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Ole Miss defensive end Marquis Haynes sacks Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts and forces a fumble during Saturday’s game against Alabama. The fumble was recovered by Ole Miss and returned it for a touchdown.

No. 1 Alabama holds off Ole Miss, 48-43

BY BENJAMIN GARRETT OXFORD CITIZEN

If the Ole Miss Rebels have proven anything through three games in 2016, it’s that they certainly know how to blow a three-touchdown firsthalf lead.

Two weeks after jumping ahead of Florida State, 28-6,

only to lose 45-34, Ole Miss followed a similar script against No. 1 Alabama. The Rebels led 24-3 with 2:47 showing in the second quarter, but back-to-back Crimson Tide touchdowns – including an 85-yard punt return by Eddie Jackson – sparked 24 unanswered points for Alabama, allowing the Crimson

Tide to overcome the largest deficit in Nick Saban’s 10 years as head coach.

The Tide (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) went on for a 48-43 win.

“I’m really proud of the effort of our football team,” Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze said. “We’re so short-handed on defense right now, and for

the effort they gave, I’m real pleased. Give credit to them.

They’re a fine football team.

We couldn’t stop the run, and we’re not very good on third down on either side. We’re playing a lot of young kids in a lot of areas. They competed.”

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Jones teaches through music with the Mockingbird Children’s Chorale

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Every Tuesday afternoon at 4:30, in a room behind the stage in the Powerhouse, Davis Jones meets with a half dozen of his vocal students for a rehearsal for the Mockingbird Children’s Chorale.

Jones began the chorale last fall because he wanted to engage as many children in the community as possible in music education. He said that at the time, there was only one other children’s choir in town who, after a round of auditioning, only accepted certain kids to participate.

“I wanted to make sure that all kids got a chance to sing,” he said. “Not to say that that choir wasn’t beautiful or that they didn’t always do a beautiful job, I wanted to make sure we were a bit more open.

There’s not that much music education right now in public schools, and I just wanted to make sure that happened for these kids.”

Mockingbird Children’s

Jones leads his students in a dance exercise before rehearsal to help the kids loosed up and get ready to sing.

PHOTOS BYCHANING GREEN

Mockingbird Children’s Chorale Director Davis Jones works with his students to make wands which will be later used in the their rehearsal.

Chorale usually begins with a different activity to help the kids let loose and relax a bit before the actual rehearsal begins. This past Tuesday, Jones gave each student a miniature lint

roller and covered a small table in various craft supplies. The kids took the lint rollers and stuck feathers, brightly colored cotton balls and more onto the adhesive paper. Jones told

the kids the lint rollers would be their wands and that they were going to use them during rehearsal.

Next, each student got a plastic wand that lit up and Jones put on some music

and everyone started to dance. Jones went around the room and each kid got to lead the others in a dance of their choice. All the kids were laughing and waving their wands around as they danced to the music.

Jones believes that his students should have the opportunity to relax, unwind and know that music is meant to be enjoyable.

He wants his kids to learn and grow from the rehearsals, but he wants to make sure that they know that choir is a place where they can have fun as well.

“I’m under the theory that a choir rehearsal doesn’t have to be very rigid,” Jones said. “I think it can be more than sitting down, listening to music and then TURN TO JONES PAGE 13

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LHS JROTC honors 9/11victims

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Students, teachers and parents gathered outside of Lafayette County High School Thursday afternoon as the LHS Air Force JROTC preformed their annual Retreat and Remembrance Ceremony.

As a part of the ceremony JROTC cadets took an oath to uphold the Air Force Core Values.

Every student at Lafayette County High School stood in front of the school Thursday afternoon in a ceremony to honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks as the school’s Air Force JROTC performed their annual Retreat and Remembrance Ceremony.

Cadets in the LHS Air Force JROTC marched out in formation and stood at attention in front of the school at 2:45 Thursday afternoon to begin the ceremony. The school day ended slightly early to allow every high school student to attend. Parents and younger siblings were lined up taking pictures and recording the event on their cell phones.

LHS Principal Glenn Kitchens had every cadet present raise his or her right hand and swear an oath to uphold the Air Force Core Values. They swore integrity first and service before self in all that they do. The national anthem began playing over speakers and the flag began its decent down the flagpole as the retreat portion ceremony began. Once the flag was down three JROTC members took the flag and folded it in half, long ways, and then folded it again.

One cadet stands at each end of the flag holding the edges while another cadet stands in the middle, supporting the underside. The cadet on the side of the flag away from the starts makes the first triangular fold. He folded the flag again and

PHOTOS BY CHANING GREEN

During the ceremony, three cadets performed a flag folding ceremony where each fold of the flag represented a different aspect of honoring American values as well as the victims of the attack. again, taking pause each time as JROTC Cadet Jackson DeLaune read what each fold represented.

