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St. Peter's Episcopal Church is now offering free breakfast to anyone in the community every Monday and Thursday. The program will be operating for the remainder of Lent as a trial run so that the church can decide whether or not they wish to develop the program to be active all year.

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St. Peter's offering free breakfast to community

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church is now offering free breakfast every Monday and Thursday from 7:30 to 8:30 until Easter.

The breakfast is at absolutely no cost to

those who attend and is open to anyone and everyone in the community.

St. Peter’s outreach ministry was looking for a new way to contribute to the community. After looking at the different things that were needed in the Oxford Community, they decided that a

breakfast was something that was needed, would be appreciated and that the church already had the means to provide. A group from the parish traveled to All Saints Episcopal Church in TURN TO ST. PETER’S PAGE 4

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Wilson named director of LOU Boys & Girls Club

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The LOU Barksdale Boys and Girls Club has named Kenourus Wilson as their newest director.

Wilson took up the position at the beginning of January, but has been with the Boys and Girls Club for over three years. He first started out as a volunteer. He lasted about four months until the board promoted him to a programming position within the organization.

Wlison was in charge of coordinating activities for the 6 to 9-year-old boys who attend the afterschool program.

“It originally just started as me coming to help out a friend, but I fell in love with it,” he said. “I’ve always had a heart for children. I’ve always felt that I had the patience and wisdom and understanding to work with children. I think this is something you have to have a love for to be successful at.”

The Boys and Girls Club in Oxford operates out of the LOU Barksdale Club House, located on Washington Avenue between Oxford Intermediate School and Stone Park. The organization serves 150 children every day after school. They provide snacks, homework assistance, physical activities and more.

In a press release put out by the organization’s board, they describe Wilson as “a homegrown leader with an Ole Miss degree and many years of Club experience.

Kenorus, along with his staff of part-time employees and volunteers, works with lim-

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Kenourus Wilson has been named the latest director of the LOU Barksdale Boys & Girls Club. Wilson began working with the after school program as a volunteer and has stayed involved with the program for more than three years. ited resources to create a structured, optimistic environment for the children of our town.”

Wilson also drives a school bus for the Oxford School District that deposits at the Boys and Girls Club.

Every kid that rides the bus to the club after school, rides with him.

This week, Wilson is in Montgomery, Alabama with Boys and Girls Club directors from all over the nation at a leadership conference.

He’ll be working alongside other recently appointed directors to learn the ropes and become a better leader.

He said that he just wants to serve the children of the community to the best of his ability.

If he had to pick a favorite part of his job, Wilson said it would have to be watching the children grow and learn.

Working with them on their homework, watching them begin to grasp new concepts and develop better man-

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ners, it makes it all worth it.

“I love the children here, and I love that I get to watch them grow,” he said. “I get to watch them mature, and understand things and maybe finally get that math problem they’ve been struggling with. I get to watch them improve their reading comprehension skills. If I had to pick, I would say that a big challenge we see with children is reading comprehension skills.”

The Boys and Girls Club is

currently in the midst of their annual fundraising campaign. Stephen Monroe serves as president of the board that oversees the organization. He explained that the Club is a nonprofit and they really rely on donations and community support to keep their doors open. They’re also working to expand their services, so the cost of keeping the lights on is on the rise.

"Boys and Girls Club of Oxford has provided boys

and girls in our community who are often vulnerable to influence in the wrong direction, a place to call their own and learn valuable social skills, receive tutoring and mentoring,” said Todd Wade, a member of the board, in an email to the Citizen. “Far too common in our community, once school ends each day, our youth are on their own with no adult care or supervision.

When you take into account the number of kids that walk through the doors at the Club in our community you realize the demand and importance of the Boys and Girls Club and why we need as much support as possible.”

Wilson agreed, saying he thinks the organization is a vital part of the community and really has something to contribute.

“This organization is valuable to the community because children come here to learn and have fun,” Wilson said. “They come here to become better people. Our motto is to enable all young people, especially those who need us the most, to reach their full potential productive, caring and responsible citizens. So we serve not only the children here but also the college students we keep on staff. We encourage them to be the best in all they do as well.”

For more information on the Boys and Girls Club and how to donate, visit www.bgcnms.org, call or 662-832-0602 or email Wilat son directly kwilson@bgcnms.org. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Andrews wants to ensure sustainable housing for Oxford

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Wayne Andrews is running for alderman of Ward 6.

Andrews is the director of Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and has lived in Oxford with his wife for nearly 10 years. His wife and two children attended Ole Miss, which has allowed Andrews to be a regular visitor to the Oxford for 25 years. He will be facing off against incumbent Jason Bailey for the alderman seat. Andrews took the time Monday afternoon to sit down with Oxford Citizen reporter Chaning Green to discuss the race.

CHANING GREEN: When did you file the paperwork to qualify to run?

WAYNE ANDREWS: I filed the Tuesday before the Friday deadline.

GREEN: Why now?

ANDREWS: I had thought about running once before.

With the current state of emotion for people on both the state and national levels of politics, my wife and I made a commitment this year that we aren’t just going to talk about things; we’re going to be involved. We’re already quite involved in the community, but we wanted to make it a priority to get involved in other areas of government to address issues that impact our community on the local, state and national level.

About two months prior, there was a group talking about different issues that needed to be discussed during the election, regardless of who won. The most important thing is to have issues talked about so that

whoever wins will know the concerns of the community.

We don’t want the conversations to be angry conversations where people feel like they can’t make a difference, but productive and thoughtful conversations of how we can do things and how we want our community to be. We want conversations with direction, thought and shape. Whoever ends up winning, we want him to know that he has that support, but also knows who to turn to when he needs to ask for help or get others involved.

From that group, they thought I did a good job of bringing people together, that I try to focus on building partnerships and finding solutions.They asked if I would run. I considered and decided that this is the right time. I don’t want to be the person who just gets frustrated and angry. I want to make a difference. We’re gonna give it a try.

GREEN:What are you hoping comes out of your campaign?

ANDREWS: I, and the people who have supported me, are hoping this campaign will bring light to the issues that we think are important.

We want them to be talked about in a constructive manner, and that whoever becomes alderman will have a vision of what the residents of Ward 6 want to occur in our community.

GREEN: What issues are important to you?

ANDREWS: I’m very excited about the Vision 2037 plan. My wife and I went to those meetings as well as the ones for the strategic

COURTESY OF WAYNE ANDREWS

Wayne Andrews has officially begun his campaign for Alderman of Ward 6. Andrews is director of the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and has been a member of the Oxford community for nearly 10 years. plan the county developed.

We thought they were an opportunity to share and give input. I really want to focus on how our community is going to grow. We have some very smart people working for the city, in both the planning and building departments and in other places. I think we need to give them the best tools possible to work with developers in order to build communities that enhance Oxford, contribute to a livable community and create shared values. We don’t need another student housing complex that will only be used for student housing.

We want communities and neighborhoods where people feel ownership, that they live here and are a part of Oxford.

My wife and I moved here because we wanted to live in a place where we could both work in for the next 20 years,

enjoy the life and retire here.

