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By James Beasley “That was a real donnybrook, wasn’t it?!” Copiah Academy head coach Scotty Cline said after his Colonels rallied at the end to outscore the Leake Academy Rebels 43-38 in Gallman. Anyone there would have to agree. In a night of big plays, Peyton Whitehead made two of the biggest. With less than…

BY BRADLEY CROW The Wesson Cobras (1-4) lost a 16-8 lead in the fourth quarter of the homecoming contest to drop a 22-16 decision to West Marion Friday night at Stone Stadium in Wesson. The Cobras fumbled the ball with five minutes remaining in the game and West Marion returned it to the 3 yard…

WESSON – The Hinds Eagles took advantage of seven Co-Lin turnovers to take a 36-0 shutout win over the Wolfpack in the opening week of division play. Co-Lin travels to Ellisville on Saturday to take on the Jones County Bobcats in their homecoming game. Kick off is set for 7:30 p.m. Listen live at www.colinathletics.com…

The Hazlehurst Indians roared to 305 total yards at home and beat the South Pike Eagles 26-15 to ruin the homecoming of former Hazlehurst head coach Willie Brown. Coach Randal Montgomery’s squad was led by star running back Demetrius Cain who had 187 yards on 14 carries and quarterback Kenneth Coleman was 5 of 12…

By James Beasley The Copiah Academy Lady Colonels won 5 of 6 games last week to improve their season record to 29-4. CA is scheduled to play in the MAIS South State Playoffs at Jackson Prep this Saturday and next Monday. Opponents had not been determined at press time. In their first game last week,…

By James Beasley “That was a real donnybrook, wasn’t it?!” Copiah Academy head coach Scotty Cline said after his Colonels rallied at the end to outscore the Leake Academy Rebels 43-38 in Gallman. Anyone there would have to agree. In a night of big plays, Peyton Whitehead made two of the biggest. With less than…

BY BONNIE JACKSON The Hazlehurst Board of Aldermen and Mayor Henry Banks heard a very interesting and potentially lucrative proposal during a recent meeting. Renee Marble, president of Citadel International, a business development company, and Tommy Smith, director of SouthPark SportsPlex, presented their plan for building a sports complex in the Hazlehurst Industrial Park. Marble…

BY BRADLEY CROW     The Wesson Cobras battled throughout the entire second half with Seminary only to come up short in a dogfight 14-13 Friday night in Seminary.     “We had our chances,” stated Wesson head coach Tommy Clopton.  “If I would have known we were going to throw a shutout in the second half,…

BY BRADLEY CROW The Hazlehurst Indians, still smarting from the emotional loss to Brookhaven, escaped danger in pulling off a 21-12 victory over the Wingfield Falcons at home.     Defensive back John Bridges busted open the game with only two minutes left and Hazlehurst up 14-12 with a 55 yard interception return for a touchdown…

Lady Colonels go undefeated, win Co-Lin Tourney By James Beasley     The Copiah Academy Lady Colonels returned to their winning ways as they won all five games last week and finished first in the Co-Lin Tournament at Monticello. CA is now 24-3 and ranked second among MAIS teams in the state.     Early in the…