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Sunday | December 30, 2018

■ Catholic priest investigated for fraud

■ MSU athletic programs show out
■ City plans new park complex
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com
In 2018, the Mississippi State
athletic programs continued to
rise on the national stage and a
long court battle
over who would Inside
be Starkville’s n MOST
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mayor was finally STORIES:
settled.
OCH hired
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a new CEO and
affiliated with a larger hospital
to expand services. Issues like
the much-debated Pecan Acres
housing development and the
possible construction of a tour-
nament-ready sports complex
on Highway 25 also grabbed
headlines.
Toward year’s end, a scandal
at St. Joseph Catholic Church
garnered statewide attention.
Here’s a look at the year’s top
stories from Starkville and Ok-
tibbeha County:
St. Joseph investigation
A federal investigation
rocked St. Joseph Catholic
Church after the
U.S. Department
of Homeland
Security raided
the offices of the
Jackson Diocese
early November.
The investiga-
tion focuses on Lenin
Father Lenin Var-
gas, now the former pastor of St.
Joseph, who has been accused
of defrauding parishioners out
of tens of thousands of dollars
for donations after he claimed
to have been diagnosed with
cancer. According to case files,
Vargas was actually diagnosed
with HIV. He’s also accused of
using the funds, donated for
his alleged cancer and also to
build an orphanage and chapel
in Mexico, on personal expens-
es, including membership to
an online dating site for people
with HIV.
No formal charges have yet
been filed against Vargas.
Vargas was removed from
duty at the church, and it has
2018: Year in review
since been announced — to
pushback from some parishio-
ners — that Assistant Pastor
Father Rusty Vincent, who co-
operated with authorities as a
confidential informant in the in-
vestigation, is being reassigned
to a church in Vicksburg in ear-
ly 2019.
Strong year
for MSU sports
Mississippi State Universi-
ty’s athletics saw change, tri-
umph and near-misses in 2018.
The football program ush-
ered in a new head coach, the
women’s basketball team made
its second-straight trip to the
national title game and a pre-
sumed down-and-out baseball
team made an unlikely run to
the semifinal round of the Col-
lege World Series. Kelly Donoho/Mississippi State Athletics
Mississippi State baseball players celebrate in June after a 10-6 victory over Vanderbilt in the Nash-
The women’s basketball
ville Super Regional in the NCAA Tournament. The win earned the Bulldogs a berth in the College
team completed an undefeated World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. It marked the 10th time in program history MSU baseball has
regular season in 2017-18, win- advanced to Omaha and the first time since 2013.
ning the Southeastern Confer-
ence regular season title before Mayor Lynn Spruill, who had
storming back to the NCAA been serving in the office since
Tournament Final Four. After a the election was first called,
thrilling win over Louisville to was indeed the winner.
earn a berth in the title game, Moore challenged his six-
Notre Dame dashed the Bull- vote election loss to Spruill in
dogs’ championship hopes with the May 2017 Democratic Par-
a buzzer-beater to take a 61-58 ty primary runoff, arguing that
victory. eight affidavits that should have
The MSU baseball team’s
been counted were not.
season started rough, with sec- Judge Barry Ford, who pre-
ond-year head coach Andy Can-
sided over the nearly year-long
nizaro forced to resign after a challenge, reduced one ballot
first-weekend series loss to the
that had been improperly at-
University of Southern Missis- tributed to Spruill, narrowing
sippi. The Bulldogs, led by in-
her victory to five votes. How-
terim head coach Gary Hender- ever, Ford said no other ballots
son, struggled at times during
were to be accepted for the
the season but returned to the
election and that there was no
College World Series for the
Dispatch file photo evidence of any wrongdoing in
first time since 2014’s run to the
A judge in the year-long challenge of the 2017 mayor’s race ruled the election.
national championship series. in July in favor of sitting mayor Lynn Spruill.
Moore, 58, did not file an ap-
The Bulldogs ultimately fell to
peal to the decision and passed
eventual national champion Or- ty last December after Mullen University of Iowa on Tuesday
egon State in the semifinals. away in late August.
left to take the head-coaching in the Outback Bowl.
After the season, MSU job at the University of Florida. Recreation focus
named Chris Lemonis the pro-
gram’s new coach.
MSU finished the season, Moore/Spruill Starkville focused heavily
MSU football kicked off the which included a loss to Mul- challenge ends on its parks and recreation de-
post-Dan Mullen era with coach len’s Florida team in a much-an- Johnny Moore’s contest partment throughout the year.
Joe Moorhead’s first season in ticipated Sept. 29 matchup in against the results of 2017’s The city’s aldermen named
Starkville. MSU hired Moor- Starkville, 8-4 and ranked No. mayoral runoff election ended Gerry Logan the new parks and
head from Penn State Universi- 18. The Bulldogs will face the in July when a judge upheld that See 2018, 6A

Mississippi State
Bulldogs defen-
sive lineman
Simmons overcomes low point of his life
Jeffery Simmons
(94) speaks
during the sec-
to become highly rated NFL prospect
ond half of the
game against
By Brett Hudson nephews, according to a deleted impending addition to the football
bhudson@cdispatch.com Facebook post Jeffery made after team, even for Simmons’ arrest.
the University
of Louisiana at the incident. The fight caught on vid- “I wanted to reach out and tell
Brenda Simmons watched as her
Lafayette Ragin’ eo, and Jeffery ultimately pleaded no people, you don’t know my child.
Cajuns at Davis son, Jeffery, became a public villain.
contest to simple assault. You don’t know him,” Brenda Sim-
Wade Stadium Then they leaned on each other
At the time, Jeffery Simmons mons said. “I just let them do it, be-
in this Sept. 15 to deal with the fallout.
photo. Simmons This was in the immediate af- was the crown jewel of Mississip- cause one thing I know: people are
will finish a stellar termath of March 24, 2016, the day pi State’s 2016 signing class: a U.S. going to talk. That’s one thing I tell
Bulldog career on Jeffery Simmons struck Sophia Tay- Army All-American, rated as the my kids, people are going to talk.”
Tuesday before lor. An altercation at the Mayfair best player in the state and sec- They reached that conclusion out
moving on to the ond-best defensive tackle in the na- of faith — faith in Jeffery. They knew
NFL draft where
Apartments in Macon, where Jeffery
and his mother lived, led to Jeffery tion according to 247 Sports. Then the events of that day were not a true
he is projected to
be drafted in the striking Taylor multiple times — af- he became the lightning rod for crit- representation of him, and they
first round. ter Taylor allegedly said something icism: there were cries for MSU to knew time would prove that belief.
Vasha Hunt-USA TODAY Sports derogatory about Jeffrey’s deceased strip his scholarship, to cancel his See Simmons, 3A

Weather Five Questions Calendar Local Folks Public

Wesley Caroline Shelton
Third grade, Annunciation
1 What airline considers itself “A Thursday, Jan. 3 meetings
whole different animal”? Jan. 7: Board of
■ Exhibit reception: The Columbus Arts Coun-
2 What country is Easter Island part Supervisors, 9
cil hosts a free reception from 5:30-7 p.m. at the
of? a.m., Oktibbeha
3 Name four of the six Keatons, of Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main St., opening an
County Court-
“Family Ties” fame. exhibit of quilting by Karen Arzamendi in the main
house
4 What famous commuter reflected, gallery. ArtReach program artwork will be displayed in
Jan. 8: Board of
“My only concern was to get home Artist Alley. For information, visit columbus-arts.org or
Aldermen, 5:30
after a hard day’s work”? call 662-328-2787 (closed Mondays).
p.m., City Hall
5 What was the first book ever sold on

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Starkville-Oktib-
High French cuisine or parakeets?
beha Consoli-
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Full forecast on
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No paper Tuesday District Board
■ The offices of The Dispatch will be closed and no of Trustees, 6
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Inside vance of New Year’s Day. Normal operations will boro Center
resume Wednesday at 8 a.m.
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Comics Insert Obituaries 7B James Mask, of Louisville,
Crossword 4C Opinions 4A on Tuesday, Jan. 1. The regular trash schedule will
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Sunday
Say What?
Did you hear? “This agreement underscores our serious commitment to
making things right in regard to past issues ...”
Meridian students Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan. The bank will pay $575 million in
a settlement with attorneys general from all 50 states and the

transform junk into a jewel District of Columbia. Story, 7A.

Project turned old clunker into van Ask Rufus

from the 1980s TV show ‘The A-Team’
By BIANACA MOORMAN it,” said Murphree.
The Meridian Star Junior Reginald Horn
said he conducted research
MERIDIAN — What on the internet about the
was once an old, beat-up show and printed out pic-
van is now a masterpiece. tures, using them as a refer-
For the last six months, ence if he got stuck during
students at the Ross Col-
the transformation process.
lins Career and Technical
“Every time we get in
Center in Meridian have
a bind, we look at the pic-
been transforming an old
tures on the wall and get
clunker into the van from
back on the page,” said
the iconic 1980s television
Horn.
show “The A-Team.”
Quintarius Dean was
The project is one of
many the students have tasked with washing the
been working on while van and helping add its
gaining technical skills. red stripes. He described
“A piece of junk to a jew- the biggest challenge in
el, I am so proud of them,” the renovation as sanding
said Rob Smith, the direc- the body, which took two
tor of the center. months to complete.
To complete the rehabil- Zachary Carter, a weld-
itation, students watched ing student, didn’t know
the show, an action-adven- he was going to be part
ture series about the ex- of the project until brush
ploits of former members guards were needed for the
of a fictitious U.S. Army van. His part took a while Courtesy photo
Special Forces unit. to complete because the The circa 1871 Birds Eye View of Columbus shows the Columbus riverfront extending from the Tombigbee ferry
Mart Murphree, the measurements had to be (now the site of the new bridge to The Island) to the Union Warehouse (now the thicket at the south end of the
correct. Riverwalk parking lot). The 1842 wooden covered bridge built by architect/engineer Horace King crossed the
collision instructor at Ross river at the end of Bridge Street (Fourth Street South). Washington Street is now College Street.
Collins, said the project Once the van was ready
provided students the op- to roll, the students were
portunity to gain real-life
skills while working togeth-
er, as well as using their
amazed at how well it
turned out. Bryant Reyn-
olds, a junior, said he was
The Riverwalk, A Pathway Through History
R
critical thinking skills to almost speechless, believ-
solve a problem. ing the actual A-Team ve- ecently at the river, in an article he wrote crossing from 1817.
“The only way they are hicle was right in front of I have and recog- around 1930. About 1848, two can-
going to learn is by doing him. been nized the Hopkins had grown nons, marked with Span-
walking along place, as one up in Columbus during ish crest, were found in
the Riverwalk used by the the mid-1800s and in the river near the boat
CONTACTING THE DISPATCH in Colum-
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years. The earliest specif- In December 1540, river and fought the fire. verly, the remains of her
ic mention of the location the de Soto expedition The cotton sheds were hull floated downstream
Physical address: 516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39701
that became Columbus arrived at the Tombig- located where Mr. and and lodged against the
Mailing address: P.O. Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703-0511 and the Riverwalk at bee River somewhere Mrs. A.M. Byram’s dwell- riverbank across from
the foot of Main was by between present day ing stands (107 Fourth Columbus.
Starkville Office: 101 S. Lafayette St. #16, Starkville, MS 39759 John Pitchlynn in 1817. Pickensville and Aber- Ave. S.). A two room There is a bridge on
In the summer of 1817, deen. De Soto had an brick building on the the Riverwalk crossing
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Tombigbee was found to as a Camp House by peo- creek was first known as
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the Tombigbee River. In where rafts could be built wagons from Fayette, a tan yard about where
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lynn about the best place two bridges was the site Columbus Democrat peaceful beauty it offers.
in the area to cross the of Columbus’ early boat has a reference to the Walking through
The Commercial Dispatch (USPS 142-320) Tombigbee. Young wrote landing. As early as 1818
Published daily except Saturday. Entered at the post office at Columbus, Mississippi. warehouse of Clark & woods and sloughs along
Periodicals postage paid at Columbus, MS to Andrew Jackson on
it was a keelboat landing. Co., and the Columbus the walkway, one can
POSTMASTER, Send address changes to: September 30, 1817, with
The Commercial Dispatch, P.O. Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703 The name and captain Southern Argus in 1838 ponder journeys taken by
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of one of the early keel- refers to warehouses of people seeking their free-
516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39703 “Mr. Pitchlynn joined me
boats was even provided Clark & Co. and Aikin & dom. The Underground
in the Feb. 2, 1820, Gibbs. Both warehouses Railroad, a branch of
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Mobile Gazette and Com- were on the river at the which came up the banks
mercial Advertiser. It steamboat landing and of the Tombigbee, was
reported that the “barge” near each other. An ad in a route for escaping
(keelboat) Southern the Southern Argus issue enslaved people to travel
TODAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Trader under Brown described Aikin & Gibbs’ with the spiritual “Follow
Cloudy with a bit of rain Cloudy, a shower and Cooler with variable Cooler with rain, some Cloudy and chilly with (Ovid Brown moved to warehouse as “large, the Drinking Gourd” as a
t-storm around cloudiness heavy rain possible
Columbus in 1818 or spacious and secure verbal road map.
57° 54° 72° 46° 57° 38° 45° 35° 44° 32° 1819) had cleared the (being the one formerly An 1863 Confederate
ALMANAC DATA Port of Mobile head- occupied by C S Aikin).” map shows entrench-
Columbus through 3 p.m. Saturday ed for Columbus. In The first mention I found ments and fortifications
TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW
Saturday 52° 37° March 1823, the Cotton of the name Union Ware- extending across present
Normal 54° 34° Plant became the first house being used was in day Highway 82 and the
Record 74° (1949) 20° (1961) steamboat to arrive in 1848. walkway to the river.
PRECIPITATION (in inches)
24 hours through 3 p.m. Sat. 0.00 Columbus and docked South of the ware- There was an 1830s road
Month to date 8.84 at the landing. That house remains and off of running from Colum-
Normal month to date 4.87
Year to date 66.46 landing soon became a the top of the high river bus generally along the
Normal year to date 55.28 busy steamboat landing bluff, African-American present-day route of the
TOMBIGBEE RIVER STAGES during the high-water engineer Horace King walkway to the West
In feet as of Flood 24-hr. shipping season of constructed a wooden Port Ferry. West Port
7 a.m. Sat. Stage Stage Chng.
Amory 20 15.08 +2.96
winter. covered bridge across was a cotton shipping
Bigbee 14 9.59 +3.19 Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. By the mid-1830s, the river in 1842. The community across the
Columbus 15 12.09 +6.02 Showers T-Storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Cold Warm Stationary Jetstream warehouses were con- recently restored old river on what is now the
Fulton 20 15.36 +5.69
Tupelo 21 3.05 -1.09
-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s
structed along the river 1928 drawbridge crosses Island. The settlement
TODAY MON TODAY MON
LAKE LEVELS City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W running south from the about where the upper was devastated by a flood
In feet as of 24-hr. Atlanta 59/56/r 70/61/c Nashville 55/49/c 70/48/r steamboat landing. Even limit of the boat landing in 1847.
Capacity Level Chng. Boston 36/31/pc 45/41/pc Orlando 84/65/pc 81/64/s
7 a.m. Sat.
Chicago 39/31/s 40/30/r Philadelphia 47/35/pc 49/47/r today, in the thicket would have been. It was A walk down the
Aberdeen Dam 188 167.40 +3.72 Dallas
Stennis Dam 166 148.20 +3.72 Honolulu
44/39/r 61/33/s Phoenix 58/37/s 54/35/s along the river just south about there that one of Columbus Riverwalk is
83/73/s 83/72/s Raleigh 56/49/r 62/60/sh
Bevill Dam 136 136.37 -0.15 Jacksonville 80/63/pc 79/62/pc Salt Lake City 37/22/sn 28/10/c of the Riverwalk parking the last Upper Tombig- truly traveling a pathway
SOLUNAR TABLE Memphis 52/49/r 65/41/r Seattle 48/34/c 44/32/c lot, bricks can be found bee steamboats, the City through history. And
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for
fish and game.
that mark the remains of Columbus, burned in thanks to Carolyn Kaye
Major Minor Major Minor SUN AND MOON MOON PHASES of the Union Warehouse 1911. The new Tombig- for working with me and
TODAY MON NEW FIRST FULL LAST
Today 6:46a 12:36a 7:10p 12:58p that was constructed bee bridge was built on sharing some of the late
Mon. 7:30a 1:18a 7:53p 1:41p Sunrise 6:58 a.m. 6:58 a.m.
Sunset 4:55 p.m. 4:56 p.m. in the mid-1830s. That the site of the 1877 iron Sam Kaye’s notes.
Forecasts and graphics provided by Moonrise 12:48 a.m. 1:49 a.m. warehouse site was de- bridge, which is also the Rufus Ward is a local
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Moonset 12:48 p.m. 1:22 p.m. Jan 5 Jan 14 Jan 20 Jan 27
scribed by E.R. Hopkins old Military Road ferry historian.
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Top 2018 Mississippi stories include Senate race, road money

State also saw the biggest expansion
of gambling since casinos were legalized
By JEFF AMY
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi
elected a new senator while
wrestling with its old ghosts,
lawmakers approved a new
funding stream to improve
transportation after Gov. Phil
Bryant was forced to close hun-
dreds of bridges, and Mississip-
pi saw the biggest expansion of
gambling since casinos were
legalized.
Those were among Missis-
sippi’s top news stories in 2018
— a year that also saw the death
of two police officers and a state
trooper as well as a baby who
died in an oven in the Mississip-
pi Delta.
There were new install-
ments in long-running sagas,
as well. Four hospitals declared
bankruptcy, punctuating Mis-
sissippi’s health care funding
struggles, investigative re-
porters brought out new ques-
tions about a man who’s been
tried six times in a quadruple
murder, and lawmakers again
sparked litigation after they
sought to restrict abortion.
A look at the top 10 stories
this year in Mississippi:
U.S. Senate race
Cindy Hyde-Smith became
the first woman elected to
Congress from Mississippi,
but only after a divisive run-
off shaped by the Republican’s
video-recorded remark about
“public hanging.” Gov. Phil
Bryant chose Hyde-Smith in
April to fill the seat being va-
cated by the retiring Thad Co-
chran. That launched her into
four-way special election, from
which she and Democrat Mike
Espy emerged into a late No-
vember runoff. Espy, a former
U.S. agriculture secretary, was
trying to become the state’s
first African-American senator
since Reconstruction, ran as
a bridge-builder, while Hyde-
Smith ran as a supporter of
President Donald Trump. Mis-
sissippi’s history of lynchings
and violent suppression of black
voting rights became a theme
in the runoff after the remark
became public.
Road and bridge money
After years of fruitless dis-
cussion, Mississippi’s trans-
portation funding needs came
into clearer view when federal
inspectors ordered hundreds of
county bridges closed, includ-
ing some that were barricaded
at Gov. Phil Bryant’s order over
local objections. Bryant called
lawmakers back into session
in August and they passed bills
to divert some online sales tax
revenue to cities and counties
for local needs, as well as to
finance state needs by borrow-
ing money and creating a state
lottery. One issue in the back-
ground? Disputed allegations
that Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves had
manipulated road funding to
build an access road to his sub-
division.
More gambling
Mississippians started plac-
ing bets on sporting events at
casinos in August after the U.S.
Supreme Court struck down
a ban on sports betting most
states. That month, lawmakers
approved plans for a state lot-
tery . Most of the taxes on bet-
ting — likely to be less than $5
million a year — as well as the
larger proceeds from the lot-
tery — a projected $80 million
a year — will go to pay for roads
and bridges. It’s the largest ex-
pansion of gambling in the state
since casinos opened in 1992.
Bryant in October appointed
a board to start setting up the
lottery.
Abortion wrangles
Lawmakers moved in March
to ban most abortions after 15
weeks, and the state’s only abor-
tion clinic sued within hours of
Gov. Phil Bryant signing the
law. U.S. District Judge Carlton
Reeves blocked the measure
the next day, and in a more ex-
tensive Nov. 20 ruling , found
the law “unequivocally” violates
women’s constitutional rights.
The state is now asking the 5th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to
overturn that decision. Propo-
nents viewed the law as a way
for a more conservative U.S. Su-
preme Court to alter abortion
law, so extensive appeals were
always likely.
Police shootings
and aftermath
State leaders and communi-
ties mourned after Brookhaven
officer James White and Cpl.
Zach Moak were fatally shot
Sept. 29 while answering a
call of shots fired. A day later,
a state trooper was shot while
off duty in still-unexplained
circumstances in northern Mis-
sissippi. But it was the Brookha-
ven shooting that stayed in the
spotlight after Jackson’s Forest
Hill High School performed an
Oct. 5 football halftime show in
Brookhaven depicting police
officers held at gunpoint. The
band director says he was un-
aware of the shooting but was
fired by the Jackson school dis-
trict. The band was sanctioned
and the director is appealing.
Hospital bankruptcies
Four rural hospitals filed for
bankruptcy, underlining the fi-
nancing difficulties that rural
health care providers face, in
part because Mississippi has
declined to expand Medicaid.
Hospitals in Amory, Batesville
and Clarksdale had been owned
by Curae Health and all are in
line for new owners or oper-
ators . A hospital in Magee is
reorganizing. Curae threatened
to close the Clarksdale hospital
during bankruptcy, forcing Co-
ahoma County to chip in $2.5
million to cover a month of pay-
roll.
Pharmacy fraud
Criminal proceedings in a
$400 million fraud in Missis-
sippi history netted a series of
convictions in 2018, with more
court action to come next year.
So far nine people have pleaded
guilty. Prosecutors say pharma-
cies figured out how to hand-
make medications with a list of
ingredients for which insurers
would pay big money, making
each prescription very profit-
able. At the same time, prose-
cutors allege the pharmacists
hired marketers to seek and
sometimes pay off physicians,
nurse practitioners, dentists
and others who could prescribe
the drugs.
More questions
on Curtis Flowers
Reporting by American Pub-
lic Media brought a rash of new
questions about a death row
inmate who was tried six times
in a disputed murder case. The
U.S. Supreme Court has agreed
to hear an appeal over whether
District Attorney Doug Evans
improperly struck black jurors
in the last of Curtis Flowers’ tri-
als. He was convicted of killing
four people at a Winona furni-
ture store in 1996. In the mean-
time, a separate state appeal
says Flowers deserves a new
trial because of new evidence,
including a star witness who
recanted in a recorded phone
conversation with reporters.
Baby dies in oven
A 20-month-old girl found
stabbed and burned to death
inside an oven in a Mississippi
Delta home in October led to
a murder charge against the
child’s grandmother. Carolyn
Jones, 48, was charged with
murder after her brother found
Royalty Marie Floyd in the oven
in the kitchen of a Shaw home.
Bolivar County Sheriff Kelvin
Williams Sr. and others strug-
gled to explain why Jones would
have killed her granddaughter.
Sheriffs arrested
Sheriffs in two rural Missis-
sippi counties were arrested on
charges that they were hiding
behind their badges to facilitate
crime. Federal agents arrested
Tallahatchie County Sheriff
William Brewer in August on
charges that he had been shel-
tering a drug dealer for 15 years
in exchange for bribes and kick-
backs. Brewer pleaded guilty in
federal court in November. In
December, state officials ar-
rested Webster County Sheriff
Tim Mitchell on charges involv-
ing guns, drugs, sex with in-
mates and threatening sheriff’s
department employees if they
told anyone about the crimes.

Government shutdown has minimal affect in Golden Triangle

Noxubee Wildlife Refuge facilities night Dec. 22 following a
partisan stalemate over
on the refuge’s website
says that while access to
All employees at Colum-
bus Air Force Base are
budget was set before
Dec. 22.
closed to visitors; other federal a spending bill in Con- the refuge that doesn’t still at work with usual Likewise air traffic
gress. require government em- pay, or have taken leave controllers at Golden Tri-
employees still at work Facilities at the Sam ployees is allowed, that just for the holidays, said angle Regional Airport
DISPATCH STAFF minimal affect on resi- D. Hamilton Noxubee access is at the visitor’s a CAFB spokesperson are exempt from the shut-
REPORT dents and workers in the Wildlife Refuge, like sole risk. Friday. The spokesper- down, according to GTR
Golden Triangle. all units of the National Otherwise it’s work son added the shutdown Director Mike Hainsey.
The federal govern- The shutdown went Wildlife Refuge System, as usual for most federal did not affect the Depart- Area postal workers are
ment shutdown has had into affect just after mid- are closed. A message employees in the area. ment of Defense whose also not affected.

Simmons
Continued from Page 1A
That faith has paid off.
Over the last three
years, Jeffery has slowly
transitioned from being
defined by a mistake to
being known as one of
college football’s best
defensive linemen. The
MSU junior and Macon
native declared for the
2019 NFL Draft earlier
this month, making the
11 a.m. Tuesday Outback
Bowl (ESPN2) his final
game as a Bulldog.
His exit from the pro-
gram will be celebrated
for the actions that came
after his incident, and he
will always be celebrated
in Noxubee County for
his actions even before it.
“You cannot judge
12 minutes, 15 minutes,
however long that inci-
dent was, compared to 17,
18 years of his life,” his
high school coach, Noxu-
bee County coach Tyrone
Shorter, told The Dis-
patch. “(Because of) his
character, he didn’t allow
that situation to pull him
down. He realized people
are going to look at him
different, but he realized
he had to prove people
wrong, he had to let them
know, ‘That’s not me. I’m
just being a protector.’
“The kid’s character
speaks for itself,” he add-
ed. “He didn’t allow any-
thing nega-
tive to hold
him back
and I think
that’s what
inspires
him to be
what he’s
Shorter
become to-
day.”
A Noxubee County icon
Part of what he’s be-
come today is a Noxubee
County icon.
The football-crazed
area was likely to treat
Simmons as a legend any-
way, given the consecu-
tive state championships
his junior and senior sea-
son with eight of the 10
playoff victories coming
by 20 points or more.
He’s beloved even
more because he has em-
braced that role and nev-
er let it slip.
“It would’ve been easy
for him to go to Missis-
sippi State and you never
see him here anymore,”
Shorter said. “He comes
to every (Noxubee Coun-
ty) game he can come to,
I see him at the peewee
football games. It’s huge
for somebody at his level
right now to care about
this community, come
down here, be with these
kids, visit school, come
to the weight room and bonus of several million five in school history for cape the incident from
talk to the guys and work dollars, Brenda will be single-season tackles for 2016. But he doesn’t in-
out with the guys.” one of the first beneficia- a loss. tend to stop building a
As Brenda put it, “Jef- ries. He entered this sea- legacy of positive behav-
fery really cares about “That’s all he’ll talk son with three blocked ior to counter it.
kids that look up to him.” about: taking care of his kicks, all from last year, “I always try to block
He was comfortable mom. He doesn’t want second-most in a given distractions out. Seeing
with this mantle at a her to suffer,” said Gary MSU season and tied for stuff like that’s a distrac-
young age. Brenda Sim- fourth-most in a MSU ca-
Naylor, a longtime fixture tion, so I see that and
mons remembers the in Noxubee County and reer. keep on scrolling,” Jef-
2012 Noxubee County its athletics scene, often The evidence of great- fery said. “It’s life. You
team, when Jeffery was a ness to come was obvious
freshman and his brother
as an assistant coach for
the high school. “I talk from the beginning.
have stuff like that in life,
but you have to move on
Dylan Bradley was a se- to Jeffery at least once a “Honestly, even when and scroll right past it.
nior. Dylan was injured week, myself. He wants he was being recruited “I always had that
and started receiving to do it for his mom.” in high school, you saw ability, but during the
calls from teammates, Brenda has never the potential when he incident that happened
doubting their ability to doubted he would do so. was playing high school with me, it made me
win in his absence. Jef- ball,” Nelson Adams, a
She doesn’t know what much stronger than what
fery saw the opportunity that means exactly, not senior defensive lineman
I was,” he added. “After
to lead, telling his team- ruling out a move to when Simmons entered
that, everything inside
mates that playing the whatever NFL city Jef- the program in 2016, told
me tightened up and
way they had been play- fery ends up in. The Dispatch. “Jeffery’s
made me stronger.”
ing as all they needed to probably the strongest
win. That mission speaks
person I’ve seen in col-
That team went on to
Building lege ever. Weight room directly to what Jeffery
win the state champion- a positive legacy strong, naturally, both. has wanted to accomplish
ship. When Jeffery does He worked hard in prac- all along, Shorter said.
Experiences like these suit up in his profession- tice, ready to get better “He was determined to
are nothing new for those al uniform, he’ll be doing every day with the right be a great person, he was
that are close to Jeffery. so with the football gifts attitude, all that stuff. determined to be a great
He is always in the inter- that will make him re- “What impresses me football player, he was
est of building people up, membered in MSU lore the most is how much determined to be a great
even telling his nephews for decades. better his technique has student,” Shorter said.
to be better than him His name is already gotten since he was a “He’s had people around
and encouraging them to all over the school record freshman,” he added. him that would steer him
reach that high plateau. books: his 30 career tack- “When he first came in in the right direction,
He will also be build- les for a loss are seventh he was mostly going on but the most important
ing his mother up sooner in school history, and two pure strength; now, he’s thing: that kid wanted to
rather than later. If the more would tie him for learned how to play a be great, that kid wanted
first-round projections sixth with Tyrone Keys. game, his technique’s to make something out
for Simmons come true He is one tackle for a loss gotten a lot better.” of himself, I remember
and he receives a signing short of cracking the top He’ll never totally es- that.”

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Opinion
4A Sunday, December 30, 2018
Partial to home
A rainy night in Columbus
Hoverin’ by my suitcase
Tryin’ to find a warm place
to spend the night
A heavy rain a fallin’
Seems I hear your voice
callin’
“It’s all right”
A rainy night in Georgia
A rainy night in Georgia
I believe it’s rainin’ all
over the world
Birney Imes
— Brook Benton
been a while since I’d visited the park,
Late Thursday afternoon I went for a and I’d not seen up-close the terrific
walk in the rain. new playground built back in the sum-
By the time I hit Main Street it had mer with help from the Junior Auxiliary.
been raining a couple of hours. The Check out the cool, cushy composite
deluge would go on until around 6 the material under the swings.
following morning, 3-1/2 inches worth, A couple years ago, after getting
according to the NOAA* website. permission from Parks and Rec, MUW
Water slushed through downtown biology professor Paul Mack and I put
streets, and in the near-dark, Christmas up three bluebird houses in the park.
decorations twinkled in shop windows. I brushed out the nests and left them
Nice, this time between Christmas and open to allow rain to rinse them out,
Our view
Roses and thorns
A rose of best wishes for a hap-
py, safe and productive 2019 for all
in the Golden Triangle. Each new
year seems to bring with it great
optimism, and for some resolutions
to improve their health, financial
or other personal outcomes. May we all find the
best of luck in those endeavors as we ring in the
new year Tuesday.
A rose of good luck to the
Mississippi State Bulldogs foot-
ball team in its New Year’s Day
Outback Bowl match up with
Iowa. While MSU fell short of the
lofty end of its expectations this
year, first-year head coach Joe Moorhead led an
upperclassmen-laden team to a respectable 8-4
regular season record, including a 4-4 mark in
the grueling Southeastern Conference. Here’s
hoping the seniors (and draft declaring juniors)
end their college careers on a high note with a
bowl win.
A rose to the Lowndes and
Oktibbeha County supervisors
for approving resolutions asking
the Legislature to allow electric
cooperatives to provide broadband
internet service to their custom-
ers. The resolutions, pushed by Mississippi
Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley,
aim to get the Legislature to change an old law
that restricts rural electric cooperatives to only
selling electric power. By allowing those coop-
eratives – not forcing them – to expand their
services, it could extend high-speed broadband
internet service to thousands of rural residents
across Mississippi.
A rose to Columbus Mayor Rob-
ert Smith and the city council for
walking back a drastic spending
freeze measure and instead opting
for a collective effort to more close-
ly scrutinize city expenditures. As
a knee-jerk reaction to an $881,000 deficit in Fis-
cal Year 2018, the council voted 4-2 on Dec. 18 to
freeze spending “on everything,” leaving depart-
ment heads unsure what they could purchase for
day-to-day operations. The mayor brought the
council back to the table for a special-call meet-
ing on Thursday, in which councilmen lifted the
freeze and instead appointed a subcommittee of
elected officials and department heads to help
develop some guidelines on what spending is
necessary. That more measured solution has
much better potential to rein in spending with-
out slashing critical operations.
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Dispatch
The
New Year’s when most of us freshening them up for new tenants in
run at half speed, basking in the spring.
the aura of the holidays. The rainfall had transformed
Some businesses close. Moore’s Creek into a rushing torrent.
Some folks take to the Dispatch readers of a certain vintage
woods. Earlier in the week, I will remember when the paper regularly
ran into James Morgan who featured photos of smiling anglers pos-
works with Charlie Dalke. ing with their monster catfish and tro-
When asked what projects phy bass. Invariably they were caught in
he and the doctor had going Moore’s Creek. Or so it was claimed.
on, he said, “Staying out of In those days the creek was not much
the woods. Deer hunters.” more than a ditch discharging into the
At Third I turned towards Tombigbee just downstream from Ru-
the soccer complex. It had ben’s and a popular swimming hole with
a steel cable swing.
Entranced by the creek’s rushing
water, I followed it until it disappeared
into a thickly vegetated area behind The
Little Dooey. From there it runs north
behind La Familia Tienda, a Mexican
grocery in the building that used to
house Jimmy Andrews’ package store.
Next to the market a woman in a small
trailer cooks delicious tacos. You have
to place your order and pay in the store
(try the beef tongue), then you give a
State of the nation
Stop obsessing over Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez
The right can’t Fox News would have
stop talking about the to hire a translator, she
incoming youngest tweeted, “Don’t worry,
member of the House, Fox News has made
Alexandria Oca- it clear that they are
sio-Cortez. The left far superior to + more
isn’t much better. intelligent than me, who
You know AOC. they’ve called a ‘little,
She rose from obscuri- simple person.’ So I’m
ty to instant celebrity sure catching up to me
as a self-described in spoken languages
socialist running for shouldn’t be a problem
Congress. The former Froma Harrop for them.”
waitress did it with Serious interviews
a brilliant campaign combining show that she clearly needs to
social media genius with just bone up on public affairs. But
showing up. dumb she is not. Those on the
In the end, however, she will be right depicting her as such should,
only one of 235 Democrats in the in the interest of consistency,
435-member House. Fans and de- demand that Donald Trump read
tractors should keep that in mind. something every now and then.
The professional right has Writing on the conservative
portrayed this Latina daughter of website The Federalist, Houston
the Bronx as a threat to the free talk show host Jesse Kelly cited a
market system. During the mid- “mind-numbingly stupid” tweet by
term campaign, Republican ads Ocasio-Cortez. His real concern,
kept flashing her face as the new however, is that the right isn’t suffi-
Red menace. ciently scared of her.
Problem is, her face is pretty. “In politics,” Kelly wrote,
She comes off as a hard worker “there is no ability like relatabil-
from the working class. And her ity.” Consider AOC’s bull’s-eye
tailored suits have messed up tweet about health care costs
many a storyline. facing ordinary people: “As a
Fox News assembled a panel to waitress, I had to pay more than
discuss a pair of her shoes. They TWICE what I’d pay as a member
were on display in an exhibit at of Congress.”
Cornell University titled “Women Kelly waved a poll taken the
Empowered: Fashions from the May before the 2016 presidential
Frontline.” election as evidence of the threat.
Ocasio-Cortez cleverly trolled It showed Bernie Sanders – an-
the panelists in Spanish, tweeting other avowed socialist and an
the words of a popular song. In Ocasio-Cortez comrade – leading
English, “No, it’s not love. What Trump by over 10 percentage
you feel is called obsession.” points in a hypothetical race.
When a follower asked whether Actually, the poll reflected
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slip of paper with your order to the lady
in the trailer.
The creek crosses Highway 45
between the taco stand and H&R
Agri-Power. On the east side of 45, the
stream vanishes into a thick woods.
After doing battle with the privet to get
a closer look, I turned and headed for
downtown in the dark.
Later, continuing my explorations on
GoogleEarth — Moore’s Creek parallels
the 82 bypass, crosses 18th just west
of Cracker Barrel, goes under Willow-
brook Drive behind Joe Cook, crosses
Bluecutt and has as its source Penning-
ton Lakes.
The rain continued to fall unabated
and downtown, freshly bathed, spar-
kled.
Soaked to the bone, I headed home,
happy to have a warm place to spend the
night.
*National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Birney Imes (birney@cdispatch.com)
is the former publisher of The Dispatch.
realities Kelly chose to ignore. One
was how unappealing most voters
regarded Trump. Another was
that Trump and his backers were
themselves promoting Sanders
at the time to sabotage Hillary
Clinton. Finally, a lot of people who
don’t like Sanders don’t like Trump
even more.
Anyhow, a recent poll of
Democrats on prospective 2020
presidential candidates shows Joe
Biden leading the pack, with 26
percent support, and Sanders at
only 19 percent. (A Politico/Morn-
ing Consult poll had Trump losing
to either one.)
Kelly does not give up: “Social-
ism is just communism dressed up
in high heels and lipstick.”
It’s not, but that’s beside the
point. Ocasio-Cortez isn’t really
a socialist. She’s more of a social
democrat common in Western
democracies. She’s for “supporting
seniors” and “clean campaign fi-
nance.” Would Republicans care to
run against that? Her “Green New
Deal” to address climate change
would draw bipartisan support.
Ocasio-Cortez’s ability to come
off as “real” and to fearlessly mock
her foes on social media has been
likened to Trump’s. That’s what
might concern Republicans. It’s
like the left found the secret sauce.
On the other hand, AOC is just
a junior member of the 116th U.S.
Congress. Trump is commander
in chief. There’s a difference, you
know.
Froma Harrop, a syndicated
columnist, writes for the Providence
(Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail
address is fharrop@gmail.com.
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Farmers risk loss of federal payments, loans, from shutdown

Direct payments for farmers who haven’t
certified production, as well as farm loans
and disaster assistance programs, will be put
on hold beginning next week, and won’t start
up again until the government reopens
By JULIET LINDERMAN
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The end
of 2018 seemed to signal good
things to come for America’s
farmers. Fresh off the passage
of the farm bill, which reautho-
rized agriculture, conserva-
tion and safety net programs,
the Agriculture Department
last week announced a second
round of direct payments to
growers hardest hit by Presi-
dent Donald Trump’s trade war
with China.
Then parts of the govern-
ment shut down.
The USDA in a statement is-
sued last week assured farmers
that checks would continue to
go out during the first week of
the shutdown. But direct pay-
ments for farmers who haven’t
certified production, as well as
farm loans and disaster assis-
tance programs, will be put on
hold beginning next week, and
won’t start up again until the
government reopens.
There is little chance of the
government shutdown ending
soon. Trump and Congress are
no closer to reaching a deal
over his demand for border wall
money, and both sides say the
impasse could drag well into
January.
Although certain vital USDA
programs will remain opera-
tional in the short term, that
could change if the shutdown
lasts for more than a few weeks.
The Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program, or food
stamps, helps feed roughly 40
million Americans. According
to the USDA, eligible recipi-
ents are guaranteed benefits
through January. Other feed-
ing programs, including WIC,
which provides food aid and nu-
trition counseling for pregnant
women, new mothers and chil-
dren, and food distribution pro-
grams on Indian reservations,
will continue on a local level,
but additional federal funding
won’t be provided. School lunch
programs will continue through
February.
USDA has earmarked about
$9.5 billion in direct payments
for growers of soybeans, corn,
wheat, sorghum and other
Short on solutions, long on blame
in second shutdown weekend
The Associated Press curity.” But there has been little direct contact
between either side during the stalemate, and
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Trump did not ask Republicans, who hold a mo-
and Democrats are trading blame for the partial nopoly on power in Washington for another five
government shutdown but doing little substan-
days, to keep Congress in session.
tive talking with each other, as the disruption The president did leave the White House on
in federal services and public employees’ pay
Friday night to join the three men at the cen-
slogs into another weekend. ter of the negotiations, Vice President Mike
Trump upped the brinkmanship by threat-
Pence, Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law
ening anew to close the border with Mexico to
Jared Kushner and acting chief of staff Mick
press Congress to cave to his demand for mon-
Mulvaney, for dinner at Pence’s residence at the
ey to pay for a wall. Democrats vowed to pass
legislation restoring the government as soon as Naval Observatory.
The effects to the public of the impasse grew
they take control of the House on Thursday, but
as the Environmental Protection Agency, which
that won’t accomplish anything unless Trump
had the money to function a week longer than
and the Republican-controlled Senate go along
with it. some agencies, implemented its shutdown plan
Cooped up in the White House after cancel- at midnight Friday night. EPA spokeswoman
ling his planned vacation to his private Flori- Molly Block said many of the agency’s 14,000
da club, Trump tweeted Saturday that he’s “in employees were being furloughed, while disas-
the White House waiting for the Democrats to ter-response teams and certain other employ-
come on over and make a deal on Border Se- ees deemed essential would stay on the job.
commodities most affected by are working without pay, while Personnel Management offered
tariffs. The first round of pay- 380,000 are being forced to some advice: haggle with land-
ments went out in September. stay home. In the past, federal lords, creditors and mortgage
The deadline to sign up for the employees have been paid ret- companies for lower payments
second round of payments is roactively. But government con- until the shutdown is over.
January 15. tractors won’t get paid for hours The shutdown also is affect-
The impact of the shutdown, they’ll lose staying home, caus- ing national parks, although
which began shortly before ing problems for those who rely unevenly: Some remain acces-
most federal workers were on hourly wages. sible with bare-bones staffing
scheduled for a holiday break, In anticipation of the finan- levels, some are operating with
started coming into focus by cial bind many federal workers money from states or charitable
midweek. and contractors may soon find groups, while others are locked
About 420,000 employees themselves in, the Office of off.

