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NEA awards Yoknapatawpha Arts Council significant grant

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JOHN DAVIS

Lifeguards and employees of the Oxford City Pool work on the final details of opening up the facility to the public on Saturday.

Summer’s Here City pool ready for annual opening Saturday

BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD CITIZEN

Memorial Day is for honoring those who serve the country. It’s also the unofficial start of summer. Each of the two public school districts are done with school, and many parents are looking for a place to entertain.

The Oxford City Pool opens Saturday and it’s one of the best spots in town for kids to beat the heat, and stay active all at the same time.

Bubba Robinson operates the pool for the Oxford Park Commission. He has been in the role for the past 16 years, and he looks forward to it opening each May. “Summer is here, and everyone knows it’s summer when the pool opens,” Robinson said. “We start about a month ahead preparing for it, getting all of our guards in, getting the pool cleaned and all the guards trained so that we will be ready for opening day.”

The pool is open Monday through Sunday starting at 1 p.m. On Sunday, the pool

Chris Baughman named OHS Teacher of The Year.

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closes at 5, but all of the other days, it’s open until 6. Cost is just $3 for kids all the way up to age 54. It’s free to enter for those happen to be 55 or older.

There are six lifeguards on duty each shift, Robinson said. Five are around the pool, while the other helps at the front desk.

“We usually hire around 15 for the summer,” Robinson added. “The attendance has gone up the last six years. We ran TURN TO SUMMER PAGE 4

All-Citizen softball team.

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NEA awards Yoknapatawpha Arts Council significant grant

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council with a grant totaling $24,000. The money is being used exclusively to fund a program called the Arts Incubator.

This program has been run by the arts council for about three years now and is designed to help local artists promote their work.

Arts Incubator gives artists the tools they need to succeed on the business side of the art world, something that many artists are not used to navigating. The program provides people with the opportunity to consult with a lawyer about intellectual property rights, advice on how best to get their art on display in a gallery and how to make connections with auction houses among many other things. These are often done in the form of a workshop where an expert comes and provides a hands-on lecture about

any of the aforementioned topics and more. The overall goal of Arts Incubator is to keep an artists in business and make sure that they have all the tools necessary to sustain a business through their work.

Wayne Andrews serves as the director of the arts council. He and his colleagues worked with the city of Oxford’s grant writer Lynn Wilkins to help counsel the council on how to be best present the grant proposal that ended up winning them the money. He said he was extremely grateful to the city for working so closely with them on this process and is looking forward to using this grant money to expand the Arts Incubator program and continuing the work they have been doing for the past three years.

“We’re gonna use this grant to expand the program and support everyone working on it,” Andrews said. “It is going to provide us with the ability to provide more training, more workshops and more

WAYNE ANDREWS

During a workshop hosted by The Edison, Joyce Freeland and Melissa Sweatland share tax and legal issues artists need to be aware of when conducting business as a part of the YAC's Arts Incubator Program. The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the YAC $24,000 in grant money to keep the program afloat. opportunities to help pro- programs so that they can vide programs for local learn to be sustainable in artists and perhaps even their craft.” connect them with other Andrews said it was a long process to get everything for the application process together and that they began the lengthy ordeal nearly a year ago.

There were mountains of paperwork, they had to do research on how the program had impacted lives and show evidence that it affected the community in a positive way and layout how the arts council planned to grow the program. A lot of time and effort was dedicated to applying for this grant, but Andrews considers it all of it worth it.

The NEA funded 1,148 projects in this round of

awarding grants, three of which made it to Mississippi. The City of Natchez received one to help fund their creation and implementation of a public art and health initiative called Blueprint for Cultural Health.

Mississippi’s statewide arts council, known as the Mississippi Arts Commission, received a grant totaling $810,400.

This money will be distributed around the state to support artists and local arts councils in their efforts to culturally enrich their own individual communities, while supporting and sustaining the lives of those within it.

In big picture of things, $24,000 may not seem like substantial amount of

money when compared to the total amount of money the NEA has given out this year, but Andrews said the funding is greatly appreciated and will be put to very good use. For its size, the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council reaches an incredible amount of artists and community members and is responsible for a decent chunk of tourism in Oxford and surrounding areas. For an organization of their size, Andrews said that the grant is providing the arts council with considerable resources and is excited to see how much it will help them to build their program. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Bradley Roberson wraps up first year as principal of OHS Oxford High School Principal Bradley Roberson will always have a connection to the Oxford School District.After graduating from the University of Mississippi in the spring of 2000, he was immediately hired as a teacher at OHS and began his career in the fall of that same year. After staying in that position for nine years, he then worked as an administrator in the district before spending a year as a high school principal in Senatobia. He was then invited back to the OSD to serve as its high school principal, which he then gladly accepted. Roberson took time out of his busy end-of-the-year schedule to sit down with us last Friday morning to discuss how the new principal’s first year went.

making new friends, I guess you could say, because he wasn’t really in school before the move. My wife still teaches here at OHS. She teaches genetics and microbiology. I guess you could say that we are truly an Oxford School District family.

We believe in what the Oxford School District stands for and we just want to be a part of watching it continue to grow and evolve for years to come.

CHANING GREEN

OHS Principal Bradley Roberson just wrapped up his first year in the position.

The year has been fantastic. The staff has been great.

The kids have been great. Of course I had a lot of relationships already established with the community members here from my time here before, and they have been incredibly supportive, Mr. Harvey and the district staff have been extremely cooperative in helping get started during my first year back.

And the parents too. The current ninth and 10th graders at the high school, I actually served as their sixth grade administrator in the district before I left for Senatobia. So I already knew those kids and had an established relationship with them as well. The senior class has been excellent this year. I couldn’t ask for a better group to start my career at Oxford High School as the principal. They’ve led in just the right way this year and made my job just that much easier.

CHANING GREEN: How does it feel being back at Oxford High School?

BRADLEY ROBERSON: First of all, it was coming back home for us. Both my wife and I graduated from Ole Miss in 2000 and began our teaching careers at Oxford High School, both of our kids were born in Oxford and started their education in the Oxford school system, so the opportunity to come home was one that we could not pass up. We’ve had a great year being back, my wife teaches at OHS as GREEN: You have two dewell. It is also just awesome grees in curriculum and into be back a part of the Ox- struction. Why make the ford community. leap to administration?

ROBERSON: As a classroom teacher, you get to touch the lives of about 125 to 150 kids each year. I wanted to be able to reach out to more. The opportunity to get into administration gave me the platform to reach more kids. That was the real reason. I’m all about doing what I can to help the kids in the Oxford community and I want to reach as many as I can.

GREEN: What do you love about it? What keeps you coming back every day?

