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Volume 2 | Issue 51
Powerhouse Gallery Series deadline for submission upcoming
Sunday, October 18, 2015
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BY JEFF ROBERSON OXFORD CITIZEN
The Powerhouse Gallery Series provides artists with the opportunity to showcase their work to the community through a variety of different exhibitions. The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council has opened its annual call for submission for the 2016 Powerhouse Gallery Series. The deadline is fast approaching, however. That date is Oct. 30, and only the application has to be in then. The shows are actually in 2016. One of the main objectives of the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council is to promote local artists and also fully engage the community in all the creativity that regional artists, professional or student, have to offer. “The gallery series is events or exhibitions that we have planned starting in January,” said Miller Heiman, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council Intern. “Anybody can apply. Professional artists, folk artists, anybody. We want the benefit to be for the artists. There are opportunities that are so diverse.” Heiman talks about several of the events in the gallery series. “One is called Wherefore Art Thou. It’s in conjunction with the Shakespeare folio exhibit at the Ford Center. So people are going to submit pieces that are related to or about some Shakespeare quote. Then two months later we have a birdhouse show, which will benefit Habitat For Humanity. Another is an art exhibit at City Grocery so work can be displayed. We have an art vending machine at Cups. There’s an ornament auction. There’s an art show and an art auction for 2016. I’m a painter but I also do ceramics. So there are at least five of those shows I could participate in.” Heiman said getting the word out about the series and also getting information back from the artists are both important. “We want feedback from the artists,” she said. “It offers a lot of variety for artists. Especially
John Hailman has followed up “Midnight to Guntown” with a second volume – “Return to Guntown: Classic Trials of the Outlaws and Rogues of Faulkner Country."
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for student artists, it offers them an opportunity. It attracts a whole spectrum of artists from the community. I’m just trying to reach as many people as possible. And you don’t have to be an established, well-known artist to be a part of it.” Heiman said she wants people to understand there is more of a connection to the community and the arts community than they might think. She believes they can be one and the same. “My definition of art is the visual arts, paintings and galleries, also theater arts, literary arts. I want to contribute as much as possible in the gallery series,” she said. “The more exposure I can bring to the gallery series is a good thing. The community and the art community need to be the same. Art is the community.” Wayne Andrews, executive director of the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council said the series is successful and changes every year. “We created it in response to what artists needs were,” he said. “It keeps changing every year as our artists are getting more experienced or have different needs. We adjust to what we’re doing.”
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Lea Fyfe is attendance clerk at OHS and has quite a view on all the happenings at the front door to the high school building.
Andrews also said the community is becoming more involved, which is a good aspect of the series. “We’re doing more partnerships with community groups. We’re partnering local artists with national artists. They wanted to look at more solo shows, so we came up with each artist getting their own individual space within the building. We created this so local artists could participate. We’ve got to keep adding more artists to the mix.” The gallery offers 10 shows per year, according to its press release. Each exhibition is featured on the monthly Art Crawl. There is also an easy online application form this year.
There is no limit to the number of exhibitions an artist can apply for and all mediums are accepted. It is free to submit to all shows but the “Wherefore art thou?” show will be a community event supporting the Shakespeare folio exhibit at The Ford Center and offer a cash prize for the artist that submits the best work paired or inspired by a Shakespeare quote. The show has a $10 submission fee with the prize based on the number of submissions. (a minimum $150 prize has been guaranteed.) You can find the submission link here: http://ow.ly/SDzeM and on the arts council website at www.oxfordarts.com.
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The Commodores and the Chargers won Friday night football games as the regular season winds down soon.
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‘Return to Guntown’ Hailman highlights more tales from the jails BY ERROL CASTENS OXFORD CITIZEN
John Hailman has followed up “Midnight to Guntown,” stories of intrigue, evil and idiocy, with a second volume – “Return to Guntown: Classic Trials of the Outlaws and Rogues of Faulkner Country” (University Press of Mississippi) – of accounts from his career as a federal prosecutor in North Mississippi. Hailman will talk about the new book and sign copies at 5 p.m. Monday at Off Square Books in downtown Oxford and from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 26 at Reed’s Bookstore in downtown Tupelo. The 300-plus-page hardback is the Mississippi Library Association’s pick for its 2015 Non-Fiction Award. Hailman is an Indiana country boy turned “Mississippian by choice” by way of stays in Paris,
Hailman spent most of his career as a prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, and in “Return to Guntown,” his stock of stories yields yet another page turner in the style of his original. Just the headings of many tales compel a reading – “Pistol Packin’ Sisters of Yalobusha County,” “And Sexual Enhancement for All,” “Zulu Justice in Old New Orleans,” and “Bluebeard, or, Murder with a Ballpeen Hammer,” for starters. There was the Dixie Mafia member who proved the truth of his nickname, “Slick,” by avoiding – by a single juror vote – conviction on the most serious of his charges and reappeared after just a few years in prison, heralded by MidSouth media as the inventor of a perpetual motion machine. Hailman writes with
gusto about his own first appearance before the “Fifth Circus” U.S. Court of Appeals, which yielded a paperwad fight and note passing that made some of the 17 judges look like junior-high boys. (The appeal also yielded a favorable outcome for Hailman on a federal firearms case that, decided differently, could have endangered lawmen over much of the South.) One story involves a furniture chief operating officer who used company funds to get himself neckdeep in one of the earliest of the now-infamous Nigerian scams, paying for a front “corporation,” “lawyer fees,” and “bribes,” all while expecting a $6 million payoff that never came. There was the chicken executive who laughed about bilking Saudi “Ayrabs” by selling them a shipload of leathery old
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O laying hens in place of broilers – the lot of which crossed the Atlantic twice – then denied his customers the satisfaction of seeing him prosecuted by inconsiderately dying before he was brought to trial. Hailman had the troubling duty of interviewing a girl kidnapped by a Satanist when she was 15, who then took her crosscountry, raping her and pimping her out over a period of months. The prosecutor also had the satisfation of putting her tormentor, “Snakeman,” in federal prison, where it was assumed that the inmate code of justice enhanced the value of his lengthy sentence. Oh, and this volume’s Guntown connection? It was the tiny Lee County town’s role as a center for a $20 million cigarette smuggling operation that made national headlines. Hailman’s writing is not limited to legal briefs and legal thrillers. The author of more than 1,000 syndicated columns about wine and wine drinking, he has also has published “The Search for Good Wine” and “Thomas Jefferson on Wine.”
