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The Lafayette Commodores defeated Poplarville 27-12 Saturday evening to win the MHSAA Class 4A Gridiron Classic at Mississippi State.

Fantastic Finish Lafayette crushes Poplarville to win 4A state title

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

STARKVILLE — A magical season, one built on a tremendous work ethic and togetherness, resulted in a magical finish for the Lafayette Commodores Saturday afternoon at Mississippi State's Davis-Wade Stadium. A 13th straight win for the Commodores resulted in a third MHSAA

Class 4A state title for the school since 2010.

It was the first MHSAA title win for Michael Fair as a head coach. And it came in his first season with the Commodores.

“We played really well from the first snap until the last,” Fair said. “That's a good football team that we played tonight and they never quit. They just keep coming right at you and our guys hung in there and made some plays when it counted.”

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Lafayette had no real issues in the 27-12 win over Poplarville's Hornets. The Commodores (13-2 overall) put their stamp on the contest from the beginning. Their defense was spectacular, per usual, while the offense made plays both in the air and on the ground. It didn't matter to the Commodores about the rain, or the very wet TURN TO FANTASTIC PAGE 4

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2016

Shackelford encourages students to build character

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Ole Miss graduate student, motivational speaker and former footballer DT Shackelford spoke to Oxford Intermediate School Wednesday morning about what it means to be a person of good character.

Shackelford stood in front of the nearly 650 fifth and sixth graders who attend OIS and told them what being a good person meant to him. He said that the motto he lived by since he was in elementary school was “character is doing what’s right, even when nobody’s watching.” Shackelford said this always resonated with him and helped remind him what it means to be a good person.

The 25-year-old graduate student talked about some of the challenges of growing up with big dreams of college and a football career. He said that he was the first person in his family to graduate from college. Shackelford also went on to earn a master’s degree and is currently working a doctorate. The former linebacker overcame many challenges throughout his athletic career, primarly a torn ACL that required two separate surgeries, while he was earning his first two degrees, a bachelor’s in history and master’s in education.

At different points throughout the assembly, Shackelford took questions from students relating to character. Many of the students asked him about how he works to be a better person and how to respond to unkind words

or actions. The majority of the questions asked of Shackelford centered on bullying, something OIS discusses openly and hosts regular campaigns and discussions about. Shackelford told students that bullying was never okay, to stand up for people and to always tell an adult if they think something is going on they do not feel comfortable with.

One of the last questions put to Shackelford by a student was whether or not he was still developing his character. “Absolutely,” was his immediate response.

Shackelford said that being a good person and having character is an active decision someone can make each and every day. He challenged students to spend the entire month of December actively working toward being a better person. Wake up each day and ask what you can do to show good character that day, he told them.

Since graduating with his master’s degree, Shackelford has been working for the Athletics Foundation at Ole Miss as their assistant director of development. In addition to this, he does talks all over Mississippi as well as in Tennessee and Florida and other locations. These speeches and appearances are something Shackelford does on the side, separate from the Athletics Foundation. He said its his way of giving back to the youth who look up to him and that he was extremely thankful to the Athletics Foundation for working with him and allowing him to do them.

“At one point, somebody was able to instill in me morals and

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DT Shackelford led an assembly at Oxford Intermediate School Wednesday morning as part of the schools character education program Creating Character. This year’s theme for the program is Everyday Heroes.

Throughout the assembly, students had opportunities to ask Shackelford questions about being a good person and how to develop character. values and character and the things that you really need in life,” he said after the assembly.

“For me, this is about giving back.

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trade all that stuff to be able to come in here everyday and speak to these youths and really make an impact on their lives.”

Shackelford said his favorite

part of getting up and speaking to large groups of kids is that it makes him feel like a kid himself.

Being there in person and moving around and talking to everyone really gives him the chance to reach the kids with the message he’s trying to get across. “Kids don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care,” he said. That’s the way he approaches these things.

“It’s extremely humbling,” Shackelford said when asked what it is like having thousands of young people look up to him. “A lot of these kids are attracted to the sport of football. It’s just popular. But I want to show them that once you’re done with your athletic career, you can continue to be impactful in people’s lives.

That’s something that sticks. A lot of them want to know how you played and who you tackled and who you sacked, but more kids look at what you do once you’re done with that, and, for me, that’s what matters the most. I don’t care about how many tackles I had. That doesn't matter now.

What matters are these kids. They are the now.”

