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riors "-ltlcl llrn 1'1!1111 iont;hlp ho had dt•vclopl•d with 'l'ho1111>so11 over the years nrn.ttcred "I have always wan tcd lo play soccer on the college level," Clark said. "I was thrilled." For May, soccer has been a part of her life since she was 5 years-old. "I don't know

It was a big day for the N1•w ton County High School sot•ct•r program last Thursday a.s five athletes - three boy/\ and two girls - signed junior eollege scholarships. <'<'sur Di11:1.,

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what I would do without soccer," she said. "I just love it so much." May said she will play wherever she is needed on the field for the Lady Warriors. May, whose mother works at East Central, says she eventuaUy hopes to transfer lo MSU Meridian to complete her four-year degree.

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Top left: Pictured are Cathy May, Mikayla May and Michael May. Top right: Pictured are Ella Clark, Kelly Clark, Kellen Clark, Andy Clark, Coach Sam Wilson and La.ken Clark. Above left: Pictured are Cesar Diaz, Giovanni Diaz, Cesar Diaz, Angelina Diaz, Coach Sam Wilson and Lucero Diaz. Above right: Pictured are Tracy Dearing, Shelby Dearing, Michael Dearing and Coach Ryan Smith. Above: Pictured are Melesia Reed, Bryden Reed and Chris Reed.

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farther from home, the other three all like the closeness and familiarilv of East Central. · "I kno\v coach (Kenneth) Thompson and J just wanted to be close to bome," Diaz said. "Everything about East Centi-al is great. 1 just like the atmos phere." Clark, who also signed to play with Thompson and the War

Reed grew up playing soccer on a travel squad based out of the Jackson area. "A couple of my teammates from my travel team are plan ning on going there (Hinds) too," he said. "ll just seems like the right fit for me. J really liked the dorms and everything about it. "It is away from home, but not

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too far away," he sad. Reed will also play on the Hinds tennis team. Dearing was deciding be tween East Central and Hinds, but when a scholarship came

open at HCC, she took that as a sign that it was time to go to Raymond. "To me, that meant that was whe1·e I was supposed lo go," she said.

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