, Earlham 21 South Carolina at UCF, 11 a.m. (WKDH-WTVA/ Notebook held the football five minutes by Devon Bell, MSU had six- Bowling Green 48, Murray St. 7 ESPN/ESPNU) Continued from Page 1B Capital 42, Marietta 13 South Alabama at Tennessee, 11:21 a.m. (WCBI) longer than MSU and ran 14 straight drives end with a Carleton 20, Hamline 17, OT LSU at Georgia, 2:30 p.m. (WCBI) quarterback for mobile quarterbacks like Carroll (Wis.) 24, Knox 14 Ole Miss at Alabama, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) more plays but was outgained touchdown. Cent. Arkansas 17, Missouri St. 13 Texas A&M at Arkansas, 6 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU) Michigan’s Denard Robinson and Ole Miss’ Cent. Methodist 37, Culver-Stockton 36 Florida at Kentucky, 6 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU) by 166 yards. MSU needed MSU is 8 of 12 on third Cent. Missouri 47, Lindenwood (Mo.) 28 UAB at Vanderbilt, 6:30 p.m. (Fox Sports Network) Jeremiah Masoli. In 2013, Lewis’ speed has Chadron St. 30, Mesa St. 24 Arkansas State at Missouri, 6:30 p.m. (CSS) just 31 plays to achieve 16 first down in the first half in its Chicago 10, Elmhurst 0 been utilized at receiver, in the run game, and Cincinnati 14, Miami (Ohio) 0 Mississippi State 62, Troy 7 downs. last two games. In 17 of its 19 Coe 10, Washington (Mo.) 0 Troy 7 0 0 0— 7 as a punt returner on special teams. Colorado Mines 62, Black Hills St. 22 Mississippi St. 10 35 7 10—62 “You have to get that mo- trips to the red zone, MSU has Concordia (Moor.) 33, St. Olaf 29 With 13 minutes, 44 seconds left in the Concordia (Neb.) 35, Midland 14 First Quarter second quarter, Lewis added another element mentum when you have that scored, and 13 of those drives Dakota St. 35, Presentation 28 MSU—Love 70 interception return (Bell kick), 13:00. Dartmouth 30, Butler 23 MSU—FG Bell 25, 3:08. to his MSU career: Passing. On a throwback young team,” Mullen said. have ended in touchdowns. Doane 62, Hastings 7 Troy—Thomas 5 pass from Robinson (Solomon kick), Drake 31, Indianapolis 14 :06. pass trick play, Lewis hit Dak Prescott, who “So many young faces are With two weeks to prepare Evangel 43, Avila 20 Second Quarter looking around at what to do for No. 6 LSU (4-0), MSU Ferris St. 34, Ashland 7 MSU—Prescott 36 pass from Lewis (Bell kick), 13:44. rumbled 36 yards for the score. The touch- Franklin 48, Manchester 7 MSU—Prescott 22 run (Bell kick), 11:55. and how to react to things. might have shed some of the Friends 31, Sterling 0 MSU—Prescott 11 run (Bell kick), 8:08. down was MSU’s first as a offense and gave Grand Valley St. 42, Tiffin 17 MSU—J.Robinson 19 run (Bell kick), 3:03. When you get off to a fast worries and doubters regard- Grand View 30, Marian (Ind.) 7 MSU—Lewis 50 pass from Prescott (Bell kick), 1:00. it a 17-7 lead early in what would be the most Greenville 28, Eureka 27 Third Quarter prolific scoring first half for MSU in the mod- start, you can just feel it on ing its young offensive skill Heidelberg 55, Ohio Northern 27 MSU—Lewis 8 run (Bell kick), 10:28. Hillsdale 41, Malone 16 Fourth Quarter ern era. the sidelines.” position players. Hiram 20, Allegheny 3 MSU—FG Sobiesk 24, 11:29. Hope 37, Wis. Lutheran 7 MSU—Milton 10 run (Sobiesk kick), 4:47. Illinois St. 31, Abilene Christian 17 A—55,096. Russell cleared for contact Thursday Mullen even gave a friendly “They’ve been a good de- Iowa 59, W. Michigan 3 MSU team medical staff cleared Bulldogs fifth-year senior quar- jab to MSU fans who were crit- fense for so many years that John Carroll 27, Baldwin-Wallace 7 Troy MSU Kansas 13, Louisiana Tech 10 First downs 11 30 terback Tyler Russell for contact Thursday, but head coach Dan Mullen ical of the play calling by jok- we’ll need that extra week Lake Erie 35, Wayne (Mich.) 17 Rushes-yards 26-47 44-235 Lake Forest 15, Grinnell 7 gave Prescott his third -straight start. Passing 139 316 ing he felt he’d “been too up- of preparation for them,” Lakeland 21, Alma 20 Comp-Att-Int 17-31-1 17-27-0 Prescott was 13 of 21 for 233 yards and a touchdown. The Lindenwood (Ill.) 49, Kentucky Wesleyan 29 Return Yards 0 75 tight lately” and made amends Prescott said. “It’ll be a big Louisiana-Lafayette 35, Akron 30 Punts-Avg. 7-42.0 0-0.0 240-pound quarterback also led MSU in rushing in the first half with 53 Macalester 30, Maranatha Baptist 6 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 for that with a throwback pass game, and I expect the emo- Mary 17, Sioux Falls 10 yards a two scores. In a little more than 12 minutes, Prescott accounted Penalties-Yards 7-80 3-30 Mayville St. 46, Cole 0 Time of Possession 23:51 36:09 for a career-high 296 all-purpose yards. to the quarterback. tion to be high any time we McKendree 29, William Jewell 24 “That was fun wasn’t it?” play LSU.” McPherson 24, Bethel (Kan.) 10 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Previously the official word by the MSU coaching staff was if Rus- Michigan Tech 29, Walsh 7 RUSHING—Troy, Burks 8-43, Anthony 4-4, Robinson Minn. St.-Mankato 21, Minn. Duluth 17 sell was medically cleared to play, he’d be put in the lineup. However, Mullen asked the media after Follow Matt Stevens on 1-3, Scott 1-2, White 6-1, Chunn 5-0, Thomas 1-(mi- Minn.-Morris 41, Iowa Wesleyan 24 nus 6). Mississippi St., Milton 7-56, Prescott 5-53, Russell was unable to get an adequate number of snaps in practice to the game. “We got to start Twitter @matthewcstevens. Minnesota 43, San Jose St. 24 J.Robinson 6-46, Shumpert 6-28, Perkins 5-23, Lewis Missouri 45, Indiana 28 2-15, Griffin 5-15, Holloway 2-2, Williams 4-1, Team prepare him to start Saturday. Missouri S&T 27, Wis.-LaCrosse 14 2-(minus 4). Missouri Southern 59, Lincoln (Mo.) 10 In his post-game media conference, Mullen said Russell is the PASSING—Troy, Robinson 15-25-1-105, Anthony Missouri Valley 33, Mid-Am Nazarene 9 1-3-0-29, Tidwell 1-3-0-5. Mississippi St., Prescott “starting quarterback” of the program, and he anticipated Russell to be Missouri Western 34, Nebraska-Kearney 19 13-21-0-233, Williams 3-5-0-47, Lewis 1-1-0-36. Morehouse 42, Central St. (Ohio) 20 RECEIVING—Troy, Thomas 3-14, Chunn 2-25, White the starter after this upcoming bye week when MSU plays host to LSU Morningside 79, Dordt 14 2-9, Burks 2-8, Teknipp 1-29, Holmes 1-12, Van Hoos- Mount St. Joseph 16, Hanover 13 “Tyler is our starting quarterback,” Mullen said Saturday. “We plan er 1-11, Longmire 1-10, Payton 1-10, C.Williams 1-7, Mount Union 37, Muskingum 0 Anthony 1-2, Worthy 1-2. Mississippi St., Holloway on Tyler being the starter against LSU and going forward.” N. Dakota St. 51, Delaware St. 0 3-41, Ross 3-35, R.Johnson 3-30, Lewis 2-96, Hill N. Illinois 43, E. Illinois 39 1-38, Prescott 1-36, Chappelle 1-18, Morrow 1-9, Per- With MSU (2-2) being up 45-7 at halftime, Mullen and the MSU staff NW Missouri St. 49, Fort Hays St. 14 Nebraska 59, S. Dakota St. 20 kins 1-9, M.Johnson 1-4. elected to play freshman Damian Williams in the final two quarters to Nebraska Wesleyan 31, Briar Cliff 7 Southwestern Athletic get the younger signal caller some much-needed playing time. North Central (Ill.) 41, Wis.-Stout 14 Northwestern 35, Maine 21 Conference Northwestern (Iowa) 49, Dakota Wesleyan 42 East Holley gets first career start Northwestern (Minn.) 15, Martin Luther 8 Conference All Games Northwood (Mich.) 42, Quincy 39 Senior center Dylan Holley got his first career start Saturday in Notre Dame 17, Michigan St. 13 W L PF PA W L PF PA place of junior Dillon Day. Notre Dame Coll. 34, WV Wesleyan 25 Alcorn St. 2 0 56 44 3 1 126 107 Ohio 38, Austin Peay 0 Jackson St. 2 0 65 30 2 2 88 90 In the postgame media conference, Mullen stated Day was sus- Ohio Dominican 30, N. Michigan 23 Alabama St. 2 1 115 90 2 2 137 114 pended for a personal foul penalty the previous week against Auburn. Ohio St. 76, Florida A&M 0 Alabama A&M 1 1 49 37 1 3 56 92 Ohio Wesleyan 20, Kenyon 13 MVSU 0 2 35 52 0 4 59 103 “We did that internally and felt like that wasn’t something that prop- Olivet 34, Rockford 7 West erly represented our university,” Mullen said. Olivet Nazarene 24, Concordia (Mich.) 7 Conference All Games Ottawa, Kan. 41, Bethany (Kan.) 15 W L PF PA W L PF PA Day had 25 consecutive starts at the position before Saturday’s Otterbein 30, Wilmington (Ohio) 14 Peru St. 21, Graceland (Iowa) 7 Southern U. 2 0 79 66 2 2 106 183 game. The lineup change wasn’t because of a injury, as Day was ac- Pittsburg St. 59, SW Baptist 7 Prairie View 2 1 124 101 2 2 127 129 tive and participated in warm ups with the first-team offense. Holley’s Rose-Hulman 23, Defiance 19 Texas Southern 0 2 20 72 0 3 37 127 S. Dakota Tech 41, Jamestown 22 Ark-Pine Bluff 0 2 55 61 0 4 80 181 starting nod makes for two players that opened the 2013 season as S. Illinois 36, SE Missouri 19 Grambling 0 2 30 75 0 4 74 170 primary backups seeing starts in the first four weeks of play on the Toledo 38, Cent. Michigan 17 Trine 47, Concordia (Wis.) 41 Thursday, Sept. 19 MSU offensive line. Trinity (Ill.) 41, St. Francis (Ill.) 39 Jackson St. 35, Texas Southern 7 Truman St. 24, William Penn 23 Last season Holley, a junior college transfer from Mississippi Gulf Upper Iowa 24, Northern St. (SD) 17 Saturday’s Games Coast Community College, saw action in 12 games primarily on special Wabash 50, Denison 13 Southern U. 17, MVSU 7 Wartburg 27, Carthage 10 Alabama St. 52, Grambling St. 21 teams with the kicking units. He played 15 snaps in the season-open- Wayne (Neb.) 41, Minn.-Crookston 25 Alcorn St. 21, Ark.-Pine Bluff 16 ing victory against Jackson State, grading out at 73 percent with two Micah Green/Dispatch Staff Westminster (Mo.) 21, Mac Murray 14 Prairie View 28, Alabama A&M 26 Wheaton (Ill.) 38, Luther 12 Saturday, Sept. 28 pancake blocks. According to the MSU coaching staff, he graded out a Mississippi State running back Josh Robinson scored on a 19- Winona St. 65, Minn. St.-Moorhead 21 Alcorn State at Alabama State, 5 p.m. career-best 92 percent at Alabama in 2012, receiving a “S” for satisfac- yard run in the second quarter Saturday against Troy at Davis Wis.-Stevens Pt. 31, Dubuque 28 Jackson State at Southern, 6 p.m. Wisconsin 41, Purdue 10 Stephen F. Austin at Prairie View, 6 p.m. tory in 12 of his 13 snaps. Wittenberg 45, DePauw 0 Wade Stadium. The score was part of a 35-point quarter that Wooster 39, Oberlin 21 Lamar at Grambling State, 6 p.m. Follow Matt Stevens on Twitter @matthewcstevens. propelled the Bulldogs to a 62-7 victory. Youngstown St. 59, Duquesne 17 Texas Southern at Alabama A&M, 6 p.m. 4B Sunday, September 22, 2013 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Prep Football Saturday’s Mississippi Scores DeSoto Central 21, CBHS, Tenn. 14 West Point 14, Noxubee County 6 Horn Lake 38, St. Benedict, Tenn. 31 Friday’s Mississippi Scores Local East Webster 25, Caledonia 13 French Camp 32, West Lowndes 6 Heritage Aca. 33, Hillcrest Christian 0 Itawamba 44, Aberdeen 36 Louisville 21, Columbus 10 Magnolia Heights 20, Starkville Aca. 8 New Hope 21, Amory 0 Noxapater 42, West Oktibbeha 0 Oak Hill Aca. 26, Newton Co. Aca. 20 Rebul Aca. 26, Central Academy 6 Sebastopol 37, East Oktibbeha 0 Victory Christian 34, Ezekiel Academy 6 West Point 14, Noxubee County 6 Winston Aca. 14, Central Holmes 0 State Ackerman 12, Houston 8 Bassfield 21, Hazlehurst 20 Benton Academy 48, Greenville Christian 0 Biloxi 55, Moss Point 41 Bogue Chitto 38, Sacred Heart 16 Booneville 48, Tishomingo County 26 Broad Street 6, Shaw 0 Brookhaven Aca. 43, Amite School 8 Callaway 20, Jackson Jim Hill 0 Canton Aca. 28, Central Hinds Aca. 13 Carroll Aca. 14, Deer Creek School 0 Cathedral 43, Resurrection Catholic 7 Christian Collegiate 34, Calvary Christian 20 Cleveland 13, Winona 6, OT Clinton Christian Academy 22, Kemper Aca. 14 Coffeeville 34, Thrasher 7 Collins 38, Lawrence County 0 Columbia 27, Magee 13 Corinth 24, New Albany 16 D’Iberville 42, West Harrison County 7 De Soto, Ark. 40, Tunica Academy 6 Dexter 29, Mount Olive 16 East Marion 22, Prentiss 18 East Union 20, Strayhorn 14 Forest 13, Kosciusko 7 Forest Hill 29, Murrah 26 Forrest Co. AHS 42, Purvis 28 Franklin Co. 28, South Pike 22 Gautier 17, Vancleave 14 Greenwood 20, Amanda Elzy 16 Grenada 41, Ridgeland 6 H.W. Byers 22, Independence 14 Hancock 49, Bay St. Louis 23 Hartfield Academy 35, Union Aca. 0 Hollandale Simmons 22, Ruleville 12 Houlka 59, Vardaman 13 Humphreys Aca. 34, North Sunflower Aca. 6 Indianola Aca. 38, Lee Academy, Ark. 0 J.F. Kennedy 34, Ray Brooks 0 Jackson Aca. 28, Briarcrest, Tenn. 24 Jackson Prep 19, Madison-Ridgeland Aca. 13 Kemper County 30, Velma Jackson 26 Lafayette 10, Shannon 0 Lake 32, Morton 13 Lamar School 21, Northeast Lauderdale 13 Laurel 12, Mendenhall 0 Leake Aca. 17, Tri-County Aca. 7 Leake Central 26, Union 0 Leake County 38, J.Z. George 8 LeFlore County 30, Gentry 12 Leland 22, East Side 0 Lumberton 12, Salem 7 David Allen Williams/Special to The Dispatch Mantachie 52, Alcorn Central 0 West Point High School’s Dason Thomas tries to break through a group of Noxubee County High tacklers in their game Friday night in Marshall Aca. 49, West Memphis Christian, Ark. 13 McClain 25, Williams-Sullivan 18 Macon. The Green Wave won 14-6. McComb 25, Tylertown 21 Montgomery County 24, McAdams 6 Mt. Salus 28, Veritas School 6 MUS, Tenn. 26, South Panola 9 Nettleton 6, Kossuth 0 Newton 20, Choctaw Central 7 Newton County 33, West Lauderdale 10 Green Wave grind it out in rain, beat Tigers North Delta 34, Bayou Aca. 13 North Panola 28, Okolona 20 North Pike 49, Wesson 12 B y MATTHEW STEVENS sibility for what happened last North Pontotoc 14, Pontotoc 7 [email protected] week and we didn’t only give up Northeast Jones 35, Southeast Lauderdale 23 O’Bannon 24, West Tallahatchie 6 six points because of the rain. Oak Grove 45, Hattiesburg 30 MACON — If there’s any Palmer 16, Coahoma AHS 12 We physically got in the back- Parklane Aca. 48, Copiah Aca. 7 team that was made for the nev- Pelahatchie 28, Ethel 0 field a lot tonight.” Perry Central 34, North Forrest 27 er ending rain that fell Friday Williams, a Mississippi State Philadelphia 26, Bay Springs 0 night, it might just be the West Pillow Aca. 43, Kirk Aca. 18 verbal commitment, had 162 Pisgah 37, West Lincoln 0 Point Green Wave. Poplarville 58, Heidelberg 14 yards on 35 carries and a first- Prentiss Christian 6, Park Place Christian Academy With the traditional power half touchdown. Through four 0, OT Presbyterian Christian 16, Simpson Aca. 14 running game accounting for games, the four-star prospect Raleigh 39, Enterprise Lincoln 15 231 of their 240 total yards, Rebul Aca. 26, Central Academy 6 has 660 rushing yards and sev- Richland 14, Puckett 6 West Point took home a 14-6 en touchdowns. Williams broke Richton 36, Clarkdale 0 Ripley 22, Calhoun City 19 victory at Noxubee County. loose on a 51-yard run down to Riverside 48, St. Andrew’s 0 The Green Wave didn’t let the Saltillo 49, Baldwyn 19 the 2-yard line. Two plays later, Scott Central 32, Florence 27 wet weather deter them from he plowed in for the first touch- Sebastopol 37, East Oktibbeha 0 Seminary 41, Mize 10 handing the football to senior down. Smithville 47, Biggersville 6 South Delta 40, Humphreys 0 tailback Aeris Williams and “He’s the best tailback in the St. Aloysius 34, Durant 0 quarterback Josh Ewing to car- state. You can only hold him in St. Joseph-Madison 21, St. Joseph-Greenville 0 St. Martin 45, St. Helena Central, La. 6 ry them to victory. check for so long,” Noxubee St. Stanislaus 55, Sumrall 0 Stringer 24, Hinds AHS 0 “When you come to Noxubee County coach Tyrone Shorter Sylva-Bay Aca. 26, Wayne Aca. 0 County for this game, you know said. “I think we’re going to be Taylorsville 20, Quitman 9 Walnut 22, South Pontotoc 14 you’re going to find out who is David Allen Williams/Special to The Dispatch a real contender in Class 4A Washington School 33, Clarksdale Lee Aca. 6 West Jones 19, Harrison Central 7 the most physical football team Noxubee County High School’s Ladaveon Smith tries to turn the even after this loss. I’m proud West Marion 40, Pass Christian 12 our kids came out in the second Wilkinson County Christian Academy 23, Porter’s on the field,” said West Point corner Friday night against West Point. Chapel Aca. 15 coach Chris Chambless, whose half and didn’t quit.” Winona Christian 20, Manchester Aca. 7 Yazoo County 21, Raymond 0 team improved to 2-2. “The rain thing we’re not and it’s cost us.” defense that allowed 41 points The weather played hav- Postponements, Cancellations just made it worse, but we made Noxubee County (2-3) at- last week in a loss to Columbus. oc on each team’s game plan. Wingfield vs. Lanier, ccd. Yazoo City vs. Port Gibson, ccd. it a point of emphasis to get tempted early and late to revive “We needed this, and we As a result, just hanging on to Holly Springs vs. Potts Camp, ppd. Senatobia vs. Water Valley, ppd. to Monday back to what we’ve established a passing attack through the needed to get back to establish- the football was a challenge, Eupora vs. Byhalia, ccd. as both teams combined for Clarksdale vs. Charleston, ccd. as West Point football. I think in thunderstorms. It had problems ing our form of football,” Cham- the past we’ve tried to be some- moving the ball on a motivated bless said. “I took full respon- See WEST POINT, 8B

Louisville 21, Columbus 10 Falcons By the Numbers Key Drive Turning Point n Back-to-back drives n Friday’s turning point most Kickoff return sparks proved quite large. With likely took place around focused Louisville leading 7-0, the 6 p.m. when a heavy rain Wildcats drove 91 yards on started falling at Hinze 0 eight plays to build a 14-0 Stadium. Since Columbus is Wildcats in weather on region n Turnovers by Louisville first-quarter lead. Wyatt Rob- a predominantly-run team and despite playing in a heavy Louisville is a predominant- erts had three of his seven BY SCOTT WALTERS was a co-No. 1 in this past downpour. ly-passing team, it appeared opener vs. completions on the drive. [email protected] the Falcons would have the week’s Associated Press After a brilliant kickoff advantage. However, the kick poll for Class 3A schools. Starkville return, Columbus drove to LOUISVILLE — All While Friday’s win will return touchdown swung the Louisville High School the Louisville 4-yard line. A momentum. do nothing in the playoff football coach M.C. Miller BY SCOTT WALTERS mishandle on the handoff “We may have the worst chase, beating a Class [email protected] 91 from Trace Lee to Kendrick wanted was a lead. n Yards Louisville covered kick return coverage I have 6A for the first time this Conner resulted in a muff ever seen,” Stanford said. “I Fortunately for Mill- season felt good to the LOUISVILLE — When on its first offensive scoring er and the Wildcats, that drive. Louisville received on its guess we will look at kickoffs Wildcats. It felt so good Columbus High School wish was granted 13 sec- 1-yard line. straight out of bounds for the several Louisville players football coach Tony Stan- onds into his team’s game “We had three turnovers, rest of the season. We have a did head-first dives into ford broke down his 2013 against Columbus on Fri- which was to be expected guy (Michael Sturdivant) who the standing water behind schedule, he knew the Fal- can get the ball to the end day night when Demar- some because of the con- the Louisville bench after cons would face four chal- zone in practice but can’t in a cus Brooks returned the ditions,” Columbus coach the final horn. lenges to start the season. 5 game, so we will have to do opening kickoff 93 yards Tony Stanford said. “But to “We showed tonight “We are 2-2 and that n Number of days until something different.” for a touchdown. As heavy Columbus’ anticipated Class have two turnovers when we are a team capable of is a good start,” Stanford you are basically going into rains enveloped R.E. said. “You want to win ev- 6A, Region 2 opener against Difference-Makers Hinze Stadium, Louis- winning in any situation,” Starkville. scores was deadly. The Louisville senior quarter- ery game, but I really like fumble at the 1 was big ville made that early score n Louisville senior middle back Wyatt Roberts said. what I have seen from this when we had a chance to stand up in a 21-10 victory. team. They are a resil- linebacker Jeremy Sangster “We knew Columbus had Key Play get back into the game.” “On a night like this, all ient bunch, and they will is the quarterback of the you want is an opportunity,” a real good team, so we n On most nights, an opening bounce back. I told them defense. Sangster was in on Miller said. “We can’t do practiced this week like game kickoff return for Unsung Heroes numerous quarterback hur- this was a playoff game. It we are 0-0 in region play touchdown isn’t a huge deal. what we want to do. They and that is what matters n Senior wide receiver Des- ries and had a couple of pass was Homecoming against On a night when rain makes breakups. While the Wildcats can’t do what they want now. Everything that we mond Goss had a big night a really good opponent. the field a swimming pool, it allowed yardage, they didn’t to do. You simply want to have done now — the good is a different story. Demar- for the Wildcats in a limited survive. I told the coach- We wanted to make this a passing game. Typically, the allow an offensive touchdown special game.” and the bad — does not cus Brooks returned the until there was 21 seconds es around 4:30 we really matter now.” opening kickoff 93 yards and Wildcats throw the ball all needed to find a way to get For Louisville, Home- over the field. On this night, left in regulation. Columbus completed Louisville was able to play a a lead. I thought if we did coming was anything but Roberts was 7 of 18. Goss “We have some special play- its non-region schedule different game. ers on defense,” Miller said. that, we would be just fine.” normal. Thanks to heavy Friday with a 21-10 loss “All we wanted was one big had three catches. Each rains that fell an hour be- pass converted long-yardage “I think that gets lost in how After moving from to Class 3A favorite Lou- play,” Louisville coach M.C. good our offense has been Class 4A to Class 3A in fore kickoff and remained Miller said. “It was a great situations into first downs. isville on a rain-soaked this season.” the latest Mississippi steady throughout the start and it allowed us to “We had to make some night at R.E. Hinze Stadi- — Scott Walters game an evening’s worth control the tempo of the adjustments,” Roberts High School Activities of activities was re-ar- um. game. The weather changes said. “When we had to Association realignment, Columbus was coming your entire plans, so basically have the plays, we made Louisville (5-0) has estab- ranged. The Homecom- off a 41-14 victory against going into the game with a them against a really good lished itself as a favorite to ing court was presented See COLUMBUS, 7B lead was huge.” defense.” win a state title. Louisville See LOUISVILLE, 7B The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, September 22, 2013 5B Prep Football East Webster 25, Caledonia 12

