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Ground crews cut the new grass surface installed at Ole Miss as the improvements made to Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium.

New-Look Vaught

LHS Junior ROTC takes rewarding trip to camp

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Stadium upgrades at Ole Miss nearing a finish

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

College football will never look or feel the same at Ole Miss. The stadium named after the winningest coach in school history, and the site of a number classic contests over the years, looks completely different.

Ole Miss fans will have to wait until the Wofford game on Sept. 10 to experience the improvements to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in person. Certain members of the Ole Miss athletics staff, as well as 150 or so construction workers, have been a witness to the tremendous change for months.

Joe Swingle, the Associate Athletics Director for Facilities and Game Operations, led the first outside tour of the improvements Friday morning. Work on the upgrades, which date back to the 2013 season, will be completed on Aug. 18.

That’s when the head contractor of Roy Anderson Construction and the architects go over the final punch list with Ole Miss. Everything has gone according to plan and on schedule, Swingle said.

“They have been great, working hard, working seven days a week. They’re going to hit the deadline and Roy Anderson has been a great company to work with,” Swingle said looking up at the new 10,000 seat student section located in the north end zone. “I would say that The Pavilion was the only project larger that I’ve dealt with and this is very large. From last year, adding the 30 suites and also renovating the west sky boxes, all encompassing, it’s been quite a project.”

All the renovations are a part of the $200 million Forward Together campaign that has raised $167 million so far. Seven hundred and seventy club level seats in the south end zone were also completed before the start of the 2015 season. When the Terriers meet the Rebels in the second overall game of the season, the capacity of the new-look venue will be 64,038, which could make that contest the largest attended college football game in the history of the state.

“When it was designed the first time, it popped up and we said ‘Stop, seriously, 38?’ They said that’s our count. We said ‘You have to leave it at that number, that’s

where we have to be,’” Swingle said.

“They were like ‘Why is that?’ and one of them said Chucky Mullins, right? We said ‘Right.’ How crazy is that it happened be 64,038.”

In the south end zone, a new field club, along with new concession stands and restrooms, are being installed. Fans can now watch the Rebels drive for points watching from behind glass at field level.

They can also watch the team come out of the locker room through glass just like at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

The glass is going to be one of the last things added at the project. All the headers that hold the material are being installed now. Swingle said carpet and furniture for the fans in that area will be one of the last things added. All of it will be air conditioned, and feature large ceiling fans for comfort. Almost all of the 700 seats in the new club level have been sold. Fans will be able to also access their seats by going through the glass by elevating through stairs just outside the end zone. This particular aspect is different TURN TO STADIUM PAGE 2

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Uber service officially begins

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

After a two-year start and stop process, Uber is finally up and running. The ridesharing service started Friday after Mississippi House Bill 1381 went into affect July 1.

HB 1381 invalidated all local Mississippi laws as they pertained to licensing and city approval for taxi services that operated on a network.

Uber operates by the use of a smartphone application, making it and other services like it specifically applicable to this new law. In the city of Oxford, taxi drivers are required to undergo a rigorous background check that is conducted by local law enforcement. Uber also requires background checks, but those are conducted by companies who do not have access to some of the confidential information that law enforcement does, according Oxford resident Rep. Jay Hughes.

Hughes voted against HB 1381. He said that it catered specifically to companies like Uber and that it undermines individual municipalities’ right to determine how taxi services under their jurisdiction are operated.

“While I support Uber and have used them and have the app on my phone, I disagree

with a company using it’s billions of dollars to buy laws that create an unfair competitive advantage,” Hughes said.

A representative from Uber told the Citizen that the company does not give contributions to politicians and that the law was “carefully crafted after a robust debate over the appropriate regulatory framework for this new industry in the state.” The representative said that HB1381 is just the latest in a wave of new laws being passed by policymakers in dozens of municipalities across more than 30 other states.

When asked if he would be using the ridesharing service in Oxford, he said that he was not sure, but that he would not allow his daughter to use it when there are other taxi services in town whose drivers are much more heavily vetted.

Oxford Police Department’s Lieutenant Hildon Sessums said that any service that is helping to get more people home safely and keep less drunk drivers on the road is okay by OPD. “Anything that will help curtail drinking and driving and possible wrecks because of that is a plus,” Lt. Sessums said. “We always have to follow what the law or city ordinance is. Before, the city said that services like Uber and Lyft fell under the city’s taxi

ordinance. They chose not to comply, and that is why they were not here for a while. But the state passed House Bill 1381 which allowed networkbased transportation companies to operate throughout the state, and that supersedes any city ordinance.”

Jordan Henry lives and works in Oxford and is excited to see Uber back in town. She said that she has used the service in both Jackson and New Orleans and appreciates the convenience of it.

“It seemed pretty fast when I used it,” Henry said when she recalled using the service in other cities. “It wasn’t sketchy or anything. I don’t know how much cheaper it is compared to taxies, but it was easy. I’m all for more transportation options in Oxford.”

The company itself is also happy to be back in service in our busy college town.

