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Sunday, June 5, 2016

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AT&T expands Internet services in Taylor.

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UM Principal Corps welcomes newest cohort.

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Ole Miss fans celebrate the home run hit by Kyle Watson in the bottom of the third inning of Friday night's game with Utah.

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Fantastic Boost Regional brings out fans to help local economy

BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD CITIZEN

Grills started early Saturday morning at Oxford-University Stadium. Well before the Ole Miss Rebels and Tulane Green Wave really got going with warmups, fans in both left and right field were out and about, and ready for the second day of the Oxford Regional.

A day after dodging rain drops and suffering through a heartbreaking 6-5 loss to Utah, Ole Miss fans were back in the stands, ready to pull the Rebels through the loser's bracket.

Wins on the baseball diamond aren't the only things to come out of the weekend.

From an economics standpoint, regionals are always positive for business owners, and the area as a whole.

Ryan Miller, the Chairman of the Board for the OxfordLafayette Chamber of Commerce, was planning on attending the regional and pulling the Rebels through.

“Any time there is an event that brings a national spotlight to our community, by in large, even though there have been instances in the past that we've had negative attention for a variety of reasons, there have often been great opportunities for this city to show who it really is,” Miller said. “I think this baseball regional is another opportunity to do that. The past

regionals that we've had, the past super regionals, you have seen thousands upon thousands of people flock to this city.”

Miller has attended as many of the past regionals as possible, and a visit from Maine in 2005 is one he will never forget.

“I don't know what numbers Maine draws to its baseball games, but I would venture maybe a couple of thousand people a year. They have this team show up and they see the amount of people that were jam packed into this city for that regional,” Miller said. “Maine didn't fare too well in that regional, however, the Ole Miss, Oxford, Lafayette crowd, adopted

them as their second team.

Every one liked the Rebels, but they also liked the Black Bears that weekend. I remember reading stories about those guys going back to Maine saying they had never experienced anything like that in their life.”

Just over 10,000 fans showed up for Friday night's contest with the Utes. David Calhoun was one of those who attended. Calhoun, who helps operate and manage Oby's, said he saw an increase in business on Thursday starting with lunch and then that increase at dinner.

“We also had a great (Friday) evening as well,” CalTURN TO REGIONAL PAGE 5

OSD Summer Food Services Program makes sure local kids stay fed

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Heartbreaking finish: Tulane eliminates Rebels from Oxford Regional

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SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2016

UM to host Youth Musical Theater Workshop

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The University of Mississippi’s School of Music’s Youth Musical Theatre Workshop is in the final stages of preparing for its opening on June 13.

The workshop celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. One of the students who was in the camp that very first year returned, all grown up 20 years later, to serve as an assistant to the director, Julia Aubrey. Aubrey has been running the workshop since she began it 21 years ago. She serves on the UM faculty as an associate professor of music while also working as director of the Ford Center on campus.

In the early years of the workshop, Aubrey, who also serves as director of opera theatre at the university, would pick out certain operettas designed for children and have that be the focus of the camp.

However, for several years now, she has been writing

her own shows, which she says is great fun. When composing the shows, she always leaves a good bit of it incomplete and spends time during the camp allowing kids to write some of their own dialog, thus allowing them to take part in nearly every stage of the creative process it takes to make a show come to life.

The theme that children will be working with this year is called “Fractured Fairy Tales.” The idea comes from a short animation segment of the same name that was often included in “The Rocky

and Bullwinkle Show” cartoons and narrated by the late Edward Everett Norton. They are fairy tales, but with an unusual and humorous twist. The play Aubrey wrote is set to begin in the swamp of an ogre. The ogre’s swamp is suddenly full of classic fairy tale characters, and he demands to know why.

Children participating in the workshop will be one of the fair tale characters and will have to tell their story of how they ended up displaced from their kingdom.

Aubrey has run work-

shops like this all over the country. She has held them in Missouri, New York and Oklahoma; everywhere she has lived and worked, she said, she has tried to do something similar to what is currently operating at Ole Miss.

“Watching them is just amazing,” Aubrey said when asked why she continues operating children’s theatre camps year after year. “These kids come here and they’ve often never done anything like this and to see that and then see the performance they put on at the end of the camp. The very minute we’re done with that final performance, they’re asking, ‘What are we doing next year Mrs. Aubrey?’ It’s that. They just really love it.”

Aubrey went on to talk about one of her former students named Maia Catelo who just graduated with honors from the Croft Institute and was also one of 10 students at the university inducted into the UM Hall of Fame this year.

When she was informed that she would have to give a speech during the Croft Institute’s graduation ceremony, she was asked if she was nervous.