David Miller/Special to The Dispatch LEFT: Caledonia High School’s James Longmire returns a kick Friday against East Wenster in Caledonia. ABOVE: Caledonia High senior defensive lineman Jeffrey Gore lays out to make a tackle. Turnovers too much for Confederates to overcome By Michael Bradley the quarter. The rain, which was coming Special to The Dispatch The second Caledonia fumble down in sheets by this time, pre- came after the Confederates held vented both teams from mount- CALEDONIA — “Give me the Wolverines and forced a punt. ing any offense. Each team had three and I will beat you!” The Wolverines recovered at the only one first down the rest of the These words were first uttered Caledonia 26. East Webster need- way as playing conditions deteri- by Pro Football Hall of Fame ed seven plays to score on a 1 yard orated. coach George Allen in reference quarterback sneak by sophomore Crotwell remained upbeat to the importance of winning the Jack Wilson. The failed two-point after the game, saying he was turnover battle. try left the Wolverines with an 18- proud of how his team respond- The Caledonia High School 13 advantage with 3:35 to play in ed to the adversity. He hopes the football team found out Friday the half. Confederate team will continue night just how important not win- The Confederates fumbled to respond in practice. ning the turnover battle can be, as again on the first play following “Our goal from day one is it lost fumbles on three-straight the kickoff. The defense kept to get better every day,” Crot- possessions in the first half of its East Webster out of the end zone well said. “I was particularly non-division game against East as the half ran out with the Wol- impressed with the play of our Webster. verines on the Confederates’ defense in the second half. I also The Class 1A Wolverines con- 8-yard line. liked the way our offensive line verted two of those fumbles into The rain, which started before worked this week in practice and touchdowns, which ultimately kickoff, grew steadily harder, but tonight. We just have to do a bet- proved to be the difference in a Crotwell downplayed the signif- ter job of holding on to the ball.” 25-13 victory against the Class icance of the elements on his Caledonia (2-3) will play next 4A Confederates. The game was team’s misfortunes. week at Choctaw County, while played in a steady rain that got “When you plan all week with East Webster (5-0) will play at heavier in the second half. little chance of rain in the fore- J.Z. George. “Games like this, with the con- cast and then it rains like it did, ditions, are games where the win- especially in the second half, you By the Numbers ner and loser is determined most can pretty much throw the game of the time by who does a better plan out the window,” Crotwell job of protecting the ball, and we David Miller/Special to The Dispatch said. “We were not able to throw put it on the ground several times Caledonia High School linebacker Tony DeLoach tackles an East at all, and we weren’t able to use in a row there and they took ad- Webster player Friday night in Caledonia. the (shot)gun because of the 6 vantage and established momen- weather, but we can’t use that as n Number of fumbles by Caledonia, tum, and it kind of became a sit- run. Confederates’ 34-yard line. The an excuse, though, because both all in the first half. It lost three. uation where one mistake led to East Webster returned serve Wolverines only needed three teams had to play in it, and they another,” Caledonia coach Andy with a quick 41 yard drive set up plays to score, as junior running took advantage of us putting the Crotwell said. “Those types of by a 40-yard kickoff return by back Deangelo Liggins made ball on the ground and made the things are things we have to learn senior running back Marques a beautiful, weaving 22-yard short field we gave them work in to fight through. I am very proud Reives. A personal foul on the run through the defense for the their favor, so you have to give 0 of how our kids continued to Confederates tacked on an addi- touchdown. The failed two-point them all the credit.” n Number of passes Caledonia fight, especially our defense, af- tional 15 yards. A 5-yard run by try gave the Wolverines with a East Webster took advantage attempted. ter those things happened to us.” sophomore running back John 12-6 lead. of a 70-yard kickoff return by The Confederates and Wol- Wofford Williams left the score Caledonia senior all-purpose sophomore Chase Keller to make verines traded touchdowns to knotted at 6-6 with 4 minutes, 47 back Quavis Betts electrified it 25-13 with 7:54 left in the third open the game. Senior quarter- seconds left to play in the quarter. the home crowd with a 90-yard quarter. The Wolverines needed back Ben Marchbanks was the That’s when the fumbles be- kickoff return for a touchdown on seven plays after the return be- 4 workhorse for the Confederates, gan. the ensuing kickoff. James Long- fore Liggins scored on a 1-yard n Number of first downs by both carrying eight times for 57 yards, Caledonia’s first fumble gave mire’s PAT gave the Confeder- run. The extra point provided the teams in the second half, when the including the 5-yard touchdown East Webster a short field at the ates a 13-12 lead with 1:09 to go in final margin. rain became the primary enemy.