h, the trials of the bucolic life. Out here in beautiful downtown Keel, my tractor has pooped out. The poor little red-faded-to-pink Case/International playpretty with the turf tires and tiny engine practically begs to be recycled.But that means I need a newer, bigger, more powerful tractor with more bells and whistles – or at least with ag tires and an engine displacement bigger than my coffee cup. And since none of the dealers I’ve approached are convinced that an occasional plug in this column would suffice in trade for the price of a new tractor, I’ve got to have a second income. So I’m hiring myself out as a fashion consultant. Look for me outside the nicest shops, waiting for my clients’ daughters to emerge. Here’s the business model: Thousands of daddies from all over send their baby girls to Oxford to get educated. The daddies are still back home making a living and thus can’t be here to give them the level of guidance and care they want their daughters to have. Ergo,Errol’s Fashion Consulting. Fathers will pay me to accompany their daughters on shopping jaunts. The young ladies will go inside, fawn over the dresses they think will make them most irresistible, and I’ll be Daddy’s proxy. My conservative judgment will be like white smoke at the Vatican: A decision has been made. Perhaps I’ll appeal to little Lindsey Anne’s love of a bargain when she confuses high hemlines with high fashion. “Dearie, it’s not that that dress isn’t attractive,” I’ll explain. “But it’s like the wrong cellphone plan: There’s just not enough coverage to be useful.” Or let’s say Millie Kate emerges with a cocktail dress that’s way too short on both ends. I’ll have her march back into the store for something with an actual hemline. “They call certain anatomical features ‘private parts’ for a reason, Sweetie,” I’ll whisper kindly. “Daddy assured me he doesn’t mind paying for a bit more cloth to help in that regard.” Savannah Jane springs out of a boutique with a garment of appropriate length – except for the slits that make it more like chaps than a skirt. “That’s fine, Honey – go ahead and buy that,” I’ll say, enjoying her pleasantly surprised look as I pull out my secret stash of duct tape and hand it to her. “But make sure you have the nice ladies in there patch up where those poor seamstresses ran out of thread.” Then imagine that Mary Heather sashays out modeling some blouse so tight that the four top fasteners can’t even see over the horizon, much less find their way home. Adding a mixed message, a religious symbol hangs in the steep topography between the buttons and buttonholes. I’ll gently suggest that she choose the same garment three sizes larger so the gap can be bridged. And then I’ll point out her faith faux pas: “When it comes to the Cross, Precious, it’s ‘cleave,’ not ‘cleavage.’”
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Errol Castens is a reporter for the Oxford Citizen. Contact him at errol.castens@journalinc.com or (662) 816-1282.
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"Return to Guntown" is the second volume of drama, comedy and oddity that Oxonian John Hailman has gleaned from his career as a federal prosecutor in Northern Mississippi. Hailman will read from the new book and sign copies at 5 p.m. Monday at Off Square Books.
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Singing the Blues No. 13 Rebels upset by Tigers BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR
MEMPHIS — Fans wearing blue and white jumped out of the stands, and on to the field at the Liberty Bowl wanting to record one of the biggest wins in school history. Ole Miss fans wearing red filed out of the exits, hoping to get a jump on home, or any place that didn't have a Tiger fan nearby. A month after rising to No. 3 in the country following an unforgettable road win at Alabama, the Rebels lost a very forgettable road game, 37-24, to the Tigers of the American Conference Saturday afternoon. It was the second loss in three weeks for the No. 13 Rebels, who seemed to have peaked with the win over the Crimson Tide. “We still have a lot to play for as far as conference goes, but our character will be tested,” Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze
said. “Injuries have hurt us, but that's not the reason we didn't play well today. I've got to coach them better, and we have to have better leadership in the locker room.” For the first six minutes of Saturday's matchup with the Tigers, Ole Miss looked like the did against Alabama. They were loose, fast and scoring points. By halftime, it was Memphis that looked more like a team from the SEC than the Rebels. And things didn't get any better for the Rebels, who never could find a way to slow down the Tigers, a team that hadn't beaten a ranked team since Peyton Manning was the quarterback of Tennessee in 1996. “I'm not really sure what happened. We have to get better. You got to give all the credit to Memphis, they did a great job,” said Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly, who finished with 372 yards and two touchdowns in the loss.
“Memphis played hard, they played to the whistle. They knew what they were doing. We got to come back and this is really where we all have to come together. We have to realize that if we want a good season, we have to change it around right now.” Ole Miss jumped out to a two-score lead behind the passing of Kelly, and a well executed trick play from wide receiver Laquon Treadwell. Then, Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch and the Tigers started to figure things out on offense. Lynch matched Kelly throw for throw, and then some. In the first half, Lynch completed 19 of his 26 attempts for 191 yards. Of course his two touchdowns were better than the Kelly's one. Lynch finished the game with 39 completions for 384 yards and three scores. Outside a fifth 300-yard throwing day from Kelly, and the 68-yard comple-
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Ole Miss running back Jaylen Walton is tackled by Memphis linebacker Genard Avery during Saturday’s game at Memphis.
tion for a touchdown from Treadwell to Quincy Adeboyejo on the second play from scrimmage, Ole Miss fans had little to cheer about. Memphis turned the tide for good by dominating the second quarter, outscoring the Rebels 240. Memphis had superior stats in the first half, at least in the categories that really matter. The Tigers scored all four times they were in the red zone and converted 4 of 7 thirddown conversions. Ole Miss was just 2 of 7 on third down, and 0-for-2 on fourth down. All of the offensive stats were a dramatic improvement for the Tigers, who were held to just 104 yards in a 24-3 win for the Rebels in Oxford in 2014.
Memphis (6-0) had no issue driving for points, scoring 31 unanswered before the Rebels (5-2) finally stopped the bleeding with a touchdown by Treadwell. The Rebels got as close as seven points (31-24) before Lynch and the Tigers garnered a field goal from Jake Elliott following a nine-play, 36yard drive. Memphis added insult to injury, running out the clock on the Rebels, who generated just 40 yards on the ground. Ole Miss will return to action this coming Saturday against No. 9 Texas A&M at home. A time for the contest has not been set.
a career-high 14 catches for 144 yards. His total broke the single-game record in Ole Miss history … Memphis defeated the Rebels for the first time since 2004. It was the first win for the Tigers at home over the Rebels for the first time since 2003 when DeAngelo Williams trumped Eli Manning in a shootout … Ole Miss lost standout defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche to a concussion in the first half. He was injured carrying the ball on third down … The Tigers extended their winning streak to 13, which is the second longest current streak in the country behind No. 1 Ohio State.
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CHARLES PICKENS PONTOTOC - Charles Pickens, 63, passed away Friday, October 16, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Tutor Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Oak Forest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and 1 p.m. until service time Monday.
MARY ANNAH JACKSON MILAN HOLLY SPRINGS – Mary Annah Jackson Milan, 91, died Thursday, October 15, 2015, at her home in Holly Springs. Services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesdeay, October 20, at Samuel Chapel M.B. Church at Ashland. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery at Holly Springs. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home of Holly Springs is in charge of arrangements. The body will lie in repose from noon to 6 p.m. Monday at the funeral home and from 2 to 2:55 p.m. Tuesday at the church.
