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Mall for sale by auction; starting bid $1.5M located off Highway 45 in Columbus.
Oct. date set for private The company foreclosed in 2018 on
auction of Leigh Mall Security National Properties after SNP
defaulted on a $34.7 million loan for Customers
BY ZACK PLAIR which the mall was one of several prop- are seen
zplair@cdispatch.com erties listed as collateral. Jones Lange entering
LaSalle Americas (JLL) has managed Leigh
Leigh Mall is scheduled to be sold in Mall’s front
Leigh Mall since the foreclosure.
a private auction in October. entrance in
According to the auction listing, Col-
Commercial real estate auction this Dispatch
company Ten-X posted the sale, slated liers’ Atlanta-based retail sales team file photo.
for Oct. 15-17, on its website late last is marketing Leigh Mall as 319,384 The mall was
week. The opening bid is listed at $1.5 square feet of retail space sitting on listed for sale
million, and participants must pay a about 30 acres. Built in 1973, the mall’s by auction on
$25,000 deposit to register for the on- occupancy rate has fallen to 57 percent, Thursday with
with original anchor stores JCPenney a starting
line auction. Colliers International is bid of $1.5
the listing agent. and Sears having both vacated.
million.
Colony Financial owns Leigh Mall, See MALL, 8A Dispatch file photo

Six absentee PRAIRIE ARTS FESTIVAL

voters claim
to live with
candidate
Complaint filed after voters
changed registration to
Gibbs-Gray’s address, voted
absentee in Aug. 20 election
BY SLIM SMITH
ssmith@cdispatch.com

Six adults claiming to live

at candidate Kegdra Gibbs-
Gray’s home at 2514 22nd
Ave. N. cast absentee ballots
for the Aug. 20 special elec-
Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff
tion for Ward 4 Columbus
councilman. Navaeh Brown, 7, and Keeling Burchfield, 6, play with handmade wooden items at the Clover & Leaf booth during the
Prairie Arts Festival in West Point Saturday morning. Navaeh is the daughter of Michael Brown and Monique Watts.
All six — five of whose Keeling is the daughter of Rusty and Katie Burchfield.
Gibbs-Gray
last names are Gibbs — reg-
istered to vote at that address
between July 14 and Aug.
6, according to records ob- RURAL INTERNET
tained from the city regis-
trar’s office. Before that, their
registered addresses were all
outside Ward 4.
As Presley presses for action, 4-County
This has led District 5
Lowndes County Supervisor
Leroy Brooks to file a com-
Brooks
explores offering broadband at its pace
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
plaint with the Mississippi
Secretary of State’s office asking for an in-
ialtman@cdispatch.com ‘(Member-owned electric cooperative) is
vestigation into possible voter fraud in the
election. While Brooks is a Ward 5 resident,
Northern Public Service Commis- the only model that will ever in your lifetime
sioner Brandon Presley says the only
his supervisor district includes parts of Ward
way for rural Mississippians to access serve our rural citizens with the same
4.
“I’ve known the (Gibbs) family for years,”
high speed internet is if electric coop-
eratives in the state provide it to them.
quality of service as bigger cities have’
Brooks said. “They go to my church. It’s a Brandon Presley, Northern Public Service Commissioner
large family and I don’t know all of these six He’s traveling from community to
community encouraging citizens to
people, but I’m pretty sure they are family
members.” lobby their co-ops to look into provid- ‘Broadband is definitely a part of (living the
ing internet service in addition to elec-
A Secretary of State’s representative con-
firmed the office received the complaint and tric power. quality of life you choose). We understand
forwarded it to the Attorney General’s office.
A representative for the AG said office policy
“(Member-owned electric coopera-
tive) is the only model that will ever
that and ... we want to help figure that out’
Jon Turner, 4-County Electric Power Association Spokesman
prohibited commenting on investigations. in your lifetime serve our rural citi-
Gibbs-Gray placed first in a six-candidate zens with the same quality of service
field Aug. 20 to qualify for a runoff set for as bigger cities have,” Presley told a tives have announced plans to provide are moving too slowly when it comes
Sept. 10. She garnered 195 votes, 74 of which group of about 15 citizens at a public
broadband, with more in various stag- to exploring that new option.
came from absentee ballots. The five other meeting at Mississippi University for
es of looking into it, including most re- “If not you, who?” Presley said
candidates combined to receive only 15 ab- Women Thursday night. “It will not
sentee votes. happen any other way.” cently Monroe County Electric Coop- Thursday, referencing 4-County. “You
Pierre Beard finished second to also Earlier this year the Legislature erative. But Presley said he feels many owe that answer to your members.”
qualify for the runoff. Of the 114 total votes passed a law giving electric coopera- cooperatives in the state — including But 4-County spokesperson Jon
he received, only three came from absentee tives the option to provide their mem- 4-County Electric Power Association, Turner told The Dispatch Friday
ballots. bers broadband, a law which Presley which serves parts of Lowndes, Oktib- that providing internet services to
See ABSENTEES, 3A championed. So far, three coopera- beha, Clay and six other counties — See BROADBAND, 8A

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Sunday
Mississippi briefs
Access improvements were not immediately dis-
closed. IGT will provide a
planned for hilltop at central computer system,
Elvis museum retailer terminals and will
TUPELO — Part of print scratch-off tickets.
the museum marking The lottery says that
Elvis Presley’s birthplace it aims to begin selling ASK RUFUS
could get a little easier to scratch-off tickets by Dec.
access. 1 and begin other oper-
City of Tupelo Chief ations, including selling
Operating Officer Don tickets for multistate
Lewis tells the Northeast lotteries in the first three
Mississippi Daily Journal months of 2020.
that the city is likely to
buy some land from the Second person pleads
Elvis Presley Birthplace
Foundation. The founda- in 6-year-old’s death
tion runs the museum, but CANTON — A Missis-
the city owns the land. sippi man has been sen-
Now, people must walk tenced to life in prison for
up the hill, but Guyton his role in the May 2017
says that’s physically shooting death of a 6-year-
difficult for some visitors. old boy who authorities
Work on the road and said was inside a car stolen
parking spaces could start from a supermarket park-
in October. ing lot.
Madison County Sheriff
Randy Tucker says Byron
Mississippi lottery McBride pleaded guilty
chooses vendor for to the capital murder of
machines, tickets Kingston Frazier Thurs-
JACKSON — Missis- day and he was sentenced.
sippi’s new state lottery News outlets report
says it has selected a District Attorney John K.
company to provide the Bramlett Jr. says McBride
technology to run the admitted to shooting Fra-
gambling enterprise. zier, who was asleep in the
The Mississippi back of his mother’s car.
Lottery Corp. announced Hours later the car was
that it had signed a con- found abandoned behind a Courtesy Image
tract Friday with a unit building in Madison Coun- Charles Henri Ford is often credited with introducing America to surrealism in the arts, is known as America’s
of International Game ty. The child was still in the first surrealist poet and was cashier at the Gilmer Hotel Cafe/Coffee Shop in Columbus. The Gilmer Hotel Cof-
Technology PLC. The back seat — where he’d fee Shop in 1939 appeared much as it did when Ford was cashier there about 1928-1931.
London-based company been shot to death.
is one of the nation’s top
lottery vendors, along
D’Allen Washington
was sentenced to 15 years Charles Ford’s Gilmer “Blues Magazine”
T
with competitor Scientific in the case. A third sus-
Games. pect, Dwan Wakefield, fac- hough as a teenager about blues music, Ford America. The magazine
Terms of the contract es trial Oct. 21. little was even pub- named it that because combined art with prose
known lished by the of the inspiration he had and poetry. Among its
in Colum- New Yorker. gotten from blues and contributors were Henry
bus today, While jazz music and he would Miller, Albert Camus,
in 1929 working in the sometimes use lyrics Jean-Paul Sartre, Alex-
CONTACTING THE DISPATCH 21-year-old hotel cafe in from blues songs in his ander Calder, Jorge Luis
Gilmer Hotel 1929 he, with own poetry. Borges, Pablo Picasso,
Office hours: Main line: cafe cashier two friends, Ford was said to have Georgia O’Keeffe, and
n 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon-Fri n 662-328-2424 Charles Parker Tyler moved from Columbus Joan Miró and Wallace
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n 662-328-2424 ext. 100 Blues, A Mag- the Gilmer Hotel as a became an artist and
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of Gertrude Stein’s Paris
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Physical address: 516 Main St., Columbus, MS 39701
international
Avant-gar-
Gertrude December 30,
1928 com-
times included Pablo
Picasso, Ernest Hem-
his lifetime published
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de art and
literary
Stein, Erskine
mented; “...we ingway, Henri Matisse,
was a photographer, art-
find Missis- F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra
Starkville Office: 101 S. Lafayette St. #16, Starkville, MS 39759 circles. When
he died in
Caldwell, E.E.
sippi stirring. Pound, and a host of art
ist, poet, novelist and ed-
itor. He is often credited
Comes an and literary giants.
2002 he was Cummings and announcement In Paris he and Parker with introducing America
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6 teens shot at end of high school football game in Alabama
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOBILE — A 17-year-old
student was arrested Saturday
in connection with a shooting
that happened at a high school
football game in Alabama, leav-
ing at least 10 people injured.
Mobile Police Chief Law-
Absentees
Continued from Page 1A
By law, a voter can cast
an absentee ballot by mail
or in-person before an
election if they are 65 or
older, claim they won’t be
available to vote on elec-
tion day or are disabled.
While most absentee
ballots require a notary
public’s signature, ballots
cast by voters claiming il-
literacy or disability only
require a witness signa-
ture from someone 18 or
older.
Gibbs-Gray, who cast
her ballot at an election
day polling place, lists
2514 22nd Ave. N. as her
address on her qualify-
ing paperwork. Of the six
who voted absentee from
that same address, four
voted by mail and two in
person at City Hall. Two
voters claimed disability,
two noted they would be
The following arrests
were made by Lowndes
County Sheriff’s Office:
n Sidney White, 38,
was charged with grand
larceny-more than $500
and failure to appear.
n Ormega Smith, 40,
was charged with sex of-
fender registration failure.
n Ronnie Otts, 55, was
charged with possession
of methamphetamine,
fleeing or eluding in a
motor vehicle, running a
stop sign, switched tag
and suspended driver’s li-
cense.
n Sammy McCoy,
37, was charged with ag-
gravated assault with a
weapon or other means to
produce death, resisting
arrest, failure to obey a
police officer, suspended
driver’s license and no in-
surance.
n Daniel Jones, 46, was
charged with possession
with intent to distribute.
n Marcus Dawson Jr.,
31, was charged with pos-
session of a weapon by a
felon and three counts of
failure to appear.
n Antonio Brooks, 32,
was charged with posses-
sion of a controlled sub-
stance and seatbelt viola-
tion.
n LaShaundra Barry,
31, was charged with pos-
session of marijuana-more
than one ounce, assault on
a law enforcement officer
and fleeing or eluding in a
motor vehicle.
n Anthony Smith Jr.,
30, was charged with pos-
session of methamphet-
amine, carrying a con-
cealed weapon, possession
of a controlled substance,
possession of marijuana in
a vehicle, suspended driv-
er’s license, no insurance
and contempt of court.
The following arrests
were made by the Oktib-
beha County Sheriff’s Of-
fice:
n Lee Roberson, 62,
was indicted on a felony
charge.
n Marionte Edwards,
20, was charged with bur-
glary of a residence.
n Ricky Taylor, 29, was
charged with domestic vi-
olence.
n Misty Miller, 41, was
charged with probation vi-
olation.
n Justin Cox, 26, was
charged with two bench
warrants.
n John Reato, 21,
was charged with cyber-
stalking.
n Roosevelt Jones, 57,
was charged with felony
MSU SPORTS BLOG
rence Battiste tells news outlets
that six people were directly shot
Friday and one person had a sei-
zure shortly after the shooting
at Ladd-Peebles Stadium, a city-
owned venue hosting a game be-
tween LeFlore High School and
Williamson High School.
In a post on Twitter, police
out of town on election
day and two others said
work prevented them
from voting on election
day.
Brooks believes one of
the voters who claimed
disability is Gibbs-Gray’s
son who lives in Tennes-
see. That voter changed
his registration July 15
to the candidate’s home
after previously being
registered at an address
outside the city limits.
Four of the absentee
voters were previously
registered at a Ward 2
address. A woman at that
Ward 2 address on Friday
told The Dispatch those
four were her grandchil-
dren who hadn’t lived
there in “a couple of
years.”
The sixth voter who
cast an absentee ballot
AREA ARRESTS
White Smith
Brooks Barry
Miller Cox
taking of a motor vehicle.
n Monterious Davis,
23, was charged with third
offense DUI, suspended
driver’s license, resisting
arrest and no seatbelt.
n Austin Funkhouser,
24, was charged with pos-
session of cocaine.
n Courtney Ross, 31,
was charged with false
pretense.
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said authorities arrested a male stemmed from a fight, and the he said. “We’re going to ask that
teenager on nine counts of at- suspect pulled a gun and started the community help us by iden-
tempted murder. News outlets “indiscriminately shooting.” tifying those individuals that
report the teenager surrendered “This is a cowardly act by an they know that bring this type of
Saturday morning. It was un- individual who didn’t know how foolishness out to these type of
known if the suspect has an at- to deal with a situation,” Battiste events.”
torney who could speak on his said. Some of the victims have
behalf. “It’s not acceptable in our been released from the hospital,
Battiste said the shooting community, we won’t tolerate it,” but it is not clear how many.
from Gibbs-Gray’s home ing in early August when fying their until after the runoff to
was previously registered he was tipped off by a city (voter) reg- decide a course of action.
in Ward 5. A man claim- voting commissioner that istration on “At this point, I’m go-
ing he had lived at that 73 absentee ballots had the form
ing to wait,” he said Satur-
former address 40 years been requested, almost they signed
all of them associated to get their day. “Mr. Brooks has the
said he didn’t know the
voter but “still gets some with one candidate. absentee investigation underway,
mail with her name on it In an Aug. 9 press con- ballots.” so there’s not really any-
every now and then.” ference where he stated Asked if Beard thing else that needs to
In a text to The Dis- his intentions to ask for an he believed be done. I’ll wait and see if
patch, Gibbs-Gray denied investigation, Brooks did his opponent’s campaign
any of those same things
any wrongdoing. not name the candidate. has violated election laws,
Now, he said, he be- Beard answered, “Most happen again in the run-
“I’m not commenting
lieves Gibbs-Gray’s cam- definitely.” off. Then, I’ll know how I
on bs. These types of
dirty lowdown political paign has solicited fraud- Beard said he will wait want to handle it.”
tactics make me more ulent absentee ballots.
POLITICAL
determined to represent Brooks said there is
Ward 4. Please come out more evidence to come.
on September 10th and “This weekend I’m
going to follow up on
ANNOUNCEMENT
vote,” it reads.
some more complaints
I’ve heard,” he said. “I’m
Brooks: More evidence putting together another This is a paid political advertisement which
to come complaint and I have a
is intended as a public service for the voters
Brooks said he first be- paper trail to follow. This
came aware of the possi- one is more substantive of Mississippi. It has been submitted to and
ble abuse of absentee vot- with about 25 people falsi- approved by each candidate listed below or by
the candidate’s campaign manager. This listing is
not intended to suggest or imply that these are the
only candidates for these offices.
LOWNDES COUNTY
ChaNCErY CLErk SUpErviSOr
DiSTriCT 3
Cindy
Egger
Tim
Goode
(R) Heard
Otts McCoy Jones Dawson Jr. (D)
TaX aSSESSOr/COLLECTOr
John
Holliman
Greg
Andrews (R)*
(D)*
Smith Jr. Roberson Edwards Taylor
CONSTabLE
COUNTY aTTOrNEY
DiSTriCT 1
William Jake
Starks Humbers
(D) (D)
Reato Jones Davis Funkhouser
Steve Chris
n James Wallace Griffin
Collier, 40,
(R) (R)
was charged
with pos-
session of a
cont rolled General Election November 5
s ub s t a nc e ,
s u s p e n d e d Ross Collier Potts OkTibbEha COUNTY
driver’s li-
n Beverly Potts, 40, SUpErviSOr SUpErviSOr
cense, failure
to yield right of way and was charged with aggra-
disorderly conduct. vated domestic violence. DiSTriCT 3 DiSTriCT 4
Marvell Daniel
Howard Jackson
(D)* (D)
Dennis Bricklee
Daniels Miller
(R) (R)*
TaX aSSESSOr/COLLECTOr
Allen
General Election
Morgan November 5
(R)*
STaTE raCES
SENaTOr rEprESENTaTivE
DiSTriCT 17 DiSTriCT 37
Chuck Gary
Younger Chism
(R)* (R)*
General Election November 5
Call 662-328-2424 for information
on including your announcement here.
* Incumbent
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Justice Ginsburg reports she’s ‘very well’

following cancer treatment
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Su-
preme Court Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg said Sat-
urday she’s “alive” and
on her way to being “very
well” following radiation
treatment for cancer.
understood the Supreme
Court would shift right
for decades if Republican
President Donald Trump
were to get the ability to
nominate someone to re-
place her.
On Saturday, Gins-
was recuperating from former Justice John Paul
lung cancer surgery Stevens, who retired from
earlier this year, some the court in 2010 at age
doubters demanded pho- 90. Ginsburg said she told
tographic proof that she Stevens: “My dream is to
was still living. remain on the court as
Ginsburg went on to long as you did.” Stevens
say that she was “on my responded: “Stay longer.”

Opal Elizabeth Smith

Ginsburg, 86, made the
comments at the Library
of Congress National
Book Festival in Wash-
ington. The event came
a little over a week after
Ginsburg disclosed that
she had completed three
weeks of outpatient radia-
tion therapy for a cancer-
ous tumor on her pancre-
as and is now disease-free.
It is the fourth time
over the past two decades
that Ginsburg has been
treated for cancer. She
had colorectal cancer in
burg, whose latest book
“In My Own Words” came
out in 2016, spoke to an au-
dience of more than 4,000
at Washington’s conven-
tion center. Near the be-
ginning of an hour-long
talk, her interviewer, NPR
reporter Nina Totenberg,
said: “Let me ask you a
question that everyone
here wants to ask, which
is: How are you feeling?
Why are you here instead
of resting up for the term?
And are you planning on
staying in your current
job?”
way” to being “very well.” He died in July at age 99.
As for her work on the Su- Ginsburg said Satur-
preme Court, which is on day that she loves her job.
its summer break and be- “It’s the best and the
gins hearing arguments hardest job I’ve ever had,”
It is with profound sadness that we announce
again Oct. 7, Ginsburg she said. “It has kept me
the passing of Opal Elizabeth Smith, loving
said she will “be prepared going through four cancer mother of five children and wife of 44 years to Ry
when the time comes.” bouts. Instead of concen- Harvey Smith. She said goodbye to this life and
Ginsburg, who was trating on my aches and hello to Heaven on August 1, 2019, at 11:49 a.m.,
appointed by Democratic pains, I just know that I peacefully in the presence of her family. She was
President Bill Clinton in have to read this set of 77 years old.
Opal was born in Rossville, Georgia, on June
1993, did not directly an- briefs, go over the draft
19, 1942. Her father was Alveston Dee Wakefield
swer how long she plans opinion. So I have to some-
and her mother was Ava Lois Williams Wakefield.
to stay on the court. Ear- how surmount whatever is
Her early life circumstances made receiving an
lier this summer, how- going on in my body and
education challenging, but she was a lifelong
ever, she reported a con- concentrate on the court’s
learner. After her first marriage and the birth of
versation she had with work.”
her children, Gail, John and Jeffrey, she resumed

