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Sunday, April 24, 2016

Double Decker fun Warm weather brings a crowd to festival

BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD CITIZEN

As temperatures climbed by mid day, so did the crowds at the 21st annual Double Decker Arts Festival. Oxford’s largest single weekend of the year was greeted by fantastic sunny weather. It was warm, but not too hot, a key to a large turnout for art and food vendors.

Bands played as children took part in the Kids Fair located in the parking lot of the Lafayette County Chancery Building. Tents that sheltered hand-made crafts and paintings lined South Lamar Boulevard and both sides of the Square. The interior was packed with local food vendors. Lines were long, but flowing as bands went on and off the stage.

John Sherman, the owner of Sno Biz, has been a part of every single Double Decker. He had a conversation with Robyn Tannehill, the woman who helped create the event, before he got set up Saturday morning.

“There has never been a Double Decker festival without Sno Biz and this our 21st year and I saw Robyn and called her the matriarch and she said you are too, the patriarch,” Sherman said.

“She had great vision for it. We’ve

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The 21st annual Double Decker Arts Festival got off to a great start Saturday thanks to sunny skies and mild overall temperatures.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2016

August, Daisy claim first prize at pet competition

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, a nurse, a ball of cotton, a land shark and several others were in attendance at the annual Best Dressed Pet competition on the south side of the Courthouse lawn during the 2016 Double Decker Arts Festival.

Owners paid $10 to enter their pets in the competition that benefited the Oxford Lafayette Human Society. The winners of the contest received gift baskets from Cotton’s Café Dog Treat Barkery, a local business owned and operated by Janet McCarty.

The award for second runner up went to Sheldon and Annie, two Shetland Sheepdogs dressed as Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, respectively. Their owner Belle Rolfe is a junior at Ole Miss and said that she loves dressing up her dogs.

She said that her dogs have been in parades before, but this is their first cos-

Annie, left, and Sheldon, right, dressed up as Harry Potter and Hermione Granger for the event and had the entire crowd spellbound. They walked away with second runner up.

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August Dickey and her dog Daisy wait for the competition of best dressed pet to start. Daisy won the overall grand prize in the competition that benefited the Oxford Lafayette Humane Society. tume competition.

“We dress them up all the time,” Rolfe said. “ This is their calling. They loved to be dressed up. We’ve never done costumes this in-depth, but it’s Double

Decker. Go big or go home.”

The first runner up was a Chihuahua dressed as a nurse. Her owner said she was there to nurse everyone’s inevitable Double

Decker hangover.

August Dickey’s dog Daisy won the overall grand prize. Daisy, a rescue dog, was dressed as n ATAT from Star Wars and August, an elementary school student, was also in costume as Princess Leia. This was the pair’s third year competing together. They have won best in their category twice so far, but this is the first time they have won the overall grand prize.

“I really like Star Wars,” Dickey said when asked why she chose this theme.

“I just like to give my doggy treats, that’s why we entered. I think she needs more treats.”

Though he did not place, Bentley the Bichon Frise was dressed as a cotton ball and was well received by the crowd. Madison

Madison Aman and her cotton ball pup Bentley before judging began.

Aman is his owner. She designed and crafted his costume. Bentley lives with Aman’s parents in Dallas while she attends the University of Mississippi where she’s majoring in broadcast journalism.

“My mom is in town and brought him to visit,” Aman said. “I dressed him

as a cotton ball because he already kinda looks like a cotton ball, and with this being Mississippi, it all just went together.”

All of the proceeds from the event go to benefit the Humane Society. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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OBITUARIES

Sustainable Oxford works to gather, donate food waste

JAMES KITCHENS

BY CHANING GREEN

James “Larry” Kitchens, 73, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2016 at his home.

Mr. Kitchens was a lifelong resident of Lafayette County.As a veteran of the United States Air Force, he spent 14 months in Korea.Visitation will be held Monday, April 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Coleman Funeral Home.The funeral services will be held Tuesday also at Coleman Funeral Home.

Bro. Ricky Shepherd will officiate. Coleman Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

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MARTHA PEACOCK HOWORTH Martha Peacock Howorth, 68, passed away Monday, April 18, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital–North Mississippi. Visitation will be held on Monday, April 25 from noon until 2 p.m. at Waller Funeral Home with a service immediately following. Burial will follow at Oxford Memorial Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1800 West Main Street, Tupelo, MS 38801 or Friends of the Library at the University of Mississippi, UM Foundation, 406 University Avenue, Oxford, MS 38655.

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Linda Tharp Guentert, 70, passed away Friday,April 22, 2016 at her home in Harmontown.

There will be a memorial service at a later date at Bett Baptist Church. Coleman Funeral Home was in charge of local arrangements.

Online condolences may be left on the Tribute Wall at www.colemanfuneralhome.com.

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A lot of people are still working on figuring out where their food comes from, but what about their food’s food? Sustainable Oxford and the Mississippi Sustainable Agriculture Network worked at the Double Decker Arts Festival to gather food wastes during the festival and donating it to local farmers as pig slop.

Shannon Curtis is an AmeriCorps Vista and helps to run Sustainable Oxford. She is the one spearheading this project.