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NEW ALBANY – Linda Ruth Bedford, 76, died Thursday at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. today at United Funeral Service with Bro. Johnny Rakestraw officiating. Burial will be at Wallerville Cemetery. United Funeral Service will be in charge of the arrangements.
MARTIN LEWIS NEW ALBANY – Martin Lewis, 68, died Wednesday, October 14, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County in New Albany. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by United Funeral Service.
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OUT looking for drivers BY ERROL CASTENS OXFORD CITIZEN
Oxford-University Transit (OUT) has become a victim of its own success. Every available bus has been added to routes at peak hours, and even so, capacity loads sometimes cause passengers to have to wait for the next one. As a result, drivers are working overtime, and OUT Manager Ron Biggs is looking for more people to hire. “I have 34 drivers now, and I’m two drivers short already,” he said. While people who haven’t driven buses before will be trained, those with a commercial driver license, air brake certification and experience can climb behind the wheel almost immediately. “If a person has the license and wants the job, they can come in on a Monday morning and be driving on Monday afternoon,” Biggs said. The job pays $9 per hour for the first 90 days, with a raise to $10 along with health insurance, state retirement and life insurance becoming effective after the probationary period is completed.
“We have very little turnover,” Biggs said. “We’re just hiring more drivers all the time.” OUT requires applicants already to have the CDL, but he said the cost is only around $50. The transit system will pay for the Department of Transportation-approved health card for any new hires, however. “If the person wants the job and they can get the license, I’ll train them on how to drive a bus,” he said. “Once you pass the written part of the testing, then 14 days after that you can take the driving test. I supply the bus for the person to go through the driving test.”
‘MIND-BOGGLING’ SUCCESS For the second time, the system in September carried more than 200,000 riders – not counting game-day shuttle passengers – in one calendar month. “Our ridership was a whopping 200,757 in September,” Manager Ron Biggs told Transit Commission members on Wednesday. Passengers being shuttled between park-and-ride locations and Vaught-Hemingway Stadium for University of Mississippi home football games boosted the
overall number to 216,586. “That’s a lot of people,” said Commissioner Carole Haney. Biggs said the ridership, which is more than 90 percent commuter traffic to and from the Ole Miss campus, has pushed the system about as fast as it can grow. With a fleet consisting of 25 buses – some bought new and others bought at fire-sale prices from other transit systems – OUT has just ordered two new Gilley buses that will be delivered in approximately 18 months. At Wednesday’s meeting, consultant Tim Akers suggested getting the paperwork started on delivery of another two large buses for the subsequent fiscal year. “I absolutely cannot believe how wrong I was about this,” said Mayor George “Pat” Patterson, who said then-Mayor Richard Howorth “had to twist my arm” to get enough votes to launch the system in 2008. “I don’t what we’d do without y’all right now.” Patterson recalled the early days of the system, when there were only two routes, with the Square as the hub, and ridership was slight. “When we started, there wouldn’t be two people on these things,”
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Oxford-University Transit runs buses, like this one stopped on the Oxford Square, on nine routes currently.Transit Commission members may add as many as three more routes in 2016. As a result of its success, the system is looking for more drivers.
he said, noting that one normally mannerly businessman was “close to cussing me” over what seemed a huge waste of money. Now, new apartment complexes and even Oxford Schools are asking for new routes to include them. “Y’all’s success is mind-boggling,” Patterson said. errol.castens@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenec
Late-night shuttle may start in January BY ERROL CASTENS OXFORD CITIZEN
Oxford-University Transit Commission members have yet to decide whether the system can feasibly add a late-night shuttle route, but if they do vote in its favor, it will likely be after the first of the year. Mayor George “Pat” Patterson met with commissioners to discuss concerns that such a bus route would provide an inviting alternative to get on-campus students back to their dorms safely. Patterson said students are too often tempted to avoid cabfares by driving or walking back to campus or other residences while impaired – one of which could result in a car crash and the other, which often leaves a wake of trash and vandalism in residential neighborhoods between Ole Miss and downtown. Patterson said increasingly sophisticated fake IDs make it possible for underage patrons – including many of the freshmen who are required to live on campus – to enter the city’s popular bars and drink to excess. “Once they’ve made that silly decision, I feel like it falls to govern-
ment, both city and university, to help ensure their safety,” he said. “I’m talking about to Twin Towers or wherever (on campus). No apartment complexes – just to get those freshmen back to campus in one piece.” Mike Harris, the University of Mississippi’s director of Transportation and Parking and a member of the commission, oversaw such shuttles when he held a similar position at Mississippi State University. He said costs for late-night shuttles are inevitably higher than for daytime buses: It takes a higher wage to attract drivers for such routes, each bus requires a security guard, and each bus has to be thoroughly cleaned after each use. “We had a Cobra (Security) officer on all those because we had a lot of incidents,” Harris said. “When they had an incident, they would call the city (police department) or the university PD, depending on where they were when it happened. “We had airplane bags, because – there’s no way to say this nicely – some people would get sick,” he added. “It’s not just that you pick someone up and take them home. There are complications.” Former City Planner Tim Akers,
who helped establish the bus system and serves as a consultant, said the estimated cost for operating a four-hour route on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights would be about $855 a week. The fiscal year having just started for state and local governments, he said, Oxford and Ole Miss would be responsible for the entire cost until Oct. 1, 2016, when it could be incorporated into the state grant that pays half the system’s operating costs and 80 percent of its capital expenditures. A nonprofit Safe Ride service supported by donations operates Thursday through Saturday nights, but funding does not allow it to operate every weekend when school is in session. At least one church also runs a van to give free rides to late-night bar patrons in need of a safe way home. The fact that Oxford has 22 registered taxi companies – and for years was plagued by unregistered taxis – would indicate there’s money to be made with cabs. Akers said the conflict with private enterprise that the shuttle could constitute might put the new route outside the scope of OUT’s grant. Harris said Starkville and MSU officials worked past that problem
by funding the late-night routes with a portion of the city’s tourism tax that was channeled to the MSU student government. “We did not run it with MDOT buses (at MSU). We ran it purely with MSU buses,” he said. Noting the extra wear and tear on the buses and the extra cleaning required because of the often inebriated riders, he added, “We ran our oldest buses. They were designated for just those routes.” OUT Manager Ron Biggs was not thrilled with the prospect of adding a shuttle aimed largely at late-night revelers, especially since the regular routes – 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., with extra buses during peak hours “If we can get the manpower to do it, we’ll take it on. We’re already short of manpower, going into overtime,” he said. Biggs added that having 19 buses in service at peak hours – while others are idled for their daily inspections and service and others are undergoing major maintenance – has his 25-bus fleet at its limit. “Every bus I have that’s running is on the road,” he said. errol.castens@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenec
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A Q & A with Lea Fyfe, OHS Attendance Clerk Lea Fyfe is the Attendance Clerk at Oxford High School. She is likely the first person anyone sees when they walk into the front door at OHS from her station at the entrance of the still new facility. On this day Lori Vaughn, the office manager, was also there at the front desk. Lea is married to Richard Fyfe, and they have two daughters who both graduated from OHS: Morgan, 21, a student at Ole Miss, and Lucy, 18, a student at Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia. The Oxford Citizen’s Jeff Roberson visited with Lea at OHS recently to find out more.