Mississippi law firm accused of failing to discover scheme

Ponzi scheme claimed to buy timber Butler Snow and the
founder and president
sissippi landowners and
resell it to Mississippi
“Madison Timber
would not have grown
in defense of their clients.
“We have cooperated
from Mississippi landowners and resell of Butler Snow Adviso-
ries Services LLC, Matt
lumber mills at higher
prices.
without defendants’ en-
couragement and assis-
fully with the receiver and
provided all information
it to lumber mills at higher prices Thornton, as well as Brent
Alexander and Jon Seaw-
Mills’ complaint said
the two firms overlooked
tance. Defendants lent
their influence, their pro-
she has requested. There-
fore, she is well aware of
The Associated Press News outlets report- right of the law firm Bak- or failed to examine fraud- fessional expertise and our limited involvement
ed a federal complaint by er Donelson, helped La- ulent business practices even their clients to Ad- with Mr. Adams and Mad-
JACKSON — An at- court-appointed receiver mar Adams and Madison of Madison Timber which ams,” the complaint says. ison Timber. Under these
torney trying to recover Alysson Mills says the Timber. should have been obvious. Butler Snow and David circumstances, filing a
money from a $100 mil- law firm and others con- Adams, through Mad- Mills says Butler Snow Kaufman, the attorney lawsuit against us and
lion Ponzi scheme in Mis- tributed to the facade that ison Timber, operated a and Baker Donelson representing Alexander making these unfounded
sissippi says a law firm made the scheme look le- Ponzi scheme for more should be held liable for and Seawright, strongly claims is disappointing,”
should have known about gitimate to investors. than 10 years that claimed the “negligent and reck- dispute the accusations a spokeswoman for Butler
the scheme. The complaint says to buy timber from Mis- less acts of their agents.” and released statements Snow said.
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2018
Continued from Page 1A
recreat ion
director in
the summer
after for-
mer direc-
tor Herman
Peters was
ousted in
Logan
2017, along
with several other parks
employees, and later in-
dicted for embezzlement.
In June, the city com-
missioned a master plan
for Cornerstone Park,
which it hopes to use as a
tournament-ready recre-
ation facility on Highway
25 south of the intersec-
tion with Highway 12.
The city received a report
about the proposed park,
which is estimated to cost
$18.5 million to $22 mil-
lion.
To fund the park, alder-
men passed a resolution
that would increase the
city’s food and beverage/
hotel taxes by one percent.
The resolution will go be-
fore the Mississippi Legis-
lature in its 2019 session,
which begins in January.
Should it pass the Legisla-
ture, the matter will come
back to Starkville for a ref-
erendum, which will need
at least 60-percent voter
approval.
In the meantime, city
leaders have also dis-
cussed private sponsor-
ship opportunities and a
partnership with Oktib-
beha County as further
avenues for park funding.
Changes at OCH
Longtime OCH Re-
gional Medical Center
CEO Richard Hilton, who
has worked
with OCH
for 35 years,
retired from
his position
in the sum-
mer, and
the hospital
named Jim Jackson
Jackson his
successor.
Jackson came to OCH
from Greenwood, where
he had been CEO for the
Greenwood-Leflore Hos-
pital since 2009.
OCH, after a Nov. 2017
election saw county vot-
ers opt to keep the hospi-
tal locally owned, looked
to affiliation with a larger
hospital system in a bid to
improve its services.
The hospital ultimate-
ly partnered with the
University of Mississippi
Medical Center in Jack-
son, after also drawing
interest from North Mis-
sissippi Health Services,
of Tupelo, and Baptist Me-
morial Health Systems, of
Memphis.
Affiliation allows OCH
to remain locally owned
while taking advantage of
the larger hospital’s ser-
vices and capabilities.
Starkville Housing Authority board chair Loren “Bo” Bell, left, and consultant Johnny
Taylor address the attendees of a public forum in this July file photo. The forum fo-
cused on a potential land swap and new development on Highway 12 that would see
Pecan Acres relocated to Highway 182.
Pecan Acres
A plan to potentially
relocate Pecan Acres, a
70,000 square-foot low-in-
come housing develop-
ment on Highway 12, to a
new location on Highway
182 drew intense com-
munity attention in the
spring and summer.
Chris Dobbs, a Tusca-
loosa, Alabama-based de-
veloper, is looking to build
a replica of the housing
development on the north
side of Highway 182, west
of Reed Road. That would
then be swapped with Pe-
can Acres’ current loca-
tion, which is being eyed
for commercial develop-
ment.
The Starkville Hous-
ing Authority, including
chairman Loren “Bo”
Bell, has insisted the
plan has generally been
met with approval from
Pecan Acres’ residents,
but it has met mixed reac-
tion from Starkville com-
munity residents. Chief
concerns have included
access to grocery stores
and adequate transporta-
tion, along with pedestri-
an safety concerns along
Highway 182.
Bell said progress on
the matter stalled after
Johnny Moore, who rep-
resented Dobbs, passed
away in August. However,
he said the project was
slowly regaining traction
as discussions continued
between the landowner
and Dobbs through the
end of the year.
Woman accused
of killing newborn
A former Starkville
Police Department radio
operator was arrested for
second-degree murder in
February after reportedly
killing her newborn child.
Latice Fisher, accord-
ing to court files, left a
live baby in a toilet at her
home after delivering it
on April 28,
2017. Court
files fur-
ther stated
Fisher re-
searched
miscar-
riage and
s e a r c h e d Fisher
online for ways to pur-
chase pills used in med-
ical abortions, medical
management of miscar-
riage and induction of la-
bor.
Fisher’s husband found
her on the toilet and called
911.
An Oktibbeha County
grand jury indicted Fish-
er in January. Starkville
aldermen fired Fisher in
Dispatch file photo
early February after she
was charged with murder.
Locals win two chancery
judge seats
Two Starkville resi-
dents won election to 14th
Chancery Court District
judgeships.
Paula Drungole-Ellis
and Rodney Faver will
hold two of the court’s
three judge seats when
the new year begins.
The 14th Chancery
District includes Clay,
Chickasaw, Lowndes,
Noxubee, Oktibbeha and
Webster counties.
The district’s three
sitting judges — Dorothy
Colom, Kenneth Burns
and Jim Davidson — all
opted to retire at the
term’s end, and 10 candi-
dates from booked nor ticketed.
across the Columbus councilmen
district suspended Alexander
vied for briefly for his conduct,
their seats. and SPD Chief Frank
Drungo- Nichols, in a press confer-
le-Ellis and ence, admitted Alexander
Faver won was let off due to “profes-
Drungole-Ellis
the Place 3 sional courtesy” among
and Place police officers. Nichols
1 seats, re- also vowed his depart-
spect ively, ment would not extend
while Joe
that courtesy on a DUI
St uddard,
stop again.
of Colum-
bus, won
the Place 2 MSU gains
Faver
seat. Phi Beta Kappa
Faver’s victory opened Mississippi State Uni-
a vacancy in the Starkville versity announced it will
Municipal Court, where host a chapter of the pres-
he’d served as the judge tigious Phi Beta Kappa
since 2009. Aldermen Society.
named local attorney Bri- The announcement
an Kelley as Faver’s re- capped a 40-year effort to
placement.
bring PBK, which is one
of the nation’s most pres-
Unticketed DUI tigious academic honor
for CPD officer societies, to the universi-
In March, Starkville ty. MSU said it hopes to
Police Department drew induct its first class in the
headlines for letting an spring of 2019.
off-duty Co- To be inducted, stu-
lumbus po- dents must be bachelor’s
lice officer degree candidates with a
stopped for certain number of credit
drunk driv- hours in arts and science
ing off with- courses, speak at least
out a ticket. one non-native language,
P a r t -
have taken at least one col-
time officer Alexander
lege-level mathematics,
Louis Al-
science or logic course
exander was stopped just
and be a person of “good
after midnight March 9
moral character.”
on Highway 12 after an
MSU’s efforts to house
SPD officer observed him
a Phi Beta Kappa chap-
swerving between lanes.
Although body camera ter began in 1976 when
footage shows Alexander, Morris “Bill” Collins, the
who identified himself as founder of the universi-
a police officer, admitting ty’s Stennis Institute of
to drinking and driving, Government, submitted
another Columbus officer an application. MSU has
was called to pick up Al- also applied in 1982, 1985,
exander, who was neither 1988, 2000 and 2003.

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Wells Fargo pays $575 million to settle state investigations

Bank has been under a cloud since 2015
when it acknowledged that employees had
opened millions of fake bank accounts
for customers in order to meet sales goals
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Wells Fargo
will pay $575 million in a set-
tlement with attorneys general
from all 50 states and the Dis-
trict of Columbia that are inves-
tigating fake accounts opened
without the knowledge of cus-
tomers and a string of other
dodgy practices.
Under the agreement an-
nounced Friday, the bank will
also create teams to review
and respond to customer com-
plaints about its banking and
sales practices.
The bank has been under
a cloud since 2015 when it ac-
knowledged that employees
had opened millions of fake
bank accounts for customers in
order to meet sales goals. It has
also said that it sold auto insur-
ance and other financial prod-
ucts to customers who didn’t
need them.
Wells Fargo has already
been ordered to pay more than
$1.2 billion in penalties and
faced stricter regulations.
“This agreement under-
scores our serious commitment
to making things right in re-
gard to past issues as we work
to build a better bank,” said
CEO Tim Sloan.
Tim Sloan apologized for
the phony accounts and other
practices during a congres-
sional hearing in 2017, but the
Mississippi to get $2.5 million in settlement
The Associated Press
JACKSON — Mississippi will get $2.5 million from a settlement between Wells Fargo and the
attorneys general from all 50 states.
The San Francisco-based bank and the attorneys generals announced the settlement Friday
following an investigation into fake accounts opened at Wells Fargo.
The bank acknowledged in 2015 that its employees opened millions of phony bank accounts
for customers to meet sales goals and sold insurance and other products to customers who didn’t
need them.
Besides paying $575 million to the states and the District of Columbia, Wells Fargo agreed to
respond to customer complaints about banking and sales practices.
The bank will create a program for customers who didn’t previously get restitution, but believe
they were hurt, to seek redress.
Lawsuit settlements in Mississippi are deposited in the state’s general fund.
company remained under pres- Fargo customers residing guarding its customers, Wells
sure from the weight of all the there. Fargo exploited them, signing
scandals. The company has California Attorney Gener- them up for products — from
announced plans to lay off up to al Xavier Becerra called the bank accounts to insurance —
10 percent of its workforce over bank’s behavior “disgraceful”. that they never wanted. This
the next three years. “Wells Fargo customers en- is an incredible breach of trust
California, the bank’s home trusted their bank with their that threatens not only the cus-
state, will get more than a quar- livelihood, their dreams, and tomers who depended on Wells
ter of the settlement funds be- their savings for the future,” Fargo, but confidence in our
cause of the number of Wells said Becerra. “Instead of safe- banking system.”

California officer’s killing Wall Street faces annual losses

reignites sanctuary law fight
‘We can’t ignore the fact that this
could have been preventable’
Sheriff Adam Christianson
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
and JOCELYN GECKER
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — A
man suspected of killing a
California policeman was
in the U.S. illegally and
captured while planning
to flee to his native Mex-
ico, a sheriff said as he
all but blamed the state’s
sanctuary law for the offi-
cer’s death.
A two-day statewide
manhunt ended Friday
with the arrest of Gustavo
Perez Arriaga, who came
out with his hands up as
a SWAT team prepared to
raid a home in Bakersfield,
about 200 miles southeast
of where Cpl. Ronil Singh
was shot before dawn
Wednesday.
Singh had pulled over a
suspected drunken driver
in the small town of New-
man when he was fatally
wounded and managed to
fire back but didn’t hit the
attacker, authorities have
said.
A resident who saw
the driver get behind the
wheel flagged down Singh
and heard the gunshots
minutes later, Stanislaus
County sheriff’s Sgt. Tom
Letras told the Modesto
Bee newspaper.
Sheriff Adam Christian-
son, who led the investiga-
tion, blamed California’s
sanctuary law for prevent-
ing local authorities from
reporting Perez Arriaga to
U.S. immigration officials
for deportation after two
previous drunken driving
arrests.
“We can’t ignore the
fact that this could have
been preventable,” Chris-
tianson told reporters,
asking why the state was
“providing sanctuary
for criminals (and) gang
members. It’s a conversa-
tion we need to have.”
Perez Arriaga crossed
despite solid gains for week
the border in Arizona
several years ago and
The Associated Press dustrial Average and S&P 500 rose
more than 2 percent for the week, while
had worked a variety of
jobs as a laborer, includ- Wall Street capped a week of volatile the Nasdaq added nearly 4 percent.
ing at several dairies. The trading Friday with an uneven finish The indexes are still all down around 10
33-year-old had gang affil- and the market’s first weekly gain since percent for the month and on track for
November.
iations and multiple Face- their worst December since 1931.
Losses in technology, energy and
book pages with different “It seems like convulsions in either
industrial stocks outweighed gains in
names, Christianson said. direction have been the real norm for
retailers and other consumer-focused
The shooting came as much of December and that’s certainly
companies. Stocks spent much of the
the political fight over im- been the case this week,” said Eric Wie-
migration has intensified, day wavering between small gains and gand senior portfolio manager for Pri-
with President Donald losses, ultimately unable to maintain vate Wealth Management at U.S. Bank.
Trump and congressional the momentum from a two-day win- “The initial push higher and then see-
Democrats at odds over ning streak. ing it subside a little bit is perhaps get-
funding for a border wall Even so, the major stock indexes ting back to a little bit more of a normal
that has forced a partial closed with their first weekly gain in environment, reflecting the reality that
government shutdown. what’s been an otherwise painful last we have still a number of issues over-
Trump tweeted about
month of the year. The Dow Jones In- hanging the market.”
Singh’s killing Thursday,
saying it was “time to get
tough on Border Security.
Build the Wall!”
California’s statewide
sanctuary law limits co-
operation between local
authorities and U.S. im-
migration officials and
has drawn scorn from the
Trump administration. It
includes more than 800 ex-
ceptions for violent crimes
and felonies and bars po-
lice from asking people
about their citizenship
status.

Homeland Security Sec. Nielsen visits

Texas border after second child’s death
Nielsen has called the death ‘deeply
concerning and heartbreaking’
The Associated Press
EL PASO, Texas —
Homeland Security Sec-
retary Kirstjen Nielsen
on Friday visited the Tex-
as border city where an
8-year-old Guatemalan
boy was detained with his
father before dying in gov-
ernment custody .
DHS spokeswom-
an Katie Waldman said
earlier in the week that
Nielsen was scheduled to
tour multiple stations and
substations, and was also
scheduled to meet with
emergency medical tech-
nicians and medical pro-
fessionals, as well as local
officials.
Nielsen then was
scheduled to go to Yuma,
Arizona, on Saturday.
DHS did not immedi-
ately release more details
on the trip or who Nielsen
met, saying it was closed
to the press. Late Fri-
day, El Paso Mayor Dee
Margo confirmed he was
among those who met
with Nielsen, saying they
discussed “our immigra-
tion needs on the border.”
The statement from Mar-
agents on Dec. 18 near
the Paso del Norte bridge
connecting El Paso to
Juarez, Mexico, accord-
go, a Republican, did not ing to U.S. Customs and
mention the boy’s death Border Protection.
or whether it was dis-
cussed.
The trip came four
days after the death of
8-year-old Felipe Gomez
Alonzo. Felipe was the
second Guatemalan child
to die in government cus-
tody in three weeks.
Nielsen has called the
death “deeply concern-
ing and heartbreaking”
and requested medical
help from other govern-
ment agencies, including
the U.S. Coast Guard.
As Nielsen made the trip
to Texas, New Mexico’s
Democratic senators,
Tom Udall and Martin
Heinrich, sent her a letter
Friday seeking answers
about the boy’s death.
“The timeline, action
and factors that led to Fe-
lipe’s death are still devel-
oping, but the information
that has become public
so far is alarming and de-
mands immediate atten-
tion and investigation,”
the letter says.
Felipe and his father,
Agustin Gomez, were
apprehended by border

Cycle safe
Wear a helmet
8A Sunday, December 30, 2018
Funding woes, new development among
top stories of 2018 in Columbus, Lowndes
By Zack Plair
zplair@cdispatch.com
Funding issues domi-
nated headlines in Colum-
bus and Lowndes County
in 2018.
The city and county
feuded over parks fund-
ing, while the Legislature
allowed the more than
30-year-old 2-percent
restaurant sales tax to ex-
pire, severely hampering
operations for the Colum-
bus-Lowndes Convention
and Visitors Bureau.
A Mississippi Su-
preme Court decision that
deemed businesses lo-
cated on airport property
as tax-exempt deeply im-
pacted the budgets for the
county and county school
district. Meanwhile, the
city discovered nearly two
months after Fiscal Year
2018 ended that it had
operated at an $881,000
deficit.
Here is a breakdown of
the top stories of 2018 in
Columbus and Lowndes
County:
City, county squabble
Boiling tensions be-
tween Columbus and
Lowndes
C o u n t y
leaders —
particularly
between
Mayor Rob-
ert Smith
and Board of
Supervisors Smith
President
Harry Sand-
ers — came
to a head
by late sum-
mer.
An argu-
ment about
w h e t h e r Sanders
county su-
pervisors would honor
an agreement to give the
city $200,000 annually for
three years for recreation
spilled over into a feud
that, at one point, put the
funding of even the Co-
lumbus-Lowndes Public
Library in jeopardy.
The two sides publicly
squabbled over how assets
were divided between the
city and county following
the October 2017 split of
the Columbus-Lowndes
Recreation Authority into
separate departments.
The assets dispute was
settled quickly — with
both sides maintaining
possession of what they
already controlled.
But the parks debate
heated up again when
Sanders demanded the
city present the county
a list of capital improve-
ments before supervi-
sors would approve its
$200,000 appropriation
for city recreation. Co-
lumbus Chief Operating
Officer David Armstrong
approached the board of
supervisors in August
and accused its members
of playing “petty politics”
with the money. Supervi-
sors approved giving the
city $200,000 in Fiscal
Year 2019, but made no
such promise for the next
two years.
Among other funding
arguments that followed,
Sanders indicated the
county might reduce its
funding for the public li-
brary unless the city —
which had contributed
significantly less to the
organization over the past
decade — agreed to give
the same amount as the
county.
Eventually, the coun-
ty agreed to give its full
$365,000 contribution to
the library, while the city
upped its share by $10,000
to $284,000.
The city and county,
amid public outcry for
bickering between the
two entities to stop, also
formed a joint committee
of supervisors, council-
men and other city and
county officials, to regu-
larly meet, discuss issues
that could affect both enti-
ties and make recommen-
dations to their respective
boards.
Leigh Mall up for
auction
In late September, a
legal ad printed in The
Dispatch revealed Leigh
Mall would be auctioned
after its parent company,
Security National Proper-
ties, defaulted on a $34.7
million loan.
Leigh Mall, located
on Highway 45, was one
of more than two-dozen
properties nationwide
that Security National
Properties put up as col-
lateral for the defaulted
loan. The mall, built in the
1970s, has fallen on hard
times in recent years,
most recently with the clo-
sure of anchor store J.C.
Penney and smaller ten-
ants like Radio Shack and
Sears Hometown Store.
The mall building also is
in need of major repairs.
The public sale was
originally scheduled for
Dec. 4 in a New York law
office, but has been re-
scheduled for Jan. 8. One
of the creditors for the
loan, Jones Lang LaSal-
le Americas, is currently
managing the mall.
City deficit
City councilmen
learned in November
that the city operated at
a near-$881,000 deficit in
Fiscal Year 2018 — which
ended Sept. 30.
Chief Financial Officer
Milton Rawle reported
over-budget spending on
employee overtime —
specifically the police,
fire and public works de-
partments — contributed
to the deficit, as did low-
er-than-expected sales
and property tax collec-
tions.
Councilmen, claim-
ing they were blindsided
by the news and openly
asking why they weren’t
informed of the city’s fi-
nancial condition before
passing a new fiscal year
budget in September,
suspended Rawle without
pay for 16 working days.
That suspension will com-
mence in January.
In an effort to rein in
spending, councilmen
attempted to invoke a
broad spending freeze —
aimed at travel, overtime
and any expenditure not
previously approved by
the board. In December,
they rescinded that freeze
and instead implemented
more oversight over the
budget, including a sub-
committee of city officials
to set stricter guidelines
and a requirement for
Rawle to submit more de-
tailed monthly reports to
the council.
CRA wins big with Lee
Middle, bogs down in
Burns Bottom
Columbus Redevelop-
ment Authority finalized
the sale of the former Lee
Middle School property
on Military Road to a pri-
vate developer.
Scott Berry purchased
the former school campus
for $450,000 and plans to
build a mixed-use devel-
opment there. The site
has earned landmark sta-
tus from the Mississippi
Department of Archives
and History, so Berry
plans to take advantage of
state tax credits to convert
the main school building
(which once housed Lee
High School) to include
upscale apartments and a
restaurant.
He’s also planning new
housing and commercial
construction at the site.
CRA had purchased
an option from Columbus
Municipal School District
to sell the Lee Middle
property.
But while the Lee Mid-
dle project was a big win
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
for CRA in 2018, its efforts tax millage rate for 2019 nomic development ef- Jim Borsig retired in June,
to revitalize the Burns partly because of the rul- forts in the county, raised is a MUW alumna. She
Bottom neighborhood ing, will take an estimated nearly $2 million in Fiscal has worked for the univer-
near downtown bogged $115,000 hit. Year 2017. Businesses sity for 17 years, including
down in controversy. with at least $325,000 in as senior vice president
CRA, using a special
millage approved by the
Columbus cut ties annual prepared food and for administration and
beverage sales were re-
city council, is purchasing with LINK, hires The quired to collect it from
chief financial officer.
properties in the dilapi- Retail Coach customers.
Steel Dynamics
dated neighborhood to City councilmen in Both the city and coun-
package the property for September opted to sever ty approved resolutions expansion
private development — its ties with the Golden to remove the $325,000 Steel Dynamics, lo-
Triangle LINK for retail cated at the Lowndes
most likely higher-value “floor,” meaning all busi-
development and recruit- County Industrial Park,
residential. nesses with those sales
ment. Two months later, announced a $240-million
In March, the city ap- would have to collect
it signed a contract with expansion in June.
proved demolition of eight it. But Rep. Jeff Smith
The Retail Coach of Tu-
homes in Burns Bottom, (R-Lowndes County) led The plant plans to build
pelo to provide those ser-
one of which was an an- an effort to apply the floor a third galvanizing line —
vices instead.
tebellum home once in- to the renewal bill, while which will coat steel with
The city had contrib-
habited by the family for Sen. Chuck Younger zinc — by mid-2020, which
uted $100,000 for each
which the neighborhood (R-Lowndes County) vied will add an estimated 45
of the past 10 years to
gets its name. Turns out, for renewing the legisla- jobs. SDI will invest $140
the LINK — part of the
the entire neighborhood tion according to the local million for the new line
county’s overall $400,000
is on the National Reg- resolutions. and another $100 million
ister of Historic Places, contribution to the eco- The argument killed for other improvements
and demolition of any nomic development orga- the tax, forcing the Co- and upgrades. The county
structures there has been nization. While the LINK lumbus-Lowndes Conven- will provide $150,000 in
delayed until the MDAH had drawn several indus- tion and Visitors Bureau sewer system upgrades at
rules whether any prop- trial projects to the county (which received nearly the site, and the Mississip-
erties should have State in that time, councilmen 90 percent of the funds) pi Development Authority
Landmark status. were concerned the LINK to lay off employees and
tendered the county a $1.4
Then in June, CRA had hadn’t done enough to drastically slash its bud-
million loan to build rail at
to cut ties with Realtor bolster retail in the city get.
the site, which it will re-
Andy Kalinowski, which limits. The Legislature will
pay at no interest over 10
was contracted to secure The city’s vote meant try again to renew the tax
years.
the sale of properties in the county will now pay in 2019 with a bill that re- SDI acquired Severstal
Burns Bottom, because the LINK the whole duces the floor to $100,000
in 2014 and has a total
of threatening letters he $400,000 annually. and supplies tax revenue
of 740 employees at the
sent to several proper- Meanwhile, the city directly to the city and
Lowndes plant.
ty owners. CRA had not will pay The Retail Coach county for recreation.
approved the content of $38,000 for its first year
the letters and sent the of service, and a lesser
Nora Miller leads MUW County plans sports
recipients apologies. The
authority also hired new
amount for subsequent
The State Institutions complex
years if the contract is re- Lowndes County is
Realtors, Kaleena Rich- of Higher Learning board
newed. purchasing property west
ardson and Sherry Lipsey. formally
of Columbus to build what
appointed
Restaurant Nora Mill- supervisors hope to be
Hickman out, Labat sales tax expires er in Sep- a “regional” sports com-
hired at CMSD The countywide 2-per- tember to plex.
Cherie Labat took cent restaurant sales serve as the Supervisors in October
over in June as Columbus approved paying $840,000
tax, which had been on Mississippi
Municipal for the old Penn Taylor
the books since the mid Universit y
School Dis- Farm, an 89-acre tract
1980s, expired June 30 for Wom- Miller
trict super- near West Lowndes High
after the Mississippi Leg- en’s 15th
intendent ,
islature failed to renew it. president. School. Initial plans are
after former
The tax, which had Miller, who had served to build baseball, softball
superinten-
funded tourism and eco- as interim president since and T-ball fields at the site.
dent Philip
Hickman
was fired in Labat
February.
Labat was previously
superintendent at Bay St.
Louis-Waveland School
District, which has a state
accountability rating of B.
CMSD has a D rating.
Just a few months into
her tenure, Labat fired
longtime deputy superin-
tendent Craig Shannon,
who served as interim
superintendent between
Hickman’s departure
and Labat’s hiring. The
district’s assistant super-
intendent, Pamela Le-
noir-Barr, announced her
retirement at about the
same time as Shannon’s
firing.
Hickman, in Decem-
ber, filed a federal lawsuit
against the district claim-
ing racial discrimination
in his firing.
Both Hickman and La-
bat are African-American.
Supreme Court rules
businesses on airport
properties are tax-
exempt
A Mississippi Supreme
Court ruling in May will
cost Lowndes County and
its school district more
than $800,000 for at least
the upcoming fiscal year.
The ruling, in the case
of Rankin County v. Lake-
land Income Properties,
deemed all commercial
properties located on
airport-owned land are
exempt from paying ad va-
lorem or school taxes, cit-
ing a law the Legislature
passed in 2013.
Three major industries
are either entirely or par-
tially located on Golden
Triangle Regional Air-
port property in Lowndes
County — Airbus, Aurora
Flight Sciences and Stark
Aerospace.
Though local lawmak-
ers expressed a will to
change the law to limit its
affects, it will hit Lowndes
school district hardest
with about $700,000 in
lost property tax revenue.
County supervisors,
who voted to raise the
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EMCC football celebrates fifth title

Editor’s Note: The Dispatch
begins its review of the 2018
sports year with a look at the top
prep sports stories of the year.
The series will run daily through
the end of the year.
By Scot t Walters
swalters@cdispatch.com
When East Mississippi Com-
munity College sophomore
wide receiver Kalem Reddix
began looking for a new home,
he wanted a national champion-
ship contender.
After his freshman season
at Mississippi Gulf Coast Com-
munity College ended with a
coaching change, Reddix re-
located to Scooba to see if he
could help EMCC win another
National Junior College Athlet-
ic Association (NJCAA) nation-
al championship.
That mission was complet-
ed in November when No. 1
EMCC beat No. 2 Garden City
Community College (Kansas)
10-9 in the NJCAA national
championship game at Pitts-
burg State University’s Carnie
Smith Stadium.
EMCC’s fifth national cham-
pionship season is being rec-
ognized today as the Dispatch’s
top local sports story for 2018.
“It’s a championship stan-
dard around here,” said Red-
dix, who signed earlier this
month to play at the University
of Louisiana starting in Jan-
uary. “The bar is the highest
possible. If you don’t win the
national championship, the sea-
son doesn’t measure up. For me
personally, this was my first un-
defeated season since I started
playing. This was a special sea- EMCC Media Relations
son for all of us.” Former Starkville High School standout JaQuez Akins (9) helped
anchor the defense for No. 1 East Mississippi Community College.
See EMCC, 6B

COLLEGE FOOTBALL COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Bulldogs get MSU women

savings deal
with coaches
By Bret t Hudson
bhudson@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Mississip-
pi State got the entire defensive
staff that produced
the nation’s sec-
ond-best defense
by yards per play
allowed for cheaper
than LSU pays de-
fensive coordinator
Dave Aranda.
MSU paid $1.425
Getsy
million for the de-
fensive staff, The
Dispatch learned
through a records
request, while LSU
paid Aranda $2.5
million according
to the USA Today
database. The Dis-
Shoop
back at home
this afternoon
From Special Reports
STARKVILLE — Mississippi
State’s No. 8 women’s basketball
team is back in action today after
10 days off the court when the
Bulldogs host Louisiana.
Game time is at 2 p.m. in the
Humphrey Coliseum. This is the
final non-conference game for the
season.
Tickets are avail-
able for $1 online
in advance at Hail-
State.com/tickets.
Online sales will
conclude at noon
today.
The game will
air on SEC Net- Schaefer
Matt Bush/USA TODAY Sports
work+ with Charlie
Mississippi State forward Aric Holman (35) holds the ball while being defended by BYU Winfield and Brock Turnipseed
forward Gavin Baxter (25) during the second half at Humphrey Coliseum. on the call. Fans can listen to the
action on the MSU Radio Network

DOG DELIVERANCE
patch obtained the and online via HailState.com/
contracts of head Plus and the TuneIn app.
coach Joe Moorhead and every Vic Schaefer’s squad is second
in the nation in scoring offense,
MSU assistant coach for the 2018
averaging 91.7 ppg. The Bull-
season.
See COACHES, 6B dogs have already tied last year’s

OUTBACK BOWL
No. 19 MSU closes out 2018 portion of schedule with rout of BYU
n Mississippi State vs. Iowa, 11 By Bret t Hudson
a.m. Tuesday (ESPN2; WKBB-FM bhudson@cdispatch.com
100.9; WFCA-FM 107.9)
STARKVILLE — Mis-
Clemson sissippi State’s second-lead-
ing scorer, Lamar Peters,
finished the Bulldogs’ final
dominates non-conference game with
zero points. He missed all
three 3-pointers he took
Notre Dame
and the Bulldogs around
him weren’t that much
By RALPH D. RUSSO better, ending at a Decem-
The Associated Press ber-low 33.3 percent.
Yet, for the first time in
ARLINGTON, Texas — When 364 days, MSU scored 100
Clemson’s Dabo Swinney entrust- points.
ed a team with championship No. 19 MSU won’t have
aspirations to freshman quarter- to win this way often. Pe-
back Trevor Lawrence in Septem- ters is in the top 15 in the
ber, this is what the Tigers’ coach Southeastern Conference
had in mind. in scoring and MSU en-
See PLAYOFFS, 5B tered Saturday top 50 na-
GAME 14
n At South Carolina, 8 p.m.
Jan. 8 (ESPNU; WKBB-FM
100.9; WFCA-FM 107.9)
n INSIDE: More MSU-BYU,
Page 6B
tionally in 3-point shooting
percentage. Even in those
rare absences, MSU can
always lean on Quinndary
Weatherspoon.
The senior guard once
again did it all for the Bull-
dogs in Saturday’s 103-
81 win over BYU with 27
points.
Granted, Weatherspoon
was not alone. Senior for-
ward Aric Holman had
a game-high 28 points,
Starkville native Tyson
Carter added 16 and MSU
got 11 each from freshman
forward Reggie Perry and
Quinndary’s brother Nick.
The way Quinndary Weath-
erspoon did it is what MSU
can count on going forward.
Quinndary Weather-
spoon was efficient. He
was 9-for-13 from the floor,
made all seven of his free
throws and both of his
3-point shots.
As he ruthlessly attacked
the rim, he got BYU (8-7) in
foul trouble: two Cougars
fouled out and two more fin-
ished the game with three
fouls.
All told, seven of his nine
made field goals came in
the lane.
See BULLDOGS, 6B
school record with five 100-point
games this year after breaking
the Alaska Airlines Arena record
for points by a visiting team with
103 in their last game.
State’s defense is third in the
SEC, allowing just 53.4 ppg, and
the Dawgs boast the top scoring
margin (+38.3) in the country.
MSU also tops the conference in
field goal percentage (57.1 per-
cent), rebounding (44.83 rpg),
blocked shots (6.8 bpg), assists
(19.0 apg) and assist/turnover ra-
tio (1.5).
Individually, Teaira McCowan
and Anriel Howard are the only
pair of teammates in the SEC to
be among the top 10 in the confer-
ence in both scoring and rebound-
See WOMEN, 6B
GAME 13
n Louisiana, 2 p.m. Today (SEC
Network+; WKBB-FM 100.9)

PREP BASKETBALL: New Hope Holiday Classic

Trojans enjoy return to home hardwood

By Scot t Walters
swalters@cdispatch.com
When New Hope High
School junior Jaylen Smith
makes his way to the scorer’s
table to check in, the game plan
is simple.
“The coaches ask me to go
in there and make some things
happen,” Smith said. “My job is
to give my team a spark. I love
the role and that expectation.”
Smith helped his team turn
the tide Friday night as New
Hope rallied past West Point
74-50 in the final game of the
Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch opening night of the New Hope
New Hope High School’s Caleb Parr (23) pulls down a rebound Holiday Classic at the new Tro-
during Friday night’s victory over West Point.
jan Gym.
New Hope was trailing 31-25
after giving up a basket to start
the third quarter. From there,
the Trojans responded with a
29-6 run to win in only the sec-
ond home game of the season.
“Once we started playing
harder, everything worked
out,” New Hope coach Drew
McBrayer said. “We can be
good when we get into the
passing lanes and knock away
some balls. If we can get some
turnovers, that really gets the
offense going. The first half is
not representative of how we
play here.”
New Hope (4-8) has looked
for consistency throughout the
first half of the season. The Tro-
jans are slowly putting things
together after losing a lot of key
pieces from last season’s state
tournament team.
“The second half of the sea-
son is going to be important to
us,” New Hope junior RL Mattix
said. “We knew we would have
a lot of road games early and
home games late. Right now,
it’s about finding more consis-
tency on the offensive end.”
New Hope hit 11 3-pointers,
including six in the 49-point sec-
ond half. The defense reeked
havoc, undoing the confidence
level built by West Point, during
one of its better first halves this
season.
See TROJANS, 6B
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Holiday Hoops

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West Lowndes High School’s Dekylan Malone (2) drives around a Ridgeland defend- New Hope High School’s Jaylen Smith (1) goes to the goal during Friday night’s win
er during Friday’s game at New Hope. Ridgeland pulled out the victory. over West Point in the New Hope Holiday Classic.

Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
West Lowndes High School’s Jalen Brewer (14) goes New Hope High School’s Jaylen Smith celebrates mak- West Lowndes High School’s Dekylan Malone (2) rises
up under the basket for a layup attempt during Friday’s ing a 3-pointer Friday night against West Point. Smith up and fires during Friday’s game with Ridgeland in the
game with Ridgeland. hit five treys to finish with 15 total points. New Hope Holiday Classic.

