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Sunday, February 12, 2017

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Lafayette Elementary students participate in AR Super Bowl CHANING GREEN

Lafayette High School freshman had the opportunity to learn about what goes into building a life off of a monthly income at this year’s Reality Fair. Representatives from banks, insurance providers, realtors and more were there to help students understand what goes into purchasing the necessities.

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Reality Fair LHS teaches freshman about life after school

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Friday morning, Lafayette High School freshman got a chance to see what it was like to live on a budget during the school’s annual Reality Fair.

The Reality Fair has been going on for nearly a decade at Lafayette and is used as a way to teach kids what life is like after high school or college.

Students are given a number that represents their monthly income. This number is determined by their grade point average during their first half of the school year. The higher the grades, the more money a student receives to spend at the Reality Fair.

Students take their monthly earnings and have to build a life.

After picking up their mock paycheck, students swing by a booth that lets them pick out a cell phone and a plan. Representatives from CSpire are there to walk them through the different plans they offer and how much a phone costs. After they decide on a plan, they have to deduct it from their budget. The next booth is one from Remax and students have to figure out where they’re going to live. They can even split the rent if they can find a unit with multiple bedrooms.

Students then move to a booth set up by Northeast Power where they have to learn how to pay utilities. Representatives from State Farm were there to advise them on how to purchase insurance policies. They then moved to medical insurance, grocery bills, and more. The students also have to

spin a wheel that has the potential to damage their earnings or perhaps increase them. They could land on a space that tells them they have to pay $100 to have their car fixed or so much money for a co-pay for a doctor’s visit based on which insurance plan they chose at the previous booth. They could also land on a space that said their aunt sent them a birthday card that month with $50 in it. The wheel is a part of the Reality Fair to show students they never really know what’s going to happen and why it’s important save. Unforeseen expenses do happen.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2017

CHANING GREEN

A few first and second grade classes at Lafayette Elementary School celebrated literacy and a love of sports last week during their annual Accelerated Reader Super Bowl. The event featured trophies and championship Ring Pops for the top readers and food and festivities for everyone.

Lafayette Elementary students participate in AR Super Bowl visit with first and second graders to encourage literacy among as a part of the Ole Miss football players school’s annual Accelerated swung by Lafayette Elemen- Reader Super Bowl. tary School last Friday to Three first grade classes at

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Lafayette have spent the last nine weeks reading and testing their comprehension skills using the quizzes provided by Accelerated Reader.

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ond grade classes did the same thing, but only for the month of January. For every book they read, students get to add a little paper football to their classroom’s football field and move down the field towards a touch down when they score well on the AR test.

Simms Haguewood is a second grade teacher at Lafayette. Her students have been participating in the event since she first came to the school three years ago.

“It’s just a good time to celebrate their reading and how far they’ve come along,” Haguewood said.

“We tell them how many books they’ve read so far. It’s a really good time to encourage them because January is kind of a long month.

They’ve just come back from Christmas break and before that it was mostly parties and holiday cheer, so it’s a good transition to encourage them to get back into the swing of things at school. It’s something for them to look forward to when they come back from Christmas.”

Ole Miss football players come by and present trophies to the children who’ve read the most books and performed best when tested on those books. In addition to the trophies, students also receive championship Ring Pops. The ceremony is held in the school’s field house, which was decorated for the event.

LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

On the back row from left right are Ole Miss football Zedrick Woods, Eli Johnson and Eric Swinney.

Food is provided for all the children who participated and they’re all given the chance to converse and take pictures with the football players. The players talked to the kids about the value of literacy in education as well as the “real world.” They talked about the importance of getting an education and how you can never be a college football player if you don’t go to college. Some players shared stories about how they are in tutoring and that it’s okay to ask for help when you need it.

“We also had Eli Johnson there,” Haguewood said.

“He talked about how he graduated from Lafayette and went on to play football at Ole Miss because of his hard work, including in the classroom. All the kids

thought that was really cool that somebody from Lafayette could go to Ole Miss and play football.”

Haguewood stressed that the entire point of this was to encourage students and celebrate their reading achievements.

