1998

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Watson, .Bil lie in Alabama-Mississippi The 11th-annual Alabama-Missis– sippi High School Football All-Star

coach Chuck Friend is the adminis– trative coach for the Mississippi team. Alabama holds a 6-4 lead in the series after last year's 10-6 win. • Mississippi bombs in basket– ball all-star games: During the 1997-98 basketball season, many coaches said high school basketball in general in Mississippi was as bad as they could remember it being. The Mississippi teams did nothing to disprove that 1 opinion during Satur– day's all-star games with Alabama at Mississippi College. The Mississippi boys took a 111-76 drubbing from Alabama, while the Mississippi girls lost 105-84. Ivan Billie of Choctaw Central had two points and four rebounds in 12 minutes of action for Mississippi. • Clark adds pair of lefties to EC baseball roster: East Central

Sports with ~.ce, ~t4.-~ec Neshoba Central will be represent– ed by offensive lineman Kyle Watson (6-1, 280), while tight end Ivan Billie (6-3, 210) will represent Choctaw Central. OfAlabama's 35 players, 25 signed with Division I schools, while only 20 of Mississippi's 35 players inked with D-I schools. Leading the Alabama roster is Pel– ham High quarterback Tyler Watts. Former Neshoba Central head

Classic is set for Sat– urday night with two Neshoba County ath– letes slated to partici– pate. The game will be

televised by Fox Sports South at 8 p.m. The telecast from Ladd-Peebles Stadium Kyle Watson

in Mobile, Ala., marks the fourth year for the game to be televised by Fox. Among those

involved in the tele– cast is Cooper Man– ning who will lend insight from the side- ..__..-...._....J lines. Ivan Billie

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