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Volume 2 | Issue 48

Sunday, October 4, 2015

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Fire Protection Week is here and smoke alarms are emphasized.

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ERROL CASTENS | OXFORD CITIZEN

If Oxford aldermen approve, the storefront spaces in this city-owned lot will soon be metered. Business owner Nathan Yow complained to city officials that condo residents often make it impossible for customers to find convenient parking.

More parking meters to be added

BY ERROL CASTENS OXFORD CITIZEN

If a majority of aldermen approve, eight spaces in one of Oxford’s free parking lots will soon be metered after a merchant complained that residents of adjoining condos dominate the lot.

Nathan Yow, whose law office and gun store are both in the High Cotton building, asked the Downtown Parking Commission for relief after stating that the city-owned lot between Van Buren and Harrison Avenues, onto which High Cotton’s retail space faces, is often at capacity during business hours, even though each of the building’s 37 residential units has an assigned parking space.

“Friday morning is particularly bad because people crash on the Square on Thursday night and leave their vehicles,”

Yow said at Friday’s meeting of the parking commission. “I took a picture about 7:45 this morning, and it’s nearly full.

Probably 90 percent of the people there are residents and employees.”

Yow said he’s had to go to the homes of elderly clients because they couldn’t find parking nearby. He also noted some of the potential problems when a customer buys a long gun at Mississippi Auto Arms and has to carry it along public streets to get it into his or her vehicle.

Yow also said students living in the High Cotton building often illegally pass a handicap hangtag among themselves, taking up the only ADA parking space in the lot continually and without impunity. voted Commissioners unanimously to recommend that the Board of Aldermen authorize the extra meters.

WATER TOWER LOT One closely related issue that officials visited Friday was how to make better use of the city’s “Water Tower” lot on 15th Street.

The most distant of the cityowned parking lots from the Square, it also requires walking two steep slopes to reach most downtown shops and restaurants. As a result, its 131 spaces are rarely filled except on football game days.

Mayor George “Pat” Patterson asked Parking Director Matt Davis to research when a part-time shuttle between the lot and the Square might be scheduled for its best use, according to peak times on the Square.

“We have $1.8 million in parking inventory over there, and we need to figure out how to put that into play,” he said.

“If the average person wants to eat lunch on the Square and

there’s nothing available on the Square but plenty available at the Water Tower, I think they’re going somewhere else.”

Chairman Commission Tom Sharpe suggested it would be more helpful to move downtown workers to the more distant parking.

Commissioner Mike Harris, who oversees parking and transportation on the University of Mississippi campus, said drivers and municipalities alike have to decide what their priorities are for parking.

“Cheap, Enough and Convenient: Pick any two,” he said.

“You’re never going to get all three. Once you decide what you want, you make a plan.

Parking’s not brain surgery. Believe me, if it were I wouldn’t be doing it.” errol.castens@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenec

A Q & A with Young Life’s Billy Canale of Oxford.

13 Sports

Oxford and Lafayette pick up division wins Friday night.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2015

Ole Miss-Belhaven to offer Fire Prevention Week: dual degree program Smoke alarms emphasized SPECIAL TO THE OXFORD CITIZEN

The University of Mississippi School of Engineering and the School of Arts and Sciences at Belhaven University signed an agreement Sept. 30 to create a new dual degree program for undergraduate students.

The partnership offers students an opportunity to simultaneously earn a degree in biology, business, chemistry, mathematics or physics from Belhaven, a private, Christian liberal arts college in Jackson, and an engineering degree from UM, the state's flagship public university.

The dual degree program does not guarantee students will earn two degrees, as each student must fulfill the degree requirements for each university to earn its degree.

"We are pleased to

partner with Belhaven University on this important initiative," said Morris Stocks, UM interim chancellor. "By joining our resources with those of Belhaven, we will be able to generate more STEM majors – a distinct need of the state of Mississippi. Our partnership will serve to benefit both universities, our region and state."

"A partnership at this level is unique in higher education, and we are thrilled to collaborate with Ole Miss in providing such a high-quality engineering degree for our students," said Roger Parrott, Belhaven president. "For these graduates to receive a diploma from both institutions makes them especially well-credentialed for the marketplace."

A student pursuing the dual degree can be ad-

mitted to both universities. He or she will spend the first two to three years at BU pursuing a specified degree along with available pre-engineering and engineering courses.

Upon satisfactory completion at BU, the student will enter UM's engineering school to complete the remaining courses required for the engineering degree. Courses taken at UM that are suitable for the bachelor's degree will be transferred back to BU. The dual degree curricula will be created and agreed upon by both universities to ensure that students can complete the degrees on time.

For more information about the UM School of Engineering, visit engineering.olemiss.edu/. For more about Belhaven University, go to www.belhaven.edu/.

BY ERROL CASTENS OXFORD CITIZEN

Teaching about fire prevention and response is a never-ending part of the Oxford Fire Department’s work, from the summer Fire Camp to university presentations, but it’s about to get really intense.

The National Fire Prevention Association sponsors the annual Fire Prevention Week each early October, coinciding with the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire and its less-known but far deadlier neighbor fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin. In the weeks around that event, OFD goes to schools and other venues with the fire safety trailer, sharing participative lessons in how to prevent and escape from fire and smoke.

“We have a camper-type trailer that can simulate smoke, storms, cooking fires,” said OFD Chief Cary Sallis.

OFD Fire Inspector and Safety Education Officer William Stewart said school presentations are adopted to different age groups.

“For 4-year-olds and kindergartners we do a program called ‘The Firemen are Your Friends,’” he said.

“The first through third grades go through the fire safety trailer. We show them how the smoke detector goes off, how smoke rises.

They gather in groups of four like a family, crawl to a door that actually gets heated, check it with the back of their hand and then crawl to the window and out and down a ladder. Then the ‘Stop, Drop and Roll’ and dial 911 and actually speak to a fireman inside the booth.”

Lafayette County Fire Department firefighters will do similar programs for children at the Lafayette County Schools from Oct. 13 to Oct. 16.

Such safety education isn’t just for schoolchildren, though. Stewart said he will schedule a presentation to any Oxford-area church, civic club or other organization interested in fire safety.

This year’s theme for National Fire Prevention Week is “Hear the Beep When You

ERROL CASTENS | OXFORD CITIZEN

William Stewart, inspector and safety education officer with Oxford Fire Department, fills bags with safety-related items to give to schoolchildren this week during National Fire Prevention Week.

Sleep!” It emphasizes having a working fire alarm in every bedroom. The majority of fire fatalities in the U.S. each year happen between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., when most people are asleep.

“Especially inside the city, if someone has a smoke detector that’s not installed, we’ll come tell them where it’s most needed and install it for them if we need to,” Sallis.

Stewart reminds residents that smoke alarms should be tested and have their batteries changed twice each year – when Daylight Saving Time begins and ends are easy memory triggers – and the units themselves should be replaced every 10 years.

Oxford Fire Department responds to hundreds of false alarms each year, a problem that Sallis said could be reduced with proper smoke detector placement and paying attention during routine tasks.

“One key is not putting them too close to the stove, and not putting them close to a shower, where the steam is going to set it off,” he said.

Another frequent trigger for false alarms on the University of Mississippi campus, he said, is hair spray that gets used too near a smoke alarm, along with the

occasional dormitory resident who decides to light up a cigarette in defiance of the campuswide smoking ban.

The most common cause of actual fires is cooking.

“People will start something on the stove and go do something else ‘for just a minute’ and forget about the cooking,” Sallis said.

The upcoming holiday season also presents unique challenges for fire safety.

Along with extra cooking, fireplace use and the use of various heating appliances, visiting relatives often don’t know how to get out in case of a fire.