“This isn’t just an excuse for us to have a party, and they understand that,” she said. “They had to earn this.

Yes, it’s mandatory for all the children to participate in Accelerated Reader, but this gives us the chance to tell them, ‘If you’re not taking your quizzes and doing what you’re supposed to be doing, you won’t get to come to the party.’ They want to earn the right to be there.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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OLE MISS STUDENTS AND FACULTY PROTEST TRUMP’S TRAVEL BAN

CHANING GREEN

Several faculty members and students spoke to the more 150 or so students in the Lyceum Circle Thursday at noon.The Protest was held to show public dissatisfaction with President Trump’s travel ban. Chancellor Jeffery Vitter released a statement last week saying that 26 students and 11 faculty members were affect by the ban.

MAGNOLIA MONTESSORI SCIENCE FAIR

CHANING GREEN

Will and Henry present their project on electro magnetism during Magnolia Montessori School’s science fair. Students have been working with teachers and fellow students studying, experimenting and preparing for the science fair. There were presentations about mold, static electricity, oobelk, buoyancy and more.Thursday, students had the opportunity to make presentations to visitors and other students in preparation for the full science fair held that evening.

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OBITUARIES

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Activity center among topics discussed at OPC board meeting

FRANK RICHARDSON

BY JOHN DAVIS

Frank Richardson, 96, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 at his residence.

Services were held Saturday.

Feb. 4 at Pine Grove Baptist Church just outside of Union. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Rev. Rusty Walton officiated.

Milling Funeral Home of Union was in charge of local arrangements.

Richardson served the U.S. Army in World War II serving under the direction of General George S. Patton. He was a beef and dairy farmer during his lifetime. Richardson's son, Dr. Erik Richardson, and his wife Jennie Vieve, reside in Oxford.

OXFORD PARK COMMISSION

A new activity center that will be designed to serve the recreation and social needs of the community will be looked at again this coming week. Seth Gaines, the executive director of the Oxford Park Commission, will be at a site design meeting with architects and designers involved with the project, which has been allotted to cost $8.5 million. He updated the progress of the facility during Wednesday’s meeting of the OPC board at the main office.

Gaines told the board he was doing everything he could to build as much of the facility as possible with the

money budgeted for the project. The building may be bid with two alternates. The first alternate would be with a walking track and the second would be enclosed area where the gym is.

“We’re really close with both and I think there is a way we can get both. I’m really encouraged by what I’ve seen,” Gaines told the board. “This has a mezzanine level which would allow for a bigger workout area or a commons area with a ping pong table or pool tables as well as various couches to socialize around.”

In other items discussed with the board, the Mississippi Recreation and Parks Association will sponsor a tournament for area youth recreation based baseball

and softball teams. The goal of the tournament was to offer teams from Oxford a chance to experience a competitive field over a weekend setting. The softball tournament will be held in Corinth at a cost of just $50. Half of the money is going back to MRPA in the district. The baseball tournaments will be held in Tupelo and Horn Lake. Both of the tournaments will be held on April 29-30.

“When our softball players go to Corinth or our baseball players go to Tupelo or Horn Lake this year, we will be playing by the league rules of these towns,” Gaines said.

“Teams will have to know that they may not have a pitching machine like we do for 9-10 boys. I think this will

be good for our league folks.”

The adult volleyball league is looking for teams to take part. It is just like the Oxford Sports and Social Club that has been going on with Ultimate Frisbee and 16-inch softball. The league is open for both men and women, all over the age of 16. The season is slated to last for five weeks and the cost to take part is $100.

FNC Park will be the site of the inaugural OPC High School Fast pitch softball tournament on March 3-4.

Twelve high school teams from around the area have signed up to take part in the event.

There will be a new bathroom installed at Garden Terrace Park in the next month

or two for residents. The city’s board of aldermen approved the request during their meeting Tuesday night. The land donation came through the office of Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann. Gaines had to petition the state in order for the facility to be built. Gaines said a letter from Hosemann’s office came in the mail Monday alerting him that the land donation could be discussed and then approved by the city board.

Gaines also updated the board on the new Leisure L i f e s t y l e s Administrator/Aquatics position that has been created.

