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Name the Ferriday football coach who led the Trojans to their only appearance in the Superdome. Answer: Larry Dantzler. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Which college gave Major League Baseball, Tim Lollar, Kevin McReynolds and Tom Pagnozzi? Answer: Arkansas. Winner: Walter Ketchings.

Who is the all-time assist and steals leader for Alcorn State's men's basketball team? Answer: Eddie Archie. Winner: Neal Randall.

What a week! Cathedral basketball boys team played in the finals of the Region 7-1A tournament and will host Union in the first round of South State.

ACCS & Trinity played in the State Tournament and Trinity made it to Overall! Congrats to the Rebels on a great season and I wish the Saints the best of luck as they play MRA tomorrow.

Natchez High will play Ocean Springs in the South Playoffs after losing a tough one to Warren Central last week. Good Luck Bulldogs!

Baseball season has started for most all of the local teams, the rains today and scheduled for tomorrow are sure gonna mess things up! I was gone all weekend and I missed the tournament out at Natchez/Cathedral/Trinity field, but I'm sure I missed some good baseball.

ACCS won their first 2 games of the season last week playing in the Silliman tournament, they beat Franklin Academy and Silliman in a doubleheader.

Vidalia's own Jarrett Hoffpauir is back at it at USM, he had 3 hits yesterday as they swept Northwestern in the series over the weekend.

Christopher pitched 4 innings yesterday as they played Jones C.C., the score was 2-2 after he left the game, his first "No-Decision" since his career started at MCC. He gave up one earned run and had 4 K's. MCC won the game 7-3. Christopher will pitch again this coming Saturday against Pensacola C.C. in the Rush Invitational at MCC. Shelton State from Alabama and Navarre C.C. from Texas will be there as well. Should be a a very competitive field. MCC is now 4-1 on the season after winning the Rush Classic this weekend.

Part 2 of the Collegiate Squirrel Hunt will air this Wednesday at 5:30pm on Redneck Adventures, we just had so much footage that we had to make it into 2 shows. I hope ya'll enjoyed the first one and this one is every bit as good!

I'm pretty sure that I'll be heading to Jackson tomorrow to watch the Trinity/MRA basketball game, and hopefully, I can have it ready for the Sports Buzz on Wednesday.

Name the kicker on the 1990 Trinity football team. Answer: Lars Kristenson. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Name the only USM running back to rush for 300 yards in a game. Answer: Sam Dejarnette rushed for 304 yards against Florida State in 1982. Winner: Neal Randall.

Who was the MVP in the first SEC Championship game? Answer: Antonio Langham of Alabama. Winner: Joey Martin.

Last week saw two area teams make it to their respective State Basketball Tournaments. Trinity lost to Glenbrook but, they advanced far enough to earn the South #2 seed and play today against the North #4 team of DeSoto School at 7:45pm. Their State Tournament is being held at University Christian School in Flowood. ACCS lost to Jackson Prep last week but they picked up the #2 South seed and will play on Wednesday against the North #3 seed in Lee Academy at 5:15pm, their tournament is being held at Jackson Prep. I want to wish both of these teams the best of luck!

It's Baseball season!! ACCS is suppose to play in the Silliman Tournament that starts today, assuming the playing field is OK, the Rebels will play Columbia and Silliman today. I may just have to hop on the Yellow Dog and ride over with them to get some footage.

Congratulations to John Wayne Fleming, he bowled a perfect game (300) out at Rivergate Bowl back in January. John Wayne played on a couple of baseball teams that I coached, back in the day. A great kid that always gave you everything he had.

Christopher's first baseball game for the year at Meridian C.C. got rained out last Saturday but, they'll resume play tomorrow at MCC against Bevill State, the #3 team in the nation in the Juco Div. II ranks. MCC is in Div. I and are ranked #2 in the nation. Christopher will start game one of the doubleheader and will be on a pitch count between 60 to 70 pitches, which will probably be between 3 or 5 innings. MCC will host the Rush Classic starting this Friday, Christopher will probably pitch on Sunday of that tournament.

I sat at the house yesterday and watched "Big" John Daly win his first golf tournament since he won the British Open. I think everybody in attendance was pulling for John except for Chris Riley and Luke Donald, who found themselves in a playoff with the guy that has overcome more obstacles than anyone on the tour. I liked it and I like to think that he won because I helped "will" the bunker shot on the first playoff hole.

Our very own, homegrown girl, Janice Davis is impressing them out in California, she won the 60m dash for her Stanford team at the Pac-10 Indoor Championships at the Univ. of Washington. She ran a 7.46 to claim the title. She also ran a leg on the 1,600m relay in which her team won and her time during that lap was 55.2 seconds! Way to go Janice, we're all so proud of you!

Joey Martin almost pulled off the sweep in the Trivia this week, and I thought these were easier questions!

I've been adding some schedules for baseball and softball, check out the links above and if you have a schedule that I don't, please send it to me.

Two Huntington Hounds competed in the 1991 Louisiana Independent School Association All-Star Football Game. Name one of them. Answers: Timmy Houghton and David Byrd. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Name the team that holds the record for most fumbles in a Super Bowl game and how many fumbles they had. Answer: The Buffalo Bills fumbled eight times in Super Bowl XXVI against Washington. Winner: Sir Walter Ketchings.

Steve Christie holds the record for the longest field goal in Super Bowl history at 54 yards. Name the other two kickers with field goals of 50 yards or more. Answer: Jason Elam of Denver at 51 in 1998 and Jeff Wilkins of St. Louis at 50 in 2002. Winner: Capt. Walter Ketchings.

What a week! I filmed half of the ACCS girls vs. Central Private, with CP coming out on top and I filmed the other half of the boys game which turned out to be a barn burner! Catch the action from these games on this weeks Sports Buzz at 6pm on channel 4. AC came out on top and most importantly, it put the Rebels in a much better bracket in this week tournament...in other words, the one that Jackson Prep and Hillcrest are in! AC will square off against Copiah on Wednesday and a win would automatically propel them into the State Tournament. The AC girls will also play Copiah on Wednesday.

The Trinity boys will face Briarfield on Wednesday in the South A Tournament, which is being held at Greenville Christian..(Funny, I thought Greenville was up north!) The TE girls will play Riverdale tonight and the Huntington girls will play Central on tonight.

The Redneck Adventures Collegiate Squirrel Hunt went off with a blast! Literally! We had a special Rabbit hunt on Friday and took a few people out with Rabbit guru Glenn Carroll and his wabbit enthusiast. They really took care of us and we came out after the day with a dozen rabbits. It's really hard to film this kind of hunting but, we had some great interviews with the shooters after they had downed their prey. And I can also tell you this, they ride each other pretty hard about each others dogs...but it's all in fun. All in all, a great day for everybody.

Saturday was the big day for the squirrel hunt and we had 5 groups spread out around different camps surrounding the Kingston area. The morning hunt saw the Louisiana Tech team pull ahead with 10 squirrels, they came back after the evening hunt with 8 more and pretty much cruised to victory, Cliff Merit was the team captain and he was gracious enough to let some hunters use his hunting property. I went on the evening hunt with the Ole Miss team and while they mustered out 13 squirrels that evening, the 4 from the morning hunt never let them get into contention for anything more than second place, falling just one short. We had other teams representing Delta State, who after the morning hunt, confined their selves to hanging around the camp fire that evening. The LSU team came away with 12 for the event and a claim to 3rd place. We had many cameras running and I haven't even had the time to preview them, but I'm pretty sure that this will be a two part series as we had many people there and so much going on in between the hunts. At lunch time, we had Red Owens and Dunbar Bunch preparing Gumbo and Redfish on the half shell. We had a chef with Cajun Blast there and he had chicken, pork and one thing that I can't spell but let me describe it to you...he took a jalapeño half and put cream cheese with seasoning in it and either placed an oyster or shrimp in it and then wrapped it in bacon and cook them on the grill...uuummm uuummm gooood! OK, here goes my spelling of it...Shrimp or Oyster Bahshets. That's how it sounds anyway! Anyway, this Cajun Blast chef brought samples of their products for everybody to take home, and it was some good stuff! check out their web site at www.cajunblast.com You can order their stuff by just giving them a call. Ask around, you'll find somebody that was there and they can testify to what I'm saying!

Meridian C.C. had its annual Green & White baseball game on Saturday, it's mostly a chance for the players families to gather and meet the incoming classes parents and to enjoy a lot of good food. My wife attended the event and Christopher pitched the first 3 innings and didn't give up any hits, he stayed 91-93 mph through the 3 innings that he pitched. The highlight was in the 3rd inning when a former player from last year showed up to play, this player had signed after his freshman year with the Marlins and was in town to get in some training, well, this player comes to the plate with 2 outs and Christopher strikes him out, as they are heading in to the dugout, Christopher says, "That's what you get for leaving us, welcome to the Minors!" They all got a pretty good chuckle out of that!

Joey Martin's trivia is up this week, no winner on the main question last week. Joey must be getting soft, easy questions this week.

Ya'll have a great week and maybe I'll run into some of ya'll at a basketball game somewhere this week! Best of luck to all the area teams!

When Allen Brown of Natchez was named AP All-SEC at end in 1963, who was the other end on the first team? Answer: Billy Martin of Georgia Tech. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Only one player has led Texas A&M in punt returns four straight years. And it wasn't Dante Hall. Who was it? Answer: Carl Roaches (72-75). Winner: Joey Martin.

Sylvester Croom received the Jacobs Award as outstanding SEC Blocker in 1974. He was the third straight Alabama player to win the award. Name the two previous winners. Answer: John Hannah in 1972 and Buddy Brown in 1973. Winner: Joey Martin.

Last week I went over and filmed 2 quarters of the Vidalia girls game and the Vidalia boys game, they were playing Lake Providence. While the girls showed a lot of grit, they just couldn't muster out the win. I filmed the first 2 quarters of the boys game and it was cram full of excitement. These guys are fun to watch and you owe it to yourself to get over there and watch them play. I'll have these games on this weeks Sports Buzz.