“Have everyone know the escape routes and where to gather in case of fire,” Stewart said.

Visits to elderly relatives’ homes can be a chance to reinforce fire safety, from testing their smoke detectors to assessing their ability to safely manage kitchen tasks.

“Just as there’s going to be a day when I don’t need to drive anymore, there’s going to be a day when I don’t need to cook for myself anymore,” Sallis said.

“That’s absolutely a conversation every family needs to have.” errol.castens@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenec

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A Q & A with Young Life’s Billy Canale of Oxford Billy Canale is a graduate of Oxford High School and Ole Miss. He’s currently on staff of Young Life and attends church at the Orchard in Oxford. His parents, Bill and Jeannine Canale, moved to Oxford in 1985. His sister, Allison, is a junior at Ole Miss. Jeff Roberson of the Oxford Citizen talked to him recently about Young Life, among other topics.

JEFF ROBERSON: So what is Young Life?

BILLY CANALE: Young Life is a ministry for high school, middle school, and college students. It’s 75 years old. We’re celebrating our 75th anniversary. It’s a relational ministry. We as young life leaders go out and build relationships with kids with the hope of them having a chance to respond to the gospel.

BRIEFING Governor orders flags at half-staff Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant on Friday ordered that flags be lowered to half-staff in memory of at least nine deceased victims of Thursday’s massacre at Umpqua Community College, killed by a 26year-old male who died in a shootout with law enforcement.

Executive Order 1365 orders that “all flags of the United States of America and the State of Mississippi be flown at halfstaff on all buildings and grounds of the State of Mississippi and all areas under its jurisdiction beginning at noon on Friday, October 2, 2015, until sunset on Monday, October 5, 2015.”

Aldermen face busy agenda

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OHS baseball players Giles Lamar and Preston ROBERSON: What is the basic principle Perkins join Billy Canale (center) at the state high school baseball playoffs in Pearl. of Young Life?

CANALE: Our basic belief for Young Life here in Oxford is that we believe every kid you’re doing that you’re from Oxford?

CANALE: It definitely does for me. Just has the opportunity to hear about Jesus and respond to it. Whether they say yes or having those deep connections and deep no, that’s in their court. We walk with them roots here in Oxford helps. That’s one of and love them regardless of their response. my favorite things about Young Life. It intertwines the community of Oxford with ROBERSON: How long has your involve- Ole Miss. It makes what I do easier and ment been with Young Life? more enjoyable.

CANALE: I got involved in middle school ROBERSON: How have you seen Young and really got involved even more in high school. That’s when I got started, and I’ve Life grow in Oxford and the community, and what are some of the events you been involved ever since. have?

ROBERSON: So how does all this work?

CANALE: We started at Oxford High CANALE: We meet kids where they are. School and Oxford Middle School. Now That’s the heart of Young Life, meeting kids we’re at Lafayette and Ole Miss. Most of where they are. We believe that Jesus went our volunteer leaders who are young life out and met people where they were in leaders, and we have almost 40 of them hopes of them finding life. That’s our mis- now, are all Ole Miss students. There is sion, too, by building one on one personal Young Life College, which is a campus relationships with kids. That’s how kids get ministry. They meet at 8 o’clock on Tuesplugged into the ministry itself. We’re not day nights at the Depot behind the Ford up there preaching to kids. We’re just up Center. Our main focus is the kids. From there hanging out with kids, mentoring that we build relationships with families kids, just trying to give them some role and get to know them. We’re non-profit and fully supported by donations. We ask models and relationships. one on one for donations. We have corpoROBERSON: What is Young Life’s history? rate sponsorships that support us. We CANALE: A man named Jim Rayburn have families that support us. We’ll have started Young Life in Texas in 1941. He had fundraising events and banquets and dina heart for kids that weren’t plugged into ners. We have a concert coming up next church. It all stemmed from his heart. He month. We just build relationships with saw that need and went for it. Now it’s lit- families and individuals. Club is our once a week meeting where we play games, erally all over the world. sing songs, and there’s a funny skit. All of it’s designed to point kids toward Jesus.

ROBERSON: Who all is on staff here?

CANALE: I’m a staff associate. There’s the There’s a Club Talk after that which proarea director who is Allen Hampton. Then claims who Jesus is. A different family will Kelly Mulderig is an administrative per- host Club every week. son. She also does ministry with our leadROBERSON: How would someone find ers and helps at Lafayette High School as well. My role is over Oxford Middle School out more or contact you about Young Life?

CANALE: The best way to get in touch and Oxford High School. with me is by email at ROBERSON: Does it help with what billyc27@gmail.com.

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The Oxford Board of Aldermen will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the second-floor courtroom in City Hall. Among the items the mayor and aldermen will consider are a contract with A2H for consultation services for the Historic Preservation Commission; a contract with Orion Planning Group for the rewriting of development

ordinances to reflect the pending long-range plan update; a vote on fee adjustments for city building and electrical permits; an agreement over the city’s membership in a statewide emergency operations radio network; engineering services at the Wastewater Treatment Plant; and, as written about elsewhere in this edition, placing parking meters in a cityowned lot next to High Cotton.

Columbarium ordinance proposed Oxford’s aldermen also will host a first reading of a proposed ordinance governing use of its soon to be completed columbarium.

The draft defines each niche as 12 by 12 by 18 inches and allows for up to two containers of human cremains to be in each niche. No other articles will permitted in the niches without city approval.

Prices will be initially set and adjusted by resolution of the Board of Aldermen, and niches will sold during normal business hours. Subsequent transfers of niches will be done by an attorney hired by either the buyer or seller, without the

city’s involvement.

Tuesday’s reading will introduce the ordinance proposal, and a public hearing will likely be scheduled for Oct. 20. Barring major changes to the draft ordinance, the board will probably vote on the proposal Nov. 3, taking effect Dec. 3.

Oxford Public Works Superintendent Bart Robinson said he expects the oft-delayed columbarium to be ready for occupancy before the end of the year.

Courthouse Square Preservation to meet The Courthouse Square Preservation Commission will meet Monday at 5 p.m. in the second-floor courtroom at City Hall. Unless the agenda is amended, it will include only two items for consideration.

One item is a request for new signage for Oxford’s newest bakery, Insomnia Cookies, at 303 South Lamar. The other is the commission’s consideration of the removal of the Skipwith House from the platform on the south side of City Hall to Park Commission property adjacent to the Oxford Skate Park on Bramlett Boulevard.

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OBITUARIES

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2015

Sisk-7 interchange busier many times over than years past

BENJAMIN BASKIN NEW ALBANY – Benjamin “Butch Holden” Baskin, 74, died Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Services were Saturday, Oct. 3, at Reid’s Gift M.B. Church at Potts Camp. Burial was at McKay Cemetery in Hickory Flat. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home of Holly Springs was in charge of arrangements.

GUSSIE CRITTLE SHERMAN – Gussie LaJean Crittle, 65, formerly of Holly Springs, died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, at her home in Sherman.

Services were Saturday, Oct. 3, at Hopewell No. 1 M.B. Church at Holly Springs. Burial was in Bowens Cemetery in Holly Springs. J.F. Brittenum and Son Funeral Home of Holly Springs is in charge of arrangements.

RICHARD MONK

WATER VALLEY – Richard Keith Monk, 47, died Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. today, Oct. 11, in the Henry Chapel of Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley.

T

he new Shell station on Sisk Avenue in the Oxford Commons is open. After years of waiting for more establishments to spring up out there, we’re seeing that now. I had a story on the development in the last edition of the Oxford Citizen.

If you pull up to the railing between the gas pumps and the street, you can see an example of what Oxford and Lafayette County are facing, not just in that location but in many areas. Of course it currently depends on what time you’re there. Sometimes Sisk Avenue in that area is fairly quiet.