Three people have officially applied for the job that opened late last week.

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OPD locates alleged Avent Park Creeper

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Wednesday against an unidentified man that many on social media The Oxford Police De- have been referring to as partment issued a citation “the Avent Park Creeper.” for misdemeanor stalking The public became

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

aware of the incident earlier this week after a local mother posted a message on the Oxford Mom and Tots Facebook page.

“I want to warn families in Oxford of a potential predator,” the message reads. “My daughter was reading in her car today at Avent. A man in an old red Ford Explorer started trying to talk to her, following her from one parking lot to the next, and even showed up later in another parking lot following her. She called the police and a report was filed. The police said another young lady reported something similar an hour before.”

The Oxford Park Commission issued a statement shortly after saying they were working closely with OPD to look into the matter. OPC also asked maintenance personnel to make more frequent stops in the area and to keep an eye out for the man. The park commission also encouraged anyone who witnesses suspicious activity to call the police immediately.

OPD issued the following statement Thursday: “On February 7, 2017 officers responded to the area of Avent Park and Sisk Avenue for a report of stalking. A female caller advised that she was approached by an unknown male while she was at the

park. The caller left the park and went to a nearby business. A short time later the male pulls into the business and tried to make contact again with the female. She then left that business at which time we were contacted.

Our officers began checking the area for the suspect after the female caller was able to provide his vehicle description. We located the suspect in the area and identified him.

Afterwards we spoke with the caller and a stalking charge was filed. The suspect was served yesterday with the charge.”

The Oxford Park Commission said they did not take the incident lightly and were happy to see it

resolved efficiently by the police department.

“The event from Tuesday was discussed in this week’s Oxford Park Commission board meeting by Executive Director Seth Gaines,” OPC said in a statement emailed to the Citizen. “He and the board took this incident very seriously. We were happy that the OPD was able to mitigate the situation and that nobody was hurt or harassed any further. We appreciate the help of the community in this matter.

We feel like they were the difference in finalizing things in a positive manner." chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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OXFORD FILM FESTIVLE

This year’s community film “FIREMAX” tells the story of an Oxford fire-breathing superhero and the unusual superpowered Oxonians he meets while trying to find his replacement.

Community film 'FIREMAX' coming to OFF

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

“FIREMAX” is the community film being featured in the Oxford Film Festival this year and is a tale of superheroes, crime fighting and general tomfoolery.

Each year the community film at the festival is a movie that was filmed in Oxford, stars local residents and only uses local production and tech. The community film is a chance to give locals a chance to understand the process behind filmmaking in order to give them a better appreciation of the art from. Plus, it’s just really fun.

This is the sixth year the Oxford Film Festival has made a community film. Micah Ginn, who worked with the film fest when the first community film was made, pitched the idea for the project to Kodak. The idea was not only to encourage the general production of more films, but also to give locals a deeper understanding of what goes into making a movie by giving them the chance to actually make a movie.

Kodak provided the film needed for the project, Sam Haskell provided a good bit of sponsorship

and assistance, and the first community film was born. It was called “The Hanging of Big Todd Wade” and can be viewed, along with the other community films, online on YouTube. The film was successful and people had a really nice time working on it, so the organizers came to the decision to make it an annual part of the Oxford Film Festival.

“We did it, everything worked out, and we were able to do it again the next year and each year after,” said Melanie Addington, director of the film fest. “It’s worked out that we’ve been able to have a new guest director.

Some of the actors are usually the same, because people really like being able to be involved with the film.”

Some years, the film fest puts out a call for script ideas for the community film and selects an idea that way, but this year worked out a bit more organically. Rory Ledbetter, Addington and a few other Oxonians were working on a film called “Kudzu Zombies,” when they met Max McDonaldson. He was hired onto the film to breathe fire, a special talent of his.

Someone mentioned that it was practically a super-

power and they began dreaming up all kinds of unique Oxford-specific superpowers.

Ledbetter said he thought it would make a funny community film.

Addington told him to write it, and he did. Ledbetter also ended up directing the film.