1999, pancreatic cancer in
2009 and lung cancer sur-
gery in December.
Both liberals and con-
servatives watch the
health of the court’s oldest
justice closely because it’s
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Sara Hazard
WEST
POINT
— Sara
Stevens
Hazard, 93,
died Aug.
31, 2019, at
her resi-
Hazard
dence.
Services
are 2 p.m. Tuesday at
the First Presbyterian
Church with the Rev.
Brandon Bates officiat-
ing. Burial will follow at
Greenwood Cemetery
in West Point. Visitation
is Tuesday at 12:30 p.m.
at the church. Robinson
Funeral Home in West
Point is entrusted with
arrangements.
“How am I feeling?
Well, first, this audience
can see that I am alive,”
Ginsburg said to applause
and cheers. The comment
was a seeming reference
to the fact that when she
Mrs. Hazard was
born March 29, 1926, in
Macon to the late Mr.
and Mrs. Boswell Ste-
vens. She was a gradu-
ate of Mississippi State
University and was
voted Miss Mississippi
State University. She
was a member and a pil-
lar at the First Presby-
terian Church. Sara was
a hospital volunteer,
served as a “Pink Lady”
for many years, and was
a charter member for
the Junior Auxiliary.
In addition to her
parents, she was pre-
ceded in death by her
husband, Mark Gordon
Hazard; siblings, Katha-
rine Stevens Hollister,
A.B. Stevens and Nel
Stevens George.
She is survived by
her children, Mark Gor-
don Hazard III, Boswell
Stevens Hazard, Sally
Hazard Sposato and
John Wyatt Hazard; sev-
en grandchildren and
12 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be
Steve McKinney, Mike
Matthews, Matt Haz-
ard, Mark Hazard IV,
Josh Hazard and Joseph
Huffman.
Memorials may be
made to the First Pres-
byterian Church, EPC,
Post Office Box 366,
West Point, MS 39773.
Luella McBride
COLUMBUS — Lu-
ella McBride, 80, died
on Aug. 30, 2019.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will
be announced by Lee
Sykes Funeral Home of
Columbus.
Stacey Deans
Saltillo — Stacey Vernon
Deans, 53, died Tuesday,
August 27, 2019, at Baldwyn
Nursing Facility, after a lengthy
illness.
He was born in Chicago,
Illinois, April 10, 1966, to
Dennis and Earlean Tillman
Deans.
He received his Master’s
Degree in Forensic Psychology
from Saint Leo. Committed to public service,
Stacey spent his life working as a Police Officer
at Moss Point City Police Department, a Sheriff’s
Deputy at Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department,
an Investigator at the Attorney General’s Office,
Assistant Chief at Scooba Police Department,
and finally, serving as Captain of the Columbus
Police Department.
On June 24, 2008, Stacey was commissioned
by the Governor of Kentucky, Steven L. Beshear,
the title of a Kentucky Colonel. During his
career, he participated in Crime Stoppers
Annual Training, received a certificate in Police
Control and Restraint Techniques, Professional
Certificate, certificate of Training for Internal
Investigation in Small Department, certificate of
Excellence in Writing Skills, certificate in Cyber
Crime Forensics Training and a certificate for
attendance of the Governor’s Homeland Security
Conference.
On September 27, 2014, he married Yolanda
Kaye Bounds. He was a member of Cross Pointe
Ministries in Tupelo.
Survivors include his wife, Yolanda Kaye
Bounds Deans; four children, P.J. Gunn of
Guntown, Laneshia Deans of West Point,
Alexandria Gunn of Tupelo and Raven Deans
of Warner Robins, Georgia; four grandchildren,
La’tia Deans, Jaden Williams, Rissa Gunn and
Nova Lockridge; two sisters, Jackie Hollister and
her husband, Richard, of Jacksonville, Florida,
and Pauline Neal and her husband, Robert, of
Richton, Illinois; and brother, Dennis Deans, Jr.
and his wife, Roberta, of Verona.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service
time Tuesday, September 3, 2019, at the James
W. Trotter Convention Center in Columbus.
Services honoring his life will be at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019, at the James W.
Trotter Convention Center in Columbus, with
Dr. Steven James, Sr., Associate Pastor Reggie
Miller, Pastor Kevin Rea and Associate Pastor
Tony Kelsie officiating. Burial will follow in
Porter Memorial Park. W. E. Pegues Funeral
Directors is in charge of the arrangements.
Pallbearers will be David Bounds, Johnny
Collins, Tony Tillman, Tracey Tillman, John
Wren, John Blair, Nekeith Stribling and Eugene
Betts.
Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.
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her education and received her GED. On Jan-
uary 9, 1975, she married Roy. They settled in
Brookhaven, MS, and raised two children, Caryn
Amaris and Jesse Scott. Opal worked as a mother
and homemaker, but her calling in life was being
a prayer warrior, studying the Bible, and telling
people about Jesus.
Opal never met a stranger and tried to be
a blessing to literally everyone she met. She
loved her family fiercely. She was so proud of
her children, and she was her grandchildren’s
and great-grandchildren’s best friend. She loved
nothing better than spending time with her
family and playing with her grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. She was tireless in praying
for her loved ones, even if there was a strain in
the relationship. She tried to help and encourage
them any way she could and never gave up on any
of her family members.
She loved to read and research, and it gave
her so much joy to share what she had learned!
She lived to pass along information about natural
medicine, how to prepare for natural disasters,
the latest political drama, and information about
bad weather on the way. But no matter what mes-
sage she had for you that day, she’d always wrap
her story up by saying, “Have a blessed day! Je-
sus loves you and watches over you!”
Opal could make anything grow, and she was
happiest outdoors, planting flowers, fruit trees
and roses. She loved giving away plants and col-
lecting seeds. One of her favorite treasures in her
garden was a nearly dead rose that she rescued
from a construction site! She was also passionate
about sewing, quilting and cross stitch, and she
made many gifts for her friends and family that
they will treasure forever. She also loved playing
games, collecting pretty hats and purses, watch-
ing the Pioneer Woman, going to the movies,
and visiting the beach. She loved her church, Co-
lumbus Christian Center, and was a member for
many years.
Opal was a little lady, but she was strong and
tough as nails. Her family loved to joke that she’d
live forever! But her brave little heart, which
faced so much trouble in life and contained so
much love, just couldn’t keep beating any longer.
She died from complications of a massive heart
attack after fighting bravely for two weeks at the
University of Alabama Cardiac Intensive Care
Unit. Her family will forever be thankful to the
physicians and nursing staff of the Cardiology
Department at UAB Hospital for the care they
gave her during her last two weeks of life. They
are also thankful for the kindness and thought-
ful care of the physicians and nurses of t CICU
at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS,
where she was also hospitalized.
Opal was preceded in death by her mother and
father, as well as her son, Jeffrey Bullock; and her
brothers, Samuel and Isaac Wakefield.
She is survived by her husband, Roy Harvey
Smith; by her children, daughter, Gail Boggan
and husband, Bob, son, John Bullock and wife,
Dana, daughter, Caryn Amaris (Amy) Robinson
and husband, Jonathan, son, Jesse Smith and
wife, Debra; as well as her brother, Rufus Wake-
field and wife, Terry, her brother, Ernest Wake-
field and wife, Patti; sister, Mary C. Hicks; and
several nieces and nephews. She is also survived
by seven beloved grandchildren, Brent Boggan,
Krisha Bullock-Hargrove and husband, David,
Christopher Bullock, Elli Robinson, and Logan
and Andrew Smith and Gage Querns, as well as
two precious great-grandchildren, Mason Bull-
ock and Harper Hargrove.
A Celebration of Opal’s Life for family and
friends will be held on Sunday, September 1,
2019, from 5-8 p.m. at the home of Jonathan and
Caryn Amaris Robinson in Columbus. For infor-
mation regarding this event, please call 662-251-
4864. Condolences may be sent to 153 Cooper
Road, Columbus, MS 39702.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations for Bi-
bles to be given in Opal’s memory may be made
to The Gideons International at sendtheword.
org, by to P.O. Box 140800, Nashville, TN 37214,
or by calling (866) 382-4253.
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Our View
Roses and thorns
A rose to the
working men
and women
of America
during this
Labor Day
weekend. Labor Day pays
tribute to the contributions
and achievements of American
workers. It was created by the
labor movement in the late
19th century and became a fed-
eral holiday in 1894, predating
official federal holiday recogni-
tion of Memorial Day, Mother’s
Day and Fathers Day. Labor
Day weekend also symbolizes
the end of summer for many
Americans and is celebrated
with parties, street parades
and athletic events. We salute
the workers of our nation and
hope the holiday provides a
well-deserved break. Enjoy!
A rose to
the Mississippi
State football
team, which
opened its 120th
season with a
38-28 win over the University
of Louisiana on Saturday in
New Orleans. College football
bears little resemblance to the
game the school, then known
at Mississippi A&M, began
playing in 1895. Today, the
MSU football program has not
only gained national promi-
nence — it is seeking its 10th
consecutive bowl game this
season — but has become a
huge economic driver, annually
pumping millions of dollars
into Starkville and the greater
Golden Triangle community.
The season will have its ups
and downs, as all seasons do,
but it will continue to be a
great source of entertainment
and economic benefits for our
community. Hail State!
A rose
to the Clay
County Board
of Supervisors
and the Golden
Triangle Plan-
ning and Development District,
which worked together to cre-
ate a new courthouse complex
that will greatly relieve over-
crowding and make its courts
more efficient. Local officials
held a ribbon-cutting this week
for a $4 million complex that
will house the county’s circuit
and justice courts. The GT-
PDD is financing the project.
Until now, virtually all county
business was conducted in the
current courthouse. When
circuit and justice courts were
in session, the crowding was so
bad that it severely hampered
the work performed there,
which also includes chancery
court, youth court and the tax
assessor’s office. The new com-
plex on West Main Street will
greatly reduce that crowing
and make doing business with
the county far easier and more
efficient. It’s a great benefit
to both county officials and
citizens of Clay County.
A rose to
Eddie Hawkins
and his Repub-
lic primary
run-off op-
ponent Greg
Wright. Hawkins, a lieutenant
with the Mississippi Bureau of
Narcotics, edged Wright, chief
deputy for the Lowndes County
Sheriff’s Office, by 353 votes on
Tuesday. What is notable about
this race was that both candi-
dates ran positive campaigns
focusing on the issues. The pet-
ty, mean-spirited and negative
campaigning that has sadly be-
come a staple of elections was
noticeably absent in this race.
Both men were respectful of
their opponent. They attacked
the issues rather than each oth-
er even though the election was
hard-fought and fairly contest-
ed. It was a breath of fresh air.
Now, as Hawkins heads into the
Nov. 5 general election against
independent Anthony Nelson,
we hope that spirit continues.
Voters benefit when candidates
focus on policies rather than
personalities.

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Voice of the people
Storm cleanup cost
Some figures are in on the cleanup cost and some
checks that have been written. Looks Great Service were
paid $182,951.55, Go Box paid $131,492.40, Debris Tech
paid $159,613.00, J5 paid $40,221.00, City of Columbus
paid $15,602.21, CL&.W Dept. paid $6,874.42.
All this information was on the docket at the past coun-
cil’s meeting. That’s a total of $536,754.58. With borrow-
ing $5 million in installments of $500,000, looks to me the
city is coming up short or as the case is, has overspent
the first draw. But let’s not nit pick. Business as usual for
our fair city. No accountability in our city’s finances.
Oh! By the way on a Facebook post Mr. Edwards of
J5 stated on April 23, 2019, “J5 would aid in the tornado
relief without compensation and decline contract mon-
ies from the city of Columbus.” This can be verified on
J5’s Facebook page. Must have had a change of mind.
Information that I have been given, all the hours that J5
said they spend on the paperwork for FEMA is a little
misleading. It is my understanding FEMA will assist on
the necessary paperwork at no cost. After all, we paid at
lot to Debris Tech for overseeing and monitoring.
I have a hard time believing all the years prior to 2013
the city operated without a firm to oversee the oversee-
ing. To date the city has paid J5 $834,174.55 to oversee.
Just one point comes to mind. Months ago the city had a
$880,000 deficit. Maybe J5 wasn’t such a bargain for all
the overseeing. Just a thought.
Now a tax increase has been planned to pay on debt
service for the city, and the city has a surplus due to Birney Imes/Dispatch Staff
budget cuts. But the city’s streets, drainage and general Standing on a wooded road next to Lake Catherine south of Friendship Cemetery, Paul Mack taps into
maintenance is suffering due to these cuts. Our police his cell phone the names of birds he has seen or heard on his morning tour of the cemetery. His bird
and fire department also have a personnel shortage that inventories become part of a database maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, New York.
the city leaders aren’t talking about So, where do we
really stand?
I attended the budget meeting last week and another
was planned for this Thursday at 4pm. I found the time
Cemetery alive with avian activity
W
was changed after I arrive at 4pm. The change was post- hen I phoned As a child growing up in the suburbs of Los
ed on the door at the Municipal Complex. This is perfect- Paul Mack to Angeles, nature wasn’t close at hand, Mack says.
ly legal, but a little underhanded not giving any public finalize plans to Though he didn’t use it professionally, his dad
notice. Transparency and open government is not in our go with him on one of his was trained as a biologist and occasionally he
fair city. There is supposed to be an announcement in the bird walks in Friendship would take his children places they could get mud
paper for the tax increase public hearing, watch for it. I Cemetery, he asked if I between their toes.
made an error in a past letter as to the charges of attor- had a set of binoculars. One of those outings was to a city marsh that
neys and bond/loan underwriters. I said 10 percent, it is The retired MUW biol- was eventually paved over. Though he was only
one percent. So one percent of $5 million is $50,000. Still ogy professor, had told me 5 at the time, the memory is vivid for Mack. “We
good money for paper work for the city to borrow money. about his daily walking caught tons of frogs,” he said. On the way home
God bless America and Columbus. tours in the cemetery six those tons of frogs escaped the confines of coffee
Lee Roy Lollar blocks from his Southside cans Paul and his brother used for their temporary
Columbus home. In the course of a Birney Imes home. The escapees attached themselves to the
A letter to the editor is an excellent way to participate year he has seen and/or windows of the car, a sight that evoked double
in your community. We request the tone of your letters be heard 125 species of birds on these avian walk- takes from at least one passing motorist.
constructive and respectful and the length be limited to 450 abouts, he said. In his senior year at the University of California
words. We welcome all letters emailed to voice@cdispatch. Call any time you want to go, he had said, and at Riverside, Mack stumbled upon what would be
com or mailed to The Dispatch, Attn: Letters to the Editor, at 7 o’clock on a sultry August morning, we met in a lifelong calling. As an environmental science ma-
PO Box 511, Columbus, MS 39703-0511. his front yard. jor, he figured a field zoology course was in order.
Speaking precisely and with an accent not from What happened next is not an uncommon story:
around here, Mack, 65, exudes the energy of a unassuming student signs up for course taught by
Other editors man much younger. He possesses another nota- inspired professor, and a life is changed.
ble, though less observable, trait: Where most of In this case the prof was Bill Mayhew, who, says

USM’s stadium beer sales an us hear a cacophony of bird chatter, Mack hears
distinct, individual voices.
Mack, “totally changed everything for me.”
As we walk across the railroad tracks nine Ca-

interesting experiment On his tours, he will loop the perimeter of the

The news that the University of Southern Mississippi
is going to start selling beer and light wine at its football
games is a sign of the times.
Even though the school’s motivation is mostly mon-
etary, the move might actually reduce rowdiness in the
stands. How’s that? Because it may cut down on how
much hard alcohol is smuggled in.
A study we saw reported recently said that the average
alcohol by volume consumed at tailgating was 5 percent
— that is, mostly beer. But inside the stadium, where
alcohol is not for sale, the alcohol content of what imbib-
ers are drinking jumps to an average of 45 percent. That’s
because it’s easier to sneak in hard liquor, which doesn’t
take much room in a pocket or purse, than beer.
That study, though, won’t keep USM from holding its
breath that there are no incidents inside the stadium by
people who have topped off too many times at the conces-
sion stand.
Meanwhile, most of the big-time football programs,
including those in the Southeastern Conference, are con-
tent to see how the experiment goes at the smaller-confer-
ence schools before they jump in.
They’ve already got enough money not to take chances.
Greenwood Commonwealth
graveyard tapping into his cell phone the names
of the birds he sees or hears. Using an app called
eBird, Mack uploads each day’s bird list to a data-
base maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
in Ithaca, New York.
Thousands of birders like him around the globe
submit similar daily inventories, he says.
As we begin our walk, Mack tells me he had
heard or seen seven species in the few minutes we
stood in his yard talking: a cardinal, humming-
birds, Carolina chickadees, tufted titmouse, three
blue-gray gnat-catchers, blue jays and a summer
tanager.
As we round the corner from First Street to
Eighth Avenue, Mack points out a red-shouldered
hawk about 100 yards away. The bird is perched
atop a dead tree beside the railroad tracks behind
Wil and Dorothy Colom’s house.
“There’s a kite (a Mississippi kite),” he says
pointing to another bird a block and a half to our
east. “He’s probably not happy about that hawk
being in his tree.”
The flash of feathers, a few notes of a song, that
is all it takes. “There’s a house finch,” Mack says.
“I know the shapes; I see his red head. There’s
rarely a (bird) noise I hear I don’t know.”
nadian geese fly over. “Fall migration has started,”
Mack says. Not an easy concept to grasp in the
August heat.
Granted, there is the delight of being in nature
and communing with these beautiful airborne
creatures we share the planet with. I get that.
But why are all these ornithologists — self-styled
and university-trained — going to the trouble
of making daily inventories of the birds in their
backyards?
By way of an answer Mack says the black-belly
whistling duck is moving into the area from the
Gulf Coast. They were first seen here in 2014-2015
around the Highway 50 Bridge between Columbus
and West Point. Now they are starting to colonize
the area.
While he has his suspicions, Mack is reluctant
to attribute shifting patterns of bird populations to
climate change. He’d rather leave that call to the
climatologists.
During our cemetery walk on this morning
Mack has seen or heard 28 species of birds. He up-
loads his list to eBird as we walk back to his house.
“Once you start paying attention to it, you real-
ize stuff is everywhere,” he says.
Birney Imes (birney@cdispatch.com) is the for-
mer publisher of The Dispatch.
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Protect or develop? Amazon fires signal growing pressure

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO
The Associated Press
VILA NOVA SAMUEL, Bra-
zil — “Without smoke, there’s
no progress,” said the Amazon
rancher in a torn straw hat and
cowboy boots caked in red dirt.
The rancher, 75-year-old An-
tonio Lopes da Silva, was talking
about the fires that have swept
parts of one of the world’s most
precious regions in recent weeks.
People around the world reacted
with shock at what they consider
a monumental threat to the envi-
ronment, but for many living in
the Amazon, land-clearing fires
mean survival and development.
“If you don’t burn, you can’t
live. But it has to be well orga-
nized” and in line with the law,
said da Silva, who provides pas-
ture for his 200 cattle.
The strain between protect-
ing and developing the Amazon,
which encompasses vast rain-
forests as well as mid-size cities,
farms and logging operations,
will surely intensify even after
this year’s fires subside.
The Amazon, about 60% of
which is in Brazil, is a buffer
against climate change that is
crucial to the planet’s health, sci-
entists say. It is also an engine for
growth whose huge spaces and
natural resources are being har-
nessed relentlessly to help boost
Latin America’s biggest econo-
my.
Rainforest makes up much of
the Amazonian state of Rondonia,
where da Silva lives. At 238,000
square kilometers (92,000 square
miles), Rondonia is about the size
of Ecuador.
Vila Nova Samuel, a small
frontier town, is on the fringes
of the Jacunda National Forest,
where some fires have occurred.
Residents drive motorcycles on
dirt roads lined with tire repair
shops and bars where bare-chest-
ed men offer cold beer. The town
is dotted with sawmills that are
the backbone of its economy.
Fires are set annually in Bra-
zil, and some are legal. But the
rate surged this year, leading to
speculation that ranching and
other business interests eager
to expand holdings were em-
boldened by President Jair Bol-
sonaro’s economic development
campaign. Stricter enforcement
of environmental laws between
2004 and 2014 sharply curbed the
rate of deforestation, but critics
say the state agency in charge of
protecting the rainforest is being
systematically weakened under
Bolsonaro.
After an international out-
cry, his government banned
setting legal fires for 60 days
for land-clearing to try to rein in
the burning, some of which has
happened in already deforested
areas.
On Thursday, many people
in Vila Nova Samuel didn’t want
to talk about the ban, a sensitive
subject. Some said they feared
state reprisals if they criticized it.
Tens of thousands of Brazilian
troops have been made available
to help put out the fires, accord-
ing to Bolsonaro, who has bris-
tled at European criticism of his
environmental record.
Near Vila Nova Samuel, a jun-
gle infantry brigade accompa-
nied firefighters and agents of the
country’s environmental enforce-
ment agency to a brush fire that
threatened to consume a wooden
shack, the home of farmer Adaa
Raauwendaal and his family.
Inside the dirt-floor shack,
Raauwendaal said he wasn’t to
blame and that it was the second
time in days his home had near-
ly been consumed by fire. The
family has four cows and some
chickens.
“The fire doesn’t stop,” Raau-
wendaal said. “We do our best to
put it out before it burns through
everything we own.”

Before Dorian, Florida groups

help immigrants get prepared
The Associated Press
LAKE WORTH, Fla.
— With Hurricane Dorian
menacing Florida, Nativi-
dad Jimenez sat in front of
a microphone to tape a mes-
sage in an Ancient Maya
language that few in the
world understand but that’s
spoken by thousands of im-
migrants in the state.
In her native Mam,
Jimenez urged Guatemalan
immigrants to get water,
cash, and gas and heed any
evacuation orders in areas
with mobile homes where
many immigrants live in the
city of Lake Worth, less than
5 miles (8 kilometers) from
President Donald Trump’s
winter home Mar-a-Lago.
That and other messag-
es recorded in three indige-
nous languages will be sent
as mass emergency text
notifications, and broadcast
via speakers in fire trucks
around low-income commu-
nities.
“Many Guatemalans live
in mobile homes. As much
as you tell them to please
seek shelter, they some-
times don’t get it. But may-
be the fire truck will help,”
Jimenez said.
With the major hurri-
cane threatening, Floridi-
ans have frantically stocked
up on gas to power genera-
tors and water to drink and
cook with. Forecasts have
suggested the storm would
hug Florida’s east coast and
spare it a direct hit, while
still menacing it with a dan-
gerous storm surge.
However, communities
near the coast were still in
the cone of potential storm
pathways forecast by the
National Hurricane Center
in Miami as of Saturday.
Charity groups were
worried about vulnerable
populations along the east-
ern coast who tend to have
fewer resources than most
to prepare ahead of major
storms. They include Cen-
tral American immigrants
in Lake Worth and Jupiter,
elderly people in retirement
communities all the way
up the coast, and homeless
people in parks.
Lawmakers are going
to Spanish-language radio
stations asking people to
go through hurricane plan- Ramirez rubbing her bel-
ning with older relatives ly. Money has been scarce
living by themselves. Teach- since she lost some jobs
ers are telling immigrant cleaning homes after she
children to explain to their started showing. “Some-
parents what’s needed in times they can offer help at
their hurricane kit. Tutors my church. I have been go-
who normally pay visits to ing every day.”
teach young children have Amalia Godinez arrived
switched gears to hurri- at the center carrying her
cane-proof homes and ex- 10-month-old daughter on
plain the location of shelters her back with a hand-woven
and hospitals. baby wrap. Godinez said
Nongovernment al she worried she would lose
organizations also have power and not be able to
launched a website to text cook for her three children.
alerts in Spanish and Hai- Her two older boys say that
tian Creole, establishing their teacher tells them they
three locations to distribute need to have canned food
emergency supplies once and water for several days.
Dorian passes. “I have not been able to
The nonprofit organiza- buy more food,” said the
tion Guatemalan-Maya Cen- stay-at-home mother. “I
ter estimates that as many hope God stays with us after
as 10,000 Guatemalans of the hurricane leaves.”
the 20,000 who concentrate
in Palm Beach County are
speaking an indigenous
language and have troubles
understanding Spanish, a
language Florida officials
have mastered when disas-
ter strikes.
The Rev. Frank
O’Loughlin, co-founder of
the Guatemalan-Maya Cen-
ter, said news updates by
local TV networks or even
Spanish-language Univision
and Telemundo affiliates
may be falling on deaf ears.
“We keep telling the
emergency services ‘You
are talking out into the air
but you are not talking to
the actual workforce.’ And
how do we compensate for
that?” said O’Loughlin.
Gloria Ramirez arrived
from Huehuetenango, Gua-
temala two months ago af-
ter crossing the U.S.-Mexi-
co border in El Paso, Texas
with her father. The preg-
nant 16-year-old girl lives in
a crowded apartment with
her father and other im-
migrant families. She isn’t
sure they have shutters or
plywood to protect the win-
dows.
Ramirez, who has trou-
ble understanding Spanish
as her main language is
mam, also said it has been
hard to find supplies. She is
hoping that a church nearby
may be able to help.
“I am praying to God
that we can find water,” said
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Ole Miss student indicted in death of fellow student ‘Multiple gunshot victims’
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

OXFORD — A Univer-
sity of Mississippi student
has been indicted for cap-
ital murder in the killing
of a fellow student whose
slaying shocked many in
and around the Ole Miss
community.
The indictment accus-
es Brandon Theesfeld
of Fort Worth, Texas, of
kidnapping and killing Al-
exandria “Ally” Kostial of
Kirkwood, Missouri. Her
body was found July 20
near a lake about 30 miles
(50 kilometers) from the
university campus.
Defense attorney Tony
Farese tells the Northeast
Mississippi Daily Journal
that Theesfeld denies the
crime and will maintain
his plea of not guilty when
he’s arraigned.
Theesfeld was arrested
July 22. His defense team
last week asked a judge to
order a psychiatric evalu-
ation for him.
Theesfeld, a business
student, has been sus-
pended by the university.
He’s jailed without bail.
in Texas shootings
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Postal Service vehicle
and were firing at ran-
ODESSA, Texas — dom, hitting multiple
Police said there are people, Odessa police
“multiple gunshot vic- said. “At this time there
tims” in West Texas after are multiple gunshot
reports of two suspects victims,” Odessa police
opening fire on Saturday

Mall
Continued from Page 1A
However, the listing
notes the “current tenant
lineup” of Hobby Lobby,
Planet Fitness, Books-a-
Million and others as via-
ble moneymakers for new
ownership.
“Leigh Mall is now ripe
with possibilities for de-
malling, repositioning and
redevelopment, while con-
tinuing to provide reliable
current cash flow from na-
tional and local tenants,”
the listing reads. “… The
asset benefits from a
high-profile, highly visi-
ble location with very fa-
vorable access, exposure
and parking.”
The property also sits
in a “Qualified Opportuni-
ty Zone,” which is a feder-
al designation that would
offer developers capital
gains tax credits for in-
vesting in the site.
A source with direct
knowledge of the auction,
who was not authorized to
comment on the record,
said the sale would not af-
fect the leases of current
mall tenants. Those leas-
es have non-disturbance
clauses, the source said,
which means both the
new mall owners and cur-
rent tenants are bound to
said in a posting on Face-
in the area of Midland book.
and Odessa. The Texas Depart-
Midland police said ment of Public Safety
at least one suspect was has urged residents to
the terms. shot and killed near the avoid major highways in
Leigh Mall Property Cinergy movie theater in the area, including Inter-
Manager Gail Culpepper
Odessa. state 20.
did not return a call from
One or possibly two No other details were
The Dispatch by press
suspects hijacked a U.S. available by press time.
time.
Lowndes County Tax
Assessor/Collector Greg
Andrews estimated in
2018 the mall property, in-
cluding all its businesses,
is worth between $12 mil-
lion and $18 million.