JEFF ROBERSON: So you sit at the entrance for several hours a day. When I walked in today there were 30 or 40 people in here, some checking in, some checking out, a group from Ole Miss going through the LobbyGuard security, OHS staff, a policeman. You see a lot right here, apparently. LEA FYFE: There are so many stories, and obviously many of them I cannot tell. There have been some hilarious moments. I don’t realize how much actually goes on sometimes until we have a day like last Tuesday when there were no students here. I was bored out of my mind. It was too quiet.
up with that. It’s a system they have in all the different schools. Visitors use their driver’s license, and it makes a badge for them to wear. It does a background check. It either clears you or it doesn’t. But we’ve never really had a problem.
ROBERSON: It’s all a part of necessary precautions in this day and age, isn’t it? FYFE: It’s a different day and time. I feel like our school district takes safety really, really seriously. You have to be prepared for anything and deal with the reality of it. I keep my eyes on the door. There are usually two policemen on site. Our police officers also take it all very seriROBERSON: I mentioned ously. LobbyGuard. Tell us more ROBERSON: So students about that. FYFE: LobbyGuard is a have to check in here, or system we use to check only if they’re late? people into the building. FYFE: If a student is here They check in over there before 8:20 a.m., they go (at a machine that looks straight to their classlike an ATM), and I keep room. If a student comes
in after 8:20 a.m., they have to sign in with me. Last year there was a rule put in place that said a student must be at school at least 63 percent of the school day in order to be counted present. I basically have to clock kids in and out from school. You have to physically clock them in and clock them out of a system to keep up with it and make sure they make that percentage of the day. It can be a bit complex. You have to have somebody do this accounting work and report it to the state. ROBERSON: Because of where you are, you’re also like the official greeter for OHS, or at least the first person most see who enter the building. FYFE: That’s what they’ve told me. ‘You have to remember you’re the first impression people get of the school.’ Some days I have to remind myself of that when things are getting crazy. I have to keep it together. I’m grateful to have principles and staff that trust me to do that. Sometimes there are a lot of people here and a lot of things going on. But we make it through anyway. ROBERSON: So there are some stories you can tell? FYFE: A few. One funny thing happened (Thursday). There was one student whose mom and I know each other. When I got here for the day, she was sitting in the office waiting to see a principal. Her son walks into school late, and I didn’t let him know his mom was here. He signed in and we did our normal routine. All the doors (into the school) are locked. I have to buzz people in. So I buzzed him in to go upstairs, and as he’s going up the main stair-
Lea Fyfe is the Attendance Clerk for Oxford High School. case, his mother comes flying out of the (office) door into the lobby. She’s knocking on that glass door, and she was saying, ‘Are you coming to school late?’ He was so surprised to see her. He knew she couldn’t get through the locked door, So he kept saying, ‘What? I can’t hear you.’ And he’d say again, ‘I can’t hear you. I’ve got to go to class.’ When I buzzed her in, she was heading to the staircase, and he took off. She came back in a minute shaking her head. She was here for an entirely different reason than her son. But that’s the way it happened to turn out. And we got a laugh out of that. And one of the things that naturally happen is some kids just come and visit me. I’m also somewhat of a ‘mom away from home mom’ for some of them. Those are the kinds
of things that make me want to come to work every day. Attendance is one thing and what I am paid to do. But being out there talking to the parents and getting to know the kids, that’s what I love. And also seeing the activities of the kids outside of the classroom. You get to know more about what they’re doing, and you discover there are a lot of things happening with them at school and after school. There are sports, but we have kids going on debate trips. I’m impressed with the ROTC kids. All these types of things give kids a sense of pride and the opportunity to develop for themselves. Those type things just make me smile and proud, and I love going to their extracurricular activities and seeing them outside of carrying a backpack and going to take a test.
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OHS to host Coffee with a Cop on Wednesday
Oxford Police Department (OPD) will be hosting ‘Coffee with a Cop’ at Oxford High School (OHS), 101 Charger Loop, at 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday, October 21 to get to know Oxford students better. “I was excited when Oxford High School contacted us about bringing our Coffee with a Cop event to their school,” said OPD Chief Joey East. “Our goal as a department is to encourage the students to get to know us as real people, not just as police officers. We hope that by connecting with them in their environment an open and ongoing dialogue will begin.” The OPD-sponsored event is the second installment of ‘Coffee with a Cop’ this academic year; however, the event is geared towards high school students rather than the general public, which is a first for the Oxford Police Department. Police officers will be at OHS Wednesday morning
in The Bolt, the on-campus coffee shop at OHS. Students are invited to stop in, order a coffee, and talk with the officers. “We are honored to have Oxford police officers visiting Oxford High School,” said OHS Principal Bradley Roberson. “They are a very important part of the success of the students of OHS. Our students are fortunate to attend school and live in a community in which they feel safe. Without the wonderful Oxford Police Department officers, our students would not be afforded such an opportunity.” During the week of October 18-24, law enforcement agencies across the nation will be promoting National Teen Driver
Safety Week, organized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The police officers of the department will stress the importance of following the “5 to Drive” rules during the ‘Coffee with a Cop’ event. The “5 to Drive” rules include: no cell phones while driving, no extra passengers, no speeding, no alcohol, and no riding or driving without a seatbelt. For more information on ‘Coffee with a Cop,’ call the Oxford Police Department at (662) 232-2400 or follow the department on Twitter @OxfordPolice and Facebook. V i s i t www.oxfordsd.org/OHS for more information on Oxford High School.