Christopher called me on Saturday evening all excited, they has played an inner-squad game and he pitched 4 innings, he knew that he had done well as he said he striked out a lot of his team mates and only gave up two hits, one being a blooper, the other the biggest homerun he had ever seen! But he said it was OK because he had struck that guy out his previous two at bats. Later he got the news that he was consistently 91-93 mph and hit 94 mph for the first time in his life. He had hit 93 mph so many times before, that it was like a golfer who could never break 80 on his score card. To make matters even better, there was a Pittsburgh Pirates scout there watching the whole time. Although this scout can't talk to Christopher since he's property of the Padres, it's still sweet that if the Padres don't make him a good offer, that he will be re-drafted in June, and all these scouts know this!

Pretty boring week-end for me, I didn't do anything sports wise, so I had a chance to relax at the house and read a book that was dropped off to me, it's about PGA Tour player Rich Beem and his caddy. So far, so good.

Super Bowl Sunday kicked off to what looked like a boring game, but the 2nd quarter, things picked up some and all of a sudden, we had a good game going. By the 4th quarter, you wondered what happened to these twp teams the first 3 quarters! They were racking up points like every play would be their last, and what a game it turned out to be, so close to going into overtime. That's the way the Super Bowl is suppose to be!

This weeks Redneck Adventures show is a rabbit hunt in Jefferson County, check it out on Wednesday and Sunday at 5:30pm.

Redneck Adventures is host to the Collegiate Stars Squirrel Hunt his weekend, we'll have past stars from around the Miss-Lou area and maybe some that are not from here. We're suppose to have a Nashville recording artist here by the name of Chad Brock, I don't really listen to much country but he sang a song called, "She said Yes" a few years ago and has a couple other hits to his credit as well. It should be a fun outing, I just hope the weather cooperates!

MPSA High School Basketball Play-offs are under way and I want to wish all the local teams the best of luck!

What record did former Huntington and Natchez High baseball coach Sonny Clay hold at Delta State until 2001? Answer: Most doubles in a career. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Name the all-time leading hitter in a season for the Florida Gators. Answer: Allen Trammell batted.425 in 1965. Winner: Walter Ketchings.

Everyone knows what coach has the most wins in Alabama football history. What about baseball? Answer: Barry Shollenberger 487 from 1980-94. Winner: Walter Ketchings.

I spent from Thursday evening until Sunday at Frogmore, LA attending the annual M&D 500 4-wheeler races and now I'm paying for it with my sinuses. The dust was so thick you could cut if with a knife! I don't know how many people were there but, I'm guessing a thousand easily. Everything went great and I'm sure that Bruce Video Productions will have the event on TV before too long.

MCC split with East Mississippi on Saturday bring their record to 24-4 on the season. Warren Central's Joey Lieberman hit 2 homeruns in the contest taking him to 11 dingers on the season and Van Pope hit a homer also. They'll play Alabama Southern tomorrow in a single 9 inning game. Christopher will pitch the first game of the double-header against Hinds on Saturday at 2pm.

Jarrett Hoffpauir went 3 for 5 with a homer yesterday as USM upended South Florida 9-3. Ya know, there's hot and there's Red Hot...and that's what the youngster is right now! USM is 20-4 on the season.

I went out to the Kramer Fife Track Meet last Thursday and filmed various events, it was a great day, not just for the athletes but, for the Fife family as well. Such a great tribute to keep Kramer in our thoughts....I still miss him so much.

If you're into college basketball, you got to see 2 very good games on Sunday. Duke, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma State and Connecticut will advance into this weekends Final Four tournament. I favoring Georgia Tech to win it all!

Natchez High 3, McComb 2

#1 Girls singles-Reva Lewis vs Anna McCarty 0-6,0-6

#1 Boys singles- Jerid Woods vs Alan Kebert 1-6,0-6

#1 Girls doubles-Jasmine Woods/Lindsay Burns vs Kasie Beth Eckman/Katlin Daughdrill 6-3,6-4

#1 Boys doubles-Brian Hughes/Sam Singleton vs Krarn Austin/Russell Pierce 6-2,6-4

#1 Mixed doubles- Aubrey Fulton/India Martin vs Zach Eckman/Emiko Faust 6-1,6-2

I had a lot of guesses at Joey's Trivia but, nobody gave me the correct answer to the main question, although Ron Rushing called me with his guess of most homers and then guessed most doubles (which was correct) and I said, "What's your answer?" He said he didn't know, so I didn't give it to him. hahaha

The Isle of Capri, Gals & Pals Series Golf Tournament kicks off today out at Beau Pre' C.C.

Lots of baseball and softball today, get out and support your favorite team, they need your cheers more than you know.

What movie did former South Natchez Colonel basketball player Vernel Singleton make his acting debut in? Answer: "Eddie" starring Whoopi Goldberg. Winner: Ricky Barlow.

Bonus Questions

Who was the winning pitcher in LSU's first-ever College World Series appearance? Answer: Chad Ogea in an 8-1 win over Florida on May 31, 1991. Winner: Joey Martin.

Who holds the USM record for at bats and how many? Answer: Josh Hoffpauir with eight against Belmont on March 10, 2000. Winner: Walter Ketchings.

From Thursday until this morning is a long time to be away from home! Meridian C.C. won all 6 games and Christopher is now 3-0 on the year and sporting somewhere around a 1.75 ERA. He'll pitch tomorrow in the conference opener at Holmes C.C. in Goodman, MS. HCC only has 1 loss on the year. It should be an interesting double-header. We were adding up the homers that have been hit and the team has at least 36 that we know of. Not bad considering they've only played 24 games. Current record is 21-3.

I took Christopher up to Ole Miss on Saturday, he had an appointment with Coach Bianco after they played Vanderbilt. What started out as a horrible game, (being down 5-0 after 6 inn.) turned out to be an exciting one! Ole Miss won on Friday night with a walk-off homer in the 9th and then, Centreville Academy's Matt Tolbert hit the wall in the 9th on Saturday to get the go-ahead win! 6 more inches higher and it would have gone out of the park.

Jarrett Hoffpauir went 2 for 4 with a double on Sunday as USM beat Houston 4-3 in Conference USA action.

Lisa threw away all the papers except for today's, so it looks like Vidalia's tournament went well. I hated missing this one too, it's always a lot of fun when the ole coaches come to town.

March Madness takes on a whole new meaning! How bout all the upsets? Anybody that picks the final four this year will have done so by throwing a dart at a newspaper!

If you didn't know, and I know how happy some of you will be to hear this....the M&D 500 is this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can hardly wait for Friday for the Sponsor's Ride. It's always the best day, not as much dust on the main roads and not as many people to run over you on some of the tight trails through the woods. A certain accountant friend of mine was seen this past weekend cleaning up a borrowed 4-wheeler in his front yard in Montebello Gardens, wearing his Bermuda shorts and tank top t-shirt and singing along with his jam-box of "Baby I was Born to Run" The " M&D 500 or Bust" sign in the back window of his Toyota pick-up was enough to keep passerby's from stopping and asking what he was doing.

The Sports Buzz this week is a baseball game between Vidalia and Cathedral a couple weeks back.

The Redneck Adventure show this week is a Rabbit hunt we took with Glenn Carroll, the Ratcliffe brothers, Garnell Webb, Gayle Edwards, Premo Stallone and a bunch of others.

Three members of the final North Natchez baseball team (1989) signed baseball scholarships. Name two of them. Answer: Johnnie Jones with Grambling, Keith Bradford with Mississippi Valley and Steve Collins with Jackson State. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Who has the highest-ever batting average for the University of Alabama? Answer: David Magadan batted .525 in 1983. Winner: Walter Ketchings.

Who has the most home runs at the University of Arkansas? Answer: Ryan Lundquist hit 56 from 1996-99. Winner: Walter Ketchings.

I spent the weekend in Meridian and watched as MCC beat Wabash College on Friday and then we traveled to Tuscaloosa on Sunday for a double-header with Shelton State. MCC won both games by 1 run. The first one by a 3 run homer by Joey Lieberman, who seems to be making a bit of a habit doing this lately. MCC's Van Pope came in to pitch in the second game and was hitting 92-93 mph. Someone said that he hit 95mph once...that's smoking it! MCC will play Jefferson College this coming Thursday in a double-header at home and Christopher is scheduled to pitch the first game. They'll have a make-up game on Friday and will travel to Brewton, AL to play Jeff Davis in a double-header and then they'll play again on Sunday at home against Sinclair in another double-header. I'm planning on going over on Thursday and stay for the weekend. MCC is currently 15-3 on the season.

Being away from the local action, I did manage to get some updates, I heard that Silliman beat ACCS 11-6 in baseball action over the weekend and the Rebels will try and bounce back with a conference game coming to town tomorrow with Parklane.

I got to film some of the game between Cathedral and Vidalia last Thursday and I should have it ready for the Sports Buzz soon. This was a pitching dual between two very good teams. It could have went either way but, CHS pulled out the victory in part to a strong performance on the mound by Te Riley. I'm not taking anything away from Vidalia's Mac Ware either, he's tough and will win most of the games that he pitches this year!

I also got to watch some of the Track Meet out at ACCS last week and probably the most enjoying part was watching the high school high jump. WCCA's jumper hadn't been beat in 1A competition since he was a sophomore, but that streak came to an end as a junior from Porter's Chapel made the leap successful at 6'4"!!!! He tried to tie the 1A record of 6'5-1/2" but just missed it twice dragging the bar off with the back of his leg.

A really big track meet out at ACCS will be on March 25th. "The Kramer Fife Classic" 12 teams will be there and they will also have pre-lims, with the finals scheduled for that night. Get out and watch most of the areas MPSA tracksters compete in this event.

We'll need lots of wind and sun to get playing conditions ready for any games today and tomorrow. Let's just hope that it's all gone for awhile!

Joey Martin's Trivia last week got more guesses than I've received in a long time! I guess that nobody wants him to sweep. But it's been a pretty long time since anybody has gotten the MAIN QUESTION...not even Walter!!! hahahaha

I have to mention this because, it is advise to any parent that may get caught in this situation...as I just did! NEVER take two girls on a 3 hour road trip that are awaiting news as to whether they made cheerleader or not!!!! I had my daughter Morgan and her friend April Dillon in the car on the way to Meridian last Friday. Well, it seems that the way the cheerleader thing works is, after the final day of try-outs, that ends at 11am, No one know who's selected until they call a phone number at 3pm and get the news from an answering machine. Luckily for me, both of them made it! I had already told my wife that if one did and the other didn't, we were turning around and taking them home! I had to listen to them talk about it for 3 HOURS!!! They had worked themselves into such a frenzy, that they both went to bed by 8:30 that night.