ROBERSON: Easily, it’s the relationships, absolutely. I love building relationships with people and the main reason I enjoy doing that is because I want to see them succeed. The thing that excites me the most about being an educator and administrator is seeing a child when he finishes, when they have that reflective moment when they realize that is where they started, and this is where they are today, and to know that they know have the opportunity to be successful.

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GREEN: Are your kids still in the Oxford School District?

ROBERSON: Yes. I have a 6-year-old who just graduated kindergarten over at Bramlett, and I have a daughter in sixth grade who will be moving to the middle school this year. It’s been a great experience for them being back in the district.

My daughter is excited because she gets to be back with her friends. My son is

GREEN: Did you have to hire a new office staff when you came back to OHS last fall?

ROBERSON: I did not. I had to hire a few teachers, but as far as the support staff, I didn’t have to hire very many. Plus, I had already worked with the majority of them in some capacity before. All three assistant principles were back.

The office manager, the attendance clerk and all those guys were back, and I had worked with them before. It was a welcoming thing for both of us. Like I said, I’m all about relationships, and already having a relationship

with most of the staff here, whether it’s support staff or teachers, is a benefit to me.

They already knew what I was about, and I already had a perspective of what they were about, so it made the transition much smoother than going to a place that you’ve never been before.

GREEN: What are you looking forward to in your second year as OHS principle?

ROBERSON: Continuing to push students in the direction to make our Oxford community even more productive than it already is. We have some really, really intelligent students here at OHS and we need to continue to challenge them and push them even further than we’ve already pushed them before. I’m looking forward to continuing to watch our students continue to succeed as we continue to prepare them to succeed in the Oxford community. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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OBITUARIES

Chris Baughman named OHS Teacher of The Year

WILLIAM B. HENDERSON

BY CHANING GREEN

William B. “Sonny” Henderson, 76, of Oxford passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2016.

According to his wishes, Henderson was cremated and a casual memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 28, at 1 p.m., at Jumpers Chapel Congregational Methodist Church, 3700 CR 224 in Yalobusha County. A reception will follow in the fellowship hall of the church.

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DAVID RANDALL HEROD David Herod passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2016 while in the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo.

Visitation services were held Wednedsay, May 25 at Hodges Funeral Home. The memorial service will be held Thursday, May 26 at Oasis Church of All Nations located at 861 Hwy. 6 in Oxford.

EMMA MARIE DIXON PATTERSON Emma Marie Dixon Patterson, 70, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2016, at her home in Batesville. A funeral service was held Tuesday, May 24 in the Chapel of Waller Funeral Home with Bill Herron and Clay Baker officiating. Burial followed in Cold Springs Cemetery in Batesville.

Memorial contributions in Mrs. Patterson’s memory may be made to Waller Funeral Home, Patterson Funeral, P.O. Box 1200, Oxford, MS.

MARIA MCFADDEN Maria McFadden passed on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at Hermitage Gardens.

Coleman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

After 12 years in the classroom and even more on the baseball field, Oxford High School baseball coach and math teacher Chris Baughman has hit a home run himself in earning the title of the school’s Teacher of the Year.

Baughman began his student teaching at OHS in 2003 while still a student at Ole Miss. He was hired as a teacher in 2004 upon graduating and has just wrapped up his 12th year at the school.

The Amory native never really considered going anywhere else but the University of Mississippi.

He was born and raised an Ole Miss fan. He knew that as soon as he graduated high school, he wanted to graduate from Ole Miss, teach and coach baseball.

“I grew up a Rebel, 100 percent,” Baughman said.

“I bleed red and blue. To me, that’s where I always wanted to go. I had a few junior college offers to play baseball right out of high school, but I was just ready to go to a big college. I knew I wanted to teach, and I knew I wanted to coach. So I just went straight to Ole Miss.”

Baughman credits his love for teaching to the teachers he had his whole life, especially the ones in

JOHN DAVIS

OHS math teacher and baseball coach Chris Baughman named OHS Teacher of the Year his middle and high school years, which he considers to be a very influential time in a child’s life. It’s these years, Baughman said, that kids really start to think about life after high school, and he had some of the best role models supporting him during that time.

“I always knew I wanted to be a teacher because of the teachers I had in high school,” he said. “In seventh and eighth grade, when you really start thinking about what you want to be, I had some great teachers. They are honestly the reason why I wanted to become a

teacher.”

Despite always knowing he wanted to coach and teach, he took a small detour during his first year of college. Baughman was at the top of his class and graduated Valedictorian from Amory High School.

When he began opening up to people about his desire to teach, everyone told him he was too smart for the profession and that it would be a waste of his skills. They tried to convince him to pursue a career that would make more money. When some of his coaches, some of the people he looked up to the most, told him the

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through over 10,000 people last summer. We have camps that come in everyday.We have certain times for them to come and we have six that use the pool every single summer and probably been doing it for the past 10 years.”

Some of the camps that are regularly at the pool come from First Baptist Church or Lafayette’s day camp. Of course those that attend the OPC’s day camp stop in for a routine dip. Robinson said that it was tough to manage it all on certain days. The highest attended day was over 400.

“But we never know what we’re going to have from an attendance.

It’s hit or miss,” Robinson said. “I like seeing different people in the public come in. It’s become more of a family-oriented place. A lot of families come and I enjoy just chit chatting with them.”

There are designated Family

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The Oxford City Pool has six lifeguards on during each shift to deal with the large number of people who visit each day.

Nights at the pool. The first is June 14 and they begin at 7 and run until 8:30 p.m. Robinson said those specific nights have been going on for five or six years.

“It’s probably the cheapest entertainment you can get,” Robin-

son said about the cost to enter.

“Swim lessons are free if you can get it because we usually have more on the waiting list than we do have signed up. We run four weeks of swim lessons through the summer and we have two different

same thing, he took it to heart. He entered the University of Mississippi studying computer science and pre med.

Predictably, he was not happy. Baughman said that he knew right away that this career path was not for him. He did not enjoy the work and he certainly did not enjoy the prospect of spending his life on that career path. So after his freshman year, he changed his major to math education and never went back.

“Now that I sit back and look at it, I tell my kids all the time to do whatever it is that you would do if you

sessions. We will run about 200 participants through our swim lessons per year.”

The busiest days of the week are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays due to the camps coming in.

For the general public, Robinson said Saturday was the busiest day of the week. The city’s pool features two diving boards and it can hold 550,000 gallons. There can be up to 400 people in the pool, but Robinson hasn’t seen that number before. There can be up to a couple hundred in the water at the same time, and that’s why Robinson has that amount of guards on shift.

There is a concession stand at the pool, but it’s a light menu featuring bottled water and Gatorade for drinks, and various candy and chips for snacks.

Work started on the pool a month ago from a cleaning standpoint, and all the final details were being finalized as the week continued.