BRIEFING Students demand UM remove state flag
but non-violent, witnesses said. The Associated Student Body Senate will likely decide at its next meeting Some 200 people rallied whether to support a resnear the Lyceum at the olution calling for the University of Mississippi state flag’s removal. on Friday to demand that State leaders who have its administration remove endorsed the idea of the state’s flag from the adopting a new, less concampus. troversial flag include Leaders of the rally, Speaker of the House along with some state Philip Gunn, Secretary of politicians and others, State Delbert Hosemann, have called the state flag, U.S. Senators Roger which contains the ConWicker and Thad federate battle flag as its Cochran - all of whom are canton, a racist emblem Republicans - and Demoand have called for the cratic Attorney General removal from the univer- Jim Hood. sity a variety of ConfederBuddy Walk ate symbols. The rally, sponsored by today the campus chapter of Join 21 United for Oxthe NAACP, also attracted ford’s Second National a handful of counterproDown Syndrome Society testers carrying ConfedBuddy Walk today. The erate flags. walk will start at the StuConfrontations between the two groups were loud dent Union Plaza and go
through the Grove on the University of Mississippi campus. The event aims to raise awareness of people with Down syndrome as members of the community and to raise funds for new parent packets, educational meetings, networking events and camp scholarships. The event will start at 1 p.m. with registration and welcomes, followed by live music and a short program. The walk starts at 3 p.m., followed by more music. The event will also include food and beverages, bounce houses, face painting, kids’ games, fire trucks and police cruisers and a t-shirt for all participants. Registration is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 13 and under. Buddy Walk friends with special needs may participate for free. wire reports
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Ken Burns to speak at UM on Oct. 27 Legendary filmmaker Ken Burns is the guest speaker for this year's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College fall convocation at the University of Mississippi. Set for 7 p.m. Oct. 27 at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts, the lecture is free and open to the public; however, tickets are required. Free tickets, which are limited to two per person, will be available starting at noon today (Oct. 16) at the UM Box Office in the Student Union. Box Office hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. Burns, considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the world, has been making documentary films for more than 40 years. He has won 13 Emmy awards and two Oscar nominations. In 2008, Burns was honored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with a Lifetime Achievement Award. His first visit to Oxford coincides with the 25th anniversary of his
award-winning film, "The Civil War." The event is presented by the Honors College in conjunction with the Meek School of Journalism and New Media and the UM College of Liberal Arts. Bruce Levingston, Honors College artist-in-residence, has known Burns for a number of years and played an integral role in bringing the filmmaker to campus. In addition to Burns' address and a screening of highlights from his films, the convocation will include an open-ended conversation between Levingston and Burns about his filmmaking and historical topics of interest. "'The Civil War' memorably brought this country's most significant internal conflict into the homes and hearts of millions of U.S. citizens and helped our country develop an understanding and dialogue about who we are as Americans," Levingston said. "It is particularly signifi-
cant that Ken Burns is coming to the University of Mississippi and Oxford in this anniversary year of that film since this is such an iconic place that continues to play such an important role in the ongoing dialogue of our Southern – as well as national – identity." In addition to "The Civil War," Burns has made several other acclaimed documentaries, including "Baseball" (1994), "Jazz" (2001), "The War" (2007), "The National Parks: America's Best Ideas" (2009), "Prohibition" (2011), "The Central Park Five" (2012) and "The Roosevelts" (2014). Burns' itinerary will include tours of the university and other historical sites, such as a special visit to Rowan Oak, the home of William Faulkner. But Levingston said he is most excited for Burns to interact with Ole Miss students. Burns will take part in Levingston's course, Art and the Republic, a class that Levingston said is filled with some of the brightest
students he has ever encountered. "In a class that investigates art's impact on society, there are few figures in America more appropriate to study than Ken Burns," honors student Jesse Webb said. "The filmmaker's adept use of art to dictate a clear, strong message is a skill that students of all schools and disciplines should aspire to. I am honored by the opportunity to meet and talk with an artist of such acclaim, one whose films have educated and directed our national discourse for more than 30 years." Honors College Dean Douglas Sullivan-Gonzalez agrees that Burns' visit represents an extraordinary moment for UM students. "Ken Burns combines the incandescent questions of the past with the archival footprints of the ordinary and extraordinary citizen in the Civil War, during the period of the Roosevelts, in America's game of
baseball and in our love of the national parks," Sullivan-Gonzalez said. "What an incredible opportunity to share a moment with an amazing intellectual such as Ken Burns." Burns' visit presents not only a splendid opportunity for Ole Miss students and the community, but it also serves as a wonderful occasion to introduce Burns to Mississippi, Levingston said. "I would like Ken to leave our state feeling that we are a people coming to terms with who we are, with our past, our present and our future," Levingston said. "I hope that he will feel the special spirit of generosity, kindness and hope that exists among so many Mississippians and that he will be better able to tell the world about our amazing, complex and rich history and people." For more information, contact Penny Leeton at pleeton@olemiss.edu or 662915-7266.
OPC board pushes seniors program toward fees BY ERROL CASTENS OXFORD CITIZEN
The Oxford Park Commission board has moved from urging to insisting that its Leisure Lifestyles Oxford program aimed at senior adults become partly self-sustaining. The program has almost 700 participants in activities from pickleball and yoga classes to crafts classes and seasonal dances. “Of the 682 people we have coming through the door at Leisure Lifestyles, I don’t know how many could pay and how many couldn’t,” said Leisure Lifestyles Director Deb Helms at Wednesday’s meeting of the OPC board. Concerned that some seniors would miss out on the social and physical benefits of the Oxford Activity Center-based programs if they had to pay fees, Helms told board
members she has pursued, in what little downtime the program’s busy schedule affords her, the creation of an entity that could accept donations to offset fees for those who would find them a hardship. “We have been actively looking at doing a foundation so that if an individual says, ‘Hey, I’ll give you $500,’ we can make that tax-deductible,” she said. Helms noted the success of Leisure Lifestyles in keeping older Oxonians active and engaged. “This is a community you have a created,” she told board members. “This is a growing group, and it has definitely caught on.” Board member Marvin King was straightforward about the inequity issue, noting that participants in other OPC programs, including a wide variety of youth and adult sports,
pay fees. “We’re looking at having at this time next year some revenue stream (from Leisure Lifestyles) to cover some of the costs,” he said. “I will bring something to you about grants,” Helms said. Noting that she is officially part-time but works full-time hours, she added, “I have been working on it.” “This is has been talked about as long as I’ve been on the board,” said Don Frugé Jr., who just completed his first year on the board. “We have been patient without saying exactly what we’re going to do. We need options to consider,” King said. “Please bring us specific action plans as soon as possible, or it’s time for us as a board to consider (our own methods).” errol.castens@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenec
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HOMECOMING AT LAFAYETTE Scenes from Lafayette High School's Homecoming festivities on Friday. The Commodores capped off the day by defeating the New Albany Bulldogs 49-14. PHOTOS BY JOEY BRENT
