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1/31/02

Joey Martin's page was updated late yesterday evening, check it out, he always has great articles.

The big question is over, Tom Brady will be the starting QB for the Patriots in the Super Bowl.

Cathedral host MSD in  basketball today - 2 games - 6pm

AP Poll has Natchez High boys ranked #8 in basketball.

Jackson, MS is getting the Tyler, TX Roughnecks baseball franchise, but they will get a new name. They will be part of the Central League, an independent baseball organization.

Players with Mississippi connections playing in the Super Bowl are: Terrell Buckley DB New England - Pascagoula H.S., Bobby Hamilton DE New England - Southern Miss., Dexter McCleon DB St. Louis - Meridian H.S., Antowain Smith RB New England - East Miss. C.C., Grant Williams OT New England - Clinton H.S.

1/30/02

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 51 - Silliman 30, Kittye Marks 18 pts.

ACCS boys 64 - Silliman 49, Garrett Gamberi 19 pts.

Cathedral girls 21 - Bogue Chitto 61, Danielle Smith 5 pts.

Cathedral boys 85 - Bogue Chitto 95, Jonathan Jackson 24 pts.

Huntington girls 45 - Trinity 56, Vanessa Gordon 21 pts.

Huntington boys 52 - Trinity 53, Dudley Guice 21 pts.

Vidalia girls 57 - Crowville 57

Vidalia boys 91 - Crowville 60, Louis McNulty 18 pts.

Cathedral boys soccer team wins over Forrest County AHS 4-2. Palmer Rhinehart had 2 goals.

Rick Rhoades is the new head football coach at Delta State, he is a former coach of the year.

USM baseball is picked #8 in C-USA.

It's official, Marty Schottenheimer is the new coach of the San Diego Chargers.

1/29/02

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 38 - Central Hinds 32, Kittye Marks 11 pts.

ACCS boys 46 - Central Hinds 49, Christopher Rayborn 11 pts.

Basketball Today

ACCS host Silliman - 4 games - 4pm

Cathedral at Bogue Chitto - 3 games - 5pm

Ferriday at Rayville - 2 games - 6pm

Huntington host Trinity - 5 games - 3pm

Vidalia at Crowville - 2 games - 6pm

Cathedral boys soccer host Forest County - 6pm

In the La. High School Polls, Vidalia is ranked #10 in Class 2A.

Clarion Ledger Top Performers are: Dudley Guice (Trinity) scored 35 pts. & had 23 rebounds in a 134-73 win over Ben's Ford and 26 pts. in a loss to MRA. Vanessa Gordon (Trinity) scored 23 pts. in a 89-11 win over CHA & 30 pts. in a loss to MRA.

In the Clarion Ledger Polls, Natchez High boys are ranked #6.

The Rams are a 14 pt. favorite to win the Super Bowl and everybody is wondering, who will start at QB for the Patriots, Tom Brady or Drew Bledsoe?

Marty Shottenheimer should be introduced as the new head coach of the San Diego Chargers.

1/28/02

ACCS graduate Jacob Stutzman has been named Co-Captain of the Troy State University (Troy, Al) Track Team.  Jacob is a Senior at Troy State.  He was the 1999 Conference Champion (high jump) and 2000 and 2001 Runner up. Last year Jacob also ran hurdles and threw the javelin.  Jacob was recently named recipient of the Jesse Colley Scholarship awarded annually to the outstanding TSU Track Athlete/Scholar. Jacob has an over all 4.0 GPA and is active in several campus organizations, including Farmhouse Fraternity, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Campus Republicans, Student Government, and is the Student/Athlete Liaison to the Athletic Department. Upon graduation, Jacob plans to attend law school.  He is the son of Sheila and Joe Stutzman of Natchez.

New England 24 - Pittsburgh 17

St. Louis 29 - Philadelphia 24

Congratulations to new ACCS head football coach Keith Walters. Keith was an assistant under Bobby Marks at ACCS in the early 80's and was part of the ACCS undefeated season. See the Natchez Democrat for a great article on him today. Keith's a great guy and a proven winner, I wish him the best of luck.

Basketball Today

 ACCS host Central Hinds - 4 games - 4 pm

1/27/02

Basketball Scores

Trinity girls 56 - MRA 59, Vanessa Gordon 28 pts.

Trinity boys 73 - MRA 93, Dudley Guice 26 pts.

Miss. State beats LSU 84-61.

South 41 - North 26 in the Senior Bowl, Rohan Davey (LSU) threw 2 TD passes.

Thursday is the last day for deer hunting, primitive weapons only.

New England at Pittsburgh - 11:30am - CBS

Philadelphia at St. Louis - 3:00pm - FOX

1/26/02

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 65 - Central Private 46, Meghan Marchbanks 19 pts.

ACCS boys 54 - Central Private 67, Garrett Gamberi 21 pts.

Ferriday girls 77 - Vidalia 27, Monique Jones (F) 31 pts., Dominique Trimble (V) 15 pts.

Ferriday boys 65 - Vidalia 61, LaKendrick Nix (F) 25 pts., Jessie Banks (V) 23 pts.

Huntington girls 83 - Ben's Ford 39, Tiffany Ferguson & Sarah Ashmore had 18 pts.

Huntington boys 63 - Ben's Ford 59, Josh Johns 24 pts.

Natchez High girls 75 - Vicksburg 50, Christen West 23 pts.

Natchez High boys 55 - Vicksburg 39, Derek Jarvis 17 pts.

Trinity girls 89 - CHA 11, Vanessa Gordon 23 pts.

Trinity boys 85 - CHA 37, Ryan Rachal 26 pts.

Cathedral boys soccer team wins district title by beating North Pike 6-0. Wyler Murray & Christian Leurinda had 2 goals each. They finished the season at 10-2 & 6-0 in district play.

Cathedral girls soccer lost to North Pike 1-0.

Games Today

Trinity at MRA - 2 games - 2pm - Basketball

Natchez High host Clinton - 2 games - 3pm - Soccer

1/25/02

Basketball Today

ACCS host Central Private - 4 games - 4pm

Ferriday at Vidalia - 3 games - 5pm

Huntington at Ben's Ford - 4 games - 4pm

Natchez High host Vicksburg - 3 games - 5pm

Trinity host CHA - 5 games - 3pm

Cathedral host North Pike in soccer today at 5pm - 3 games (rained out from yesterday)

They keep saying Michael Jordan is done...he scored 40 pts. as the Wizards beat the Cavaliers 94-85.

I'll be at the ACCS/Central Private games today, Central Private boys are ranked #1 MPSA Overall in the State. Come out and watch why!

1/24/02

Stop by most any convenience store in the Miss-Lou and pick up the first edition of MissLouSports.Com "The Magazine", it's kind of short right now, but I promise the next one will be better with more features and news. I had to start somewhere!

Natchez High soccer host Clinton today - 5pm - 2 games

Cathedral soccer host North Pike - 5pm - 3 games

The Associated Press has Natchez High boys ranked at #7 and the girls at #10.

Ole Miss beat LSU 70-55 in basketball.

I was asking yesterday if anybody knew of any team in the Miss-Lou area that scored more than 134 pts. in a basketball game, I got an e-mail from Andrew Ketchings and he said that when he was a sophomore at Trinity, they beat Porter's Chapel 120-30 & Westside Academy 117-23. I e-mailed him back and reminded him how old he was and that they didn't have 3 pointers back then, he replied back saying that  if they had a 3 pt. line, there is no telling how many pts. Richard Wadsworth could have scored. That team won the Class A Championship and beat Jackson Prep for the Overall Title. Andrew also reminded me that not a single sophomore dressed out on that team, only juniors & seniors as they were loaded with players in Charles Herold 6'5, Glenn Benoist 6'4, Wes Gore 6'3, Richard Wadsworth 6'1, Lantz Foster & Jim Smith sharing starting time. The bench consisted of Ault Hootsell, Howard Jones, Fred Dupre, Walter Ketchings, Clark Lambdin and Andrew says he's missing somebody. He went on to add that anybody was capable of a big game and there were only a few close games. Trinity beat Marvell Academy by 10 pts. in the State Finals. At the Overalls, MS. Baptist played them close in the first round as Trinity played poorly. They played McCluer next and beat them by 25 pts. In the Finals, they beat Prep by 2 pts. Andrew said that Trinity was up by 8 pts. and started playing "not to lose" and Prep got hot from the outside to close the game to within 2 pts. before the time expired. That Trinity team went 35-1 losing the final regular season game to Brookhaven Academy in overtime (47-46?, very low scoring, and a controversial goal tending call on Charles Herold). I saw Blake Wadsworth out at ACCS yesterday and we were talking about this Trinity team and Blake said that Coach Clyde Adams pulled his starters early when they got a good lead and that Richard in one game scored 39 pts. at halftime and never went back into the game, he went on to say that Richard never scored 40 or more pts. in a game but if they had a 3 pt. line back then, he could have easily scored over 40 a few times. I asked him about that controversial call at BA and he said that nobody thought Herold had even touched the goal but cited they seemed to always have the same referees whenever they played at BA. BA & Trinity were always bitter enemies back then in every sport....Thanks Andrew for sending me this information and I remember you were pretty good on the hardwood yourself!

1/23/02

MissLouSports.Com "The Magazine" will hit stores today, look for it in convenience stores around town. This is the first edition and it is a little short but, bear with me, it will get better!

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 28 - Centreville 41, Kittye Marks 13 pts.

ACCS boys 55 - Centreville 41, Glenn Williams 17 pts.

Huntington girls 58 - ASC 9, Emily Hazlip 16 pts.

Huntington boys 68 - ASC 44, Patrick Clayton 20 pts.

Natchez High girls 79 - Wingfield 38, Karmethia Mazique 17 pts.

Natchez High boys 79 - Wingfield 67, Vasshun Newborne 21 pts.

Trinity girls 77 - Ben's Ford 38, Lauren Tanner 30 pts.

Trinity boys 134 - Ben's Ford 73, Dudley Guice 35 pts.

I can't remember a high school team scoring 134 pts., does anybody? This could be a Miss-Lou record.

I was at the ACCS/Centreville game and saw something that really surprised me in the boys game. ACCS was up by 9 pts. with a little over 3 minutes left in the game when the Centreville coach pulled his starters and put in his 2nd & 3rd teams to finish the game. I heard that he told them to run a certain play and they kept shooting 3's so he pulled them all. Centreville pretty much scored all their points from outside as did ACCS as they kept the inside clogged up and forced the Rebels to shoot from the perimeter.

Trinity soccer game end in a 2-2 tie against Presbyterian Christian due to rain storms.

Tony Dungy is the new head coach of the Indianapolis Colts.

The independent pro baseball league has put up a 4 yr. $200,000 deal to make Smith-Wills their home, but Jackson is still trying to lure a AA franchise into town, which is unlikely. Jackson City Council will have to decide.

Brett Favre will have a 30 minute profile on ESPN tonight at 6:30pm, where he will talk about all his struggles with painkillers & alcohol.

1/22/02

Basketball Today

ACCS host Centreville - 4pm - 4 games

Ferriday at McCall - 6pm - 2 games

Huntington at ASC - 4pm - 4 games

Natchez at Wingfield - 6pm - 2 games

Trinity host Ben's Ford - 4pm - 4 games

Vidalia at Rayville - 6pm - 2 games

Soccer Today

Natchez at Franklin County - 5pm - 2 games

Trinity at Presbyterian Christian - 5:30pm

Clarion Ledger Top Performers this week from the Miss-Lou area are: Je'Kel Foster (NHS) scored 28 pts. in a 72-63 overtime win against Clinton. Dudley Guice (TE) 20 pts. & 13 rebounds in a 71-12 win over Pine Hills and 27 pts. in a 77-60 loss to Jackson Prep. Lexi Washington (NHS) won the high jump & long jump at the MS. Coliseum.

Clarion Ledger Polls have Natchez High boys basketball at #6.

Jeffery Waycaster from Brookhaven Academy and formerly from ACCS signed with Co-Lin C.C. in baseball and Ben Davis from Brookhaven Academy has committed to play baseball for Co-Lin C.C. ....Thanks to BA Coach Ron Rushing for sending me this information.

