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Volume 3 | Issue 28
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Sunday, July 24, 2016
Inside 2 News
‘Midsummer’s Night’ exhibit coming to North Light.
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Personal touch defines Lagniappe interior design.
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Oxford Police Chief Joey East felt a lot of emotions about the deaths of fellow officers in both Dallas, Texas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Front and Center East dealing with officer deaths as best he can BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD CITIZEN
Editor’s Note: This is the first part of a series of stories with Oxford Chief of Police Joey East. A thin, black elastic band wrapped around the center of the badge Joey East wears on his belt. Outside of the Oxford Police Department, the American flag was at half mast. The mourning band and the flag are unfortunate reminders of the fellow police officers who lost their lives in both Dallas, Texas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana this summer. The death of those officers definitely made an impact on Chief East, who not only grew up in a pro law enforcement house, but has spent over 20 years working in the field as well. “I don’t know if you can express in words what the feeling was like,” East said. “Dal-
las, I was watching it live, watching the protests, when it started. Me and my wife were sitting there and she was crying most of the time. It’s kind of surreal and I was trying to watch how they responded and I kind of got caught up in the administrative side of it and how it was working. It was a night where you didn’t sleep because you saw those officers taken to the hospital. It was a horrible deal. The next day up here, it was just a solemn deal. We were outside, holding hands, praying for them.” Police officers are in towns and counties all over the country to protect people, and now they are the ones being hunted. That was the feeling East had as the shootings started to really sink in. “What have we done to get to this point, to where people feel like they need to attack us now?” East said. “The one in Louisiana when that happened, I was actually here (at the OPD). My son and I were going to church and I walked in and Hildon
(Sessums), the lieutenant who runs our Twitter, and he was watching and he says we just had an officer shot. I said ‘Where?’ We didn’t know anything only that we had one down. I asked him to keep me up on it and I went to church. I immediately texted Fish (Robinson) because we were going to his church and said we had an officer shot in Baton Rouge. And then it was two and then three and then six shot. “The whole time I was in church, I was on CNN and watching the phone. It wasn’t a good day and I realized that night I needed to send something out to the chief’s association. When you start writing something, that’s when it just pours all over you and you think that could have been one of my guys, one of my people. The emotions, it’s just raw.” There were a number of things East felt. Anger was near the top. He said all of his TURN TO OFFICER PAGE 3
Merritt a force at goalie for Ole Miss Rebels.
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Oxford’s Webb, Harris ready to compete in Junior Olympics.
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SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2016
‘Midsummer’s Night’ exhibit coming to North Light BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER
The Orchard, a nondenominational Christian Church in Oxford, will be holding a reception in their North Light Gallery on Tuesday from 6 to 8p.m. to display their latest collection of art titled “Midsummer’s Night.” North Light Gallery lives within in a hallway in the front of the building The Orchard operates out of on Hwy 7. Though the gallery is located in the church, it is considered separate from the church in other aspects. Youth Minister Don Ross said that when the church moved to their current location back in 2014, they had a lot more space and wanted to use that to reach out to different parts of the local community that do not always overlap with the church. “When we moved into this building, we decided that we wanted a space to try to build some bridges
between the art community and the faith community here in the Oxford and Lafayettte area,” Ross said. “This is part of how we’re doing that. We’ve created a space to showcase both local and regional artists.” The gallery has been doing shows about every two months for the past two years, most of which are made up of only work by local artists. The “Midsummer’s Night” Exhibit will be featuring the work of local artists Catherine Smith and mother-daughter team Tiffany and Laila Owens. Art from the show features bright colors and depictions of birds, landscapes and more. The colors and subject matter of the paintings are meant to evoke the essence of summer. The artwork on display during the reception is for sale. Also at the event will be the popular and local bluegrass duo Kelley and Jesse Pinon. Renowned chef and head of the Ox-
ford School District’s food services Karen Irby will be there as well to prepare pizza for guests attending the reception. Irby is ranked as the No. 9 pizza chef on the planet and is a member of World Pizza Team. In addition to her day job with the school
district and her work as the food services director at Camp Lake Stephen’s, Irby has also spent time preparing food for major political and social figures, including Michelle Obama. This reception and art show is completely free to
attend and open to the public. The event is part of this month’s Art Crawl, the monthly event orchestrated by the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council to exhibit different local artists in different galleries around town. North Light’s show is not on the bus route of Art Crawl because the church must be accessed by the highway and is a little farther from the other locations on the route, but Art Crawl attendees are encouraged to drive out to church and experience the show and the refreshments provided. There will also be activities and giveaways. Ross said that all of this is just a way for North Light and The Orchard to give back to the community and create a fun summer event that would be open to the public and have something for people of all ages and walks of life. “I really love that it gives me the opportunity to meet and interact with a group of people in our
community that I normally don’t have any other exposure to,” he said when asked what he personally enjoyed about the shows North Light has been doing over the past couple years. “I enjoy the arts and enjoy making connections with those in the art community. Through my job and my normal interactions, it’s not a group of people that I usually get to spend a lot of time with. I love the way that these shows give me the opportunity to interact with new people from a different community that I normally do not get to be a part of. It’s just great.” Ross has been with The Orchard since 2013. The youth minister grew up in Oxford until the age of 8 and moved away, only to return to the town for college. He then moved away again and has been back in the city with his family since 2012. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen
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Morse and OHS band getting ready for football season It was a hot and humid Thursday morning as the Charger band took the field to run more drill and become better acquainted with the steps they will be executing countless times come fall. In front of the press box at the top of the bleachers stands Oxford High School band director Mel Morse.The director has been in the heat with kids every day during their band camp where they rehearse the halftime show the group will be performing this football season. Morse took time out of one of his few breaks from the heat to sit down with Oxford Citizen reporter Chaning Green to discuss the his job and the upcoming season. CHANING GREEN: How long have you been with Oxford band? MEL MORSE: I started in the fall of 2013. This is my 17th year as a teacher. Before Oxford, I was at Lewisburg High School. We won three state championships and two state runner-ups. I actually started the program there in 2005. GREEN: Did you grow up here? MORSE: I’m originally from California. I went to Ole Miss. I was the drum major there from ‘95 to ‘97. I received a music scholarship to come to the university. I’d played in a couple solo and ensemble competitions. Then David Willson, who is still the director of bands there, called me. He was one of about 40 phone calls that day, but his was special, and I was interested. I met him and came out to Oxford and saw how pretty the campus was. Having never been to Mississippi in my life, being from California, I was just completely blown away by how pretty it was and how nice everybody was. I’m here to stay.
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OHS band director Mel Morse is currently spending his days on the field and in the band hall helping his students get ready for the upcoming marching season. MORSE: Oh yeah. The administration here is so great. The level of support is second to none. It really gives the band and the kids who play in it optimal chances at success. We have so many things that other schools and other programs wish they had. In terms of staff, we have a full staff, which is great. With budgeting, the budget we have allows us to have quality instruments and even brand new uniforms coming this year. There are a lot of things that we have going for us here in Oxford that do not always happen for other places. Our superintendent, Brian Harvey, has just been fantastic. Principal Roberson has been great as well. GREEN:What are you guys doing for this year’s show? MORSE: Well, the title is still in flux a little bit. The show follows the story of a college student who is thinking about studying abroad. Basically, she wants to go from Oxford to Oxford. She’s on the phone waiting, listening to options and thinking about all of things she’d like to do.
GREEN:How many kids do you currently have participating in the band program? MORSE:Right now, we’re at 140. Our band has grown. The first year I got here, it was at 92. We’ve grown from both retention and new kids joining up to be a part of a good organization. Our middle school band has also started more kids and GREEN:Do you enjoy held on to them. Next year, working at Oxford High we’ll be even larger than 140. We’re expecting to add School?
about 30 kids, and then do and what they can make keeping doing so for at least the best version of themthe next two or three years. selves look like. Systematically showing them how GREEN:How do you feel those things can happen. A about the group of kids that lot of people wish for things, you’re working with this but really and truly, you can wish for things, but then afyear? MORSE: This is the best terwards, you have to plan band that we’ve had since to do them. Things like this I’ve been here. I was the fifth band program can help give band director they’d had in those kids the tools they four years, when I first ar- need to make those plans, rived at Oxford. That was to make things happen. after John Nixon, who did a That’s my favorite part. I wonderful job with this pro- love watching them grow gram, had been here for al- and watching them enjoy it. most 20. When I got here, GREEN:Is there anything the program was very much in flux. It was still good, but else you’d like people to when so many people know? come and go like that, it can MORSE: I’d also like to be a little weird to be the mention how appreciative next new person. Everyone we are of the administration was looking at me like, and what all they do for us. “How long are you gonna As well as the band boostbe here?” It was that kind of ers. They’re the ones out situation. But my body of there making sure the kids work, my state champi- have lunch and that we all onships, let them know that have water and fruit and I was here and I was serious. those kinds of things that Both of my daughters at- keep us going. We’re just so tend Oxford schools. This is appreciative of everyone my home. I even moved my and all their support. parents out here from California. Oxford is definitely chaning.green@journalinc.com my home and will be for a Twitter: chaningthegreen long time, as long as they’ll have me. GREEN:Why did you originally decide to go into music education? MORSE:My father was a band director. That was definitely part of it. My mom was a classically trained ballerina, and my grandmother was a professor emerita at San Diego State University. Teaching and music is kind of what we do. I enjoy it. I enjoy watching that light bulb go off. I enjoy the look on a kid’s face when they do something that they didn’t think they could do. But you showed them how and you helped them and let them try without the fear of feeling beat up about it. I get to watch their faces light up and see the fruits of their labor. And it’s not just playing music. You get conflict resolution and all these other things that can be learned though band and sports and that, nowadays, don’t always get taught. GREEN:What’s your favorite part of your job? MORSE: It’s definitely when I’m on the podium. It’s when I’m talking to the kids about what they could
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emotions had to be funneled in the correct manner. “I think every emotion is OK, you just have to use it to the right way. After that, you have to refocus and get back in there. It’s like being in a fight, you’re going to take some shots, but you have to get back in there and know you’re fighting for the bigger fight and greater good,” East said. “You tell your people to stay the course and keep going and do the best you can. You realize that the people that are against you are small in number. But they’re like that wheel on your car that’s squeaking. They’re getting all the attention.” In the three plus years East has been in charge of the department, he’s encouraged the officers to be engaged with the public. He has personally promoted programs to benefit the youth of Oxford and the county as a whole, and repeatedly been at the front of events such as Cones or Cocoa with a Cop. East has met with members of the community since the shoot-