Christopher's coming home this morning and won't have to go back until Wednesday morning sometime, so I better get some work done so we can do some things together today and tomorrow. Ya'll have a great week and I'll catch ya'll on the Board!

Two area players were named to the 1987 Mississippi Sports Writers All-State Football second team. Who were they? Answer: Burkes Brown and Lee Falkenheiner. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Why is Penn State's football stadium named Beaver Stadium? Answer: It was named for James Addams Beaver, a local 19th century lawyer at the onset of the Civil War, who enlisted as a second lieutenant in the Union Army and ascended to the rank of brigadier general. Following his discharge in 1864, he served as a superior court judge, governor of Pennsylvania and president of the university's Board of Trustees. Winner: Ryan Smither.

Five former USC Trojans completed in the 2003 All-Star Game. Name three of them. Answer: Geoff Jenkins, Bret Boone, Aaron Boone, Barry Zito and Mark Prior. Winner: Joey Martin.

Finally, I've gotten a chance to slow down and write something. After being gone since last Friday thru Sunday attending Outdoors Shows, I had to be in Hammond early Monday morning and when I got back, I had to attend baseball games out at ACCS and Cathedral. Yesterday I headed out early for Meridian and another baseball game. But, better late than never, s o here goes my wrap-up!

Jarrett Hoffpauir is still lighting it up at USM, he had a career day on Saturday as he 5 hits and 5 RBI's as USM went on to beat Oklahoma State 21-5.

Congratulations to Coach John Gray, Glenn Williams and Gregory Ketchings on winning the MPSA All-Star basketball game over the North 126-124.

The Natchez High Powerlifting team won the 5A South State Title last Saturday

ACCS took one game out of 3 to a very good team in Central Private. Two of the contest games could have went either way. Don't count the Rebels out just yet, they'll be hanging around come play-off time!

Vidalia topped Bolton 11-0 on Monday. Tony Hawkins pitched a 1 hit shutout in 5 innings of play. Tony may just be the missing link that the Vikings were looking for!

Natchez High took two in the McComb Tournament by beating North Pike 7-6 and South Pike 11-7. This looks to be a much more focused team than last years squad.

Cathedral came out on top over Monterey on Monday 6-2, hot bats are coming back and only more playing time will get them even hotter!

Huntington beat Centreville 13-3, Coach Ashmore is back at it, doing what he knows best.....coaching baseball. The Hounds should go deep in the play-offs this year.

Trinity lost to Copiah 8-3 but new coach Matt Mason will get everything he can out of this team. They've got the talent.

ACCS ends one against Prairie View in the 5th as the score was 2-2, but after 4 runs scored in the bottom of the 5th, Glenn Williams hit a Grand Slam and then after Timmy Foster hit a single, David Trisler hit a 2 run shot to end the game.

Trinity dropped one to ASC 15-2 in the District 7-A opener on Tuesday but watch for these Saints to bounce back!

Christopher got his 2nd win of the season yesterday over Wabash College 11-1. He gave up a homerun in the 2nd inning along with 3 other hits, he only gave up one more hit in the contest. He finished the game in 6 innings with 5 hits, 1 walk, 1 hit batter, 1 earned run and 9 strikeouts. His current ERA is 2.45 and his season record is 2-0 with 2 no-decisions. MCC won the 2nd game of the double-header by the same score. MCC had 3 players hit 2 homers during these contest, Joey Lieberman, Kyle Ginn and Josh Morgan (one a Granny)...Van Pope didn't have much of a day at the plate but, he amazed the crowd with his play at third base. Wabash had 8 players from the Dominican Republic, and the one that hit the homer off of Christopher showed off his arm as he fielded a fly ball deep at the fence and threw one of the MCC players out that was tagging up and heading for third, the ball was there while the runner was 10 feet from the bag! This same player also had speed, and he bunted a ball down the third base line and Van Pope picked it up bare-handed and threw him out. This Dominican just stopped and looked around like he couldn't believe it, he finally just shook his head and headed back to the dug-out.

This weeks Sports Buzz will show the Powder-Puff football game between the ACCS Senior girls against the ACCS Junior girls. Now if you're thinking that this game was just for fun, you better watch this show. THEY'RE BRUTAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This weeks Redneck Adventures show has us back at Saucier's Quail Farm for another exciting hunt.

Joey Martin almost had a sweep in the Trivia contest, check out this weeks questions, they're much harder than last weeks, maybe he'll sweep this week.

Ya'll have a great week and I'll catch ya'll on the Board...by the way, thanks to everybody that helps keep everything posted in there. I've been away soooo much lately and it sure does help to know that all the scores are being kept up in there.

Name the three local players who competed in the 2000 MPSA All-Star Baseball Game. Answer: Jason Wimberly and Hayden Wadsworth, both of Adams County Christian School, and Hunter Dale of Trinity. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Name two of the four South Carolina basketball players to have their jerseys retired. Answer: Grady Wallace, John Roche, Kevin Joyce and Alex English. Winner: Joey Martin.

Who won the Golden Spikes Award as college baseball's MVP in 1985? Answer: Will Clark of Mississippi State. Winner: Walter Ketchings.

Jarrett Hoffpauir picked up 4 hits in 5 at bats including 2 doubles as the USM Golden Eagles swept La. Tech on Sunday 13-4. USM is 6-1 on the season.

Christopher Rayborn pitched the first 6 innings against Pensacola C.C. on Saturday and left the game with his MCC Eagles up 6-2. Pensacola came back and went ahead 7-6 before Joey Lieberman hit a walk off 3 run homer to end the game at 9-7. MCC won all 3 games this weekend and are now 9-1 on the season.

Prep baseball today as Trinity host ACCS, Vidalia host Oak Grove and Cathedral is at Block. Check the Baseball schedule for in other area games to be played today.

Being out of town during the weekend, I only got one coaches update, Gill Morris told me that ACCS is now 2-0 on the season as they won both of their games at the Amite Tournament. The Rebels won 2 games during a pre-season tournament but, he doesn't count those for the regular season tally.

I'll be out at Chester Willis Park today to film the AC/TE baseball game and should have it ready to show on this weeks Sports Buzz on channel 4 at 6pm.

Pearl River CC won the State Championship in soccer beating Hinds CC in the finals 3 to 1. It was PRCC's first state title in soccer. Cameron Lovitt was named to 1st team All State as a freshman. If ya'll remember, Cameron is the son of Bo & Penny Lovitt and they moved from Natchez to Oak Grove a few years back. I remember Cameron playing baseball with my son back in Little League. Bo & Penny's other son, Taylor, is the starting place kicker for the Oak Grove Warriors.

I spent this past weekend in Canton, MS for the Ms. Fish & Wildlife Expo. Redneck Adventures had a booth and we had fun messing with the crowd and selling some Cajun Blast cooking products. We'll be headed to the coast this Friday for the big Boat & RV show and then we're headed to the Superdome on Saturday & Sunday for the Sportsman Show.

Name two of the three people who hit home runs in Huntington's 11-4 win over ACCS in 1977. Answer: John Mark Williams, Eddie Brown and Huey Moak. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Who are the only teams from a BCS Conference who have never won or shared a league title? Answer: Boston College, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Carolina, Temple and Vanderbilt. Winner: Joey Martin.

Name one of the three collegiate teams who have never played an overtime game since the NCAA adopted its current rules for overtime in 1996. Answer: Navy, Tulsa and North Texas. Winner: Joey Martin.

Joey Martin completes sweep! No correct answer to last weeks trivia questions. Not even trivia guru Walter Ketchings could crack a correct answer this time. In a telephone interview with Mr. Martin, he said, "I knew I could stump them, I've been really tired of people guessing all my questions, but I guess I showed them, huh?"

Vidalia softball team bows out again to Sacred Heart 1-0. A game that could have went either way, went the other way but, a valiant effort by the Lady Vikes let the competition know that they were in a ball-game! Ace pitcher Christy Corley K'd 5 and the one run was unearned. Congratulations to the Coach Gary Paul Parnham and his girls on a great season.

Cathedral is waiting for a regional championship game, after clobbering Scott Central 19-1 and smacking Union 11-1, the Green Wave is waiting to face the winner of Scott Central and Union game. Cathedral sits at the top with no losses in the tournament and would have to be beat twice to be eliminated. The tournament is being played at Chester Willis Field, it don't look like it'll happen today. Check the Bulletin Board for times. Keep'em Rolling Tide!

I can't believe that Eli Manning dissed my Bolts! The Chargers picked him first and he said he'd go back to Law School. I say, LET HIM GO! Did anybody believe he'd opt for Law School? Anyway, they traded him to New York for the Rivers kid. All I can think of is Ryan Leif, the Bolts thought he was better than Peyton. Where is Leif now anyway? Oh well, if Shotty don't get it done this year, he needs to go!

Congratulations to Cathedral's Von Hutchins on being selected in the 6th round by the Colts. He was the 20th cornerback selected in the NFL Draft.

Not a good weekend for USM baseball fans as Tulane handed the Eagles a handful of losses. Jarrett Hoffpauir doubled in Friday's and Sunday's games. Don't count'em out yet though, there's a ton of talent that'll explode on you before you know it!

Meridian C.C. finishes out the regular season by sweeping East Central C.C. in a double-header on Saturday. MCC won the first game 12-3, Christopher got his 8th win of the season to improve his record to 8-0 with a 1.67 ERA. He had one of those innings in the 3rd when a couple of flairs, a walk, a hit batter and a hit scored 3 earned runs. Bu that was the only threat EC could muster in the contest. MCC won the second game 12-5 but, it was a lot closer than that to begin with, the lead changed back and forth a few time before the Eagles finally woke up and heated the bats up. MCC finishes the regular season with a record of 36-8 overall and 12-4 in conference play. The Overall State Tournament will start this Thursday at Pear River C.C., this tournament consist of the top two teams from each of the three conferences. Division 1 & 2 schools play together. It's really nothing more than just bragging rights in the State. Next week will start the Division Tournament at MCC.