This year’s film is called “FIREMAX” and tells the story of a bored Oxfordbased superhero who can breathe fire. He longs for more crime. He wants to dole out more vigilante justice. So he decides to make the move to a place with a higher crime rate and less friendly neighbors than the ones Oxford has to offer. But what if something actually happens while he’s gone?

He can’t just leave his city unprotected.

Firemax begins going around and interviewing other superheroes to take his place, and he meets a strange and unusually skilled bunch of unlikely heroes with some of the weirdest powers. While trying to find his replacement, Firemax stumbles across a dastardly plot whose brand of evil is something that he hoped he would never (but kinda also hoped he would someday) encounter.

“FIREMAX” is premier-

ing Wednesday, February 15 at 6:30 p.m. and will be shown again Friday morning at 11 a.m. Both screenings have limited

space available. star locals, visit www.oxFor ticket information fordfilmfest.com. and a full schedule of films, including the many chaning.green@journalinc.com that were made locally or Twitter: chaningthegreen

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how much money they spent and how maybe they could’ve done it better. The bank representatives give them tips on how to be smart about spending money and the easiest ways to budget. If any of the kids have money left over, they’re labeled Savers. If they use their entire budget and have absolutely nothing left, they’re labeled Spenders.

The Savers are given a 100 Grand Bar while the Spenders get a Zero Bar. Counselor Tammy Quarles has been leading the Reality Fair for the last six years.

She couples the exercise with a lesson. She goes into classrooms and teaches students about how their GPAs can affect how much money they’ll make later in life. She explains how taxes come out of every paycheck and why it is so important to save money.

The whole point of this exercise is to not only teach the kids about the importance of budgeting and spending responsibly, but also to do better in school. It serves to give them an incentive to keep

CHANING GREEN

The purpose of the Reality Fair is to not only encourage students to thing about saving and what it’s like to live on a budget, but to also push them to make better grades and have higher attendance. their grades up and show up to school. Quarles stresses the fact that their GPA follows them throughout school and that maintaining a good education can lead to greater monetary reward down the road.

“We want them to understand that even their grades right now in ninth grade are going to correlate to whether or not they will be able to go to college and what kind of lifestyle they’ll have when they get out of high school,” Quarles said. “Here at the Reality Fair, we tell them to pretend they are 25 years old, fresh out of college and have just gotten their first job and paycheck.”

Quarles said she’s blown away every year by the community volunteers as well as the different local businesses that send representatives to be a part of the Reality Fair.

Many of the businesses and volunteers have been helping out with the event since it first began.

“I could not do this without the volunteers as well as the faculty and support staff here at the school,” she said.

“We’re very fortunate that we have so much support for it.

I really do think it’s one of the best things we can offer our ninth graders.” chaning.green@journalilnc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Empty Bowls returns this week

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This upcoming Tuesday, Empty Bowls, the annual event organized to benefit the Oxford Food Pantry, is being held at the Oxford Conference Center.

Traditionally, the event is held at Oxford-University United Methodist Church, but due to renovations, the Conference Center will be hosting this year.

Dorothy Laurenzo is a member of the committee that organizes Empty Bowls every year and has been with the group since its inception about 13 years ago. She said she and the rest of the committee are extremely grateful to the mayor and the city for allowing them to use the Conference center this year.

“We’re so thankful that Mayor Patterson is allowing us to use the space,” Laurenzo said. “I know the fundraiser is something very close to his heart, and he volunteered the Conference center for us to use this year, free of charge. We are most grateful for that.”

Empty Bowls costs $20 to attend and each person who comes will receive a bowl of homemade soup served in donated, handcrafted ceramic bowls.

There will be between 800 and 1,000 bowls laid out at the event for ticketholders to choose from. Ceramics graduate students known as the University of Mississippi Mud Daubers as well as different potters in the community come together to craft and donate the bowls for the event.

Empty Bowls has managed to raise up to $15,000 to benefit The Pantry in years past. The Pantry has been providing nutritional support to members of the LOU community for 35 years. Laurenzo believes in

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Parrish Alford Ole Miss Sports

Bianco has solid options for weekend rotation

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ess than two weeks before the start of the regular season, Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco doesn’t know what names will comprise his weekend pitching rotation.