ings. He’s heard any and all concerns and tried his best to understand their feelings, even if the OPD hasn’t had any of the issues that have triggered demonstrations or violence. There is an open door policy in regards to the community and police. East constantly instructs his officers to introduce themselves to people during traffic stops, and he wants his officers to be less robotic. He, and other higher ranking members of the department, can watch video of these stops, and anytime there is room for improvement, East makes sure that is accomplished. “Any time there is a stop, it’s downloaded and recorded and there are times where me and the administrators go through and make sure the officer is being polite, being safe and treating the public like they should be and saying the things they need to say,” East said. “We monitor that because we can get into the habit of not doing that. Any time a complaint comes in, we investigate it, we look at it.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd
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OBITUARIES RANDY SCOTT TIDWELL Randy Scott Tidwell, 62, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at his home in Water Valley. There are no plans for a service at this time. Coleman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Donations may be made to the Randy S. Tidwell Funeral Fund at Coleman Funeral Home, 601 Commerce Parkway, Oxford, MS. 38655.
ROY LEE GROSS Roy Lee Goss, Sr., passed away on Friday, July 15 2016 in Jackson at the Veterans Hospital. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. Services were held at Second Baptist Church in Oxford Saturday. Burial followed in Oxford Memorial Cemetery. Hodges Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
GLADYS FEATHERS SMITH WATERFORD – Gladys Feathers Smith, 90, passed away Friday, July 22, 2016 at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Visitation will be on Sunday, July 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Serenity-Autry Funeral Home Chapel in Holly Springs. Services will be held on Monday, July 25 at 11 a.m. at Serenity-Autry Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will take place at Early Grove Church Cemetery in Waterford. Serenity-Autry Funeral Home of Holly Springs are in charge of the arrangements.
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Personal touch defines Lagniappe interior design BY KATHRYN WINTER STAFF WRITER
Oxford is known as a shopping destination to many. It’s full of boutiques, antique shops, and of course, home interior stores. Lagniappe is one of the newest destinations for home décor, accessories, books, original art, and gifts, located right across from The Shelter coffee shop on the Square. The store opened September, 2015 and is about to hit its one year mark. The Oxford location is the second for Lagniappe, with the first founded in Greenville almost 25 years ago. “We do weddings and we were up here for a wedding and I found this place last summer. I got the space ready very quickly and we opened,” said owner Sarah Smythe. “It was a very impulsive decision but exciting. A lot of support has been shown from local businesses, the store has been a huge blessing and success for us.” Lagniappe means “a little something extra” and is set up like a showroom. Smythe encourages people to stop by and look. “It features only a small portion of what we have to offer, but we do sell pieces off the walls in our store,” she said. “We also do custom upholstery orders, wall paper, fabrics, etc. I think people might not know that we’re here yet. We are still being discovered.” Smythe describes her business as a full service boutique interior design firm specializing in all elements of design, and includes one
COURTESY OF LAGNIAPPE INTERIOR DESIGN
Lagniappe Interior Design has been in Oxford for almost a year. It offers a large variety of choices for customers looking to improve their home.
room re-design projects, to new building and renovations. “We work one on one with clients and we can take on any size project, whatever the customer needs,” Smythe said. “We try to make all projects feel different and one of a kind. All projects that we do are interesting and personal. Every customer has their own space. We get to know people on a personal level so I can find the right pieces for them.” Smythe lived in New York for five years and ran the Jonathan Adler flagship store. She then worked for a London based company before wanting to return to the South. “New York opened my eyes to different designs. I was ready for something new. I came back and revamped the business and interior design part of it,” she said. “We try to mix pieces that are affordable with pieces that are unique. I buy
what I love and the store is a reflection of that. I would put all these pieces in my own home.” After returning in July of 2012 to the Greenville store, Smythe noticed the artwork on the walls. “It was pretty, but it had no soul. Everything was a reproduction that was found at market that could be in multiple stores, and you could end up having the same thing as your next-door neighbor,” Smythe said. “That’s simply not, OK, especially in Mississippi where we have a huge wealth of talented artists.” Now the store only features original works from Mississippi artists, and Smythe says that Lagniappe has introduced a lot of new art to the market. “We maintain all relations with former artists and can contact them for commissioned personalized pieces for your home,” Smythe said. “With over 50 past artists, our
store remains full of original art. Different art pieces help to give the store an eclectic look, and provides our clientele with varied selections of artwork.” The design process at Lagniappe starts with staff members coming to the costumer’s home to create a personal design and provide a step-by-step plan to implement the overall vision. The first step of the process is to get in touch with the store and let them know your vision. Then the Lagniappe team will access the scope of the project, with budgets and questions being discussed. “We talk about your home life, your family, and your day to day activities so we can see how you spend your time. This helps us create an environment that best suits your lifestyle.” Some recent trends in home décor include Lucite, brass and shagren. According to Smythe, Lucite is coming back in a major way and is a great texture to add to update rooms. Brass is back and people are using it more now than ever before, and shagren (stingray skin) is a versatile fabric that brings a lot of options into a room. Rustic trends and modern pieces are popular right now, and color is being used in a bigger and bolder way. “The bolder the color the better. It used to be cream on cream or black and white schemes were very popular and chic for homes,” Smythe said. “What sets us apart is we’re willing to literally go into every customer’s home and get them a plan together. We’re with you every step of the way.”