ACCS will host Jackson Academy in the first round of the MPSA AAA Tournament scheduled for Tuesday. JA is ranked #1 out of the North but, the North offensively hasn't put up the numbers the South has, so it should be an interesting contest between these two, as well as the other 3A contest. I'm thinking the South will rise again!!!!

DUNCAN PARK GOLF COURSE PARTICIPATES IN “PGA FREE LESSON MONTH” CAMPAIGN

Natchez, MS – PGA Professional Marvin D. Gray of Natchez, MS, will offer free 10-minute lessons in May in conjunction with “PGA Free Lesson Month” the national growth-of-the-game campaign, and a joint partnership between The PGA of America, Golf Digest, Golf for Women and The Golf Channel. Nike Golf is the official sweepstakes sponsor. Throughout the month of May, PGA Professionals will offer free 10-minute lessons to help golfers of all levels improve their game. To date, more than 4,000 PGA Professionals have signed up to participate. Duncan Park Golf Course will offer their PGA Free Lesson Month program on May 6^th, 13^th, 20^th, and 27^th from 5 PM until 7 PM. To participate in PGA Free Lesson Month at Duncan Park, amateur golfers must contact Marvin Gray at 601-443-9199. “PGA Free Lesson Month is a great opportunity for local non-golfers to come out and get introduced to the game of golf, or for existing golfers to focus on any area they want to improve,” said Marvin Gray, PGA-CGM of Duncan Park. “We welcome all those who would like to participate and encourage them to bring a friend or family member and come our and have some fun, regardless of skill level.” In addition to getting a free golf lesson, every golfer who takes a free lesson will be entered with his or her PGA Professional into Nike Golf’s Grand Prize sweepstakes package, including a three-day golf getaway vacation, a playing spot in the next Annual Mia Hamm Foundation Golf Classic, a custom-fit set of Nike Golf Clubs, Nike Golf Footwear, apparel, bag, balls and more. Sweepstakes cards will be available at the Duncan Park Golf Course or look in the May issue of Golf Digest, the May/June issue of Golf for Women or the April 9 issue of Golf World.

This weeks Sports Buzz will have the baseball game between Natchez High and Brandon. Check it out on Wednesday and Sunday on Channel 4 at 6pm on CableOne.

The Redneck Adventures show will have a Rabbit Hunt from Jefferson County. It will air on Wednesday and Sunday on Channel 4 at 5:30pm on CableOne.

Who was named Huntington Female Athlete of the Year in 1976? Answer: Penny Latham, known now as Penny Moak. Winner: Walter Ketchings.

Bonus Question

All-time great and two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin never led the country in rushing. Who led the nation in rushing in Griffin's junior and senior year. Answer: Utah State's Louie Giammona and USC's Ricky Bell in 1974 and 1975, respectively. Winner: Joey Martin.

Notre Dame has never had a 3,000-yard passer. Who has come the closest? Answer: Jarious Jackson in 1999 with 2,753 yards. Winner: Tyler Burns.

USM takes 2 of 3 from Memphis and now is tied with East Carolina for the Conference USA lead. USM will play Tulane next. Jarrett Hoffpauir doubled in the Eagles loss on Sunday going 1 for 3. He was 2 for 4 on Saturday. USM is 29-8 & 12-3 in conference play.

MCC split with Delgado on Saturday winning the first game 1-0, Chad Catalono was the winning pitcher and Van Pope got the save. MCC lost the second game 5-1. Christopher said the officiating was obvious in Delgado's favor, he even said that the Delgado fans were throwing beer on the field during the game. MCC will host Hinds in a double-header on Tuesday at 4pm. Christopher will not pitch again until this Saturday against East Central C.C. MCC is 32-7 & 9-3 in conference play.

The Member-Guest Golf Tournament at Castlewoods C.C. was held this past weekend and winning the 2nd flight were Walter Ketchings & Dennis Legate with a score of 75.

Rusty Wallace FINALLY wins another NASCAR race, at Martinsville Speedway after coming up dry for the last 3 years.

I played in the Trinity Mayfair Golf Tournament last Friday, while my team didn't come in last, we were still pretty close to it! It was a fun day anyway and the first time I've gotten to play golf since the beginning of hunting season. I played with Adrian Sandel, Jimmy Allgood and Michael Scudaro (sp?) We shot 5 under and the winners shot 17 under!

There's still plenty of baseball and softball, as well as track, in the Miss-Lou, some teams are in the play-offs while others are getting close. Get out and support your team.

Hats off to Trinity baseball coach Matt Mason and a fine season, TE made the play-offs but were cut down there after 3 games. I'm sure Matt will teach these young men a lot about the game of baseball, he just needs the time!

I want to thank Adam Daigle and the Natchez Democrat for the article on Christopher in Sunday's paper. Christopher has a tough decision to make, especially with the toughest part of the season in front of him. I do need to clear a few things in the article though; Christopher will be 21 in August, he's 6'4 and he started the season around 205 lbs., but after you stop lifting weights during the season and start running a lot, everybody loses weight. Not big mistakes, just thought I'd clear them up some. Thanks again Adam!

This weeks Sports Buzz will have footage from the Natchez area Special Olympics, Glenn Carroll was nice enough to provide the footage. Catch the show at 6:00pm on Wednesday and Sunday on CableOne channel 4.

This weeks Redneck Adventures (which is in the re-run season) will show a fishing trip down in Golden Meadow with "The Marsh Rat" Catch the show at 5:30pm on Wednesday and Sunday on CableOne channel 4.

Name the team Vidalia posted its first playoff win against in baseball. Answer: Mamou in 1986. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Who holds the now defunct Southwest Conference record for career steals? Answer: Chuck Knoblauch of Texas A&M stole 33 from 1987-89. Winner: Joey Martin.

Name the Louisiana-Lafayette pitcher who was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the sixth round in 2000. Answer: Scott Dohmann. Winner: Joey Martin.

The MPSA District 7-1A Tournament starts today in Liberty, Huntington & Trinity will be trying to earn a spot in the play-offs. Wash away all the losses because THIS is what matter the most right now. Best of luck to both teams!

Phil Mickelson wins the Masters! I had counted him out, I figured he'd just choke like all the other times in Major Championships but, there was something eerie about the way he kept smiling on the last few holes, it was like he knew it was his tournament. Maybe now that the monkeys finally off his back, he'll win more Majors.

Jarrett Hoffpauir is back at it again, hitting 2 homers yesterday and going 4 for 5 with a double also. USM is 27-6 overall & 10-2 in conference play. Congratulations Jarrett!

Christopher got his 6th win of the season last Friday and MCC improved their record to 30-5. MCC will travel to Wesson tomorrow in a non-conference game, Van Pope will probably pitch this 9 inning game. MCC will travel to Scooba, MS and take on conference rival East Mississippi C.C. on Wednesday, Christopher will pitch the 2nd game of this double-header. First game starts at 4pm, so I'll be getting home late! MCC and East Mississippi are both in Division 1, so their game could determine who gets to host the Regional Tournament. Last time they played, it was a split so, MCC needs to take both games on Wednesday.

Natchez High and Cathedral square off tonight at Liberty Park, I'll have to film it for the Sports Buzz, especially since I haven't had the chance to get Natchez High on TV yet this year. Plus, I'll get 2 birds with one stone!

Owning a satellite was well worth it this weekend, They were having the MLB Free Pass and I got to watch a lot of games that you wouldn't normally see. Now I'm wanting to spend the $149.00 to keep these channels!

We went bowfishing last Wednesday night down at Leeville, LA with Marsh Masters and had a blast, even though the water was a little dingy, we still got all the shooting we wanted. I shot 5 Sheephead myself, which was different because we normally only get a couple out of the whole trip. I nailed 4 nice Redfish also. Glen Wisner shot a nice 20 something pound alligator gar, this was the first one that I ever seen while out on the water. We went out Thursday to the rigs but, 4 to 6 foot seas with chop was too much for me, I felt bad the whole time we were out there. We caught some nice Reds, some Black Drum and had a real nice Amberjack got away. We'll get back down there later when the seas are right and try and get some Mangrove Snapper.

Ya'll have a great week and I'll catch ya'll later in the week on the Board.

Name the former South Natchez baseball player who would go on to be head coach at LSU-Shreveport. Answer: Kit Laird. Winner: Brenda Rasco.

Bonus Questions

Who has the most hits in one season for Louisiana Tech? Answer: Jay Adcock had 88 in 1980. Winner: Joey Martin.

Who holds the Florida record for most runs batted in in one season? Answer: David Eckstein with 60. Winner: Joey Martin.

MCC traveled to play Hinds this past Saturday. Christopher pitched in game 1 and it was a pitchers dual but MCC pulled out the win 1-0. Christopher gave up 2 hits (both to the same player) had 9 K's and no walks. MCC lost the 2nd game only because they forgot how to play defense in the 5th inning! Giving up 4 runs on costly errors. Final score 8-7. MCC will play East Mississippi C.C. on Tuesday and then they'll host Holmes on Friday, Christopher will pitch the 2nd game against Holmes.

USM swept TCU and Jarrett Hoffpauir doubled in yesterdays game in which the final score was 9-5.

Plenty of baseball and softball today, find your favorite team and get out there and support them!

Rob Smith and Joey Sumrow won the Pilgrimage 4-Ball out at Beau Pre' C.C. with a two day total of 133. Tom Matthews and C.C. Barnes tied at 133 but lost in the play-off.

Georgia Tech and UConn in the Finals tonight! I told ya'll to watch out for ole Georgia Tech, I'll be pulling for them again tonight!

I'll be leaving Wednesday, headed to Leeville, LA and another fishing trip with Marsh Masters Guide Service. After a night of bowfishing, we'll be getting up early Thursday morning to head out and try and get our limit of Mangrove snapper. There'll be a little twist to this trip though, Marsh Masters Capt. Bobby Bryan, Capt. Tommy Martin and Capt. Gary Harp will all be on board to see who's the Mangrove Snapper King! Should be interesting and I know the conversation will be entertaining.

Joey Martin almost had a sweep, if it hadn't have been a GIRL that answered the main question!

This week's Sports Buzz will show the ACCS vs. Copiah baseball game #1. Check it out on Wednesday at 6pm.

Redneck Adventures has finished its first season and will re-play all of the shows for the next 12 weeks. This is how they tell us to do it, so that's how we're doing it! But next season will be even better as we already have quite a few shows already under our belts. I hope ya'll are enjoying them as we are making them.