I'll be at the ACCS/Centreville games today since I have two kids playing, one plays the first game and the other plays the last.....anybody got a donut I can borrow? Well I might ease down to the baseball diamond between games and watch some baseball practice, Gill Morris is always entertaining...if your not a player! AC baseball ain't what it used to be since Coach Morris arrived, there's alot more discipline (much needed), but you can see the focus in the eyes of his players, even in practice and it all pays off when the dealings done!

1/21/02

The Steelers beat the Ravens 27-10.

The Rams smoke the Packers 45-17.

This sets up the division championships, In the AFC, New England will play Pittsburgh and in the NFC, St. Louis will play Philadelphia.

No local sports today, that I know of anyway.

I'm preparing to come out with MissLouSports.Com "The Magazine", I'll probably do this every 2 weeks. I'll put them at various locations around town, convenience stores mostly, as well as at all the sponsors businesses. I hope to have the first couple of weeks of January out this week. They will start out small and hope that they'll continue to grow as more sponsors come on board.

Remember to check out the Archives Section if you miss any news, I didn't take the weekend off, so there was something every day this week.

Joey Martin's News comes out every week, don't forget to read his column, it's always packed full of great reading.

1/20/02

Basketball Scores

Trinity girls 41 - Jackson Prep 71, Vanessa Gordon 12 pts.

Trinity boys 60 - Jackson Prep 77, Dudley Guice 27 pts.

NFL

Philadelphia Eagles 33 - Chicago Bears 19

New England Patriots 16 - Oakland Raiders 13

Baltimore at Pittsburgh - 11:30am - CBS

Green Bay at St. Louis - 3pm - Fox

Michael Jordan went home to Chicago to play for the first time since he left the Bulls, His Wizards won 77-69. Mike only had 16 pts. He had such a long ovation that they had to turn off the lights to settle the crowd.

Natchez High's Janice Davis set 2 records at the Arkansas Invitational Track Meet. She had a personal best in the 400 meter with  a time of 55.59 and she also won the 55 meter with  a time of 7.06. Both were meet records.

I talked with Gill Morris and Chuck Rasco last night, Chuck had been bragging about his new "Honey Hole" a few days ago and he and Coach were going to try it out on Saturday. They said they caught 7 fish and claim they were monsters, we didn't see any fish because they said they threw them back....(coughyeahcough) They're going back today, maybe they'll bring something home this time.....Did Virgil Ward ever throw anything back?  I don't remember him ever doing it!

1/19/02

We're having a gathering of friends tonight at our house in celebration of Christopher Rayborn signing with Meridian C.C., we invite all of his coaches, teammates and parents, past & present, to drop by the house anytime after 5pm today.

I updated the ACCS Baseball schedule to include the Tournament dates and opponents.

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 37 - Silliman 34, Meghan Marchbanks 13 pts.

ACCS boys 62 - Silliman 47, Garrett Gamberi & Glenn Williams 16 pts. each

Cathedral girls 25 - Enterprise 25, Mary Margaret Allwood 7 pts.

Cathedral boys 60 - Enterprise 61, Brady Hendrix 16 pts.

Huntington girls 61 - CHA 13, Emily Hazlip 16 pts.

Huntington boys 57 - CHA 64, Jordan Owens 21 pts.

Natchez High girls 65 - Clinton 70 (OT), Crystal Brown 16 pts.

Natchez High boys 72 - Clinton 63 (OT), Je'Kel Foster 28 pts.

Trinity girls 63 - Pine Hills 20, Becky Bass 21 pts.

Trinity boys 71 - Pine Hills 12, Dudley Guice 20 pts.

Today's Schedule

Trinity at Jackson Prep - 2 games - 5pm - Basketball

Cathedral host Natchez High - 3 games - 10:30am - Soccer

Natchez High at Magnolia Classic Indoor Meet in Jackson - Track & Field

Cathedral girls soccer 1 - Franklin County 0 - Jessica Mathews 1 goal

Cathedral boys soccer 8 - Franklin County 1, John Erick Myers 3 goals. Cathedral earns playoff berth.

Congratulation to Coach Garcia of Cathedral for his many years of service, the school named the Gym after him last night in a surprise ceremony. He's a class guy and deserves it.

Shelby Watts won his 700th  basketball game as his Central Hinds team beat Copiah 66-52 last night.

Bill Parcells rejects the offer from Tampa Bay and says he will not return to coaching this year.

Tony Dungy was interviewed by the Carolina Panthers. Dungy is also a prospect of the Indianapolis Colts.

1/18/02

Basketball

ACCS at Silliman - 4 games - 4pm

Cathedral host Enterprise - 3 games - 5pm

Ferriday at Crowville - 2 games - 6pm

Huntington host CHA - 4 games - 4pm

Natchez High host Clinton - 3 games - 5pm

Trinity at Pine Hills - 4 games - 4pm

Soccer

Cathedral at Franklin County - 2 games - 6pm

Cathedral girls 19 - Loyd Star 58, Kate Prescott 7 pts.

Cathedral boys 50 - Loyd Star 57, Jonathon Jackson 14 pts.

Cathedral girls 0 - North Pike 1

Cathedral boys 5 - North Pike 1, John Erick Myers 4 goals.

Trinity boys 3 - Natchez High 2, Mickey Stevens (T) 2 goals.

1/17/02

Christopher Rayborn signed his Letter of Intent to play with Meridian C.C. in baseball yesterday. Meridian is generally ranked in the Top 5 in National Junior College Polls year in and year out. I want to thank the Natchez Democrat for the nice article on him today and for clearing up that he does have a mother! (Boy, I caught it at home on that one)

Basketball Today

Cathedral host Loyd Star - 6pm - 2 games

Vidalia boys are ranked #9 in the LA. High School Basketball Polls

The deal to make the Charlotte Hornets new home in New Orleans could be made today or Friday.

Miss. State beats Tennessee 92-91 in overtime.

The Western division of the SEC baseball polls picks LSU to win the conference with Ole Miss in 2nd, Miss. State in 3rd, Alabama 4th, Auburn 5th and Arkansas 6th. South Carolina was picked to win the Eastern division.

The sale of the Boston Red Sox was approved on Wednesday to a group led by John Henry, owner of the Florida Marlins, for a mere $660 million.....a new record purchase price!

1/16/02

ACCS girls 52 - Central Private 62, Meghan Marchbanks 17 pts.

ACCS boys 39 - Central Private 64, Christopher Rayborn 12 pts.

Ferriday girls 64 - Natchez High 62, Torisheka Taylor (F) had 21 pts. Christen West (N) had 18 pts.

Ferriday boys 45 - Natchez High 77, Vasshun Newborne (N) 18 pts. Marvin Harper (F) 12 pts.

Huntington girls 38 - Trinity 73, Trinity's Lauren Tanner & Vanessa Gordon had 21 pts. each. Emily Hazlip (H) had 20 pts.

Huntington boys 34 - Trinity 67, Chad Ridley (TE) had 18 pts. Josh Johns (H) had 7 pts.

Vidalia girls 46 - McCall 81, Gemecia Wiliams 12 pts.

Vidalia boys 60 - McCall 79, Tony Hawkins 20 pts.

I left my scores at home from the ACCS/Central Private games last night, I'll post them on here later but, ACCS girls lost by 10 pts. and the ACCS boys lost by around 24pts. Christopher Rayborn had 12 pts., all in the first half.

Central Private boys were up by 5 pts. after the first period and by 11 at the half. Alot of turnovers by ACCS in the third caused all the starters to be pulled as CP went up by 14 with around 5 minutes left in the 3rd. The starters re-entered the game in the middle of the 4th and trimmed the score to 20 pts. The rest of the squad saw playing time with about 3 minutes left in the game. CP has alot of talent, ACCS played with them for the 1st half and Randall Gullina saw limited time in the first half as it appeared he had back problems. 

Cathedral soccer at North Pike today - 5pm - 3 games

Allen Iverson scored 58 pts. last night in  a win over the Rockets 112-106 in overtime.

Jackson, MS may have another professional baseball team. The Central Baseball League is trying to make a deal to get into Smith-Wills Stadium with one of its 8 teams.

LA Dodger Gary Sheffield was traded to the Atlanta Braves for Brian Jordan , Odalis Perez and a minor league pitcher.

1/15/01

Sorry for the incomplete start today, my computer messed up and had to go to the doctor for repairs.

I'm headed to Zachary, LA today for the ACCS/Central Private games and the Central Private boys are the overall #1 team in the MPSA..... should be an interesting night!

ACCS girls 62 - CHA 9, Nikki Hankins 10 pts.

ACCS boys 57 - CHA 53, Ty Smith 17 pts.

Today's Games

ACCS at Central Private - 4 games - 4pm

Ferriday host Natchez - 2 games - 6pm

Huntington at Trinity - 5 games - 3pm

Vidalia host McCall - 2 games - 6pm

Trinity Episcopal soccer team wins their first game of the season over 4A Parklane Academy in a shootout 2-1.

William "The Refrigerator" Perry cancelled his boxing debut citing medical reasons.

Barry Bonds gets a $90 million 5 year deal to stay with the Giants.

Chase Brown of Trinity Episcopal was named a Top Performer by the Clarion Ledger for totaling 56 pts., 21 assist and 11 steals as Trinity won 2 of 3 games at the Jackson Academy Tournament.

Janice Davis of Natchez High was named a Top Performer by the Clarion Ledger for winning the 55 & 400 meter races at the LSU High School Classic and was chosen the outstanding out of state performer at the meet.

Clarion Ledger Polls have Natchez High boys basketball ranked #7 and Natchez High girls at #13.

Tony Dungy, coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is fired paving the way for "The Big Tuna" Bill Parcells. 

1/14/02

Basketball Today - ACCS host CHA - 2pm - 6 games

Green Bay 25 - San Francisco 15

Baltimore 20 - Miami 3

Steve Spurrier has agreed to an agreement in principle with the Washington Redskins worth $25 million.

The College BCS polls may be changed from all computers to letting the 2 major polls decide #1 & #2 and playing from there. No decisions until April.

Weekend Wrap-up

Friday Night

Cathedral girls 23 - West Lincoln 70, Mary Margaret Alwood 9 pts.

Cathedral boys 51 - West Lincoln 57, Bart Lane 21 pts.

Ferriday girls 61 - Rayville 39, Monique Jones 31 pts.

Natchez High girls 54 - Warren Central 51, Angel Taylor 22 pts.

Natchez High boys 85 - Warren Central 45, Je'Kel Foster 19 pts.

Trinity girls 42 - Jackson Academy 67, Vanessa Gordon 23 pts.

Trinity boys 55 - Jackson Academy 53, Chase Brown 19 pts.

Vidalia girls 54 - Crowville 53, Dominique Trimble & Gemecia Williams each had 10 pts.

Vidalia boys 71 - Crowville 69

Saturday Night

Trinity boys 79 - CM&I 81, Dudley Guice 23 pts.

Cathedral girls soccer 0 - McComb 3

Cathedral boys soccer 2 - McComb 1, Byron Zerby & Patrick Biglane 1 goal each.

Deer season with guns will be over after Wednesday, Thursday will begin the primitive weapon season for the next couple of weeks. Out at my camp on Sunday morning, Al Guillot harvested a nice 11 pt.

I'll be at ACCS on Monday for the Basketball games against CHA, come by and see me.

1/11/02

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ACCS girls 35 - Huntington 52, Tiffany Ferguson (H) 14 pts., Kittye Marks (A) 14 pts.

ACCS boys 49 - Huntington 54, Josh Johns (H) 19 pts., Ty Smith (A) 20 pts.

Trinity girls 77 - CM&I 28, Lauren Tanner & Vanessa Gordon 18 pts. each

Trinity boys 73 - Silliman 43, Chase Brown 22 pts.

Basketball Today

Cathedral host West Lincoln - 5pm - 3 games

Ferriday host Rayville - 6pm - 2 games

Natchez High host Warren Central - 5pm - 3 games

Trinity at Jackson Academy- 7pm - 2 games

Natchez High Track at LSU Field House - Baton Rouge, LA - Today & Tomorrow

Cathedral girls soccer 2 - Wesson 3, Joanna Stubbs 1 goal, Kelly Graves 1 goal

LSU receiver Josh Reed will skip his senior year to enter the NFL draft.