“The USDA estimates that 30-40 percent of our food is wasted,” Curtis said. “That is just going into landfills. When organic matter and food wastes go into a landfill, they produce methane, which is of course a greenhouse gas. This makes landfills one of the top producers of greenhouse gasses in the U.S. Anything that we can do to curb that is helpful. We also want to help out Double Decker in the process. They won’t have to cart away so much trash.”

Three 40-gallon trashcans were set up across the street from YaYa’s Frozen Yogurt, where sustainable Oxford had a

CHANING GREEN | OXFORD CITIZEN

Shannon Curtis of Sustainable Oxford speaks with Double Decker attendees about the importance of sustainable agriculture. The organization at the festival collecting food waste and education the community. tent set up. Everyone walking by is encouraged to drop food waste into the bin, rather than disposing of it in the regular garbage. Food waste is everything from uneaten leftovers to things like bones and the tops of vegetables. There is a truck

waiting just off of the Square where the trashcans will be dumped when they get full.

No one knows exactly how much food waste Double Decker goers churn out every year. They just know it is a lot.

This is the first year anyone has

tried to do collect it and do something with it.

Food venders are a huge part of Double Decker. The food waste they produce usually ends up mixed in with the rest of the garbage TURN TO WASTE PAGE 8

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Double Decker band lineup well received by festival goers

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Saturday of Double Decker got of to a loud and rowdy start with Oxford’s own Riverside Voodoo kicking off the day of performances on the Ole Miss Athletics stage.

They band was not sure if they would have a huge turnout for the show, being slotted to play 10:15 a.m. when their fans are used to finding them in local bars past midnight is a pretty big change.

“It was incredible,” said Jake Warner, guitar player, when asked how he liked his first Double Decker show. “We pushed as hard as we could to get people out and come this early. And they did. It went really well.”

“I was so jittery before we went on,” added Jonathan Peters, drummer and lead singer for Riverside Voodoo. “But as soon as we got up there. I was completely calm. It was so much fun. It went great.”

As the morning progressed, more musicians took the stage and even more people turned out to watch them play. When local rock group Delta Springs stepped up to perform, the crowd loved them. The band’s heavy drum beats and spontaneous and

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Local band Riverside Voodoo kicked off the music lineup at this year’s Dou- Festival goers listen and dance to Riverside Voodoo. ble Decker Arts Festival. funky style had the majority of festival goers up and dancing right where they stood.

Blues guitarist Leo “Bud” Welch was also a crowd favorite. It was the 84-year-old’s first time at Double Decker. Several crowd members said they would love to see him come back.

Michael and Susan Campbell were in the audience to hear Welch play. The couple live in Dyersburg, Tennessee and have been making the two-hour trip down to Double Decker several

times since 2000. They love the food, the music and just the general experience of being in Oxford for the weekend.

We just had to see the 84-yearold blues guy,” Michael said. “We loved him. We weren’t familiar with him before. When I saw him on the lineup was the first time I’d ever heard of him. We love Double Decker. There’s just nothing like it.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

Festival goers listen to the tunes of 84-yearold blues guitarist Leo “Bud” Welch.

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DOUBLE DECKER FESTIVAL 2016 Crowds took advantage of the sunny weather to enjoy the 21st annual Double Decker Arts Festival.

Photos by John Davis | Oxford Citizen

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Thacker Mountain Radio gets Double Decker off to a great start

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Well over 100 people gathered on the north end of the Square in front of the Ole Miss Athletics Stage to hear the funky tunes of the Yalobushwhackers and familiar voice of Jim Dees welcome everyone to the beginning of the 2016 Double Decker Arts Festival.

This week’s Thacker Mountain Radio Hour featured singer, songwriter Corey Brannon, 10-piece big band the Nightowls and esteemed author Kiese Laymon.

Before the show started, Brannon played a well-received concert on the very same stage. Several children were dancing at the front of the gathered crowd during his set. Brannon was the first artist to perform at this year’s Double Decker, and will be in town for a few weeks while working on his next album at Tweed Recording with Andrew Rattcliffe.

After Dees and the Yalobushwhackers kicked off the show, Brannon

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Thacker Mountain Radio’s house band the Yalobushwhackers play some tunes in between the show’s featured artists during Friday night’s broadcast of the radio show. came back on stage and played a few songs. Then came a reading from Laymon. Laymon is a Jackson native who is wrapping up his time as the 2015-2016 John and Renee Grisham Writer-in-Residence at Ole Miss. He has written a novel, collection of essays and will soon have his memoir “Heavy” published.

Finally, the Nightowls closed out the show, and then took the stage again after Dees and the Yalobushwhackers thanked everyone for coming out.

This is the second time they have been featured on Thacker Mountain Radio, having made an appearance while touring to promote their latest album release last fall. It was al-

most fully dark when the Nightowls went on and their wandering stage lights raked over an excited crowd where nearly everyone was dancing, young and old.

Kathryn York is the Executive Director of Thacker Mountain. She said that everyone working on the show is always excited about Double Decker and the chance to engage with

Lead vocalist and front man for the Nightowls Ryan Harkrider belts out a tune during his performance on the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour. even more members of the community.

