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Oxford and Lafayette County picked up big football wins Friday night.

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Ole Miss players celebrate after Jordan Wilkins scored on a 11-yard run to put the Rebels up 10-3. Ole Miss defeated New Mexico State 52-3.

Rebels get back on track with one-sided win

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Ole Miss entered its annual homecoming contest as a 45point favorite over winless New Mexico State. The No. 14 Rebels left Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Saturday afternoon with a 52-3 win under their belts. It was a better result than inWeek 5, when the Rebels suffered their first loss of the sea-

son at the hands of the Florida Gators in The Swamp.

Hugh Freeze only had focus for his team during the week, especially after a subpar showing against the Gators. The Aggies were one of the lowest rated teams in the FBS ranks, a team that allowed 61 points to the Gators in the season opener, and 182 to their opponents the first four weeks.

“It was good to see our kids

compete and come away with a win,” said Freeze, adding that he felt like the team needs him to be more passionate in the second half of the season. “It was good to play a day game after two at night. Hopefully we can use that time wisely to recover. There were some good individual efforts, and some things we need to continue to improve on.”

Despite a less-than-inspired

start, the Rebels (5-1 overall) scored on their first three drives, and by halftime, the Rebels were up 31-3. Chad Kelly looked like he did the first two weeks of the season when the points flowed like water down a mountain. With his uncle Jim, and other family members, in the stadium, Kelly accounted for two touchTURN TO REBELS PAGE 14

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2015

Double Decker Bus popular for home football Fridays

BY JEFF ROBERSON OXFORD CITIZEN

It’s Friday afternoon before an Ole Miss home football game that will be played on Saturday. A new tradition has begun.

Not too many years ago, after the double decker buses arrived in Oxford and became such a hit, Visit Oxford began offering rides to fans, visitors, and locals on those bright red conversation pieces from England.

Since then, students and locals have watched as a bus filled with people travels the streets to get a closeup view of the historic town of Oxford and the equally historic campus of the University of Mississippi.

This weekend, the day before Ole Miss faced New Mexico State for its homecoming game, the bus rolled again at 2 p.m. on Friday, leaving from in front of the new home of Visit Oxford on Jackson Avenue and making its way through “town and gown” for an hour.

And riders didn’t just sit and look and wonder. They had a very informative tour guide in Jack Mayfield, local historian and Oxford native, who always gives riders an up close and personal tour of the community and the campus he knows well and loves dearly.

“I started doing this about five years ago,” Mayfield said of riding the bus and telling those on board Oxford stories as another satisfied group of bus riders departed around 3 p.m. Friday and into Jackson Avenue. “I’ve really enjoyed doing this.”

Mayfield is known also for his writing of local history from the people of Oxford and Lafayette County to the Rebel football teams of his youth that won championships under the late, great head coach, Johnny Vaught.

“Thank you,” said several of the riders as they passed

by Mayfield on their way onto the streets and sidewalks, including a boy of

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The Double Decker bus carrying the the Ole Miss cheerleaders and The Black Bear as part of the Homecoming parade on Friday. about 9 years old, who took the time to stop and thank him for the tour.

Of course, only a few of those on board were initially seated on the lower level of the bus after it arrived. Almost everyone, especially the children,

headed up the narrow stairway to the top of the double decker bus. For those of the youngest ages, it was almost like a ride at the carnival.

Up there on top, they are free to see as far as they can in every direction, to the sky and all points north, south, east, and west. When the top filled up, and it always does if there are enough people signed up, the bottom began to fill. But every seat was not taken there.

Then came the welcome from Mayfield over the clearly audible public address system on the top and bottom of the bus.“I’m gong to tell you a few things about Oxford, and first we will head out to the University to look around,” he said.

There was a left turn at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church.

“The architect modeled it after Riverside Church in New York City, if you ever seen that one,” Mayfield told the riders.

Then it was on up 9th Street to University Avenue.

“Watch this limb, folks,” he warned over the public address system as the bus headed for a low-hanging part of a large, old tree.

There were houses along the way and tidbits about several of them. Then arrival at the campus of the University of Mississippi.

On the left, “we call it Memory House,” Mayfield said. “Look far down the hill to the right and it’s the depot.”

Then a drive across the

Mississippi Central Railroad Bridge, which now doesn’t pass over a railroad at all but the Gertrude Ford Parkway and on to the main part of campus.

“There’s the Grove, and we’re getting ready for tailgating,” he said. “That’s what all those red and blue cans are for.”

He gave a quick welcome to any New Mexico State fans and talked about how important football is to this region of the country.

He pointed out the antebellum buildings on campus – there are three: the Chapel (now the Croft Institute for International Studies), the Lyceum (which still houses the administration as it has since it opened in 1848), and Barnard Observatory and its legacy of not ever having the largest telescope in the world, which got sidetracked to Chicago because of the Civil War. Then through the residential part of campus, past the former Medical School building (Guyton Hall; now the School of Education), through Magnolia Lane, past Paris-Yates Chapel and Peddle Tower, and up to C.M. “Tad” Smith Coliseum.

“We’re building a new basketball facility, and we’ll go by there in a few minutes,” Mayfield seemed eager to say as the “Tad Pad” is on its way out.

Past the Law Center, named for former Chancellor and football player Robert Khayat, past the Gillom Center and the Tuohy Center (“Did y’all see the Blind Side?” he asked as a number responded affirmatively, to no surprise.)

Next past football’s Manning Center and the Pavilion at Ole Miss, and Vaught-Hemingway football stadium.

“If you’re going to the game, get here early,” he told them. “We start all our games with a cheer called Hotty Toddy. A celebrity says Are Your Ready, and the crowd responds with Hell Yes, Damn Right, Hotty Toddy Gosh Almighty, Who in the Hell are We, hey, Flim Flam, Bim Bam, Ole Miss by damn. We’ve had Russell Crowe lead it, Betty White, George Bush, even Snoop Dog.” Off the campus by way of University Avenue toward

South Lamar the bus rolled as Mayfield told the riders about attending University High School, which is now the Department of Music.

“It was a laboratory school run by the (Ole Miss) School of Education,” he said. “It was an excellent place to learn.”

Turning left toward the Courthouse, Mayfield got into some history of the Square. The current courthouse was built after the prior one was burned by Yankee forces during the Civil War. “This one was built for $23,000 in 1871,” he said.

There was only one building on the Square that was not burned, according to Mayfield.

"That’s where Rooster’s Blues House and the Oxford Grillehouse are,” he said. “It was a confectionary shop and was owned by men from England.”

Mayfield assessed the Yankees didn’t want to get into it with the British and churn up the waters between the U.S. and Great Britain.

Up North Lamar past the historic homes there, and back down North 14th past the L.Q.C. Lamar House, where Mayfield said he once gave Caroline Kennedy a tour, since “her father, John Kennedy, included him in his ‘Profiles in Courage.' She spent two hours in there reading everything.”

The bus rolled back past the courthouse and stopped in front of Visit Oxford.

“Thanks,” and “We loved it,” were the sentiments of the riders as they headed to do other things on the Square.”

On this tour were people from Mississippi, of course, but also Missouri, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and even Africa. Yes, some were from Zimbabwe.

The next Friday football tour? In two weeks before the Texas A&M game.