We want to make sure that the town is will be able to sustain that idea. We don’t need anymore giant apartment complexes that can’t be used for single family housing. We need to be mindful of how many cars we’re putting on the road and conscious of whether or not we have the infrastructure to handle it all.

In summary, we want neighborhoods that both compliment and continue this sense of small town Oxford, but while being accessible to everyone. We also want to continue the cultural support from the community. I think it’s a defining factor of our town that we have access to such great parks, activities and festivals. I also think we should be encouraging more entrepreneurship here in town. If we want livable housing, we’re going to have to take

steps toward making sure people have jobs that would allow them to afford that housing. There are bright people graduating from the university every year. We need to figure out how to make it possible for them to stay here and live and work here if that’s what they want to do.

GREEN: Do you think that running the arts council has any conflict of interest with being an alderman?

ANDREWS: This question has a two part answer.

We are a small town.

Everyone that serves in any political capacity in this town has some sort of boundary line that they must be sensitive to. I am in contact with the state ethic commission to ensure that there will be no conflicts. We believe everything can be adequately addressed, and there are things that I will

have to recuse myself from, just like several people who serve on different committees and boards around town. I am sensitive to that.

The second part of this is that it’s important to note that the arts council is not a political organization. I think that’s very important.

This is something Wayne is doing, not the arts council.

As an individual, I serve on other boards and am actively involved in the community. I support the Princess Ball every year because I think it’s important to take time out for family. I like to live in a community that cares about each other.

I serve on the board for Crime Stoppers. Safer neighborhoods benefit everyone. This is something personal. It has nothing to do with the arts council and the things I am doing are not on the arts council’s time.

GREEN: Do you think being involved in all these programs has helped you to become a more qualified candidate?

ANDREWS: I think that because I’ve been involved in things from the schools to community groups, professional organizations, faithbased organizations, outreach things – it has all given me a better understanding of the community.

To me, all of these are interconnected. We need to look at how we are as a community and what makes us up, and how we’re going to grow over the next 20 years. I think these are discussions we have got to have. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter:chaningthegreen

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Oxford mourns the loss of Henry Benefiel Miller

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Henry Benefiel Miller, 9, passed away Sunday.

Henry was born in Oxford to Joel Miller and Cori Benefiel. He loved to read and was well known around his parents’ renowned restaurant, the Ravine.

The accident occurred Sunday afternoon shortly after 4 p.m. Henry climbed into the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle. The boy accidentally knocked the car out of park and into neu-

tral. Once he realized the vehicle was moving backwards down the driveway, Henry jumped out of the car, but was unable to get clear of wheel’s path. Henry was transported to the hospital in his parents’ car and arrived in the emergency room of Baptist Memorial Hospital in critical condition where he would succumb to his injuries and die.

Henry is survived by his parents; his younger brother, Louis; his grandparents, Gay Graeber and Jack Stubbs of Oxford, and

Kathy Cooper of Memphis; his aunts and uncles, Kinzi Cooper of Indianapolis and Jordin Cooper of Memphis, and Liz Palmer and James Miller of Louisville, KY; and his cousins, Kieran Miller of Louisville, KY, and Journe and Joshua Simpson of Indianapolis.

The Oxford Citizen extends our deepest condolences to the Miller family and everyone in the community affected by Henry’s passing. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Tupelo to examine the feeding program they offer their community and learn more about it.

Once they got a bit of an idea of what it would entail, St. Peter’s decided to run with it.

The breakfasts are only being offered on Mondays and Thursdays as of right now. The church is currently operating the breakfast on a bit of a trial run. The service will definitely be available from to the community from now until the end of Lent, which is Easter. If all goes well, the church is hoping to expand the program to offer free breakfast to the community all year.

Rev. Penny Sisson serves as the vocational deacon at St. Peter’s. She’s been supporting the outreach committee’s work on the program. She said that the support of the parishioners of the church has been really inspiring.

A lot of people were willing to do everything they could to contribute.

“We have a group of people who cook, a group who set everything up, a group who functions as servers, a group who cleans up and a group who serves as greeters for those coming in to attend the breakfast,” Sisson said. “We’ve had a really great response from those within our parish who want to help with this ministry.

Right now, we’re just offering it and hoping people will come. After six weeks, we’ll be deciding whether or not it looks like something the community would like to have.”

The menu varies depending on the day. So far they’ve been able to offer breakfast casserole, eggs, bacon, grits and biscuits with sausage gravy. For beverages, they’re offering milk, orange juice, water and coffee. They have oatmeal and cereal. Sisson said they were also offering hand fruits like apples, clementines and bananas because they can be easily carried and eaten on the go if a per-

son doesn’t have much time to sit and eat. Beagle Bagel has also donated muffins and bagels to the cause.

Sisson emphasized that absolutely everyone is welcome to come and enjoy the breakfast. The church is just trying to gage weather or not the local community wants this program and stands to benefit from it.

“Anybody in the community can come,” she said. “We’re hoping that people who would appreciate having a free breakfast will show up.

Breakfast is an important meal. We’re hoping people will find their way.

We’ve reached out to Interfaith Compassion Ministries as well as More Than a Meal. We’ve sent notices out in LovePacks that go home with children. We’ve sent information to the Salvation Army as well as Helping Hands. We’ve tried to get the word out all over town. This is open to anyone who wants to come.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Faust approved as Volunteer Oxford Director

BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD PARK COMMISSION

Teresa Faust is a people person who enjoys being out in the community.

The new Volunteer Oxford Director also has a love for Oxford, and the people she has come to know since arriving in town six years ago.

Faust has been employed by the city for the past year and a half, working as the volunteer recruiter with the Retired, Senior and Volunteer Program or RSVP. Faust was responsible for making contact with the nonJOHN DAVIS/OXFORD PARK COMMISSION profit organizations and Teresa Faust was recently approved by the Oxford Park Commission board to be the new Vol- assisting with their needs in relation to volunteers. unteer Oxford Director.

The RSVP volunteers dealt with a number of events, from supply drives at the schools to working at the library or at The Pantry, and Faust was right in the middle of planning. All of the work was enjoyable because Faust likes to please so much.

“It was wonderful meeting new people and then seeing how exciting it was for RSVP volunteers. It’s sort of full circle for them to have the enjoyment of volunteering,” said Faust, who was approved to her new role on

March 7. “On the other side, there was a lot of enjoyment on the nonprofit side to have someone come in and volunteer.”

Faust credited the leadership of RSVP Director Arleida Bennett and the support of coordinator Jamie Briscoe for preparing her to take the next step.

“They helped me so much that I felt the confidence to take a leadership role,” Faust said. “I was ready. I felt like this role was made for me, and it was time to use my skills and my talents and to see where I can help with Volunteer Oxford and the community. I love seeing people work and come together.”

Faust grew up in Meridian and she has lived in other states, specifically Iowa where she attended Northern Iowa University.

“I’ve been to different cities and Oxford, to me, continues to have so much growth and compassion that I see for others,” Faust said. “That’s one of the things that I love about this city, seeing it grow. I’ve seen that with RSVP and with Volunteer Oxford. I’ve seen both of these programs bring non-profit organi-

zations together. I’ve seen it help them and develop programs to help those that maybe are a little bit less fortunate than we are. That’s what I love.”