“We’re super grateful to the Oxford community for coming out tonight,” York said Friday night after the show. “Friday night here is really about saying thank you to our hosts here in Oxford and everything they’re gonna do for everyone coming in from around the world tomorrow. Double Decker is just such a fun

event and we are just thrilled to be a part of it.”

Ole Miss students and sisters Mollie and Anna Coker were in the audience. The sophomore and junior had never attended a broadcast of the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour during their time in Oxford.

They were both pleasantly surprised.

“I loved it, it was really fun,” said Mollie. “I’ve had lots of friends that go a lot and our mom has actually seen it too. I’ve just never had a chance to come see it.”

“I liked that they had the Yalobushwhackers,” the sisters said in unison. They laughed and Anna continued with, “Yeah, their house band was my favorite. I also loved the Nightowls. We’d never heard of them before. And the book reading was really interesting.”

The sisters agreed they had a great time and that they will be attending the next broadcast. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2016

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JOHN DAVIS | OXFORD CITIZEN

Double Decker bus tours were popular to take this weekend in Oxford with the annual festival going on.

Bus tours a hit with visitors, students

BY KATHRYN WINTER STAFF WRITER

Double Decker weekend kicked off on Friday with tours and the unveiling of two new buses in front of Oxford City Hall. Visit Oxford and historian Jack Mayfield work together to give hour-long tours of the university and the historic Oxford Square. Although these tours are offered quite frequently, some locals have never taken the tour, or ridden the buses.

“I’ve been a student here for two years, and always wanted to take the tour but didn’t have time, or something would come up. Now I’m a junior, and I learned

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got a great treat, a great festival treat, especially on a sunny day. It’s not going to be too hot because if it’s too hot, people won’t come out. Mid 70s is perfect. I’ve always said that 80s is great because people are out and moving. It’s pretty and it’s warm enough where they want one. I’ve been here where you had to wear a sweatshirt, but I refuse to wear a sweatshirt because I was selling snow balls and it

things today about the city and university I never knew,” said Annah Smith.

Another student is studying abroad from Japan, and was interested in the rich culture of Oxford.

“I wanted to take the tour because the buses remind me of London, and I was explaining to my family that they have become known as a symbol of Oxford.”

Mayfield is a fifth generation Oxonian, and a graduate of The University of Mississippi. He is a retired history instructor, and author of Oxford and Ole Miss, Images of America.

Mayfield is also a member of Oxford-Lafayette was that cool.”

The annual festival has gone from 9,000 the first year to over 60,000. This year could end up being a record turnout, which means Sherman would sell “two or three” of his treats.

“I talked to one of my buddies out in California the other day. He’s from Oxford and I said we have the Double Decker festival and he said I know all about it,” Sherman said.

“It’s really become a well known festival. It’s great for our town. It’s great food. I think the concept, a taste of Oxford, is really unique.

County Heritage Foundation, which works to preserve historic sites around Oxford.

The city of Oxford now has four red Double Decker buses that were originally imported from England. Right after the tour ended, a press conference was held dedicated to the unveiling of the new buses, followed by free 15 minute rides around the square. Mayfield said he has given tours to all kinds of different people from all over the world. He joked that his favorite kind of people to see on the tours were the LSU fans, because he likes to haggle them during football seaIt’s a unique food selection because it’s the restaurants and groups that are a part of Oxford’s food scene.

People like to come out to eat and then they come to Sno Biz and get them a desert.

It’s a great festival and I’m just glad to still be a part of it.”

Sherman loves music and he used to try and tear away in order to hear at least one of the bands in the lineup.

“I will occasionally try and slip off and try to listen to a group I want to, but I’ve missed a lot,” Sherman

son and call them “corndogs.”

The addition of the new buses hopes to help the demand for how popular they have become. They have been used for weddings, parades, corporate events, birthdays and farewell parties.

Katie Courtney, an Ole Miss graduate, comes into town for Double Decker every year.

“Everyone should take the tour at least once. It’s an experience within itself,” she said. “Even if you’re not into history, you can still have fun waving to people and enjoying the beautiful and historic sights.” said. “Now it’s like I don’t know a lot of the groups. I did so more 20 years ago.

It’s still fun.”

Jonathan Branch was at the new-look Kids Fair late Saturday morning with his wife and kids. The thing he likes best about the annual event is that he has something for everyone.

“If you like music, you can go listen to that and for us, we’re over here at the kids thing. Just so many great things. It’s always great weather and a great opportunity to see people you haven’t seen in a while,” Branch said.

We are experiencing a high volume of scam type reports. The callers are telling residents that they work for the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department or surrounding law enforcement agencies. The Sheriff’s Department does not solicit money over the phone.

They have never asked for money over the phone.

If a uniformed officer from the department comes to a residence or answers a call, they will never ask for money.

If the public encounters a situation like this they need to contact their local law enforcement agency but please do not give any money, green dot money

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from the festival and goes in the trash.

Daniel Doyle was there helping to run the tent.

Doyle is the Executive Director of the Mississippi Sustainable Agriculture Network. The organization is based in Oxford and oversees several projects around the state.

