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Ole Miss Chancellor Dr. Jeffrey Vitter speaks with students at the Inn at Ole Miss on campus Thursday afternoon in Oxford.

Vitter named UM chancellor

BY ERROL CASTENS AND JEFF ROBERSON OXFORD CITIZEN

OXFORD – Jeffrey S. Vitter, Ph.D., was approved on Thursday to become the 17th chancellor of the University of Mississippi.

After a day in which Vitter met almost continually with constituency groups from administrators and faculty to students and community members, the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning voted to offer him the job.

Before making the announcement that was a foregone conclusion, IHL Board President and UM alumnus Alan Perry, who also chaired the Chancellor Search Committee, thanked Dr. Alice Clark and campus search advisory committee members, other trustees and Ole Miss and IHL staff.

“We have unanimously and enthusiastically selected Dr. Jeffrey S. Vitter as the next chancellor of the University of

Mississippi,” Perry said, adding, “And all the people said, ‘Amen.’”

Before introducing her new boss, Vice Chancellor Clark said, “Congratulations, Chancellor Vitter. It’s a great day for the University of Mississippi.”

Vitter expressed gratitude for being hired for the leadership position.

“I am truly humbled and honored to be selected as chancellor of the University of Mississippi,” he said, promising engagement with a wide variety of on-campus and offcampus constituencies. He noted the university’s role as an economic engine for the state and beyond.

“Ole Miss plays a crucial role in that cycle of innovation that drives our society. We are solving problems of our state, our nation – making the world a better place,” he said. “Most of all, Ole Miss plays a crucial role in the lives of our students. They come with dreams and leave as leaders.”

Vitter, who is currently provost and executive vice

chancellor at the University of Kansas, described himself as “a high-energy person” who will devote himself to Ole Miss.

“I’m in academic leadership because I am absolutely passionate about the transformof higher ing power education,” he said. “Higher education is our seed corn.

Higher education, embracing the liberal arts as the heart and soul of the university … is the basis for our democratic society.”

Vitter listed his four key values – integrity, entrepreneurial vision, listening and learning, and “a positive, can-do attitude.”

He spoke at length about strengths in and appreciation for strategic planning, fundraising, and research. He also advocated for giving students a global perspective through study abroad and further internationalizing the Oxford campus.

Recognizing Ole Miss’ history of troubled race history and its progress in recent years,Vitter spoke about some

of the diversity issues he has led at Purdue, Texas A&M and Kansas.

“In a multidimensional environment, just about everybody is a contributor; everybody has something to bring,” he said. “That’s why you need people from different cultures, different backdifferent grounds, worldviews.”

Perry and fellow board member Ford Dye of Oxford were relieved to have the search process over. The search began after a monthslong controversy over governance of the Medical Center that ended with the Board deciding not to extend thenChancellor Dan Jones’ contract.

“Except for Jeffrey Vitter,” Dye said, “there’s no one happier in this room than Alan Perry and Ford Dye.” Vitter’s academic credentials and leadership abilities are widely acknowledged.

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A Q&A with local radio personality Rick Mize.

7 News

Old No. 1 fire station, Oxford annexation are currently being discussed.

17 Sports

Chargers clinch Division title with win over Center Hill.

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Sharon Vitter looks forward to living in Oxford

BY JEFF ROBERSON OXFORD CITIZEN

Sharon Vitter is the new First Lady of the University of Mississippi. Already she is embracing the town of Oxford, the Ole Miss community, and what she believes will be warmer weather than in Lawrence, Kansas, where they now reside.

“We were here for the game last weekend, and we got to go to downtown Oxford,” she said of the Ole Miss football game against Texas A&M she and her husband, new UM Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter took in. “It’s a quaint, beautiful little town. We’re looking forward to coming here, and I’m looking forward to this being my last move.

“I’ve always known what his ambitions are and that he wanted to get back to the South. I’m not opposed to being in a milder climate during the winter. So I’m happy to be here.”

A native of Kansas and a graduate of the University of Kansas, Sharon Vitter has been back at KU since 2010.

“After I graduated from pharmacy school (at Kansas), I moved away and I was away for 30 years

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Ole Miss Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter and his wife, Sharon. until Jeff became provost at KU,” Sharon said. “So I felt like it was lucky for me to be able to go back to Kansas for five years that we were there.”

Although the University of Kansas is larger than the University of Mississippi, and the town of Lawrence larger than Oxford, there are some common themes.

“Lawrence is similar in a lot of

ways to Oxford,” she said. “The universities are similar in a lot of ways. KU’s a little bigger.

Lawrence is a little bigger. The quaintness and the way alumni love to come back to the university and be a part of it are similar.

A lot of KU alumni are moving back to retire in Lawrence. As you know, there are many things to do in college towns, from theater,

music, and athletics to keep you entertained.”

As First Lady of the University of Mississippi, Sharon Vitter said she is anticipating all that it means.

“I’m looking forward to it. Jeff’s leadership style is that we’ve always entertained and played a prominent role in doing things.

We plan to entertain hopefully quite a bit in the house, have the public in, have people in to get to know us and get to know their university and their house. It’s a beautiful house. We’re looking forward to getting settled and getting in there.”

The Vitters have three children who are very accomplished and who continue to advance their careers and education.

“Our oldest, Jillian, is at the University of Colorado,” Sharon said. “She’s an anesthesiologist.

She’s chief resident in her fourth year. She will be heading to Ochsner in New Orleans to do a pain fellowship.

“Our son is a second-year mechanical engineering grad student at UT-Austin. He did ROTC at Notre Dame and spent four years in the Army. He spent 2013 in Afghanistan. He’s been active

duty National Guard in graduate school, but he’s finding that the commitment of the Guard and studying for his exams and doing researches is a lot. So he’s decided to leave the Guard at this point.

He’s Jeffrey Scott Vitter, Jr., and goes by Scott. His interest is alternative energy in power sources, because when he was in Afghanistan he saw countries like that who didn’t have a reliable energy source are never going to be peaceful until people have energy 24/7, running water, refrigeration, that sort of thing. He wants to try to make a difference in those areas of those countries.

“Our youngest is Audrey. It’s Jeff’s mother’s name. She works for GE oil and gas. She’s in a process auditing role right now where she moves every three to six months, She’s currently in France at a gas turbine manufacturing facility. GE just bought the plant. What she does there is she goes in and she determines how they can be more efficient in making the wind turbines, cutting out wasteful middle steps, and that sort of things. They’re all three happy, they’re doing what they want to do, and we’re very proud of them.”

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Ole Miss Chancellor Dr. Jeffrey Vitter speaks with students Kayla VonBurg and Alyssa Eilers, at the Inn at Ole Miss on campus Thursday afternoon in Oxford.

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Ole Miss community member said, “We went to match.com and put in all our criteria and got what we wanted. Now, we just have to fall in love.”

“The search committee of the board stuck to the fundamentals,” said Douglass Sullivan Gonzalex, dean of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and professor of history. “They have brought a candidate who has high credentials in the academy, a proven track record with professors and an openness and a willingness to engage our university and take us to the next level.”

“I think Dr. Vitter’s curriculum vitae is amazing.

His academic credentials are stunning, and I think he has a long history of excellent leadership,” said Kate Kellum, associate director of Institutional Research and Assessment. “Dr. Vitter clearly has a wealth of experience that will help him listen to the needs of this community. He seems to really care about listening and I think that will serve him well.”

Still, Vitter, whose brother is Republican U.S. Senator and Louisiana gubernatorial candidate David Vitter, did not satisfy all concerns.