“That one may be crowded,” he said, encouraging folks to sign up early (visitoxfordms.com). "The first year we played them here (in 2012 in football), the bus filled up. The next year they came back and we had two tours there were so many of them wanting to ride.”

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Life Focus: Caring for Loved Ones t’s a question many adult children with aging parents who may need to move to assisted living face: Is this the right decision? But that won’t be the only difficult question that needs to be answered as families come together to make one of the toughest decisions of their lives.

The good news is there is a wealth of information available to assist in those decisions through websites, medical staff, clergy and friends. But first, the family must be completely united. Once everyone is on the same page, then the process can begin.

There is a challenging line for adult children to walk when tending to the needs of their parents while still having to manage their own family. The continued supervision of a parent could seem like a full-time job and become overwhelming. This could be the first major sign of knowing it’s time for help.

But there may be other signs, some subtler than others, that could lead to a much quicker arrangement. The key is being able to recognize them before concerns become unmanageable.

Are loved ones finding it difficult to engage in everyday tasks like housecleaning, cooking, yard care, etc.? Are they slow to recover from minor injuries or illnesses? Have they withdrawn socially?

Do they have difficulty driving? Are finances becoming an issue? Has their diet radically changed? Do they struggle with personal hygiene? Are they becoming forgetful? Do neighbors, friends and other family members see these signs? These are just a few of the questions to help an adult child get started in determining if their parent is ready for an

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assisted living community.

Even if all the questions can’t be answered, the parents should be involved with the process every step of the way. Never tell a parent that the decision has been made for them, but rather offer several different options, so they feel part of the decision-making process. Remember, this is a life-changing choice that involves everyone. Seek advice if needed, and always focus on the positives.

However, there will be roadblocks on the path to attaining a parents’ health and well-being and the peace of mind the adult child so longs for. Convincing someone to move from a home they may have lived in for many years to some place strange and foreign to them will be one of the main obstacles. There are memories and emotional attachments that will be hard to overcome. Having to part with lifelong possessions won’t be easy.

But help your parents understand that this is about them, and if it keeps them healthy, safe and perhaps even happy, then it becomes the best decision for everyone involved.

At The Blake, we strive to find solutions for all families and their loved ones, whether that’s The Blake at Oxford or another community.

Jim McArthur is Executive Director of The Blake at Oxford, an assisted living and memory care community opening this fall.

For more information, visit TheBlakeCares.com or call 662-234-5050.

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Zach's still kicking these days - a whole lot took a break from all that’s happening in Oxford this Homecoming football weekend and drove over to my home area Thursday night. Northeast Mississippi Community College was hosting Itawamba CC in football. That’s a big rivalry, for those of you who might not know.

Baldwyn, my hometown, is divided right down Main Street by Prentiss and Lee Counties. The county seat of Prentiss is Booneville, where Northeast is, while Tupelo is the capital of Lee. ICC ‘s main campus is in Fulton.

Half the Baldwyn school district is in Lee County and the other half is in Prentiss. More kids from Baldwyn High through the years attended Northeast, but some have always gone to Itawamba. I don’t know all the rules but it used to be you had to attend the junior college in the district where you lived, especially to play sports.

Not sure how that is today.

So Baldwyn has to not only deal with being a county line town, it is also served by two junior colleges, which I have to believe is rare in Mississippi.

Susan Outlaw Winstead and her husband, Darryl, sat in front of us at the game. Susan is from Baldwyn; Darryl from Amory.

Susan was a tennis champion at ICC after high school. She won the state junior college title in singles and doubles. I asked her who her doubles partner was and she told me.

“Her daughter, Addie Forbus, plays soccer at Ole Miss now,” said Susan. So I knew that connection.

Our family friend, Harriet Franklin Outlaw, was Susan’s mother. She died this summer after a lengthy illness. One of Ole Miss’ most iconic photos of the James Meredith era included Harriet. From graduation day in the Grove in August of 1963, there is a picture of Meredith and two other people in their caps and gowns as they prepare to receive their diplomas.

One of those people is Harriet.

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had offers from some junior colleges but chose to stay home and play at ICC – both sports. It’s made for a busy fall. When he’s not practicing soccer, he’s practicing football. To get from one field to the other, they run get him in a golf cart. Saves his legs for the games.

He had played a soccer JEFF ROBERSON game Tuesday night, then OXFORD CITIZEN had another one Friday night. “A real important one,” Zach said of the Friday game at Hinds, with game Thursday night to the football game sandsee my Godson, Zach wiched in between.

Ellis, kick for ICC. He’s a Active kid. Busy legs.

Tupelo High graduate, Zach had a good game Class of 2015. I’d watched Zach play soccer since he in Booneville. His team won big, and he made all was four in the Tupelo Parks and Rec system. He seven of his extra points and a 27-yard field goal. excelled all the way to high school starter for the He was a few yards short Golden Wave. During the on one from 49, but hey, how long did I say he’s spring of his junior year, the THS football team was been kicking a football?

If you attend an ICClooking for a placekicker.

Northeast game, you’ll So Zach tried out and see (and hear) two of the won. He’d never been a football kicker before, just best marching bands in Mississippi. Those two a soccer kicker. units have been great for After his one year of years. high school football, he

Circling the Square

Legendary Coach Ben Jones, an Ole Miss man who had coaching stops from the Mississippi coast through Meridian and up to New Albany but may best be known as a former ICC head coach, sat near us. President Mike Eaton of ICC, also a former Indians head coach, was sitting there, too. They visited for a few minutes. A ton of football knowledge and victories between those two.

I’d covered some high school football already this season at Oxford and Lafayette. It was good to get back out to those venues and walk the sidelines again.

Likewise it was good Thursday night to revisit the old JUCO rivalry in the hill country of Mississippi. And to see Zach kick.

Maybe he’s prepping for a D-I career in a couple of years. After all, he’s got two routes and is doing well in both. So we shall see.

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OBITUARY

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2015

OLE MISS HOMECOMING PARADE Photos by Petre Thomas Buy at photo.djournal.com

RICHARD KEITH MONK Richard Keith Monk, 47, passed away Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held at Sunday, Oct. 11 at 3 p.m. in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home with Bro. Virgil Nelson officiating.

ROY REX HARDWICK Roy Rex Hardwick, III, 66, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, at Methodist Hospital in Memphis, TN. Visitation was held Saturday at Como United Methodist Church. Funeral services followed. Interment will be in Free Springs Cemetery, Free Springs Road, Como. Coleman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Members of the Ole Miss marching band perform in the homecoming parade on Friday.

Ole Miss Homecoming Queen Heather Neilson rides in the homecoming parade on Friday.

GEORGE EDGAR FRAZIER

George Edgar "Gef" Frazier, III, 53, died Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015 at his home in Oxford. A memorial service will be held at the Orchard in Oxford, Sunday, Oct. 11 at 2 p.m.

Coleman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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Ole Miss Most Beautiful, Taylor-Alice Mays, rides in the homecoming parade on Friday.

BUSINESSMAN PLEDGES $2 MILLION TO UM

John Glass of Memphis has committed a planned gift of $1.5 million to the University of Mississippi to establish the William Quintard Glass Chair of Journalism in the Meek School of Journalism and New Media.

A second gift of $500,000 will create the John D. Glass Endowment for Business Excellence in support of the university’s School of Business Administration.