“Uber is excited to begin service in Oxford – giving riders access to reliable transportation and offering flexible work opportunities for drivers,” Uber spokeswoman Evangeline George said in a statement to the Citizen on Friday. “As we head into Independence Day weekend, Uber will offer a safe alternative to drinking and driving after a night of celebrations.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

OPD makes arrests for robbery, shoplifting, and grand larceny

BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD CITIZEN

Grand larceny, shoplifting and robbery were some of the most recent arrests produced by the Oxford Police Department.

Donald Draper, 25, of Millington, Tennessee was charged with one count of robbery on Wednesday. He is accused of robbing a woman at the Circle K gas station located on Highway 6 West. According to the report, Draper attempted to enter the woman’s car. When she told him to get out of the vehicle, he took her wallet and fled on foot. He was later apprehended across 6, near the store. He was booked and

bond was set at $5,000.

Jared Foster was arrested for grand larceny on Wednesday after he was accused of stealing $13,000 in goods from Mr. Feathers Honky Tong in October, 2015. His bond was set for $2,500.

Michael Ballentine, 46 of Sardis, is facing a felony charge of shoplifting after an arrest warrant was issued. He was taken into custody as well on Wednesday. Ballentine is accused of shoplifting at WalMart Supercenter on June 27.

Total amount stolen was over $800. Ballentine has two other convictions on his record for shoplifting. His bond was set at $2,500.

On Thursday, officers responded to a call at Lafayette

Place apartment complex over a robbery. According to the report, a verbal altercation between two people led to a fight. The suspect grabbed a knife and tried to rob the victim of his wallet and phone.

The victim fled on foot, and was chase.

A security guard at the complex saw the men running and went over to assist. The suspect then left the area. The victim told officers the incident happened around 3 in the morning. The victim suffered minor cuts, no medical assistance was needed. No arrests have been made and the case is still under investigation. john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Stadium FROM PAGE 1

than just about every other SEC stadium.

Sports Turf, a comalso pany Swingle praised, has already installed the new grass surface. The grass being mowed during the tour and it’s being kept low.

There are new lights and distributed sound.

Both have been sore spots in the past for Ole Miss to deal with.

“We’re going with Musco LEDs and they will be all the way across the Rebel Club as well as the press box. That will really brighten up our stadium because as everyone knows, our stadium has been pretty dark,” Swingle said. “Distributed sound from all of our surveys, that is one area that we definitely do not score well in. Instead of all the sound coming from the video board, it will now be like a surround sound like you’re in the movie or at your house. It’s going to greatly improve the clarity of our umpire on the field as well as our pa announcer.”

There will be two new video boards in the stadium, along with a new board that already resided in the north end zone. Swingle was looking to get back input on

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The facade of the new North endzone expansion at Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium at Ole Miss. all the additions following the first game.

“If people haven’t been following social media or anything, coming in for the first time, seeing the stadium bowled in, the new lights, the new sound, I’m very excited to see their reaction,” Swingle said.

There is one more stage to complete, the north end zone plaza and bell tower, and that will come after the season in the spring of 2017.

“That will be our new end to the Walk of Champions and how the team comes into the stadium.

That bell tower is really going to be a signature piece,” Swingle said. “If you have not seen it, it’s on our website. It’s going to be a real neat anchor statement from The Grove to the stadium.”

Along with the work being completed inside and underneath the sta-

dium, the practice fields got a makeover as well.

One is grass, while the other is turf. There is also a small strip that can be used for the place-kickers to practice on. That work will be completed in the coming weeks in order to get ready for summer football drills.

Other construction on campus includes work being done to the Gillom Center and at the track.

“It’s a great time to be an Ole Miss Rebel. (AD) Ross (Bjork) has done a fantastic job,” Swingle said. “We hit the ground running. He saw what we needed to do in all of our venues. The other part is baseball coming around.

We have that project on the horizon. It’s been a great experience for me.

I think we touched every venue.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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University offers engaging program for nation’s top teens

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Every summer for the past 17 years, 50 exceptional high school students from all around the country students travel to Oxford for the Summer Leadership Institute For High School Students. The program was founded in 2000 and has been going strong and churning out exceptional leaders ever since.

It’s a highly competitive program that earns each participating student six hours of college credit. Students receive three and a half to four weeks of instruction on campus and then a full week in Washington D.C. where they get to interact with Ole Miss Alumni and meet some of the nation’s top leaders. All included in a program that costs about $500, which includes everything from food costs and lodging to travel expenses.

The program was formed through a partnership with the Division of Outreach’s Summer College for High School Student and the Trent Lott Leadership Institute. JoAnn Edwards serves as a speech instructor, director of forensics and special project manager for the Lott Institute at the university. She has been working with the program since it began and has been there since the early stages to help get it off the ground.

Edwards said that the partnership is vital to keeping the program alive. Outreach’s expertise in the logistics of the program down to even which participants would get along best as roommates are a necessary part of the process that keeps everything in check.

Cass Dodgen serves as director of the summer college program and explained that the recruitment and selection process is a lengthy one that is meticulously handled. It begins with a database that the program keeps of high school counselors across the country to make sure they are informed of the program and what it can offer students in their schools. The counselor or principal of any school in the country, public or private, can then recommend any student who they think would be a good fit for the

CHANING GREEN Alexandra Sledd from Martin,Tennessee gives a speech about Instructor JoAnn Edwards and some of her students applaud the importance of word selection Thursday during the SumSledd’s speech. mer Leadership Institute for High School Students at Ole Miss.

program. The only other way to get admitted to the program is if a student receives a nomination from regional Ole Miss admissions counselor who has interacted with said student during their job. Recommended students are then given the option of applying to the program. Once applications are in, a special committee at the university goes through each and every application and determines which students would likely excel in the program, aiming for roughly 25 students to fill each of the two sessions offered.