Allen Coon, a sophomore from Petal, an ASB senator, president of the UM College Democrats and a leader in advocating removal of the state flag from campus, welcomed Vitter with reservations.

“We’ve been having on-

going conversations regarding symbols of white supremacy, regarding the state flag which we had lowered (last week),” Coon said. “These are conversations we’ve neglected to have for decades. We have the opportunity now to address these problems. We need to have a greater comprehension of where Dr. Vitter stands on these issues.”

Alex Borst, a junior in International Studies from Madison and one of the organizers of the effort in the spring to save Dan Jones' job, said Vitter wasn’t specific enough about Ole Miss’ social climate.

“He has these awesome credentials, but I think he needs to know Oxford and this university aren’t like any other in the country because of our past, what we’ve been through and where we want to go.”

Buka Okoye, a public policy major from Clinton and president of the UM NAACP chapter, also found Vitter evasive.

“He’s extremely intelligent and extremely qualified, but he uses political tactics like filibustering,” Okoye said. “When asked about his brother and asked about his affiliations, obviously with the Republican Party, it looked like he danced around those questions. We need some real answers.”

Brendan Ryan, a Diamondhead freshman in math and Chinese, said he was impressed with Vitter’s speaking.

“Even though to some of the questions he didn’t respond very directly, he still was eloquent, which I think

is important in a leader,” he said. “I also was excited by the prospect of having more research brought to the university, because I think that’s crucial.”

Walt Jacobs, a mechanical engineering major from Clinton, was more positive.

“I haven’t heard anything negative about him yet. His background in more STEM-related academics is interesting, especially because we’re more of a liberal arts college,” Jacobs said. “It’ll be interesting to see how that changes our university’s culture.”

“I look forward to having Dr. Vitter as our next chancellor,” said Eloise Tyner, a junior public policy major from Oxford. “He seems very qualified, and I can’t wait to see how he fits into the Ole Miss family.”

Vitter said he will spend some limited time in Oxford the rest of this semester while finishing his obligations to the University of Kansas. He hopes to be at Ole Miss full-time by Jan. 1.

Perhaps the day’s most unanticipated moment happened when some Ole Miss staff members slipped into the back of the meeting room dressed as Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow and several related characters.

Vitter deadpanned for the sake of audience members who hadn’t noticed them, “I see that the entire cast of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ is here.”

The Wicked Witch of the West noted they were there to remind him, “You’re not in Kansas anymore.” errol.castens@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenec

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OBITUARIES SYLVIA ANN HALL DAVIS Sylvia Ann Hall Davis, 70, died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford.

A funeral service will be Monday, Nov. 2, at 11 a.m., in the Chapel of Waller Funeral Home with Reverend Wes Hughes officiating. Burial will follow in Eastover Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 9 at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions in Mrs. Davis’ memory may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 15 CR 207, Oxford, MS 38655.

MARIE GILLS

Marie W. Gillis, 95, died Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, at Yalobusha County Nursing Home in Water Valley.

The memorial service will be held Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Waller Funeral Home with Reverend Warren Black officiating. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 1 at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions in Mrs. Gillis’ memory may be made to the Pantry, P.O. Box 588, Oxford, MS 38655.

DR. ROBERT LAWRENCE JORDAN

Dr. Robert Lawrence Jordan, 85, died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford.

A memorial service was held Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, in the Chapel of Waller Funeral Home with The Reverend Ann Kelly officiating. Burial followed in Eastover Memorial Cemetery.

Memorial contributions in Dr. Jordan’s memory may be made to Camp Hopewell, 24 CR 231, Oxford, MS or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2015

A Q&A with Rick Mize Rick Mize is a native of Lafayette County and the general manager at radio stations WQLJ and WTNM. Jeff Roberson of the Oxford Citizen visited Rick while he was at work in the studio at the radio station during a remote broadcast Friday afternoon.

JEFF ROBERSON: So how did you get into radio?

RICK MIZE: A drama instructor named Robin Parker that came through Lafayette (County) High School just for a couple of years back in like 1975 and 1976. That summer she bumped into David Kellum and me at Larson’s Big Star and asked us if we’d like to do a high school radio show. She had it on her mind, and I gave her the credit for me being in radio.

The show was called “LHS Today” and it was on Friday afternoons. They aired it on the AM and the FM, WSUH and WOOR. On one station at 4 p.m. and the other station at 5 p.m. I give Mr. (Mel) Chrestman (of the radio stations back then) all the credit. I listen to it now and think what a nice man to air those programs. I still have a copy of every one of them.”

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ROBERSON: So that set the course for your professional career, although at the time you might not have thought that.

MIZE: I actually thought I was going to get into theater. But after I got into it, I was a little concerned about how I was going to make a living. Then I got into radio and wondered how I was going to make a living. But I have been blessed.

Extremely blessed.”

Sylvester Morgan Henderson, 68, died Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford.

Services were held Saturday, Oct. 31, at Second Baptist Missionary Baptist Church in Oxford. Burial followed in Oxford City Cemetery.

Serenity-Martin Funeral Home of Oxford was in charge of arrangements.

ROBERSON: Later on, you and David Kellum worked together at this radio station.

MIZE: Yes. This station, back then J-107, signed on December, 1984. It remained that until 1992. I bought into the station as a partial owner in 1998 when I moved back to Oxford from the gulf coast.

OMS) auditorium for her.

Kayla loved theater. Her younger sister followed suit in that. We love the fact that those young people coming up continue to work in that theater, hone their craft, and get to express themselves.

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Rick Mize has been a part of radio in North Mississippi, Memphis, Holly Springs, and the Gulf Coast for more than 30 years.

ROBERSON: Like everything else radio has changed, hasn’t it?

MIZE: The move to the digital side has been incredible. When I started it was analog tape and vinyl records. We actually had to splice tapes. Now we have to do it digitally. Of course you played music from a vinyl record. Now that’s all hard drive. I’ve gone all the way from playing a vinyl record to what was called a cart to CDs and now it’s on a hard drive. It’s been baptism by fire.

ROBERSON: What’s the future of this type of radio in your opinion?

MIZE: It’s got to continue to localize to be relevant.

You can’t play 12 songs in a row anymore. That used to be the big thing. People can get that on Pandora and Sirius/XM. You have to localize to be relevant. You have to be at Car Mart (which is where the remote was Friday). You’ve got to be live at high school football games. The other thing is radio has to be interfaced with the digital mediums that are out there, and we can do that because we’ve always been instant. Now

you can interact with Facebook and the different social mediums. I have to get used to the fact to actually take a picture for radio.

When we’re on location take a photo and put it up on our Facebook page and Twitter and all that.

ROBERSON: You’re from here.

MIZE: I grew up in Yocona, definitely a country boy. My father was a game warden. My grandfather was a champion coon hunter. I grew up in nature.

One of my great passions is being on the old home farm. I like to do nature photographs. I was in the first first grade class at Lafayette schools. This is their 50th year. That was 1965.

ROBERSON: Tell us more about your family.

MIZE: My wife, Candy, is a Lafayette High School graduate. She is now the curriculum coordinator for Oxford School District.

She’s been in education for all of her career. Daughter, Courtney, is a graduate of the University of Mississippi currently living in Chicago pursuing a career

there. And she has been in a few shows in the Chicago area. Daughter, Kayla, passed away ten years ago.

ROBERSON: She was in high school at the time and has been honored many times since her death, correct?

MIZE: She was a senior at Oxford High School the year she passed away. She was on top of the world.