Doyle acknowledged that Double Decker is the largest event that Oxford sees throughout the year, other than major football weekends. It is a valuable opportunity for both his nonprofit and Sustainable Oxford to engage the public in discussions about “This is spectacular weather. We looked at the forecast and said it was going to be great. I’ve seen three people from Jackson and the Delta. It’s not just Oxford people that come to this. It’s become a big event and people come from everywhere. It brings a lot of tourism. We’re excited to come.”

Branch added he accidentally brought too much money and felt like he would end up buying some arts and crafts. He was set on buying a corn dog with his family.

“We are going to step

cards that are available from Walmart or any other type of currency, including personal check or credit card.

Also please do not give out personal or family information.

Please be careful; there are a number of scams that have been used, and if you think you are being scammed, or have been the victim of a scam, please call your local the sheriff’s department, or your local law enforcement agency.

The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department phone number is (662) 234-6421.

Alan Wilburn is the Chief Investigator with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department in Oxford Mississippi.

local sustainability in all its forms, including alarming amounts of food waste.

“I don’t know if you’ve seen the statistics, but we waste so much food in this country it’s absurd,” Doyle said. “Especially in states like Mississippi where there’s such a high rate of food insecurity and food deserts, we want to get people to start thinking about their actions a little bit more and start to normalize things like composting and recycling. Hopefully having the sustainability tent this year is just the beginning of a stronger relationship with Double Decker.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

outside of the box and see what’s available. I’m sure we will get slushies and some good food,” Branch said. “This festival is my favorite and it’s getting bigger and bigger. I used to like it when I was up here in school and it wasn’t crowded at all. This is a great town to have an event like this. It was just getting started in the late 1990s. It’s great to be out here and walking around and checking everything out.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Oxford’s Baughman concerned about his team’s approach at the plate

O

xford’s Chris Baughman is a straight forward baseball coach. He has always told it the way he sees it, the way it is. He was like that as a player at Amory, I’ve been told. Good player, good leader, fiery competitor. So when he says that he is concerned about the way the Chargers are hitting the baseball heading into the Class 5A playoffs, he means it.

Madison Central’s Justin Milam did a great job of keeping the Chargers at bay during his start on the mound. Oxford had three hits, and just one run, in a 2-1 loss. Baughman said that as good as Milam is, and was Thursday, there are other pitchers that the Chargers will face as good, or better.

“Grenada has two arms that are very, very good,” Baughman said. “The kid from Center Hill is going to be that good. The kid from Ridgeland, when we picked the 5A-6A AllStar game, the Elkington kid, is just like him.

So I’m concerned.”

Between now and the time the Chargers meet either Center Hill (most likely) or Canton in the second round, Baughman said he will try to focus his team on the future, and better results.

“It’s a mentality, it’s a focus. It’s a willingness to cut down your swings a little bit when you’re swinging through baseballs and not try to crank one all over the place,” Baughman said. “It’s a willingness to hit the ball on the ground and focus on hitting the ball on the ground, on a line. We look really good at the plate hitting fly balls. We are one of the best high school teams I have ever seen looking good while hitting fly balls. But those are outs. I’ve preached it all year and we preach it in practice.”

If a Charger hits the ball in the air during practice, they do 10 push ups. Baughman said when a ball goes in the air, a batter has to be willing to make and adjustment at the plate. He went on to say that his expectations for the team are more than just three hits, and that is taking nothing away from TURN TO OXFORD PAGE 18

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Tough Rebel Landwehrmier overcame obstacles to help OM

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

What a difference a year has made for Kayla Landwehrmier. That goes for life on and off the softball field at Ole Miss. It was a year ago that Landwehrmier, a sophomore from St. Charles, Missouri, was hit in the head with a softball. That knock on the head caused a concussion that kept her out of action the last three series of the 2015 season.

Then, this past July, Landwehrmier was attacked by a pit bull while running near Pat Lamar Park. The injury not only caused her to lose a large amount of blood, but it could have damaged her career as a pitcher right when it was starting to blossom. Her left hand and legs still have scars to show the attack.

“I had a shattered thumb and had to have surgery,” she said looking down at her hand. “Luckily it got my glove hand and not my pitching hand. I wasn’t too worried about that, but it did take a long time to bounce back. I couldn’t work out or exercise for about two months. When I came back in the fall, I couldn’t use my glove for a few weeks.”

Landwehrmier was in and out of the emergency room when the attack first happened. She also visited a surgeon, who suggested she get in to see him to really fix her hand. Her Ole Miss teammates sent her messages and head coach Mike Smith made sure he was there to help his right-handed pitcher.

Landwehrmier said she thinks about things differently, and looks at life in a whole different manner.

“I have a whole other appreciation. It could have been bad. I could have been killed,” said Landwehrmier who was able to get the dog off with the help of a someone living nearby. “I was able to get to the emergency room and they fixed me up from there and everything else just happened from there as far as

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Sophomore pitcher Kayla Landwehrmier has overcome a lot of adversity to help the Rebels this season. She leads the Rebels in saves with three. seeing doctors and seeing the surgeon. It was a tough time because not everyone was here during the summer. The team was supportive. I got messages and the ones that were here would visit me. My mom even came down. I got a lot of help here, everyone was accommodating. That helped me get through everything.”

