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Lady Colonels fast-pitch softball off to 8-0 start
Lady Colonels are perfect 8-0 after first week of play By James Beasley The state champion Copiah Academy Lady Colonels picked up right where they left off last year as they racked up six wins in their first week of play. Still, veteran head coach Terry Bauer says they can get better, which should…
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Coach is counting on team effort in CA girls’ soccer By James Beasley Coach Tom Roberson has seen Copiah Academy girls’ soccer make some vast strides during the years he’s been associated with it. Two years ago, the girls failed to win a game. Last year, in Roberson’s first season as head coach, the team…
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Colonels open season with jamboree; seasoned vets anchor offensive line By James Beasley The Copiah Academy Colonels begin their 2012 football season knowing they have some big shoes to fill. Gone are Kelton Smith, the explosive running back who is now playing at Copiah-Lincoln Community College, and seasoned quarterback Barron Miller, who signed with Gulf…
Read MoreJury sentences convicted killer to death by lethal injection
The capital murder trial of David Lee Dickerson at the Copiah County Courthouse in Hazlehurst ended Tuesday with a guilty verdict on all three counts of capital murder, armed robbery and arson in the brutal death of Paula Hamilton, with whom he shared a daughter, in 2011. The case was turned over to the jury…
Read MoreOne in custody for weekend shooting
One shot, one in custody after weekend shooting A man is in improving condition after suffering a single gun shot wound in Hazlehurst early Saturday morning. Byron Swilley, Hazlehurst Police Chief, said that 23 year-old Fredericko Smith was wounded in the lower abdomen by a shot fired by 22 year-old female Ashley Barber, with whom…
Read MoreLady Colonels fast-pitch softball off to 8-0 start
Lady Colonels are perfect 8-0 after first week of play By James Beasley The state champion Copiah Academy Lady Colonels picked up right where they left off last year as they racked up six wins in their first week of play. Still, veteran head coach Terry Bauer says they can get better, which should…
Read MoreSOCCER PREVIEW: Copiah Academy Lady Colonels
Coach is counting on team effort in CA girls’ soccer By James Beasley Coach Tom Roberson has seen Copiah Academy girls’ soccer make some vast strides during the years he’s been associated with it. Two years ago, the girls failed to win a game. Last year, in Roberson’s first season as head coach, the team…
Read MoreFOOTB ALL PREVIEW: Copiah Academy Colonels
Colonels open season with jamboree; seasoned vets anchor offensive line By James Beasley The Copiah Academy Colonels begin their 2012 football season knowing they have some big shoes to fill. Gone are Kelton Smith, the explosive running back who is now playing at Copiah-Lincoln Community College, and seasoned quarterback Barron Miller, who signed with Gulf…
Read MoreLady Colonels look to defend state title
Lady Colonels look to defend state title By James Beasley “The bull’s eye is on your back,” Copiah Academy fastpitch softball coach Terry Bauer tells his team as they get ready to defend their MAIS AAA State Championship in the upcoming season. “You’d better be ready.” On paper it appears they are. Bauer is beginning…
Read MoreLady Colonels look to defend state title
Lady Colonels look to defend state title By James Beasley “The bull’s eye is on your back,” Copiah Academy fastpitch softball coach Terry Bauer tells his team as they get ready to defend their MAIS AAA State Championship in the upcoming season. “You’d better be ready.” On paper it appears they are. Bauer is beginning…
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