Shackelford’s speech was part of a speaker series the school has organized as a part of their character education program called Creating Character. The program engages every student at OIS by supporting and encouraging them to work towards being better people and citizens of character. The theme for the year is Everyday Heroes. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

Pop Up Oxford to be held Jan. 22-28 Pop Up Oxford will kick off Sunday, Jan. 22, and continue through Saturday, Jan. 28, with events and programs celebrating Oxford’s rich cultural scene. The idea stemmed from discussion within the Visit Oxford office about how to generate more visitation to Oxford during an otherwise slow time of year. Pop Up Oxford was born through the idea of a Chautauqua, an adult education movement that began at the beginning of the 20th century and brought together culture and entertainment in various formats including lectures, events and programs.

Pop Up Oxford will encompass the idea of the Chautaqua movement by hosting various events,

speakers, exhibits and musical components–all of which Oxford has become known for in celebrating its literary, musical and cultural heritage–and all within a week’s time. Visit Oxford has collaborated with various organizations, attractions and events to create a week-long schedule of activities for visitors and locals.

“Visit Oxford is excited to collaborate with so many different organizations and events to bring people to Oxford during an otherwise slow time of year. Pop Up Oxford highlights so many different things that Oxford has become known for culturally and offers something for everyone,” said Director of Visit Oxford, Mary Allyn Hedges.

The week-long cultural celebration will begin with the Hotel Hop from 3:30 7:30 p.m. Hotels around the Square will host a progressive food and drink tasting.

The Hotel Hop will begin at the Visit Oxford office (1013 East Jackson Ave.) and will be hosted by the Chancellor’s House, which will offer fine wine and cheese pairings, followed by a stop at the Inn at Ole Miss, which will serve a hot soup and adult beverage combo to warm you up.

The Green Roof Lounge at the Courtyard Marriott will host the next stop with a tapas menu and cocktail tasting. Finally, The Coop at the Graduate Hotel will round out the evening with a mixology demonstration and desserts.

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Oxford Children Chorus prepares for Winter Concert

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Down one of the many corridors of the music building at the University of Mississippi sits the choral rehearsal room, in which the Oxford Children’s Chorus has been hard at work preparing for their upcoming Winter Concert to be held tomorrow afternoon at Paris-Yates Chapel.

The concert is referred to as the Winter Concert because the performance will include music from many different cultures celebrating the winter season.

Associate Professor of Elementary Music Education Andrew Paney leads the chorus. He started the project in 2010 as a way to get more elementary students in the community involved in a choral music outside of traditional religious performance. Through the choir, he teaches students music literacy as well as the basics of performance tech-

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Doctoral student Anna Greenly leads the Oxford Children’s Chorus through a rehearsal last week as they prepare for this years Winter Concert being held at Paris-Yates Chapel Monday, December 5. niques and more. Rather than having a year-long season, the chorus operates on a semester basis. They rehearse once a week and hold one big performance at the end of each semester during finals week.

“I think the most fun thing about the Winter Concert is just performing in ParisYates Chapel,” Paney said.

“It’s such a pretty room, and having so many young voices singing this time of

year is just so festive. It’s the same day as the Christmas parade, so people can leave from here and go straight to the Christmas parade. We’re probably going to be done with the concert at 5:30, so that gives people plenty of time to get over there and see the parade.”

Paney uses the Children’s Chorus as an opportunity to engage his own students enrolled at the university and give them the rare chance

UM Music Professor Andrew Paney founded the Oxford Children’s Chorus six years ago as a way to bring more music education opportunities to children of the community, while also giving his own students practical teaching experience. for more hands-on instruction. There are currently two undergraduate student directors, Megan Scott and Anna Greenlee, and a doctoral student named Alicia Canterbury.

By working with the Children’s Chorus, these students are getting vital instructional experience that gives them a better understanding and appreciation for the work they could someday be doing. This is

Scott’s first year working with the chorus and, so far, she loves it. She said that she was nervous going into it, but she feels like she has really benefited from this experience.

“After this, I feel like I can talk to this age group better, when before, I’d had no prior experience with kids this age,” Scott said. “I’ve only taught middle and high school students in the past, so this was definitely new for

me. I was nervous at first, I shook a bit, turned red, didn’t really know what the heck I was doing, but I feel like I’ve grown from this. I’ve gotten over that a little bit.”