It felt good when Landwehrmier got back on the field for the first time even though she couldn’t just jump right back in due to the recovery. All of her struggles only

fueled her more to help the Rebels, who came into the weekend with Arkansas with a new school record in wins with 31. She was 3-3 with a 2.33 ERA in the pitching circle coming into the series, and coming off the best performance of her career, according to Smith.

“It’s really exciting. Personally, things that have led up to this point, have been a little hard but as a team and as a whole, aside from any obstacles that have occurred amongst us, we have worked so hard to get here, to get to

said this point,” Landwehrmier, who leads the Rebels with three saves. “I know we’re going to take advantage for sure.”

A gut-check loss for the Rebels came last week against UT-Martin. Landwehrmier felt like the Rebels responded well by winning two of three games at South Carolina and then defeating Memphis on Tuesday night.

“I feel like every team in college goes through what we do. You’re projected to win TURN TO REBEL PAGE 16

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SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2016

Right mix Wilson, Childress form special tandem for LHS

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Debbie Swindoll always has a plan when it comes to mixing a tennis lineup together.

Lafayette’s veteran coach has an eye for talent, and for which players complement each other’s game the best.

Sadie Wilson, a junior, and Barrett Childress, a freshman, are two of the same when it comes to styles of play. And if the Commodores are to defeat Pontotoc’s Warriors for a second time this season on the tennis courts, the newly formed mixed doubles team could be the key to staying alive in the MHSAA Class 4A playoffs.

“A lot of it has to do with personalities. Barrett is a lot more laid back. Sadie is a lot more fiery,” Swindoll said. “Their skills are the same so it’s the personalities and it tends to work out pretty well. I’ve tried it different ways and a lot times, you try things and you don’t show your hand early in the season.”

At the start of the year, Wilson was playing with Lee McLarty, while Childress was playing with Dawson Welch. Swindoll knew that if she was going to throw the Warriors a curve, it would involve Wilson and Childress coming together. In the first round of the playoffs, the duo won 6-0, 6-4 against Cleveland.

Lafayette ended up winning that match 4-3. Swindoll felt like Monday’s matchup in Round 2 could come down to mixed doubles.

“It’s going to be tight. It was tight the other time we played them even though it was 5-2.

Two of them were third sets,” Swindoll said. “(Pontotoc coach) may alter the lineup and I have decide if I’m going to stay or move. If I can get these kids to be as good as they can be, it’s not going to matter that day.

That’s question, can we play as good as we can play on Monday.

And I have to win mixed doubles.”

Being older makes Wilson the most battled tested of the two but both have seen a good share of varsity tennis. Swindoll added that both Wilson and Childress are the kind that will do anything to help the team.

“I’ve moved them around in the lineup, they’ve been versatile in the lineup and she has adjusted well going into mix after

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Sadie Wilson and Barrett Childress have come together to form a formidable mixed doubles tandem for Lafayette. playing a lot of singles last year,” Swindoll said. “He has adjusted well going from boys doubles to mixed. They’re pretty versatile, which helps a lot. That’s the key that the good teams need to have.”

Even though Wilson and Childress are new to playing with one another, the relationship is a lot deeper than just a few weeks.

“It’s been great. I enjoy playing with Barrett. He’s always got my back,” Wilson said. “I’ve played singles since the eighth grade, so I’ve always been by myself when it comes to matches. This year I’ve had a partner and I’ve really enjoyed it.”

Wilson said that Childress is good at taking the net, killing the ball and ending the point during a match.

“If I hit the ball over and they get it back, Barrett, most of the time, has it and he ends it,” she said. “If I can get my opponent to hit the ball to Barrett, I know he will put it away.”

Childress has enjoyed playing with Wilson, and mixed doubles has been the best thing he has done so far in tennis.

“I feel like we have a good connection and a better chance of going to state,” Childress said.

“She is really good at keeping me up and helping me play well.

She is good at playing at the net.”

Wilson credited Swindoll for knowing that the two would work well together because they both serve well and attack the net.

“She knew what she was doing for sure,” Wilson said. “Me and Barrett have been close friends the last few years. Our moms are close friends so we know each other.”

Missy is Wilson’s mother and Paula is Childress’ mother. Both were called “wonderful” by the duo because of the immense support each offers.

“I think they are just as excited as we are,” Wilson added. “My mom was very excited to hear

that me and Barrett would play together because next year when I’m a senior, we definitely have the best chance of winning state and going to state and being competitive there.”

Childress said his mother was thrilled as well when she found out about the pairing.

“She said ‘Oh, yeah, you get to play with Sadie this year!’” he said.

If the Commodores get past Pontotoc, they will play for the 4A north state title the following week. The 2017 season is the one that the team feels like could be the one that ends with a title.

“Debbie has always said that each year you build up, so I think next year will be really good,” Wilson said.

The win over Cleveland was the best moment on the court for Wilson and Childress. The match came to an end quickly because the duo was so good together.

“We just talked the whole

time,” said Wilson, who has played tennis since she was age 8.

Childress has been playing since he was age 9. Wilson has considered playing tennis in college, but nothing is set in stone. Childress hasn’t decided if he wants to play high school.