One of the things that Faust wants to continue, and then enhance, in her new role is the volunteer base. She is on the lookout for new non-profit organizations to help. And she is open to new ideas and new approaches, things that will help the community flourish.

“I also hope to work with the schools more. I would really like to see a program with Volunteer Oxford if they will allow us to do a program, maybe even at the end of the school year,” Faust said. “What are you doing with your summer? And how can Volunteer Oxford help the youth get more involved and find out their ideas. What do they think and find out how they think they can help those that are less fortunate or seniors. I really think there is an opportunity to work with students more. We work with the university and that’s a great partnership.

I feel like with Oxford and Lafayette there is a great opportunity to help our youth flourish.”

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University students to conduct housing survey NEWS WRITER

Housing has long been a growing concern in Lafayette County. The county is the fastest growing municipality in the state, and everyone moving to the area has to live somewhere. As it gets harder and harder for people living in and around Oxford to find secure, affordable housing, James Thomas of the university’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology and his honors students will be taking a closer look at how exactly Lafayette County residents are being affected.

Thomas teaches a class in the Barksdale Honors College focusing on housing and security, which is his area of sociological expertise. The class is an exlearning periential course, meaning the school work being done by students will have them active in the com-

munity, learning by doing. This is exactly what students will be doing with this survey.

Though affordability is a major part of housing concerns, Thomas said that the issue is much more complex. The survey being done by his students will reflect that complexity.

“We’re trying to learn about the scale and scope of housing security, beyond just the affordability questions,” Thomas said.

“A lot times, housing questions get posed as simply, ‘can you afford to live there?’ But in addition affordability, there are issues of housing inequalneighborhood ity, accessibility and we’re trying to capture all of those related dimensions with this survey.”

The survey contains about 70 questions and will be looking at things like housing security in relation to food security.

Thomas is also hoping the

James Thomas, Department of Sociology and Anthropology survey will be able to get an accurate reading of the social capital, which he defines as whether or not people “live in a setting where you can acquire enough knowledge to get by.” This kind of knowledge can come from having reliable neighbors to whom you can turn during a time of need. For people who do not have secure housing and are then being forced to move frequently, those community ties can be harder to form and thus could hurt opportunities for growth in the future.

The students will be

canvassing a sample of the county, literally going door to door with the survey. All surveys are filled out anonymously, in the sense that names and other specific identifying information regarding residents will not be recorded. It’s just about accumulating the data.

The survey asks questions about disabilities, education levels, linguistic abilities, employment status and more. The questions then move to the less personal and ask about the dwelling in which the applicant is currently living.

Is it an apartment or mo-

bile home, or detached housing or something else? When was it built?

Were you occupying this dwelling this time last year?

“Increasingly, housing is a concern,” Thomas said. “This is true all over the country, but in Lafayette County and Oxford in particular, there have been more and more conversations about housing in these past few years. It seems like, for a lot of people in the county, the housing situation, the way they discuss it, is that it’s only getting worse. I know that both the city and the county are setting up these visions where they’re trying to plan long term, but beyond the census, we don’t actually have a lot of good, local information that could guide policy makers’ decision making processes.”

Thomas said that he fully intends to share the information collected in

the study with the larger community. He hopes that it can be used to better guide the decisions and discussions of city and county government in the years to come.

“For our students, people tend to make this distinction between the university and the Oxford and Lafayette County community,” Thomas said when asked why he thought it was important for students to conduct this survey. “I think it’s good for any student who comes through the university to become involved in local issues. I think of students as residents. I don’t think of them as separate from anyone else who lives in this county. They frequent establishments, buy goods, make use of services and, as a result, I want them to be actively engaged as citizens.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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The Oxford Artists Guild's new gallery is now open on the second floor of Sugar Magnolia. The Guild Gallery will be open to the public during Sugar Magnolia's regular operating hours and during the Oxford Arts Crawl.

Oxford Artists Guild finally has a space of their own

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The Oxford Artists Guild’s gallery on is now open to the public. The new gallery, simply being called the Guild Gallery is located on the second floor of Sugar Magnolia on University Avenue.

The Oxford Artists Guild is a collection of local artists who practice a variety of different crafts. They consist over 90 members that include painters, fiber artists, sculptors, woodworkers and more. Over a third of them have a piece, or multiple pieces, on display in the Guild Gallery.

Linda Peters has been involved with guild for nearly 10 years. For the past five, she’s been extremely active in the organization, having her artwork featured in nearly every show. She currently serves as the recording secretary for the board.

She’s been working closely with the guild’s director Pam Locke in getting the Guild Gallery off the ground.

They worked with their

husbands to build all the panels displaying the artwork, and they had to special order hooks to hang everything. The pair along with other volunteers spent hours working with Sugar Magnolia to clean the area out, scrub the floors and make sure everything was painted.

The Guild Gallery officially opened on the afternoon of Saturday, March 4, and saw a great turn out, according to Peters.

“The opening was amazingly successful,” she said.

“At one point we were completely full of people. We couldn’t have been happier with how it went. Our main objective with the gallery is for the guild to have a place for the community to know where we’re at, come and see us and be able to purchase local art. In years past, we’ve only had a couple shows a year. If you couldn’t make those, you had to know someone in order to get in touch with an artist.

With the gallery, we’re hoping to see in increase in guild

PHOTO BY CHANING GREEN

The Guild Gallery features the work of nearly a third of the guild's 90 artists who practice a variety of art forms including painters, sculptors, woodworkers, fiber artists and more. participation as well.”

Sugar Magnolia operates by having different vendors occupy booths within the warehouse-style store.

While operating her own booth in the store, Locke was approached by the owners and asked if she would be interested in using

the large upstairs area. Lock then told them about the Oxford Artists Guild and how, for years now, they’ve been looking for a place to showcase their work. The guild is a nonprofit, so affording a location in town has seemed kind of impossible over the years.

“We’re super excited about it,” Peters said about the space. “It all just fell right into place. We’re also so very grateful to the owners of Sugar Magnolia for letting us use the space. Since the opening, we’ve managed to get some tables put up there as well. We’re hoping to start

holding classes and a few workshops in that area.

There’s also the balcony up there that we can take advantage of.”

The Guild Gallery will be open during Sugar Magnolia’s regularly scheduled hours. Sugar Magnolia will also be extending their hours the third Tuesday of every month in order to include the Guild Gallery on the Oxford Art Crawl each month.

“I’ve been in Oxford for about 25 years, and I think there’s always been a need for the community to know and have access to the Oxford Artists Guild,” Peters said. “I think the guild gives back to the community.

Most of the time, we are painting local things. We paint scenes form Oxford, Lafayette County and even the Delta. We get to showcase our talents by also showcasing the beauty of our county and the surrounding areas.” chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Double Decker Arts Festival finalizes food vendor list

The food vendor list for this year’s Double Decker Arts Festival has been finalized. Frequenters of the festival in years past will recognize several vendors returning for the annual arts festival, but there are also a few new faces among the crowd as well. Several of the vendors will be offering classic Oxford cuisine while others are fairly new to the culinary scene here in town.

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An eclectic collection of services for the public under one roof arrived in Oxford when the “Family Resource Center of North Mississippi” opened its doors recently.

