2001

- Juco all-stars ready t co verge on:Choctaw Ce11 By MArty Stamper ~--------------------- 1hu Mtuftllllll Star I wmtlrl bet. that we will Jl't· lly much have On t h e North women's t llr>.· .. m full, es pl'cially with it l<.·ing on a Fri- Davis (19 ppg, 6.7 rpg) of E~: dr.y niJ•ht Fraddia Jackson (13 ppg, 4 rp '

1\1 "'Y of the state's top junior college ~upltt 1111on•s will show off their skills when !Itt· ttnn ual MACJC A11 -Star Bask etball C:11ntt•H urc played Friday night at Choctaw (.', nt nil High School. J\djvities for the day begin at 9 a.m. with road1cH' golf ouling at Dancing Rabbit Golf I ' luh 1\ l'n•t• coucht•H' cl11uc bt•gi.ns at 3 p .m. at t lu• Hdwr Stnr Rt•Hurt uml Casino. Featured I'JH':tkt·rHure l'nul Alun l>ukt·, head women's hnilkt:l hnll coach at 1\1 istltfHuppi College; 1)~\.vid HidlllrdHon HI ft!ll~!l h untl nmditioning Cuft(•lt lll lht• IJntvl·r-.il,v ul" l.,fluisi .tnn Monroe; ,ftr)ij tlllllllltl C;rt'l'll, hmul 1111) 11 1 11 bnsketball C?:•i~!• 1d , I h u Uruvt:rRily uf Suul ht!lll Missis– tltpjn . Tim womuu's gunm hegiun ttl, li p .111 , with the r11un'11 •:•-.•rlefi l s dH :clul• •d fiw 8. ,\slam dunk nurl t!lll , will btl hdcl du,·liiJt h n lll i11u l of the Wt~~O•Jil'allf•uu The gonHJfl IIII Vt~ • uu lly l.rdH)II {> II flllll't

4 11 (n n vuciting weekend 'for senior col- Keela Ball (16.4 ppg, 5 rpg) a kt-11!~.~.~ .• .~ .. on. lot. of them are hrit~· ~. irtg inrecruits (8.4 ppg, 4.4 rpg) of Itawa In the11· CLI!lrpuses and may' nt, be lhere for Sumerall (18.7 ppg, 7.1 rpg) IlrttJll! •IIL'A.'' Kilbert (11.7 ppg, 6.4 rpg) of Hopn'tH•nting Region 2:1 ~.ltu,mpion East Blue (10 ppg, 4 rpg) of J?elta! UoHtnd on the South wcllt!(• o H team a r c (12 ppg, 4 apg) and Tamtca Pu Nil:oltJ Cox (14.6 ppg, 3.6 rpg , Margo Porter rpg) of Northeast, and Rhond (1 ·.~ ..!J !'Jig, f).6. rpg. ), and Ar11i. 1 IJdicova (12.0 ppg, 7.6 rpg) and Crystal Boy PPI~· 13.7 rpg). 7.7 rpg) of Region 23 runner-u: ( Hitm· South women a n ' 'l'il'fany Dales Ricky Ford of Northeast Ja.4 ppg, 6.7 rpg) and Denin Gnlchings (8.9 women's coach. ppg, a. I. apg) of Copiah -1, ''~o!n, Shanel "I think there's a good cr Hnndy (11.6 ppg, 6.1 apgl I <..ulf CoasL, guards and small forwards oc l'omekin Reed {19.9 ppg, 18 rpgl of Hinds, said of the women's rosters. '" l'nnunika Sims (20.8 ppg. 10, rpgl an d J ean- ed number of bigger people t hr nelle McMillian (10 ppg, 4 pg) of MACJC • in the game." tutc champion Jones, J esRi .• Pucheu (11.3 · On t h e South m e n 's t ' ppg, 4 rpg) and Lori DeSilvc . (10,2 ppg, 4.6 Copeland (4 ppg, 5 apg r·pgl of Pearl River, and BrPn In Alexander of tral, Brandon Dick e r son ( 1 Southwest. Barry Whitley (14 ppg, 5.8 Ed Walley of Pearl Riv(jl' is the South - women's coach. I See All-Stars, Page 3C

I coaches to send u s infonrln– tion on all of their sopho– mores and we include 1t in H packet for the senior collegt coaches." Sponsors of th e games arc Brown Bottling Company/ Pepsi Cola, Mississippi Band or Choctaw India n s, Silver Hlnr Resort and Casino, and I•X'CC. kWe get a lot of support. t rum lhe school at Choctaw Ct•nl rnl. Wl' get a lot of support l'r '"n chief (Phillip) Martin ""' l he tribe , a n d we get uppurt in many ways from !111 '.1~100 who help make it tit•f1 thll• .. from the h otel to i ltu • lu.f," Pace said. " l•;,·n rybody up there is ••1ilp•tllllbiE' for making this thinr1 ' ' ~uccess. "(iJ IIIIdilW Central princi– l• ltl j Hand y Hodges, Clif 8t11• i11lot'K.. <'Very one of tlw11• ill•) j11111 Hn helpful to us

in making it a success. "Brown Bottling-Pepsi Cola does a lot to help defray oxpenses ..We .Lso get a lot of sup– pod from Philadelphia rnayor Rayburn Waddell. 'l'lwy'rt! behind us Loo and wunt. thi:_;; to stay in the Philadelphia urea. ''We're just real pleased that. we con hnve it there in a Cl'lllt·rd part of the state whem people can come and sec some quality athletes that mnybc urc overlooked sometimes. Many of them arc going on to play at senior colleges, some at major col– leges. "'l'hc fnns may see some of them play on TV before long. Thnt's happened in the past and I think it'll happen in the future.'' Marty Stamper is a sports writer for The Meridian Star. E-mail him at mstamper@themeridianstar.com.

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