Faith in God, loyalty to brothers in arms, respect and reverence for the fallen and more were represented in every fold and crease made. After the flag was folded, it was brought to the group commander, the colors were retired and cadets were dismissed.

The event was the 14th annual Retreat and Remembrance Ceremony. It begun in 2002 as a way for the JROTC to honor those lost in the terrorist attacks the year before. Major Harvey Rice oversees the LHS JROTC and 2001 was his first year on the job. When the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks came around, Rice wanted to do something to honor the victims.

“We started doing the ceremony because I felt that we needed to do something to remember them by,” Rice said, speak-

ing of the 9/11 victims.

“Different places all over the country were doing difference remembrance programs and I felt like we needed to do something. I wanted something that would pay tribute as well as kick off our ROTC year.”

Military retreat is a timehonored tradition among U.S. Armed Forces marking the end of the day and as a way to pay respect to the flag. Retreat takes place at the end of every day of the week on every American military instillation around the world. Reveille is the name of the ceremony that marks the beginning of every day and also honors the flag.

Cadets in the JROTC take an oath every year where they promise to do their best in everything that they do, be a productive citizen and uphold the core values of the U.S. Air Force. chaning.green@journalin.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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OBITUARIES

U.S. Department of Ed officials meet with UM student leaders

RAY SOCKWELL

BY CHANING GREEN

Ray Nolan Sockwell, 76, passed away Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 at his home in Oxford.

The funeral service will be Sunday, Sept. 18 at 4 p.m. at New El Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. Sammy Gossett officiating.

Burial will follow in New El Bethel Cemetery.Visitation will begin prior to the service beginning at 1 at the church.

Sockwell was a retired deputy sheriff and county supervisor in Lafayette County.

The family requests that memorial contributions in Ray’s memory be made to the following organizations that he supported instead of flowers: New El Bethel Cemetery Fund, 15 CR 488, Oxford, MS 38655, Wounded Warriors, P.O. Box 758516,Topeka, KS 666758516, Shriner’s Hospitals for Children, 2900 Rocky Point Drive,Tampa, FL 33607, or Wings of Eagles, 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 4300, Chicago, IL 60602-2584.

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AMANDA SCOTT Amanda Mayfield Scott, 42, passed away Tuesday, Sept.

13, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi.The funeral service will be Monday, Sept. 19 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Waller Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Allen officiating. Burial will follow in St. Peter's Cemetery.Visitation will be held Sunday evening, Sept 18 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions in Amanda’s memory may be made to the Pantry, P.O. Box 588, Oxford, MS 38655 or Oxford Medical Ministries, 205 Commerce Drive, Oxford, MS 38655.

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Representative from the United States Department of Education made their way to the University of Mississippi Thursday to meet with student representatives to learn more about the state’s flagship university’s inclusion efforts.

Department of Education Officials were on what is called the Back to School Bus Tour. The trip is organized every year by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and takes DOE officials to institutions across the country. The theme of this year’s tour is Opportunity Across America.

The meeting was held in room 200 of the Lyceum Thursday morning. At the head of the long conference table that occupies the majority of the room was U.S. Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell who was appointed to his position by President Obama. Mitchell started off the discussion by saying that it was an honor to be speaking with the students that were seated at the table.

Students at the table were representing different organizations around campus and were there to share their stories of how being a part of the Ole Miss family impacted them personally, as well as the lives of those around them. One of the first people to speak was senior broadcast journalism major Dylan Lewis of Tupelo. Lewis is the Director of Ambassadors at the university and serves as FASTrack Mentor Orientation Leader and on the Mortar Board. He shared a personal story about coming out to his family in high school. Lewis said that his relatives struggled with the revelation, and coming to Ole Miss allowed him to find the level of acceptance he was missing from his family at that point in time.

Lewis stated that families disagree on occasion, but that does not mean that they stop being a family. He related his own personal experiences to that of the university campus.

There are a lot of people on campus with a diverse range of opinions, but

CHANING GREEN

U.S. Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell listens to UM senior Chase Moore share his story and experiences at the University of Mississippi. Several Department of Education officials were at the Lyceum Thursday morning to learn more about the university’s inclusion efforts. everyone is a part of the Ole Miss family. Lewis said that it is important that members of a family support each other and find the common ground that binds them all together, something that he believes the university community has done a great job of over the years.

“We may disagree sometimes, but we are a family,” the student said, addressing Under Secretary Mitchell.

“When one of us hurts here, we all hurt.”