Anywhere from 700 to 1,000 students are nominated yearly. The program once even received 1,400 student nominations. Of that number, roughly 250 to 350 students follow through with the application process and are then moved on to be vetted by the committee.

The students spend the duration of the program learning what it means to be leader in today’s society.

The Lott Institute provides the program with professors and instructional space. Students have all of their classes during the program at the Lott Institute.

Students study political science and speech. They learn the importance of making a point and how to best get that point across.

Students attend classes in the morning and after lunch are free to do homework or study or work on projects or anything else they want to do on campus.

They have access to anything a normal college student would on campus and are free to structure their time in the afternoon and evenings as they wish. Dodgen said this is an impor-

tant part of the program that teaches students to be accountable for themselves, just like they would have to be as freshman. At 5 p.m., a mandatory announcement meeting his held. Students then go to dinner and are required to be in their residence halls by 10 and then their dorm room by 10:30.

The students that complete the program are under no obligation to attend or even apply to the University of Mississippi upon graduating high school. Dodgen said that they do not pester the students about enrolling at Ole Miss because there is no need. The students that come through the program and grow from it and grow to love Ole Miss, always find their way back. “The university sells itself,” he said.

Students that do not return to Ole Miss still often end up at great universities including Columbia and Harvard, and are always a welcomed member of the Ole Miss family.

The ones that do choose to attend Ole Miss, end up contributing to the university in substantial ways. Edwards said that about half of each year’s students that make up the Ole Miss Hall of Fame have gone through this program. Dodgen agreed.

“Gloria Kellum put it best when she said that this program is changing the face of this university,” he said. “The people who come through this program and end up enrolling in Ole Miss are in the Hall of Fame, they’re ASB presidents, they’re leaders.

We’ve had Stamp Scholars, the university’s top scholarship, come through this program recently.”

Dodgen went on to say that this is his favorite part

of the program. The benefit that Ole Miss gets from bringing in top high school students from around the country who are then likely to come back when it is time for them to pursue their degrees is immeasurable. Edwards said that for her as a teacher, she loves watching these students grow on a personal level and gain confidence that they will take with them regardless of where they end up.

“As an educator, my joy is in year after year, seeing students find their voice,”

she said, when asked what she loves about being involved with the program. “I don’t just mean that in a public speaking way.

They’re challenged and they know what they care about when they leave here.

To me, them finding their voice and wanting to talk about it through this program is a gift. It’s such a powerful tool in the world, not just the university.”

Conner Christian is from North Carolina. Both of his parents attended Ole Miss and he has visited the cam-

pus with them in the past.

His father told him about the leadership program and once Christian received a recommendation, he pursued it. He said that he entered the program because he has long wanted to attend Ole Miss, but was not sure about moving 13 hours away from home to pursue an education. So he wanted to give the place a chance.

“I love politics,” Christian said. “I love being with other people who want to talk politics with me. This program is a fun way to get involved in a sort of social college climate, while also getting credit for two college classes. I love the classes. Speech is nice and I really enjoy PoliSci. It’s really nice to be able to talk and listen to other people with different perspectives.

Plus, working in the Ole Miss library is a little bit better than working in my bedroom at home on a high school project.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Oxford-Lafayette Chamber looking for Ambassadors

RALPH KING TAYLOR

BY KATHRYN WINTER

Ralph King Taylor, 77, passed died Thursday, June 30, 2016 at his residence in Oxford. A visitation was held Saturday, July 2 at Coleman Funeral Home in Oxford, MS. Services immediately followed visitation at the funeral home. He was buried at Shiloh Cemetery.

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JAMES ARTHUR HOLLAND James Arthur Holland, 58, passed away June 28, 2016 in Melbourne, Arkansas. Visitation was held Friday, July 1 at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley. Funeral Services followed t in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks.

Burial was in the Friendship Church of God Cemetery in Charleston.

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The Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce is looking for Ambassadors to add to their team. Application deadline is July 29. All applicants will be required to participate in a one-onone interview with the program chair, scheduled during the first week of August. The LOU Chamber Ambassadors are an extension and a member of the Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce.

The group dedicates their time and energy to serve as good-will ambassadors for

the Chamber and the Oxford community.

The Ambassadors represent their businesses while networking at Chamber functions and events, increasing their exposure in the community. Ambassadors maintain a high visibility profile by providing service, attending and supporting Chamber activities and events. Responsibilities of Ambassadors include: attending ribbon cuttings and ground breaking events, Chamber After Hours, business seminars, special breakfast meetings, networking events, and working with new and existing members

to communicate benefits of the Chamber and other Chamber functions throughout the year. There is an annual fee of $100 for all participants of the Ambassador program. The fee includes a name tag, polo and blazer, monthly lunches, annual meeting ticket, Red Carpet Gala ticket and admission to events that require ambassador’s attendance. There is a maximum of 25 ambassadors, and they will be expected to attend Ambassador kick-off party and mandatory training, as well as monthly meetings for continued training and updates. LOU ambassa-

dors are required to conduct themselves in a business like manner at all times while serving as an Ambassador at any event or function.