And he doesn’t think that’s a bad thing.

Three freshmen have combined with a handful of returnees to give Bianco what he believes will be quality depth as the Feb. 17 season opener against No. 10ranked East Carolina nears.

Left-handed junior David Parkinson has the most returning SEC experience. Righthanded junior James McArthur was solid in non-conference starts against Southern Miss twice and Memphis en route to freshman All-America honors.

Right-handed Brady Feigl, a redshirt freshman, had a 3.42 ERA in 232⁄3 SEC innings.

Bianco expects to choose three weekend starters from those three plus freshmen Greer Holston, Ryan Rolison and Will Ethridge.

“You’d like to have cleared up what the rotation’s going to be. The good news is we’ve got a lot of options,” Bianco said.

A left-hander from Jackson, Tennessee, Rolison was rated the No. 51 draft prospect by D1Baseball.com and the No. 76 prospect by MLB.com, before being selected in the 37th round by San Diego.

A 6-foot-4 right-hander from Lilburn, Georgia, Ethridge was ranked as the nation’s No. 49 prospect by Perfect Game.

Holston, another 6-4 right-hander, was ranked in the top 200 by Perfect Game. A Long Beach native, he played at St. Stanislaus before transferring to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida for his final season.

Asked if there was separation in the group Bianco answered, “Yeah …” before correcting himself. “To be honest with you, they’ve all pitched well. I don’t know if separation is the right word. Certainly, what McArthur and Parkinson did last year means something.”

Parkinson started seven SEC games last year and posted a 4-3 mark with a 3.20 earned run in 45 innings.

James McArthur went 6-1 in 12 starts last season. (Joshua McCoy/Ole Miss Athletics) TURN TO BIANCO PAGE 14

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Former Oxford High standout Grae Kessinger is set to become the starting shortstop for the Ole Miss Rebels when the 2017 season starts next weekend.

Hometown Rebel Kessinger that much closer to realizing his dream

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS WRITER

This time last year, Grae Kessinger was getting ready to start at shortstop for the Oxford Chargers. In less than a week, he will be on the diamond at Oxford-University Stadium, ready to help lead the Ole Miss Rebels to their first win over the 2017 season.

Kessinger is no stranger to Ole Miss or the baseball fans who follow the program.

His grandfather not only played for the Rebels but coached them as well. His father was a baseball player as well, which means Grae is a third generation Diamond Rebel. He impressed during the fall and he continued to do that during the spring drills leading up the opener. Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco penciled him in to start at shortstop, which would mean he has the first crack to replace the departed Errol Robinson.

“When you first get here in the fall, you don't know what to expect. It's a lot different but going through the whole fall, you find a routine,” Kessinger said. “You come here at the same times and get comfortable. Coming out (in the spring), you have this feel that you can be more relaxed and have fun and play ball with your teammates.”

Baseball has been enjoyable for Kessinger. It's something that has been with him his entire life because of his family. He was one of the most highly recruited members of the signing class,

which was ranked No. 1 in the nation.

“I want to show everyone I was good enough to be here. But that was second to having fun. If you're having fun, then everything else is just going to work out in the end,” Kessinger said.

Getting the opportunity to start would “be amazing” because it was something he has dreamed about. At the time, there were still more practices to get through before things really solidified from a lineup standpoint.

“I want to take it day by day and just keep getting better. If it is me at shortstop, then it will be a dream come true,” said Kessinger, who was tabbed by D-I baseball as the preseason SEC Freshman of the Year. “I didn't see it coming but I thought it was cool. It's a great honor. I thank the Lord for giving me the talent. I don't want to say live up to it, but hopefully I can play the best I can and that at the end of the year, it stood to be true.”

When Kessinger walks across the line, and on to the field, it's all about playing the game rather than thinking about all the accolades or his family's name.

“It's all about being with the guys and the love of the game. Everything else is irrelevant at that point,” Kessinger added.

One of the biggest improvements for Kessinger has resided in his approach inside the weight room. He credited the training of Ben Fleming for his additional strength, which has helped his swing.

Kessinger's approach at the plate has also made him a better hitter since he left Ox-

ford High. When it comes to his defense, Kessinger had to get a feel for runners who could get around the bases faster.