New Hope 21, Amory 0 Spann’s touchdowns help Trojans outlast Panthers on rainy night By Adam Minichino Statistics Brandon, is a senior running weather Spann recalls playing stay focused. It is all up to us. [email protected] back on the team, provided the in, he has enough speed to I think we compare with any n The rain prevented a complete highlight of the evening with a avoid that punishment and pro- team in district. We have been AMORY — Forget about statistical wrap up of Friday night’s New Hope-Amory game. 67-yard run that proved to be all vide a spark. young, especially last year, but the rain. The New Hope High of the scoring New Hope need- “He runs with great bal- we have grown up. We all have School football team wants to ed. New Hope took over at its ance,” Gregory said of Spann. played together three or four mitting 10 fumbles, New Hope “Turn it Up.” 3-yard line after it stopped Amo- “One thing I noticed about him years, and I think we have the Maybe it has something to lost only two and capitalized on ry at its 27 midway through the in practice is he can make those team that can make a lot of noise do with the tempo first-year the fact Amory lost five of its 10 first quarter. The drive turned cuts. Brenton has outstanding and surprise some people.” head coach Shawn Gregory fumbles, including two on spe- the momentum as Brandon vision and is able to make peo- New Hope has the potential has brought to the team. The cial teams. Spann gained 1 yard, 8 yards, ple miss in those type of condi- to make that noise in part be- Trojans’ mind-set also might “I thought they handled the and 21 yards to move the Tro- tions.” cause it has big-play capabil- have something to do with rap- conditions extremely well,” said jans from the shadow of their Gregory feels Spann’s per- ities. Even on a wet field, New per 2 Chainz’s song “Turn Up,” Gregory, who played quarter- goal line. On second-and-12 formance showed potential Hope showed how effective it which was one of several the back at New Hope High before can be playing at a fast tempo. New Hope players sang in uni- going on to have a standout from the New Hope 33, Bren- that could help him become an The second score came on a son Friday night as rain soaked career at Jackson State. “On ton Spann took his first carry outstanding running back at them and Longenecker Field. the road in conditions like that and moved to his left toward New Hope High. With Brandon quick-hitter pass by Davis to Even though the weather anything can happen and we the Trojans’ sideline. Going full Spann, who he considers more his left to Deloach, who took took away the aerial antics of didn’t blink. We kept our hand speed, he somehow managed of a bruising back with good the screen and weaved his way the pass-happy opponents, New on the plow and we kept work- to tip-toe the sideline and stay speed, Gregory hopes New to the end zone. The final score Hope adjusted thanks to a sol- ing. Despite all of the penalties, inbounds. After he regained his Hope continues to show the came on a 32-yard run by Bren- id running game that includ- we kept working and stayed the balance and was moving toward kind of balance it will need once ton Spann after Davis had been ed a two-touchdown night by course.” the end zone, he diagonally cut it kicks off Class 5A, Region 1 dropped for a loss on the previ- Brenton Spann in a 21-0 victory Gregory was just as pleased to his right across the field to play next week at Clarksdale. ous play. against Amory in a non-district the Trojans escaped their final finish the run. Davis, who hit Victor De- Davis knew Spann was going matchup. non-district game without suf- “I thought I did step out of loach on a 61-yard touchdown to stay in bounds on the first The victory helped New fering any injuries. That was a bounds, but I didn’t hear a whis- pass, believes Brenton is a little score. He also knew he was go- Hope (2-2) even its record with welcome sight on an evening tle and we have been coached shiftier and quicker on his feet ing to take advantage of the of- its second shutout in as many the rain remained steady and to play until we hear the whistle than Brandon. Those two and fensive line’s solid work on the weeks. Last week, New Hope increased in intensity in the blow, so I kept going,” Spann Bryson Ellis give him three final score. Put it all together blanked Caledonia 51-0. On Fri- second half. By the time the said. “I knew I wasn’t going to weapons in an offense he has and the Trojans’ ground game day, tough, rain from the open- game ended, there was stand- get caught from behind.” grown comfortable in and one and passing attack has the po- ing kickoff limited the amount ing water on the field and a river Spann knew he wasn’t go- that he and his teammates are tential to make defensive coor- of times Gregory could go to of mud on the New Hope side- ing to get taken down because enjoying. dinators’ heads hurt. junior quarterback Brady Davis line where the players followed running backs in Gregory’s “We feel good,” Davis said. “He does that every day,” and an up-tempo passing game. the action. system have to do extra work “I feel good about the offense. Davis said of Brenton Spann’s Instead, New Hope chose to The turf didn’t prevent in the sand pit off to the side of It has been clicking a lot better moves. “When I saw that lane try to control the clock with Spann from having a big night. the practice field if a defender the last two weeks in practice and I looked down the field, I its ground game. Despite com- The sophomore whose brother, catches them. Even in the worst and in games. We just have to See NEW HOPE, 7B 6B Sunday, September 22, 2013 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Prep Football Friday’s Alabama Scores Local Aliceville 26, Cold Springs 6 Lamar County 46, Sulligent 14 Pickens Academy 29, South Choctaw Academy 7 Pickens County 40, Brilliant 0 South Lamar 42, Lynn 19 State A.L. Johnson 36, J.U. Blacksher 22 Addison 43, Shades Mountain Christian 7 Alexandria 21, Anniston 12 Alma Bryant 39, Mary Montgomery 14 American Christian Academy 42, Holt 0 Andalusia 20, Thomasville 17 Arab 45, Brewer 14 Ardmore 36, Randolph School 16 Austin 34, Sparkman 31 B.B. Comer 32, Central Coosa 0 Beauregard 45, Ashford 7 Benjamin Russell 48, Valley 7 Bessemer City 28, Tuscaloosa County 21 Bibb County 26, Jemison 19 Billingsley 42, Sunshine 20 Bob Jones 34, Hazel Green 14 Brantley 49, Georgiana 12 Briarwood Christian 29, Shelby County 0 Brooks 35, Rogers 31 Buckhorn 43, James Clemens 35 Calera 37, Corner 0 Carroll-Ozark 21, B.T. Washington 6 Cedar Bluff 61, Jacksonville Christian 23 Center Point 25, Moody 21 Central - Clay County 28, Holtville 0 Central-Florence 41, Haleyville 16 Central-Phenix City 41, Lee-Montgomery 39 Central-Tuscaloosa 25, Brookwood 18, 2OT Chambers Academy 62, Meadowview Christian 27 Charles Henderson 56, Alabama Christian Academy 0 Cherokee County 41, Cleburne County 38 Chilton County 21, Talladega 7 Clarke Prep 37, Jackson Academy 0 Clay-Chalkville 38, Pell City 7 Colbert County 45, Westminster Christian Academy 0 Collinsville 33, Sumiton Christian 32, OT Cornerstone Christian 41, Lyman Ward 6 Cottonwood 39, Wicksburg 8 Cullman 14, Hartselle 6 Dadeville 38, Childersburg 8 Dale County 52, Catholic-Montgomery 0 Daleville 38, Geneva 12 Daphne 39, Northview 13 Decatur Heritage 35, Tharptown 26 Demopolis 35, Selma 12 Donoho 34, Woodville 0 Dora 37, West Blocton 7 East Limestone 34, Lawrence County 20 Edgewood Academy 47, Glenwood 14 Elba 35, New Brockton 0 Elkmont 35, West Morgan 21 Elmore County 35, Beulah 18 Escambia Academy 35, Sparta Academy 3 Etowah 53, Columbia 7 Chris Ellis/Special to The Dispatch Eufaula 35, Russell County 22 Evangel Christian Academy 25, Ashford Academy 7 Victory Christian Academy’s Cody Bolton (22) tries to escape a Ezekiel Academy defender in their game Friday night in Columbus. Fairhope 38, Baldwin County 16 Falkville 27, Meek 20 Bolton rushed for 62 yards and a touchdown in a 34-6 victory. Fayette County 40, Sipsey Valley 19 Florala 34, Pleasant Home 24 Florence 20, Decatur 6 Foley 35, Enterprise 28 Fort Dale Academy 55, Autauga Academy 54, OT Fultondale 39, Walter Wellborn 22 Fyffe 49, Ider 7 Heritage Academy gets back to winning ways G.W. Long 23, Providence Christian 0 Gadsden 14, Albertville 0 Glencoe 24, White Plains 12 Gordo 49, Greene County 12 From Special Reports Goshen 26, Calhoun 22 Greenville 21, Citronelle 14 Guntersville 44, St. Clair County 6 JACKSON — Heritage Acad- Hale County 33, Francis Marion 14 Hamilton 45, Good Hope 0 emy football coach Barrett Do- Hanceville 35, Vinemont 14 Handley 35, Dallas County 12 nahoe looked forward to seeing Hatton 21, Cherokee 14, OT Hewitt-Trussville 52, Carver-Birmingham 20 how his team would respond Highland Home 55, Zion Chapel 6 Hillcrest 24, Hueytown 7 after its first loss of the season. Hillcrest-Evergreen 8, Clarke County 6 The response was what he Homewood 54, Ramsay 6 Hooper Academy 41, Macon-East 32 wanted. Hoover 56, Northridge 14 Houston Academy 30, Ariton 13 After a season-opening Hubbard 20, Hackleburg 12 Isabella 35, Horseshoe Bend 14 three-game winning streak was J.O. Johnson 21, Madison County 7 Jackson 53, Sumter Central High School 0 snapped with a loss to Jackson Keith 50, Holy Spirit 0 Kinston 41, Red Level 8 Academy, Heritage Academy Lakeside School 46, Pike Liberal Arts 15 returned to the win column Lanett 59, Montgomery Academy 25 Lauderdale County 52, Clements 6 with a 33-0 shutout of Hillcrest Lee-Huntsville 27, Grissom 22 Leeds 42, Thorsby 0 Christian School on Friday LeFlore 32, Williamson 8 Leroy 36, Millry 7 night in Mississippi Associa- Lincoln 21, Hokes Bluff 14 Linden 46, McIntosh 0 tion of Independent Schools Loachapoka 45, Verbena 0 Locust Fork 16, Fairview 12 Class AAA, District 1, Division Lowndes Academy 40, Abbeville Christian Academy 20 Luverne 54, Central-Hayneville 22 II action. Madison Academy 45, Deshler 14 “We played well consider- Maplesville 62, Akron 12 Marengo 50, Fruitdale 20 ing the adverse weather condi- Marion County 60, Hubbertville 35 McAdory 41, Pleasant Grove 7 tions,” Donahoe said. “It was a McGill-Toolen 56, Davidson 3 McKenzie 46, Geneva County 28 situation where we had some Minor 46, Jackson Olin 13 Mobile Christian 42, Flomaton 28 minor mistakes in the kicking Monroe Academy 49, Bessemer Academy 13 Mortimer Jordan 22, Springville 19 game and stuff like that. They Mountain Brook 51, Woodlawn 6 were caused by the weather. Munford 35, Jacksonville 20 Muscle Shoals 35, Athens 0 I know everybody dealt with New Hope 21, Geraldine 13 North Sand Mountain 24, Gaston 20 weather issues, but it seemed Northside 20, Greensboro 13 Notasulga 23, Fayetteville 19 like our situation was really Oak Grove 49, Carbon Hill 21 Oakman 69, R.C. Hatch 6 bad.” Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch Oneonta 49, Crossville 0 Opelika 20, Carver-Montgomery 7 Heritage Academy (4-1, 1-1 East Oktibbeha County High School’s Mario Thomas (9) tries to move past Sebastopol’s Tanner Opp 7, Excel 0 Oxford 42, Huntsville 14 MAIS Class AAA, 1-0 Divi- Davis as teammate Clayton Carr (61) moves in for a block in their game Friday night in Crawford. Parker 30, Fairfield 0 sion II) built a 19-0 halftime Parrish 28, Berry 12 Pelham 35, Oak Mountain 7 lead thanks to a 16-yard run by Bolton, who had 12 carries for 62 yards. Bolton Phillips-Bear Creek 30, Vina 0 Piedmont 55, Cleveland 7 Cody Mordecai, an interception scored on a 28-yard run. Pike County 28, Abbeville 0 Hunter Austin added a 1-yard scoring run. Pinson Valley 44, Hayden 6 return for touchdown by Mark Pisgah 54, Brindlee Mountain 13 Austin paced the Eagles with 12 tackles and three Plainview 41, J.B. Pennington 14 Thatcher, and an 80-yard run interceptions. He also had one catch for 29 yards. Pleasant Valley def. Victory Chr., forfeit Prattville 42, Thompson 7 by Parker Short. Sharp had one catch for 8 yards. Those were the Prattville Christian Academy 27, LaFayette 12 “We only ran 16 offensive only completions for sophomore quarterback Ragland 41, Southeastern 0 Ranburne 21, Vincent 18 plays in the first half,” Donahoe Reed Fulgham, who threw for two two-point con- Red Bay 56, Phil Campbell 0 versions, one to Sharp and one to Austin. Reeltown 34, Randolph County 30 said. “It felt like a lot of clock Rehobeth 35, Marbury 7 Bo McCrary and Will Jones added 11 tackles Restoration Academy 42, Coosa Valley Academy 14 ran off quickly last night. We Russellville 35, West Point 0 apiece. Saint Luke’s Episcopal 35, John Essex 0 had a goal-line stand there late “We talked about starting real strong be- Saks 63, Ashville 0 Samson 35, Houston County 7 in the first half. We got the stop cause of the weather,” Victory Christian coach Sand Rock 23, Section 20, OT and scored a touchdown right Chris Hamm said. “I thought we came out and did Saraland 48, Satsuma 0 that. We started off with a couple of good posses- Sardis 51, Douglas 7 before the half. I thought it was Scottsboro 42, Boaz 7 sions and did great job all the way around, despite Shades Valley 38, Huffman 6 really huge to see our response Sheffield 20, Colbert Heights 14 the weather.” Slocomb 36, Barbour County 34 there in that sequence.” Victory Christian will play next week at New Smiths Station 44, Jeff Davis 14 South Montgomery County Academy 38, Eastwood Thatcher opened the second Life in Montgomery, Ala. Christian School 6 n Magnolia Heights 20, Starkville Southern Academy 33, Sumter Academy 28 half with an 85-yard kickoff Southside-Gadsden 28, Fort Payne 14 return for a touchdown. Short Academy 8: At Senatobia, the Volunteers sur- Spain Park 24, Wetumpka 13 rendered three second-quarter touchdowns in Spanish Fort 54, Faith Academy 0 followed with a 35-yard touch- Spring Garden 34, Coosa Christian 0 an MAIS Class AAA, District 1, Division II game. St. James 49, Bullock County 6 down run to close the scoring. “We had a couple of defensive breakdowns in St. Jude 41, Winterboro 10 St. Paul’s 40, Gulf Shores 7 “We got a lot of second-team the second quarter, and that really hurt our chanc- Stanhope Elmore 48, Chelsea 26 es at winning the game,” Starkville Academy coach Straughn 39, Cottage Hill 0 players in there on both offense Sweet Water 54, Southern Choctaw 6 Jeff Terrill said. “We played hard and competed in Sylacauga 35, John Carroll Catholic 14 and defense,” Donahoe said. Sylvania 33, Holly Pond 6 a real difficult situation with the weather. We just T.R. Miller 43, Bayside Academy 40 “It was a difficult night, but I couldn’t match them offensively.” Tallassee 28, Headland 6 Tanner 35, Lexington 14 thought for the first time in a The Volunteers (2-3, 1-2 MAIS Class AAA, Tarrant 20, Montevallo 14 couple of weeks our kids played 1-1 Division II) scored first on a safety on the first Theodore 20, Baker 19 Trinity Presbyterian 9, Midfield 6 loose and had fun on the foot- possession of the game. Tuscaloosa Academy 45, Morgan Academy 36 The Chiefs (4-1, 1-1, 1-0) regrouped and UMS-Wright 48, Escambia County 14 ball field.” Valley Head 33, Gaylesville 7 put together three straight scoring drives in the Vestavia Hills 35, Gardendale 7 Heritage Academy plays second quarter. Running behind a mammoth of- Vigor 28, B.C. Rain 0 W.S. Neal 43, Southside-Selma 14 host to longtime rival Oak Hill fensive line, Brian Taylor (5-yard run), Will Smith Wadley 32, Talladega County Central 24 (74-yard run), and Chandler Davis (54-yard run) Walker 49, Curry 14 Academy (3-2) in a non-district Washington County 44, Choctaw County 7 game Friday night. followed with touchdowns on consecutive pos- Weaver 41, Susan Moore 13 sessions. West Limestone 49, East Lawrence 13 n Victory Christian School 34, Ezekiel Westbrook Christian 45, West End-Walnut Grove 20 Academy 6: At Columbus, Anthony Sharp had 15 Magnolia Heights finished with 277 total Braxton Maclean/Special to The Dispatch Wilcox Academy 42, Crenshaw Christian Academy 7 yards (all rushing) on 50 plays. Wilcox Central 14, Monroe County 13 carries for 181 yards and three touchdowns Fri- West Oktibbeha County High School’s L Ford (5) is helped off the Wilson 24, Priceville 7 day night to help push the Eagles to 4-1. Starkville Academy had 105 yards and six field after suffering a sprained ankle Friday night in the team’s Winfield 34, Cordova 14 first downs on 41 plays. For the Volunteers, Grant Winston County 19, Danville 14 Sharp scored on runs of 23, 55, and 73 yards game against Noxapater in Maben. Ford returned to the game a Woodland 34, Ohatchee 12 to power a ground attack that also featured Cody See MISSISSIPPI, 8B few plays later. Lamar County beats Sulligent to complete another sweep of county rivals From Special Reports Association Class 2A, Region 4 Cockerham rushed for 75 yards Perhaps the biggest sto- the way we have been playing, play. and two touchdowns. Cocker- ryline of Lamar County’s fast you know you have a chance on SULLIGENT, Ala. — The Sulligent slipped to 0-4 0-3. ham scored on runs of 22 and start is the emergence of a te- Friday nights.” Lamar County High School Lamar County’s win came 13 yards. Tim Harton, Alex nacious defense. The Bulldogs Jeremy Denton led the Bull- football team captured its fifth- three weeks after a 41-0 victory Wheeler, and Ty Herron added have only allowed 33 points, in- dogs with five tackles and a straight sweep of its county ri- against South Lamar. touchdown runs. Harton had cluding two second-half scores sack. vals Friday with a 46-14 victory “The rivalry games are im- a team-high 69 yards on five Friday night. Both teams step out of region against Sulligent at Brown Sta- portant,” Lamar County coach rushes. “The defense has really re- play this week as Lamar Coun- dium. Ken Adams said. “These are The Bulldogs also added sponded,” Adams said. “The With the victory, Lamar the games that people talk their third defensive score of biggest challenge for this team ty plays host to Berry (2-2, 1-2 County, the No. 5 team in the about 12 months out of the year. the season when Dusty Vann this season was to make some Class 1A, Region 5) for Home- latest Alabama Sports Writers It is an accomplishment for this returned an interception 19 strides on the defensive side coming and Sulligent travels to Association Class 2A state poll, senior class to beat both rivals yards. Devin Divas also caught of the ball. We felt like we had Fayette County (3-1, 3-0 Class improved to 4-0 and 3-0 in Al- each year they are in school.” a 12-yard touchdown pass from a good season offensively last 3A, Region 3). abama High School Activities For Lamar County, Dallas Cullin Carter. year. When you play defense See WEST ALABAMA, 10B The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, September 22, 2013 7B College Football: No. 1 Alabama 31, Colorado State 6 Freshmen get their chances on day of firsts for top-ranked Tide By Ben Price Alabama’s roster got their first Howard lived up to his bill- much more. in front of the home fans. Special to The Dispatch taste of what it’s like to play in ing for the Crimson Tide in With six catches for 106 yards One of those newcomers was Bryant-Denny Stadium. In a their second game of the year on the year, Howard is third of freshman Eddie Jackson. A wide TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Sat- town where the next big thing against Texas A&M, coming up all Crimson Tide pass catchers receiver in high school, Jackson urday was a day of firsts for the is often the main topic of dis- big for his team. He earned his through three games of the sea- made his first appearance ever top-ranked and defending na- cussion, the biggest headline first career start against the Ag- son. The numbers aren’t overly for the Tide on Saturday. Well, tional champion Alabama. in Alabama’s 31-6 victory may gies and went on to catch three impressive, but most agree that he made a little more than an The Colorado State Rams have been the highly anticipated passes for 68 yards, including Alabama’s deepest position on appearance. tripped east for their first game home debut of several new faces a critical 26-yard grab in the the field is at receiver. It’s tough Jackson started at cornerback in Tuscaloosa. Former Crimson for the Crimson Tide. fourth quarter. His blend of size to get on the field anywhere as a for Nick Saban’s ever complicat- Tide offensive coordinator Jim McElwain made his first return With the injury bug making and speed was a problem for the freshman for this team, but get- ed defense, making him the first to Bryant-Denny Stadium since its way through the team and a Texas A&M defense all game. ting McCarron to look your way freshman to start that position leaving Alabama after the 2011 few suspensions being handed On Saturday, Howard was over any of the other handful of for the Crimson Tide this early season, this time as Colorado out, several of those new faces once again an easy find for quar- established route runners in a in the season since Dee Milliner State’s head coach. got their opportunities a little terback A.J. McCarron, who critical situation is no easy task. did it in the 2010 season. It was also the first home sooner than they may have ex- went to the towering tight end “We all practice the same He and sophomore Bradley game of the 2013 season for the pected. time and time again, exploiting amount,” wide receiver DeAn- Sylve both drew their first ca- Crimson Tide. A season open- Of those young guys, fresh- the mismatch Howard had al- drew White said of Howard and reer starts in the Alabama sec- er in Atlanta against Virginia man O.J. Howard was perhaps most any defender. the younger guys. “We were ondary. “We played about five Tech was followed up with a bye the most closely watched. The Howard had three catches able to step in and contribute guys at cornerback and just kind week and a road game against 6-foot-6 240-pounder from Au- for 38 yards, but he was target- to the team when our name is of rotated them in there with Texas A&M. But the 2013 ver- tauga Academy in Pratville, ed five times in all and came up called.” the idea of we’re going to see if sion of the Crimson Tide finally Ala., was widely considered with several key blocks in the With so many high-profile somebody can play the position stepped onto the field Saturday the top tight end prospect in run game. He was a big part high school recruits in their first with any consistency, do their in front of the home crowd for the 2013 recruiting class and a of the game plan, and Crimson season with the Crimson Tide, assignment, and do their job.” the first time. match up nightmare for oppos- Tide fans can expect to see there were, several other new- Saban said. “That’s an area we This means the freshmen on ing defenses. him integrated into the offense comers getting their first action need to get better at.” Columbus Alabama Continued from Page 4B Continued from Page 1B West Point. While no acknowledgment of a leaving one end zone less than 50 percent and no third-down con- No. 1 Alabama 31, the field and got just out- letdown took place, it was obvious the Fal- lit. The Falcons were driving into that versions in the first three Colorado State 6 side the red zone, and we Colorado St. 0 0 6 0— 6 cons were a step slower. Playing in a thick- end zone late in the half. This time, Lee quarters a week after win- Alabama 7 10 0 14—31 had something happen ening mud bath didn’t help matters, either. underthrew an intended target and was ning a 49-42 shootout over First Quarter like throw an interception, “You expect some turnovers and some intercepted by Darrius Dora. Texas A&M. Ala—Drake 3 run (C.Foster kick), :39. Second Quarter miss a field goal, make a sloppy play in conditions like this,” Stan- The turnover left Columbus trailing Coached by former Ala—Lee 15 blocked punt return (C.Foster kick), 12:41. field goal, get sacked. Just Ala—FG C.Foster 46, 5:39. ford said. “I was kind of surprised both 14-0 at halftime. Tide offensive coordinator Third Quarter too many negative plays.” CSU—FG Roberts 45, 7:40. teams held on to the ball as much as they “We have played really well at times,” Jim McElwain, the Rams CSU—FG Roberts 31, :05. Grayson completed 24 Fourth Quarter did. We had three turnovers — a fumble Stanford said. “Our margin for error is (1-3) nursed hopes for a Ala—White 30 pass from A.McCarron (C.Foster kick), of 38 passes for 228 yards and Trace (Lee) threw two interceptions. still quite small against the really elite 11:47. monumental upset into Ala—Black 14 pass from B.Sims (Griffith kick), 1:13. for the Rams, who man- That small margin of error can turn a big teams. Louisville has an outstanding the fourth quarter before A—101,821. aged just 51 yards on the play into a bad play. We fell victim to that defense, so we knew it would be a chal- allowing two touchdowns. CSU Ala First downs 13 16 ground. Rashard Higgins tonight.” lenge.” Trey DePriest stripped Rushes-yards 26-51 21-66 had seven catches for 71 Stanford and Louisville coach M.C. Any hopes for a comeback took a ma- Passing 228 272 the ball from quarterback Comp-Att-Int 24-38-0 21-27-1 yards and Joe Hansley Miller admitted an early lead is huge in jor hit early in the second half. Return Yards 0 60 Garrett Grayson and re- Punts-Avg. 8-29.8 5-45.0 gained 82 on six recep- less than perfect conditions. The Wild- The Falcons moved the first posses- covered the fumble early Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 tions. cats struck for a 93-yard kickoff return by sion of the second half 55 yards on 12 Penalties-Yards 4-35 2-15 in the quarter. Time of Possession 31:10 28:50 Alabama failed on all Demarcus Brooks on the opening play. plays for a 29-yard field goal by Antho- “We challenged our INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS six third-down attempts Louisville also had another 50-yard kick ny Maleta. However, Lee left the game RUSHING—Colorado St., Nwoke 12-27, Grayson 7-16, guys to come in here and Bibbs 5-12, Alexander 2-(minus 4). Alabama, Yeldon through three quarters return later in the game. after his right leg was rolled up on by a 7-49, Fowler 5-10, Tenpenny 2-7, Henry 1-4, Drake go toe-to-toe,” said McEl- 3-3, A.McCarron 3-(minus 7). and finished 2 of 10. Stanford said such issues would be defender as he headed out of bounds at wain, who was part of two PASSING—Colorado St., Grayson 24-38-0-228. Al- abama, A.McCarron 20-26-1-258, B.Sims 1-1-0-14. The Tide outgained addressed before the Class 6A, Region 2 the Louisville 40-yard line. Tide national champion- RECEIVING—Colorado St., Higgins 7-71, Hansley 6-82, Coffman 3-20, Gillmore 2-28, Alexander 2-12, Colorado State 338-279 in opener against Starkville, adding that the Post-game Lee was wearing a knee ship teams from 2008- Bibbs 1-12, Cartwright 1-6, Udofia 1-2, Grayson 1-(mi- nus 5). Alabama, Ch.Jones 9-90, Howard 3-38, White total yards after running Falcons’ kick return coverage was possi- brace, but he said he would be good to 11. “I think the guys on 2-65, Bell 2-21, Vogler 2-13, Drake 1-22, Black 1-14, bly the worst he has been involved with in go for the Starkville game. Yeldon 1-9. up 568 yards a week ago. the other sideline have Alabama continued to a lengthy coaching career. After the injury, Jackson was pressed earned some respect for find other ways to score. “The mistakes are correctable,” Stan- back into service and did another admi- Colorado State Rams and 49 yards while Christion Lee’s return early in ford said. “We just have to change the way rable job leading the offense. how hard we played the Jones caught nine passes the second quarter was we are doing a few things.” Columbus finished with 15 first game.” for 90 yards. the Tide’s fifth non-offen- Columbus trailed 14-0 in the first quar- downs and 294 yards — good numbers The next play after the Yeldon was held out sive touchdown. ter but then launched a serious threat. on a wet night. However, the Falcons fumble, McCarron laced a of the first quarter after Alabama backup quar- Thanks to a 32-yard pass-and-catch from couldn’t close the gap. perfect strike to White in getting flagged for un- terback Blake Sims hit Lee to Rod Hogan, Columbus moved to Maleta missed wide left on a 45-yard the end zone and restless sportsmanlike conduct the Louisville 4-yard line. A bad handoff field goal try late in the third quarter. Co- Alabama fans had some- against Texas A&M. He Chris Black for a 14-yard led to a fumble and a Louisville recovery lumbus didn’t find the end zone until Da- thing to cheer about. apologized in a state- touchdown pass to add at the 1-yard line. mian Moore scrambled in from 4 yards The Tide was without ment Monday for making to the lead with 1:13 left. “We had a couple of bad plays on of- out with 21 seconds remaining. several key players, in- the “money” and double It was Black’s first career fense,” Columbus senior running back “We know our capabilities,” Jackson cluding receivers Amari throat slash gestures af- catch. McCarron was Kevin Jackson said. “On nights like to- said. “We just have to forget about this Cooper (toe) and Kevin ter a touchdown. in for most of the series night, every play is that much more im- one and move on to Starkville. Even Norwood, guard Anthony He had a 38-yard run against a team led by his portant. It felt like we were running uphill though it is our first region game, it is Steen (headache), corner- on his first carry midway former position coach and all night.” very big. It can help define the season.” back Deion Belue (turf through the second quar- Saban assistant. Midway through the second quarter, Follow Scott Walters on Twitter toe) and safety Jarrick ter but the running game McElwain’s Rams a bank of lights on the home side blew, @dispatchscott. Williams (eye). produced only 66 yards didn’t reach Alabama This was a sandwich on 21 carries. That was territory until midway game between Southeast- the fewest rushing yards through the third quar- Louisville ern Conference show- by the Tide since South ter and then did it two Continued from Page 4B downs, and the nearly Carolina held them to 36 straight drives. in the gym before the Louisville 21, Columbus 10 and that is why we are hav- 40-point favorites played yards on Oct. 9, 2010. The Tide defense did Columbus 0 0 3 7 — 10 kickoff. Louisville 14 0 0 7 — 21 ing success,” Roberts said. like it offensively. No. 21 “Offensively, we come up with stops both Neither band entered “Everybody comes out couldn’t run the ball with times. Jared Roberts First Quarter Mississippi visits Bry- the stadium, thought the L — Demarcus Brooks 93 kick return (Corey Monday through Thursday ant-Denny Stadium next any consistency or effec- kicked field goals of 45 McCullough kick). Louisville band performed L — Wyatt Roberts 6 run (McCullough kick). ready to work hard. Friday week. tiveness,” Alabama coach and 31 yards to cut the Third Quarter at Homecoming festivities C — Anthony Maleta 29 FG night is the fun part. Even McCarron completed Nick Saban said. “Even Tide’s lead to 17-6. in the gym and the Colum- Fourth Quarter tonight, this was fun. May- 20 of 26 passes but also though we did a pretty Landon Collins pulled L — Roberts 14 pass to Desmond Goss (McCullough bus band bussed to Win- kick). be, not as much fun as it was intercepted on an good job passing, it had to Grayson down on a keep- ston County but never got C — Damian Moore 4 run (Maleta kick). normally is. But when you ill-advised throw. T.J. Yel- be four or five times that er on third down to force Team Statistics off the bus at the stadium. C L win, it is fun.” don ran seven times for we moved the ball down the second kick. The 1978 team was hon- First Downs 15 10 Roberts, a Jacksonville Rushes-Yards 48-221 32-124 ored on its 35-year reunion Passing Yards 73 99 State University commit- Comp.-Att.-Int. 5-15-2 7-18-0 New Hope but only a handful of spec- Return Yards 75 290 ment, has developed into a tators were there for the Fumbles-Lost 4-1 2-0 steadying force behind cen- Continued from Page 5B Penalties 3-15 7-45 presentation. ter. On a dry field, he has knew if he saw it he was tances I get him.” could have gone our way, Individual Statistics On the field, Miller and RUSHING: Columbus — Kendrick Conner 22-95, numerous offensive weap- going to score. I have Gregory likes the no- but they are developing Kevin Jackson 19-82, Christian Petty 3-28, Trace his troops kept it simple af- Lee 2-9, Damian Moore 1-4, Team 1-3; Louisville — ons to throw to. On this played with him since tion of having backs that confidence in each other.” ter taking the lead. Demarcus Brooks 11-43, J.J. Waldrip 7-28, Drew Lee night, though, six backs we were little and he has complement each other The Trojans are believ- 3-28, Avonte Harris 3-17, Jeremy Sangster 5-7, Wyatt “We really thought Roberts 3-1. carried the ball in the quag- always been quick on his because he knows depth ing in each other so much PASSING: Columbus — Trace Lee 5-15-73-2, Kevin Columbus would come in Jackson 0-4-0-0; Louisville — Wyatt Roberts 7-18- mire. feet and able to find the at that position will be key that they felt like break- 99-0. here riding a high (after a RECEIVING: Columbus — Rod Hogan 3-55, Meunta Defensively, Louisville holes and get to the end in Class 5A, Region 1 play. ing out in song in the 41-14 victory against West Verner 1-15, Donsha Walker 1-3; Louisville — Des- is salty. Led by middle zone. He does it more Whether it is Brenton or second half. As the rain mond Goss 4-57, Dontae Jones 2-22, Steven Hunt Point),” Miller said. “It is 1-20. linebacker Jeremy Sang- than any back I have Brandon, Gregory also poured down, some of the nearly impossible to get a ster, the Wildcats have a played with.” realizes the team will ben- New Hope players even team up two weeks in a row, game,” Columbus coach tenacious, physical pres- Brenton Spann hopes efit if it continues to play joined with the cheerlead- so I thought they might Tony Stanford said. “You ence and tremendous he gets more opportu- with the selfless attitude ers and attempted a cho- have a little letdown. (The knew there would be turn- size for a Class 3A school. nities to show what he it showed Friday night. rus line maneuver. Maybe win against West Point) re- overs and some sloppy play. Sangster even carried the can do. He said he and “Brandon is like a Je- you can credit junior Mel- ally got our attention. You We made three mistakes, ball some, showing that his brother are about the rome Bettis type of a back vin Brownlee, who is one could tell the kids stepped and that cost us the ball- his 6-foot-1, 230-pound same height (5-foot-10, who is going to go down of the Trojans who has it up all week. It was Home- game.” frame can be hard to 5-11) but Brandon is about and pound you,” Gregory used the lyric “Turn Up,” coming, too, so for a lot of The Columbus offense bring down. “30 pounds” heavier, even said. “Brenton is a slasher or “Turn it Up” to signify reasons the kids wanted to was also slowed in the sec- Miller led Noxubee though the New Hope ros- who will cut on you and New Hope has grown up. put on a show.” ond half when quarterback County to the Class 4A ter only lists Brandon at make you miss. It is amaz- But Brenton Spann After grabbing the lead, Trace Lee left the game state championship in 175 pounds and Brenton ing to have two different might have had the best Louisville extended it to a with an apparent injury to 2008. Noxubee County de- at 157. Brenton said he has backs who are brothers. response when asked 14-0 halftime advantage his right leg on the first railed Louisville’s season put on a few pounds — as They bring a lot to the about what “Turn it Up” with an eight-play, 91-yard possession of the half. Lee last year in Class 4A North has his brother — thanks offense. It is good to see means to the Trojans. drive. Roberts capped it spent the fourth quarter on State championship. There to the work they do on the them have the nights they “Everybody goes out with a 6-yard keeper. the bench with an ice bag. will be no such derailment Bowflex the family got a had. and tries to play their Columbus (2-2) pro- After the game, he was in a this season thanks to the couple of months ago. The “This is a team that is hardest and to perform to duced a solid night on knee brace, but he said he realignment. Bowflex is an exercise still trying to learn how their greatest potential,” offense. However, the Fal- would be good to go for his “There is a long way to machine designed to im- to win. After the first two Spann said. cons succumbed to the team’s Class 6A, Region 2 go,” said Miller, as he peak- prove strength training. games (losses to Aber- If that’s the case, New weather as they made the opener against Starkville. ed out from four layers of “Brandon is more of a deen and Columbus), we Hope shouldn’t care it only three turnovers. A For Louisville, Class clothing to do a postgame powerful runner than I am,” harped on finishing and if rains. Just be ready to 71-yard advantage in total 3A, Region 4 play is still a interview. “However, this Brenton said. “He likes to being a team player and break out into song with offense was offset by the couple of weeks away. Still, team can be special. The run through the middle, all of the things that go them when they start roll- giveaways, including two in the Wildcats appear to be good news is they know but speed wise I have got along with being a great ing. the Louisville red zone. fine-tuning things. they can be special.” him. ... He is not slow. He is teammate and believing Follow Dispatch sports “It was a well-played “I think this team really Follow Scott Walters on about the same time in the in each other. We dropped editor Adam Minichino on game and a pretty even enjoys playing the game, Twitter @dispatchscott. 40-yard dash, but in the dis- two games that easily Twitter @ctsportseditor. 8B Sunday, September 22, 2013 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Golf: PGA Championship West Point Continued from Page 4B Stenson takes four-shot lead into final round seven turnovers. Neither West Point 14, team earned a first down Noxubee County 6 West Point 0 7 0 7 — 14 By DOUG FERGUSON lead at the turn and walked off the not for a pair of 12-foot putts he made on their first two drives, Noxubee County 0 0 6 0 — 6 The Associated Press 18th green with a three-putt bogey on the 14th hole for bogey and the 17th which resulted in a score- Second Quarter and his lead back to where it was at hole for par. Johnson was five shots WP — Aeris Williams 2 run (Omar Lemus kick). ATLANTA — Stepping in from less opening quarter. Third Quarter the start of the day. better on the back for a 67, matching NC — Timorrius Conner 9 run (run failed). rain that ruined his rhythm and the Noxubee County got Fourth Quarter “I want to win two,” Stenson said the low round of a tough day. WP — Josh Ewing 10 run (Lemus kick). back end of his round, Henrik Sten- the first score of the after a 1-under 69. “If I can’t win “I think I’ll choose to look at it Team Statistics son was more interested in looking second half on a 9-yard WP NC two, I’ll be very pleased to win one.” from the bright side, even though First Downs 11 10 forward at the Tour Championship. scramble by 5-foot-10 Rushes-Yards 55-231 23-124 He still had a four-shot lead. Stenson appeared to have both the weather is not that bright at the Passing Yards 9 67 sophomore quarterback Comp.-Att.-Int. 1-4-1 6-26-2 He was one round from captur- wrapped up when he got up-and- moment,” said Stenson, who was at Return Yards 0 13 Timorrius Conner. After Turnovers 4 3 ing two trophies worth $11.44 mil- down from a bunker on the par-5 11-under 199. “Started the day with Penalties 5-45 4-25 the athletic quarterback lion, including the FedEx Cup. ninth for a tap-in birdie to reach 14 a four-shot lead and I still got it. So Individual Statistics under, nine shots clear of Dustin that’s all that matters really.” found the end zone, Short- RUSHING: West Point — Aeris Williams 35-162, Josh The Swede just made the final Ewing 15-47, Lacequiu Starks 4-19, Dason Thom- Johnson. Everything changed as Johnson and Steve Stricker, who er decided to go for what as 1-1; Noxubee County — Timorrius Conner 7-52, day of the PGA Tour season a little Devante Scott 4-28, Ladaveon Smith 5-25, Anzarius more interesting over the last two the rain began to fall. had a 68 and was at 5-under 205, he thought would be the Taylor 4-17, Kevarkian Brewer 1-3, Darrell Brandon 3-(-1). hours of a dreary Saturday morn- Stenson made four bogeys on the were the only players within six game-winning two-point PASSING: West Point — Ewing 1-4-1-9; Noxubee County — Conner 6-24-1-67, Jesse Bryant 0-2-1-0. ing at East Lake. He had a nine-shot back nine, it might have been worse if shots of him. conversion, but the snap RECEIVING: West Point — Miller Keys 1-9. Noxubee County — Bryant 5-30, Tarmarcus Silvers 1-37. was fumbled on the failed run. By the Numbers Conner struggled to get the passing attack go- ing in the downpour and finished 6 of 24 for just 67 162 yards with a interception. n Rushing yards for West Conner’s late fumble on Point tailback Aeris Williams a fourth-quarter scramble led to a touchdown scam- per by Ewing on a option draw play that helped seal 7 the deal. n Turnovers for both teams. “We live and love in the mud and the rain,” Ewing said. “This is the weather that allows us to get right into West Point football. 3 Whether it’s raining, dry n Positions played by or whatever, it should be Noxubee County High School athlete Jessie Bryant (wide about running it down receiver, quarterback and team’s throats and playing defensive back). man-on-man football.” West Point will enter region play next week Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch when it travels to Oxford, East Oktibbeha County High School’s Destin Covington (1) tries to stiff-arm his way past Sebastopol’s Brandon 100 while Noxubee County Tatum in their game Friday night in Crawford. n Success rate on fake will have the week off be- punts for West Point. Same fore it plays host to Kos- play, direct snap to Lacequiu Mississippi ciusko on Oct. 4. Starks went for a touchdown Continued from Page 6B Follow Matt Stevens on at South Panola and a 2-yard gain at Noxubee County on Wolfe scored on a 27-yard run late in coach John Davis said. “After we got Twitter @matthewcstevens. fourth-and-1. the second quarter. into the game, we had some injuries Neither team completed a pass. and couldn’t sustain anything. Once we They attempted only five passes. got down the scoreboard, we had a hard Inside the Game “We look forward to making some time coming back in the game.” corrections in practice this week and to East Oktibbeha drove the game’s Point’s 330-pound defensive playing another game at home this up- first possession into the red zone before Difference-Maker lineman Ladarius Gallion coming week,” Terrill said. turning the ball over on downs. Sebasto- jumped on the football for Starkville Academy will play host to pol (3-2, 2-0) answered with an 87-yard n It would be easy to say Winston Academy (1-4) in a non-district touchdown run by Colton Tharp. Aeris Williams was the dif- what would be the game-win- game Friday night. The Bobcats then recovered a fum- ference maker Friday night ning defensive play. n Oak Hill Academy 26, Newton ble on the game’s next possession. for the Green Wave, but ev- “We didn’t just stop them County Academy 20: At Decatur, the After lightning twice delayed the ery time West Point needed because it was pouring Raiders came up with another huge game, the Bobcats turned the game over a tough third-down conver- rain,” West Point coach victory in the quest to return to the MAIS to a bruising ground game as the rain sion or a physical option Chris Chambless said. “We Class AA playoffs. continued. “We have seven ranked opponents Sebastopol stretched the lead to carry, they turned to Josh were in the backfield and and it is important to play that type of 21-0 on a pair of touchdowns by Cody Ewing out of the shotgun. causing them problems all schedule,” Oak Hill Academy coach Dan- Shaw. Ewing had 55 yards and a night because of our push.” iel Merchant said. “With power points The Bobcats stretched the lead on 10-yard touchdown scamper and being graded based on your oppo- a run by Tharp, a blocked punt recovery on a quarterback draw. Key Play nents, it is important to play good teams for score, and a field goal. “We needed this feeling, and to find a way to win those games.” “We have to work on our mental and it’ll be a great 24 hours n In the second quarter, Oak Hill Academy (3-2) battled back preparation,” Davis said. “We have to of celebrating after a rivalry West Point tailback Aeris from an early first-quarter deficit to snag Chris Ellis/Special to The Dispatch become mentally focused and ready to win like this,” Ewing said. Williams broke loose on a second-straight win against Newton Victory Christian Academy’s Hunter Austin follows a compete for four quarters.” “We were so down after the a 51-yard run down to the County Academy. block of Brandon Shaw (56) Friday night against Ezekiel East Oktibbeha had 130 yards of “We had a 26-14 lead and were Academy in Columbus. total offense — all on the ground. Destin Columbus loss, but Mon- 3-yard line. Two plays later, driving the ball, when we had a fumble,” Covington ran for a team-high 93 yards day we need to work even the Mississippi State verbal Merchant said. “Newton picked it up and on 17 rushes. Justin Williams had nine harder to beat Oxford on the commitment plowed in from ran it back for a touchdown in the third tackles, while Ricky Armstead added road.” 2 yards. quarter. That was a big momentum swing seven. “We just needed to get back because we were fixing to go up three East Oktibbeha visits Noxapater (3- to West Point football and scores. The kids really responded to the 2, 2-0) in region play Friday night. Unsung Hero the conditions allowed us to adversity though and made sure the lead n Noxapater 42, West Oktibbeha n West Point’s defense stood up.” do that,” Chambless said. 0: At Maben, the Timberwolves dropped needed this type of game John Willis Stevens, a junior wide their second-straight Class 1A, Region “Aeris is special, and even receiver and safety, was injured and 3-1A game to start the season. after giving up 41 points last with a couple of fumbles carried by ambulance to Rush Hospital West Oktibbeha hasn’t scored in ei- week in a loss to Columbus. tonight, that’s not his fault. in Meridian. X-rays on his back came ther game. The Timberwolves are work- The Green Wave sacked He got us big yards to back negative, and Stevens could have ing with some young players and a new quarterback Timorrius Con- help us get the scores we the opportunity to play Friday night in a coach. Weather issues and a dominating ner three times and forced road game at Heritage Academy (4-1, needed.” ground game by Noxapater didn’t help him to turn it over twice 1-1 in AAA). matters. more. The Tigers crossed “Fortunately, the X-rays came back Noxapater (3-2, 2-0) rushed for 305 negative and he can continue to play yards. Von Woods scored a pair of early midfield twice all game as Key Drive the Green Wave defense as long as he can withstand the pain,” touchdowns. Tyrell Carter also scored n After the Tigers’ third Merchant said. “Thank goodness it was forced Tigers coach Tyrone twice, while Chris Johnson and Justin turnover, West Point nothing too serious because it was his Robertson had the other scores, as the Shorter to try to throw in brother, Jeb, who was air lifted after the Tigers built a 35-0 halftime lead. the rain. capitalized in the fourth North Delta playoff game last season.” West Oktibbeha will visit French quarter and turned the short The Raiders had 322 yards of total “They never let us get an Camp Academy (1-4, 1-1) for another opportunity to get our pass- field into seven points on a offense, including 177 rushing yards and region game Friday night. 145 passing yards. ing game going even in this 10-yard quarterback draw by For Oak Hill Academy, Drew Riley Our Prep Coverage rain,” Shorter said. “We had Ewing on third down. had 17 rushes for 91 yards, including Braxton Maclean/Special to The Dispatch All fall sports coaches are reminded opportunities, but they were “I knew I needed to make touchdown runs of 6 and 4 yards. Ste- Noxapater High School’s Vonte Woods (4, on ground), to report their game results to The Dis- good in tackling and doing something happen,” Ewing vens had five rushes for a career-high 55 Austin Snow (70, second from left), and David Parker patch. the fundamental things said. “They thought I was yards. Drake Riley had eight carries for (3) try to bring down West Oktibbeha County High’s Coaches, scorekeepers, parents correct all night.” going to pass and they kept 25 yards. A.J. Iseley had four carries for Ryan Hughes in their game Friday night in Maben. and/or players can call 662-327-1297 or 13 yards. Joseph Caskey carried twice 9 backpedaling when I’d bring e-mail information to sports@cdispatch. yards and converted two different fourth- Swanigan was 9 of 27 for 154 yards, second-quarter lead get away. Turning Point up the ball, so I just took off com, [email protected], or and-1 opportunities. with a touchdown and two interceptions. Aberdeen (2-3) still held a 36-28 and carried two guys into [email protected] n In the fourth quarter, Riley Pierce was 4 of 8 for a ca- Bankhead led the Rams defensively lead entering the final quarter before the end zone.” reer-high 145 yards. Curt Huffman had Please give us the final score, where Conner rolled to his right on with 10 total tackles. BJ Shirley and Turn- watching as Itawamba AHS scored the — By Matt Stevens four catches for 145 yards. The duo er Kilpatrick each added seven tackles. final 16 points. the game was played, the team records, a third-down play inside his hooked up for two touchdowns. Immanuel Christian will play Friday Aberdeen had 296 first-half yards leading performers, the team’s next 10-yard line. When he raised Chance Wilson and Caleb Roberson night at Greenville Christian in an MAIS but couldn’t make the early offensive game and any other notable information. the ball to pass, it slipped had fumble recoveries on defense. Class A, District 2 game. blitz stand up. Since The Dispatch is an afternoon from his right hand. West “We are working our way through a n Rebul Academy 26, Central After forcing a fumble on game’s paper, we will try the next morning to very difficult stretch of games,” Merchant Academy 6: At Learned, the Vikings first possession, the Bulldogs started the track results of all games not called in said. “The best thing about this team is dropped their third-straight game. scoring on a 30-yard run by Jerrick Orr. to the newspaper. We will try to call at a that they come out prepared and ready Central Academy (1-4) will play host After an answer by Itawamba AHS to play hard each week. We have to work reasonable hour and don’t mean to dis- to Calvary Christian on Friday night. (3-2), the Bulldogs seemed to gain com- on our blocking and tackling to become rupt any coach, teacher, or professional n French Camp 32, West Lown- plete control with a 60-yard jaunt by Orr a complete team. However, we are mak- at work, but our goal is to recognize the des 6: At French Camp, the Panthers and a 75-yard touchdown run by Sammie ing progress against some really great had a tough nigh offensively in a critical Burroughs less than two minutes later. performances of as many student-ath- teams.” Class 1A, Region 3 game. Josh Ewing followed with a 16-yard letes as possible. n Heidelberg Academy 40, Im- If you are a coach, scorekeeper or manuel Christian School 12: At Hei- French Camp (1-4, 1-1 region) built a touchdown run for a 24-7 lead. However, parent who reports information to us, delberg, the Rams fell down three touch- 14-0 halftime lead thanks to a two touch- the Bulldogs inability convert any of six downs in the second quarter thanks to down runs by Hagan Box — from 1 and two-point conversion tries loomed large please give us the best time and the best interception returns for touchdowns. 