Broadband
Continued from Page 1A
its approximately 38,000
members is significantly
more complex than Pres-
ley is making it out to be.
For one thing, it’s asking
a company that provides
electricity to branch
into an entirely different
industry, which its em-
ployees don’t know much
about.
“We didn’t ask to be
brought into the broad-
band business,” Turner
told The Dispatch in an
interview Friday.
Prior to the new law
being passed, 4-County
commissioned a mar-
keting study of its most
rural members to gauge
how interested they were
in high-speed internet,
and the co-op has spent
between about $25,000
commissioning two fea-
sibility studies, Turner
said. 4-County’s board
and leadership are also
consulting with internet
experts and meet weekly
to discuss broadband.
But the feasibility stud-
ies show it would cost at
least $115 million to offer
broadband to interested
members. The law pre-
vents co-ops from using
money from electric rates
to pay for that, meaning
4-County would most like-
ly have to take out loans
to get the process start-
ed. If internet ends up not
making money, 4-County
would have to up its elec-
tric rates to pay off those
loans, Turner said.
For that reason 4-Coun-
ty doesn’t want to rush
the process, even if Pres-
ley and some of its mem-
bers would like to see
them move faster. More-
over, he said, it’s “unfair”
for Presley or anyone to
characterize 4-County as
resistant to the idea.
“We don’t want to get
bullied into rushing into
a huge endeavor,” Turner
said.
Then and now
It was north Missis-
sippi that led the charge
for electric cooperatives
to bring power to rural
America in the 1930s,
Presley said. At the time,
for-profit power compa-
nies knew they couldn’t
make money by serving
customers in low-density
population centers.
The first electric co-
op in the country was in
Alcorn County, he noted,
with communities in Pon-
totoc County, Prentiss
County and Tupelo follow-
ing.
“We’ve got to ignite the
same spirit in 2019 that
we saw in 1934,” Presley
said.
But Turner said there
are several key differenc-
es between the 1930s and
now.
One of those is fund-
ing. At the time, Congress
was “funneling money”
into Tennessee Valley Au-
thority and other projects
to generate cheap elec-
tricity.
The Federal Communi-
cations Commission has
announced a plan to pour
$2 billion over the next
10 years into rural broad-
band as part of its Con-
nect America program,
but Turner fears it won’t
be enough money to cov-
er individual cooperatives
— especially if private in-
ternet companies receive
some of the funding as
well.
At best, Turner said,
4-County would likely
only cover 10 percent of
the costs with federal
grants.
“That Connect Amer-
ica is a huge pool but it’s
everybody in the country
fighting for a piece of it,”
he said.
Another key difference
was that co-op members
had to pay up front, Turn-
er explained.
“It wasn’t that we put
the lines up and hoped
people took the electric
service,” he said. “People
had to invest in the coop-
erative. It wasn’t just the
membership. People had
to put up $10,000 or what-
ever. … You did it over
time — you didn’t have to
come up with that money
right away — but it wasn’t
just, ‘Hey, all of a sudden
we put up 5,000 miles
worth of line.’”
Even in the ‘30s, he
said, the co-ops started
providing service in more
populated areas. 4-Coun-
ty started with 730 mem-
bers — in Starkville.
“That’s where the den-
sity was,” Turner said. “It
wasn’t the farms. ... It was
25 years later that we’re
still working in Choctaw
County getting lines up.”
The same build-out
strategy would be used
with broadband, he said.
Member reactions
Bob and Suzie Man-
ning, who attended Pres-
ley’s meeting Thursday,
said they want 4-County
to offer them a better op-
tion than their current
DSL internet connection.
Bob plans to distribute a
petition, provided by Pres-
ley, through his neigh-
borhood homeowner
association. Both he and
Suzie said they feel the
co-op has been too slow in
studying the issue.
“My impression is
they’re hem-hawing about
it,” Bob Manning said.
But what Manning
called hem-hawing, Turn-
er called taking a cautious ... it can be,” Turner said.
due to the $115 million on He estimated the
the line. board will come to a deci-
“Wouldn’t you sion about whether to in-
move slowly?” he said. vest in broadband within
“Wouldn’t you want to do the next year.
your due diligence?” “If you could show me
a true co-op success sto-
The future of internet ry in the country, I’d be
Presley stressed that happy to tout it but there’s
high-speed internet will not one,” he said. “There
increasingly become a are ones that have worked
necessity for rural Amer- well enough, but … every
icans and senior citizens one of those are doing it in
in the coming decades. small chunks.”
Connectivity affects ev-
erything from “smart ap-
pliances” to health care,
as it becomes increasing-
ly possible for medical de-
vices to send doctors data
and for health profession-
als to visit with patients
online.
“We are kidding our-
selves if we do not believe
(lack of quality internet)
is leading to why we see
the brain drain in Missis-
sippi,” Presley also point-
ed out.
Turner admitted most
of the rural residents who
responded to 4-County’s
marketing study were 45
or older, but he said that
just tells them they have
time to explore the issue.
“Broadband is defi-
nitely a part of (living the
quality of life you choose).
We understand that and
... we want to help figure
that out,” he said.
Presley said if 4-Coun-
ty makes a good-faith ef-
fort to explore broadband
and decides to stick only
with electricity, then he
“won’t say a word.” But he
feels there are things they
could do to speed up the
process, such as schedul-
ing a vote for members to
amend its charter.
Turner said if 4-Coun-
ty does break into broad-
band, it will likely not look
like the co-op looks now.
It would be a partnership
with a private internet
company, or 4-County
would form a separate
LLC to handle the broad-
band side of the company.
Its priority will always be
electric power.
Despite the risks, he
said, he hopes 4-County
can offer broadband.
“I think most people in
our office honestly hope
so because we do under-
stand how transformative
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Mississippi State running back Kylin Hill (8) celebrates after a touchdown with quarterback Tommy Stevens (7) and tight end Farrod Green (82) during the second
half against the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Saturday.

Stevens, Hill shine as MSU downs Louisiana

BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
COMMENTARY
NEW ORLEANS
—What a difference
a year makes.
Mississippi St. 38,
Louisiana-Lafayette 28 New-look Bulldogs
going to have to
Mississippi St. 7 14 7 10—38
One season after Louisiana-Lafayette 7 7 0 14—28
First Quarter
finishing with the MSST_O.Mitchell
kick), 12:27
31 pass from Stevens (Lawless

nation’s No. 1 ranked ULL_E.Mitchell

Second Quarter
3 run (Artigue kick), 3:17

defense, it was the MSST_Gibson 8 run (Lawless kick), 9:18

Mississippi
ULL_Ralston 11 pass from Lev.Lewis (Artigue kick),
State 4:31
find new ways to
offense that led the
MSST_Stevens 4 run (Lawless kick), :31

charge in Saturday’s MSST_K.Hill 5 run (Lawless

Third Quarter
kick), 7:07
Fourth Quarter
38-28 win over Lou- kick), 13:07
MSST_A.Williams 12 pass from Stevens (Lawless
isiana in the Mer- ULL_Lev.Lewis 1 run (Artigue kick), 9:56
ULL_Ragas 17 run (Artigue kick), 2:45
cedes-Benz Super- A_22,440.
MSST_FG Lawless 37, 1:02
dome.
First downs
MSST ULL
29 27
“What we wanted Rushes-yards 40-261 37-164
Passing 236 267
to do offensively in Comp-Att-Int 20-30-0 24-40-2
Return Yards 94 125
striking a balance Punts-Avg. 2-40.0 3-31.0
Fumbles-Lost 2-2
with our ability to Penalties-Yards 5-40 3-3
5-45
run the ball and pass 28:57
Time of Possession 31:03
the ball successful- RUSHING_Mississippi Individual Statistics
St., K.Hill 27-197, Stevens
ly I think we took a 11-37, Gibson 2-27. Louisiana-Lafayette, Calais 8-80,
Ragas 9-63, E.Mitchell 14-31, Lev.Lewis 6-(minus 10).
positive step in that PASSING_Mississippi St., Stevens 20-30-0-236.
Louisiana-Lafayette, Lev.Lewis 24-39-2-267, (Team)
regard,” coach Joe 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING_Mississippi St., O.Mitchell 6-88, S.Guidry
Moorhead said. 4-36, A.Williams 3-43, D.Thomas 2-19, D.Jones 1-14,
The Bulldogs out- Zuber 1-14, K.Hill 1-10, Payton 1-9, Green 1-3. Loui-
siana-Lafayette, Bell 8-113, Bradley 6-93, Calais 3-15,
gained the Ragin’ 1-11, B.Smith 1-7.
P.LeBlanc 2-5, E.Mitchell 2-4, Ragas 1-19, Ralston
Cajuns 497-431 as MISSED FIELD GOALS_Mississippi St., Lawless 27.
junior running back
Kylin Hill and quarterback Tommy Stevens paced
the MSU offense.
Speaking in their pregame meal, Moorhead and
Hill discussed the possibility of the latter turning in
a 200-yard game. Though he finished a touch short
— 197 yards and a touchdown on 27 carries — Hill’s
head coach was thrilled with the performance.
“I think he’s one of the premier backs in the con-
ference and in the country and I think he showed
that today,” Moorhead said.
Hill, who took a swing pass 53 yards for a touch-
down on the first play of last season’s Week One
thrashing of Stephen F. Austin, burst onto the 2020
scene with a 20-yard scamper on the first play from
scrimmage Saturday.
Bobbing and weaving through Louisiana defend-
ers, he finished the day with seven runs of 10 yards
or more while earning 7.3 yards per carry.
Stevens was equally dynamic under center as he
made the first collegiate start of his career.
Donning a pocket presence now-departed incum-
win in 2019
T
he sudden real-
Derick E. Hingle/USA TODAY Sports ization hit Joe
Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Joe Moorhead hard
Moorhead looks on during the first half against the sometime during his
Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns Saturday at the team’s season-open-
Mercedes-Benz Stadium. ing 38-28 victory over
bent Nick Fitzgerald desperately lacked a year ago, Louisiana at the Mer-
he torched the Louisiana defense for 236 yards and cedes-Benz Superdome
two touchdowns on 20 of 30 passing and rushed for in New Orleans.
another 37 yards and a touchdown. Maybe it was when
“I’ve been able to play a lot at Penn State, and the Ragin’ Cajuns Garrick Hodge
that didn’t really make the moment too big for me,” seemingly picked up
he said. “It was a really good feeling to just go out and a first down any time
overall have a really good team win.” they ran a bootleg pass to the left. Or when
Stevens opened Saturday’s scoring with a 31-yard the Bulldogs only sacked Louisville quar-
dime to junior receiver Osirus Mitchell — who led all terback Levi Lewis once despite pressuring
MSU receivers with six receptions for 88 yards and a him a handful of times.
touchdown — to cap off a six-play, 74-yard drive. Whenever that exact moment was, the
Following a three-yard touchdown run by Lou- second-year MSU football coach was made
isiana junior running back Elijah Mitchell and an all too aware he won’t have the services of
eight-yard score from MSU senior running back former standout defenders Montez Sweat,
Nick Gibson, Stevens sent the Bulldogs into halftime Jeffery Simmons and Johnathan Abram
with a 21-14 lead as he notched a four-yard touchdown available.
plunge with 31 seconds remaining. In 2018, Mississippi State won games with
After Hill added the only points of the third quar- its defensive line wreaking havoc and suffo-
ter on a five-yard touchdown scamper, Stevens tossed cating its opposition nearly every time out.
his final score of the day with 13:07 remaining in the Well, those three aforementioned players
fourth quarter — delivering a strike to sophomore re- have all moved on to the NFL. As for the new
ceiver Austin Williams on a corner route toward the defensive replacements, if the 431 total yards
front left pylon to put MSU ahead 35-14. MSU allowed to a team it blasted 56-10 last
Texting with Moorhead on Friday night, Stevens season is any indication, the old model is no
was assured Saturday was the moment he’d long longer a sustainable path to victory.
awaited — one that was supposed to occur in State See HODGE, 8B
College but was delayed until a trip to the Big Easy.
“I said ‘You’ve been working for this opportunity
for your whole life and for the past few years,’” Moor-
head recounted. “’I want you to go out, play loose and INSIDE
have fun, and for a guy to come out and have that kind n BULLDOG BULLETS: Mississippi State grinds out a
See MSU, 8B season-opening win. Page 5B
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Prep Football
Friday’s Mississippi Scores
Adams Christian 17, Columbia Aca. 0
Alcorn Central 35, Middleton, Tenn. 28
Starkville secures Little Egg Bowl
with 45-17 thumping of Oxford
Amory 42, Saltillo 30
Bassfield 36, Collins 14
Bay 28, Purvis 14
Bay Springs 36, Forest 19
Bayou Aca. 7, Lee Academy-Clarksdale 0
Belmont 36, South Pontotoc 12
BY ZACK PLAIR
Biloxi 24, Gautier 20
zplair@cdispatch.com
Booneville 38, Baldwyn 12
Bowling Green, La. 14, Centreville Aca. 12 STARKVILLE — Scrambling back into
Brookhaven Academy 46, Amite School 7 his own end zone, Oxford senior quarter-
Bruce 34, Vardaman 0 back John Meagher unloaded a despera-
Caledonia 28, Aberdeen 18 tion toss into the hands of a leaping Jaylan
Calhoun Aca. 28, Hebron Christian 6
Ware of Starkville.
Callaway 34, Murrah 14
The senior defensive tackle’s feet land-
Canton 26, Terry 7
Carroll Aca. 44, Hillcrest Christian 0
ed on about the 2 yard-line. From there he
Cathedral 18, St. Joseph-Madison 14
staggered backward before regaining his
Central Holmes 42, Ethel 7 balance and powering into the end zone to
Charleston 20, Yazoo County 13 give his team a 24-0 lead late in Friday’s
Choctaw Central 47, Cherokee, N.C. 12 second quarter at Yellowjacket Stadium.
Claiborne, La. 50, Rebul Aca. 0 “He scared me at first,” Starkville head
Clarksdale 49, Greenville 30
coach Chris Jones said after the game.
Clinton 13, Olive Branch 7
“He took about two steps the wrong way,
Clinton Christian Academy 54, CHEF of Louisiana, La. 8
Coahoma AHS 19, Leland 6
but he figured it out.”
Collierville, Tenn. 25, Center Hill 24, OT That play, or at least Jones’ character-
Columbia 60, East Marion 14 ization of it, could pretty much sum up
Columbus Christian 34, Delta Streets 6 what happened for the Yellow Jackets the
Crystal Springs 28, Florence 14 rest of the game.
DeSoto Central 28, Lake Cormorant 14 Steps the wrong way: Oxford reeled off
Deer Creek School 52, Porter’s Chapel Aca. 22
the next 17 points to make it a seven-point
East Union 61, Myrtle 19
game midway through the fourth quarter.
East Webster 23, Shaw 12
Enterprise Clarke 40, Southeast Lauderdale 26
Figuring it out: Starkville (1-1) respond-
Fayette Ware, Tenn. 30, Northpoint Christian 26 ed with three unanswered touchdowns in
Franklin Academy, La. 62, Christian Collegiate 26 the last 5 minutes, 18 seconds en route to
George County 24, Greene County 0 a 45-17 victory over the rival Chargers that
Germantown 30, Neshoba Central 27 kept the Little Egg Bowl trophy at home.
Grenada 31, Hernando 14 The win also helped right the ship for the Austin Frayser/Special to the Dispatch
Gulfport 21, Northwest Rankin 14
Mississippi High School Athletics Associ- Starkville receiver Joshua Aka (13) hurdles an Oxford defender in Friday night’s win in
Hancock 35, Meridian 12
ation Class 6A juggernaut Yellowjackets Starkville.
Hartfield Academy 42, Canton Aca. 10
Heritage Aca. 46, Kirk Aca. 7
after they dropped a 27-21 Week 1 heart- The Chargers turned it over on downs a 51-yard catch by senior Joshua Aka and
Holly Springs 54, Ashland 8 breaker at Brandon. on their next possession. Then Starkville Ware’s defensive score — to build a 24-0
Holmes County Central 28, Greenwood 20 “It’s always important to win at home, senior Rufus Harvey III scampered 52 lead.
Horn Lake 7, Cleveland Central 6 especially after a loss,” Jones said. “I yards to the end zone to give his team a Oxford drove down the field and scored
Houston 32, Calhoun City 7 thought our guys fought tonight and re- 38-17 advantage with 2:36 left. Oxford on a 2-yard touchdown run by senior J.J.
Humphreys Aca. 40, Delta Aca. 6 gained the momentum. This was a game fumbled away the ensuing kickoff return, Pegues, who then punched in the two-
Itawamba AHS 45, New Albany 21
that could have gone either way, but we which set up a pair of Amariyon Howard point conversion to cut the halftime lead
J.Z. George 26, Hamilton 20
Jackson Aca. 34, Leake Aca. 0
finished.” rushes — a 74-yard breakaway followed by to 24-8.
Jackson Prep 48, Simpson Aca. 0
With Oxford (1-1) threatening in a 2-yard touchdown — to cap the scoring. Meagher, who threw for 171 yards
Jefferson Davis County 36, Collins 14 Starkville territory in the fourth quarter, Howard finished with 103 rushing yards and three interceptions, rushed for a
Jim Hill 26, Port Gibson 6 senior Justice Robinson picked off a Mea- on 12 attempts, while Harvey tallied 62 third-quarter touchdown to make it 24-14.
Kosciusko 14, Newton County 13 gher pass and returned it 29 yards to the rushing yards to go along with 99 receiv- But the Chargers let a couple of opportu-
Lafayette 20, Southaven 16 Oxford 49. ing yards on eight catches. nities slip through their fingers, coming
Lake 38, Kemper County 32 Four plays later, Yellow Jackets junior “We gave up some big plays down the away empty handed in the red zone in the
Lamar School 51, Presbyterian Christian 43
quarterback Luke Altmyer hit senior re- stretch,” a dejected Oxford head coach opening drive of the third quarter and get-
Laurel 35, Hattiesburg 19
Lawrence County 42, Brookhaven 28
ceiver Orien Thompson with a 35-yard Chris Cutliffe said after the game. “I ting only a field goal out of another key red
LeFlore 24, Amanda Elzy 8
touchdown strike to make it 31-17. would have liked to have seen us finish a zone trip in the fourth.
Leake Central 41, Leake County 0 “That was a dime that (Altmyer) just little better.” “We didn’t finish some drives,” Cut-
Louisville 38, West Point 28 dropped in there,” Jones said. “(Thomp- Altmyer, who completed 28-of-35 pass- cliffe said. “But you have to give credit to
Madison Central 28, Brandon 14 son) had been been wanting the ball all es for 337 yards, three touchdowns and an the Starkville defense for some of that.
Madison-Ridgeland Aca. 49, Copiah Aca. 3 night. He kept saying, ‘I can beat him. I interception, hit senior Jatavious Lucious They made plays and stopped us.”
Magee 54, Mendenhall 0
can beat him.’ And I thought that was a with a 23-yard score to cap the first drive Defensively, Ware led the Yellow Jack-
Magnolia Heights 45, Fayette Academy, Tenn. 14
great time to take a shot. It’s the kind of of the game and make it 7-0. Starkville ets with 13 tackles, while senior Tyrese
Manchester Aca. 46, Marvell Academy, Ark. 20
Mantachie 40, Thrasher 0
play that makes you look good as a coach, added a 22-yard field goal from senior Pey- Hopkins added 10.
McComb 34, Hazlehurst 18
but really it was just a big-time play by a ton Rodgers later in the first and scored Starkville travels to Class 5A West
McLaurin 36, Loyd Star 21 big-time playmaker.” two touchdowns in the second quarter — Point this week.
Mize 27, Mount Olive 0
Mooreville 13, Nettleton 6
Newton Co. Aca. 33, Benton Academy 0
North Delta 35, Tunica Academy 0
North Panola 50, Rosa Fort 12
North Side 44, Kingsbury, Tenn. 0
North Sunflower Aca. 30, West Memphis Christian, Ark. 28
Noxapater 32, Eupora 15
Louisville uses offensive onslaught to stun West Point
Noxubee County 18, Columbus 0 BY GARRICK HODGE
O’Bannon 14, Ray Brooks 0 ghodge@cdispatch.com Louisville 38,
Oak Forest, La. 46, Central Hinds Aca. 14 West Point 28
Oak Grove 43, Wayne County 28 LOUISVILLE — Louisville West Point 7 7 7 7 - 28
Louisville 7 10 7 14 - 38
Palmer 20, West Bolivar 6 football coach Tyrone Shorter First quarter
Parklane Aca. 21, Silliman, La. 14 still has some regrets about his L - Kaleb Mosley 7 pass from Bryandrea Shumaker (Rop-
er Stoots kick)
Pascagoula 33, Ocean Springs 21
play calling in his team’s sea- WP - Brandon Harris 3 run (Alex Harper kick)
Pass Christian 38, Forrest Co. AHS 14 Second quarter
son opening 2-0 loss to Noxu- L - Stoots 29 field goal
Pearl 42, Warren Central 0
Pelahatchie 42, Puckett 7
bee County on Aug. 23. L - Niselbyion Kirk 25 pass from Shumaker (Stoots kick)
WP - Dantaryius Cannon 12 pass from Harris (Harper
Perry Central 34, Richton 0
“I’ll take all the blame for kick)
Third quarter
Petal 21, Harrison Central 6 last week,” Shorter said. “I WP - Tae Gibbs 3 run (Harper kick)
Philadelphia 29, West Lauderdale 21 should have spread them out L - Mosley 44 pass from Shumaker (Stoots kick)
Fourth quarter
Picayune 41, D’Iberville 6 and let our guys have the op- L - Michael Foster 2 run (Stoots kick)
WP - Gibbs 2 run (Harper kick)
Pillow Aca. 52, Indianola Aca. 0 portunity to be themselves.” L - Mosely 36 pass from Shumaker (Stoots kick)
Pisgah 50, Bogue Chitto 18 Whatever internal second
Poplarville 42, Pearl River Central 17
guessing he did after the Wild- playing these guys. They had
Potts Camp 54, H.W. Byers 14
Provine 21, Lanier 0
cats’ loss to Noxubee County them ready to play hard, just
Quitman 23, Heidelberg 6
was wiped away Friday after like I told the kids they would
Raymond 18, Wingfield 13 his team used an explosive, be. Louisville is a good foot-
Resurrection Catholic 21, North Forrest 20 vertical passing attack that ex- ball team, they just beat them-
Ridgeland 37, Forest Hill 26 ploited a normally stout West selves last week. But they gave Garrick Hodge/Dispatch Staff
Ripley 23, Kossuth 13 Point defense en route to up- themselves a fighting chance West Point quarterback Brandon Harris (2) drops back to pass Friday.
River Oaks, La. 17, East Rankin Aca. 16 setting the three-time defend- this week. Coach Shorter did a
Riverfield, La. 50, Tri-County Aca. 49
ing Class 5A state champions great job of rallying the troops, non racked up 79 yards on the scoring his second touchdown
Ruleville 36, Gentry 14
38-28 in Louisville. The Wild- and now I’m going to have to do ground for the Green Wave and of the night with 8:53 left.
Scott Central 49, Morton 0
Sebastopol 41, Enterprise Lincoln 14
cats (1-1) became just the third the same thing.” caught two passes for 60 yards. A special teams mistake on
Seminary 32, Stone 23 team since 2015 to score at Louisville, the defending The Green Wave took their the ensuing kickoff put Lou-
Senatobia 28, Pontotoc 0 least 30 points in a single game Class 4A state champions, took lone lead of the game courtesy isville in a dire spot, forcing
Shannon 44, New Hope 20 against the Green Wave, the a 7-0 lead after senior quar- of Tae Gibbs’ 3-yard touchdown it to start at its own one-yard
Sharkey-Issaquena Aca. 22, Kemper Aca. 8 top-ranked team in Class 5A terback Bryandrea Shumaker run with three minutes left in line. Nonetheless, Shumaker
Smithville 33, Hatley 25 entering Friday. connected with senior wide- the third quarter, but Mosley and company engineered a
South Delta 22, Simmons 12
“We had to make adjust- out Kaleb Mosley for a 7-yard hauled in a 44-yard strike from methodical 99-yard touchdown
South Jones 28, Northeast Lauderdale 21
ments and that’s what we did,” touchdown pass in the first Shumaker on Louisville’s next drive to put the nail in West
South Panola 63, Yazoo City 8
South Pike 52, Franklin Co. 12
Shorter said. “I saw it in their quarter. That was the first of series to re-take the lead, 24- Point’s coffin. Mosley capped
Southwind, Tenn. 48, Independence 3
eyes in practice, and I just three times the Wildcats’ duo 21. the series with his third trip to
St. Aloysius 21, Greenville Christian 19 asked the guys, ‘How are you connected on a touchdown Harris misread a slowly de- the end zone of the night, a 36-
St. Andrew’s 27, Newton 20 going to respond?’ Two things pass. veloping screen on the Green yard catch on 3rd-and-15.
St. Joseph-Greenville 38, Coldwater 0 can happen, they either can West Point evened the game Wave’s next possession and “We just told them, when
St. Martin 27, Moss Point 21, OT learn from all the mistakes last on quarterback Brandon Har- threw a pass right into the they went vertical on us, good
St. Patrick 27, Sacred Heart 0 week or tuck their tail in and ris’ three-yard touchdown run, arms of Louisville defender teams get themselves out of
St. Stanislaus 35, Long Beach 19
quit. then Louisville regained the Tyvoris Cooper, giving the holes and make big plays,”
Starkville 45, Oxford 17
Starkville Aca. 23, French Camp 0
“And there was no quit in lead on Roper Stoot’s 29-yard Wildcats prime field position at Chambless said. “We just have
Strayhorn 20, Coffeeville 14
this team tonight.” field goal. Harris finished with the West Point 24-yard line. to regroup and learn our les-
Stringer 35, Clarkdale 10 Meanwhile, West Point (1-1) 67 rushing yards and complet- Taking advantage of the red sons.”
Sumrall 30, Wesson 6 suffers its first loss to a team ed 4 of 11 passes for 108 yards. zone opportunity, Shumaker Louisville is back in action
TCPS 53, Oak Hill Aca. 21 not named Starkville since a Later, Shumaker found converted on arguably his best on the road against Colum-
Tensas Academy, La. 55, Prentiss Christian 14 2015 defeat at the hands of Ox- Niselbyion Kirk for the second play of the night, connecting bus Friday, while West Point
Tupelo 38, Corinth 35 ford. The Green Wave will be of his four touchdown passes with Mosley on a 4th-and-9 has its home-opener against
Tylertown 27, North Pike 26
forced to run the table if they with 7:35 remaining in the sec- pass he launched off-balance. Starkville.
Union 35, Nanih Waiya 24
want to stay in line with the ond quarter to give the Wild- Running back Michael Foster “These are two great
Vancleave 49, West Harrison 35
Vicksburg 19, Velma Jackson 14
previous three seasons, where cats a 10-point lead. sealed the drive with a two- teams,” Shorter said. “Two
Washington School 38, Riverside 21 they didn’t lose more than one West Point answered with yard touchdown run and put champions. You knew it was
Water Valley 36, North Pontotoc 7 game in any year. 22 seconds remaining before Louisville up 10 points, 31-21 going to be a battle tonight.
West Jones 42, Northeast Jones 7 “We knew Louisville was halftime when Harris found with 10:38 remaining in the Like I told the defense, we had
West Lincoln 33, Salem 18 going to be competitive,” West running back Dantaryius Can- fourth quarter. a few breakdowns, but we kept
West Marion 36, Lumberton 13 Point coach Chris Chambless non for a 12-yard touchdown The Green Wave needed fighting. In the three phases
Wilkinson County 50, Amite County 35
said. “This is very hostile ter- pass to reduce the deficit to less than two minutes to slash of the game, we played really
Winona 42, Choctaw County 14
ritory coming down here and 17-14 entering the break. Can- into the deficit, with Gibbs well.”
Winona Christian 32, Winston Aca. 13
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Prep Football
Noxubee County keeps shutout Friday’s Alabama Scores
Abbeville 34, Ashford 28
Albertville 61, Columbia 0