“The facility itself has showers, hot water, restrooms. We have

weren’t getting paid at all,” Baughman said. “If you had a pick a job, pick the job that, no matter what amount of money you have or don’t have, you would enjoy doing. This is what I enjoy doing.”

For Baughman, the primary satisfaction of teaching is not in the classroom, but what happens outside of it, in the real world, so to speak.

The math that students learn in the class will help develop them as students, but the lessons and wisdom he hands out in the class last a lifetime.

“It’s having kids come back and say, ‘Coach, you really helped me,’” Baughman said when asked what keeps him coming back to the classroom every morning. “I really enjoy seeing kids come back now as parents, I’m old enough for that now. I enjoy seeing them go off and get married, seeing them succeed in jobs, I enjoy keeping up with students on Facebook, I just really love seeing them grow up to become successful people. It’s those days where a kid lets you know you’ve make an impact, it may be far and few in between, but it’s enough to make you keep coming back.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

plenty of room to change, lockers that are basically free. You get your deposit when you bring the key back,” Robinson said. “I don’t like to see people leave people on the deck and kids come by and steal it, so we put those in about four years ago.”

The item that really draws in the children is the inflatable Wibit that reminds of an obstacle course.

“Two people race across it and we have some different pieces that we can interchange and last year we added what they call a wiggle bridge that had balance circles.

You step on it and see if you can make it all the way across,” Robinson said. “The kids love that so I’ll put that back on this year. I guess we’ve had that the past seven years now. It’s well worth the investment.”

For more on the city pool or to find out about lessons, visit www.oxfordparkcommission.com john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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‘Seersucker Shakedown’ Powerhouse to host benefit for the Oxford Film Festival

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Nautilus Publishing is partnering with author Bill Haltom to host a fundraiser benefiting the Oxford Film Festival at the Powerhouse on Friday, June 3.

The event is called Seersucker Shakedown and, in addition to being a fundraiser for the film festival, is being held in celebration of the release of Haltom’s latest book “Milk & Sugar: The Complete Book of Seersucker.

Nautilus Publishing and the Oxford Film Festival have been intertwined for over a decade. Neil White, creative director and publisher at Nautilus is one of the original founders of the film festival. Nautilus has contributed to the film festival in some capacity every year.

Seersucker Shakedown is taking place six days before National Seersucker Day, during which festivals and celebrations centered on seersucker suits are being held around the country including Seersucker & Sombreros in Jackson, Sippin' in Seersucker in New Orleans and the Dandies & Quailtrelles Seersucker Social in Washington D.C. Nautilus Director of Sales and Marketing Molly Beth Shaffer said that the timing of the book’s release was an opportunity to give back to the community arts, promote Haltom’s book and have a little fun.

“Having a fun, themed event here in Oxford to celebrate the release of ‘Milk &

Sugar’ only seemed appropriate,” Shaffer said in an email. “If it goes well, then we may have a similar raiser for the film fest every year.”

Attendees are strongly encouraged to go all out and wear their most elaborate and well-put-together seersucker attire to the fundraiser. There will a Best Seersucker contest and the winner receives two VIP passes to next year’s festival. Live music, appetizers with a “Southern flair,” Abita’s Seersucker beer and a special seersucker gin cocktail courtesy of Proof Beverages will be available at the event. Tickets are $40 and include event admission and a copy of Haltom’s book, which he will happily sign. A second ticket can be purchased for $25 and does not include a copy of the book. Prices are more at the door and less for members of the OxFilm Society and the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council.

Halton’s book covers the complete history of the seersucker suit from the fabric’s introduction to the United States via the British colonial East Indies to the suit’s invention by New Orleans tailor Joseph Haspel and beyond to present day.

Due to the country’s high temperatures, the fabric was popular in India during the British colonization. Once made into a suit, it was perfect for the intense heat of the pre-airconditioned American South. Haltom covers the suit’s rise of popularity on the backs of Hollywood’s

most famous actors, most notably Gregory Peck who wore Haspel’s iconic suit design during his role as Atticus Finch in the film adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

When Nautilus asked if Haltom would be willing to allow his book to be at the heart of fundraiser, he was thrilled.

“When Nautilus asked if I wanted to do this, I said, ‘Yeah, this just sounds fabulous,’” Halton said. “First of all, I just love coming to Oxford. New Orleans, Oxford and Charleston have to be the seersucker capitals of the world. To have an event that helps the film festival is just going to be great fun.”

“Milk & Sugar” is Halton’s sixth book and his first foray into the world of fashion. He’s worked as a newspaper columnist for about three decades now and once wrote a piece on the prevalence of seersucker suits during Southern summers. This initially kindled his interest in the subject, and, after he received a great response to the piece’s publication, he researched the topic further. About three years later, he had a full-length book.

The event is set to kick off at the Powerhouse at 6:30 and last until 8:30. Advanced tickets can be purchased at seersuckershakedown.bpt. me. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

BRIEFING OPD makes Aggravated DUI arrest Colby Virtue was arrested by members of the Oxford Police Department on On Monday.

Virtue, 23, of Southern Pines, North Carolina, was charged with aggravated DUI. On Saturday, May 21, officers responded to a

call about a vehicle that was traveling westbound in the eastbound lane on Hwy. 6, U.S. 278. The vehicle crashed into another vehicle directly across from Waller Funeral Home. Virtue was behind the wheel. The victim’s car was occupied by five people. Some of the people in the victim’s car were seriously injured, not life threatening.

Virtue did not sustain any significant injuries. An investigation for driving while impaired was conducted. It was determined that Virtue was driving under the influence. He was charged with the DUI charge as well as no liability insurance and driving on the wrong side of the road. His bond was set by Lafayette County Justice Court Judge at $2,500.

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COURTESY

"Soaking up the tranquility the students leave in their cologne-filled wake."

Lost and found town Jim Dees Tales of the Town

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esidents of Oxford have rediscovered their town this week. Last weekend’s graduation left the sound of silence. The wind blows through empty parking spaces. You imagine tumbleweeds rolling across the square.

That sound you hear is the deafening void of being able to hear yourself drink. There are intersessional classes this month but those students never see the light of day. Summer school starts next week but for now locals (I never cared for the word “townie”) have their town back.

To say Oxford has a “lovehate” relationship with Ole Miss students is off the mark. Locals don’t hate the students although their driving (texting using a

car), littering and sometimes smug attitude, can induce ill will. We tolerate their youthful indiscretions and rudeness knowing that Oxford depends on Ole Miss for much of our economy and perks such as restaurants, night life and the intangible energy, the buzz, students bring to an otherwise small, somewhat isolated locale.

In short, Oxford needs the students, 90 percent of whom are delightful people. Still, we can appreciate the absence of the 10 percent and soak up the small town tranquility they leave in their cologne-filled wake.