Sophomores Brittany Brown, Aurielle Fowler, Jarvis Benson, senior Chase Moore and freshman Arielle Hudson spoke about their experiences at the university as people of color. Chief of Staff for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Jaye Espy was there with Confidential Assistant Elyse Jones. The two women had questions about how the students, as people of color, felt about being a part of a university community that has such a dark history of racial prejudice and injustice.

These five students said that they were not sure at first. They, along with nearly all of the other students seated at the table said that they were not sure if they wanted to attend Ole

Miss, that very reason playing a huge part in that decision. But they then spoke of the community and support that they found upon arriving and meeting the student leaders and faculty who were working hard every day to make Ole Miss a better place.

“We came to Ole Miss to learn about its diversity and inclusion programs,” said Espy after the meeting. “[After listening to these students speak], we feel empowered and enlightened. It’s been very rewarding to hear how the university has embraced its history and created a path to its future. Ole Miss is leading the way in many of these discussions and we’re hoping to take some of these practices and initiatives and describe them to other universities.”

Under Secretary Mitchell said that lack of access for minority students is a huge problem that the U.S. Department of Ed takes very seriously.

After the meeting, he spoke of statistics that show how people of color and their lack of access to higher education and lack of inclusivity if they do gain access has direct, hard-hitting impacts on the country.

“We think this is a significant opportunity for higher education to build opportunities through inclusion,” Mitchell said. “Ole Miss has, as

we all know and as a student pointed out, a dark history when it comes to issues of race on campus. Rather than running away from that, Ole Miss has embraced that and is looking to build an inclusive community, understanding that history. That's something we felt that we needed to understand more and learn from.”

Eloise Tyner is a senior public policy major with a minor in Arabic. She was seated at the table representing a number of student organizations.

She was an intern with the William Winter institute for Racial Reconciliation. She is a part of the Associated Student Body, Columns society, Sunflower County Freedom Project and more. She spoke about her love of Ole Miss, and how she actually grew up on campus due to her parents’ involvement with the university.

Tyner said that for her, one of the most important things that the university does to make sure everyone feels safe is the face that it stays defenseless, as she put it. The administration’s willingness to work with students and the student body’s willingness to hear out opposing arguments is something that Tyner said can be seen every day at Ole Miss, especially during the tough times.

“I think that one of the things that Ole Miss does so well is that because of our history, there is no pride left for us to attempt to buffer ourselves with or use as a guard,” she said. “I think that a lot of people are hindered from progress because of their own pride and in an effort to save face. Ole Miss does a really good job of taking advantage of the freedom that its past full of mistakes has given it.

“Ole Miss is defenseless,” continued Tyner. “I think we are very upfront and open about where we need to grow and where our past has been as well as where we have done well and where we have done poorly in recovering from that past. I think that defenseless nature is clearly seen when bad things happen. Everyone knows and nothing is hidden.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Hood unveils her new children’s book at OM-Alabama game

BY KATHRYN WINTER STAFF WRITER

Kathryn Hood, an Ole Miss alum and children’s book author, was out signing her new book in front of the student union Saturday, just a few hours before the Rebels hooked up with No. 1 Alabama. Hood’s newest book, Twas the Night Before the Egg Bowl, will be her fourth book to sign for the Barnes and Noble bookstore on campus.

"The Ole Miss Rebel Blues is played in Vaught Hemingway Stadium after home games as fans leave the stadium," she said. "All of my books promote Ole Miss to future Rebels. Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles love to give Ole Miss items to the children in their lives- therefore the books pretty much sell themselves. I especially love signings on Game Days in the Grove. I have two more books written already and plan to write more.”

Hood plans on having another signing for the Mississippi State game, and is hoping to have her next book, Be a Rebel Like Finn published by then. “ It’s about good sportsmanship — Finneous R. Landshark, Finn for short, a young land shark and his double first cousin Muddford R. Catfish nicknamed The Mud Cat are both avid Ole Miss Rebel fans,” she said. “Finn demonstrates how to be a good sports fan to the Mud Cat who needs to improve his behavior in the Grove and on Game Days. The book teaches children what to do and what not to do to be great Rebel fans and representatives worthy of Ole Miss.

Local artist Holly Clay is going to illustrate Be a Rebel Fan like Finn and I am excited to be working with her. She has some wonderful creative ideas for the illustrations.”

Hood graduated from Ole Miss in 1968, and has been a child therapist for several years. Now known

as a children’s book author, she spends her time supporting Ole Miss football.

“I love going to the games the most. For me,

being there in person is so much more exciting than watching the games on TV,” she said. “We just got back from the Florida State

game and already have plans for New Orleans and Arkansas. We try to make as many away games as we can because the team needs our support when they are in rival territory.