streak alive with win over Columbus

Alexandria 21, Jacksonville 14
American Christian Academy 56, Woodlawn 0
Andalusia 21, Trinity Presbyterian 10
Appalachian 49, Coosa Christian 19
Arab 49, West Point 35
Ardmore 22, Elkmont 8
BY THEO DEROSA Austin 56, Decatur 14
tderosa@cdispatch.com Baldwin County 63, Gulf Shores 13
Berry 43, Cold Springs 15
Bessemer City 42, Spain Park 35
MACON — One drive during Friday Beulah 56, Ellwood Christian Academy 0
night’s game was the perfect example of Bibb County 19, Pelham 17

both Columbus’s struggles and Noxubee Blount 43, Robertsdale 0

Brantley 59, New Brockton 20
County’s defensive dominance. Brewer 37, Danville 8
With 7 minutes and 39 seconds left in Brilliant 65, Vina 0
Carroll-Ozark 14, Russell County 6
the third quarter and the Falcons trailing Catholic-Montgomery 14, Anniston 13
18-0, Columbus quarterback Ethan Con- Cedar Bluff 14, Spring Garden 12
ner completed a 15-yard pass for a first Central - Clay County 38, Benjamin Russell 14
Central-Hayneville 34, Barbour County 0
down at the Noxubee County 15-yard line. Central-Tuscaloosa 53, Greene County 13
Conner rushed for four yards on second Chelsea 17, Briarwood Christian 14

down and hobbled off the field with an in- Cherokee County 42, St. Clair County 7
Chickasaw 28, Saint Luke’s Episcopal 21
jury. Then the Falcons were hit with a 15- Childersburg 64, Talladega County Central 20
yard penalty. Noxubee County’s Travorus Citronelle 25, Leroy 10
Clay-Chalkville 38, James Clemens 37
Hatcher and his cousin, Ja’Shaun Hatcher, Clements 48, Tanner 14
combined to welcome Conner back into Colbert County 48, Cherokee 0
the game with a sack on third down, push- Colbert Heights 28, Wilson 12
Collinsville 40, Crossville 13
ing Columbus back to the 36. Corner 45, Oak Grove 0
Then the Falcons got hit with anoth- Cottage Hill 35, Florala 20
er 15-yard penalty and ended up punting Crenshaw Christian Academy 27, Pike Liberal Arts 13
DAR 49, Douglas 12
from their own territory. The punt reached Daleville 58, Wicksburg 41
the Noxubee County 11-yard line, where Daphne 35, Spanish Fort 7
Davidson 24, Alma Bryant 6
Columbus had been just moments before. Decatur Heritage 42, Sumiton Christian 6
“That’s a momentum killer,” Columbus Demopolis 13, Northridge 0
coach Joshua Pulphus said. “That hurts.” Donoho 21, Horseshoe Bend 0
Dora 42, Carbon Hill 14
It was that kind of game for the Falcons, Dothan 54, Wetumpka 41
who could not finish drives on the road Edgewood Academy 28, Morgan Academy 0
against a stringy defense and were shut Elba 36, Opp 34
Enterprise 50, Charles Henderson 22
out 18-0 by the Tigers. A plethora of bad Escambia County 41, Wilcox Central 0
snaps and poor blocking compounded the Etowah 43, Moody 13
Eufaula 63, Beauregard 19
problem. Fairhope 17, Mary Montgomery 0
“The ball’s in our hands,” Pulphus said. Fairview 41, Hanceville 6
“We’ve just gotta execute.” Faith Academy 34, Bayside Academy 21
Fayette County 21, Winfield 7
He didn’t have to look far — just to the Fayetteville 20, Victory Chr. 6
other sideline — to find an example of a Flomaton 34, Northview, Fla. 26
team executing properly. Chris McDill/Special to The Dispatch
Florence 33, Buckhorn 20
Fort Payne 42, Scottsboro 7
Noxubee County, which beat Louisville Noxubee County’s Macardi Johnson escapes a Columbus defender Friday. Fruitdale 35, Elberta 31
2-0 in Week 1, continued its shutout streak. Fyffe 28, Geraldine 0
G.W. Long 28, Dale County 16
The Tigers have yet to allow a point, and In the fourth quarter, quarterback Mar- Noxubee County 18, 0Columbus 0 Gardendale 21, Athens 14
the way they’re playing, that may not lon Windham put several passes right on Columbus 0 0 0 -0 Gaylesville 46, Asbury 6
Noxubee County 6 6 6 0 - 18
change anytime soon. the money, including a couple in the end First quarter
Glenwood 35, Lakeside School 0
4:35 NC - Hatcher 4 run (kick failed) Good Hope 41, Priceville 26
On Friday, they were led by Travorus zone, but they slipped through the hands Second quarter Gordo 21, Aliceville 20, OT
Hatcher on both sides of the ball. Hatch- of Tigers receivers.
9:33 NC - Hatcher 2 run (kick failed)
Third quarter
Goshen 21, Ariton 7
er muscled his way to two short rushing “I’m mad about those drops,” Young
10:52 NC - Malone 70 pass (pass failed) Guntersville 28, Boaz 19
Haleyville 33, Central-Florence 16
touchdowns in the first half said. “I tell my receivers all the time, we Hamilton 19, Cordova 14
“They always call me to make big-time gotta make plays on the ball. Those were is,” Pulphus said. “That was the result. We Hartselle 49, Brooks 29
Hatton 20, West Morgan 9
plays, so I just step up,” Hatcher said. The great balls by Marlon. I think we left three just had to fight and keep coming back.” Hayden 17, Oneonta 14
Tigers improved to 2-0 with a stifling per- or four touchdowns on the field off of just On their very next drive, though, the Headland 36, Highland Home 34
formance on both sides of the ball. dropped balls.” Falcons showed that no such comeback
Hewitt-Trussville 47, West Forsyth, Ga. 19
Hillcrest 32, Tuscaloosa County 14
“Defensively, they bent a little bit, but The Tigers did catch a break just over a was in the cards. Columbus took advantage Hillcrest-Evergreen 37, Montgomery Academy 16
they never broke,” Noxubee County coach minute into the third quarter when Wind- of a key offside penalty on fourth down and Holt 31, Autaugaville 0
Teddy Young said. ham threw deep to Jeffery Malone. The soon had a first down at the Tigers’ 15.
Holtville 41, Central Coosa 0
Hoover 37, Cocoa, Fla. 23
But Young still noted the missed oppor- ball was tipped by a Columbus defend- The rest was history. Houston Academy 28, McKenzie 21
tunities his team had to pad its lead late in er and fell into the hands of a streaking Columbus will have its first home game Hubbard 40, Shoals Christian 6
Hubbertville 14, Waterloo 7
the game. Malone, who ran down the middle of the on Friday against Louisville, and Noxubee Huffman 34, Parker 26
“Offensively, we started out fast, but we field for a 70-yard touchdown. County will visit Shannon for the Tigers’ Huntsville 30, Mae Jemison 15
need to learn how to finish drives. We need “After that play happened, it is what it first road game of the season.
Ider 17, Holly Pond 2
Isabella 49, Billingsley 7
to learn how to put drives together.” J.U. Blacksher 55, Prattville Christian Academy 14
Jemison 22, Greensboro 8
John Carroll Catholic 34, Leeds 33, 2OT
Keith 28, Vincent 19
Lanett 17, LaFayette 0

’Feds hold off Bulldogs

Lauderdale County 40, Randolph School 15
Lee-Scott Academy 42, Fort Dale Academy 24
Lexington 3, Rogers 0
Linden 56, Sumter Central High School 0
Locust Fork 39, Cleveland 37
Luverne 41, Georgiana 6
BY DAVID MILLER Lynn 26, Phillips-Bear Creek 14
Special to The Dispatch Macon-East 42, Hooper Academy 19
Madison Academy 17, Lawrence County 7
Madison County 46, Westminster Christian Academy 23
CALEDONIA – Nursing a
three-point lead in the fourth Caledonia 28, Marbury 35, Elmore County 18
Marion County 26, Hackleburg 6
quarter with Aberdeen High Aberdeen Aberdeen 18 6 0 – 18 Mars Hill Bible 48, Sheffield 6
6 6 McAdory 58, Dallas County 0
School’s offense in the red zone Caledonia 7 7 7 7 – 28
Midfield 22, Tarrant 0
First Quarter
Friday night, Caledonia defen- CAL – Anthony Triplett 5 run (Wes Rollins kick). Monroe Academy 35, South Choctaw Academy 6
AHS – Catavious Arnold 28 pass to Jenari Bell (kick
sive tackle Hayden Barker ig- failed). Monroe County 20, J.F. Shields 14
Mortimer Jordan 20, Cullman 17
nored conventional wisdom. Second Quarter
AHS – Johnathan Moore 19 run (kick failed). Munford 28, Talladega 15
The senior found himself in CAL – Darrius TriplettThird 57 run (Rollins kick).
Quarter
Muscle Shoals 46, Bob Jones 19
New Hope 27, Section 0
the Aberdeen backfield, where AHS – Arnold 13 pass to Janolan Jones (run failed).
CAL – Brandon Edmondson 7 run (Rollins kick). North Sand Mountain 28, Dade County, Ga. 26
Johnathan Moore fumbled a CAL – Hayden BarkerFourth Quarter
80 fumble return (Rollins kick).
Northside 40, Brookwood 0
first-down handoff. Barker, moti- Team Statistics Oakman 32, Curry 13
AHS CAL Ohatchee 55, White Plains 18
vated by the thought of scoring First Downs 14 10 Opelika 21, Auburn 13
his first touchdown, picked up Rushes-Yards 36-133 30-202
Passing Yards 97 0 Oxford 42, Gadsden 7

the ball and took off down the Return Yards 25 80

Comp.-Att.-Int. 6-10-0 0-3-0 Paul Bryant 20, Minor 7
Pell City 27, Calera 21
field. Eighty yards later, Barker Fumbles-Lost 2-1 4-1
Penalties 8-60 8-56 Piedmont 28, Addison 16
reached the end zone for a score RUSHING: Aberdeen Individual Statistics:
– Johnathan Moore 8-47, Jermaine
Pike County 38, Alabama Christian Academy 13
Pike Road 48, Loachapoka 7
that would ultimately put the Strong 5-34, Xavier Young 8-31, Janolan Jones 4-17, Lil- Pinson Valley 27, Ramsay 7
ton Howard 6-16, Catavious Arnold 3-14, TEAM 2-(-24);
game out of reach. Caledonia – Darrius Triplett 12-83, Brandon Edmondson Pisgah 47, Woodville 21
Caledonia held off Aberdeen 10-66, Wes Rollins 1-27, Anthony Triplett 4-12, Kelvin
Robinson 2-6, Kewon Wyatt 1-5, Darquez Williams 1-5,
Plainview 36, North Jackson 35, OT
Pleasant Grove 28, West Blocton 6
(1-1) for two more drives for a 28- PASSING: Aberdeen – Catavious Arnold 6-8-97-0, Jer-
TEAM 1-(-2).
Pleasant Valley 61, West End 42
18 win, its first of the year. maine Strong 0-2-0-0; Caledonia – Brandon Edmondson
0-3-0-0.
Prattville 42, Stanhope Elmore 0
Providence Christian 49, Houston County 0
Linemen are typically told to RECEIVING: Aberdeen – Isaac Watson 2-50, Jenari Bell
1-28, Janolan Jones 1-18, William Johnson 2-1; Caledo- R.C. Hatch 30, Francis Marion 14
“fall” on the ball whenever it’s nia – none. Ranburne 41, Glencoe 0
popped loose, but Barker “want- Randolph County 28, Notasulga 7
Red Bay 30, Phil Campbell 20
ed the touchdown.” Russellville 27, Deshler 21, OT
“I was thinking, ‘I need to get a touchdown,’ because I haven’t Saks 34, Cleburne County 21
gotten one yet,” Barker said. “That’s always been my goal, and I Samson 14, Kinston 10
Sand Rock 19, Gaston 6
had help down the field. Saraland 42, B.C. Rain 6
“I was surprised – I figured someone would catch me. Then I Satsuma 40, W.S. Neal 21
Selma 22, Southside-Selma 6
saw their quarterback coming, so I just ran as fast as I could.” Shades Valley 38, Jackson Olin 12
Barker was part of a resilient defensive performance in the sec- Sidney Lanier 29, Lee-Montgomery 17
ond half, as the Confederates gave up a string of Aberdeen fourth- Sipsey Valley 20, Hale County 15
Slocomb 48, Cottonwood 14
down conversion and big plays, including a 13-yard touchdown Smiths Station 16, Valley 6
pass from Catavious Arnold to Janolan Jones on fourth-and-goal Southeastern 49, Brindlee Mountain 0
that gave Aberdeen an 18-14 lead late in the third quarter. Southern Academy 28, Patrician Academy 7
Southern Choctaw 37, Marengo 12
But when the Confederates (1-1) needed a stand, their defense Sparkman 48, Hazel Green 14
David Miller/Special to The Dispatch
delivered. Just after Barker scored, Caledonia found itself pinned Springville 10, Ashville 7
Caledonia’s Wes Rollins runs the ball against Aberdeen. St. James 42, Straughn 19
against its own 1 yard line after Arnold hit Isaac Watson on a St. John Paul II Catholic 37, East Lawrence 13
46-yard bomb up the left sideline and Xavier Young ran it for 15 though Darrius Triplett racked up 83 yards on 12 carries, and St. Paul’s 27, Park Crossing 26
yards. Then, sophomore end Antwuan Adkins stopped Young and quarterback Brandon Edmondson added 66 yards on 10 carries, Sulligent 23, Lamar County 20
Susan Moore 20, J.B. Pennington 0
Moore for losses to force a third-and-goal from the 6. Aberdeen’s Kelly rued the plays his team left on the field. Sweet Water 33, Thomasville 28
center air-mailed the snap for a loss of 21 yards to end the threat. “Offensively, we have to clean up ourselves, and the execution Sylacauga 34, Chilton County 33
“Antwaun has played two really good weeks of football,” said of what we do,” Kelly said. “In our triple-option offense, it just Sylvania 21, Sardis 12
T.R. Miller 45, Choctaw County 0
Caledonia coach Michael Kelly. “He’s had a great week of prac- hasn’t gelled right. I’m not sure what it is. I think it’s a combina- Tallassee 21, Handley 7
tice. He’s a young kid, but he prepares well. That’s one thing we’re tion of a lot of things.” Theodore 32, Baker 18
Thompson 42, Foley 13
trying to teach this young football team: if they practice well and Kelly, ultimately, shouldered the blame of his players’ lack of Thorsby 44, Verbena 16
prepare well, good things will happen to them in the game. You’ll focus and execution, also noting that he and his staff “have to do Valley Head 45, Alabama School for the Deaf 8
create your own luck, too; we had two great plays, then the snap better” at keeping their composure during the game. Vestavia Hills 49, Homewood 7
Vinemont 32, Falkville 21
goes over their head … our kids earned those breaks.” “Defensively, we have to do a better job of knowing the situa- Wadley 40, Woodland 13
There was plenty for Kelly to lament, too. The Confederates’ tion, knowing down and distance,” Kelly said. “Our kids have to Walter Wellborn 61, Lincoln 34
first half was marred by miscues, including four fumbles – one understand the moment of the game, but that’s on me, as their Westbrook Christian 47, Ragland 16
Westlake, Ga. 30, Jeff Davis 14
lost – two dropped passes and three pre-snap penalties that killed head coach. We have to do a better job of getting our kids ready Wilcox Academy 21, Clarke Prep 6
drives. on third down. There are too many times we’re lining up and not Williamson 10, LeFlore 0
Winston County 38, Meek 18
Caledonia failed to complete a pass in the game, which wasn’t knowing what’s going on. That starts with me and getting it trick- Winterboro 24, B.B. Comer 18, 2OT
overly concerning given the nature of its option-based attack. And led down to our other coaches and players.” Zion Chapel 20, Red Level 13
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PREP ROUNDUP

Heritage Academy routs Kirk to improve to 3-0

Heritage Academy
46, Kirk Academy 7
GRENADA — Carter Putt
threw two passing touchdowns,
and Heritage Academy routed
Kirk Academy 46-7 on Friday in
Grenada.
Putt finished 7 for 10 passing
for 96 yards, two touchdowns
and an interception. KJ Smith
rushed for 91 yards on six at-
tempts and scored twice. Banks
Hyde caught a pass for 17 yards
and had two rushing attempts
for 12 yards and a 66-yard
punt return touchdown. Harris
Gunter caught two passes for 17
yards and a touchdown.
Kirk managed just four first
downs, and one came via an off-
sides penalty.
The Patriots (3-0) face Mag-
nolia Heights (2-0) at home Fri-
day.
n STARKVILLE ACAD-
EMY 23, FRENCH CAMP
ACADEMY 0: FRENCH
CAMP — Matt Miller scored
two rushing touchdowns, CJ Delta Streets Academy. loss. Dill threw 12-yard and 70- the team in rushing with nine
Jackson ran for more than 100 Shaw completed five of nine yard touchdowns to Manning carries for 80 yards and scored
yards, and Starkville Academy
shut out French Camp Acade-
passes for 87 yards and rushed
for 41 yards. Tyler Looney had
Huffman and a 70-yard touch-
down to Branden Stevenson.
two touchdowns.
Henley rushed four times for
my 23-0 on the road. over 80 rushing yards and “Even though the Raiders 77 yards and caught four pass-
Dylan Miller hit a field goal scored a touchdown. Receiver didn’t come out with the win es for 58 yards. Colom caught
as the Volunteers (1-1) picked Lawson Studdard had the other on the scoreboard, playing two two passes for 49 yards and also
up their first win after a sea- touchdown. public schools to begin the sea- scored on an 80-yard return.
son-opening loss to Lamar. Shaw, Looney, Jonathan Peal son made us better,” Oak Hill Lahndon Townley had 12
“We played so much better and Bryer Kemp led Columbus coach Chris Craven said. tackles to lead the team, and
from Week 1 to Week 2,” coach Christian in tackles. “We definitely have some Austin McCarter had eight.
Chase Nicholson said. The Rams held Delta Streets things that we need to improve The Eagles will play a home
Starkville Academy will play to minus-10 yards in the first on but also have a lot of good game against Russell Christian
at Noxapater (2-0) on Friday. half and 100 total yards in the things to build upon to have a Academy (3-0) on Friday.
n SHANNON 44, NEW second half. The Lions scored successful season.” n CALHOUN ACADEMY
HOPE 20: SHANNON — with less than two minutes left Oak Hill will play at Newton 28, HEBRON CHRISTIAN
New Hope fell to 1-1 on the sea- in the fourth quarter for their County Academy (2-0) on Fri- 6: PHEBA — Hebron Christian
son with a 44-20 loss Friday at only touchdown of the game. day. football lost to Calhoun Acade-
Shannon. The Rams will play Lee n VICTORY CHRISTIAN my 28-6 on Friday.
Stats were not available de- Academy (Marianna, Ark.) on ACADEMY 60, NORTH Kobe Cooper led the Lions
spite attempts to reach coaches. Friday. RIVER CHRISTIAN ACAD- in rushing with 56 yards on 11
New Hope will host Houston n TUPELO CHRISTIAN EMY 26: TUSCALOOSA, Ala. carries and an 18-yard touch-
(3-0) on Friday. PREP 53, OAK HILL ACAD- — Cameron Henley and Dallas down. Elijah Parrish had 23
n COLUMBUS CHRIS- EMY 21: WEST POINT — Colom each scored three touch- yards on three carries and was
TIAN ACADEMY 34, DEL- Oak Hill Academy (0-2) lost a downs to help Victory Christian the team’s leading tackler with
TA STREETS ACADEMY 6: home game to Tupelo Christian Academy (2-0) beat North Riv- 11. Jackson Langley had seven
GREENWOOD — Columbus Prep on Friday, 53-21. er Christian (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) tackles, Dylan DuPont had six,
Christian Academy quarter- Oak Hill quarterback Camer- 60-26 on Friday. and Zack Corbin had five.
back Dakota Shaw scored three on Dill threw three touchdown Quarterback Drake Clem- Hebron (0-2) will play a road
touchdowns to lead the Rams passes, including two of 50 ents was 8 of 12 passing for 120 game at Ben’s Ford Christian in
(1-1) to a blowout victory over yards or longer, in the Raiders’ yards and two touchdowns, led Bogalusa, Louisiana, on Friday.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: OLE MISS VS. MEMPHIS