According to the Chamber’s application for Ambassadors, “You are seen as a role model in the business community and will be expected to conduct yourself accordingly and in a way that you would wish others to follow. You should be conscious that as an ambassador, you are a representative of the Oxford Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce in all your interaction with members.”

The Chamber expects

Ambassadors to perform their duties honestly and within the best interest of the Chamber and its members.

“Ambassadors are to avoid at all times the use of offensive language and unprofessional behavior. Excessive drinking, fighting, swearing and similar unprofessional activities are to be avoided while serving as an ambassador at any event or function.”

The new team will be announced by Aug. 15th.

Ambassador kick-off will be scheduled tentatively for Aug. 26 with the new team ready to take over by Sept. 1.

Daisey Martinez blossoms as an orientation leader Daisey Martinez is a senior at the University of Mississippi studying integrated marketing communications.

The transfer student from Copiah-Lincoln County Community College said that she owes the majority of her love of Ole Miss to admissions counselor Jason McCormick who convinced her to give the place a shot.

She can typically be found working hard at her job as a student worker in admissions or acing every test or project she comes in contact with. However, this summer, the Wesson native is spending her holiday working as a student orientation leader. She even stayed at Ole Miss an extra semester to secure the position. Martinez took a rest after a hot day of welcoming students and parents on campus Thursday to sit down with Oxford Citizen reporter Chaning Green and discuss her new job.

CHANING GREEN: What made you decide to be an orientation leader?

DAISEY MARTINEZ: Well, it started out by just talking to people. They were orientation leaders. From the very beginning they would tell

me, ‘You’ve got to try it.’ My recruiter, Jason McCormick, he wanted me to do it last summer, but I didn’t think I was going to be here. So I kind of regret not doing it last summer, but the group of people I’ve gotten to work with this summer is just so special. I needed to be here this summer. So this summer is the first time I’ve done it. I was so nervous that I almost didn’t apply. It’s very competitive, and I also knew that they dance. I’m not much of a dancer. I honestly thought that was why I wouldn’t make it.

I work well in teams, but I was also worried about the social aspect, about making friends. I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to connect with 40 other people. It was a lot of stupid little fears like that. Then I said to myself, ‘Do it.’ Everyone had been telling me to, and I knew that I would genuinely love it. I knew it would be a great experience. So I did it, and I got it, and it was so great.

GREEN: Did you have trouble making friends?

MARTINEZ: It was scary at first. When I’m amongst my friends, I’m pretty extroverted and outgoing, but when it come to dealing with my actual peers that I haven’t met, it can be hard sometimes. There are 44 other people in the program and they are all so extraverted. When I have so many people like that around me, I don’t feel the need to be as outgoing as I am with my friends. So I was

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Daisey Martinez loves her job serving as a student orientation leader at the University of Mississippi. quiet. Everyone was so nice to me. They came up to me, gave me hugs and just continued thinking of me as the quiet one. But then, during our intensive training, by that time I had made a few friends and I really liked them, but I knew I needed to branch out.

I was afraid I’d made the wrong choice. If I would’ve finished up and graduated in May, I could have probably got a job working in admissions. I love admissions.

It’s my home here. People wanted me to be an admissions counselor, and that’s my dream job, but I chose to stay an extra semester, therefore forfeiting my chance at that job. So I was really wondering if I had made the right decision.

Then came the first orientation session. When I got to talk to all these students and parents and make those connections, it was wonderful and I knew. I knew I had made the right decision.

GREEN: What about it made you feel that way?

MARTINEZ: It was a transfer orientation. So going into it, being a transfer student, I immediately felt connected to them. When everyone was walking in, I encountered this dad and daughter.

I was going to tell the dad to move to the parent line, when the daughter told me that he doesn’t speak much English. So I said ‘Oh, okay.

Well, if you want, I can translate for you.’ I’m so used to offering that because Spanish is my first language that I didn’t even notice they were Vietnamese, and then I had to be like, ‘Oh, oops, never mind.’ But he reminded me of my dad. My dad doesn’t know much English. So I stayed with him for a while. I went and got his bag and a sticker and I walked with him. I was trying to just talk to him and help him. I taught him what hotty toddy was and he asked me to write it down for him and he

learned to say it. I spoke to many other students and parents, but that was just super special for me. Afterwards the daughter messaged me. We’d exchanged numbers. She said, “thank you so much for making us feel welcomed.”

Things like that, those small little impacts. Other orientation leaders love having small groups, but I honestly don’t. I want to talk to a bunch of different people from a bunch of different backgrounds. I’ll either be really awkward and they’ll loosen up and become more comfortable around me, or I will get them to talk about themselves and they’ll just open up. That’s what I like, those small moments with many different people.

Yeah, they will likely be forgotten, but in that moment, it makes such a big difference to that person.

There’s often a stereotype about people who go here.