She told everyone that she had no reason to be.

Catelo said that Aubrey’s Youth Musical Theatre Workshop gave her confidence and the prospect of speaking in front of hundreds at graduation was not an intimidating one, but something to look forward to.

The workshop lasts two weeks and costs $125 for the full two weeks, one of the cheaper camps offered by the university. Aubrey also offers the occasional scholarship on a needbased basis.The workshop goes from June 13 to June 24 and lasts from 9 a.m. to noon. Performances and rehearsals are held in the Nutt Auditorium. Applications can be found at opera.olemiss.edu. Children ages 9 to 17 are welcome to the program, but Aubrey is willing to make age exceptions for some siblings and individual children based on maturity level. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Senator Roger Wicker addresses the crowd in Taylor, MS as Mayo Flynt, President of AT&T Mississippi and others look on.

AT&T expands Internet services in Taylor

BY KATHRYN WINTER STAFF WRITER

TAYLOR — Senator Roger Wicker joined officials from AT&T Friday to announce that rural Mississippi towns will be able to get high speed internet over a fiber network.

Homes and small businesses in Taylor, located seven miles from Oxford, will now be able to access Internet speeds up to one gigabit per second. Additional fiber to other locations will be upgraded to the same speed, including parts of metro Jackson and other areas.

“AT&T’s investment is helping to narrow the broadband gap that currently exists between rural and urban areas,” Wicker said. “For the first time, many small businesses, students, and consumers in Mississippi will now have the same access to high speed internet as their city counterparts. This increased access will spur economic growth and job creation, enhancing the quality of life for many people in our state.”

Taylor Mayor James Hamilton said he applauds AT&T’s continuing investment, locally, and throughout Mississippi.

“AT&T’s expansion of cutting-edge, fiber-based services is important for keeping our residents and local businesses connected with reliable service and blazing fast speeds,” he said.

Parts of DeSoto, Harrison, Jackson, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Stone and Tate counties are also on the map to receive the fiber network internet. Additional locations include Chickasaw, George, Lee, Monroe, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Union, Webster, Winston and Yalobusha counties. In late

2011, the Federal Communications Commission modernized its Universal Service program and created the Connect America Fund to help high speed internet providers reach customers in predominately rural areas, mostly due to low-density and large distances between costumers. The fiber expansion project is made possible in part by the Connect America Fund. Senator Wicker has also been a part of this project and has been representing the rural communities of Mississippi in Washington D.C. as he believes it will help small businesses create new jobs, as well as farming and medical industries.

“Farming and precision agriculture is huge for our state, now with fiber internet Mississippians can use this technology to grow and close the gap,” he said. “Telemedicine will be beneficial to citizens in rural areas as well.

Now patients in a rural clinic will be able to consult with a doctor and receive better medical care.”

Mayo Flint, president of AT&T Mississippi, said that more than 15,000 rural homes and businesses will be able to receive high speed internet.

“Mississippians are spread out, in numerous small towns and communities like Taylor, between larger population centers,” Flint said. “At AT&T we remain committed to making high-speed internet service available to more and more Mississippians.”

Campbell McCool, Plein Air developer in Taylor said that high-speed internet access is important to all citizens in Mississippi.

“Residents and business owners in Taylor are excited to have faster internet speed options.”

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THOMAS GRAINING, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS

Left to right, front row: Avery Peagler, Wyn Mims, Katherine Patridge, Nicole Robinson. Second row: Jamie Parker, Rhonda Carter, Mary Kate Diltz, Arias Melvin, Crystal Brown, Lisa Leatherman, Michelle Harrison. Back row: Heather Rowland, Jason Frazier, Aaron Diaz, Kimberly Herbert, Donald Clause, Milton Ray.

UM Principal Corps welcomes newest cohort

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The University of Mississippi’s School of Education has just welcomed its largest ever cohort, consisting of 17 education professionals from across the state, into its prestigious Principal Corps program.

Principal Corps is a 13month program designed to flood the state with the highest quality school administrators instruction and experience can produce. It is a high-intensity program that combines rigorous instruction with invaluable real-world experience that education

administrators can only get from being on the front lines, so to speak.

Principal Corps only recruits top Mississippi education professionals, as recommended by that person’s superintendent.

Once accepted into the program, that person then enters a type of sabbatical where they maintain their current salary while dedicating all of their time to this program. After instructional time at the School of Education, Principal Corps participants are placed into two administrative internships for one school year, performing duties often reserved for assistant principals.

Every other Saturday during the school year, program participants commute back to Ole Miss for a solid day of instruction.