The student directors were also given the opportunity to select certain tunes they would like to conduct during their concert. There are Appalachian folk songs, medleys of several traditional folk songs as well as a song in Spanish. There is a traditional Hebrew song, African American spirituals, Caribbean tunes and so much more featured in the line up for the performance.

The concert kicks off right at 5 p.m. in Paris-Yates Chapel and will last about 30 minutes. The event is free and open to the public.

Paney encourages everyone to come out and enjoy the concert before walking over to the Square to enjoy the Oxford Christmas Parade. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: @chaningthegreen

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A program by historian The annual Christmas Mr. Starke Miller will be parade in Oxford will be presented about the Shiloh held Monday evening National Park on the borstarting at 6:30 p.m. The der of Mississippi, and parade is sponsored by the specifically about the solOxford-Lafayette Chamber diers of the Confederacy of Commerce. The parade and the University Grays, will start at the Mid-Town who were engaged in battle Shopping Center and there. travel through the Square Christmas gift donations and on to University Avfor the Oxford Veterans enue before reaching the Home of white cotton University of Mississippi socks and t-shirts size L to campus.

5XL will be accepted. Wall clocks and universal TV remote controls have also DAR Christmas been requested by resiMeeting at dents of the retirement home. Please add these gift University items to your shopping list Museum and bring them to our DeThe December luncheon cember meeting. If you are meeting of the David Reese unable to shop for veterChapter of the Daughters ans’ gifts, you may bring a of the American Revelcheck made out to David oution will be held at The Reese Chapter DAR to the University of Mississippi’s meeting with “Veterans’ Museum on Thursday at Christmas” on the memo 11:15 am. Reservations for line. the catered luncheon must be in by this Friday. Please Cookiepalooza at RSVP to chapter Regent Cedar Oaks Sally Malone at sallyj.malToday, from 2 until 5 one@gmail.com. To reserve lunch, a $15 checks may be p.m., Cedar Oaks is hosting their annual Cookmailed to DAR Treasurer

iepalooza. The home will be dressed for Christmas and open for tours. This is a great way to begin your families Christmas season.

Join us for a cookie and enjoy the afternoon. This event is free of charge. Remember to bring friends and family.

UPD responds to accident at Jackson Avenue Center The University Police Department responded to an accident in which a vehicle struck the Jackson Avenue Center shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday.

The vehicle damaged an exterior wall and the interior of an office. No one was in the office at the time of the accident and the driver was transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital - North Mississippi. No charges were filed against the driver and damage amounts have not been determined at this time.

The rest of the building was deemed safe and classes will continue to be held at the Jackson Avenue Center.

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A mini van crashed into the University of Mississippi Jackson Avenue Center Thursday evening.

The person driving was taken to the hospital, while damage to the building didn't prevent classes from being conducted.

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OBITUARIES

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2016

Properly Tied has paid off for Ole Miss student Knight

JO CHAPMAN Jo Lynn Milling Chapman, 68, passed away Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, at the University of Tennessee Methodist Hospital in Memphis. The family will hold a private funeral service and burial. A visitation for family and friends was held Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, in West Hall at Waller Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may be made to Magnolia Speech School, 733 N Flag Chapel Rd, Jackson, MS 39209.

JOAN PORTER MCMINN Joan Porter McMinn, 77, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. A visitation was held on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley, MS. A private service will be held at a later time.

The family has requested that memorials be made to LeBonheur Children’s Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 41817, Memphis, TN 38174-1817.

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While most high school students were busy preparing for college, Hunter Knight was perfecting t-shirt designs and sketching logos in class. Once he came up with a logo that he liked, he decided he wanted to create something with it, but wanted to wait until he had a strong idea and foundation before officially launching it. Knight worked on his idea for eight months before the first t-shirts were ever made.

During the summer of 2013, Properly Tied Clothing Company was born after selling 1,000 tshirts overnight. The young entrepreneur now attends The University of Mississippi and splits his time between school and growing his company.

“We design everything in house, what fabrics we want to use, theme and audience we’re trying to target. We go through a sampling stage and then show it to our retailers-who predict what the market is going to provide before the last step of mass producing the product,” Knight said. “All of our art is hand drawn, our prints are custom made for the line and uniquely designed.”

Properly Tied sells everything from stickers, koozies, croakies, bowtie key chains, trucker and cotton hats, boxers, pajama pants, heathered socks, embroidered pocket tees, long sleeve performance polos, signature tees, classic button down shirts, pullovers, rain jackets, vests, and ties.