This time of year, this somnolent break between spring and summer semesters, always reminds me of the 1987 murder trial of former Ole Miss student, Doug Hodgkin. He was convicted in May of 1987 of the capital murder of Jeannie Gillies, a graduate nursing student from Magnolia. Hodgkin was accused of strangling Gillies, sexually assaulting her and brutally beat-

ing her. Evidence showed she was eight weeks pregnant.

A group of us from the Hoka attended the trial daily (we worked at night), the first murder trial we had ever seen in person. Literary pals Willie Morris, and Dean and Larry Wells were regulars. Many townspeople slipped in during their lunch hour to check on developments.

When the trial would recess for the day, we all repaired to a watering hole to compare notes, banter theories and handicap the results. It was like To Kill a Mockingbird with drinks.

Hodgkin was from Kentucky and that state’s Lexington Herald sought out Willie for his take.

“You have this Faulkner ambience here,” he told the paper.

“The trial is being held in the same courthouse where so many of Faulkner’s fictional trials were held.”

True to the venue’s fictional theatrics, the trial had many moments of high drama. One of the most riveting was when

prosecutor Larry Little requested that the actual bed where the murder took place be assembled in the well of the courtroom. Duct tape was placed on the floor around the bed and Little very graphically illustrated the close quarters of (Hodgkin the apartment. claimed an intruder committed the atrocities while he slept).

That week in 1987 was a reminder of what theater a trial can be and also, how mindnumbingly tedious they can be.

Still, in the days before everyone walked around with instant entertainment in their pockets, a murder trial provided intense drama, especially for a small town. I recall we walked over every day and I don’t think there was even a metal detector. Later at night, some of us, worn from the heat and legalese, would take a rejuvenating dip in the pool at the Holiday Inn. That’s a full day of experiences without ever cranking a car.

Hodgkin was found guilty and

sentenced to life. It was rumored he avoided the death penalty by one vote. He was paroled back to Kentucky in 2009. Prayers to the Gillies family.

The ease of Oxford circa 1987 was certainly at odds with the facts of that gruesome murder. I don’t recall a murder that brutal or one that captured the imagination of our community like that since then. And yet for all the horrors that were revealed during that week, Oxford itself was a quieter, slower place.

Over at the Hoka we were probably operating at the national poverty level but we lived like kings. Never missed a Jazz Fest or a football game. It was still possible back then, the days when, as someone said, you could still buy a hammer on the square.

Summer is still a month away but late May days in Oxford offer a glimpse. Warm, slow and quiet, even with all the changes, our town is found.

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The third installment of the Run Oxford/Inn at Ole Miss Grand Prix will be the SplashNDash sponsored by Lee Family Dentistry. The first race of the year was the Mighty Half & 5K.

SplashNDash 5K set for June 4 at Avent Park

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

A run through Avent Park is only a fraction of what those who take part in the SplashNDash will this next experience month. The race, sponsored by Lee Family Dentistry, is 3.25 miles long. It's the third installment of the Ole Miss Inn Grand Prix.

Run Oxford has garnered an increase in those taking part thanks to the new series, according to Marvin King, who helps organize the events for the club.

The Mighty Half and 5K was the first of the four

races. The annual Double Decker Spring Run followed in April, while the Great 38 will conclude things on Oct. 8. That final race will feature a threemile course, as well as one that is eight miles long.

King said that 180 people signed up for all four runs and that over 325 runners were registered to take part in the SplashNDash, which will be held on June 4. This year's race will begin at 8 a.m. King said there will be a bounce house and a water slide for children to take part in. He was even expecting the Oxford Fire Department to

use hoses to keep the children cool. Another neat aspect associated with this year's SplashNDash is a donation of books for More than a Meal. A story will be read to the children just like at Square Books Jr., King said.

Jason Griffith won last year's SplashNDash with a time of 19 minutes and 14 seconds. He was one of 103 male runners who took part in the event. Addie Thompson, who competes for Oxford High School and was the state champion in the two-mile or 3,200 meter run, was the top female finisher last

year with a 22:13.

King felt like even more people would sign up for the race after checking the weather later this weekend. Thunderstorms were expected, or at least a 60 percent chance, in the area for June 2 and 3. Scattered thunderstorms were forecast, with a temperature of 85 degrees as the high, on June 4.

There were over 500 runners who took part in the Mighty Half and 5K and the Double Decker Spring Run set a new overall record with over 1,700 runners taking part.

Joseph Chebet of Itta

Bena was the top finisher at this year's Double Decker Spring Run. The Mississippi Valley State student won the event with a time of 15:31. For Chebet, running is a passion. It was his first time to run in Oxford, and he said that he would like to come back.

“I've been running for about 10 years now. This was challenging. By the (Ole Miss) campus, there are some good hills there,” Chebet said with a laugh. “I like that challenge. I'll be a student for one more year, so I will be back.”

The course for this year's

event will feature an elevation increase of 162 feet, with a max of 522 feet. The entire route begins and ends at Avent Park. When the race starts, everyone will take a left out of the park as it heads towards the Square. In order to reach the park coming back, runners will go up North Lamar and then down Douglas and Williams.

For more information on the run, or to register, visit http://www.oxfordmsrunners.com/ john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Oxford High School class leaders 2016 VALEDICTORIAN

SALUTATORIAN

HISTORIAN

Kayla Owens

James Cutler

Sariya Khan

Quote: “When I was told I got valedictorian, it was really validating. I’ve been working toward this since I got into high school, not just with making good grades, but getting my classes organized in such a way that I would have the best possible GPA.”

Quote: “I studied hard all throughout high school and it has definitely paid off. Getting into the Naval Academy wouldn’t have been possible without doing as well as I have on both the standardized tests as well as in my classes.”

Quote: "I wasn’t really expecting it. It was really exciting. I cared about maintaining a good grade during high school, but I wasn’t necessarily working toward this as an overall goal. I’ve always just wanted to do well in school.”