“My Pop only had a fifthgrade education. His father died when he was young, leading him to quit school and work to help support his family,” John Glass said.

“Even with this background, he was a great believer in college and always encouraged me to give my best efforts. I have earned undergraduate, master’s and law degrees, all because of him.”

When giving credit to Ole Miss and his father, Glass also makes a point of thanking God.

Mr. Ole Miss, William Kneip, and Miss Ole Miss, Mary Elizabeth Kakales, ride in the homecoming parade on Friday.

Ole Miss cheerleaders in the homecoming parade on Friday.

Participants ride in the homecoming parade on Friday.

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Literary Death Match comes to Oxford

BY JEFF ROBERSON OXFORD CITIZEN

Literary Death Match is coming to Oxford. So what is that?

Here’s an explanation.

This from the press release: Co-created by Adrian Todd Zuniga, it marries the literary and performative aspects of Def Poetry Jam, rapier-witted quips of American Idol’s judging (without any meanness), and the ridiculousness and hilarity of Double Dare.

Each episode of this comhumor-centric petitive, reading series features a thrilling mix of four famous and emerging authors (all representing a literary publication, press or concern — online, in print or live) who perform their most electric writing in seven minutes or less before a lively audience and a panel of three all-star judges. After each pair of readings, the judges — focused on literary merit, performance and intangibles — take turns spouting hilarious, off-the-wall commentary about each story, then select their favorite to advance to the finals.

The two finalists then compete in the Literary Death Match finale, which trades in the show’s literary sensibility for an absurd and comical climax to determine who takes home the Literary Death Match crown.

Have a better understanding now? It's certainly supposed to be a fun evening for sure.

Wayne Andrews, Executive Director of the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council. Is looking forward to Tuesday night’s event at the Powerhouse.

“Todd came up with this concept of how can you take a literary event and make it exciting,” said Andrews.

“Sometimes a reading doesn’t have a lot of pizazz and appeal, especially if the presenter isn’t that great or something. It’s kind of a quiet experience. You’re trying to get people excited, and that is what he has come up with. Get people engaged and interested, and allow people to explore different types of literature and writing styles.”

The local communities are involved, which makes the event even more exciting for all involved.

“He works with communities that have a literary heritage and culture,” Andrews said. “He is the host and it’s like a game show coming to town. It’s all about literature. The host city gets together literary figures or emerging writers and he lays out some ground rules. It’s the same format in every city. There’s a panel of judges like America’s Got Talent.

They’re critiqued on content and style and just general appeal.”

Also from a press release, Beth Ann Fenelly explains it further.

“Literary Death Match takes place around the nation and around the world – Shanghai, Paris, London, now Oxford – celebrating literary talent,” said Fennelly, Ole Miss professor of English and director of the MFA program in creative writing.

“If I had to summarize what it is, it would be a cross between a literary reading, ‘American Idol’ and a standup comedy show.”

Fennelly, who helped bring the concept to Oxford,

is among the competitors in this inaugural event.

The four readers competing will include three MFA program faculty members – Fennelly is joined by Matt Bondurant and Derrick Harriell – and UM Grisham Writer-in-Residence Kiese Laymon. Judges are Mary Miller, author of “The Last Days of California” and “Big World”; Damein Wash, a musician, conductor, composer, performer and producer; and Jim Dees, host of “Thacker Mountain Radio Hour” and author of “Lies and Other Truths.”

The event is set to begin at 8 p.m. Tuesday, preceded at 7 p.m. by a cocktail reception provided by Cathead Vodka. Tickets are $15 for general admission and $10 for Ole Miss students, available at the door or in advance at http://literarydeathmatch.b pt.me/.

Andrews said it’s all in good fun, and he is pleased that the evening presents an opportunity for locals to enjoy themselves.

“Socialize a little bit and meet the writers before they take the stage,” he said.

“We’re all going to be sitting there a little dumbfounded trying to figure it all out later, but just having fun together.

It becomes playful. It becomes energetic. As an audience member, instead of just hearing someone read, you get to figure out the personality of the people a little bit.”

And the cause for the whole event is certainly worthy.

“The proceeds will go to the Barry Hannah Scholarship Fund at Ole Miss,” Andrews said.

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SAFE empowers adults with special needs

BY ERROL CASTENS OXFORD CITIZEN

When Dawn and Steve Dziduch retired to Oxford from western New York, they quickly felt at home.

“We came from a small

community, just like Oxford, population 15,000, where a state university was the main employer,” Steve Dziduch said. “We’re not big-city slickers, but we’re not farmers yet, either. This community had so many

things to offer – arts, recreation, jobs.”

One thing they’d taken for granted in their old hometown of Fredonia, though, was missing – a self-advocacy group for their daughter, Tina, who

has developmental disabilities. Such groups are common in New York and many other states, offering such adults as Tina Dziduch the chance to socialize, to be part of their community and to push for policies and services that help them be more active outside their own homes.

The Dziduchs didn’t take the lack of such a group as a final answer. Instead, they began a self-advocacy group.

“When we moved here, having the past experience of the developmental center back in New York and as the advisor of a self-advocacy group for many years, I knew the Regional Center was getting its clients out, getting them to the movies and Special Olympics and other social activities,” Dawn Dziduch said. “Tina’s lucky in that she has a job here (Oxford Park Commission) a couple of days a week, and some are volunteers are other places, but a lot of people with developmental disabilities who live with their families or independently don’t have much opportunity to be out in the community.”

The group launched in January and chose for itself the name SAFE: Self Advocacy for Everyone. Its mission statement is “Set Goals and Dreams; Learn Your Choices and How to Make Decisions; Speak Up, Keeping it Short and Simple; Be a Team Player; Accept Differences and Teach Others to Do the Same; Help in Your Community; and above all, Have Fun.” Now the group is up to

four members with disabilities, along with family members and friends, who meet once a month to address issues of concern and again for a social outing.

“We’ve gone to the movies. They volunteered at the Special Olympics in April. We’ve gone bowling together. We’ve been to performances at the Ford Center,” Dawn Dziduch said.

“We want to be out in the community so they get to know the community better and so the community gets to understand us better.”

This month’s social outing will be to watch a dance performance at the Ford Center, which provides dis-

counted student prices on tickets for the SAFE group.

The advocacy part of “Self Advocacy for Everyone” may eventually include reaching out to local officials to address what Dawn Dziduch said is a dire need.

“Transportation for adults with special needs is crucial. So many of them are so independent in every other way,” she said. “That’s down the line. As our group grows, hopefully we can go to bat for things like that.”

For more information on SAFE, contact Dawn Dziduch at (662) 202-4747 or sddziduch@gmail.com errol.castens@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenec

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VOX Press expands Prison Writes program

BY ERROL CASTENS OXFORD CITIZEN

An Oxford nonprofit director’s experiment with teaching creative writing to inmates at Parchman Penitentiary has expanded to another prison and two new inmate populations.

Louis Bourgeois, executive director of VOX Press, is in his third year of teaching the Prison Writes Initiative course at Parchman, the state’s oldest and largest prison facility, which exclusively houses men.

“This fall we added classes at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl for female offenders and for youth offenders,” Bourgeois said. “All of them are creative writing/literature classes, where the reading of literature is as important as the writing part.