Some of the company’s most popular items besides t-shirts are the Pintail jacket, Kensington

pullover, and McGregor jacket.

Hot sellers for Christmas include: Pintail blankets and plaid flannel button downs. His very first shirt design- an American flag made out of bow ties is still among one of his best selling designs.

“Our Kensington pull over is 100 percent polyester blend and it is the softest of its kind,” he said. “We guarantee it. It features a leather pull on a YKK zipper, navy gingham inserts, elastic cuffs and Properly Tied labeling on the front and back. Our tshirts are also 100 percent cotton and tagless. Our presence is really strong online, we get a lot of online orders. We cannot keep our tee’s in stock, and our outerwear is really popular. There are so many staples that the whole line is in pretty high demand.”

What started out as a small tshirt company became a successful men’s line, but now a goal for Knight and his staff at Properly Tied is to debut a women’s line in 2017. A Marketing major-Knight wants to establish his youth presence-which included adding a children’s line, called Little Ducklings. He has also started a college ambassador program, where participants rep the clothes on campus and spread awareness for the brand.

“Our brand caters to all sizes for all ages. We start with a youth size extra small, and carry up to a 3XL. We’re a local company that most people don’t realize it’s local,” Knight said. “We’re in over 300 stores all over the South East, we have everything- men’s, women’s and kids.”

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Former Lafayette High graduate Hunter Knight has garnered a lot of success with his Properly Tied clothing line that started in 2013.

Properly Tied is carried in stores throughout North Mississippi. Neilson’s in Oxford carries the brand locally and is the flagship store.

“It was a big confusing puzzle to figure out, nothing came together all at once,” he said. “What started out of my bedroom in my

parent’s house- now we have our own office in Oxford. I’ve definitely messed up and learned from my mistakes.”

The clothing company collaborated with Taylor Made Farm to bring customers the farm’s official fortieth anniversary tee, as well as the ‘Me and all my Chromies’ tee, celebrating the horse ‘California Chrome.’ Taylor Made Farm has sold over $1,600,000,000 in horses since its inception over thirty years ago.

California Chrome won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in 2014. He was also named horse of the year and his dedicated fans are known as "Chromies."

“It is so awesome that we have collaborated with Taylor Made.

Our company was so excited to create designs for them.”

Follow Properly Tied on Instagram and Facebook @properlytied. You can also find out more information about the company, shop, and view new styles at properlytied.com.

“It’s crazy to think one design in my high school classroom turned into me picking out catalogues, learning about retail, building relationships with stores, testing different materials, etc,” he said.

“I never really dreamed that the idea would grow to be this big.

The South is known for its classic dress and impeccable manners, and our designs compliment the timeless style of the South. We hope that you will tie yourself to our company on our journey to spread Southern inspired style across the country.”

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field conditions. All they were concerned with was finishing what they started so many months ago.

Lafayette took control of Saturday's contest from the beginning, scoring on its second play from scrimmage.

Quarterback Will Ard hooked up with Tyler Williams for a 77-yard touchdown that gave the Commodores a quick 7-0 lead with an extra point from Robbie Langley.

“We started with the big pass on the second play of the game for our offense after a three-and-out and we felt really good about things,” Fair said. “We couldn't overcome some penalties in the second half at some key times in the game, but I thought we played well. The more you invest in some-

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Lafayette’s Tyler Williams celebrates with teammate Brandon Lafayette’s Tyler Williams catches a 77-yard touchdown dur- Turnage after scoring a touchdown during Saturday’s 5A state championship game against Poplarville in Starkville. ing the first quarter of Saturday’s game.

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thing, the harder it is to give it up. These guys have invested a lot of time and energy and sweat and blood and everything else. When you invest that, it's hard to come down here and give it away. These guys played really hard.”

The big story of the first half, and the game overall, was how well the Commodores played on defense.

They stuffed the Hornets, and their vaunted Wing T offense, every step of the way.

Poplarville came into the contest averaging almost 380

yards on the ground and 41.8 points per game. In the playoffs, Poplarville had scored 60 or more points twice and nothing less than 33 points.

At the half, the Commodores had limited the Hornets to just 110 yards on 35 plays.

Quarterback Antonio Barnes

was sacked two times and only had 21 yards. Lafayette's defense also got a score late in the second quarter when Brandon Turnage returned a fumble 65 yards for a touchdown. Poplarville was trying to gain some yards on a hook and lateral, but Turnage

swallowed the ball up and went the other way to make it 20-0.