Taylor’s running, Huff’s safety help Memphis beat Ole Miss

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Last sea-

son’s Memphis defense seemed more
about stopping opponents just enough
so that an explosive Tiger offense could
score more points.
On Saturday, the roles were reversed
with a much-improved Memphis defense
stifling Mississippi, leading the Tigers to
a 15-10 victory in the season opener for
both teams.
“Hats off to our defensive staff. Coach
Fuller and the defensive staff was incred-
ible, absolutely incredible,” Memphis
coach Mike Norvell said. “Kept them
off-balance all game long.”
The Tigers held the Rebels to 173 yards
of offense, including minus-1 yards rush-
ing in the first half. But it was a fourth
quarter safety by Memphis defensive end
Bryce Huff that sealed it. On first down
after Tiger punter Adam Williams pinned
the Rebels at their own 2, Huff busted
through to tackle Corral as he dropped
back to pass in the end zone.
That gave Memphis its final 15-10 mar-
gin with 6:32 left. The Rebels would never
get the ball back after the ensuing free
kick and Memphis ran out the clock with
a six-plus-minute drive.
“That’s something I’ll remember for a
long time,” Norvell said of closing out the
game. “This football team trains, prepares
itself. This team plays a top-notch, physi-
cal football game here in Memphis.”
Patrick Taylor rushed for 128 yards and
a touchdown to lead the Memphis offense.
Kenneth Gainwell, who has taken over the
Tigers all-purpose duties from Tony Pol-
lard, now with the Dallas Cowboys, had 77
yards rushing for the Tigers and six catch-
es for another 41 yards.
Corral finished the game 9 of 19 for 93
yards passing. Scottie Phillips managed
62 yards on 19 carries as the Rebels were
held to 173 yards of total offense.
“We struggled to block them,” Rebel
coach Matt Luke said.
That was an important factor for the Ti-
gers, according to Norvell.
“We knew coming into it that whoever
would be able to establish the running
game would put themselves in a position
to be successful,” Norvell said. “You look
at it, we rushed for almost 200 yards, they
only rushed for 80. That was a big part of
the game.”
Fuller’s defense overshadowed the de-
but of Ole Miss offensive coordinator Rich
Rodriguez, the former coach at Arizona,
Michigan and West Virginia.
“At times, early on, there were a cou-
ple of bad decisions,” Luke said of the
first half offense. “We stayed behind the
chains. Couldn’t get anything going. In
the second half, we limited the negative
plays a little bit more.”
n THE TAKEAWAY: Ole Miss: The
new offense under Rodriguez failed to
muster any real momentum. In addition to
recording only 173 yards, neither Corral’s
passing nor Phillips’ rushing was produc-
tive. The Rebels started 0-7 on third-down
plays and only managed one conversion in
the game.
Memphis: Although the Memphis of-
fense wasn’t as explosive as last year, and
was hindered by at least a half-dozen false-
start penalties, the Tigers did manage to
convert 3 of 5 fourth-down plays. That in-
cluded one with about three minutes left
on the game’s final drive.
n THE SAFETY: Huff said when he
went onto the field with the Rebels on
their own 2, thoughts of a safety crossed
his mind. But he wanted to make sure he
was careful, especially since a run seemed
evident in that situation.
“I was thinking: ‘I’ve got to make some-
Justin Ford/USA TODAY Sports
Memphis Tigers defensive end Bryce Huff (55) celebrates after sacking Mississippi Rebels quarterback Matt Corral (2) for a
safety during the second half at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
Memphis 15,
Mississippi 10
Mississippi 0 0 3 7—10
Memphis 7 6 0 2—15
First Quarter
MEM_B.White 1 run (Patterson kick), 5:23
Second Quarter
MEM_P.Taylor 1 run (kick failed), :40
Third Quarter
MIS_FG Logan 35, 3:11
Fourth Quarter
MIS_Phillips 1 run (Logan kick), 11:49
MEM_safety, 6:27
A_44,107.
MIS MEM
First downs 13 22
Rushes-yards 33-80 51-192
Passing 93 172
Comp-Att-Int 9-19-1 23-31-1
Return Yards 27
Punts-Avg. 5-41.4
78
6-36.83
Fumbles-Lost 0-0
Penalties-Yards 3-35
1-0
10-75
Time of Possession 21:19 38:41
Individual Statistics
RUSHING_Mississippi, Phillips 19-62, Corral 9-17, Ealy 4-2, Conner 1-(minus
1). Memphis, P.Taylor 27-128, Gainwell 16-77, Samuel 1-4, Eze 0-0, B.White
5-(minus 6), (Team) 2-(minus 11).
PASSING_Mississippi, Corral 9-19-1-93. Memphis, B.White 23-31-1-172.
RECEIVING_Mississippi, E.Moore 4-60, Cooley 2-7, Pellerin 1-15, Battle 1-6,
Conner 1-5. Memphis, Coxie 6-44, Gainwell 6-41, P.Williams 4-40, P.Taylor
4-25, K.Jones 2-14, Samuel 1-8.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_Mississippi, Logan 50.
thing happen,’” Huff said of the play, later
adding: “I didn’t necessarily think he was
going to do a pass play down there.”
With Corral dropping back, Huff
reached the Rebels quarterback near the
back of the end zone.
“I kinda blanked,” Huff said of the
post-safety celebration.
Luke added: “Getting backed up and
giving up a safety, you’ve got a chance
to drive down and win the football fame
right there, or at least flip field position at
worst.”
n POLL IMPLICATIONS: It re-
mains to be seen whether the win over
an SEC team will be enough to move the
Tigers into the Top 25. They were among
others receiving votes in the preseason
poll, and are considered to be one of - if not
the - top teams in the American Athletic
Conference.
n UP NEXT: Ole Miss: Entertains Ar-
kansas at Oxford on Saturday in its SEC
opener. Justin Ford/USA TODAY Sports
Memphis: Continues its nonconfer- Mississippi Rebels quarterback Matt Corral (2) walks off the field after the game
ence schedule facing Southern University. against the Memphis Tigers at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
Wacky special teams day mars Bulldog win
Mississippi State quarterback Tommy Stevens drops back to pass against the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns during the first quarter Saturday at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
BY BEN PORTNOY
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
NEW ORLEANS — In a city known for its funky undertones
of bayou magic, Mississippi State’s special teams unit looked as
if its own voodoo doll was poked and prodded throughout the
first half of Saturday’s 38-28 win over Louisiana in the Mer-
cedes-Benz Superdome.
In 30 minutes of frivolous ineptitude, the Bulldogs kick and
return teams were consistently abysmal over the first two quar-
ters of competition before responding resoundingly down the
stretch.
“I think we kicked and covered much better in the second
half,” Moorhead conceded postgame.
The first major blemish of the day came when junior cor-
nerback Taury Dixon backpedaled into a Louisiana punt, thus
creating a live ball. Louisiana sophomore long-snapper Paul
Boudreaux quickly leapt on the fumble — granting the Ragin’
Cajuns possession at the MSU 15-yard line.
Visibly exacerbated by the gaffe, Bulldog senior returner Ma-
lik Dear shoved Dixon in frustration after he had signaled a fair
catch.
Gifted an opportunity, Louisiana cashed in three plays lat-
er as junior running back Elijah Mitchell punched through the
MSU defensive line for a three-yard score.
Compounding the special teams issues, MSU junior kicker
Jordan Lawless badly sliced a 37-yard kick wide right one minute
and 57 seconds into the second quarter as he handled the kick-
ing duties in the wake of junior Jace Christmann’s suspension.
Sophomore kickoff specialist Scott Goodman also botched a
late kickoff — granting Louisiana senior receiver and Ackerman
native Ja’Marcus Bradley a 23-yard return, up to his own 48 with
under a minute to play in the second quarter.
Irate with the first half gaffes, Moorhead reamed the special
teamers at the break.
“Some of it’s not suitable for work so decorum prohibits me
from saying exactly what I said,” he quipped. “But I will para-
phrase: We got hit with the punt, which turned it over then we
missed the field goal so I said ‘We needed to make a play on
special teams.’”
Receiving Moorhead’s words of “encouragement,” the unit’s
revenge tour began at the outset of the fourth quarter.
Leading 28-14 at the beginning frame, MSU junior punter
Tucker Day lined up around the 50 -yard line for his first kick of
the day. Peering out the corner of his eye, Day noticed a contin-
gent of Ragin’ Cajuns rearing to pounce off the line for a block.
After the Bulldogs took a timeout to account for the block
formation, he again readied.
Squaring, dropping and kicking, Day dropped his sand wedge
of a punt right inside the one-yard line where it was downed inch-
es from the goal line.
Celebrating uncontrollably all the way to the MSU sideline,
the ever-eccentric punter finally gave the MSU special teams
unit something worth cheering about.
“On a situation like that it’s 50 -50 whether the bounce goes
your way or not because half the ball makes it go forward, half
the ball makes it go backwards the way it hits,” he said. “I was
fortunate enough to where it smacked and it went backwards
and sideways. That’s all god — That’s god working right there.”
One possession later, Dear again lined up to field a Louisiana
punt. Receiving the line-drive kick, the 5-foot-9 speedster took
off. Dodging flailing Ragin’ Cajun defenders, Dear took the ball
down to the Louisiana 12-yard line, where he was clipped from
behind by sophomore defensive back Percy Butler.
Granted prime real estate, the MSU offense cashed in on the
ensuing play as graduate transfer quarterback Tommy Stevens
delivered a bullet to sophomore receiver Austin Williams from
12 yards out.
Furthering the special teams recovery effort, Day dropped
his second and final punt of the day inside the one-yard line once
more with 7:21 remaining in the game — just one possession
after the Ragin’ Cajuns drew within two touchdowns.
“It was just kind of a routine thing,” he said of the second
kick. “…We just kind of went out there and did it.”
Lawless then redeemed his wayward kick as he notched a 37-
yard field goal with 1:02 left to put the game out of reach.
Just minutes after closing what began as a disastrous day for
the special teams unit, Day addressed the media.
With his flowing brown hair bursting through a ball cap, he
boasted an ear-to-ear smile as he approached reporters in the
tunnel beneath the Superdome.
“In a game like this where the momentum is just going back
and forth, every little thing matters,” Day said. “Whether it be a
pick or a sack or you make them have to punt or you punt, it’s un-
predictable — that’s the best word for it. It paid off for us really,
really well in the end, and that was huge.”
BULLDOG BULLETS
Mississippi State grinds out
a season-opening win
BY GARRICK HODGE
ghodge@cdispatch.com
NEW ORLEANS — It wasn’t the 56-10
thrashing Mississippi State gave Louisiana a
year ago.
But at the very least, the Bulldogs earned
a 38-28 victory Saturday in the season open-
er against the Ragin’ Cajuns in the Mer-
cedes-Benz Superdome. Joe Moorhead
doesn’t have much choice but to take the win
and move on.
The Bulldogs gave reasons for both opti-
mism and concern moving forward, but the
main takeaway for now is MSU is 1-0 entering
its home opener against Southern Mississip-
pi.
A quick programming note concerning
Bulldog Bullets: this will be a weekly recur-
ring article filled with short observations and
commentary written throughout Mississippi
State football games that posts shortly after
the final gun.
Anyway, to the Bulldog Bullets:
n Moorhead didn’t need to be told who
his best offensive player is Saturday. Junior
running back Kylin Hill torched Louisiana,
rushing for 197 yards on 27 carries with one
touchdown. Moorhead gave Hill 10 carries in
the first quarter for 74 yards, then seven more
in the second to put him at 17 touches for 130
yards at halftime. If the Bulldogs are going to
have a special season, Hill is going to be at the
center of it.
n The poor Louisiana safety responsible
for covering Mississippi State wideout Osirus
Mitchell on MSU’s opening drive has to still
be spinning after biting on the play-action.
Tommy Stevens connected with Mitchell for
the easiest touchdown of his life, a 31-yard
strike where Mitchell was so open he could
have crawled into the end zone. The Bull-
dogs’ first series by the numbers: six plays,
74 yards.
n By the way, nice day for Mitchell: six
catches for 88 yards.
n First impression of Tommy Stevens gets
him a grade of B-minus. Stevens did complete
66 percent of his passes, but overthrew Mitch-
ell on what surely would have been a touch-
down pass and had some miscommunication
with wideout Stephen Guidry on what looked
to be a corner route. Even though Stevens is
a senior, it’s important to remember that he’s
inexperienced and is learning on the job. He
should improve week-to-week. Anyhow, the
graduate transfer completed 20 of 30 passes
for 236 yards, two touchdowns and also ran
for a touchdown.
n The first Louisiana play from scrimmage
resulted in a Cam Dantzler interception. Dan-
tzler grew up in Hammond, 44 miles from the
Superdome, so that had to be a cool moment
for the MSU junior defensive back.
n I’d like to nominate Ragin’ Cajuns quar-
terback Levi Lewis as the early nominee for
worst play of the year candidate after he lost
23 yards on a 4th-and-1 attempt. He delivered
another nomination for this prestigious award
with a “what-the-heck-was-that” pass that was
so sore on the eyes, officials eventually ruled
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2019 5B
Derick E. Hingle/USA TODAY Sports
it a fumble early in the second quarter.
n Don’t blame Stevens for that fumble on
MSU’s second series. Louisiana linebacker
Mike Jacquet Ill came completely untouched
on a blitz and blindsided Stevens. Nothing
you can really do about that.
n Taury Dixon didn’t have his finest mo-
ment late in the first quarter. His costly spe-
cial teams mistake gift wrapped Louisiana’s
first touchdown.
n Jordan Lawless missed a chip-shot 27-
yard field goal at the start of the second quar-
ter, providing more angst for State fans. MSU
sure did its best to let the Ragin’ Cajuns hang
around in the first half.
n Nick Gibson had a really nice cutback on
his eight-yard touchdown scamper. The se-
nior running back has said numerous times in
fall camp he expects big things from himself
and Hill this season. It was primarily the Hill
show against Louisiana, but Gibson added
made the most of his two carries and racked
up 27 yards on the ground in Game 1.
n With five seconds remaining in the first
half, Louisiana took a knee at midfield, giving
MSU a free play before the half ended. Not
sure I’ve seen something like that before.
n I’m a little confused by MSU’s first half
kickoff strategy of kicking the ball short each
time. It gave the Ragin’ Cajuns decent field po-
sition on more than one occasion.
n State’s first series in the second half
was a thing of beauty. Nine plays, 65 yards, 4
minutes taken off the clock thanks to the Hill
show.
n Hopefully, the injuries to MSU offensive
linemen Dareuan Parker and Darryl Williams
aren’t serious. Williams in particular is the
heart and soul of the unit and would be diffi-
cult to replace.
n Tucker Day’s 36-yard punt to pin Louisi-
ana at the one to start the fourth quarter was
just about perfect. So, naturally, he follows
that up with another perfect punt placed at the
one with 7:21 remaining in the fourth quarter.
n I thought the Superdome would be a cool
venue for a college football game, considering
how awesome the Sugar Bowl is and all. To
be honest, Saturday was kind of a dud from
an atmosphere standpoint. Saying the venue
was half-full would be generous at best with
22,440 fans announced to be in attendance.
The upper deck was completely empty and
there appeared to be more Mississippi State
fans in attendance than Louisiana fans (at
what was counted as a Louisiana home game).
Next week’s home opener against Southern
Miss at Davis Wade Stadium should be much
more lively.
n Mississippi State announced Lee Autry,
Jace Christmann, Willie Gay Jr., Devonta Ja-
son, Kwatrivous Johnson, Marcus Murphy
and Michael Story were suspended for the
season opener for a “violation of team rules.”
Obviously, some of these guys are caught up
in the NCAA’s academic misconduct investi-
gation into MSU and will have to miss seven
more games. But because some of these other
names might be suspended on a much short-
er-term basis, it’ll be a wait and see approach
to find out what players are available on a
week-to-week basis.
6B SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2019
CALENDAR
Today
WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER
Mississippi State at Idaho, 5 p.m.
MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER
Mississippi University for Women at
Talladega College, 1 p.m.
MEN’S COLLEGE GOLF
Mississippi State at Carmel Cup, All
Day
Tuesday
PREP SOCCER
Starkville Academy at Columbus Chris-
tian Academy, 5 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
Columbus at New Hope, 5/6:30 p.m.
Starkville Academy at Leake, 6 p.m.
Heritage Academy at East Rankin Acad-
emy, 6 p.m.
Newton Academy at Hebron Christian,
4 p.m.
Oak Hill at Winston Academy in Louis-
ville, 6:30 p.m.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
West Lowndes at Columbus, 5:30 p.m.
Tishomingo at New Hope, 6:30 p.m.
Heritage Academy at Starkville, 6:30
p.m.
New Albany at Caledonia, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Pearl River Community College at East
Mississippi Community College, 7 p.m.
Itawamba Community College at East
Central Community College, 6:30 p.m.
ON THE AIR
Today
AUTO RACING
8:05 a.m. — Formula One: The Belgian
Grand Prix, Stavelot, Belgium, ESPN2
1 p.m. — NHRA Drag Racing: U.S. Na-
tionals, qualifying, Indianapolis, FS1
2:30 p.m. — IndyCar Racing: Grand
Prix of Portland, Portland, Ore. NBC
3 p.m. — NHRA Drag Racing: Sunday
Live Indianapolis, Indianapolis, FS1
5 p.m. — NASCAR Monster Energy Cup
Series: The Bojangles’ Southern 500,
Darlington, S.C., NBCSN
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
1:30 p.m. — AVP: Gold Series Champi-
onships, Chicago, NBCSN
BIG 3 BASKETBALL
2 p.m. — 3rd Place Game: Power vs. 3
Headed Monsters, Los Angeles, CBS
CBS — Championship Game: Triplets
vs. Killer 3’s, Los Angeles
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
1 p.m. — Bethune-Cookman vs. Jack-
son State, Atlanta, ESPN2
6:30 p.m. — Houston at Oklahoma,
ABC
COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S)
7 p.m. — UCLA at Indiana, BTN
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
1 p.m. — Tennessee at Illinois, BTN
GOLF
5 a.m. — European Tour Golf: Omega
European Masters, final round, Valais,
Switzerland, GOLF
12 p.m. — Korn Ferry Tour Golf: Korn
Ferry Tour Championship, third round,
Newburgh, Indiana, GOLF
3 p.m. — PGA Tour Champions Golf:
Shaw Charity Classic, final round, Cal-
gary, Alberta, GOLF
5:30 p.m. — LPGA Tour Golf: Portland
Classic, final round, Portland, Ore.,
GOLF
HORSE RACING
1:30 p.m. — Saratoga Live: From Sara-
toga Springs, N.Y., FS2
MLB BASEBALL
12 p.m. — Oakland at NY Yankees,
TBS
3 p.m. — LA Dodgers at Arizona OR
San Diego at San Francisco, MLB
6 p.m. — NY Mets at Philadelphia,
ESPN
MOUNTAIN BIKING
12 a.m. (Monday) — UCI: World Cham-
pionships, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada
(taped), NBCSN
ROWING
11:30 p.m. — FISA World Champi-
onships: Day 8, finals, Ottensheim,
Austria (taped), NBCSN
SOCCER (MEN’S)
7:55 a.m. — Premier League: Wolves
at Everton, NBCSN
8:30 a.m. — Bundesliga: FC Augsburg
at Werder Bremen, FS1
10:25 a.m. — Premier League: Totten-
ham at Arsenal, NBCSN
10:55 a.m. — Serie A: AS Roma at
Lazio, ESPN2
11 a.m. — Fortuna Düsseldorf at
Eintracht Frankfurt, FS1
5:30 p.m. — MLS: LA Galaxy at Seat-
tle, FS1
TENNIS
10 a.m. — U.S. Open: Round of 16,
Flushing, N.Y., ESPN
2 p.m. — U.S. Open: Round of 16,
Flushing, N.Y., ESPN
6 p.m. — U.S. Open: Round of 16,
Flushing, N.Y., ESPN2
TRACK AND FIELD
12 p.m. — IAAF Diamond League: Welt-
klasse Meet, Zürich (taped), NBC
X GAMES
8 a.m. — Norway 2019: skate street,
ski and snowboard big air, Fornebu,
Norway, ESPNEWS
10:30 a.m. — Norway 2019: moto x,
women’s snowboard, women’s skate-
board, Fornebu, Norway, ESPNEWS
3 p.m. — Norway 2019: women’s ski,
moto x, snowboard, skate, Fornebu,
Norway, ESPNEWS
6 p.m. — Norway 2019: ski big air,
moto x, Fornebu, Norway, ESPNEWS
WNBA BASKETBALL
6 p.m. — Atlanta at Seattle, NBA
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Keuchel’s rare 2-run single helps Braves top White Sox 11-5
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — It was easy for Dallas
Keuchel to remember his last RBI seven
years ago. It was also his first.
Keuchel collected his first RBIs since
his rookie season and held Chicago to two
runs in six innings as the Atlanta Braves
beat the White Sox 11-5 on Saturday
night.
“It was Jake Westbrook in 2012,”
Keuchel said, identifying the St. Louis
pitcher who gave up his last RBI.
Keuchel then used dry humor to ex-
plain the long gap in production at the
plate.
“I really haven’t had many guys on base
in front of me, so it’s been really tough,”
Keuchel said before cracking a smile.
Entering the game, Keuchel had driv-
en in only one run — in his 2012 rookie
season with Houston — in 63 career at-
bats.
Keuchel spent seven seasons with the
Astros before signing with Atlanta in
June. The boost in at-bats in the Nation-
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Friday’s Games
Tampa Bay 4, Cleveland 0
Oakland 8, N.Y. Yankees 2
Houston 7, Toronto 4
Minnesota 13, Detroit 5
Atlanta 10, Chicago White Sox 7
Texas 6, Seattle 3
Baltimore 14, Kansas City 2
Boston 7, L.A. Angels 6, 15 innings
Saturday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees 4, Oakland 3, 11 innings
Toronto 6, Houston 4
Tampa Bay 9, Cleveland 6
Detroit 10, Minnesota 7
Kansas City 7, Baltimore 5
Atlanta 11, Chicago White Sox 5
Texas 3, Seattle 2
Boston at L.A. Angels, 9:07 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Oakland (Fiers 13-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Happ 11-
8), 1:05 p.m.
Houston (Verlander 16-5) at Toronto (Font 3-3),
1:07 p.m.
Cleveland (Plutko 6-3) at Tampa Bay (Morton 13-
6), 1:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Pineda 10-5) at Detroit (Turnbull 3-13),
1:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Brooks 4-7) at Kansas City (Duffy 5-6),
2:15 p.m.
Seattle (Kikuchi 5-9) at Texas (Minor 11-8), 3:05
p.m.
Boston (Price 7-5) at L.A. Angels (Heaney 3-3),
4:07 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Giolito 14-7) at Atlanta (Tehe-
ran 8-8), 5:10 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 1:10 p.m.
Toronto at Atlanta, 1:20 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.
Houston at Milwaukee, 4:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 7:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Friday’s Games
Chicago Cubs 7, Milwaukee 1
N.Y. Mets 11, Philadelphia 5
Washington 7, Miami 6
Atlanta 10, Chicago White Sox 7
Pittsburgh 9, Colorado 4
San Francisco 8, San Diego 3
Arizona 5, L.A. Dodgers 4
Cincinnati at St. Louis, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
St. Louis 10, Cincinnati 6, 1st game
Milwaukee 2, Chicago Cubs 0
N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 3
Arizona 6, L.A. Dodgers 5
Washington 7, Miami 0
St. Louis 3, Cincinnati 2, 2nd game
Atlanta 11, Chicago White Sox 5
Pittsburgh 11, Colorado 4
San Diego 4, San Francisco 1
Sunday’s Games
Cincinnati (Mahle 2-10) at St. Louis (Mikolas 8-13),
1:05 p.m., 1st game
Miami (Smith 8-8) at Washington (Corbin 10-6),
1:35 p.m.
Milwaukee (González 2-2) at Chicago Cubs (Dar-
vish 5-6), 2:20 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Brault 3-3) at Colorado (TBD), 3:10
p.m.
San Diego (Lauer 7-8) at San Francisco (Beede
3-8), 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (TBD) at Arizona (Young 6-3), 4:10
p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Giolito 14-7) at Atlanta (Tehe-
ran 8-8), 5:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Castillo 13-5) at St. Louis (Ponce de
Leon 1-1), 7:05 p.m., 2nd game
N.Y. Mets (Stroman 7-12) at Philadelphia (Eflin
8-11), 7:05 p.m.
Monday’s Games
N.Y. Mets at Washington, 1:05 p.m.
Toronto at Atlanta, 1:20 p.m.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 2:10 p.m.
San Francisco at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.
Houston at Milwaukee, 4:10 p.m.