But a time is coming when it will be active most of the day and night, and that time is near.

Once upon a time, less than a decade ago, only Wendy’s (for years called Secret Wendy’s or Hidden Wendy’s by many) was in the Oxford Commons, along with an on again/off again theater (now in great hands and into the future with Malco). And, of course, the Oxford Conference Center and Patricia C. Lamar Readiness Center where the National Guard is housed. And that was about it.

Hampton Inn came along and then the Marriott property, which helped the hotel room shortage in Oxford and, as OCC director Hollis Green has stated, was a huge boost to what the Conference Center is able to do.

Now we’re seeing more progress, like the addition of the Premier Lanes bowling center

Circling the Square JEFF ROBERSON OXFORD CITIZEN

and the Blake retirement property and, a few years ago, the Della Davidson School.

Traffic count is going to increase at a rapid rate. I mentioned to David Blackburn of the Blackburn Group and also others from time to time, just think if the hospital had chosen to build there how much traffic would be coming through the Highway 7 and Sisk Avenue intersection every day and night.

I was out there at the Shell store Friday morning between 7:30 and 8 o’clock. I watched for a while from the railing in front. And, of course, I drove around as part of that traffic getting to and from there.

Most vehicles weren’t speeding, and there was a police car positioned to slow people down because of its presence. That four-lane stretch, with turn lanes, from Highway 7 to OHS is built for moving a lot of vehicles. But only after you get through what

has to be one of the most dangerous areas in all of Oxford.

That’s where traffic merges from those who exit toward Sisk off northbound Highway 7 toward the Commons, while those moving east on Sisk from town are also heading toward the commons and OHS. And there's the westbound traffic coming out, as well as those entering from the north of 7.

It's an intersection that was built for 1970s Oxford. And there isn't a single street light to help anywhere in sight. At night, totally dark. I know the city has studied this and continues to try to do something about it, given the circumstances.

But it’s like an obstacle course with everything from cars and pickups to yellow school buses and 18-wheelers moving through with what I would call temporary lane dividers in one eastbound area that makes traffic move over and move back fast into its own lane to avoid an accident.

Throughout a school day, I have to believe several thousand vehicles move up and down Sisk Avenue from the intersection of Bramlett Boulevard/Park Drive to the west and the new Oxford High School to the east near The Heights residential development that’s underway.

I live in the area just off Sisk on the west side of Highway 7, and I join lots of others who can attest the increase in traffic there the past three or four years has been extraordinary.

But we knew it was coming, and I welcome it. Progress is what it’s all about. And I know that interchange is among those being discussed among city and county leaders and staffers. I sit in on some of those meetings and it’s come up quite a bit in recent months.

MDOT has challenges in every county. But MDOT must pick up its game in Mississippi's fastest growing county - Lafayette. There is no alternative.

I was in an Oxford Pathways Commission meeting recently.

There was talk of hopefully extending sidewalks and bike lanes under the Highway 7 bridge on Sisk to help kids get to school and back or to the commons area and back.

As I drove through there the other day, I watched several school-age children, not from OHS but from lower grades at Della Davidson, try to navigate those areas on foot and bikes with backpacks loading them down as cars and trucks and buses rolled past them. They were stopping and going and running and, well, I held my breath a little bit. If everyone is not really aware and paying close attention and driving at a slow rate and stopping or yielding completely…..

Oxford’s future does indeed have its challenges.

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

New cops on the beat in Oxford

BY ERROL CASTENS OXFORD CITIZEN

Oxford Police Department saw recruiting efforts pay off Thursday when six new officers had their first official day on the job.

Their first hours were spent getting oriented – all to a new department, some to a new town and some to a new career.

“I am glad to have some new perspective injected into our patrol force. We have hired some great individuals and are looking forward to what they will bring to the Oxford Police Department,” said Oxford Police Chief Joey East.

“As of right now we have hired three officers who are certified and have law enforcement experience and will be ready to hit the

road, so to speak, within 12 weeks after completing their FTO program,” East said. “The three others are going to the academy in January and will be a huge help to us during this busy season.”

Robert Banks has more than 18 years of law enforcement experience with the Greenwood Police Department, the Mississippi Law Enforcement Liaison Office and most recently the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department.

Ryan Baker was previously an OPD reserve officer and returns to the department after more than three years with Sardis Police Department.

Diarra Giddens, originally from Illinois, has three years of law enforcement experience and is

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Oxford's newest police officers show off their badges on their first day on the job. From left are Jacob Bramlett, Robert Banks, Jason Dyer, OPD Chief Joey East, Ryan Baker, Jordan Montgomery and Diarra Giddens. coming to OPD from Aberdeen Police Department.

Three of the new officers – Jordan Montgomery, Jacob Bramlett and Jason Dyer – will spend time at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Acad-

emy before hitting the streets.

Montgomery has been a reserve officer with OPD since January and has worked for the city’s Parking Department since April. Bramlett is an Ole

graduate from Miss Southaven and now lives in Oxford, while Dyer is from Pontotoc.

East and Major Jeff McCutchen made the case to Oxford’s mayor and aldermen during budget dis-

cussions last summer that the city’s rapid population growth, an estimated 45,000 calls during the fiscal year that just ended and residents’ and officials’ expectations of quick response times had made it crucial to expand the 64officer force.

While five of the new hires reflect the five-man increase authorized by the Board of Aldermen, one simply fills an existing vacancy. Even with the new hires and a better police pay-and-benefits package, Oxford Police Department still has three more vacancies to fill after other officers have retired or left for other jobs. errol.castens@journalinc.com; Twitter: @oxfordcitizenec; (662) 816-1282

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Local citizens graduate from Mississippi Executive Fire Officer program SPECIAL TO THE OXFORD CITIZEN

Fire Chiefs and Senior Fire Officers from Mississippi graduated recently from the Mississippi Executive Fire Officer program at the Mississippi State Fire Academy in Jackson, MS. The MS Executive Fire Officer program is an advanced course designed for managers in the fire service. This course provides senior officers and others in key leadership roles with an understanding of advanced fire service management and administrative skills as well as the ability to conduct research, analyze data, and develop solutions to complex issues.

This program is a joint initiative between the Mississippi State Fire Academy and Meridian Community College’s Emergency Services Degree program.

The MS Executive Fire Officer program spans one year and includes four threeday sessions at the Mississippi State Fire Academy. Completion of the program

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SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Ole Miss sports gets community support throughout the Square

The sign indicates it shouldn’t be long before The Shelter unPHOTOS BY JEFF ROBERSON | OXFORD CITIZEN derneath Neilson’s is open For when you can’t sleep or your tooth is sweet

By way of Memphis a taste of New Orleans in Oxford Ron Shapiro among those awaiting Thacker Mountain Radio Hour.

You can always find something to do in Oxford

The Shelter will invite you in through these doors in the future

Billy Watkins’ book on Bo Wallace will be available soon

McEwen’s has a question for you.

A new form of transportation on the Square

Visit Oxford held its grand opening in its new location Thursday Rush at Ole Miss, an annual tradition

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Ole Miss Red mixes in with Florida Blue

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Red Ole Miss shirts mixed in with the orange of Florida fans. Anyone dressed in blue was either a Gator, or it was the new-look baby blue popular with Rebel fans. Hours before the No. 3 Rebels met the No. 25 Gators in The Swamp, the Ole Miss Alumni Association hosted a bevy of Ole Miss fans steps away from the Florida campus at the Holiday Inn. Port Kaigler, the assistant director of the Ole Miss Alumni Association, said Ole Miss fans blocked off 70 rooms at the closest hotel to the stadium, and held a reception Friday night to get into the spirit of things.