The public is invited to celebrate the ribbon cutting on from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 23. The center is located at 104 Skyline Drive in Oxford – behind Stout's Carpet on Highway 7.

Food and refreshments will be provided and Supertalk WFMN 97.3 FM will broadcast live from the free event.

The Family Resource Center runs in conjunction with “Families First for Mississippi” in Tupelo.

Jeff Roberson, longtime Oxford resident and administrative assistant FRCNMS, says that the center will offer many free-of-charge services for the counties of Lafayette, Yalobusha, Grenada, Benton, Panola and Marshall.

The Oxford location is in conjunction with other regional offices in Southaven, Madison and Columbus with a main campus in Tupelo.

“The services we offer are free,” Roberson said. “There is no financial burden on anyone.”

The center will offer services that include: conflict resolution, healthy relationships, social skills building, resume building, job readiness, communication and

life skills as well as a path to high school diploma for those seeking to finish their high school education. The center will also offer parenting help like fatherhood courses and counseling for victims of domestic violence.

Other new health initiatives are planned to be unveiled in the coming months.

The new educational initiative is a particularly exciting program now offered at FRCNMS. “This gives people a chance to earn their high school diploma online,” Roberson said. “This is not a GED program - but to earn your high school diploma.

And it is offered online for free.”

The FRCNMS opened its doors a few months ago with a small staff set on

making a difference across the North Mississippi region.

Region Coordinator Jack Gadd is joined by Roberson, Erica Golden (educator), Brenda McGaha (educator), Blakely Beggs (educator), Jan Mays (educator), Hallie Goodson (student intern), Hunter Grissom (student intern), Danielle Snyder (Dyslexia Specialst) who works with the Mississippi Dyslexia Center office located within the FRCNMS. Although the resource center has been open for a few weeks, the team wanted to get settled before an official ribbon-cutting.

“We intentionally wanted to wait until spring,” Roberson said. “So we could get our feet on the ground and our staff in place – serving the community before a ribbon-cutting.”

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MSPA names Davis McCool High School Journalist of the Year

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The Mississippi Scholastic Press Association has named Oxford High School Senior Davis McCool their 2017 High School Journalist of the Years.

McCool is the editor-inchief of the OHS newspaper The Charger. He is now entered as a contender in the Journalism Education Association’s national search for their Journalist of the Year where he will face off against other state winners. McCool will also be honored during the MSPA’s state convention at the end of this month.

“As the current editorin-chief of The Charger, Davis has shown that he is not only a great writer, but possesses excellent people skills as well,” said Mcadvisor Diala Cool’s Chaney to the MSPA. “He consistently treats all staff writers with the utmost respect, as is always will-

ing to lend a helping hand to his less-experienced colleagues.”

McCool said that the award is humbling and that there’s absolutely no way he would have even been considered if it wasn’t for the advisors and student journalists he works with every day.

“I was extremely honored and humbled to be recognized as the Mississippi High School Journalist of the Year,” he said in an email to the Citizen. “I don’t think I completely merit for the award, because without my wonderful staff, The Charger couldn’t have delivered on all of its stories throughout the year. I couldn’t have won this award without my fellow editors, staff writers and adviser. Mrs. Chaney has been tremendous this year, and she has allowed The Charger to flourish under her command. I look forward to continuing journalism long through college and the years beyond, and I

cannot thank the MSPA enough for selecting me as Mississippi’s top high school journalist.”

The MSPA put out a statement after announcing McCool as the winner.

MSPA Director R. J. Morgan said that though it was a difficult year to be a judge, McCool was definitely a standout among Mississippi student journalists.

“This was an incredibly tough year for our judges,” Morgan said in the statement. “But I’ve been involved with high school journalism in this state for 10 years, and I’ve seen few if any students with the talent, work ethic and humility of Davis McCool.”

The National High School Journalist of the Year will be announced on April 9 in Seattle during the Journalism Education Association’s annual national convention.

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Davis McCool has been named the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association's 2017 High School Journalist of the year.

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WOODLAND HILLS - TWO MASTER BEDROOMS (up & down), 4BR/3.5BA , 1.5 acres, kitchen w/double oven, built-in desk, breakfast area with picturesque view, laundry room, separate dining room, large family rm w/gas fireplace and bookshelves, BR upstairs can be used as Playroom or Media Rm, MBR is comfortably spacious w/Master Bath w/two sinks, jetted tub, shower; detached brick garage/workroom; storage galore, hardwood floors all downstairs, except tiled kitchen and Laundry Rm, 1/2 bath off garage for easy clean-up.

Lovely front porch to enjoy view of trees & private patio off family room for those cookouts. Freshly painted interior and outside dormers new siding. MLS# 137450.

Directions: Headed North on HWY 7 pass the Orchard Church where the road become two lanes, continue past Hwy 30 and Woodland Hills Main Entrance 0.5 mile on left; continue to Second Entrance on left, turn Left into driveway of First Home on the Left.

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Eileen Saunders

Cell: 662.404.0816 Office: 662.234.5344 Email: eileen@tmhomes.com

12004 Water Ridge Dr.

$625,000

WELLSGATE - Beautiful 4BR/4.5BA home with inground pool overlooking lake. Open floorplan with large 2 story living room highlighted by a stone fireplace. Home features wooden beams, columns and bead board ceilings.

The large kitchen/keeping room combination was a brick hearth over the gas cooktop. Large master suite is on main level with a sitting area. Screened porch on the back leads to a large patio and inground pool.

Professionally landscaped with irrigation system. Agent is related to the sellers. MLS# 137214. Call Meredith Martin- 662-401-0811.

Betty Wiseman 317 Windsor Dr. N

Cell: 662.234.4573 Office: 662.234.5344

$335,000

Email: bewise@bellsouth.net

WINDSOR FALLS - Beautiful 4 bedroom/3 bath in popular neighborhood. Customized Indianola plan includes a slightly larger kitchen, 4th bedroom (full bath and closet) upstairs that could also be used as a bonus room, office or guest room. Built-in cabinets surrounding fireplace. Covered patio accessible to master bedroom and kitchen. Fenced yard for privacy. Community pool access for an extra $300/year. Approx. 2 miles to Baptist Memorial, 3 miles to the Square. MLS# 136673.

Call Eileen Saunders- 662-404-0816.

Caroline Felker

Stan Abel

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Email: stan@tmhomes.com

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Cell: 662.816.9363 Office: 662.234.5344

Nicole Cain-Wright

Cell: 662.617.5744 Office: 662.234.5344 Email: nicole@tmhomes.com

327 E. Countiss St.

$180,000

BRUCE - Located in town but feels like you are in the country. 4 bedroom, 3 full baths, large den and a wet bar. 3 car carport and oversized garage for large RV with storage. MLS# 135840. Call Nicole Cain Wright â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 662-617-5744.

Email: vic@tmhomes.com

$165,000

BRUCE - Country Living at its finest. this lovely wood and stone home is located in one of Bruce's nicest neighborhoods boasting wood floors throughout, Open floor plan on main level and tons of closet space. the lower level offers a cozy family room with a gas fireplace. the wooded lot is located on a stunning lake with lots of deck space to enjoy the natural beauty of the area. Another amazing feature is the access to the neighborhood pool. MLS# 136109. Call Nicole Cain Wright- 662-617-5744.