It's official....David Wells is a Yankee again in a 2 yr. $7 million deal.

I was at the ACCS/Huntington game last night and finally got to see the Huntington girls play, they are an excellent ball team and are well coached by Penny Moak. Hats off to the Lady Hounds. I was also impressed with the Huntington boys team, after being down by 8 pts. early in the contest, they never gave up and took the lead and kept it throughout the game with quickness and smart play, Coach Michael McAnally has done a tremendous job with his crop of boys.

1/10/02

Joey Martin's Page is 2 week's worth, we had a e-mail problem so I'm leaving his older news at the bottom of his page and putting the new news at the top of his page.

Cathedral girls 34 - Loyd Star 60, Mary Margaret Alwood 11 pts.

Cathedral boys 37 - Loyd Star 77, Travanti Smith 7 pts.

Today's Games

ACCS at Huntington - 4pm - 4 games

Trinity girls vs. CM&I - 4:30pm at JA New Year Classic

Trinity boys vs. Silliman - 5:30pm at JA New Year Classic

Cathedral host Wesson in soccer - 5:30pm - 2 games

Natchez High at Warren Central in soccer - 5:30pm - 2 games

The Charlotte Hornets may move to New Orleans.

Mark Wohlers signs with the Indians for a 2 year contract.

Billy Wagoner signs a 3 year deal with the Astros worth $27 million.

Diamondbacks infielder Craig Counsell signs a 3 year $7.25 million contract.

Curt Warner wins his 2nd MVP in the NFL.

1/9/02

Check out Joey Martin's Link above for some highlights and stories, updated yesterday.

Ferriday girls 81 - Vidalia 50, Monique Jones (F) 21 pts., Shemica Williams (V) 16 pts.

Ferriday boys 50 - Vidalia 57, Louis McNulty (V) 21 pts., Ladrian Davis (F) 18 pts.

Huntington girls 48 - Silliman 47, Emily Hazlip 16 pts.

Huntington boys 51 - Silliman 50, Todd Iverstine 12 pts.

Natchez High girls 80 - Jefferson County 69, Crystal Brown 17 pts.

Natchez High boys 72 - Jefferson County 60, Je'Kel Foster 25 pts.

Cathedral girls soccer 0 - McComb 1

Cathedral boys soccer 5 - McComb 0, Byron Zerby 2 goals.

New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Ron Zook will be the new head coach at Florida, should be official on Wednesday. This will be his first head coaching position.

Jim Mora is fired from the Colts after he wouldn't replace his defensive coordinator.

Miss. State might not keep that #22 ranking long as they dropped one to Arkansas last night 75-64.

Juan Gonzalez returns to the Rangers for $25 million.

Former LSU coach Gerry DiNardo is the new Indiana Head Football Coach.

1/8/02

ACCS girls 55 - Porter's Chapel 38, Amy Mardis 14 pts.

ACCS boys 38 - Porter's Chapel 35, Caleb Walker 11 pts.

Basketball Today

Cathedral at Loyd Star - 6pm - 3 games

Ferriday host Vidalia - 5pm - 3 games

Huntington at Silliman - 4pm - 4 games

Natchez High at Jefferson County - 5pm - 3 games

Soccer Today

Cathedral at McComb - 5:30pm - 2 games

Natchez at Vicksburg - 5:30pm - 2 games

William "The Refrigerator" Perry will make his boxing debut Feb. 3rd in Gulfport, MS and will fight Eric "Butterbean" Esch in a 4 round Heavy Round match at Grand Casino.

Mississippi State breaks into Top 25 in the Basketball Polls at the #22 spot. The first time in more than 5 years. I guess beating #6 Kentucky wasn't to shabby, huh?

Kansas sits at the #1 spot in College Basketball replacing Duke who lost to Florida State over the weekend.

Natchez High boys are ranked #10 in the State by the Clarion Ledger Polls and the NHS girls are ranked #12.

George Seifert is out at Carolina after 3 years and a record 15 straight losses.

Indianapolis coach Jim Mora had been doing so well his first few years and this year his Colts are playing horrible, he may lose his job....Sound familiar Saints fans?

1/7/02

The Saints get mashed 38-0 by the 49ers.

Basketball Today

ACCS at Porter's Chapel - 4pm - 4 Games

The best game that I saw this past week was the Trinity vs. Central Private game at the WCCA Shootout. Central Private came into the contest as the #1 ranked team in the State, they had just finished winning the MRA Tournament in Jackson with all the big schools from the Jackson area. Randall Gullina, I believe averaged around 40 pts. a game in the Tourney. I guess they rolled into Woodville thinking it was going to be a cake walk and were very surprised to see a young Class A team hang with them throughout the game, Trinity had a 5 pt. lead at one time in the second half. Dudley Guice put on a rebounding show for the Saints and the quickness of the rest of Saints made the #1 team a little shaky in the game. Chad Ridley got into foul trouble early in the contest so I didn't really get to see how much of a threat he could have been to Central Private. Trinity lost by 8 pts. but it was a much closer game than that. Central Private will remember this team for a while!

1/6/02

WCCA Shootout - Saturday

ACCS girls 32 - Oak Forest 45, Meghan Marchbanks 9 pts.

ACCS boys 57 - Oak Forest 48, Christopher Rayborn & Ty Smith 14 pts. each.

Trinity's boys & girls games were cancelled.

Briarfield Tournament - Friday

Huntington girls 55 - Tensas 38, Emily Hazlip 18 pts.

Briarfield Tournament - Saturday

Huntington girls 67 - Briarfield 40, Sarah Ashmore 20 pts.

Next weekend is the last weekend of Deer Season with guns, there will be a 2 week primitive weapon season. The deer at my camp just shut off about Thursday and haven't been moving since.

Check in tomorrow for local sports schedule.

1/5/02

I was at the hunting camp last weekend and just decided to stay there for the week, sorry I didn't mention it here on the web page but I was getting in some good deer hunting since it had gotten cold and it seemed the bucks might be in rut. During the week I was hunting one of my stands and Christopher was hunting another of my stands and we both came in after the evening hunt with deer, he had his first buck, a 5 pt. and I harvested a nice doe.

I heard that Patrick Biglane got an 8 pt., that's all I have on it.

Basketball Scores

Briarfield Tournament - Thursday

Huntington girls 58 - Briarfield 28, Emily Hazlip 17 pts.

Huntington boys 61 - Briarfield 34, Josh Johns 14 pts.

WCCA Shootout - Thursday

ACCS girls 48 - Pine Hills 15, Nicki Hankins 9 pts.

ACCS boys 73 - Pine Hills 15, Garrett Gamberi 18 pts.

Trinity girls 59 - Central Private 53, Lauren Tanner 20 pts.

Trinity boys 55 - Central Private 63, Dudley Guice 27 pts.

Friday Games

Cathedral girls 34 - Monterey 39, Danielle Smith 6 pts.

Cathedral boys 66 - Monterey 56, Larry Thomas 19 pts.

Briarfield Tournament - Friday

Huntington girls 46 - Riverfield 32, Tiffany Ferguson 15 pts.

Huntington boys 34 - Riverfield 58, Todd Iverstine 10 pts.

WCCA Shootout - Friday

ACCS girls 49 - ASC 21, Brandi Case 12 pts.

ACCS boys 63 - ASC 41, Christopher Rayborn 22 pts.

Trinity girls 50 - Oak Forest 56, Vanessa Gordon 14 pts.

Trinity boys 60 - Oak Forest 27, Chase Brown 21 pts.

WCCA Shootout - Saturday

Trinity girls vs. Pine Hills - 11:30am

Trinity boys vs. Pine Hills - 12:45pm

ACCS girls vs. Oak Forest - 2pm

ACCS boys vs. Oak Forest - 3:15pm

WCCA girls vs. Ben's Ford - 4:30pm

WCCA boys vs. Ben's Ford - 5:45pm

Central Private boys and girls will play Brookhaven Academy also tonight.

Warren Central upended Natchez high in soccer action as the girls lost 6-0 and the boys fell 6-0 also.

Steve Spurrier has resigned from Florida, possible NFL positions are Minnesota, San Diego, Jacksonville and Tampa bay. Curious to see how his temper tantrums will prevail in the NFL!

LSU finished up at #7 in the Football Polls....Geaux Tigers!

Michael Jordan scored his 30,000th point last night and I believe I heard that he has scored 125pts. in his last 3 games.....he's still got it!

I'll be at the WCCA Shootout again today and then back to the hunting camp for some good ole fried venison, I'll have an update tomorrow....come to Woodville and see some great B-ball action!

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Archives - February 2002

2/28/02

A Thursday morning after no sports on Wednesday, you figure there wouldn't be any news? Well we have plenty today as Walter Ketchings recaps the final 2 Trinity games at the Class A State Basketball Tournament and Joey Martin's Link is full of great reading material.

Trinity Basketball Recap by Walter Ketchings

Trinity's game with Delta was pretty closed after the 1st quarter.  Delta opened up a double digit lead at halftime with a 3 at the buzzer.  That put them up 42-29.  I thought we looked very flat.  Delta came out and scored the first 6 or 8 points of the 2nd half which put us in a deep hole.  Late in the 3rd quarter we finally started playing our game and had their lead down to 9 at the midway point of the 4th.  To be honest, I thought we had them on the ropes.  They made a bunch of free throws late and as you mentioned earlier we were below 50%.  Delta has 2 really good players and 2 of their other starters had career nights.  They are a very well coached team and deserved the win.  I see where Delta just defeated Marshall to advance to the semi-finals of Overall.

Rossville had  a pretty good team but I thought we should have beaten them. As I mentioned last week their point guard was tough.  I think he had about 30 points against us.  I don't know if you heard but there were 0.6 seconds left in regulation when Rossville inbounded the ball to Mark Meadows who drains the shot from just inside the 3 point line.  We did everything we were supposed to do.  He was well covered.  It was simply a great shot.  I thought Rossville made a good showing at Overall this week.  They defeated a good Leake team and then were blown out by Central Private.  In that game Central Private shot 64% from the floor.  It's tough to beat anyone who is shooting that well especially Central Private. 

McCall, which won 2A last year and finished second to Rayville in Vidalia and Ferriday's district this year, defeated Jewel Sumner 119-58 in a first round playoff game.

USM beat Ole Miss 5-1 in baseball action yesterday.

Miss. State beat UL-Monroe 6-5.

LSU over Ole Miss 59-56 in basketball.

Miss.State over Arkansas 89-83.

2/27/02

Correction: Huntington Baseball vs. Porter's Chapel stats: (Coaches Report)

Report from the Monterey/Block baseball game from Joey Martin:

I just talked with coach Hank Zizzi, they had a wild one, Monterey scored three in the first, Block scored seven in the second, Monterey pulled to within 7-5 in the second before Block went up 11-5 in the third. No score until sixth when Monterey scored four and then tied game with two in seventh. Monterey scored the winning run in the bottom of eighth, Chris Dale got win with a complete game allowing six hits, striking out six and walking three. Beau Barfoot homered and singled, Seth Paul, Ryan Perkins singled twice, Ryan Kemp doubled.

Cathedral 11 - West Lincoln 1 (5inn.) WP Bart Lane, Clay Hammons HR, more as I receive the coaches report.

I watched Central Private beat Amite School Center yesterday 10-4, CP picked up 6 new players, 3 of which are the top 3 pitchers. I saw there #1 pitcher, he threw around 84 mph, but scouts say he can throw 88-89, he only has a fastball and that's all he threw. Their #3 pitcher pitched next and he stayed around 83-84 and had a pretty nice 12-6 pitch. ASC threw their #2 & #3 pitchers as their #1 had pitched the night before. I'm looking forward to see how they bat against stronger pitching.

Miss. State 14 - La. Tech 7

Ouch! I saw where Central Private beat Rossville 101-49 in the MPSA Overall Basketball Tournament. That's gotta leave a mark!

1A Delta beat 4A Jackson Prep 55-44....did I hear somebody say something about a new coach?

2/26/02

Update: I threw in the ASC Baseball Tournament schedule above with the other schedule links.