“Now I know when to go get a ball or when to stay and that's another thing that has made me better,” he said.

The signing class, which is filled with several standouts, has many excited about the upcoming season. That goes for Kessinger as well.

“I'm excited about what this team is going to do. The older guys have been great leaders and the new guys have meshed really well with them,” Kessinger said. “We had a lot of prospects and no one knows how the draft is going to play out. It's awesome now that we're all here.

We're all super close, friendships for life.

That's the special part about it.”

Bianco is very glad to have Kessinger on the team. He felt like his family name, or background, has helped ground him or prepare him for college baseball at this level.

“He's handled it great and his whole career. To watch him play in the fall, he's a little different. He's very talented but you watch him play the game, the game seems slower,” Bianco said. “When you see some guys move up from high school, you can tell they're trying to catch up to the game and he almost seems like he is slowing the game down. He plays with a lot of confidence and I'm sure after listening to his father and grandfather, while it's nice and flattering to be recognized, at the end of the day, none of that stuff matters.”

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Bolden still riding high from Super Bowl win

BY BEN GARRETT SPECIAL TO OXFORD CITIZEN

Former Ole Miss running back Brandon Bolden is still at a loss for words.

Bolden recently wrapped his fifth NFL season with a Super Bowl title as a member of the New England Patriots. The Patriots rallied from a 25-point, secondhalf deficit against the Atlanta Falcons to claim Super Bowl 51 on Sunday.

And when he thinks back to what transpired — the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history — he has to pinch himself. The Patriots celebrated with a parade through downtown Boston, Mass., on Wednesday.

Bolden, like his teammates, hasn’t come down from his high.

“I’ve still got to pinch myself in the morning and just be like, ‘Wow, you just won another Super Bowl,’” he said. “It’s been a crazy adventure, and there’s a lot of things I took from Ole Miss that’s contributed to my success to help these guys get to a Super Bowl and the playoffs every year.”

Bolden had a front-row

seat to the heroics of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who can now stake claim to being, arguably, the greatest quarterback the NFL has ever seen. Brady now has five Super Bowl wins on his Hall of Fame resume, topping the previous record of four held by Hall of Famers Terry Bradshaw of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers.

Brady set a Super Bowl record with 466 yards passing en route to his second MVP trophy. After Atlanta took a 28-3 lead with 8:31 remaining in the third quarter, Brady completed 26 of 33 pass attempts for 284 yards and two touchdowns — against zero interceptions — for a 122.7 quarterback rating.

Bolden said Brady’s backto-back touchdown drives to tie the game and then win in overtime were expected on the sideline.

“Pretty much everybody on offense and defense knew what time it was,” he said. “When Tom has that ball in his hands, me personally, I think Tom likes a little pressure. To do what he

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Former Ole Miss Rebel Brandon Bolden celebrates his Super Bowl victory. did and have that much composure, that guy can make diamonds out of coal.

I’ve seen him do amazing things in my five years here with him. There was no doubt in my mind that we were about to make something happen.

“Tom Brady is the G.O.A.T (greatest of all-time). He’s been the G.O.A.T. If there was any question, he just proved in this last game that he is the G.O.A.T.”

The Patriots’ historic comeback was a surprise to most every one of the 113.7 million viewers that tuned in. But Bolden said New England never lost its belief in ultimately securing victory, despite the daunting halftime score.

“We went into the locker room and (Patriots head coach) Bill (Belichick) said his part,” Bolden said. “But a few players got up and was just like, ‘We need to go back

out there and have fun. We need to go out there and play for the guy next to us and push this game. We know this game’s going to be 60 minutes. So this next half we have to go play our game.’

“That’s what we went out there and did. We went out there and played for each other and you could tell that’s what it was. Guys were getting strip-sacks and the entire team was almost on the field. Guys were scoring touchdowns and the team was coming to join him on the field. Guys were playing for each other, and that’s what led us to start coming back. You could feel that presence. You could feel something was about to happen. We didn’t let the dam break. We got to that point to where the game could have been put away, but with the group of guys we have and the coaches we have, we’re not going to go out without a fight. And that’s what we did. We fought our ass off and we came back and won it.”