San Diego at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.
Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m.
Baseball Expanded
Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB Barlow, W, 3-3 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 2
WCGB L10 Str Home Away
New York 89 48 .650 _ Fry pitched to 3 batters in the 8th.
_ 6-4 W-1 50-21 39-27
Tampa Bay 79 58 .577 10 Umpires_Home, Laz Diaz; First, Cory Blaser; Sec-
_ 6-4 W-3 36-31 43-27
Boston 73 63 .537 15½ T_2:54. A_18,385 (37,903).
5½ 6-4 L-1 34-34 39-29
Toronto 55 82 .401 34 Rays 9, Indians 6
24
Baltimore
3-7 W-1 27-41 28-41
45 90 .333 43 ab r h bi ab r h bi Colorado 011 100 010—4
33 6-4 L-1 22-46 23-44
Central Division
W L Pct GB Mercado cf 4 1 1 0 Pham lf 4 1 2 2 6. 2B_Reynolds 2 (32), Reyes (2), Blackmon (37).
WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Minnesota 83 52 .615 _ Puig rf 4 0 0 0 d’Arnaud c 4 2 1 1 una (10), McMahon (19), Murphy (12). SF_Moran
_ 7-3 L-1 39-29 44-23
Cleveland 79 57 .581 4½ Kipnis 2b 3 0 0 0 Garcia rf 4 2 2 2 (4), Arenado (8), Hampson (2). S_Musgrove (7).
_
Chicago
5-5 L-2 41-27 38-30
60 75 .444 23 Reyes dh 4 1 3 0 Duffy 3b 3 1 0 1 Pittsburgh Benintendi lf 3 0 1 1 Rengifo 2b 3 1 1 1 SOUTHWEST
18
Kansas City
4-6 L-5 33-35 27-40
48 89 .350 36 Allen lf-rf 4 0 2 2 Feliz 1 0 0 0 0 2
31 3-7 W-1 26-43 22-46
Detroit 40 93 .301 42 Melville L,1-1 2 6 5 4 2 1
37 3-7 W-1 18-47 22-46
West Division
W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 7. 2B_Santana (27), Allen (8), Wend-
WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Houston 88 49 .642 _ Pham (20), Garcia (18), d’Arnaud (15).
_ 7-3 L-1 51-17 37-32
Oakland 78 57 .578 9 Cleveland Pujols (17), Calhoun (27), Rengifo (17), Goodwin
_
Texas
6-4 L-1 43-26 35-31
67 70 .489 21 Clippard 0 2-3 1 2 2 1 1
12
Los Angeles
5-5 W-2 40-28 27-42
65 72 .474 23
14 3-7 W-1 35-33 30-39
Seattle 57 80 .416 31 Castillo 1 1-3 3 2 2 0 2
22 3-7 L-2 29-40 28-40
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB Roe 1 0 0 0 0 2
WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Atlanta
_
83 54 .606 _
8-2 W-3 41-27 42-27
Washington 76 58 .567 5½
_ 8-2 W-3 39-27 37-31
Philadelphia 69 65 .515 12½ Umpires_Home, Vic Carapazza; First, Dan Ias-
3½ 5-5 L-2 40-31 29-34
New York 69 66 .511 13 Wendelstedt.
4 4-6 W-2 37-27 32-39
Miami 48 87 .356 34
25 3-7 L-2 28-43 20-44
Central Division
W L Pct GB Minnesota Detroit Beaty ph-lf 2 0 0 0 McFarland p 0 0 0 0
WCGB L10 Str Home Away
St. Louis 75 59 .560 _
_ 8-2 W-2 42-24 33-35
Chicago 73 62 .541 2½ Polanco ss 4 1 2 2 W.Castro ss 4 1 1 1
_ 6-4 L-1 45-23 28-39
Milwaukee 69 66 .511 6½ Rosario lf 5 0 1 0 1-H.Castro pr-dh 0 0 0
4 5-5 W-1 39-29 30-37
Cincinnati 63 72 .467 12½ Sanó 3b 5 0 0 0 Rodríguez 1b 4 2 2 5 (24), Flores (7), Escobar (32). SF_Hernández (4).
10 4-6 L-3 37-31 26-41
Pittsburgh 59 77 .434 17 Adrianza rf 3 0 0 0 Dixon lf 5 1 2 1 IP H R ER BB SO
14½ 7-3 W-3 29-37 30-40
West Division
W L Pct GB
WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Los Angeles 88 50 .638 _ Minnesota 110 021 011—7
_ 4-6 L-3 52-18 36-32
Arizona 70 66 .515 17 E_Adrianza 2 (8). DP_Minnesota 0, Detroit 1.
3½ 7-3 W-6 33-32 37-34
San Francisco 66 69 .489 20½ Ginkel H,4 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 0
7
San Diego
3-7 L-1 30-37 36-32
63 72 .467 23½ co (20), Cron (24), Cruz (34), Rodríguez 2 (13).
10
Colorado
4-6 W-1 31-37 32-35
59 78 .431 28½ IP H R ER BB SO
15 1-9 L-5 34-34 25-44
Braves 11, White Sox 5
Chicago Atlanta Miami Washington WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released DE
ab r h bi ab r h bi Dobnak 1 2 0 0 0 3
Totals 38 5 13 4 Totals 34 11 12 10 Detroit New York
García rf 5 1 1 0 A lbies 2b 3 1 2 0 Boyd, W, 7-10 6 6 5 5 1 11
Anderson ss 5 0 2 0 Swanson ss 3 1 1 2 Soto 1 1 0 0 1 1
Abreu 1b 3 2 1 0 Freeman 1b 2 1 0 0 Farmer 2-3 2 1 1 1 3
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al League had not been much help before issues, which shortened his last start,
Saturday night. He took a .115 batting av- were not a factor.
erage into the game but said he was proud The White Sox have lost five straight
to help the bottom of the lineup carry the and allowed a combined 21 runs in losing
load against Chicago. the first two games of the interleague se-
“The bottom really did some damage ries with Atlanta.
tonight,” he said. Josh Donaldson hit his 33rd homer in
Billy Hamilton had a run-scoring dou- the eighth off Kelvin Herrera, Chicago’s
ble in the big inning. Rafael Ortega drove sixth pitcher.
in a run with a single. Matt Joyce walked Ozzie Albies singled and scored from
and scored in the inning. first on Dansby Swanson’s double to left
Keuchel (6-5) earned his third straight field to open the first. Albies slid under
win. He allowed nine hits but no walks. the tag of catcher Welington Castillo.
The Braves knocked Reynaldo López Chicago scored three runs in the sev-
out of the game with a six-run first inning enth off right-hander Chris Martin to
that included Keuchel’s two-run single up cut Atlanta’s lead to 7-5. The Braves an-
the middle. swered with three runs in the bottom of
“What can I say? A really bad outing,” the inning.
López said through a translator. “I think “We got it close and they just continued
there is nothing else I can add. Just a real- to attack,” said White Sox manager Rick
ly bad outing.” Renteria. “They’re a good offensive club.”
López (8-12), who did not allow a hit in Atlanta rested Ronald Acuña Jr. in an
five innings in a win over Texas on Sun- attempt to end his slump. Acuña drove in
day, recorded only two outs in his shortest a run with a bases-loaded, pinch-hit fly
start of the season. He said dehydration ball to left field in the seventh.
Moncada 3b 5 1 1 1 b -Culberson ph 2 0 0 0 Jiménez 1 1 1 1 1 1 Walker 3b 3 0 0 0 Soto lf 4 2 2 2 Lugo S,4-9 2 1 0 0 0 4
Jiménez lf 5 0 3 1 Donaldson 3b 5 1 2 1 HBP_Stashak (W.Castro). WP_Farmer. Cooper 1b 3 0 0 0 Adams 1b 4 0 0 0 Philadelphia
Castillo c 5 0 1 1 Joyce rf 3 1 1 1 Umpires_Home, Carlos Torres; First, Angel Her- Alfaro c 3 0 0 0 Suzuki c 3 2 1 2 Vargas L,0-2 4 9 5 5 3 2
Sánchez 2b 4 1 2 1 Swarzak p 0 0 0 0 nandez; Second, Alfonso Marquez; Third, John Brinson cf 3 0 0 0 Dozier 2b 3 0 1 0 Parker 2 0 0 0 0 2
Engel cf 4 0 2 0 e -Hechavarría ph 1 0 0 Libka. Conley p 0 0 0 0 Robles cf 3 0 1 0 Suárez 1 1 0 0 0 0
0
López p 0 0 0 0 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
T_3:20. A_16,713 (41,297).] Dean lf
Lopez p
3 0 0 0 Strasburg p 2 0 1 1
1 0 0 0 Rainey p 0 0 0 0
Hughes
Álvarez
1 0 0 0 0 1
1 3 1 1 0 1
Cordero p 0 0 0 0 Flowers c 4 2 1 1 Yankees 4, Athletics 3, 11 Chen p 1 0 0 0 Matz pitched to 4 batters in the 6th, Vargas pitched
a-Cordell ph 1 0 0 0 Ortega lf 5 2 2 1 Granderson rf 1 0 0 0 to 4 batters in the 5th, Suárez pitched to 1 batter
Osich p 0 0 0 0 Hamilton cf 3 2 2 1 innings Miami 000 000 000—0 in the 8th.
Santiago p 0 0 0 0 Keuchel p 3 0 1 2 Oakland New York Washington 213 000 01x—7 HBP_Vargas (Frazier).
c-Skole ph 1 0 0 0 Martin p 0 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi DP_Miami 1, Washington 1. LOB_Miami 2, Wash- Umpires_Home, Will Little; First, Joe West; Sec-
Detwiler p 0 0 0 0 Newcomb p 0 0 0 0 Totals 39 3 8 3 Totals 35 4 6 4 ington 2. 2B_Soto (24), Robles (26). HR_Rendon ond, Tripp Gibson; Third, Eric Cooper.
Herrera p 0 0 0 0 d-Acuña Jr. ph-rf 0 0 0 Semien ss 5 0 0 0 LeMahieu 3b 5 1 1 1 2 (31), Soto (30), Suzuki (15). S_Strasburg (4). T_3:41. A_40,690 (43,647).
1 Grossman rf-lf 4 1 1 0 Judge rf 3 1 1 1 IP H R ER BB SO
Chicago
Atlanta
101 000 300—5
610 000 31x—11
E_Martin (1), Joyce (2). DP_Chicago 1, Atlanta
M.Chapman 3b 5 1 2 1 Gregorius ss 4 0 0 0
Olson 1b
Canha cf
4 1 3 2 Torres 2b 4 0 1 0
5 0 1 0 Sánchez c 3 2 2 2
Miami
Lopez L,5-7
Chen
3 6 6 6 0 1
4 1 0 0 0 2
Soccer
2. LOB_Chicago 10, Atlanta 8. 2B_Anderson Brown lf 3 0 1 0 1-Maybin pr 0 0 0 0 Conley 1 1 1 1 0 0 Major League Soccer
(25), Sánchez (16), Swanson (22), Hamilton (1). a-Pinder ph-rf 2 0 0 0 Romine c 0 0 0 0 Washington Eastern Conference
HR_Donaldson (33). SF_Acuña Jr. (1). S_Cordero Profar dh 3 0 0 0 Gardner cf 4 0 0 0 Strasburg W,16-5 8 2 0 0 0 14 W L T Pts GF GA
(1), Osich (1). Neuse 2b 4 0 0 0 Voit dh 4 0 0 0 Rainey 1 0 0 0 1 3 Philadelphia 15 8 6 51 54 42
IP H R ER BB SO Herrmann c 3 0 0 0 Ford 1b 4 0 1 0 HBP_Lopez 2 (Suzuki,Rendon). WP_Lopez. New York City FC 14 5 8 50 51 34
b-Phegley ph-c 1 0 0 0 Tauchman lf 4 0 0 0 Atlanta 15 10 3 48 47 33
Chicago
López, L, 8-12 2-3 6 6 6 1 0 Oakland 000 200 100 00—3
Umpires_Home, Nic Lentz; First, Chad Fairchild;
Second, Mike Everitt; Third, Lance Barrett. D.C. United 11 10 9 42 39 38
New York 010 010 010 01—4 New York 12 12 5 41 47 44
Cordero 2 1-3 2 1 1 1 3
DP_Oakland 1, New York 2. LOB_Oakland 15,
T_2:31. A_27,539 (41,313).
New England 10 9 9 39 41 47
Osich 2 1 0 0 1 4
Santiago 1 1 0 0 0 1 New York 3. 2B_Olson (20), M.Chapman (35). Cardinals 3, Reds 2 Toronto FC
Montreal
10 10 8 38 44 45
11 15 4 37 42 56
Detwiler 1-3 1 3 3 2 0 HR_Olson (27), Sánchez 2 (32), Judge (19), Cincinnati St. Louis
Herrera 1 2-3 1 1 1 2 3 LeMahieu (24). SB_Grossman (9). ab r h bi ab r h bi Orlando City 9 13 7 34 35 39
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO Totals 29 2 3 2 Totals 33 3 8 3 Chicago 8 12 10 34 44 43
Keuchel, W, 6-5 6 9 2 2 0 3 Oakland VanMeter lf 3 1 1 1 Fowler rf 4 0 2 1 Columbus 8 15 7 31 33 44
Bailey 5 2-3 4 2 2 1 9 Ervin ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Wong 2b 3 0 1 0 Cincinnati 5 20 3 18 28 67
Martin
Newcomb, H, 14
2-3 3 3 1 0 0
1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Treinen 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 Votto 1b 4 1 2 1 Goldschmidt 1b 4 0 0 0 Western Conference
Soria, BS, 1-6 1 1 1 1 0 3 W L T Pts GF GA
Swarzak 1 1 0 0 0 0
Trivino, L, 4-6 2 1 1 1 0 1
Suárez 3b 4 0 0 0 Ozuna lf
Aquino rf
3 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 DeJong ss 4 0 0 0 Los Angeles FC 19 3 5 62 74 28
Tomlin 1 0 0 0 0 0
HBP_Cordero (Freeman), Keuchel 2 New York
Germán 5 4 2 2 3 5
Senzel cf 3 0 0 0 Edman 3b 4 2 3 0 San Jose 13 10 5 44 48 43
Real Salt Lake 13 11 4 43 40 35
(Abreu,Abreu). WP_Herrera. J.Iglesias ss 4 0 0 0 Wieters c 3 0 0 0
Umpires_Home, Pat Hoberg; First, Greg Gibson; Loaisiga 1 1 0 0 1 2 Farmer 2b 2 0 0 0 Muñoz pr 0 0 0 0 FC Dallas 12 10 7 43 47 38
Second, Jordan Baker; Third, Brian Knight. Ottavino 2-3 2 1 1 1 0 Lorenzen p 0 0 0 0 Molina c 0 1 0 0 Seattle 12 8 7 43 42 40
T_3:52. A_36,664 (41,149). Kahnle 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 R.Iglesias p 0 0 0 0 Bader cf 4 0 1 1 LA Galaxy 13 11 3 42 38 41
Britton 2-3 0 0 0 1 1 Gausman p 0 0 0 0 Wacha p 2 0 0 0 Minnesota 12 9 6 42 44 37
Rangers 3, Mariners 2 Green 1-3 0 0 0 2 1 Gray p 2 0 0 0 O’Neill ph 1 0 0 0 Portland 12 11 4 40 43 40
Seattle Texas A.Chapman 1 0 0 0 2 2 Garrett p 0 0 0 0 Leone p 0 0 0 0 Sporting KC 10 11 7 37 41 45
ab r h bi ab r h bi Gearrin, W, 1-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Galvis ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Webb p 0 0 0 0 Houston 9 15 4 31 38 49
Colorado 8 14 6 30 45 54
Totals 34 2 9 2 Totals 32 3 5 3 Trivino pitched to 1 batter in the 11th. Casali c 3 0 0 0 Gant p 0 0 0 0
HBP_Loaisiga (Profar), Ottavino (Brown), Trivino Vancouver 6 15 9 27 30 53
Smith rf 4 0 2 0 Choo rf 4 0 1 0 Carpenter ph 1 0 1 1
Lopes lf 4 0 1 0 Andrus ss 4 1 2 1 (Sánchez). WP_Ottavino, Green.
Umpires_Home, Sean Barber; First, Stu Scheu-
Cincinnati 101 000 000—2 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Nola c 4 0 0 0 Calhoun lf 4 0 0 0 St. Louis 000 000 102—3
Seager 3b 4 0 0 0 Solak dh
Murphy dh 4 1 1 0 Odor 2b
4 1 0 1
4 0 0 0
water; Second, Alan Porter; Third, Jim Reynolds.
T_3:58. A_44,462 (47,309).
E_VanMeter (3), Ozuna (3). DP_Cincinnati 0, St.
Louis 2. LOB_Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 9. 2B_Fowler Football
Vogelbach 1b 4 0 1 1 Forsythe 1b 2 0 0 0
Moore ss 3 1 2 0 Santana ph 0 0 0 0 Padres 4, Giants 1 (21). 3B_Wong (2). HR_VanMeter (6), Votto (13).
IP H R ER BB SO
College Football Scores
Gordon 2b 4 0 2 1 Kiner-Falefa 3b 4 0 1 1 San Diego San Francisco Cincinnati
EAST
ab r h bi ab r h bi Army 14, Rice 7
Broxton cf 3 0 0 0 DeShields cf 3 0 0 0
Trevino c 3 1 1 0 Totals 37 4 11 4 Totals 34 1 9 1
Gray
Garrett H,21
6 2-3 5 1 0 2 4
1-3 0 0 0 0 1
Boston 35, Virginia Tech 28
Garcia 2b 5 0 0 0 Solano 2b 4 0 1 0 Buffalo 38, Robert Morris 10
Seattle 010 001 000—2
Martini lf 4 0 2 0 Slater rf 4 1 1 1
Lorenzen H,18 1 0 0 0 0 2 CCSU 26, Fordham 23
Texas 001 000 002—3 R.Iglesias L,2-11 BS,27-32 0 2 2 2 Delaware 31, Delaware St. 13
E_Gordon (9), DeShields (4). LOB_Seattle 7, Stammen p 0 0 0 0 Watson p 0 0 0 0
Renfroe ph 1 0 0 0 Smith p 0 0 0 0
0 0 Maine 42, Sacred Heart 14
Texas 6. 2B_Moore (11), Murphy (12), Trevino (4), Gausman 0 1 0 0 0 0
Andrus 2 (26). SB_Smith (39). Yates p 0 0 0 0 Pillar cf 4 0 1 0 St. Louis
Navy 45, Holy Cross 7
Penn St. 79, Idaho 7
Machado 3b 4 1 2 0 Longoria 3b 3 0 1 0 Wacha 7 3 2 2 2 7
IP H R ER BB SO Hosmer 1b 4 0 0 0 Posey c 4 0 1 0 Leone 2-3 0 0 0 0 0
Rutgers 48, UMass 21
Naylor rf 4 1 2 1 Rickard lf-rf 3 0 2 0 St. Francis (PA) 14, Lehigh 13
Seattle Webb 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Stony Brook 35, Bryant 10
Milone 5 3 1 1 1 4 Margot cf 4 0 2 1 Ystrzemski ph-rf 1 0 0 Gant W,10-0 1 0 0 0 2 1
0 Temple 56, Bucknell 12
Wisler H,3 1 0 0 0 0 1
Guilbeau H,3 1 0 0 0 0 1 Urías ss 3 0 0 0 Belt 1b 3 0 1 0
R.Iglesias pitched to 3 batters in the 9th, Gausman
pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.
UConn 24, Wagner 21
Villanova 34, Colgate 14
Bass H,5 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hedges c 4 1 2 0 Dubon ss 3 0 1 0
Lucchesi p 2 0 0 0 Crawford ph 1 0 0 0
HBP_R.Iglesias (Molina). West Virginia 20, James Madison 13
Magill L,2-2 BS,4-6 1-3 2 2 1 1 0 Umpires_Home, Chad Whitson; First, Doug Ed- SOUTH
Texas Myers ph-lf 2 1 1 2 Webb p 2 0 0 0 dings; Second, Bill Miller; Third, Adrian Johnson. Alabama 42, Duke 3
Burke 6 7 2 2 1 2 Moronta p 0 0 0 0 T_2:53. A_42,074 (45,538).
J.Hernández 2 1-3 2 0 0 1 3 Rogers p 0 0 0 0 Appalachian St. 42, ETSU 7
Clase W,2-2 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 Dickerson ph-lf 2 0 0 0 Brewers 2, Cubs 0 Austin Peay 41, NC Central 10
Boise St. 36, Florida St. 31
Umpires_Home, Jansen Visconti; First, Jerry San Diego 000 001 012—4 Milwaukee Chicago
San Francisco 100 000 000—1 ab r h bi ab r h bi Cent. Arkansas 35, W. Kentucky 28
Meals; Second, Gabe Morales; Third, Phil Cuzzi.
T_2:49. A_33,668 (49,115). DP_San Diego 2, San Francisco 0. LOB_San Totals 35 2 8 2 Totals 33 0 6 0 Charlotte 49, Gardner-Webb 28
Diego 8, San Francisco 8. 2B_Naylor (11), Pillar Chattanooga 24, E. Illinois 10
Royals 7, Orioles 5 (35). 3B_Machado (2). HR_Myers (15), Slater (5).
Gamel lf
Pérez 2b
5 1 3 0 Heyward cf 4 0 0 0
4 0 2 0 Castellanos rf 3 0 0 0 Clemson 52, Georgia Tech 14
Davidson 27, Georgetown 20
Baltimore Kansas City
IP H R ER BB SO
Spngenberg ph-2b 1 0 1 0 B r y a n t
E. Kentucky 53, Valparaiso 7
ab r h bi ab r h bi 3b 4 0 1 0
Totals 31 5 5 5 Totals 31 7 8 7 San Diego Yelich rf 4 1 0 0 Rizzo 1b 4 0 2 0 E. Michigan 30, Coastal Carolina 23
Florida 24, Miami 20
Villar ss 3 1 1 0 Merrifield 2b 2 0 0 2 Lucchesi 6 8 1 1 1 3 Grandal 1b 2 0 0 0 Báez ss 4 0 1 0
Mancini rf 4 1 1 0 Soler dh 4 0 1 0 Stammen W,7-6 2 1 0 0 0 2 Piña c 4 0 1 2 Schwarber lf 4 0 1 0 Furman 46, Charleston Southern 13
Santander dh 4 2 2 4 Dozier 3b 5 1 1 2 Yates S,39-42 1 0 0 0 0 3 Grisham cf 4 0 0 0 Caratini c 3 0 0 0 Georgia St. 38, Tennessee 30
Stewart lf 4 0 0 0 Gordon lf 5 0 1 0 San Francisco Hader p 0 0 0 0 Russell 2b 4 0 0 0 Hampton 65, Elizabeth City State 7
Webb 5 2-3 7 1 1 1 7 Kennesaw St. 59, Point 0
Alberto 2b 4 0 0 0 O’Hearn 1b 2 1 1 0
Davis 1b 2 0 0 0 Starling rf 4 2 2 1 Moronta 0 0 0 0 1 0
Arcia ss
Shaw 3b
4 0 0 0 Hamels p 2 0 1 0
3 0 1 0 Ryan p 0 0 0 0 Kentucky 38, Toledo 24
Maryland 79, Howard 0
Ruiz 3b 4 0 0 0 Viloria c 3 2 1 0 Rogers 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 0
Watson L,2-2 1 2 1 1 0 1
Davies p 2 0 0 0 Happ ph 1 0 0 0
Memphis 15, Mississippi 10
Wilkerson cf 3 0 0 0 Phillips cf 2 1 1 1 Albers p 0 0 0 0 Kintzler p 0 0 0 0
a-Núñez ph 1 0 0 0 Lopez ss 4 0 0 1 Smith 1 2 2 2 0 2 Braun ph 1 0 0 0 Wick p 0 0 0 0 Mercer 49, W. Carolina 27
Sisco c 2 1 1 1 Moronta pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. Pomeranz p 0 0 0 0 Mississippi St. 38, Louisiana-Lafayette 28
Baltimore 000 140 000—5 HBP_Lucchesi (Longoria). WP_Rogers. Guerra p 0 0 0 0 Morehead St. 44, Union 7
Kansas City 010 300 12x—7 Umpires_Home, Sam Holbrook; First, Jim Wolf; Cain cf 1 0 0 0 NC A&T 24, Elon 21
E_Wilkerson (2), Sisco (6). DP_Baltimore 0, Second, Ramon De Jesus; Third, Manny Gon- Milwaukee 200 000 000—2 NC State 34, East Carolina 6
Kansas City 1. LOB_Baltimore 3, Kansas City 9. zalez. Chicago 000 000 000—0 North Carolina 24, South Carolina 20
HR_Santander 2 (16), Sisco (8), Starling (3), Doz- T_2:58. A_36,424 (41,915). LOB_Milwaukee 10, Chicago 8. 2B_Gamel 2 (15), Richmond 38, Jacksonville 19
SC State 28, Wofford 13
ier (24). SB_Phillips (2). SF_Phillips (1), Merrifield
2 (4). S_Phillips (1). Pirates 11, Rockies 4 Pérez (9), Hamels (1). SB_Yelich (26).
IP H R ER BB SO Southeastern Louisiana 35, Jacksonville St. 14
Syracuse 24, Liberty 0
IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Colorado
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Milwaukee
Towson 28, The Citadel 21
Baltimore Davies 4 2-3 4 0 0 1 2
Bundy 6 6 4 3 3 7 Totals 44 11 17 10 Totals
Newman ss 5 3 3 2 Story ss
33 4 9 4
5 1 1 0
Albers 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Tulane 42, FIU 14
UAB 24, Alabama St. 19
Harvey, BS, 0-1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Pomeranz H,5 2-3 2 0 0 1 2
Fry, L, 1-6 0 1 2 0 0 0 Markel p 1 0 0 0 Blackmon rf 4 0 2 0 Guerra W,8-4 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 UCF 62, Florida A&M 0
Castro 1 0 0 0 1 0 Reynolds lf 6 1 3 3 Arenado 3b 3 0 1 1 Hader S,27-33 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 UT Martin 42, Northwestern St. 20
Kansas City Marte cf 5 0 1 1 Murphy 1b 3 1 1 1 Chicago Wake Forest 38, Utah St. 35
Bell 1b 6 1 1 1 McMahon 2b 4 1 1 1 William & Mary 30, Lafayette 17
López
Hill
4
1
2-3 4 4 4 2 6
2-3 1 1 1 1 0 Moran 3b 3 0 1 1 Hilliard lf 4 1 1 0
Hamels L,7-5 6 5 2 2 3 7
Ryan 1 1 0 0 0 2 Wisconsin 49, South Florida 0
Osuna rf 5 1 1 1 Hampson cf 3 0 2 1 MIDWEST
Frazier 2b 5 2 2 0 Nuñez c 4 0 0 0
Kintzler 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bowling Green 46, Morgan St. 3
Kennedy, S, 24-27 1 0 0 0 0 1 Wick 1 2 0 0 0 2
Stallings c 4 2 3 0 Melville p 0 0 0 0
Musgrove p 2 0 0 0 Parsons p 1 0 0 0
HBP_Hamels (Shaw). Cent. Michigan 38, Albany (NY) 21
Cincinnati 24, UCLA 14
HBP_Hill (Sisco). Umpires_Home, Rob Drake; First, Tim Timmons;
Reyes ph 1 1 1 1 Shaw p 0 0 0 0 Second, Roberto Ortiz; Third, Mike Muchlinski. Illinois 42, Akron 3
Indiana 34, Ball St. 24
ond, Tony Randazzo; Third, Jeff Nelson. Feliz p 0 0 0 0 A lonso ph 1 0 0 0 T_2:57. A_40,178 (41,649).
E.González ss 1 0 1 0 McGee p 0 0 0 0 Iowa St. 29, N. Iowa 26
Howard p 0 0 0 0 Angels 10, Red Sox 4 Kansas 24, Indiana St. 17
Daza ph 1 0 0 0 Boston Los Angeles Michigan St. 28, Tulsa 7
Minnesota 28, South Dakota St. 21
Cleveland Tampa Bay Pittsburgh 230 200 301—11 ab r h bi ab r h bi
Totals 34 4 9 4 Totals 37 10 13 10 Montana 31, South Dakota 17
E_Arenado (9), Melville (1), McGee (1). DP_Pitts- N. Dakota St. 57, Butler 10
Totals
Lindor ss
35 6 11 6 Totals 35 9 11 8
5 1 2 2 Sogard 2b 5 1 2 1 burgh 1, Colorado 1. LOB_Pittsburgh 11, Colorado
Betts cf-rf 3 1 3 1 Fletcher 3b-2b 5 1 2 1
Devers 3b 5 1 0 0 Trout cf 3 1 1 1 Nebraska 35, South Alabama 21
3B_Hilliard (1). HR_Newman (10), Bell (35), Os-
Bogaerts ss 5 0 1 0 Goodwin lf 5 1 2 2 North Alabama 26, W. Illinois 17
North Dakota 47, Drake 7
Santana 1b 3 1 2 2 Meadows dh 5 0 0 0 Martinez rf 3 1 2 2 Pujols 1b 4 2 2 3
Bradley Jr. cf 0 0 0 0 Upton dh 5 1 1 0 Ohio 41, Rhode Island 20
Ohio St. 45, FAU 21
Bauers lf 0 0 0 0 Choi 1b 4 2 3 1 Travis dh 3 0 0 0 Calhoun rf 4 2 2 1
a-Hernández ph-dh 2 0 0 0 SE Missouri 44, S. Illinois 26
Freeman 2b 0 1 0 0 Kiermaier cf 3 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Simmons ss 4 1 2 1 Youngstown St. 45, Samford 22
Perez c 4 0 0 0 Wendle ss 3 0 1 0 Musgrove W,9-12 6 8 3 3 1 5 Vázquez 1b 3 0 0 0 c -Ohtani ph 1 0 0 0 Arkansas 20, Portland St. 13
b-Moreland ph-1b 0 0 0 0 Stassi c Lamar 65, Bethel (TN) 16
Markel 2 1 1 1 0 3 Texas A&M 41, Texas St. 7
Chang 3b 4 1 1 0
Cleveland 200 000 022—6 Colorado
0
Holt 2b
0 0 0
4 1 2 0 K .Smith c 2 0 0 0 Texas Tech 45, Montana St. 10
Tampa Bay 012 0 0330x — 9
Parsons 3 4 2 2 1 1
León c 3 0 0 0 d-Thaiss ph-3b 1 0 0 0 UTSA 35, Incarnate Word 7
FAR WEST
DP_Cleveland 0, Tampa Bay 1. LOB_Cleveland 4, Boston 102 100 000—4
Shaw
McGee
1 0 0 0 0 0
1 3 3 1 0 0
Los Angeles 012 000 07x—10 Air Force 48, Colgate 7
Arizona St. 30, Kent St. 7
le (11). HR: Santana (31), Lindor (26), Choi (13), E_Fletcher (7), Garcia (1). DP_Boston 0, Los An-
Howard 2 4 1 1 0 4 geles 1. LOB_Boston 10, Los Angeles 7. 2B_Mar- Cal Poly 52, San Diego 34
IP H R ER BB SO HBP_Musgrove (Murphy). tinez (30), Betts (39), Holt (12), Bogaerts (47), Colorado 52, Colorado St. 31
Umpires_Home, Adam Hamari; First, Tom Hallion;
Hawaii 45, Arizona 38
Plesac L, 7-5 5 6 4 4 1 4 Second, Todd Tichenor; Third, Ben May. (26), Fletcher (30). HR_Pujols (20). SB_Trout (11), N. Arizona 37, Missouri St. 23
T_3:26. A_37,293 (50,398). Betts (14), Goodwin (5). SF_Betts (9). S_León (4), Nevada 34, Purdue 31
Oklahoma St. 52, Oregon St. 36
Wood
Maton
0 1-3 4 3 2 1 0
2 0 0 0 1 1 Diamondbacks 6, Dodgers 5 Benintendi (3).
IP H R ER BB SO San Jose St. 35, N. Colorado 18
Los Angeles Arizona
Tampa Bay ab r h bi ab r h bi Boston Stanford 17, Northwestern 7
Utah 30, BYU 12
Taylor 1 1 0 0 2 2
Totals 32 5 10 4 Totals 29 6 6 6
Beeks, W, 6-3 3 4 0 0 0 1 Pollock cf 4 1 1 0 Locastro cf-rf 4 1 1 0 Walden 1 2 1 1 1 1 Washington 47, E. Washington 14
OTHER
Drake, H, 8 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 Johnson, BS, 0-1 4 3 2 2 0 3
Anderson, H, 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 Báez p
Jansen p
0 0 0 0 Ahmed ss 3 1 1 2
0 0 0 0 Escobar 3b 4 1 1 1 Barnes, H, 22 1 1 0 0 0 1 Merrimack 45, Virginia Lynchburg 14
Brasier, L, 2-4, BS, 7-11 2-3 5 6 6 1 Murray St. 59, Pikeville 20
Pinto 1 1-3 4 4 4 2 0 Martin ph 1 0 0 0 Walker 1b 4 1 1 2 1
Transactions
Turner 3b 4 1 3 1 Flores 2b 4 1 1 1
Pagán, S, 16-23 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 J.Smith 1-3 1 1 1 0 1
Plesac pitched to 1 batter in the 6th, Beeks pitched Hernández 2b 3 0 0 1 Vargas 2b 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles
Smith c 3 1 1 1 Jones rf 2 0 0 0
to 2 batters in the 5th.
HBP_Clippard (Wendle). Seager ss 4 0 0 0 Ginkel p 0 0 0 0 Peters
Buttrey
6 1-3 7 4 3 0 6
2-3 0 0 0 0 0
Saturday’s moves
Taylor lf-cf 3 2 2 0 Lamb ph 1 0 0 0 BASEBALL
Gyorko 1b 2 0 1 1 Bradley p 0 0 0 0 Garcia, W, 2-1 1 0 0 0 2 0 American League
sogna; Second, Tom Woodring; Third, Hunter Rodriguez 1 2 0 0 1 0 CLEVELAND INDIANS — Recalled 1B-OF Jake
Bellinger ph 1 0 1 0 Rojas lf 3 0 1 0
Negrón rf 2 0 0 0 C.Kelly c 2 1 0 0 HBP_Buttrey (Betts). WP_Walden. Bauers from Columbus (IL). Placed OF Tyler
T_3:18. A_13,327 (25,025). Umpires_Home, Dave Rackley; First, Jeremie Naquin on the 10-day IL.
Pederson ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Ray p 0 0 0 0 Rehak; Second, Larry Vanover; Third, Dan Bellino.
Tigers 10, Twins 7 Kershaw p 2 0 1 0 Marte ph 1 0 0 0 T_3:37. A_43,036 (45,050).
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed RHP Cam
Garcia p 0 0 0 0 López p 0 0 0 0 Bedrosian on 10-day IL, retroactive to Aug. 29. Re-
Dyson cf 1 0 0 0
Mets 6, Phillies 3 called RHP Jose Rodriguez from Salt Lake (PCL).
NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed LHP CC Sa-
ab r h bi ab r h bi New York Philadelphia
Totals 37 7 10 7 Totals 38 10 15 10 Los Angeles 0 01 210 001—5 ab r h bi ab r h bi bathia on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Jonathan
Garver c 3 3 2 2 Reyes cf 5 2 3 1 Arizona 000 320 01x—6 Totals 41 6 13 6 Totals 36 3 9 3 Loaisiga from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Traded
E_Turner (8). DP_Los Angeles 1, Arizona 3. INF Ryan McBroom to Kansas City for internation-
Cruz dh 5 1 2 1 Cabrera dh 4 2 2 1 LOB_Los Angeles 5, Arizona 3. 2B_Taylor (23),
Rosario ss 5 1 2 0 Segura ss 5 1 2 0
Alonso 1b 4 0 0 0 Realmuto c 5 0 0 0 al signing bonus and player to be named later.
Gyorko (1), Pollock (11), Bellinger (30), Rojas (2), National League
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: ALABAMA VS. DUKE

