1998

Duncan in good company at EC Neshoba Central golf/junior high basketball coach Deborah Norwood Duncan will be in some pretty good company when she is inducted in East Central Community College's Athletic Hall of Fame during homecoming cer– emonies in Decatur on Oct 10. Sports with ~~~e, ~e~~~e~ mascots, neither has fared well in the passing game thus far. Philadelphia has completed 3 of 18 passes for 44 yards. Neshoba is 0 of 11.

• MRA honors Rea: Madison– Ridgeland Academy is honoring the late Sam Rea by allowing a deserving senior back to wear his No. 26 in memory of the former Patriot. The ftrot person to wear the jersey

Entering the Hall of Fame with Duncan is Houston Comets coach Van Chancellor. Chancellor recently led the Comets to their second straight WNBA championship and was named Coach of the Year. Also to be inducted is Howard Ses-

The Tornadoes evened their record 1s Michael Hand, who scored the first at 1-1last week with a 35-20 win over touchdown in MRA's 35-6 win at Kemper County. Their loss was to Leake Friday night. Class SA Vicksburg in the season Rea's widow is the former Dana opener. While the closeness of that Killen of Philadelphia.

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• Rockets-Tornadoes Chapter game looked good at the time, Vicks- • Not your typical MPSA team: XXXIX: Philadelphia and Neshoba burg gave up 62 points in last week's When it comes to .fississippi Private Central continue their annual football game with West Monroe (La.). School Association football, Jackson war Friday night with the Rockets Neshoba fell to 1-1 with a 26-0 loss Prep has often set the standard. hosting this year's event at 7:30. to Forest last Friday after thumping The Patriots went 10-1 last year, Philadelphia took a 19-6 win last Yazoo City in the season opener. losing 24-14 in the first round of the year. Neshoba still holds a 20-18 lead Yazoo was a 41-6 lo,er to Starb;}le AAAA state playoffs to eventual in the series, thanks to 12 wins in the last week. champion Pillow. last 16 meetings. For two ,..,chooJ, wtth air-related This year fina..s Prep sporting a homecoming ce emonY

look not often found among MPSA members. Two of Prep's 60 players are black. They are junior wide receiver/defen– sive back Chris Gale (6-1, 160) and sophomore wide receiver/defensive back Sherman Jenkins (6-0, 168). • www.rentedmules.com: It's time for the first installment of foot– ball teams that were "beaten like a rented mule" from the games of Sept. 4. Greenwood took a 68-8 whipping

opener, a ::.lim 8·6 wjn over hapless Williams-Sullivan . Williams-Sullivan, by the way, was on the receiving end of a 58-6 pasting from J.J. McClain. Clarkdale kept its rightful spot in this column in suffering a 56-14 drub– bing from Stringer. Broad Street had its streets paved and packed in a 56-6 loss to West Bolivar. Alcorn Central was a 53-20 victim of Itawamba County AHS. Willie Totten coaching or not, Cleveland East Side took a 50-6 thrashing from Indianola Gentry.

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Clar~dale laid down the smack on GreenVJ.lle to the tune of 65-0.

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SCOTT COUNT St. Aloysius received a 63-14 beat– UNION APPEAl ing a~ the hands ofGulfpo~ st. John. VIcksburg, a 21-13 wmner over WINSTON COU Philadelphia a week ago, was blasted CLARION-LED( 62-21 by West Monroe

The rented mules weren't limited to Mississippi as Demopolis {Ala.) Academy was humbled by Shelby - --- ---– Academy to the tune of 69-0. Also in Alabama, Randolph Coun– ty buried Horseshoe Bend 60-0. Maybe close doesn't count with Horseshoe after all.

McAdams took a 59-22 whtppmg from Ethel. McAdams' prowess should have been answered in its season