Local counselor to begin pro bono group sessions BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER
National Board Certified Counselor Lisa Mitchell will be holding the first two of her bimonthly group therapy sessions next month. These sessions will be taking place on Aug. 3 and 17 and are open to people experience issues related to PTSD, moderate depression, grief, premarital issues, addiction and more. These meetings are free of charge. Mitchell just asks that people come with an open mind and desire to heal. As the meetings are just starting out, they will only be occurring twice a month, every first and third Wednesday of the month. Mitchell said that would be willing to reevaluate the frequency of the meetings based on the interest in them shown by
the community. Because these will be group sessions, those who attend will be asked to sign a nondisclosure agreement in order to protect the privacy and confidentiality of the other members in attendance. The sessions will not be following any strict guidelines or topics, but rather be determined by the mood and needs of the group. “I’m sure that each group is going to be different depending on who shows up,” Mitchell said. “We could be covering a wide variety of things psychological, physical, personal baggage, past relationship issues, parenting issues, addiction—just the gamut. There are an endless variety of topics to explore, and those topics will be decided by the people in the group.” For her day job, Mitchell
runs her practice through the website and Godishealing.com meets with clients in an office she holds in town. She works as a life coach as well as a counselor, tending to the specific needs of her clients based on their particular situation. Most of the people she helps find here through the online counseling directory Psychology Today where she is listed in the Oxford area. Mitchell said that she does not take out advertisements and that her client list has grown both through Psychology Today and organically through word of mouth. Mitchell originally intended to purse a career through medical school, but while studying for the MCAT to get accepted into a program, she realized she did not want to be away from
her family for that long. After looking into it, she realized how she could people through counseling and enrolled at the Ole Miss School of Education where she obtained a masters in counseling in 2007. She has been operating as a counselor in Oxford ever since. But as her practice has grown over the past few years, Mitchell is at the point where she is unable to help everyone seeking her specialized form of therapy. This need led her to the idea of group sessions. “I wanted to start doing this because with my regular practice, there are so many people who call in that I’m not able to individually counsel,” Mitchell said. “The counseling I do focuses very much on the sharing of resources. I believe that people need that face-to-face or
one-on-one time.” Mitchell, who has holds a masters degree in education, said that the methodology she uses in counseling focuses very much on education. She wants to help people obtain the tools they need to heal and prevent them from ending up in their original situation. Mitchell emphasized that this method is not about blaming people or shaming them for ending up where they are, but to give people what they need to help themselves. “Education is something that you will always have with you,” she said. “When you start to feel yourself getting in trouble again, the knowledge that you’ve learned can keep you from getting back into that trouble. You can see it coming, and you know it’s here at
your door.” This idea of a mind-body connection that Mitchell is trying to get across is trying to get across to her patients is something that she credits with saving her own life nearly 10 years ago. She said that she is living proof that this method is doing good work. Some things are obviously more difficult to deal with and overcome than others, but she wants people to understand that while we are not necessarily to blame to the negativity in our lives, we all have the power to change our situation. Those interested in attending these sessions should contact Lisa Mitchell at 662-985-7313 or hopeishealingoxford@gmail .com. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen
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OHS Envirothon to compete in North American finals BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER
This week, the Oxford High School Envirothon team will be competing in the North American Championship in Ontario, Canada. Envirothon is a competition specially designed for high school students who love being outside and learning more about nature. Competitions are set up to test each competitor’s knowledge of a different aspect of environmental science. They could be given several leaves and asked to identify them, given a sample of water and asked to guess the sample’s quality based on the coloration and macroorganisms present. If the test is centered on wildlife, they could be asked to identify tracks or pelts. The students also have to stay well versed on current issues facing the environment and particular protected areas in North America. “It’s basically a competition based around environmental knowledge,” said Director of Forest Education and Awareness for Forests Ontario, Jessica Kaknevicius. “We’re trying to expose these students to careers in natural resources and the different education pathways to that, but it’s also just a really fun competition and an opportunity for them to celebrate their love for the environment.” Students are tested on four different standard subject areas and an additional category that is changed every year. The primary categories the students are tested on are soil, forestry, wildlife and aquatics, with the new category this year focusing on invasive species. In order to qualify for the North American championship, schools must compete and win in local preliminary rounds. Each year, more than 60,000 students across Canada and the United States participate in the program in hopes of making it to the North American finals. This year, 250 students on 51 teams will me meeting in Ontario for competition.