She had a single car accident and died as a result. I can’t even began to tell you the ways she’s been honored. When she died my wife and I sat on the side of the bed and wondered if anybody would really truly know this child and how special she was. And they did. There were so many special things that were done, and I’ll probably leave something out. The baseball team gave us a jersey with her name on it and put her number on the field. She was a diamond girl and they honored her in that way. Then she was honored numerous other ways. At graduation they had an empty chair with all of her honors. She graduated with honors. They also named the OHS (now

ROBERSON: There is a scholarship named for Kayla. Tell us about that.

MIZE: Yes, the Kayla Sue Mize Endowment. That’s been such a blessing and has touched so many lives already. We now have the capability to give two scholarships to qualified candidates at Oxford and Lafayette for those students who have excelled in the performing arts for $500 each. With the growth of the fund, I figure that will increase over time. I was contacted by Joey Mistilis who came up with an endowment idea which is managed by Create Foundation, a super group in Tupelo.We were numb and he wanted to know if we would consider doing that.

I told him just to get it together and we’d be glad to consider it. The Oxford people insisted we also do it for Lafayette because they knew of our connections there.

ROBERSON: You have lots of civic and church duties.

MIZE: I’m a deacon at First Baptist Church. My faith is one of the things that’s certainly held us up through any challenges in our lives, and we have victory that anything this world gives us. We know that through Christ. That’s a big part of our lives.

Being in radio I deal with a lot of communities around here. I’m currently the chairman of the (OxfordLafayette County) Chamber of Commerce. I’m thankful for that and honored they would actually allow me to serve in that position. Jon Maynard, Pam Swain, Rosie Vassallo, Julia Blackmon, Allen Kurr do such a terrific job there.

I’m just a figurehead there.

There is such a terrific group there. They do such a super job. It’s such a worthwhile organization and it does so much for the community on small and big levels.

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Obvious relief, enthusiasm from board on Vitter selection

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lan Perry appeared to be as relieved as anyone. So did the other IHL board members.

It had been a long seven months since March when Dr. Dan Jones was terminated as Chancellor of the University of Mississippi. That collective sigh of relief from the college board was exhaled when Perry announced the groups’ endorsement of Dr. Jeffrey S. Vitter, Sr., as the next Chancellor.

In the meantime, there has been Dr. Morris Stocks who ably and admirably kept things moving, first as acting Chancellor until September when Jones’ contract ran out, then as interim Chancellor since then.

The board, Perry said, “unanimously and enthusiastically” voted for Vitter, their preferred candidate whose name had been out there for the past couple of weeks.

Not everyone is totally sold. That’s often the case with a new leader. Vitter, according to some in all ranks – students, faculty, staff, and alumni. – has work to do to heal those people still asking questions about why Jones was not retained, and if they can truly trust the IHL board.

Vitter began that selling process among those groups, first at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson Wednesday and at the main campus in Oxford Thursday. There was a lot of pain and anger associated with Jones’ removal, or non-renewal of his contract.

Jones is a Mississippi College alumnus with his medical degree from Ole Miss in Jackson. But he was a virtual unknown to the Ole Miss community and Rebel Nation when chosen in the summer of 2009, following in what could be called the legendary footsteps of Dr. Robert Khayat. But Ole Miss people, especially students, faculty, and staff, warmed up to Jones and appeared to support him solidly as the years moved on.

Vitter is even more of an unknown, although it is doubtful there has ever been a resume’ for any Chancellor or President of any Mississippi public university to match his.

With a background mainly in the sciences, there were questions from some about the liberal arts and how he can advance those. His talk prior had mainly been about expanding and broadening the university’s research efforts. That’s where he apparently sees some of the deficiencies, or at least the most opportunities for advancing Ole Miss.

He talked about the university leading Mississippi, reaching out to communities in the state (he mentioned he would like to visit all 82 counties), talked about the university being the flagship and what that should mean going forward.

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He talked about an even greater bond and relationship between the Ole Miss campus in Oxford and the UMMC campus in Jackson.

There were several mentions of the medical school, all in a positive light as it pertains to Ole Miss.

In another story in this paper, Sharon Vitter, the Chancellor’s wife of 33 years, a pharmacist and a graduate of the University of Kansas, talks about their three grown children and tells us what they are doing with their lives.

Their resumes’ and activities mirror that of their parents. This is a most accomplished family of great achievement.

Now they are the first family of Ole Miss. The Vitters will eventually move into Carrier House, the Chancellor’s residence, and bring life once again to that beautiful home Dr. Vitter is obviously a sports fan. He mentioned watching the Royals-Mets World Series game the night before. He talked about being at the Ole MissTexas A&M game last weekend and that he grew up in SEC country and kept up with Ole Miss.

Athletics Director Ross Bjork and many other members of the athletics department were on hand Thursday.

The bond between athletics and the Lyceum will remain strong, in my opinion.

My take after listening to Dr. Vitter for three of the sessions on Thursday is that Ole Miss hit the proverbial home run with his hire.

Even greater days should be ahead for Ole Miss as Dr. Vitter has as his stated goals to move Ole Miss ahead in every way, just as he had seen happen in the lengthy list of other universities he has been associated with as a student and an administrator.

There should have been, and there was, a sigh of relief from the IHL board Thursday afternoon as Dr. Jeffrey Scott Vitter, Sr. was named as the new leader.

Now it’s all about moving forward, and that’s what Vitter said he plans to do and for Ole Miss to do.

Jeff Roberson is the Oxford Citizen managing editor. He can be reached at jeff.roberson @journalinc.com. Follow him on Twitter at @Citizen_Jeff.

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N. Lamar park commitment renewed

BY ERROL CASTENS OXFORD CITIZEN

Grass and trees won’t replace steel and concrete right away, but city officials recommitted Thursday to make the old No. 1 Fire Station location on North Lamar Boulevard into a neighborhood park.

The one-acre site sits at the border of the North Lamar commercial area and several blocks of stately homes along the treelined boulevard.

“Early on we made a commitment that would be greenspace,” said Mayor Pat Patterson at a special called meeting that also addressed several unrelated issues. “Some of our staff think that’s not the best decision. I’m

torn; I think you could make a pretty nice entryway there.”

Non-park proposals for the lot fronting what is arguably the city’s most beautiful boulevard have ranged from a storage building for various departments to a visitor center (since made moot by the relocation of Visit Oxford to the former Freeland Law building) to municipal court and a municipal shop.

“We’ve ruled out everything that’s ever been proposed for there because there’s no parking and it’s not viable,” said Alderman Robyn Tannehill.

Patterson added that moving the overcrowded city court – one of those uses proposed for the space – may soon not be an urgency.

“There’s a possibility of anywhere from 15 to 20 acres becoming available for a hoped-for municipal site that came up,” he said. “It would take some pressure off in a couple of years.”

“On behalf of Ward 1, I’m passionately supportive of honoring our commitment to leave it as a greenspace, a gateway to North Lamar,” said Alderman Jay Hughes, in whose ward the old fire station sits. “To do anything else would no different from having the Checkers that came in from South Lamar. It would make a perfect pocket park to memorialize deceased firemen, policemen and just a place of refuge.”

Alderman Janice Antonow agreed: “It should be a little

park,” she said.

Alderman John Morgan said he didn’t remember ever discussing a permanent use for the existing building.

“I think it was always about, ‘We don’t have the money to do it right now’ and that we might temporarily use something else there in the meantime until we figured out how to get the money,” Morgan said. “The park was always going to be the eventual plan.”

Alderman Jay Hughes was adamantly opposed to any remodeling of the 40-somethingyear-old building.