167 Keenum

$88,000

Calhoun City - 3 bedroom 2 bath home on 2 acres. storage building on the property stays, home is currently rented Perfect for a family or a rental property.

MLS# 136746. Call Nicole Cain Wright â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 662-617-5744.

Weesie Biedenharn

Vic Sullivan

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135 Yancy

206 Avalon Lane $194,500

The Gables - Beautiful 3 bed, 2 bath home with an open floor plan just 3.5 miles from the Oxford Square. Easy access to shopping, schools and entertainment. This charming home is low maintenance and perfect for a busy lifestyle. Nine foot ceilings throughout the home with a cathedral ceiling in the Master. Master bath has double vanities, a jetted tub and a walk-in shower. Hardwood floors in the living area and carpets in the bed rooms with tile in the baths.

MLS# 137553. Call Vic Sullivan - 662-228-6025.

Cell: 662.638.5332 Office: 662.234.5344 Email: weesie@tmhomes.com

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Paula Crum

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103 Woodland Hills

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$347,500

WOODLAND HILLS - TWO MASTER BEDROOMs (up & down), 4BR/3.5BA , 1.5 acres, kitchen w/double oven, built-in desk, breakfast area with picturesque view, laundry room, separate dining room, large family rm w/gas fireplace and bookshelves, BR upstairs can be used as Playroom or Media Rm, MBR is comfortably spacious w/Master Bath w/two sinks, jetted tub, shower; detached brick garage/workroom; storage galore, hardwood floors all downstairs, except tiled kitchen and Laundry Rm, 1/2 bath off garage for easy clean-up. Lovely front porch to enjoy view of trees & private patio off family room for those cookouts.

Freshly painted interior and outside dormers new siding. MLS# 137450. Call Paula Crum – 662.701.7789.

Blake Thompson 231 PR 3049

Cell: 662.801.7014 Office: 662.234.5344

$165,900

Email: blake@tmhomes.com

THE SOLEIL - Very popular unit.

Freestanding 3 bedroom, 2 .5 bathroom cottage style condo. Front door parking, lots of green space, gated community.

MLS# 137010. Call Martin Mesecke- 662715-1111.

1017 CR 251, Oxford

Email: danny@tmhomes.com

$575,000

THE HIGHLANDS - Professionally decorated, custom built home w/ open floorplan (City of Oxford Schools); every BR has a bath, 4BR, 4BA (2 down & 2 up), stainless appliance pkg, hardwood floors, 10’ smooth ceilings, 8’ solid wood doors, kitchen opens to the Keeping Room, built-in bookcases, stone fireplace, Wet Bar, breakfast area and large screened porch that includes a fireplace for those chilly nights for roasting marshmallows. House is encapsulated with foam insulation; backyard has an irontype fence. Access to ~80-acre Trophy Lake & ~30-acre Park. MLS#136645. Call Paula Crum662-701-7789.

$339,000

Property includes a 3BD/3BA home and 47 acres. Approximately half pasture and half wooded, storm shelter, fenced pasture, deer stands, cleared shooting lanes, horse barn, ATV storage, other storage building, pond, and heated tile floor in master bath are just some of the amenities. Not far from town but quiet country living or just a get away. Little Q quail preserve is across the street. MLS# 136965.

Call Danny Flowers – 662-816-7294.

303 Downing

$374,660

COBBLESTONE PARK - Spacious home with a view of the large pond and very affordably priced! 4BR/3BA, huge kitchen, granite countertops, double walk-in pantries, eat in kitchen, dining room, family room completes the Main Floor. Upstairs, another BR and Bath with a huge finished bonus room utilized at the Home Theater complete with Cotton Candy and Popcorn Machine!

Storage room galore! MLS# 136466. Call Paula Crum- 662-701-7789.

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900 Battle Lane

$132,000

172 Chickasaw, Pope

506 CR 210, Oxford

$350,500

WELLSGATE - Come be a part of one of Oxford's most prestigious neighborhoods in this custom built home! This great home sits in the back of Wellsgate & backs up to one of Wellsgate's natural lakes where you can enjoy beautiful sunsets.

Kitchen with custom oak cabinets and stainless appliances features solid granite counter tops.

Hardwood, ceramic, and carpeted floors throughout the home. Family room with a fireplace on lower level. Two pantries for storing your goods. Breakfast area looks out to the lake. Jetted tubs in the bathrooms. Sellers giving $1k allowances for both carpet and appliances. MLS# 137482. Call Blake Thompson - 662-801-7014.

Danny Flowers

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3018 Highlands Circle

$399,500

Wonderful custom built house on 17.2 fenced acres. Close to the Chickasaw Hill Campgrounds and boat ramps.

Owner is ready to Sell. MLS# 137014. Call Danny Flowers – 662-816-7294.

SHILOH PLACE - Very endearing three bedroom home in Shiloh place on a sizable, corner lot with a fenced in back yard. Home features THREE bedrooms and two baths with all ceramic tiled floors and vaulted ceilings. Recently repainted and in nice condition for you to move into soon! MLS# 137891. Call Blake Thompson - 662-801-7014.

Quiet country living with acreage less than 10 miles from town. Even the walls are insulated to make it more quiet.

Home also features a storm shelter.

MLS# 137041 Call Danny Flowers – 662816-7294.

Polina Wheeler

480 Cotton Rd., Taylor

$279,500

24 +/- acres with ranch style home with some remodeling. Property has a pond and 4-5 acres of cleared pasture for horses. Approximate 1 mile to Taylor Grocery and less than a mile to Plain Air. MLS# 137277. Call Danny Flowers- 662816-7294.

2100 Old Taylor Rd. #322

$189,900

TURNBERRY - 3 bedroom 2 bath condo close to Ole Miss campus. MLS# 137505.

Call Sadie Smith- 662-678-3033.

115 CR 471

$380,000

OXFORD - Wonderful secluded house with guest house, pond, workshop on 14 wooded acres minutes from the square.

MLS#137517. Call Danny Flowers- 662816-7294.

Cell: 662.401.4632 Office: 662.234.5344 Email: polina@tmhomes.com

112 Cedar Hill

$389,900

TARA - This 4 bed/4.5 bath home sits on oversized 1.8 acre lot in one of Oxford's most distinguished and well-established neighborhoods.

Property includes a stand alone mother-in-law building (with kitchenette and full bathroom; with attached garage fitted for AC/heating to allow for expanding the space). Elegance and charm flow throughout dining room and living room that leads to screened-in porch with serene view over private fishing pond.

Cathedral ceilings in foyer. Gas fire-place.

Gorgeous hardwood floors on main level. MLS# 137895. Call Polina Wheeler- 662-401-4632.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2017

Something Different Hit Fitness offers new look at getting in shape

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS WRITER

There is no set routine at Hit Fitness. Oxford’s newest training facility is owned and operated by two very familiar faces who offer a number of different options for those looking to get in shape. Codie Shuffield and Matt Webb are at the center of Hit Fitness, which features a number of different classes during a day.