And even though, the students at orientation have already chosen to come here, I want to be there for those that are still doubting their decision in the back of their head, because that was me. I want to show them that we have good people and that we care about you.

GREEN: What do you love about Ole Miss?

MARTINEZ: During orientation I saw a lot of people. I remember this one guy who I always see around campus that I’d never talked to before and now we’re really great friends.

There are so many interesting people at Ole Miss. I come from a very small town, and I just like talking to all these different people.

If I’m in the Union and I see someone sitting by themselves, if I’m feeling up to it that day, I will just sit and chat with them. There are so many people from such diverse backgrounds who have different stories.

I like the family part, too.

It’s just so sweet. I remember several years ago, when I still swore I was never coming to Ole Miss, I wore an Ole Miss shirt that was given to me. I went hours away from home and I walk into this random restaurant and this guy sees me and just screams Hotty Toddy. I didn’t know what that was.

My friend nudged me and told me to say it back. The man called me over and asked me all these questions about what I was studying. I didn’t wanna break his heart, because this was when I never thought I’d set foot at Ole Miss, so I just told him what I wanted to study. That has always stuck with me, that random stranger being so nice to me just because I was wearing an Ole Miss shirt. It really is a family thing. I really look forward to being able to travel anywhere and see someone with Ole Miss gear and yelling Hotty Toddy and becoming their friend. I think that’s really special. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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LHS Junior ROTC takes rewarding trip to camp

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Nine members of Lafayette County High School’s Air Force Junior ROTC recently took a trip up to Scott Air Force Base in Illinois to participate in this year’s annual Cadet Leadership Course where the kids learned what it takes to be a leader and claimed more than a few awards along the way.

LHS was attending the camp with 15 other high schools from across the country that brought around 130 students. They take all the cadets and mix them up together and assign them roommates from other schools. The kids had room inspections. Cadets were also divided into larger groups that were known as Flights. They had to wake up at 5:30 every morning for fitness training. Cadets even have the opportunity to work in different departments on base, giving them the opportunity to learn what it is like to actually be

COURTESY OF LHS AF JROTC

Maj. Harvey Rice took nine members of the LHS Air Force Junior ROTC to the annual Cadet Leadership in Illinois where they learned a lot and had fun along the way. From left to right is Carey Fitts, Brandon Allen, Courtney Allen, Nathan Cook, Briana McCoy, Destiny Mooneyham, Michael Kapp, Terrianna Young with Chris Gunter center. a full-fledged member of the United States Air Force.

In the evenings, the students held sports competitions.

Major Harvey Rice over-

sees the LHS Air Force Junior ROTC. Maj. Rice just wrapped up his 15th year at Lafayette High School and has taken a group of student to the camp every year since

he came on board as well as two years before, making it a grand total of 17 times that he has taken a group of cadets to the camp.

“It takes a bunch of kids

that don’t know each other, some from Wisconsin, some from Kansas, Mississippi, all over, rolls them together and you get to see whether or not at the end of the week they get to function as a unit,” Rice said when asked what he likes about the program. “They all learn something from it. They all come away from it feeling a sense of accomplishment.”

During the six-day camp, the instructors that accompany the cadets are in charge of staffing the camp.

They run errands, complete room inspections and anything and everything else that needs to be handled at the camp. Maj. Rice said that he has even gotten some weird looks over the years when he is buying 50 pounds of bananas at one time for the camp.

Rising senior Chris Gunter is one of the students that accompanied Maj. Rice to the camp this year. He said that he was sad to leave the camp because he loved it. He made a lot of new friends and still talks to

the roommate he had there daily.

“I loved a lot of stuff about it,” Gunter said. “It’s a camp, but once you got there, they made it fun. You got up at 5:30 every morning, but when lights went out at 10, you were looking forward to it. They had wonderful instructors there. The staff was incredible. They made it all around incredible. It was amazing experience I’ll never forget it.”

In terms of awards claimed by LHS students, Courtney Allen, Nathan Cook and Destiny Mooneyham all received a best uniform award. Allen and Terrianna Young received awards for best room.

Allen’s Flight was named Best Athletic Flight and Nathan Cook’s flight was won the Drill Award. The last award went to Destiny Mooneyham’s Flight, which was named the Honor Flight for Cadet Leadership Course 2016. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Coastal Carolina tips scales in college baseball with CWS win

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win by Coastal Carolina in the third game of the College World Series championship seemed the most appropriate way to end a wild 2016 baseball season. The annual CWS is always the last college championship to conclude.

It’s the final cap on an entire year of sports, at a level local fans are so familiar with.

Arizona had a great story heading into the CWS. The Wildcats swept the Mississippi State Bulldogs in Starkville, shocking record crowds at Dudy Noble in the process. Head coach Jay Johnson was in his first season with the Wildcats, and that also made them likable. Coastal Carolina, however, was lovable. What exactly is a Chanticleer? That was the first thing to answer, and for the record, it’s “a proud and fierce rooster who dominates the barnyard with splendor.” OK, so basically a tougher, more polished South Carolina Gamecock.

Thursday’s 4-3 win over Arizona, in Game 3 of the CWS title series, was the first national title for Coastal Carolina and coach Gary Gilmore, who also happened to win his 1,100 game as a head coach at the same time. That’s the kind of things that attracted many to Coastal Carolina. In a year when an SEC team looked poised to hoist a trophy, Coastal Carolina came through the gauntlet and stole our hearts.