Update: Huntington lost to Porter's Chapel 6-1, lots of errors with new starters. John Mark Bonnette and Patrick Clayton had two hits each. Will Moak started. Brent Tosspon came in and pitched well...thanks Joey

Update: Cathedral Baseball Stats after 4 games - The teams batting average is .321 and the teams ERA is 2.13 - Leading hitters with at least 8 at bats are: Daggett - .500, Hammons - .375, Jones - .308 & Davis - .300 Chris Norris has a 0.64 ERA in 11 inn., Jeremy Davis has a 1.17 ERA in 6 inn. and Bart Lane has a 0.00 ERA in 4 inn.

Ferriday girls 44 - Christian Life 49 - 2A semifinals, Ferriday is eliminated from the Sweet 16. Congratulations to the Lady Trojans on a fantastic season.

Coaches report from Franklin County: Franklin County play Natchez High in a JV game and a Varsity doubleheader last Saturday. FCHS JV won 14-2 and FCHS Varsity took both games 18-6 & 20-8.

Coaches report from Cathedral: Last Tuesday - Cathedral vs. Jena, Jena pitcher pitched a 2 hitter, stayed ahead of the batters, Jeremy Davis pitched 6 innings, gave up 5 hits, 3K's, 2 BB's & 1 ER. Jena won the game 5-1. Last Friday vs. Franklin County, Chris Norris got the win with an outstanding pitching performance of 7 inn. 3 hits, 12 K's, 4 BB's & 0 ER. Cathedral won 6-3. Michael Blain was 2-2 & Rodney Daggett was 2-4 with a double. Improvements: Hitting with runners in scoring position and improving fundamentally on defense. Record: 3-1. 1st district game is today vs. West Lincoln at home 5&7pm.

I went to the Amite Tournament yesterday and watched Silliman vs. Columbia Academy, there were probably 30 or more scouts there to watch Micah Schilling from Silliman bat. Micah had a bad night going 0-3. I've seen him in action quite a bit and he's never been shut down like this before, believe me, he can rip a baseball better than any high school player I've ever seen. Silliman won the game 9-6. Amite School Center played Franklin Academy in game #2 and it was getting late so we headed back home after watching 1 inning which saw Franklin go up 1-0 after the inning. I'll probably go back today and watch Central Private play ASC, I believe they are changing the game time to 4:30pm. This is the only game today.

I know that Huntington played last night against Porter's Chapel, I'll have an update as soon as I hear from coach McAnally.

ACCS will play Lamar Christian at 5pm on Friday at the Amite Tournament instead of Central Private, LC is a small private school around the Hattiesburg area. ACCS will play Parklane at 7pm on Friday as scheduled. I made the change on the ACCS Baseball Schedule Link above.

I want to welcome Bryan Painting as a new supporter of MissLouSports.Com, Bryan Painting also is a big supporter of Monterey Baseball. Glad to have you aboard Ricky!

2/25/02

Vidalia baseball team won the Winnsboro Tournament beating Mangham 4-2, Oak Grove 9-8 & Winnsboro in the Championship game 10-4.

College Baseball

LSU lost to Houston 12-11, they had a 2 run lead going into the 9th, costly errors!

Miss. State 6 - Ohio State 6, Ohio had to fly home!

Ole Miss 5 - S. Alabama 6

USM 6 - Nebraska 5

MPSA All-Star Basketball Game

The players go to Jackson on Wednesday, March 6 and will receive uniforms, physicals, practice schedules, etc and get started.  The slam dunk and 3-pt shootout are on Thursday evening at MRA.   The girls 3-pt shoot-out is a 6:30PM.  1st & 2nd rounds of Slam Dunk Contest are at 7:00PM.  Boys 3-pt shoot-out is at 7:15PM and Final round of Slam Dunk is at 8:00 PM.  Admission is $3.00 to these contests.  The games are at Mississippi College on Friday with the 1A-2A girls game at 2PM, 1A-2A boys at 3:30PM, and 3A-4A girls at 5:30PM with the boys following at 7:00PM.  Admission to the games is $5.00.

The roster for the South 3A-4A girls is as follows:

Rebekah Flemming--Jackson Academy; Jill Kennedy--Silliman Institute; Madeline Price--Copiah Academy; Emily Edgar--Manchester; Brooke Currier--Parklane; Mary Kathryn Sharpe--Jackson Prep; Candace Clayton--Copiah Academy; Cameron Vaughn--Jackson Academy; Kittye Marks--ACCS; Kat Stott--Silliman; Elizabeth Studdard--Jackson Academy; Tara Chez Britton--Jackson Prep.

The roster for the South 3A-4A boys:

Tommy Haskins--MRA; Randall Gulina--Central Private; Coly Powell--Central Hinds; Michael Wakefield--Jackson Academy; Jimbo Moss--Jackson Prep; Chris Bracey--Parklane; Chase Baker--Central Private; Richard Kilby--Central Hinds; Brock Maples--Jackson Academy; Christopher Johnston--Jackson Prep; Cory Norris--Central Private; Zach Pattie--Parklane.

2/24/02

Basketball News

Natchez High boys 71 - Meridian 67 - North State Champions, Je'Kel Foster & Vasshun Newborne had 14 pts. each. NHS will have a bye in the State Tournament and will play March 5th in the MS. Coliseum.

Trinity boys 87 - Rossville 89, Dudley Guice 28 pts. - Trinity finishes 4th at State and is eliminated from the Overall Tournament. Congratulations to the Saints on a great season, The Saints will have at least 2 more runs at the State Title as the nucleus of this team is in the 10th grade.

Vidalia 9 - Pine Prairie 5, WP Jenny Watson, Jennifer Wyles 2-3, Miranda Doughty 2-3, Katie Barlow 2-2

Vidalia softball 1 - Captain Shreve 0, WP Jenny Watson, Miranda Doughty 2-2

Co-Lin C.C. 6 - Delgado 3, Ryan Davis (ACCS) 2B, Cole Zumbro (FCHS) HR

Ole Miss 7 - S. Alabama 6, Matt Tolbert (Centreville) 2-4

Miss. State 2 - Ohio St. 9

USM 7 - McNeese St. 9, Jarrett Hoffpauir (VHS) 1-2

I traveled to Jackson yesterday and watched some of the Northwest Rankin Tournament, we saw the end of the Madison Central vs. Starkville game which MC won 9-1, and then we saw Warren Central play Prattville, AL. WC won the game 2-1 as Brian Pettway (Ole Miss signee) picked up his first win of the season. He also helped them out at the plate collecting 2 hits, one of them a triple.

2/23/02

Basketball News

Natchez High 89 - Horn Lake 61, Vasshun Newborne 25 pts.

Natchez High vs. Meridian - 3:30pm - North State Championship Game

Trinity 68 - Delta 82, Dudley Guice 29 pts. - A State Tournament

Trinity vs. Rossville - 6pm - Playing for 3rd place and a trip to the Overall State Championship

Vidalia 79 - Jonesboro/Hodge 90, Ajay Warner 26 pts. - 2A State Playoffs

Last night I was watching the Beauty Pageant out at ACCS and running outside to get the score of the Trinity game as my radio wouldn't pick it up inside. From what I gathered, it sounded as if Trinity's play was a little sluggish again and Delta was hot as a firecracker. I heard one of the announcers mention that Delta didn't have a single guy that was any better than anyone on Trinity's team. I can believe that after watching Trinity play during the South State Championship. A win over Rossville today will mean  a berth in the Overall State Tournament and a chance for some redemption. Good Luck Saints!!

It looks like Mike Martin and his Bulldogs are hitting on all cylinders again as they ran over Horn Lake last night. They'll play Meridian for the North State Championship today at 3:30pm. They also earned a berth in the State Championship at the MS. Coliseum in Jackson. I wasn't real good in geography, but I'm pretty sure that Natchez is in the South...hmmmm?

Baseball News

Cathedral 6 - Franklin County 3, WP Chris Norris 12 K's, 3 H - LP Colby Beech,  Jeremy Davis & Michael Blain doubled for Cathedral and Chris Herring doubled for Franklin County.

Natchez High 2 - Loyd Star 12, LP Drew Kossum

Check schedules above for Prep games today.

Miss. State 4 - UAB 2

Ole Miss 12 - South Alabama 5

USM 7 - UL-Monroe 4

2/22/02

Update: Coaches Report from Franklin County -  We beat Gautier 4-3 and Lost to Gulfport 5-3 but we were able to use 19 different players just in the Gulfport game alone, so we were very pleased with the effort. We out hit Gulfport 7-4. Also our game verse Tylertown was cancelled.  So as of right now we are 2-1 and host Cathedral at 5:00 and 7:00 tonight and come to play Natchez tomorrow for a JV and a varsity double header beginning at 11:00. A triple header.  ...from Wade Wilson, Asst. Coach at Franklin County.

Update: I talked with Jennie Atkins the other day and she gave me Brandon & Doug's College Baseball websites, I'll post along with the others on the left side of this page. She told me that Brandon was up to bat when Southeastern played LSU, but when LSU brought in a lefty, they changed the batting lineup. Brandon's been plagued a little with his knee, but he'll come around and get to play more. Doug's at Troy State and seen alot of action, he's carrying a .90 ERA with 6 appearances and is 1-1 with 1 save. He's pitched 10 innings, giving up 7 hits, 6 runs, 1 earned run, 3 walks and 6 strikeouts.

Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen Baseball 2002

The team is comprised after conversations with high school and college coaches in Mississippi and pro scouts.

Clay Dirks - Hernando H.S. headlines the list.

J.J. Brown - Vicksburg, Kevin Caldwell - Tupelo, Cory Carter - West Point, Stephen Head - Hillcrest Christian, Mark Maddox - Oak Grove, Joseph McCaskill - Jackson Academy, Brian Pettway - Warren Central, Van Pope - Terry, Christopher Rayborn - Adams Christian, Kenard Springer - Nettleton, Brae Wright - Southaven.

Christopher Rayborn's article: A Meridian C.C. signee, the 6'3, 185 lb. right handed pitcher also plays shortstop for the Rebels. Despite having back trouble, Rayborn had a 6-1 record and a 2.33 ERA with 63 strikeouts and 17 walks in 48 innings and hit .385 and helped Adams Christian to a 22-8 record and an Academy AAA runner-up finish last season. Rayborn's back is OK now, Adams Christian coach Gill Morris said. "Christopher has control of four pitches, straight fastball, curve, changeup and side-armed fastball," Morris said. "He believes he can throw every pitch for a strike on any count. That's the kind of confidence that he has and I have in him."

Christopher has talked about making Dandy Dozen since Tyler Walker made the team 3 years ago. Baseball America's Prospects Plus has him ranked #3 in the State and #338 overall player in the Nation. He was recently added to the Top 150 pitchers by TeamOne Baseball. But making Dandy Dozen will be one of his most cherished accomplishments of his career so far. Congratulations son!

Basketball News

Ferriday girls 60 - Jonesboro/Hodge 58, Monique Jones 18 pts. - Ferriday will go to the "Sweet 16"

Natchez High boys at Horn Lake - 6:30pm

Trinity boys vs. Delta - 7:30pm

The Trinity games will be on the radio, 107.1 FM "The River" has carried all the Trinity games since South State and I'm sure they're not going to stop now, tune in tonight and listen.

Baseball News

Cathedral at Franklin County - 5&7pm

Natchez High at Brookhaven Tournament

Vidalia at Winnsboro Tournament

Vidalia softball 10 - Monterey 0, WP - Jenny Watson

I've added a bunch of Prep schedules, if you can get me any that aren't listed above, I'd sure appreciate it. Check them out for games being played daily.

I have to attend the ACCS Beauty Pageant tonight as my son is one of the Beaus and will be performing skits as well. I will have my radio with me so I can listen to the Trinity game!

Be sure and check back in from time to time during the day, I never know when I may receive some updates. Everybody is helping out now and sure has made this page more interesting....Thanks!

2/21/02

Update from Walter Ketchings at the MPSA State Tournament: I saw most of the Rossville-Riverdale game yesterday.  I was surprised that Riverdale didn't make a better showing.  Rossville won 74-57.  Rossville has an extremely quick point guard that could cause problems.  Rossville defeated Lee in the North semi-finals 65-56.  I was talking to someone from Delta who told me that Rossville and Delta's boys were both streaky teams.