“We had 150 people attend and since we all stayed here, we knew they had this restaurant here,” Kaigler said as he helped point out spirit stickers and shakers to fans.

Between 5 and 7,000 Ole Miss fans were expected to be at Saturday’s game, making it one of the largest visiting fan bases to Florida this season, with some thinking it being a larger group than what Tennessee brought in Week 4.

“For Ole Miss travel, this was by far the most interest we had this year. We were very impressed with our little reception that we had (Friday) night,” Kaigler said, who is in charge of Ole Miss travel. “We didn’t have something like this for Alabama because our hotels were in Birming-

on top,” Kaigler said. “With the expectations, Ole Miss is going to continue to be the favorite. I know Coach Freeze will have them ready to deal with that.”

Bodie Catlin, from Jacksonville, was at the party, holding a flag with Colonel Rebel on it. Catlin, a 1970 graduate of Ole Miss, was the head cheerleader during the 1969 and 1970 seasons.

“I proudly led the team out on the field with eight foot composite poles and a six foot long Confederate flag,” Catlin said. “While I was at Ole Miss as a junior, I was asked by the coaches to help recruit as a student.

I asked them who they wanted me to recruit and they said Johnny Neumann. He was my little brother in Sigma Chi.” Catlin’s wife is a Florida graduate, so he loves when the Rebels come to the JOHN DAVIS | OXFORD CITIZEN state.

“The Ole Miss fans have Ole Miss fan Bodie Catlin, a native of Jacksonville, Fla., was excited about the Rebels returning to play Florida for the first so much class. I think we’re time in seven seasons.

4-1 down here in the Swamp and done really well ham. We bussed over, but and the last time we played, we did have a bus of Rebels we made Tim Tebow cry,” coming over from the team Catlin said with a chuckle. hotel. With the late game “We’ve done very well and if time, we did do a tailgate in we don’t win this one by 14 Tuscaloosa. There was no or more points, I’ll be in establishment that would shock. I’m excited about let a bunch of Rebels come this team because when and hang out.”

Archie was there, we didn’t That was not the attitude have a No. 3 ranking for of Gainesville business those four years. I just wish owners, or Florida fans in they had a rule that (playgeneral. Several Ole Miss ers) couldn’t leave after fans said they were treated very well.

A large contingent of Ole Miss fans traveled to the University of Florida to watch the No. 3 three years or else we would be contending again next “These people here have Rebels take on No. 25 Florida. year.” been great, this Holiday when he reached Ben Hill proved team. I think it’s Inn has,” Kaigler said. they have been.” going to be a battle, but I Kaigler was expecting to Griffin Stadium.

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Plein Air to build wedding chapel

BY ERROL CASTENS

ple, beautiful, and elegant chapel,” McCool said. Construction is set to begin this month with a projected finish date of February 2016.

“We’re going to break ground almost immediately,” he added.

“This is not a complicated project, so it’s possible we could be finished before Christmas.”

Plein Air is a planned neighborhood in the tiny Lafayette County art colony town of Taylor. In addition to The Mill at Plein Air and a village green that hosts concerts and other neighborhood events, the intentional community features homes with sidewalks and porches in front, tucking utilities and parking along the rear alleys.

One of its “Southern vernacular” homes was a Southern Living 2008 Idea Home.

An arts-and-antiques store sits alongside The Mill, and plans are to add a pint-sized grocery store and other shops to the town’s amenities.

For further information call Campbell McCool at (662) 8322770.

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A popular Lafayette County venue for wedding receptions and other celebrations will be adding to its offerings for those planning nuptials.

The Taylor Planning Commission last week unanimously approved the addition of The Chapel at Plein Air, a 230-seat facility designed with the look of a traditional rural Deep South house of worship.

In 2013 Plein Air introduced The Mill (www.themillatpleinair.com), a 12,000-square-foot entertainment and meeting venue for receptions and corporate meetings.

Plein Air developer Campbell McCool said The Mill has hosted more than 50 wedding receptions since its opening. Several weddings have been held on the grounds as well, and having a traditional indoor setting would open Plein Air to nuptials during seasons when it’s usually too hot or cold for outdoor ceremonies as well as providing a rainy-day backup plan during milder months.

“The chapel was really the next logical step for us,” McCool said.

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The chapel planned for the Plein Air neighborhood in Taylor is designed to look like a traditional Mississippi Delta church building.

“This will enable a bride to get married in our chapel, then walk 50 feet to one of the most unique venues in Mississippi – The Mill – for the reception.”

The chapel will sit across the street from and facing the outdoor stage on the Plein Air town square.

The edifice was designed by John Tee, an Atlanta-based architect and Mississippi native, with the

intent of looking like a 100-yearold Mississippi Delta church. The exterior will be crafted of salvaged pine siding with a traditional metal roof, while the windows were repurposed from a church in Kentucky, and the oak pews came out of the Jerusalem Baptist Church in Virginia.

“This is going to be a very sim-

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Overby events focus on Henry, Amendment 42 In back-to-back presentations this week, the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at Ole Miss will host a discussion of the late civil rights leader Aaron Henry of Clarksdale on Wednesday, followed Thursday by a debate over a constitutional amendment to increase funding for education in the state.

K.C. Morrison, head of the department of political science and public administration at Mississippi State University, will be on hand at 2 p.m. Wednesday to talk about his biography, “Aaron Henry of Mississippi: Inside Agitator.” Morrison’s book follows the life of a black pharmacist from the Delta who became state president of the NAACP in the 1960s and had a major role in the tumultuous events of that decade.

At 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Michael Bentley, a Jackson appellate attorney, will appear on behalf of Amendment 42, while Rep. Greg Snowden of Meridian, speaker pro tempore of the Mississippi House of Representatives, will speak against it.

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Offensive line has been key in Rangers’ successful 2015

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here are a number of reasons why the Northwest Mississippi Community College Rangers have garnered so much success on the gridiron this season. Running back Justin Crawford is the state's best back. Quarterback Gardner Minshew has been lights out in his rookie campaign, while the defense has created a number of turnovers, and stops.

As important as those pieces have been, the offensive line, led by three returning starters, has been extremely clutch for head coach Jack Wright. NWCC has one of the nation's top offenses because of the job turned in by the likes of sophomore Jermaine Jones.

The Greenwood native was upbeat about how the season has gone, and how much he's learned since coming in from Leflore County High.

“I learned a lot of things last year and coming into this season, I felt good about this year. And not just me, but the whole offensive line,” Jones said as the Rangers prepared for Holmes, the team's opponent for homecoming this year. “It's hard work, but it's about coming to practice and paying attention. It's about doing what you have to do.”

The two freshmen starters caught on quick, Jones said, and that was a good thing considering the line had more returners than not. Jim Jones, a former standout at Notre Dame, coaches the offensive line at NWCC. He's been pleased with how his unit has progressed, adding that the things have gone much better than in 2014.

“With Gardner Minshew at quarterback and some of the guys that we have at the skill positions, running back and wide receiver, things have gone well,” Jim Jones said. “Having three starters back, Jermaine TURN TO RANGERS PAGE 18

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Oxford’s Will Harvey rushes in for a touchdown during Friday’s 50-7 win over Saltillo.

Chargers rout Saltillo to remain unbeaten

BY BEN MIKELL SPORTS WRITER

SALTILLO – Oxford’s business trip to Willis Wright Stadium at Saltillo High School was a very successful one as the Chargers quickly dispatched the Saltillo Tigers 50-7. The victory improved them to 4-2 overall and 2-0 in Division 1-5A play.