Both are set to take lessons and practice during the upcoming summer months in order to get better, and build for the next year. Wilson trains with former Ole Miss standout Kristi Boxx.

“She’s been great and she has definitely helped my game,” she said.

Childress takes his lessons from William Foreman during the summer.

“I will go play with other tennis people during the summer, too,” Childress said. “Debbie has been real helpful and a great coach. I really enjoy her coaching.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Mack Bishop paces ’Dores in 4A opener

BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD CITIZEN

Mack Bishop returned to form, just at the right time for the Lafayette Commodores. The senior paced the Commodores in a 3-0 win over Pontotoc on Friday night in the first game of the best-of-three MHSAA Class 4A playoff series.

Game 2 is set for tonight at 7 in Pontotoc. The winner of the series will play Houston next week.

Bishop went the distance on the mound for Lafayette (12-11), striking out nine Warriors in the process. He only allowed two walks and one hit in his second straight strong outing.

Lafayette coach Greg Lewis felt like Bishop was “effectively wild” or maybe better put, out of the strike zone enough to where the Warriors never could get a good read on him.

“Even early, he was behind in the counts. I was really worried about his pitch count,” Lewis said. “When he missed, he was missing a good bit away. But then he would get back in there after two balls. Great job by him

West Lauderdale defeats Lafayette in Class 4A softball playoff opener

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

and at the same time, I don’t think it let them zone in on a certain pitch from him.”

Pontotoc coach Casey James praised Bishop’s effort. He came into the contest believing his Warriors could match up with him.

“He just did a great job tonight,” James said. “I think we had one hit, two hits. We’ve got to get better run support. I felt like our guy, Trace Spears, did an outstanding job. The fact that our bats and our defense let us down, didn’t get us the run support a quality start on the bump deserves.”

The Warriors committed three errors, two in the first inning that saw Lafayette score two runs. Tyler Williams, who had two hits along with Bishop, drove in one run, while an error scored another. Lafayette tacked on an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth with a double from Williams and single from Bishop. john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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For six innings Friday night, the Lafayette Lady Commodores couldn’t buy a hit. Or a run. If they start like they finished against West Lauderdale, their stay in the MHSAA Class 4A softball playoffs may just continue.

Lafayette suffered a 9-4 setback to the Lady Knights at home, and coach Katie Jenkins was hoping that her team would forget about the loss, and get better. They had to, and quickly, with the second game set for Saturday afternoon on the road.

“I think you can (flush it) with the seventh inning they just played, but, can you get rid of the first six?” Jenkins said after the contest. “If we can just keep our head focused on the seventh, I think we got some confidence there knowing that you can do it.”

West Lauderdale, the No. 2 seed from its division, raced

out to an early lead and continued to build on it. Jenkins said they were good on defense and solid at the plate, with a lineup that was looking to get hits.

“They’re going to make mistakes, too, but we didn’t give them the opportunity to make any half of the time,” Jenkins said. “We hit right at them. Their pitching is a lot better than what we see in our division a lot of times.

Sometimes we get so focused on those fastballs inside and out that we’ve been seeing and sitting back on a change up that just floats in there. It’s a little bit different when you have a girl that spins it, moves it. She had a lot different pitches than just fastballs. She had more curveballs and movement on her pitches.”

Some of the Lady Commodores did a good job of getting a barrel on the ball, Jenkins said, but not the ones she expected to.

“They’re just not getting

the concept of getting the barrel to the ball and getting their hands on through it,” Jenkins said. “They’re getting jammed and not where they will get through the ball. I don’t know why. I can’t tell you. They picked a great time for a hitting slump, but, some others have stepped up. It’s like I told them, I’m not going to leave anything out there (Saturday) where I say I could have, would have, should have done something.”

Jenkins added she was prepared to shake up the batting lineup, and do something that would get them to hit, and score runs. The Lady Commodores left 12 runners on base in the game before the playoffs, and enough to win the game Friday night.

“We’re just not getting the hits consistently. Every inning but one we left somebody on,” she said. john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2016

Non stop Jones’ drive has been a key for OHS Chargers

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Before tennis in the month April really got going, and the weather heated up the tennis courts, Grace Anne Jones was playing pretty well for the Oxford Chargers. Her skills on the court are evident to anyone, not just those that appreciate the game.

In her latest match, a win over Germantown for the Chargers, Jones beat her opponent 6-0, 6-0.

She qualified for next month’s MHSAA Class 5A individual state championship as well during the month, another plus for a player that still has more than another season to offer coach Louis Nash.

After overcoming some injuries set her back a little at the start of the year, Jones has been much improved from a health standpoint.

Oxford, which will play at Center Hill in the next round Monday, is just a few wins away from winning a ninth straight tennis championship.

“We want to go and win state.

That’s really all we want to do. I really wanted to play well, especially in the out-of-state tournaments in Chattanooga and Florida against really good competition,” said Jones, who only lost two singles matches out of eight or nine matches total in those events. “I played really well and did well in doubles with Abbie Vaughn.”

Jones has also played doubles with Sarah Nash during the 2016 season. And while it’s not a surprise that she is versatile enough to do both, Jones has a willingness to help out anyway possible from a lineup standpoint.