Michelle Harrison has been working in education for 23 years. She began her career as a kindergarten teacher, a position she held for 15 years. Harrison would eventually go on to earn three master’s degrees, her most recent one is in counseling from William Carey University.

She has worked as a counselor on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for four years now and was recommended for the program by her district’s superin-

tendent. She said that she has so far enjoyed her time in the program and that it is such an honor to be working with and learning from such a qualified faculty of teachers.

“The first week has been exciting,” Harrison said.

“It’s been humbling meeting our professors. It’s been encouraging listening to [Principal Corps InDr. Director] terim Burnham lecture, but mostly it’s been a blessing to have been included in such a prestigious program.”

The program held its class orientation for the 2016 cohort Wednesday morning at the university.

Dean of the School of Education David Rock spoke at the event where he welcomed everyone into the program congratulated the cohort on their acceptance.

“The number one impact factor in any school anywhere in this nation, is a great leader,” Rock said during the orientation.

“You have a chance to make great and dramatic change one school at a time, and it’s a huge commitment.” was The program founded in 2009 with a grant from Jim and Donna Barksdale. The Barksdales continue to support the program along with the Robert M. Hearin Support

Foundation as co-funders.

Nearly 99 percent of alumni from the program receive a job as an educational leader. The entirety of the program is paid for; graduates do not owe a single cent to the university upon completion.

Principal Corps participants graduate with either a master’s degree in educational leadership or an education specialist degree.

Graduates who sign a contract and begin a job as a principal or assistant principal within two years of completing the program receive a $10,000 bonus. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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OBITUARIES SYLVESTER ANDREW MOOREHEAD Sylvester Andrew Moorhead, 96, passed away Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital— North Mississippi. The funeral service will be held Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. Erik Hankins and Rev. Robert Allen officiating. Burial will follow in Oxford Memorial Cemetery.

Visitation will be held Monday, June 6 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Waller Funeral Home and Tuesday from 2 to 3 p.m. prior to the service at the church.

He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the 13th Weather Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Force in North Africa and Italy. He was founding member of the National Fellowship of Baptist Educators, a past president. He was also secretary-treasurer of the Fellowship's Foundation. He was a member and past president of the Oxford Rotary Club.

Memorial contributions in Dr. Moorhead's memory may be made to First Baptist Church Building Fund, 800 Van Buren, Oxford, MS 38655 or to Gideon's International, The Gideon Memorial Bible Chairman, PO Box 142 Oxford, MS 38655.

In honor of Dr. Moorhead's service to our country, the flag of the United States Army will be flown at Waller Funeral Home.

BOBBY LEE MILLER Bobby Lee Miller ,76, passed away on May 28, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospita-North Mississippi. A visitation was held on Friday, June 3, 2016 at Coleman Funeral Home. Interment followed at Springdale Cemetery.

JAMES RUSSELL WALTON James Russell “Woody” Walton, 61, passed away May 31, 2016 at his home in Water Valley. Services are planned for Monday, June 6, 2016 at 11 a.m. in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home with Reverend C. Jerome Battles officiating.

Viewing will be from 10 a.m. until service time. Burial will be at Pine Grove Cemetery in Yalobusha County.

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Author Charles Shields coming to Square Books Tuesday

BY KATHRYN WINTER STAFF WRITER

For Harper Lee fans, a major revision of her best selling biography is now for sale. Author Charles Shields will be in Oxford at Square Books signing Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee: From Scout to Go Set a Watchman on Tuesday at 5 p.m.

Shields book was originally published in 2006 and became a New York Times bestseller. Since Lee’s death, new information has been released about her and her prequel, Go Set a Watchman.

To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most widely read novels in American Literature, with sales of more than 40 million copies to date. Shields’ refers to America’s love of To Kill a Mockingbird as the “Huckleberry Finn of the 20th century.” A third of the revised biography is brand new material – 50,000 words – including episodes from the life of Lee that were never published until now. The chapter on In Cold Blood includes two incredible discoveries: a previously unknown article written by Lee about the notorious Clutter murders in Kansas, published, but unsigned; and private correspondence between one of the murderers and a journalist who was competing to get a book deal before Truman Capote.

Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee: From Scout to Go Set a Watchman also includes a 7,000 word epilogue explaining in detail how her literary agent arranged for her to assign him the copyright of To Kill a Mockingbird and the litigation that ensued. Lee’s love and hate relationship with her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama is revealed, along with the re-evaluation of her beloved novel and whether it’s appropriate

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Charles Shields will be signing his revised biography of Harper Lee Tuesday at Square Books. for today’s classrooms.