If you want to get in shape via fitness kickboxing, Hit Fitness has you covered. Shuffield has an extensive background in the sport as well as in mixed martial arts. Circuit training and cardiovascular exercises are also part of the training that never allows members to get bored with doing the same old thing all the time. The main focus for Shuffield is to offer a great cardio workout for those in his classes.

“Some days we may do kickboxing and then the next day we may focus on your core and then the next day we’ll do weights,” said Shuffield, who earned his degree from Ole Miss. “We will sit out different stations and do 30 seconds of crunches or 30 seconds of bicycles or different types of lunges and squats.”

Webb is also an Ole Miss graduate, earning degrees in exercise science, exercise physiology and nutrition.

His background has with meshed well Shuffield’s real-life, in-thering experience.

“I still train Cody. There are still 14 fighters that we still train,” Webb said adding that the two have paired up on a gym before finding the space at 1903 University Avenue that Hit Fitness occupies. “The workouts are always different. Every classes are different. We don’t like to get bored working out either.

We have seven classes a day and all of them are a little bit different.”

JOHN DAVIS

Hit Fitness, started by Codie Shuffield and Matt Webb, offers a number of different classes for those that are looking to get in shape using a number of different training methods such as kickboxing.

JOHN DAVIS

Codie Shuffield, Drew Robinson and Matt Webb instruct at Hit Fitness, which is located at 1903 University Avenue.

The new facility opened at the start of December and since that opening, the client list has increased to over 130 people who were

looking for something different from their workout plan.

“It seems that we’ve been open longer because it took

us seven months to get going,” Webb said. “Opening up a business in Oxford is pretty tough to do. There are a bunch of meetings

that you have to go to. We did it the right way, so it took a little while. It was a learning experience.”

Almost 75 percent of the

members are women, Webb said, so there shouldn’t be an intimidation factor in regards to hitting the punching bag. Shuffield and Webb are always there to instruct. Drew Robinson, who played baseball with Webb at Lafayette, is also an instructor who is involved with the class schedule.

“Our classes are work at your own pace, do as much as you can,” Webb said.

“I’ve used the heart rate monitor and the different probes that keep up with how many calories you burn and usually it’s around 1,400 calories is what I burned in a class.

The main thing with this gym that we created is you don’t plateau. You can always get better. And you don’t always do kickboxing.

We are going to add in other things in order to get more in shape or leaner or whatever you want to do.”

Classes last just under an hour. There are 22 bags to use currently and there is an app that allows members to sign up for a class, which allows the instructors to be even more personal.

“It’s not a 50-person class that doesn’t allow us to not see what you’re doing.

We’re going to be able to help,” Webb said. “We know people by name in here and everyone knows us. It’s like a little family. It’s going good.”

There are also private lesand sons available, Shuffield has an instructor that can help get fighters in shape for MMA events.

Shuffield has been kickboxing since he was 7, and has right at a decade of experience training people.

“This is good for any age group, any fitness level because you do as much as you can and you make the workout the way you want to,” Shuffield said. “There is always an alternative exercise if you can’t do something. We can make it work for you.”

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Ben Mikell Sports Writer

Oxford uses fast start to get

by Lafayette he Oxford Chargers used eight runs in the first four innings to ease by the Lafayette Commodores 8-4 in the Charger's home opener at Edwin Moak Field Monday night.

Oxford (8-1 overall) went ahead of Lafayette (3-6-1) in the first inning when Drew Bianco drove in Carson Stinnett with a single to put the Chargers ahead 1-0. Oxford pushed the lead out in the third and fourth innings scoring four and three runs respectively to give the Chargers an 8-0 lead and chased Commodore starting pitcher Colin Crawford out of the game who was also pegged with the loss.

"The first four innings, almost every one of our outs were barrels," Oxford coach Chris Baughman said about his team's early offensive success. "We hit balls hard, even the balls they put us out on were hard hit balls. I was very proud of the way we started, very proud of the run production at the beginning of the game, I was very disappointed of the way we finished. I just didn't think we finished very well. We lost a lot of focus, we had a lot of conversation in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings. I wasn't very happy with how we finished."

Lafayette was able to cut the eight run lead in half in the sixth inning by taking advantage of Oxford starting pitcher Stinnett's three walks to score a run before he was chased off the mound. Owen Bruce came in for Oxford and Will Ard greeted him with a RBI-single to cut the lead to 8-2. Bruce was able to limit the damage from there to RBI groundouts from Xavier Martin and Zach Meagrow that made it 8-4 before a strikeout to Ross Ingram ended the threat.

"They did a good job at the plate," Lafayette coach Greg Lewis said about his Commodore's approach at the plate in the sixth inning. "We would've loved to pick up one more big key hit and that would've definitely tightened up the game a little bit. They did a good job. Stinnett I told him when he was over at third base and said 'hey, good game pitching tonight, you did a great job.'"

Stinnett picked up the win on the mound going five-plus innings allowing four runs on three hits, five walks with three coming in the four-run sixth inning, and struck out seven.

Stinnett also helped himself at the plate going 3-for-4 with two RBIs. "I didn't think Carson was at his best," Baughman said of his pitcher. "I thought his velocity was the best it has been all year, but I

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JOHN DAVIS

Lafayette senior Aerial McCollins is looking to make the Class 4A state powerlifting meet on March 23.

Fantastic Finish McCollins making impact for LHS as a senior lifter

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS WRITER

Sandra Smith has an eye for talent. The Lafayette High girls powerlifting coach always seems to know which students walking the halls can be turned into productive lifters. Smith is a natural recruiter as well, and always searching for the student who isn’t involved as much around the school because they usually throw themselves into the new activity. So, when she saw Aerial McCollins early in the year, she wanted the senior on her team.

“When she came around at the first of the year to meet their teachers, she and her mom came into my room. I’m always looking for a little person, so I said ‘Hey, why don’t you come out for powerlifting?’” Smith said. “She was real apprehensive. Her mom was very encouraging and usually it’s the mom that’s apprehensive and the kid that wants to. They were both looking for something to get her involved in. She came right on out and started working out and she has gotten stronger, visibly stronger.”

Exercise is something McCollins was into, and something she shared with her mother. That’s what ultimately pushed

her to taking part in powerlifting.

“I didn’t know there was a sport here with lifting weights, so I wanted to experience it for myself and then I just feel in love with it,” she said. “I was nervous at my first meet but then I realized that all I have to do is lift more than the other person, it became a game to me. It was fun.”

Before powerlifting, the last athletic event McCollins took part in was soccer way back in elementary school. McCollins started the year in the 97-pound weight class but is now in the 103. She has been gearing up for the Class 4A north state meet which is March 23. At the regional meet, McCollins was third in the 103 class, but it was her first meet lifting in that division. McCollins has enjoyed being on the team and getting to know her teammates. McCollins is quiet, but she is very driven according to Smith.

“You might not think that by looking at her but she challenges herself. She is just one of those kids that works hard,” said Smith, who added that McCollins was best at deadlift, one of the three lifts used in powerlifting. “It’s all brand new to her this year and she’s done a tremendous job making it to north half.”

Smith had a good feeling that McCollins would do well enough at the

north half meet to make it on to state, which would be another milestone to celebrate.