And we have a great time traveling to the games with our Ole Miss family. I love writing children’s books about Ole Miss. The market for my books is basically Ole Miss alumni and students. It is a fun niche for me because I get to meet so many alumni that I would not have met except through the sale of the books. Rebel fans have so much in common to talk about. We all love to talk about our days at Ole Miss, Ole Miss sports, etc.”

Venchuk, a solo electric and acoustic fingerpicking artist, is a member of four bands: RJ Spangler’s Kansas City Six, Big Al and the BRotheres’ of the Blues, Catfish Pie and is the guitarist for the University of Mississippi’s top jazz ensemble, The Mississippians. A second year doctoral

student in English at Ole Miss, Venchuk is a vocalist and guitarist who specializes in various genres, mainly old school blues, jazz, funk and folk music.

Catawomper Press LLC, has published all of Hood’s books (including The Adventures of Foxy Reb, which was co-authored with Rebel Rags owner Terry Warren) and obtained collegiate licensing for The University of Mississippi in 2013.

“I thought the original Twas the Night before Christmas and all of the excitement children feel in anticipation of Santa Claus would be a good basis for a children’s story about the Egg Bowl,” Hood said. “The Night before the Egg Bowl is a fun book that alumni will enjoy reading to their children. I don’t want to give much of the story away because it has a surprise ending. I will tell you that our coach is the main character in the book. It will make a great Christmas gift.”

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singing music. You have to enliven the group and get them really interested in what we’re singing and music in general and make it part of the activity. When we’re dancing and carrying on like that, it’s definitely so we can get the wiggles out. It’s also a way for the kids to relax and have fun and know that it’s not just a lecture class. Choir is a hands-on activity they need to participate in completely.”

Music is something Jones has wanted to pursue for most of his life.

He said it began with his father’s love of music and how he shared that him.

His dad introduced him to classical music, 70s rock-and-roll, doo-wop and everything in between and around. Jones became involved with theatre when he was about 6 years old and began find joy in musical theatre.

The choir director is originally from Colorado Springs, where he lived until his adolescence. He spent the remaining years of his childhood in Arizona. After graduating high school and entering college at Northern Arizona University, Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in music. During his time there, was heavily involved with their musical theatre department he wrote lyrics and composed musical scores. Upon graduating, Jones took

a chance and decided to submit his work to the prestigious BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.

They accepted him and he went to live in New York where he spent nearly four years working as a composer for the workshop.

After six years in the city, a new wife and a baby, Jones decided it was time for a change and a more steady career path. He chose to study music education because is something that always appealed to him. Narrowing his choices down to a school in Colorado and Ole Miss, Jones decided to begin pursing a master’s degree in music education. Ole Miss’s timeframe fit him better, so Jones and his family uprooted and moved to Oxford in 2007.

He graduated and spent time working in a high school setting, but realized that he wanted to work with younger students as well. Jones now works at Batesville First United Methodist Church serving as their music director where he gets to work with students of all ages. A few years ago, he started Mockingbird Music where he gives beginning piano and guitar lessons, vocal coaching and runs the children’s choral. Anyone interested in joining the chorale or learning more about lessons can reach out to Mr. Jones at mockingbird.oxf@gmail.com. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Rebels FROM 1

Miss (1-2, 0-1) didn’t look the part of a double-digit underdog. Alabama was a 10-point favorite entering play, but the Rebels struck first on a 75-yard scoring march to open the game, capped by a 23-yard touchdown run by running back Akeem Judd. A fumble recovered for a touchdown by John Youngblood in the second quarter handed Ole Miss its 21-point cushion.

Alabama, though, was too much. The Crimson Tide scored 21 points in just 5:23 of game time from the end of the second quarter and into the third, out-gaining the Rebels, 69-14, in total yardage. In all, Alabama finished with 492 yards of total offense compared to 527 for Ole Miss, but its 334 rushing yards were easily a seasonhigh.

Now the Rebels are left to answer questions about their second major collapse in as many weeks and to pick up the pieces with another ranked opponent, Georgia, set to visit next

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Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze reacts to a play during Saturday’s game against Alabama. weekend.

Freeze said postgame Ole Miss will have to “continue to look at what we’re doing” in assessing how the team

handles the final two minutes before halftime.

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minute and a half until intermission. They ran twice with running back Akeem Judd, and a designed pass for Kelly on third down re-

sulted in a minimal gain.

Kelly even stepped out of bounds to stop the clock.

What followed was Jackson’s special teams heroics

that, ultimately, changed the game, and Alabama added insult to injury and tied the game with a hit and fumble of Chad Kelly – recovered by Da’Ron Payne for a six – at the Ole Miss 1-yard line early in the third quarter.