“At the beginning of each year, I give each student a dictionary,” he said. “It’s kind of like the class Bible, because you’re trying to convey your thoughts and feelings, but obviously words are what the class is about. I come from a poetry background, meaning that you only have a limited space to say what you want to say, so the impression of language, the precision of language are very important.”

Each two-hour session, whether men, women or teens, generally consists of an hour of literature – from Faulkner to Malcolm X and a host of other writers – and then discussing it, followed by the reading of students’ writings from the previous week’s assignment, along

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Louis Bourgeois poses with his first Prison Writes Initiative class at Parchman. This semester he has expanded the program to offer creative writing classes for female offenders and youthful offenders at a state prison in Rankin County. with peer critiques of it.

“I want to show them that books change their lives, particularly literature that has real substance,” Bourgeois said.

VOX Press’s mission is “to challenge diverse audiences to engage in the excitement and enrichment of the experimental literary arts.

Through inventive programming and publications, VOX seeks to support artists by creating audiences.”

The writing classes help create those audiences through publishing efforts.

The best work of the first class became the paperback, “In Our Own Words: Writing From Parchman Farm,” and a second volume, “Unit 30,” is due out in the near future.

The three current classes are also expected to yield a collective book.

“In May we’ll start gathering materials from those

three different groups – the youth, the women and the men – and we’ll call that volume ‘Mississippi Prison Writing,’ because that’s a broader spectrum of writing,” Bourgeois said. If sufficient funding is available, he said, the book could also offer a venue for inmate-created visual art.

“All their lives most of these people – most are from impoverished backgrounds and very poor communities – have been told directly or implicitly that they’re worthless,” he said.

“Here’s a chance for them to tell their stories, to be heard by their peers and by me and, because we publish a book, to be heard by the outside world. It’s sort of their chance to be considered a human being instead of trash. It gives them a sense of self-worth.”

While Bourgeois is continually seeking donations

to cover ongoing costs for books, other class materials and travel, he’s also hoping for more ambitious grant opportunities that would allow the hiring of an adjunct instructor for the classes in Pearl so Bourgeois could focus on several North

Mississippi sites.

“I want to keep the class at Parchman (Unit 30), and I want to open a class at the Tutwiler facility (Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility) just up the street from Parchman and to reopen the one at Holly Springs (Marshall County Correctional Facility).”

Another ambition is to open a class in Unit 29, Parchman’s maximum-security unit.

“The head of education, Emmitt Sparkman, there actually came to me and asked if we could teach a class there,” Bourgeois said. “He thought it would be therapeutic by giving them something to do and being a stress reliever. I could see us having upward to six or seven classes by next fall.”

Bourgeois said whatever one’s view of people in the criminal justice system, there’s reason for anyone to want to support educating prisoners.

“Ultimately, it make soci-

ety safer for you, because most prisoners will eventually be released, and if they’ve taken our classes they have something on their mind besides criminal activity,” he said. “Some of them fall in love with the whole writing process and might pursue it once they are released. It may encourage them to take college classes when they get out.

“It not only makes the prison safer while they’re in there, as Emmett Sparkman said, but once they get out they possess some new skills that may be helpful in getting a job,” Bourgeois said.

“In taking these classes, they’re connecting to society, to something bigger than themselves, and that can’t be anything but good.”

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MDOT: Positive feedback on new intersection

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Many a person who saw the plans on paper for the Continuous Flow Intersection at Jackson Avenue and Highway 6/278 was skeptical. The animated illustration of the CFI was a little more convincing.

Mississippi Department of Transportation officials and Oxford police, however, say driving through the intersection with its unfamiliar configurations, lane changes and lights, has proven a mind changer for many.

“We’ve had a lot of positive feedback,” said Jason Scott, a spokesman for the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

Before it was built, he said, “People were really skeptical when they saw it on paper. They wanted to know, ‘How is adding lights going to help move traffic through here any faster?’

Now that it’s been open a few months, they see how it works.”

University of Mississippi’s first three home games, postgame traffic hasn’t yet been a fair test of its ability to handle thousands of cars in a short space of time.

“It’s been unique in that the (Tennessee-Martin and Fresno State) games were blowouts, and lots of people left early,” he said. Postgame traffic from the Vanderbilt game, which was played at night, was still manageable for the intersection.

“Jackson Avenue is the problem. There just isn’t anywhere to put that many cars,” McCutchen said.

“Once they got to the highway, 278 flowed very well.

MDOT configured a good solution for us.”

McCutchen said if Texas A&M somehow beats Alabama, and Ole Miss regains some of its momentum, the crowd for that game could be the real test the intersection hasn’t yet had, especially if it is played at night, when a bigger part of the crowd tries to hit the highways immediately afterward.

A casual view of the intersection from alongside Jackson Avenue during a noon-hour rush last week showed the traffic signal at West Oxford Loop was occasionally a bottleneck. Westbound Highway 6/278 motorists turning onto Jackson Avenue also found themselves bottlenecked at times – an observation MDOT has also noted.

“We’ve had some complaints that westbound traffic on Highway 6 turning right onto Jackson Avenue gets backed up onto the highway, so engineers are looking at changing the timing of some lights,” Scott said.

Major Jeff McCutchen of Oxford Police Department said the reconfigured intersection has been a pleasant surprise.

“We feel like it’s working better than it has in the past,” he said.

McCutchen added that while public safety officials have been pleased with the new intersection’s performance before and after the

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Noon-hour traffic flows well at the reconfigured intersection of Highway 6/278 and Jackson Avenue. Police and engineers have been pleased with the intersection's ability to handle heavy traffic.

“Otherwise, it’ll have to wait for the LSU game,” McCutchen said.

Scott said one positive prediction for the new intersection has proven true.

Highway 6/278 at Jackson Avenue was the site of sev-

eral deadly wrecks and many more survivable crashes in its old configuration, where traffic from all three directions stopped at the same set of lights. With Highway 6 traffic stopping at lights well short of the in-

tersection’s center, Scott said, no serious wrecks have been reported since the reconfiguration opened in August. errol.castens@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenec

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downs, one through the air and one on the ground, in the early going. He completed 20 of his 25 passes for 310 yards in the first half.

Kelly wrapped up his day with 384 yards and three touchdowns through the air. It was the fourth time that Kelly went over 300 yards this season, which ties him for the single-season record with six more games on the schedule.

Ole Miss had 365 yards of total offense in the first half.

About the only thing that didn't go well for Kelly was the interception he threw when the Rebels were driving for points, inside the Aggies' 20-yard line, in the second quarter. There were still things Freeze like Kelly could do better, but he also reminded himself that he was just six games into his time in Oxford.

“He was solid, but there were just too many decisions made that resulted in negative plays,” Freeze said.

“There are things I want to call that we haven't worked all week and I did that a couple of times to him and

those typically don't work out too well. I got to quit putting him in those positions.”

Following a 3-3 tie with 4:24 left in the first quarter, the Rebels scored 28 unanswered over the next 18 minutes of the first half to take control and essentially put the game on ice.

Jordan Wilkins broke the tie with the Aggies with an 11-yard run, while Akeem Judd got into the end zone on the last play of the first quarter. Kelly continued to add to the lead with a 66yard toss to Markell Pack, who was wide open down the field. Kelly capped the Rebels' scoring in the first half with a 4-yard run.