A strong part of Jones’ game is her serve. Of course her drive is second to none. Following a high

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certain games, you’re always expected to win mid-week games, but I felt like that loss was good for us,” Landwehrmier said. “I think it really helped put things back into perspective for us and really motivate us to come into that series and win. It was a gut check for us, and helped fire us up a little.”

And earning a series win over Arkansas, to keep the momentum going, was the key. Ole Miss needs to remain in the top 30 from an

PHOTO BY JOHN DAVIS | OXFORD CITIZEN

Oxford's Grace Anne Jones is a very hard worker who has been a consistent performer for coach Louis Nash this spring. school practice, Jones is usually practicing two extra hours, each day.

“Then on the weekends, I play Saturday and Sunday pretty much each week,” she said. “I got to tournaments about twice a month. I hadn’t got to as many this year because I was hurt.”

The injury that Jones had to get over in the fall was her shoulder.

Her most recent injury was in one of her hands.

In a few years, Jones would love to be playing tennis in college. That’s the goal and the future is bright even if she hasn’t

had contact of any significance with recruiters since she is a sophomore.

“They can’t contact until junior year,” Jones said adding that tournament results were the things the recruiters were looking at. “It’s a lot different than other sports.

It’s a lot more individual. I want to play D-1 or probably not at all.”

Jones has competed against players now at the D-1 level, and done well against them. That’s one of the measuring sticks she has right now as the process really gets underway.

“I haven’t gotten a lot of feed-

back yet, that comes more junior year when they can start contacting you,” Jones said.

Nash feels like because Jones puts in the work to be a very good player, getting a college scholarship is right on pace.

“You talk about somebody, to paraphrase the Grizzlies, you talk about somebody that will grit and grind. She’s it. She will hang in there,” Nash said. “She is physically strong. She is physically tough. She can do some things that a lot of 10th graders can’t do.

She can win difficult matches and win close matches. She has

RPI standpoint to make the NCAA Regionals.

“We’re playing very good ball right now and having that momentum, that energy, will really help up us with the series and I think it will still continue to carry,” she said. “We’re that close. We’re a different team. I noticed a difference in our team in the fall, but once we really got going, I noticed it in Hawaii for sure. Even when we got back from winter break, I could just tell that the energy was different. It was good, positive energy. Everyone was just so ready to come out and play and to take

care of business. That’s what I love about this team. We have a lot fight.”

Smith had a lot of praise for Landwehrmier, who was very lucky that the dog didn’t damage ligaments or tendons in her hand.

“She was very shaken up after it happened, as probably anyone would be. But she is a tough kid, she is a trooper. She wants the ball even though she hasn’t gotten to pitch a lot,” Smith said. “I know when she does get the ball, she is going to go out and give her teammates the best opportunity for us to win. When I go out there, she

says ‘Coach, I’ve got this.’ Every time I give her the ball. As a coach, when you hand over the ball to the pitcher, that’s what you want to hear. I appreciate that about her.

She’s a great kid.”

Being able to have Landwehrmier come on in relief is a key because of the way she throws.

“It really changes the game as far as hitters getting real aggressive with the hard stuff Madi (Osias).

Now they’re seeing an eight or nine miles-per-hour difference and that changes the way go up swinging the bat,” Smith said.

played a lot of tournaments and a lot of good people. She will be able to college tennis, and I know she wants to.”

Nash added the main reason Jones wants to compete in college is because of her love for tennis.

“She wants to keep playing the game. Now what Grace Anne has learned over the years is the value of having teammates,” Nash said.

“That’s been great for her. The others have learned the value of having her on the team. It goes both ways. We have this really good player, this really good competitor and we have faith when she’s out there, but she helps the rest of them. She enjoys the camaraderie of the team as much as any kid I have. She grew up with a group that does a great job of keeping the team together.

When you have as many kids as we do, you have to have certain sections that keep everybody going.”

What level of college tennis Jones plays on depends on the next year and half, two years, Nash said.

“How she develops physically and stroke progression and this kind of thing will be what decides it ,but it won’t be from lack of effort,” Nash said. “She is quiet girl, but she has really come out and she is fun to coach. It’s fun to watch her play. They think like me and that’s having a distaste for being defeated. That kind of carries over to their play. It’s fun to coach a lot of kids with the same mindset that you have. I think she has that and she should be as good as any girl I’ve ever coached. Maybe the best one before it’s over as far as an accomplished singles player.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

“She is normally a one time, maybe get her through a second time through the lineup. What she did against South Carolina last week, 67 pitches in 2-0 shutout, that was pretty impressive. She beat Arkansas last year, but that was hands down her best game.

She not only shut them down, she only threw 67 pitches. That means she is getting ahead of kids and they’re swinging at her stuff. We talk about pitching to contact and that’s exactly what she did.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Over 1,700 people took part in the annual Double Decker Spring Run held Saturday morning before the Double Decker Arts Festival.

Annual Double Decker Spring Run sets new record

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Joseph Chebet left his home in Itta Bena before the sun came up in order to take part in the annual Double Decker Spring Run. The Mississippi Valley State student from Uganda was one of over 1,700 to take part in either the 5K, 10K or Fun Run races Saturday.