“We’d be throwing good money after bad because it’s in such deplorable shape, which is why we have firemen in a new

place,” he said. “It doesn’t even arguably meet code. Why put makeup on a pig?”

Patterson reiterated the Board’s commitment to a park on the site but urged patience.

“We’re not going to bulldoze it tomorrow. It’s not going to happen in the next six months,” he said.

Public Works Director Bart Robinson said mold and other deterioration makes the building unviable even for most temporary uses other than as a garage.

“If we can make it work, we’re going to house one of these Double Decker buses we’re working on in there,” he said. errol.castens@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenec

Oxford targets three areas for annexation

BY ERROL CASTENS OXFORD CITIZEN

Facing a shortage of developable land inside current city limits, Oxford officials agreed Thursday on three areas to target for annexation in the next several months.

City Engineer and Director of Public Works Bart Robinson said City Planner Andrea Correll and Bob Barber of the Orion Group, which is crafting Oxford’s Vision 2037 long-range plan, had asked him to prioritize where he thought development would come soonest.

Commons “Oxford would be one,” Robinson said, referring to the east side of a 550-acre planned unit development along Sisk Avenue, east of Highway 7 North.

“Two would be University Avenue Extended,” he said, noting the build-up between the existing city limits and the street’s intersection with Highway 6 East, along with the Brittany Woods subdivision.

University and Sisk Avenues are slated to be connected by a new road, a joint project between Oxford and Lafayette County, as early as next year.

The third obvious target for annexation, Robinson said, would be in the area designated for the construction of another city-

county project, the extension of West Oxford Loop.

Currently connecting only West Jackson Avenue and Anderson Road, West Oxford Loop is planned to grow north and east to Old Sardis Road/Highway 314 and to College Hill Road (County Road 102), opening hundreds of acres to potential development.

“Tomorrow,” said Alderman Jay Hughes. “We need to do it tomorrow.”

Alderman John Morgan said annexation along the county portion of West Oxford Loop didn’t seem quite aboveboard.

“There’s nothing there but woods,” he said. “The county’s going to have a fit.

They’re helping pay for the road, and then we’re going to annex it.”

Other aldermen said the move would actually benefit the county.

“They’ll be glad not to have to maintain that road,” one said.

Several people at Thursday’s special meeting of the Board of Aldermen questioned whether the city could afford to annex the West Oxford Loop area, given that it would require police and fire protection –with the extension of water mains – but would offer little in the way of property or sales taxes to pay for those services.

“Part of the reason you do it, though, is so that it

develops in a way that creates tax base down the road instead of developing in such a way that it crushes the ability of the city to expand,” said City Attorney Pope Mallette.

“Sometimes you have to suffer the short-term costs.”

“I want us to be able to control the growth,” said Alderman Robyn Tannehill. “That’s where the growth is happening. For so long the growth happened around us, and then we tried to take it in.” Several officials commented that such a conservative approach often ended up with subdivisions that had inadequate roads and water lines.

“So we’re going to ask Mike Slaughter (a municipal annexation specialist based in Oxford) to focus on Oxford Commons, University Extended and (the area around) FNC West and see what our budget will allow us to project,” Mayor Pat Patterson said.

Mallette said Slaughter may recommend annexing additional area where some city services already exist.

“He may say, ‘Well, if you take these, you might as well take all these where we already have petitions for annexation, we’ve got city water,” Mallette said. “It’ll just increase the tax base where these other zones

are costing you money.”

Robinson said it would probably take Slaughter until next spring to have an annexation proposal ready

to go through all the chan- “That’s a pretty clear mannels required. date.”

Getting a consensus from aldermen to move errol.castens@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenec forward, Patterson said,

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UM to Host American Legion Boys State in 2016 OXFORD CITIZEN

Ole Miss Public Relations For the next three years, the University of Mississippi will host the American Legion’s Boys State, which allows young men from across Mississippi to perform the duties of state and local governments during a weeklong event designed “to develop tomorrow’s informed, responsible citizens.”

Boys State is set for the week of May 29, 2016, and again in the spring of 2017 and 2018. Delegates will stay on campus and be able to take advantage of the many resources of UM’s departments and programs. The young men will learn how city, county and state governments function through simulating those jobs.

“The citizenship instruction provided by Boys State to the youth of Mississippi

continues to play a leading role in the identification and growth of our future leaders and we are excited to be a part of that leadership development,” Interim UM Chancellor Morris Stocks said.

Stocks said he is grateful to Brandi Hephner LaBanc, vice chancellor for student affairs, and her team in leading efforts to bring Boys State to UM. Hephner LaBanc said the university is the perfect setting for the event.

“We are thrilled about hosting Boys State and see it as another opportunity to serve Mississippians,” Hephner LaBanc said. “We believe our campus will be a perfect setting for them to meaningfully engage, learn and become empowered leaders.”

The Illinois American Legion created the program in 1934, and it was adopted by the national organization in 1945. The goal of the

program is to show that democracy needs both an intelligent citizenry and also a moral, honest and impartial administration that is responsive to the will of the people.

The nonpartisan program is open to young men who are high school juniors and it is conducted each year across the country through each state’s Department of the American Legion. It’s estimated that more than 28,000 young men annually participate in the civic workshops.

The gathering is designed to be a virtual 51st state with a constitution, statutes and ordinances constructed by its citizens to govern themselves. Participants are required to review their knowledge about political workings of state and local government, but they also perform the same duties as actual officeholders in the real world.

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Thacker Heights - Fantastic home in Thacker Heights, sits on a corner lot with a picket fence and nice yard. it's located in a quiet neighbor hood with a great floor plan. Fireplace and 2 sky lights in the living room. There is an eat in bar between the kitchen and dining room. a great starter home or weekend home. $115,000.

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Oxford - These 2 parcels of wooded acreage (22521-001.00 @12 acres); (224-20-004.00 @134.5 acres) includes +/- 0.75 mile of road frontage on CR 430, just past CR 445 for a total of 146.5 acres of untouched nature. Whether a farm or home site or your private place to hunt. You must see this beautiful countryside. Just a few miles from Lafayette County High School. $439,500.

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Mississippi goes to the polls Lafayette County voters will join citizens across the state on Tuesday in choosing leaders for the next four years.

In addition to statewide elections for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and several other offices, the ballot will feature races for state House and Senate seats, district attorney, and most county elected offices. Voters will choose between either of two initiatives aimed at governing school funding and will also have the option to reject both.

Lafayette County’s 18 precincts, like those throughout Mississippi, will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Each precinct will post its vote totals onsite, and countywide totals will be announced at the Lafayette County Courthouse as they come in.

Turn your clocks back?

If you’re usually late to Sunday school but are the first one there today, you probably forgot to reset your clocks. Daylight Saving Time ended this morning at 2 a.m. - the first 2 a.m., which then became 1 a.m., which progressed again to 2 a.m. … . Oh, never mind. Call a punctual friend and ask what time it is now. Or check your cell phone; most of them update themselves.

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BRIEFING progressed little beyond clearing the property, building a berm and digging a hole, both the special exception and the plan approval have expired, and the new owners of the property will have to begin anew getting required approvals from the Oxford Planning Commission and the Board of Aldermen.

As currently proposed, the development would have five stories above ground and would include 69 residential units with a total of 224 bedrooms.

Alderman Janice Antonow said changes in the surroundings may not justify allowing residential development on the site now.

“The Planning Commission approved this in 2012. Since 2012 we have a Marriott across the street,” she said. “They need to look at this in the context of what’s there now. They may not want to grant a special exception for residential, and … they shouldn’t be pressured by the (city) staff or the developers.”