NO MONEY DOWN. PERIOD. CHANING GREEN
The OHS Envirothon team will be competing in the North American finals in Ontario, Canada this week. Left to right, Savannah Hesidence, Joanna Bu, Kayla Owens, Calendula Cheng, Raina Woolworth, Andrew Brown. Hesidence will be taking Brown's place in the Ontario Competition. The five students that make up the Oxford High School Envirothon team have been preparing for this chance for the past few years. The team going to the finals is made up of four rising juniors and their senior team captain Kayla Owens. Each of the students on the team has a specialty they are more versed in than others. For example, Joanna Bu’s specialty is aquatics. Bu and her teammates still learn same things and go to the same demonstrations and do the same fieldwork exercises, but when the students are on their own, they focus on studying one topic. Raina Woolworth’s specialty is wildlife. “I’ve always really liked wildlife and wanted to be in a career where I could work with wildlife,” Woolworth said. “I read about Envirothon and I really wanted to join. It’s been really, really fun being able to work with the team.” “I think Raina’s the most enthusiastic over Envirothon,” added Savannah Hesidence “She definitely loves her topic, which is wildlife, the most.” Calendula Cheng, Hesidence and Woolworth joined the Envirothon team about the same time. Hesidence has actually been on reserve this year and when another member of the team was able to compete in Ontario, she stepped up to fulfill the roll. The girls on the team get along really well and all seem to be friends with each other. “For me, I about it from
other people and I knew it was a competition so I though it would of course be fun,” Cheng said, whose specialty is forestry. When we were going through the different topics, I saw forestry and thought, ‘well, I lived in Canada and I kinda knew about trees already. Maybe I could be suited for this topic.’ It’s hard, but it’s pretty fun.” The faculty advisor for the OHS is Angela Whaley. She recently moved to Oxford and will begin teaching here in August. She had previously taught at Desoto Central where she was their Envirothon sponsor. At Oxford, she teaches varying levels of environmental science. The previous OHS sponsor was Renee Dayan who recently departed from the school. When Dayan told Whaley that she was retiring, Whaley said that she might be interested in the job and Dayan put in a recommendation for her. Whaley invites certain experts in to come and speak to the Envirothon team about different facets of environmental science. Some Saturdays, Whaley takes the team out to her parents’ spacious tree farm to explore the different ecological aspects of the area. The farm even has a pond a creek so that they can work on multiple specialties in the one trip. The North American final will begin Monday and run through Friday. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen
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Oxford High School band works toward football season The Oxford High School band is currently working toward their fall football season. Students in the band range from eighth grade through their senior year of high school. There are currently 140 members in the band. Their show this year will follow the story of an Ole Miss student as she tries to decide weather or not she wants to go to England and study abroad. PHOTOS BY CHANING GREEN
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aquan Webb is one of the fastest athletes his age. In the nation, just to get the record straight. The rising junior at Oxford High had a fantastic track season for the Chargers, winners of the MHSAA Class 5A state title. Webb, who also plays wide receiver for the football team, has impressed this summer on the track as he qualified for the USATF Junior Olympics in both the 100 and 200 meter dash. Kenard Harris, a rising senior at OHS, has mirrored Webb’s success on the track as well. Harris also has speed, mixed with the right bit of endurance inside of him. Harris also qualified for the trip to Sacramento, California to compete in the junior olympic games. His event is the 800. If everything goes according to plan, both Webb and Harris will be ranked in top eight of the nation for their respective events. “It’s a very good feeling. I’m happy for these gentlemen. When we got done with the state meet, we looked at New Balance Nationals and we thought that would be their last meet,” OHS coach Chris Bush said. “They said ‘Coach, there are some guys here that are trying out for the USATF National Junior Olympics and we would love to try.’ I entered them and we started the rounds. We did the developmental meet in Pearl and then we competed in the association meet in Mississippi and then two weeks later, we went to Zachary, Louisiana and both were one or two in their event and qualified for Baton Rouge. We went into it not knowing what we were going to get out of it, that we would make it this far, but the next step is to show up and compete.” Webb qualified for California by finishing first and second in the 200 and 100, respectively, down in Louisiana. He raced against athletes from Arkansas, Mississippi and TURN TO OLYMPICS PAGE 13
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Rock Solid Merritt a force at goalie for Ole Miss Rebels BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR
At this time last year, Marnie Merritt had some big shoes to fill as the Ole Miss goalie. The Ole Miss sophomore was taking over for Kelly McCormick, the program’s all-time winner in wins at the position. Merritt not only rose to the occasion, she made a tremendous difference in a season that turned out to be very “sweet” for the Rebels. Ole Miss won two matches in the NCAA Tournament last season, and 14 overall, thanks in large part to the steady play of Merritt. Not only did she start all 23 matches in 2015, her 2,151 minutes on the pitch was the third most of any goalie in the country last year. Merritt finished with 93 saves, a number that ranked fourth most in program history, and recorded seven shutouts, which was second best in the SEC last year, and the fourth most in Ole Miss history for a single season. In short, Merritt was beyond rock solid in front of the goal posts for the Rebels, who will be relying on her just as much, or more, this coming season. Merritt came to Ole Miss after a standout high school career in North Carolina. She redshirted in 2014, learning as much as she could from McCormick. Merritt figured out pretty quick quickly that the SEC is a very athletic conference, with a lot of good soccer players to