“This biography will not disappoint those who loved the novel and the feisty, independent, fiercely loyal Scout, in whom Harper Lee put so much of herself,” said Garrison Keillor, in the New York Times Sunday Book Review.

Fans will also find that a special section is devoted to how Lee’s book editor transformed Go Set a Watchman into To Kill a Mockingbird, along with a detailed step-by-step description of why Go Set a Watchman was discovered more than 50 years after it was written. Lee’s legacy and the change in Atticus’ character

from saint to segregationist receives exclusive treatment in the book as well.

“After 2006 so much happened.

Lee stopped giving interviews in 1964. She withdrew from the public eye,” Shields said. “I thought that her story had pretty much ended. Two movies came out with actresses that played Harper Lee. There was another book coming out, and I knew the existence of it because there were notes in her agent’s files. I described it ten years ago in the 2006 edition, but I just dismissed it as a manuscript for To Kill a Mockingbird.”

Shields is originally from Chicago, where he has lived for most of his life.

He and his wife decided that the winters were getting to harsh for them and they relocated to Charlottesville, Virginia. He has been a full time writer since 1997, and said some of his biographical books can take four years to complete.

“I wanted to write about Harper Lee because I was intrigued by someone who wrote one beloved novel and never published another,” Shields said. “I thought this would grab people’s interest. As a literary biographer, I try to find out how books are made, what experiences in the person’s life made a difference, and what was the person’s purpose for writing it.”

There is also a new map of the state of Alabama included in the front of the book. In the introduction Shields says that like the earlier version of his book, it was written withpermission, out Lee’s encouragement or assistance.

“After Go Set a Watchman was published my editor agreed with me that a revision needed to be done.

Now Lee has two books to compare, and they are very different in prose and voice,” he said. “There will always be a place on library shelves for good stories, and To Kill a Mockingbird certainly is one. It draws the reader into a deep fictional landscape. Readers return because they want to walk the dusty streets of 1930s Maycomb. Lee’s storytelling voice is strong; the novel’s emphasis on justice and compassion is timeless. “ Shields has also written a biography on Kurt Vonnegut and is currently working on his latest project, a biography of John Williams called Stoner.

Church of Christ VBS to take place next weekend

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The Oxford Church of Christ will be holding their annual Vacation Bible School on June 11 and 12 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Sunday at 6, parents and community members are invited to the end program where the kids will present what they have learned over the weekend. A light supper will be provided.

The theme of the weekend is “Jerusalem Marketplace” and is focused on the last week of the life of Jesus Christ, His initial acceptance by the people of Jerusalem and the turn of public opinion which eventually helped lead to His crucifixion.

“That’s not the end of the story,” church member Sharon Davis explained. “He’s resurrected. We talk

about that and, because of that life, we are saved. There’s more to life than this earth. That’s what we’re trying to teach.”

Davis was on the planning committee for this year’s VBS. She is also in charge of preparing the arts and crafts activities the kids will be doing in the Marketplace. She has been involved with Church of Christ’s VBS programs for over a decade now. She said that though newer members of the congregation are becoming more involved in running the summer program, it is something she really enjoys and has loved being a part of over the years.

“Oh, I love it,” she said. “Just the children’s response to scripture and telling them about Jesus and how much He loves them and the fact that He died for us. Just seeing their faces when they’re learning

and how excited they get when they’re learning about Jesus. It’s just a wonderful experience. I love it. I’ll do it as long as I can.”

Davis has been a member of the Oxford Church of Christ for over 40 years now. She is originally from Kansas and lived mostly in Okla-

homa growing up. Her father was a preacher, so she spent much of her time moving around, following her father in his work to spread the gospel. She later met and married her husband, a Texas native who relocated to Mississippi. The two have been here ever since.

“It’s a very loving church,” Davis said when asked why she’s chosen to be a part of the congregation for four decades. “We’re very caring and trusting about each other. We work together to do God’s will and live out His plan for us.”

The camp usually has around 70 to 80 participants. Enrollment is open to any child in the community aged 4 years old to rising sixth graders and is completely free to attend. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Regional FROM 1

houn said. “I went to the game, and what a crowd.

We got into it and it was sad that we couldn't finish it off.”

Having a regional that lasts up to four days helps get business owners that much closer to football season from a revenue standpoint.

“We're now one less weekend to football season. That's extra sales that you wouldn't have gotten and if super regionals roll around, you're that much closer again,” Calhoun said. “It's important to have that kind of activity that late in the year or at the end of the school year.

Summer school is a lot better than it used to be, and numerous years ago, the summer was completely dead and a lot of businesses would just hang on and try not to lose all your funds until you got to football season.