He won the 5K portion of the event with a time of 15 minutes, 31.1 seconds. For Chebet, running is a passion. He has now won three similar type runs this year alone, and looking to do more. It was his first time to run in Oxford, and he said that he would like to come back.

“I’ve been running for about 10 years now. This was challenging. By the (Ole Miss) campus, there are some good hills there,” Chebet said with a laugh. “I like that challenge. I’ll be a student for one more year, so I will be back.”

Like a number of those who participated, Chebet found out about the annual run online. He signed up and rolled the dice not

knowing the terrain or course.

“I try to run in two or three per month. This is third one this year that I’ve won,” he said. “Running is a part of me. I love running.

I wake up in the morning and go run. I run about 40 miles per week.”

Pam Swain, the organizer of the event for the OxfordLafayette Chamber of Commerce, told the crowd before Saturday’s medals were handed out that this year’s turnout broke the old record.

“We had 1,740 racers this morning, so give yourselves a big hand for recordbreaking numbers,” Swain said as the masses munched on snacks or got massages. post-race “Thank you all for being a part of the race and thank the Lord for this beautiful day. Congratulations to all of you for finishing the race and being up and at it this morning. We look forward to seeing you next year.”

Rachel Starnes, a former at standout runner Lafayette High School, was back in the race for the first time since she was in mid-

dle school. Her former schedule at LHS prevented her from running recently, but now that she is in college, and looking to keep in shape, Starnes was more than happy to return. She ended up finishing the 5K course in just over 20 minutes, making her the second-best female finisher behind Morgan Winkel of Oxford, who ran a 19:33.

“Probably the last time I ran it I was in the seventh or eighth grade. Every time I would try to run Double Decker, it was right in the middle of track season and we would have district or regionals,” she said. “I definitely remember the hills, but I think it was easier because I have more years of experience. So it wasn’t quite as bad, but it’s not the easiest course to run on either. It was a nice morning, good weather.”

The first half of the course is the most challenging, Starnes said. Those are where the hills are located. Another thing she noticed were the amount of people involved.

“There is definitely more people since when I ran it

several years ago. When I saw how many people registered, I was really surprised,” she said. “I registered two or three weeks ago and there were over 800 people already.

Trying to park this morning, it was crazy. These are good for me, especially when they are challenging, because it makes you push yourself and see what you can do.”

The top male finisher for the 10K was Chad Berry of Madison, who won with a 35:06, a pace that allowed him to average a mile every 5:39. Erin Ball of Oxford was the top female finisher in the 10K with a 43:21. The majority of the runners who took part were female.

A total of 634 female runners took part in the 5K, while another 295 took part in the 10K. Children also ran in the Fun Run that took place after the entire course was cleared of the runners.

Many ran the mile-long course with parents or siblings. john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

Joseph Chebet of Uganda, and a student at Mississippi Valley State, was the top overall finisher for the 5K run with a time of 15 minutes, 31 seconds.

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Oxford FROM PAGE 13

Milam’s ability.

“I don’t know if we’re hungry enough to do that right now,” he said about making an adjustment. “I have done everything I know how to get us out of it.”

Now things aren’t all bad for the Chargers. They are 20-7 after all and have played one of the best schedules, most competitive schedules, anyone could want. They won Division 2-5A outright, without a loss.

And the pitchers have performed well.

“I feel like, other than at the plate, we accomplished everything we set out to by playing Madison Central,” Baughman said. “It kept us in the competitive mindset and it gave Carson (Stinnett) some innings in case he needed to three in Game 3, him or Reed (Markle).”

Stinnett did throw well against the Jaguars, a team that was hitting .330 coming into the contest.

“Carson pitched lights out. I told him, and I told Reed the other night, that I hope we don’t have to play a Game 3 selfishly. I hope that Reed and Carson don’t have to pitch again the rest of the year. If they don’t have to pitch, than that probably means good things have happened for us,” Baughman said. “But if they have to pitch, I have all the confidence in the BLUE SCORE

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world in both of them. (MCHS) was averaging 13 hits over the last five or six games and (Stinnett) threw like he has all year. He’s got two losses on the year that I know of, three if you count Houston that he threw pretty well until late, but he has two losses to Buford (Ga.) and now Madison Central, 1-0 and 2-1, because we can’t get it done at the plate.”

Baughman felt some days off might be good for his Chargers. He was also hoping that playing Center Hill would get his team going as well.

“Maybe our kids will compete one through 28 with a little fire against them because there is a little bit of a rivalry there,” Baughman said. “Both are familiar and they’re good. Their lineup, one through six for sure, are dangerous. You put the Dunn kid behind the plate in the three hole and the Hefflinger kid on the mound is really good. Haberstroh is one of the best leadoff kids in this part of the state. We’re going to have to come play or we will be home in early May. I hope our kids understand that and I hope our kids know that because they are good enough to beat us. It’s playoff time. It’s in their hands and they’re going to take us far as we can go.”

John Davis is the Oxford Citizen sports editor. He can be reached at john.davis@journalinc.com. Follow him on Twitter at @oxfordcitizenjd.

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