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New Hope High School’s Imoni Harris drives around a Jackson Academy defender New Hope’s Tikorian Chandler (3) puts up a shot during Friday’s game with West
during Friday’s game at New Hope. JA took a 54-39 victory. Point. Chandler scored all 11 of his points in the second half of a 74-50 victory.

Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
New Hope High School’s Anna Prince (24) gets around New Hope High School’s Anna Prince (24) puts up a West Lowndes High School’s Quay Sanders (3) puts
a Jackson Academy defender during Friday’s game at 3-point shot attempt during Friday’s game against Jack- up a jumper during Friday’s game with Ridgeland in the
the New Hope Holiday Classic. son Academy. New Hope Holiday Classic.
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YEAR IN REVIEW briefly

Many memorable games make history in 2018 College Football

By PAUL NEWBERRY
The Associated Press
This was a year when many of the
most memorable games required
working overtime.
There was Alabama’s sudden vic-
tory in the college football champion-
ship, not to mention the U.S. women
capturing Olympic gold in a thrilling
hockey shootout.
Of course, we’ll long remember
that 18-inning marathon at the World
Series. And don’t forget Notre Dame
shocking mighty UConn at the wom-
en’s Final Four with a last-second shot
in extra time.
A look back at the compelling con-
tests of 2018:
Hawaiian punch
Facing conference rival Georgia
in the national championship game,
Alabama trailed 13-0 at halftime and
wasn’t doing much of anything offen-
sively. In one of the gutsiest decisions
of his brilliant coaching career, Nick
Saban benched quarterback Jalen
Hurts and brought in freshman Tua Ta-
govailoa. The Hawaii-born Tagovailoa
threw for 166 yards and three touch-
downs, including the winning 41-yard
pass to DeVonta Smith in overtime for
a 26-23 victory. It was the fifth national
title of Saban’s 11-year tenure in Tusca-
loosa, and perhaps the most satisfying.
“Just a great win,” Saban said. “Unbe-
lievable.”
Golden girls
The two powerhouses of women’s
hockey faced off in the gold medal game
at the Pyeongchang Winter Games. It
lived up to the hype in every way. The
United States broke its 20-year gold
medal drought and denied Canada its
fifth straight title with a 3-2 shootout
victory. Jocelyne Lamoureux-David-
son scored for the Americans in the
sixth round of the shootout with a
dazzling, triple-deke move, sliding the
puck past the outstretched glove of Ca-
nadian goalie Shannon Szabados. U.S.
goalie Maddie Rooney stuffed the last
two Canadian shooters to clinch the
thrilling triumph. “Joy’s the only word
that comes to mind,” said Gigi Mar-
vin, a three-time Olympian and oldest
member of the U.S. team.
Up all night
A fall classic, indeed. The longest
game in World Series history finally
ended with Max Muncy’s leadoff ho-
mer in the bottom of the 18th inning,
giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3-2
victory over the Boston Red Sox. The
seven-hour, 20-minute marathon last-
ed until 12:30 a.m. on the U.S. West
Coast — and 3:30 a.m. for those still
awake back East. Game 3 had a bit of
everything: 46 players, including 18
pitchers, and 561 pitches. Never before
had a World Series game gone more
than 14 innings. In the end, it was the
Dodgers’ only highlight of the series.
Boston won the title in five games.
Buzzer beater (times two)
UConn was undefeated on the sea-
son, with just one loss in its previous
147 games, when the Huskies faced
Notre Dame in the Final Four semifi-
nals. In overtime, with the score tied
and one second left on the clock, Arike
Ogunbowale hit a jumper from the
corner that gave the Fighting Irish a
stunning 91-89 victory. Ogunbowale
wasn’t done, either. Two nights later,
she swished a buzzer-beating 3-point-
er to lift the Irish to a 61-58 win over
Mississippi State in the NCAA champi-
onship game.
Minnesota miracle
Case Keenum was down to his final
play in an NFL playoff game. His only
option was to throw the ball up like
he used to do his Texas backyard and
hope for the best. Keenum heaved a
pass along the sideline to Stefon Diggs,
who somehow slithered away from the
defense for a 61-yard touchdown that
gave the Minnesota Vikings a 29-24
victory over the New Orleans Saints.
“”It never ends that way,” Diggs said.
“Usually, it’s reality.” The remarkable
play shall forever be known as the Min-
nesota Miracle.
Red devils rally
Belgium, one of the world’s’ top-
ranked teams, was expected to brush
aside Japan in the Round of 16 at the
World Cup in Russia. Then, early in the
second half, the Asian squad scored
two quick goals to grab the lead. The
European powerhouse was down but
not out. Jan Vertonghen started the
comeback with a wild, looping header
in the 69th minute. Five minutes later,
substitute Marouane Fellaini headed
in the tying goal. Finally, in waning
seconds of stoppage time, Nacer Chad-
li capped a remarkable 3-2 victory with
an end-to-end attack. The Red Devils
became the first team to overcome a
two-goal deficit in a World Cup knock-
out match since West Germany in 1970.
Down goes Virginia
A No. 16 seed had never beaten a
No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Until the University of Maryland-Bal-
timore County came along. The Re-
trievers, representing a school better
known for chess, etched their name
alongside memorable underdogs such
as Buster Douglas and the 1980 U.S.
men’s hockey team with a dominating
74-54 rout of Virginia. The Cavaliers
entered the NCAA Tournament as the
No. 1 overall seed after going 31-2 in
the regular season. They never had a
chance against UMBC. “These are the
moments that you dream of,” said Jai-
rus Lyles, who scored 28 points. “It’s
always exciting to make history.”
Philly special
For the first time since 1960, the
Philadelphia Eagles could call them-
selves champion of the NFL. They did
it with a thrilling Super Bowl victory
over Tom Brady and the New England
Patriots that rewrote the offensive
record book. Nick Foles guided the
drive of a lifetime, capped off by Zach
Ertz’s bobbling touchdown catch that
had to survive replay review. Then, an
exhausted defense came up with two
stands in the final moments to preserve
the 41-33 victory. “We’ve played this
game since we were little kids,” said
Foles, the game’s MVP. “We dreamed
about this moment.”
J.R. for the tie
With LeBron James scoring 51
points, the Cleveland Cavaliers had
a chance to steal Game 1 of the NBA
Finals at Golden State. But, after
George Hill missed the second of two
free throws with 4.7 seconds remain-
ing, J.R. Smith grabbed the offensive
rebound and inexplicably dribbled
back toward halfcourt instead of shoot-
ing. Though he denied it afterward, it
seemed clear Smith thought the Cava-
liers were leading. Actually, the game
was tied. The Cavs never got off a
shot, lost 124-114 in overtime and were
swept by the Warriors in four straight
games. It turned out to be James’ last
hurrah in Cleveland; he moved on after
the season to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Roma rebounds
Mighty Barcelona was sitting pret-
ty after a 4-1 thrashing of Roma in
the opening leg of the UEFA Cham-
pions quarterfinals. Heading to Leg
2 in Rome, the Catalans were riding a
streak of 18 straight matches without
a defeat. In fact, they had not lost all
season in either La Liga or the Cham-
pions League. Roma ended that streak
in dramatic fashion, building momen-
tum with an early goal, adding anoth-
er from the penalty spot shortly after
halftime and capping the comeback on
Kostas Manolas’ header in the closing
minutes. That gave the Italian squad a
stunning 3-0 victory that sent it to the
semifinals on the away-goals tiebreak-
er.
Florida routs Michigan in Peach Bowl
ATLANTA — Lamical Perine had a 5-yard scoring catch and
53-yard touchdown run to lead No. 10 Florida’s strong rushing attack
Saturday, helping the Gators cap their comeback season with a 41-15
rout of No. 8 Michigan in the Peach Bowl.
After finishing 4-7 in 2017, Florida enjoyed a dramatic turnaround in
Dan Mullen’s debut season as coach. Florida (10-3) closed the season
with four straight victories. Michigan (10-3) closed a promising season
with two straight lopsided losses.
Feleipe Franks ran and passed for touchdowns for Florida. He had
a 20-yard scoring run in the second quarter and finished with 74 yards
rushing on 14 carries. Franks passed for 173 yards.
Chauncey Gardner-Johnson led Florida’s defense with two
interceptions, including one returned 30 yards for a touchdown with
less than five minutes remaining. Gardner-Johnson’s first interception
early in the second half, when Florida led only 13-10, set the tone for
the Gators.
The Wolverines faced the unenviable task of having four top
starters, including top rusher Karan Higdon and leading tackler Devin
Bush, skip the game to focus on the NFL draft.
After giving up 567 yards in a 62-39 loss to Ohio State to close the
regular season, Michigan’s defense again couldn’t play up to its No. 1
ranking. Florida had 427 yards — 257 on the ground.
n Virginia 28, South Carolina 0 (Belk Bowl): At Charlotte, North
Carolina, Bryce Perkins threw three touchdown passes to Olamide
Zaccheaus, Virginia’s defense dominated and the Cavaliers beat South
Carolina in the Belk Bowl for their first bowl victory since 2005.
Perkins completed 22 of 31 passes for 208 yards and ran for 81
yards to help the Cavaliers (8-5) ended the ACC’s longest bowl drought.
Zaccheaus had 12 catches for 100 yards. Jordan Ellis ran for 106
yards and a touchdown, helping Virginia hold the ball for more than 42
minutes.
The Gamecocks (7-6) were shut out for the first time since an 18-0
loss to Georgia in 2006.
n Nevada 16, Arkansas State 13, OT (Arizona Bowl): At
Tucson, Arizona, Reagan Roberson bulldozed through one tackler and
dove into the end zone on an 11-yard catch-and-run in overtime, lifting
Nevada over Arkansas State in the Arizona Bowl.
Nevada (8-5) labored against Arkansas State’s defensive front all
game before coming to life late, going up 10-7 on Devonte Lee’s 1-yard
touchdown run with 1:06 left.
Arkansas State (8-5) racked up 499 yards, but was 1 for 5 in the
red zone with two turnovers before marching quickly down the field at
the end of regulation. Blake Grupe, who had one field goal blocked and
badly missed on another, drilled a 32-yarder to tie it on the final play.
Grupe opened overtime with a 24-yard field goal, but Roberson
bulled his way into the end zone to send the Wolf Pack rushing onto
the field.
n Washington State 28, Iowa State 26 (Alamo Bowl): At San
Antonio, Gardner Minshew II threw two touchdown passes and ran for
another score and No. 12 Washington State stopped No. 25 Iowa State
on a late two-point conversion in a victory in the Alamo Bowl on Friday
night.
Minshew passed for 299 yards to help Washington State (11-2) set
a school record for wins in a season.
Minshew’s biggest play came out of desperation and it set up the
winning score.
Iowa State (8-5) rallied from down 21-10 at halftime to 21-20 early
in the fourth quarter before running back David Montgomery fumbled on
the Cyclones 30.
Minshew, who had been held in check in the third quarter, escaped
a third-down pass rush to flip a shovel pass that went for 20 yards. The
play stunned the Cyclones, and Max Borghi ran in from 10 yards on the
next play to put the Cougars ahead 28-20.
Iowa State’s last chance came after Brock Purdy scored from a
yard out with 4:02 left. The Cyclones went for two, but a pass play was
stopped well short of the goal line after a false-start penalty pushed the
line of scrimmage back to the 7.
Purdy passed for 315 yards and Cyclones receiver Hakeem Butler
caught nine passes for 192 yards. Montgomery rushed for 124 yards.
n Syracuse 34, West Virginia 18 (Camping World Bowl): At Or-
lando, Florida, Abdul Adams and Trishton Jackson made their Syracuse
debuts memorable, combining to score three touchdowns and helping
the Orange secure their first 10-win season since 2001 by topping West
Virginia in the Camping World Bowl.
Adams rushed for two first-half scores, and Jackson hauled in a TD
pass from Eric Dungey on the first play of the fourth quarter (AP) — for
Syracuse (10-3), which survived a game that featured eight lead chang-
es. Adams and Jackson were both transfers who had to sit out a year,
which by NCAA rule was satisfied at the end of the first semester.
Dungey completed 21 of 30 passes for 303 yards for the Orange,
who trailed 18-17 going into the final quarter. Barely five minutes later,
it was 34-18. Dungey connected with Jackson, the Orange got an
interception one play later and turned that possession into a field goal
by Andre Szmyt, and Jarveon Howard barreled in from 4 yards out with
9:59 left to cap the SU flurry.
Syracuse got a fourth-and-goal stop on the next possession, and
from there the orange-clad faithful who came south from Central New
York could start to celebrate.
Jack Allison, making his first collegiate start because West Virginia

Sports world mourns passing of stars

By FRED LIEF
The Associated Press
They were touchstones
of sports in the 1960s, and
sports lost three of the best
in 2018: Stan Mikita, the em-
bodiment of powerful Chica-
go Blackhawks teams; Jim
Taylor, the punishing Green
Bay Packers fullback; and
big-hitting Willie McCovey
of the San Francisco Giants.
Each arrived as the 1950s
was going through its last
paces and sports had yet to
become a round-the-clock
corporate behemoth. They
were inextricably tied to city
and team, their legacies bur-
nished through the decades.
Stan Mikita
He gave hockey the
curved stick blade and Chi-
cago a hockey team that
would become a perennial
force.
Mikita, 78, combined
with Bobby Hull and goalie
Glenn Hall to send the Black-
hawks to the 1961 Stanley
Cup title. He was a nine-time
All-Star who led the league
in points four times. He was
the first to play in the NHL
from what was then Czecho-
slovakia and spent all of his
22 seasons with Chicago.
The 5-foot-9 Hall of Fam-
er was the only winner of the
Hart (MVP), Art Ross (scor-
ing) and Lady Byng (sports-
manship) trophies in the
same season. He was among
the first to wear a helmet.
“He embodied the Chica-
go Blackhawks,” team presi-
dent John McDonough said.
Jim Taylor
Taylor owned the role of
the punishing, unrelenting
fullback, all blood and grit
and guts. Vince Lombardi
came to the Packers a year
after Taylor, and the coach
had his man to lead his
ground forces.
Taylor, 83, was a Hall of
Famer who helped the Pack-
ers to four championships,
including the first Super
Bowl in which he scored the
first touchdown. In 1962, he
was the MVP.
Taylor was often com-
pared to Jim Brown, but
Lombardi saw a difference.
“Jim Brown will give you
that leg (to tackle) and then
take it away from you,” the
coach said. “Jim Taylor will
give it to you and then ram it
through your chest.”
Willie McCovey
What if he pulled the ball
a few feet more? What if it
had been a bit higher?
It was Game 7 of the 1962
World Series. The Giants
trailed the Yankees 1-0 in
the ninth inning but had
runners on second and third
with two out. McCovey then
scorched the ball, but right
at second baseman Bobby
Richardson. That was as
close as McCovey came to a
championship.
“I still think about it all
the time,” he said.
McCovey, 80, hit 521
home runs and batted .270
over 22 seasons, all but three
with the Giants. The 6-foot-4
slugger known as “Stretch”
was the NL’s Rookie of the
Year in 1959 and MVP in
1969. He was slowed by bad
knees but glided into the
Hall of Fame.
Sports this year lost oth-
ers who blazed paths:
—Anne Donovan, a Football
6-foot-8 pioneer of women’s
basketball, was 56 was a
winner wherever she went.
—Broadcaster Keith
Jackson, he of the “Whoa,
Nelly! call and amiable com-
pany for many years across
all sports, was 89.
—Roger Bannister, 88,
smashed four-minute mile,
but the British track great
insisted his real achieve-
ment was as a neurologist.
Baseball deaths
Baseball also said good-
bye to Tony Cloninger, the
Braves pitcher who hit two
grand slams in a game;
Rusty Staub, the “Le Grand
Orange” with more than
2,700 hits; Red Schoend-
ienst, the Cardinal patri-
arch who at 95 had been the
oldest living Hall of Famer;
Oscar Gamble, owner of 200
home runs and a resplendent
afro; and Wayne Huizenga,
whose Florida business em-
pire included the Marlins,
NFL’s Dolphins and NHL’s
Panthers.
Basketball deaths
Basketball is now with-
out champion guards Jo
Jo White (Celtics) and
Hal Greer (76ers); Frank
Ramsey, sixth man for the
mighty Celtics teams of the
1960s; Willie Naulls, among
the early black stars; Jack
McKinney, coach of the
“Showtime” Lakers whose
career was undercut by a
bicycle accident; Paul Allen,
owner of the Portland Trail
Blazers and NFL’s Seattle
Seahawks; and Tex Winter,
96, guru of the triangle of-
fense.
Football deaths
mourned
Dwight Clark of the 49ers,
who bestowed on the NFL
a peerless image of “The
Catch”; Billy Cannon, who
won the 1959 LSU Heisman
Trophy and later spent time
in prison for counterfeiting;
Tommy McDonald, the fleet
receiver on the Eagles’ 1960
title team; Chuck Knox, who
coached the Los Angeles
Rams to three straight NFC
title games; Earle Bruce, an
Ohio State patriarch who
succeeded Woody Hayes;
and Bob McNair, the own-
er who returned the NFL to
Houston.
Other deaths
Gone from hockey are
John Ziegler, the NHL pres-
ident who presided over a
1992 players strike, and Bill
Torrey, general manager of
the 1980s New York Island-
er dynasty. In a bus crash on
the Saskatchewan prairie,
16 from a junior team were
left dead.
Boxing’s deaths included
Karl Mildenberger, the Ger-
man who went 12 rounds
with Muhammad Ali. In auto
racing, it was Dan Gurney,
who won in NASCAR, For-
mula One and IndyCar. In
horse racing, it was jockeys
Manny Ycaza and Ronnie
Franklin. In golf, it was two-
time major winner Hubert
Green and Bruce Lietzke.
In soccer, Walter Bahr
was last living player from
the U.S. team that rocked
England at the 1950 World
Cup. Tennis lost the grace-
ful champion Maria Bueno
while pro wrestling counted
out beloved box-office draw
Bruno Sammartino.
Sports writing is dimin-
ished without Dave Ander-
son, the Pulitzer Prize-win-
ning columnist for The New
York Times. Likewise, The
Associated Press with the
death of Jim O’Connell, the
Hall of Fame college basket-
ball writer.
star quarterback Will Grier elected to skip the bowl game and focus on
preparing for the NFL, completed 17 of 35 passes for 277 yards for the
Mountaineers (8-4).
n Auburn 63, Purdue 14 (Music City Bowl): At Nashville, Ten-
nessee, Jarrett Stidham threw for 373 yards and five touchdowns in his
final college game and Auburn routed Purdue in the Music City Bowl.
Auburn (8-5) rolled in the finale of a season that opened with
a top-10 ranking, stumbled a bit in the middle and concluded with a
record-setting performance. It was the Tigers’ first postseason victory
since beating Memphis in the 2015 Birmingham Bowl.
Auburn scored the most points by a Southeastern Conference
team in a bowl, topping Alabama’s 61-6 victory over Syracuse in the Or-
ange Bowl on Jan. 1, 1953. The Tigers had a chance to match the most
points ever in a bowl at 70, most recently by Army in the Armed Forces
Bowl last week, but they took a knee at the Purdue 1 with 1:01 left.
Auburn scored TDs on its first eight possessions. It tied the Music
City Bowl records for most points and TDs set by West Virginia in 2000
— with 5:36 left in the first half. By halftime, Auburn led 56-7 with the
most points scored in any half in program history after holding the ball
for only 11 minutes.
Purdue (6-7) dropped three of its last four games in its second
season under coach Jeff Brohm.
Pro Football
Week 17 offers limited storylines
In a wild and crazy season, the biggest remaining tumult is in the
AFC South.
Houston leads and takes the division title by beating struggling
Jacksonville. A Texans loss, however, gives the winner of the prime-time
game between the Colts and Titans in Nashville the crown, dropping
Houston into a wild card.
“When you start off 0-3 and you’re sitting here at 10-5 with a
chance to win the division on Sunday you’ve done a lot of good things
over the course of those games since we were 0-3,” star defensive end
J.J. Watt says. “But we have to make sure that we do what we need to
do to make sure that doesn’t all go to waste.”
There are two other AFC division crowns to settle, in the North
and West, but at least the Chiefs and Chargers already are into the
postseason. So while avoiding having to suit up next weekend — and
the likelihood of having the conference’s best record — becomes para-
mount, Kansas City and Los Angeles both have a comfort zone.
Baltimore and Pittsburgh do not. If the Ravens win at home over
Cleveland, they take the North. If they lose and the Steelers defeat
spiraling Cincinnati, Pittsburgh advances.
The winner of the night game in Music City will, well, be making
sweet music as a playoff qualifier.
“We’re just blessed to be in this position to be playing for a playoff
game, so that’s all the motivation that guys need,” Titans safety Kevin
Byard says. “They’ll be motivated, we’ll be motivated. It’ll be a fun
game.”
n Cowboys quiet on Elliott’s status: At Frisco, Texas, Ezekiel
Elliott insists he’s playing and has no hesitation saying the NFL rushing
title is on his mind with the Dallas Cowboys locked into the fourth playoff
seed as NFC East champions going into their regular-season finale at
the New York Giants.
If the league rushing leader does play, it won’t be because coach
Jason Garrett wants him to hold off Todd Gurley of the Los Angeles
Rams and rookie Saquon Barkley, who will be on the opposing sideline
with the Giants (5-10) on Sunday.
“We don’t talk very much about individual statistics for any of our
players,” Garrett said. “What we’re trying to do is prepare the right way
and play the right way each week to make our team the best it could be.
And that’s really where our sole focus is.”
With 1,434 yards rushing, Elliott is 183 ahead of Gurley, who
could miss the game against San Francisco with a minor knee injury
as the Rams try to secure a first-round bye along with top-seeded New
Orleans.
Barkley trails by 236 yards, so even if Elliott doesn’t play, it would
take a huge game from one of the two behind him to keep the former
Ohio State star from winning his second rushing title in three years.
Elliott led the NFL as a rookie with 1,631 yards in 2016, and had
the highest yards-per-game average last season when he served a
six-game suspension for domestic violence allegations.
—From Wire Reports
4B Sunday, December 30, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

briefly CALENDAR Basketball

OAKLAND RAIDERS at KANSAS CITY
CHIEFS — RAIDERS: OUT: CB Montrel
Meander (quadricep). QUESTIONABLE: CB
June 13-16 — US Open, Pebble Beach GL,
Pebble Beach, Calif.
June 20-23 — Travelers Championship, TPC
NBA Gareon Conley (concussion), DT Maurice Hurst River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.

Local Prep Basketball

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
(ankle). CHIEFS: OUT: WR Sammy Watkins
(foot). QUESTIONABLE: S Eric Berry (heel),
CB Kendall Fuller (thumb), RB Spencer Ware
June 27-30 — Rocket Mortage Classic, Detroit
GC, Detroit
July 4-7 — 3M Open, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine,
Starkville High basketball squads sweep at New Hope Friday’s Games Toronto
Philadelphia
26 11 .703 —
23 13 .639 2½
(hamstring), RB Darrel Williams (hamstring).
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES at WASHINGTON
Minn.
July 11-14 — John Deere Classic, TPC Deere
On the final day of the New Hope High School Holiday Classic, the Columbus at South Panola Boston 20 14 .588 4½ REDSKINS — EAGLES: OUT: LB D.J. Alex- Run, Silvis, Ill.
Starkville High School basketball teams cruised to a pair of victories. Brooklyn 17 21 .447 9½ ander (hamstring), CB Sidney Jones (ham- July 18-21 — British Open, Royal Portrush GC,
Pickens County at New Hope New York 9 27 .250 16½ string), G Isaac Seumalo (pectoral), WR Mike Portrush, Northern Ireland
The Starkville girls improved to 9-3 with a 46-37 win over Jackson Southeast Division Wallace (ankle), QB Carson Wentz (back). July 18-21 — Barbasol Championship, Keene
Academy. For the Lady Jackets, Jalisa Outlaw had 28 points, while Northwest Rankin at Starkville W L Pct GB QUESTIONABLE: DE Michael Bennett (foot), Trace GC (Champions Trace), Nicholasville, Ky.
Miami 17 17 .500 — LB Jordan Hicks (calf), C Jason Kelce (knee), July 25-28 — WGC-FedEx Invitational, TPC
Amaya Ford had 10 points. Noxubee County at Leake Central Charlotte 17 18 .486 ½ T Jason Peters (quadricep). REDSKINS: OUT: Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.
The Starkville boys improved to 13-1 with an 81-33 win over WR Maurice Harris (concussion), T Ty Nsekhe July 25-28 — Reno-Tahoe Tournament, Mon-
Aberdeen at Potts Camp Orlando
Washington
15 19 .441 2
14 23 .378 4½ (knee). DOUBTFUL: TE Vernon Davis (concus- treaux Golf & CC, Reno, Nev.
Amanda Elzy. For the Yellow Jackets, Atavius Jones had 21 points, West Lowndes at Okolona Atlanta 11 24 .314 6½ sion). QUESTIONABLE: LB Ryan Anderson Aug. 1-4 — Wyndham Championship, Sedge-
while Tyler Talley had 15 points for Forte Prater had 12 points. Central Division (hamstring), G Tony Bergstrom (knee, ankle), field CC, Greensboro, N.C.
n Caledonia boys win: In a Friday game at New Hope, the Leake Academy at Heritage Academy W L Pct GB WR Josh Doctson (illness), DE Matt Ioannidis
(hamstring), G Zac Kerin (knee).
Aug. 8-11 — The Northern Trust, Liberty Na-
tional GC, Jersey City, N.J.
Milwaukee 25 10 .714 —
Caledonia High School boys moved to 13-2 with a 53-36 win over Central Holmes at Oak Hill Academy Indiana 24 12 .667 1½ SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS at LOS ANGELES Aug. 15-18 — BMW Championship, Medina CC
Detroit 16 17 .485 8 RAMS — 49ERS: OUT: RB Matt Breida (ankle), (No. 3), Medinah, Ill.
Noxubee County. Winston Academy at Starkville Academy Chicago 10 26 .278 15½ TE Garrett Celek (concussion), WR Marquise Aug. 22-25 — Tour Championship, East Lake
Romeo Sanders had 18 points, while Jarvis Leigh and Davonte Goodwin (calf), WR Dante Pettis (knee). QUES- GC, Atlanta
Saturday’s Games Cleveland 8 29 .216 18
WESTERN CONFERENCE TIONABLE: CB Tarvarius Moore (shoulder).
Martin each had 10 points. Cooper McCleskey had eight points. RAMS: OUT: RB Todd Gurley (knee), S La- x-unofficial event
Starkville boys at Tangle on the Trail (Pontotoc) Southwest Division
marcus Joyner (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: RB
n Heritage Academy boys win: In the St. Andrew’s Classic, the W L Pct GB
Heritage Academy boys beat Richland 50-43 Friday. Noxubee County at Okolona Houston
Memphis
20 15 .571 —
18 16 .529 1½
Justin Davis (shoulder), DT Ethan Westbrooks
(illness). Hockey
For the Patriots, Jared Long had 19 points, while Eli Acker had 12 Heritage Academy at Indianola Academy San Antonio 19 17 .528 1½ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at TENNESSEE TI-
TANS — COLTS: OUT: WR Daurice Fountain NHL
Dallas 16 18 .471 3½
points. Winston Academy at Oak Hill Academy New Orleans 16 21 .432 5 (ankle), C Ryan Kelly (neck). QUESTIONABLE: EASTERN CONFERENCE
TE Eric Ebron (concussion, knee), S Clayton Atlantic Division
n Columbus Christian Academy boys win twice: At Steens,
the Columbus Christian Academy boys’ basketball team won a pair of Prep Soccer
Denver
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
22 11 .667 —
Geathers (knee), CB Nate Hairston (hip),
WR T.Y. Hilton (ankle), WR Dontrelle Inman
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay 39 30 7 2 62 166 116
games in their own holiday event. Thursday’s Matches Oklahoma City 22 12 .647 ½ (shoulder), WR Zach Pascal (knee), DE Jabaal
Sheard (teeth, knee). TITANS: OUT: LB Brian
Toronto
Buffalo
39 26 11 2 54 144 109
39 21 12 6 48 114 112
Portland 20 15 .571 3
Friday night, CCA beat Winona Christian School, 61-50. For the West Point at Tupelo Christian Prep, 5:30 p.m. Utah 17 19 .472 6½ Orakpo (elbow). QUESTIONABLE: QB Marcus Boston 39 21 14 4 46 110 103
Mariota (neck, foot). Montreal 39 20 14 5 45 125 126
Rams, Lawson Studdard had 24 points, while Will Teague had eight Friday’s Matches Minnesota 16 19 .457 7
Florida 37 16 15 6 38 120 131
Pacific Division
points and Isaiah Cooper had seven points.
Columbus at Tupelo, 5 p.m. W L Pct GB College Bowl Schedule Detroit
Ottawa
39 15 18 6 36 111 131
39 15 20 4 34 123 153
Golden State 23 13 .639 — Saturday, Dec. 15
Celebration Bowl Metropolitan Division
Saturday’s Matches
Mississippi University for Women
L.A. Clippers 21 14 .600 1½
L.A. Lakers 20 16 .556 3 At Atlanta GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 37 24 10 3 51 135 106
Northeast Lauderdale at New Hope, Noon Sacramento 19 16 .543 3½ North Carolina A&T 26, Alcorn State 22
Cure Bowl Columbus 38 22 13 3 47 123 116
Basketball squads fall to Belhaven Lamar School at Heritage Academy, 1 p.m.
Phoenix 9 27 .250 14
Orlando, Fla. N.Y. Islanders 37 20 13 4 44 111 101
Pittsburgh 37 19 12 6 44 124 112
JACKSON — The Mississippi University for Women dropped a pair Friday’s Games Tulane 41, Louisiana-Lafayette 24
of basketball games at Belhaven University Saturday. College Football Charlotte 100, Brooklyn 87
Chicago 101, Washington 92
New Mexico Bowl
Albuquerque
N.Y. Rangers 36 15 14 7 37 105 119
Carolina 37 15 17 5 35 91 108
Philadelphia 37 15 17 5 35 110 133
The MUW women dropped a 65-60 decision, while the MUW men Tuesday’s Game Indiana 125, Detroit 88 Utah State 52, North Texas 13
Las Vegas Bowl New Jersey 37 14 16 7 35 109 127
Orlando 116, Toronto 87
fell 109-79. Outback Bowl (Tampa, Florida) Atlanta 123, Minnesota 120, OT Fresno State 31, Arizona State 20 WESTERN CONFERENCE
Camellia Bowl Central Division
Autumn Taylor scored 14 points with three steals, three assists, Mississippi State vs. Iowa, 11 a.m.
Miami 118, Cleveland 94
Montgomery, Ala. GP W L OT Pts GF GA
New Orleans 114, Dallas 112
and three rebounds in the women’s loss. Georgia Southern 23, Eastern Michgan 21 Winnipeg 38 24 12 2 50 130 108
After two weeks off, the Owls returned to the court short staffed Men’s College Basketball Denver 102, San Antonio 99
Oklahoma City 118, Phoenix 102
L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
New Orleans Bowl
Appalachian State 45, Middle Tennessee 13
Nashville
Colorado
38 22 14 2 46 111 97
38 19 13 6 44 130 117
with only seven players making the trip to Jackson due to travel and Today’s Game Saturday’s Games Dallas 38 19 16 3 41 101 102
Tuesday, Dec. 18 Minnesota 37 18 16 3 39 108 105
weather complications. With just half its roster, The W proved to be a Alabama at Stephen F. Austin, 5 p.m.
Milwaukee 129, Brooklyn 115
Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl St. Louis 35 15 16 4 34 100 115
Houston 108, New Orleans 104
formidable opponent for the Belhaven Blazers ending the first half tied Washington 130, Charlotte 126 UAB 37, Northern Illinois 13 Chicago 40 14 20 6 34 116 147
at 25. Thursday’s Game Atlanta 111, Cleveland 108 Pacific Division
Boston at Memphis, late Wednesday, Dec. 19 GP W L OT Pts GF GA
With a weak third quarter, The W (10-4) trailed by as many as 10 Southern Mississippi at Rice, 3 p.m. New York at Utah, late Frisco (Texas) Bowl Calgary 38 23 12 3 49 131 104
Ohio 27, San Diego State 0 San Jose 40 21 12 7 49 135 121
points before a late rally came up short against the Blazers (6-5). Saturday’s Games Denver at Phoenix, late
Golden State at Portland, late Vegas 41 22 15 4 48 123 114
For Taylor, it was her sixth double-digit scoring effort as an Owl and Kentucky at Alabama, Noon San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, late Thursday, Dec. 20 Anaheim 39 19 15 5 43 97 113
Gasparilla Bowl Vancouver 40 18 18 4 40 121 127
her second time with her team’s game-high. Senior Tenazhia Hinkson Today’s Games
Southern Mississippi at North Texas, 5 p.m. Detroit at Orlando, 2:30 p.m. At St. Petersburg, Fla. Edmonton 38 18 17 3 39 108 122
and junior Starlandria Walton also lent double-digit numbers to the Owls Chicago at Toronto, 5 p.m. Marshall 38, South Florida 20 Arizona 37 16 19 2 34 94 103
score with 12 points each. Ole Miss at Vanderbilt, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Miami, 5 p.m. Los Angeles 39 15 21 3 33 89 117
Friday, Dec. 21 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
“We played well for a team that was missing four of its key players,”
coach Howard White said. “We only turned the ball over 10 times but
Women’s College Basketball Oklahoma City at Dallas, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at Portland, 8 p.m.
Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.
Bahamas Bowl
Nassau
overtime loss. Top three teams in each division
and two wild cards per conference advance to
Today’s Game FIU 35, Toledo 32 playoffs.
we were only 13 for 24 from the free-throw line and that was the biggest
difference in the game and it was hard for us to get production from our Louisiana at Mississippi State, 2 p.m. Football Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Boise
BYU 49, Western Michigan 18
Friday’s Games
Montreal 5, Florida 3
post game because we were missing two key post players. Overall, I Houston at Southern Miss, 2 p.m. NFL Toronto 4, Columbus 2
AMERICAN CONFERENCE Saturday, Dec. 22 N.Y. Islanders 6, Ottawa 3
was very proud of how they played as a team and how hard they fought Thursday’s Games East Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Saturday’s Games
every possession.” Mississippi State at Arkansas, 6 p.m. W L T Pct PF PA Wake Forest 37, Memphis 34 New Jersey 2, Carolina 0
y-New England 10 5 0 .667 398 322 Armed Forces Bowl San Jose 7, Edmonton 4
Keith Harris scored 19 points and Tavonta Jones had 17 points in Minnesota 3, Winnipeg 1
the men’s defeat. Rice at Southern Mississippi, 6 p.m. Miami
Buffalo
7 8 0 .467 302 391
5 10 0 .333 227 357
Fort Worth, Texas
Army 70, Houston 14 Vegas 4, Los Angeles 1
Shon Wright added 13 points and DJ Clark scored 11 and a team- Florida at Alabama, 7 p.m. N.Y. Jets 4 11 0 .267 330 403
South
Dollar General Bowl Boston 3, Buffalo 2, OT
N.Y. Islanders 4, Toronto 0
Mobile, Alabama
high eight rebounds for the Owls. Ole Miss at Missouri, 7 p.m. W L T Pct PF PA Troy 42, Buffalo 32 Tampa Bay 6, Montreal 5
x-Houston 10 5 0 .667 382 313 Hawaii Bowl Florida 2, Philadelphia 1
Belhaven (5-6) hit 38 of 57 (66.7 percent) from the floor, including Saturday’s Game Indianapolis 9 6 0 .600 400 327 Honolulu Washington 3, Ottawa 2
16 of 30 (53.3 percent) in three-point range, while winning the rebound- Tennessee 9 6 0 .600 293 270 Louisiana Tech 31, Hawaii 14 Pittsburgh at St. Louis, late
North Texas at Southern Mississippi, 4 p.m. Jacksonville 5 10 0 .333 242 296 Detroit at Dallas, late
ing battle 33-24. The Blazers had just seven turnovers while the Owls North N.Y. Rangers at Nashville, late
had 13. Next Sunday’s Games W L T Pct PF PA
Wednesday, Dec. 26
SERVPRO First Responder Bowl Chicago at Colorado, late
Arizona at Anaheim, late
The W (1-12) hit 27 of 59 (45.8 percent) from the floor, making 10 of Alabama at South Carolina, 11 a.m. Baltimore
Pittsburgh
9 6 0 .600
8 6 1 .567
363
412
263
347
Dallas
Boston College vs. Boise State, ccd. Vancouver at Calgary, late.
27 (37.0 percent) from behind the arc. The Owls convert 15 of their 27 Arkansas at Ole Miss, 2 p.m. Cleveland 7 7 1 .500 335 366 Quick Lane Bowl Today’s Game
Cincinnati 6 9 0 .400 355 439 Detroit Vegas at Arizona, 7 p.m.
free throws, for 55.6 percent shooting from the line. Kentucky at Mississippi State, 4 p.m. West Monday’s Games
Minnesota 34, Georgia Tech 10
“We ran into a team that shot the ball incredibly well tonight. There W L T Pct PF PA Cheez-It Bowl Nashville at Washington, 11:30 a.m.
were some things we must do better on the defensive end, but it’s tough Junior College Basketball x-Kansas City 11 4 0 .733
x-L.A. Chargers 11 4 0 .733
530
405
418
320
Phoenix
TCU 10, California 7, OT
Vancouver at New Jersey, Noon
Philadelphia at Carolina, 5 p.m.
when they’re making that many shots,” coach Brian Merkel said “We Thursday’s Games Denver 6 9 0 .400 320 326 Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Oakland 4 11 0 .267 287 432 Thursday, Dec. 27 N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 5 p.m.
played well enough on the offensive end to win, just have to get better Women: EMCC at Meridian, 5:30 p.m. NATIONAL CONFERENCE N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 6 p.m.
Independence Bowl
defensively.” East Shreveport, La. Ottawa at Columbus, 6 p.m.
Men: EMCC at Meridian, 7:30 p.m. W L T Pct PF PA Duke 56, Temple 27 Florida at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
y-Dallas 9 6 0 .600 303 289 Tampa Bay at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Ole Miss Women: Gadsden State at Itawamba, 2 p.m.
Philadelphia