“Summer school has picked up to where you actually have some business, but it's not like a school

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Ole Miss fans stand at the gates waiting on their time to enter Oxford-University Stadium an hour before game time Friday afternoon. year and the regional is a big boost to that, to the economy,” he continued.

“If you're a business owner in Oxford, you've been

keeping up with the a big boost to making it chances of getting a re- through the summer.” gional or being a national john.davis@journalinc.com seed. Local businesses like Brady Bramlett started Friday night's game against Utah.

Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd me count on that as being

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OSD Summer Food Services Program makes sure local kids stay fed the age of 12. The program also provides meals for adults at a deeply discounted price of $1.75 for breakfast $3.75 for lunch.

In order for the USDA to fund the program the organization providing the service has to meet certain requirements. There are cleanliness guidelines, labor guidelines and the food must pass the requirements of the USDA’s “Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2015.” Last year the program served on average 350 meals a day, or about 12,000 meals during the summer. This year Howington is hoping to increase that number up to 400 or 500 meals a day.

Howington is a retired naval officer and currently serves as the OSD’s Child Nutrition Director. His experience in the Navy and his passion for helping children in the community is why he was asked to serve in the position. Howington’s time in the Navy required him to know quite a bit about financials and keeping up with num-

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

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When people think of Oxford, most people think of the Grove or the prestigious university or the beautiful Courthouse Square containing some of the best shops and restaurants in North Mississippi.

But as most residents are aware, the community is not all affluence and football. There are local families that struggle with basic necessities, like providing food for their kids during the summer break. The Oxford School District, Tim Howington and his crew are working to make sure no child skips breakfast or lunch as a part of the OSD Summer Food Service Program.

The program has been hosted by the school district for several years and provides free breakfast and lunch for any child under the age of 18. Funding comes from the United States Department of Agriculture. An adult must accompany children under

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Left to right, Claudiaette Guliday, Tim Frieson, Kat Webb Treber McGuirt and Tim Howington. bers, something that he has to stay vigilantly on top of to ensure the Summer Food Service Program stays funded. But more so than that, he said, he just wants to make sure there is not anyone in the community going hungry.

“The Summer Food Service in particular, I love what it does,” Howington said. “This is filling a real, tangible need in the county. It’s not just for county kids either. If kid’s here from Chicago, we’re gonna feed him if he walks

through that door. There’s no applications, no forms, no ID checks – the purpose of the program is not to screen people or keep them out. The purpose of the program is to include people and to feed kids.”

Local day cares, camps

and vacation Bible schools as well as children in the Scott Center’s summer classes are the most frequent visitors of the program.

Howington encourages any children’s organization or day care group to swing buy for a hot, free meal. Individuals and groups are equally welcome.

Treber McGuirt is one of the foodworkers with the Oxford School District.

Known endearingly as Uncle Treber by the children he serves during the school year at Bramlett Elementary School, McGuirt enjoys working for the program during the summer.

He says that working in the summer provides a lot more laid-back atmosphere and he signs up to work the program every year he can.

The staff begins serving breakfast at 7:30 a.m. through 8:30. and lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Monday through Friday. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Freeze talks NCAA investigation, taking credit for success, blame for mistakes t’s been a little over a week since Ole Miss released details surrounding the NCAA investigation into three sports. Football has dominated the conversation, both nationally and locally, and head coach Hugh Freeze has been in the center of the discussion. He talked to the media at the annual SEC spring business meetings earlier this week. It was the first time he talked about the infractions to the media.

He talked about his famous Twitter post back in 2013, his reputation, the current state of the program and the $1.5 million spent in cooperation with the NCAA to search and try the case.

Freeze said he “owned” the recruiting success over the past few years as well as the failures.

“I have to own our academic success, which is at an all-time high. I have to own our social behavior, which keeps you up at night because something bad can happen tonight with any of our kids, our young men. I also own the area of compliance, the 3 1/2 years of investigation have turned up mistakes that I must own,” Freeze said. “To be exact, there were four (allegations) that preceded my tenure at Ole Miss and there were nine that were under my watch. We’ve been as honest as we can throughout the process. We also made a public statement that says many of those allegations date back to a former football staff in 2010 and the withholding and reinstatement process around Laremy Tunsil in the fall of 2015. To be exact, nine is the total for that. So his statement is very accurate. Of the nine that occurred under my watch, four are Level 1s. Of those four, three have zero staff involvement.”

It’s clear that Freeze is looking forward to continuing the journey as he has called it.

Freeze is sticking by his staff and what they have done.