Board to bid park construction The Oxford Board of Aldermen is expected at Tuesday’s meeting to approve a contract with A2H, an architecture and engineering firm for Woodlawn Park in west Oxford and to approve advertising for bids on construction of the park’s estimated $225,000 first phase.

When all six phases are completed, the $1.7 million project would incorporate a half-mile walking/biking track, botanical interpretative areas and a timber pavilion.

The park is designed into a narrow, 18-acre wedge of land between the planned Toby Tubby Parkway/West Oxford Loop Extended and Toby Tubby Creek, with its south end touching Anderson Road.

Along with the end of Daylight Saving Time comes suddenly short afternoons. Oxford Bicycle Company, Oxford Police Department, Oxford Fire Department and other entities will host a FREE front light and rear light giveaway to make the evening commute safer for all bicyclists.

Come to the Oxford Depot this Sunday between 2 and 4 p.m. to pick up your bike lights and meet your local Oxford police officers and firefighters, then join other local bicycling enthusiasts Childcare staff at 3:30 p.m. for a community conference to be held bike ride. The event is sponsored L-O-U Excel by 5, an initiative

by Oxford Bicycle Company. aimed at increasing the kindergarten preparedness of children in Lafayette County, will host a Jackson Row childcare staff development conmust begin again A mixed-used development of ference on Saturday at First Bapretail, office and residential space tist Church of Oxford, 800 Van Buren Ave., from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. planned for the south side of Dr. Cathy Grace will present the Jackson Avenue stretching west keynote address, “Early Childhood from 6th Street will have to start its approval process from scratch. Education and Why It Matters.”

Afterward, three concurrent Jackson Row was given a special exception to include resi- tracks - general, infant/toddler, dential units in an area zoned for and preschool (ages 3-5) - of sesbusiness, and its plans for a se- sions will be held.

For caregivers of infants and ries of buildings with four stories above ground and another three toddlers, subjects include “Out With the Old and In With the stories below for parking were New,” “Child Restraint Safety,” approved then.

“Fostering Healthy Attachment,” Because construction has

and “Old and New Ways of Storytelling.”

For Pre-K care givers, sessions are “Social Understanding in Preschool,” “Math in Motio,” “Exploring the Child’s World through Arts and Crafts,” and “How Do Children Acquire Language?”

The general information track will cover “Supporting Children with Special Needs,” “Encouraging Children to Eat Well,” and “Reading, Talking, and Writing Your Way to Kindergarten.”

Jenie Dolar will speak at the Director's Luncheon on “Establishing a Resource Library.”

Excel By 5 is sponsored by United Way. For more information contact Linda Glaze at glaze@gotofirst.org or Stephanie Miller at semille5@olemiss.edu.

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Oxford firefighter Brett Thomas helps wash a fire engine at Fire Station No. 1.

Oxford fire Captain Allen Brown lifts weights during his down time at Fire Station No. 1.

Oxford firefighter Josh Ferguson puts on his turnouts.

Oxford firefighters Josh Ferguson and Chad Bagwell practice team water hose use during their down time at Fire Station No. 1.

Oxford fire Lieutenant Eric Thweet shows firefighters Josh Ferguson and Chad Bagwell new techniques how to open a locked door.

Oxford chief Timmy Dickenson washes a fire and rescue truck during down time.

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Details for state title games coming down the stretch

F

riday was the final regular season football game for the Lafayette Commodores. Oxford’s Chargers will play their last regular season game in less than a week. After the matchup with Lake Cormorant, nothing else is guaranteed for the Chargers. Same goes for the Commodores.

The MHSAA playoffs are filled with a lot of excitement, and both local teams have the potential to provide some memorable moments in the coming weeks. Again, they are both going to have to play well, but the Commodores and Chargers, have all the tools to win a title.

If that’s the case, then both teams will literally be playing in their backyard. VaughtHemingway Stadium is the site for all the title games in 2015, and the preparations for all six title games has been ongoing.

Clay Brownlee, the Assistant Director at FNC Park, has been right in the middle of the meetings that have helped shape the start of the title weekend in December. Two weeks ago, Brownlee said the last “big” planning meeting between the MHSAA and Ole Miss was held. Brownlee, and Brad Freeman, the director of FNC, are helping to facilitate all the logistics for the games, such as find hotel rooms and secure catering.

Brownlee said that Ole Miss has been “very, very helpful” in regards to getting details to him, and the MHSAA. Don Hinton, the executive director of the MHSAA, Todd Kelly, the director of development, and Joyce Franklin, the financial officer, all took part in the meeting, Brownlee said.

“Just a big group from Ole Miss sat in on the meeting with MHSAA and us. We did a final tour of the stadium where everyone was going to be,” Brownlee said. “It was a very successful meeting. It was very productive and we got a lot done. We finalized a lot of details that we’re going to have to put in place very soon.”

As soon as the Rebels entertain LSU on Nov. 21, Vaught-Hemingway Stadium will TURN TO STATE PAGE 20

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Oxford running back Hiram Wadlington hurdles over a goal-line pile up for a touchdown during Friday’s 54-30 win over Center Hill.

Oxford is 1-5A champion for the third straight year.

Chargers clinch Division title with win over Center Hill

BY BEN MIKELL SPORTS WRITER

OLIVE BRANCH – Quarterback Jack Abraham surpassed 10,000 career passing yards. Wide receiver DK Metcalf had a career-high 182 receiving yards. The Oxford Chargers clinched the Division 1-5A title for the third year in a row by defeating the Center Hill Mustangs 54-30.

All in a night’s work.

The night started a little bumpy for the Chargers for the second straight week, allowing a score on the opening drive. Center Hill opened the game by marching 71 yards in six plays. It was capped when quarterback Danterius Ellington ran in a touchdown from 8 yards out to take an early 7-0 lead.

“That quarterback is so fast,” Oxford coach Johnny Hill said. “He got outside and we can’t catch him out there.

I thought our guys did a really good job of trying to keep him hemmed up and not let him get outside a

Oxford tight end Zach Cousar celebrates after catching a pass for a touchdown during Friday’s 54-30 win over Center Hill. good bit of the time. We wore him down a little bit. He’s a really good athlete, he is what makes them go. Eighty three (Jonathan Weeks) is really good too.”

On the next Center Hill drive, following a lightning

quick Charger score to cut the Mustang lead to 7-6, Ellington found Weeks from 4 yards out on fourth down to give the Mustangs (5-5 overall, 3-3 in Division 1-5A) their biggest lead of the night at 14-6 midway through the

first quarter. After each Center Hill score in the game, the Mustangs attempted an onside kick, something Hill expected Center Hill to do throughout the game. Oxford (8-2, 6-0) recovered each of the six onside kicks Center Hill tried during the game.

“With my hands team, I knew he was going to (onside) kick it every time,” Hill said of the Mustangs aggressive style of play. “He went for it on fourth down all but one time in the game as well.

I was real proud of our special teams to cover every onside kick tonight.”