On the girls' side, I thought Strider was an excellent basketball team.  One of their parents told me their record was 36-7 with 4 of the losses coming to Delta.

In the boys' game Trinity was flat in the 1st half.  We went to the locker room leading 23-20.  As you know, that is a very low scoring half for a running team like us.  David must have had a nice "chat" with them because they came out focused in the 3rd quarter and outscored Lee 49-24 in the 2nd half.  We are looking forward to the Friday night match up with the Delta/River Oaks winner.

If anyone is bored Friday, I would highly recommend the Delta/Riverdale girls game at 2:30.  Each of these teams has only lost 1 game all season.  ..........Thanks Walter, great job!

Update: True Freshman Taylor Tankersley from Warren Central pitched his first ballgame for  the University of Alabama yesterday going 6-1/3 innings, 10 K's,  (the most a Tide player has struck out this year) and 2 runs on 2 hits. Alabama beat Georgia State 4-2.

Update: Monterey baseball team lost to Forest Hill 10-6, Beau Barfoot got the loss. A.J Smith homered, Ryan Kemp went 2-4, Phillip Bryan & Ryan Perkins doubled. Monterey had 9 errors in the contest and walked 9 Forest Hill batters but were still in the game in the last inning with the bases loaded and the #3 batter at the plate, he struck out and the #4 batter flew out to end the game.

Basketball News

Trinity girls 40 - Strider 66, Becky Bass 14 pts. - State Tournament

Trinity boys 72 - Lee, AR 44, Chad Ridley 20 pts. State Tournament

Ferriday girls host Jonesboro Hodge - 7pm - State Playoffs

I listened on the radio last night and the Trinity girls seemed to have a down night, they just weren't hitting on all cylinders. The Lady Saints had a great season and they played hard for Coach Melanie Hall. They may be in a little rebuilding stage next year but, they have alot of young girls that will step up in the near future and bring them back to the State Championship again.

The Trinity boys game stayed pretty close for a while as the Saints just couldn't put them away real quickly. Anytime Dudley Guice doesn't just dominate and Chase Brown isn't knocking down the 3's, you figure they had a down night. Well I think they had a down night and I'm glad that game's over with because the competition will get better and they need to be playing their best from here on out. Gregory Ketchings stepped it up last night and put in 18 pts. for the Saints. They will play the winner of the Delta vs. River Oaks game (which is played today) on Friday.

I did  an interview with the new Natchez High Head Baseball Coach Greg Patterson, Check out the Link above for all the details.

Joey Martin's Update is on his Link above, check out the latest news from across the River.

2/20/02

Basketball News

Huntington girls are out of the MPSA State Tournament falling to Lee, AR 64-57. Tiffany Ferguson 18 pts.  Congratulation to Coach Penny Moak and the Lady Hounds on a great season.

Natchez High boys 84 - Callaway 68, Vasshun Newborne 23 pts. - 5A North Playoff Game.

Trinity girls vs. Strider Academy - 7pm - 1A State Tournament

Trinity boys vs. Lee, AR - 8:30pm - 1A State Tournament

ACCS's Kittye Marks will be playing for the "South" in the MPSA 3A/4A All-Star Basketball Game at Mississippi College, March 8th, 2002. Only 3 players were selected from the 4-3A District, Kat Stott & Jill Kennedy from Silliman Institute will join Kittye on the team. Way to go Kittye!!!!

Baseball News

Cathedral 1 - Jena 5, The game over after 5 inn. as bad weather moved in. Jeremy Davis got the loss, Wyler Murray had a double for the Greenwave.

Jackson's new professional baseball team will play it's first home game at Smith Will's Stadium against the Alexandria Aces on May 24th. Most games will start around 7:05pm. The team still doesn't have a name.

The Natchez Gamblers, playing in the Natchez Adult Soccer League won the City Championship ...again! This makes 14 years in a row they have accomplished this feat. Congratulations!

The Huntington Lady Hounds should be proud, they had a great season and return the majority of its team next year. Some of the younger girls got some game experience and it will pay off for them next year. I enjoyed watching them play the few times that I did, but they showed alot of heart and played well for Coach Penny Moak.

Are the Trinity games being broadcast on the radio? If anybody knows, let me know so we can tune in tonight.....Thanks.

I've got alot of the baseball schedules listed above and am waiting on a few more, check them out for games and times if you have the "need" to watch some baseball action.

I've been battling a cough for over 3 weeks, I went out to watch the Cathedral vs. Jena games and with the wind blowing and the chance of rain, I decided I better get home and try to recoup. I saw a little of the JV game and it looked to me as if Jena thought it was a doubleheader, the guy that threw for them could have easily thrown in the varsity game, he was a lefthander with a good curve and had fair speed. Maybe they were just trying to get all their pitchers a little time on the mound.

Everybody keep your fingers crossed tonight as our home town Trinity Saints compete at the MPSA State Tournament!

2/19/02

Update: I've got 2 volunteers to get me stats, scores and highlights for the MPSA Class A State Tournament in Walter Ketchings and John Mark Williams. If you don't read about this Tournament in here, be sure the next time you see Walter or John Mark, chew'em out good! (laugh) They might need this extra pressure to motivate them!

Update: Ferriday girls beat Ville Platte 68-60 last night. Monique Jones had 31 pts. Ferriday will host Jonesboro-Hodge Thursday at 7pm. J-H upset Loyola of Shreveport last night 43-40. Loyola knocked out Ferriday the last 2 years. A Ferriday win puts them in the "Sweet 16"...by Joey Martin

Update: Monterey lost to Forest Hill in baseball 10-6, my source said they had the "1st game jitters", I'm sure Coach Zizzi can whip them around!.....he whipped me a few times! Ya'll remember those planed off baseball bats they used to whip us with?

Update: Warren Central beat Louisville 11-0 in 5 innings last night, Chris Hite (ACCS) went 1-3 with a double and was 4-4 on base percentage. In 2 games WC has had 5 different players hit "Dingers" and 3 of them aren't the Power Hitters!......thanks Larry

Update: Cathedral's Coaching report just came in.

Coach Beesley's baseball team completed their first contest with a win over Natchez High on Saturday 9-3. He was pleased with the overall play of the team and thought they did a good job of putting the ball in play. Garrett Jones went 3-3 with a double & a triple, Wyler Murray had a double and Daniel Wisner went 2-2 at the plate. Chris Norris picked up the win going 4 inn. with 3 hits, 4 K's, 3 BB & 1 ER. Coach Beesley said "Our pitchers need to improve on their control.

Game #2 on Saturday - Cathedral 14 - Natchez High 4, Coach Beesley was pleased with both the offensive & defensive play, especially since it was the first playing date of the year. Bart Lane picked up the win going 4 inn. on 1 hit, 3 K's, 0 BB & 0 ER. Leading the hits for Cathedral were Bert Goldman 3-3, Rodney Daggett 2-2, Clay Hammons 2-4 with a double and Jeremy Davis had a double. Coach Beesley stated that they only have 2 more games before their district schedule starts. "Hopefully we can continue to put the ball in play, play solid defense and our pitchers can get ahead of the hitters."

Next up for Cathedral is Jena, LA today at Chester Willis Field in Natchez.

Update: Franklin County 18 - Natchez High 8, Chuck Rasco called in the score but he couldn't find out any game stats. Hopefully my nephew (Wade Wilson) will get them to me, he's the asst. baseball coach at Franklin County High School.

Basketball News

Natchez High girls 64 - Callaway 73, Christen West 18pts.

Huntington girls vs. Lee, AR - 7pm - State Championship Tournament

Natchez High boys at Callaway - 7pm - North State Championship Tournament

Clarion Ledger Top Performers listed Trinity's Dudley Guice for 24 pts. & 31 pts. in wins over Glenbrook & Riverdale for the Academy South A Title.

In email conversation with Walter Ketchings, he told me that Trinity & Huntington girls were not in the same bracket as Riverdale & Delta which only have 1 loss each, both to Jackson Academy. Delta did beat JA earlier this season and JA beat Riverdale in January. So the probable Trinity vs. Huntington match-up may decide who plays for the State Championship. I may be jumping the gun but hey, I have confidence in our area teams!

Baseball News

Natchez High at Franklin County yesterday, anybody have the scores?

Vidalia 5 - Pineville 7, LP - Barry Bowden, Bryan Bennett 3 run HR.

Cathedral host Jena - 5 & 7pm

Franklin County at Tylertown - 5 & 7pm

Natchez High at Brookhaven Tournament - Don't know specifics

I talked with John Wimberly yesterday, he informed me that his son Jason (ACCS) playing at Meridian C.C. pitched Feb. 13th against Pearl River and went 7-1/3 innings, had 4 K's and 2 BB's, the score was tied when he left the game. He also pitched against Tyler, TX team for 6 innings, had 6 K's and 1 BB. The score was 6-2 when he left the game and Meridian ended up losing. So with 2 starts, Jason has 2 no decisions. John told me that the coach has them on a pitch count since it's so early in the season. Jason is the probable starter Friday against East Mississippi at 3pm in the 2002 Rush Classic in Meridian, MS.

Dandy Dozen Baseball to be revealed this Friday.

Track News

Natchez High's Janice Davis has been asked for pictures from Track and Field News Magazine for an upcoming article, I'll let you know more about this as it develops. Also, Natchez High's first Track Meet will be March 1st at Port Gibson, but I believe that it's only for relay teams, I'll find out more later.

Former Oakland Coach Jon Gruden is the new head coach for Tampa Bay.

OT - Tony Boselli is the first pick in the expansion draft by the Houston Texans. It looks as if Houston did a good job of studying salary caps in the NFL as they picked up some gems in DB -Aaron Glenn & Marcus Coleman, OT Ryan Young, DT - Seth Payne & Gary Walker, LB - Jamie Sharper and Jermaine Lewis, one of the NFL's best kick returners. The Texans took 19 players in the expansion draft & will get the first draft out of college on April 20th.  They'll be going for a quarterback... go to the Bulletin Board to cast your vote for who the Texans should pick.

2/18/02

College Baseball

LSU 17 - Mercer 1

Ole Miss 6 - Jacksonville State 5

USM 9 - Lipscomb 2

Natchez High girls host Callaway - 7pm

Ward Burton wins Daytona 500.

I think the Trinity boys & girls have a first round bye in the Class A Tournament, I'm not sure when Huntington girls play. If anybody knows the tournament schedule, let me know...thanks!

2/17/02

Basketball News

Trinity girls 40 - Riverdale 61, Ashley Kingsafer 15 pts. - South A Championship Game

Trinity boys 65 - Riverdale 56, Dudley Guice 32 pts. - South A Championship Game

Huntington girls 77 - Porter's Chapel 39, Emily Hazlip 27 pts. - South A Consolation Game

Prep Baseball

Cathedral 9 - Natchez 3, WP Chris Norris - LP Lance Harveston - MH - Garrett Jones (C) 3, Daniel Wisner 2.

Cathedral 14 - Cathedral 4, WP Bart Lane - LP Leon Stewart - MH - Goldman (C) 3, Hammons (C) 2, Daggett (C) 2, Newman (N) 2.

JUCO Baseball

Co-Lin 13 - East Mississippi 3, Cole Zumbro (Franklin County) 3B & 2B, Ryan Davis (ACCS) HR.

Yesterday I watched Cathedral vs. Natchez High in baseball, I watched ACCS inner squad baseball and I listened to Trinity on the radio. (Geez, I need some help!) I went out to Chester Willis Field first and watched Cathedral & NHS for 3 innings, it was a good ballgame for 2 innings as NHS was up 1-0 going into the top of the 3rd inning, but then it was over as Cathedral scored 7 runs in the 3rd and never looked back. Lefty Chris Norris looked good on the mound considering it was his first outing. Lance Harveston picked up the loss for NHS, he didn't look that bad, he just left a few pitches up in the zone and Cathedral took advantage of every one of them. Lance will get into form and do well for the Bulldogs.

I went out to ACCS and watched the inner squad game, this is the 3rd inner squad and the pitchers have to tell the batters what's coming. I think this is great since it gives the batters a chance to watch the pitch and better understand how different pitches work. I can see the progress with this team and things are coming around for the Rebels. Coach Gill Morris is working the team hard everyday to get them back to the State Championship game.