The play of the day belonged to Ole Miss wide receiver Laquon Treadwell, who made a one-handed grab of a Kelly pass that resulted in a 37-yard touchdown late in the third quarter. Treadwell easily had his best game of the season as he finished with eight catches for 136 yards and two touchdowns.

Ole Miss will return to action Saturday on the road in the Liberty Bowl against undefeated Memphis. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. The

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game can be seen on ABC. “I have nothing but good feelings for the people of Memphis. Those people were very good to me for 13 years,” said Freeze, who coached at Briarcrest Christian. “I respect the job that (Memphis coach) Justin (Fuente) has done there.

What a good football team they have. They're very good in all facets and they're playing confident.”

EXTRA POINTS The Rebels are now one win away from bowl eligibility, which would the fourth straight time its happened under Freeze …

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Ole Miss fans make their way through The Grove before the Homecoing game against New Mexico State on Saturday.

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Lily Robinson, 9, and her friend Rebeka Valliant, 9, both of Oxford play on the statue of John THOMAS WELLS | BUY AT PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM Vaught before the Ole Miss game on Saturday.

Laquon Treadwell led Ole Miss with eight receptions for 136 yards and two scores.

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Lady Commodores rise up, get over hump with Oxford

here were small beads of sweat on the temple of Lafayette's Kylie Glass Thursday night. Her eye liner and overall makeup hadn't been affected by it, at least not the point that it was running down her face. Late in the match, Glass fanned herself with a lime colored shirt. Minutes after the epic four-set match with Oxford, she was still raising her volleyball jersey, fanning.

A packed gym heats up in a hurry, especially when the cross-town rival is in the house. The Lady Commodores battled.

They scratched and they clawed against the Lady Chargers in front of a rowdy student section. They ultimately ended a four-game match losing streak with an impressive 3-1 win.

Thursday's victory was very pleasing to Glass, a senior, who continues to battle a back injury to help her team. A season after the Lady Commodores made some noise in the playoffs with a more veteran lineup, Lafayette started off a little slow in 2015. Now, as the year rockets into the postseason again, the Lady Commodores find themselves with over 20 wins, as the No. 1 seed from their division and a big monkey off their back with the win over Oxford.

There is a chance that the Lady Chargers and Lady Commodores could meet again on the volleyball court in the playoffs. And if that was the case, Glass said her team would have really improved, and come together when it mattered most.

“I would love to meet them again in the playoffs. It would be great,” Glass said. “I would love to play Oxford again. This is our last time to play them this season, and it happened the way we wanted it to. We've come a long way if we meet them again.”

Glass said if that playoff match was played at Oxford, it would be great. If the match was at Lafayette, she said the team would feel “so comfortable.”

“Especially after this one,” she added. “I

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Oxford running back Tias Hilliard looks for an open lane as he rushes during Oxford’s 56-21 win over Lewisburg.

Chargers knock off Pats on Homecoming night

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Oxford's Chargers continued to roll in Region 1-5A, defeating the Lewisburg Patriots 56-21 Friday night at Bobby Holcomb Field. The victory moved the Chargers to 5-2 overall and 3-0 in the region.

Oxford started off the same way it did against Saltillo last week with an onside kick that the Chargers recovered. The Chargers then marched 38 yards on six plays, ending with a Josh Patton 1-yard touchdown run to take an early 7-0 lead with 10:19 left in the first quarter.

On the fifth play of the game, quarterback Jack Abraham found Jimmy Greaser for a 47-yard touchdown reception to take a 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter.

Set up with a short field after Tias Hilliard intercepted Patriots quarterback Jake Harville, Abraham connected

with DK Metcalf, who wore Drew Bianco's No. 8 jersey for the game, from 19 yards out on the next Charger drive to take a 21-0 lead. DQ Thomas made it back-to-back interceptions on consecutive pass attempts by Harville, and Thomas returned it 60 yards to take a 28-0 Charger lead and essentially put a stranglehold on the game with only 57 seconds left in the first quarter.

The score of the night happened at the 8:15 mark of the second quarter, when Oxford's starting center Colton Skidmore lined up at running back and carried the ball into the end zone from 1 yard out on his second rushing attempt.

“The reason we chose Skidmore for this role of getting this touchdown is that he's played so well this season,” said Oxford offensive line coach Jason Russell. “We are TURN TO CHARGERS, 16

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Oxford wide receiver DK Metcalf runs along the sideline after making a catch for a big gain during Oxford’s 56-21 win over Lewisburg.

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LHS Commodores earn big road win over Lions

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

TUNICA — When rain started to fall from the sky just before the Lafayette Commodores kicked the ball off to the Rosa Fort Lions, almost all of the coaches were prepared with ponchos and pants. Lafayette's players, it turned out, were also ready for the slick conditions, and wet ball.

Running back Tyrell Price, and the offensive line, dominated as the game wore on, turning the grass into mud as the minutes clocked off the scoreboard.

Price showed he was just as good in the muck as he is on the turf of William L. Buford Stadium. He racked up three rushing touchdowns and 192 total yards as the Commodores won 30-7.

Price was patient when he needed to be, and as tough as he has been all season, picking up 3 and 4 yards here and there to keep the chains moving. He also showed his

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so proud of how he plays, the way he competes and practices. So we gave it to him as a reward to get an opportunity to go get a touchdown.”

Lewisburg (2-6 overall, 0-3 in Region 1-5A) tried to claw back into the game with Ben Hoffman scoring on a 1-yard run. On the ensuing Lewisburg possession, backup quarterback Bryce Brock threw to Harville lined up as a wide receiver on the play for a 15-yard hookup to make the score 35-14 by halftime.

Abraham and company made sure things didn't get interesting, needing just three plays to score to start the second half. Abraham found Ken Presley on a seam route for a 39-yard touchdown to extend the Charger lead to 42-14.

Harville scored in the second half from 40 yards out in the third quarter to cap the Lewisburg scoring. Oxford also added rushing scores from Hilliard from 34 yards out and Patton for the second time from 10 yards out to round out the Charger scorers.

Oxford coach Johnny Hill was pleased with how hard his players played.

burst of speed on a run that turned out to play a decisive outcome in the game.

“The ball was kind of slippery, but at the end of the day, we work on our handoffs, so it really didn't matter,” Price said of the rain.

“When they fumbled, it helped us on defense. It ended up being pretty good.”

Lafayette coach Eric Robertson didn't think that the rain was ideal for his offense even though the Commodores have been so productive on the ground this season.

“I thought it would hurt us even thought we have a really good running game. We do like to throw the ball out there some to (Rashaun) Rockette and down the field and I thought the rain would hurt us some,” Robertson said. “I think it hurt us when the ball slipped out of our hands a few times. We're geared for a rain game, I know, when we can get into that heavy package and run

the ball. But I would rather it be dry.”

The Lions, who lost for the first time all season, knew Price was going to get the ball, and still couldn't do anything about it even when they had nine guys in the box. Utah, the power formation that couples both starting tackles, Eli Johnson and Jordan Jamison, to one side opened holes for Price to wiggle his way through.

“As the game goes on, he seems to get stronger,” Robertson said of Price, who was chosen to play in the annual Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game. “He seems to find another gear and catches his wind. He did that tonight. I thought our offensive line really played hard.

They got a little tired there at the end, but they played hard all night long.”

Price scored the first touchdown of the night on a 5-yard run with just over seven minutes left in the first quarter. Lafayette was already on the scoreboard at

“We got a lot of people in early. They made some plays and scored a couple times.