N.Y. Giants
8 7 0 .533 343 348
Washington 7 8 0 .467 281 335
5 10 0 .333 334 376
Pinstripe Bowl
Bronx, N.Y.
Los Angeles at Colorado, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at Calgary, 8 p.m.
Wisconsin 35, Miami (Fla.) 3
Men’s basketball defeats Florida Gulf Coast Men: Gadsden State at Itawamba, 4 p.m.
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Texas Bowl Winnipeg at Edmonton, 8 p.m.
OXFORD — Ole Miss coach Kermit Davis spoke quietly in the Houston
postgame press conference. His Rebels spoke loud and clear on the
y-New Orleans 13 2 0 .867
Atlanta 6 9 0 .400
490
380
320
391
Baylor 45, Vanderbilt 38
Transactions
court Saturday in an 87-57 win over Florida Gulf Coast.
“We finished undefeated in December and that’s hard to do. I don’t
on the air Carolina
Tampa Bay
6 9 0 .400 343 368
5 10 0 .333 364 430
North
Friday, Dec. 28
Music City Bowl
Nashville, Tenn.
Saturday’s Moves
FOOTBALL
National Football League
care who you are,” Davis said. “We’ve played six of eleven games away
from home and we’re 10-2 and undefeated in December. We’ve still got
Today
y-Chicago
Minnesota
W L T Pct PF PA
11 4 0 .733
8 6 1 .567
397
350
273
317
Auburn 63, Purdue 14
Camping World Bowl
Orlando, Fla.
NFL — Fined New England WR Julian Edel-
man $63,504; Cleveland QB Baker Mayfield
COLLEGE BASKETBALL Green Bay 6 8 1 .433 376 369 Syracuse 34, West Virginia 18 $10,026; New York Jets coach Todd Bowles
progress to make, but I like where we are right now.” $25,000; Houston DE Jadeveon Clowney
11 a.m. — Binghamton at Michigan, Big Ten Detroit 5 10 0 .333 293 360 Alamo Bowl
$40,110; Jets DL Leonard Williams $43,449;
Terence Davis scored 20 points as Mississippi placed five players West San Antonio
in double figures. The Rebels raced to a 7-0 lead in the opening four Network W L T Pct PF PA Washington State 28, Iowa State 26 Jets RB Trenton Cannon and CB Darryl
Roberts $26,739 each; Arizona S Tre Bos-
y-L.A. Rams 12 3 0 .800 479 352
minutes and were never seriously threatened. 3 p.m. — Mount St. Mary’s at Minnesota, ESPNU x-Seattle 9 6 0 .600 401 323 Saturday, Dec. 29 ton $26,739; Jacksonville LB Telvin Smith
$10,026 and Jacksonville DE Yannick Ngakoue
Breein Tyree scored 14 points, while Devontae Shuler, Bruce Ste- 5 p.m. — Alabama at Stephen F. Austin, ESPNU San Francisco 4 11 0 .267 310 387
Arizona 3 12 0 .200 201 398
Peach Bowl
$26,739; Philadelphia S Tre Sullivan $26,739;
Atlanta
vens and Blake Hinson added 11 apiece for the Rebels (10-2), who won 5 p.m. — Massachusetts at Georgia, SEC Florida 41, Michigan 15 Dallas DE Randy Gregory $20,054; Tennessee
OT Taylor Lewan and Washington CB Josh
x-clinched playoff spot Belk Bowl
their seventh consecutive game. Davis had a team-high six rebounds Network y-clinched division Charlotte, N.C. Norman $10,026 each for actions during or
and added two assists. after games last week.
NFL Today’s Games
Virginia 28, South Carolina 0
CHICAGO BEARS — Waived QB Tyler Bray.
RaySean Scott Jr. scored 18 points with nine rebounds and Dinero Arizona Bowl
Noon — Jacksonville at Houston, WCBI Miami at Buffalo, Noon Tucson, Ariz. Activated OL Kyle Long from injured reserve.
NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed WR Jawill
Mercurius added 12 points for the Eagles (5-10). Scott was 8 of 10 Noon — Carolina at New Orleans, WLOV
Atlanta at Tampa Bay, Noon Nevada 16, Arkansas State 13, OT
Davis on injured reserve. Signed WR Alonzo
Jacksonville at Houston, Noon Cotton Bowl Classic
from the field, but the Eagles finished 21-of-52 shooting (40 percent), Russell from the practice squad.
3:25 p.m. — Arizona at Seattle, WLOV Dallas at N.Y. Giants, Noon Arlington, Texas
NEW YORK JETS — Placed WR Quincy
including 6 of 16 (37 percent) from 3-point range. Detroit at Green Bay, Noon CFP Semifinal, Clemson 30, Notre Dame 3
n Women’s basketball defeats North Florida: At Oxford, 3:25 p.m. — Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, WCBI N.Y. Jets at New England, Noon Enunwa, CB Morris Claiborne and LB Kevin
Pierre-Louis on injured reserve. Signed CB
Carolina at New Orleans, Noon
nothing was going to slow down senior Crystal Allen on Friday, as the 7:20 p.m. — Indianapolis at Tennessee, WTVA Arizona at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.
Orange Bowl
Miami Gardens, Fla. Brandon Bryant, WR J.J. Jones and DT Destiny
Vaeao from the practice squad.
graduate transfer scored the most points by anyone in the SEC this RUGBY L.A. Chargers at Denver, 3:25 p.m.
Oakland at Kansas City, 3:25 p.m.
CFP Semifinal, Alabama vs. Oklahoma, late
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed TE J.P.
season to help lead the Ole Miss women’s basketball team to an 82-69 1:30 p.m. — Premiership, Bath vs. Leicester, San Francisco at L.A. Rams, 3:25 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31 Holtz from the practice squad.
HOCKEY
Philadelphia at Washington, 3:25 p.m. Military Bowl
win over North Florida at The Pavilion – the 100th career win for first- NBC Sports Network Chicago at Minnesota, 3:25 p.m. Annapolis, Md. National Hockey League
year Rebel head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin. NHL — Fined Montreal F Phillip Danault $5,000
SOCCER Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 3:25 p.m.
Cleveland at Baltimore, 3:25 p.m.
Cincinnati (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (6-6), 11
for a dangerous trip against Florida D Aaron
Ole Miss (6-8) scored a season-high 82 points, shot 50 percent a.m. (ESPN)
5:55 a.m. — Premier League, Crystal Palace vs. Indianapolis at Tennessee, 7:20 p.m. Sun Bowl Ekblad.
from the field and drained a season-high 14 three-pointers to help ANAHEIM DUCKS — Reassigned D Andrej
Chelsea, NBC Sports Network Injury Report El Paso, Texas
Stanford (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (7-6), 1 p.m. (CBS) Sustr to San Diego (AHL). Recalled D Andy
secure victory over the Ospreys (5-6). The Rebels dominated the glass Welinski from San Diego.
8:10 a.m. — Premier League, Southampton vs. ARIZONA CARDINALS at SEATTLE SE- Redbox Bowl
ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned F Michael
by a margin of 48-29 and tied a season-high with 24 assists on 29 made AHAWKS — CARDINALS: OUT: TE Ricky Santa Clara, Calif.
field goals (82.8 percent). Manchester City, NBC Sports Network Seals-Jones (shoulder). QUESTIONABLE: DE Michigan State (7-5) vs. Oregon (8-4), 2 p.m. Bunting to Tucson (AHL).
Markus Golden (ankle), DE Benson Mayowa BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled G Jonas Jo-
The milestone win came as a shock to McPhee-McCuin, who just 10:25 a.m. — Premier League, Manchester Unit- (back, neck). SEAHAWKS: DOUBTFUL: G J.R.
(FOX)
Liberty Bowl hansson from Cincinnati (ECHL) to Rochester
Sweezy (foot). QUESTIONABLE: G D.J. Fluker (AHL).
recently realized she was getting close to the century mark. An added ed vs. Bournemouth, NBC Sports Network (hamstring), DE Dion Jordan (knee), S Bradley
Memphis, Tenn.
CALGARY FLAMES — Recalled F Dillon Dube
Missouri (8-4) vs. Oklahoma State (6-6), 2:45
bonus to today’s victory for her was that it came against an old rival in WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL McDougald (knee), RB Rashaad Penny (knee),
S Tedric Thompson (ankle). p.m. (ESPN) from Stockton (AHL).
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Activated D Dion
North Florida. McPhee-McCuin, a five-year veteran of the Atlantic Sun Noon — Iowa at Michigan State, ESPN2 ATLANTA FALCONS at TAMPA BAY BUCCA- Holiday Bowl
San Diego Phaneuf from injured reserve.
Conference, is now 12-0 all-time against the Ospreys after notching an NEERS — FALCONS: OUT: C Wes Schweitzer NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Placed F Jordan
3 p.m. — South Florida at LSU, SEC Network (back). BUCCANEERS: DOUBTFUL: WR Northwestern (8-5) vs. Utah (9-4), 6 p.m. (FS1)
Eberle on injured reserve. Recalled F Michael
11-0 record in the crosstown rivalry during her tenure at Jacksonville Gator Bowl
University. Monday DeSean Jackson (achilles), DE Carl Nassib
(shoulder). QUESTIONABLE: LB Devante
Bond (illness), DE Jason Pierre-Paul (knee,
Jacksonville, Fla.
NC State (9-3) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 6:30 p.m.
Dal Colle from Bridgeport (AHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Assigned D Mat-
thew Spencer from Syracuse (AHL) to Orlando
Her career highlights were hardly the story during the game today, COLLEGE BASKETBALL shoulder). (ESPN)
(ECHL).
however, as Allen put on a stupefying show offensively to spearhead 3 p.m. — Creighton at Providence, FS1 CAROLINA PANTHERS at NEW ORLEANS
SAINTS — PANTHERS: OUT: QB Cam New- Tuesday, Jan. 1 COLLEGE
AUBURN — CB Jamel Dean will enter the NFL
the Rebels. Allen ended up with a career-high 34 points on 11-of-17 COLLEGE FOOTBALL ton (right shoulder), DT Kawann Short (calf), G Outback Bowl
Tampa, Fla. draft.
Trai Turner (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: T Mar-
shooting – which included a preposterous 9-of-15 clip from beyond 11 a.m. — Military Bowl: Cincinnati vs. Virginia shall Newhouse (hip). SAINTS: OUT: T Terron Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4), 11 a.m. MEMPHIS — Named Adam Fuller defensive
coordinator.
the arc. Both her point total and her three-pointers stand as women’s Tech, at Annapolis, Maryland, ESPN Armstead (pectoral), G Jermon Bushrod (ham- (ESPN2)
Pavilion records and the most by anyone in the SEC this year, with her string), G Larry Warford (knee). Citrus Bowl
Friday’s Moves
1 p.m. — Sun Bowl: Stanford vs. Pittsburgh, at CHICAGO BEARS at MINNESOTA VIKINGS Orlando, Fla.
BASEBALL
nine treys also ranking tied for third in the NCAA. — BEARS: DOUBTFUL: S Eddie Jackson (an- Kentucky (9-3) vs. Penn State (9-3), Noon
American League
El Paso, Texas, WCBI kle), LB Aaron Lynch (elbow), WR Allen Robin- (ABC)
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with
son (ribs). QUESTIONABLE: DT Bilal Nichols Fiesta Bowl
2 p.m. — Redbox Bowl: Michigan State vs. Ore-
Junior Colleges gon, at Santa Clara, California,WLOV
(knee). VIKINGS: OUT: WR Chad Beebe (ham-
string), RB C.J. Ham (elbow), LB Eric Kendricks
Glendale, Ariz.
LSU (9-3) vs. UCF (12-0), Noon (ESPN)
RHP Matt Shoemaker on a one-year contract.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
(hamstring), CB Marcus Sherels (foot). QUES- Rose Bowl
ICC sets spring sports schedules 2:45 p.m. — Liberty Bowl: Missouri vs. Oklaho- TIONABLE: G Tom Compton (shoulder), CB Pasadena, Calif. MIAMI HEAT — Assigned G Dion Waiters
Sioux Falls (NBAGL).
FULTON — Seven home matches highlight Itawamba Community Xavier Rhodes (groin). Washington (10-3) vs. Ohio State (12-1), 4 p.m.
ma State, at Memphis, Tennessee, ESPN CINCINNATI BENGALS at PITTSBURGH (ESPN) FOOTBALL
College’s 2019 tennis schedules, which was released on Friday by 6 p.m. — Holiday Bowl: Northwestern vs. Utah, STEELERS — BENGALS: OUT: LB Vontaze Sugar Bowl National Football League
Burfict (concussion), CB Tony McRae (ham- New Orleans ARIZONA CARDINALS — Promoted WR Mala-
men’s and women’s head coach Michael Metz. at San Diego, California, FS1 string). STEELERS: DOUBTFUL: LB Vince Texas (9-4) vs. Georgia (11-2), 7:45 p.m. chi Dupre and DT Pasoni Tasini from the prac-
ICC will open its 2019 seasons against Meridian (Feb. 1) and Williams (toe). QUESTIONABLE: WR Antonio (ESPN) tice squad. Released CBs Leonard Johnson
6:30 p.m. — Gator Bowl: North Carolina State Brown (not injury related, knee), RB James and Deatrick Nichols.
Holmes (Feb. 9) before hitting the road to Ridgeland for a rematch Conner (ankle), S Sean Davis (quadricep). BUFFALO BILLS — Announced the retirement
against Holmes (Feb. 15). vs. Texas A&M, at Jacksonville, Florida, ESPN CLEVELAND BROWNS at BALTIMORE RA-
Monday, Jan. 7
College Football Championship of DT Kyle Williams after the season.
The Lady Indians and Indians will return to Fulton against Wallace HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL VENS — BROWNS: OUT: CB Denzel Ward Santa Clara, Calif. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed WR Tyler
(concussion). QUESTIONABLE: C J.C. Tretter Alabama or Oklahoma vs. Clemson (14-0), 7 Boyd, CB Dre Kirkpatrick and LB Jordan Evans
State (Feb. 16) and East Central (Feb. 22). Other home matches will 3 p.m. — Under Armour All-America Game, prac- (ankle). RAVENS: QUESTIONABLE: WR John p.m. (ESPN) on injured reserve. Signed HB Quinton Flow-
Brown (hamstring), LB Anthony Levine (toe, an- ers, OT Kent Perkins and WR Hunter Sharp
include: Jones (Mar. 8), Gulf Coast (Mar. 19), and Hinds (Mar. 23). tice, Orlando, Florida, ESPNU
ICC will close the season with four-straight road matches against MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
kle), G Alex Lewis (shoulder), LB Terrell Suggs
(hamstring), CB Tavon Young (groin).
DALLAS COWBOYS at NEW YORK GIANTS
Golf from the practice squad.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed WR Blake
Jackson from the practice squad. Placed LB
Southwest (Mar. 29), Co-Lin (Mar. 30), Jones (Apr. 5), and East Central 6 p.m. — Professional Fighters League: PFL — COWBOYS: OUT: DE Tyrone Crawford PGA Tour Schedule Tanner Vallejo on injured reserve.
(Apr. 6). Championship, NBC Sports Network (neck), DE David Irving (ankle). QUESTION- Jan. 3-6 — Sentry Tournament of Champions, DENVER BRONCOS — Placed RB Phillip Lind-
ABLE: CB Anthony Brown (back), LB Sean Kapalua Resort (Plantation), Kapalua, Hawaii say and WR Andre Holmes on injured reserve.
Joyner Park in Tupelo will be the site for the Mississippi Association NBA Lee (hamstring), G Zack Martin (knee), T Tyron Jan. 10-13 — Sony Open, Waialae CC, Ho- Signed LB Aaron Wallace and CB Horace
of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) and National Junior Smith (neck). GIANTS: OUT: WR Odell Beck- nolulu Richardson.
2 p.m. — Atlanta at Indiana, Fox Sports South- ham (quadricep), DE Mario Edwards (calf), TE Jan. 17-20 — Desert Challenge, PGA West DETROIT LIONS — Placed DT A’Shawn Robin-
College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 23 tournaments on April Rhett Ellison (concussion), LB Alec Ogletree (Stadium Course, Nicklaus Tournament
10-13. east (concussion), WR Russell Shepard (ankle). Course) and La Quinta CC, La Quinta, Calif.
son on injured reserve. Announced DE Mitchell
Loewen have been assigned to the team via
n Softball: Twenty home games highlight Itawamba Community 6 p.m. — Memphis at Houston, Fox Sports DETROIT LIONS at GREEN BAY PACKERS
— LIONS: OUT: DT A’Shawn Robinson (knee),
Jan. 24-27 — Farmers Insurance Open, Torrey
Pines GC (North and South), San Diego waivers from New Orleans.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Waived S Rolan
College’s 46-game 2019 softball schedule, which was released on Southeast CB DeShawn Shead (knee), TE Luke Willson Jan. 31-Feb. 3 — Waste Management Phoenix
Milligan.
(concussion). QUESTIONABLE: CB Jamal Open, TPC Scottsdale, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Thursday by Indians’ head coach Andy Kirk. NHL Agnew (knee), RB LeGarrette Blount (knee), Feb. 7-10 — AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Peb- NEW YORK JETS — Signed WR Quincy Enun-
S Quandre Diggs (back), WR Kenny Golladay ble Beach, Spyglass Hill, Monterey Peninsula wa to a multiyear contract extension.
ICC will host non-division doubleheaders against Jackson State 11:30 a.m. — Nashville at Washington, NHL (chest), DT Damon Harrison (ankle), CB Nev- (Shore Course), Pebble Beach, Calif. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Placed WR
(Feb. 9), Snead State (Feb. 13), and Wallace-Hanceville (Mar. 12). Network in Lawson (ankle). PACKERS: DOUBTFUL: T Feb. 14-17 — Genesis Open, Riviera CC, Los Maurice Harris on injured reserve.
Jason Spriggs (concussion), WR Equanimeous Angeles HOCKEY
The Indians will open division play with a pair of home games WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL St. Brown (concussion). QUESTIONABLE: WR Feb. 21-24 — WGC-Mexico Championship, National Hockey League
against Pearl River (Mar 8). Other home division doubleheaders will Noon — Nebraska at Ohio State, Big Ten Net- Davante Adams (knee), CB Jaire Alexander Chapultepec GC, Mexico City NHL — Suspended Boston F David Backes
(groin), T David Bakhtiari (hip), S Kentrell Brice Feb. 21-24 — Puerto Rico Open, Coco Beach three games for an illegal check to the head
include: Hinds (Mar. 23), Northwest (Mar. 26), Holmes (Apr. 9), Jones
work (ankle, not injury related), DE Fadol Brown Golf & CC, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico of New Jersey F Blake Coleman during a
(Apr. 17), Gulf Coast (Apr. 27), and Meridian (May 3). (toe), G Lucas Patrick (abdomen), G Lane Feb. 28-March 3 — Honda Classic, PGA Na- Dec. 27 game. Fined Winnipeg D Dustin By-
The Indians set a record for most wins in a season after finishing 2 p.m. — Illinois at Northwestern, Big Ten Taylor (knee). tional (Champions), Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. fuglien $2,500 for slashing Calgary F Johnny
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at HOUSTON March 7-10 — Arnold Palmer Invitational, Bay Gaudreau in a Dec. 27 game.
41-11 and finished ranked No. 3 in the final national rankings last Network TEXANS — JAGUARS: OUT: CB A.J. Bouye Hill Golf & Lodge, Orlando, Fla. ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled G Kevin Boyle
season. ICC hosted the Mississippi Association of Community College
(MACJC) Tournament and National Junior College Athletic Association
Tuesday (toe), K Josh Lambo (right groin), T Josh
Wells (concussion). DOUBTFUL: RB Leonard
Fournette (ankle, foot). QUESTIONABLE: CB
March 14-17 — The Players Championship,
TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium Course), Pon-
te Vedra Beach, Fla.
from San Diego (AHL).
ARIZONA COYOTES — Acquired F Giovanni
Fiore from Anaheim for D Trevor Murphy.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL D.J. Hayden (groin), RB Carlos Hyde (knee). March 21-24 — Valspar Championship, Innis- CALGARY FLAMES — Assigned F Alan Quine
(NJCAA) Region 23 Tournament after winning the MACJC regular TEXANS: QUESTIONABLE: WR Keke Coutee
Noon — Notre Dame at Virginia Tech, ESPNU brook Resort (Copperhead), Palm Harbor, Fla. to Stockton (AHL).
season championship. (hamstring), DT Brandon Dunn (ankle), CB March 27-31 — WGC-Dell Match Play, Austin DALLAS STARS — Reassigned D Gavin
n Baseball: Twenty-two home games highlight Itawamba Com- 6 p.m. — Marquette at St. John’s, FS1 Johnathan Joseph (neck). CC, Austin, Texas Bayreuther to Texas (AHL). Activated D Connor
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS at DENVER March 28-31 — Corales Puntacana Resort & Carrick from injured reserve. Placed F Jason
munity College’s 46-game 2019 baseball schedule, which was released COLLEGE FOOTBALL BRONCOS — CHARGERS: QUESTIONABLE: Club Championship, Puntacana Resort & Club Dickinson on injured reserve, retroactive to
TE Sean Culkin (back). BRONCOS: No players (Corales), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
on Wednesday by Indians’ head coach Rick Collier. 11 a.m. — Outback Bowl: Mississippi State vs. listed. April 4-7 — Valero Texas Open, TPC San Anto-
Dec. 22 and F Martin Hanzal on injured re-
serve, retroactive to Dec. 23. Recalled C Roope
Ten of the Indians’ first 14 games will be played at Roy Cresap Iowa, at Tampa, Florida, ESPN2 MIAMI DOLPHINS at BUFFALO BILLS — DOL-
PHINS: DOUBTFUL: S T.J. McDonald (ankle).
nio (AT&T Oaks), San Antonio Hintz from Texas.
April 11-14 — Masters, Augusta National GC,
Field in Fulton before later facing a stretch of 10-straight road games Noon — Citrus Bowl: Kentucky vs. Penn State, at QUESTIONABLE: LB Kiko Alonso (knee, Augusta, Ga. LOS ANGELES KINGS — Assigned D Daniel
Brickley to Ontario (AHL).
midway through the heart of division play. hamstring), DE Andre Branch (knee), DE Ziggy April 18-21 — RBC Heritage, Harbour Town
Orlando, Florida, WTVA-ABC Hood (hamstring), CB Xavien Howard (knee). GL, Hilton Head Island, S.C. NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned F Lias
ICC will host non-division doubleheaders against Snead State Noon — Fiesta Bowl: LSU vs. UCF, at Tempe, BILLS: OUT: LB Julian Stanford (ankle), WR April 25-28 — Zurich Classic, TPC Louisiana, Andersson to Hartford (AHL).
Deonte Thompson (toe). QUESTIONABLE: Avondale, La. ST. LOUIS BLUES — Assigned F Zach Sanford
(Feb. 9), Rend Lake College (Feb. 16), Lake Land College (Feb. 23), Arizona, ESPN RB Chris Ivory (shoulder), CB Ryan Lewis May 2-5 — Wells Fargo Championship, Quail to San Antonio (AHL).
Calhoun (Mar. 2), and Columbia State (Mar. 5) (concussion). Hollow Club, Charlotte, N.C. SOCCER
4 p.m. — Rose Bowl: Washington vs. Ohio State, NEW YORK JETS at NEW ENGLAND PA- May 9-12 — AT&T Byron Nelson, Trinity Forest Major League Soccer
The Indians will open division play with a pair of road games SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Acquired D Jon-
at Meridian (Mar. 16). Home division doubleheaders will include: at Pasadena, California, ESPN (Command Center TRIOTS — JETS: OUT: CB Morris Claiborne
(shoulder, ankle), WR Quincy Enunwa (ankle),
GC, Dallas
May 16-19 — PGA Championship, Bethpage athan Campbell from Chicago for its natural
East Mississippi (Mar. 19), Pearl River (Mar. 23), Holmes (Marc. 27), broadcast on ESPN2) WR Jermaine Kearse (achilles), LB Kevin State Park (Black), Farmingdale, N.Y. fourth-round pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft.
Pierre-Louis (shoulder) QUESTIONABLE: LB May 23-26 — Charles Schwab Challenge, Co- COLLEGE
Northwest (Apr. 16), Co-Lin (Apr. 19), Hinds (Mar. 27), and Mississippi 7:45 p.m. — Sugar Bowl: Texas vs. Georgia, at Jordan Jenkins (ankle). PATRIOTS: OUT: TE lonial CC, Fort Worth, Texas THIEL — Named Mike Winslow football coach.
New Orleans, Louisiana, ESPN (Command Center Jacob Hollister (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: May 30-June 2 — Memorial, Muirfield Village WESTERN MICHIGAN — Announced wide
Delta (Apr. 30). TE Dwayne Allen (knee), LB Brandon King GC, Dublin, Ohio receiver coach Ashton Aikens and cornerbacks
—From Special and Staff Reports broadcast on ESPN2) (knee), WR Cordarrelle Patterson (knee), T June 6-9 — RBC Canadian Open, Hamilton coach Nick Sanchez will not have their con-
LaAdrian Waddle (illness). Golf & CC, Hamilton, Ontario tracts renewed.
 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Sunday, December 30, 2018 5b