I've got a couple of busy days in front of me in order to leave on Wednesday, maybe I'll see ya'll on the Board, until then, ya'll have a great week!

Who were the All-Metro Softball Coach and Player of the Years in 2000? Answer: Vidalia High head coach Gary Paul Parnham and Trinity Episcopal senior shortstop Sarah Kirby. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Who was the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in both the AL and NL? Answer: Jim Bunning. Winner: Joey Martin.

Who was the first player to lead both the AL and NL in stolen bases for a season? Answer: Ron LeFlore. Winner: Joey Martin.

What a week, Cathedral wins the MHSAA Class 1A State Baseball Title and Coach Craig Beesley wins his first as a coach, congratulations to all of the Green Wave team. ACCS didn't fare as well but, they did play for a State Championship, and not too many teams can say that! They had a great run and have nothing to hold their heads down about. Congratulations to Coach Gill Morris on his second attempt in 4 years for a title. Hats off to all the players, ya'll had a great year!

The SEC Baseball Tournament starts this Wednesday and it should be a dandy! Anything can happen come tournament time, and I'm betting we'll see a few upsets in the making.

I played in the ACCS Booster Club Golf Tournament this weekend, I teamed with John Gray, Barry Gray, Lee Dunaway and Jimmy Allgood, we placed 2nd shooting 15 under. First place went to Richard McKinney, Robert McKinney, Bubba Bruce and Alan Smith, they shot 16 under. There were 19 teams and the tournament was a success!

I'll be heading to Grand Junction, CO on Friday, MCC will play Pensacola C.C. Saturday morning at 9am and Christopher will throw the first game. If you're interested in following the action and the news from the JUCO World Series, you can access their site at www.jucogj.org they have a great site and you can listen to the games LIVE.

All the youth leagues are playing ball, get out and make a few stops around the Miss-Lou and you'll see some great action!

I don't know when I'll be back but, until then, get on the Board to get any updates on sporting news around the Miss-Lou!

Name the most valuable player in football and basketball for ACCS in 1987. Answer: Casey Young in football and David King in basketball. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Name one of the three people on the first cover of "Sports Illustrated," in 1954. Answer: National League umpire, Augie Donatelli, behind the plate with two major-league stars: catcher Wes Westrum, and batter Eddie Matthews. Winner: John L. Sullivan.

Name the first NBA player to score 38,000 points. Answer: Kareem Abdul-Jabar in 1989. Winner: John L. Sullivan.

The Cathedral Baseball team has waited long enough! Hopefully they can start the first game of the State Championship today at 3pm right here in Natchez. The guys were working hard yesterday in preparations for today's play. I just hope that all the hard work pays off! Good Luck Greenwave!

ACCS baseball will resume tomorrow out at Rebel Field in last weeks first game with Jackson Prep. With the score tied at 3 apiece, the Rebels come into the bottom of the 6th inning with their 2, 3 & 4 batters. If they can scrounge up a run and hold Prep in the top of the 7th, it'll be hard for the Prepsters to sweep at home! Good Luck guys!

USM swept Charlotte in Conference USA Baseball and Jarrett Hoffpauir had 2 doubles in the 12-11 thriller, this brings their season to 39-13 and 20-7 in conference play.

Meridian C.C. were in the same situation as last year coming into the Super Regionals. They knew they were playing a team in Faulkner State, with a minus .500 record that just happened to get hot in their Regional Tournament. And the same thing happened again! Christopher pitched the first game, and while he didn't have his best stuff, he did keep them in the game until the 9th inning, he left the game with the bases loaded and the score tied 3-3. The relief pitcher came in and hit the first batter and then a few hits and and MCC came to bat with the score 7-3. The Eagles put up 2 runs in the bottom of the inning but, that wasn't enough and it meant that MCC had to sweep on Saturday for a trip back to the World Series. MCC left 13 runners stranded in the ball game, they just couldn't manufacture any runs.

In Game 2, pitcher Chad Catalano did an excellent job on the hill and MCC came away with a narrow 4-3 win but, this set-up the finale and the Eagles showed what they were made of! They took the 3rd game in an 11-2 bashing and Matt Creighton pitched his best game of the year. Van Pope left the day with 2 homers and almost went for the cycle in the 3rd game. Kyle Ginn's 2 run homer in the 3rd game eased the tension for everybody, it put the Eagles out far enough to pretty much ensure the Title.

I know ya'll have heard this before but, it finally rang true for me once! It's not WHAT you know but, WHO you know! Lisa's uncle works in the Oil Industry in Kuwait and, he's giving us free airline tickets to go to Grand Junction, CO (Home of the Junior College World Series) We'll leave May 28th and return when we've finished playing, hopefully after the Title Game! Christopher will finally get a much needed rest for his arm!

MCC will play Pensacola C.C. in the first game of the JUCO World Series at 9am on Saturday morning. Christopher pitched against them earlier this year and was up 6-2 when he left the game (pitch count rule early in the season) The next inning, the MCC relief crew gave up 5 runs and it stayed that way until the last inning when Joey Lieberman hit a 2 run walk-off. Pensacola got hot in their Regional Tournament and came away with the upset. If MCC can win on Saturday, they play the night-cap game on Monday night, this is the game that breaks records every year in attendance, after the game they have a huge fireworks display, and it the best one I've ever seen!

We went to Leeville, LA last Monday and got in some good bow-fishing that night, on this trip I shot a smorgasbord of fish, Redfish, Drum, Sheephead and my first Alligator Gar! We got back that night at about 3am, ate a ham sandwich and when I looked at my watch as I nestled into bed, it was 3:30am, the next time I looked at my watch, it was 6am and Mr. Glen Wisner and Mr. Kent Allgood were telling us to get up, it's time to go fishing! So off we go, bad weather and all, wind blowing, waves bashing...it was horrible.....but we did catch some nice Bull Reds and I think we caught every catfish in the ocean! Maybe twice! We were back in after lunch, grabbed a bite to eat and Jimmy Allgood and his paw in law Mr. Wisner, went back out for some Speckled Trout, they caught about 60 and out of the whole mess, they only had 3 that were keepers! At least we got a good bow-fishing show!

I'll be out at Chester Willis Field today doing an Anti-Rain dance for the Cathedral faithful. Then I'll be at ACCS tomorrow for hopefully, 1 inning of baseball. AC will travel to Jackson on Thursday for 2 games if necessary.

In 1994, Adam Nevill of Trinity passed for 465 yards and rushed for 230 more after replacing the starting quarterback who was injured in the first game. Name the original starting quarterback. Answer: Clinton Heard. Winner: Bill (Spec) Darsey.

Bonus Questions

Who was the last University of New Orleans player to hit .400 in a season? Answer: Ted Wood in 1987. Winner: Joey Martin.

Name the Kent State punter who punted 300 times and never had a kick blocked. Answer: Tony DeLeone. Winner: Joey Martin.

Congratulations to Cathedral High Baseball for winning game 1 of the best of three against Greenville St. Joe with a blasting 15-5 score. Game 2 is tonight right here in Natchez. Goof Luck guys!

ACCS knocks off Prep to earn a chance at winning the MPSA State Baseball Championship. Game 1 is tomorrow at ACCS and they'll play again on Thursday for the crown. Best of Luck to the Rebel squad!

The ACCS girls softball team finished as runners up at the MPSA State Softball Championship, they beat Parklane once and Parklane beat them once to set up the finals. Congratulations to girls, the coaching staff and all their supporters on a fantastic season!

MCC wins the Region 23 Tournament and will play the winner from the Alabama Series staring this coming Friday in a best of three series to see who gets to go to Grand Junction, CO for the JUCO World Series. Christopher pitched on Thursday against Delgado C.C. and threw one heck of a game! He gave up 3 runs on 3 hits, walked 2 and had 10 strikeouts. Oh Yeah, he hit 96 mph for the first time in the first inning! He is now 9-0 on the season as MCC won the game 4-3. Funny how this week's main page quote just opened up on me today, Christopher tried to throw on Sunday after just 2 days of rest. He never should have tried it but, he did and he gave up 2 two run homers in the first 3 innings to put MCC down 4-1. But his team battled back and started hitting the ball HARD! MCC won the deciding game with an 8 run after 7 innings rule, 14-6. Finally started hitting the ball in this tournament. Van Pope is now up to 16 homers after he hit 3 over the tournament and Joey Lieberman is at 16 also after he crushed 3. Should be an interesting match-up this week, we don't know who they'll be playing just yet, but we're thinking that Central Alabama will probably be the best team out of their series.

I heading out this morning to get in some fishing down in Leeville, LA with Marsh Masters, we'll go bow-fishing tonight and go out and try to limit out on Mangrove Snapper in the morning.

I better get a move on, I'll post this week's trivia when I get back on Wednesday, shouldn't matter because Joey got 2 out of 3 from ya'll last week! hahahaha

Name the coach Jerry Baldwin replaced at Ferriday High in 1979. Answer: Steve Ford. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Name the Miami of Ohio running back who carried the ball 365 times and never had a fumble. Answer: Travis Prentice. Winner: Ryan Smither.

From 1954-1956 Oklahoma never lost a game. Who broke that streak? Answer: The Sooners NCAA-record 47-game winning streak was finally snapped in 1957 by Notre Dame. Winner: John L. Sullivan.

The A.C.C.S. Booster Club Golf Tournament is May 15 , 8:30 at Duncan Park. Format is 4-man scramble, teams to be flighted after play. Cost is $200.00 per team/ $50.00 per player. Tournament is open to both women and men players with no restrictions on age. Entry forms may be picked up at school or Duncan Park. Hole Sponsorships are available for $100.00. Contact Byrnsie Marks at 442-1434 or 660-3113 or Rusty Marks at 446-8007 or 431-2641. If anyone has any questions, they can contact me at work- 304-4218 or home 445-6091....Keith Walters.

The baseball play-offs are heated up in the Miss-Lou and we have a lot of local color represented out area well! Cathedral squares off today at Mize in a best of 3 series. Game time is 6pm. Game 2 will be back here on Tuesday at 6pm.

ACCS will host Hillcrest on Tuesday at 6pm, then they'll travel to Hillcrest on Thursday for a 2 game series, if needed.