They scored once on our twos after not a very smart penalty on our part,” Hill said. “All and all I was real pleased with them. We've got stuff on special teams that we need to get corrected. Other than that, I thought it was a complete ballgame."

Hill gave his players Monday off to get mentally together for the remainder of the season.

“We've been going a whole lot all summer,” Hill said.

“They've got school, they need a break. We don't do a whole lot on Mondays except review film. We'll get that taken care of Tuesday. There's a lot of football left. I just think it's good for them mentally to get away from football and start fresh Tuesday.”

EXTRA POINTS Abraham finished 15-for18 for 214 yards and three touchdowns passing … Patton finished with 12 rushes for 113 yards and two touchdowns. Patton is the third different player for Oxford this season to rush for at least 100 yards in a game … Mia Shepherd was named the 2015 Homecoming Queen at halftime.

that point with a safety following a bad snap on a punt that pushed the ball into the end zone.

Tunica was able to get to within two points of the Commodores one more time, late in the first quarter on a 2-yard run by quarterback Kevin Perkins.

Lafayette couldn't get anything going on its next drive, and was forced to punt. Rosa Fort had the ball, but lost it not long after the ball left Robbie Langley's foot. Linebacker Quin Jones recovered a fumble, and returned it for a touchdown. With a made extra point, the Commodores led 16-7 late in the first quarter, and they never looked back.

“Big plays can really change a game and that was a big play for us. That was a big play and then they scored and then Quin was able to strip the ball and scoop it up,” Robertson said of Jones, who is also headed to play in the MS-AL game.

“Quin makes plays like that.

Lady FROM PAGE 15

had the chance to block (Oxford's) Maggee (Hobson) a few times and even if they went out, that gave me a confidence booster. Last year, she wore us out. She's a great player, an outstanding player. We dove for the ball amazing tonight. We dug every ball.”

The Lady Commodores jumped out to a 2-0 lead with two onesided, double-digit wins.

Oxford regained its composure in the third, and then pushed the Lady Commodores, who had to hold on to win the fourth set. Even when things started to shift towards the Lady Chargers, Glass said her teammates never doubted the streak would end.

“I was determined to win this game,” Glass said. “I told Emily (Robinson) that this was our last chance to see Oxford. I told the seniors that we were not going out with a loss against them. I refuse. We pulled it together. It felt amaz-

He had a pick 6 last week, so he's capable of making plays like that. Fortunately we were able to scoop and score.”

As for the defensive effort overall, Robertson was pleased to not have allowed a touchdown the last three quarters to an explosive, speedy team like the Lions.

“I thought we were missing tackles early. Dillon Woods was playing through a cold and tried to go and we ended up having to pull him out because he just couldn't go physically,” Robertson said. “(Perkins) was hard to tackle early, but as the game went on, we just kept hitting him and hitting him and he got tired and he wore down.

I kind of thought our defense got stronger as the game wore on. We challenged them to do that at halftime, saying we had to get stronger as the game moves on.”

The 16-7 score at the half would have been enough for the Commodores to earn a road win, but Price didn't

ing. We came together a lot. We knew what we had coming for us. And I have to give a shout out to our student section. It was awesome. That is probably the most students that have been here, and they were amazing.”

Lafayette's students included a bevy of athletes, football players, basketball players as well as baseball and softball players. Of course it was easier to get rowdy knowing that Lafayette was closed on Friday due to fall break, but hey, timing is everything in sports.

Lafayette coach Clint Jordan said it was good to see so many athletes come out and support the volleyball team. He added that the win was a lot of fun, and maybe because he finally ended the losing streak to Oxford coach Tara Ross, somebody he has a great relationship with.

“She's had our number. Twice this year and twice last year, so it feels good to be on this end of it,” Jordan said. “This is the momentum that I felt like we needed. I put this week together on

the schedule, playing Corinth and Oxford, knowing that they were two of the top four or five teams in our classification. I wanted this two weeks before the playoffs started to see if we could get over the hump.”

Lafayette didn't play well at the end of the Corinth match. The Lady Commodores led 24-18, and got beat. It was the third time that's happened this season, Jordan said.

“But, it didn't happen to us tonight, and that's a good thing,” he added.

“We played great defense. We served-received extremely well. To beat Oxford, you have to serve-receive because they have so many good servers and so many weapons. If you allow them to serve you to death, they will also hit you outside. We know they're going to get hits with Maggee. We don't concede that, but we understand she's going to get hers. What we have to do is limit their servereceive. We have to work around it.”

Ross wasn't necessarily upbeat about losing

want to leave any doubt. His 61-yard scamper with just over seven minutes left in the third quarter proved to be the touchdown that really decided the contest. Price out ran two Lions, including the safety with the angle, to just get inside the pylon on the Tunica sideline to score the six points.

“I had a good crease and I knew that was going to really give us a good lead,” Price said. “I knew our defense wasn’t going to let up, to let them score back-to-back like that. I had confidence in our defense, and confidence in us. This was probably the matchup of the year in our region. It will probably end up with us, or them, district champs and then we came out beat them 30-7, that's really good.”

Lafayette will return to action Friday at home against New Albany for homecoming. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

— she is very competitive for those that don't know her — but the loss, she felt, would do her team good. As talented as the Lady Chargers are, and as well as they have played during the course of the campaign, they haven't been tested by their division. Ross scheduled a number of tournaments for her team to play in so that they would be ready come the playoffs. Now, she can use this match as a teaching tool.

"This is what we needed because we haven't had to fight.

Even in the tournament this weekend, we were halfway going through the motions," Ross said.

"We beat them handily on Saturday over here and I think we just made a lot of assumptions that we would again tonight.

Our start was ugly. They just weren't focused.

Even though we're 25-8 now, we have to grow up a little bit and be ready for next Thursday. I hate the outcome, but I think it was great for our team.

We needed this for sure.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Price's three TDs power Skidmore scores rare Lafayette past Rosa Fort TD in Oxford win

BY BEN MIKELL SPORTS WRITER

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

TUNICA — Late in Friday night's game with the Rosa Fort Lions, Lafayette running back Tyrell Price pounded his chest.

He wanted the ball. And the Lafayette coaches were happy to oblige. On the last scoring drive of the night, Price carried 11 times. He capped the possession with a 5-yard touchdown. For the second straight week, Price earned Player of the Game honors for the Commodores.

He ran for three touchdowns to raise his season total to 20. He also rushed for 192 yards, inching closer to the 1,500-yard mark for the season. He is also that much closer to the single-season record set by Demarkus Dennis in 2010.

On a rainy, soggy night, when the field was more mud than grass, Lafayette got into its power formation, and hammered away with Price. Utah, the name of the formation that has both starting tackles to one side, allowed the Commodores to keep the ball on the ground, even when the Lions went zero coverage and had nine men inside the box.

“We stayed unbalanced throughout the whole game. We were putting our best guys to one side and we like our matchup with those three guys to one side and Tyrell with the ball in his hands,” offensive coordinator Dusty Finely said.

“That's a pretty good matchup with whoever we're playing. I know to give the ball to him, but

JOEY BRENT

Lafayette senior tailback Tyrell Price had three more touchdowns in the Commodores’ 30-7 win over Tunica-Rosa Fort. he said it to me earlier in the week. He'll say it during the game, too. And if he's tired, he'll come out because he has faith in Jamarcus Quarles to carry the ball. Jamarcus has done a great job of being the backup guy to Tyrell.”