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Ole Miss catcher second baseman Tate Blackman tags out Utah runner Kody Davis. Utah defeated Ole Miss 6-5, while Tulane beat the Rebels 6-5 Saturday.

Heartbreaking finish Tulane eliminates Rebels from Oxford Regional

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

A baseball season of tremendous high points finished with a low for the Ole Miss Rebels. For the first time since 2004, the Rebels were eliminated early from their own NCAA Baseball Regional. Tulane defeated Ole Miss 6-5 Saturday afternoon in the Oxford Regional, a night after the Utah Utes, the No. 4 seed in the field, beat the Rebels 6-5 in 10 innings.

It was an unexpected ending for the Rebels, who were on the cusp of being a national seed before the tournament even started after winning over 40 games, and making a strong run in the SEC Tournament last week.

Mike Bianco said it was hard to talk after experiencing a loss like that. Junior third baseman Colby Bortles fought back tears later in the press conference following

the game talking about the hurt he felt. Bianco ended up telling his players that baseball is the greatest game on earth because of the thrill of victory and the moments that “rip your heart out.”

“I just feel awful for my guys. Congratulations to Tulane. They've had a great year and they played really well,” Bianco said. “We played hard. In other regional losses, you can look back and say we just didn't play well or we looked flat for whatever reason. You look back at these two, and our guys played their hearts out. The baseball gods didn't shine on us. The other teams just played a little bit better than we did.

They got a few more hits and few more pitches and a few more plays.”

There were several big plays in the elimination contest, and it appeared the Rebels (43-19) had made enough heading into the top

of the ninth, leading 5-4.

With Will Stokes on the mound for the Rebels, Tulane was able to move on when catcher Jake Rogers hit a two-run home run to left field. It was the fifth home run of the game for both teams, and one of three for the Green Wave (40-20).

“He threw a fastball in and I turned on it pretty well,” said Rogers, who finished with two hits overall. “It was fun. It's up there, one or two on the list.”

Bortles, who hit a solo home run and finished with two hits, didn't think much changed for the Rebels compared to last week when they advanced into the semifinals of the SEC Tournament.

“I think we still swung it well. Like coach said, the baseball gods weren't on our side. There were a lot of good players out there,” Bortles said. “We had some chances where we had guys on base

and we didn't come through and we did come through in Hoover. I think that was the main thing. I thought we swung it well, it just didn't fall for us.”

Ole Miss was out-hit in both of the regional losses.

The Rebels had eight Saturday against two Tulane pitchers, but only two against Corey Merrill, who earned the win for the Green Wave. Against Utah, the Rebels were finished with seven hits. Ole Miss was 1for-4 with runners in scoring position, and 3-for-12 with runners on base. Bianco said there wasn't anything he wish he would have done differently outside of calling a couple of pitches different.

“And sometimes that is a flip of the coin,” Bianco said.

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Strong finish OM’s Sherrer ready to compete at NCAA Championships

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Holland Sherrer used to run a mile. Then he decided that the 800 meters suited him better. The Ole Miss senior is set to compete in the event at the NCAA Championships this next week in Eugene, Oregon.

While in high school, Sherrer decided that the mile just didn’t suit him. He asked his coach if he could be put into the 800 to qualify for the state meet, and the rest, as they say, is history.

“I made it in the 800 and not in the mile and the next year, I told him I just wanted to run the 800 and not mess with the mile,” Sherrer said. “That’s how I got into it.”

The 800 is the ultimate speed/endurance race, a very unique event that really takes a special individual to compete in it.

“The 800 is more enjoyable. I’m more driven to do it. I think it’s been smother compared to the mile,” Sherrer said, who compiled a persona-best time last weekend in the NCAA Regionals. “The 800 has been good for me.”

Coming across the line at the NCAA Regionals, Sherrer was shooting to finish with a time of 1 minute, 46 seconds. He ended with a 1:47.1.

“I was happy with the pb (personal best) and more happy with advancing to the national meet.

That was the biggest thing for me,” he said. “I’m disappointed I didn’t run 1:46 but very happy I put myself in the position to run at the NCAA Championships.”

It’s possible that Sherrer ends up getting his desired time in Eugene.

The training leading up to this next week was going well. All the Ole Miss athletes were set to leave Oxford Monday, and then get in another practice, or two, before the events started.

“The training has always allowed me to finish well in these late meets. Going into these championship races, time doesn’t matter,” he said. “It’s all about getting to the final for me and scoring points. Actually, 1:49 won the championship last year. Those races are a lot more tactical. When you get to that race, nobody wants to lead because most of the time your leader isn’t going to be the one that wins. Times end up slower because everyone kicks at the end. But if you end up a national champion, who cares if you run a 1:50 or 1:46. That’s the big thing for me, to advance and then have a good showing in the finals.”