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL briefly

Kentucky beats Louisville in bluegrass rivalry
By GARY B. GRAVES
The Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Tyler Herro
better get used to being the center of
attention after a career performance
that also showed how No. 16 Kentucky
has progressed since its season-open-
ing blowout loss to Duke.
The freshman guard had a ca-
reer-high 24 points, Keldon Johnson
added 15 and the Wildcats beat Lou-
isville 71-58 on Saturday in this fierce
Bluegrass rivalry.
A close game for 10 minutes quickly
swung toward the Wildcats (10-2) be-
hind an 11-0 run for a 31-17 lead. The
spurt typified their success on both
ends. They kept the Cardinals (9-4)
from passing and driving inside and
grabbed offensive rebounds leading to
second and third chances.
Herro thrived the most, making
his first three attempts on the way to
finishing 10 of 13 from the field with
four 3-pointers. That surpassed his
previous best of 18 achieved twice,
most recently on Dec. 1 against UNC
Basketball
Saturday’s Men’s
College Scores
EAST
Buffalo 87, Canisius 72
George Washington 71, American U. 67, OT
Georgetown 102, Howard 67
Hartford 65, Marist 56
Mass.-Lowell 100, Sacred Heart 91, OT
Niagara 83, Norfolk St. 75
Penn St. 74, UMBC 52
Pittsburgh 68, Colgate 54
Robert Morris 108, Hood 51
Rutgers 70, Maine 55
Saint Joseph’s 59, Wagner 57
Siena 75, Cal Poly 54
St. Peter’s 83, Hampton 80, OT
Syracuse 81, St. Bonaventure 47
SOUTH
Auburn 95, North Florida 49
Coll. of Charleston 73, UNC-Wilmington 66
E. Kentucky 145, Brescia 72
ETSU 79, Furman 56
Fayetteville State 80, UNC-Asheville 63
Florida 77, Butler 43
Gardner-Webb 73, Wake Forest 69
Georgia St. 117, Middle Georgia State 69
Harvard 71, Mercer 67
Jacksonville St. 109, Reinhardt 77
Kentucky 71, Louisville 58
Longwood 110, The Citadel 94
Louisiana Tech 71, Southern Miss. 56
Louisiana-Lafayette 73, SE Louisiana 72
Maryland 78, Radford 64
Memphis 96, Florida A&M 65
Miami 73, Campbell 62
Mississippi 87, Florida Gulf Coast 57
Mississippi St. 103, BYU 81
Murray St. 110, Bethel (TN) 82
Nicholls 88, Campbellsville-Harrodsburg 63
North Carolina 82, Davidson 60
Richmond 91, South Alabama 82
SC-Upstate 89, Coker 69
Samford 96, VMI 68
South Florida 60, Fairleigh Dickinson 54
Tennessee 96, Tennessee Tech 53
Troy 71, Ark.-Pine Bluff 63
UAB 75, Arkansas-Monticello 67
UNC-Greensboro 85, Chattanooga 72
Vanderbilt 95, Tennessee St. 76
W. Kentucky 83, Wisconsin 76
Winthrop 76, Prairie View 62
Wofford 74, W. Carolina 54
MIDWEST
Ball St. 116, Delaware St. 57
Dayton 94, Georgia Southern 90
Drake 98, McKendree 70
FAU 73, Illinois 71, OT
Kansas 87, E. Michigan 63
Kansas St. 59, George Mason 58
Michigan St. 88, N. Illinois 60
Missouri 75, Morehead St. 61
N. Dakota St. 71, South Dakota 65
Nebraska 79, Southwest Minnesota State 38
Notre Dame 63, Coppin St. 56
Ohio St. 82, High Point 64
Purdue 73, Belmont 62
Purdue Fort Wayne 84, North Dakota 73
Stony Brook 73, N. Iowa 63
Toledo 77, Penn 45
Valparaiso 97, Purdue Northwest 61
Xavier 74, DePaul 65
SOUTHWEST
Abilene Christian 88, McMurry 40
Arkansas St. 87, Harding 62
Baylor 84, New Orleans 44
Houston 80, NJIT 59
Houston Baptist 143, Dallas Christian 92
Lamar 122, Champion Christian College 58
North Texas 103, Rice 87
Oklahoma St. 69, Texas A&M-CC 59
Texas Southern 88, Texas A&M 73
Texas State 105, Howard Payne 29
UTSA 70, Southeastern Oklahoma State 67
FAR WEST
Liberty 73, UCLA 58
Montana 86, N. Arizona 73
Montana St. 92, S. Utah 62
Nevada 86, Utah 71
Oregon 62, Boise St. 50
Princeton 67, Arizona St. 66
Saint Mary’s (Cal) 75, San Jose St. 45
Santa Clara 79, Washington St. 71
Utah Valley 64, Fresno St. 60
Weber St. 84, E. Washington 72
Wyoming 65, Dixie State 63
No. 19 Miss. State 103,
Brigham Young 81
BYU (8-7): Childs 11-18 2-2 25, Seljaas
3-5 6-6 13, Hardnett 2-7 4-6 8, Haws 4-15 5-5
14, Harding 2-5 2-3 7, Worthington 2-3 4-4 8,
Baxter 1-2 0-1 2, Cannon 0-2 0-0 0, Emery
0-2 0-0 0, Bergersen 1-1 1-2 4. Totals 26-60
24-29 81.
MISSISSIPPI ST. (12-1): Holman 11-18
3-3 28, Ado 2-5 3-4 7, N.Weatherspoon 5-8
1-1 11, Q.Weatherspoon 9-13 7-7 27, Peters
0-3 0-0 0, Storm 0-0 0-0 0, Perry 4-10 3-3 11,
Feazell 0-0 0-0 0, Datcher 0-0 1-2 1, Woodard
0-0 0-0 0, Clayton 0-0 0-0 0, Carter 6-11 2-2
16, Gray 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 38-70 20-22 103.
Halftime—Mississippi St. 48-38.
3-Point Goals—BYU 5-20 (Bergersen 1-1,
Seljaas 1-3, Harding 1-3, Childs 1-4, Haws
1-5, Cannon 0-2, Emery 0-2), Mississippi St.
7-21 (Holman 3-6, Q.Weatherspoon 2-2, Car-
ter 2-5, Gray 0-1, N.Weatherspoon 0-2, Perry
Greensboro.
“I felt like I was in a rhythm since
warmups,” said Herro, who has av-
eraged 16.7 points over his past six
games. “But I feel like my shot’s going
to work all the time.”
Johnson was just 5 of 13 but helped
Kentucky keep a double-digit lead for
much of the final 30 minutes. The Wild-
cats won their third in a row overall
and 10th of 12 in the Bluegrass rivalry.
Kentucky’s latest victory was more
notable, coming a week after it con-
trolled then-No. 9 North Carolina 80-
72 in Las Vegas. Though the most chal-
lenging part of the Wildcats’ season
begins with next week’s Southeastern
Conference opener at Alabama, they
appeared to have turned a corner in
many phases since the Blue Devils
thumped them 118-84 last month.
“At the beginning of this year we
were a bad defensive team,” Kentucky
coach John Calipari said. “Unwilling
passers, ‘I’m only passing if I don’t
have a shot.’ We had guys so focused
on themselves they couldn’t play for us.
“You know what, I missed it. I
0-2, Peters 0-3). Fouled Out—Worthington,
Emery. Rebounds—BYU 29 (Worthington,
Haws 6), Mississippi St. 35 (Holman, Perry 8).
Assists—BYU 14 (Cannon, Haws 3), Missis-
sippi St. 18 (Peters 6). Total Fouls—BYU 25,
Mississippi St. 22. Technicals—BYU team,
Hardnett, Emery, Peters. A—10,202 (10,575).
No. 3 Tennessee 96,
Tennessee Tech 53
TENNESSEE TECH (4-9): C.Alexander
3-8 1-5 7, Martin 3-13 0-0 6, Henry 3-5 0-8 6,
Clay 6-9 3-4 16, Vick 3-9 0-0 9, Golday 3-7
0-0 8, Thompson 0-0 0-0 0, Sherfield 0-4 0-0
0, Crosland 0-2 1-3 1, Smith 0-0 0-0 0. Totals
21-57 5-20 53.
TENNESSEE (11-1): Schofield 7-8 0-0
16, Williams 10-11 5-6 25, Pons 3-3 2-3 8,
K.Alexander 4-5 0-0 8, Bone 6-11 3-3 16,
Walker 0-1 0-0 0, Jancek 0-1 0-0 0, Fulkerson
6-7 3-4 15, Bowden 0-6 5-6 5, Campbell 1-3
0-0 3, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Fleschman 0-2 0-0
0. Totals 37-58 18-22 96.
Halftime—Tennessee 51-33. 3-Point
Goals—Tennessee Tech 6-19 (Vick 3-6,
Golday 2-4, Clay 1-1, Sherfield 0-2, Crosland
0-2, Martin 0-4), Tennessee 4-8 (Schofield
2-2, Campbell 1-2, Bone 1-2, Bowden 0-1,
Fleschman 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Re-
bounds—Tennessee Tech 24 (C.Alexander
10), Tennessee 37 (Williams 7). Assists—
Tennessee Tech 11 (Clay 5), Tennessee 25
(Bone 10). Total Fouls—Tennessee Tech 15,
Tennessee 16.
Vanderbilt 95,
Tennesssee State 76
TENNESSEE ST. (3-9): Chaffee 2-5
5-6 9, Egbuta 2-4 2-6 6, Davis 2-7 0-0 5,
McKnight 3-16 2-2 10, Chaney 6-8 0-0 16,
Moore 0-1 2-4 2, Henderson 3-5 0-0 6, Fitz-
patrick-Dorsey 4-8 7-8 16, Littlejohn 2-9 0-0
6, Cummings 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-63 18-26
76.
VANDERBILT (8-3): Ryan 3-8 0-0 8,
Shittu 2-9 6-7 10, Wetzell 1-4 2-2 4, Lee 8-9
7-9 23, Toye 6-11 2-4 18, Moyer 3-4 3-4 10,
Nesmith 3-7 2-2 9, Brown 1-1 1-2 3, Evans 2-5
5-6 10. Totals 29-58 28-36 95.
Halftime—Vanderbilt 40-35. 3-Point
Goals—Tennessee St. 10-23 (Chaney
4-4, McKnight 2-6, Littlejohn 2-6, Fitzpat-
rick-Dorsey 1-2, Davis 1-5), Vanderbilt 9-27
(Toye 4-8, Ryan 2-6, Moyer 1-2, Evans 1-3,
Nesmith 1-4, Shittu 0-1, Lee 0-1, Wetzell 0-2).
Fouled Out—Egbuta. Rebounds—Tennessee
St. 33 (Chaffee 8), Vanderbilt 35 (Shittu 8).
Assists—Tennessee St. 10 (Chaney 3), Van-
derbilt 11 (Evans 4). Total Fouls—Tennessee
St. 23, Vanderbilt 18. A—9,505 (14,316).
No. 16 Kentucky 71,
Louisville 58
KENTUCKY (10-2): Washington 2-3 1-2
5, Travis 4-8 1-2 9, Johnson 5-13 4-4 15, Ha-
gans 5-11 1-2 11, Herro 10-13 0-0 24, Mont-
gomery 1-2 0-1 2, Richards 0-0 0-0 0, Baker
1-4 0-0 3, Quickley 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 29-57
7-11 71.
LOUISVILLE (9-4): Nwora 7-17 2-3 17,
Sutton 0-3 2-2 2, Enoch 2-6 1-2 5, Perry 2-4
0-0 5, Cunningham 8-14 1-2 20, King 0-3 2-2
2, Williams 0-2 2-4 2, Fore 1-4 1-2 3, McMa-
hon 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 20-55 13-19 58.
Halftime—Kentucky 35-27. 3-Point
Goals—Kentucky 6-20 (Herro 4-6, Baker
1-4, Johnson 1-5, Hagans 0-1, Montgomery
0-1, Travis 0-1, Quickley 0-2), Louisville 5-20
(Cunningham 3-5, Perry 1-2, Nwora 1-5,
Enoch 0-1, Fore 0-1, McMahon 0-1, Williams
0-1, Sutton 0-2, King 0-2). Fouled Out—None.
Rebounds—Kentucky 33 (Washington 8),
Louisville 31 (Enoch 9). Assists—Kentucky
11 (Hagans, Washington 3), Louisville 7
(Cunningham 4). Total Fouls—Kentucky 21,
Louisville 12.
Missouri 75,
Morehead State 61
MOREHEAD ST. (4-9): Harris 5-12 0-1
10, Baker 1-4 2-2 4, Walker 4-8 1-2 12, Hicks
5-13 7-11 18, Cooper 3-6 2-4 8, Green 1-3 3-4
5, Wilson 0-0 2-2 2, Henson 0-3 0-0 0, Riddle
1-1 0-0 2, Feagin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-50 17-
26 61.
MISSOURI (9-3): Tilmon 2-4 0-0 4, Pur-
year 3-8 4-4 12, Pickett 1-7 1-3 3, M.Smith
7-14 4-4 22, Geist 7-12 2-2 20, Nikko 0-0 0-0
0, Santos 1-2 0-0 2, M.Smith 1-2 0-0 2, Pinson
1-4 1-1 3, Watson 2-5 2-2 7. Totals 25-58 14-
16 75.
Halftime—Missouri 45-22. 3-Point
Goals—Morehead St. 4-19 (Walker 3-6,
Hicks 1-5, Harris 0-1, Henson 0-2, Cooper
0-2, Baker 0-3), Missouri 11-31 (Geist 4-8,
M.Smith 4-9, Puryear 2-4, Watson 1-4, San-
tos 0-1, Pickett 0-2, Pinson 0-3). Fouled Out—
Tilmon. Rebounds—Morehead St. 32 (Harris
10), Missouri 32 (Puryear 8). Assists—More-
head St. 7 (Hicks 4), Missouri 13 (Pickett,
Pinson, Puryear 3). Total Fouls—Morehead
St. 19, Missouri 24. Technicals—Hicks.
A—11,458 (15,061).
Ole Miss 87,
Florida Gulf Coast 57
FLORIDA GULF COAST (5-10): Ernst 1-2
0-0 2, R.Scott 8-10 0-2 18, Z.Scott 1-8 0-0
3, Carlyle 1-4 2-2 4, Casimir 1-4 0-0 2, Doyle
0-2 0-0 0, Baxter 2-4 0-0 4, Thomas 2-2 0-0
4, Mercurius 3-4 3-3 12, Catto 0-4 0-0 0, Day
2-8 4-5 8. Totals 21-52 9-12 57.
MISSISSIPPI (10-2): Olejniczak 1-2 0-0 2,
Shuler 4-8 2-3 11, Tyree 5-8 1-1 14, T.Davis
8-14 1-1 20, Hinson 3-6 4-5 11, Naylor 2-3
0-0 5, Buffen 1-6 3-4 5, Stevens 4-5 2-2 11,
D.Davis 2-4 0-2 6, Morgano 1-1 0-0 2, Hal-
ums 0-2 0-0 0, Rodriguez 0-1 0-0 0. Totals
31-60 13-18 87.
Halftime—Mississippi 44-26. 3-Point
Goals—Florida Gulf Coast 6-16 (Mercurius
3-3, R.Scott 2-2, Z.Scott 1-5, Catto 0-1, Ca-
simir 0-2, Day 0-3), Mississippi 12-25 (Tyree
3-4, T.Davis 3-6, D.Davis 2-3, Naylor 1-2,
Stevens 1-2, Hinson 1-3, Shuler 1-4, Halums
0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Flor-
ida Gulf Coast 24 (R.Scott 9), Mississippi
34 (T.Davis 6). Assists—Florida Gulf Coast
13 (Day 7), Mississippi 22 (Tyree 6). Total
Fouls—Florida Gulf Coast 17, Mississippi 13.
A—7,551 (9,500).
Texas Southern 88,
Texas A&M 73
TEXAS SOUTHERN (5-8): Combs 7-10 1-2
15, Butler 7-12 0-1 17, Reed 6-10 0-1 13, Pat-
terson 8-14 1-2 20, Jones 2-4 0-0 6, Olden
5-11 0-1 13, Dobbins 0-0 0-0 0, Ewing 1-1 0-0
2, Armstrong 0-1 0-0 0, C.McClelland 0-0 2-2
2, Lumpkin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-63 4-9 88.
TEXAS A&M (6-5): Mekowulu 4-9 3-4 11,
Mitchell 8-13 0-1 21, Mahan 0-6 0-1 0, Chan-
dler 2-7 0-0 4, Flagg 8-12 0-2 17, J.Walker 0-2
0-0 0, Nebo 3-3 0-2 6, Starks 5-12 1-2 14.
Totals 30-64 4-12 73.
Halftime—Texas Southern 46-33. 3-Point
Goals—Texas Southern 12-26 (Butler 3-4,
Patterson 3-6, Olden 3-9, Jones 2-4, Reed
1-1, Armstrong 0-1, Combs 0-1), Texas A&M
9-28 (Mitchell 5-8, Starks 3-6, Flagg 1-4,
Mekowulu 0-1, J.Walker 0-1, Chandler 0-2,
Mahan 0-6). Fouled Out—Mekowulu. Re-
bounds—Texas Southern 30 (Reed 11), Texas
A&M 33 (Flagg 9). Assists—Texas Southern
26 (Olden 7), Texas A&M 20 (Flagg 6). Total
Fouls—Texas Southern 13, Texas A&M 13.
A—7,925 (12,989).
No. 12 Auburn 95,
North Florida 59
NORTH FLORIDA (5-9): Aminu 2-5 1-2
5, Horchler 4-5 2-2 10, Escobar 2-5 0-0 5,
Gandia-Rosa 3-4 0-0 9, Sams 0-3 0-0 0, Day
1-3 0-1 2, Balogun 4-4 0-0 10, Copeland 0-6
2-2 2, Hendricksen 0-2 2-2 2, Coffey 2-8 0-0
4, Burkhardt 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 18-50 7-9 49.
AUBURN (11-2): Okeke 5-8 2-2 12, Wi-
ley 6-11 1-2 13, Doughty 2-4 0-0 4, Harper 3-7
1-2 9, Brown 5-12 3-3 18, Purifoy 1-3 0-0 2,
Spencer 2-4 1-2 6, Collier 0-0 0-0 0, Black-
stock 0-0 2-2 2, Parker 1-1 0-0 2, McLemore
3-7 5-8 11, McCormick 1-3 1-2 3, Macoy 1-1
0-0 2, Maasdorp 0-1 0-2 0, Cook 0-0 0-0 0,
Dunbar 4-10 2-2 11. Totals 34-72 18-27 95.
Halftime—Auburn 45-23. 3-Point
Goals—North Florida 6-26 (Gandia-Rosa
3-4, Balogun 2-2, Escobar 1-3, Day 0-1,
Hendricksen 0-2, Sams 0-2, Coffey 0-3,
Copeland 0-4, Burkhardt 0-5), Auburn 9-26
(Brown 5-10, Harper 2-5, Spencer 1-2, Dun-
bar 1-5, Okeke 0-2, McLemore 0-2). Fouled
Out—Aminu. Rebounds—North Florida
26 (Horchler 7), Auburn 35 (McLemore 8).
Assists—North Florida 10 (Horchler, Sams,
Gandia-Rosa 2), Auburn 23 (Harper 10).
Total Fouls—North Florida 20, Auburn 16.
A—8,450 (9,121).
Louisiana Tech 71,
Southern Mississippi 56
SOUTHERN MISS. (8-5): Jacdonmi 1-8
0-0 2, Harper-Baker 1-4 0-2 2, Holland 3-4
0-0 9, Edwards 4-12 2-2 10, Griffin 1-9 0-0
3, Marshall 0-2 0-0 0, Stevenson 1-3 0-0 2,
Draine 4-5 2-3 13, Watson 2-6 0-0 4, Hamp-
ton 4-8 0-0 9, Daniel 0-0 2-6 2. Totals 21-61
6-13 56.
LOUISIANA TECH (11-3): Duruji 9-13
1-2 23, Powell 2-4 2-2 6, Bracey 3-10 4-4
11, Archibald 2-8 0-0 6, Pemberton 5-10 0-2
14, Walters 0-0 0-0 0, Thomas 1-2 0-0 2,
Muhammed 2-4 2-2 6, McKinley 0-0 0-0 0,
Langston 1-6 0-0 3. Totals 25-57 9-12 71.
Halftime—Louisiana Tech 33-27.
3-Point Goals—Southern Miss. 8-19 (Draine
3-3, Holland 3-4, Hampton 1-2, Griffin 1-4,
Harper-Baker 0-1, Watson 0-2, Edwards 0-3),
Louisiana Tech 12-31 (Duruji 4-6, Pember-
ton 4-7, Archibald 2-7, Bracey 1-5, Langston
1-5, Muhammed 0-1). Fouled Out—None.
Rebounds—Southern Miss. 33 (Jacdonmi
6), Louisiana Tech 40 (Muhammed 10).
Assists—Southern Miss. 12 (Griffin 6), Loui-
siana Tech 17 (Bracey 6). Total Fouls—South-
ern Miss. 14, Louisiana Tech 12. A—1,571
(8,000).
Friday’s Men’s
College Scores
EAST
Hofstra 91, Delaware 46
Northeastern 93, Drexel 83
SOUTH
East Carolina 77, NC A&T 57
Georgia Tech 87, Kennesaw St. 57
LSU 81, Louisiana-Monroe 69
N. Kentucky 92, IUPUI 77
NC State 97, Loyola (Md.) 64
Towson 77, Elon 60
Virginia Tech 85, Md.-Eastern Shore 40
William & Mary 79, James Madison 74
MIDWEST
Men’s College Basketball
Princeton shocks No. 17 Arizona State
TEMPE, Ariz. — Richmond Aririguzoh sank two free throws with
24.8 seconds remaining and Princeton held on to stun No. 17 Arizona
State 67-66 on Saturday, a week after the Sun Devils had beaten then-
missed it as a coach. After I saw it, (I No. 1 Kansas on the same floor.
said) we are going back to these things The Tigers (7-5) beat a ranked opponent for the first time since a
and get better at this stuff.” victory over then-No. 25 Harvard in 2012. Princeton beat a top 17 team
Calipari credited Herro and John- for the first time since a victory over UCLA in the NCAA Tournament in
1996. Princeton coach Mitch Henderson was a member of that Tigers
son for starting Kentucky’s offensive team.
flow. In the back-and-forth contest Saturday, Arizona State (9-3) had
“We started playing and he got by a three shots in the final seconds to win the game. But, as was the case
guy,” the coach added, “Keldon got by a most of the afternoon, the ball wouldn’t fall.
guy, and then we opened up the offense
Romello White had 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Sun Devils,
who never led by more than four points.
a little bit and played a little different n No. 3 Tennessee 96, Tennessee Tech 53: At Knoxville,
than we’ve been playing. But he (Her- Tennessee, Grant Williams scored 25 points and went 10 of 11 from the
ro) played well. He also rebounded the floor to lead a strong shooting performance for Tennessee in a blowout
ball, ends up with five rebounds.” of Tennessee Tech.
Tennessee shot a season-high 63.8 percent (37 of 58), aided by 12
Christen Cunningham had a sea- dunks. The Volunteers were shooting above 70 percent for much of the
son-high 20 points and Jordan Nwora game before missing seven of their last eight attempts.
17 for Louisville, which shot just 36 per- The Vols (11-1) have won seven straight overall and 16 consecutive
cent in having its three-game winning home games ahead of Southeastern Conference competition next
weekend.
streak stopped. Hoping to win its sec- Jr. Clay scored 16 points to lead Tennessee Tech (4-9).
ond game over a ranked school since n No. 5 Kansas 86, Eastern Michigan 63: At Lawrence, Kansas,
beating then-No. 9 Michigan State last Udoka Azubuike scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds in his
month, the Cardinals didn’t get closer return from an ankle injury, and No. 5 Kansas cruised to a win over
Eastern Michigan.
than 50-41 with 9:39 remaining.
Azubuike hit the ground running after missing four games, scoring
“We were playing down 10 the seven points in the first six minutes, highlighted by a couple of and-one
whole game,” first-year coach Chris dunks. He finished with 14 in the first half and added nine in the second
Mack said. “We could never get it down before being sat to rest.
where we could put a little bit of game The 7-footer’s presence opened things up offensively for the
Jayhawks (11-1) as they racked up a season-high 25 assists and had 10
pressure on them. A big part of that is players score. Quentin Grimes was second on the team with 16 points,
us; a larger part is our opponent.” and Devon Dotson added 15.
John Thompson IV led the way for the Eagles (6-7), finishing with
Detroit 78, Youngstown St. 66 Rice 74, Incarnate Word 63
Ill.-Chicago 75, Wright St. 72, OT Stephen F. Austin 86, Cameron 59 15 points and 14 rebounds.
Kent St. 70, Albany (NY) 68 TCU 88, Alcorn St. 31
Marquette 84, Southern U. 41 Texas 104, Northwestern St. 66
n No. 6 Nevada, 86, Utah 71: At Salt Lake City, Caleb Martin
Nebraska-Omaha 91, Denver 84 Texas A&M 84, Rio Grande 61 scored a career-high 33 points, Jordan Caroline added 17, and Nevada
Oakland 89, Cleveland St. 77 Texas Tech 105, Abilene Christian 54
S. Dakota St. 100, W. Illinois 58 beat Utah.
Tulsa 66, UTEP 45
SOUTHWEST FAR WEST Jazz Johnson went 4 for 4 from the beyond the arc as the Wolf
Arkansas 76, Austin Peay 65 BYU 54, Santa Clara 44 Pack made 12 3s and shot 46 percent from long range. Coming into the
Texas 76, Texas-Arlington 56
Texas Tech 71, Rio Grande 46
Cal St.-Fullerton 56, Utah Valley 55
game, the Wolf Pack had made just 27 of their last 112 3-pint attempts.
Colorado St. 91, Chadron State 38
FAR WEST
Air Force 72, UC Riverside 60
E. Washington 64, Weber St. 58 Nevada, which forced Utah into 18 turnovers, remained just one of
Fresno St. 90, Fresno Pacific 51
Gonzaga 96, North Alabama 51
Gonzaga 78, Loyola Marymount 53
five undefeated NCAA Division I teams.
Loyola Marymount 77, UC Davis 59
Utah St. 84, Eastern Oregon 57 Idaho 86, Idaho St. 72 Martin emerged from a shooting slump in a big way with six
Montana 78, N. Arizona 62
3-pointers to go along with seven assists and four steals.
AP Men’s Top 25 Fared Montana St. 69, S. Utah 64
N. Colorado 82, Sacramento St. 69 Sedrick Barefield countered with season-best 33 points for the
Saturday’s Games
1. Duke (11-1) did not play. Next: vs. Clemson, Nevada 79, Hawaii 78 Utes (6-6).
Saturday. Oregon St. 92, CS Bakersfield 52
2. Michigan (12-0) did not play. Next: vs. Bing- Pepperdine 82, Portland 68 n No. 8 Michigan State 88, Northern Illinois 60: At East
hamton, Sunday. San Francisco 68, San Diego 57 Lansing, Michigan, Cassius Winston matched a career-high with six
3. Tennessee (11-1) beat Tennessee Tech 96- Stanford 69, CS Northridge 43
53. Next: vs. Georgia, Saturday. UC Davis 92, Dominican (CA) 42
3-pointers and scored 24 points, leading Michigan State to win over
4. Virginia (11-0) did not play. Next: vs. Mar- UC Irvine 65, Seattle 60 Northern Illinois.
shall, Monday.
5. Kansas (11-1) beat Eastern Michigan 87- Friday’s Women’s The Spartans (11-2) have won six straight, heading into the Big
63. Next: vs. No. 25 Oklahoma, Wednesday. College Scores Ten season.
6. Nevada (13-0) beat Utah 86-71. Next: vs.
Utah State, Wednesday. EAST The Huskies (7-6) have alternated between winning and losing for
7. Gonzaga (12-2) did not play. Next: vs. Cal Delaware 48, Saint Joseph’s 39 much of the season.
State Bakersfield, Monday. Hartford 54, CCSU 52
8. Michigan State (11-2) beat Northern Illinois Harvard 80, Rhode Island 47 Northern Illinois coach Mark Montgomery returned to the school
88-60. Next: vs. Northwestern, Wednesday. Maryland 77, Penn St. 61 where he played point guard from 1988-92 and was one of Tom Izzo’s
9. Florida State (11-1) did not play. Next: vs. Rutgers 45, Northwestern 41
assistants from 2001-11.
SOUTH
Winthrop, Tuesday.
10. Virginia Tech (11-1) did not play. Next: vs. Charlotte 73, Bethune-Cookman 69 Eugene German scored 20 points and Levi Bradley had 13 points
Notre Dame, Tuesday. Duke 83, East Carolina 66
11. Texas Tech (11-1) did not play. Next: at Georgia 83, Presbyterian 59
for the Huskies.
West Virginia, Wednesday. Miami 103, Florida A&M 54 n No. 12 Auburn 95, North Florida 49: At Auburn, Alabama,
12. Auburn (11-2) beat North Florida 95-49.
Next: at Mississippi, Wednesday, Jan. 9.
Mississippi 82, North Florida 69 Bryce Brown scored 18 points and made five 3-pointers, and Auburn
NC A&T 67, FAU 65
13. Ohio State (12-1) beat High Point 82-64. North Carolina 85, Howard 63 raced to a victory over North Florida with a smothering defensive
Next: vs. No. 8 Michigan State, Saturday.
14. North Carolina (9-3) beat Davidson 82-60.
Tennessee 98, Murray St. 77 performance.
Vanderbilt 77, Samford 52
Next: vs. Harvard, Wednesday. MIDWEST The Tigers (11-2) forced 33 turnovers and racked up 20 steals in
15. Wisconsin (10-3) lost to Western Ken- Bradley 89, Chicago St. 59 their final nonconference tuneup before Southeastern Conference play.
tucky 83-76. Next: vs. Minnesota, Thursday.
16. Kentucky (10-2) beat Louisville 71-58.
Cleveland St. 64, Oakland 62 Auburn converted those turnovers into 41 points, nearly matching
Denver 95, Nebraska-Omaha 68
Next: at Alabama, Saturday. the total output for North Florida (5-9).
17. Arizona State (9-3) lost to Princeton 67- Green Bay 76, Milwaukee 62
66. Next: vs. Utah, Thursday. Indiana 85, Illinois 82 Austin Wiley had 13 points and seven rebounds for Auburn, which
18. Marquette (11-2) did not play. Next: at St. Minnesota 74, Wisconsin 56
John’s, Tuesday. N. Dakota St. 70, Purdue Fort Wayne 54 had five players score in double figures. Jared Harper didn’t quite join
19. Mississippi State (12-1) beat BYU N. Kentucky 67, Ill.-Chicago 49 them but had nine points and 10 assists.
103-81. Next: at South Carolina, Tuesday, Nebraska 70, Michigan 56
Jan. 8. Purdue 60, Ohio St. 42 n No. 13 Ohio State 82, High Point 64: At Columbus, Ohio,
20. N.C. State (12-1) did not play. Next: at S. Dakota St. 93, W. Illinois 84 C.J. Jackson scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half and Kaleb
Miami, Thursday. Wright St. 78, IUPUI 75
21. Buffalo (12-1) beat Canisius 87-72. Next: Yale 58, Saint Louis 52
Wesson added 17 points as Ohio State beat High Point.
at Eastern Michigan, Friday. Youngstown St. 85, Detroit 59 Luther Muhammed had a career-high 15 points to help the Buck-
22. Houston (13-0) beat NJIT 80-59. Next: vs. FAR WEST
Tulsa, Wednesday.
eyes (12-1) get their sixth consecutive win.
UCLA 81, Cal Poly 35
23. Indiana (11-2) did not play. Next: vs. Illi- Ricky Madison scored 12 points and Curtis Holland III had 11 for
nois, Thursday. AP Women’s Top 25 Fared the Panthers (6-7), who have lost two straight.
24. Iowa (11-2) beat Bryant 72-67. Next: at Saturday’s Games
Purdue, Thursday. 1. UConn (11-0) did not play. Next: at No. 7 Ohio State shot 70.8 percent in the second half when it outscored
25. Oklahoma (11-1) did not play. Next: at No.
5 Kansas, Wednesday.
Baylor, Thursday. the Panthers 45-36.
2. Notre Dame (11-1) did not play. Next: vs.
n No. 14 North Carolina 82, Davidson 60: At Chapel Hill, North
Saturday’s Women’s Lehigh, Sunday.
3. Louisville (12-0) did not play. Next: vs. Carolina, Cameron Johnson scored 17 points, Luke Maye had 11 points
College Scores North Carolina, Thursday. and 14 rebounds, and North Carolina beat Davidson.
EAST 4. Maryland (12-0) did not play. Next: vs. Rut-
Albany (NY) 62, Columbia 58 gers, Monday. Kenny Williams added 12 points and Garrison Brooks had 11 to
Boston College 99, Dartmouth 68 5. Oregon (11-1) did not play. Next: vs. Wash- help the Tar Heels (9-3) bounce back from their 80-72 loss to No. 16
Butler 63, Villanova 55 ington, Friday.
Cornell 79, Hampton 53 6. Stanford (10-1) beat Cal State Northridge Kentucky on Dec. 22 — the first time since 2014 that North Carolina
Fairleigh Dickinson 70, Georgian Court 45
Fordham 72, Maine 64
69-43. Next: vs. Southern Cal, Friday.
7. Baylor (8-1) did not play. Next: vs. Tex-
had three losses before Christmas.
Freshman Nassir Little finished with 10 for UNC, which shot 44 per-
Georgetown 68, Xavier 61 as-Rio Grande Valley, Monday.
Hofstra 77, Wilmington (DE) 56 8. Mississippi State (11-1) did not play. cent, had just seven turnovers while pulling away in the final 27 minutes
LIU Brooklyn 55, Lafayette 50 Next: vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, Sunday.
and led by 26 in winning its 10th in a row in the instate series.
Ohio 77, American U. 67 9. N.C. State (12-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Pittsburgh 66, Duquesne 58 Davidson, Sunday. Jon Axel Gudmundsson had 15 points and 11 rebounds and Luke
Princeton 90, New Hampshire 42
UMass 70, Marist 55 10. Tennessee (10-1) did not play. Next: vs. Frampton scored 15 points to lead Davidson (9-4).
West Virginia 84, Niagara 32 Belmont, Sunday.
11. Oregon State (10-2) beat Cal State Ba- n Western Kentucky 83, No. 15 Wisconsin 76: At Bowling
SOUTH
Auburn 83, Alabama St. 50 kersfield 92-52. Next: vs. Washington State, Green, Kentucky, Dalano Banton nearly had a triple-double and West-
Friday.
Coastal Carolina 78, UNC-Greensboro 71
12. Minnesota (12-0) did not play. Next: at ern Kentucky rode the freshman to a win over Wisconsin.
Drexel 58, Richmond 35
Florida St. 79, Georgia St. 43 Michigan, Monday. Banton had eight points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, helping the
13. Texas (10-2) beat Northwestern State
Gardner-Webb 79, Converse 51
104-66. Next: vs. Oklahoma State, Wednes-
Hilltoppers catch fire in the second half and beat an AP Top 25 oppo-
George Mason 70, Md.-Eastern Shore 49
High Point 73, ETSU 65 day. nent for the second time this season. Western Kentucky beat then-No.
14. California (9-1) did not play. Next: vs. Har-
Kentucky 71, Sacred Heart 43 13 West Virginia in November.
Louisiana Tech 89, McNeese St. 48 vard, Sunday.
Marshall 75, Delaware St. 63 15. Syracuse (11-2) did not play. Next: at Wisconsin (10-3) visited a mid-major school for the first time since
Memphis 77, NC Central 56 Clemson, Thursday. the 2014-15 season and couldn’t contend with the Hilltoppers’ 67.8
Middle Tennessee 58, Chattanooga 47
Morehead St. 79, Lipscomb 44
16. Iowa (9-2) did not play. Next: at No. 21
Michigan State, Sunday. percent shooting in the second half.
Morgan St. 61, Mass.-Lowell 49 17. Arizona State (9-2) did not play. Next: at Taveion Hollingsworth led Western Kentucky (7-6) with 22 points.
Old Dominion 81, Coppin St. 51 Arizona, Sunday.
Radford 60, Shepherd 46 18. Kentucky (13-1) beat Sacred Heart 71-43.
n No. 21 Buffalo 87, Canisius 72: At Buffalo, New York, CJ
SC State 54, W. Carolina 39 Next: vs. Vanderbilt, Thursday. Massinburg scored 22 points and Nick Perkins added 18 to help Buffalo
Tennessee Tech 100, Tenn. Wesleyan 58
Troy 89, Jacksonville St. 63
19. DePaul (9-4) lost to Creighton 85-82. close out its non-conference schedule with a victory over Canisius.
Tulane 68, Cent. Michigan 57
Next: vs. Providence, Monday.
20. Gonzaga (12-1) beat Loyola Marymount Jeremy Harris added 17 points and nine rebounds, and Jayvon
UT Martin 110, MVSU 51
Virginia Tech 93, Longwood 39 78-53. Next: at Pepperdine, Monday. Graves contributed 10 points as Buffalo improved to 12-1 for the first
21. Michigan State (10-1) did not play. Next:
W. Kentucky 77, Union (TN) 65
vs. No. 16 Iowa, Sunday. time since the 1962-63 season.
William & Mary 73, George Washington 59
MIDWEST 22. Marquette (10-3) beat Providence 85-46. The Bulls shot a season-high 44 percent from 3-point range (11 of
Next: vs. Creighton, Monday.
Akron 63, Malone 44
Iowa St. 86, Bucknell 61 23. Texas A&M (11-2) beat Texas-Rio Grande
25) and 50 percent from the field. Massinburg hit 4 of 7 from beyond the
Kansas St. 72, N. Iowa 62 Valley 84-61. Next: vs. No. 25 South Carolina,
Thursday.
arc and Harris was 3 for 5.
Marquette 85, Providence 46
Miami (Ohio) 74, Ohio Dominican 29 24. Miami (12-2) did not play. Next: vs. Central
SE Missouri 80, Harris-Stowe State 65
SOUTHWEST
Michigan, Sunday.
25. South Carolina (7-4) did not play. Next: vs. Women’s College Basketball
North Texas 93, Oklahoma Panhandle 52 Furman, Sunday.
No. 6 Stanford rolls over Cal State Northridge

Playoffs
STANFORD, Calif. — Maya Dodson scored a career-high 16
points and blocked three shots to lift No. 6 Stanford over CSUN 69-43
on Saturday.
Continued from Page 1B Alanna Smith added 14 points for the Cardinal (10-1), who won
their fourth straight since losing at Gonzaga. Lacie Hull scored 10
Lawrence threw for 327 yards and Dame All-America cornerback Julian games since winning the Cotton Bowl points.
three touchdowns and No. 2 Clemson Love went out with what coach Brian in 1993. DeJonai Carrington had 12 rebounds, her third straight double-digit
game after recording no more than nine in her first eight games.
beat No. 3 Notre Dame 30-3 on Satur- Kelly said after the game was a head Though to be fair, Clemson has been Meghann Henderson scored seven points to lead the Matadors,
day in the Cotton Bowl to reach the injury and Lawrence started taking doing this to everyone since Lawrence who won two of their previous three games.
College Football Playoff title game. apart the Irish secondary. settled in. The Tigers haven’t had an The game was over early as the Matadors (6-8) were 8.3 percent
The Tigers (14-0) will play either No. Lawrence hooked up with Ross on opponent stay within 20 points since a from the floor in the first quarter while Stanford went on an early 13-0
run.
1 Alabama — for a fourth straight sea- a deep throw down the sideline and close call against Syracuse on Sept. 29. n No. 11 Oregon State 92, Cal State Bakersfield 52: At
son in the playoff — or No. 4 Oklahoma the big receiver beat Love’s backup, That was Lawrence’s first game as Corallis, Oregon, Mikayla Pivec had a perfect day shooting, scoring a
on Jan. 7 in Santa Clara, California. Donte Vaughn, for a tackle-breaking, a starter, one he didn’t finish because career-high 22 points with 10 rebounds, and Oregon State knocked
“This is what we came here to do,” 52-yard score early in the second quar- of a head injury, and Clemson’s first down 16 3-pointers to roll past Cal State Bakersfield.
Swinney said. “This senior group just ter. The Irish looked as if they might Pivec was 9 of 9 from the field with three 3-pointers and made her
after quarterback Kelly Bryant left the only free throw. Katie McWilliams and Kat Tudor added 15 points apiece
won their 54th game and they’re going be able to keep it close to halftime, but team. for the Beavers (10-2), who were 16 of 35 behind the arc and 16 of 16
back to their third national champion- the offense couldn’t keep that ferocious Bryant, a senior, led the Tigers to from the foul line. Tudor had five 3-pointers, McWilliams and Pivec three
ship in four years.” Clemson front, even without suspend- the playoff last season and a semifi-
apiece.
Clemson’s overpowering and experi- ed star tackle Dexter Lawrence, out of Alexxus Gilbert had 23 points and Malayasia McHenry 15 for the
nal loss to Alabama. He was pivotal in Roadrunners (4-8), who shot 28 percent and were outrebounded 55-24.
enced defensive line, led by ends Clelin the backfield.
an early victory this season at Texas n No. 13 Texas 104, Northwestern State 66: At Austin, Texas,
Ferrell and Austin Bryant, smothered In the final 2 minutes, Trevor Law- Destiny Littleton scored 22 points, one of three Texas players to set
A&M. But Lawrence is a rare talent, a
Ian Book and the Fighting Irish (12-1), rence connected with Ross on a 42- career highs, and the Longhorns warmed up for conference play with its
holding them to 248 yards. “Our guys, yard score and with Tee Higgins for potential first overall NFL draft pick. highest scoring game of the season, a win over Northwestern State.
they got it done in the trenches,” Swin- a one-handed, 19-yard touchdown re- When Lawrence took over, the ceiling Sug Sutton had 18 points and Olamide Aborowa 17, both career
ney said. ception — again over Vaughn — with on Clemson’s potential rose. Now it is bests, for the Longhorns (10-2), who had five players score in double
being realized. figures. Littleton went 11 for 11 from the foul line and had seven assists
On offense, freshmen led the way. 2 seconds left in the second quarter. and six rebounds.
Lawrence, making his 10th career Lawrence was 13 for 15 for 229 yards With a powerful arm, quick release, Texas closed the first half with a 13-0 run for a 52-29 lead and
start, was 27 for 39 and did not throw in the quarter. poise in the pocket and signature flow- opened the second half with 11 straight points.
an interception against a Notre Dame That made it 23-3 at half and once ing blond hair, Lawrence is positioned n No. 18 Kentucky 71, Sacred Heart 43: At Lexington, Kentucky,
Maci Morris scored 17 points, freshman guard Rhyne Howard grabbed
defense that had been one of the best again the Fighting Irish looked out- to become one of college football’s big-
a career-high 15 rebounds and Kentucky coasted in its final turneup
on the country. Freshman receiver Jus- classed against the best of the best. Not gest stars. It will help to have receivers before conference play, beating Sacred Heart.
tyn Ross had six catches for 148 yards so different from the 42-14 loss to Ala- such as Ross, Higgins and Amari Rog- Jaida Roper added 12 points and Taylor Murray 11 for the Wildcats
and two long touchdowns. bama in the 2012 BCS championship ers, all underclassmen. And a runner (13-1), who used a 10-0 run to close the first half for a 33-20 lead.
A 14-0 run early in the third quarter, when McKinney scored seven,
The Irish hung around for a quarter, game or the 44-28 loss to Ohio State like sophomore Travis Etienne, who pushed the lead to 25.
with the team’s exchanging field goals. in the 2016 Fiesta Bowl. In fact, Notre broke a 62-yard touchdown run in the Erin Storck led the Pioneers (4-7) with 19 points.
But early in the second quarter, Notre Dame is 0-8 in BCS and New Year’s Six third quarter. —From Wire Reports
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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: No. 19 Mississippi State 103, BYU 81

Weatherspoon, Holman (55 points) take up scoring slack from Peters

By Bret t Hudson
bhudson@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Lamar Pe-
ters, usually good for 10 shot
attempts per game, took only
three Saturday against BYU.
Yet Mississippi State found it-
self in a fast-paced game with
the Cougars, resulting in 70
shots compared to the average
of 59.
Someone had to take the ex-
tra shots, and senior forward
Aric Holman was that person.
Holman got involved early,
taking eight of No. 19 MSU’s
first 17 shots, and never slowed
down. His season-high 18 shots
led to a season-high 28 points in
the Bulldogs’ 103-81 win Satur-
day.
Fellow senior Quinndary
Weatherspoon added 27 points,
helping MSU reach 100 points
for the first time since Dec. 30,
2017.
“When you go 20-for-31 from
the field from your two seniors,
that’s positive,” MSU coach Ben
Howland said.
Ado’s return impactful
Sophomore forward Abdul
Ado was out with a rib inju-
ry as MSU (12-1) found a way
through its four-point win over
Wright State. There were many
factors for the struggles of that
win, but Ado’s absence was one
of them.
His return to the fold came
with impeccable timing, as
MSU faced who Howland be-
lieves is one of the nation’s best
big man, Yoeli Childs. Childs
lived up to the billing with 25
points, but fell well short of his
usual rebounding production
with Ado in his way.
Childs entered Saturday
averaging 10.1 rebounds per
game but only had two against
MSU. It played a big factor the
Bulldogs outrebounding BYU
by nine; Ado also had four
blocks, two assists and seven
turnovers.
“I was excited by Abdul
Ado,” Howland said. “I thought
his five shots, looking to be
more aggressive to score, those
were big for us today.”
Woodard, Weatherspoon fall
Both freshman forward Rob-
ert Woodard and sophomore
guard Nick Weatherspoon
both injured their ankles in the
game. Weatherspoon ultimate-
ly came back to the game on the
way to 11 points, one rebound,
two assists and two steals in 24
minutes.
Woodard, the former Co-
lumbus High School Falcon,
got injured in the first half and
did not play in the second half.
Howland said he hoped it would
be a minor injury, needing just a
few days to recover. MSU does
not play again until Jan. 8 when
it opens Southeastern Confer-
ence play at South Carolina.
True test coming
Saturday’s win sent MSU to
SEC play with a 12-1 record,
five wins against top 100 teams
in the NCAA Evaluation Tool
(NET) Metric and one top 50
win. MSU is No. 18 in that met-
ric, which the NCAA is using
to replace Ratings Percentage
Index (RPI) for its Selection
Committee.
Last year’s team also got
through non-conference play
with a 12-1 record, as well, but
Holman and Howland both ad-
mit this feels different given
the quality of opponent. Now all
that’s left is to test that mettle
against a surging SEC.
“We have an all-around
team. We have multiple guys
that can do things,” Quinndary
Weatherspoon said.
Howland added, “This is
obviously the best team we’ve
had in my tenure here and this
team has the potential to do
something really special, in my
opinion, if we continue to grind
away and work hard. Being 12-1
with the schedule we had this
year, it was daunting.”
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Continued from Page 1B
“They didn’t have a lot
of shot blockers so I just
wanted to come out and at-
tack the rim,” Quinndary
Weatherspoon said. “As
soon as the game started.
I had a talk with (assistant
coach) Korey (McCray),
he told me to look down
and see they don’t have
any shot blockers, so go
down there and attack it,
and I did it.”
Over time, BYU did ev-
erything it could to stop
it. He adjusted, resorting
to a fadeaway late in the
first half; he later got a
layup by recovering the
ball after his own dunk
attempt got blocked. He
also finished in transi-
tion, taking an acrobatic
steal and pass from Nick
Weatherspoon to the bas-
ket as part of a crucial
10-0 run in the first half.
In the second half, a
cut from the top of the key
into the middle of the lane
The production moved
him to eighth in school
history with 1,607 points,
passing Barry Stewart,
and now just 12 points be-
hind Darryl Wilson in 7th.
Still, Quinndary Weather-
spoon didn’t need to score
to impact the game.
His five rebounds were
right on his season aver-
age, but two of them were
offensive, no small con-
tribution as MSU gashed
the Cougars with 13 of-
fensive rebounds and 29
second-chance points. He
tallied three assists, did
not turn the ball over and
added a block.
Earlier this season,
Howland wondered aloud
if he should give Quin-
ndary Weatherspoon an
extra break or two in
games, cutting his min-
utes a little in order to en-
sure full-effort Quinndary
Weatherspoon is avail-
able when needed. MSU
and he was only 4-for-15
today. We did a good job
on him collectively, Nick
had him some, too.”
The Bulldogs came
away from Saturday’s win
most pleased with them-
selves as a total package,
in that they can win a
game convincingly with-
out a single point from
their best NBA prospect
(Peters). MSU can turn to
every other player for con-
tributions far too much for
respectable opponents to
match.
Quinndary Weather-
spoon also showed he can
be all of those contribu-
tions at once. He thinks
he’s surrounded by more
players with the same po-
tential.
“We have a good group
of guys that can play to-
gether and that’s what
we’re trying to do to get
Trojans
Continued from Page 1B
“We turned them over some and that
really helped,” Smith said. “When ev-
erybody makes shots, it feels great to be
out there on the court. We were finally
playing at home and the shots started
falling.”
Smith had 15 points on five made
3-point baskets. McBrayer said his ju-
nior guard had hit 13 3-pointers in the
three games prior to Friday night.
“Quite simply, we have to get him
some more offensive touches,” McBray-
er said. “He has been coming off the
bench. It’s just an immediate energy
boost and we needed it.”
The Trojans were down seven when
Smith came in for his second stint of
duty Friday night. He knocked down a
pair of 3-pointers, had a block and two
steals to help pull New Hope from its ear-
ly abyss.
In the second half, everybody got into
the act.
Mattix finished with 23 points but his
play at the point guard position finding
the open man should not go unnoticed.
Tikorian Chandler had 11 points — all in
the second half.
Chandler got things going in the final
half with a 3-pointer to start the big run.
Caleb Parr had a blocked shot and outlet
pass to Mattix to give the home team the
lead.
A big lift also came from senior
Javares Roberts, who racked up
five rebounds and a pair of blocked
shots during the decisive run.
“This was a great win because every-
body contributed,” Mattix said. “Some-
times, this team’s confidence level drops
a little bit. If we can play consistently on
the defensive end, we will keep getting
better.”
West Point (1-11) received 19 points
from Dishone Cooperwood and 13 points
from James Cunningham.
After being road warriors and playing
a ton of close games early in the sea-
son, New Hope players were eager for
the tournament finale Saturday night
against West Lauderdale.
“We just have to keep coming to the
gym and keep working,” Mattix said.
“We have shown flashes. Once district
play starts, we have to be at our best.”
In another tournament game Friday
night, the New Hope girls dropped a 54-
39 decision to Jackson Academy.
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earned him a pass from
Abdul Ado into yet an-
other made layup and an
ensuing free throw. The
sequence put MSU up 24
with fewer than 10 min-
utes to play.
“That’s who he is. He
is really good around the
rim, you’re right, in transi-
tion and in the halfcourt,”
MSU coach Ben Howland.
still got that version of
him through 33 minutes
against BYU and having
played at least 30 minutes
in each of the last seven
games.
“He’s in pretty good
condition,” Howland said.
“A very nice line and he
played good defense on
(BYU guard TJ Haws).
Haws is a tough matchup
these wins,” he said.
MSU will enter South-
eatern Conference play
with a 12-1 overall record
and nine straight wins.
The Bulldogs open
league play at South Caro-
lina on Jan. 8 and are back
home Jan. 12 for Ole Miss.
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Women
Continued from Page 1B
ing. Jazzmun Holmes con-
tinues to lead the country
in assist/turnover ratio
at 5.42. Holmes has post-
ed 31 assists with just six
turnovers over the last
five games and is averag-
ing 11.6 ppg in that span
while going 21-of-22 from
the free throw line.
The Bulldogs have
won 19-straight regu-
lar-season non-confer-
ence games in Hum-
phrey Coliseum. State’s
26-game overall home
winning streak is tied for
the third-longest active
streak in the country.
MSU will open South-
eastern Conference play
Thursday at Arkansas be-
fore hosting Kentucky on
Jan. 6.