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n a night when Buddy Stephens could have exclusively talked about his No. 8 East Mississippi Lions, he made sure to talk about their opponents. The No. 4 Northwest Rangers had their perfect season come to an end Thursday night at Sullivan-Windham Field. EMCC, winners of the last two NJCAA national titles, beat NWCC 49-16. They got the big plays, both on offense and defense. The Lions even found a way to take some luster off a touchdown for the Rangers by blocking the extra point, and returning it the other way for two points. A seventh MACJC North Division title doesn't matter quite as much when that program has won three national titles, and four overall state titles, since 2009. Thursday's win would have been a lot bigger to the Rangers, who have rebuilt quickly under Jack Wright as head coach. NWCC is finishing up a third year on probation which has made the roster smaller overall. Wright and his staff have also had to deal with a rash of injuries, and while each school has similar issues, when you have a handful less on scholarship already, unavailable bodies only compound problems. Stephens is very aware of that, and he knows that a full complement of players in the future means the Rangers will only be more dangerous. “I can't imagine that football team with 55 football players on it,” Stephens said. “Jack and his staff have done a really, really good job. They have a really good coaching staff and they're going to be really tough to deal with in the future.” EMCC travels to play at Northwest next season, but the two may end up playing each other again, in the state title game, on Nov. 7. Stephens was really stoked about that possibility, and to playing more games like the one TURN TO MATCHUP PAGE 17
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Commodores rout New Albany Bulldogs to claim playoff spot BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR
Lafayette has much bigger goals this season than just making the MHSAA Class 4A playoffs. Still, in order to play at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in December, the Commodores had to get in. The first step to winning a third state championship in school came Friday night as the Commodores defeated New Albany 49-14 at William L. Buford Stadium. Tyrell Price rushed for over 100 yards, while Jamarcus Quarles really factored into the scoring ledger with another impressive performance behind Price. LHS coach Eric Robertson said the game turned out much like the previous home game with Ripley as the Commodores scored early, and quickly. “We got a stop first possession on defense, and then Tyrell came out and broke a long run and then we scored,” Robertson said. “We just went out there and got our stops and the offense went out and did their job. Will Ard threw the ball well, and that's always a plus because of big plays. What hurts a defense more than anything is giving up a big play. We were able to make big plays on offense, and we were able to ride the momentum and be successful early.” An early lead also allowed the Commodores to be aggressive on defense, which was not good for the Bulldogs. “I don't care if it's early or late, but if you can play with a lead, you can play with more confidence,” Robertson said. “They're not going to feel as
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The Lafayette Commodores defeated the New Albany Bulldogs 49-14 as Lafayette celebrated it's 50th anniversary as well as homecoming. pressed and up tight. They're looser and they're playing faster when they have a lead. It's always better to play on the upside of the score as opposed to the down side.” Up next for the Commodores (8-1 overall) is a road game at Senatobia. It is a contest that will decide who will be the champion in 2-4A, and the top seed when the playoffs begin in three weeks. “It's for the region championship and that's exactly the way we are approaching it, that this is the region championship in Senatobia on Friday
night,” Robertson said. “We have to come out with the best focus that we've had all year and try to play the best ball we have played all year. We know this is a good Senatobia team. We've seen them on film and they're scoring a lot of points. We think it's going to be a really good football game. They're kids will be ready to play. Ours will be ready to play. It ought to be exciting.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd
Chargers play 'A' game in win over Trojans BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR
NEW HOPE — In his final game coaching against the New Hope Trojans, Oxford's Johnny Hill wanted to see his team play well. In all phases. Unlike some recent matchups with New Hope, the Chargers were fantastic from the start. They jumped out to a three-score lead in the first six minutes, and never looked back. Oxford's 46-12 beating could have been worse. The clock ran the entire second half, and Oxford quarterback Jack Abraham, who threw seven touchdowns in the first half, only threw a few passes after intermission. “I challenged our kids this week be-
cause of our past history with New Hope. We've never played them with our A game,” Hill said. “But tonight, I thought we played our A game. We took care of business, took care of business early. I thought it was a complete game. Our special teams played well tonight. Defense and offense both played well tonight. As a coach, that's what you look for.” Friday's win was the fifth straight for the Chargers, who are now 6-2 on the season, and 4-0 in 1-5A play. Abraham was as good as he has been all season from a completion and yardage standpoint. He had 334 yards on 18 of 24 passing in the first half. And his seven touchdowns not only allowed him to surpass 100 in a career, they made the
contest stress free. “It's not routine to do that,” Hill said. “There were several that he had that were good. The one that he had to (Ken) Presley, the long one, was a really good throw. Jack, his good throws are the norm. That's what he does. He consistently does that on all of his throws. I've been real pleased with him. He reads the defense well, and he and (offensive coordinator) Stan (Hill) are on the exact same page. Jack also gets the ball where it needs to go.” Three of Abraham's touchdowns went to Presley, with the long being 75 yards. He also threw two to DK Metcalf, and one each to Jimmy Greaser TURN TO CHARGERS, 16
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Abraham throws 7TDs in Quarles continues to Chargers' rout of Trojans impress at RB for 'Dores BY JOHN DAVIS
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NEW HOPE — Six minutes into Friday's game with New Hope, the Oxford Chargers were up three touchdowns. At the half, the Chargers were making plans for the following week's game with Clarksdale. Paced by Jack Abraham's huge passing night, the redhot Chargers defeated the Trojans 46-12. It was the fifth straight win for the Chargers, who are now 4-0 in Division 1-5A play. Abraham completed 18 of his 24 passes in the first half for 334 yards. All seven of the Chargers' touchdowns in the first 24 minutes came off the arm of Abraham, who now has 102 touchdown tosses in his varsity career. Abraham threw three touchdown passes to Ken Presley, and two two touchdown passes to DK Metcalf. His favorite of the night was the 7-yard touchdown he threw to Metcalf in the corner of the end zone to put the Chargers up 20-0. His fantastic effort earned him this week's Player of the Game for the Chargers. “We came in knowing that we were going to put up points. Our mindset coming in wasn't just to throw the ball, but to put up points,” Abraham said. “We wanted to put 90 up on them. That's what Coach (Johnny) Hill said at the start of the week. We wanted to show these boys that we were legit this year. I wasn't expecting seven touchdowns, that's just the way it happened. Our receivers got out into the open field and made some plays. I'm proud of our offense, and I'm proud of our team.” Abraham said he personally didn't feel any different coming into the game, adding he felt like the offense executed at the same high level of the past few weeks. New Hope provided some favorable matchups in coverage. “They came out and did what we ex-
Last spring, Lafayette football coach Eric Robertson thought Jamarcus Quarles might end up playing linebacker for the Commodores. A decision was made to keep him at tailback. Then, after he got more and more reps during summer practice, Quarles started to display his tremendous talent running the ball in junior varsity games. Robertson remembers Quarles ripping off big runs and scoring touchdowns in the first matchup with Oxford. “That's when we said 'Wow, this kid can run,'” Robertson said. “It just kind of went from there. That's what we tell our kids that in jv games, we're trying to find players. And he is a perfect example of someone who gets out there and makes some plays and finds his way on to the field on Friday nights.” The sophomore has improved each and every week since he moved up to the varsity ranks to help aid starter Tyrell Price. This past Friday night, in a one-sided win over New Albany, he finished with a career-high three touchdowns. His effort earned him this week's Player of the Game for Lafayette.