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Ole Miss senior Holland Sherrer is ready to compete at the NCAA Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon next week. week will fortify a better end to the season for Sherrer, who wasn’t super pleased with his entire season.

“It’s been, I wouldn’t say rough, but it’s been more about me getting used to Coach (Ryan) Vanhoy and him getting used to me I would say,” Sherrer said. “I had a terrible SEC meet. I still lose sleep about that meet to this day, but being able to bounce back, and have that run at the regional meet, that’s when it matters. It’s preparation for the championship season.

Being able to get back to the national championship is definitely a good way to end the season.”

Being mental tough is the key to being successful in the 800, Sherrer said.

“You get 3 and 400 meters in and your body feels terrible,” he added. “I think the mental preparation part is the hardest part of the 800. We run miles all the time, we do workouts all the time. The running part is the easy part, but the mental aspect you have to bring to a championship meet, I think that’s the most difficult part.”

Sherrer is looking to have another fun week hanging out with his teammates, and finish strong

all at the same time.

“When you get to this level, it’s kind of easy to lose sight of trying to have fun,” Sherrer said. “Losing isn’t fun, but this is a fun time. We do want to get out there and score as many points as we can. I’ve been to the NCAA Championships before and the semifinals but I haven’t been to the final, so I’m still fighting and scratching to get to that point. Maybe after that it will be a little more lax. I’m definitely motivated and determined to do well and get to the national championship.”

Sherrer felt his experience in Eugene would help. He said the trip out to Oregon is taxing, and getting used to the time change is a big help.

“I also think me going out there and seeing that the guys I’m competing are just like I am, that they walk up the same way I do, put on pants the same way I do,” Sherrer said. “They have to show up and prepare just like I do in order to get to the next round. So I think going before definitely paid dividends for me coming back again.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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friends are. It makes you value the relationships you have with your players past and current and the families that choose to join you because of the environment that you promote that know you for who you are throughout the process,” he said. “It has been frustrating. There are some I’m not ever going to change their mind. In their mind, we became an immediate, overnight success, which that’s not completely accurate, either. It’s been a process, and we’re continuing to build. Our coaches have done a good job in a lot of areas, and where mistakes were made, we’ve taken action. Many of these were self-reported. But it is difficult.”

Ole Miss has played in bowl games every year under Freeze, with the last being in top-tier bowls such as the Sugar Bowl. He was asked if there was a different standard for Ole Miss.

“That’d be for you guys to decide. I try not to go there.

There’s obviously – I’m not saying it’s media driven – but there are rivals fans that are not used to Ole Miss

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but that is what they are, not some staff out trying to buy players. And their mistakes did not rise to the level of termination. There’s not a single charge in our letter that charges a coach with buying players,” Freeze said. “While I have struggles in life that I don’t always get right, breaking the rules in recruiting is not one of them. I won’t do it.

My name and the name of Him that I represent and our university mean more to me than I can express, and it is my hope that we will be known for who we truly are and these mistakes will not happen again. Although it’s been a very difficult process, and a long one, I assure you it will make us better in the long run as we continue our journey at Ole Miss.”

The allegations have damaged Freeze’s reputation with many, and he said all of it has affected his family.

“The thing that this process has done is you really find out who your

being relevant,” Freeze said. “But again, there were mistakes made. We have to own those. It’s just like any academic failures. I don’t want any of those. I don’t want any compliance issues. I don’t ever want to deal with compliance, but we had some, and we’ve got to deal with them. We’ve rocked the narrative of college football a little bit, and there’s obviously some people that don’t like that.”

Laremy Tunsil’s revelations on the first night of the NFL Draft is still being investigated. Freeze didn’t comment much on that at his press conference. That was not a part of the allegations, so it remains to be seen what comes from any of those text messages that were shown on social media. Freeze did say that the texts didn’t help the narrative.

Ole Miss is still in the thick of battles with top recruits, and Freeze felt like the entire process has brought his staff closer together.

“Recruiting is still going good. We’re in on the top guys in the nation. What that means at this juncture,

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“You kind of close your wagon. My staff knows me.

They’ve been with me a long time. They know what my expectations are,” he added. “Our kids know us, and my family, it’s actually drawn us closer. I can’t really say what the perception has been. I’ve had a ton of people reach out to me in support. And we have some others on social media that I try to stay away from now. But I don’t know. Hopefully in time we’ll just continue to be successful and maybe we can prove ourselves.”