PARENTS

PARENTS

Daniel and Melissa Owens

Jill and Stephen Cutler

HONORS/ACTIVITIES:

HONORS/ACTIVITIES:

• University of Mississippi Orchestra, member • Oxford High School Orchestra, Concertmaster (first-chair violin) • Oxford High School Orchestra Playing and Leadership Award • Envirothon, team captain • Science Olympiad, team captain • Math and Science Team, member • Math and Science Quiz Bowl, team captain • Anchor Club, member • National AP Scholar • National Honor Society • National Speech and Debate Association Lifetime Member

PARENTS Ikhlas and Shabana Khan

HONORS/ACTIVITIES: • Honor Roll • Student Council Judiciary Court • AP Scholar • Mu Alpha Theta • National Society of High • Clubs:Anchor Club (member School Scholars and president), Key Club, Math • National Honor Society and Science Club, French Club, • Pacemaker (newspaper) Food Club • Le Grand Concours Certifi cates • Sports: JV Soccer, JV Cross of Achievement and Merit Country, Lady Chargers Soccer • Print Journalism, photography Team, manager editor and lifestyles editor, staff • Boys and Girls Club volunteer writer, business/ad manager • After-school tutoring

• Oxford High School Varsity Soccer Team (2011-present) • Mississippi All Star Soccer Team (2016) • Oxford High School Tennis Team (2012-2014) • Oxford High School Swim Team (2011-12) • All State Orchestra Violinist (2013) • Oxford High School Science Olympiad State Team (2013-2016) • Oxford High School Ocean Bowl State Team (2014-2015) • University of Mississippi Chinese 201-202 Dual Enrollment (2014-2015)

FUTURE PLANS

FUTURE PLANS

FUTURE PLANS

Her plans are to attend the California Institute of Technology and study physics. She isn’t sure about what she’ll be studying in graduate school, but she wants to work in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

James has been accepted into the US Naval Academy and later plans to attend medical school.

She plans to attend the University of Mississippi and earn a bachelor’s studying pre med. Her plans after that are not set in stone, but she’s very interested in psychology and neuroscience and plans to study the brain in medical school.

OHS TEACHERS THAT INSPIRED HER:

OHS TEACHERS THAT INSPIRED HIM:

OHS TEACHERS THAT INSPIRED HER:

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BancorpSouth is helping host a presentation on financial protection for seniors, and adults, who may have experienced financial crimes. Financial exploitation of vulnerable seniors is one of the fastest growing crimes in America, according to the information provided. The seminar will be held June 9 at the Oxford

Conference Center starting at 3 p.m. A light dinner will be provided. The City of Oxford and the OxfordLafayette Retiree Attraction Program is also helping host the event. To RSVP online, visit BancorpSouth.com/ElderlyRSVP. For more information regarding the seminar, or to RSVP by phone, contact Pat Parker at (662) 2813780.

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Other special awards will be given out during the course of the camp, which runs each day from 8 a.m., until noon. Those interested in attending can pick up an application at University Sporting Goods.

Charger Basketball Camp next week

The Lafayette High baseball program is hosting a three-day camp that starts next week on Wednesday at W.V. Brewer Field. The camp is for grades K through 6. It will include instruction on hitting, catching, infield and outfield play as well as proper base running techniques. The camp runs daily from 9 until 11:30 a.m. Cost is $40 and groups of five or more will receive a 25 percent discount. Registration will begin at 8:15 in the morning this Wednesday. For more information, contact head coach Greg Lewis at (662) 816-0349.

This coming Wednesday, June 1, a team of assessors from the Mississippi Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission (MSLEAC) will be conducting an on-site assessment at the Oxford Police Department to ensure compliance with the Mississippi State Standards. Law enforcement agencies seeking to be accredited by MSLEAC are required to comply with 140 professional standards in order to achieve state accredited status.

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Lafayette baseball hosting camp

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NORTHPOINTE 4BD/2.5BA brick home in one of Oxford’s finest areas. Meticulously cared for, with several sophisticated upgrades. Very private professionally landscaped backyard overlooking a pond. Great floor plan.

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CALHOUN CITY – Great 3B/2BA starter home on a corner lot with mature shade trees. Spacious rooms & hardwood floors in all bedrooms.

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Proposed construction - This plan features a split design with 4 bedrooms & 3 baths. The open floor plan is great for entertaining, featuring a large family room, beautiful open dining room & kitchen. Two bedrooms share a Jack & Jill bath. The kitchen and dining room feature wood beams along the ceiling and a large island for entertaining and plenty work space, and a huge pantry with a freezer space included. Beautiful luxurious master bath has split areas for him & her, also features the large shower behind the tub with two large walk in closets.

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John Davis Sports Editor

OM baseball fans should expect to be in Oxford next weekend

I

t’s been 12 years since Ole Miss first hosted an NCAA Regional in baseball.

Back then, Oxford-University Stadium looked a lot different than it does today.

In a good way, although the atmosphere for those regionals, and super regionals, before the expansion, were the best. It still hasn’t been touched, in my opinion. But I digress.

This is about the 2016 team more than it is past history.

Ole Miss baseball fans, season ticket holders, should have already received notice about a possible regional coming to Oxford.

The bid to secure the first weekend of play in the coveted 64-team field has been sent to the NCAA committee. Now, it’s a wait-andsee approach. The Rebels, who just polished off Georgia in the first round of the SEC Tournament on Tuesday, have one of the nation’s best RPIs, and records. They won 18 games in the SEC during the regular season, and that’s always been a positive from a measuring stick standpoint when it comes to figure out which schools would be awarded a host spot.

Stephen Ponder, the Senior Executive Associate Athletics Director at Ole Miss, was the one who helped guide the bid through the process and up to the NCAA. It’s a pretty cut and dry process, Ponder said.

“It was due last week, and we sent in our bid. Our past performance in hosting obviously plays into it,” Ponder said. “It comes down to some numbers, but really the selection process is about resume’ on the field. For the process of hosting, we have fulfilled our part of the documentation. We feel like we are competitive in what we’re offering to host in our capacity and everything else. We also feel great with where we stand, finishing the year with 40 wins and an RPI of No. 6. It comes down now to the committee picking 16 spots to host.”

There are a number of schools, from the SEC, that are in the mix to host. Mississippi State won its first SEC title since 1989, and the Bulldogs seemed poised to not only host, but also be a national seed, which means they would host a super regional if they win a regional. Texas A&M is almost certainly a national seed. Florida, too. LSU had a strong finish to get into that discussion. Ole Miss should host, while a total of six SEC schools seemed destined to be at home. It’s been an unprecedented year in regards to success on the field for league schools. As good as Ole Miss is, the Rebels finished seventh. That’s all that needs to be said from a competition standpoint.

Of the 10 teams that finished the year in TURN TO OLE-MISS PAGE 17

JOEY BRENT

This year's All-Citizen softball team includes seven players from Lafayette and four from Oxford.This year's team includes, front row, l. to r. Hope Patton, Cylie Robertson, DeDe Mathis, Emily Robinson, Chloe Russell and back row, l. to r., Madison Crosby, Xhiir Burgess, Kaytlon Pegues, Kyla Malone and Kylie Glass. Not pictured is Shelbi Buford.

All-Citizen Softball Senior class led LHS in 2016, OHS relied on consistent core

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Some of the most decorated, and experienced, softball players in Lafayette’s history graduated in the class of 2016.

For coach Katie Jenkins, the group will always have a special place in her heart.