“We gave an unbelievable effort all night long,” LHS defensive coordinator Ben Ashley said. “We knew if we could get them in that situation we would be OK because it takes forever to do what they do to get into the end zone. I couldn't be more proud of our kids. That is a tough offensive philosophy to get ready for in four days and our kids did it. They played lights out, lights out.

All we hard from the Coast all week long was how we would never stop that bunch and for three quarters, we made it look easy.”

Jamarcus Quarles had the other touchdown in the first half for the Commodores on a 20-yard run.

John.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Hotty Toddy Holidays spreads holiday cheer

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Wednesday night, the Ole Miss Student Union was filled with laughter, food and holiday cheer as the school held its annual cross cultural Hotty Toddy Holidays celebration.

The event was coordinated in conjunction with the Student Activities Association and several other student organizations. It began at 6, in the Lyceum Circle with a tree lighting ceremony featuring Miss University Leah Gibson, student Sam Mooney and UM Chancellor Jeffery S. Vitter. The ceremony kicked off with Gibson’s a cappella performance of “O Holy Night.”

Mooney then began to play piano and sing a couple festive tunes.

Vitter delivered a speech in which he talked about what the holiday season meant to him and how Christmas is his favorite holiday of the year.

He spoke of giving and good cheer and how the season teaches us to push ourselves to be kind and welcoming to

all people, something he said that the university strives toward every day.

“I’ve been looking forward to the tree lighting ceremony because it is such a tradition here,” Vitter told the Citizen after the ceremony. “It’s part of my own tradition as well as a beautiful part of the culture of the university. This is my favorite holiday of the year. It puts everything into perspective. It emphasizes the important of peace and family and working for the betterment of everybody in the world.”

After his speech, Vitter led the gathered crowd of students, staff, faculty and community members in a countdown from 10. He then clicked a button and activated the lights decorating the giant University Christmas Tree that stands in the Lyceum Circle. Gibson then sang “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” as families and students gathered to take pictures under the newly illuminated Leyland Cypress.

Everyone in attendance was then encouraged to go over to the Student Union

and get some hot chocolate, cookies, free pizza or any of the many other food items being distributed. Domino’s Pizza, who regular partners with the SAA for events, provided the pizza. Within the union were several tables where students from all over the world gathered to engage the university community in discussions about winter holiday traditions native to their culture.

A big part of Hotty Toddy Holidays is that the event partners with different student organizations on campus and invites them to come and showcase their culture and traditions. The Saudi Arabian Student Organization, the University Hillel, the Catholic Campus Ministries and the African Caribbean Association were all their to share stories, food and laughter with everyone who came out to the event.

Santa himself even made a special visit to the event where he posed for photos with young and old and took down Christmas lists long enough to keep his elves

Santa was at the event to take pictures with young and old. He saw many visitors throughout the night and made sure to get everyone’s Christmas list before hopping back on his sleigh to head home to the North Pole.

Several different student organizations were at the event to share stories, traditions and food from their native cultures’ winter holiday celebration.

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Chancellor Jeffery Vitter lead a countdown from 10 Wednesday night before he lit the University Christmas Tree to kick off the school’s annual cross cultural celebration Hotty Toddy Holidays. busy until next Christmas.

Bradley Baker is the Director of the Ole Miss Student Union and works closely with the SAA. He has been involved with the association

since 2001, when he himself was a student at the university.

“It’s always been a great event that’s taken place on campus,” Baker said the

morning after Hotty Toddy Holidays. “We get to see people of all different backgrounds, cultures and religions come out and enjoy the celebration. We had about 400 to 450 people come out last night. We had someone with a five-weekold here, as well as people in their 70s and 80s. We really appreciate the people across the community who are coming out to support this event.”

The tree lighting ceremony began in 1996 under Chancellor Robert Khayat, while the actual holiday event, operating under a different name at the time, began in 2008. The Leyland Cypress that is currently used in the tree lighting ceremony is not the original tree from 20 years ago. In December of 2007 after a particularly rough drought, the previous tree burned down. In spring of 2008, the SAA donated the large tree that now stands in its predecessor’s place. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Lafayette’s 2016 season built around great teamwork

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afayette's fantastic football season this fall revolves around teamwork. In an era where athletes focus on themselves as much as anything, the Commodores of 2016 are all about each other. It all started with a coaching staff that had to find a way to mesh together in order for the program to take another step in the right direction.