Ole Miss was one of the few teams that defeated Coastal Carolina this season on the diamond. The Rebels traveled to Conway, South Carolina to play in the Chanticleer Classic that also featured Cincinnati and Ball State. Coastal went 1-2 in that tournament. The Rebels won 8-2 and that weekend, the first away from Oxford for the Rebels. It was another early sign that the 2016 season could be a good one.

The Rebels did have a very productive year. They won 43 games and hosted a reTURN TO BASEBALL PAGE 14

COURTESY ALEXA BORTLES

Alexa Bortles, one of the nation's top junior tennis players, can't wait to play for the Ole Miss Rebels and coach Mark Beyers.

All in the Family Talented Alexa Bortles ready to be a Rebel

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Two days in Oxford, touring the city and Ole Miss, flew by for Alexa Bortles and her mother. The standout tennis player, who is right on the cusp of being ranked as a professional, committed to play for the Rebels and coach Mark Beyers because she fell in love with everything.

The first cousin to Ole Miss baseball player Colby Bortles, and NFL quarterback Blake Bortles, can’t wait to sign with the program this coming November.

“I’m super, super excited. I started the recruiting process my junior year and I’ve never really had a true dream school,” said Bortles, who turned 18 over the weekend and celebrated with a trip to Cancun. “I was pretty open minded throughout the entire process. I have tons of older friends that gave me some insight on all the schools. Coach Beyers came to watch me practice one day, as did other schools. It was truly a spur of the moment thing that my mom and I decided to drive up to Oxford for a weekend.”

Of course during her visit in early March, Bortles made sure to stop in and see her older cousin playing at Oxford-University Stadium. She

At one point, Alexa Bortles won 63 matches over two years playing on the sectional and junior circuits. also got to see the tennis team play Memphis, and that added to the overall experience.

“It was one of those things that as soon as I got there, that’s where I wanted to spend my next four years,”

Bortles added. “Coach Beyers is just so genuine. I like the way he trains his players. I just knew right away and I could hardly make it back to Atlanta before I committed.”

A tennis court in a state or foreign country is as much of

a home to Bortles, who is always busy playing in tournaments. She most recently was gone for three weeks and she defeated the nation’s No. 3 ranked college player, Megan Manasse, who attends the University of CaliforniaBerkeley and is set to be a senior. Following her birthday trip to Mexico, Bortles was planning to play in some tournaments again.

“I would say that when I do go on the road, it’s for two, three, four weeks at a time,” said Bortles, who manages her school work by being taught at home. “It’s not easy. I started home schooling in the sixth grade and I’ve kind of gotten the hang of it over the years. It’s a long day. I spend seven, eight hours at the site, the last thing you want to do is open your computer and do work at your hotel. Sometimes you just have to make yourself do it.”

Bortles went into the match with Manasse knowing she had to play her best based on the scouting report she received.

“One of my best friends goes to Georgia and she played her before and had some really close matches with her, so I knew it was definitely going to be tough,” TURN TO BORTLES PAGE 12

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Chargers wrap up ‘perfect’ summer season in style

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Six weeks had passed since the Oxford Chargers were able to raise a trophy over their heads. When you’ve been the best baseball program in the state the past two high school seasons, it’s hard not to want to keep winning hardware.

Oxford punctuated a perfect summer season by winning the annual NEMCABB Championship Thursday afternoon in New Albany. Duncan Graeber was the hero on the final day for the Chargers. In a 2-1 win over Houston in the semifinals, he collected the gamewinning double. In the 8-7 win over New Hope, Graeber drove in the gamewinning run with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh.

All of it to the delight of OHS coach Chris Baughman, who saw his team go 10-0 in June.

“I’m real proud. It’s summer ball, so we are going to take that for what it’s worth, but we have played well. One thing that I’m liking so far that I thought would be true about this team, and obviously we have a lot of time to go between now and March and April, but I really like the team chemistry,” Baughman said.

“They really feel like they can win (Class 5A title) again. That’s going to be our goal, to be as good as we possibly can. If this bunch will buy in to what we’re preaching and what

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Bortles said about meeting up with Manasse. “It was hot. We were in Sumter, South Carolina and I think it was 100 degrees and we played three and a half hours. I was able to pull it out. I was happy with that win.”

Victories on the court have come in bunches for Bortles won several sectional tournaments for a couple of seasons straight.

In total, she won 63 matches in a row. She has also played in junior international tour-

COURTESY

Oxford defeated New Hope 8-7 on Thursday to capture the annual NEMCABB Tournament in New Albany. The Chargers finished the summer with a 10-0 mark. we’re needing to do to be a little different team next year, then they have the opportunity to do something special again.”

Oxford also defeated Lafayette and Caledonia during the tournament in New Albany.

“We really hit the ball well and we made some plays defensively,” Baughman said. “We made two errors (Thursday) but we didn’t make many errors in the whole tournament or

all summer. We even had guys out of position, which is the name of the game in summer with teams.

“I was also proud of the approach we took at the plate. (Thursday) was probably the worst of the days offensively as far as our pitch selection at times. But we got some big hits when we needed it.