Emily Robinson, who signed to play for Jones Junior College, leaves the Lady Commodores with a fantastic overall career. Kylie Glass does as well. Hope Patton, who is also set to play in college, was great at the plate and behind it as the team’s catcher. Shelbi Buford improved tremendously over he career that included a host of other sports. The players that made up the 2016 All-Citizen team from Lafayette were consistent and produced.

“They were what I expected of them, great. They were always giving 100 percent, wanting it. They had confidence out there, too,” Jenkins said of her seniors. “It’s very different now to have softball practice without them out there. I’ve

never known Lafayette softball without those four. Especially with Emily and Kylie and Hope being here since eighth grade, my first year. It’s not been a day I haven’t coached one of them.”

Robinson and Glass are best friends, and their bond made the Lady Commodores, who won 14 of 25 games this past season, that much better over the last few years.

“They play off each other, it’s hard to find those bonds that you can carry on with others,” Jenkins said. “Emily, her season this year wasn’t quite as strong as last year, but it’s hard to argue with a .482 average. She had a great junior year, and that was the one to have it. That opened up the opportunities she got. The thing I will remember about her is the last out at Pontotoc, the last out, when we went and played there. It was two outs and we were up 3-2. A ball was hit up the middle and she dove and caught it. You’re glad she stopped it, glad it’s going to be tied, but she reaches over with her hand and tags second base. Who is aware at that

moment that quickly? She’s just a heads up player that you want.”

Glass, who finished her career with a .413 average, is a player that couldn’t stand to lose, Jenkins said.

“She hates losing more than she likes to win,” Jenkins said. “You don’t hear much about her and we still talk about last year when somebody slid into her at third and she hurt her hand. It was bad and Vance (Holland) looked at it and told her to get over it and she did. She just went on and played and most of them you can’t tell them that. She’s going to do whatever she’s got to do and you can’t teach that.”

Cylie Robertson, a sophomore, was one who surprised Jenkins, in a good way, during the campaign.

“She was probably the most surprising of that group hitting wise this year.

She ended up having the highest batting average (.487) on our team,” Jenkins said. “She was in the middle of the TURN TO ALL-CITIZEN PAGE 18

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Beard wants to take OHS softball in a new direction

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

When Tabitha Beard came to Oxford to investigate the possibility of her becoming the new head softball coach at the high school, she immediately fell in love with everything she saw. Even a lifelong Alabama fan, who grew up in New Hope, saw how appealing things were in Oxford.

“It had a charm about it. My husband is a huge Ole Miss fan and he was in heaven but really, the town is amazing and the people were so nice and charming,” said Beard, who was officially approved to lead the Lady Chargers Monday night by the school board. “I sat down and met the

with administration, met with people and really got a feel for the culture of the school. I was very impressed from the beginning.”

This past season, Beard was an assistant coach at Tupelo and before that, she led New Hope to five state championships in slow pitch, and another in fast pitch.

She was familiar with the Lady Chargers having coached against them from a division foe standpoint. Beard has been around the sport of softball for years, and she liked the feel that Oxford offered.

“The one thing I can say is how helpful the people of the town and the people of the school have been. It’s been what can we do to help you from the beginning and that’s a huge plus for a coach

coming in,” said Beard, who coached the fast pitch program at New Hope for 10 years. “The one thing about New Hope was I inherited a culture of softball. I learned from a great, great coach who started the program. I was only the second ever coach there and inherited something great.

It’s something I wanted to be a part of and it’s something we have to create at Oxford. We have to create a program that little girls want to play in when they’re small. We want them to be like they can’t wait to try out to be a Lady Charger. That’s the culture and the environment that I want to create there. I want my girls to know from day one that we’re here to work and play ball but that

we’re also here for something that is a lot bigger than us. We’re here for the future of the sport and out of respect for sport. Win or lose, we’re going to give the best of our ability that we have and control the things we can.”

Effort and attitude are the two things that Beard said players can control each day. She believes that if a player takes care of those two aspects, the game rewards.

“Small blocks build a house and at the end, you have a school, a community that everyone can be proud of and rally around and that’s what I hope to do at Oxford,” Beard said. “Whenever you talk to someone, softball has always been the black sheep of our school and I don’t like that termi-

nology. I love this game and this sport and I want little kids to fall in love with it the way I am. When bad things happened in my life and things weren’t always great, I always had softball. My father engrained that in me early. I played other sports, but softball was always there. The game has rewarded me over the years and it’s given me more than I have ever given it. I want that to be engrained in these girls, that it’s not just about softball, it’s bigger. I want them to be young women when they leave the program with great character. If you do that, the softball will take care of itself.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

Smith, Rebels gained a lot during 2016 season

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

The past week was filled with a tremendous amount of high points for the Ole Miss softball team. Mike Smith and his Rebels just wrapped up their super successful 2016 season in the NCAA Tournament in Oklahoma.

It was a historic season as the Rebels won 41 games overall, including two wins in their first trip to the NCAAs. From the time the Rebels watched their name called on ESPN to the last out against the No. 3 seed Sooners, the experience was savored.

“From the selection show watch party to jumping on a bus last Tuesday, that was fast. The bus ride was great, being able to take those nice buses. The first thing the players said was ‘Where have these been the entire year?’”

Smith said. “It was kind of a trip where you do have time to reflect.

I actually spent a lot of time on social media gathering what people were feeling about the different teams and about Ole Miss.

Were we a fluke or a team to be reckoned with? People gave us a lot of kudos on how we earned the opportunity and how nothing really fell into our laps. Not that social media is the be all, end all but that really kind of opened my eyes to the fact that we crossed that pinnacle that people have given us the props that Ole Miss is due.

“I knew we had to go prove that we belonged and I thought we did a really good job competing this past weekend. It went by fast,” Smith added. “Those three days flew by but we were able to savor the moments when we walked into the game for the first

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Mike Smith talks with his Ole Miss softball team prior to a meeting with Wichita State last Saturday in the NCAA Regionals. time and saw all the banners and staying in the hotel and seeing all the excitement and the enthusiasm from the fans that were there whether it was the great Ole Miss fans that came for us or the Oklahoma fans. It was just a great moment for us. It was something I wouldn’t want to experience with anybody else.”

Outside of the two wins the Rebels earned, they also showed a lot of fight against Oklahoma in the second matchup.

“When we came out in that first game, I felt like we got stuck in that deer-in-the-headlights mentality and that we were playing big, bad Oklahoma. I think that whole energy with their fans, it took us out of our game,” Smith said. “I told our players and the broadcast crew that we were going to do one of two things. We were either going to lay over and we’re going to end this game right now or you’re going to fight until the bitter end. Whether it’s five in-

nings or six, I wanted us to fight until the end of the tournament.

That’s been our mindset all year.