I listened to the Lady Saints while watching inner squad and as I said, them 2 Riverdale girls are quick and deadly. The Trinity girls should hold their heads high as they did a great job. Coach Melanie Hall, if I know her right, will make some changes and will be ready for the State Championship Tournament.

I went back out to watch the 2nd game at Chester Willis field and it had already got out of hand, Bart Lane picked up the win for Cathedral and Leon Stewart got the loss. Cathedral played everybody in the second game and there were alot of hits from the young Cathedral crew. I think somebody told me that Cathedral has 15 - 9th graders, but there are some gifted athlete's in that class and they will gain alot of experience playing up against the competition. Natchez High is fairly young also and their pitchers will get their needed work in the bullpen to sharpen things up. I heard that new Head Coach Greg Patterson has been focusing on hitting first and that he's brought alot of these kids a long way since his arrival. I like the way he coach's, he's got alot of fire in him and this NHS team will gain alot from him.

Congratulations to the Trinity boys for capturing the South A Championship. Trinity ran off with it early in the contest but, Riverdale wouldn't give up as they cut the lead down to 6 pts. at one time in the 4th period. But what can anybody do to stop Dudley Guice? he puts in 32 pts. and gets 15 boards and he just turned 15! Yep, he's a young sophomore, he should be in the 9th grade! Coach David King will carry his team to the State Championship Tournament and will be watching 2 teams real closely...CMI and Delta Academy. Somebody told me that CMI has just about every public school in Jackson, MS's 6th man and they will be the team to beat.

Natchez Recreation adult men's All-Star Basketball game is today at 7pm in the Martin Gym.

I finally changed the "Local Ramblings" section down below, this is a good place for upcoming events, if you have any, let me know.

2/16/02

Basketball News

Natchez High girls 67 - Clinton 60, Crystal Brown & Christen West had 18 pts. apiece - Div. 4-5A Champions.

Natchez High boys 56 - Clinton 68, Vasshun Newborne 19 pts.

MPSA 1A South State at Trinity

Huntington girls 49 - Riverdale 75, Sarah Ashmore 17 pts.

Trinity girls 49 - Porter's Chapel 39, Lauren Tanner 14 pts

Riverdale 46 - River Oaks 44 - 2OT - Adam Jones 21 pts. (Riverdale)

Trinity boys 80 - Glenbrook 58, Dudley Guice 25 pts.

Trinity girls vs. Riverdale - 2:30pm

Trinity boys vs. Riverdale - 7:30pm

The Huntington girls saw quickness like they've never seen before, a very hard press forced alot of turnovers early in the contest from Riverdale. Riverdale isn't blessed with much height on the court but, they make up for it with 2 extremely great shooters that are quick off the dribble.

Trinity girls jumped out early on Porter's Chapel and got a little sluggish at the end. For Trinity to beat Riverdale, they'll have to break their press early, and get the ball down low and utilize their height under the goal. Probably keying the 2 hot guards might keep their offense slowed down a bit, but they better put some quick girls on them and keep the tall girls bunched up down low.

The Riverdale vs. River Oaks game was by far the best game of the night going into double overtime with River Oaks having 2 chances to end the game early. Riverdale finally got the upper hand with the score tied and used the clock to get the last shot and making it count for the win. There were more 3's shot in this game than all the other games in the tournament shot altogether! It figured since I saw a bunch of fans with signs that said "It's Raining 3's" so this must not be uncommon from either team.

Trinity boys handled Glenbrook easier than the score indicated as Coach David King let the reserves finish things up.  Chase Brown had five 3's on the night and Gregory Ketchings had 2 or 3. But it was the strong play of Dudley Guice that put Glenbrook away. He is so dominating under the goal. I was talking to Allan Dossett about Dudley and he was saying to watch how fast he jumps, he's a quick jumper. He's off the ground before most of the kid's get ready to jump. Riverdale has one tall boy that can jump really well but, they don't utilize him enough which is good for Trinity. They are going to light it up from outside and they have a few kid's that can put it in from nowhere land. It should be an interesting game at the least with alot of action.

Natchez High & Cathedral play baseball today at Chester Willis Field at 12pm.

ACCS baseball will have an inner squad game today around 1:30pm.

2/15/02

Update: Natchez High's Janice Davis is nationally ranked by best times: #2 in the 55m, #1 in the 60m, #4 in the 200m & #5 in the 400m banked track. Track & Field News Magazine list her as an All American and one of the Top Female Athletes in the country. Janice will be in New York on March 8, 2002 in the National Scholastic Indoor Championship, last year this event was televised. She'll be at the Nokia Sugar Bowl in New Orleans March 22-23 and in Mobile, AL April 6, 2002.

Basketball News

Cathedral boys 68 - Bogue Chitto 87, Bart Lane 22 pts. - 7-1A Tournament.

Ferriday girls 75 - Lakeview 62, LaShawnda Pryor 23 pts.

South State 1A Tournament at Trinity

Trinity boys 73 - Tallulah 52, Dudley Guice 23 pts.

Girls - Huntington vs. Riverdale - 1pm / Trinity vs. Porter's Chapel 2:30pm

Boys - River Oaks vs. Riverdale - 6pm / Trinity vs. Glenbrook - 7:30pm

Div. 4-5A Tournament in Vicksburg

Natchez High girls vs. Clinton - 6:00pm - Championship Game

Natchez High boys vs. Clinton - 7:30pm - Championship Game

I watched the Trinity boys team against Tallulah last night, this is the second time that I've seen them play this year, I saw them against #1 Central Private earlier in the season and they played well against them down at the Woodville Shootout. I could tell that Trinity was very dominate over Tallulah and Tallulah did a good job of breaking the press early in the game and scoring on the Saints. If you can break Trinity's press, you can score! but the downside is that I don't know what you could do to stop Trinity from scoring. Trinity has too many scoring threats, they shoot and score from all over the court. I enjoyed the game and watching the quickness of this team, alot of natural talent and Coach David King's tutelage...a winning combination!

Vidalia softball 8 - Avoyelles 3

Kris Thomson (Trinity) is playing basketball at Delta State and getting some playing time, Kris was redshirted last year so he is a freshman.

Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen Baseball 2002

Public School

#1 Warren Central, #2 Southaven, #3 Tupelo, #4 W. Lauderdale, #5 Picayune, #6 New Hope, #7 Madison Central, #8 Terry, #9 Meridian, #10 Oak Grove, #11 Ittawamba AHS, #12 Vicksburg, #13 Pascagoula, #14 Forest Hill, #15 Hattiesburg

Private School

#1 Parklane, #2 Hillcrest, #3 Indianola, #4 Simpson, #5 Starkville

I've noticed from the past that alot of pre-season rankings are a courtesy from last years teams final rankings and aren't a real indication of this years teams capabilities, especially in the Private School rankings. Am I saying this because ACCS Baseball is not ranked? Ya dang right! ACCS returns the nucleus of it's team this year and all the pitching, this is the team that finished 2nd in the MPSA 3A State Championship Game. Every player that is playing this year, started at some point last year. The Rebels lost 4 seniors but, there were games when some of them didn't even start, which means that AC returns 9 starters from last years squad. None of the others can claim that! Plus I've never seen a pre-season poll that a Jackson school wasn't involved, no matter how many they lose or what they have coming back. But that's understandable, they probably sell more papers around Jackson than anywhere else....P.S. Why do they call it Dandy Dozen Baseball Teams when there are 15 Public schools listed and only 5 Private Schools? I'm not sure when they'll post the Dandy Dozen Baseball Players, it should be soon, I know that's 12 players, or it has been in the past!

2/14/02

Update: Franklin County's baseball schedule is added to the Links above. They travel to Gulfport this weekend to play former NHS baseball coach Michael Lindsey and his Gulfport team.

Update: LSU's 4 games & their 4 starting pitchers, Chad Vaught carries a team low 1.50 ERA (6 innings). Lane Mestepey pitched 7 innings in his outing and carries a 2.57 ERA. Finally found me a good LSU stats page.

#1, it's Valentine's Day and if your reading this and forgot to have your "honey" something this morning, your a low life dirty dog! at least that's the way I get treated if I forget. But I didn't, as I put her present in my sock drawer so I wouldn't forget!

I've posted the Monterey Baseball schedule, see the Link above.

Well, the MissLouSports.Com Bulletin Board is taking off! You can ask questions as well, this page is for ya'll to interact with each other. Keep up the good work, it makes for fun reading.

Basketball News

ACCS boys 46 - Copiah 69, Garrett Gamberi 15 pts. - 3A South State Tournament

Cathedral girls 26 - St. Al 45, Kelsey Stephens 13 pts.

Cathedral boys 72 - St. Al 62, Bart Lane 19 pts.

Cathedral boys vs. Bogue Chitto today at 5:30pm - 7-1A Tournament

Huntington girls 52 - Tensas 41, Tiffany Ferguson 19 pts. - 1A South State

Huntington boys 31 - River Oaks 49, Todd Iverstine 7 pts. - 1A South State

Trinity girls 60 - Glenbrook 43, Becky Bass 22 pts. - 1A South State

1A South State at Trinity - Games Today

Girls - Riverdale vs. Franklin - 4pm / Porter's Chapel vs. Central - 7pm

Boys - Riverdale vs. Ben's Ford - 5:30pm / Trinity vs. Tallulah - 8:30pm

I was at Trinity last night and watched the Trinity vs. Glenbrook game, I haven't seen the Trinity girls play this year and I was eager to see them play. I'm always posting Vanessa Gordon has high scorer but she got into foul trouble in the first half and saw limited action. But Becky Bass was the highlight putting in 22 pts. for the Lady Saints. I could tell that Glenbrook was hot early as anything they threw up went in. I figured this wouldn't last long and it didn't as Trinity pulled away in the second half.

The Huntington girls figured out fast that to beat Tensas, they had to stop their center. They dished her the ball underneath easily at first and she made them pay for it. Huntington Coach Penny Moak put an end to that and it was the difference in the ball game as the Lady Hounds slowly put them away.

I'm looking forward to tonight's games as the competition is getting stiffer as the Tournament narrows down. If you've been waiting for the right night to go out and watch the Tournament, you can start tonight!

Natchez High boys basketball team are ranked #8 by the Ms. AP

Natchez High's Kejuane Bates signs with Co-Lin to play football.

LSU 68 - Miss. State 65 in overtime!

Ole Miss 62 - Auburn 65, Ole Miss was up by 13 pts. and tried to play the clock down.

2/13/02

Update: Joey Martin's News for this week is posted on his Link above, check it out!

Update: LSU Junior Pitcher Chad Vaught (Huntington) started last night for the Tigers against Southeastern Louisiana University and gave up 1 run in the first inning. He pitched a total of 6 innings striking out 8 batters, gave up 1 walk and 5 hits. He had a 2-1 lead when he left the game. LSU lost the game 4-3. But still an impressive start for Vaught and I'm sure, a real confidence booster.

Basketball Scores & Games

ACCS girls 39 - Manchester 56, Meghan Marchbanks 15 pts. - 3A South State Tournament

ACCS boys vs. Copiah - 8:30pm @ Centreville - 3A South State Tournament

Natchez High girls 69 - Vicksburg 56, Christen West 14 pts. - 4-5A Tournament

Natchez High boys 83 - Warren Central 64, Je'Kel Foster & Vasshun Newborne 21 pts. - 4-5A Tournament

Huntington girls vs. Tensas - 4pm @ Trinity - South State A Tournament

Trinity girls vs. Glenbrook - 7pm @ Trinity - South State A Tournament

Huntington Boys vs. River Oaks - 8:30pm @ Trinity - South State A Tournament

Vidalia beat Winnsboro 6-1 in softball, Jenny Watson was the winning pitcher and she went 3-4 at the plate.

2/12/02

Update: ACCS girls vs. Manchester - 4pm @ Centreville Academy - 3A South State Basketball Tournament...Thanks JM for the reminder.

Basketball Scores

MPSA Class 1A South State Tournament at Trinity Episcopal

Huntington girls 55 - Mt. Olive 31, Emily Hazlip 17 pts.

Huntington boys 55 - Mt. Olive 36, Crawford Kifer 16 pts.

The Huntington girls games was alot worse than the score indicates, the Lady Hounds dominated this game, Mt. Olive didn't really score any points until late in the 3rd period.