2 yards out. Daniel Hughes also added a in the end. number to reach you. Immanuel Christian (2-3), Jay Jay two-point conversion run. After Itawamba AHS closed within If the result of a game isn’t in The Swanigan hit KC Cunningham for a West Lowndes (1-3, 0-2) answered 24-21, Aberdeen answered with a 30- Dispatch, please work with us to encour- 37-yard touchdown pass, as the Rams early in the second half on a 21-yard yard touchdown run by Tyreke Gates. age that coach to contact us so we can touchdown run by Eric Harris. A junior, closed within 20-6 at halftime. In the third Ewing later scored on a 66-yard run. provide the best possible coverage. Harris has rushed for 400 yards and a The Indians took the lead for good quarter, Cunningham scored on a 9-yard If you have any questions, call sports team-high five touchdowns. at 37-36 when Vijay Miller hit Tylon Ward touchdown. editor Adam Minichino at 662-327-1297. Heidelberg Academy (4-1) put the Box and his offensive mates got for a 23-yard touchdown pass. A 5-yard game away with a late third-quarter the offensive game back in gear in the run by Hunter White capped the scoring Prep Player of Week touchdown and early fourth-quarter second half. French Camp ran for 300 with less than two minutes remaining. Every Tuesday, The Dispatch will score. yards and salted the game away with two Aberdeen will play host to Corinth recognize a standout prep performer. Immanuel Christian had 306 yards fourth-quarter touchdowns. (4-1) on Friday night. If you would like to nominate a prep of total offense and 14 first downs. Swan- West Lowndes will play host to Ethel n Sebastopol 37, East Oktibbeha player of the week, call us at 662-327- igan rushed 12 times for 115 yards. Cun- (1-3, 0-1) on Friday night for Homecom- 0: At Crawford, the Titans slipped to 0-2 1297 or e-mail us at sports@cdispatch. David Allen Williams/Special to The Dispatch ningham rushed six times for 26 yards, ing. after a rain-plagued loss at home. com, [email protected], or Noxubee County High School’s Devonte Scott cradles while Jaelin Bankhead rushed five times n Itawamba AHS 44, Aberdeen “We started off strong and had a [email protected] before 5 p.m. the football Friday night as he approaches West Point’s for 20 yards. 36: At Fulton, the Bulldogs saw a 24-7 couple of good drives,” East Oktibbeha Saturday. defense at the line of scrimmage. The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, September 22, 2013 9B briefly Football: NFL Alabama Volleyball team wins Clemson Classic Cardinals in way of Saints’ best start since 2009 CLEMSON, S.C. — The Alabama volleyball defeated Troy 3-1 on Saturday evening and finished the Clemson Classic with a 3-0 By BRETT MARTEL record to post the third straight tournament title this season. na, it will be 3-0 for the first field, they’d like to think lot of quarterbacks don’t like Set scores were 16-25, 26-24, 25-19, 25-23. The Associated Press time since 2009, the season they can contain a New Orle- to get hit. With the win, Alabama improves to 11-2 and has won nine it won the Super Bowl. The ans offense that hasn’t quite “We don’t necessarily straight matches. Troy falls to 5-9. NEW ORLEANS — With only other season under hit its usual stride. have to get sacks,” Peterson Laura Steiner posted the big numbers for Alabama in the win coach Sean Payton reinstat- over Troy, recording a match-high 22 kills with a .277 hitting per- Payton with a 3-0 start was “The whole key to their continued. “But if we get centage. Krystal Rivers had 13 kills and a .500 hitting percentage, ed from his bounty ban and the coach’s first, 2006, when offense, which everyone some clean hits and let him and was named the Clemson Classic MVP after averaging 3.92 Rob Ryan taking over as co- New Orleans reached the knows, is Drew Brees,” said know that we’re there — I kills per set while hitting .396 in the three matches. Brittany Thom- ordinator of an overhauled NFC title game. cornerback Patrick Peter- think we’ll have a productive as added 10 kills. She recorded a career-high 21 digs to record defense, the New Orleans day, especially in the back back-to-back double-doubles and her fifth of the season. Arizona, however, have son, a former LSU Tiger Also Saturday, Alabama beat Delaware 3-1. Set scores were Saints expected this year to other ideas as they come off joined this season by Tyrann end, not giving him the op- 25-17, 20-25, 25-12, 25-17. be a lot better than the last. a confidence-building victo- Mathieu. “I believe that if portunity to set his feet and Thomas had a match-high 17 kills. She notched her fourth So far, so good. ry against Detroit. you can get to him and ha- scan the field and pick us double-double with 13 digs. Rivers added 13 kills with a .391 hitting apart.” percentage, and Steiner posted 11 kills while hitting .310. If New Orleans wins to- With a pair of former LSU rass him a little bit, although Sierra Wilson posted her second double-double of the season day at home against Arizo- stars in their defensive back- he’s a great quarterback, a See SAINTS, 10B — the ninth of her career — with 49 assists and 10 digs. Wilson also added a career-high seven kills as she hit 1.000 in the match, going 7-for-7 with no errors. Andrea McQuaid had eight kills, Caitlin Injury Report Bernardin had 13 digs and Kryssi Daniels had a team-high 16 digs. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at NEW ENGLAND PATRI- BUFFALO BILLS at NEW YORK JETS — BILLS: OUT: Alabama will play host to Alabama State Hornets at 7 p.m. Today’s Games OTS — BUCCANEERS: OUT: CB Michael Adams (knee), G CB Ron Brooks (foot), CB Stephon Gilmore (wrist), WR Tuesday at Foster Auditorium. HOUSTON TEXANS at BALTIMORE RAVENS — TEX- Gabe Carimi (illness), DT Derek Landri (knee). QUESTION- Marquise Goodwin (hand), K Dustin Hopkins (right groin). n On Friday, Alabama beat Clemson 3-2. Set scores were ANS: QUESTIONABLE: T Duane Brown (toe), TE Garrett Gra- ABLE: TE Tom Crabtree (ankle), CB Rashaan Melvin (ham- QUESTIONABLE: S Jairus Byrd (foot), G Doug Legursky 25-19, 25-15, 20-25, 36-38, 15-13. ham (hip, groin), S Ed Reed (hip). PROBABLE: LB Brian Cushing string), G Carl Nicks (foot), TE Luke Stocker (hip). PROBABLE: (knee). JETS: OUT: T Oday Aboushi (knee). PROBABLE: G Rivers had a season-high 25 kills, while Thomas added 22. (knee), TE Owen Daniels (not injury related), RB Arian Foster DE Adrian Clayborn (hip), LB Mason Foster (toe). PATRIOTS: Willie Colon (knee), LB Quinton Coples (ankle), CB Antonio Thomas also recorded her third double-double with a career-high (calf, chest, thumb), WR Andre Johnson (concussion, back), CB OUT: WR Matthew Slater (wrist). DOUBTFUL: WR Danny Cromartie (hip), DT Kenrick Ellis (back), WR Clyde Gates 16 digs. Johnathan Joseph (not injury related), LB Joe Mays (quadriceps), Amendola (groin). QUESTIONABLE: RB Brandon Bolden (knee), WR Stephen Hill (knee), WR Santonio Holmes (foot), n Women’s golf team: At Franklin, Tenn., the No. 2 women’s CB Brice McCain (knee), C Chris Myers (back), T Derek Newton (knee), G Dan Connolly (finger), S Nate Ebner (ankle), TE Rob T Austin Howard (ribs), WR Jeremy Kerley (concussion), LB golf team shot 10-over-par 298 Saturday in the second round of the (knee, calf, elbow), WR DeVier Posey (Achilles, foot), LB Darryl Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship at the par-72, 6,337-yard Sharpton (hip), G Wade Smith (knee), RB Ben Tate (shoulder). Gronkowski (back, forearm), T Will Svitek (knee), RB Leon Garrett McIntyre (knee), RB Bilal Powell (illness, shoulder), Vanderbilt Legends Club. RAVENS: OUT: C Ryan Jensen (foot), WR Jacoby Jones (knee). Washington (thigh). PROBABLE: TE Zach Sudfeld (hamstring). DT Sheldon Richardson (shoulder), QB Geno Smith (an- Alabama is ninth at 18-over 594 after 36 holes and will be DOUBTFUL: LB Arthur Brown (chest), DT Chris Canty (thigh), RB GREEN BAY PACKERS at CINCINNATI BENGALS — kle), DE Muhammad Wilkerson (ankle), TE Kellen Winslow paired with Auburn and Virginia in today’s final round. Ray Rice (hip), WR Deonte Thompson (foot), DT Brandon Wil- PACKERS: OUT: S Morgan Burnett (hamstring), CB Jarrett (knee). Sophomore Emma Talley paced the Crimson Tide with a 2-un- liams (toe). QUESTIONABLE: CB Chykie Brown (knee). Bush (hamstring), CB Casey Hayward (hamstring). DOUBT- INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — der-par round of 70 and is tied for 21st at 2-over 146. Stephanie NEW YORK GIANTS at CAROLINA PANTHERS — GI- FUL: RB John Kuhn (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: RB Eddie COLTS: OUT: S LaRon Landry (ankle). DOUBTFUL: LB Pat Meadow, who shared the first-round lead at 4-under, carded a 74 ANTS: OUT: T David Diehl (thumb), TE Adrien Robinson (foot). Lacy (concussion). PROBABLE: TE Jermichael Finley (toe), Angerer (knee). QUESTIONABLE: S Antoine Bethea (toe), Saturday and is tied for fourth heading into the final round. DOUBTFUL: CB Corey Webster (hip). PROBABLE: G Brandon DT Johnny Jolly (neck), G T.J. Lang (back), CB Tramon Wil- DE Cory Redding (back), C Samson Satele (elbow). PROB- Sophomore Janie Jackson fired her second straight 76 and Mosley (back), QB Ryan Nassib (ankle), WR Hakeem Nicks (not liams (groin). BENGALS: OUT: CB Brandon Ghee (concus- ABLE: LB Kavell Conner (ankle), WR Darrius Heyward-Bey is tied for 41st, while Cammie Gray shot 78 in round two. Junior injury related). PANTHERS: OUT: RB Kenjon Barner (foot), S sion). DOUBTFUL: CB Dre Kirkpatrick (hamstring), G Mike (ribs), WR T.Y. Hilton (groin), WR David Reed (quadriceps), Daniela Lendl’s 85 Saturday was dropped from the team score. Quintin Mikell (ankle), CB D.J. Moore (knee), CB Josh Thomas Pollak (knee). QUESTIONABLE: T Anthony Collins (knee), CB WR Reggie Wayne (shoulder). 49ERS: QUESTIONABLE: UCLA leads in the team standings at 3-under par with Arizona (concussion). QUESTIONABLE: CB James Dockery (thumb, Adam Jones (abdomen), S Jeromy Miles (hamstring). PROB- TE Vernon Davis (hamstring), RB LaMichael James (knee), State five shots back at 3-over par. shoulder), DT Dwan Edwards (thigh). PROBABLE: LB Jon Bea- ABLE: RB Giovani Bernard (hamstring), DE Carlos Dunlap DT Ray McDonald (ankle), S Eric Reid (concussion). PROB- n On Friday, Alabama shot an 8-over-par 296 in the opening son (knee), LB Thomas Davis (tibia), TE Ben Hartsock (foot), CB (thigh), DE Wallace Gilberry (knee), WR Marvin Jones (foot), ABLE: LB NaVorro Bowman (wrist), G Mike Iupati (shoulder), round to finish in a tie for eighth. Josh Norman (thigh), RB Mike Tolbert (knee). TE Alex Smith (illness). QB Colin Kaepernick (foot), LB Aldon Smith (back), DT Jus- Meadow shot a 4-under-par round of 68 and was tied with DETROIT LIONS at WASHINGTON REDSKINS — LIONS: ST. LOUIS RAMS at DALLAS COWBOYS — RAMS: tin Smith (shoulder). Baylor’s Hayley Davis for the lead. Talley, Jackson, and Gray all OUT: WR Patrick Edwards (ankle). DOUBTFUL: S Don Carey OUT: T Rodger Saffold (knee). QUESTIONABLE: TE Mike Mc- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at SEATTLE SEAHAWKS carded rounds of 4-over 76 to finish the day tied for 46th. Lendl (hamstring), T Jason Fox (groin). QUESTIONABLE: RB Reggie Neill (chest), S Darian Stewart (thigh). PROBABLE: CB Cort- — JAGUARS: OUT: WR Mike Brown (back), QB Blaine Gab- shot 5-over 77 and didn’t count toward the team total. Bush (knee), DT Nick Fairley (shoulder). PROBABLE: S Louis land Finnegan (nose), DE William Hayes (hip), DE Chris Long bert (right hand), CB Dwayne Gratz (ankle), TE Marcedes n Women’s soccer team loses to No. 8 Florida: At Delmas (knee), DE Jason Jones (knee), LB Ashlee Palmer (an- (hip), RB Daryl Richardson (foot), DE Eugene Sims (foot), G Lewis (calf). QUESTIONABLE: CB Alan Ball (groin), RB Gainesville, Fla., Alabama dropped a 3-0 decision at No. 8 Florida kle), G Rob Sims (knee). REDSKINS: QUESTIONABLE: DE Chris Williams (foot). COWBOYS: OUT: LB Ernie Sims (groin). Maurice Jones-Drew (ankle), G Uche Nwaneri (knee). on Friday night in the Southeastern Conference opener for both Stephen Bowen (knee), K Kai Forbath (right groin), DE Kedric QUESTIONABLE: DE Anthony Spencer (knee). PROBABLE: PROBABLE: WR Stephen Burton (hip), DT Roy Miller (knee), teams. Golston (abdomen), WR Leonard Hankerson (hamstring, hip), WR Dez Bryant (back), CB Morris Claiborne (shoulder), QB G Will Rackley (knee), TE Allen Reisner (toe), WR Ace Sand- The Crimson Tide falls to 2-6 and 0-1 on the season, while the S Brandon Meriweather (concussion). PROBABLE: NT Barry Tony Romo (ribs), DE DeMarcus Ware (neck). ers (ribs), LB J.T. Thomas (hamstring). SEAHAWKS: OUT: Gators improve to 7-1-1 and 1-0. Cofield (hand). CLEVELAND BROWNS at MINNESOTA VIKINGS — DT Jordan Hill (biceps). DOUBTFUL: S Jeron Johnson Florida’s Savannah Jordan had two goals. She leads the SEC SAN DIEGO CHARGERS at TENNESSEE TITANS — BROWNS: OUT: LB Quentin Groves (ankle), QB Brandon (hamstring), RB Spencer Ware (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: and ranks among the top 10 in the nation with 10 goals. CHARGERS: OUT: WR Malcom Floyd (neck). DOUBTFUL: LB Weeden (right thumb). DOUBTFUL: G Shawn Lauvao (ankle). LB Malcolm Smith (hamstring). PROBABLE: CB Brandon Alabama will return to action next week when it plays host to Manti Te’o (foot). QUESTIONABLE: LB Donald Butler (groin), QUESTIONABLE: DE Ahtyba Rubin (calf). PROBABLE: DE Browner (hamstring), DE Chris Clemons (knee), T Breno Vanderbilt at 7 p.m. Friday and Tennessee at 1 p.m. Sunday at the T D.J. Fluker (concussion), CB Shareece Wright (hamstring). Desmond Bryant (wrist), S T.J. Ward (shoulder). VIKINGS: Giacomini (knee), G J.R. Sweezy (back). Alabama Soccer Complex. PROBABLE: DE Corey Liuget (hamstring), WR Eddie Royal OUT: RB Rhett Ellison (knee). PROBABLE: DT Fred Evans CHICAGO BEARS at PITTSBURGH STEELERS — n Swimming and diving team beats Delta State: At Cleve- (wrist). TITANS: OUT: RB Shonn Greene (knee), DT Sammie Hill (shoulder), G Brandon Fusco (shoulder), LB Erin Henderson BEARS: QUESTIONABLE: CB Charles Tillman (knee). land, Miss., Alabama’s swimming and diving team got the 2013-14 (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: LB Zaviar Gooden (ankle), T David (heel), T Phil Loadholt (knee), S Mistral Raymond (shoulder), S PROBABLE: TE Martellus Bennett (shoulder), G Kyle Long season off to a strong start Friday by winning 31 of 32 events in a Stewart (calf), CB Blidi Wreh-Wilson (hamstring). PROBABLE: Harrison Smith (upper arm), C John Sullivan (knee), DT Kevin (back), WR Brandon Marshall (back). STEELERS: OUT: CB sweep of Delta State. The women delivered a clean sweep of the LB Zach Brown (illness), WR Damian Williams (hamstring), WR Williams (knee). Cortez Allen (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: RB Le’Veon Bell events and broke four pool records in the meet’s first five events en Kendall Wright (concussion). ATLANTA FALCONS at MIAMI DOLPHINS — FALCONS: (foot). PROBABLE: CB Curtis Brown (illness), LB Jarvis route to a 242-50 victory, while the men won 238-62. ARIZONA CARDINALS at NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — OUT: T Sam Baker (knee, foot), RB Steven Jackson (ham- Jones (heel), DE Brett Keisel (calf), NT Steve McLendon Freshman distance ace Bonnie Macdonald won the first CARDINALS: OUT: LB Kevin Minter (hamstring). QUESTION- string). QUESTIONABLE: WR Julio Jones (knee), DE Cliff (hamstring), TE Heath Miller (knee). race of her Crimson Tide career, taking the 1,000 freestyle with a ABLE: WR Larry Fitzgerald (hamstring), RB Rashard Mendenhall Matthews (neck), CB Asante Samuel (thigh), WR Roddy White Monday’s Game 10:05.39 which broke the pool record and is ninth all-time at Ala- (toe). PROBABLE: LB Lorenzo Alexander (biceps), TE Rob Hou- (ankle). PROBABLE: LB Akeem Dent (shoulder), G Peter Konz OAKLAND RAIDERS at DENVER BRONCOS — RAID- bama. She came back later in the meet and won the 500 freestyle sler (ankle), DE Ronald Talley (wrist). SAINTS: OUT: S Isa Ab- (knee). DOLPHINS: OUT: CB Dimitri Patterson (groin), DT Paul ERS: DNP: TE David Ausberry (shoulder), S Tyvon Branch with a 4:58.09 before finishing the meet by swimming a leg on the dul-Quddus (ankle), S Roman Harper (knee). QUESTIONABLE: Soliai (knee). QUESTIONABLE: S Chris Clemons (hamstring), (ankle), T Menelik Watson (knee). LIMITED: G Lucas Nix winning 400 freestyle relay. NT Brodrick Bunkley (calf), G Jahri Evans (hamstring), DE Glenn QB Pat Devlin (ankle), LB Koa Misi (ankle), C Mike Pouncey (ankle). FULL: LB Kevin Burnett (illness). BRONCOS: DNP: The 200 medley relay of senior Stephanie Kinsey, junior Kaylin Foster (ankle), RB Mark Ingram (toe), DE Tom Johnson (ham- (ankle), WR Mike Wallace (groin). PROBABLE: CB Will Davis TE Jacob Tamme (not injury related). LIMITED: CB Champ Burchell, junior Kristel Vourna and sophomore Emma Saunders got string), DE Tyrunn Walker (knee). PROBABLE: WR Marques (toe), LB Dannell Ellerbe (pectoral, ribs), G Nate Garner (shoul- Bailey (foot), TE Joel Dreessen (knee), S Duke Ihenacho the Tide started with a pool record 1:43.27 and a first-place finish. Colston (foot), LB Junior Galette (hamstring), CB Jabari Greer der), G John Jerry (knee), DE Dion Jordan (shoulder), QB Ryan (ankle). FULL: RB C.J. Anderson (knee), S Omar Bolden Saunders then came back to win the 200 freestyle with a pool (back), DE Akiem Hicks (knee), LB Curtis Lofton (knee), T Zach Tannehill (right shoulder), CB Jamar Taylor (groin), DE Olivier (shoulder), LB Aaron Brewer (rib), WR Eric Decker (shoul- record 1:49.89 while Burchell won the 100 breaststroke with a Strief (neck), LB Martez Wilson (elbow). Vernon (thumb), S Jimmy Wilson (groin). der), G Chris Kuper (ankle), WR Wes Welker (ankle). pool-record 1:02.90. Saunders also won the 100 freestyle with a 51.51 and anchored the winning 400 freestyle relay while Burchell touched first in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:30.68. Auto Racing On the men’s side, Alabama opened and closed with relay wins, with freshmen Connor Oslin and Anton Mckee combining Sprint Cup Sylvania 300 After Friday qualifying; race Today with sophomore Brett Walsh and senior BJ Hornikel to win the Rookie Blaney wins Nationwide race At New Hampshire Motor Speedway medley relay with a 1:30.98, while Walsh, senior Vlad Caciuc, Loudon, N.H. Lap length: 1.058 miles freshman Alex Gray and Hornikel closed the meet with a 3:05.21 By GARY B. GRAVES a two-tire stop on lap 166 to reclaiming the lead (Car number in parentheses) win in the 400 freestyle relay. The Associated Press 1. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 136.497. from Dillon after losing it on the restart. More 2. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 136.082. Mckee was also one of five Crimson Tide swimmers to win a 3. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 136.053. pair of individual events against DSU, taking the 1,000 freestyle tests followed, including a brush with teammate 4. (78) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 135.868. SPARTA, Ky. — Rookie Ryan Blaney earned Sam Hornish Jr.’s Ford and one final restart. 5. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 135.636. with a 9:28.91 and the 200 breaststroke with a 2:01.05. Rookie div- 6. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 135.525. er Brent Sagert won both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards, totaling his first Nationwide Series victory and another Matt Crafton was third, Hornish fourth and 7. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 135.463. 313.77 and 356.25, respectively. 8. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 135.41. win for Penske Racing’s No. 22 Ford, holding rookie Alex Bowman fifth in a Toyota. 9. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 135.371. The sophomore trio of Walsh, Brian Westlake and Crews off Austin Dillon and surviving several late cau- 10. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 135.208. Wellford all won a pair of individual titles. Walsh won the 50 free- Getting closer to Blaney was out of the ques- 11. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 135.126. tions to win Saturday night’s 300-mile race at 12. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 135.097. style, 20.77, and the 100 butterfly, 49.96, while Westlake won the tion for Dillon and just about anyone in conten- 13. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 135.073. 200 freestyle with a 1:41.61 and the 500 freestyle with a 4:38.21. Kentucky Speedway. tion. Hornish gave it a shot late in the race before 14. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 135.021. 15. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 134.987. Welford won the 100 and 200 backstroke, touching the wall at Blaney, who drives for Sprint Cup champion that late wiggle left him settling for his 21st top- 16. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 134.892. 49.80 and 1:48.61, respectively. Brad Keselowski in the Camping World Truck 17. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 134.477. n five finish of the season. 18. (14) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 134.42. Baseball program will hold camps in November: At Series, used his second start in the Mustang to 19. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 134.292. Tuscaloosa, Ala., the baseball program will hold fall camps on Dillon had hope on several restarts, only to 20. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 134.217. claim the car’s 10th victory of 2013 and a season 21. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 134.193. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 16-17. let the son of NASCAR veteran Dave Blaney 22. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 134.132. Alabama will hold a youth camp, a showcase and games sweep at Kentucky. Keselowski drove the car to quickly snatch it away on several late restarts. 23. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 133.981. camp, and the Bama pitching camp. 24. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 133.792. victory in June. The final one typified the futility: Blaney blasted 25. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 133.769. The Youth Fall Camp will be Saturday, Nov. 16, for kids from 26. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 133.637. kindergarten through the seventh grade. Part of this camp will be in Blaney’s win included tense moments over the out on lap 191 to open up a three car-length lead 27. (51) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 133.548. 28. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 133.52. the Hank Crisp Indoor Practice Facility. final 40 laps, from beating Dillon off pit road with and didn’t look back. 29. (55) Kenny Wallace, Toyota, 133.408. The Fall Showcase and Games Camp will begin in the 30. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 133.301. 31. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 133.282. afternoon Nov. 16, and run all day Nov. 17. Each player in the camp Sprint Cup 32. (40) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 133.17. will be evaluated by the Alabama coaches, in addition to other 33. (30) Kevin Swindell, Toyota, 132.365. 34. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 132.232. junior college and college coaches at the camp. The first night will Sylvania 300 NASCAR tracks slow to embrace 35. (83) David Reutimann, Toyota, 132.2. consist of a pro-style workout with batting practice at Sewell-Thom- 36. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 132.163. n SITE: Loudon, N.H. 37. (36) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, Owner Points. as Stadium. On the second day, each player will compete in two 38. (7) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, Owner Points. games, one game at Sewell-Thomas Stadium and the second at a n TV: Noon (ESPN), Race 39. (33) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, Owner Points. heralded Air Titan drying system 40. (95) Scott Riggs, Ford, Owner Points. local high school. begins at 1 p.m. 41. (98) Johnny Sauter, Ford, Owner Points. The Bama pitching camp will run in conjunction with the n TRACK: New Hampshire By DAN GELSTON 42. (32) Timmy Hill, Ford, Owner Points. Showcase and Games Camp. On Nov. 16, the pitchers will learn be at the third Chase race next 43. (35) Josh Wise, Ford, Owner Points. The Associated Press every part of the pitching program at Alabama, and a strength and Motor Speedway (oval, week at Dover. Nationwide Kentucky 300 1.058 miles). Saturday conditioning/nutrition talk will be included. On Nov. 17, the pitchers It’s stuck in Concord, N.C. At Kentucky Speedway will throw two innings in one of the games. n RACE DISTANCE: 317.4 LOUDON, N.H. — The When the rain comes, the Sparta, Ky. Log onto www.bamabaseball.com for more information and Lap length: 1.5 miles miles, 300 laps. forecast calls for rain at New NASCAR tracks will rely on (Start position in parentheses) to register for the fall and winter camps. For more information n Hampshire, potentially soak- 1. (2) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 200 laps, 147.7 rating, 0 about the camps or about team rates, contact Bobby Barbier at LAST YEAR: Denny Hamlin the same drying methods points, $80,800. raced to the last of his five ing fans for NASCAR’s second 2. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 200, 126.6, 43, $57,475. [email protected]. they’ve used since the 1970s. 3. (5) Matt Crafton, Chevrolet, 200, 105.9, 0, $38,995. 2012 victories — and the consecutive Chase race, and New Hampshire has at least a 4. (1) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 200, 124.6, 41, $31,290. last of his 22 career wins. putting the threat of a Monday 5. (20) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 200, 93.2, 39, $27,590. Auto Racing half-dozen jet dryers and two 6. (7) Drew Herring, Toyota, 200, 108.6, 38, $24,915. n LAST WEEK: Top-seeded finish in play. 7. (10) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 200, 101.7, 37, $23,265. LaJoie wins rain-delayed ARCA race at Kentucky tankers of fuel that will be used 8. (13) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 200, 80.9, 0, $15,265. Matt Kenseth won the Chase Without lights at the 1.058- to dry the track. 9. (18) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 200, 81.1, 35, $21,040. SPARTA, Ky. — Corey LaJoie took the lead for good with 33 opener at Chicagoland for 10. (15) Michael Annett, Ford, 200, 87.7, 34, $21,790. laps remaining and went on to win Saturday’s rain-delayed, 150- mile track, the rush could be Drivers will retreat to their 11. (4) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 200, 107.8, 34, $22,170. his series-leading sixth 12. (14) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 200, 93.1, 32, mile ARCA series race at Kentucky Speedway. for jet fuel dryers to wring out motorhomes. Fans at the track $19,745. Fastest in Friday’s practice but 13th on the starting grid on victory. Joe Gibbs Racing the asphalt and make it safe for 13. (21) Dakoda Armstrong, Chevrolet, 200, 72.9, 0, teammate Kyle Busch was will leave. The ones at home $13,295. owners’ points after rain washed out qualifying and the race, drivers to complete at least half 14. (12) Elliott Sadler, Toyota, 200, 98.8, 31, $19,840. LaJoie returned to lead four times for 40 laps and earn his third second. will tune out. 15. (22) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 200, 75.5, 29, $19,830. of today’s race before the sun No one likes the rain. But 16. (36) Johanna Long, Chevrolet, 200, 62.4, 28, victory this season. n fast facts: Kenseth $18,520. LaJoie got his No. 17 Ford by the outside of Chad Boat’s Toy- has an eight-point lead over goes down. tracks have been slow to em- 17. (9) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 200, 79.9, 27, ota after a restart on lap 67 of 100 and used the clean air to beat $18,415. Busch. Jimmie Johnson NASCAR had an idea that brace the Air Titan, putting the 18. (6) Joey Coulter, Toyota, 200, 72.2, 0, $18,285. Mason Mitchell’s Ford by 2.564 seconds in his first Kentucky start. would speed up the intermi- 19. (28) Kevin Lepage, Chevrolet, 199, 62.5, 25, He was followed by Spencer Gallagher, Boat and Grant (11 points back) is third, machine on a Sprint Cup sab- $18,172. nable process. It developed 20. (24) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 198, 55, 25, Enfinger. Series points leader Frank Kimmel finished ninth after followed by Kevin Harvick batical since May at Talladega. $18,725. starting on the pole in a backup Toyota. He wrecked his primary (-15), Carl Edwards (-23), a state-of-the art system that 21. (29) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 198, 55.3, 23, “They hyped it,” track own- $17,945. car in practice. Kurt Busch (-23), Jeff was designed to blow the water er Bruton Smith said. “But 22. (31) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 198, 49.5, 22, Kimmel will clinch his 10th ARCA title by starting the series’ Gordon (-24), Ryan Newman out of every pesky weeper and $17,840. next race at Kansas Speedway on Oct. 4. I don’t know anybody that 23. (34) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 197, 49.6, 21, $17,715. (-28), Clint Bowyer (-28), Ka- reduce track drying time, per- 24. (25) Eric McClure, Toyota, 197, 48.9, 20, $17,585. sey Kahne (-31), Greg Biffle thought it was effective. If they 25. (26) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ford, 197, 42.4, 19, $17,955. haps up to 80 percent. have enough jet dryers, they do 26. (23) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 196, 60.5, 18, $17,375. Hight earns top FC spot at Texas Fall Nationals (-31), Joey Logano (-52) and 27. (16) Nelson Piquet Jr., Chevrolet, 194, 43.7, 17, Hailed as NASCAR’s next the job.” $17,270. ENNIS, Texas — Funny Car driver Robert Hight secured his Dale Earnhardt Jr. (-53). ... 28. (32) Jamie Dick, Chevrolet, 194, 43.3, 16, $11,165. second No. 1 qualifying position of the year and 45th of his ca- Five-time series champion big innovation, NASCAR chair- The Air Titan did pass its 29. (11) Parker Kligerman, Toyota, accident, 187, 79.2, 15, $17,040. reer on Saturday, setting himself up for a shot at his third straight Johnson has a record 22 man Brian France promised at early test runs. 30. (17) Brad Sweet, Chevrolet, accident, 161, 66.2, victory of the season Sunday at the Texas Fall Nationals, the victories in 91 Chase starts. a January announcement the NASCAR touted the Air 14, $17,235. second of six races in the NHRA’s Countdown to the Champion- 31. (35) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, suspension, 113, 36.5, ... Brian Vickers won the development would revolution- Titan’s success after it saved 13, $10,830. ship playoffs. July race. ... Bobby Labonte 32. (39) Harrison Rhodes, Ford, engine, 100, 33.1, 12, Shawn Langdon qualified No. 1 in Top Fuel, Erica Enders-Ste- ize track drying and dramat- Saturday’s Nationwide Series $16,725. is returning to drive JTG 33. (19) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, brakes, 98, 68.5, 11, vens took the top spot in Pro Stock and Hector Arana Sr. led the ically improve the fan experi- race and a Sunday finish in the $10,635. Daugherty’s No. 47 Toyota. Pro Stock Motorcycle division. Rain washed out both of Friday’s ence. Cup race at Talladega. The Cup 34. (8) Travis Pastrana, Ford, accident, 59, 68.9, 10, He missed three races after $16,545. qualifying sessions and competitors made two runs Saturday. Instead, the Air Titan has race was delayed by 3 hours, 36 35. (38) Ryan Ellis, Toyota, vibration, 31, 34.1, 9, Hight broke the elapsed time track record with a performance breaking three ribs in a $16,450. been start-and-parked. minutes, still a long time, but 36. (40) Matt DiBenedetto, Chevrolet, overheating, 8, of 4.052 seconds at 311.85 mph in his Ford Mustang. He will open bicycle accident. 35.8, 8, $9,895. eliminations against two-time event winner Del Worsham. n NEXT RACE: AAA 400, With rain looming, the Air enough to get in the full race. 37. (30) Carl Long, Dodge, suspension, 8, 34.8, 7, “It’s a lot of fun right now. It couldn’t happen at a better time $9,865. Sept. 29, Dover Titan isn’t at New Hampshire The Air Titan was credited 38. (37) T.J. Bell, Chevrolet, transmission, 6, 33.7, 6, than at our sponsor’s race,” Hight said. “That was a good run. this weekend. Just like it wasn’t with slicing at least 45 minutes $9,836. (Crew chief) Mike Neff is not one of these guys that goes up there International Speedway, 39. (33) Blake Koch, Toyota, rear gear, 4, 32.9, 5, at the rain-delayed Chase open- off NASCAR’s expected 2½- $9,705. and throws a Hail Mary.” Dover, Del. 40. (27) Jeff Green, Toyota, vibration, 3, 31.3, 4, — From Special Reports — By The Associated Press er at Chicagoland. And it won’t hour drying process. $9,610. 10B Sunday, September 22, 2013 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Boxing Remembering Ali, Norton, and golden age of heavyweights They were young once, and week at the age of 70, fighting Ali million. This is not Joe Frazier or Norton down three times before life now, but he’s doing good,” perhaps it’s best to remember didn’t just put him in the upper Ken Norton or Jimmy Young,” he the fight was mercifully called to said Ali’s former business man- them that way. echelon of heavyweights at a said. “I’m getting $2.75 million an end in the second round. ager Gene Kilroy, who visited Magnificent men on stages time when heavyweights reigned for a tuneup, a warm up, against “A lot of people assumed he him earlier this year on Ali’s 71st equally as magnificent, they supreme. It literally put food on a nobody.” was afraid of me but he was nev- birthday. “But he’s not the Ali he were part of his table for his son, Ken Jr., who There had to be some no- er afraid of me,” Foreman said. used to be when he would walk the gold- would go on to play in the NFL bodies, of course, because the “He got in the ring and took off down the street and 5,000 people en age of for 13 years and now coaches heavyweights who really mat- his robe and I looked over there would follow as he yelled ‘Who’s heavyweight linebackers for the Seattle Sea- tered couldn’t keep fighting each and he looks like Hercules. That the greatest of all time?’” boxing. With hawks. other all the time. Sometimes, wasn’t pretty at all.” Ali was, and of that there is Muhammad The money was there because though, it seemed like they did, Norton is gone now, never little doubt. He captivated the Ali as the Ali made sure it was. He and even to those actually doing the really having recovered from world with his mouth outside the common Frazier met in what was truly fighting. blows taken to the head and a car ring, and thrilled them with his thread, they the Fight of the Century in 1971, “They kept coming, and kept accident in the 1980s that nearly work inside the ropes. Two wins fought in far- both getting $2.5 million purses coming, one after the other,” killed him. So is Frazier, and oth- each against Frazier and Norton Tim Dahlberg away places that were unheard of at the time. Foreman said. “You just couldn’t er less notable alums of the great and mighty upsets of Foreman like Zaire and A few years later, Ali was find an easy target.” heavyweight era like Young and and Sonny Liston were more the Philip- heavyweight champion again, Norton was no easy target — Ron Lyle. than a career for any one man. pines, in Yankee Stadium and in though some thought his time far from it. The former Marine Getting hit in the head by a His supporting class was aw- the parking lot of a faux Roman had passed. He hadn’t looked with the sculpted body came out 200-pound man can take a toll, fully good too — the last batch of palace on the Las Vegas Strip. that great against Norton in their of nowhere to break Ali’s jaw and though some weathered it better heavyweights to take up boxing “On any given night all of us 1976 fight at Yankee Stadium, hand him only his second defeat than others. I was with Leon before the lure of basketball could beat the other,” George and now he was going to defend in 1973. The two would fight two Spinks last year when he and and football took away so many Foreman said. “I had Ken Nor- his title against Alfredo Evan- more times and Ali would win his wife sat in a small room at good athletes from pursuing the ton’s number and Joe Frazier’s gelista, a solid if unspectacular both, though Norton went to the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain sport. Like Norton, they were number. Ali had my number, and contender most noted as being his grave believing that he was Health in Las Vegas, where he champions too, even if Ali always Norton had Ali’s number. No one the best heavyweight ever to robbed in their last fight in 1976 was told his brain was shrinking seemed to reign supreme. would give up.” emerge from Uruguay. in Yankee Stadium. because of the abuse it took in They were all young once, For the better part of two “Why do you keep fighting?” There was no such contro- the ring and out. and they were magnificent. decades, no one did. They fought a radio man asked Ali before the versy two years earlier when It was grand, though now it’s As another one passes, we’re each other and, if that didn’t set- bout. Norton challenged Foreman not so pretty. Ali himself is near- all lucky to be able to remember tle things, they fought each other Ali looked at the man like he for the heavyweight title in, of ly mute and a trembling figure them that way. again. Ali in particular didn’t had just landed from outer space all places, Caracas, Venezuela. these days in Arizona, ravaged Tim Dahlberg is a national mind meeting a familiar foe, with before explaining why he was The fearsome Foreman, fighting by the Parkinson’s Syndrome sports columnist for The three fights each against Norton risking his heavyweight crown. one last fight before he and Ali that did what no other opponent Associated Press. Write to him at and Frazier. “You know what they’re would meet in the “Rumble in could do — silence The Greatest. [email protected] or http:twitter. For Norton, who died this paying me for one night — $2.75 the Jungle” in Zaire, knocked “He’s living a more humble com/timdahlberg West Alabama Continued from Page 6B n Pickens County 40, Brilliant 0: a big lead, but the defense really wanted and defense,” Gregory said. track. Josh Lewis led Pickens Academy game and any other notable information. At Reform, Ala., the Tornadoes’ offense a shutout.” Talbert Tate had a team-high 11 “We had a size advantage on the with two rushing touchdowns and a Since The Dispatch is an afternoon kept rolling against their Class 1A, Re- Justin Barton had eight tackles and tackles. Weathers had three takeaways, offensive line and did a good job of tak- passing score. Lewis rushed 15 times for paper, we will try the next morning to gion 5 rival. a sack. Chris Hill added six tackles and as he recovered two fumbles to go with ing advantage of that,” Aliceville coach 127 yards. He was 12 of 22 for 128 yards. track results of all games not called in Pickens County, the No. 1 team two sacks. the interception return for a score. South Charles Moody said. “It was a difficult Lewis scored on runs of 28 and 29 to the newspaper. We will try to call at a in the latest ASWA Class 1A poll, has Pickens County will play host to Al- Lamar forced five turnovers. night, and we had to overcome some yards. The touchdown pass covered 53 reasonable hour and don’t mean to dis- scored 187 points en route to a 4-0 start iceville (3-1, 3-0 Class 2A, Region 4) on For Lynn (1-3, 0-3), Chance Henson adversity early (a 6-0 deficit), so it was yards and went to Joseph McGlawn. Mc- rupt any coach, teacher, or professional (3-0 in region play). Friday night. threw three touchdown passes, all to hit- good to see the players respond.” Glawn had four receptions for 84 yards. at work, but our goal is to recognize the “What we are looking for is con- n South Lamar 42, Lynn 19: At ting Ben Cagle (1, 33 and 12 yards). Marqueze Marshall had 12 tackles, The other Pickens Academy touch- performances of as many student-ath- sistency,” Pickens County Patrick Plott Lynn, Ala., the Stallions snapped a 15- South Lamar will travel to Central while David Hughes added 11 and Ter- downs were rushing scores by Chance letes as possible. said. “Regardless of the opponent or the game, two-season losing streak with of Coosa County (1-3, 1-2 Class 3A, relle Steele had 10. Britt and Whit Wilkins. Dalton Perkins If you are a coach, scorekeeper or score, we just want to stay focused and their Class 1A, Region 5 road victory. Region 4) for a non-region game Friday James Moore scored on a 1-yard also kicked a 37-yard field goal. parent who reports information to us, keep doing what we do. As long as we do “The kids have worked so hard and night. run for Cold Springs (2-2, 1-2). Daniel Powell and Grant McCrary please give us the best time and the best that, we will be successful.” it is good to see them rewarded,” South n Aliceville 26, Cold Springs 6: “We feel good about starting 3-0 in each had nine tackles. number to reach you. For Pickens County, Jamarcus Lamar coach Shannon Gregory said. At Cold Springs, Ala., the Yellow Jackets region play,” Moody said. “The next two Pickens Academy will look to build If the result of a game isn’t in The Brown had nine carries for 230 yards “Finally getting a win will allow the kids moved to 3-0 in Class 2A, Region 4 play weeks, though, we will learn a lot about on its 2-0 start in Class 1A, Region 2 play Dispatch, please work with us to encour- and four touchdowns. Devonté Simon to loosen up a little bit and just focus on with a dominating rushing attack and this team.” when it travels to Eastwood Christian (1- age that coach to contact us so we can also scored on a 39-yard run. playing football.” strong defensive effort. The Yellow Jackets face back-to- 3, 1-2) on Friday night. provide the best possible coverage. Simon had six carries for 99 yards. South Lamar (1-3, 1-2 region) Darion Manning rushed 21 times for back undefeated foes. Aliceville will play If you have any questions, call He also hit Deonté Simon for a two-point rushed for a 297 yards. Holden Fields led 205 yards, as Aliceville ran for 307 yards Pickens County (4-0, Class 1A, Region Our Prep Coverage sports editor Adam Minichino at 662- All fall sports coaches are reminded conversion. the way with 125 rushing yards, including as a team. Manning capped his monster 5) in a non-region game before stepping 327-1297. Pickens County had 405 yards of to- touchdown runs of 35 and 31 yards. night by scoring on a 10-yard run. back into region play to play host to La- to report their game results to The Dis- tal offense. Defensively, the Tornadoes Quarterback Canaan Fleming threw Aliceville (3-1) allowed the ground mar County (4-0, 3-0) on Oct. 4. Those patch. Prep Player of Week finally got that long-awaited first shutout a 12-yard touchdown pass to Dustin game to dominate. Cody Davis scored are the final two undefeated teams in Coaches, scorekeepers, parents Every Tuesday, The Dispatch will while holding the Tigers (2-2, 2-1) to 94 Weathers. He also scored on a 20-yard on a 38-yard run. Jaterrius Steele scored Class 2A, Region 4. and/or players can call 662-327-1297 or recognize a standout prep performer. yards. run. The Stallions also got the first de- on a 7-yard run. Christopher Crowell n Pickens Academy 29, South e-mail information to sports@cdispatch. If you would like to nominate a prep “The defense has been working fensive touchdown of the season on a scored on a 14-yard run. Manning also Choctaw Academy 7: At Toxey, Ala., com, [email protected], or player of the week, call us at 662-327- real hard to get the shutout,” Plott said. 25-yard interception return. Corey Betts had a two-point conversion run. the Pirates moved to 4-0 for a sec- [email protected]. 1297 or e-mail us at sports@cdispatch. “They were really flying around to the added a 27-yard touchdown run. The Yellow Jackets only threw the ond-straight season with this non-region Please give us the final score, where com, [email protected], or ball and making big play after big play. “It was a balanced effort and we got ball 12 times and overcame one inter- victory in Alabama Independent School the game was played, the team records, [email protected] before 5 p.m. Sometimes you lose focus when you get a lot of people involved both on offense ception and five lost fumbles on the wet Association action. leading performers, the team’s next Saturday. MSU baseball Saints Continued from Page 2B Continued from Page 9B Baseball. The younger brother of former Di- The Saints have most key skill amond Dawg and current MLB player Tyler players remaining from a 2011 of- Moore (Washington Nationals), Humphreys fense that gained an NFL-record earned 2013 Louisville Slugger First-Team 7,474 yards: Brees, tight end Jim- All-America honors this past spring after hit- my Graham, running backs Dar- ting 11 home runs and 32 RBIs as a senior. The ren Sproles and Pierre Thomas, 6-foot-2, 200-pounder hit .419 with a .543 on-base receivers Marques Colston and percentage and an .874 slugging percentage for Lance Moore. Even last season, Northwest Rankin High School. when Payton was suspended, New “Reid comes from a great family and we feel Orleans’ offense ranked second like he is going to be a great player,” Cohen said. with an average of 411 yards per “Reid enters our program with a very good skill game. With Payton back calling set.” plays, the Saints are averaging 395 On the mound, the Bulldogs also signed fel- yards, the slight dip coming as the low draft pick Paul Young, a right-hander who running game struggles. was selected by the Cleveland Indians with the That puts more pressure on fifth pick in the 21st round. Young, who chose Brees, who’ll be keeping an eye MSU over scholarship offers from 11 other on the pair of talented young Car- Southeastern Conference schools, went 5-0 with dinals defensive backs who rose to a 2.44 ERA this past spring for Central Alabama stardom 80 miles up the Mississip- Community College, including a complete-game pi River in Death Valley. victory in the 2013 NJCAA National Champion- ship game. Five Things to Know “Paul had a really difficult decision of whether n RED (ZONE) ALERT: While the Saints rank ninth in yards per game, finishing drives in the end zone to go to college or to sign a professional contract,” has been a problem. New Orleans’ 14.3 percent red Cohen said. “We are very pleased he chose Mis- zone conversion rate (1 for 7) ranks at the bottom of sissippi State. He is a very talented young man the NFL. Two of New Orleans’ three touchdowns have with a great arm.” come on passes of 25 yards or more. Drafted by the Texas Rangers with the 24th “It’s great when you get the big plays, but you can’t pick in the 36th round of this summer’s MLB bank on it,” Brees said. n PETERSON’S PLAYMAKING: Cardinals draft was fellow right-hander Dakota Hudson, coach Bruce Arians joked that Peterson isn’t kicking who was rated a top 100 player overall at any po- field goals because he could not beat out Jay Feely. sition by national scouting service Perfect Game. Otherwise, the star cornerback and return man really Topping out at 95 mph on the radar gun, Hudson might be doing it all. Arians has used Peterson intermit- owned a 1.09 ERA and a 124-to-14 strikeout-to- tently on offense, both throwing and catching passes. walk ratio as a senior for Sequatchie County Peterson promises more. “We’ve got a lot planned up our sleeve,” he said. “I High in Dunlap, Tenn. guess you guys will find out as soon as the world finds “Dakota’s professional signability is what ulti- out.” mately got him on our campus,” Cohen said. “We n DEFENSIVE SAINTS: New Orleans’ defense are thrilled he decided to be a Bulldog.” is getting credit for the club’s 2-0 start, in stark contrast Other notable names from the class are: catch- to a year ago, when the unit set NFL records for futil- ity. Through two games under Ryan, the Saints rank er Gavin Collins, right-hander Avery Geyer and 11th, yielding 320 yards per game, well below their outfielder Joey Swinarski. Coming all the way record-440 average in 2012. from Lake Forest, Calif. (El Toro High), Collins “It’s two weeks, and we’re encouraged,” Payton was projected to go in the top five rounds of the said. “We’re going to see some really good offenses. draft before injuring his ankle in the first game This week presents a different challenge.” n of his senior season, but he has since fully recov- AERIAL ARIENS: The Cardinals’ offense appears to be making progress under Arians, who ered. acquired a new veteran quarterback in Carson Palmer. Geyer, who was the ace on the national Arizona has averaged 282.5 yards passing, an championship Pensacola (Fla.) Catholic High encouraging sign for a club that averaged only 187.8 squad, was a 2013 Louisville Slugger First-Team through the air last season. All-American, and finished third in the voting for n GROUNDED INGRAM: Saints running back Mark Ingram was hoping for a breakout season in his Florida’s Mr. Baseball. third year as a pro. So far, the 2009 Heisman Trophy Swinarski, a fellow Floridian from Orlando, winner out of Alabama, drafted in the first round in 2011, Fla. (The First Academy), graduated from high has already become a magnet for criticism on New school a year early and chose MSU over South Orleans sports talk shows and internet chat rooms. He Carolina, despite being a projected as a high pick is averaging 1.8 yards on 31 rushes, and was knocked in next June’s draft. backward on fourth down at the goal line in Tampa Bay last Sunday. The newcomers will make their debut Friday, Ingram’s teammates are sticking up for the running Oct. 4, in the team’s first open practice of the fall back, saying many of his fruitless runs came on plays at Dudy Noble Field. that broke down in many areas. C w SECTION