Michael Fair may have helped the South Panola Tigers win a number of state championships over a decade ago, but none of that would have mattered if he couldn't pull his new team together. No matter how much a coach has done in the past, everything he does in the future revolves around his current group buying in to what he's selling.

Fair sold hard work and toughness, and strength. Nothing was ever going to be given to the Commodores of 2016, it was going to be earned. And in an era where everyone seems to get a trophy for trying, the players pulled up their pants, tightened their belts and got their hands dirty. Summer days sweating in the weight room, and on the track, gave the Commodores their backbone. It was where they bonded with each other. Every single one of the players who talked about the success of the team pointed back to the summer workouts. They were very key to what this team was able to do.

When the Commodores came out of the gates with back-to-back losses, there were some who thought the success of the last decade may be over. The players heard the rumblings. There were some who felt they were written off. The key was not giving in.

Nobody stopped working. Not the coaches, not the players. Everyone kept pulling in the same direction. And when Lafayette traveled over to Oxford for the annual Crosstown Classic, they were a new team.

Lafayette played very physical that night.

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Ole Miss Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams competed in the NCAA Championships on November 19th, 2016 in Terra Haute, Indiana.

All-American Rebel OM's Erb finishes 2016 CC season in style

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Months before the Ole Miss Rebels set a new school record at the NCAA cross country meet, MJ Erb had a good feeling about the team, and the talent on the roster. Erb, who finished sixth in the meet to earn All-American status, was bullish on the 2016 season way back in the summer, when the temperatures were more geared to swimming than running.

“We went into the season with the hopes of doing it. There are 10 to 15 teams with the hopes of making it on to the podium and actually being able to do that,” Erb said about the Rebels, who finished No. 4 in the nation. “For us to be able to do that, to bring everything together and just have one great performance on that day, it was truly something special.”

Erb was as relaxed as he had ever been heading into the final meet. He loved the course in Terre Haute, Indiana at Indiana State, site of this year's NCAA Championships.

“I know a lot of people dread that course, but I've never had a bad time there. It's pretty wide open and the wind is pretty rough and this time of year, the weather in Indiana is usually pretty

harsh,” Erb said. “You will see a lot of mud on the course but I went into it with pretty good confidence. I thought I would come out with a pretty good performance. This was probably our best training block going into conference and then going into nationals. We were all fairly certain that we would have a good day as a group.”

Ole Miss coach Ryan Vanhoy told his team to run their race and to have confidence and then find their places once on the course.

“From there, you try and work as best you can through the field because it's kind of a daunting task, especially for those guys who are a little more in the field just because there are so many runners going up and back,” Erb said. “It's kind of a mental drain. I didn't know how I was going to feel but about 5K in, I knew it was going be a good day. I had no idea what was going on in the team scoring until 6 or 7K when I heard Coach Vanhoy yell that we have a shot be on the podium.”

There are only four teams that make the podium, and the Rebels were there along with Northern Arizona, the champions in 2016, Stanford and Syracuse. Ole Miss finished one spot better than Arkansas. Ironically, Erb started his col-

lege career at Syracuse. His sixth-place finish was the second best finish in school history behind Barnabas Kirui, who was fourth in 2009.

“For me personally, it was redemption from last year. I came in last year with the hopes of basically what we did this year,” Erb said. “It was just that much more sweet to be able to do it this year after all the struggles we had. We all know that we had the talent. We have some of the best guys on the track.”

Vanhoy agreed that the team knew they had the capability of doing something special, even though they didn't talk too much about it.

“We just tried to focus and be in the best position that we could on that one day in November,” Vanhoy said. “In terms of mission accomplished, I think it's another step forward for our program. But no means do I think this means that we've made it. We're very happy and for us, it's more of a turn the page from last season. We talked about that at the start of the year, that it's a new opportunity and we changed some things and made some adjustments from the previous year and fortunately it worked out.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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LAFAYETTE-POPLARVILLE, 2016 MHSAA CLASS 4A GRIDIRON CLASSIC

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Fans of the Lafayette Commodores turned out to support the team prior to the start of Saturday's MHSAA Class 4A state title game with Poplarville at Mississippi State.