Kelly completed 26 of 41 passes for 421 yards, three touchdowns and an interception returned for a score.

He now has a passing touchdown in 16 consecutive games, matching Eli Manning (2000-02) for the longest streak in Ole Miss history.

“You depend on the leadership in the locker room, for sure,” Freeze said, when asked of the team approach to a second difficult loss.

“Our coaches, we’ll rebound. We understand we get judged in this arena by what the scoreboard says.

But we’ll get up tomorrow and know the mission is the same. I think we’re competing at a high level. The schedule is a tough one. Injuries haven’t been our friend, either. Next man up.

We’ll be excited to get them in here tomorrow and put this one in the trash and get ready for Georgia.”

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OM’s Insell, staff making impact on recruiting trail

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le Miss football games don't just attract some of the nation's top high school football prospects. A number of sports use the atmosphere of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, and the essence of the Grove on a Saturday, to their advantage.

This weekend, the Ole Miss women's basketball program hosted some of the nation's best overall prospects for the upcoming signing class. Head coach Matt Insell, and his staff, are doing big things on the recruiting trail, going after players that turn a program around in a big hurry.

Tim Lownsdale keeps up with top recruits from around the South, and nation, through National Exposure Basketball. He runs the media aspect of that organization, and the goal of NEB is to help the recruits, and the coaches looking to sign them, meet up and help with anything needed from an information standpoint.

Lownsdale lives in Dyersburg, Tennessee and NEB is based out of Shelbyville. The middle part of Tennessee is a hotbed for talented players, and Insell has thrown his hat in the ring in order to land a few of those great standouts.

Riverdale High, a champion in Class 3A and located in Murfreesboro, has one of the nation's top players in Anastasia Hayes. The combo guard is one of the top 10 players in the nation. She averaged 20 points and 4.7 assists per game last year for Riverdale. She also averaged right at six rebounds per game and just over three steals. Lownsdale praised Insell, and the staff, for the job they have done with Hayes, and others.

“I think if he lands Anastasia, that's going to completely turn his recruiting class around,” Lownsdale said. “Other kids are going to want to play with her.

Just from everything that I've seen, from Matt down to whoever, they're doing everything right. They're working extremely hard. They work as hard as anybody, if not harder. They're always out TURN TO INSELL PAGE 14

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Lafayette running back Jamarcus Quarles breaks free to score on a 60-yard run in the second half. He finished with 190 yards and two touchdowns.

Complete Effort LHS shows balance in 42-7 win over Louisville

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

The 0-2 start to the 2016 football season has become a distant memory for the Lafayette Commodores. Head coach Michael Fair told his players that following Friday night’s 42-7 win over Louisville at William L. Buford Stadium.

A week after physically beating the Oxford Chargers in the annual Crosstown Classic, the Commodores continued to take steps as a team in the one-sided win over the Wildcats. Quarterback Will Ard threw three touchdowns in the win, while Jamarcus Quarles continued to rip off big runs for touchdowns. And after Fair made some noise during halftime, the LHS defense really clamped down on the versatile Wildcats the final 24 minutes of play.

“We’ve almost put those first two games to bed and we really feel like we’re 2-0,” Fair said. “We feel like we’ve moved on and something happened.

It’s kind of like we got a do over against

Oxford. We’re going to take advantage of that. It feels good, it feels real good.

We’ve come so far in a month’s time.”

It was just a month ago that the Commodores lost their first game of the season at home to Horn Lake. Since then, Lafayette has improved tremendously and against the Wildcats, the Commodores were the most balanced they have been all season on offense.

“We had so many things to fix after that first game. This coaching staff has done a tremendous job of not only coaching fundamentals, but getting the guys in the right positions,” Fair said. “I think that’s what this staff has done and I think you can see that on Friday nights.”

Lafayette’s defense played with more energy, or emotion, in the second half, and Fair seemed pleased with what he saw on that side of the ball even if his unit had only allowed a touchdown in the first half.

“Defense is an emotional aspect of the game and when you’re not playing

with a little bit of emotion, you tend to play a little flat,” Fair said. “When our defense plays inspired, with a little emotion, they are really good.”

Tyler Williams finished with two touchdowns in the contest. His first reception of the game from Ard resulted in a 49-yard gain for a score, while his second touchdown grab showed his ability to leap as he went up in the air to snag a ball in the end zone. Williams also had a key deflection in the first half that allowed Xavier Martin to intercept in the end zone and kill a Louisville drive.