“She is easy to coach. She doesn’t cause any problems and low maintenance. She is pleasant to be around,” Smith said. “She has taken to it well. This is her thing. This gave her ownership and pride in the school. I would have loved to have her at a younger age and I would like to have more kids like her at a younger age. But it makes me feel good that as a senior, she has this opportunity to go out with a really good memory of her senior year in high school.”

Six months after stepping out on the gym floor to lift for the first time, McCollins can only think about the fun she has had.

“This is really something I like to do,” McCollins said. “I think I do better with my deadlifts. I get excited at the end and lift it up. Sometimes I feel like I’m strong, sometimes I don’t. It’s all in how I feel at that moment. I can’t believe that this is my first year and I’m almost already to state if I pass north half. I feel excited, and pumped about it. This team has been like family. They laugh with you and support you. I love being on this team.”

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THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2017

Five Practices In, Ole Miss Offense Installed

BY BEN GARRETT SPECIAL TO OXFORD CITIZEN

Phil Longo sat alone in his office Monday evening, enjoying the peace and quiet after a whirlwind two weeks of spring football practices.

Longo is in his first year as Ole Miss offensive coordinator after being hired by head coach Hugh Freeze to replace Dan Werner in midDecember. Longo was one of five new assistants brought in by Freeze, whose Rebels finished 5-7 in 2016.

Still, while Ole Miss is off this week for spring break, Longo continues to work.

Sure, it’s nice to have some time in isolation, especially when Longo is glued to film of the five practices the Rebels have held so far. But there’s much to be done.

At least the hard part – the step-by-step installation of a brand-new, Longo-led Air Raid offense – is over. Well, save for putting in a goal line package at some point. But, really, the objective the rest of the way is for the Rebels to master what they’ve learned.

The Grove Bowl is set for April 8.

“We had four days of learning-intensive install,” Longo said. “There’s nothing else to learn now. The learning part of it now is improving our fundamentals and technique and getting better at what we’ve put in. Everything that was foreign has been taught.

There’s still some wrinkles we want to put in, but the base offense, the fundamental offense these guys will be running during their careers here, is in.

PETRE THOMAS

Ole Miss is returning four starters to their offense line, including quarterback Shea Patterson.

“There’s been zero resistance to it, and that’s a credit to the entire offensive staff.

They’re all professionals, and they’re all great coaches. I feel very blessed to be with the group of guys we have in this room. They attacked it and they learned it and they taught it that way. And I think that’s the way it was received by the players. They really helped make this whole process go a lot easier.

We’re not very good at what we’re doing right now, but we will be. I think a large part of us knowing the system after five days is a credit to the way the coaches learned it and taught it with the players.”

Longo is formerly of Sam Houston State, where he headed a Bearkat offense that totaled a combined 22,243 yards over the last three years and smashed FCS records. Sam Houston State was ranked No. 1 in total offense and No. 2 in scoring offense and passing offense last season, which followed a 2015 campaign that saw the Bearkats set a Southland Conference season record with 7,975 yards of offense – a total that sits third all-time in FCS history.

Obviously those numbers would appeal to any quarterback, and Longo, who also holds the title of quarter-

backs coach for the Rebels, said his group is no different.

Shea Patterson and Co. have quickly taken to teaching.

The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Patterson, a sophomore and the presumed starter in 2017, started the final three games of his true freshman season, engineering a comefrom-behind road win at then-No. 8 Texas A&M in his college debut. Patterson finished with six touchdowns compared to three interceptions. He averaged 293.3 passing yards per game.

“I’ve been very blessed during my career to have had one great quarterback after another,” Longo said.

“My quarterbacks have been different, but I really haven’t been through but maybe a year or two in my 23 (years) that I felt like we didn’t have a quarterback who could really play for us. I’ve been spoiled.

“I was kind of cautious early on not to expect more than I really should out of Shea or any of the quarterbacks in this room. But my luck has not run out yet. We have some good-character kids in this room, and obviously Shea is maybe the most talented of the group right now. He’s putting the time in he needs to to learn the system. Jordan Ta’amu

has done a great job the first five days. That’s probably our backup right now, and Jason Pellerin is splitting time (at quarterback and tight end), so he’s doing double-duty. So I’ve been thrilled with what these guys have done and are willing to do to learn the offense and get good at it.”

Longo said what’s helped ease the spring transition to his offense is the Ole Miss offensive line. The Rebels return four of five starters from last season and several others who earned starts and significant snaps throughout the season.

Returning starters include Rod Taylor, Javon Patterson, Jordan Sims and Sean Rawlings, while others who started games were Greg Little, Alex Givens and Daronte Bouldin. Ole Miss also has depth in the form of four redshirt freshmen and two true freshmen.

“Days four and five really were practices that looked like the light was coming on,” Longo said. “We’re really blessed with depth up front.

The most consistent group and the group we will forever balance the entire offense on is going to be the offensive line up front. I’ve been thrilled with that group particularly. I think (Ole Miss offensive line coach) Matt Luke has done a great job over his entire career here of developing guys so that if you lose one or two that were great impact guys in the past, you have guys ready. That’s the mark of a great coach that you can develop to take over. You reload and move on.”

NIT: Record-setting Saiz helps Rebels advance

BY JOHN SORCE SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL

The season will continue in the National Invitation Tournament for the Ole Miss men’s basketball team, thanks to a 91-83 win over Monmouth on Tuesday night.

The Rebels (21-13) endured a fierce performance by Monmouth’s Justin Robinson, whose 23 points included a 3pointer at 4:37 in the second half that cut the Ole Miss lead to three and got the crowd at OceanFirst

Bank Center going.

But a clutch 3-pointer

by Terence Davis just before the under-4 media timeout silenced the crowd and extended the Rebels’ lead to eight points, which proved to be the momentumshifter.

Davis finished with 11 points to join four teammates in doubles figures.

Sebastian Saiz led the way with 23 points and 11 rebounds – his school23rd record double-double of the season.

Saiz went 6 of 9 from the field and hit all 10 of his free throws.

“They were on a great tear offensively and we had a hard time stringing together stops until right at the end,” Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy said. “I thought Sebastian Saiz, who has been our best player all year, had a huge double-double.

Cullen Neal (11 points) gave us some contributions, and it was great to see Breein Tyree (11 points) come home and make a couple of big plays

for us. It was a team effort, and that’s what it was going to take.

“I thought they were under-seeded because that is a really good team.”

Monmouth led for the majority of the game and took a 42-39 lead into halftime. But Ole Miss shot 65.4 percent in the second half.

“We average close to 80 (points) a game and I thought our spacing was pretty good,” Kennedy said. “Saiz is an All-SEC post guy. We did a good job playing through him

and finding the open man. At the end of the day, you have to find the open man and make shots, and we did that in the second half.”

Deandre Burnett hit four 3-pointers and finished with 17 points for Ole Miss Je’lon Hornbeak hit six 3s and finished with 18 points for Monmouth (277).

Ole Miss advances to the second round of the NIT and awaits the outcome of tonight’s game between No. 1 seed Syra-

cuse and N.C.-Greensboro.

That game was postponed from Tuesday due to bad weather.