Oxford led wire-to-wire in the game. Coach Johnny Hill started with an onside kick that the Chargers recovered. Oxford then scored on the ensuing play when Jack Abraham found DK Metcalf for the first of three first-quarter touchdown connections, The first covered 49 yards to give the Chargers an early 7-0 lead after only 10 seconds came off the game clock. other two Metcalf’s touchdown receptions included one from 9 yards out and another from 25 yards out with 7:38 and 4:31 left in the first quarter, respectively. Oxford led 20-0 at the

end of the first quarter.

Abraham added a touchdown pass to Zach Cousar from 36 yards out, his first of the season, and to Ken Presley from 24 yards out to increase the lead to 33-0 by the halftime break.

With the type of success Oxford’s offense has in the last two games, scoring 100 total points, offensive coordinator Stan Hill believes after injuries and unfortunate events that occurred at the start of the year, that the chemistry on offense is the best it has been so far.

“They are definitely clicking as an offense,” he said.

“The biggest thing was the injuries at the beginning of the year. (Jimmy) Greaser with a shoulder, Cousar with a foot and knee. Missing Kenzie (Phillips) and Kyree (White). It just takes a while to find the gel.”

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Oxford Hiram Wadlington rushes for a big gain as Saltillo’s Dylon Letson tries to bring him down during Friday’s 50-7 win over Saltillo.

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PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Wadlington honors Bianco, has Price runs big for Lafayette career night in win over Saltillo again against Ripley Tigers

BY BEN MIKELL SPORTS WRITER

SALTILO – Upon hearing the news Drew Bianco was not only out for the season with the injury he suffered against West Point, but done with football altogether, Hiram Wadlington just had to do something for his best friend he’s had since their kindergarten days.

Wadlington wore Bianco’s No. 8 jersey to honor his injured friend against Saltillo. Although he didn’t score, Wadlington rushed nine times for a career-high 161 yards in Oxford’s 50-7 rout of the Tigers. Wadlington’s career game and honoring his best friend by wearing Bianco’s jersey undoubtedly makes him the Charger’s Pllayer of the Game for this week.

Bianco’s jersey will not be worn by Wadlington for most of the remainder of the season as other players on the team also want to wear the jersey for the same reason because Bianco was such a leader on the team.

“Drew and I have been best friends for a long time and I felt like it was only right for me to do that and represent him,” Wadlington said. “I know he would have did it for me tonight and play hard for me as well.”

Wadlington also said he knows with Kenzie Phillips, who likely won’t play this season, and Bianco now out for good, he must take his role more seriously, especially in practice, to keep the pressure off Jack Abraham and the Oxford passing game on offense.

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backups in with the game well in hand. Oxford’s running game produced 17 second-half points, and 328 total rushing yards for the game.

Will Harvey scored on a 1yard touchdown run in the third quarter. Gray Jenkins tacked on a 28-yard field goal before Chris Walton scored on a 34-yard scamper in the middle of the

Offensive coordinator Stan Hill credited Wadlington’s career game with his vision of the field being one of his best assets and the stellar offensive line play.

“Hiram did excellent.

He’s got great vision, that’s one of his best qualities,” Hill said. “The o-line did excellent tonight, too. We didn’t lose penetration on Saltillo’s defensive line all night. They gained at the line of scrimmage and beat them pretty good.”

Wadlington now has 32 carries for 237 yards, but does not have a rushing touchdown yet on the season. On the receiving end, he has 16 receptions for 192 yards and does have a receiving touchdown. He has 501 allpurpose yards on the year.

fourth quarter to cap the Oxford scoring. Hiram Wadlington, who wore Drew Bianco’s No. 8 jersey for the game after Bianco’s injury last week knocked him out from playing football for good, led all rushers with 161 yards on nine carries. Hill agreed that this was Oxford’s best rushing game of the season.

“Hiram did excellent. He’s got great vision, that’s one of his best qualities,” Hill said of Wadlington’s career-high rushing night. “The o-line did excel-

BY JEFF ROBERSON OXFORD CITIZEN

Lafayette County running back Tyrell Price continued his impressive senior campaign, rushing for 190 yards and four touchdowns on 15 carries as the Commodores won 45-14 against Ripley Friday night.

Included in those rushes was a 33-yard run in the second quarter to the Tigers 5-yard line that was as impressive as any you will see at any level.

Price broke tackle after tackle, chugging and churning toward the goal.

On the next play Price did reach the end zone on a handoff from quarterback Will Ard and a 5-yard touchdown run.

“He’s just a real physical runner,” said offensive lineman Eli Johnson, one of

lent tonight, too. We didn’t lose penetration on Saltillo’s defensive line all night. They gained at the line of scrimmage and beat them pretty good.”

Oxford’s defense, while switching out the secondstringers with the first-stringers throughout much of the night, gave up just seven points on a Sirmarcus Evans’ 1-yard rushing touchdown in the third quarter.

Oxford’s special teams unit, except for a pair of missed extra points during the game, did

Price’s teammates who opens holes for him to be able to make those runs.

“He’s a really good player.

He runs hard. He’s got a quick burst. I think he’s arguably the best back in the state.”

Price didn’t have to go quite as long in this one as he has in some games that were closer. After he scored on a 46-yard run to open the second half, which made it 45-6, he was pretty much done for the night.

His head coach, Eric Robertson, said Price is a talented player who is a valuable part of his team’s offense.

“He gets stronger as the game goes on. He’s just a special running back. He’s really good and we’ve got to keep him healthy,” Robertson said.

Price said he loves to compete and to play, and

well, according to head coach Johnny Hill.

“I thought we played a pretty complete football game,” Johnny Hill said. “I thought our defense stepped up and played well. I thought our special teams played well and I thought our offense played well. It was more of a complete football game team-wise than we had in awhile.”

he wants to be at the top of his game every game.

“I’m just motivated to do work,” Price said. “I want to be better than anyone in our region, better than anyone in the state. I just go out there every time and try to do the best I can.”

Price obviously loves getting into the end zone, and he’s always working for that on every play. But that was never more apparent than on the one he didn’t score but bulldozed his way through defenders, dragging them 33 yards on his way to the 5-yard line before scoring on the next play.

“I was trying my best to score,” Price said. “I was trying to gain and gain and gain. But I got in there on the next one.” jeff.roberson@journalinc.com Twitter: @citizen_jeff

15 passes of the game to seven different receivers and finished 17-for-20 for 265 yards and five touchdowns with one interception … Metcalf finished with four receptions for 89 yards to go along with his three touchdowns … Cousar had four receptions for 73 yards and a score. Evans led Saltillo on offense with a game high eight receptions for 84 receiving yards, totaling up 122 total all-purpose yards for the game and a rushing touchEXTRA POINTS Abraham completed his first down.

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Commodores roll past Tigers with quick scores

BY JEFF ROBERSON OXFORD CITIZEN

Lafayette County hosted Ripley Friday night in the division-opening football game for both ballclubs.

Earlyon it looked like this one might be close.

After all, it was only a 7-6 Commodore lead after the first quarter. Then things changed quickly and dramatically.

When the final horn sounded, the Commodores won going away 45-14 and had no trouble posting the win, thanks to a magnificent four-minute span early in the second quarter.

Actually Lafayette scored four touchdowns in less than four minutes to lead the Tigers 35-6 with 8:03 left to go in the first half.

Only the final score was in doubt. The outcome, for all practical purposes, had been decided by that point.

“We got some things going there,” said Commodore head coach Eric Robertson after his team improved to 6-1 on the season and 1-0 in the division race. “We made a few plays on defense. It was just a matter of making some things happen to get the lead.”

Once again, Lafayette turned to its impressive running back Tyrell Price.

The senior scored four touchdowns in this one and had 190 yards on 15 carries.

“He just gets stronger as the game goes on,” Robertson said. “He’s really good, and he’s got some good blocking in front of him, too. He’s just a special running back. We’ve just got to keep him healthy and keep him going.”