The Mustangs did not seem to care about the field position battle. Recovering all the onside kicks allowed Oxford to have short field after short field. In addition, four of the Center Hill drives ended on downs. The Chargers did not start a single drive at or inside their own 35yard-line during the game while the Mustangs started TURN TO CHARGERS PAGE 21

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SPORTS IN DEPTH LAST WEEK’S RESULTS

PREP FOOTBALL SCORES

Oxford 54, Center Hill 30 Oxford 19-7-14-14 — 54 Center Hill 17-0-0-13 — 30 First Quarter • CH - Danterius Ellington 8 run (Marshall Gaines kick), 8:51 • OXF - DK Metcalf 49 pass from Jack Abraham (pass failed), 8:42 • CH - Jonathan Weeks 4 pass from Ellington (Gaines kick), 4:52 • OXF - Metcalf 34 pass from Abraham (pass failed), 4:01 • OXF - Zach Cousar 33 pass from Abraham (Liam Cooper kick), 3:45 • CH - Gaines 34 field goal, 0:10 Second Quarter • OXF - Hiram Wadlington 2 run (Connell Yoste kick), 4:09 Third Quarter • OXF - Jimmy Greaser 5 pass from Abraham (Cooper kick), 9:55 • OXF - Metcalf 64 pass from Abraham (Yoste kick), 3:11 Fourth Quarter • CH - Ellington 8 run (pass failed), 10:!2 • OXF - Ken Presley 16 pass from Abraham (Cooper kick), 8:07 • CH - Hunter Roberts 8 pass from Ellington (Carson Renfrow kick), 5:57 • OXF - Josh Patton 36 run (Yoste kick), 5:28 Records: Oxford 8-2, 6-0, Center Hill 5-5, 33

Friday’s Results Northeast Mississippi Aberdeen 46, Nettleton 7 Baldwyn 28, Mantachie 12 Belmont 25, Alcorn Central 17 Benton Academy 35, Marshall Academy 26 Benton County 44, New Site 0 Bruce 25, Okolona 18 Calhoun City 35, Winona 14 Coldwater 58, Biggersville 12 Corinth 51, Amory 28 East Webster 21, Eupora 0 Falkner 43, Thrasher 14 H.W. Byers 38, Potts Camp 14 Itawamba AHS 35, Tishomingo County 16 Kossuth 27, Booneville 0 Lewisburg 51, Saltillo 20 Mooreville 13, Hatley 10 North Panola 40, Holly Springs 6 North Pontotoc 56, South Pontotoc 15 Noxubee County 35, Houston 10 Shannon 26, Pontotoc 7 Smithville 69, Hamilton 0 Starkville 28, Warren Central 10 Tupelo 34, Horn Lake 13 Walnut 26, East Union 13

DIVISION 1-5A

STANDINGS Overall W L Oxford 8 2 8 2 West Point 7 4 Clarksdale Lake Cormorant 7 4 Lewisburg 3 8 5 5 Center Hill 2 8 New Hope Saltillo 0 11

W 6 5 4 4 1 3 1 0

Region L 0*^ 1 2 2 5 3 5 6

Week 11 Results Oxford 54, Center Hill 30 Clarksdale 21, Lake Cormorant 19 West Point 44, New Hope 0 Lewisburg 51, Saltillo 20 Week 10 Results Oxford 53, Clarksdale 13 New Hope 35, Lewisburg 33 West Point 50, Saltillo 0 Lake Cormorant 34, Center Hill 14 *-Denotes earned playoff spot ^ - Denotes 1-5A champion

DIVISION 2-4A

Senatobia Lafayette Rosa Fort Ripley New Albany Byhalia

STANDINGS Overall W L 9 1 9 2 8 2 3 6 4 7 2 7

Region W L 5 0*^ 4 1* 3 2* 3* 2 1 4 0 4

Week 11 Results Lafayette 50, Byhalia 8 Senatobia 20, Tunica-Rosa Fort 12 Ripley 51, New Albany 22 Week 10 Results Sentobia 20, Lafayette 19 Tunica-Rosa Fort 50, New Albany 14 Ripley 46, Byhalia 7 *-Denotes earned playoff spot ^ - Denotes 2-4A champion

STATE RESULTS

THURSDAY Brookhaven 35, Wingfield 15 Charleston 34, Independence 13 Murrah 7, Callaway 3 Northeast Lauderdale 10, W. Lauderdale 7 Pelahatchie 26, St. Joseph-Madison 14 Southaven 21, DeSoto Central 0 Yazoo County 21, Velma Jackson 20 FRIDAY (PARTIAL) Amite County 46, Enterprise Lincoln 6 Bassfield 19, Prentiss 12 Bay Springs 44, Clarkdale 12 Brandon 49, Jackson Jim Hill 10 Caledonia 35, Leake Central 28 Choctaw County 43, Choctaw Central 7 Cleveland 43, Gentry 17 Clinton 41, Greenville 14 Collins 64, Perry Central 20 East Side 44, Ruleville 7 East Webster 21, Eupora 0 Enterprise Clarke 35, Newton 34 Forest 42, Southeast Lauderdale 13 Franklin Co. 20, Jefferson County 14 French Camp 55, Ethel 6 Gautier 47, West Harrison County 7 Germantown 72, Canton 42 Greenwood 43, Raymond 14 Grenada 31, Vicksburg 17 Gulfport 24, Ocean Springs 7 Hancock 24, Biloxi 23 Harrison Central 21, D’Iberville 17 Heidelberg 30, Union 24 J.Z. George 30, Coahoma Co. 0 Kemper County 16, Philadelphia 6 Kosciusko 46, Louisville 21 Lake 6, Scott Central 0 Laurel 38, Provine 0 Lawrence County 42, Florence 25 Loyd Star 60, West Lincoln 0 Madison Central 35, Northwest Rankin 14 Magee 42, McLaurin 7 Mendenhall 41, Quitman 20 Meridian 33, Terry 0 Mize 27, North Forrest 16 Moss Point 20, Bay St. Louis 17 Nanih Waiya 35, Durant 14 Neshoba Central 52, Lanier 18 North Pike 38, South Pike 20 Northeast Jones 38, Newton County 13 Noxapater 40, Stringer 11 Oak Forest, La. 42, Parklane Aca. 21 Oak Grove 51, Pearl 47

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Lafayette bounces back with blowout of Byhalia

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

In five weeks, the Lafayette Commodores are looking to play inside Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Before the win-orgo-home gauntlet better known as the MHSAA playoffs start, the Commodores had one final regular season game to get out of the way.

A week after suffering a disappointing one-point loss to Senatobia, the Commodores rebounded with a much-needed win over Byhalia at William L. Buford Stadium Friday night. The 50-8 thrashing served several purposes for coach Eric Robertson, and his team.

1) Every starter got reps and confidence heading into the playoffs. 2) All the reserves saw action, with some seeing time for the first time in several weeks and 3) a bevy of players scored on Senior Night.

“I think we came out much more mentally sharp and ready to play football, focused, the way I like to see,” LHS coach Eric Robertson said after the Commodores improved to 9-2 overall, and finished 4-1 in Division 24A play. “I think we came out with the mindset that it’s playoff time. That’s what I’m most impressed about, that we came out mentally ready to play.”

Six different Commodores scored a touch-

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Lafayette's Allen Mathis (6) and Dillon Woods (2) pull Byhalia's Jeremy Hearn (11) from the air during Friday night's game at William L. Buford Stadium. down in the first half.

Lafayette led 42-0 at the break. The coaches agreed to a running clock for the entire second half.

“A lot of kids played a lot of snaps. Even a couple of ninth graders got in and made some plays for us tonight,” Robertson said.

“I think Brandon Turnage scored a touchdown for us early. Our twos got a lot of reps, which is important especially if the injury bug bites us. They need to get every rep they can get and I thought they played well, too.”

Robertson was pleased with way quarterback Will Ard threw the ball and the way Tay Tay Owens caught the ball with Rashaun Rockette out of the lineup.