If Syracuse wins, the Rebels will play their second-round game at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. If UNC Greensboro wins, Ole Miss will host at The Pavilion in Oxford.

“We are going to go home for now, and we will see what happens,” Kennedy said. “We are just happy to keep playing.”

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NFL Draft Brings Back Memories for McAllister

BY BEN GARRETT SPECIAL TO OXFORD CITIZEN

Former Ole Miss running back Deuce McAllister remembers the NFL Draft process like it was yesterday.

McAllister, whose record-breaking career as a Rebel included McAllister being the only player in school history to record three seasons with at least 1,000 all-purpose yards, was drafted No. 23 overall by the New Orleans Saints in 2001. He went on to play eight seasons for the Saints, where he retired as the all-time leading rusher with 6,096 yards. He was also tops in overall touchdowns (55) and rushing touchdowns (49).

But he never expected to be a Saint. Actually, he never thought he’d fall far out of the Top 10, if at all. The New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears showed the most interest during interviews and

scouting opportunities.

He was sure he was headed to one of those four places.

“The New Orleans Saints, I never even met with them,” McAllister said. “I said hello because they were the local team, but that was the team that ended up drafting me. I never visited New Orleans or anything. For me, I met with the top seven or eight teams as far as that was where they were picking. I was pretty comfortable with one of those eight teams.”

If he had his choice, McAllister would have likely ended up in San Francisco. He had a “great, great” pre-draft visit there, and the 49ers could have used a running back. But the NFL Draft is not like college football recruiting. Teams pick the players, not the other way around.

McAllister thought he had it all pretty well figured out. The Patriots made sense. In the months leading up to the

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Former Ole Miss standout Deuce McAllister advises Rebels going through to draft that it only takes one team to fall in love with you. draft, McAllister had camped out at the Holiday Inn Express in Oxford with then-Patriots offensive coordinator Charlie Weis for what was, essentially, a three-day job interview.

Weis put McAllister through workouts, film sessions and everything in between. Alas, the Patriots opted for Richard Seymour at No. 6 overall.

Seymour went on to captain three Super Bowl-

a great pick, but I thought for sure that was where I was going,” McAllister said. “But that didn’t happen. You get in those draft rooms, if the head coach isn’t the guy working you out, don’t listen to it. At the end of the day, that’s who mainly has the pull in that league. Charlie really liked me, but he didn’t have enough pull to say this is who we’re going to pick with this pick.”

McAllister turned off his television after Chicago went in another direction at No. 8. He knew there wasn't a team with a need at running back until at least pick No. 13. He kept his phone on him and played the waiting game.

The Minnesota Viking called and said they were trying to move up to take him. The Saints, too. The Bears even tried trading back into the first round, as did the 49ers. But no deal was made, and

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McAllister FROM 19

McAllister was, ultimately, off to the Saints.

McAllister can admit now he was, in a word, angry that he fell so far.

But his career couldn’t have turned out any better. He was inducted into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame in 2012.

“I couldn’t get a guarantee from any of the teams in the Top 10 that they would pick me, so I chose not to go up to New York,” he said. “This was when there was not a green room, so you just sat there and the camera sat on you for 15 minutes.

Every draft pick in the first round was a 15minute pick, and they didn’t have anywhere where you could kind of get away from the camera. They only brought up 10-12 guys that had gotten guarantees from those Top 10 picks. They didn’t bring you up if you weren’t a Top 10 pick. I got an invite, but I didn’t get a guarantee that one of those Top 10 teams

were going to pick me. So I didn’t go to New York.”

So his advice is simple for handful of Ole Miss Rebels set to wait out the NFL Draft to see where they land. The draft will take place over three days from Thursday, April 27 through Saturday, April 29.

From Evan Engram, who’s expected to be selected in the top two rounds, to late-round possibilities such as Chad Kelly, Damore’ea Stringfellow and Fadol Brown, it’s less about where you go than finding the right fit. McAllister can speak from experience.

“You just want to get it over with because the biggest thing is the unknown,” he said. “It’s an anxious time. There’s a lot of anxiety because you know you can change your fortunes by doing really well. You don’t need all 32 teams to like you.

You need one.

“You get one team to fall in love with you.

That’s all it takes.”

The Saints would certainly agree.

Chargers FROM 17

didn't think his efficiency was near as good as what its been. He was at 49 percent strike-to-ball ratio. You put guys on bases with free passes and it puts your defense to sleep a little bit. It allowed them to get back in the ball game."

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Ard led the Commodores at the plate going 2-for-3 and drove in a run. Corey Taylor and Luke Gossett had the other hits for Lafayette. Xavier Martin had a bases-loaded walk to score a run and also stole two bases for the Commodores. Lafayette finished just 1-for-7 at the plate with runners in scoring position.

Outside of Stinnett's per-

formance at the plate, the Chargers were also led by Drew Bianco going 1-for-2 with two walks and two stolen bases with a run scored. Clark Stovall and Preston Perkins also drove in runs with base hits for Oxford. Sam Bianco and Reed Markle also had hits for the Chargers. Oxford as a team stole six bags in the contest.

Oxford will conclude the Spring Break Tournament against Clinton this afternoon. The JV game will begin at 2:00 p.m. with the Varsity game at 4:00 p.m. Lafayette will travel to the Mississippi coast for a trio of games starting today in the Battle of the Beach Tournament at Gulfport and Ocean Springs.

BRIEFING Parkinson SEC Pitcher of the Week

ting. Ole Miss pitchers tossed four shutouts and had a 0.38 ERA. Offensively, the Rebels hit .169 Ole Miss junior left-han- and scored 1.8 runs per game. der David Parkinson has Ole Miss held at No. 16 been named the SEC’s today in the latest release pitcher of the week. of the D1Baseball.com Parkinson pitched a career-long eight innings and Top25. struck out eight, also a career best, to lead Ole Miss Rebels make to a 2-0 win over Furman on Friday, the first game of WNIT bracket a series the Rebels would The Ole Miss women’s sweep. basketball team accepted Parkinson is 3-1 with a an invitation Monday 2.52 ERA and 26 strikeouts night to play in the 64on the season. team postseason WNIT. Ole Miss went 4-1 last The Rebels (17-13) are week with outstanding home against Grambling pitching and erratic hit(18-14) on Thursday at 6

p.m. The winner faces either Texas-Arlington or Tulane.

The Rebels are 3-0 in WNIT games played in Oxford and reached the third round in 2015.

Freshman Ryan Rolison (3-0) gave up four hits in six innings of work, striking out seven and walking one.

Tate Blackman gave Ole Miss all the runs it needed with a two-run homer in the bottom of the first. He Rebels record added an RBI triple – first another shut out triple of the year for Ole Ole Miss pitching conMiss – in the third. Colby tinued its recent strong Bortles brought him home run, limiting Nicholls to with a sac fly. four hits in a 5-0 victory at Thomas Dillard made it MGM Park on Tuesday.

5-0 in the sixth with a solo It was the fifth shutout in homer. the past six games for the Blackman and Will GolNo. 16 Rebels (12-5), who san each went 2 for 4 to open SEC play at home on lead a 10-hit Ole Miss atFriday against No. 24 Van- tacl. Each scored a pair of runs. derbilt.

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