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Micah Green/Dispatch Staff Lowndes County Master Gardener Lucy Harpole, left, and Mississippi State Extension Service horticulturist Jeff Wilson talk about the making of the butterfly garden behind them at the Columbus Riverwalk Wednesday. In the background, Master Gardener Doris Ebner tends some of the plants. The public is encouraged to visit the garden this month while butterflies and caterpillars are prolific. Have you noticed? There’s a lot of feasting and fluttering going on in downtown Columbus

BY JAN SWOOPE Riverwalk. And, indeed, the doing a delicate dance from said Jeff Wilson, standing dedicated butterfly garden- [email protected] winged insects have come, plant to plant — “self-pro- on the sloping hillside above er. clad in brilliant coats of pelled flowers,” R.L. Hein- the garden at the Moore’s The idea was on the f ever there autumn amber, ultramarine lein once dubbed them. The Creek Road turn-off at the drawing board for a while, C was a case and buttercup yellow. The close observer this month west end of Columbus’ Main but finally got underway in Iof “build pipevine swallowtails, east- will spot hundreds of cater- Street. The Mississippi State the spring of 2012. it and they will ern tigers and little skippers, pillars (larvae) and cocoons Extension Service horti- “The first priority was to come,” the Lown- the Gulf fritillaries and mon- (pupa or chrysalis) — less culturist leads the Master des County Master Garden- archs. Cloudless sulphurs, lovely, but vividly illustrating Gardeners group in their pick out a spot, one suited ers found it. What they built buckeyes, too. the pre-butterfly stages of volunteer efforts to make the to butterflies, with lots of is a 4,000-square-foot butter- As the seasons transition, life. county more beautiful. He’s sunshine (butterflies like fly garden at the Columbus they blanket the garden, “This was Lucy’s vision,” talking of Lucy Harpole, a See butterflies, 6C