Coaches
Continued from Page 1B
Moorhead’s four-year con-
tract states the school pays him
$500,000 for 2018, $550,000 for
2019, $600,000 for 2020 and
$650,000 for 2021. When he
was hired, MSU announced he
would be paid $2.6 million, $2.7
million, $2.8 million and $2.9
million in those years, respect-
fully, leaving $2.1 million, $2.15
million, $2.2 million and $2.25
million to be paid from private
sources, including the Bulldog
Club.
That ranks 13th in the South-
eastern Conference, ahead of
only Missouri.
Missouri and coach Barry
Odom recently agreed to a two-
year extension and a raise that
pushes him about $3 million,
thus bumping MSU to last in
the league.
But MSU Director of Ath-
letics John Cohen has made it
clear he does not concern him-
self with the raw expenditure
numbers and how they rank.
“Everything is relative to
your competition. We have to
do it differently than our com-
petition does it. We’re not going
to out-money the SEC,” Cohen
told The Dispatch in July. “We
have to make great decisions
on how we spend our budget
money, and we’re going to make
great decisions.”
Every assistant coach had
a three-year contract, through
the 2020 season. Offensive co-
ordinator and wide receivers
coach Luke Getsy is the high-
est paid at $600,000; defensive
coordinator and safeties coach
Bob Shoop made $400,000 this
year but has a raise built into the
contract for the next two years,
getting him up to $600,000.
The rest of the defensive
staff is made up of defensive line
coach Brian Baker ($375,000 a
year), cornerbacks coach Ter-
rell Buckley ($350,000) and
linebackers coach Tem Lukabu
($200,000), the first two being
retained from the Dan Mullen
staff.
MSU has already had one as-
sistant coach, tight ends coach
Mark Hudspeth, leave the staff
(he took the Austin Peay head
coach job) and Moorhead feels
he has what it takes to prevent
full-scale defections.
“None have been commu-
nicated to me, and I certainly
hope not, but I’ve talked to guys
about this through the year and
as things wrapped up: if there’s
opportunities for coaches to im-
prove their situation personally,
professionally and financially,
I think it’s part of my job as a
head coach to help them achieve
those goals,” Moorhead said.
“Certainly everyone’s commu-
nicated the opportunities that
have been made available and
you’d like to keep everyone in
tact, but at the same time, it’s
part of a head coach’s job to
help his staff grow.”
Cohen said when he intro-
duced Cohen on Nov. 30: “As
we were going through Joe’s
contract, (money) was probably
the least amount of time that we
spent on any subject. Because
Joe said, ‘Hey, what you’re of-
fering me is great, but here’s
what’s important to me: I’m
going to take care of our staff
and I want to make sure that we
have the best football staff in
America.’”
If there are further defec-
tions, there is at least a chance
that the coach could be barred
from a Southeastern Confer-
ence foe. The contracts for
Getsy, Lukabu, running backs
coach/run game coordinator
Charles Huff, quarterbacks
coach/pass game coordinator
Andrew Breiner and offensive
line coach Marcus Johnson
all have two-year non-com-
petes with the SEC, meaning
they cannot go to another SEC
school unless the school ter-
minates the contract without
cause or the coach terminates it
for a material breach.
Baker, Buckley, Shoop and
special teams coordinator Joey
Jones do not have that clause in
their contracts.
Thus far, coaches haven’t
seen much reason to leave.
“He’s a very passionate guy,”
Jones said. “You can tell, highly
organized guy in meetings and
practices. That’s a good quality
for him.”
Huff receives $350,000 a
year, Breiner and Johnson
$300,000 and Jones $200,000.
Much like Moorhead, the
assistant coach pay ranks near
the bottom of the SEC.
Getsy is currently MSU’s
highest-paid assistant but he
ranks tied for 29th in the con-
ference; Tennessee, Alabama,
Texas A&M and Georgia all
have four assistants each ahead
of Getsy.
All assistant coaches will re-
ceive a postseason bonus, “up
to no more than one month’s
payment,” for MSU making it to
the Outback Bowl.
“I think we have a good ad-
ministration, people under-
stand this is a special place,”
Moorhead said. “They like our
working environment, they like
our kids, they like our trajec-
tory. There’s a lot of positive
things going on.”
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EMCC
Continued from Page 1B
EMCC completed its
fifth perfect regular sea-
son and fourth 12-0 sea-
son in program history.
The Lions will carry a 17-
game winning streak into
next season.
Next year’s Lions will
also be chasing histo-
ry. Only Butler College
(Kansas) and Northeast-
ern Oklahoma A&M have
more national champion-
ships with six, compared
to EMCC’s five.
“Things are going well
right now,” said EMCC
sophomore defensive
back JaQuez Akins, who
has signed with the Uni-
versity of Tennessee at
Martin. “There was some
adversity earlier and it
was our job to make sure
things got back on track.
Playing here has been a
humbling experience for
me. It has really helped
me grow as a person and
a player.”
While the program
has ranked among the na-
tion’s elite in this decade,
there was another first
this season.
After being ranked No.
1 nationally in the presea-
son, EMCC maintained
that ranking for every poll
through the regular sea-
son and postseason. One
other time, EMCC start-
ed first and finished first
but slipped two second for
a couple of weeks.
This year there would
be no slippage but there
would be some close calls.
EMCC scored 50 or
more points it first four
wins. Then there was
hard-fought escape of
East Central Commu-
nity College 24-21 on a
last-season field goal.
That scare seemed to
refocus the Lions, who
followed that up with a
34-6 win at Northwest
Mississippi Community
College in a battle of Top
10 powers.
EMCC then finished
with three routs to earn a
seventh Mississippi Asso-
ciation of Community and
Junior Colleges (MACJC)
North Division title in
eight seasons.
“The win over North-
west really gave is a lot of
confidence,” said EMCC
sophomore quarterback
TyQuan Ulmer, who
also transferred from
Gulf Coast Community
College. “After that, we
thought we could win a
championship. We knew
we had the type of team
that it takes.”
EMCC rode the na-
tion’s best defense to the
finish line. The Lions
allowed 11.2 points per
game. Six opponents
were held to less than 10
points.
In the MACJC play-
offs, EMCC routed Copi-
ah-Lincoln Community
College 31-7 before need-
ing two touchdown pass-
es from Ulmer for a come-
from-behind 19-14 win at
Jones College.
In that state champion-
ship victory, the Lions’ de-
fense had six takeaways.
Again in the nation-
al championship game,
it was all about defense
again. Former West Point
standout Everitt Cunning-
ham had a strip and score
for the Lions’ only touch-
down.
Untaero Johnson then
saved the championship
with a stop on a 2-point
conversion attempt with
less than eight minutes to
play.
“A championship team
has to be blessed,” EMCC
coach Buddy Stephens
said. “When someone is
down, someone else picks
up the slack. There is an
expectation around here.
These guys did a great
job of making sure that
expectation was met.”
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sister, Cindy Carter.
In addition to her
mother, she is survived
by her daughter, Dust-
ie Nethery of Sulligent;
fiancé, John Robinson
of Aberdeen; stepmoth-
er, Charlotte Cantrell
of Texas; brother, Dan
Cantrell of Vernon;
stepbrother, Chris
White of Sulligent;
sisters, Shannon Utter
of Birmingham and
Jessica Rawls of Texas;
and three grandchil-
dren.
Pallbearers were Joe
Glass, Skylar Nethery,
Richard Allen, John
Robinson, John Mur-
phy and John Utter.
Robert Ford Jr.
HERCULANEUM,
Mo. — Robert Eugene
Ford Jr., 61, died Dec.
27, 2018, at his resi-
dence.
Private family ser-
vices will be held.
Mr. Ford was born
April 16, 1957, in Sioux
City, Iowa, to Nancy
Brown Ford and the
late Robert E. Ford
Sr. He was a U.S.
Army veteran and was
formerly employed as
a refrigeration superin-
tendent with the Stellar
Group Inc. in Jackson-
ville, Florida.
In addition to his
mother, he is survived
by his wife, Cynthia
Voyles Ford; daugh-
ter, Danielle Davis of
Haughton, Louisiana;
sons, Zach Ford and
Chase Ford, both of
Herculaneum; sister,
Nancy Duke of Colum-
bus; brothers, Norman
Ford and Douglas
Ford, both of Colum-
bus; and two grandchil-
dren.
Glenn at Columbus Machine Shop for one sum-
mer before moving on to work running Seismic
Survey Cabling a vital part ground vibrations of
finding oil and gas, the exploration under
Seismic Survey contractor, was in Venezue-
la under Venezuela Oil Production contract. He
then returned home investing into the Night Club
entertainment venues; which included; Granny’s,
Big Apple, Riverview Lounge, and The Welding
Roger Kibe Works, before hitting it big at “The” Club during
Visitation: the 70’s
Sunday, Dec. 30 • 1 PM Survivors include: daughter, Sophia Kibe
Memorial Gunter Peel
2nd Ave N. (Tyler), Columbus, MS; mother, Dorothy Glenn
Memorial Services: Wood, Columbus, MS; sister, Rhonda Hicks
Sunday, Dec. 30 • 2 PM
Memorial Gunter Peel (Richard), Columbus, MS; brothers, Jim Kibe
2nd Ave N. Chapel (Jo Ann), Columbus, MS, Bill Kibe (Kathy), CO,
Glenn Kibe (Geannie), Caledonia, MS, Terry
Kibe, Columbus, MS; granddaughter, Talyn Rose
Parks.
memorialgunterpeel.com Sign the online guest book at
www.memorialgunterpeel.com
716 Second Avenue North • Columbus, MS
Martha Edmondson
Martha Edmondson, 89, of
Columbus, MS passed away on
Thursday, December 27, 2018,
at North Mississippi Medical
Center, West Point, MS.
Visitation will be held Sun-
day, December 30, 2018, from
12:30-2:00 PM at Lowndes Fu-
neral Home, Columbus, MS.
Funeral Services will follow
at 2:00 PM from the Funeral
Home Chapel with Dr. Bobby Douglas officiating
and Bro. Roy Hawkins assisting. Interment will
be in Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, MS with
Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS direct-
ing.
Mrs. Edmondson was born June 2, 1929, in Co-
lumbus, MS to the late H.C. and Dollie Harkins.
She married Frank Edmondson, SR November
19, 1950, and resided in Oxford, AL until return-
ing to Columbus in 1969. Mrs. Edmondson was
a stay at home mom until 1970 when she took a
job at Angel Playland Daycare and eventually go-
ing into the Pasquale’s Pizza business with her
husband until their retirement in 1998. Mrs. Ed-
mondson was known by those who loved her as
“Granny”. She loved her family and her church
family at Calvary Baptist where she taught the
ladies Fidelis Sunday school class for almost
25 years. In addition to her parents, she is pre-
ceded in death by her husband of 53 years, 2
brothers-William Harkins, Thomas Harkins; 2
sisters-Dollie Wilson Cummings and Lorine Lav-
ender.
Mrs. Edmondson is survived by her 5 chil-
dren-Frank (Hank) Edmondson, JR ( Liz), Susan
Edmondson, Nancy Schultz, Teena (Mike) Dodd,
and Rebecca (R.J.) Childers; 12 grandsons-Mi-
chael (Cari) Schultz, Alan (Christina) Schultz,
Kevin Schultz, Palani (Frank III) (Marie)Ed-
mondson, Jeff (Jenny) Edmondson, Brad (Lind-
say) Edmondson, Adam Dodd, Nick (Shasta)
Dodd, Lance (Jami) Dodd, Trevor Dodd, Brett
Childers, Brent (Ashley) Childers, who were the
pride and joy of her life. 16-Great-Grandchildren
and 4 Step Great-Great Granddaughters and a
special friend Johnny Harrison of Columbus, MS
and also a host of special nieces and nephews.
Active Pallbearers will be her Grandsons, Hon-
orary Pallbearers will be Ladies III Fidelis Sun-
day School Class and her Calvary Baptist Church
Family.
Memorials may be made to the donor’s favor-
ite charity or the Billy Graham Foundation, 1 Bil-
ly Graham parkway Charlotte, NC 28201.
Compliments of
Lowndes Funeral Home
www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
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Columbus Christian Academy’s Lawson Studdard gets fouled on a layup attempt in Columbus Christian Academy’s Will Teague (10) and Isaiah Cooper (21) battle pair of
the second quarter of Thursday night’s game against Pickens Academy. players for a rebound during CCA’s 64-58 victory over Pickens Academy.

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Starkville High School’s Eric Green (21) takes a shot Starkville Academy’s Miller Wilson (23) prepares to Starkville High School’s Amaya Ford (15) makes a
against Itawamba AHS Thursday afternoon at Hum- shoot during Thursday’s 62-25 win over Winona Chris- move to the basket during Thursday’s 57-54 win over
phrey Coliseum. Starkville won 70-33. tian at Columbus Christian Academy. Olive Branch at Humphrey Coliseum.

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Obituaries
Continued from Page 7B

Walter Dye
ABERDEEN — Walter
Francis Dye, 80, died Dec.
27, 2018, at his residence.
Services were at 11 a.m.
Saturday at Tisdale-Lann
Memorial Funeral Home
Chapel with Roy McHenry
and Troy Carter officiating.
Burial followed at Tupelo
Memorial Gardens. Visi-
tation was two hours prior
to services at the funeral
home. Tisdale-Lann Memo-
rial Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Dye was born Sept.
19, 1938, in Union County, to
the late Gurney L. Dye and
Christine Grissom. He was a
graduate of Cedar Hill High
School and served as a med-
ical specialist in the U.S. Na-
tional Guard Army Reserve.
He was formerly employed
with Comfort Engineering
and as a maintenance super-
visor with T.G. Abernathy
Federal Courthouse. He
was a member of Riverbend
Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents,
he was preceded in death by
his brothers, Charles L. Dye
and William G. Dye.
He is survived by his
wife, Shirley Ann Dye of
Aberdeen; son, Jimmy D.
Dye of Saltillo; stepchildren,
Hunter L. Foster and Mi-
chelle Flint; brother, John D.
Dye of Tupelo; sister, Mary j.
Threadgill of Summerville,
Tennessee; seven grandchil-
dren; and three great-grand-
children.
Pallbearers were San
Steele, Glenn Atkins, Al
Fish, Hunter L. Foster, Tony
Rucker and Brooks Dye.
Memorials may be
made to Riverbend Baptist
Church, 50361 Old Hwy. 25,
Aberdeen, MS 39730.
Luster Sterling
COLUMBUS — Luster
Sterling, 53, died Dec. 27,
2018, at Baptist Memorial
Hospital-Golden Triangle.
Arrangements are incom-
plete and will be announced
by Carter’s Funeral Ser-
vices.
Lifestyles
What would you wish for?
W
elcoming a new year in is a communal event. Whether we toast it with champagne or
snooze through the countdown, it’s a shared experience. So we asked around the Gold-
en Triangle: “As 2019 approaches, what would you wish for in your community in the
new year?”
It’s understood that we all hope for world peace, and health and happiness for our families and
loved ones. But what would we like to see happen where we live? This is what a few of you said:
“A couple of
wishes I would
have in regards
to Main Street
and Downtown
Columbus
would be
to continue
to drive the Frazure
retail side to
continue developing strong,
solid strategies to enhance
our downtown. We are all
about growth but must not
lose that personal hometown
touch that most of us are
accustomed to.
I would also wish that
sweet Mother Nature could
be a little more kind to us in
2019 in regards to downtown
community events such as
Market Street Festival.
Personal wishes would be
better traffic flow on High-
way 45 (North), especially
on Fridays. I’m not sure why
traffic is so much heavier
on Fridays than Monday
through Thursday.
I would also love to see an
Outback Steakhouse come
to town, just simply because
I love it!”
Chase Frazure
Senior vice president,
BankFirst Financial Services
Incoming board president,
Main Street Columbus
“It is certain
that what I
desire to see
happen in my
community
in 2019 will
coincide with
others who live
in this area. Brown
There are two
things I would like to see
come to pass in 2019.
The first thing I’d like to
see is a variety of national
brand stores come to Colum-
bus to fill the empty retail
spaces I see in Leigh Mall
and other places around the
city. (By the way, it broke my
heart to see Kmart go out of
business.)
I am dreaming of several
national brand stores locating
in our area such as Kohl’s,
Marshalls, Home Goods, and
Bed, Bath and Beyond, just
to name a few. Surveys have
shown that the traffic of shop-
pers coming to Columbus
from neighboring counties
and western Alabama would
support these businesses. I
believe the additional sales
tax increase could be used
to repair our rough-driving
city streets which are not
too pleasant to drive on, and
it gives visiting tourists and
prospective homebuyers the
impression that good driving
streets are not a priority with
our city and county officials.
Secondly, because my
youngest son and wife recent-
ly lived through that major
7.2 earthquake in Alaska
while serving our country in
the USAF, my desire is to see
them relocate to a Southern
state in 2019. I prefer them
relocating to maybe Georgia
or Alabama, so they can visit
more frequently than they do
now. My son and wife have
lived in Alaska approximately
three years — and that’s long
enough!”
Bettye Brown
Local history assistant,
Columbus-Lowndes Public
Library
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“I would like
to see more
opportunity
to connect to
Asian-Amer-
ican associa-
tions, if there
are any in the
area. Being Haloho
from out of
town, and even country of
origin, connections with such
organizations help to feel
more like home.”
Klara Haloho
Owner, Klara Haloho
Store, Starkville
“I would
like to see two
things happen
in our commu-
nity: (1) Com-
muter rail ser-
vice between
Starkville and
Columbus, and Johnson
(2) a major
Broadway production such
as, or including, “Hamilton.”
(By the way, we are going to
Chicago to see “Hamilton”
later next year.)
A personal wish would be
to do a moonlight bicycle ride
from Starkville to Tupelo, full
speed, with minimal stops
and lots of friends.”
W.C. Johnson
Retired associate professor,
Starkville
“I just wish
the city and
DOT would
put a left turn
signal going
west on Waver-
ly Ferry Road
from Highway
45 North.” Mckay
J. Dee Mckay
Freelance sound engineer,
Columbus
“It’s time for
the dreaded
New Year’s res-
olutions! This
year, I am mak-
ing resolutions
that I know
I will keep. I
have decided Etua
to go all out,
Golden Triangle style.
I’m going to eat. I resolve
“Life in West Point is just plain “One thing I to sample as many of the
fun! My hopes for 2019 may seem can think of is that locally-owned restaurants
somewhat trite, but I believe that young people need in Starkville, Columbus and
for every investment of time, more things to do West Point as I can.
energy and creativity, the return on other than bowling I will exercise more. I can
investment will be tremendous. and movies. Those work off all that great food
I hope to see: get boring really by exploring many of the
People sharing the beauty and fast (and expen- locally-owned shops in the
character of West Point, whether Dyess sive). So when they Merideth GT area.
it’s through an Instagram hashtag, get bored with that, I’m going to party. In
Facebook page or a personal photo project. what are their options? Too many looking at the 2019 calen-
Folks planting trees and creating surprise gar- turn to things they shouldn’t be dar, there are a myriad of
dens — shade, color, beauty. Trees and flowers involved in. festivals and local events
add so much to the urban landscape and ask so Navigating the busy commer- in our area. For example,
little. cial part of Highway 45 North Market Street Festival and
Families fixing up the porch and turning on would be a lot safer if lane lines the Tennessee Williams Trib-
the light. Brighter and friendlier reflect the true were repainted. A cousin visiting ute in Columbus, the Cotton
West Point spirit. a few months ago said there are District Festival in Starkville
Drivers slowing down. Driving just 5 mph places that, if you don’t live here, and Prairie Arts Festival in
slower might save someone’s life. you wouldn’t know where to go, West Point.
Neighbors being neighbors. A neighborhood especially at night when the road I will become a home-
feels pretty special when we know we’re all look- surface is wet. body: Spending more time in
ing out for each other. And we could really use a the GT area supporting our
Volunteers spending a few hours pitching bright street light at the exit for local businesses, shops and
in doing their part to make West Point a better 18th Avenue off of Highway 82 restaurants is my goal.
place. West, near Chick-fil-A. It’s a ma- The Golden Triangle
Smiles and waves, particularly at strangers. jor exit to restaurants, hotels and cities have so much to offer.
If you are feeling especially Southern, actually shopping, and at night it’s very Let’s make this a year of
speak. It instantly makes the world a better place. dark, like we’re trying to keep it celebrating us.”
And after all, isn’t that where we want to live?” a secret.
M.J. Etua
Kathy Dyess Charles Merideth Louisville High School
Design Committee chair, Main Street West Point Crane operator, Caledonia teacher, Starkville
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calendar
Thursday, Jan. 3
Exhibit reception — The
Columbus Arts Council hosts a free
reception from 5:30-7 p.m. at the
Rosenzweig Arts Center, 501 Main
St., opening an exhibit of quilting by
Karen Arzamendi in the main gallery.
ArtReach program artwork will be dis-
played in Artist Alley. For information,
visit columbus-arts.org or call 662-
328-2787 (closed Mondays).
Friday, Jan. 11
Pageant night — The Miss
Starkville/Red Hills/Golden Trian-
gle pageant begins at 6 p.m. at
Starkville High School, an official
preliminary to the Miss Mississippi
pageant. For information, contact An-
gella Baker, 662-617-3239 or email
marb2006@bellsouth.net.
Saturday and Sunday,
Jan. 12-13
Golden Triangle Kennel Club
show — The Mississippi Horse
Park, 869 E. Poor House Road, hosts
this GTKC competition for canines,
with conformation, obedience and
rally trials, from about 8:30 a.m.-5
p.m. each day. A Canine Good Citizen
test and Trick Dog test are Sunday
at 10 a.m.
Friday, Jan. 18
Memphis Jones — The Colum-
bus Arts Council presents Memphis
Jones & The City Limits from BB
King’s Blues Club at 7:30 p.m. in the
Rosenzweig Arts Center Omnova The-
ater, 501 Main St.. Advance tickets
for CAC members are $15 or $17 at
the door. Non-members, $20/$22.
Get tickets at columbus-arts.org or
call 662-328-2787 (closed Mon-
days).
Monday, Jan. 21
Day of Giving — Following an 8
a.m. breakfast at Trotter Convention
Center in Columbus, volunteers will
distribute school supplies to teach-
ers to help finish the school year, Courtesy photo
sponsored by Visit Columbus, City
of Columbus, Board of Supervisors,
Sodexo, United Way of Lowndes The Partnership lobby, 200 E. Main interactive exhibit at the Tennes-
County and The W. To volunteer,
email volunteer@uwlc-ms.org or call
St., Starkville, for “Endangered
Mississippi.” MSU architecture
see-Tombigbee Waterway Transpor-
tation Museum, 318 Seventh St. N.,
662-328-0943. To register for the students explore small homes and Columbus, explores how water af-
free breakfast, visit muw.edu/mlk. large plantation stables in need of fects the way we live, work, worship,
revitalization. create and play, and how to sustain
this resource for the future. A Main
Thursday, Jan. 24 Jan. 25-March 8 Street exhibition made possible by
Exhibit reception — The the Mississippi Humanities Council.
Starkville Area Arts Council hosts Smithsonian Water/Ways For more information, call 662-328-
a free reception at 5:30 p.m. in Exhibition — This traveling 8936.

Community to unite for MLK Day of Service

Volunteers needed: working together to create
a meaningful day of service
signup is underway that honors the legacy of
Martin Luther King.
MUW UNIVERSITY Events will begin with
RELATIONS an 8 a.m. breakfast that is
free and open to the public
morale and welfare. She is
the founder and CEO of Ac-
centuate Life Ministries and
Felton Consulting Group,
LLC.
Following the breakfast,
participants are encouraged

A
community collabo- as long as space allows. to go to the Columbus Soccer
ration will bring an Program highlights include Complex where United Way
official commemora- a keynote address by Rita of Lowndes County will sort
Rita Felton, tion of the Martin Luther Felton, retired command and distribute much-needed
retired King Holiday to the Trotter
command chief master sergeant at Co- school supplies to the over
chief master Convention Center Jan. 21, lumbus Air Force Base. 700 teachers in Columbus
sergeant at 2019. Felton was the first Afri- and Lowndes County.
Columbus The partnership involves can-American female to be The United Way needs
Air Force the City of Columbus, selected for this position and between 300-500 volunteers
Base, will be Columbus Air Force Base, reported directly to the wing to help sort and distribute
the keynote Columbus-Lowndes Con- commander as one his top supplies. To volunteer for
speaker for
vention and Visitors Bureau, advisers. In this role, she ad- this community service
a Jan. 21
community Lowndes County Board of vised the wing commander project, email volunteer@
event at Trot- Supervisors, Mississippi Uni- on the mission effectiveness, uwlc-ms.org or call Volun-
ter Conven- versity for Women, Sodexo professional development, teer Columbus at 662-328-
tion Center. Food Services and the Unit- military readiness, train- 0943. To register for the free
Courtesy photo ed Way of Lowndes County ing, utilization, and health, breakfast visit muw.edu/mlk.

Quick Bites: Appalachian

Trail to digital footprints
Sign up for free January video sessions shopping, online photos
... in this session, Andy
BY JAN SWOOPE Year’s Resolutions: Best Collins of the Extension
jswoope@cdispatch.com Practices in Postharvest Center Technology
Outreach talks about

T
he Mississippi
State University
Extension Service
ushers in 2019 with three
Quick Bites programs in
January. The free interac-
tive video sessions are of-
fered at county Extension
offices from noon-1 p.m.
on designated Thursdays.
Interested individuals
must contact their county
office in order to partic-
ipate. Sessions will also
be offered on the MSU
campus in Bost Confer-
ence Center, room 409.
Quick Bites’ menu
for the first month of the
new year includes floral
tips, an exploration of the
Appalachian Trail and
advice on your digital life.
January programs
n Jan. 10 — New
Care – Presenter Lynette
McDougald of MSU’s
Plant and Soil Sciences
starts off the new year
with advice on best prac-
tices in care for long-last-
ing floral designs. She’ll
talk about start-to-finish
design practices such
as sanitation, collection,
hydration and design
longevity.
n Jan. 24 — Four
States in Ninety Days:
The Appalachian Trail –
Retired professor John
Giesemann of the Exten-
sion Center for Technolo-
gy Outreach talks about
what the Appalachian
Trail is really like as he
shares his experiences
and expertise on the trail.
n Jan. 31 — Erasing
Your Digital Footprints:
Technology After You
Die – Facebook, banking,
planning ahead for what
happens to our online
accounts after we pass
away
To sign up for any or
all programs, contact
your Extension office:
662-328-2111 (Lowndes):
662-323-5916 (Oktib-
beha); or 662-494-5371
(Clay).
County Extension
offices wanting to sign up
for the video programs
can do so at http://te-
choutreach.msucares.
com/distance-education.
Sign up using the online
county sign up system.
(From the Distance Ed-
ucation dropdown menu,
click on the County
Schedule Signup). Or,
counties may email to
distanceed@ext.msstate.
edu, or call our MSU
Extension.

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Up the odds of turning resolutions into reality

SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH you constantly look at the big next few weeks, so many peo- is important, but don’t miss out cus on your ‘why.’ Instead, you
picture, you’re going to get ple are going to say they want on the ride. need to focus on your ‘why not.’

I
t’s the time of year when
many people are setting
their annual
New Year’s reso-
lutions. What can
you do to better
your chances of
turning those
goals into reality?
Dr. Alok
Trivedi, a human Trivedi
behavior and
psychological performance
authority, offers 10 tips. He
is the founder of the Aligned
Performance Institute and
author of the book “Chasing
Success: Lessons in Aligned
Performance” He has appeared
on CBS, NBC, CTV News Can-
ada, Global News and other
outlets.
n Starting small: Having
a big goal in mind is fine, but
realize the best way to be
successful is to see it as an
incremental process. Maybe
you want to lose 50 pounds.
That’s great, but focus on
losing 10 pounds at a time. If
overwhelmed. Smaller goals
are easier to accomplish and
will leave you feeling motivated
and inspired to keep moving
towards your larger goals.
n Keeping your mouth
shut: When you keep your
goals to yourself, it creates an
inner drive to achieve them.
Telling everyone else what
you want to accomplish only
puts more pressure on you and
makes the process much more
difficult to manage. If you feel
like sharing, tell other people
about your failures. It makes
you a humbler person. The
other reason to speak about
your failures is because there
is so much learning in failure
for yourself as well as those
around you.
n Not comparing your
goals to someone else’s
goals: This is your life, your
goals and your reality. What
you want to accomplish in your
life is going to be very different
from what someone else wants
to achieve. For example, in the
to lose weight in the new year.
Do they really want to lose
weight or are they saying that
because it’s the popular thing
to do? Set goals that are truly
valuable to you.
n Mastering your fail-
ures: Master the areas you
have failed at by finding out
why. Why didn’t you succeed
in the past? If you didn’t ac-
complish your goals last year,
figure out what went wrong
so you don’t make the same
mistakes. Treat your failures as
a learning experience to move
you closer to success.
n Starting to focus on the
experience, not the goal:
It’s not the million dollars that
you’re after, it’s the experienc-
es you get to have because of
the million dollars. It’s fine
to have your goals, but rather
than spending so much time
obsessed with them, focus on
the experience. Every day is
a new experience with new
people and new adventures.
Knowing where you want to go
n Expecting bumps in
the road: Trying to accom-
plish any goal is a process
filled with ups and downs.
Most people enter the new year
expecting things to just magi-
cally change without any effort
or obstacles. The person who
accomplishes his New Year’s
resolutions is the person who
overcame the most obstacles.
n Listening to the neg-
ative talk: All the self-help
gurus, while well-intentioned,
encourage you to only think
positive thoughts. This is unre-
alistic because you’re living in
a fantasy world. Paying atten-
tion to your negative self-talk is
extremely important because
it’s trying to break you of your
addiction to that fantasy. The
key is to be optimistic about
what you want while listening
to the negative thoughts be-
cause it will keep you ground-
ed in reality.
n Focusing on your ‘why
not:’ Most personal develop-
ment people will tell you to fo-
This is the real reason you’re
not going after your goals.
Until you figure out what’s real-
ly holding you back, you can’t
have any forward progress.
n Not creating vision
boards: These should be
called nightmare boards. All
they do is slap you in the face
and constantly remind you of
all the things you haven’t been
able to accomplish. Staring
at million-dollar mansions,
Lamborghinis and super fit
models with bulging muscles
isn’t going to inspire you for
greatness. It’s delusional think-
ing that will leave feeling down
on your luck.
n Not waiting until Jan.
1: Why wait until Jan. 1?
Thinking you’re going to make
a magical change come the
New Year is delusional think-
ing, gives you more time to in-
dulge in the bad behavior and
digs a deeper hole. If you’re
really serious about making a
change, start right now, this
very second.

Get the new year off to a fragrant start

P
lant away the stress
of the of the holi-
days and add some
fragrance to the new year
by growing paperwhites.
Just plant the bulbs, no
cold treatment needed,
and watch them grow into
their blooming beauty.
Purchase firm healthy
bulbs from your local
garden center or an
online bulb nursery.
Ziva is the most common
paperwhite variety sold
for forcing, but there are
newer varieties with less
intense fragrance, larger
blooms and sturdier
stems. You may have to
wait until next year and
order early from specialty
bulb companies to find
the more unique variet-
ies. So, make a note to do
so next year.
For now, plant the
paperwhite bulbs avail-
able to purchase. You can
plant them in gravel or a
well-drained potting mix.
Both methods yield great
results.
Select a shallow, water-
tight container with ster-
ile pea gravel, pebbles or
marbles if you want to go
soilless. Add just enough
water to reach the top of
the stones. Place five or
more bulbs close together
on the gravel base. Cover
the bottom of the bulbs
with more pebbles to hold
them in place. Maintain
the water level just below
the bottom of the bulbs.
Or plant the bulbs in
a container with drain-
age holes filled with any
well-drained potting mix.
Just leave the tops of the
bulbs exposed. And keep
the potting mix moist but
not wet.
Store the planted
bulbs in a cool, 45- to
60-degree, location so the
roots can develop. Move
the paperwhites into a
Paperwhites, one of the easiest bulb varieties to force
indoors, produce clusters of fragrant delicate flowers.
Newer varieties offer larger blooms and less intense
fragrance.
bright location as soon as
the leaves start to emerge
from the bulbs.
Pot up a new container
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every two to four weeks
to keep the blossoms and
fragrance continuing for
months.
Grow the bulbs in a
cool, sunny location to
help reduce flopping. Or
try this Cornell Uni-
versity-tested, old-time
technique to encourage
compact growth. Once
the leaves are 2 inches
tall, replace the plain
water in the pebbles with
one cup of an 80-proof
clear liquor mixed with
7 cups of water. But
don’t overdo; more is not
better and can prevent
flowering or damage the
plants.
Despite your best
efforts, you may need to
stake your paperwhites
due to the low light
conditions indoors. Cut
bamboo stakes to length
or harvest stems of red
twig dogwoods, willow
or others harvested from
your landscape. They
provide needed support
while bringing a bit of
the outdoors inside to
brighten your days.
Or force them in a tall
glass vase. The tall sides
will help support the tall
leaves and flower stems
as they grow. Add some
berry-covered stems or
other decorative twigs
for added color.
Once they’re done
flowering, recycle the
bulbs in your compost
pile. Forced paperwhites
use all their energy
blooming and rarely can
be forced to flower again.
Just think of it as adding
your paperwhites to the
garden in a different
form to help improve
your soil.
Melinda Myers is the
author of more than 20
gardening books and is the
host of The Great Courses’
“How to Grow Anything”
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MelindaMyers.com, offers
gardening tips and videos.

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: My
daughter is a pro-
fessional woman
in her mid-20s. She
works in a demanding
field with a lot of over-
time. She lives an hour
away from us and is
financially independent,
but depends on us
often for favors.
She has been dating
a man for a year and a
half who doesn’t even
call her his “girlfriend.”
We have never met Dear Abby
him. He sees her when
it’s convenient for him,
sometimes for an hour at 11 on a
Sunday night after he’s spent the
weekend with his friends. (We both
know what to call that.) She has
never asked him to feed or baby-sit
her cat, help her move her see that she has no future with band is the opposite. At night in our DEAR DISORDERED SLEEP: Be-
furniture, pick up an this man and needs to find a real bedroom, he reads on his iPad for cause you need a solid night’s sleep
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anything. She asks us. FOREVER am in bed by 11 while my husband day, your husband should move to
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Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.
30). You will make it your habit
to lean into the sun. Counter-
intuitively, as you worry less,
you see new ways to eliminate
the stressors. New optimism
touches every aspect of you,
starting with raising your
physical energy and improv-
ing relationships. Libra and
Sagittarius adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 9, 40, 12,
22 and 16.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). If you grew up in an envi-
ronment that wasn’t conducive
to attaining wealth, don’t wor-
ry. New teachers are coming
into your realm, and you’re now
ready to learn.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). The power of a smile can
certainly reverse the tone of an
interaction, which you’ll prove
today as you let the tension
out of a potentially terse inter-
action with the magic of your
pearly whites.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Those who are younger, espe-
cially under 8 years old, have
something to teach you about
your own worthiness, because
they accept you for who you
are and want lots of your atten-
tion for reasons outside of the
superficial.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Feeling good won’t be compli-
cated. The single best thing
you can do for your mood is ex-
ercise in fresh air. This will set
everything straight. You’ll crave
better nutrition and hydration.
You’ll sleep better, too.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The
“helper’s high” is a measur-
able state of brain chemistry,
so don’t doubt that you will be
boosted mentally and physical-
ly by following through on an
impulse to give.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
The energy of joy cannot be
felt unless it’s moving, and
the quickest way to move it
is to give. So though you can
certainly be truly happy inside
yourself, you still need to
connect to others to keep the
current strong.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You’ve cultivated a safe space
around yourself, maybe without
even realizing it. So it should
come as no surprise that peo-
ple share with you, sometimes
things they don’t even tell their
nearest and dearest.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). There are carefree im-
pulses you could follow — fun,
colorful, opinionated and out-
side the social norms. You’re
not afraid to heed them, but
what would be the underlying
reason? And at what cost?
You’ll give it a think.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). If people are made
better through sacrifice and
characters are made stronger
through hardship and hearts
are made kinder through
heartbreak, then the ques-
tion “What’s in it for me?”
becomes much more compli-
cated.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). To avoid burnout, just
remember that you don’t have
to try unless you want to. You
give back to the world every
day in small ways just by being
you. When it’s time to make a
push to the next incarnation of
you, you’ll know.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Because you’re ready to
learn something new, you give
off a welcoming energy that
even the birds and squirrels
can feel, not to mention people
around you who come closer in
the spirit of curiosity, seeking
common ground.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). If you needed another
reason to make yourself happy,
consider that every person in
the room is contributing to the
vibes there. Your happiness
will raise the level of everyone
else who shares the space.
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Club note

Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

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Monday to Sunday.
Monday to Sunday. Difficulty Level 12/28

Courtesy photo
Northwood Garden Club hostesses pictured at the club’s Dec. 18 Christmas luncheon are, from left, Jo Harper,
June Boyd and Cherry Dunn.

Northwood Garden Club

Northwood Garden Club of Columbus held its Christmas luncheon Dec. 18 at Events on 5th. As guests
mingled they were entertained and surprised with a Christmas program by a group of “Columbus Rockettes.”
Their tap dancing added a special touch to the holiday season.
President Becky Mendoza presided. Nancy Guerry gave the invocation. Hostesses greeting guests with
refreshments were Jo Harper, June Boyd and Cherry Dunn.
The club’s next meeting is Jan. 15, an annual soup luncheon at the home of Bette Rhea.

New exhibit explores ‘Endangered Mississippi’

Reception in Starkville
is 5:30 p.m. Jan. 24
SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH
rooted in the 10 Most Endangered
Historic Places in Mississippi: a
list produced bi-annually by the
Mississippi Department for History
& Archives and the Mississippi
Heritage Trust. This list highlights
happen when communities come
together with a spirit of cooperation
and a vision for the future.
At the end of the exhibition, Tau
Sigma Delta’s gallery committee
will select one or two works to nom-

T
he next show in the
Starkville Area Arts Coun-
cil’s Art in Public Places
(AiPP) series begins with a recep-
tion T
​ hursday, Jan. 24, 2019,​at 5:30
p.m. in the lobby of The Partnership
at 200 E. Main St. in Starkville.
This exhibition considers small
homes and large plantation stables
across Mississippi that need vary-
ing degrees of stabilization, repair
or revitalization. This exhibit is an
exploration of projects that students
in the Mississippi State University
School of Architecture found mean-
ingful and worth investigating.
“Endangered Mississippi” is
the need to care for a wide range of
buildings across the state. Accord-
ing to ​ms10most.com​, this list has
had profound significance over the
past 20 years: Since the Mississippi
Heritage Trust published the first
list of the 10 Most Endangered His-
toric Places in Mississippi in 1999,
there have been some tremendous
victories. The Cutrer Mansion in
Clarksdale, the King Edward Hotel
in Jackson, the L.Q.C. Lamar House
in Oxford, the Mary C. O’Keefe Cul-
tural Center in Ocean Springs and
the Tippah County Jail in Ripley are
all ‘graduates’ of the list, providing
inspiring examples of what can
inate structures for inclusion on the
2019 Most Endangered Historic
Places in Mississippi.
“SAAC is excited to offer this
exhibit, which highlights both the
photographs as well as the stu-
dents’ views on architecture worth
saving,” said SAAC Executive
Director John Bateman. “Our AiPP
series remain free and open to the
public, which is an important asset
to a community. With Endangered
Mississippi, this exhibit merges
cultural exposure with something
informative and insightful.”
Learn more about SAAC at
starkvillearts.org.