Tagovailoa leads No. 2 Alabama to 42-3 rout of Duke

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA — Now that’s more like

it, Alabama.
Playing for the first time since its
crushing loss to Clemson in the national
championship game, the second-ranked
Crimson Tide overcame a sluggish start
to blow out Duke 42-3 on Saturday in the
Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game.
Tua Tagovailoa threw for 336 yards
and four touchdowns before calling it a
day late in the third quarter.
“The goal we had in this game was
to try to re-establish our identity as a
team in terms of the discipline that we
played with, the kind of toughness and
accountability, and everybody putting
the team first,” coach Nick Saban said.
It didn’t quite start out like he was
hoping.
Returning to the stadium where it
won the Southeastern Conference title
last December and the national champi-
onship two seasons ago, the Tide (1-0)
was held scoreless in the first quarter —
which happened only one time in 2018.
But the Blue Devils (0-1) merely de-
layed the inevitable.
Tagovailoa, whose brilliant sopho-
more season ended with a thud, com-
pleted 26 of 31 passes before giving way
to backup Mac Jones with the Tide up
35-3. The left-hander spread the ball all
over the field, going to his tight ends
early on before turning to his dynamic
receiving corps.
“Tua played really well,” Saban said.
Brett Davis/USA TODAY Sports
“He usually plays well when he’s patient
Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa throws a pass against the Duke Blue Devils in the third quarter at Mercedes-
and takes what the defense gives.”
Benz Stadium.
Starting tight end Miller Forristall
got the Tide going with a 27-yard catch any shot at a monumental upset. not making any excuses for it.”
for the first touchdown of his career. His After recovering an early fumble He added, “One of the things we want No. 2 Alabama 42,
backup, Major Tennison, also picked up deep in Alabama territory, the Blue Dev- to establish here is discipline, and the Duke 3
Alabama 0 14 21 7—42
his first career TD on a 1-yard toss. ils couldn’t hang on to a potential touch- coach did a poor job of setting a good Duke 0 3 0 0— 3
Second Quarter
Then, it was time for the wideouts to down pass in the back of the end zone example of how you’re supposed to be BAMA_Forristall 27 pass from Tu.Tagovailoa (Reichard kick), 10:02
get in on the fun. DeVonta Smith hauled before getting stuffed on fourth-and-1 disciplined.” BAMA_B.Robinson 1 run (Reichard kick), 5:13
DUK_FG A.Reed 30, :11
in an 8-yard TD pass, and Jerry Jeudy at the 7. Duke was stopped on another No word if the coach will have to do a Third Quarter
BAMA_Tennison 1 pass from Tu.Tagovailoa (Reichard kick), 8:34
broke loose for a 21-yard score. fourth-down play early in the second few extra laps at practice next week. BAMA_Dev.Smith 8 pass from Tu.Tagovailoa (Reichard kick), 7:32
BAMA_Jeudy 21 pass from Tu.Tagovailoa (Reichard kick), 1:36
“It was really good to go into the half, basically its last hurrah, and three n GETTING THE HEAVE: At least Fourth Quarter
BAMA_Ford 37 run (Reichard kick), 4:51
game and having to work to score,” said turnovers sealed the fate of the Atlantic Saban finished the game. Duke defen- A_71,916.
BAMA DUK
Tagovailoa, who was getting plays from Coast Conference school better known sive tackle Edgar Cerenord was ejected First downs 30 11
new offensive coordinator Steve Sarki- for its powerhouse men’s basketball in the third quarter when he stomped on Rushes-yards 42-145
Passing 367 97
32-107

sian. “Not just going out there and tak-
ing shots right away.”
Jerome Ford and Brian Robinson Jr.
ran for the Tide’s other TDs.
Tagovailoa’s younger brother, Taulia,
even got a chance to play late in the
game. He handed off to Ford on his 37-
yard touchdown.
This was just the sort of performance
Tua Tagovailoa and the Tide were hop-
ing for after the 44-16 loss to Clemson
in January. Tagovailoa was thoroughly
outplayed by Trevor Lawrence in the ti-
tle game, on the heels of an ankle injury
that knocked the Alabama star out of the
SEC championship game.
“I don’t think one game re-establish-
es anything,” Saban said. “You’ve got to
do it over time.”
The Tide finished with a staggering
512-204 edge in total yards, and Duke
simply made too many mistakes to have
team.
“Games like this can kind of go one of
two ways,” Duke coach David Cutcliffe
said. “They can set you back, or you can
get better from them. I know in my heart
of hearts that our team will get better
from this.”
n SABAN FLAGGED: The Ala-
bama coach was called for a 15-yard pen-
alty.
Say what?
After an interception by Trevon Diggs
in front of the Crimson Tide bench, the
officials issued a sideline warning to the
Tide. Saban reacted angrily and picked
up an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
“The guy intercepts the ball and ev-
erybody was jumping up and down on
the sideline and we get a (warning). My
reaction to that was the kids are having
fun,” Saban said. “But I deserved it. I’m
Alabama lineman Landon Dickerson.
The two got into a scuffle away from
the play, with both losing their helmets.
Dickerson was on the turf when
Cerenord delivered the stomp in clear
view of the officials. The Duke player
was immediately flagged for a personal
foul and thrown out of the game.
n THE TAKEAWAY: Duke: With
Daniel Jones now in the NFL, the Blue
Devils didn’t show much offensively
against Alabama’s stellar defense. Quar-
terback Quentin Harris struggled as
Jones’ replacement, completing 12 of 22
for 97 yards with two interceptions. The
running game wasn’t much better, man-
aging 107 yards.
Alabama: There wasn’t much to com-
plain about as the Tide won its eighth
straight neutral-site game to begin a sea-
son. If there is one area of concern, it’s
Comp-Att-Int 30-36-0
Return Yards 22
12-22-2
3
Punts-Avg. 2-38.5
Fumbles-Lost 1-1
6-37.16
1-1
Penalties-Yards 8-88 8-52
Time of Possession 36:37 23:23
Individual Statistics
RUSHING_Alabama, Ford 10-64, N.Harris 12-52, Tu.Tagovailoa 5-15,
B.Robinson 9-9, K.Robinson 2-5, M.Jones 2-4, (Team) 2-(minus 4). Duke,
B.Brown 7-36, D.Jackson 7-35, Durant 7-31, Q.Harris 10-13, (Team) 1-(mi-
nus 8).
PASSING_Alabama, M.Jones 4-5-0-31, Tu.Tagovailoa 26-31-0-336. Duke,
Q.Harris 12-22-2-97.
RECEIVING_Alabama, Jeudy 10-137, Waddle 5-90, Dev.Smith 5-54, For-
ristall 2-33, Ruggs 2-14, Ford 2-11, Tennison 2-9, B.Robinson 1-14, Metchie
1-5. Duke, Gray 5-45, Bracey 2-39, D.Jackson 2-7, B.Brown 1-3, Calhoun
1-2, Durant 1-1.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_Alabama, Reichard 49, Reichard 48.
the kicking game. After beating out Jo-
seph Bulovas for the job, freshman Will
Reichard clanked a 49-yard field goal off
the right upright and missed again from
48 yards.
n UP NEXT: Duke: Takes on FCS
school North Carolina A&T in its home
opener.
Alabama: Hosts New Mexico State
in the first game of the season at Bry-
ant-Denny Stadium.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

n No. 5 OHIO STATE 45,
FAU 21: COLUMBUS, Ohio —
Justin Fields threw four touch-
down passes and ran for a score
to lead Ohio State in his Buck-
eyes debut.
Fields, the five-star transfer
from Georgia, made it look easy
early, engineering touchdowns
on Ohio State’s first four drives.
Despite some occasional rook-
ie mistakes that caused the
Buckeyes’ offense to sputter in
the second and third quarters,
Fields finished 18 for 25 for 234
yards and a 51-yard touchdown
run.
Tight end Jeremy Ruckert
caught two touchdown passes,
and Binjimen Victor and Chris
Olave also had scoring grabs.
Meanwhile, Florida Atlantic
had trouble generating any-
thing good until putting togeth-
er a 75-yard drive in the fourth
quarter for its first touchdown
of the game.
Chris Robison finished 22 for
34 for 178 yards for the Owls.
FAU was held to just 22 yards
on the ground by a revamped
Ohio State defense that was
coming off a down season.
n No. 13 WASHINGTON
47, EASTERN WASHING-
TON 14: SEAT TLE — Jacob
Eason threw for 349 yards and
four touchdowns in his first
game in nearly two years in his
Washington debut.
Taking his first snaps since
the 2017 season when he lost
the starting job at Georgia to
Jake Fromm, Eason showed no
rust, carving up one of the top
FCS programs in the country.
Eason completed 27 of 36 pass-
es and led Washington (1-0) on
touchdown drives on four of its
first five possessions.
Eason’s fourth pass in purple
was a 50-yard touchdown strike
to Andre Baccellia. Eason add-
ed a 7-yard TD pass to Aaron
Fuller, who made a stunning
one-handed catch while get-
ting a foot inbound, and capped
his first-half with a 10-yard TD
strike to Chico McClatcher late
in the first half.
Fuller caught his second
TD on the opening drive of
the second half on a perfect
back-shoulder throw from Ea-
son, tapping his toes as he fell
out of bounds.
Richard Newton rushed for
a 23-yard touchdown on Wash-
ington’s first possession and
Salvon Ahmed added a 1-yard
plunge in the third quarter to
give the Huskies a 42-7 lead.
Eastern Washington (0-1)
quarterback Eric Barriere was
21 of 35 for 211 yards, but was
sacked four times.
n No. 15 PENN STATE
79, IDAHO 7: STATE COL-
LEGE, Pa. — Sean Clifford
completed 14 of 23 passes for
280 yards and two touchdowns
to lead Penn State.
Making his first career
start, Clifford chipped in 57
rushing yards on seven carries
and hooked up with receiver KJ
Hamler for scoring strikes of 36
and 21 yards.
Journey Brown and Noah
Cain both added a pair of touch-
down runs while Ricky Slade,
Devyn Ford and Nick Eury
each ran for scores. Jake Pine-
gar kicked two field goals and
Jordan Stout made another for
Penn State (1-0). Will Levis
threw a touchdown pass to tight
end Brenton Strange in the
fourth quarter.
The Nittany Lions overcame
early sloppiness before coast-
ing the rest of the way to their
biggest point total since an 81-0
win against Cincinnati in 1991.
Idaho didn’t cross midfield
until halfway through the sec-
ond quarter, managed just one
first down in the first half, went
1 for 15 on third down and fin-
ished with just 145 yards, com-
pared with Penn State’s 673.
Mason Petrino got the Van-
dals on the board with a 1-yard
touchdown pass to Logan Kend-
all in the fourth quarter.
n No. 21 IOWA STATE
29, NORTHERN IOWA 26,
3 OT: AMES, Iowa — Sheldon
Croney Jr. scored from a yard
out in triple overtime and Iowa
State rallied to beat Northern
Iowa.
La’Michael Pettway had a
pair of touchdown catches for
the Cyclones (1-0), who barely
survived the season’s first ma-
jor upset after entering the year
ranked for the first time since
1978.
Croney fumbled near the
goal line on the second-to-last
play of the game. But quarter-
back Brock Purdy sprinted from
the backfield to recover it at the
1 and set up the game-winning
plunge.
After the teams traded field
goals in the first overtime,
Purdy found Pettway — a grad-
uate transfer from Arkansas in
his Iowa State debut — in the
back of the end zone. But North-
ern Iowa pulled even at 23-all
after freshman Will McElvain
scrambled long enough to free
up Trevor Allen for a 7-yard TD
catch.
Iowa State forced Northern
Iowa into a field goal to start
triple overtime, and Purdy com-
pleted three straight passes be-
fore pulling off what might end
up being remembered as a sea-
son-saving recovery.
McElvain finished with 228
yards passing and a touchdown
in his collegiate debut.
Purdy threw for 278 yards,
and Deshaunte Jones caught
14 passes for 126 yards for Iowa
State.
n No. 24 NEBRASK A
35, SOUTH ALABAMA 21:
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska
scored two defensive touch-
downs and one on special teams
to bail out a sluggish offense.
The five-touchdown favorite
Huskers led only 14-7 at half-
time and totaled just 66 yards
in the second half. But their
defense had five takeaways,
the biggest one Eric Lee Jr.’s
38-yard interception return
for a touchdown, and JD Spiel-
man ran back a punt 76 yards
to make it a three-touchdown
game early in the third quarter.
Any easing of the anxiety at
Memorial Stadium was tempo-
rary. South Alabama convert-
ed two straight turnovers into
touchdowns to cut it to 28-21
and had the ball heading into
the fourth quarter.
Things started turning for
Nebraska when Cam Taylor
hammered Jaguars quarter-
back Cephus Johnson, popping
the ball loose, and Alex Davis
picked it up at the goal line and
stepped into the end zone for a
touchdown.
Then, with South Alabama
threatening from the Nebraska
12, Taylor stepped in front of
Johnson’s pass and ran it back
to midfield.
n No. 25 STANFORD 17,
NORTHWESTERN 7: STAN-
FORD, Calif. — K.J. Costello
threw a 2-yard touchdown pass
before getting knocked out of
the season opener on a late hit,
and Stanford went on to beat
Northwestern.
Costello completed 16 of 20
passes for 152 yards and the
TD pass to Michael Wilson that
capped a 90-yard drive in the
second quarter for the Cardinal
(1-0). But his day ended early
when he was hit with a forearm
to the facemask while sliding on
a scramble by Earnest Brown
IV with just 2 seconds remain-
ing in the first half.
Brown was called for a late
hit that set up Jet Toner’s 51-
yard field goal but wasn’t eject-
ed for targeting. Costello stayed
down on the turf for a few min-
utes before being helped to the
locker room. He didn’t return to
the game and there was no im-
mediate word on his condition.
Northwestern also lost a
quarterback with TJ Green
leaving with a leg injury in
the third quarter after being
sacked and losing a fumble on a
play in the red zone. Green had
replaced the ineffective former
Clemson five-star recruit Hunt-
er Johnson late in the first half.
Johnson came back in to
finish and went 6 for 17 for 55
yards and two interceptions.
He also lost a fumble that Stan-
ford’s Jordan Fox recovered in
the end zone for a touchdown
that sealed the game with 20
seconds remaining.
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of production I was very excited for him.”
Louisiana drew within a touchdown
when junior running back Trey Ragas
took a 17-yard handoff into the end zone
with 2:45 remaining.
Bulldogs’ junior kicker Jordan Lawless
put the game on ice with a shaky 37-yard
field goal after the Ragin’ Cajuns sent an
onside kick out of bounds.
“Got some things we need to clean up,
obviously, but we’re going to enjoy this
one tonight, come back tomorrow ready
to work and start game planning for Week
2,” Stevens said.
While the offense was plenty prolific,
MSU’s vaunted defense was anything but.
With the departures of Montez Sweat,
Jeffery Simmons and Johnathan Abram
coupled with the unbalanced formations
Louisiana threw out, MSU struggled to
generate any kind of pressure on quarter-
back Levi Lewis.
“As I told the guys after the game, Jef-
fery Simmons isn’t coming back, Mon-
tez Sweat isn’t coming back, Johnathan
Abram isn’t coming back,” Moorhead
said. “We’re not that defense. We need to
find our own identity.”
Junior cornerback Cam Dantzler was
among the few bright spots as he totaled
seven tackles, one interception and a
fumble recovery. A Hammond, Louisiana
native, Dantzler said he had roughly 30
family members in attendance Saturday.
“It’s just a homecoming for me,” he
said postgame. “I’ve got to put on a show
for my family and friends and that’s al-
ways a good feeling — coming back home
and making plays.”
MSU now returns to Starkville as it
prepares for its Week 2 home opener
Hodge
Continued from Page 1B
Now, that doesn’t mean Mississippi
State can’t have a successful 2019 cam-
paign. Although it’s likely the Bulldogs
are going to have to find other ways to
win.
“We’re not (last year’s) defense,”
Moorhead said. “We need to find our
own identity and we need to find a way
to make plays. Ultimately at the end of
the day, it’s not about one phase or one
unit; it’s about us playing together as a
team.”
Yes, the Bulldogs’ season opener
wasn’t pretty. Mississippi State shot
itself in the foot on more than one occa-
sion with blown defensive assignments,
special teams miscues and several
miscommunications between wide
receivers and a quarterback making his
first start for the Bulldogs.
But the sky isn’t completely falling
here. The Bulldogs did win, after all.
That’s more than another team in the
state can say.
Yet, it’s also important to note Mis-
sissippi State will enter its home opener
against Southern Mississippi next week
1-0 primarily because it had Kylin Hill,
and Louisiana didn’t.
Hill turned in a crazy workmanlike
effort, rushing for 197 yards on 27 car-
ries. If the Bulldogs need a new team
strategy, riding the legs of the Colum-
bus native isn’t a bad plan.
“I think we saw flashes of him last
year, now we got him healthy, and he’s
feeling really good,” Moorhead said.
And for all the negatives that sur-
rounded MSU’s less than optimal
defensive day, it was pretty assuring
to see the Bulldogs can overcome two
offensive starters going down to injury
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n Seven players were unavailable
for Saturday’s opener after violating
team rules. Of note, starting WILL
linebacker junior Willie Gay Jr., se-
nior defensive tackle Lee Autry and
sophomore safety Marcus Murphy.
Senior offensive lineman Michael
Story, junior kicker Jace Christ-
mann, junior receiver Devonta Ja-
son and freshman offensive lineman
Kwatrivous Johnson were also un-
available.
Though no exact reasoning was
given, a handful of the suspensions
likely stem from last week’s NCAA
findings that 10 MSU football players
and one men’s basketball player were
found to have committed academic
misconduct involving a part-time
athletics tutor.
Other offseason incidents of note
include Christmann being arrested
for a DUI in February, while Story
pleaded guilty to an animal cruelty
charge Aug. 13.
against Southern Mississippi 2:30 p.m.
next Saturday.
“We need to find a way to make plays,
and ultimately it’s not about one phase or
one unit,” Moorhead said. “It’s about us
playing together as a team and it’s going
to be old school Mississippi State football
— we’re going to have to find a way on a
weekly basis to fight, scratch and claw
like junkyard dogs and find a way to win
football games, and I think we did that to-
day.”
and not miss a beat.
Mississippi State center Darryl
Williams and left guard Dareuan Parker
both exited with injuries in the first
half, but MSU scored 17 second-half
points en route to securing a win. It’s
unclear how significant the injury to
either player is.
“There ain’t too many more hairs I
have left that can go gray,” Moorhead
said upon learning of both offensive
linemen’s injuries.
As the fourth quarter rolled around,
the Bulldogs were playing with such
a makeshift offensive line Moorhead
couldn’t even remember what linemen
lined up where on MSU’s last offensive
series.
Louisiana took the absence of
Williams and Parker as an invitation to
use every blitz in its arsenal. But MSU
quarterback Tommy Stevens made the
throws he had to when it counted. Ste-
vens finished 20 of 30 passing for 236
yards with two touchdowns.
“I didn’t really think about it,” Ste-
vens said of having two offensive line
starters missing. “Our mentality is the
next guy is going to play just as good, if
not better.”
Stevens showcased signs of being the
accurate passer Moorhead has craved
since being named MSU’s coach. He
also has room for growth. The same can
be said for the rest of the team.
The next chance for MSU to take the
next step will be against Southern Miss
on Saturday.
Garrick Hodge is the sports editor for
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‘Laugh Lines’

Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff

Chelsea Petty, left, and Daniel Talley rehearse a comedic scene from “Death of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody” Monday at the
Rosenzweig Arts Center in Columbus. The play will be presented during the 18th annual Tennessee Williams Tribute, set for Sept. 5-8. “Laugh
Lines” is this year’s Tribute theme. “This is a fun scene in which she’s reenacting our first date,” said Talley. Find the complete Tribute sched-
ule at tennesseewilliamstribute.org. Many events are free. The Tribute is made possible, in part, by the Mississippi Arts Commission and
Mississippi Humanities Council.