Micah Green/Dispatch Staff Micah Green/Dispatch Staff A Gulf fritillary feeds on a zinnia at the garden Wednesday. Master Gardener Doris Ebner examines a cocoon that will soon yield a graceful butterfly.

Seeing stars he nights are of Virgo, into Libra. oped a deeper connection with of Libra, the sign that rules art They always make me smile. becoming No matter if these an old acquaintance. I was and beauty. We may feel like Some mornings they are a bit T a bit cooler are not your sun able to track down my creative sprucing up our homes and askew. It is as if they jumped now. Draped over signs; they still have writing teacher, a woman with yards. Of course, that could up to do a cheerful dance when our Golden Triangle an influence on us. whom I had lost contact over 10 just be because the milder everyone else was sleeping. is a velvet cloak, Virgo is ruled years ago. The most exciting temperatures motivate us to They may be tired but they just scattered with crys- by Mercury, which event was a phone call from expend some of the energy keep smiling. tal stars. The moon effects communi- a friend that I had not heard which had evaporated with I suppose it is not too early has looked especial- cation and travel. from in three years. the three-digit thermometer to start a Christmas list. There ly lovely lately. We I certainly felt the Thanks to the Internet, and readings. Goodbye, summer, are certainly a lot of gift choic- are all anxious for power of that planet in particular, to Facebook, I so glad to see you go. es offered by local merchants. autumn, perhaps this past week. will be able to remain in con- Libra will most likely bring the most pleasant of Adele Elliott My friendships tact with these dear souls, even out the autumn décor in I love to peer into the windows. seasons. increased in some though they are living in other downtown Columbus. I love The Bride and Groom shop Astrologically, very nice ways. I states around the country. seeing the jaunty scarecrows is always a stunner. I will today we move from the sign made a new friend and devel- Today marks the beginning perched on big bales of hay. See Elliott, 6C 2C Sunday, September 22, 2013 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

Tuesday through Saturday, Sept. 24-28 Possum Town Storytelling Festival — Internationally calendar known storytellers Len Cabral, Carmen Agra Deedy and Kuniko Yamamoto weave words into Tuesday, Sept. 24 Thursday and Friday, magic at the second annual Storytelling workshop — Possum Town Storytelling Festival Celebrated professional storyteller Sept. 26-27 presented by the Columbus Arts Len Cabral conducts a workshop for “The Brothers Menaechmus” Council. Performances will be at the Rosenzweig Arts Center those who love a good story and want — Mississippi State’s Shackouls Hon- to learn how to tell one. Tickets to the Omnova Theater, 501 Main St., in ors College Classical Week presents Columbus. For schedule or tickets, 7 p.m. workshop at the Rosenzweig this ancient comedy by Plautus. Enter- Arts Center are $10. All are welcome. contact the CAC, 662-328-2787 tainment and performances begin at or visit columbus-arts.org. See To sign up, contact the Columbus Arts 5:30 p.m. at Griffis Hall, in Zacharias Council, 662-328-2787. details on storytelling and origami Village Courtyard on the MSU campus. Photo by Fresh Air Photo workshops in the calendar below. Dr. Donna Clevinger directs. Bring Carmen Agra Deedy lawn chairs and blankets; a cookout Wednesday, Sept. 25 Thursday begins at 5 p.m. before the Table Talk — The Friends of the outdoor show. Free, but all donations Columbus-Lowndes Library hosts Dr. are welcome. For more information, Rent Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Dr. the unique culture that existed in this once-bustling business and Friday, Oct. 18 Kendall Dunkelberg, Mississippi Uni- call 662-325-2522. Michael Brown directs. Dr. Julia Bridge grand opening versity for Women professor of English, Mortyakova is guest solo pianist. entertainment district features live as he previews speakers for the 25th The symphony premieres Dr. Richard music, food, children’s activities and — Celebrate the opening of the annual Eudora Welty Writers’ Sym- Saturday, Sept. 28 Montalto’s “Possum Town Prelude.” more. Entertainers include Genuwine newly-restored Old Tombigbee River posium (Oct. 24-26). Bring lunch at Origami workshop — Interna- Tickets are $10 at the Rosenzweig and friends. For more information, Bridge at the Columbus Riverwalk 11:30 a.m. and socialize at the library, tional storyteller Kuniko Yamamoto Arts Center or at the door. MUW/ contact Kabir Karriem, 662-549- with “BBQ & Blues” from 11 a.m.-5 314 Seventh St. N.; iced tea is provid- conducts an origami workshop from MSU faculty, students and staff 4314. p.m. Stroll the historic bridge as ed. Or join friends from noon-1 p.m. 10 a.m.-noon at the Rosenzweig Arts admitted free with school ID. For award-winning blues artist Grady for the program. For more information, Center to conclude the Sept. 24-28 information, contact the CAC, 662- Champion entertains. Local artwork contact the library at 662-329-5300. Possum Town Tales Storytelling Festi- 328-2787. Saturday, Oct. 5 will be displayed. For more informa- val (details at top of page). Workshop Art in Autumn — The Mississip- tion, contact the Columbus-Lowndes Thursday, Sept. 26 is $10; $5 for each additional family Wednesday, Oct. 2 pi University for Women Department Convention and Visitors Bureau, member. Children 12 and under must of Art and Design’s Kappa Pi chapter 800-920-3533. MUW Lowndes alumni — The attend with a participating adult. Sign Table Talk — Author, illustrator hosts its annual Art in Autumn Lowndes County MUW Alumni chapter up by contacting the Columbus Arts and Starkville native Laurie Park- Auction from 6-9 p.m. in the Eugenia meets from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Lion Council, 662-328-2787. er discusses her first novel, “The Summer Gallery in the Art and De- Friday and Saturday, Hills Golf Club in Columbus. Dr. Ken- Homestead Fair —A variety of Matchstick Cross,” at noon at the sign Building on campus. The public dall Dunkelberg will preview the upcom- vendors and homesteading demon- Columbus-Lowndes Public Library, is invited to silent and live auctions Oct. 18-19 ing Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium. 314 Seventh St. N. The Friends of featuring work by students, art facul- Caledonia Days — Caledonia’s Reservations are not required. For strations in skills including blacksmith- ing, spinning, fermenting, livestock the Library invite you to bring lunch ty, art alumni and other professional 10th annual celebration kicks off more information, email Shasta Dodd at 11:30 a.m. to socialize; iced tea Oct. 18 in Ola J. Pickett Park at 7 at [email protected]. care and more take place between 9 artists. For more information, con- is provided. Or join friends for the tact Dr. Beverly Joyce, 662-241-7812 p.m. with the Win-Wheel Band of Ver- a.m.-7 p.m. at the Mississippi Modern program from noon-1 p.m. For more “Confluence” gallery recep- Homestead Center, Lake Valley Road, or [email protected]. non, Ala., American Idol Top 5 finalist tion — The public is invited to a information, contact the library, 662- Skylar Laine, children’s area and a Starkville. Free to members; $5 for 329-5300. gallery reception from 5:30-7:30 p.m. non-members. For more information, fireworks show. Activities downtown at the Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery visit msmodernhomestead.com or call Tuesday, Oct. 8 Oct. 19 begin at 8 a.m. and include (second floor of the MSU Welcome 662-694-0124. Friday and Saturday, Jazz at Renasant — The MSU a 5K, live music, classic car and Center) for the “Kathryn Hunter: Con- Symphony concert — The Symphony Association presents a tractor show, a dice run, pet parade, fluence” exhibit. For more information, Columbus Arts Council presents the Oct. 4-5 free jazz program outdoors at Rena- lawn mower race and more. For more go to caad.msstate.edu or contact Lori Starkville/MSU Symphony Orchestra Seventh Avenue Heritage sant Bank, 500 E. Lampkin St., in information, call the Town Hall, 662- Neuenfeldt, 662-325-2970. at Mississippi University for Women’s Festival — This celebration of Starkville at 6 p.m. 356 - 4117.

OUT AND ABOUT The Golden Triangle is within easy traveling distance of some of the best entertain- ment in the South. Support arts and entertainment at home, and when you’re on the ($59-65). 601-696-2200 or msurileycenter. – Kenny Rogers, Ford Center, Oxford ($58- road, these might pique your interest. Be aware that some venues add facility/conve- com. 75). 662-915-7411 or fordcenter.org. nience charges to ticket prices. 680-4027 or [email protected]. Oct. 7 – Alabama Symphonic Band, University Oct. 15 – Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, Sept. 25 – The Black Crowes, Thalia Mara of Alabama Moody Concert Hall, Tuscaloosa, Ford Center, Oxford ($28-34). 662- 915- Hall, Jackson ($72-94). boxofficeticket- Oct. 3 – Widespread Panic, Tuscaloosa 7:30 p.m. 205-348-7111 or music.ua.edu. 7411 or fordcenter.org. sales.com. Amphitheater ($37-45). 205-248-5280 or tuscaloossaamphitheater.com Oct. 9 – The Lumineers (with Dr. Dog and – Michael McDonald, Riley Center, Meridian Sept. 28 – Rickey Smiley & Friends, Nathanial Rateliff), Tuscaloosa Amphitheater ($63-69). 601-696-2200 or msurileycenter. BancorpSouth Arena, Tupelo ($35-$50). – Huxford Symphony Orchestra, University ($17-36). 205-248-5280 or tuscaloosaamphi- com. 662-841-6528 or bcsarena.com. of Alabama Moody Music Building Concert theater.com. Hall, Tuscaloosa, 7:30 p.m. 205-348-7111 Oct. 17 – The Beach Boys (with The – Michael Feldman’s “Whad’ya Know” radio or music.ua.edu. – Chamber Orchestra of Kremlin, U of A Swingin Medallions), Tuscaloosa Amphithe- show broadcasts live from the Ford Center, Moody Concert Hall, Tuscaloosa, 7:30 p.m. ater ($20-50). 205-248-5280 or tuscaloo- Oxford. 9:30 a.m. ($25-50). 662-915-2787 Oct. 6 – R. Kelly, Tuscaloosa Amphitheater 205-358-7111 or music.ua.edu. saamphitheater.com. or fordcenter.org ($46-71). 205-248-5280 or tuscaloosaam- phitheater.com. Oct. 10 – Rascal Flatts (with The Band Perry Oct. 24 – Willie Nelson and Merle Hag- – Pioneer Day (living history demos), 10 and Sweet Water Rain), Tuscaloosa Amphi- gard, Tuscaloosa Amphitheater ($20-70). a.m.-4 p.m., Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor – Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby (with theater ($31-75). 205-248-5280 or tuscaloo- 205-248-5280 or tuscaloosaamphitheater. Center (milepost 266 near Tupelo). 662- Kentucky Thunder), Riley Center, Meridian saamphitheater.com. com.

Courtesy photo The Starkville/MSU Symphony will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Rent Auditorium on Mississippi University for Women campus. Orchestra to unveil ‘Possum Town Prelude’ in Saturday concert SPECIAL TO under the direction of THE DISPATCH how to go Dr. Michael Brown, n WHAT: Starkville/MSU Sym- head of the Department phony concert he Starkville/ of Music at Mississippi n WHERE: Rent Auditorium on MSU Symphony State University. the Mississippi University for Association, Mis- Women campus T Tickets for the con- n WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 28 sissippi University for cert are $10, with MUW at 7:30 p.m. Women and the Colum- Mortyakova Brown and MSU faculty, staff bus Arts Council will and students receiving sponsor an evening con- or email columbus. orchestra for the Con- free admission with cert by the Starkville/ [email protected]. certstuke for Piano and valid University ID. The Symphony MSU Symphony Orches- Orchestra by Richard tra at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Tickets are available Association was estab- Schumann. The perfor- Sept. 28 in Rent Audi- at the Columbus Arts lished in 1969 and is mance also includes a torium, 1100 College Council’s Rosenzweig now celebrating its 45th St., on the Mississippi premiere of MUW music Arts Center, 501 Main season. Doug Browning University for Women professor Dr. Richard St., in downtown Co- conducts the Symphony campus in Columbus. Montalto’s original com- lumbus and will also be Chorus, which was orga- Dr. Julia Mortyako- position, “Possum Town available at the door the nized in 1972. Go on a great trip? va, Chair of the MUW Prelude” and Beetho- night of performance. For more information Send us your favorite vacation photo! Music Department, will ven’s Symphony No. 1 in For tickets or more about the association, [email protected] be the featured artist C Major. The Starkville- information, contact go to starkvillesympho- performer, joining the MSU Symphony is the CAC, 662-328-2787, ny.org. The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, September 22, 2013 3C Table Talk to preview esteemed writers’ symposium SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH event which presents the chase storms of every kind The Oct. 24-26 program at varied works of the visiting au- imaginable: from post-apoca- MUW features novelists, poets he Friends of the Co- thors. He has directed poetry lyptic tempests, to characters’ and short fiction writers who lumbus-Lowndes Public and fiction workshops at MUW battles with identity and des- hail not only from Mississippi T Library and Mississippi since 1994 and is the director tiny, and to the inner struggle and neighboring Alabama, but University for Women join forc- of creative writing at MUW. of the writer to set the right also from Missouri, Kentucky, es Sept. 25 to preview MUW’s A published poet since 1988 words on the page,” he con- Virginia, Indiana, Georgia and upcoming Eudora Welty Writ- and a translator of both poetry cluded. Arkansas as well. ers’ Symposium. The theme and fiction, he was honored in “This year’s line-up brings The Table Talk session will of this year’s event, “‘Alive as 2003 as the MUW Humanities a fascinating group of writ- be held in the second floor Ever, on the Brink of Oblivion’: faculty member of the year. ers,” said Friends member Jo Southern Writers in the Eye “We are thrilled to host the Shumake, “and we’re delighted meeting room at the Colum- of the Storm,” is inspired by symposium for the 25th time to have Dr. Dunkelberg as our bus-Lowndes Public Library, Eudora Welty’s novel “Losing this year, bringing one of the Table Talk speaker to guide us 314 Seventh St. N. Doors open Battles.” South’s greatest living wom- through their diverse works. at 11:30 a.m. for those wishing Dr. Kendall Dunkelberg, en writers, Ellen Gilchrist, It’s always a treat to learn to bring their lunch and social- who has overseen the Welty as our keynote reader,” said about the writers before they ize before the program begins Symposium since 2008, is Dunkelberg. “During this arrive at MUW for the Sympo- at noon. The Friends will serve Courtesy photo well-placed to discuss the three-day gathering, we will sium.” iced tea. Dr. Kendell Dunkelberg

Courtesy photo Cowbells on exhibit at Mitchell Memorial Library SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH histories on several individual cowbells. Items on display include double ringers STARKVILLE — Mitchell Memorial from the University Archives collection, Library’s latest exhibit pays homage to personal cowbells from the library’s the cowbell, one of MSU’s most beloved faculty and staff, and a sample of the cowbell collection of Sid Salter, Director traditions. Log on. of University Relations at Mississippi Located on the second floor of the State University. Photographs by Town library, the exhibit will run throughout and Gown intern Loren Gambrell show- the months of September and October. case cowbells around campus. Informational text highlights the his- For more information on MSU Li- www.cdispatch.com tory of the cowbell tradition, as well as braries, visit library.msstate.edu/. Fitness fundraiser Monday benefits BEING REGULAR Father’s Child Ministry BEINGBEING REGULARREGULARFEELS GOOD. FEELSFEELS GOOD.GOOD. SPECIAL TO faith while utilizing com- children in the Golden BEING REGULAR FEELS GOOD. THE DISPATCH munity resources. Triangle area,” said The event will take Marion McEwen, Cam- ampus Recreation place Monday, Sept. 23 pus Recreation wellnessBEING REGULAR FEELS GOOD. at Mississippi Uni- in the Pohl Gymnasium coordinator. Cversity for Women on the MUW campus Tickets are $5 in ad- is teaming up with local from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 vance and $7 at the door businesses to co-host p.m. The Charity Fitness and may be purchased the fifth annual Charity Party will include aerobic through participating Fitness Party fundraiser. exercises such as Zumba, sponsors: Fitness Factor, The fundraiser will R.I.P.P.E.D. and kickbox- Columbus YMCA, Max help to benefit the ing. Jason Sims from Max Muscle, OCH Wellness Father’s Child Ministry Muscle will be giving tips Connection in Starkville which was founded by on sports nutrition. Door and local Zumba instruc- Edward Yeates. The min- prizes will be provided by tor Bonnie Partridge. istry’s mission is to in- local sponsors. For more information, fluence fatherless young “The charity is a wor- contact McEwen at 662- men and women to reach thy cause and benefits 241-7494 or email mmce- their potential through many single parents and [email protected].