We’re not going to hit 25, 30 homers as a team like we did last year and we know that. They do the lit-

tle things offensively to be different and to be successful.”

Baughman said he had about “15 to 16 guys” that he feels he can throw into the lineup. He added that it will different next year depending on who is pitching and who is at first base and with Ben Bianco being healthy and able to catch.

“We’re going to play different guys. I know Greg (Lewis) did that a lot at

Lafayette this year and we will have that luxury to be very deep,” Baughman said. “We will be inexperienced, but that’s been a good thing for us this summer because these are the kids that have sat back one or two years now and have played behind those seniors that were lost.

They’re very anxious for their opportunity to produce. They’ve done a great job this summer doing that.”

naments for several years, and traveled the world, winning a few titles in the process.

“This past year, I started playing some professional tournaments and I had quite a bit of success in doubles,” Bortles said. “I won my first professional doubles tournament four months ago and got to the finals of a pro doubles tournament.

I’ve gotten some points in singles and need one more to get my pro ranking. So overall it’s been a pretty good year.”

Anxious was the word Bortles used to describe how she felt about starting her

Ole Miss career. She has kept up with all the matches, and the results.

“I really can wait to be a part of it along side the other girls and to play for Coach Beyers and be a Rebel,” Bortles said. “My mom and I got to experience some of the Square and we were bummed when we had to leave. We didn’t realize there was so much to do. We thought we could get in and out in two days and when that was up, we wanted to spend another whole week.

We weren’t ready to leave.”

Even before she came in March, Bortles was familiar with Ole Miss through her

cousin, who will be back in Oxford next year playing for Mike Bianco. Not long after Beyers saw Bortles practice, she started to ask her cousin about Ole Miss.

“I actually went to Jacksonville in December I want to say and Coach Mark had just come to watch me practice, so I was kind of picking (Colby’s) brain on Ole Miss and the SEC in general because that’s what I was pretty interested in,” she said. “(Colby) had a lot of good things to say, that everything was positive and great. The thing that stood out to me was it’s a big SEC school but it feels like a small

family when you’re on campus. Even though it’s a big school, you never feel like a number. You feel special on campus and that was the vibe I got on campus when I was there. I love that you have football and all these successful sports but it’s just small enough. He has enjoyed his time. It was bittersweet when he decided to stay. We all wanted to see him go to the pros, but I’m excited I will get to see him play at Ole Miss one more year.”

Georgia, Clemson, Vanderbilt, North Carolina and TCU were the other schools that Bortles really looked at

Different players have stepped up this summer.

Graeber was hot in the final two games and swung the bat well all week, Baughman said.

Carson Stinnett was solid on the mound during the summer.

“It’s really been somebody different everyday.

Drew (Bianco) got on for us in the bottom of the seventh and in a hit-andrun, Duncan doubles off the wall to end the game,” Baughman said. “One of the things I’ve been impressed the last week was Preston (Perkins) and the possibility of him handling that leadoff spot.

“Quite frankly, I would really like to see Drew and Ben hitting back-to-back in the spring in the middle of our order,” Baughman added. “One of the things we talked about as a staff was needing somebody to step up in the leadoff role.

Giles Lamar had a good summer and defensively he is our best outfielder.

He goes and gets it and he’s our best base runner and it’s one of those things where we don’t want to have him on the bases.

Chase Kessinger had a pretty productive summer. We’re looking for him to possibly push his way in there. C.J. Terrell had a good summer as well. Two things with this bunch: If they will be unselfish and if they will buy in to each other and to what we feel is best for us, then they’re going to go a long way.”

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from a school standpoint.

“Everyone told me in the beginning that you will know when you find a school, you will have that feeling, and I really didn’t have it talking to these other schools,” Bortles said.

“When I got to Ole Miss, I knew that was it.”

There isn’t a lot of down time for Bortles, but she has been able to carve out some time to play golf with her father. She also hangs out with friends, and she likes to cook out and hang outside, or go to football games.

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Diamond ready to play QB for Freeze, Rebels

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

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The Shawnee, Oklahoma native felt so comfortable with things, he wanted to play for the Rebels following his senior season this fall.

The 6-foot-3 Diamond, who just took part in the Southeast Select Combine, also talked highly about the new upgrades to VaughtHemingway Stadium.

“I love that they’re redoing the stadium and bowling it in,” Diamond added before making his decision to join the Rebels as a walkon public.

Diamond said that he connected with head coach Hugh Freeze, and that quarterbacks coach Dan Werner was “laid back and pretty easy to talk to.” Diamond added that he follows Freeze on Twitter and

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Jack Diamond likes that he fishes for bass.

Diamond also likes to fish back at home when he’s not playing football.

As a junior, Diamond threw for 2,650 yards and 28 touchdowns in just nine games. He only had seven interceptions in 292 total attempts.

Last year, Shawnee was 3-6 overall and Diamond said his goal was the playoffs this year, and hopefully a state championship.

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“Right now, I want to be the best teammate and leader for my team,” Diamond said, who was joined in Oxford at the combine by one of the nation’s top centers, Creed Humphrey.

“I love playing with Creed.