ACROSS
1 Car take-back, for
short
5 Touch on
9 View over
10 Art inspirers
12 Made a choice
13 Dancer Castle
14 Reaching a high
point
16 Private room
17 Put away
18 Low wages,
figuratively
20 Increase
22 Basilica part
23 Fall flower
25 Nimble
28 Straighten out
32 Lowly farmer
3 Cheat at hide and 29 Illinois city
34 2016 Olympics
seek 30 Mob member
host
4 Antigone’s father 31 Theater boxes
35 Knack
5 Friendly señorita 33 Set off
36 Sphagnum
6 Chestnut case 37 Stumble
source
7 Depleted 39 Mo. neighbor
38 One-time capital
8 Beliefs
of Alaska
9 Boxing ring border
40 Fuming
11 Good judgment
41 Back biter
15 Triton orbits it
42 Script makeup
19 DEA agent
43 Auto ding
21 Forks over
44 Ship pole
24 Requires
25 Twitch
DOWN
26 Sentence ender
1 Do over
27 Baby’s toy
2 Ritzy home

WHATZIT ANSWER
Log cabin
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In the garden with Felder

Kick off the new garden year by dividing and multiplying

L
et’s kick this new This week I started
garden year off taking winter cuttings
by getting more from everblooming
of something while heirloom roses I and
giving part of it away. volunteer helpers
When I root cut- have planted in an old
tings of favorite old downtown Jackson
shrubs, throw wild- cemetery. But while I
flower seeds out my rarely fuss with root-
truck window, or dig ing hormones, I often
up daylilies and iris cover cuttings with
and split them into clear plastic bottles —
smaller plants, I end Felder Rushing with the tops removed
up with more than I to reduce heat buildup
started with, usually on sunny winter days.
with leftovers to share. This is how Granny did it, just
In fact, it’s the only way I know sticking small cuttings directly
to divide and multiply at the same into good garden dirt sometime
time! in the early winter and covering
And it’s time to start. Though with a jar.
old hands already know how to Honestly, my skills or luck
propagate, newbies might prac- with just sticking cuttings in dirt
tice first on plants that are easy. isn’t all that great — usually only
You can put a 4-inch stem tip of a third or half root. To compen-
a gardenia or rosemary shrub in sate, I simply stick two or three
a windowsill glass of water and times more cuttings than I want.
it’ll have new roots within three Worked for Granny, works for me.
weeks; if you aren’t sure about I take 4- to 6-inch cuttings that
dividing perennials, practice on are smaller in diameter than a
monkey grass, then work up to pencil and insert them about half-
daylilies. way into well-prepared flowerbed
With harder plants, I usually dirt between winter pansies and
try to make cuttings or divisions violas. I cover the soil with leaves
in the season opposite of when or bark to keep the dirt from
the plants normally bloom, or at packing down around them, and
least cut off flower buds first. water and fertilize the winter flow-
This past week I dug up and ers like normal, which is more
spread around some old white than enough for the roses, too.
iris, which won’t miss a lick this And I make myself ignore
spring. Ditto with winter-dormant them until mid-spring, well after
hosta, hardy ferns, Mexican they leaf out. See, they don’t root
petunia, phlox, daylily, mint and in winter; first a hard, calloused
oregano. Making sure each little white knot forms at the base, from
piece has a bit of roots, about all I which roots will sprout along with
do is cut them back so they won’t leaves in the spring. I may gently
flop over and so they’ll get them tug on them in April to make sure
started stronger come summer. they are rooting, but I mostly
As for cuttings, in very general leave them alone until May, when
terms it’s best to root small new I carefully dig and replant or
shoots of evergreen shrubs like pot them up before the heat of
azaleas and hollies in the sum- summer.
mer, and to try deciduous plants Sharing heirloom garden trea-
like roses, crape myrtles, althea sures by amateurs has been done
and quince after they drop their for many centuries. If you aren’t
leaves in the late fall or winter. sure how, just give it a go. Start
The keys are to take cuttings with roses stuck between pansies.
from this past summer’s growth, Felder Rushing is a Mississippi
somewhere between the flimsy tip author, columnist, and host of the
growth and the gnarly old stuff “Gestalt Gardener” on MPB Think Felder Rushing/Courtesy photo
and stick them into pretty good Radio. Email gardening questions Felder Rushing makes a mini-greenhouse for rooting roses by covering cuttings with a clear plas-
flower garden dirt. That’s about it. to rushingfelder@yahoo.com. tic bottle. The top is removed to reduce heat buildup on sunny winter days.

Military brief
Parker graduates
U.S. Air Force Airman Bailey A. Parker
graduated from basic military training at
Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San
Antonio, Texas.
The airman completed an intensive,
eight-week program that included training
in military discipline and studies, Air Force
core values, physical fitness, and basic
warfare principles and skills.
Airmen who complete
basic training also earn four
credits toward an associate
in applied science degree
through the Community
College of the Air Force.
Parker is the son of
Kermit Mitch Snider and
Courtney E. Parker.
He is a 2018 graduate of Parker
Victory Christian Academy.

School news
HCC graduates
Markus Jackson of Brooksville and Datorius Mallet of Starkville were among
the 2018 Fall semester graduates of Hinds Community College.
On Dec. 13 during three ceremonies, Hinds Community College awarded 1,337
degrees or certificates to 912 graduates, with some graduates receiving more than
one credential.

Porter makes Dean’s List

Mary Helen Porter Of Columbus made the Fall 2018 Dean’s List at Belmont
Univerisity.
Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade
point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C.
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MSU, EMCC partnership opens door for future medical researchers

MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC AF- advanced degree programs. A major step
FAIRS Jonas King, assistant
Among several MSU and
professor in the Department

A
partnership between
Mississippi State Uni-
versity and East Missis-
sippi Community College is
providing a path into advanced
degree programs for transfer
students interested in the
biomedical and behavioral
research fields.
The partnership is possible
through a $1.1 million grant
from the National Institutes
of Health Research Education
Program, called an R25, which
focuses on training a future
workforce to meet the nation’s
biomedical, behavioral and
clinical research needs. Called
“Bridges to Baccalaureate,” the
program provides paid re-
search opportunities for under-
graduate students transferring
from EMCC to MSU.
This grant, which seeks
to enhance diversity in the
biomedical and behavioral re-
search fields, will help transfer
students from underrepresent-
ed minority and economically
disadvantaged backgrounds in
their pursuit of four-year and
of Biochemistry, Molecular
Biology, Entomology and Plant
Pathology in MSU’s College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences,
is the grant’s principal investi-
gator. He is hopeful the grant
will encourage transfer stu-
dents to pursue STEM fields
and advanced degrees.
“I’m excited to attract and
retain transfer students who
are interested in the sciences,”
King said. “If at least some
of these students go on to
advanced degrees that might
not have done so otherwise, I
consider that a huge success
in promoting the students in
their careers and contributing
to the medical research field in
Mississippi.”
King explained, “Through
this grant, undergraduate re-
searchers will receive supplies
to perform their research, and
they will be paid an hourly rate
to work in the lab they join.
Students have a range of oppor-
tunities in labs across campus
from working with sociolo-
gists, to molecular biologists to
EMCC administrators and
faculty members who have
helped build this new pro-
gram, co-investigators on
the grant are Bindu Nanduri,
associate professor in MSU’s
Department of Basic Sciences
in the College of Veterinary
Medicine; Florencia Meyer,
MSU associate professor
in biochemistry, molecular
biology, entomology and plant
pathology; and Jairus Johnson,
biology professor and science
and math division chair at
EMCC.
Photo by David Ammon
As a graduate of Northwest
Mississippi State assistant professor Jonas King and fall 2018 Mississippi Community Col-
graduate Jillian Masters of Marietta, Georgia, look at a gel imaging lege himself, King emphasized
system used to study DNA and proteins. Masters earned MSU the importance of helping
bachelor’s degrees in microbiology and biology and will begin her transfer students realize the
master’s degree program working in King’s lab this January. Future next step in their collegiate
EMCC transfer students in the Bridges to Baccalaureate program journey.
can expect similar research experiences.
“Community colleges are
entomologists and more.” their first two years. These one of our state’s strengths.
He said selected EMCC experiences will continue for This grant provides vital sup-
students will attend a 10-week one year after transfer to MSU port to help transfer students
Summer Research Experience for select trainees. Students transition to a four-year univer-
paid internship in a facul- are encouraged to continue sity and get one step closer to
ty-mentored setting at MSU research through other MSU realizing their full potential,”
while attending EMCC during funding mechanisms. King said.

‘Meet the MAC’ at the next SAAC business skills workshop

Artists, singers and others encouraged the impact of arts in the
community. Panelists
all who are interested in
MAC funding to attend
match for our Business
Skills Workshop series,
each year in grants and
scholarships throughout
to attend Jan. 11 workshop will include Executive
Director Malcolm White
this workshop to learn
about the grants offered
and SAAC is happy to
work with MAC and SCT
Starkville and Oktibbeha
County in its mission to
SPECIAL TO THE how to apply. from the Mississippi Arts and how to apply,” said to make this happen.” build a strong, creative,
DISPATCH MAC’s Artist Roster Commission, Oktibbeha White. “The MAC Artist Time, Date & Place: connected community
is a listing of artists who County Board of Super- Roster and Teaching 5:30 p.m., Friday, Janu- through the arts.

N
ext up in the
Business Skills
Workshop series
by Starkville Area Arts
Council is a “Meet the
MAC” session with the
Mississippi Arts Com-
mission. Cohosted by
Starkville Community
Theatre and SAAC on
Friday, ​Jan. 11​,​ 2019​, at
5:30 p.m., MAC will offer
a session on its Artist
Roster — what it means,
how it helps you as an
artist or performer, and
have been accepted
to the Teaching Artist
Roster, the Mississippi
Artist Roster, or both.
Each artist, performer
or group must apply and
is reviewed by a panel of
artists, presenters and
educators, but, perhaps
more significantly, MAC
also offers mini-grants
that may be used to hire
these creatives.
Immediately follow-
ing the workshop will
be a panel discussion on
visors President Orlando Artist Roster present an ary 11, 2019, Starkville The SAAC appreciates
Trainer, Mayor Lynn excellent opportunity for Community Theatre. the support of the City of
Spruill from the City artists to market them- It is open to the public, Starkville and the Greater
of Starkville, and Gabe selves. MAC is delighted subject to seating capaci- Starkville Development
Smith, chief administra- to work in partnership ty. All artists, particularly Partnership, Oktibbeha
tive officer of Starkville with the Starkville Area performing artists and County, National Endow-
Community Theatre. The Arts Council and the singers, are encouraged ment for the Arts, Missis-
panel will be moderated Starkville Community to attend. sippi Arts Commission,
by John Bateman of the Theatre.” Now commencing its Visit Mississippi, Del Ren-
Starkville Area Arts SAAC Executive Di- third decade of existence, don Foundation, 4-County
Council. A Q&A for both rector John Bateman said, the Starkville Area Arts Electric Foundation, and
sessions will follow. “MAC’s Artist Roster is a Council sponsors the various local businesses
“As the Mississippi tremendous opportunity Cotton District Arts and individuals. Addi-
Arts Commission nears for artists, performers Festival, runs various tional information about
its grant application and arts organizations. outreach programs, and SAAC can be found at
season, we encourage This topic is a great awards almost $25,000 starkvillearts.org​.
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Reed, Frankie Kay and dad Jesse Lindsey Skip Egger, David Smith, Leroy Malone

BOWLING BREAK
While many spent the day after Christmas seeking out sales or propping their feet up, some took advantage of the
holiday break at GT Lanes in Columbus.

Kennedi Blunt, Jonathan Perryman

Naesha and Anthony Smith Bryson, Mary Bishop, Marlee and dad Joshua Fountain

Tesha and Dwayne Murff with sons Tucker and Trace Murff Dean Robertson (center) with sons Tony Robertson and Billy Robertson

COURTSIDE
Basketball fans
showed up at The
Hump Dec. 19 to
cheer the Mississip-
pi State Bulldogs’
win over Wofford.

Matt Clayton, Jerry Ishee Travliss Jones, Marilyn Tillery, Cheryl Pittman

Courtney and Carson Crane Donna and Evan Alford

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Church Directory
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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
CALVARY ASSEMBLY OF GOD — Lehmberg Rd. and
Bennett Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eric Crews, Pastor.
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 2201 Military Road.
Christian Education 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Nursery
Church (2-3 yrs.) Super Church (children)10:30 a.m.
Worship 6 p.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Nursery provided for all
services. Jody Gurley, Pastor. 662-328-6374
NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD — 4474 New Hope Road.
Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 10:30 a.m., Jack
Medley, Pastor. 662-664-0852
BAPTIST
ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH — Hwy. 45 N. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Discipleship Training 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Mitch McWilliams,
Pastor. 662-328-4765
ARMSTRONG BAPTIST CHURCH — 1707 Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. William Vaughn, Pastor. 662-
328-0670
ARTESIA BAPTIST CHURCH — Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor Jeff
Morgan.
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 3232 Military Road.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Walter Butler, Pastor.
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH — 2096 Bethesda
Rd, Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 6:00 p.m., Worship 7 p.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Allan Dees, Pastor. 662-272-8734
BORDER SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 12771 Hwy.
12 E., Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m., Kids for Christ 5 p.m., Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m.,
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study – Adults, Children,
and Youth classes 7 p.m. Dan Louman, Pastor. 662-386-
0541. Brad Creely, Minister of Music and Youth, 662-312-
LLC
8749. www. borderspringsbaptistchurch.com
BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH — Main Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
CALEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH — 7840 Wolfe Road,
Caledonia. Sunday Men’s Prayer Service 9:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Bible Study 4
p.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Bob
Burch, Pastor.
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 295 Dowdle Dr. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Adult Choir
rehearsals and Discipleship Training 5 p.m., Worship 6
p.m., Wednesday 6:15 p.m. Rev. Ralph Windle, Interim
Pastor. 662-328-6741
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 385 7th St. SW, Vernon,
Ala. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.
(6 p.m. - Daylight Savings Time), Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Wil
Corbett, Pastor. 205-270-1845
CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1008 Lehmberg Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Service and Children’s Church
10:30 a.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Paul
Shaw, Pastor. 662-327-3771
CANAAN MB CHURCH — 2425 Bell Ave. Sunday School
8:15 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6
p.m. Jimmy Pounds, Pastor. 662-327-1226
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 2490 Yorkville
Rd. East Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study, Children & Youth Classes 6:30
p.m. Matt Moehring, Pastor. Edward Rhinewalt, Music
Director. 662-327-5306
CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH — 844 Old West
Point Rd., Starkville. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Greg Upperman,
Pastor. 662-323-6351 or visit www.cornerstonestarkville.
com
EAST END BAPTIST CHURCH — 380 Hwy. 50 W. (Hwy.
50 and Holly Hills Rd.) Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship
We unlock 10:30 a.m., Worship 5 p.m. followed by Discipleship
Training, Mission Friends and GAs 5 p.m., Sanctuary Choir
cars
6:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting, Youth Worship,
Preschool & Children’s Choirs 6:30 p.m. Bryon Benson,
Pastor. 662-328-5915
EASTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 1316 Ben Christopher
p.m. Junior Eads, Pastor. 662-329-2245
RESIDENTIAL FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 127 Airline Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr. Breck Ladd, Pastor. 662-328-2924
FAITH CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1621 Mike
Parra Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Rev.
Michael Love, Pastor. 662-434-5252
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — 7th St. and 2nd. Ave.
N. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m.
(Worship televised at 10 a.m. on WCBI-TV, Columbus
Cable Channel 7), Contemporary Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday
5 p.m. Worship at 3000 Bluecutt Road, Midweek Prayer
Service Wednesday 6:00 p.m. located downtown. Dr.
Shawn Parker, Pastor. 662-245-0540 columbusfbc.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF STEENS — 40 Odom Rd.,
Steens. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST — 125 Yorkville Rd. W. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. John Gainer, Pastor. 662-328-6024 or 662-328-3183
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 708 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Charles Whitney, Pastor.
GRACE COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — 912 11th Ave.
S. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Pastor Sammy Burns. 662-
328-1096
GREENWOOD SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — 278
East between Gattman & Amory. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:15 p.m. Rev.
John Walden, Pastor. 662-356-4445
IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 6342 Military Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 10:30 a.m., Worship 9:15 a.m. and 6
p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. 662-328-1668
KOLOLA SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH — Caledonia.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., AWANA
4:45-6 Ages 2-12th grade (Sept. - May), Worship 5 p.m.,
Choir Practice Wednesday 6 p.m., 252 Basics Children’s
Ministry an Cross Training Youth Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Rev. Don Harding, Pastor.
LONGVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH — 991 Buckner Street,
Longview. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m.,
Discipleship Training 5:15 p.m., Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.;
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Pastor Larry W.
Yarber, or email ynyministry@yahoo.com, 662-769-4774
MCBEE BAPTIST CHURCH — 2846 Hwy. 50 E. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Discipleship Training
5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Jimmy
Ray, Pastor. 662-328-7177
MIDWAY BAPTIST CHURCH — Holly Hills Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.,
Prayer Service every Saturday 6 p.m. Rev. Denver Clark,
Pastor.
MOUNT PISGAH BAPTIST CHURCH — 2628 East Tibbee
Rd., West Point. Sunday Worship each week 8 a.m., 1st,
3rd and 5th Sunday Worship 11:30 a.m., Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Donald Wesley, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1791 Lake Lowndes
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Steve Lammons, Pastor. 662-328-
2811
MT. VERNON CHURCH — 200 Mt. Vernon Rd. Sunday
Worship 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Service Life Groups for
all ages 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Connection Cafe 10 a.m.,
Discovery Zone. 662-328-3042 mtvchurch.com
MURRAH’S CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 9297 Hwy.
69 S. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and
6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
NEW COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH — Highway 50 E.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Service 10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Ed Nix, Pastor.
NEW JOURNEY CHURCH — 3123 New Hope Rd. Sunday
Worship 10:30 a.m., Small Groups 5:30 p.m., Kevin Edge,
Pastor. 662-315-7753 or thenewjourneychurch.org
NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH — 7086 Wolfe Rd., 3
miles south of Caledonia. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Sunday Evening - AWANA
4 p.m., Discipleship Training, Youth & Adult 5 p.m., Evening
Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday - Adults, Youth & Children 6:30
p.m. 662-356-4940 www.newsalembaptistcaledonia.com
Bro. Mel Howton, Pastor.
NORTHSIDE FREE WILL BAPTIST — 14th Ave. and
Waterworks. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Worship 11
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Pat Creel, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR M.B. CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, 405
Lynn Lane, Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. 1st
2nd and 4th Sundays. Donnie Jones, Pastor. 662-263-7102
PLEASANT GROVE MB CHURCH — 1914 Moor High
Road, Crawford. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Riley Forrest, Sr., Pastor.
662-272-8221
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST — 1383 Pleasant Hill Rd.
Sunday Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Bill
Hurt, Pastor. 662-329-3921
PLYMOUTH BAPTIST CHURCH — 187 Plymouth Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Randy
Rigdon, Pastor. Neil Shepherd, Music.
SOVEREIGN FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH — 7852 Hwy.
12 E., Steens. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Service 5 p.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Charles Young, Pastor.
SOVEREIGN GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH — 12859 Martin
Road Spur, Northport, Ala. Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Bible
Study noon. Todd Bryant, Pastor. sovereigngrace.net
STATE LINE BAPTIST CHURCH — 7560 Hwy. 1282 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Night small group 6:30 p.m. Robert Gillis, Pastor. 662-
329-2973
TEMPLE OF DELIVERANCE BAPTIST CHURCH —
4307 Sand Rd., Steens. Maurice Williams, Pastor. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. 662-327-2580
UNITED CHRISTIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — 2 blocks east
of Hwy. 69 on Yorkville Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship
10:15 a.m. Steven James, Pastor.
UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH — 1104 Louisville St.,
Starkville (located in Fellowship Hall of St. Luke Lutheran
Church). Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Bert
Montgomery, Pastor. www.ubcstarkville.org
VICTORY FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH — Victory Loop
off of Mill Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Pastor, Al Hamm.
WOODLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — 3033 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Worship 6
p.m., AWANA Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Shelby Hazzard, Senior Pastor. Brad Wright, Director of
Student Ministries.
10TH STREET FAIRLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH — 1118
7th St. S. Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Youth Ministry Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Rev. Brian Hood, Pastor.
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST
BETHESDA CHURCH — 1800 Short Main. Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Nathaniel
Best, Pastor. E-mail: bethesdambchurch@yahoo.com
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5860 Hwy. 50 E., West
Point. Sunday School 10 a.m., Service 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — 1720 Hwy. 373.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Martin “Buddy” Gardner, Pastor.
LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH — 5030 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. 662-327-1130
SHINING LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH — 957 Sunset Drive,
Starkville in the Comfort Suites Conference Room, Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pastor
John Harvey. slbcstarkville.org 662-648-0282
MISSIONARY BAPTIST
ANDERSON GROVE MB CHURCH — 1853 Anderson
Grove Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:20 a.m., Worship
11:00 a.m., Bible Study Wednesday 6:20 p.m. David O.
Williams, Pastor. 662-356-4968.
ANTIOCH MB CHURCH — 2304 Seventh Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Kenny
Bridges, Pastor.
BETHLEHEM MB CHURCH — 293 Bethlehem Road,
Caledonia. Sunday School 1st and 4th Sundays 8 a.m., 2nd
& 3rd Sundays 9:30 a.m., Worship 1st & 4th Sundays 9:30
a.m., 2nd & 3rd Sundays 11 a.m., Wednesdays 6 p.m. Rev.
Willie James Gardner, Pastor. 662-356-4424
BLESSING MB CHURCH — Starkville Sportsplex, Activity
Center 405 Lynn Lane Road. Sunday Worship 2nd, 4th &
5th Sundays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pastor Martin. 662-744-0561
BRICK MB CHURCH — Old Macon Rd. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. each Sunday, Worship 2nd and 4th Sundays only
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Everett Little, Pastor.
CALVARY FAITH CENTER — Hwy. 373 & Jess Lyons
Road. Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Robert
Bowers, Pastor. 662-434-0144
CEDAR GROVE MB CHURCH — 286 Swartz Dr. Worship
Services 11:15 a.m., Sunday School 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Johnnie Richardson, Pastor. 662-434-6528
CHRISTIAN HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
— 14096 MS Hwy. 388, Brooksville, MS 39739, Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 6:30
p.m. Bobby Bowen, Pastor. 662-738-5837/549-6100
CHRIST MB CHURCH — 110 2nd Ave. S. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m., B.T.U.
Program every 1st & 3rd Sunday 6 p.m.
ELBETHEL MB CHURCH — 2205 Washington Ave.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
7:00 p.m., Rev. Leroy Jones, Pastor.
FAITH HARVEST MB CHURCH — 4266 Sand Road.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Bible class
Tuesday 6 p.m. Hugh L. Dent, Pastor. 662-243-7076.
FOURTH STREET MB CHURCH — 610 4th St. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 7 p.m. Rev. Jimmy L. Rice, Pastor. 662-328-1913
FRIENDSHIP MB CHURCH — 1102 12th Ave. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
Stanley K. McCrary, Pastor. 662-327-7473 or 662-251-4185
GREATER MT. OLIVE M.B. CHURCH — 1856 Carson Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 7
a.m. Donald Henry, Pastor.
HALBERT MISSION MB CHURCH — 2199 Halbert Church
Rd., Ethelsville, Ala. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11
a.m. Ernest Prescott, Pastor.
HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 4892 Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 8 a.m., Worship 9 a.m., Minister Terry Johnson,
Interim Pastor.
JERUSALEM MB CHURCH — 14129 Hwy 12 E.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Willie Petty, Sr., Pastor.
MAPLE STREET BAPTIST — 219 Maple St. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Joseph Oyeleye, Pastor. 662-328-4629
MILLERS CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 425 East North
St. Macon. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Ron Houston, Pastor.
MISSIONARY UNION BAPTIST CHURCH — 1207 5th
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Baptist
Training Union 5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Rev. Tony A. Montgomery, Pastor.
MOUNT ZION M.B. CHURCH — 2221 14th Ave. N. Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 7
p.m. Jesse J. Slater, Pastor. 662-328-4979
MT. ARY MB CHURCH — 291 S. Frontage Rd., Lot #4.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Rev. Erick Logan, Pastor.
MT. AVERY BAPTIST CHURCH — 12311 Nashville Ferry
Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. every
Sunday except 5th Sunday. Rev. John Wells, Pastor.
MT. OLIVE MB CHURCH — 2020 Atkin Rd., Millport, Ala.
Sunday School 9 a.m. Worship Service 10 a.m. Pastor
Benny W. Henry. 205-662-3923
NEW HOPE MB CHURCH — 271 Church St., Artesia.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Thomas E. Rice is Pastor. 662-494-1580
NEW BAPTIST TEMPLE MB CHURCH — 5937 Nashville
Ferry Rd. E. Sunday School 9 a.m. each week except 5th
Sunday, Worship 10 a.m. each week except 5th Sunday,
5th Sundays: Ushers Board Fellowship. Rev. L.A. Gardner,
Pastor. 662-329-3321
NEW ZION PILGRIM MB CHURCH — 5253 New Hope
Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship Services 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Wriley, Pastor.
NEW ZION STEENS MB CHURCH — 3301 Sand Rd.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Pastor Rev. Billy D. Hill. 662-329-5224
OAK GROVE MB CHURCH — 1090 Taylor Thurston Rd.
Sunday School 9:00 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., 5th Sunday 8
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:15 p.m. Pastor Therman
Cunningham Sr., 662-798-0179
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OAKLAND MB CHURCH — 18 Fairport Road, Crawford.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
Bible study 7 p.m., Mass Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 1st
and 2nd Sun. 6 p.m., Male Chorus Rehearsal - Wed. before
3rd Sun. 6 p.m., Junior Choir Rehearsal - Wed. before 4th
Sun. 6 p.m. Rev. Sammy L. White, Pastor.
PLEASANT GROVE ROBINSON MB CHURCH — 9203
Hwy. 389 N., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11:15 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Service/Bible Study 7 p.m.
Pastor George A. Sanders. 456-0024
PLEASANT RIDGE MB CHURCH — Ridge Rd. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. A.
Edwards, Sr., Pastor.
PROVIDENCE MB CHURCH — Old Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev.
Gilbert Anderson, Pastor.
SAINT MATTHEWS MB CHURCH — 1213 Island Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Curtis Clay, Sr., Pastor.
SALEM MB CHURCH — Hwy. 86, Carrollton, Ala. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev.
David J. Johnson, Jr., Pastor.
SECOND JAMES CREEK MB CHURCH — 4898 Baldwin
Rd., Brooksville. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Pastor Michael Tate. 662-738-5855
SOUTHSIDE MB CHURCH — 100 Nashville Ferry Rd. E.
Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Rev. Rayfield Evins Jr., Pastor.
SIXTH AVENUE MB CHURCH — 1519 Sixth Ave. N.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Sunday 11 a.m., Bible Study
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. W.C. Talley, Pastor. 662-329-2344
SPRINGFIELD MB CHURCH — 6369 Hwy. 45 S. (1st & 3rd
Sunday) Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
(1st & 3rd Wednesday) 7 p.m. Robert Gavin, Pastor. 662-
327-9843
STEPHEN CHAPEL MB CHURCH — 514 20th St. N.
Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. & 11 a.m. B.T.U. 5
p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Joe Peoples,
Pastor.
St. James MB CHURCH — 6525 Hardy-Billups Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and
6:15 p.m. Rev. Chad Payton, Pastor.
St. JOHN MB CHURCH — 3477 Motley Rd., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7
p.m. Joe Brooks, Pastor. 327-7494.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — Robinson Rd. Sunday School
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Rev. Willie
Mays, Pastor.
ST. PAUL MB CHURCH — 1800 Short Main St. Disciple
Training/Sunday School 8 a.m., Worship 9:00 a.m. Rev.
John F. Johnson, Pastor. 662-241-7111
STRONG HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH — 325
Barton Ferry Rd., West Point. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.
UNION BAPTIST MB CHURCH — 101 Weaver Rd.
(Hwy. 69 S) Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m. Pastor McSwain.
TABERNACLE MB CHURCH — Magnolia Drive, Macon.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m.
UNION HOPEWELL MB CHURCH — 150 Spurlock Rd.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Carlton Jones, Pastor.
WOODLAWN LANDMARK MB CHURCH — 8086 Hwy.
12. East, Steens. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. David Retherford, Pastor.
THE WORD CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 366
Carson Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. John Sanders, Pastor.
ZION GATE MB CHURCH — 1202 5th St. S. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 8 a.m. and 10:45., Children’s
Church 10:15 a.m., Worship 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m. Dr.
James A. Boyd, Pastor.
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
ABERDEEN PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
Washington St. & Columbus St., Aberdeen. Sunday 10:30
a.m. and 2 p.m. Herb Hatfield, Pastor. 662-369-4937
HAMILTON PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — Flower
Farm Rd., 2 miles South of Hamilton, just off Hwy. 45.
Sunday 10:30 a.m. Jesse Phillips, Pastor. 662-429-2305
MAYHEW PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH — 842 Hwy.
45 Alternate, Starkville. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Herb
Hatfield,Pastor. 662-315-4937
SPRINGHILL P.B. CHURCH — 3996 Sandyland Road,
Macon, MS. Walter Lowery Jr., Pastor. Sunday School 9:00
a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6 p.m. 662-
738-5006.
SULPHUR SPRINGS PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH —
North of Caledonia on Wolf Rd, Hamilton. Sunday 10:30
a.m. & 1st Sunday Night at 6:30 p.m. Elder Joseph Mettles,
Pastor. 662-369-2532
ANGLICAN CATHOLIC
SAINT DAVID’S AT MAYHEW — 549 Mayhew Rd.,
Mayhew. Holy Eucharist - Sunday 10 a.m. 662-244-5939
or anglicancatholic.org
CATHOLIC
ANNUNCIATION CATHOLIC CHURCH — 808 College
St. Mass Schedules are as follows: Sunday 8 a.m. & 10:30
a.m., Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8 a.m., Tuesday 5:30
p.m., Thursday 8:30 a.m., and Annunciation Catholic
School (during the school year). Father Jeffrey Waldrep,
Priest.
CHRISTIAN
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 811 N. McCrary. Jerry
Mitchell, Pastor. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30
a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH — 720 4th Ave. N. and
8th St. N. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
CALEDONIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — Main St.,
Caledonia. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 4362 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday Worship
9:30 a.m. , Wednesday 6 p.m. Loviah Johnson 662-574-
0426 or E-mail: jtychicus00@gmail.com
CHURCH OF CHRIST — 437 Gregory Rd. Sunday Bible
class 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
p.m. Richard Latham, Minister. 662-328-4705
CHURCH OF CHRIST DIVINE — 1316 15th St. S. Morning
Worship (3rd & 5th Sunday) 8:30 a.m., Sunday School
9:45 a.m., Morning Worship 11:30 a.m., Wednesday Night
Bible Study 7 p.m. 662-327-6060 Bishop Timothy L. Heard,
Pastor.
COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2401 7th St. N.
Sunday Bible Class 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Sunday
Bible Study 5 p.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Lendy Bartlett,
Minister of Community Outreach; Paul Bennett, Family Life
Minister; Billy Ferguson, Minister of Discipleship.
EAST COLUMBUS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Highway
182 E. at Gaylane. Sunday Worship 9 a.m., Bible Study
10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. http://
eastcolumbuschurch.com
HWY. 69 CHURCH OF CHRIST — 2407 Hwy. 69 S. Sunday
Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. www.highway69coc.com
LONE OAK CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1903 Lone Oak Rd.,
Steens. Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m.
MAGNOLIA CHURCH OF CHRIST — 161 Jess Lyons
Rd. Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Minister David May, Pastor. 662-769-
5514.
NORTH HILLCREST CHURCH OF CHRIST — 900 North
Hillcrest, Aberdeen, MS 39730, Sunday Worship 10:00
a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6:00 p.m., Bro. Arthur
Burnett, Minister, 662-304-6098. Email: nhill crestcoc@
gmail.com
STEENS CHURCH OF CHRIST — Steens Vernon Rd. 9:15
a.m. Bible Study, Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday
7 p.m. Larry Montgomery, Minister.
10TH AVE. N. CHURCH OF CHRIST — 1828 10th Ave. N.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Bible Class
5 p.m., Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Willie McCord,
Minister.
WOODLAWN CHURCH OF CHRIST — Woodlawn
Community. Sunday 9 a.m., Worship 9:45 a.m., Worship 6
p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Willis Logan, Minister.
CHURCH OF GOD
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CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 7840 Wolfe Rd.
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday
6:30 p.m. Tony Hunt, Pastor. 662-889-6570
LATTER RAIN CHURCH OF GOD — 721 7th Ave. S.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday 6
p.m. Brenda Othell Sullivan, Pastor.
NORTH COLUMBUS CHURCH OF GOD — 2103 Jess
Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Clarence Roberts, Pastor.
YORKVILLE HEIGHTS CHURCH — 2274 Yorkville Rd.,
Sunday Connect Groups 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday Worship 7 p.m.; Nursery available for all
services (newborn-4). Scott Volland, Pastor. 662-328-1256
or www.yorkvilleheights.com
ZION ASSEMBLY CHURCH OF GOD — 5580 Ridge Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Byron Harris, Pastor.
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
BIBLE WAY PROGRESSIVE CHURCH OF GOD IN
CHRIST — 426 Military Rd. Sunday School 8 a.m.,
Worship 9 a.m., Monday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday Prayer Noon. Tommy
Williams, Pastor.
FIFTEENTH ST. CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — 917
15th St. N. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion C. Bonner, Pastor.
GREATER PENTECOSTAL TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD
IN CHRIST — 1601 Pickensville Rd., Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Monday 6 p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m.,
Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. Ocie Salter, Pastor.
MIRACLE TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
5429 Hwy. 45 N. Sunday Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School
8:30 a.m., Worship 9:30 a.m., 4th Sunday Fellowship
Lunch, Youth Sunday 4th Sunday, Wednesday Bible Study
6 p.m. Elder Robert L. Brown, Jr., Pastor. 662-327-4221.
Email: mr.endure@aol.com
NOW FAITH CENTER MINISTRIES — 425 Military Road,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday Night
Bible Study 7 p.m. Elder Samuel Wilson, Pastor.
OPEN DOOR CHURCH OF GOD — 711 S. Thayer Ave.,
Aberdeen. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible School 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th Thursday
Evangelist Night 6 p.m. Johnnie Bradford, Pastor. 662-574-
2847.
PETER’S ROCK TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
— 223 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Starkville. Sunday
Worship 7:45 a.m., 10 a.m., 6 p.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m.
VICTORY TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST —
Minnie Vaughn Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 12
p.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Donald Koonch, Pastor. 662-243-
2064
COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE
CAFB CHAPEL — Catholic - Sunday: Catholic
Reconciliation 4:00 p.m., Mass 5 p.m. Catholic Priest
Father Paul Stewart. Protestant - Sunday: Adult Sunday
School 9 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m. Wing Chaplain Lt. Col.
Steven Richardson. 662-434-2500
EPISCOPAL
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 321
Forrest Blvd. Sunday Bible Study 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Sandra DePriest. 662-
574-1972
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH — 318 College St.
Sunday 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Rev. Anne Harris. 662-328-6673 or stpaulscolumbus.com.
FULL GOSPEL
BREAD OF LIFE FELLOWSHIP — New Hope Road.
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
6 p.m. Jack Taylor, Pastor.
BEULAH GROVE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
8490 Artesia Rd., Artesia, MS. Sunday Service 8:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Timothy Bourne, Senior
Pastor.
CHARITY FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 1524
6th Ave. S. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 6 p.m. Charles Fisher, Pastor.
CHARITY MISSION FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH
— 807 Tarlton Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:40 a.m.,
Worship 11:15 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Prayer Hour Mon.-
Fri. 10 a.m., Saturday 8 a.m., New Membership Class 9:30
p.m., 5th Sunday Worship 6:30 p.m. 662-272-5355
COVENANT LIFE MINISTRIES CHURCH — W. Yorkville
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Evening 6:30
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.
Fairview Full Gospel BAPTIST CHURCH — 1446
Wilson Pine Rd., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Bobby L. McCarter 662-
328-2793
GREATER MOUNT ZION CHURCH — 5114 Hwy. 182 E.
Sunday Corporate Prayer 8 a.m., Sunday School 9 a.m.,
Worship 10:15 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Bible Study 7
p.m. Doran V. Johnson, Pastor. 662-329-1905
GOD’S ANNOINTED PEOPLE MINISTRY FULL GOSPEL
FELLOWSHIP — 611 Jess Lyons Rd. Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Jerome Gill,
Pastor. 662-244-7088
HARVEST LIFE CHURCH — 425 Military Rd. Sunday
Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. F. Clark Richardson,
Pastor. 662-329-2820
NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH —
318 Idlewild Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.,
Wednesday 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. 662-327-3962
NEW LIFE FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 426
Military Rd. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Michael Love, Pastor.
PLUM GROVE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH — Old Macon
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
6:30 p.m., Thursday 7 p.m. Samuel B. Wilson, Pastor.
SHILOH FULL GOSPEL BAPTIST CHURCH — 120
19th St. S. Sunday School 8:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m., Missionary Service every 2nd
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Freddie Edwards, Pastor.
JEWISH
B’NAI ISRAEL — 717 2nd Ave. N. Services Semi-monthly.
Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-329-5038
Universalist
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST — Meeting at Temple B’nai
Israel, 1301 Marshall, Tupelo, every 1st & 3rd Sunday. 662-
620-7344 or uua.org
LUTHERAN
FAITH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH (WELS) —
Hwy. 45 N. and 373. Sunday School/Bible Class 3:45 p.m.,
Worship 5 p.m. 662-356-4647
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH (L.C.M.S.) — 1211
18th Ave. N. Sunday School 9 a.m.. Worship 10 a.m. Stan
Clark, Pastor. 662-327-7747 oursaviorlutheranms.org
MENNONITE
FAITH MENNONITE FELLOWSHIP — 2988 Tarlton Rd.,
Crawford. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Sunday School 11 a.m.,
2nd & 4th Sunday Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Kevin Yoder, Senior Pastor.
METHODIST
ARTESIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 50 Church
Street, Artesia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Gene Merkl, Pastor.
CALEDONIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 811 Main
Street, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Charity Gordon, Pastor.
CLAIBORNE CME CHURCH — 6049 Nashville Ferry Rd.
E. 2nd and 4th Sundays - Sunday School 10a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., 1st and 3rd Sundays - 3 p.m.,
Geneva H. Thomas, Pastor.
CONCORD INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH —
1235 Concord Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
Robert L. Hamilton, Sr., Pastor.
COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 618 31st
Ave. N. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Eugene
Bramlett, Pastor.
CRAWFORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Main St.,
Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. and service 10 a.m.
Kathy Brackett, Pastor. 662-364-8848
CROSSROAD CHAPEL C.M.E. CHURCH — Steens.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Rev. Carl Swanigan, Pastor.
FIRST INDEPENDENT METHODIST — 417 Lehmberg Rd.
Sunday bible study at 10:15 and morning worship at 11 a.m.
Minister Gary Shelton.
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 602 Main St.
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 8:45 & 11 a.m., Vespers &
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Lead Pastor. Rev. Anne Russell Bradley, Associate Pastor.
Rev. Aislinn Kopp, Associate Pastor. 328-5252
FLINT HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 80 Old
Honnoll Mill Rd., Caledonia. Sunday Worship Service 9:30
a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Charity Gordon, Pastor.
GLENN’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 1109 4th St. S.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m. Rev. Raphael
Terry, Pastor. 662-328-1109
HEBRON C.M.E. CHURCH — 1910 Steens Road, Steens.
Meets first, second and third Sundays, Bible class each
Wednesday at 7 p.m. Earnest Sanders, Pastor.
MILITARY CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH —
Hwy. 12, Steens. Sunday School 9:45, Service 11 a.m..
Meet on 2nd and 4th Sundays. Wednesday Bible Study
6:00 p.m. Rev. Antra Geeter, Pastor. 662-327-4263
NEW HOPE CME CHURCH — 1452 Yorkville Road East,
Columbus. Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship service
first, third and fourth Sunday (Youth Sunday) 11:00 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 5:00 p.m. Rev. Cornelia Naylor,
Pastor. 662-328-5309
NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 2503 New
Hope Road. Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m., Sunday School 10
a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Rev. Sarah Windham,
Pastor. 662-329-3555
ORR’S CHAPEL CME CHURCH — Nicholson Street,
Brooksville. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m.,
Saturday 9 a.m.
PINEY GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 102
Fernbank Rd., Steens. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m., Sunday
School 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Andy Tentoni.
SANDERS CHAPEL CME CHURCH — 521 15th St. N.
Sunday School 8 a.m., Sunday 9 a.m., Tuesday 11:45 a.m.
Rev. Dr. Luther Minor, Pastor.
SHAEFFERS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— 1007 Shaeffers Chapel Rd., Traditional Worship Service
9 a.m., Rev. Curtis Bray, Pastor.
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 722
Military Rd. Breakfast 9:20 a.m., Sunday School 9:40 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., Sunday Evening Worship 6 p.m., Adult/
Children Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m., Young Adult Bible
Study Thursday 7 p.m. Rev. Paul E. Luckett, Pastor.
ST. PAUL INDEPENDENT METHODIST CHURCH —
Freeman Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Services 11
a.m. and 5 p.m. Youth activities 5 p.m. John Powell, Pastor.
ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 307 South
Cedar Street, Macon, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship
10:30 a.m. , Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. Demetric
Darden, Pastor.
ST. STEPHEN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — 800
Tuscaloosa Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
and 6 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Ron McDougald,
Pastor.
TABERNACLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — Rt. 2,
6015 Tabernacle Rd., Ethelsville, AL. Sunday School 10
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Rickey C. Green, Pastor. 205-662-3443
TRINITY-MT. CARMEL CME CHURCH — 4610 Carson
Rd. Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Pastor Lizzie
Harris. 662-329-3995
TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH — 1108 14th St. S.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 5
p.m. Yvonne Fox, Pastor.
WESLEY UNITED METHODIST — 511 Airline Rd. Sunday
School 9:45 a.m., Worship 10:55 a.m., Wednesday 5:15
p.m., Chancel Choir 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Sarah Windham.
WRIGHT CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
— Hwy. 45 Alt. S., Crawford. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:15 a.m., Tuesday 6 p.m. Kori Bridges, Pastor.
662-422-9013.
MORMON
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
— 2808 Ridge Rd. Sacrament Meeting 9 a.m., Sunday
School 10 a.m., Priesthood & Relief Society 11 a.m., Youth
Activities Wednesday 6 p.m. Bishop Eric Smith. 662-328-
3179.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE — 2722 Ridge Rd.
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,Worship 10:40 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Stephen Joiner, Pastor.
NON — DENOMINATIONAL
A PREPARED TABLE MINISTRY — 1201 College St.
Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:10 a.m., Wednesday 6
p.m. Timothy J. Bailey, Pastor. 662-889-7778
ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CHURCH — 611 S.
Frontage Road. Sunday 9:30 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Craig
Morris, Pastor.
ALL NATIONS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH,
INC. — 1560 Hwy. 69 S., Sunday 9 a.m., Wednesday 6:45
p.m., Friday Corporate Prayer 7 p.m. Pastor James T.
Verdell, Jr. crosswayradio.com 9 a.m., 11 a.m., & 7 p.m. on
Fridays only.
COLUMBUS CHRISTIAN CENTER — 146 S. McCrary
Rd. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., Kid’s Church 10:30 a.m.,
Wednesday 6:30 p.m., Kenny Gardner, Pastor. 662-328-
3328
CONGREGATIONAL WORSHIP CENTER — 109 Maxwell
Lane. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 11:15 a.m.,
Wednesday Prayer 6 p.m., Wednesday Bible Band 7 p.m.
Grover C. Richards, Pastor. 662-328-8124
CORNERSTONE WORSHIP CENTER — 98 Harrison Rd.,
Steens. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m., 1st Sunday Evening
6 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Marion (Bubba) Dees, Pastor.
662-327-4303
EL BETHEL — 3288 Cal-Vernon Rd. Sunday School 9
a.m., Worship 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Wes
Andrews, Pastor. 662-855-5006
EMMANUEL CIRCLE OF LOVE OUTREACH — 1608
Gardner Blvd. Services every Friday, Saturday and Sunday
at 7 p.m. J. Brown, Pastor.
FAITH COVENANT CHURCH — 1133 Northdale Dr.
Sunday Worship 5:30 p.m. Lee Poque, Pastor. 662-889-
8132
FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH CHRIST MINISTRIES
— 1472 Blocker Rd., Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Worship 11 a.m., 2nd Sunday Morning Worship 9 a.m.
Pastor Kenyon Ashford.
FIRST CALVARY FAITH AND FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN
CENTER — 247 South Oliver St., Brooksville. Prayer
Saturday 5:30 p.m., Bible Study 6 p.m., Sunday School
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. Pastor David T. Jones,III.
601-345-5740
FULL GOSPEL MINISTRY — 1504 19th St. N. Sunday
School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10 a.m., Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Rev.
Maxine Hall, Pastor.
GENESIS CHURCH — 1820 23rd St. N., Sunday School
9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Darren
Leach, Pastor.
HOUSE OF LIFE FREEDOM MINISTRY — 1742 Old West
Point Rd. Worship 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Wednesday 6 p.m.
Donnell Wicks, Pastor.
HOUSE OF RESTORATION — Hwy. 50. Sunday School,
9:30 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday 7
a.m., Pastors, Bill and Carolyn Hulen.
JESUS CHRIST POWERHOUSE OF THE APOSTOLIC
FAITH CHURCH — 622 23rd St. N. Sunday School
10:30 a.m.; Service 11:45 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Friday
7:30 p.m., Prayer Mon., Wed. and Fri. noon. For more
information call Bishop Ray Charles Jones 662-251-1118,
Patricia Young 662-327-3106 or 662-904-0290 or Lynette
Williams 662-327-9074.
KINGDOM VISION INTERNATIONAL CHURCH — 3193
Hwy 69 S. Sunday 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., Sunday School
10 a.m., Tuesday 7 p.m. Pastor R.J. Matthews. 662-327-
1960
LIFE CHURCH — 419 Wilkins Wise Rd. Sunday Worship
10 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. For more information, call 662-
570-4171
LOVE CITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH — 305 Dr. Martin
Luther King Drive, Starkville. Sunday Worship 11 a.m.,
Pastor Apostle Lamorris Richardson. 601-616-0311
LIVING WATERS LIFE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL — 113
Jefferson St., Macon. Sunday Service 10 a.m., Wednesday
Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Johnny Birchfield Jr., Senior Pastor.
662-493-2456 E-mail: livingwaterslifechurch@gmail.com
NEW BEGINNING EVERLASTING OUTREACH
MINISTRIES — Meets at Quality Inn, Hwy. 45 N. (Every 1st
and 3rd Sunday) Sunday School 10 a.m., Bible Study 10:30
a.m., Worship 11 a.m. Pastor Robert Gavin, 662-327-9843
or 662-497-3434.
NEW COVENANT ASSEMBLY — 875 Richardson.
Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m. Bruce Morgan, Pastor.
NEW HORIZONS GOSPEL ASSEMBLY — 441 18th St. S.
Sunday 10 a.m. Dr. Joe L. Bowen, Pastor.
PLEASANT RIDGE HOUSE OF WORSHIP — 2651 Trinity
Road. Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Every
2nd and 4th Sunday Intercessory Prayer 9 a.m., Wednesday www.memorialgunterpeel.com
6:30 p.m. Pastor Donna Anthony. 662-241-0097 716 Second Ave. N. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-4432
THE LORD’S HOUSE — 441 18th St. S. Thursday 7 p.m. 903 College St. • Columbus, MS • 662-328-2354
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
THE RIVER CHURCH — 822 North Lehmberg Rd., Sunday
Worship 10 a.m., Children’s Church 3&4 yr. old, 5-12 yr. old.
Wednesday Worship 6:45 p.m. Pastor Chuck Eubanks.
THE SHEPHERD’S CARE & SHARE MINISTRY CHURCH
— 312 N. Lehmberg Rd., Sunday Prayer Time 9:50 a.m.,
Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m., Thursday Bible
Study 6 p.m., Annie Hines, Planter and Pastor. 662-570-
1856
TRIBE JUDAH MINISTRIES — 730 Whitfield St., Starkville.
Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday Bible School 7 p.m.
Rev. Greg and Rev. Michelle Mostella, Pastors. 662-617-
4088
TRUE GOSPEL EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY — 2119
7th. Ave. N., Sunday School 9 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m.,
Tuesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Clyde and Annie Edwards,
Pastors.
TRUE LIFE WORSHIP CENTER — 597 Main St.,
Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 5
SHELTON’S TOWING, INC.
p.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Eugene O’Mary, Pastor. Since 1960
TRUEVINE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER MINISTRIES 24 Hour Towing
— 5450 Cal-Kolola Rd, Caledonia. Sunday School 9:30
a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Pastor
1024 Gardner Blvd.
Francisco Brock, Sr. 662-356-8252 328-8277
UNITED FAITH INTER-DENOMINATIONAL MINISTRIES
— 1701 22nd Street North, Columbus. Sunday Worship
8:30 a.m. -10 a.m., Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m.-7 p.m.
Rone F. Burgin, Sr., Pastor/Founder. 662-328-0948
VIBRANT CHURCH — 500 Holly Hills Rd. Sunday 9 a.m.,
10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The Grove Coffee Cafe 8 a.m.,
Wednesday 7 p.m. The Grove 6:30 p.m. Nursery provided
through age 3. Jason Delgado, Pastor. 662-329-2279
WORD IN ACTION MINISTRY CHRISTIAN CENTER —
2648 Tom St., Sturgis. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Curtis Davis, Pastor. 662-230-
3182 or mdavis43@hotmail.com
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN
ST. CATHERINE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH —
725 4th Ave. N. Visit www.stcatherineorthodox.com for
schedule of services and updates on this Mission.
PENTECOSTAL
FAITH AND DELIVERANCE OUT REACH MINISTRIES —
118 S. McCrary Road, Suite 126. Sunday 10 a.m. and 11
a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m. Christian Women Meeting Friday
7 p.m.
LIVING FAITH TABERNACLE — Shelton St. Sunday
School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Youth
Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Rev. James O. Gardner, Pastor.
LIVING WATER MINISTRIES — 622 28th St. N. Elder
Robert L. Salter, Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11 a.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 922 17th St.
N. Sunday 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.
Terry Outlaw, Pastor,
VICTORY TABERNACLE P.C.G. — 548 Hwy. 45 North
Frontage Rd. (1/4 mile past the CAFB entrance on the
right) Sunday Bible Class 10:15 a.m., Worship 10:45 a.m.,
Wednesday Bible Study 6 p.m. G. E. Wiggins, Sr., Pastor.
662-251-2432
APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL
APOSTOLIC OUTREACH CHURCH — 204 North McCrary
Rd., Prayer/Inspiration Hour Monday 6 p.m. Danny L.
Obsorne, Pastor.
DIVINE DESTINY APOSTOLIC CHURCH — 2601 14th
Ave. N. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Worship 12 p.m.,
Tuesday Bible Class 7:30 p.m. Pastor Easter Robertson.
JESUS CHRIST POWERFUL MINISTRY OF LOVE —
1210 17th St. S., behind the Dept. of Human Resources.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. Gloria Jones,
Pastor.
SPIRIT OF PRAYER HOLINESS CHURCH — 267 Byrnes
Circle. Sunday Worship 11 a.m., Wednesday 7 p.m.,
Saturday 11 a.m. Terry Outlaw, Pastor. 662-324-3539
THE ASSEMBLY IN JESUS CHRIST CHURCH — 1504
19th St. N. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:45 a.m. and
7 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 7 p.m.
THE CHURCH OF THE ETERNAL WORD — 106 22nd St.
S. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11:30 a.m., Tuesday
Bible Study 7 p.m., Thursday Prayer 5 p.m. District Elder
Lou J. Nabors Sr., Pastor. 662-329-1234
THE GLORIOUS CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST — Billy
Kidd Road, Caledonia. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship
11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.. Tuesday 7 p.m., Friday 7 p.m.
Ernest Thomas, Pastor.
VICTORY APOSTOLIC FAITH CHURCH — 6 6 Boyd Rd.,
Starkville. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Noon, Tuesday
Prayer 7 p.m., Wednesday Bible Study 7 p.m. Mildred
Spencer, Pastor. 662-341-5753
UNITED PENTECOSTAL 1721 Hwy 45 N
CALEDONIA UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 5850
Caledonia Kolola Rd., Caledonia. Sunday 10 a.m., 6 p.m.,
® Columbus, MS
Wednesday 7 p.m. Grant Mitchell, Pastor. 662-356-0202 662.848.0919
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH — 311 Tuscaloosa Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm
Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Sunday Evangelistic 6p.m., In Style. In Reach. Sunday 1pm-5pm
Wednesday 7 p.m. Rev. Steve Blaylock, Pastor. 662-328-
TRINITY PLACE
1750
PRESBYTERIAN
RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
BEERSHEBA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH — 1736 Beersheba Rd., New Hope Community. Offering independent living apartments, personal
Rev. Tim Lee, Pastor. Sunday Worship 10 a.m., Church care/assisted living suites, and a skilled nursing home
School 11:15 a.m., Wed. Mid Week 6 p.m. 662-327-9615 300 Airline Road • Columbus, MS • 327-6716
COVENANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (EPC) — 515
“Our Bottom Line Is People”
Lehmberg Rd., East Columbus. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.,
Worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 4 p.m. Hunting • Fishing
John Richards, Pastor. Working Or Stepping Out — We Have A Complete
FIRST CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — Line Of Clothing For You And Your Family
2698 Ridge Rd. Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 Oktibbeha County Co-Op
a.m., Adult Choir 4 p.m. Youth Group 5 p.m., Bible Study 5 Check Out Our Boot & Cap Section
p.m.; Monthly Activities: CPW Circle #2 (2nd Tue. 4 p.m.), 662-323-1742
Ladies Aid (3rd Tue. 2 p.m.); Weekly Activities: Exercise 201 Pollard Rd., Starkville
Class Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. Rev. Luke Lawson,
Pastor. 662-328-2692
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — 3200 Bluecutt Rd.
Worship 10 a.m., Youth Group Sundays 11 a.m., Adult Choir
Wednesdays 6 p.m., Fellowship Suppers-3rd Wednesdays
6 p.m. Rev. Wayne Bruchey, Pastor.
MAIN STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (PCA) — Main
and 7th St. N. Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship 10:40
a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday Fellowship Supper 5:30 p.m.,
Bible Study 6 p.m. Rev. Todd Matocha, Pastor.
MT. ZION CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH —
3044 Wolfe Rd. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship 11 a.m.
SALVATION ARMY CHURCH
THE SALVATION ARMY CHURCH — 2219 Hwy. 82
East. Sunday School 10 a.m., Worship Service 11 a.m.,
Wednesday Men’s Fellowship, Women’s Fellowship 5:30
p.m., Thursday Character Building Programs 5:30 p.m.,
Majors Alan and Sheryl Phillips, Commanding Officers.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST
COLUMBUS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH —
301 Brooks Dr. Saturday Service 9 a.m., Sabbath School
10:30 a.m., Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Ray The McBryde Family
Elsberry, Pastor. 662-329-4311
SALEM SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST — 826 15th St. N. 1120 Gardner Blvd. • 328-5776
Saturday Sabbath School 9:30 a.m., Divine Worship 11
a.m., Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Roscoe Shields, Pastor. 662-
327-9729
APOSTOLIC CHURCH
TRUE FAITH DELIVERANCE MINISTRIES APOSTOLIC
CHURCH — 3632 Hwy. 182 E. Sunday School 10:30 a.m., • RECYCLING SINCE 1956 •
Sunday 11:30 a.m., Tuesday 7:30 p.m., Wednesday Prayer Specializing in industrial accounts
Noon, Wednesday 7:30 p.m., Friday 7:30 p.m. 662-328-8176 973 Island Rd. 1-800-759-8570
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Building & Remodeling 1120 General Help Wanted 3200 General Merchandise 4600 Apts For Rent: Starkville 7070 Commercial Property For Houses For Sale: Northside Lots & Acreage 8600
Rent 7100 8150
HOME REPAIRS & CON- PART TIME OFFICE APPLE COMPUTERS SMALL APT, walking dis- WINTER SPECIAL