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being beautiful Getting on the road again t’s tailgate sea- again,” whether it’s oversized totes my friends water. Nothing is sadder than sizes perfect for getting out on son in the South a stylish outing to carry. your favorite shade of lipstick the highway. Now if you have Iand although we a college football Always keep moist tow- melting in the heat, and that never bought a thing at that never did much of game or a fall trip elettes that come in resealable can happen well into October cosmetics counter, the sales- that growing up, to Italy. packages nearby for quick in Mississippi. person might not be thrilled, there were occa- It’s a rite of makeup fixes on the road. I’ve seen everything under but if you are a regular client, sions when Mama passage, I suppose, Some even come enriched the sun in the travel bags of a few samples for the road packed up her more so for the with the fresh aroma of cu- the most stylish women — aren’t too much to ask and can beauty essentials Southern gal than cumbers or relaxing scent of miniature styling tools such really simplify your packing. to hit the road with others, to always lavender. It’s a far stretch from as foldup hair dryers, tiny flat Toss in extra jewelry, a hat four boys and her be prepared. And, my mama’s wet washrag in a irons and even battery-oper- for a bad hair day (which we cowboy husband in yes, I am counting ziplock bag, but thankfully we ated curling irons. You can’t all have occasionally), and per- tow. David Creel you transplanted have come a long way. take your whole arsenal from haps some comfy shoes. When With apologies ladies as Southern I have learned that conceal- home, so simplify and take it comes to mobile style, a lady to Willie Nelson whose music gals as well. Those big bags er, lipstick and mascara are portable sizes of your favor- must still always be ready for I like quite a lot, I have never are meant to haul stuff, right? lifesavers when traveling. If ites. whatever comes her way. wanted “my ladies” to choose I learned a thing or two over you are doing an overnighter Next time you purchase Former Columbus resident him as your hair inspiration. the years running all over or long weekend away, store your favorite cosmetics, David Creel owns Beautiful I don’t mind a bit, however, town from one photo shoot to your cosmetics in one of those whether foundation, moisturiz- With David salon in Ridgeland. if you follow the lead of his another and by simply paying fashionable temperature con- er or mascara, ask your make- Contact him at beautifulwithda- song and get “on the road attention to the things in the trolled totes meant for bottled up artist for a few extra sample [email protected]. Welty Symposium writers announced posium theme is “’Alive Barthelme, Mitchell L.H. berg at 662-329-7386. private reception with the Twelve acclaimed authors to speak in as Ever, on the Brink Douglas, Holly Goddard Each fall MUW guest speaker along with of Oblivion’: Southern Jones, Cary Holladay, L. hosts the Welty Gala on premium seating during Columbus Writers in the Eye of the Lamar Wilson, Elizabeth campus. The featured dinner. SPECIAL TO Oct. 24-26. This annual Storm.” Ellen Gilchrist, Hughey, Steven Yates, speaker will be Po Bron- Proceeds from the THE DISPATCH event, which honors the long considered a major Stephanie Powell Watts, son, author of “Why Do Gala benefit the endow- voice in Southern litera- Adam Vines, Stephen I Love These People?” ment for the Eudora Wel- world-renowned alumna ississippi Univer- ture, will be the keynote Fuller and The W’s own and “What Should I Do ty Chair in Humanities. Eudora Welty, draws not- sity for Women speaker. Michael Farris Smith. For With My Life?” Tickets For more information, Min Columbus will ed authors, journalists, Other authors par- more information, visit are sold at different levels call the Office of Alumni host the Eudora Welty scholars and artists to ticipating in the Sym- muw.edu/welty or contact and offer opportunities & Development at 662- Writers’ Symposium The W. This year’s Sym- posium include Steven director Kendall Dunkel- for attendees to enjoy a 329-7148.

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Courtesy photo From left, Smithville Attendance Center Principal Chad O’Brian, Mississippi’s First Lady Deborah Bryant and Lowndes County Republican Women President Mitzi Younger are pictured Sept. 9 with a limited edition “Celebrate Literacy” giclée signed by Barbara Bush. The artwork, awarded to LCRW upon winning first place in the 2012 Barbara Bush National Literacy Program, was presented to the school in honor of Bryant. LCRW has donated more than 3,000 new books to Smithville elementary classrooms. Lowndes County Republican Women and delivering books to Smithville class- On Sept. 9, the Lowndes County rooms damaged by a tornado in 2011. Republican Women delivered 2,035 new The Lowndes County group has now books, including 72 dictionaries for donated more than 3,000 new books to third-graders, to kindergarten through rebuild Smithville’s school libraries. sixth-grade classrooms in Smithville. The 2013 literacy project, Mississippi Mississippi’s First Lady Deborah Bry- Republican Women CARE (Care About ant was on hand to distribute books and Reading Excellence), was supported by visit with students. Republican Women’s groups in Cal- A commissioned limited edition houn, Desoto, Hinds, Jackson, Jones, giclee on canvas signed by Barbara Lafayette, Lauderdale, Madison, Simp- Bush was presented by the chapter to son, Union and Winston counties. Smithville Elementary School, in honor Deborah Bryant was a special guest of Bryant. LCRW was awarded the at the LCRW annual membership drive artwork upon winning first place in the meeting Sept. 10 at Lion Hills Golf Club 2012 Barbara Bush National Literacy in Columbus, which featured State Trea- Program for raising funds, purchasing surer Lynn Fitch as speaker.

Courtesy photo THANK YOU: As part of the Dancing Rabbit Chapter of the Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution’s effort to recognize public service organizations serving their community, Chapter Regent Ann Tindal presents the Noxubee County Sheriff’s Office in Macon with a certificate of thanks and appreciation Sept. 11. From left are Deputy Shawvenor Stallings, Deputy Tommy Roby, Sheriff Terry Grassare and Deputy Cozene Robinson.

Northaven Woods She led the club in called on the club to as- the Club Prayer, Con- sist financially and also Garden Club servation Pledge and to volunteer to help with Northaven Woods Gar- Pledge of Allegiance hospitality and serving den Club of Columbus and, following the sec- for various events to be held their first meeting retary’s and treasurer’s held. She stated that all for the new club year at report, introduced the garden clubs in the Co- Cozy Acres, the country speaker, Doris Ebner, lumbus Council would home of Debbie and president of the Co- be expected to help with David Burkes. President lumbus Garden Club the convention. Betty Swanzey welcomed Council. Following the busi- new members Kay Call- Ebner outlined plans ness meeting, a ham- away, Janna Ferrari, Del for the upcoming State burger supper was Kilpatrick, Clara Kuntz, Garden Club Convention enjoyed by members and Kay Marshall and Linda to be held in Columbus their guests. Wood, along with the oth- in 2014. She discussed The next meeting will er members attending. activities scheduled and be Oct. 8 at 5 p.m. The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, September 22, 2013 5C

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With much bigger ideas. the garden mature — and enhanced with gravel Building it donated by Phillips With the valuable as- Contracting Co. Inc. on sistance of butterfly (and the paths and a bird bath bird) authority Dianne from Debbie Lawrence Patterson of Columbus, of Bloomers — the MSU the garden’s design be- Extension Service and gan to take shape. Wilson Master Gardeners hosted and a brigade of volun- the first “open house” teers provided hours tours Sept. 14. Horti- of manual labor, many culturists were on hand of them behind tillers. to answer gardening Master Gardeners laid questions. out pathways and mat- “We did the tours ted beds with about 150 as a test run, but next bags of weed-controlling year hope to bring some leaves they had collected. school groups in,” said A critical phase was Wilson. “Our goal is to Micah Green/Dispatch Staff selecting the host plant- educate people.” Monarch larvae feast on leaves at the butterfly garden Wednesday. ings. Butterflies have “And children get so been known to be finicky. excited about those cater- “When you figure out pillars,” added Harpole. what butterflies you want “Hopefully it’s putting a to bring in, you just have love of nature in them.” Super Hibachi to figure out what flowers formerly Buffet City are their favorites,” said Be a Master Gardener Bigger Hibachi Grill • Sushi • Steak • Shrimp • Crab Legs • Crawfish Patterson, matter-of-fact- If you are interested in with purchase of ly. “They’re particular with purchase joining hands to beautify $ 1 Adult Buffet $ about the plants they of 2 or more your county, the Master 1 & Drink 2 Adult Buffet & want to lay their eggs Gardener program would 2 Drinks on.” off welcome you. Expires 9/30/13 off Expires 9/30/13 After two full sum- In exchange for 40 mers to mature, the hours of educational with purchase of Happy Hour Buffet variety of fennel, passion % 2 or more 2 pm - 4 pm training, participants $ vine, parsley, lantana, are required to return 10 Adult Buffet & 4.99 ironweed, Turk’s cap, 2 Drinks with Purchase of Drink (Monday-Thursday) 40 hours of volunteer off May not be combined with any other offers or discounts. Pride of Barbados and service within one year. Expires 9/30/13 Expires 9/30/13 other plants are doing The program helps their job — attracting county Extension offices Courtesy photo and feeding a wide with horticulture projects A before shot of the spot selected for the butterfly 10 % garden. variety of butterflies and that benefit local commu- Stop By & See Us Today! Senior their voracious larvae. nities. who joined the program nature-lover said. Open 7 Days A Week! Discount And make no mistake, Lowndes County in 2004. Working togeth- And Harpole, whose a caterpillar’s favorite Master Gardener projects er, she continued, helps vision started it all, 1208 Hwy. 45 N. • Columbus, MS hang-out is the underside have included planting projects get accom- added: “It worked! It’s so of a leaf in search of food. Next to Landmark Inn • 662-328-6200 and helping maintain the plished quicker. “I care exciting.” © The Dispatch “The leaves are eaten, herb garden at Mississip- about the appearance just as they should be,” pi University for Women’s of where I live and want smiled Mona Whitson, Culinary Arts Institute, people visiting to know examining a passion vine landscaping at Lee Park our citizens care.” climbing up a tall, stee- and at the junction of Everyone who in- pled trellis her husband, Highways 50 and 373. vested time and toil in Jim, built for the garden. Soon they will begin establishing the River- Wind chimes at the work on a garden at West top sang in the breeze. walk butterfly garden Lowndes Elementary is pleased with the Orange larvae of the Gulf School. conspicuous fluttering fritillary butterfly feasted The next Master Gar- traffic there this month. on the remaining vittles. dener training sessions Butterflies should be Whitson has been an begin in February 2014. active caretaker at the The fee is $85. For more visiting the plot up until garden, one of several. information, contact the first frost, Patterson said, Maintenance includes Extension office in your although their numbers watering, dead-heading county. will dwindle as fall ad- plants and pruning. “Master gardeners vances. She considers the Harpole said, “The have in common the garden a solid success. leaves we put down have thought of giving back “There was this done a fabulous job of and enhancing the ap- beautiful little spot, and keeping out the weeds, pearance of the commu- this has made it much and God has done most nity,” said Doris Ebner, more interesting,” the

Micah Green/Dispatch Staff Master Gardener Mona Whitson is pleased at the evidence of gluttonous caterpillars on a trellised passion vine.

Elliott Continued from Page 1C never be in the market Starkville, too, is a fun it is time to think “cool.” for a bridal gown again. and easy place to shop, Tonight I will probably But there is no harm in and to catch some great look up into the glittering looking. local theater. sky and make a million Hollyhocks is more my I am looking forward wishes on the stars that speed. There is always to a great fall season. hang above us. I hope all something irresistible This area is so very lovely of your wishes are grant- in there. Columbus has when the leaves glow ed as well. everything from vintage with the fiery colors of Adele Elliott, a New clothing, to antiques for autumn. No matter if we Orleans native, moved to the home, to smart and are planning marathon Columbus after Hurricane stylish new clothing for shopping trips, or using Katrina. Email reaches men and women. I wish that Libra energy to make her at adeleelliott@bell- I could list them all. our world more beautiful, south.net. DSECTION Scene&Seen THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2013 SEMIS, LOADERS AND FIRE TRUCKS, OH MY! A Little Hands, Big Trucks fundraiser for United Way of Lowndes County attracted guys and girls of all ages to the Columbus Soc- cer Complex Sept. 7.

Odyssey, Jeremiah and Teresa Dumas

Holden Conner, Neil Taylor, Coy Conner and Les Hayden

Bo Helton, Bobby and Melissa McKenzie and Stephen Bill Guerry, Esta Hayden and Nancy Guerry Beckham Nathan and Rhyn Wilson

HUNTERS EXTRAVAGANZA Outdoor enthusiasts flocked to a Hunters Extravaganza at Trotter Convention Center in Columbus, presented by the MSU Extension Service, National Resources Conservation Service and Mississip- pi Forestry Commission Sept. 5.

Laura Hendrix and Sudduth Fuller Ben Thomas and Eli Nevins

David and Donna Gray

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Jordy Howton, Jesse West and Josh Tilley Paige, Stephen and Caryn Bivens Natalie and Alex Wheeler 2D Sunday, September 22, 2013 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Dear Abby club notes EAR ABBY: that discussed The other distracted WALK- day, while ING. According D to U.S. Secretary backing out of a of Transportation parking space, Anthony Foxx, I nearly hit a this has caused woman who was an increase walking behind in pedestrian my car with her deaths. In 2011, toddler son. I more than 1,500 DILBERT didn’t see them pedestrians because I was were treated dialing my cell- in emergency rooms because phone and was of injuries they distracted. The Dear Abby suffered while woman rightfully using a portable yelled at me to electronic device. pay attention and get off my The safest course of action phone, and although she was for drivers AND pedestrians is gracious and encouraged me to do only one thing at a time, to consider it a “wake-up call,” and to be fully present while I didn’t react as kindly to her doing it. DEAR ABBY: I have been out of embarrassment. In- divorced for 13 years, and I stead, I became defensive and often wonder how to fill out didn’t apologize, even though it questionnaires that ask my ZITS was my fault. marital status. I have recently I shudder to think of what started checking “single” might have happened, and because enough time seems Courtesy photo I admit this wasn’t the first to have passed, and I don’t REDWING OPENS YEAR: Redwing Garden Club of Columbus met at the home of Lisa Glenn for the first close call I’ve had. I’m a mar- define myself by my divorce. meeting of the new club year on Sept. 12. Pictured at the meeting, seated from left, are Carolyn Long, Linda ried mother of two and should However, now I’m wondering know better. Sobley, Lisa Glenn, Lori Fridley, Hope Oakes and Burnette Avakian. Standing are Jenny Hurt, Sigga Head, if there’s a certain etiquette Rosemarie Brooks, Paulette Gatton, Elizabeth Gillian, Angela Koch, Joann Ferguson, Martha Rodgers, Nona While I can’t go back and recommended. — STATUS find her, I hope the woman UNKNOWN IN OHIO Sheaks, Kathy Goodwin, Lee Tortorici and Jane Lee. New member handbooks were distributed and President sees this letter. I want her DEAR STATUS UNKNOWN: Linda Sobley presided over the meeting with discussion of 2013-2014 programs. to know that because of that Honesty is recommended. incident, I now lock my purse As much as you might like to and phone in the trunk or present yourself that way, you place them on the backseat are no longer single. Calling out of reach before I start my yourself single is dishonest. GARFIELD car. This way, I avoid the temp- As someone who has been Americans increasingly hungry tation to look at messages or married and divorced, you are make a call. a divorcee — and you will be I have also asked my kids until you remarry. Saying you to keep me accountable by are single is a misrepresenta- for hipster foods reminding me if I happen to tion of the facts. forget. They will be driving in a DEAR ABBY: I have a By MICHELE KAYAL few years, and I want to set a son-in-law whom I hate to ask The Associated Press good example for them. questions. He goes into so Please pass this idea along much detail that I’m always o maybe the chance to taste — especially to moms like me sorry I asked. Is there any way who try to multitask in the car. to make him get to the point? the flaky spawn of a doughnut — HANDS ON THE WHEEL IN — LIKES IT BRIEF Sand croissant won’t get you lin- CALIFORNIA DEAR LIKES IT BRIEF: Yes. ing up at the crack of dawn. Maybe DEAR HANDS ON THE Explain that when he goes you’re holding out for a burger nes- WHEEL: Your suggestion of into so much detail, you can placing your purse and phone remember only 10 percent tled between fried ramen noodles.CANDORVILLE on the backseat out of reach of what he says, so please Or perhaps it’s the elusive McRib is a good one. You are really get to the point. And when he that moves you. lucky you didn’t kill or seriously forgets, remind him. Whatever flies your foodie flag, injure that mother and her Dear Abby is written by it’s hard to deny that Americans child. Regardless of whether or Abigail Van Buren, also known not the woman sees your let- as Jeanne Phillips, and was love feeling part of something ter, I hope it will remind other founded by her mother, Pauline deliciously exclusive, that they drivers of the danger of driving Phillips. Write Dear Abby at clamor to taste trendy, hard-to-get while distracted. www.DearAbby.com or P.O. morsels. And while I’m on the sub- Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA ject, I read an article recently 90069. “It’s very much getting that badge of honor,” Tanya Steel, edi- tor-in-chief at Epicurious.com, says of recent food crazes that have seen AP Photo/Richard Drew people lined up for hours toBABY get a BLUES so-called Cronut or ramen burger. Chef Dominique Ansel makes Cronuts, a croissant-donut hybrid, at the Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York on June 3, 2013. The pastry chef “It’s the trophy mentality. They can introduced it in May 2013, and bakeries in London, Toronto, Seoul and brag to their friends and family, elsewhere have copied it. and say ‘It’s great, it’s not so great.’ It gives you bragging rights.” try to beat the clock at VooDoo lyn-born treat featuring a hamburg- It’s tempting to dismiss the Doughnut. In Chicago, you can er cradled between two stacks of fanaticism as a crazy New York join the mob at the Doughnut Vault fried soup noodles. thing. After all, it is the city that or at Kuma’s Corner, where the “It’s really an old thing from gave us Cronut craziness. Here, hamburgers are named after heavy the playbook of marketing,” says people line up in the wee hours metal bands. Austin has Franklin Richard Martin, editorial director to wait for a chance to get one of Barbecue, Los Angeles has the at Foodrepublic.com. “Do you want pastry chef Dominique Ansel’s Kogi Korean taco truck and San to create that limited edition buzz trademarked (really!) treats. He Francisco has — no fooling — lines around a product or offer it up to as makes just a few hundred BEETLEa day and BAILEYfor toast. many people as want it?” scalpers are known to work the So why do we do it? In a world where so much has line. Scarcity — whether real or man- been tried, tested and exploited on But this is bigger than New ufactured — drives people toward reality TV and elsewhere, hunger York. In Washington, D.C., George- food trends, savvy observers say. for the next new thing also plays town Cupcake often opens with On a recent day in Los Angeles, big into keeping trends like the hundreds of customers already 1,000 people lined up to try to get Cronut and the ramen burger waiting. In Portland, Ore., people one of 500 ramen burgers, a Brook- going. Horoscopes TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. battle. In December, decisions of a culture is sometimes do your fair share of sending 22). You’re always watching fall in your favor, benefiting necessary to survive, fit in, out good vibes just in case. out for a chance to make your professional status. You’ll influence others and more. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22- someone smile. You’ll seek DOONESBURYtrack down a long-lost friend in But conforming all the time is Dec. 21). Lay down boundar- and find romance in October. 2014. Rekindling the tie has soul-crushing. You need your ies to help you avoid having November brings the end of a long-term benefits. Pisces and moments of rebellion, too. another one of those conver- Leo people adore you. Your LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). sations in which someone else lucky numbers are: 36, 24, Everyone experiences things feels better after sharing their The DispaTch 13, 20 and 48. differently. But today, your feelings and pain with you, but ARIES (March 21-April experience will be completely you feel worse. 19). Here’s one rule that will different from that of others CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 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If you start to feel LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). ey strongly enough is willing anxious, shift your focus to the You are a comfortable person to risk it with the bees. You’re things that help you access because you accept yourself cleverer, though. You’ll stand your inner peace. and try not to judge anyone, by and watch until you figure GEMINI (May 21-June 21). including yourself, too harshly. out how honey can be had with Of course doing the same Today you have a way of bring- the least chance of getting things will produce the same ing out a side of people that stung. results. The change you desire they hide around others. PISCES (Feb. 19-March will begin because of a choice SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 20). A new opportunity is you make to try something 21). Does energy that is di- masquerading as the same- unfamiliar. rected at people really make a old same-old. Once you give it CANCER (June 22-July difference in what happens to a familiar label, you won’t be 22). 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Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Nursery Church (2-3 yrs.) Super Church (children)10:30 a.m. Worship 6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Nursery provided for all services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-6374 NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope Road. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Jack Medley, Pastor. 662-328-3878 BAPTIST ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Making WEST REALTY Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Dr. Edward N. Knox, Real Estate Pastor. 662-328-4765 ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707 Yorkville Real Easy COMPANY Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study “The Home Sellers” Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-328-0670 ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 a.m., 2500 Military Rd., Suite 1 • 328-7500 Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff Each Firm Independently Owned & Operated Morgan. BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Choir Rehearsal 5 p.m., Worship, 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nursery provided. Walter First Assembly of God Butler, Pastor. 662-327-2111 BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda If you would like your church to be featured as the church of the week please Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., call The Commercial Dispatch 328-2424. There is no charge for this service. Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday Telephone: 662-327-1467 7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734 Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Montgomery, Pastor. BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 15949 Hwy. 12 Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor. 662-272- MOUNT ZION M.B. CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N. Sunday P.O. Box 1278 • 1616 7th Ave. S., Columbus, MS 39703 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., 8221 School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Kids for Christ 5 p.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Worship PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd. Sunday Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Westmoreland, Pastor. 662- Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bill Hurt, Pastor. MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot #4. 356-6870 662-329-3921 Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main Street, PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth Rd. Sunday Rev. Erick Logan, pastor. Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m. and Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Randy Rigdon, MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville Ferry 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music. Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every Sunday CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle Dr. Sunday SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH — 1131 Woodlawn Rd., Steens. except 5th Sunday. Rev. Johnny Hall, Pastor. Min. John Wells, School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir rehearsals Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9 a.m., Sunday School 9:30 Assistant Pastor. and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Classes 4 p.m., Worship 5 p.m., NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia. Sunday 6:15 p.m. Steve Brown, Pastor. 662-328-6741 Wednesday 6 p.m. Bryan Wilson, Pastor. 662-401-2200 School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Thomas CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW, Vernon, SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852 Hwy. 12 E., E. Rice is pastor. 662-494-1580 Where the Spirit of the Lord is Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 p.m., Wednesday NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937 Nashville (6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Wil 7 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor. Ferry Rd E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week except 5th “There is Liberty” Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845 SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 12859 Martin Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th Sunday, 5th CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg Rd. Sunday Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A. Gardner, Pastor. Kenneth Montgomery School 9:30 a.m., Service and Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. sovereigngrace.net 662-329-3321 Proudly serving our community Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Danny Avery, Pastor. STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282 E. NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New Hope for over 30 years Russell Flood, Worship Leader. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11 a.m., CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday School 8:15 Wednesday 6 p.m., Christian Development Wednesday 7 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor. a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Jimmy Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-329-2973 NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand Rd. Sunday Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226 TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST CHURCH — 4307 School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Rev. COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490 Yorkville Rd. Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Pastor. Sunday School John C. Edwards. 662-329-5224 Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and7 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 662- OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road, Crawford. Wednesday 7 p.m. Wes Jones, Pastor. 662-327-5306 327-2580 Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844 Old West Point UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 blocks east of p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal - Tue. before 1st and 2nd Sun. 6 INDUSTRIAL SER VICES, INC Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Greg Upperman, Pastor. Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 p.m., Male Chorus Rehearsal - Thurs. before 3rd Sun. 6 p.m., 662-323-6351 or visit www.cornerstonestarkville.com a.m. Steven James, Pastor. Junior Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th Sun. 5 p.m. Rev. Dr. www.hydrovaconline.com EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 50 and Holly Hills Rd. UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — East Lee Blvd., Starkville Joe L. Brown, Pastor. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Discipleship MSU campus (new building behind the Wesley Foundation) PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH — 9203 Hwy. Training, Pre-school, Youth & Children’s Choirs 5 p.m., Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bert Montgomery, 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Prayer Service 6:30 p.m., Pastor. 662-312-6778 or starkvillebaptist.org Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible Study 7 p.m. Pastor George Sanctuary Choir 7:30 p.m. Albert Wilkerson, Pastor. 662-328- VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH — Victory Loop off A. Sanders. 456-0024 5915 of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd. Sunday EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben Christopher Rd. Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm. School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. A. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge Rd. Sunday Edwards, Sr., Pastor. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245 School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 6 p.m., AWANA PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S. Sunday FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd. Sunday Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Shelby Hazzard, School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Wednesday Senior Pastor. Brad Wright, Director of Student Ministries. James A. Greenlaw, Pastor. 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924 10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1118 7th SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213 Island Rd. Sunday FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621 Mike Parra St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev. Michael 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m. Rev. Brian Hood, Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor. Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252 Pastor. SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala. Sunday Rae’s Jewelry FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave. N. Sunday INDEPENDENT BAPTIST School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Authorized Dealer Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m. (Worship televised BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday School David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor. at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus Cable Channel 7), Worship 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nathaniel Best, SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH — 4898 Baldwin Rd., Citizens and Pulsar Watches 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. at 3000 Bluecutt Road, Midweek Prayer Pastor. E-mail: [email protected] Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Service, Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Dr. Shawn Parker, Pastor. 662- BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West Michael Tate. 662-738-5855 Downtown Columbus 662-328-8824 245-0540 columbusfbc.org Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry Rd. E. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40 Odom Rd., Wednesday 7 p.m. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy. 373. Sunday p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor. KENTUCKY FRIED Wednesday 7 p.m. School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave. N. Sunday Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor. FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. CHICKEN LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy. 182 E. School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bobby E. Woodrick Sr., Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or 662-328-3183 SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S. (1st & 3rd GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline Rd. Sunday School Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy Banks, Pastor. 662-327-1130 Pick up your Lunch Meal – 10 pc. Meal $14.99 SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — Yorkville Rd. Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., (1st 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Charles & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin, Pastor. 662-327-9843 Whitney, Pastor. Sunday Bible study 10:15 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Raymond Hwy 182E 328-8047 • Hwy 45N 328-2333 Spann, Pastor. sgrace.com STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 514 20th St. N. Sunday GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912 11th Ave. S. School 9:15 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. & 11 a.m. B.T.U. 5 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy Burns. 662-328- MISSIONARY BAPTIST When Caring Counts... ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N. Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Joe Peoples, Pastor. 1096 St. James MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups Rd., GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 278 East School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Jimmy Ellis, Pastor. Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6:15 between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor. 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m. Rev. John Walden, BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd & St. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd., Sunday School Pastor. 662-356-4445 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military Rd., Steens. 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30 a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Otha Rockett, Pastor. 327-7494. FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY Bible Study 8:45 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424 ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday School 10 1131 Lehmberg Rd., Columbus • 662-328-1808 7 p.m. 662-328-1668 BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, 405 Lynn a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Mays, KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — Caledonia. Lane Road. Worship 1st, 3rd, & 5th Sundays, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Training p.m. Pastor M. Martin. Prayer requests call 662-341-2278 ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St. Disciple Service 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Don BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School 9:30 Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00 a.m. Rev. John Harding, Pastor. a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only 11 a.m., F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111 MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Sunday Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor. UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver Rd. (Hwy. 69 Jo Ann M. Walk-Ferguson, Owner School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training 5 CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess Lyons Road. S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jimmy Ray, Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship p.m. Rev. Coy Jones, Pastor. Columbus: Leigh Mall • Suite 2 • 328-4450 Pastor. 662-328-7177 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert Bowers, Pastor. TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive, Macon. Starkville: 911 Hwy 12 W • Suite 206B • 323-4919 LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner Street, 662-434-0144 Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr. Worship UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150 Spurlock Rd. Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.; Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Thursday 6 p.m. McReynolds Counseling, PLLC Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Pastor Larry W. Yarber, p.m. Rev. Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor. 662-434-8283 Michael Sampson, Pastor. Shawn McReynolds, MS, NCC, LPC or email [email protected], 662-769-4774. CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday School 10 WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH — 8086 Hwy. 12. Executive Director MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd. Sunday School a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U. Program East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 Licensed Professional Counselor 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., Prayer Service every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m. p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Retherford, Pastor. every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver Clark, Pastor. EL BETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave. Sunday THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366 Carson Rd. Office: (662) 323-1700 100 N. Lafayette Street, Suite 1 MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628 East Tibbee School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7:00 p.m., Rev. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 Cell: (662) 418-1700 Starkville, MS 39759 Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 a.m., 1st, 3rd Leroy Jones, Pastor. p.m. John Sanders, Pastor. Email: [email protected] www.mcounseling.net and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m., FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand Road. Sunday ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday School Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, Pastor. 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662- MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake Lowndes 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s Church 10:15 243-1057 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. James A. Boyd, Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m., FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N. Sunday Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor. 662-328-2811 Pastor. School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Jimmy PRIMITIVE BAPTIST Shelton Cleaners MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. Sunday L. Rice, Pastor. Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups for ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Washington FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S. Sunday St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. 3189 Hwy 45 N. • 328-5421 all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m., School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Glenn Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-4937 Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com Wilson, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or 662-251-4185 HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Flower Farm 1702 6th St. N. • 328-5361 MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 9297 Hwy. 69 S. GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856 Carson Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy. 45. Sunday 10:30 Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 1st Saturday each month, Intercessory Prayer noon. Donald a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-2305 NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway 50 E. Henry, Pastor. SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland Road, Northeast Exterminating Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Ed HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert Church Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday School 9:00 Nix, Pastor. Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6 p.m. 662- LLC 738-5006. If it Jimmy Linley • Richard Linley NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd. Sunday Ernest Prescott, Pastor. Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 6:30 p.m., Wednesday HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd. Worship 9 a.m., SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — crawls, 7 p.m. Dennis Ellingburg, Pastor. 662-251-6742 or Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Rev. Charles Davison, Pastor. North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Columbus thenewjourneychurch.org JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 129 Brickerton St. at Wingate & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Herman Clark, Pastor. 662- call... 662-329-9992 NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe Rd., 3 miles Inn. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Wednesday 5 p.m. Rev. Willie 369-2532 South of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:15 a.m. & 10:30 a.m., Petty, Sr., Pastor. CATHOLIC Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Sunday Evening Jr. Varsity & Varsity MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St. Sunday School ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808 College St. AWANA 6th to 12th grade 4 p.m., Club AWANA 3 yr. old to 5th 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m., grade, 4:15 p.m., Adult Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6 Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629 Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m., Tuesday 5:30 p.m., p.m., Adult Choir Practice 7 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. David MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East North Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation Catholic School (during Woods, Pastor. 662-356-4940 St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., the school year). Father Robert Dore, Priest. APAC-MISSISSIPPI, INC. NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave. and Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor. ANGLICAN CATHOLIC Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 11 a.m. MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1207 5th Ave. SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew Rd., Michael Bogue & Employees and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, Pastor. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Baptist Training Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-5939 or Lake Norris Rd. 328-65 55 PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor High Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Tony A. anglicancatholic.org