The Huntington boys had a hard time stopping Mt. Olive's Josh May, he was the whole team in the first half putting in 16 pts. and barely missing a shot that rolled out of the basket at the buzzer. Huntington took a 19-16 first half lead into the locker room. I was talking with Greg Ketchings and mentioned that if they could stop May, they would crush Mt. Olive. Huntington Coach Michael McAnally came back after the half and ran a Box 1 defense putting a man on man on May and he only scored 6 pts. in the second half...smart coaching!

The earlier games saw Glenbrook girls defeat River Oaks 50-41 and the Glenbrook boys beat CHA 85-58. I didn't see these games but Ketchings told me that Glenbrook had a very scrappy team.

Basketball games at Trinity will not pit any area teams playing, but there will still be some great basketball action:

Central, LA girls vs. Pine Hills - 4pm

Plain Dealing boys vs. Tallulah - 5:30pm

Franklin Academy girls vs. Ben's Ford - 7pm

Tensas boys vs. Ben's Ford - 8:30pm

Cathedral girls vs. St. Al - 7pm @ Bogue Chitto - 7-1A Tournament

Cathedral boys vs. St. Al - 8:30pm @ Bogue Chitto - 7-1A Tournament

Natchez girls vs. Vicksburg - 7pm @ Vicksburg - 4-5A Tournament

Natchez boys vs. Warren Central - 5:30pm @ Vicksburg - 4-5A Tournament

Vidalia will scrimmage against Winnsboro today in baseball at 4pm in Vidalia.

ACCS will have an inner squad baseball game today after school around 3pm.

I got a great e-mail yesterday from Natchez High Track Star Janice Davis's mother. She told me that Janice has over 250 colleges and universities interested in her. Janice will be listed in the NCAA Clearinghouse this Spring, she has met all the requirements for Division I. Beginning July 1, 2002, they can begin personal contact with her. Ms. Davis will be sending all of Janice's Track results and her schedule to post on this website....Thanks again Ms. Davis!

2/11/02

Basketball Today

South State 1A Tournament at Trinity Episcopal:

Glenbrook, LA girls vs. River Oaks - 4pm

Glenbrook, LA vs. CHA - 5:30pm

Huntington girls vs. Mt. Olive Christian - 7pm

Huntington boys vs. Mt. Olive Christian - 8:30pm

Congratulations to 4 yr. old Kenneth Jordan on winning 1st place at Volunteer National BMX Championship.

The only feedback on the Bulletin Board is from former baseball coach Greg Harris, it was nice to hear from him. C'mon now, use the Board!!!!

2/10/02

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 44 - Centreville 32, Meghan Marchbanks & Brandi Case scored 9 pts. each.

ACCS boys 63 - Centreville 49, Caleb Walker 15 pts.

Trinity girls 41 - Huntington 38, Vanessa Gordon (T) 26 pts., Tiffany Ferguson (H) 10 pts.

Trinity boys 64 - Huntington 48, Dudley Guice (T) 17 pts., Ples Arthur & Crawford Kifer scored 12 pts. each.

Trinity girls & boys captured the District 5-1A Tournament Title.

ACCS girls & boys finished 3rd in the District 4-3A Tournament.

Congratulations to Natchez High Track Star Janice Davis on winning the 60 meter dash at the Adidas Midwest Indoor Track Classic. She set a record with the best time in the nation at 7.38. The meet will be on ESPN2 today at 3pm.

Go to the MissLouSports.Com Bulletin Board and post some comments. I've got some questions for you there!

2/9/02

Basketball Scores & Games

ACCS girls 28 - Central Private 52, ACCS will play Centreville today at 4:00pm, Nikki Hankins led with 7 pts.

ACCS boys 36 - Silliman 49, ACCS will play Centreville today at 5:30pm. Caleb Walker, Ty Smith & Garrett Gamberi all scored 8 pts. each.

Cathedral girls 45 - Monterey 56, Kelsey Stephens 14 pts.

Cathedral boys 65 - Monterey 73, Jonathan Jackson 15 pts.

Ferriday girls 78 - McCall 59, Monique Jones 26 pts.

Ferriday boys 57 - McCall 93, Marvin Harper 16 pts.

Huntington girls vs. Trinity - 5pm at CHA

Huntington boys vs. Trinity - 6:30pm at CHA

Natchez High girls 54 - Brookhaven 49, Crystal Brown 14 pts.

Natchez High boys 66 - Brookhaven 54, Je'Kel Foster 22 pts.

Vidalia girls 56 - Rayville 76, Dominque Trimble 16 pts.

Vidalia boys 70 - Rayville 72, Ajay Warner 27 pts.

LSU picked up its first win under new baseball skipper Smoke Laval by defeating Birmingham Southern 10-9.

Dodgers sign Japanese lefthander pitcher for $12.3 million & 4 years. In Japan, he was 12-3 with a 3.40 ERA and 173 K's in 175 innings pitched.

The Diamondbacks reach a 1 year deal worth $2.65 million with catcher Damian Miller.

2/8/02

Basketball Scores

Huntington girls 61 - Pine Hills 23, Emily Hazlip 11 pts.

Huntington boys 62 - Ben's Ford 54 - OT - Patrick Clayton 13 pts.

Trinity girls 60 - Ben's Ford 15, Vanessa Gordon 20 pts.

Trinity boys 83 - CHA 47, Chad Ridley 24 pts.

Basketball Today

ACCS girls vs. Central Private - 4pm at Silliman

ACCS boys vs. Silliman - 8:30pm at Silliman

Cathedral at Monterey - 2 games - 6pm

Ferriday host McCall - 2 games - 6pm

Natchez High at Brookhaven - 2 games - 6pm

Vidalia host Rayville - 2 games - 6pm

 I'll be headed to Silliman Institute today and catch the district playoffs, I'll have updates of the action tomorrow morning. Until then, be safe if your driving to any ballgames as it's always more dangerous on Fridays on the road.

2/7/02

Basketball Today

Huntington girls vs. Pine Hills - 7:00pm at CHA

Huntington boys vs. CHA - 8:30pm at CHA

Trinity girls vs. Ben's Ford - 4:00pm at CHA

Trinity boys vs. Ben's Ford - 5:30pm at CHA

ACCS quarterback Ty Smith signs with Co-Lin.

Trinity quarterback Chad Ridley signs with Delta State.

Congratulations to Charlie Fisher on bowling the elusive perfect 300 game. Give me a call Charlie when you get that ring so I can snap a picture.

The Diamondbacks get outfielder David Dellucci for 1 year worth $775,000.

Check out Joey Martin's page, it's updated today and he offers alot of reading for you.

The Bulletin Board has some new questions for your response, check it out!

2/6/02

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 34 - Copiah 52, Kittye Marks 10 pts.

ACCS boys 53 - Copiah 64, Garrett Gamberi 12 pts.

Cathedral girls 27 - St. Al 40, Mary Margaret Allwood 12 pts.

Cathedral boys 54 - St. Al 62, Larry Thomas 18 pts.

Ferriday girls 63 - Crowville 38, Monique Jones 19 pts.

Ferriday boys 54 - Crowville 52

Natchez High girls 63 - Jefferson County 52, Gloria Lewis 20 pts.

Natchez High boys 92 - Jefferson County 32, Vasshun Newborne 21 pts.

ACCS Jr. High won the MPSA District 4-3A Basketball Tournament and finish the season 14-4 overall & 6-0 in District play.

The Wilson Cup Matches at Beau Pre' C.C. is over as the rain forced the tournament to end and Team Mississippi is declared the winner.

The Houston Astros want Enron to either ante up the 30 yr. $100 million rights to use the Enron name on their field or get rid of it altogether. They wanted to start negotiations with other advertisers but Enron has refused them to do so.

The Copiah girls were very quick, AC used a man to man defense to help slow them down and it helped to stop the bleeding. They were very deep coming off the bench as well. They are a well coached team and have alot of talent, they didn't miss many outside shots but few were taken as the Lady Rebels played them very tightly in the man to man defense. They moved real well off the dribble and with the tall girls underneath, it was almost impossible to get rebounds but, the Lady Rebels played well considering that Copiah is #4 overall in the MPSA.

Copiah boys weren't that good, AC made a ton of turnovers as Copiah pressed the whole game. Copiah sports an 11-18 overall record. AC carries an 11-11 record heading into the District Tournament which starts Friday.

2/5/02

Basketball Today

ACCS host Copiah Academy - 2 games - 6pm

Cathedral at St. Al - 2 games - 6pm

Ferriday host Crowville - 2 games - 6pm

Natchez High host Jefferson County - 3 games - 5pm

Out at ACCS tonight, it is Senior Recognition Night and Copiah Academy girls bring their MPSA Overall #4 ranking to town along with an impressive 32-2 record.

Vidalia boys are ranked #10 in LA. High School Polls in Class 2A. and Ferriday girls are ranked #3 in Class 2A.

In the Clarion Ledger Polls, Natchez High boys are ranked #6 and the NHS girls are ranked #14.

The Wilson Cup Matches between Mississippi & Louisiana at Beau Pre' C.C. have MS. in the lead after 2 days of play, the individual matches start today at 8am.

NCAA is considering an early signing period for football, much like basketball and baseball. Because so many athletes commit early already, it's no big surprise when the official signing day comes on Feb. 7th. It gives college programs a chance to get ready for next years season before they start this years season. Don't look for this anytime soon, it's in the very early stages.

Craig Brasfield from Amory, MS and a former Ole Miss baseball player is the new general manager of Jackson's new professional baseball team.

University of Southern Mississippi's Father of Athletics, Coach Reed Green was buried Monday.

I'll be at Centreville today at 10am to watch the ACCS Jr. High compete in the District Tournament. I have a daughter on the ACCS Jr. High team, then I'll be back at ACCS tonight as they host Copiah Academy. I've heard so much about Copiah's girls, I can't wait to see them in action. I also have a Senior on the boys team so I have to do the parent thing for Senior recognition night. Come out and catch the games and drop by and visit with me.

2/4/02

New England Patriots 20 - St. Louis Rams 17, What a game! The Rams didn't start to play until the end of the game and then it was too late as the Patriots drove down the field in the final seconds to kick the game winning field goal. Tom Brady was named MVP.

Jorge Posada becomes the 2nd highest paid catcher in the MLB in a 5 yr. $51 million deal with the Yankees.

The only sports today (that I know of) is the Beau Pre' C.C. Wilson Cup Match's. An alternate shot tournament.

Basketball season is winding down and area teams will be competing in their district tournaments, more coverage as this develops.

2/3/02

Today's the Big Day, Super Bowl XXXVI between the Rams of St. Louis and the Patriots of New England and everybody is expecting a blowout, even the point spread for the game is around 14 pts. in favor of the Rams. I guess I'm going to pull for the Patriots and pretend that they have 14 pts., maybe that will make it interesting.  I generally pull for the underdog anyway.

Cathedral soccer team lost to West Lauderdale 10-0 in the playoffs and finish the season with an impressive 11-3 record.

In basketball action yesterday, the Trinity Lady Saints beat Silliman 58-42, Vanessa Gordon had 19 pts. Inthe boys game, Trinity won 71-48, Dudley Guice had 20 pts.

The Wilson Cup Matches at Beau Pre' C.C. in the Men's division start today at 11am. This will be an alternate shot tournament. The Women start tomorrow.

2/2/02

Basketball Scores

ACCS girls 46 - Centreville 51, Nikki Hankins 10 pts.

ACCS boys 68 - Centreville 65, Christopher Rayborn 19 pts. (5 - 3 pointers), Ty Smith 19 pts.

Natchez High girls 83 - Franklin County 41, Angel Taylor & Chrystal Sylvester had 13 pts. each.

Natchez High boys 72 - Franklin County 29, Vasshun Newborne 14 pts.

Vidalia girls 50 - McCall 83, Tiffany Fleming 11 pts.

Vidalia boys 63 - McCall 84, Jessie Banks 15 pts.

Trinity at Silliman in basketball today - 2 games - 6pm

Cathedral at W. Lauderdale in soccer today at 2pm

Alabama football is put on probation for 5 years, cut scholarships for 3 years and banned from Bowl games for 2 years for recruiting scandal where boosters were accused of paying money for Prep players.....Roll Tide!!!! (had to say that for Coach Gill Morris, he won't sleep well for 5 years now!)