Quarles did have his carries, but it was Price who did the heaviest lifting. He scored the Commodores' first and last touchdowns of the night. He also ripped off a 61-yard gain for a score with a little over seven minutes left in the third quarter.

That touchdown raised the

Commodores' 16-7 lead to 23-7 with a made extra point.

“When I hit that 60-yarder, I had a good crease and that was early in the third quarter. I knew that really gave us a good lead, and our defense wouldn't let up to let them score back-to-back,” said Price, who was picked to play in the annual MississippiAlabama All-Star game Wednesday. “I had confidence in our defense, and in us to close it out.”

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It is an offensive lineman's dream to carry the football and score a touchdown.

For Oxford starting center Colton Skidmore, that day became a reality Friday night.

“It was awesome,” Skidmore said about scoring. “Just growing up always playing offensive line, I always wanted to score a touchdown. Just getting the chance to take the handoff and putting it into the end zone was pretty cool.”

Skidmore, a fouryear starter for the Chargers and just a junior, scored a rushing touchdown in the second quarter against Lewisburg on his second rushing attempt from 1 yard out in Oxford's 56-21 win over Lewisburg. Not only did he score, but he has led the offensive line in generating 142 points for the offense throughout region play so far, allowing him to be this week's player of the game for Oxford.

Oxford coach Johnny Hill had nothing but praise for Skidmore.

“He's the anchor of

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Oxford center Colton Skidmore scored his first career touchdown in the Chargers’ win over Lewisburg. the offense,” Hill said.

“Jack (Abraham) is the quarterback of the team, but he's the quarterback of the line. He gets us into protection, he does such a super job and can't say enough about him. He makes all the calls. He's been making those calls since he was a freshmen. We got a lot of faith in him to get it done. He's a good one.”

Offensive line coach Jason Russell said that Skidmore got the opportunity to score a touchdown due to the great season he's had so far and the fact lineman does not ever usually touch the

football at all.

“For every offensive lineman, the dream is to ever score a touchdown," Russell said, having played as a offensive lineman in college himself. “We don't usually touch the football. Anytime you actually have the chance to go and score is a big deal. The reason we chose Skidmore for this role of getting this touchdown is that he's played so well this season. We are so proud of how he plays, the way he competes and practices. We gave it to him as a reward to get an opportunity to go get a touchdown.”

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SPORTS IN DEPTH FRIDAY'S RESULTS Oxford 56, Lewisubrg 21 0 14 7 0 – 21 Lewisburg 28 7 14 7 – 56 Oxford First Quarter OXF – Josh Patton 1 run (Liam Cooper kick), 10:19 OXF – Jimmy Greaser 47 pass from Jack Abraham (Connell Yoste kick), 6:54 OXF – DK Metcalf 19 pass from Abraham (Cooper kick), 2:25 OXF – DQ Thomas 60 interception return (Yoste kick), 0:57 Second Quarter OXF – Colton Skidmore 1 run (Cooper kick), 8:15 LWS – Ben Hoffman 2 run (Michael Roberts kick), 3:07 LWS – Jake Harville 15 pass from Bryce Brock (Roberts kick), 0:20 Third Quarter OXF – Ken Presley 39 pass from Abraham (Yoste kick), 11:33 LWS – Harville 40 run (Roberts kick), 8:48 OXF – Tias Hillard 34 run (Cooper kick), 6:54 Fourth Quarter OXF - Patton 10 run (Gray Jenkins kick), 11:24 Records: Oxford 5-2, 3-0; Lewisburg 2-6, 0-3.

Lafayette 30, Tunica-Rosa Fort 7 16 0 7 7 – 30 Lafayette 7000 –7 Tunica First Quarter LAF – Safety, 10:05.

LAF – Tyrell Price 5 run (Robbie Langley kick), 7:04.

TUN – Kevin Perkins 2 run (Perkins kick), 3:15.

LAF – Quin Jones 17 fumble return (Langley kick), 1:16 Third Quarter LAF – Price 61 run (Langley kick), 7:18 Fourth Quarter LAF – Price 5 run (Langley kick), 1:53.

Records: Lafayette 7-1, 2-0; Tunica 6-1, 1-1.

REGION 1-5A

STANDINGS Overall W L Oxford 5 2 Lake Cormorant 5 2 Center Hill 4 3 West Point 5 2 Clarksdale 5 3 Lewisburg 2 6 1 5 New Hope Saltillo 0 8 Week 8 Results Oxford 56, Lewisburg 21 West Point 54, Center Hill 13 Lake Cormorant 35, New Hope 13 Clarksdale 26, Saltillo 10 Week 7 Results Oxford 50, Saltillo 7 Lake Cormorant at Lewisburg Center Hill 35, New Hope 21 West Point 53, Clarksdale 16

Region W L 3 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 3

REGION 2-4A Overall W L 7 1 6 1 6 1 5 3 2 5 2 5

Lafayette Senatobia Rosa Fort New Albany Byhalia Ripley Week 8 Results Lafayette 30, Tunica-Rosa Fort 7 Senatobia 39, Ripley 0 New Albany 44, Byhalia 27 Week 7 Results Lafayette 45, Ripley 14 Senatobia 47, New Albany 0 Tunica-Rosa Fort 38, Byhalia 0

Region W L 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 2

PREP FOOTBALL SCORES North Mississippi Friday Aberdeen 37, Hatley 0 Amory 34, Pontotoc 24 Baldwyn 43, H.W. Byers 14 Benton County 36, Alcorn Central 0 Booneville 48, New Site 8 Calhoun Academy 44, Delta Streets 14 Calhoun City 45, Okolona 0 Coffeeville 60, Biggersville 14 Coldwater 14, Hamilton 10 Corinth 48, Tishomingo County 20 East Webster 17, Winona 0 Eupora 49, Bruce 6 Falkner 25, Vardaman 7 Kosciusko 36, Houston 7 Kossuth 39, Belmont 0 Marshall Academy 41, Lee, Ark. 6

M.S. Palmer 30, Holly Springs 14 Oak Hill 61, Carroll Academy 13 Smithville 20, West Lowndes 6 Southaven 13, Tupelo 7, OT Starkville 42, Greenville 0 Starkville Academy 21, Leake Academy 14 Walnut 60, Potts Camp 14 West Point 54, Center Hill 13 East Union at Mantachie, ppd.

North Pontotoc at Mooreville, ppd.

Shannon at IAHS, ppd.

South Pontotoc at Nettleton, ppd.