The Commodores did most of their work offensively in this one on the ground. Junior quarterback Will Ard scored the game’s first points on a 25yard rush, outrunning the Tiger defenders to the corner of the end zone to put his team up and give it a lead it would not relinquish on this night. Robbie Langley was good on the extra point, the first of six he would kick in the contest.

Ripley answered with a touchdown shortly thereafter as quarterback Tucker

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Lafayette running back Tyrell Price scores a touchdown, just out of the reach of Ripley's Trey Blanchard during Friday night's game with Ripley at William L. Buford Stadium. Lafayette won 45-14.

Lafayette's Quin Jones (7) wraps up Ripley's Tucker Childers (16).

Childers hit Tavion Prather for a 9-yard touchdown pass. The Tigers elected to go for two points, but it was not successful.

That’s the way the first quarter ended, and that’s also when Lafayette set off fireworks that likely nobody saw coming – fire-

works on the field in the form of 31 points in the second period, that is.

Price got the first points of the four-minute span of time, scoring a touchdown from 29 yards out with 10:23 to go, and it was 14-6.

The Commodore defense got into the act next as Quin Jones intercepted a Childers pass and returned it some 12 yards for a touchdown to make it 21-6 with 9:44 left in the first half.

Another intercepted Childers pass for Lafayette led to another quick score.

Price bulldozed his way to the 5-yard line on a 33-yard run and then scored on the next play to make it 28-6 with 8:46 left in the first half.

Lafayette then recovered a Ripley fumble moments later and turned that into points – this time an 8-yard rush for Price and a 35-6 Commodore lead – with 8:03 to go in the first half.

“We came out to start the game a little slow,” Price said. “Coach told us not to

do that. But we did it and shouldn’t have. We turned it up when we needed to and scored a lot of points.”

After Langley connected on a 31-yard field goal to make it 38-6 as time expired in the second quarter, Lafayette scored on its first offensive play of the third quarter after its defense had allowed nothing

by Ripley.

Again it was Price, this time for 46 yards and a 456 lead with 9:58 left in the third period.

Ripley scored the game’s final points on a Mikichio Adams run of 1 yard.

Adams also scored on the two-point conversion, and with 1:27 to go in the third quarter, the final points had been posted.

“I thought it was a good team win, and a good way to open the (division),” said Commodore senior offensive lineman Eli Johnson. “It’s the way you want to start. We put up points, especially in the second quarter, and I feel really

good how we did tonight.”

Robertson elected to play a lot of players in this one. Having such a comfortable lead throughout the second half allowed for that.

“You’re always looking to build depth,” Robertson said. “We’re a little banged up right now. Some players came in for us and did some good things. So that was some good work for all of our guys, and I’m proud of all of them.”

Next week Lafayette is at Tunica Rosa Fort. Robertson said that one will be difficult to win.

“We’ve got four (division) games left, with a very tough one next Friday in Tunica,” he said. “They’re as athletic as any team we’ve played this year. We know it will be a really good, competitive game at Tunica. We’ve got to get healthy and get ready to play.” jeff.roberson@journalinc.com Twitter: @citizen_jeff

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Cather’s hard work has led to early success for Rebels

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Kathryn Cather always wanted to attend a smaller college. She also wanted to play volleyball in an upper level conference like the SEC. Fortunately for her, Ole Miss offered the best of both worlds.

“I didn't know if I would like it, but it's a small feel here. I grew up around Tuscaloosa and it's huge and Birmingham with UAB and that was too big,” said Cather, who played high school volleyball at Hoover in Alabama. “I wanted a small feel but it was still in a big conference and bigtime volleyball. It just worked out.” could have Cather played for Alabama or UAB or even Auburn, but she was looking to leave the Heart of Dixie. Ole Miss ended up being more to her liking a whole lot more than those schools in the end. Before she left for Oxford this past summer, Cather's goal was to do her

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Freshman outside hitter Kathryn Cather is off to a good start for the Ole Miss Rebels in 2015. Before the South Carolina match, she had 121 kills. best and find a way to get court time.

“I didn't think I would be starting, but I was hoping I would and that I would get a chance to help my team,” said Cather, who was third on the team with 121 kills after 17 matches. “It just worked out. I put in a lot of effort and it's worked out.”

Ole Miss coach Steve McRoberts recruited

Cather and the thing that stood out to him about her immediately was her height.

“You can’t coach size.

She is 6-2, and she has a good arm. We were pleasantly surprised with the start that she has had.

Now that we have gotten in SEC play and teams are matching up better against her, she is coming

back down to earth just a little bit,” McRoberts said.

“I’m pleased with where she is at right now. This is where, all of a sudden, freshmen are going to start hitting that learning curve. When they start SEC play, you know that the other team has a little bit more film on you, so you can’t be as predictable as you were in pre conference. Last week, we worked a lot with her. We thought she had a good match against Florida, for the most part. She’s a great, aggressive server. A lot of coaches have commented on that. She’s had a great year, but hopefully she will put the work in to be great. What we tell our players is, you can be good, or you can be great.

The work that you have to put in to be great is harder.

So that freshman year, she’s trying to learn that.”

Cather is part of McRoberts' first full signing class at Ole Miss, and that is something she likes as much as anything.

“He's a really great coach and that's a part of the reason I'm here,” she said adding McRoberts was a good instructor of the game. “We spend a lot of time on the basics and mindsets and what to see.

It's different than what I've been around. He's teaching me a lot.”

The SEC matches were deemed “tough” by Cather, who added that the Rebels had to bring their A game each time.

“We can't take a game or an entire match off. We have to come out and play with fire and energy because these teams won't lay down just because we wear Ole Miss,” said Cather, who admitted the team wasn't up to the challenge against Mississippi State on Sept. 27. “We were ready to play, but we weren't ready for them to play back. We weren't ready for them to hit at us, swing at us because we thought we had them. And we can't do that.”

Ole Miss has a core

group of seniors and juniors that lead the team, and players like Nakeyta Clair and Ty Laporte welcomed Cather into the fold pretty easily.

“They have been really sweet. They include (freshmen) into a lot of things.

They're really helpful. They teach you things that you don't see yet,” Cather said.

“They've been really supportive, on and off the court.”

The Rebels started SEC play with two losses. They hosted South Carolina Friday night before jumping back on a plane for Texas A&M. Cather felt like the team was preparing better after losing to MSU, and looking to do better so that the finish would be better than the start.

Before playing volleyball, Cather was a dancer, a ballerina to be even more exact. It was between dance and volleyball, and she ended up loving volleyball more.

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SPORTS IN DEPTH LAFAYETTE 45, RIPLEY 14 6 0 8 0 14 Ripley Lafayette County 7 31 7 0 45 First Quarter LC – Will Ard 25 run (Robbie Langley kick) RI – Tavion Prather 9 pass from Tucker Childers (2-pt failed) Second Quarter LC – Tyrell Price 29 run (Langley kick) LC – Quin Jones 12 interception (Langley kick) LC – Price 5 run (Langley kick) LC – Price 23 run (Langley kick) LC – Langley 31 FG Third Quarter LC – Price 46 run (Langley kick) RI – Mikichio Adams 1 run (Adams 2-pt run) Records: Lafayette 6-1, 10-; Ripley 2-4, 0-1

OXFORD 50, SALTILLO 7 20 13 7 10 50 Oxford 0 0 7 0 7 Saltillo First Quarter OXF - DK Metcalf 49 pass from Jack Abraham (Liam Cooper kick), 11:50 OXF - Metcalf 9 pass from Abraham (Connell Yoste kick), 7:18 OXF - Metcalf 25 pass from Abraham (kick failed), 4:31 Second Quarter OXF - Zach Cousar 36 pass from Abraham (Yoste kick), 9:53 OXF - Ken Presley 24 pass from Abraham (kick failed), 2:34 Third Quarter OXF - Will Harvey 1 run (Gray Jenkins kick), 8:15 SAL - SimMarcus Evans 1 run (Daniel McCarter kick), 4:36 Fourth Quarter OXF - Jenkins 28 field goal, 6:27 OXF - Chris Walton 34 run (Jenkins kick), 1:30 Records: Oxford 4-2, 2-0; Saltillo 0-7, 0-2.