pected them to. They played one man and off 10 yards. I feel like our receivers did a good job of getting open,” said Abraham, who saved the ball that went for his 100th touchdown. “Our routes were sharp and all around, it was a good game.” Offensive coordinator Stan Hill has praised Abraham since he started as a sophomore. Friday's performance, he said, revolved around the matchups. “We could have done that so many more times,” Hill said. “That's the thing about it. What we have to do now is to make sure that our kids are in shape going into the playoffs. If you get a big lead on somebody, you got to keep turning it on. That's been a fault of ours in the past, but he was dialed in tonight. He missed two throws, and after that, he was pretty much 100 percent perfect. I'm very proud of him.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd
“He's done everything we have asked from him. He's prepared the way we've asked him to, and he's picked up on more and more stuff within the scheme of our offense,” Robertson said. “He's very similar to Tyrell in the way he runs. He's strong and breaks tackles. He did a great job for us.” Robertson added that while Quarles has great natural talent, the offensive line has also improved as the season has progressed, allowing holes to be there when he enters the game. “And that makes it easier
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on our running backs,” Robertson said, adding he felt like Quarles could be a leader by example in the next couple of seasons. “Right now, he's just a pup. He's just a sophomore. To be honest, things have happened kind of fast for him, but he's handled it well. I think he's gotten the respect of his teammates, and that always helps. He's a fun guy. He's a guy that you enjoy talking to and spending time with outside of football.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd
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SPORTS IN DEPTH FRIDAY'S RESULTS Oxford 46, New Hope 12 20 26 0 0 – 46 6 0 6 0 – 12
Oxford New Hope First Quarter OXF – Ken Presley 10 pass from Jack Abraham (kick failed), 9:52. OXF – Jimmy Greaser 21 pass from Abraham (Liam Cooper kick), 8:52 OXF – DK Metcalf 7 pass from Abraham (Connell Yoste kick), 6:23. NH – Thomas Stevens 5 run (kick failed), 3:00 Second Quarter OXF – Metcalf 50 pass from Abraham (kick failed), 8:50. OXF – Presley 75 pass from Abraham (kick failed), 7:16 OXF – Hiram Wadlington 16 pass from Abraham (Cooper kick), 2:46. OXF – Presley 25 pass Abraham (Yoste kick), 0:26. Third Quarter NH – Jay Gillespie 15 pass from Stevens (kick failed), 4:46. Records: Oxford 6-2, 4-0; New Hope 1-7, 0-4. Lafayette 49, New Albany 14 0 7 7 0 – 14 New Albany Lafayette 28 21 0 0 – 49 First Quarter LAF - Tyrell Price 66 run. Robby Langley kick. LAF - Price 1 run. Langley kick. LAF - Price 26 run. Langley kick. LAF - JaMarcus Quarles 12 run. Langley kick. Second Quarter LAF - Quarles 10 run. Langley kick. LAF - Quarles 2 run. Langley kick. NA - D'Angelo Biggs 34 pass from Sam McMillin. Efrain Medina kick. LAF - Price 41 pass from Will Ard. Langley kick. Third Quarter NA - Miller Dunham fumble recovery in end zone. Payton Sydner kick. Records: Lafayette 8-1, 3-0; New Albany 4-5, 2-1 East Mississippi 49, Northwest 16 Northwest 0 16 0 0 – 16 7 21 14 7 – 49 East Miss First Quarter EMCC – Isaiah Wright 87 run (Grayson Pontius kick), 4:06. Second Quarter EMCC – Wright 1 run (Pontius kick), 12:19. NWCC – Jim Speights 19 field goal, 8:38. EMCC – DJ Law 56 run (kick blocked), 7:58. NWCC – Justin Crawford 7 run (Speights kick), 7:05.
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Oxford West Point Clarksdale Lake Cormorant Center Hill Lewisburg New Hope Saltillo Week 9 Games Oxford 46, New Hope 12 West Point 47, Lake Cormorant 21 Clarksdale 22, Lewisburg 21 Center Hill 49, Saltillo 7 Week 8 Results Oxford 56, Lewisburg 21 West Point 54, Center Hill 13 Lake Cormorant 35, New Hope 13 Clarksdale 26, Saltillo 10
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Lafayette Senatobia Rosa Fort New Albany Byhalia Ripley Week 9 Results Lafayette 49, New Albany 14 Rosa Fort 38, Ripley 8 Senatobia 58, Byhalia 7 Week 8 Results Lafayette 30, Tunica-Rosa Fort 7 Senatobia 39, Ripley 0 New Albany 44, Byhalia 27
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said. “As long as we do our job and score, I'm happy,” Stan Hill said. “We're executing on a high level. That's what we always strive for. As an OC, it's perfect plays every down. I've been nothing but proud of our guys. At the first of the year, we struggled a little bit missing a few people here and there. We got our groove back from missing Kyree (White) and Kenzie (Phillips). It takes a while because we're so execution driven. We had some penalties early and two weeks ago was the first
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and Hiram Wadlington. Oxford has been scoring points like crazy the past month. In Week 8, the Chargers scored 56 against Lewisburg, and in the four games against teams from 1-5A, they haven't scored less than 46 points. “We had some growing pains and I can definitely say that we haven't peaked too early,” Hill said. “Tonight was the game that I've been looking for where all three phases played well.” Abraham has never focused on his stats, and that was the way he was after the game, saying the receivers did a good job of getting open and gaining yards. He also praised the way the offensive line blocked for him up front. “They played a great game. The routes were sharp. The timing was on,” Abraham said. Outside of two attempts, Stan Hill felt Abraham was perfect throwing the ball. And all of the seven touchdowns were good ones, he
game I can remember where we didn't have an offensive holding call. Our guys are executing at a high level, and that's all I want.” Besides the monster numbers put up by Abraham, Wadlington and Josh Patton continued to run the ball well when called upon. Wadlington had 45 yards in the first half, while Patton had 36 yards. Up next for the Chargers is a home game with Clarksdale. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd
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Thursday in the future. “I look forward to them getting 55 and them being healthy and when that happens, it's really going to be a fun series,” he added. The Rangers showed up to the stadium a little more than two hours before kickoff. Wright watched from behind the fence as his team really started to limber up after the long bus ride. His assistants made sure every player had what they needed. Wright watched from the field as the game got closer. He talked with Stephens, and the officials. He got a hand shake from his friend, Andy Greening, who was the defensive coordinator when Wright was the offensive coordinator under former head coach Ricky Woods. Everything the Rangers showed resembled confidence. It was clear that they weren't intimidated, and they weren't uptight. They were loose, but focused. “I felt good all week and coming into the game just to be honest with you,” Wright said. “I knew our kids would compete, and they never quit. The effort that we got, the kids played their hearts out.” NWCC's effort was good enough to beat a talented group of Lions. The execution, in the sec-
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Northwest Mississippi Community College tailback Justin Crawford (3) was held in check by the EMCC Lions in the second half of Thursday night's game. The Lions won 49-16. ond half, wasn't nearly as good, or better put, not what was needed to pull out the victory. As tough as it was to counter the Lions in the first half, the Rangers had the momentum at the break. Justin Crawford caught a 10-yard pass from Gardner Minshew for a touchdown with 46 seconds left. The Rangers weren't ahead, but they were down a manageable 12 points (2816). In the decisive third quarter, the
Rangers had two turnovers. And after having a lot of success the first 30 minutes, Crawford was bottled up by the Lions. “We didn't do a good job as a coaching staff at halftime apparently. We didn't make adjustments. That's one that's going to be on us,” Wright said. “We're going to have adjust, and to put our kids in a little bit better position. That's 100 percent on me, and the coaching staff. We have to do better as a
staff, with me doing better primarily.” Stephens didn't think he did anything better the second half to turn the tide against the Rangers. He did feel like their lack of depth hurt. His team was also really motivated to earn the victory. Days after learning that the loss to CoLin in Week 2 was coming back to them via forfeit, the Lions were disappointed to find out their winning streak was stopped in the eyes of the NJCAA, which only looks at the results on the field. “I thought our special teams played well. I thought our defense stepped up at times. We struggled early on offense, but we started to find a rhythm as the game went on,” Stephens said. “There were some things we thought we could take advantage of in the running game. But when you have ice water in your veins like Wyatt (Roberts) does, you have a lot to work with.” Roberts was a difference maker in the win for the Lions, just like Minshew has been all season for the Rangers. Roberts accounted for four touchdowns. He threw for three scores in the second half, while Minshew was harassed, and intercepted by the Lions. Minshew finished with 211 yards in the loss. The Rangers had some drops, including one that was a for-sure touchdown in the second quarter.