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CHRISTIAN 620-7344 or uua.org Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary. Ed Maurer, LUTHERAN Donnell Wicks, Pastor. Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) — HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday School, p.m. Wednesday, 6 p.m. Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible Class 3:45 p.m., 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 a.m., CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647 Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave. N. and 8th OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH — L.C.M.S. 1211 18th JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE APOSTOLIC “Your Better Value Food Store” St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Ave. N. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 p.m. Floyd FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N. Sunday School 10:30 SteveEd TownsendTownsend & & Employees Employees CHURCH OF CHRIST Smithey, Pastor. 662-549-8190 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m., 225 Alabama St. 1802 Military Rd. CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main St., Caledonia. MENNONITE Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For more information call Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton Rd., Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-1118, Patricia Young 662- Wednesday 6 p.m. Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m., 327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or Lynette Williams 662-327-9074. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday Worship 2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Kevin KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH — 3193 Hwy Pucket McGee Electric 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Shobal Johnson 662- Yoder, Senior Pastor. 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., 241-5376 or E-mail: [email protected] METHODIST Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-327-1960 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd. Sunday Bible ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Sunday School LIFE CHURCH — 3918 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday 10 a.m., Supply Company class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev. Walt Porter, Pastor. Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information, call Delmar Gullett Richard Latham, Minister. 662-328-4705 COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 618 31st at 662-570-4171 Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev. Dr. COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401 7th St. N. Sunday LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr. Martin Luther 715 6th South 328-5151 Jonathan Speegle, Pastor. School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Pastor Apostle CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 811 Main 7 p.m. Billy Ferguson, Pulpit Minister and Paul Bennett - Family Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311 & Youth Minister. Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Choir Rehearsal Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Todd Lemon, Pastor. NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson. Worship SHELTON’S TOWING, INC. EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Highway 182 E. at Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor. Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m., Bible Study 10 a.m., Worship CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville Ferry Rd. E. Since 1960 NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441 18th St. S. 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. http://eastcolumbuschurch. com 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m., Worship 11 HWY. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3 p.m., Geneva Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor. 24 Hour Towing Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m., H. Thomas, Pastor. PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP — 2651 Trinity 1024 Gardner Blvd. Wednesday 7 p.m. Brian Adkins, Minister. 662-364-0353 CONCORD CME CHURCH — 1213 Concord Rd. Sunday Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Every 2nd LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903 Lone Oak Rd., School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev. Tommy Davis, Pastor. and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 328-8277 Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Main St, p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097 Wednesday 7 p.m. Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10 a.m. REAL LIFE CHURCH — 4888 N. Frontage Rd. Sunday 10 a.m., RLC Kids Ministry Sunday 10 a.m. Pastor Martin Christian Changes Counseling MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess Lyons Rd. Buddy Carrol, Pastor. Licensed Professional Counseling CROSSROAD CHAPEL C.M.E. CHURCH — Steens. Sunday Andrews. 662-328-2131 or www.reallifems.com Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday from a Christian Perspective 7 p.m. Doug English, Minister. School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 p.m. NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST — 900 North Carl Swanigan, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 309 East Lampkin St. Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m., FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417 Lehmberg Rd. THE POINT (POINT OF GRACE CHURCH) — 503 18th. Starkville, MS 39759 Ave. N. Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Xtreme Kids - 10 Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m., Bro. Arthur Burnett, Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning worship at 11 a.m. Wendie W. Woods, LPCS, RPTS 662-338-1880 Minister Gary Shelton. a.m. for ages 4-11, Tuesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Executive & Clinical Director Minister, 662-304-6098. Email: [email protected] www.ChristianChanges.com STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens Vernon Rd. 9:15 FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602 Main St. Highpoint Kidz ages 4-11. Shane Cruse, Pastor. 662-328-7811 [email protected] a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m., Vespers & TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St., Starkville. p.m. Larry Montgomery, Minister. Communion 5 p.m. Rev. Raigan Miskelly, Pastor. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m. Rev. 10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828 10th Ave. N. FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Sunday Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella, Pastors. 662-617-4088 MEMORIAL GARDENS Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Bible Class Worship Service 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St., Caledonia. OF COLUMBUS 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Robert Johnson, GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St. S. Sunday Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., Minister. School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael Terry, Pastor. Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor. “Serving Lowndes County Since 1956” WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST — Woodlawn 662-328-1109 TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER MINISTRIES — 5450 Bob Webb & Staff Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m., Worship 6 HEBRON C.M.E. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road, Steens. Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis Logan, Minister. Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class each 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Francisco Brock, Sr. 176 S. Frontage Rd. 328-3458 CHURCH OF GOD Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor. 662-356-8252 CHURCH OF GOD IN JESUS’ NAME — Hwy. 12. Sunday 10 MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Hwy. UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRIES — a.m. and 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. David Sipes, Pastor. 12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45, Service 11 a.m.. Meet on 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus. Sunday Worship 8:30 a.m. COLUMBUS BRICK COMPANY CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840 Wolfe Rd. 2nd and 4th Sundays. Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Rev. -10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.-7 p.m. Rone F. Burgin, Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 Antra Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-4263 Sr., Pastor/Founder. 662-328-0948 Allen Puckett & Employees p.m. Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570 NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road East, WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN CENTER — LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave. S. Sunday Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship service 2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 Largest Brick Supplier for North Mississippi School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6 p.m. Brenda first, third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00 a.m., a.m., Wedneday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis, Pastor. 662-230-3182 or Wednesday Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia Naylor, Othell Sullivan, Pastor. [email protected] Pastor. 662-328-5309 114 Brickyard Rd. • 328-4931 NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103 Jess Lyons ORTHODOX NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 2503 New Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., ST. BRIGID’S ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN MISSION — Hwy. 50 Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts, Pastor. Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 West, West Point. Meeting at Holmes Chapel. 662-615-5380 or YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville Rd., Life a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah Windham, http://mississippiorthodox.com BURFORD ELECTRIC SERVICE, INC. Groups 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.; Evening Worship & JAM Kids Pastor. 662-329-3555 Night 6 p.m.; Wednesday: Worship, Called Out Youth, Royal ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson Street, PENTECOSTAL Rangers, Girls Clubs 7 p.m.; Tuesday: Intercessory Prayer 7 Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Saturday FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH MINISTRIES — Home of Extendalife® VPI p.m. Nursery Available for all services (newborn- 4). Bobby 9 a.m. 118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., Richardson, Paster. 662-328-1256 or [email protected] PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 102 Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women Meeting Friday 7 p.m. ZION ASSEMBLY CHURCH OF GOD — 5580 Ridge Road. Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m., Sunday LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St. Sunday School Hwy. 69 S. 328-5679 Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m., School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 pm. Rev. James Black, 10 a.m., Worship 11a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth Wednesday 6:30 Wednesday 7 p.m. Byron Harris, Pastor. Pastor. p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th St. N. Sunday LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder Robert BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45 a.m. Rev. Dr. J. L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., — 606 Military Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., W. Honeysucker, Pastor. Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. Evening, 2nd & 4th Sunday 6 p.m., Monday 6 p.m., Wednesday SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922 17th St. N. Chevrolet-Pontiac-Buick-Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-GMC 6 p.m. Tommy Williams, Pastor. 1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional Worship Service 9 Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. Terry “Great Deals, Great Friends, Rock Solid” FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 917 15th a.m., Praise and Worship Service 10:45 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Outlaw, Pastor, St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Pastor. VICTORY TABERNACLE — 324 5th St.S. Granville E. Hwy 45 Alt. N., West Point, MS 494-4344/800-564-6199 Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor. ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Eighth Ave. Wiggins, Sr., Pastor. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:45 www.mitchellautomotive.com GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN and Military Rd. Breakfast 9:30 a.m., Devotion 9:45 a.m., a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Sunday 3rd Sunday APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m., Evening Worship 6:30 p.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m. APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North McCrary Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor. Rev. Fred H. Brown, Pastor. Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny L. Obsorne, BANK FIRST MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 5429 ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH — Pastor. FINANCIAL SERVICES Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Freeman Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Services 11 a.m. JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF LOVE — 1210 “A Better Way To Bank” Worship 9:30 a.m., Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 2nd and 5 p.m. Youth activities 5 p.m. Jeff Ruth, Pastor. 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human Resources. Sunday 900 Main St. 328-2345 Sunday Holy Communion, 4th Sunday Youth Sunday, 4th ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 307 South School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. Gloria Jones, Pastor. Lehmberg Rd. & Hwy. 182 • 110 Lehmberg Rd. Sunday Family/Friends Sunday and Fellowship Dinner. Robert Cedar Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267 Byrnes University Mall • 2027 Hwy. 45N. L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-328-7159 a.m. Robert Scott Sr., Pastor. Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer Ave., ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 800 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539 Aberdeen. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH — 1504 19th Tuesday 7 p.m., Wednesday Luncheon 11 a.m. Johnnie R. 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Rev. James Black, Pastor. St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45 a.m. and 7 p.m., COLUMBUS MARBLE WORKS Bradford, Pastor. 662-889-3820 or 662-798-0282. TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Rt. 2, 6015 Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m. VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Minnie Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 120 21st St. S. Management & Employees Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 12 p.m., Tuesday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Robert Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m., Custom Designs Manufactured Locally 7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor. 662-243-2064 Hurst, Pastor. 205-662-3443 Thursday 7 p.m. Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234 COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610 Carson Rd. THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Billy Kidd Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday Bible 2415 Hw y. 45 N. 328-1477 CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic Reconciliation Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday Study 6:30 p.m. Dr. William Petty, Pastor. 205-399-5196 and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m. Ernest Thomas, School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Catholic Priest Fr. Vince TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St. S. Sunday Pastor. Burns. 662-434-2500 School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5 p.m. Jeffrey EPISCOPAL Williams, Pastor. UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD — 321 Forrest Blvd. WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd. Sunday CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 5850 Sunday School 9 a.m., Holy Eucharist 10 a.m., Tuesday and School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday 5 p.m., Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia. Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Thursday Braille Bible Workers 9 a.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest. Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Sunday 6 p.m. Rev. Diane Lemmon. Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, Pastor. 662-356-0202 662-327-1953 WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Hwy. FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College St. Sunday 45 Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m., 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Rev. Anne a.m., Tuesday 6 p.m. Tyrone Ashford, Pastor. 662-726-5396 Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-1750 Harris. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com. MORMON PRESBYTERIAN FULL GOSPEL CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS — BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road. Sunday 2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 10 a.m., Gospel 11 a.m., 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. Rev. Tim Lee, School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Jack Priesthood & Relief Society 12 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church School 11:15 a.m., CATFISH Taylor, Pastor. Bishop Tyrel Reed. 662-356-0833 Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 Farm Raised • Wholesale & Retail CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 1524 6th CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) — 515 Ice Packed or Frozen Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722 Ridge Rd. Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m. a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 9:15 a.m., 726-2502 CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 7 p.m. Bob Wilbur, Pastor. 11751 Hwy. 45 • Macon 807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:40 a.m., Worship NON — DENOMINATIONAL FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 2698 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer Hour Mon.-Fri. 10 ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S. Frontage Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership Class 9:30 p.m., 5th Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig Morris, Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Bible Study 5 p.m.; Monthly Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-5355 Pastor. Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Tue. 6 p.m.), Ladies Aid (3rd COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W. Yorkville Rd. ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, INC. Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: Exercise Class Tuesday and Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11a.m., Evening 6:30 p.m., — 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:45 p.m., Thursday 8 a.m. 662-328-2692 We Buy Gold & Silver • Buy, Sell, Trade • Quick Cash Loans Wednesday 7 p.m. Jerry Potter, Pastor. Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m. Pastor James T. Verdell, Jr. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt Rd. We Buy Old Coins & Currency • New & Previously Owned Jewelry Fairview Full Gospel BAPTIST CHURCH — 1446 crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11 a.m., & 7 p.m. on Fridays only. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Youth Group- Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship CALEDONIA OPEN DOOR WORSHIP CENTER — 3288 Cal- Sundays 5 p.m., Adult Choir-Wednesdays 6:30 p.m., 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter 662-328-2793 Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev. Tom Bryson, 2512 Hwy. 128 E (Main. St.) Columbus 662-328-4700 GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy. 182 E. Wednesday 7 p.m. Randy Holmes, Pastor. 662-574-0210 Minister. Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m., COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S. McCrary MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) — Main TRINITY PLACE Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7 p.m. Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church 10:30 a.m., and 7th St. N. Sunday 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m. Chad Watkins, Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905 Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor. 662-328-3328 Assistant Pastor. RETIREMENT COMMUNITY GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL GOSPEL CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109 Maxwell MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m., Offering independent living apartments, personal 3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Jerome Gill, Pastor. Wednesday Bible Class 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 7 p.m. Grover SALVATION ARMY CHURCH 662-244-7088 C. Richards, Pastor. 662-328-8124 THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy. 82 East. 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716 HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday Service CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98 Harrison Rd., Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Holiness Meeting 11 a.m., Puppets “Our Bottom Line Is People” 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson, Pastor. Steens. Sunday Worship Services 10:30 a.m., 1st Sunday & Timbrels 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Supper 5 p.m, 662-329-2820 Evening 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba) Dees, Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m., Women’s & Men’s Ministries Hunting • Fishing NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — Pastor. 662-327-4303 Hunting • Fishing 7 p.m., Corps Cadets (Teen Bible Study) 7 p.m., Friday Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete 318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH — 1608 Gardner Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-327-3962 Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. J. “Supper Club” 5:30 p.m., Friday Youth Meetings 6 p.m., Friday NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 426 Military Brown, Pastor. Character Building (Ages 5-18) 6 p.m. Captain John Showers, Oktiibbeha C County C Co-Op Commanding Officer. Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10a.m., Wednesday 7 FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 133 Northdale Dr. Sunday Check Out Our Boot & Cap Section p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor. Worship 5:30 p.m. Les Pogue, Pastor. 662-889-8132 or SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. fccnppa.org COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH — 662-323-1742 Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN 301 Brooks Dr. Saturday 9:30 a.m., Bible Study 11:15 a.m., 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson, Pastor. CENTER — 247 South Oliver St., Brooksville. Prayer Saturday Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Larry Owens, Pastor. SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 120 19th St. 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m., Sunday School 9:30 a.m., 662-329-4311 S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David T. Jones,III. 601-345-5740 SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th St. N. COLUMBUS NISSAN INC. p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday School Saturday Sabbath School 9:15 a.m., Divine Worship 11a.m., Freddie Edwards, Pastor. 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Maxine Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-327-9729 JEWISH Hall, Pastor. APOSTOLIC CHURCH “Turnin ‘em Loose” B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-monthly. GENESIS CHURCH — 1411 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday School 8:30 TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES APOSTOLIC Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Darren Leach, CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple B’nai Pastor. Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer 1001230 Hwy. Gardner 12 East Blvd. 328-6691 328-6691 Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday. 662- HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742 Old West Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. = Bibles CARING MATTERS HOME CARE, LLC = Books LOWNDES COUNTY = Children’s Books Personal Care • Respite Care Currie’s = Music/Videos Barber Shop & Salon RADIAL TIRE = Gifts Companion Services 1611-B Gardner Blvd. • Columbus, MS New Life Christian Supplies 662-570-1487 (662) 549-5509 In Memory of Laura Lumsden Haircuts: Men & Women $10.00 u Children $8.00 1920-2 Hwy. 45 N., Columbus, MS 39705 Proudly servicing the Golden Triangle (662) 327-4602 Area & Surrounding Counties Tuesday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. • Saturday 6:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. 1512 Hwy 45 N. 327-3311 MALONE ELECTRIC CO., INC. Do you need to change INDUSTRIAL - COMMERCIAL your church’s listing?

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