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OM tennis camp wraps up another successful summer

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Three straight weeks of tennis camp came to an end Thursday at Ole Miss for women’s coach Mark Beyers and men’s coach Toby Hansson. Almost 300 youth from as close as Oxford to several states away took part in the camps held at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center. By noon Thursday, all the awards and trophies were handed out, and both coaches were set to hit the road for recruiting.

Beyers has been associated with an Ole Miss tennis camp for 20 years when Billy Chadwick led the men’s tennis program.

“They had this thing up and running way before that, before I got here. Even when Billy retired, Toby and I continued the tradition and we get lots of kids who come back year after year,” Beyers said. “That tells us they’re having a great time and a great experience here.”

Most of the campers stay overnight, but there are some that shuttle to and from campus each of the four days.

“We have them come in from all over, Memphis, Jackson, from the Coast and as far away as Dallas, Mobile, Birmingham,” Beyers said. “It’s fun to see to see the kids come back and it’s fun to see the numbers increase. It’s always fun to have kids see the Ole Miss campus. Some might come for football games, but for some it might be the first experience with Oxford and The University of Mississippi. It’s fun to hear their parents’ experiences and how much they love the campus and how beautiful The Grove is.”

Gordon Whitwell, who plays for the Oxford Chargers, was the second-place winner in the upper level boys division. He felt like he improved a lot throughout the week.

“We did a variety of stuff to

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gional (old news, I know), but they didn’t quite have the magic of Coastal. Don’t get it wrong, the Chanticleers are a talented bunch. People can downplay winning 21 of 24 games in the Big South if they want, but Coastal showed a lot when it counted.

Sweeps at Alex Box Stadium, in the super regionals, don’t just happen. A team has to play well, have talent, and then get a few breaks. Coastal showed great ability defeating Florida in its very first game in the CWS. That

work on,” Whitwell said. “The tournament had great competition at the end of the week. There are a lot of other kids that I know, but we got to play a lot of other kids from all over the state.”

There are different level of campers and as a result, the kids are divided up based on skill level such as advanced, intermediate or beginner.

“With each group, you work on a little bit different skill level.

With the beginners, we want to make sure they get the basics and the technical support and also, learn how to keep score for example,” Beyers said. “We want them to go back and really start playing tennis and know what a game is and how to play a set.

With the intermediate group, we work on correct grip and we start talking about strategy and we talk about singles and doubles.

With the advanced group, a lot of them are getting ready for the Southern or state qualifying or JOHN DAVIS | OXFORD CITIZEN things like that. They play a lot of Awards were given out during the final day of Ole Miss tennis camp for several different divisions. tournaments and we make sure they get a lot of match play. We kind of cater what we do to the level of the kids.”

The camp ends with a tournament for each of the divisions, which is based less on age compared to ability.

“We make sure to give them plenty of water breaks because it gets hot but again have a lot of the same kids back year after year tells us that they’re having a great time,” Beyers said. “I have a lot of parents come up and tell me they really enjoy this or that we run a really great camp.

Coach Hansson and I and the rest of the stuff, we put a lot into this. We take a lot of pride that we do run a good camp and that we get a lot of kids on the Ole Miss campus. That tells me a lot when we hear those things.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

was a great sign of things to come. The Chanticleers beat national seed Texas Tech to stay alive, and then took down TCU twice before meeting up with the Wildcats. Then they overcome a 3-0 loss in Game 1 of the title series to win two, one-run games.

Gritty for sure. Amazing is another word to use.

Just when you think the power conferences have this college baseball thing mapped out from a dominance standpoint, a team like Coastal comes in and tips the scales again. Again, this was the season, it appeared, that the SEC, or the ACC, would dominate the scene in Omaha. Only Florida and Miami, respectively, made it

Gordon Whitwell returns a shot during action Thursday at the Ole Miss tennis camp. that far. Not sure anyone would have thought the number would have been two when 17 from both conferences made the field of 64.

One of the best parts about the final game, the final win, came from a story told to me through Facebook. A friend in Omaha, Michael Messerly, who has been to every CWS since he was born almost 40 years ago, sent me this: “Congrats to Coastal Carolina for winning it all! Wow, this year will go down as one of the best!

I’ve met so many great people from all over the country. I was rooting for Coastal, however I’ve become friends with a lot of the Arizona parents. The Wildcats

were defeated 4-3 and I saw something today I’ve never seen in recent memory and possibly ever. The Arizona players and fans clapped for each Coastal player and staff receiving their award on the field. Arizona could of easily walked away into the locker room and no one would blame them. To me that showed a lot of class and respect not only for the other team but for the game. After the ceremonies most of the parents of the Arizona players thanked me with hand shakes and hugs and said thanks to the Lot D, Row 6 crew for being such gracious host and human beings.”

Messerly, and his friends,

treated Ole Miss fans to the same hospitality two summers ago. He has kept up with the Rebels ever since and wished they would come back. Next season, the Rebels return a lot of really good pitching, and have a great class coming in. It could be the year that Mike Bianco wins his first title like Coach Gilmore did this year. It should be interesting for sure, and may be just as unpredictable as it was this year. Here’s to a great 2017, and to the start of another great college athletic calendar that starts here in a little over a month.

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