There were moments where the Rangers could have made plays but didn't. Minshew, Crawford and the rest of the offense had done that prior to the meeting with the Lions. That's why they were undefeated coming in. Not making those plays, enough times, is why they are 7-1 heading into the regular season finale. Wright told his team that they could still be playing in three weeks. The message right after the game was move on, get better and play hard the next game. And then the next and the next. Every opportunity is key for this program as they continue to build, and Wright, the son of a very successful program builder in Willis Wright, knows there is still a whole lot to play for. EMCC may still be on top of the series, having won five straight now, but the two are a lot closer than they have been. Two years ago, the Lions embarrassed the Rangers at home, defeating them 79-7. Last year, Stephens defeated Wright 49-0. Now he can't wait to see what the Rangers grow into. Every coach needs a foil, and if the junior college football gods are reading this, maybe this can be the rivalry that the rest of the state is envious of moving forward. John.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd
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Focused Leader Tyler's talent, experience prove key for OHS Chargers BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR
More time on the track during the summer is paying off for Jonathan Tyler in a big way this fall. The Oxford junior, and the rest of the cross-country Chargers, have hit the gas on the trails ever since the season started. Tyler, who led the team in the most recent meet prior to Saturday's jaunt in Clinton, said starting speed training, earlier, than in 2014 was a huge key. “They were putting the turf down (in 2014) on the field, so the extra, early time on the track has helped the team this fall. Our top seven, top eight have really progressed and gotten better from last year,” Tyler said adding that he, as an individual, is looking to get better. “We have a little more in the season, but I do feel stronger, especially finishing races. I finished well at Saltillo and my last mile, just being stronger helped me finish. I ended up getting a pr (personal record) that race.” Last fall, the Chargers were a state champion team, and the goal is to have the trophy in hand next
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Junior Jonathan Tyler has been a great leader, and performer, for the cross-country Chargers this fall. His goal is to lead the team to another Class 5A state title, and break 16 minutes at the state meet. month at Choctaw Trails. Tyler said he has thought a little bit about being a state champion, but he really does try to focus on each meet. One at a time. “And it would be more rewarding to win as a team than an individual,” Tyler said. “If I win as an individual, I'll feel good that I put in the work, but it's nothing unless the team wins. It's all about the team at this point.” Oxford coach Chris Patton called Tyler “the man”
because of his talent, and leadership. “He's been around the program for three years now and every year, he has progressed,” Patton said. “He's battled injuries and different things like that and yet he still finds a way to get the job done. It's been a pleasure coaching him for these past three years. Last year he set a personal record of 16:41 at the state meet and then he gets to Saltillo, and he beats that by four seconds. And we're just in the middle of
the season. There is still more to come from him.” Each race in this sport is different. Courses vary, as do the opponents. There is more competition some Saturdays, and maybe a little less the next. In order for the Chargers to end up on top, Tyler said he, and his teammates, are going to have to top the best from Saltillo, and a few other schools. “It's going to be me versus (Saltillo's) Ken Gassaway and then they have another runner, Josh Peak, and then it will be him and John Owen (Yoste) and Alex (Thomas) who go against him,” Tyler said. “It's really going to fall down to our three, four and five runners. That's going to determine how we do, how we win. We've been getting stronger as we go. I thought we had a really good showing at Jesse Owens. Chip Powell had a really big pr and John Owen was about four seconds off his pr. Harriman (Abernathy) had his second race under 18 (minutes) and Alex is getting back into shape. That's just great for our team.” Oxford was off between Jesse Owens and Saturday's trip to Choctaw Trails. Tyler
thought the confidence of the team was growing, and a week to really train, as well as rest, was looked at as a positive. While Tyler still has one more year running for Patton and the Chargers, he doesn't want to stop running after he graduates in 2017. He has a goal of being a college athlete, a goal of his since he was in eighth grade. “I know I've had a lot of ups and downs, especially this year, so I'm just trying to stay focused on every meet,” Tyler said. “Hopefully my name ends up getting out there a little bit and I get interested in certain schools. Education is No. 1. I want to pursue a business and law degree, and hope to be able to run since that has been a long-term goal of mine.” A “down” meet for Tyler, for those keeping score, is finishing outside of the top five overall. He really wants to break the 16-minute mark by the end of the season, and he is using that 16:37 garnered at Saltillo as his stepping stone. “I'm a good bit off, but I have some more meets to make that up,” Tyler said. “I've had a pr every time I've gone to the state course. That's my favorite one to go
to and then we have a fast one at Pontotoc before I get back to my pr course at Saltillo. Hopefully, by the end of the season, my goal is to break that 16. It's a goal I set this summer, and it would be a great thing to achieve. As of right now, I'm not real satisfied. I'm just glad that the team is really strong right now.” Patton added that an improved, and driven, Tyler makes the team so, so much better down the stretch. “He's been on both ends. He's been the follower, and now he's one of the leaders and he makes the team better because he's been in that position where those other guys are,” Patton said. “We have some new guys that had to catch the ropes this year and see how things are done, on and off the track, and he's been such a great support when we've been working out. He might be done with his training, and then we have somebody having to sit out, well, he jumps in and that's two or three more for him. He does that in order just to push those other guys through.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd
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