State Thursday Bay Springs 48, Heidelberg 6 Mize 36, Taylorsville 27 Olive Branch 87, DeSoto Central 86 Friday Adams Christian 27, Cathedral 17 Amite County 68, West Lincoln 12 Amite School 14, Brookhaven Aca. 7 Bassfield 53, Enterprise Lincoln 6 Bayou Aca. 27, Winona Christian 6 Brandon 35, Petal 14 Brookhaven 21, Provine 14 Centreville Aca. 41, Trinity Episcopal 35 Charleston 41, North Panola 7 Clarkdale 29, Newton 24 Cleveland 40, Yazoo City 7 Clinton 44, Murrah 20 Collins 36, Tylertown 22 Columbia 63, Sumrall 41 Columbus 45, Horn Lake 13 Copiah Aca. 48, UA of Cenla, La. 2 D’Iberville 35, George County 28 De Soto, Ark. 26, Kirk Aca. 21 Delta Aca. 41, Central Academy 14 East Central 12, Pass Christian 7 Forest 29, Choctaw County 28 Forrest Co. AHS 35, Poplarville 22 Gautier 24, Stone County 20 Germantown 42, Holmes County Central 22 Greenville Christian 41, Central Holmes 30 Greenwood 28, Gentry 7 Grenada 30, Ridgeland 22 Gulfport 42, Hancock 21 Hazlehurst 24, Franklin Co. 7 Indianola Aca. 35, Clarksdale Lee Aca. 8 Jackson Aca. 21, East Rankin Aca. 7 Jackson Prep 51, Parklane Aca. 14 Kemper Aca. 46, Calvary Christian 16 Lake Cormorant 35, New Hope 24 Lamar School 31, Presbyterian Christian 28 Laurel 63, Wingfield 14 Lawrence County 28, McComb 19 LeFlore County 30, Leland 20 Louisville 38, Caledonia 13 Lumberton 56, Leake County 6 Madison-Ridgeland Aca. 42, Pillow Aca. 3 Marvell Academy,Ark. 46, Hebron Christian 16 Nanih Waiya 32, French Camp 21 Natchez 27, South Jones 14 Newton Co. Aca. 36, Wayne Aca. 28 North Pike 45, Florence 26 Noxapater 57, McAdams 0 Noxubee County 41, Leake Central 7 O’Bannon 22, South Delta 14 Oak Grove 24, Meridian 21 Ocean Springs 23, Biloxi 0 Park Place Christian Academy 38, Rebul Aca. 32 Pearl 49, Terry 33 Pearl River Central 46, Long Beach 14 Perry Central 53, St. Patrick 0 Picayune 28, Hattiesburg 27 Pisgah 43, Pelahatchie 19 Port Gibson 7, Wesson 0 Prairie View, La. 42, River Oaks 6 Prentiss 58, Loyd Star 20 Prentiss Christian 36, Hartfield Academy 14 Puckett 32, Lake 30 Purvis 47, Greene County 13 Quitman 14, Newton County 7 Resurrection Catholic 29, Stringer 0 Salem 38, Sacred Heart 27 Shaw 14, J.Z. George 6 Simmons 40, Ray Brooks 0 Simpson Aca. 54, Columbia Aca. 27 South Panola 32, Hernando 7 South Pike 26, Richland 12 St. Joseph-Madison 24, Scott Central 14 St. Martin 42, Harrison Central 14 St. Stanislaus 41, Bay St. Louis 17 Strayhorn 34, Coahoma Co. 6 Sylva-Bay Aca. 57, Heidelberg Academy 26 Tallulah, La. 58, Sharkey-Issaquena Aca. 24 Tri-County Aca. 26, Benton Academy 25 Union 20, Enterprise Clarke 14 Vancleave 25, Moss Point 24 Velma Jackson 44, Amanda Elzy 6 Vicksburg 51, Lanier 12 Warren Central 16, Madison Central 6 Washington School 45, Magnolia Heights 13 Water Valley 35, Independence 14 Wayne County 28, West Jones 7 West Bolivar 44, Riverside 8 West Lauderdale 29, Northeast Jones 17 West Marion 44, Seminary 31 West Tallahatchie 18, Coahoma AHS 6 Yazoo County 43, Ruleville 6

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2015

Born to Run Thompson's drive matches her incredible talent

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

In early October, 2014, Oxford's Addie Thompson wasn't even a varsity member of the cross country team. She had the talent to be among the bdst, but the eighth grader lacked experience. Then, in the later stages of the season, in the meets that really helped get the Lady Chargers ready for state, she was turned loose.

Coach Chris Patton smiled when he started to talk about his freshman, who has grown tremendously in less than one calendar year.

“She has taken on that mentality that she showed when she was in eighth grade. Even if you're number one, train like you're number two,” Patton said.

“She is just so hungry, so gritty. She still has that bad taste in her mouth from that one-point loss at state.

She was just an eighth grader, but she became very close with the girls.”

Thompson has a great bond with the other members of the team, and her inclusion late in the fall of 2014 brought everyone closer together, Patton said.

“And she has taken on the responsibility of not letting us lose again. She's going to do her part,” Patton added. “And she has, she certainly has done that. She has the capability of being the best runner.

As an eighth grader, she pushed herself so hard that I had to tell her to pull back a little bit. Usually you have to tell kids to pick it up a little bit. Everything she did was at full speed.

Everything. It didn't matter if we were running two miles, three miles, 100s.

She did it full speed. That's just something you can't coach. You just have to have that will win, that desire.”

Oxford most recently competed in the 17th annual Jesse Owens Classic, which is held in Oakville, Alabama. Thompson ran

PETRE THOMAS

Oxford's Addie Thompson may just a freshman, but her drive, coupled with immense talent, make her come across like a veteran runner. in the Silver Division, finishing the 5K race with a time of 19 minutes, 57.05 seconds. That time ranked No. 18 overall, and it was the top time for the Lady Chargers, who competed against much larger schools from the state of Alabama, and some from other places like Tennessee.

From her first varsity meet at Tupelo, Thompson's time has dropped almost two full minutes, which shows her incredible improvement. Thompson ended up running in two regular season meets before the divisional meet, which qualified her for the state meet last year Clinton.

“That Tupelo meet was the first time for me to see how the varsity ran. I got me prepared. It helped me get better even in that little bit of time,” she said. “It showed me how to train for this year and get better for this year.”

All of Oxford's runners added more speed to their training regiment during the offseason. Thompson

thought more work on the track, running sprints, has paid off.

“We've gone up a lot more on our 400s just so that we could finish the race,” she said adding that she was close with Katelyn Rock and Olivia Rychlak.

“We're good friends and then all of the girls on the team I'm friends with.”

Of course running is in Thompson's blood. Her half mother runs marathons while her brother, sister and father also like running 5Ks, she said.

Following the first meet of the season, Thompson has come on and really liked how she's run in meets. In order for her to be a state champion at Choctaw Trails, Thompson said she felt like she needed to be in the low 20s, or 19s.

“That's how it was last year. The time was in the low 20s, so I need to be around there,” she said adding that she hasn't thought about being a state champion. “Last year was really close when I

started running and the actual meet. I wish I would have been state champion.

I'm just looking forward to it this year.”

OWENS RESULTS

A total of 267 girls competed in the Silver Division. Oxford finished ninth out of 37 teams. The average time was 21:03. Margaret Pepper Adams was 46th overall (20:44), Ally Shinall was 54th (21:00.88).

Rock finished with a 21:37.34. Rychlak finished with a 22:52.75.

The Chargers finished sixth as a team. There were 47 other schools that competed in the meet, and a total of 335 runners who scored. Jonathan Tyler ran the fastest time (16:58.88) to finish 27th overall. John Yoste (17:04.03) was 46th.

Alex Thomas was 64th (17:34.76), Will Farmer (17:39.64) was 79th, Harriman Abernathy (17:58.79) was 99th, while Thomas Mayo (18:15.43) was No. 121. john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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