ACCS softball will host Jackson Academy today at 4pm in a double-header and then they'll ASC at 4pm on Tuesday for another double-header.

Trinity Tennis will compete in the Class A State Tournament at Parham Bridges Tennis Center in Jackson on Wednesday.

Natchez High Golf Team will compete in the State 5A Tournament today in Madison, MS.

The MHSAA State Golf Tournament will be held at Beau Pre' C.C. on Wednesday.

Gary Farmer, Henry Farmer, Jordan Farmer & David Cothern win the Joe Fortunato Celebrity Golf Classic, held at Duncan Park G.C. on a rain shortened 18 hole event. They shot 17 under.

OK, I hope I've covered everything, but I'm sure I missed something! But I was gone from Thursday until Sunday night. We traveled to Poplarville, MS for the Mississippi Junior College State Baseball Tournament. Meridian C.C. played Co-Lin C.C. on Thursday and came out on top after an impressive display of baseball by the Wolf Pack from Wesson. With Friday came the rain, and then some more rain! So play was suspended and everything moved back a day. MCC played the host team of Pearl River C.C. at 10am on Saturday morning, Christopher pitched 6 innings, scattering 4 hits and allowing no runs with MCC up 1-0. Van Pope came in to close the game and gave up a run to send the game into extra innings. MCC scored in the top of the 8th, PRCC scored in the bottom of the 8th, MCC scored another run in the top of the 9th, as did PRCC in the bottom. The 10th went by and MCC didn't score, PRCC tried a trick play to bring a runner from third to home and it failed as the runner was tagged out trying to steal home. MCC's Michael Murray hit a homerun in the top of the 11th to put MCC up by one. Van Pope shut them down in the bottom of the inning to secure the win.

Co-Lin defeated Delta C.C. on Sunday as Franklin County's Colby Beach took the mound in impressive fashion as he picked up the win. The win puts Co-Lin in the Final Day of the tournament.

MCC played PRCC again on Sunday but, this time the tables turned, a third inning 2 run homer (after a called save at first to the previous batter that was highly controversial) one of the MCC coaches was livid! and then ejected from the game. Somehow (and I haven't got the full story yet) the PRCC first base coach, got in an argument with some players in MCC's dug-out and came stormed in there with them. Then the PRCC head coach came running in with their whole team in a dead heated race behind him. I'm not sure what was said but, I do know that the first base coach wishes he had never went into the dugout! 2 MCC players were ejected following the incident and so was the first base coach from PRCC, it was totally out of control at the ballpark. PRCC went on to win the game 4-2. MCC moves to 38-9 on the year. Christopher is still holding at 8-0 with 3 no-decisions and a 1.50 ERA. MCC middle relief pitcher Jason Phillips was doing an excellent job on the hill when he heard a pop in his arm, he thought it was nothing after the team trainer and the coaches went out to check on him, he tried to throw one more pitch and that's when it hit him, he had popped something in his elbow. So MCC loses an experienced reliever that had never had arm troubles before, in fact, he had just told his parents that his arm was in the best shape that it has ever been in. Jason signed with S.E. Missouri State for next year, he'll have an appointment with Dr. Andrew's some time this week to see the extent of the damage, please keep this young man in your prayers.

So here's the scenario, MCC will play Co-Lin today and the winner of that game will play PRCC for the State Championship. I'm not going to make it there today but, my nephew said he'd be there and I'll be burning his cellular minutes up fast!

MCC will host the Region 23 Div. 1 Baseball Tournament starting this Thursday. MCC will play Delgado at 7pm that night with Christopher getting the starting nod.

In 1962, this Vidalia football player competed in the High School All-American All-Star Game. Name him. Answer: George Franklin. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Who was the first quarterback to wear glasses? Answer: Bob Griese. Winner: Adam Daigle.

What head coach invented the face mask? Answer: Paul Brown. Winner: Joey Martin.

Jarrett Hoffpauir has already been called up to the extended Class A team. He's been lighting it up and deservedly so, he got the call! Best of wishes to Jarrett! He's done what it takes to be where he is.

The lovely weather we've been having has moved all local baseball action ahead. For some, it better take place this week as Sub-District and District Tournaments are in line regardless! And Mother Nature doesn't look like she's going to let up much this week either!

Cal State Fullerton pulled off the upset as they beat top seeded Texas in the first two meetings of the College World Series. I enjoyed watching both of these games and they were equally matched through the contest. CSF just never gave up!

The State Games of MS. were held over the weekend although they played in and around the rain storms. The tournament was cut short and losers left after posting a loss. The Co-Lin District won their first game with Corey Walker on the hill for the complete game. They lost their second game and headed home.

I talked with Christopher yesterday and his back is much better now, he threw a bull-pen yesterday morning and everything felt great, they'll re-insert him in the rotation and he should pitch sometime this week. His spirits are back up and everything seems to be OK again.

I want to thank everyone that wrote him a letter, ya'll just don't know how special it means to him to receive them. He told me about everybody that wrote him and I'm sure he wrote everybody back. If you missed the address it's: Christopher Rayborn LaQuinta Inn #984 - 16321 North 83rd Ave. - Peoria, AZ 85382, he has a lot of free time on his hands and you can only play video games so many times a day!

The Redneck Adventures crew went to Orange Beach, AL last Tuesday and fished with Reel Time Charters aboard the Fish-N-Fool. We caught a few King Mackerel, Red Snapper, Mangrove Snapper, Amberjack and Benita. We dodged a pretty good storm while we were out there but, the captain knew how to maneuver us around it without getting but a few sprinkles on us. We had a good time and caught plenty of fish for the freezer. If you're interested in fishing the next time you're in Gulf Shores, contact Capt. Erik Manthei at www.fishnfool.com I promise you that you'll catch fish!

Who had the winning hit for LSU in its World Series championship game against Stanford in 2000? Answer: Brad Cresse. Winner: Mike Smith.

Bonus Questions

Who were the two teams making their first appearance in a College World Series in 2000? Answer: UL Lafayette and San Jose State. Winner: Joey Martin.

In the first 2 College World Series in 1947 and 1948, who lost the first game in each Series? Answer: Yale lost the first 2 to California teams. First they lost to California 8-7, then they lost to Southern California 9-2. Winner: Joey Martin.

While some things change, some remain the same! Jarrett Hoffpauir making the switch to wooden bats didn't slow him down any as he went 3 for 4 with a double and a homer in his first start in the St. Louis Cardinal Rookie Season. He scored all 3 runs as his team beat Hudson Valley 3-1 last Saturday. The boys got pop! For those of you that didn't know, Jarrett is the son of World Famous Softball Player, Pam Hoffpauir. So now you know where his talent came from!

Phil Mickelson turned up the heat at the U.S. Open on Sunday, but he quickly emptied a water tower on the blaze as he doubled the 17th hole, which took him out of a tie for the lead. Retief Goosen took the honors. As I watched this tournament over the weekend, I wasn't excited about somebody maybe making a charge, at this course, it just couldn't be done! Every green was turtle-backed to some extent and I didn't think it was fun to watch as a spectator because I want to see the magic these professionals perform, and with this course, they looked like me playing! I know some will disagree with me but, hey, that's your opinion!

I spent the weekend out at Natchez State Park in the camper, while I was there, Christopher called me and told me that he threw a "pen" the other day and that he was consistently 94-95 mph, he said his new and improved slider is really good at times, and even when it's not "on" it's still not too bad. They have a ritual after every "pen session" where the pitcher goes over to the catcher afterwards and thanks him for catching him. Well on this day, the catcher was a Dominican, that doesn't speak much English, the catcher said," You Throw Ball #*@$*!^#% Hard Man!" Christopher will have his first start This coming Friday against Kansas City. He's got a lot of free time when they're not practicing, so he gets pretty bored, if you would like to send him a letter, I'm know he would love it! His address is: LaQuinta Inn #984 - 16321 North 83rd Ave. - Peoria, AZ 85382...Thanks!

Geez! Did ya'll see the picture of the fish that Jerry Pyron caught, in the paper yesterday? A 631.7 lb. Blue Marlin that he caught during the 8th Annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Bill-Fish Classic. It netted him $105,400 to boot....I know, he really needed the extra cash, huh?

I'm headed out today for Gulf Shores, Alabama to film some shows with Reel Time Charters aboard the Fish-N-Fool. We'll probably go after Trigger Fish tomorrow morning and then go bottom fishing for Red Snapper in the evening. It should be a great trip as Capt. Erik Manthei says the weather is great and the seas are calm...and I prefer calm seas! Check out their website at: www.fishnfool.com

Only one year has there been two Metro Coaches of the Year and two Players of the Year in the same year. That happened in 1997. Name the award winners. Answer: Ken Beesley Sr., Johnny Lee Hoffpauir, Lance Beesley and Gregg Johnson. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Name the first professional football team to sport an insignia on their helmets. Answer: The Los Angeles Rams in 1950, who hand painted yellow horns on their blue leather helmets. Winner: John Larry Sullivan.

Name the only father and son to hit back-to-back home runs in a major league baseball game. Answer: Ken Griffey, Jr., and his father, Ken Griffey, Sr., both of the Seattle Mariners in a game against the California Angels on September 14th, 1990. Winner: Neal Randall.

What a trip! Over the course of 3 days of fishing at Lake Guerrero with Lago Vista Lodge, we caught approximately 750 bass! Getting into Mexico was much easier than I thought, the guy that picked us up at the airport wheeled us through the border with no problems. Once we got to the lodge, our accommodations were fantastic and the food was some of the best that I ever had, full course meals at every sitting. All of the fishing guides have been doing this since they were kids, some even started guiding at 10 & 11 years old. They know where to find the fish, they don't know a lot of English but, they know enough to carry on short conversations. They've already invited us back in August for Dove and Quail season. The owner of the lodge holds the record for most Doves harvested in a day at 737 birds. He promised us that we'll quit shooting before the birds stop flying! All in all, it was a trip of the lifetime and it was much more affordable than I thought, check out their website at: www.lagovistalodge.com and see what I'm talking about!