“You can’t say enough about Tyler playing on both sides of the ball,” Fair said. “He had two touchdowns and was great in our passing game and then he had that tipped ball that we intercept early in the game. He was all over the place. It’s also hard to single one out. I love Tyler and the effort he’s giving, but what about Tay Tay coming and makTURN TO LHS PAGE 13

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK:

Ard’s throws help open things up for LHS offense

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

It’s not uncommon for Will Ard to wear a big smile on his face. After Friday’s 42-7 win over Louisville at William L. Buford Stadium, Lafayette’s senior quarterback was grinning from ear to ear. There was definitely a lot for Ard and the Commodore offense to feel good about. He threw a season-high three touchdowns, and even if he’s not big on stats and more on wins, that was something to feel good about.

His ability to throw the ball early helped Lafayette open up the running game in the second half to put the Wildcats away.

“I hope that’s what it is, but I think our offensive line kind of stepped it up more. We came out with a JOEY BRENT lot more intensity in the Lafayette quarterback Will Ard finished with three touch- second half,” Ard said downs for the Commodores in the 42-7 win over Louisville. about the passing game

sparking the runs of Jamarcus Quarles.

“Coach (Michael) Fair got into us.

He came in at the half and fired us up.”

Confidence is something the Commodores have plenty of after winning back-to-back games. The game that started those feelings was the 23-3 win over Oxford two weeks ago.

Ard said he was trying to be smart with the football, and protect it overall.

“I don’t want any turnovers and just do what I can for the team,” Ard said. “We’re on a high as a team right now, and it’s just going to get better and better.”

LHS coach Michael Fair said the Commodores got a lot of man coverage with a safety free in the secondary.

That look allowed Ard to carve the Wildcats up with a slant route to Tyler Williams that turned into a 49-yard touchdown on the

first series of the game.

“We thought we had some advantages on the outside coming. We really wanted to establish the line of scrimmage and early on, to be honest, we couldn’t,” Fair said. “We took the slant to Tyler to loosen things up and then Ross Ingram came up big in our passing game. It was kind of different than last week. We kind of had to loosen them up this week to get a few cracks in the run game.”

Ard said that the way the offense looked against Louisville is the best example of the season on how balanced the Commodores can be.

“This was the example, the throwing it around and running the ball like we do.

We’re a smash mouth football team, that’s what we pride ourselves on,” Ard said. “Everything we do is physical and that’s what we pride ourselves on. Coach

LHS

Lafayette's Brandon Turnage (7) and Louisville's Dequaris Haynes (19) battle for the ball.

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ing a big hit when they were driving to make a pass incomplete? We have a really good team that’s playing well together right now.”

Ard said back-to-back wins shows to everyone else what the team felt all along.

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Ard finished the game with just one incompletion in the win, and 127 yards.

The first touchdown for Ard came on the first drive of the game. Ard really credited for Williams the bulk of the work on that play.

“That’s them. I’m just putting it in their hands.

They’re really doing a great job,” Ard said. “I know Brandon Turnage didn’t get a lot catches tonight, but he is a big threat for us as well.

He can run, he can jump, he’s doing a great job. And our offensive line. From the first week we played until now, it’s such a big difference. We’ve moved some things around and all the guys know each position.

That’s big.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

show up and click,” Ard said. “And we’re clicking. Charleston next week is going to another big test. If we can beat them, we can beat a lot of people. We have to prepare hard, come in Monday and just do what we do.”

Quarles finished with 190 yards on 23 carries, while Ard was 8 of 9 for 127 yards. Ross Ingram caught the other touchdown pass from Ard, while Jamie Shaw scored the final touchdown on the night on a 7-yard run in the second half. john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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come as a surprise that Insell is going after top players. He was a top recruiter at Kentucky before FROM 8 Ole Miss, and basketball has been his life since he was little. there and always doing what “Matt was at every tournathey need to be doing and going ment from start to finish. Or he after big-time kids that are going to keep them competitive. had somebody there from the time it started until the time it That's what you have to have if ended,” Lownsdale said. “His you're going to compete in this coaching staff that he has in league.”

To be even more exact, this is there is what he's going to need Insell's first class where he has a to make a run for a national long-standing relationship with championship. Alex (Simmons) played at Tennessee for Pat the players. Lownsdale said it's Summitt and she knows what it been a process for the staff to takes. She won a national get their system in. This is the championship. They brought in fourth year for Insell, who had George Porcha this year and he to pick up the pieces and damage done by self-imposed sanc- is really good as far as player development. Then they brought tions stemming from incidents in Arminitie Herrington and she involving the prior staff.

“He is going after some pretty is an Ole Miss legend. She played in the WNBA and she big time kids in this class and knows what it takes to get there is a really good chance that he lands some players that there.”