boot. “The speed of the SEC was like nothing I had ever seen and it was a big learning year for me because I learned how teams play and how we want to play,” Merritt said about 2014. “I’m thankful for Sam Sanders because she taught me so much about how we want to run the defense. In that sense, we want to basically control the game and Kelly taught me about the fitness aspect and how even though I stand in net, I need to be in just as good of shape as everybody else. Just watching her, I learned so much.” As the goalie, Merritt can control the field through her vision and instincts. She likes to see the field from her unique angle, read what an opposing team is trying to do, and then put her teammates into the right position to help defend. “I think that’s really cool and such an advantage of having a goalie that communicates a lot,” Merritt said. “It’s cool to be that person that distributes information.” The goalie spot has always come natural to Merritt, who remembers being placed there early on in her playing career. “I’ve kind of always had a knack for getting in situations. I wasn’t always the fastest. I wasn’t the most aggressive, but I would go into battle with people and
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Ole Miss goalie Marnie Merritt made a number of key saves during the 2015 season, including ones on penalty kicks against Clemson in the NCAA Tournament. they just stuck me in there,” Merritt said. “My field skills weren’t amazing by any means, but they stuck me and I feel in love with it.” With a full year of experience under her belt, and two years being in the program, Merritt seems poised for another great season. She has been in Oxford training all summer, doing her part to get in shape. “Fitness does not come naturally as it does other people. I’ve been running and lifting all summer in order to make sure, fitness and cardio wise, I’m in the best shape I can be once we start,” Merritt said. “I’m really excited. It’s a huge benefit for the team to come in the second summer term. It helps get the team chemistry flowing right away. You’re out there running at 6:30 in the morning that you you’re going to have to have their back. It’s nice to build that team chemistry right off the bat.” Ole Miss opens summer drills the first week in August. There are a number of other returners from a team that accomplished more than any other in school history. “We still have the same expectations of going to the SEC Tournament and doing a little bit better than we did last year,”
she said. “Just making it back to the NCAA Tournament is all we can ask for. It’s really exciting to be a part of something that you know what it taste like to be a part of the Sweet 16 and the NCAA Tournament. Now you just want more of it and you thrive to get more, and that’s your main goal to get back there and go a little farther.” When Merritt was young, she was a swimmer as well. She had to decide which sport to focus on when she first arrived in high school. While she could have garnered a scholarship in swimming, soccer just appealed to her more. “There is so much happening on the field rather than swimming and you’re just staring at a black line,” Merritt said. “Swimming was fun and it taught me a lot, but there was so much more active parts with soccer. It’s also a lot of fun to be a part of a team.” Ole Miss stood out to Merritt as soon as she hit Chucky Mullins Drive. “My parents are Canadian. We have no ties to Oxford, Mississippi and when we went through the main gates at Ole Miss, I looked at my dad and said ‘I’m coming here.’ It was that easy,” Merritt said. “And TURN TO SOLID PAGE 13
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Sumlin banking on Knight to lead Aggies in 2016 FIRST LOOK
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Kevin Sumlin got the experienced quarterback he needed to right the ship at Texas A&M. Now it’s up to Trevor Knight to deliver, and make the Aggies a real contender in the SEC West like Johnny Manziel was able to do when he was on campus. The Aggies have gone from winning 11 games, including six in the SEC, in 2012 to winning a total of 16 games overall, including seven in the SEC, the past two seasons under Sumlin. While most programs wouldn’t too upset with Liberty and Music City bowl trips, more is expected at A&M. When the Aggies lost quarterbacks Kyler Murray and Kyle Allen after the 2015 season, it appeared that the Aggies were in trouble. Sumlin was able to save the bacon with the addition of Knight, who started his career at Oklahoma and had many impactful moments for the Sooners before losing his starting spot. Knight not only went
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through the spring with the Aggies, he made it a point of emphasis to really bond with his new team. Sumlin only had complements for Knight, and what he’s meant to the team, during SEC Media Days last week. “He has really come into our program and shown a real maturity level that we thought that he would have as a graduate transfer, as a guy who has won big games, has been involved in high-level competition, and obviously has been through some lows, losing his job at Baker Mayfield,” Sumlin said. “And, quite honestly, it was a situation where Texas A&M filled a void for Trevor Knight as a guy who wanted to play, as a gradu-
ate transfer, a guy who wanted to play at a high level, be around a program that he thought fit his skill set with some coaches he thought fit his skill set and some teammates that he wanted to play with, got him a little bit closer to home since he’s from San Antonio.” Knight definitely has some talent to throw to as the top three returning receivers are back in Christian Kirk (80 catches, 1,009 yards, seven touchdowns), Josh Reynolds (51, 907, 5) and Ricky Seals-Jones (45, 560, 4). Former Ole Miss assistant coach Noel Mazzone was brought in from UCLA to lead the offense. Mazzone has always found a way to produce good results from
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Kevin Sumlin is heading into his first season as the head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies. quarterbacks during his stops. Even though Tra Carson averaged almost 90 yards per game on the ground in 2015, Sumlin wants to see his team run the ball better during the 2016 season. A total of five tailbacks saw action during the spring game. “We got to be able to run it a bit more when we need to run it. Whether that means we have to have a 200-yard rusher to do it. I don’t think that’s the case,” Sumlin said. “I know we have enough talent to maybe rotate some guys and get to substantial numbers there.”