It’s kind of our blueprint that we’re fighters and they did that. I was happy with how we ended the game even though we got mercy ruled. We made it a battle and put a little pressure on.”

Ole Miss defeated Wichita State in an elimination game Saturday night and then gave the Sooners all they could handle in the Sunday contest. Smith said he could-

n’t have been more proud of any team he had ever coached.

“What we’ve been able to accomplish in two short years has really been amazing and it’s a testament to the work the players and the coaching staff and the support staff have put in,” Smith said.

Exit interviews with the players just concluded for Smith. He wanted his Rebels to take a break for a few weeks, taking vacations or hanging out with friends. Once mid June and July started, the weight training was to begin again. From a coaching staff standpoint, Smith and his assistants were set to hit the road to recruit.

“We are heading out to California for one of the first tournaments and heading up to Tennessee to make us that much better,” Smith said. “We’re challenging our girls that once they get back, to be even better than they have before. They know what it takes to get there but they also know what it takes to win.

Oklahoma was the better team.

They were more skilled. They had more talent. They were better prepared. They took care of details and did the little things right.

We saw where we need to be and we can get there, but you have to buy into that process of doing all the little things right each and every day for you to be successful so that when it comes down to the end of the year, and you’re playing for a regional championship and going head-to-head with same team and the same mentality, you can win a ballgame.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Club swim team now open for all levels

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

If you are interested in swimming for a competitive team, Nicole Robinson is looking to help. Lafayette High is fielding a swim program for the first time since 2007 and Robinson, a former standout at Oxford High School and Delta State, is helping coach a club team that will also involve swimmers from Oxford.

Robinson said she still receives e-mails from parents at Lafayette who either haven’t heard that the swim team has been re-established or just looking for additional information on the team. Robinson has six swimmers currently on the roster that will start to compete again this fall. She would like to add more so that she could have multiple relays.

What the goal of the club team is to determine the level of ability before the season starts.

“It’s basically swim lessons for competitive swimmers. You have to know how to swim, but it will be teaching stroke technique and other skills,” Robinson said. “You have to be going into the seventh grade and for high schoolers who are planning on swimming for the high school team.”

Robinson teaches at Lafayette and during her interview for the job, the topic of bringing back a team to LHS was discussed.

“I wanted to get my first year out of the way and get into a routine and then kick it off,” she said. “We have six right now. I’m looking for a few more boys. I have enough for a girls’ relay, but I want to have at least two more in order to have a

boys’ relay. For a team starting out, relays are a good way to make it to north half or state meets if you haven’t been in the sport for a while. Even in the club team, we would like more boys. We have a big class of girls.”

Swimmers who don’t posses a ton of technique shouldn’t worry, Robinson said. She and Oxford’s Robert Gonzalez, who is also helping with the club team, like to mold the swimmers.

“They learn the proper technique before they attempt to learn it or do it wrong,” Robinson said.

The summer league team will train at the city pool. The Oxford Swim Club will be the site for Lafayette during the season.

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seven, eight teams that have had fantastic years. I would hope that we would get conFROM PAGE 15 sideration to host as many as we warrant and not have too final RPI rankings, six were many go against us. I hope from the SEC. Four were from the ACC, the other con- everyone gets a fair shot to host who qualify to host.” ference that will have more Ponder’s direct boss, AD than a couple host sites.

“This year’s team has done Ross Bjork, did a good job about a month ago disa fantastic job, so we feel pelling the notion that the good about the position we’re in to host,” Ponder said NCAA wouldn’t award Ole before talking about the his- Miss a host site due to a political decision involving tory and track record of Ole Gov. Phil Bryant and his Miss hosting a regional and signing of anti LGBT law. super regional standpoint.

Bjork made it clear that a “If you look at what happlan would be in place to pened in softball, we had make sure everyone would eight of the 16 hosts in softball from the SEC. I think it’s be included, and that NCAA really hard to make the argu- shouldn’t be concerned that Ole Miss was going to disment that we won’t get that criminate against a certain many. Someone said we segment of the population. shouldn’t do it because it’s “I think our track record the SEC, but I’m not sure for what we do and how we that’s a great answer. treat people and what we “Based on the results, I value speaks for itself. I hope feel really good about the league. Between the national that doesn’t come into play polls and the RPI, it’s all SEC. because I don’t think that has any basis for our entire We finished 18-12 and are a state,” Ponder said. “Mixing seventh seed in our own tournament. Florida has ar- politics and sports, obviously there have been places guably been No. 2 all year, where that’s happened bethey’re No. 2 in RPI and fore, but for us and the they’re the No. 4 seed in our NCAA, we don’t think they tournament. It just shows cross over or mix because we the depth and there are

know how we treat the person when they come on to campus. We don’t think they’re related. We stand by what Ross said. We hope it’s about baseball and our state, right now, is represented very well baseball wise in the national polls, RPI and interest and everything you go by.”

This year’s bid was a realistic one in regards to money pledged. Ponder said the one for 2014 was used as a model, as were other previous host seasons. Making money has never been the goal, or the reason to host.

It’s always been about giving the Rebels the best chance to move on, and reach the College World Series.

“We want to do our part because they’ve done their part,” Ponder said. “So now, let’s see what happens.”

Regional bids will be announced Sunday. The seeding will be announced Monday on ESPN. Stay tuned Ole Miss fans, and be ready to come out in droves next weekend for some postseason baseball. It should be fun.

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McGuigan, Tobin have been key for OM track team

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

A bond between Sean Tobin and Dempsey McGuigan runs deeper than just being members of the Ole Miss men's track and field team. Both come from strong Irish upbringings. Both know what it's like to run long distance, and both came to Oxford to compete for the Rebels without knowing anyone else.

McGuigan, who was raised in London, started his career in track when he was 6. He went down to a local track in the massive city in love with soccer, and competed in a number of events. At Ole Miss, the sophomore throws the hammer, which is an event that not many Americans really know much about because very few high schools in the country offer it. The hammer may be the least respected event in all of track, and definitely the one that isn't know about.

“I pretty much did distance running until about age 13. I did everything, tried everything and hammer happened to one of the things I enjoyed,” said McGuigan, who is competing in the NCAA Regionals in Jacksonville, Florida this weekend. “I wasn't very good at it because I was a

TIM CASEY

Dempsey McGuigan is competing for Ole Miss in the hammer throw at this weekend's NCAA Regionals. small kid, but it was fun.

Running was getting boring.”

The hammer became a serious part of McGuigan's life when he was 12. It weighs 16 pounds and it's made out of metal, just like the shot put. In the SEC Championships, McGuigan threw the hammer 224 feet, and 11 inches. It gave him third place overall, behind a junior from Georgia, who less than a foot better, and a freshman from Florida.