I talked with Christopher when I got back in the States, he told me that there were about 10 Americans on his team and the rest were Dominicans, he said that they don't speak ANY English! He said that one day he was sitting in the locker room and looked up and in came Ryan Klesko, I asked him if he was nice and he said, "Dad, that dude is crazy!" Seems Klesko was working out of an injury and went over to their camp to work out for a few days. He told me that he really knows 5 guys pretty good but 2 of them would be leaving for Eugene, OR as they are older, he also said that he thinks quite a few of the Dominicans will be leaving also. Christopher will be the #2 starter when the season starts. I'll let ya'll know the web site information if ya'll want to keep up with his progress during the season as soon as I find it out.

MISS-LOU Wood Bat Baseball Tournament - July 16,17,18 at Vidalia Baseball Fields
10U, 11U, 12U and 14U Divisions
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Bad morning, I had already written this and somehow, I deleted everything! So I'm having to re-build the whole site...as you can tell already! Ahh, it probably needed a face-lift anyways!

Meridian lost both games at the JUCO World Series, Christopher pitched the first game in gale force winds, rain and temp in the 30's! But he still didn't pitch well and the defense played poorly in both games, just too many errors and bad pitching both days.

Christopher signed with the San Diego Padres Sunday evening, he received 4th round money and got an incentive bonus and college scholarship for 2 years in full! He'll fly out to Peoria, AZ on June 12th for a mini camp and then they'll start the Rookie season around the 19th...70 games in 77 days! He'll fly back home for about a week and a half, then he'll fly back out for the Instructional League that will last for 3 weeks. Then he'll be home until February or so, not sure yet, and he'll be assigned to one of their single A teams, probably.

Jarrett Hoffpauir just plain "Lit It Up" during the Conference USA Championships, I saw where he was batting over .500 at one point late in the Tournament. I don't look for Jarrett to be an Eagle next year, with his stats, he ought to be drafted in the low rounds in the upcoming MLB Draft. Best of luck Jarrett!!!!

I'm headed to Lake Lincoln either tomorrow or Thursday, Lisa had already taken the whole week off so, we're going over there for some R&R and golf at Wolf Hollow. Gill Morris is taking his camper also, so I'll have somebody to abuse for the weekend, both on the course and off! He's easy pickens!

Joey Martin has been on a tear on the Trivia main question but, I think it ends this week! better get those picks in quick!

This page isn't complete, so bear with me until I can finish it all, ya'll have a great week and I'll catch ya'll on Monday!

Monterey High School fielded a football team in 1983. But it wasn't until 1985 that the Wolves won a game. Who did they beat? Answer: East Beauregard. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

How was the huddle in football first used? Answer: The 'huddle' in football was formed due to a deaf football player who used
sign language to communicate and his team didn't want the opposition to see the signals he used and in turn huddled around him. Winner: Joey Martin.

Who did Notre Dame's Four Horsemen beat in their final game? Answer: The Irish downed Stanford in the Rose Bowl, 27-10 in 1925. The Four Horsemen were Jim Crowley, Elmer Layden, Don Miller and Harry Stuhldreher. Winner: Joey Martin.

P.Z. Brewer wins the Bill McKinney Memorial City Golf Championship by a stroke over Chuck Fields. This was P.Z.'s second time to win the event. Lee Jones won the 1st flight, Ricky Williams won the 2nd flight, Allen Smith won the 3rd flight, Bruce Massey won the 4th flight and Danny Farr won the 5th flight. I shot an 82 on Saturday and a 79 on Sunday to finish in 5th place in the 3rd flight....they awarded gifts to the first 4 places,...about right! The course was in good shape but, after playing at Beau Pre', the Parks greens were really slow, and I mean really slow! I 3 putted 4 times yesterday!

Any bicycle riders out there? Lance Armstrong does it again with a win at the Tour de France. Yippee!

Take notice! The Vidalia Minor League All-Stars are kicking butt and taking names! They beat Shreveport 24-14! They'll play the loser of the Ville Platte/Gonzales game today at 5pm. Good Luck guys!

Christopher pitched yesterday for the first 2 and a third innings, I'm not real sure the pitch count had anything for his removal yesterday. He said that he felt that his curve ball was working and he was pitching good but, anytime he threw a fastball or changeup, they lit it up! He said it was like they knew what he was throwing. Sooooo, he's not in a very good mood AGAIN! We're flying out there on Friday. Hopefully by then, moods will have changed.

Joey Martin sweeps the Trivia this week! I had a few answers but, no winners. Good job Joey!

Ricky Williams to retire from football? I knew something wasn't right with him ever since I first saw that picture of him and Ditka, and Williams was wearing the bridal gown!

Speaking of football....Action starts today for most area MPSA teams. It will mostly be running and running in the morning sessions followed by running and running in the evening sessions. In between the conditioning drills, there will be, more than likely, sessions of running. Do I miss playing football? Not at this time of year! By the way, if anybody sees me running, please stop and help me because somebody is chasing me! If I'm walking, pick me up. If I'm riding a bike... I lost my truck, please give me some lunch money.

Ya'll have a great week and I'll catch ya'll when I get back from Peoria, AZ on Tuesday!

In 1987 South Natchez defeated Jackson Callaway 4-2 to win the Big Eight Overall title. Who was the winning pitcher in that game? Answer: Jamie Spring. Winner: Ron Rushing.

Bonus Questions

Who was Alabama playing in 1971 when Bear unveiled the wishbone offense? Answer: Southern California. Winner: Bill Darsey.

Name the Mississippi State quarterback who had 17 straight completions over two games in 1978. Answer: Dave Marler. Winner: Rusty McPhate.

Things are better out in Peoria, AZ where Christopher is playing, he got to pitch more than one inning in his last outing. The bases were loaded with 2 outs and they brought him in, he got the batter to ground out. He pitched the next 2 innings and although he gave up 1 run, he said that nobody hit him solid. He seems to be in better spirits now and he should pitch again either today or tomorrow. We're going out to visit him from July 30th through August 3rd.

The Natchez 14 year old's put a beating on Jackson Saturday but lost a tough one yesterday to Cleveland. It's a double elimination tournament so, they're still alive. Their games have been broadcast on 107.1 FM, tune in to hear the game!

We headed out last Thursday to Buras, LA to do some Speckled Trout fishing with Rob "Redbone" Martin, the inventor of "The Speculizer" it's a popping cork with a DOA shrimp tied onto it and it's been the latest craze for the last year now. We caught tons of fish and brought home around 60 nice specks for consumption. We fished Friday morning out of Port Sulfur and then we fished out of Buras in the evening. The fishing out of Buras was better in that we caught bigger fish plus, we got on one hole and stayed there for over an hour hauling them in. One thing about the Speculizer is, you don't have to keep putting shrimp on the hooks! And believe me, that can get old really fast! It'll be a great show, be sure and catch it when we put it on the air. We picked on Redbone a good bit and he took it pretty good.

Saturday morning I sat back and enjoyed watching the British Open, Sunday morning, just when things were starting to heat up with several players making moves to the top, I had to leave for Sunday School. When I got back home, Ernie Els and Todd Hamilton were playing the last hole. I was frustrated because I had missed so much but, the golf gods let me enjoy 4 more holes of a Sudden Death playoff between the two and Todd Hamilton played flawlessly on the four holes to capture the title.

I want to thank James Lee for providing last weeks Sports Buzz film. James loves to video and hopefully, he'll be providing more game footage in the future.

In 1998, Centreville's football team became the first MPSA school to win state championships in three divisions (A, AA and AAA). Who did they beat to accomplish this feat? Answer: Carroll Academy, 41-7. Winner: Bill Darsey.

Bonus Questions

This former Miami All-American was born in Guatemala and forced 12 fumbles during his collegiate career. Answer: Ted Hendricks. Winner: John L. Sullivan.

Who was the last non-quarterback to win the Davey O'Brien Award before it became an honor just for quarterbacks? Answer: Mike Singletary of Baylor. Winner: Walt Brown.

Larry Davis and Paul Sparks win the Wharlest Jackson Elks Lodge Scramble out at Duncan Park G.C. after shooting a 2 day total of 123. Richard Edgin and Chuck Fields won the first flight with a 127. Gary Farmer and David Cothren won the third flight with a 130 and Lane Morse and Lloyd Gilbert won the third flight with a 140.

Both of the Hoffpauir boys are batting .333 at their respective teams. I read on the Board where Johnny Lee is headed to Peoria to watch some games.....watch out Peoria!!!!

Christopher pitched another inning yesterday and gave up one hit, walked one, no runs and got a pop-out and a double play to end his inning. He's pretty sick of the one inning deal and hopes to get more innings on his next outing. He has now thrown a grand total of 3 innings and he's just not used to that, especially after he was scheduled to be a starter before he got the creak in his back. His spirits are down but, he's got a meeting today with the player development man and they should start to turn things around shortly. He just isn't getting the bull-pen work to get his back sharp again, throwing in relief doesn't allow him the time to work on his game because they can call him in at any time. Anyway, he told me that he's received more letters and I thank ya'll for them.

Last Friday the Redneck Adventures crew went over to Lake St. John and filmed Matt Mason and Jeff Rymer, hand-grabbing catfish from pipes, tanks, holes in trees and anything else under the water that had a hole in it! They caught around 35 fish and it made a great show. We were filming one of the scenes close to a pier where Andrew Ellard and Chris Rasco were at and they wanted to get in on some of the action, so in the water they plunged and shortly afterwards, they each had pulled up some nice catfish. We got it all on film and it was exciting. The show will be on in a few weeks and I'll let ya'll know when it airs. This week is a bow-fishing trip from Leeville, LA and we stuck several different species of fish on this outing.

This weeks Sports Buzz is footage from the 9/10 Ferriday vs. Winnsboro All-Stars baseball game.

There are several games around the Miss-Lou, get out and find one to watch this evening, you'll be glad you did!

Name the coach who started up softball at Franklin County High in 1992. Answer: Walter Beesley. Winner: Adam Daigle..with help from Leigh Anne Mason.

Bonus Questions

Name three of the four teams in the United States who joined the Canadian Football League in 1994. Answer: The Shreveport Pirates, Las Vegas Posse, Baltimore CFL Colts and Sacramento Gold Miners were added to the CFL's six existing franchises. Winner: Adam Daigle.

In 1993 and 1994, Jason Kidd shared the University of California Most Valuable Player Award with this teammate. Name him. Answer: Lamond Murray. Winner: Joey Martin.