Bolden played for Ole Miss from 2008-2011 and finished his career ranked

second in school history in both total touchdowns scored (33) and rushing touchdowns (27), third in all-purpose yards (3,681) and fourth in rushing yards (2,604).

As an impending free agent, his NFL future is currently unclear. He said he’ll consult with his family before coming to a decision on where he’ll play next, though he’d love to remain with the Patriots to defend their title.

Bolden’s Patriots teams have made the playoffs in each of his five seasons, including five-straight AFC Championship appearances.

“This is going to have to be a family effort,” he said.

“I’m going to see how the whole family feels about everything and just see how it goes. Would love to be with the New England Patriots, but this is a business first and foremost. Just in case that doesn’t happen, we’ll see what the family thinks. I feel awesome. Hanging out with Tom, I feel like I can play as long as he has. But I don’t play quarterback, so that’s not going to happen.”

Russell pleased with latest win for LHS Commodores

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS WRITER

There was reason for Jason Russell to smile late Thursday night.

His Lafayette Commodores not only won the Region 2-4A powerlifting title, but all 12 of his lifters advanced on to the north state title meet next month.

“I thought our kids looked very, very strong and I definitely saw some improvements from our invitational meets,” Russell said. “We have some extremely good lifters, some guys that have a lot of experience.”

Senior Matt Toles, who finished second in his weight class last season, is the leader of the Commodores. Russell said “he’s a show to watch at a powerlifting meet” when describing his overall ability and strength.

“He squatted 700 pounds the other night. He had the

weight but missed it due to a technicality but as far as lifting, he did it,” Russell said. “Any time you see somebody move a small vehicle like that on their back, that’s pretty impressive.

We’ve also got some other guys that are a little inexperienced in powerlifting but they have really, really big upsides and be extremely successful.”

Taking home the title is big moving forward for the Commodores, Russell said.

“We have worked extremely hard in the weight room and they need to see the fruits of our labor,” Russell said. “It’s a little discouraging to put in all this work day in and see results so I think this win is really important for our kids. There are some things that we really need to grow on as a team that I saw in the meet.

Beyond being a motivating factor, we can use this meet on what we need to improve on and the places we

COURTESY

The Lafayette Commodores won the Region 2-4A powerlifting title and advanced to the north state title meet. need to get better.”

Doug Tanner, who won the 181-pound division, is another lifter that Russell was depending on the rest of the season.

“He’s also a senior and he’s got the ability to deadlift over 500 pounds. He’s a

fantastic competitor and worker,” Russell said. “I think someone who has really come on this year that has impressed me is Amani Johnson. I have to say that I love the way that Amani comes to work every day. He comes to work in the weight

room and he has improved tremendously. Every time we try to do a personal record, he improves every time. It’s been really fun to see this guy blossom into a very good lifter so far this season.”

This was the third meet of the year for the Commodores, who finished second in an invitational meet they hosted in January.

“With our football season lasting so long this year, which is a great thing, it pushed powerlifting back from a start time goes,” Russell said. “We were a little behind of getting those guys in the weight room because of the state championship game. We did a max before Christmas and then it was Christmas break time so we didn’t have a whole lot of time in the weight room prior to Christmas. We really had to get them going in order to get ready for that first meet. We didn’t have a lot of time in the weight

room for our two invitationals, but what I did see was a chance to figure out who could and get a list of those guys and then pare down the team a little bit.”

That strategy paid off heading into the regional meet. That, and additional work in the weight room.

“Our kids are showing major improvements week by week. I’m really excited about this north half meet because it’s not until March 10 so we literally have an entire month to train for it,” Russell said. “When we finished squatting the other night, there wasn’t another lifter that was a beating a Lafayette lifter. We were either in first place or in second and that was because we had two lifters in that class. Our squats were so strong and what we have to work on is our bench press and our deadlifts because it became a much more competitive meet as those lifts progressed.”

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Oxford earns two double-digit victories at Coffeeville Ormon said. "We talked about playing well early; we established our press. We could get into the transition game through our press and got out to a 20-3 lead. We wanted to play some players. They made a few shots.