The MPSA suspends Bowling Green in the stiffest penalty ever after fans attacked referees during a basketball game. The MPSA suspended Bowling Green's entire athletic program for the rest of the 2001-2002 year. They will not play any home basketball games in 2002-2003, will pay a $1,500 fine and will remain on probation though the 2003-2004 school year. 3 people are banned from MPSA sanctioned events for life and another is banned for 3 years.

This is a tough penalty for any school, I really feel sorry for the innocent kids that have to suffer because of the actions of some fans. This means that Bowling Green can't play baseball, softball, golf, tennis and track for the rest of this school year. I hope that there aren't some athletes at that school that can play at the next level but need the Spring exposure to get them that push into college, it would be a shame for them to be punished also. Also Bowling Green could lose alot of kids that would transfer out because of this and that would stifle any Private school.

2/1/02

Basketball Scores

Cathedral girls 58 - MSD 47, Kate Prescott 22 pts.

Cathedral boys 65 - MSC 38, Bart Lane 19 pts.

Basketball Today

ACCS at Centreville - 4 games - 4pm

Natchez High at Franklin County - 2 games - 6pm

Vidalia at McCall - 2 games - 6pm

I went out to Natchez High yesterday to get a few Seniors pictures for "The Magazine" and walked into a media circus as Janice Davis was getting her picture taken for Sports Illustrated. I met Janice and got her picture, she was extremely nice. Janice is just a Junior and has taken the High School Track scene by storm. If you have the chance, go out and watch her run this spring. I'll post the dates of Track meets as they become available.

Meridian C.C. signs shortstop Joey Lieberman from Warren Central, Joey played in Natchez as a youth. They also signed catcher Josh Morgan from Thomasville, AL, Josh caught Christopher Rayborn this summer at the East Coast Professional Baseball Showcase and Christopher mentioned how good he was after the Showcase.

MissLouSports.Com

Archives - March 2002

3/31/02

Baseball News

Franklin County 1 - Clinton 10

WP - Korey Cunningham

LP - Tom Wimberly

Loyd Star 2 - Clinton 6

WP - Luke Sandroni

LP - Seth Britt

2B - (L) Brister

Natchez High 12 - Block 2

WP - Floyd Newman

LP - Ryan King

2B - (N) Kinds, Hayes

Parklane 6 - Jackson Academy 9

WP - Jacob Christian

LP - Rusty Rayborn

HR - (P) C. Ginn, Smith Johnston

Parklane 1 - Jackson Academy 11

WP - Joseph McCaskill

LP - Wayne Moore

College Baseball News

Ole Miss 9 - Kentucky 5, Matt Tolbert 2-5

Ole Miss 5 - Kentucky 4

USM 8 - Houston 4, Jarrett Hoffpauir 2-3

LSU 7 - Miss. State 3

Southwest C.C. 0 - Pearl River 1

Southwest C.C. 1 - Pearl River 0

My News

Indiana and Maryland on Monday night for the NCAA Championship....I'm pulling for Indiana, I always like the underdog!

Has anybody harvested a Turkey? Let me know what you hear.

MissLouSports.Com "The Magazine" will be out later in the week, look for it in area convenience stores.

That's about it for Easter morning, I'm headed to Jefferson County for some home cooked vittles, see ya'll tomorrow!

3/30/02

College Baseball News

Miss. State 15 - LSU 4

USM 2 - Houston 3, Hoffpauir 1-3

Co-Lin 8 - LSU-E 1, Ryan Davis (ACCS) double

Co-Lin 2 - LSU-E 3

My News

Not much action on the Prep scene on Friday, this could be my shortest daily news in a while.

I went fishing yesterday evening, even that was slow!

I saw where ya'll asked a good question about the "Freaky Friday Frenzy" Trivia Question, "What sport" I assume it's football, I haven't heard from Joey yet. Ole Walter got the "Teaser" already.

I'll have a movie review of "The Rookie" when I get back from the theater today, I'm going to the first showing today.

Just got back from the movies, "The Rookie" was great, not alot of baseball action, more of his personal life and the tribulations of playing ball.

Check out the Bulletin Board, I have a question about the naming of the Natchez High Football Stadium.

3/29/02

Baseball News

ACCS 3 - Riverfield 9

WP - Jude Johnston

LP - Russ Marks

2B - Christopher Rayborn

Amite School Center 18 - Trinity 2

WP - John Birdsong

LP - Elliot Meng

2B - (A) Perkins, Gordon, Young, Nelson (T) G. Ketchings

Huntington 6 - Pine Hills 5

WP - Will Moak

LP - Kyle Trout

2B - (P) Brown, Stevens, Longmire

McComb 0 - Raymond 4

WP - Dale Brewer

LP - N/A

Natchez High 12 - Vidalia 8

WP - Leon Stewart

LP - Trey White

HR - (N) Stewart 2, Green (V) Bowden, Williams, Fuqua

2B - (V) Bowden

Port Gibson 1 - Terry 12

WP - Brian Barlow

LP - John Moore

2B - (P) Brown

Vidalia 11 - Monterey 0

WP - Barry Bowden

LP - Phillip Bryan

HR - (V) Bowden, Warshaw

2B - (V) Marling, Bowden, White

Softball News

Vidalia 2 - Crowville 0

WP - Jenny Watson

LP - Lauren Monroe

2B - (V) Watson

Golf News

Match at Colonial C.C. - Loyd Star 175 - St. Andrews 191

Track News

Natchez High girls and boys won the NHS Invitational.

My News

I watched a couple of games yesterday, I went out and watched Trinity play Amite School Center, costly errors plagued the Saints throughout the ballgame and ASC took advantage of all of them. Depth is another problem for the Saints as I believe they only had 11 players on the team. They're young and I'm sure they'll bounce back.

The ACCS/Riverfield game was just flat out ugly as the host Rebels just couldn't muster any runs at the plate. The Rebels left 11 runners stranded in the first 4 inn. ( I think that's correct) Riverdale showed alot of patience at the plate and adjusted to every pitch, a very disciplined ball hitting team. Christopher Rayborn had his first at bats this season going 2-4 with a double and an RBI and robbed of a 3rd hit by a diving catch from the centerfielder, glad to see him back at the plate.

Congratulation to Coach Patterson & the Natchez High Bulldogs on their first victory. Maybe this will break the ice!

Believe it or not, "The Rookie" came to town today, I'll be at the picture show tomorrow to see this one!

The NEW "Freaky Friday Frenzy" Trivia Question is up today, made it a little easier this week, also the answers to last week's questions are posted as well.

Check back later for Updates!

3/28/02

Baseball News

Cathedral 0 - St. Al 10

WP - Jason Brown

LP - Chris Norris

Port Gibson 0 - Terry 12

WP - Kyle Bridges

LP - Don Lucas

Parklane 3 - Jackson Academy 2

WP - Dylan Roberts

LP - Michael Wakefield

HR - (P) Roberts

2B - (P) K. Ginn, Simmons, Roberts

College Baseball

Miss. State 7 - UNO 1

Golf News

Natchez Coca Cola Invitational - 1st Cathedral, 4th Natchez, 6th Brookhaven, 7th Wesson, 8th McComb

Coaches Report

Cooksey - Amite School Center

The Rebels are 6-4 overall & 3-0 in district with an important game today. The Rebels are led by Senior Stewart Gordon, Junior Clay Kirkland & Junior Robert Young at the plate. Senior John Birdsong, Stewart Gordon and Robert Young have had the bulk of the work on the mound. The Rebels play at Trinity today at 3pm.

My News

Joey Martin's "Link" is updated today, lots of reading for this week, check it out!

I'll be at the ACCS/Riverfield baseball game today, AC defeated Riverfield on Monday 1-0, should be an interesting outing.

I'm still not sure if ACCS and Huntington will make up the baseball game that was cancelled Tuesday, I know that Huntington has a district game today, but maybe they could make it up tomorrow, it would be a good time to play and a good gate since it's 2 local teams..... hint, hint!

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3/27/02

Baseball News

Bogue Chitto 6 - St. Al 3

WP - Jacob Leggett

LP - Aaron George

HR - (B) Edwards, Moore

Loyd Star 4 - Madison St. Joe 1

WP - Seth Britt

LP - Randy Geimer

3B - (L) Wall

2B - (L) Portrey

McComb 0 - Terry 10

WP - Van Pope

LP - Jesse Boyd

Natchez 0 - Brandon 8

WP - Jake Parker

LP - Jeremiah Green

North Pike 10 - Crystal Springs 0

WP - Dusty Davis

LP - Lee Evans

2B - (NP) Travis, Boyd, Davis

Trinity 2 - Silliman 6

WP - Cade Dubois

LP - Chad Ridley

West Lincoln 7 - St. Al 12

WP - Zane Key

LP - Landon Case

College Baseball News

Ole Miss 7 - Miss. Valley State 4

Miss. State 3 - UNO 7

USM 5 - South Alabama 6, Jarrett Hoffpauir 2-3

LSU 9 - SE Louisiana 7

Co-Lin 9 - Hinds 2, WP - Cole Zumbro (FCHS), Ryan Davis 2B

Co-Lin 3 - Hinds 2, HR - Cole Zumbro

Softball News

Brookhaven 3 - Lawrence County 12

WP - Ashley Davis

LP - N/A

Enterprise 0 - Newton County 7

WP - Krissi Harris

LP - Amanda Parker

3B - (E) Parker

Golf News

Match at Northwood C.C. - Parklane finished in 4th.

Match at Pine Belt G.C. - Loyd Star 1st.

Tennis News

Cathedral 4 - Lawrence County 1

Natchez 1 - Brandon 4

Parklane 1 - Jackson Academy 8

My News

I got an e-mail from Walter Ketchings, he heard that Kenny Bizot, Hillcrest's boys basketball coach, resigned
to take an assistant position at Mississippi College.

Joey Martin talked to Mitch Ashmore, Mitch said that LSU pitcher Chad Vaught (Huntington) didn't make the trip to Ole Miss but, that his arm was getting better.

Check back in later for Updates!

3/26/02

Baseball News

ACCS 1 - Riverfield 0

WP - Christopher Rayborn, 0R, 2H, 0BB, 5K

LP - Frank Hales, 1R, 4H, 2BB, 5K

2B - (A) Walker

Cathedral 11 - Enterprise 0

WP - Bart Lane

LP - Monti Crotwell

3B - (C) Lane

Centreville 9 - Pine Hills 1

WP - Charlie Landers

LP - Wayne Perritt

3B - (P) Brown, (C) Fonte

2B - (P) Jackson, Trout, (C) Jones

Huntington 0 - Porter's Chapel 13

WP - Drew Embry

LP - Watson Rhodes

HR - (PC) Towne

Monterey 18 - Epps 1

WP - Phillip Bryan

LP - Eddie Fletcher

HR - (E) Fletcher

3B - (M) Smith

2B - (M) Kemp, Barfoot

Vidalia 15 - Block 5

HR - (V) Bennett, Ware

WCCA 7 - Trinity 6

WP - Brad Pritchart

LP - Walt Ketchings

3B - (W) Dore, (T) Ridley

2B - (W) Dore

Coaches Reports

Michael McAnally - Huntington

Another poor effort for Huntington Monday night as Porter's Chapel takes the Hounds to the woodshed for an easy 13-0 victory.  Yet again, Huntington fails to make the routine plays and is unable to hit the ball, with Landon Yarborough's single in the 3rd being the only Hound base runner of the night.  Bronson Rhodes (1-2) suffered the loss, despite not giving up an earned run.  Rhodes pitched 3 solid innings, giving up 6 unearned runs on 6 hits with one strikeout and one walk.  Brent Tosspon pitched the final 2 innings and was roughed up for 7 runs, 6 of which were earned; the final blow being a grand slam in the bottom of the 5th that brought the 10 run mercy rule into effect.  Drew Embry was solid on the mound for the Eagles, facing the minimum 15 batters and striking out 10 through his five innings.  The loss drops the struggling Hounds to 4-7; next up is a trip to ACCS tonight.

Tom Graning - Cathedral<