The Hoffpauir's are doing well at their respective teams, each one is doing their part and impressing their teams. If you don't read the Bulletin Board, you need to start as their father does a great job of keeping us all updated on their progress. Way to go guys, ya'll are making us all proud!

Christopher got in an inning yesterday and the results were far from what he expected, he was pretty down yesterday evening when I talked to him but, I think he learned something valuable in the end. After the first batter hit a ball to third, the third baseman deflected it off his glove and the runner advanced to second base. The next batter bunted and the third baseman threw the ball to first base, but the throw was late. So with runners on first and third, the next batter hit another shot to third and he throws it to second and the second baseman over throws first base, so the guy on third scores. The next batter hits a 2 run homer. He got the next 2 guys to ground out to close the inning. He told me he was throwing in the upper 80's and that he hit 90 once. He told me that the catcher was calling mostly fast-balls and he just threw what he called. The catcher is a high school draftee that was picked in the 3rd round and Christopher assumed that he knew what he was doing. After I explained to Christopher that he better start taking charge on the hill and start shaking some calls, and that the high school players coach probably made all his calls, I think he now understands that he has to be in charge. He later told me that the pitching coach said the same thing. It was really depressing talking with him, he was about as down as I've ever seen him. But a call later that evening found him eating out with some of his teammates and I could tell that he had pretty much gotten over it and was ready to move on. Thanks again for those that have sent him letters, he really appreciates it!

Well I went to Leeville, LA on Saturday and Pat Smith rode down with me, my brother Gary showed up a few hours later and we had a monster feast on the 4th of July. Enjoyed good fellowship with some old friends and enjoyed the company of some new friends. That night we headed out of Bell Pass with Capt. Gary Harp, his wife JoAnn, Mike and Colleen Lancaster and went about 12 miles to one of the Oil rigs and tied up. We got into the Mangrove Snapper quickly and within 4 hours, we had 30 of them and headed back. The 30 that we caught filled up 3 of their fish baskets, Gary Harp said that it usually holds 50 Mangrove in those same 3 baskets, so we had really caught some nice quality fish. Most were in the 8 to 10 lb. range. All of the Marsh Masters family of guides were catching fish on Saturday and Sunday, if you're interested in going fishing, now is the time to go! You can contact them by visiting their site at: www.marshmasters.com

Area All-Star teams will crank back up this evening, the rains have been horrible and getting games in has been tough! Get out their and support these young players, it's always so exciting this time of year.

Who was named MVP of the 1992 Natchez High golf team? Answer: Kevin Smith. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Who was the first NFL player to rush for 1,000 yards in two straight seasons? Answer: Joe Perry. Winner Neal Randall.

Who was the first college running back to top the 2,000-yard mark in a season? Answer: Marcus Allen. Winner: Joey Martin.

Whew!!!! Just got back in this evening from Arizona, Christopher was right...IT'S HOT OUT THERE!!!! Kinda feels like a sauna but, they did move their games to 7pm and that made a huge difference. We got there Friday and had plenty of time to travel over to Maryvale to play the Brewers. Christopher pitched good and although he gave up 4 hits, 2 of them were mental mistakes by the defense. I think things will be much better now since the night games have kicked in. When he goes back for the Instructional League, it'll be late September and the weather is much better then. All in all, we had a great time and look forward to going back in the Spring.

I was out earlier of last week as Redneck Adventures traveled down to Venice, LA and went on 3 different trips. The first night we went bowfishing with Deep Delta Tours, it was sorta slow because the tides had them messed up but, we still shot quite a few fish for the show. The next morning we went Spec fishing with Louisiana Paradise Charters and we didn't get to catch but a few fish before a storm brewed up and we spent the day trying to avoid the rain, we traveled a long way and never got wet! The last day we went fishing with Capt. Eric Nacotre ( I know I spelled it wrong) but anyway, he hooked us up!!!! We caught around 30 Specs and 11 of them averaged 4 lbs., one was over 6 lbs., It was a blast, I ain't never caught Specs this big. Capt. Eric said not to expect this every time we come down, we just caught the conditions right.

I haven't had time to catch up on what happened around here while I was gone but, I'll start reading papers when I get home tonight.

Redneck Adventures will have a booth at the Mississippi Wildlife Expo this weekend at the Trade Mart Building in Jackson. Ya'll come by and visit with us. We're selling foam bricks, should have a lot of fun throwing them at people during the show!

This former local high school football coach was the only player from McLain, Miss. to earn a letter at Ole Miss. Answer: The late Ferriday High coach Larry Dantzler. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Who was the MVP of 1988 Sugar Bowl which saw Syracuse and Auburn play to 16-16 tie? Answer: Lawyer Tillman. Winner: Joey Martin.

Who holds the record for the longest play from scrimmage for Ole Miss? Answer: John Avery, a 97-yard TD run against Arkansas in 1997. Winner: Joey Martin.

Are You Ready For Some Football!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's that time of year and Jamborees start this Friday night, I can hardly wait! Even the Bulletin Board has already began to start cracking about "Who's gonna do what." Get ready Miss-Lou, Football Fever is about to bite everybody. The Sports Buzz this week will have interviews with coaches and players to find out what each team will have. Stay tuned!

What a feeling I had this morning as I got into my truck and looked across and saw my baby daughters car sitting there with "Seniors" written across the back windshield! I'm really not that old...am I?

Got a call from Christopher last Wednesday night at about 12:30am, he had pitched that night and was pretty excited, he had a Perfect Game going into the 5th inning, and then he walked a guy. He picked a good night to pitch well as the guy in charge of Player Development was there, he decides where you go next. Christopher will pitch tonight against the Giants, remember me telling ya'll that the Giants don't have but one rookie team and they won the first half of the Rookie season.

I spent the weekend at the MS. Wildlife Extravaganza in Jackson, MS.....there was a great turnout and Redneck Adventures entertained the masses on stage doing bit comedy....of course with Jimmy Allgood up there, that ain't much of a stretch! We'll be at the MS. Wildlife Expo this weekend here in Natchez, hopefully they'll have a great turnout as well, last I heard, they had only 3 booths left!

Jarrett Hoffpauir has hit homerun number 6 on the season and sporting a .290 batting average, I saw where Josh Hoffpauir posted on the Board, he batting .278 but, I'm sure we'll see that rise shortly. Christopher's buddy Van Pope is at .273. Christopher's ERA to date is 6.75, it's been tough getting it down since those first couple of games! Best of luck to you guys and remember, hang in there and keep battling!

Joey Martin made a Clean Sweep in the trivia last week, hopefully, ya'll will fare better this week!

Ya'll have a great week and I'll probably run into some of ya'll out by the grid-iron this Friday night.

What team did former Cathedral great Michael Richardson have the most yards rushing against in a single game when he played at Louisiana Tech? Answer: Colorado State in 1990, Richardson rushed for 168 yards. Winner: Joey Martin.

Bonus Questions

Name the former Northeast Louisiana player who holds the team record for most receptions in a game with 16 for 155 yards against Lamar in 1988. Answer: Jackie Harris. Winner: Joey Martin.

Name the two Alabama players who have been Super Bowl MVPs. Answer: Bart Starr and Joe Namath. Winner: Patrick Jones.

Well I hope that all the area fans got to scratch that itch last Friday night.....I for one did! I enjoyed the Trinity Jamboree and although every year when this held, at any school, most of the coaches just run straight plays, nothing fancy to show any innocent by standing coach from another school, "What They Got!" Adams Christian showed that they have a big line up front, something that they haven't the best of blessing in over the last couple of years but, the skill positions are few and it's very important that they keep the few, injury free. Trinity lost the bulk of their linemen due to graduation but, they have some key skill people that will keep the opposition honest. All in all, it was a great Jamboree with great attendance and great football to watch. Huntington will do well in Class 1 A this year, they had some good looking players out there and they look like they're headed in the right direction. Brookhaven Academy was the other school attending and they had a sophomore QB that really impressed me with his speed, they should have a good year as well.

ACCS will host Centreville Academy this Thursday night, it may possibly be the only football game in the State that night. Huntington will travel to Grawood on Friday night and Trinity will travel to Amite School Center.

Christopher called me Sunday morning (12:30am), he pitched 3 innings of Perfect baseball, and ended up pitching 6 innings, that's the most for him yet. He got another no-decision, so he's still one and one on the season. He's pitched in 10 games and started 6. His ERA only dropped a little from 6.15 to 6.12 but, he's still in good spirits! He'll pitch next on August 19th....his birthday! He'll be 21...geez, Lisa is getting old! I talked to him on Sunday evening and he told me that he got an e-mail address, if you would like to drop him a line, it's: maillto:ckrayborn@hotmail.com I even made it easy for you, just click on the link. He'll enjoy hearing from ya'll.

I hope to get interviews from Coach King and Coach Faircloth for this week 's Sports Buzz, I'll have footage from the Jamboree as well.

High school softball is being played around the Miss-Lou, I hope to get all the schedules on here, the Democrat has them listed daily. Get out there and support these girls, I hope to have some footage from some of these games for the Sports Buzz soon.

Redneck Adventures spent the weekend out at the MS. Wildlife Expo in the Natchez Convention Center. The turnout was small but, with the Jamboree on Friday night, that didn't help matters much! There was plenty of good entertainment there and those that attended could find almost any item that a hunter could want for the upcoming season.

Joey Martin almost pulled off the sweep in the Trivia contest but, Democrat Sportswriter Patrick Jones ruined the chances!

Name the two Natchez natives who have played for the University of Tennessee football team. Answer: James Berry and Steve Sessions. Winner: Neal Randall.

Bonus Questions

His 19-yard field goal with 23 seconds remaining gave Auburn a 9-7 won over Michigan and its first Sugar Bowl championship. Answer: Al Del Greco. Winner: Joey Martin.

Alabama has tied only one time in a homecoming contest. Who was it against? Answer: Alabama and Mississippi State played to a 7-7 tie in 1953. Winner: Joey Martin.

Last Thursday & Friday night saw the first regular season games for some local teams, ACCS lost to Centreville by 2 TD's but, they had their chances! They should have scored on 3 different drives that could have turned the score the other way but, mistakes can happen early in the year like these and all you can hope for is that they live and learn! ACCS will travel all the way to Trinity this Friday night for what will be a much better game than most think!