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Annual Charger basketball camp finishes up well

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Turner Center’s basketball rims got a workout this week. The 18th annual Charger Basketball Camp was held at the Ole Miss venue again, and 70 youth took part in the event.

Coach Drew Tyler, his staff and players, led the camp that focused on fundamentals and basic skills. At the award ceremony that concluded the fourth day, Tyler’s players put medals around the necks of children. Prior to that, he called out names, and those that were on the winning teams from either the SEC, ACC, Big Ten or the NBA. “It was a good number to where we could get maximum time teaching fundamentals and at the same time, giving them a vast amount of scrimmage time,” Tyler said of the turnout. “They like to squeak shoes and they like to play basketball. Those are the two things you have to

Thomas Crowe wears a medal he was awarded during the 18th annual Charger Basketball camp.

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Oxford basketball coach Drew Tyler instructs his campers at Ole Miss' Turner Center Friday. have. You have to have a good foundation on the fundamentals of basketball and you have to play the game to where the speed isn’t a surprise once you get into a competition-type atmosphere.”

One of the thing Tyler likes

to see is his players teaching the game to the youngsters each summer.

“It’s a true dose of reality as far as the responsibility of having to supervise, care for and coach young kids, kindergarten through seventh graders,” Tyler said. “At

the same time, you want them to work as a unit.

You’re teaching individual skills, but then you’re also teaching the things that Drew Tyler and Tyler Reed are trying to teach them like work and win as a unit. You have to teach a kid how to be

a good teammate. A lot of things are accomplished for the campers and the present players and staff. I think there were a lot of life lessons learned within the 2016 Charger ball camp.”

There are some returners every year, and since the camp has existed for so many years, there are a number of campers that come from other places, even out out state, to take part.

“We had kids in from

Water Valley, from Missouri, from Tennessee, just different towns than just Oxford,” Tyler said. “I think some campers are talking to their relatives and promoting our camp. We’ve branched out some, but I’m also seeing some of the same faces come back to camp. I think that gives the camp some validity and that we’re mixing basketball with fun.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

Lafayette’s Lewis very pleased with camp turnout this year

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Baseballs flew from one glove to another in the outfield at Lafayette’s W.V. Brewer Field Friday morning. The ping of bats could be heard coming from the hitting facility while another group warmed up on the turf of William L. Buford Stadium.

LHS coach Greg Lewis, his staff and players, definitely had plenty of youth to instruct during the three-day skills and fundamentals camp. Over 100 players took part in the event that was open for grades K through 6.

A good turnout in the past camps Lewis has hosted has been between 40 and 50.

“I was very surprised. You lay out your schedule for that first day and I had a lot of people who kept e-mailing me to see if there was room. Of course you don’t want to turn them down.

You feel like you’re ready and have all your guys and they all showed up and kept coming in,” Lewis said. “It turned out to be awesome all the ones we had show up.

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Lafayette's baseball camp featured basic skills and fundamentals for kids from kindergarten all the way up through sixth grade.

It was awesome to have that many come out.”

Basic skills were taught on the first day of the camp, Lewis said. Drills were geared for the different ages, and Lewis wanted to make it fun for ages 5, 6 and 7. Ages 9 through 12 went through basic skills the first day, and then they got off to things that were completed during a daily practice such as run downs, relay throws and double plays. None of the campers can play for the Commodores just yet, even in middle school, but there are some that will in

time, and Lewis was all about teaching them for the future.

“I think this just keeps building what we want to do and trying to accomplish. I think the same thing Oxford has done over the last two years of getting to state, we want to keep these guys interested and wanting to come out to camps,” Lewis said. “A lot of the parents said they would be back next year. Most of them are Lafayette kids, but at the same time, if they’re Oxford kids or Water Valley kids, it’s great for each school to keep

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Over 100 youth took part in the Lafayette baseball camp. Head coach Greg Lewis was pleased with the turnout and the skills that his players helped teach. them involved in the sport.

The thing that I liked the most was so many of the kids playing travel ball. They brought four or five kids off their team whether it was the Oxford Rebels, the Greenheads, PSA Sox, Yalobusha Giants. You could tell with their skill level. They did an awesome job out there.”

A number of the Commodores took part in the camp, and Lewis liked to see them interact with the youngsters.

“You watch them teach the things you have been working on which is always awesome. Then you get to see them interact with some kids. I know my daughter was taking pictures of some

of the guys and putting it on Facebook,” Lewis said. “To see the interaction and showing them things, it’s really neat. It’s a special thing.

I appreciate all of them coming out and I hope to keep doing the same thing in the years to come.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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