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STANDINGS Overall W L Oxford 4 2 Lake Cormorant 4 2 Center Hill 4 2 West Point 4 2 Clarksdale 4 3 Lewisburg 2 5 New Hope 1 5 Saltillo 0 7 Week 7 Results Oxford 50, Saltillo 7 Lake Cormorant at Lewisburg Center Hill 35, New Hope 21 West Point 53, Clarksdale 16 Week 6 Results Oxford 50, West Point 28 Lewisburg 33, Center Hill 30 Lake Cormorant 34, Saltillo 10 Clarksdale 20, New Hope 14

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

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Rosa Fort Lafayette Senatobia New Albany Byhalia Ripley

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Cather FROM PAGE 16

“It's helpful with my balance and my hand-eye coordination,” Cather said as to how ballet has helped her in volleyball. “It helps me move better on the court.”

When Cather was a junior at Hoover, she realized that volleyball in college was more of a reality than a dream.

“That's when I said that it's not far off from a dream and that I could be at a bigtime school and play vol-

Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly (10) is sacked by Florida linebacker Jarrad Davis (40) during the first half of the game Saturday in Gainesville, Florida.

PREP FOOTBALL SCORES

NORTH MISSISSIPPI Friday Aberdeen 39, Mooreville 0 Amory 28, Itawamba AHS 21, 2OT Baldwyn 64, Potts Camp 0 Benton County 26, Belmont 8 Booneville 42, Alcorn Central 0 Calhoun City 28, East Webster 7 Coffeeville 56, Thrasher 0 Coldwater 36, Vardaman 8 Columbus 33, Tupelo 9 Eupora 29, Okolona 22 Hamilton 54, Biggersville 12 Hatley 45, South Pontotoc 14 Houston 39, Caledonia 7 Independence 35, Holly Springs 7 Kossuth 54, New Site 0 Mantachie 44, Walnut 14 Marshall Academy 52, West Memphis Christian, Ark. 12 North Pontotoc 62, Nettleton 26 Oak Hill 48, Columbus Christian 13 Pontotoc 30, Corinth 27 Shannon 40, Tishomingo County 6 Smithville 36, Falkner 22 Starkville 30, Northwest Rankin 7 Starkville Academy 26, French Camp 13 Winona 21, Bruce 0

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Tuesday, Oct. 6 Junior varsity volleyball vs. Clarksdale, 5:30 p.m.

Varsity volleyball vs. Clarksdale, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 8 Junior varsity volleyball at Lafayette, 5 p.m.

Varsity volleyball at Lafayette, 6 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 9 Varsity football vs. Lewisburg, 7 p.m. (95.5 FM)

THIS WEEK AT LAFAYETTE Monday, Oct. 5 Middle school volleyball at Oxford, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 6 Middle school football at Water Valley, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 8 Junior varsity volleyball vs. Oxford, 5 p.m.

Varsity volleyball vs. Oxford, 6 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 9 Football vs. Tunica-Rosa Fort, 7 p.m. (93.7 FM)

OLE MISS SOCCER

REGION 2-4A Overall W L 6 0 6 1 5 1 4 3 2 4 2 4

Week 7 Results Lafayette 45, Ripley 14 Senatobia 47, New Albany 0 Tunica-Rosa Fort 38, Byhalia 0 Week 6 Results Lafayette 26, Charleston 0 New Albany 31, North Pontotoc 30 Pontotoc 17, Ripley 14 Fayette Ware 40, Byhalia 0

MISSOURI 2, REBELS 1 Ole Miss 1 0 1 Missouri 1 1 2 First half OM – CeCe Kizer, 2:30 (Addie Forbus, assist) MO – Jessica Hermann, 38:31. (Macee Blanchard assist) Second half MO – Lauren Flynn, 70:50. (Candace Johnson assist)

leyball there,” Cather said.

“You have to have confidence in yourself.

Taylor Gill, a freshman from Madison, Alabama, is the player that Cather is closest to on the team. The two played against each other since they were 12.

“Her club team always beat me,” Cather said.

“Then we ended up playing together over the summer in All-Stars and then she ended up being my roommate. We're pretty close now.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

Chomped up No. 25 Gators crush No. 3 Rebels in Swamp

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A flu bug hit the Florida football team hard at the start of the week. On Saturday night, the No. 25 Gators hit the No. 3 Ole Miss Rebels even harder. Led by quarterback redshirt freshman Will Grier, the Gators ended the Rebels’ perfect season, and put a chance to play for the national championship in the rear view mirror for the time being.

Grier was one of 22 Gators who had to the flu during the past week. On Wednesday, it appeared he may not even play against the Rebels. Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze surely wishes he hadn’t after he threw four touchdowns in the first half. The end result was a 38-10 win for the Gators in front of a crowd of 90,585 at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

Seven years after upsetting the No. 4 Gators in The Swamp, Ole Miss rolled in as the favorite. Both teams were 4-0, and the Gators, who went on to win the national title in 2008, were coming off an emotional

28-27 win over Tennessee.

That victory obviously gave the Gators confidence with the way they played against the Rebels, who had to rally in Week 4 to defeat Vanderbilt at home. Ole Miss only scored 27 points against the Commodores, who made the Rebels work for every point.

Grier made the Ole Miss secondary work, and run, as he completed pass after pass in the opening half, throwing 20 times, completing 17 of them for 229 yards. His quarterback rating (247.2) looked more Chad Kelly’s in the first two games of the season against UT-Martin and Fresno State. Grier’s sensational first half allowed him to become the first Florida quarterback to throw at least four touchdowns in a half since Chris Leak did it against Kentucky in 2005.

Kelvin Taylor also had success on the ground for the Gators as he carried 15 times for 73 yards in the early going. Taylor finished the game with 74 yards on 23 carries. Grier, meanwhile, earned his biggest win as a starter by throw-

ing for 271 yards. He was Florida’s best drive of the 24-for-29. first half came late in the second quarter when Grier SCORING SUMMARY marched the offense down Florida (5-0, 3-0 in the the field, 91 yards, in 13 SEC) took control from the plays. His 15-yard complestart, scoring on its second tion to Antonio Callaway drive of the game. Grier put the Gators ahead 25-0.

The Rebels got the ball to completed his first touchdown pass to junior De- start the second half and marcus Robinson on a drove 70 yards on 19 plays, 36-yard throw with 9:09 taking 9 minutes and 35 left in the first quarter. Less seconds off the clock. The than three minutes later, drive stalled inside the Grier had the Gators back Gators’ 5, forcing a field goal in the end zone when he attempt from Wunderlich.

Kelly finished as the found tight end Jake McGee on a 2-yard pass. It Rebels’ leading rusher with came five plays after the 40 yards, but he was held Gators recovered a fumble to under 300 yards through on a bad exchange be- the air, and with most of tween Kelly and running his yards coming after the game was decided. Kelly back Jaylen Walton.

Ole Miss was able to set- did continue a streak of tle in on defense after the throwing at least one Gators’ second score, but touchdown pass in every the offense didn’t manage game this season when he much. Even after its best completed a 7-yard pass to drive of the first half, an 80- Markel Pack with 4:04 left yard drive, the Rebels’ Gary in the fourth quarter.