Some recruits ask about any make him competitive for not only an SEC Championship, but more NCAA sanctions, but Lownsdale didn't think that when you start talking SEC players have turned off Ole Miss Championship, you might as because of any future NCAA enwell talk NCAA Championship as well,” Lownsdale said. “Some tanglements.

“If you know what's going on, of these kids are getting rethey you know they're going to cruited by Uconn, Baylor, Tenbe fine. The program is going to nessee, Louisville. Several of these kids are top 10, top 25, top be fine under Matt,” Lownsdale 50 players in the nation. And he said.

Hayes plays for the Tennessee is in on every one of them.”

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Young, talented Rebels get back to work

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

A grill fired up in the student section above right field at Oxford-University Stadium Friday afternoon.

It wasn't someone getting an early start on the Ole Miss-Alabama game at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, it was to get a late lunch going in time to watch the Diamond Rebels go through their first action of the fall.

For the next 43 days, Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco and his staff will start to figure out the starting lineup and the rotation for the 2017 season. This year's team is new, but very talented. The vast majority of the roster are either freshmen, or sophomores. There are some familiar faces back like senior Colby Bortles, who is being used at first base, and Will Golsan, who has moved to the outfield.

Bianco welcomes a very talented signing class, one

that was ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation. Every one of the Rebels that could have been lost to professional baseball made it to campus, which is rare.

“When it's this talented of a class, it's very unlikely that all of them show up.

Once we got through the second day of the draft, we felt pretty good about it, but you still don't know,” Bianco said. “As some days pass, you realize that you're going to get them all. It's going to be a special class, 19 newcomers. We're very young, but very talented.”

Pitchers Jason Barber and Houston Roth are two of the newcomers. Both were standouts at Oxford High, winning back-toback Class 5A titles for the Chargers. No matter how successful their high school careers were, respect has to be earned at Ole Miss.

“You can't walk into a locker room like this and

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Ole MIss baseball coach Mike Bianco saw his Rebels open up fall practices Friday at OxfordUniversity Stadium. expect things from high school to carry over,” Barber said. “It's a whole new ballgame and you have to come out each day and try and prove yourself. I'm trying to come out here in these intra squads and try

to compete and prove myself.”

The fall is big for every player, Bianco said, adding that the freshmen sometimes put a little too much pressure on themselves.

“I think one of the goals is to get them to play just like they did in high school. Let them play with that mindset and let the strength and the conditioning take care of itself and let what you learn on the field and just mother nature take over,” Bianco said. “Don't put too much pressure on yourselves and just go out and play like you have your whole life.

They obviously must have done something special in order to get here and just let that play out. It's easier said than done and that's why we have some really good players maybe not

make much of a contribution for a year or two.

“Then there are some guys that do it right off the bat and they are freshmen All-Americans. I think that's the exciting thing about the fall because we get to see who is ready to do it right now,” Bianco added. “You look back and there are some guys like Lance Lynn and Drew Pomeranz that didn't have great freshmen falls but they blossomed in the spring. Then there are some other guys like Sikes Orvis who didn't really put it together until their junior year. I think that's one of our goals is to help them through the process and to just relax and play the game.”

Bianco said that the pitching and hitting system will be installed this

fall and some of that has already started this past month. Team defense and other things involving the team will the emphasis over the next month.

“We will watch the pitchers pitch and the hitters hit against live pitching, those type of things,” Bianco said. “With this young of a team, I believe we only have eight juniors and seniors combined, we have to be patient. It will be one of those falls where we have to take an extra day when we do bunt defenses or things like that.

There are a lot of new guys at a lot of different positions.”

Left-hander Ryan Rolison, one of the newcomers, wasn't going to throw over the weekend, Bianco said due to biceps tendonitis.

“We held him out of his bullpen this week but he did throw off the mound (Thursday) and should be fine next week and it was more precautionary because he missed his bullpen and we didn't want to rush him and not have the same amount of time off the mound as the other guys,” Bianco said.

“Bortles is kind of rehabbing. He's had a sore shoulder and he's playing first base and DH. We want to keep him from throwing across the infield for a weekend. (Andrew) Lowe is on a throwing program and he won't pitch for the next few weeks but he should be fine.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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SENATOBIA – Things started to click for quarterback Clay Holgorsen and the rest of his Northwest Mississippi Community College teammates on offense in the second half of Thursday's 27-13 win over ICC. Two touchdown passes the final 30 minutes, and three touchdowns overall, have a way of making quarterbacks feel good about things, and how everything is progressing a third of the way through the season.