On defense, All-American end Myles Garrett returns a year after he made 12.5 sacks and forced five fumbles. On the other side of Garrett is Daeshon Hall, who finished with seven sacks and 14.5 tackles for a loss. Armani Watts, who led A&M with 126 tackles, is back at free safety. A total of six starters, and 29 letter winners, return on defense for coordinator John Chavis, who was able to improve the Aggies on that side of the ball last fall. “We’ve got to get better at stopping the run. And that was a point of emphasis during spring,” Sumlin
said about one of the things he was looking for from the defense. “The key for us is our second level, how linebackers come along. Shaan Washington (81 tackles in 2015) continues to improve. We got guys in there that can get the job done who are bigger and stronger. We can be a top-level defense if our linebackers continue to improve.” A&M will have a new punter and a new kicker this season as Taylor Betrolet and Drew Kaser are both departed. Sumlin said he liked the chemistry of his team, and where the locker room was coming out of the spring and what he’s seen in the summer. UCLA opens the season at home against UCLA and then hosts Prairie View A&M before traveling to play at Auburn. Ole Miss travels to A&M this season on Nov. 12. The Rebels have won the last two meetings with the Aggies, holding them to just three points last year. John.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd
Hobson, Shaw team up to lead North in volleyball All-Star contest BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR
Oxford’s Maggee Hobson and Lafayette’s Orianna Shaw may oppose each other on the volleyball court during the season, but the two were sisters recently in the annual Mississippi Association of Coaches All-Star game. The two rising seniors took part in the event, held at Mississippi College, playing for the North on Wednesday night. The North came out on top of the South with a 3-0 win. Hobson was back on the court for the third time this summer. Her first practice came with her Oxford teammates on Monday. On Tuesday, and Wednesday morning, Hobson was working her way back into shape along side some of the best players in the state. “It was rough at first, but after I got the adrenaline going, it wasn’t as bad as I
thought it would be,” Hobson said about playing 48 hours after being cleared for competition by Dr. Ed Field. “I’m a little on the out of shape side, but I can get there. I feel like I played well for just coming back. I played a lot of back row, and not as much attacking as usual. I felt really comfortable with my team.” Hobson added that Shaw did a great job, and had several key blocks during the contest. Shaw is known for her defensive skill up front on the net. “Her defense was really important,” Hobson said. “She can get up there.” Bailee Essary of Corinth, Kapria Manning of Center Hill as well as Kelsey Glasper and Carly Trimarche of Lewisburg were the other players Hobson knew on the All-Star team coming in. Ragan Freeze, Hobson’s teammate at Oxford, was selected to play in the game, but was unable to do due to another com-
mitment. Margaret Flatko of DeSoto Central coached the North. The timing of the All-Star game was good for Hobson because it did help her conditioning. “If you do it after the season, you’re kind of tired. If you do it in the spring, it’s like you haven’t even been playing,” she said. “In the summer, you have been practicing with your teams and been in the flow of volleyball, so I thought it was good timing. I didn’t know what to expect, but I was excited for a good reason. It was great, I had so much fun playing with different people and different levels of experience and skill. It was great to play with them.” Shaw said playing in the All-Star game was “fun” and “a good experience.” “Me and Maggee got time to bond with each other, and it was fun playing with her,” Shaw added. “The girls were better hit-
ters than I was, and I knew I had to block to showcase my ability and talent.” Volleyball isn’t Shaw’s only sport as she excels in both track and basketball. She has put more emphasis on volleyball since she first started playing for the Lady Commodores, adding she was ready for the upcoming season. Shaw agreed that the team was going to have to play together more this season, instead of relying on just one person to win matches. LHS coach Clint Jordan was looking for Shaw to be more of an offensive threat than she has been in the past. “I hope to be more aggressive than I was last year,” Shaw said. “I mostly focused on blocks and playing defense, so I hope to be a more offensive player.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd
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Oxford’s Maggee Hobson and Lafayette’s Orianna Shaw helped lead the North to a win over the South in the Mississippi Association of Coaches All-Star game this week.