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Oxford Citizen Pick’Em JOHN DAVIS

GREG PEVEY

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GAME 1 Kansas City at Atlanta

GAME 2 Miami at Baltimore

GAME 3 Philadelphia at Cincinnati

GAME 4 Houston at Green Bay

GAME 5 Detroit at New Orleans

GAME 6 Buffalo at Oakland

GAME 7 New York Giants at Pittsburgh

GAME 8 Washington at Arizona

GAME 9 Carolina at Seattle

GAME 10 Indianapolis at New York Jets

Lady Commodores continue to please Linzy

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Not playing a game in over two weeks didn't have an affect on the Lafayette Lady Commodores Thursday night. They improved to 4-0 on the season with 68-27 win over Kosciusko.

Shaniyah Buford led Lafayette with 15 points, while Xhiir Burgess totaled

11 points.

“I wasn't sure if we were going to come out rusty. It was almost like a first game type deal,” said LHS coach Shayne Linzy. “I knew Kosciusko had some athletes and they're actually quicker than I thought they were. I thought we did a great job of stopping the (Feria) Mays girl. She had 10 points, but six came

from the free-throw line.

To me, that's a win.”

The Lady Commodores started a little slow out of the gates on offense, but then kicked it into high gear after that. And Linzy told his team that if they were going to win, they were going to win playing defense.

“The great thing for us is that we are so balanced

scoring wise. Pick your poison on who you want to stop,” Linzy said. “I've got eight other girls that can put the ball in the hoop. If you want to stop one of them, then Shaniyah is going to hurt you.

Shaniyah also had seven assists and she had a great game on the boards. I have a 10th grader in Xhiir Burgess that has six or

seven rebounds and posting up against girls that are generally bigger than her.

Overall, offensively, I love where we're at. We have multiple girls scoring and to me that's a good thing because it makes it difficult on the defense to concentrate on one person and then defensively, I think we're playing extremely well in our man-

to-man, which is something I'm really proud of.”

Lafayette will return to action Tuesday at home against Ingomar. Linzy said that the date with North Panola is in the process of being made up, but it also may not happen.

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Lafayette's victory over Oxford in the annual Crosstown Classic really got the team moving in the right direction towards 12 straight wins and a spot in the MHSAA Class 4A state title game.

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On both sides of the ball.

The running game, led by quarterback Jamarcus Quarles, could not be stopped. And the defense swarmed all over an Oxford offense that featured a number of talented skill players. It was the spark that got the Commodores moving in the right direction. It was the win that all the Commodores point to as the one that made the difference in a very successful season and one that likely wouldn't have been one to remember.

The Commodores would have won their share of games if they hadn't beat Oxford in Week 4. They are just too talented and so many had worked too hard to give up. But there is a big difference between a team winning seven or eight games and making the playoffs and one that makes a championship run.

Teams that win titles, or at least compete for them, need a definitive win. They need a foundation, and a win over Oxford, the first in five years, really was the key. Besides the fact that it was over a big rival, it was a

win that showed everything Fair wanted his team to be built on. He wanted to be strong on the ground, when the playoffs got going. And the Commodores were fantastic on the ground for the first time in 2016 against Oxford.

A defense that can stop anybody also showed up like they hadn't up to that point. The Commodores played well against Grenada in Week 2, but they were lights out against the Chargers. And the unit only got better and better from that point forward.

Defensive coordinator Ben Ashely deserves a lot of credit for his job this fall.

He made this group into a fantastic group, one that could stop any team or any style.

Lafayette of 2016 was a special football team. It was the first team that played for a state title since 2013.

Even though Lafayette has won two state titles and played for another two since 2009, this year's team had to overcome more doubters than any other before it. Lafayette won't be playing in Class 4A any longer, so the run to the title game is even more special. This program has been one of the most successful in the state.

Lafayette has only had two losing seasons since 1982.

The Commodores have posted 33 winning seasons, and made the playoffs 27 times, since 1981. They also won 13 division championships, which is a tremendous winning percentage.

With the exception of the 2014 season, the Commodores have won 10 or more games every year dating back to 2009. They have won 96 games since the start of 2009, and there aren't very many programs in this state, in any class, that can claim that level of success. South Panola, for example, has only won one more game over that time period than Lafayette.

Maybe the most impressive stat to post is this one: Before 2009, Lafayette posted eight seasons of 10 wins or more since 1981. Since 2009, the Commodores have seven.

The 2016 team should be very proud for what it accomplished. The program is headed in the right direction, into a new classification, with a lot of momentum. And all of it was made possible by great teamwork and dedication to each other.