We really struggled scoring there. A lot of the young players a trying to learn."

After leading 42-24 at halftime, Oxford blitzed the Lady Pirates with a 28-2 third quarter to put the game out of reach. Ormon praised many of his players for their effort they put forth after halftime.

"A good win to close the regular season," Ormon said. "Got to play a lot of players throughout the game. Saw some good things from Christina

Owens. She hit some jump shots tonight, we hope she can carry that into the division tournament. Good to see Jordan (Freeze) hitting a few open looks from three.

Kelsey Wilborn had another pretty good night getting double-figure points again."

Owens led Oxford with 20 points on 10-for-11 shooting and five steals. Wilborn continues to play well as of late scoring 17 points and added three steals and a team-high four rebounds.

Freeze had another good all-around game with nine points, six assists, and seven steals. The Lady Chargers shot 34-for-56 in the contest for a season-high 61 percent. Jada Sheen and Kailyn Moore each had 10 points to lead the Lady Pirates.

returning SEC experience is scarce.

McArthur had three FROM 1 starts in the conference, James McArthur went but they weren’t his best.

6-1 in 12 starts last sea- Most of his starts were in son. mid-week non-conferBeyond Parkinson, the ence games.

Feigl had 13 relief appearances in the SEC including a career-long 51⁄3-inning stint against Mississippi State on April 2. He gave up six hits and two earned runs in a 6-2 Ole Miss loss.

BY BEN MIKELL SPORTS WRITER

The Oxford Lady Chargers had their best offensive output of the season in both points and field goal percentage as they dismantled the Coffeeville Lady Pirates 74-32.

Oxford (10-17 overall) jumped out to a 20-3 lead in the first five minutes of the contest. Coffeeville (1-13) was able to put together a 90 run to cut the lead to 2012 with 6:40 remaining in the second quarter. Lady Charger coach Cliff Ormon subbed out his starters in order to play his bench players to prepare his team for postseason play.

"I thought our starters came out very intense,"

Bianco

BOYS ROLL Despite an off-shooting night by Oxford's top two scorers Jarkel Joiner and Terry Williams, the Oxford Chargers defeated the Coffeeville Pirates 84-60.

Joiner and Williams combined to go 0-for-12 from three-point range in the contest. Williams and Joiner 30 and 22 points respectively in the contest, but all of their points came in the paint and at the free throw line. Oxford coach Drew Tyler praised the defensive effort by some of his players, but noted that others just cruised through the game.

"Defensively, I thought we had some one end of the spectrum to the other," Tyler said. "(Drew) Bianco

WHO’S THE MAN? Bianco will also likely pick his top non-conference starter from the group of six. He doesn’t believe the possibility of Feigl in a new role will

and Tucker Scott probably played the best defense I have seen this year. Some of the others were just going through the motions just trying to run out and get some easy baskets and it led to open shots by Coffeeville.

We talked about that postgame and we definitely have to take care of that going into the division tournament."

Bianco and J.J. Pegues each had double-doubles in the contest. Bianco finished with 14 points, a careerhigh 14 rebounds, and added three steals. Pegues ended up with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Hiram Wadlington had a careerhigh 14 assists and six rebounds for Oxford (21-6).

Coffeeville (11-16) was lead weaken the Rebels’ bullpen, one of the team’s strengths a year ago.

The rotation on opening weekend might not be the same a month into the season.

“Because we have sev-

by Zavion Jones with his double-double performance of 23 points, 10 rebounds, and added four steals.

TIP-INS Joiner eclipses 2,500 career points and 1,000 points for the season with his 22point effort against Coffeeville.

The Chargers will play West Point in the 2-5A Division Tournament in New Hope Tuesday. Tip is set for 5:30 p.m. The Lady Chargers will face New Hope in their first game of the tournament. Tip is set for 7 p.m. If Oxford wins either game, they will play for the Championship on Friday. A win by either team also clinches a playoff berth and a home game in the playoffs. eral options you’ll probably see some movement, maybe more movement than we’re used to,” Bianco said. parrish.alford@journalinc.com Twitter: @parrishalford

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