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Louisiana, and being among the top runners from those speed states is impressive enough let alone the fact they could end up beating others from places like Texas or Florida or Georgia. Harris finished first in the 800. Webb ran the 100 in 10.76 seconds. He ran the 200 in 21.95. Webb feels like he can get faster in both, and with two more full years before even stepping foot on a college, it’s hard to believe that he isn’t crushing records in both. Webb had never been to California before, and he was excited to see what it all looked like. As for the competition, which begins this coming Tuesday, Webb was going to be happy with making the finals. And from there, he wanted to compete to the best of his ability. “I’m still going to be mad if I don’t get first, but I will be somewhat happy if I’m in the final. This will just give me more exposure and when I get on a bigger stage, I won’t be nervous,” Webb said. “I think it will give me some scholarship looks eventually. I will be on the radar even if I can’t get an offer until after my junior year.” Once Webb returns from California, it will be all football, at least for the next four months. He felt like his track workouts have gotten him ready for football, and now recruiters in that sport know for sure he can fly past defenders. “If I can run this fast on the field, I will be behind everybody and help
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Oxford’s Jaquan Webb, left, and Kenard Harris have been burning up the track this summer and are now set to compete in the USATF Junior Olympics. me catch the ball,” said Webb, who runs the 40-yard dash in the 4.4-4.3 area. “I don’t get out of the blocks quick, but when I get to moving it and hit it about 10 yards, I’m moving.” Webb, who stands 6-foot-2 and weighs 175 pounds, has long legs and reminds of former OHS standout Horatio Williams, who ended up signing a football scholarship to play at Ole Miss and then finished his career at LSU on the track. Webb is a worker, who is always running at Bobby Holcomb Field. He wants the reward of being the best, the fastest, in his two events. Growing up, Webb won races on the school yard and was the fastest on the team, but he never won a race in middle school. His first victory came this past spring at the Clinton Invitational. Ever since then, Webb has been at the top of the heap come the finals, and he is looking for that to continue. “We just count on each other and
everybody does what they’re supposed to do,” Webb said about the Chargers winning the state track title. “On relays, you have to depend on three other people but I’m so confident in my guys, I’m never worried about a relay. I know if I do have my part, we’re still going to do because I can count on those three other people at any time.” Bush said as long as both of his athletes are competing at a high level, he didn’t worry about where they finished. “If I know we got out there and left it all on the track, I’m going to be satisfied. No regrets. I think if we do that, we can walk away with our own victories,” Bush said adding that Webb has been working with former Olympian Trell Kimmons on his speed. “I think the knowledge he is getting from me, as well as athletes like Trell, is going to be very beneficial as (Webb) looks at colleges in a couple of years. Kenard is a guy we converted to the 800 this year and the fact that he is down to a 1:57 in his first year is awesome. He is still learning how to run the race. We still have a few key components to put together, but I don’t see why we can’t go 1:54 or better next year.” A trip to California is expensive, but the duo were aided by the Oxford Booster Club, as well as donations from others in the community. As of late last week, the two had over $4,000 of the $5,000 it was going to take for the trip. john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd
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my parents said they were going to support whatever choice I made, 100 percent. It was the first school I ever visited, but I came back here three times before I committed. There were a couple of schools that got close, but I had phone calls with Matt, Rob and Becky before campus and I knew that I wanted to be there. They are very real and what you get in recruiting is what you get when you get here and that doesn’t always happen at every program. I think all of us are thankful that they are true to their word and that it is a family environment.” As last season progressed, Merritt said she got more and more comfortable with what she was supposed to do. She credited the defense of Sanders, Jess Hiskey and Maddie Friedmann as huge in her development. The highlight of the season was defeating Clemson in penalty kicks, which meant Merritt had to garner a few stops in order for the Rebels to advance. “Being from Charlotte, I was an hour and a half away from my house and I had so many family and friends
there,” she said. “I had always grown up, being from Charlotte, knowing that Clemson was a huge ACC school and they were so good in soccer. To play them on their field, and knowing the history of their program, it was an amazing feeling. You can’t top that.” Outside of soccer, Merritt is involved in the Student Advisory Committee. She was hoping to have an even bigger role with it this year. Merritt helped plan the Rebel Choice Awards, and she knows that working in athletics is a future goal. Merritt’s major is Business Management. Ole Miss plays at the University of Michigan Labor Day weekend, and Merritt said a good amount of her family members are just a couple of hours away from Ann Arbor. “My dad grew up 45 minutes on the Canadian side of the border from Ann Arbor and that was their family school, that’s who they rooted for in the U.S.,” Merritt said. “My whole Canadian family is coming down, and I’m really looking forward to going to Ann Arbor.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd
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