“I think Tay Tay caught every ball thrown to him. I was really impressed with Tay Tay. He had a good week of practice, so I knew he was going to have a good game tonight,” Robertson said.

“He made some plays every time he was targeted. I think Tyrell Price got some good reps. Will Ard got some good reps.

Defensively, we got our starters some good reps and got them out. Next week, we think Rockette will be back 100 percent.

Keontre Toles should be back 100 percent. To get those two starters back will help.”

Up next for the Commodores is IndianolaGentry from 3-4A. The

game will be played at Lafayette.

“Any time you play a team from the Delta, they’re going to have a lot of athletes and be extremely fast,” Robertson said. “Usually they’re physical teams so we know we have that type of game going in. We know we’re going to have to be good tacklers on defense and not give up the big play. Offensively, we can’t turn the ball over and just be consistent with what we do. It’s good that we can host a playoff game. We’ve had good crowds all year and hopefully we’ll have a big turnout for the playoffs.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

Kelly, Treadwell pace No. 19 Rebels in win over Auburn FROM OXFORD CITIZEN REPORTS

AUBURN, Ala. – Ole Miss remained in control of its destiny in the SEC West. And the No. 19 Rebels can lay claim to being state champions of Alabama.

Led by quarterback Chad Kelly and wide receiver Laquon Treadwell on offense, Ole Miss defeated Auburn 26-19 at JordanHare Stadium Saturday af-

ternoon.

Kelly treated Ole Miss fans in attendance by throwing for 381 yards and two touchdowns. It was the first win for the Rebels (7-2 overall, 4-1 in the SEC) at Auburn since Eli Manning was quarterback in 2003. A year after being injured against the Tigers, Treadwell scorched the Tigers, catching seven throws from Kelly for 114 yards. His 21-yard touch-

down catch from Kelly with 10:13 left in the fourth quarter turned out to be the deciding score in the win for the Rebels, who defeated the Crimson Tide on Sept. 17 in their other trip to Alabama this season. It was the first time in school history that the Rebels had defeated Alabama and Auburn in the same year.

Both of Kelly’s touchdowns came in the second

half. His 45-yard touchdown to Derrick Jones with just 1:54 left in the third quarter put the Rebels ahead for good. Auburn (4-4, 1-4) got the ball inside Ole Miss’ red zone twice early in the fourth quarter, but the Tigers had to settle for two short field goals from Daniel Carlson.

Auburn’s inability to capitalize was magnified when Treadwell’s touchdown made a one-point, one-

score game into two.

Ole Miss finished with 558 total yards on offense and with a season-high 91 plays.

The Rebels also garnered 27 first downs, the most against an SEC team this year. Four Rebels caught at least three passes from Kelly.

Damore’ea Stringfellow actually caught the most (eight), while Jaylen Walton and Markell Pack each caught three balls. Jones’

touchdown reception was his first on the season.

Walton led the Rebels with 78 yards on 20 carries, while Akeem Judd added 54 yards on eight carries. Auburn’s Sean White led the Tigers with 258 yards, while Jovon Robinson had 91 yards on 18 carries in the loss.

Up next is a home meeting with Arkansas. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. The game can be seen on CBS.

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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Metcalf has career night to earn POW

BY BEN MIKELL SPORTS WRITER

JOEY BRENT

Lafayette's senior class have earned a lot of wins, and garnered a lot of success in their careers. They played their final regular season game at home Friday night against Byhalia.

Senior Commodores are a special group

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Vincent Lewis had tears in his eyes when he heard his named called prior to the start of Friday’s game with Byhalia at William L. Buford Stadium. So did teammate Quin Jones. The two were just part of a special group of seniors that have led the Lafayette Commodores on the field the past few seasons.

Two years ago, when the group of 20 were sophomores, the Commodores advanced to play in the MHSAA Class 4A state title game.

The goal is to do the same thing this year, and win it at Ole Miss’ Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

“I tried to hold it in,” Lewis said of his tears. “I’m going to miss this brotherhood. It hit me that it’s gone by fast. I remember when I was a sophomore. We’re about to start the playoffs. We got to work hard, focus more.”

Jones said that the tears came out of his eyes because of all the memories he’s experienced the past three seasons.

“I love these guys to death. They are my brothers. This is a lifetime

bond. It’s just a special class in 2016,” Jones said. “I love every single one of these guys on the team and everyone I’ve played with.”

Lafayette polished off the regular season in style Friday with a 50-8 win over Byhalia. It made the Commodores 9-2, with a chance to win a 10th game next week at home in the first round of the playoffs.

“I have to put it on the coaches for all the hard work that we’ve put in,” Jones said about the success of the past three seasons.

“Every single day that we’re together, we’ve put in hard work.

We’re trying to get it down to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. We need to take each game at a time.

We need to have a good week of practice for next week’s game and keep the momentum going.”

Eric Robertson, the head coach of the Commodores, remembers how excited his seniors where when they were sophomores.

“They have been a successful group. They worked hard between their ninth and 10th grade year and it’s paid off,” Robertson said. “They played for a state championship as sophomores,

won a region championship as juniors and this year they had a great regular season and won a bunch of football games. Hopefully we have several more to play.”

All of the seniors have impressed Robertson in one form or fashion. He mentioned the improvement of Lewis and Jordan Jamison specifically, but also credited the leadership of Eli Johnson, Jones and Tyrell Price.

“All of them have done great.

Jordan Jamison, we knew he was a good player, but Jordan has been consistent for us,” Robertson said.

“He’s graded high for us each ballgame. He’s been a nice surprise.

He’s worked hard at it and he’s improved. He’s a big part of our success and a big part of Tyrell’s success. Kenotre Toles is a senior who had to move from defensive end where he was a starter to a linebacker position, so he had a transition which is big. I think we have a lot of unselfish seniors which has made us better all around.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

OLIVE BRANCH – It was only a matter of time this season before Oxford’s DK Metcalf would have a night like he had against the Center Hill Mustangs.

Metcalf had seven receptions for a career-high 182 yards and three touchdowns in the 54-30 win over the Mustangs. His best statistical night ever as a Charger in the yardage department allowed him to earn his first Player of the Week honors this season.

With all the weapons Oxford has on offense, Center Hill picked its poison and decided to defend Metcalf one-on-one early in the game. The plan changed for the Mustangs after Metcalf torched the Mustang defense twice for touchdowns in the first quarter. Metcalf credited the rest of the offense for doing their part so that defenses would put a little more focus on them and away from Metcalf.

“The o-line has been blocking great,” Metcalf said. “We’ve all stood out at the receiver position this year. The running back position has been real great since we lost Kenzie (Phillips) and Drew (Bianco). Everybody has stepped up and it was my time tonight.”

Wide receivers coach Chris Cutcliffe believed that the type of seasons receivers Ken Presley, Jimmy Greaser, and Zach Cousar and a few others are having allowed Metcalf to not get as much attention early on and that defenses are usually put in a bind as to which weapon to take away

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from the Oxford offense.

“Coming into (Friday night), we had five guys that had at least 20 catches and seven guys with at least 10 catches,” Cutcliffe said about his receivers. “Obviously DK is a phenomenal player, but we have a lot of other guys that can make plays. You gotta pick your poison to some degree. You can try to take Metcalf out of the game and risk letting the other guys make plays or you can try to play base and try to defend him one-on-one and that is not something very many teams can do.”

The Ole Miss commitment on the season has 49 receptions for 833 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Metcalf has 883 all-purpose yards on the year and 13 total touchdowns.

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Harrison provides positive energy for OM Rebels

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

A host of fans, family and friends enveloped Olivia Harrison Thursday night.