“We came out with more fire. We came out kind of sleepy in the first half and we got into the locker room and looked at what we needed to adjust,” said Holgorsen, a native of Katy, Texas who started his college career at Memphis.

“We just got it going. We came out the first drive and kept driving, and got a rhythm and just kept it.”

The second half was the best the offense looked all season, Holgorsen felt, and much better than the effort against Pearl River the week prior.

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“Last week we kind of slept on Pearl River a little bit and we knew that Itawamba was going to be a good matchup. We practiced hard all week. If we keep practicing the way we're practicing and win one game a week, we'll be fine.”

NWCC's offense this season is coordinated by former Oxford High coordinator Stan Hill. Holgorsen raved about Hill, and the style he employs.

“If I see something that I want to check into, he gives the freedom to check into it,” he said. “That's what I like, I like how he trusts me.”

The No. 5 Rangers finished with 116 yards on the ground, while Holgorsen completed 23 of 37 passes for 263 yards. There were several throws dropped in the first half that could have given him more yards, and at least one more touchdown.

ICC coach Sean Cannon credited the Rangers, now 3-0 after winning the north division opener, with the plays they made. Cannon

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“They're good and they're going to win a bunch of games. This was a north division game and obviously they're a great team, so to win the game puts us in a good spot for the north division,” Parker said. “This year, every week in the north is tough.

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As for Holgorsen's play, Parker felt for his signal caller and the drops committed in the first half.

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Lafayette wide receiver Tyler Williams caught two touchdown passes in the 42-7 win over Louisville.

Oxford's annual invitational swim meet at the city pool netted a secondplace finish for the Lady Chargers and a thirdplace finish for the Chargers. Tupelo won both meets. Starkville finished second in the boys' meet.

The top finisher for the Lady Chargers in the OHS Invite was Lucy Chiniche, who won the 100 yard freestyle with a time just over 1 minute. Chiniche was also second in the 200 individual medley.

The Lady Chargers won the 200 free relay with a 1:50.42. Anna Dennis, Catherine Field, Chiniche and Kathryn Byars made up that squad. Another top individual score was provided

by Dennis in the 50 free as she finished second with

a time of 27.46 seconds.

In the recent Amory meet, several different swimmers earned firstplace finishes. Bryce Goszkowicz was first in the 100 freestyle and the 100 backstroke. Both earned Oxford nine points each. Another two Chargers who won two events was Qihang Wang in the 200 free and 500 free and William Carrington in the 100 fly and 100 breast.

Thomas Hoskins took first in the 200 IM. Robert Moore was first in the 50 free, and fourth in the 100 breast. Sam Hartnett finished second in the 100 free. That garnered seven points for the team.

Hoskins took second in the 100 back. Christian Norris took second in both the 50 free and the 100 breast. Leo Cipkowski was third in the 200 free.

On the Lady Chargers' side, Byars won both the 100 fly and the 100 breast.

Catherine Field was first in the 100 back. Ellinor Maxwell was first in the 200 IM. Lucy Chiniche was first in the 200 free, and third in the 100 breast.

William Tann gained points for Oxford by finishing third in both the 100 free and 100 breast.

Noel Torma was third in the 100 fly.

Field finished second in the 100 fly, Maxwell was second in the 100 breast.

Mary Sullivan was second in both the 50 free and 100 back. Mary Waller was third in the 200 free and fourth in the 50 free.

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Apartment For Rent

OXFORD

2 Bedrooms, 1 Baths Quiet, safe, & clean.

References required, no pets.

Call Christian Stewart, Broker (662)607-2300.

REAL ESTATE

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OXFORD

HOUSE & LAND FOR SALE 10 MILES EAST OF OXFORD 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths with 23 acres, lake, barn (662)816-8598

Home Furnishings

MINIATURE DACHSHUNDS CKC registered $200 each Call 662­983­7756

FOR SALE! SOLID OAK ARMOIRE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER. $350.00.

CALL 662-687-2492

CARRIERS WANTED Hours per day (approx.)

Gross per month (approx.)

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Recreational Vehicles

STARCRAFT Launch Ultra Lite 2015, 21 ft, Power Auning, Fully Loaded Only used 3 times. $15,000 (662)585­4126 or 231­5052

AUTO Cars

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AMRY4 ...2.75....$1,065.60 ......Becker/Hatley IUKA 7 ....2.75....$1,431.64 ..................Iuka BOON 6...2.75 ......$871.20...Booneville/Rienzi BOON 4 ....3.5.....$1278.90...Booneville/Rienzi IUKA 8......3.5....$1,324.55 ..........South Iuka

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If you believe that you may have been discriminated against in connection with the sale, rental or financing of housing, call The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at 1­800­669­9777.

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