“Most people know the shot and the discus and even the javelin because it looks like a spear. The ham-

mer requires a little further explanation,” said McGuigan, who gets a lot of questions about the event from students. “Even the people on the track team that are from the other states even have to ask questions. It's not a prime time event, anywhere. At SECs, we are on the day before. We go to the invitational meets, we're the day before because they don't want anything going on the track when we throw. If people watch hammer, I enjoy that. I do like to show off but I'm also not like one of these guys that's going to

team were Xhiir Burgess, who hit .404 with 10 RBIs FROM PAGE 15 and Chloe Russell, a freshman, who contributed as a lineup, five or six hole, for pitcher, going 6-5 with three us. Then she turned into saves. our leadoff hitter. She was the hardest out. Coach OXFORD Gray, our hitting coach, was The Lady Chargers had the one who came to me four players make this year’s and asked if I wanted to put team including Kyla Malher in the top because one, Madison Crosby, DeDe Shelbi being in basketball Mathis and Kaytlon Pegues.

“That’s basically the top so long, we didn’t get to half of my lineup, four of the work with her as much.”

Jenkins wasn’t sure if top five. They hit in any Robertson was ready for combination in the three that role. A week went by years that I’ve had them,” and she agreed to try the Oxford coach Steve Blackchange, and later said it was mon said. “That’s that part of the lineup that would get a week too long.

“Her work ethic on hit- us going and lead us into ting really came around this the bottom half. They have year,” Jenkins said of been very key and in the Robertson, who finished lineup for quite a few with 16 RBIs and 23 runs years.”

Malone came in late from scored.

Rounding out the team basketball, but made a confrom Lafayette on this year’s tribution as the season

wore on for the Lady Chargers.

“She came on strong right at the end. The last week or so of the season and then into the playoffs. Madison was pretty consistent all year offensively. She carried us at times, even if the others struggled. She was pretty consistent for most of the year.”

Mathis was also someone that Blackmon could count on for a lot of different things.

“The day-to-day effort, the leadership, both on and off the field and how she goes about doing everything,” he said. “If something needed to be done, she was the one who would go get it and do it and not leave something to be done. That’s just the kind of kid she is.”

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PETRE THOMAS/OLE MISS ATHLETICS

Sean Tobin is one of the Ole Miss athletes who will be competing in the NCAA Regionals this weekend.Tobin qualified in the 1,500 meter run. kick and scream if I'm not center stage.”

Tobin competes in the 1,500 meter run, an event that was always run back in Ireland. He's run it since he was 14.

“I'm still learning a lot about it. For us, the big difference for us between the mile is that it's run inside and on a bank,” Tobin said.

“You're still at the same pace as the mile, so the 109

less meters doesn't make much of a difference.”

Cross country was another place Tobin grew as a runner. He ran 3K races and then stepped down to the 1,500. He added that he still had a lot of speed to develop in the 800, and he didn't believe in moving up distance until he could maximize the speed. His season, prior to the NCAAs, was deemed “satisfactory.”

“This year we've been putting in a lot more base work and really looking at regionals. The past two years, at this point in the season, my mindset was to be ready and finished with the season and kind of tired,” Tobin said. “Now, I feel like my season is really getting started. Unfortunately, I ran a silly race at SECs. I tactically didn't have the greatest race. I unfortunately let the guys down on the sweep of the 1,500. We set very high standards within the team and within the distance, we rely on each other to be there. The guys did their part and got first and second and unfortunately, I didn't do mind.”

As a team, the Rebels finished fifth with 66.5 points.

Tobin was fifth in the 1,500 with a time of 3 minutes, 51.81 seconds.

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Woodman, Rebels defeat Georgia in SEC tourney opener

BY PARRISH ALFORD DAILY JOURNAL

HOOVER, Alabama – It took a little time, but once Ole Miss was able to grab hold of Holder things got a lot easier.

Then the Rebels were able to hand it to their bullpen.

Timely hitting and eight consecutive shutout innings helped No. 7 seed Ole Miss advance in the SEC tournament with a 5-1 win over No. 10 seed Georgia before 4,612 fans at Regions Park Tuesday.

The Rebels (41-16) advance to the double-elimination part of the tournament where they will take on No. 2 seed South Carolina in today’s second game.

It was the fourth inning before the Rebels got to Georgia right-hander Heath Holder.

Holder handcuffed them at Georgia (27-30) and had allowed Ole Miss just four hits and one run in 11 innings – until the fourth.

The Rebels sent 10 batters to plate with four runs on three hits, two for extra bases. J.B. Woodman had a two-run triple, and Colby Bortles had a two-run double.

Half of the Rebels’ six hits went for extra bases. Woodman had an RBI double in the fifth.

“Sometimes it goes as scripted. Today it did,” Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco said. “I learned a long time ago from my mentor Skip Bertman that the most important thing is dominant pitching. The second-most important thing in winning is the timely hit, and we certainly had both of those today.” holder holds Rebels Holder had held Ole Miss to one run on three hits in seven innings on May 8.

Ole Miss lost the final game of that series 13-2.

The Rebels won the series opener, but it wasn’t one of Bramlett’s better nights.

This time the script called for him to go three or

JOSH MCCOY/OLE MISS ATHLETICS

J.B. Woodman celebrates after reaching third base and driving in two runs during Tuesday's 5-1 win over Georgia in the SEC Tournament. four innings and get the game under control. After a 25-pitch first inning that included a home run by Georgia center fielder Stephen Wrenn, Bramlett did just that. He went four innings with one run on

three hits.

Bianco went to his bullpen in the fifth with Brady Feigl scattering three hits in three innings, and Will Stokes and Wyatt Short throwing an inning each.

Ole Miss is 36-0 this sea-

son when leading after the sixth inning, a fact not lost on Georgia coach Scott Stricklin who says the Rebels’ bullpen is as good as any in the SEC. “They’re aggressive. They command the breaking

balls. I saw a couple of fastballs flash 95 from Stokes,” he said. “There are four or five guys in that bullpen that they can trust.” parrish.alford@journalinc.com Twitter: @parrishalford

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Journal Inc., is seeking a sales professional with the energy, positive attitude, and print and digital marketing skills to thrive in a media company that is on a fast growth track in Oxford, MS. If you have a passion for helping customers with their advertising campaigns, marketing, and branding efforts we have the perfect career position for you!

We are an independently-owned multimedia company with numerous community newspapers, websites, regional magazines, and a digital services agency. We are looking for the right candidate to join our team of multimedia and digital sales consultants in educating and assisting businesses with their marketing and advertising strategies through the company’s print and digital products and services.

If you desire a challenge, then we want to talk to you. We are looking to hire full and part-time sales representatives.

Please send a cover letter and resume with references to: humanresources@journalinc.com Journal, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

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