Minutes after her final regular season game at home, the Ole Miss senior from Collierville, Tennessee seemed to be taking it all in.

Her number, 20, was one of six painted on the field. It was a reminder that the end of a career was more of a reality than not, and that any of the matches played moving forward could be the last overall.

“The senior class, we've done it all. We've made the beach (SEC Tournament), we've not made the beach,” Harrison said. “The way last year ended so quickly for us was a big disappointment.

Since the game out here last year against Tennessee, we've been working to get to this moment, to make the SEC Tournament have it turn into a really high, potential NCAA Tournament.”

Ole Miss (13-4-2 overall) finished with a 7-4 mark in SEC play, and the No. 3 seed in this week's SEC Tournament in Orange Beach, Alabama. Harrison said she might feel a little different playing in her final tournament this week, but she was also motivated to play well after the Rebels lost to Vanderbilt Thursday night.

“Losing is not the best. We definitely didn't want to end like this on our home field, so it will motivate us. I think

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Ole Miss senior Olivia Harrison and the Rebels will play in the SEC Tournament on Wednesday against Texas A&M.

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Senior Olivia Harrison has been a high energy player throughout her career for the Rebels. we're motivated because we know that if we lose in the SEC Tournament, we're going home,” Harrison said.

“We don't want to lose again. We want to keep our season going as long as possible.”

When the seniors were honored just before the match with Vanderbilt, Harrison said it was a little weird to think about her last guaranteed time at home.

“And then when the whistle blows, you have to put everything off to the side and just play the game,” Harrison said adding that her career was everything she wanted it to be. “We've had ups and downs, as a team and as an individual.

But when I look back, there is absolutely nothing that I would change.”

Heading into her final SEC Tournament, Harrison said her biggest high was making the NCAA Tournament as a sophomore.

“I really have enjoyed this year so much. I think we have great team chemistry.

It's like playing with my best friends,” Harrison added.

“The 26 of us, we really are like sisters. That's just been such a fun environment and experience to have.”

Ole Miss coach Matthew Mott only had great things to say about Harrison, and the entire senior class.

“The class came in here and just changed our entire program,” Mott said. “They changed the standards, the expectations, the culture.

They've all been great students and student-athletes.

They've worked so hard and

gotten so much better.

They've just meant everything to our program to this point.

“Olivia, she's our energy bunny. She is always up.

She's always excited. On the field, she is fast and tough.

She's always in there hustling for loose balls,” Mott added. “She's been a very, very good player for us, and one that we certainly will miss.”

Two other seniors, Jessica Hiskey and Jennifer Miller, live with Harrison. She is closest with them on the team because “I'm with them 24/7.”

pened, and maybe because that's what was needed.

“These games happen.

We played well, but we could have played better,” she said. “They were motivated. For them, it was either a win, or they were done. It's hard to play against a team that has that in their mind. I think we've got to put this behind us and keep on continuing to play Ole Miss soccer. You can't dwell on these type of games. You need to have a short-term memory, play better next time and learn from your mistakes.”

Mott felt a big reason his team has had so much sucMOVING FORWARD cess this year was because It seemed like Harrison they all get along so well. was over the Vanderbilt “They're a tight group, game minutes after it hap- tight knit, and they all want

We are still weeks away from knowing which teams will be in FROM PAGE 17 Oxford, but Brownlee couldn’t wait to secure hotel rooms. He become a construction zone has to plan like there will be again. Or at least to a degree. several teams far enough away Brownlee said that fans will not that they will need some space. be able to sit in north end zone “If we get a lot of southern during the title games. At the teams, then there is a real good meetings, figuring out which chance that a lot of the hotels teams will be where, and where are going to really fill up,” people will park, were ironed out.

Brownlee said. “We’ve gotten Brownlee said that each of the with the hotels and asked about 12 teams will take part in the rates and everyone has been real Walk of Champions and timing helpful. We’re also doing prefor that event is a big deal. Other game meals for each team and details that were finalized involve that will mean they will come in ticket booth sales. a little bit earlier than they nor“With everyone parking on the A diagram of what Vaught-Hemingway Stadium would look like during the mally would. We think that will south lot on Friday, we’re going to MHSAA football championships in December. push others to stay the night.” do a make shift ticket booth on Some of the final details that the south side of the stadium so Brownlee was putting together going to start ripping up the seats be in operation for the games. involved how teams will get to they don’t have to walk all the We’re going to make everyone and they will put up a big conthe Walk of Champions, how way around to the north,” enter on the south side, kind of struction fence and no one will teams will get from there to the the east and west of the south Brownlee said. “I’m told as soon be able to enter that side of the stadium and where the locker as the LSU game is over, they’re stadium. The jumbotron will still side.”

to win for each other,” Mott said. “I think that's all very important. Their goal was to get back to the beach and the SEC Tournament and then back to the NCAAs. We don't really control hosting, but the higher we're ranked, the better chance we have of doing that. Hopefully we can keep it going when we get to the beach. I think we have to connect passes.

When we had our chances, we didn't take them and the bottom line for us when we have the chances, we have to score.”

Ole Miss will play against Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

rooms are located. Since the end of August, oxfordmsgridiron.com has been live and updated. The site shows a rendering of the Vaught, and where fans would be siting during the game. The first game of the six will be the 1A matchup on Dec. 4 at 11 a.m. The 4A and 5A title games, which could include Lafayette and Oxford, respectively, will be held back-to-back on Dec. 5.

As the games get closer, Brownlee said the site will be updated to include which gates will be opened for fans to enter.

There is also a parking map located on the site, and there are circles around the stadium that show how far out fans can leave their cars, and how far of a walk it would be to the stadium.

“We just want to make this as first class as we can, the Oxford way,” Brownlee said.

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Chargers FROM PAGE 16

all but three drives inside their own 35.

Although Oxford didn’t have to cover as much ground as usual each time while on offense, Abraham passed the 10,000 career passing yard mark needing 369 entering the contest.

Abraham finished the night 23-for-28 for 395 yards and six touchdowns.

While Abraham gets his name on the record, Hill knows that it was a team accomplishment.

“I was awful proud of the offense for Jack’s performance,” Hill said. “That’s a team performance even though Jack throws the ball. You got guys catching the ball and the offensive line blocking for him. I know Jack gets the accolade on that, but that’s a team thing. They did great.”

With the win over Center Hill and with Lake Cormorant losing 21-19 to

COURTESY

The Oxford Middle School eighth-grade football team was rewarded for a perfect season on the field with a steak dinner last week. Quarterback John Meagher threw 17 touchdowns against just one interception and finished with 1,036 yards.

Running back Kelvin Wadley finished with 445 yards, while Tyler Lawson led the team with 31 total tackles. The leading receiver was Jeremiah Pegues with 17 catches for 441 yards and nine touchdowns.

Clarksdale, Oxford earned the No. 1 seed and a home game in the first round of the MHSAA 5A Playoffs in two weeks.

“That was one of our first goals before the season,” Hill said. “We want to win the district so we have a good chance at playing at home throughout the playoffs.”

EXTRA POINTS

Oxford will host either Holmes County Central, Vicksburg, or Neshoba Central from Division 2-5A in the first round of the 5A playoffs depending on the results of their games next week… Ellington accounted for 384 of the 439 yards Center Hill generated on offense...Weeks was targeted for 21 and caught 13 of the 36 passes Ellington threw in the game...Oxford ran just 40 plays in the game to Center Hill’s 83...Oxford’s string of seven straight games without allowing a sack was snapped in this game.

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