CLASSIFIEDS
STRUCTION WORK
WANTED. Carpentry,
small concrete jobs,
electrical, plumbing,
roof repairs, pressure
washing and mobile
Phone: 662.328.2424 home roof coating and
underpinning. No job
classifieds@cdispatch.com too small. 549-7031.
cdispatch.com/classifieds SUGGS CONSTRUCTION
P.O. Box 511 • 516 Main Street Building, remodeling,
metal roofing, painting
Columbus, MS 39701 & all home repairs.
CONTRACTOR SEEKING
experienced carpenter
662-242-3471
ADMIN/SECRETARY Two 2009 iMac com- tance to MSU. Partially 117 DR. Martin Luther 2622 CANTERBURY - 1.95 acre lots.
needed for puters available. Good furnished incl W/D w/ King Jr. Dr. West in Enjoy the quiet conveni- Good/bad credit.
small church. working condition. ch/a. $500/mo + dep. Starkville. 4,000 sq. ft ence of this partially up- 10% down, as low as
Would be good for ba- Call 662-722-0020, building. Call 662-323- dated home. Features $299/mo. Eaton Land.
Monday & Wednesday, sic web browsing or leave msg or text. 5119. include a wonderful 662-361-7711
16 hours per week. word processing. 2Ghz; shaded back yard,
2 GB RAM; 250 GB HD.
Computer and built-in
Apts For Rent: Other 7080 covered patio, screened
Mobile Homes for Sale 8650
Tech and social media
skills required. monitor only; mouse 1BR/1BA Apts for rent.
COMMERCIAL PROPER-
TIES/Retail/Office
porch, raised flower
beds, and a well for
NEW 2017, 16x80 MH
For more info, call
and keyboard not in-
cluded. $50 each.
College Manor Apts, dir-
ectly across from MUW.
Spaces starting @ duty free watering. Ex-
tremely spacious and @ The Grove, Colum-
$285/mo. Downtown &
662-574-1972 Call 662-574-1561 Completely renovated, East Columbus loca- reduced to $135,000. bus. 3BR/2BA, never
incl granite countertops, Call Emily C. Moody for lived in, can be moved.
SS appls & W/D. 12 mo
tions. 662-435-4188.
a private viewing. New Hope Sch. Dist.
Sporting Goods 4720 lease, dep req, $650/ Long & Long, Realtors $29k. 662-769-2565.

DEADLINES
with lots of experience.
Please call: mo. 662-425-3817. @ 662-328-0770 or
Tom Hatcher, LLC ED SANDERS Gunsmith OFFICE SPACE: 2,000
662-570-9464 for info. Open for season! 9-5, 662-574-3903. Autos For Sale 9150
Custom Construction, 2BR/1BA located in square feet. 294
(Deadlines subject to change.) Restoration, Remodel- 04 TEMP Farmworker Tues-Fri & 9-12, Sat. Historic Downtown Chubby Dr. Flexible leas-
Over 50 years experi- '07 GRAY Chevy Tahoe.
ing, Repair, Insurance Start Date 02/20/2019 Columbus. 2,000 sqft. ing terms. Available
For Placing/Canceling claims. 662-364-1769. end 12/20/2019 Plant ence! Repairs, cleaning, Hardwood floors now. 662-328-8254
Investment Property 8550 Good cond. Leather
refinishing, scopes interior. Has 197,878
Classified Line Ads: Licensed & Bonded rye clover crab grass As- mounted & zeroed,
throughout. Open floor. GRAVEL FOR SALE on miles. Asking $7,500.
Very nice. Incl W&D. private property. Approx
Sunday .................. Thursday 3:00 p.m. General Services 1360
sist with cervid: vaccin-
ate artificially insemin-
handmade knives. $1200/mo. Call HISTORIC DOWNTOWN 6 acres. Will sell or
Call 662-251-6258.
Located: Hwy 45 Alt,
Monday.................... Friday 12:00 p.m. ate feed water etc Gen- North of West Point,
662-328-8655. Columbus Office, Retail, lease property located
MUSIC THEORY LES- eral farm work Farm Restaurant Space avail- in NE Noxubee County. Campers & RVs 9300
Tuesday.................Monday 12:00 p.m. SONS field/shed sanitation
turn right on Yokahama
1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart- able. Call 662-328- 601-405-3717.
Blvd, 8mi & turn left on
Wednesday ........... Tuesday 12:00 p.m. $25 per hour duties mow grass dig
Chords, Scales, Modes ditches fences etc. Darracott Rd, will see
ments & townhouses. 8655 or 662-574-7879. TOMBIGBEE RV Park,
Call for more info. located on Wilkins Wise
Thursday ........ Wednesday 12:00 p.m. & more! Call Jimbo @ Minor maint/operation
sign, 2.5mi ahead shop
662-328-8254. Lots & Acreage 8600 Rd & Waverly Rd. Full
662-364-1687 on left. 662-494-6218. Houses For Rent: Northside
Friday .................. Thursday 12:00 p.m. If no answer leave
of farm equip Lift up to
2.28 +/- Acre Lot.
Hookups available.
50lb walk bend etc for DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA, 7110 $300/mo. 662-328-
LEGAL NOTICES must be voicemail or text. long periods Once hired Business Opportunity 6050 CH&A, 1 story, W/D, 149 Tanyia Lane. Off of 8655 or 662-574-7879.
submitted 3 business days prior to may require random historic district, 1 block 2 AVAILABLE: 2BR/1BA Lake Lowndes Road.
PAINTING/CARPENTRY HISTORIC DOWNTOWN from downtown, $625/ near CAFB. $450/mo + Has asphalt drive &
first publication date 30 years experience.
drug test no cost to wrk-
Trailers & Heavy Equipment
- er $10.73 P/H Anticip- Columbus: 411 Main mo. + $625 dep. NO $350 dep. 662-889- parking, 1200 ft. shop
Great prices. Call ated 35 hrs P/W M-Sat St. Office, Retail, Res- PETS. 662-574-8789. 1122. w/ living area, septic 9450
• Please read your ad on the first day of Leslie, 662-570-5490. additional hrs may be taurant Space available. Peaceful & Quiet area. tank & water meter. No
publication. We accept responsibility offered/wrked Housing Call 423-333-1124. Houses For Rent: New Hope
trailers. $45,000. Call 1999 MACK Dump
RETAINER WALL, drive- FIRST FULL MONTH 662-574-0345. Truck & 30,000lb Trail-
only for the first incorrect insertion. way, foundation, con-
avail at no cost to wrk-
7130 boss Tag-A-Long Trailer,
er who cannot reason- RENT FREE! 1 & 2 Bed-
• The Publisher assumes no financial crete, masonry restora- ably return to residence Apts For Rent: Northside 7010 room Apts/Townhomes. UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY! both good condition.
responsibility for errors nor for tion, remodeling, base- at end of each work day Stove & refrigerator. 4BR/2BA, 1.25 Acres A Stable growth invest- Can be seen at 5356
ment foundation, re- FOX RUN COMPANY LLC $335-$600 Monthly. Christopher Hills Sub; Hwy 182 E, Columbus.
omission of copy. Liability shall not Tools supplies equip
pairs, small dump truck provided at no cost to 1 & 2 BR near hospital. Credit check & deposit. $197K (15K below ap-
ment. FSBO: 72 Acres
in Webster Co., near Call 662-328-6203 or
exceed the cost of that portion of space hauling (5-6 yd) load & wrker Trans & subsist- $595-645/mo. Military Coleman Realty, praisal). New Hope Mantee. Mature pines 662-574-6202.
occupied by such error. demolition/lot cleaning. ence expenses to wrk discount offered, pet 662-329-2323. School District. Avail- (75yr), hardwoods
Burr Masonry area, pet friendly, and able to rent $1,000/
• All questions regarding classified ads 662-242-0259.
site provided/paid upon
furnished corporate JANUARY AVAILABILITY (50yr), 10ac hay field,
Five Questions:
completion of 50% of mth - must meet minim- 2ac pond, w/county
currently running should be directed to apartments available. (NOW ACCEPTING um credit/income re- road frontage/utilities,
wrk contract or earlier if APPLICATIONS)
the Classified Department. WORK WANTED: appropriate ¾ GUARAN- ON SITE SECURITY. quirements. Military superb potential home
1 Frontier
• All ads are subject to the approval of Licensed & Bonded-car- TEE as specified in US- ON SITE MAINTENANCE. families welcome. Move site & recognized
pentry, painting, & de- DOL Reg. Employer may ON SITE MANAGEMENT. Downtown Area- in ready. Dep $500 plus school. 45 minutes to
this paper. The Commercial Dispatch molition. Landscaping, 24-HOUR CAMERA 2BR/1BA, CH&A, hard- first month’s rent. Hot
give bonus/raise at his wood, appliances, no MSU. 334-277-9744.
reserves the right to reject, revise, gutters cleaned, bush sole discretion based SURVEILLANCE. tub, detached apart-
pets, spacious, walk to
2 Chile
classify or cancel any advertising at any hogging, clean-up work, on performance/wrk his- Benji @ 662-386-4446 ment, & large wired
pressure washing, mov- tory plus hrly wage Con- Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. MUW. NO HUD. shop. Contact James HUNTING LAND IN
time. ing help & furniture Sat/Sun by appt only. Agent Owned. Thompson @ 662-574- PICKENS COUNTY, AL
tact MS WIN Center $675.00/$675.00. 93 acres on County
repair. 662-242-3608 6269.
Advertisements must be
REF: Job order # Road 47 (Gordo 159 to
Lawn Care / Landscaping
MS285957 Job offered
STUDIO APT for rent.
Convenience- County Road 47. Turn 3 Alex, An-
paid for in advance.
by Welding Testing Lab 2BR/1BA, almost fin- left & land is on the
Houses For Rent: South 7140
drew, Elyse,
1470 dba Henderson Farms Newly remodeled. ished make-over. CH/A,
$400/mth rent & dep left). Paved road ac-
Wesson MS 39191 new flooring, paint, ap- cess. Mostly level.
3BR/2BA, 2300 sqft,
You may cancel at any time during Jennifer, Mal-
JESSE & BEVERLY'S req. Convenient to town pliances & more. No
& CAFB. No hud. No very nice w/ 2 car gar- Price: $204,600.
regular business hours and receive a LAWN SERVICE. Mow- Bargain Column 4180 pets, no HUD. age, lg back yard. Pets Linda Pruett, Keller
lory, Steven
ing, cleanup, landscap- pets. 662-328-2340. Agent Owned. need approval. 1612 Williams Realty Tusca-
refund for days not published. ing, sodding, & tree cut- 6 WOODEN chairs. $495.00/$495.00. 9th St. S. $1,050 per loosa, 205-657-5330.
ting. 356-6525. $100. Call 662-364-
REGULAR RATES 2498. Apts For Rent: West 7050
West Point-
mo + dep. 662-574-
7879 or 662-328-8655. LOWNDES COUNTY 45
4 Rosa Parks
VIP
4 Lines/6 Days ........................ $19.20 Painting & Papering 1620 Large 1BR/1BA, gas acres on Sobley & Dav-
BROWN LOVE seat. Very space heat, window air.
4 Lines/12 Days...................... $31.20 SULLIVAN'S PAINT good condition. $75. Houses For Rent: Starkville
is Rd. Excellent hunting.

Rentals
Water furnished. No 1 mile west of Hwy. 69.
4 Lines/26 Days...................... $46.80 SERVICE Call 662-251-3205. pets or HUD. 7170 Small creek runs thru
Rate applies to commercial operations Certified in lead
BROWN SOFA. Very
Agent Owned. property. $1375 per 5 Artificial
and merchandise over $1,000.
removal. Offering spe-
Apartments $375.00/$375.00 with 2BR/1BA house w/ 2 acre. 205-799-9846 or
intelligence
cial prices on interior & good condition. $100. approved application. acres in county. 3 miles 205-695-2248.
SUPER SAVER RATES exterior painting, pres-
sure washing & sheet
Call 662-251-3205.
& Houses from Strk, 5 miles from
6 Days ...................................... $12.00 Long & Long, Realtors
rock repairs. TIRES 17" match set. 1 Bedrooms 662-328-0770
MSU South Entrance,
W/D, carport. SMALL
12 Days.................................... $18.00 $100 Call 662-364-
Free Estimates
2 Bedroooms dogs ok w/ deposit.
COLEMAN
Call 435-6528 2498.
Over 6 lines is $1 per additional line.
3 Bedrooms Great for grad student
or professor. Non-
Six lines or less, consecutive days. Rate applies to Stump Removal 1790 Firewood / Fuel 4450 RENTALS smoking. $700/mo.
private party ads of non-commercial nature for
FIREWOOD FOR Sale. Furnished & TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS Utilities not included.
merchandise under $1,000. Must include price in Various lengths. Unfurnished 1 BEDROOM 662-617-5601.
ad. 1 ITEM PER AD. No pets, firewood, etc. 662-295-2274
1, 2, & 3 Baths 2 BEDROOMS
GARAGE SALE RATES Mobile Homes for Rent 7250
4 Lines/1 Day ........................... $9.20
General Merchandise 4600 Lease, Deposit 3 BEDROOMS
4 Lines/3 Days ........................$18.00 VINTAGE BIKE, Can- & Credit Check LEASE,
3BR/2BA Trailer, New
Hope school dist.
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ALLSTUMP GRINDING viceinvestments.com $500/mo & $500 dep.
Price includes 2 FREE Garage Sale signs. Rain fessionally recondi- DEPOSIT
327-8555
SERVICE tioned. $275. Call 662- Call between 10a-7p.
Guarantee: If it rains the day of your sale, we will GET 'ER DONE! 662-386-4292.
re-run you ad the next week FREE! We can grind all your
251-3205. AND NO TEXT MESSAGES.
You must call to request free re-run. stumps. Hard to reach Apts For Rent: Other 7080 CREDIT CHECK
places, blown over
FREE SERVICES roots, hillsides, back-
Bargain Column Ad must fit in 4 lines (ap-
yards, pastures. Free
estimates. You find it,
662-329-2323 RENT A fully equipped
camper w/utilities &
proximately 20 characters per line) and will run cable from $145/wk -
we'll grind it! $535/month. Colum-
for 3 days. For items $100 or less ONLY. More
than one item may be in same ad, but prices may
662-361-8379 2411 HWY 45 N bus & County School
not total over $100, no relists. COLUMBUS, MS locations. 662-242-
Free Pets Up to 4 lines, runs for 6 days. Tree Services 1860

Call
7653 or 601-940-1397.
Lost & Found Up to 6 lines, ad will run for A&T Tree Service Houses For Sale: Other 8500
6 days. Bucket truck & stump
These ads are taken by e-mail or in person at our removal. Free est.
office. Ads will not be take by telephone. Serving Columbus APARTMENTS & TOWNHOUSES

0 Legals
1000 Service
1030 Air Conditioning & Heating
1060 Appliance Repair
1070 Asphalt & Paving
1090 Automotive Services
1120 Building & Remodeling
1150 Carpeting/Flooring
1180 Childcare
1210 Chimney Cleaning
1240 Contractors
1250 Computer Services
1270 Electrical
1300 Excavating
1320 Fitness Training
1330 Furniture Repair &
Refinishing
1360 General Services
1380 Housecleaning
1390 Insulation
1400 Insurance
1410 Interior Decorators
1440 Jewelry/Watch Repair
1470 Lawn Care/Landscaping
1500 Locksmiths
1530 Machinery Repair
1560 Mobile Home Services
1590 Moving & Storage
1620 Painting & Papering
1650 Pest Control
1680 Plumbing
1710 Printing
1740 Roofing & Guttering
1770 Saws & Lawn Mowers
1780 Sitting with Elderly/Sick
1790 Stump Removal
1800 Swimming Pools
1830 Tax Service
1860 Tree Service
1890 Upholstery
1910 Welding
2000 Announcements
2050 Card of Thanks
2100 Fraternal & Lodge
2150 Good Things To Eat
2200 In Memorial
2250 Instruction & School
2300 Lost & Found
2350 Personals
2400 Special Notices
2600 Travel/Entertainment
3000 Employment
3050 Clerical & Office
3100 Data Processing/ Computer
3150 Domestic Help
3170 Engineering
3200 General Help Wanted
3250 Management Positions
3300 Medical/Dental
3350 Opportunity Information
3400 Part-Time
3450 Positions Wanted
3500 Professional
3550 Restaurant/Hotel
3600 Sales/Marketing
3650Trades
3700Truck Driving
4000 Merchandise
4030 Air Conditioners
4060 Antiques
4090 Appliances
4120 Auctions
4150 Baby Articles
4180 Bargain Column
4210 Bicycles
4240 Building Materials
4250 Burial Plots
4270 Business Furniture &
Equipment
4300 Camera Equipment
4330 Clothing
4360 Coins & Jewelry
328-2424
since 1987. Senior
citizen disc. Call Alvin @ HOUSES (OVER 200 MANAGED)
4390 Computer Equipment
242-0324/241-4447 DOWNTOWN LOFTS
4420 Farm Equipment & "We'll go out on a limb
Supplies COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
for you!"
4450 Firewood
4460 Flea Markets VICKERS TREE TO SEE VIRTUAL TOURS OF to place an ad in the
4480 Furniture SERVICE, LLC
Tree trimming and re- ALL AVAILABLE PROPERTIES,
4510 Garage Sales
moval. Fully insured. PLEASE CONTACT US AT
4540 General Merchandise Free estimates.
4570 Household Goods
662-328-1124
*Now Accepting Credit
4630 Lawn & Garden & Debit Cards*
4660 Merchandise Rentals Call Curt 662-418-0889
or 662-549-2902
www.robinsonrealestate.com
4690 Musical Instruments
4700 Satellites
“A cut above the rest”
How else are you
4720 Sporting Goods Special Notices 2400
4750 Stereos & TV’s
“You’ll like our going to sell that
4780 Wanted To Buy BECOME A LICENSED
5000 Pets & Livestock
AMATEUR RADIO OPER-
ATOR. FCC Testing will
personal service.” stuff in your
5100 Free Pets
5150 Pets
be at West end of Main
St @ the 911 Center in garage?
5200 Horses/Cattle/Livestock Starkville on Saturday,
5250 Pet Boarding/Grooming December 29, 2018 at
9am. For more info call
5300 Supplies/Accessories 662-324-0745.
5350 Veterinarians
5400 Wanted To Buy Houses For Sale: Other 8500
6000 Financial
6050 Business Opportunity
6100 Business Opportunity
Wanted
6120 Check Cashing
6150 Insurance
6200 Loans
6250 Mortgages
6300 Stocks & Bonds
6350 Business for Sale
7000 Rentals
7050 Apartments
7100 Commercial Property
7150 Houses
7180 Hunting Land
7190 Land for Rent/Lease
7200 Mobile Homes
7250 Mobile Home Spaces
7300 Office Spaces
7350 Resort Rentals
7400 River Property
7450 Rooms
7500 Storage & Garages
7520 Vacation Rentals
7550 Wanted to Rent
7600 Waterfront Property
8000 Real Estate
8050 Commercial Property
8100 Farms & Timberland
8150 Houses - Northside
8200 Houses - East
8250 Houses - New Hope
8300 Houses - South
8350 Houses - West
8450 Houses - Caledonia
8500 Houses - Other
8520 Hunting Land
8550 Investment Property
8600 Lots & Acreage
8650 Mobile Homes
8700 Mobile Home Spaces
8750 Resort Property
8800 River Property
8850 Wanted to Buy
8900 Waterfront Property
9000 Transportation
9050 Auto Accessories/Parts
9100 Auto Rentals & Leasing
9150 Autos for Sale
9200 Aviation
9250 Boats & Marine
9300 Camper/R.V.’s
9350 Golf Carts
9400 Motorcycles/ATVs
9450 Trailers/Heavy Equipment
9500 Trucks, Vans & Buses
9550 Wanted to Buy
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