Ole Miss will return Wunderlich missed a 29yard field goal wide right. home this coming SaturKelly, the SEC’s top-rated day, hosing New Mexico passer coming in, was State in the annual homesacked three times in the coming contest. Kickoff at decisive first half, and hur- Vaught-Hemingway Staried repeatedly. He only dium is set for 11 a.m. had 129 yards in the first half, while the Rebels had john.davis@journalinc.com 151 as a team.

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Bethany Bunker’s unsung style a key to Rebels’ success

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Bethany Bunker is the most unsung player on the Ole Miss Rebels, and maybe in the history of the program. That is according to head coach Matt Mott, who has been around a lot of very good soccer players during his six years in Oxford.

“It's very high praise,” Bunker said after almost not knowing what to say about Mott's comments. “I appreciate him saying that.

But, you know, I wouldn't have success without the team. Each person is a big part and without CeCe (Kizer) or Gretchen (Harknett) or Addie (Forbus), we would not succeed.”

For Bunker, a senior from Memphis, the season has gone “really well” so far. The Rebels are in the first portion of the SEC season, but really halfway through the entire schedule.

“We've had some bumps in the road, but it's helped us. We've learned from those mistakes and bad games to keep pushing hard. It's never going to come easy,” said Bunker, who admitted that her career has gone by quickly. “It is hard to believe that I am senior. It's been a great journey and I'm very thank-

ful for the team and the coaches.”

The way Mott sees it, he feels fortunate to have Bunker on his team because she is so versatile.

“She is extremely dangerous. Other teams game plan for her. She doesn’t necessarily always have the stats, but other teams have to deal with her pace and her ability out wide. She’s a huge weapon for us,” Mott said. “Talking to the LSU coach (Sept. 27), he was saying that they didn’t have an answer for Bethany out wide, and that’s true for most teams. When she gets faced up and is running right at you, she is so fast.

For six years, I haven’t seen anybody stay with her.

When she gets out in the flanks, she is just dangerous with her speed. She is tenacious. She took an injury early in the season, and now she’s back to full strength, and that’s been helping us. She’s a senior; she’s been playing for a long time for us, and is an important part of our success.”

There isn't a lot of talk from Bunker on the field.

She lets her play do say it all.

“I'm not a vocal leader, but, through my actions, I am a leader,” she said. “I'm very good with talking to players individually and helping them out on the

field. I'll say 'Instead of making this pass, let's make this pass.' Talking in a big group, that's not really my area of expertise. I am very good with small talk and small groups of people.”

Soccer has always been Bunker's sport of choice.

She's been playing it since she was 3. She has played basketball and she ran cross country and track, but none of them could stack up to being on the grass.

“Soccer was always my passion and I always knew that I wanted to play it in college,” said Bunker, who enjoys setting up a teammate more than anything else.

Family is very important to Bunker. Her parents have attended almost every single match during her career, and their goal was to be at every single one this year.

“I'm very fortunate. It's very cool for them to do that,” Bunker said adding that she was the baby of the family.

Speed is a strength for Bunker, and her aggression has increased as she has gotten older. She likes getting the ball in front of her, and then crossing the ball to someone who can make a shot on goal. Kizer, who scored 10 goals in the first 12 games, is a Rebel who always seems to be in the right place at the right time.

JOSHUA MCCOY | OLE MISS ATHLETICS

New soccer cutline: Ole Miss senior Bethany Bunker was called the most unsung player in the history of Ole Miss soccer by her coach, Matt Mott.

“It's huge to have her as a part of this team,” Bunker said before talking about the team again. “I think we have momentum. We feel it, we feel like we're going to carry it over and go out and play hard.”

Two seasons ago, the Rebels were gearing up to play in the NCAA Tournament. Bunker was on that club, and she called the group “great.” Bunker said that this year's team has a

Rangers FROM PAGE 13

Jones, Terrance Malone and Chris Phillips, that really helps a lot. All three of them have significantly improved since last year. I'm happy with their development.

Then our two newcomers, J.R. Burns has started at center and his snaps have been good. He's a smart guy and he's tough. And then Kenyana Heard, who was playing defense, has been a nice addition at right guard for us. I'm very pleased with how we've improved, and I know this is cliché talk, but there is a lot of room to get better.”

If the Rangers do block better down the stretch, than it's hard to believe that the Rangers won't be in the mix to win the MACJC state championship, and advance on to a bowl game.

“If we can keep our eye on the big picture and understand that we can still get better as an offensive line,” Jim Jones said.

Another thing that Jim Jones

BOBBY BURNS

Northwest Mississippi Community College has been potent on offense thanks to the play of the offensive line. felt like helped the line was the overall offensive scheme. The Rangers entered the game with Holmes averaging just over 500 yards per contest.

“We looked at everything this offseason and we really said that we wanted teams to play the whole field. The flats, the deep

parts of the field, the middle, we want make defenses honor and respect on every single down,” Jim Jones said. “I think that has made the run game come a little easier because defenses have to cover the whole field.”

Jermaine Jones, according to his coach, is a very strong in the

good chance to be back in the postseason.

“Six points will not get us into the SEC Tournament right now, so we have to keep going and we'll see where it goes,” Bunker said.

“We have more people contributing to the success this year. I think we have great leaders this year. We're all around just a solid group.”

When soccer comes to an end, Bunker has plans to get a master's degree in

weight room, and doesn't have much fat on him even at 335 pounds.

“He's powerful and he's nimble. He can move really well,” Jim Jones said. “I think the best part about him is how coachable he is.

Around here at campus, he's always where he's supposed to be.

Whether it's class, study table, meetings on time, he's an unbelievable person. He's a young man who likes to compete and he likes to play football. It's evident every day he shows up here. He enjoys competing and playing football and that's what stands out to me so much.”

Three weeks before signing day, Jermaine Jones decided Senatobia would be his new home for a couple of seasons. He said that he bonded right away with his coach, and when his mother and father like Jim Jones, everything else just fell into place.

“I liked the campus and the school. I felt it was my home and I wouldn't take that back for nothing in the world,” Jermaine Jones said adding that he hasn't

counseling so that she can be a child life specialist. Ideally, Bunker would work in a hospital for children, and St. Jude is the preferred choice since her father works there.

“You teach a child through play. You try to help with their stress because they are always seeing doctors and nurses who give them their shots and prognosis where I would come in and play with them and take their mind off it,” Bunker said about the occupation. “I'm good at communicating in a small setting, and my passion is children.”

Ole Miss was on the road at Missouri Friday night, the school that Bunker scored her first career goal. The first goal scored is one of the top moments for Bunker. She also liked the dominating win over Kentucky in the SEC Tournament a couple of seasons ago.

“That was a huge win for us to get into the SEC semifinals,” Bunker said. “There are so many games. So far the LSU win has been our biggest moment this year because of the RPI. South Carolina will be a huge game because they're ranked pretty high. And we play them next Sunday.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

heard from many four-year schools, yet. “Recruiting has been real slow. I feel like as the season goes on, more offers are coming.”

Jermaine Jones laughed when asked if he liked Ole Miss saying he has always “loved Ole Miss.”

“To be honest, I like both Ole Miss and Mississippi State,” he added. “If I keep working hard in school, I see anywhere playing big. I see myself playing guard or center. I played center most of the games last year. I love to run block, and pulling. (Crawford) always tells me to get him that one block and he was going to break it for 10 or more.”

The four-year schools can wait, however, Jermaine Jones said. The Rangers are focused on taking the rest of the season game by game.

“We know the East Mississippi game is going to come. We're just focused on getting better every week,” he said. “The next game is the only one we're worried about.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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