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SPORTS ROUNDUP Oxford earns road sweep of Ashland Oxford earned a road sweep over Ashland Wednesday leading into action at home this coming week. The Lady Chargers won their first game of the season, defeating Ashland 56-52.

The Chargers won their contest 81-67 to remain unbeaten on the season.

Jordan Freeze led the Lady Chargers, who are now 1-4, with 19 points.

Christinia Owens chipped in 11 points for the Lady Chargers, who outscored Ashland 16-7 in the fourth quarter to secure the victory. Jarkel Joiner scored 40 points to lead the 3-0 Chargers in scoring. Terry Williams chipped in 30 to complement Joiner's big night.

Oxford broke open a 4039 lead at the half by scoring 26 points in the third quarter.

The annual “O” Town Showdown will be played this coming week at Oxford. The Lady Chargers will play Jackson Prep on Friday night

at 7, while the Chargers take on Prep following that contest. On Saturday night, Oxford will play against MadisonRidgeland Academy.

Commodores blank South Panola in soccer Lafayette defeated South Panola 2-0 in soccer action Thursday. The Commodores scored both of their goals in the first half. Quinn Roush and Jose Lopez each scored a goal for the Commodores, who finished with 11 shots on goal. Lopez led that statistic with three shots on goal. Alex Fikes, Roush and Yusha Patton-Bey. Alexander Diercks recorded two saves in goal for the Commodores, who are now 16 on the season. Fikes and Roush have each scored two goals for Lafayette, which has seven goals on the year.

Rebels defeat Memphis in hoops

Ole Miss rebounded from its setback to Middle Tennessee State Saturday with an 85-77 win over Memphis in the Pavilion.

Sebastian Saiz paced three Rebels in double figures with 20 points.

DeAndre Burnett chipped in 19 points, while Cullen Neal had 12. Ole Miss shot 43 percent from the floor but 41 percent from behind the 3-point arc. The Rebels will return to action next Saturday at Virginia Tech.

JOHN DAVIS

Xavier Hill gets set to shoot a free throw during Thursday's game with the Whippets.

Rangers fall in Texas Bowl The Northwest Mississippi Community College Rangers ended their season with a 34-24 loss to Trinity Valley Saturday afternoon. NWCC finished the season with a 9-3 record overall. The Rangers scored 14 of their points in the fourth quarter after being behind 31-10 after three quarters of action.

Tywun Walters led the Rangers with 92 yards on the ground and two touchdowns.

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Jonas Matlock (4) dribbles the basketball during action with Kosciusko Thursday night in the LHS gym. The Whippets defeated the Commodores 43-37.

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A strong defensive effort wasn't enough to lift Lafayette's Commodores past Kosciusko in basketball action. But John Sherman is hoping that the effort will continue to push his team in the right direction with the bulk of the season still to come.

Lafayette lost 43-37 to the Whippets Thursday night.

Jonas Matlock was the only Commodore in double figures with 11 points. Sherman liked that his team battled.

“It was a three-point game with three seconds to go in the half,” Sherman said. “We cause a bad shot, a rebound that hits the floor in the lane, and we don't get that ball. They get it and score to extend it to five. They come out and go on a 6-0 run and make it an

11-point lead. It looks like they were starting to separate and we really didn't let them. We just kept battling.

I was proud of the way most of them battled. There were some that didn't battle and we have to get them on the right frame of mind.”

The Commodores are 03 on the season and Thursday was their first game in three weeks. A road game at North Panola this past Tuesday was postponed due to weather. The focus coming into the game with the Whippets was to cut down on turnovers.

“We're turning the ball over too many times to win.

We just really stressed and focused and worked on taking care of the basketball,” Sherman said. “I still saw signs of impatience, telegraphing passes. I think where we don't value the possession is with our shot

selection. I don't think we are near patient enough.

It's like whoever catches the ball first, within 19 feet, they have to shoot it. I think that's why you score 37 points.”

Sherman said that defense was good, but he wasn't sure it was great.

“But to hold a team 20 points below their scoring average is pretty big. It wasn't 8 or 10 or 15, it was 20 points,” Sherman said. “We gave ourselves a chance to win. We were down and we switched defenses. We went from nine to five and then we came down and we took some ill advised shots. I've got to make them understand that there isn't something right with that.”

Lafayette will return to action Tuesday against Ingomar at home.

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