Explore a lighter side of Tennessee Williams at this week’s Tribute

BY JAN SWOOPE
jswoope@cdispatch.com

W
hen actor Daniel Talley first
read the script for “Death of
a Streetcar Named Virginia
Woolf: A Parody,” he knew the 18th
annual Tennessee Williams Tribute
in Columbus had something uniquely
entertaining in store for its audience.
While prior Tributes have mounted
productions of Williams’ plays, including
his intense Pulitzer Prize-winning “A
Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof,” the mainstage presenta-
tion this Thursday, Friday and Saturday
at the Rosenzweig Arts Center offers a
twist — a comedic “theatrical mash-up”
by Tim Sniffen and Tom Ryder. It begs
the question: What happens when some
of the most recognizable characters
from some of the greatest American
plays of the 20th century suddenly find
themselves sharing the same stage?
We find out when Talley and fellow Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
cast members Spence Andrews, Jesse Mississippi University for Women Associate Professor of Theatre Lee Crouse directs
Duncan, Alec Hawkins, Chelsea Petty the six-member cast through Monday’s rehearsal of “Death of a Streetcar Named
Virginia Woolf: A Parody.”

and Sarah McAnally bring together scholars and playwrights in Tennessee

Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
Sarah McAnally and Spence Andrews of
Columbus rehearse for “Death of a Street-
car Named Virginia Woolf: A Parody” Mon-
day at the Rosenzweig Arts Center.
iconic characters from not only Wil-
liams’ “Streetcar,” but also Edward Al-
bee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,”
Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman”
and Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.”
“My first reaction when I read it was,
‘Wow, this has a lot in it!’” Talley said.
“It’s a theater kid’s dream come true
because it just has so many theatrical
references. This is a fun play.”
Parody co-author Sniffen of New York
— a veteran of The Second City comedy
enterprise — is expected at the Tribute
founded by Brenda Caradine in 2001 in
Columbus, where Tennessee Williams
was born on March 26, 1911. He died
Feb. 25, 1983. His first childhood home
now serves as Columbus’ welcome cen-
ter, at 300 Main St.
Full weekend
The mainstage play is one of a dozen
“Laugh Lines”-themed Tribute activities
planned for Thursday through Sunday,
Sept. 5-8. They include Hollyhocks’
Stella Shouting Contest; one-act plays
by visiting actors from New Orleans, as
well as area actors; the Moon Lake Gala;
a poetry contest; a casual breakfast with
Williams’ first home; a double-decker
bus tour; and a library memorabilia
exhibit. The TWT weekend concludes
Sunday with a related sermon at St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church, where Wil-
liams’ grandfather served as rector.
Rumor has it, too, that Williams
himself will revisit the town of his birth
this week.
Marthalie Porter chairs the 2019
Tribute, working closely with executive
committee members Christopher Blank,
Jerry Fortenberry and Keith Gaskin,
plus other volunteers who help make the
annual celebration a reality.
“Tennessee Williams did have a light-
er side, and we wanted
to focus on it this year,”
Porter said. “We thought
it would be different and
fun and show people that
he had a great sense of hu-
mor. We feel like there is
something for everybody.”
Mississippi University Porter
for Women Associate Pro-
fessor of Theatre Lee Crouse directs the
mainstage production.
See Tribute, 5C
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Th W’s free forum series Farm-to-table

focuses on care for others florals, quilts,
MUW UNIVERSIT Y REL ATIONS project Mission Memphis: 30 Con-
secutive Days Volunteering with
garden fest top
I
n Mississippi University for

Quick Bites
30 Non-Profits, chronicled on her
Women’s fall Forum Series blog, Confessions of a Volunteer,
hosted by the Gordy Honors and conducting a cross-country
College, speakers including a phi- volunteer tour researching volun-
losopher, a palliative care special-
ist and an expert on volunteerism
teerism in nine U.S. cities from
Portland, Oregon, to Jacksonville,
Sign up for free
invite audiences to consider their
care for others.
Florida. Volunteer Odyssey now
links volunteers to opportunities
September programs
The series, which opened with 60 -plus nonprofits through- BY JAN SWOOPE
Thursday with Assistant Profes- out Memphis. Petschonek was jswoope@cdispatch.com
sor of Philosophy Josh Dohmen

discussing interactions between
disabled and non-disabled per-
sons, will continue Sept. 12 with
“Is It Really OK to Die?” Debra
Rhinewalt, RN, BSN, CHPN, will
discuss palliative care and the de-
cisions patients and their families
must make about goals of care and
quality of life when facing serious
or terminal diagnoses. Rhinewalt
is director of the Council on Nurs-
ing Practice of the Mississippi
Nurses’ Association and Palliative
Care Clinical Coordinator at Bap-
tist Memorial Hospital Golden Tri-
angle. This event is in conjunction
with The W’s Common Reading
Initiative focus on “When Breath
Becomes Air,” neurosurgeon Paul
Kalanithi’s memoir about being
diagnosed with cancer at age
36, and is co-sponsored by the
Courtesy photo
Debra Rhinewalt, palliative care
clinical coordinator at Baptist
Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle,
speaks on “Is It Really OK to Die?”
at 6 p.m. Sept. 12 at The W’s Nis-
san Auditorium.
College of Nursing and Health
Sciences.
n On Sept. 26, Sarah Pet-
schonek, founder and CEO of
Volunteer Odyssey, will discuss
“How to Develop Leadership
Skills through Volunteerism.”
Petschonek founded Volunteer
Odyssey after completing her
named as one of Memphis Flyer’s
20 Under 30 and American Ex-
press’ 50 Under 40 Social Entre-
preneurs.
n On Oct.24, in the Series’
annual focus on study abroad and
away, faculty and students who
studied in Spain and Scotland
will discuss the greatest lessons
learned in combining study with
travel.
The Series will also feature
research presentations by senior
honors students Nov. 21 and
Dec. 5.
All presentations are free and
open to the community and begin
at 6 p.m. in Nissan Auditorium on
The W campus. For more informa-
tion, email honors@muw.edu, call
662-241-6850, or visit web.muw.
edu/honors/forum.
W
ith school underway and days
growing shorter, Mississippi State
University Extension Service’s
Quick Bites programs turn the focus
toward the coming autumn. Interactive
video sessions on a variety of topics are
offered free to communities on designated
Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m. at county
Extension offices. Sign-up is required.
September’s sessions include:
n Sept. 5 — Quick Bites mainstay
Lynette McDougald of MSU Plant and Soil
Sciences presents “Farm to Table Florals,”
with a look at seasonal flowers incorporat-
ed into tablescapes along with entertaining
ideas. McDougald will use the last flowers
of summer which work well with an Italian
meal theme, wine and cheese party and
ever-popular farm to table spreads.
n Sept. 12 — in “Come One, Come
All: Fall Flower and Garden Fest,” Rick
Snyder, professor and Extension vegetable
specialist with the Central Mississippi
Research and Extension Center, talks
about the largest home gardening event
in the Southeast, held annually in Crystal
Springs.

‘Clean Up Columbus’ campaign is underway n Sept. 26 — Presenter Nancy Losure

SPECIAL TO THE encouraged to pick up a
DISPATCH garbage bag and/or pair
of gloves from Visit Co-
of the Golden Triangle Quilt Guide shares
the proper care and storage of quilts,
discussed The campaign is spon- whether yours are antique or modern. This
the need to sored by Visit Columbus, expert quilter will discuss quilt structure
‘Clean Up and construction, fabrics and batting as

T
hrough Wednesday,
Sept. 11, various
Columbus city offic-
es will join to implement
“Clean Up Columbus,” a
city cleaning campaign
encouraging community
members to sign up for
different cleaning proj-
ects.
In the campaign that
began Aug. 28, Columbus
community members are
lumbus located at the Ten-
nessee Williams Home
and Welcome Center
during hours of operation
Tuesday through Satur-
day, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. By
signing up for a cleaning
project, volunteers are
also entering to win a
$100 gift card to a local
restaurant of their choice.
“At our monthly Tour-
ism Partners Meeting we
the City of Columbus,
Columbus’ Columbus Light & Water, well as the use of heirloom quilts.
and how it is Anyone interested in attending any free
Military Hardware,
doable if we video session should contact their county’s
United Way of Lowndes
all did our Extension office to sign up. (In Lowndes
County, The Dispatch and
small part,” County, 662-328-2111; Oktibbeha County,
Carpenter WCBI News. 662-323-5916; Clay County, 662-494-5371.)
said Visit
Columbus For more information, County offices can sign up for the
CEO Nancy Carpenter. come to the Visit Colum- programs at techoutreach.msucares.com/
“Please help by assisting bus office in the Tennes- distance-education using the online county
with cleanup on the block see Williams Home and sign up system. From the Distance Educa-
on which you live or work. Welcome Center, 300 tion dropdown menu, click on the County
We can complete great Main St., or call 800-920- Schedule Signup. Or, counties may email
things working together.” 3533. distanceed@ext.msstate.edu.
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calendar
Today
TWT Curtain Warmer — The
Tennessee Williams Tribute, which is
Sept. 5-8, presents a free screening
today at 3 p.m. of the classic film
“Death of a Salesman” (Dustin Hoff-
man, John Malkovich) at Errollton,
216 Third Ave. S., Columbus.
Through Sept. 11
Clean Up Columbus — Join
a citywide cleanup campaign by
picking up garbage bags and gloves
from Visit Columbus at the Tennes-
see Williams Home and Welcome
Center, 300 Main St., Columbus,
Tuesday-Saturday 8:30-5 p.m. Sign
up for a cleaning project and you’re
entered to win a $100 gift card to
a local restaurant of your choice.
For more information, call 800-920-
3533.
Wednesday, Sept. 4
Get Swept Up — Volunteers in
Starkville team up from 7:30 a.m.-
noon cleaning up streets, parks and
other outdoor areas before MSU’s
first home football game. Visit
starkville.org or call The Partnership,
662-323-3322.
Thursday through Sunday,
Sept. 5-8
Tennessee Williams Tribute
— “Laugh Lines” is the theme of
the 18th annual tribute celebrating
Columbus-born Pulitzer Prize-winning
playwright and poet Tennessee Wil-
liams. Events include a play, “Death
of a Streetcar Named Virginia Woolf:
A Parody,” Stella Shouting Contest,
Moon Lake Gala, youth poetry
contest, breakfast with scholars,
a movie, memorabilia exhibit and
more. Many events are free. Visit
tennesseewilliamstribute.org or call
662-368-8591.
Friday, Sept. 6
“Stella” Shouting Contest
— This playful homage to Tennes-
see Williams’ Stella and Stanley
Kowalski from “A Streetcar Named
Desire” invites contestants to shout
for prizes and bragging rights at
Hollyhocks, 204 Fifth St. S. Free
sign-up opens at 5:30 p.m.; shout-
ing starts at 6 p.m. Enjoy music
and beverages, too. This Tennessee
Williams Tribute event is presented
by Hollyhocks Gift Shop.
Exhibit reception — The
Columbus Arts Council hosts a
free opening reception from 5:30-7
p.m. for an exhibit by Barbara Ann
Carver-West at the Rosenzweig
Arts Center, 501 Main St. All are
welcome. For more information, visit
columbus-arts.org or call 662-328-
2787.
Starkville Night Market
— Indy vendors, pop-up shops,
artisans, beverage tastings, live mu-
sic and more are part of this event
from 5-9 p.m. at Fire Station Park in
Starkville. Visit starkvillenightmar-
ket.org.
Thursday, Sept. 12
Exhibit reception — The
Starkville Area Arts Council, in
collaboration with the Mississippi
Arts Commission, hosts a reception
at 5:30 p.m. in the lobby of The Part-
nership, 200 E. Main St., Starkville,
for an exhibit of photography by
Dominic Lippillo. Free to the public.
Friday, Sept. 13
Citywide Tailgate — More
than 20 tailgate tents throughout
Starkville will serve food between 11
a.m.-1:30 p.m. to benefit United Way
of North Central Mississippi. A $5
wristband includes entry to any tent,
plus 10 percent discount at partici-
pating shops. Visit unitedwayncms.
com/ or call 662-323-3830.
Friday and Saturday,
Sept. 13-14
Habitat anniversary cele-
bration — Stop by for refresh-
ments as Columbus-Lowndes Habitat
for Humanity celebrates 30 years
Courtesy photo
of building homes and the fourth
anniversary of the Habitat ReSale
Store, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 13, and 8
a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 14, 1110 Gardner
Boulevard, Columbus.
Friday, Sept. 20
Bulldog Bash — Rapper T-Pain
headlines this annual event in
Starkville that kicks off with Maroon
Market at 3 p.m. with art, food, local
music and family fun. Music begin-
ning at 6 p.m. at the intersection of
Jackson and Main Streets includes a
Battle of the Bands winner, country
artist Cale Dodds, The Beaches and
T-Pain. Visit msubulldogbash.com,
or contact the Center for Student
Activities, 662-325-2930.

OUT THERE Visit 662tix.com to

Sept. 6-8 – Hummingbird Migration and Nature
Celebration (arts, crafts, wagon rides, nature walks,
kids’ tent), Strawberry Plains Audubon Center, Holly
Springs. strawberry.audubon.org.
Sept. 17 – Michael Bolton, Ford Center, Oxford. 662-
915-2787, fordcenter.org.
Sept. 19-29 – Mid-South Fair (Colbie Callait, The Band
Perry, Lance Bass, Aaron Carter, midway rides, more),
Landers Center, Southaven. midsouthfair.com.
Sept. 26 – Tribute to the Beatles’ White Album (Todd
Rundgren, Christopher Cross, Micky Dolenz, Jason
Scheff, Joey Molland), Riley Center, Meridian. 662-696-
2200, msurileycenter.com.
Oct. 1 – Diavolo: Architecture in Motion, Ford Center,
Oxford. 662-915-2787, fordcenter.org.
Oct. 4 – Alabama, with the Charlie Daniels Band,
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex. bjcc.org.
purchase advance
tickets to the event
below:
Sept. 6
Night Market — Starkville’s annual open-air
Night Market is held on the Friday night before
MSU’s home game opener in Fire Station Park.
This event features pop-up vendors, craft beer
tastings, live music and more. Tickets for craft
beer tastings are $25 and provide unlimited tast-
ings throughout the event, as well as a signature
Night Market cup.

T-Pain to headline MSU’s Bulldog Bash in downtown Starkville

MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC T-Pain has since won two Association, 21 Apart-
AFFAIRS Grammy Awards and ments, Clark Beverage
founded his own record

G
rammy Award-win-
ning rapper T-Pain
will headline the
Mississippi State Student
Association’s 20th annual
Bulldog Bash.
Set to take place on
Sept. 20, the state’s
largest, free outdoor
concert will be held
at the intersection of
Jackson and Main streets
in downtown Starkville.
Following the day of
the show will be MSU’s
Southeastern Confer-
ence home football game
against the University of
Kentucky.
Bulldog Bash will
begin at 3 p.m. in the
afternoon with Maroon
Market, which includes
local musicians on The
Social local stage, art
and food vendors, and
the Riddle and Bloom kid
zone.
The winner of Battle
of the Bands, hosted by
MSU’s Music Maker Pro-
Grammy Award-winning rapper T-Pain will headline the Mississippi State Student
Association’s 20th annual Bulldog Bash Sept. 20.
ductions, will begin the
night with a performance
on the Clark Beverage
main stage, followed
by country artist Cale
Dodds, Canadian all-fe-
Courtesy photo/Paradigm Talent Agency
male alternative rock
band, The Beaches, and
headliner T-Pain.
Born in Tallahassee,
Florida in 1985, T-Pain
began releasing music
in 2005 with his debut
album “Rappa Ternt
Sanga.” The artist’s
2007 sophomore album,
“Epiphany,” reached the
Billboard Top 200 chart.
label, Nappy Boy Enter-
tainment.
Proceeds from
Bulldog Bash 2019 will
benefit MSU’s Student
Relief Fund. The MSU
Student Relief Fund
operates out of the MSU
Dean of Students Office
and ensures that students
affected by day-to-day
crises or catastrophic
disaster can get the help
they need financially. The
funds received from this
philanthropy directly im-
pact students with these
circumstances to help
them achieve their aca-
demic success. For more
information or to donate
to the MSU Student
Relief Fund, visit msu-
foundation.com/s/811/
foundation/interior.
aspx?sid=811&gid=1&p-
gid=2292.
Sponsors for this
year’s event include
5-Hour Energy, Aramark
Corp., MSU Alumni
Group Inc., College View
Apartments, Avalon
Apartments, Copy Cow,
DogPound Printing,
Holmes Cultural Di-
versity Center, MSU’s
Interfraternity Council,
Lakeside Student Living,
National Panhellenic
Council, MSU’s Office of
the President, the Retreat
Starkville, and Rick’s
Café.
For more information
about Bulldog Bash
2019 including sponsor-
ship opportunities, see
msubulldogbash.com,
or contact the Center
for Student Activities at
662-325-2930 or visit its
office in Colvard Student
Union, Suite 314. Follow
on Twitter and Instagram
@MSUBulldogBash.
The MSU Student
Association is online at
sa.msstate.edu, Facebook
@MSUStudentAssoci-
ation, and Twitter and
Instagram @MSU_SA.

Dear Abby

D
EAR ABBY: I am writing this
with overwhelming sadness.
My 75-year-old husband is
a tyrant. Our neighbors hate him,
and so do our children. He is an
overbearing, impetuous child.
I cry every day. I can’t talk to
him without him yelling. I am a
subservient person. How do I go
on with this? He is very healthy. I
try so hard, and I have no life. He
says mean things to me all the
time. Please give me some advice.
— FLOUNDERING IN FLORIDA
DEAR FLOUNDERING: Please
start asking yourself why you think Dear Abby
you deserve the verbal abuse you
receive from your husband and why
you tolerate his bullying. Were you raised this
way? What message has it sent to your children?
Then remind yourself that we have
only one life to live. Is this how you
intend to spend it until the day you
die or he does?
Gather all the information you
can regarding your husband’s (and
your) finances. Once you have that
information, contact a lawyer who
specializes in family law. I can’t
change your husband and neither
can you. But you CAN change the
way you react to his verbal abuse by
refusing to tolerate it any longer.
DEAR ABBY: My wife and I are
retired and fortunate to travel often
throughout the year. We prefer to
stay in homes either through a
home exchange or home rental by
owner.
The change in scenery unfailingly increas-
es her libido, and she often tries to initiate
lovemaking at bedtime. I have told her I’m not
comfortable having sex in another couple’s bed. I
feel it’s disrespectful of their space and violates
the trust the owners place in us by letting us use
their house. She views it as the same as a hotel
room since we pay to rent the house. Are there
generally accepted practices regarding this? —
ABLE BUT NOT WILLING
DEAR ABLE: The generally accepted practice
is to leave the property in the pristine condition
in which you found it. This does not mean you
and your wife must live a monklike existence
while you are there, and I’m sure no one would
expect you to.
DEAR ABBY: My friends are getting married,
and I am excited for them. I was there for their
engagement and helped set it up for him. I con-
sider them both my best friends. They mean the
world to me.
My issue is, they had an engagement party,
invited all her girlfriends and asked them to be
bridesmaids. I wasn’t asked to be in the wedding
or even invited to the party. I’m trying not to be
hurt by it because I understand it is their day,
but it makes me feel I’m not as important as I
thought I was to them. What do I do? — LEFT-
OUT BEST FRIEND
DEAR LEFT OUT: This has to have been a
painful wake-up call, and for that you have my
sympathy. Best friends are not treated the way
you were. What you do now is recognize that the
time has come to reorganize your “friends” list,
downgrade the two of them to the “acquaintanc-
es” category and broaden your social circle.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren,
also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded
by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear
Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440,
Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 1).
There’s very little luck involved in the
next 10 weeks, bad nor good. You’ll
simply try your best, keep marching
along and the opportunities will show
up. Then, in November, uncanny
meetings and felicitous events nudge
you toward a bright horizon. Invest in
January, and add people to your team
in March. Pisces and Gemini adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 41, 2,
22, 48 and 7.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). The
dilemma is when to talk and when to
keep private things private. Trust your
mood on this one, as it will be guided
by an instinct worth honoring. Don’t let
others persuade you. Your gut feeling
will be correct.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re
magnificent, and yet you don’t want
to hear about it on the regular. Praise
embarrasses you. Too much attention
makes you feel smothered. You’ll
enjoy the company of those who know
to give you a lot of space.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The in-
stinct to protect yourself is a survival
mechanism that generally serves you
well. However, you may do your best
today in an unguarded moment, as
that’s when someone will connect with
you on a deeper level.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
There’s a very personal choice to be
made, and it centers around what is
worth the effort and what isn’t. Only
you can decide this. One choice defi-
nitely does not suit all.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Care and
desire go hand in hand. You care
about what you desire, and you desire
what you care about. These are the
emotional dynamics worth looking into
today.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Part
of enjoying yourself is knowing that
you can come and go as you wish.
Freedom is integral to your good
experience and the good experiences
of others.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You
don’t have to be a little bit behind to
do your best work, but the pressure
certainly doesn’t hurt. The adrenaline
rush will make you work faster and
concentrate better.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
You’re about to raise your standards
again. For you, this is not about doing
better than your colleagues and peers.
It’s about seeking your personal best.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
Often, people make a decision and
then work backward, finding the sup-
porting reasons. In the retelling, they’ll
claim the reasons came first, but they
rarely really do. You’ll cleverly apply
this principle to your strategy.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
You’re usually quite accessible to
anyone who needs you. But on days
like today, your introspective time is
important. You need to concentrate,
which means protecting yourself from
distractions and energetic imposi-
tions.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
Why push ahead if there’s no “ahead”
to push to? The reality is that the
impulse to get to the next place is
sometimes just a rejection of the first
place. That’s something to face, as it
will eliminate unnecessary movement.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
You’ll deliver communication with as
much awareness as you can bring.
Tenderness and warmth come into
play. Humor is a risk, but you’re light-
hearted enough to pull it off.
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EMCC Macon Center providing inmates with second chance

EMCC MARKETING AND The inaugural group of inmates
COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT began taking their Test for Adult Basic
Education in early August to assess
MACON — their academic performance levels and

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ast Mississippi Community Col- recently started their first classes. They
lege’s Adult Education Launch Pad will be able to take their high school
has partnered with the Noxubee equivalency test at the Macon Center
County Adult Detention Center to help once they are ready.
inmates obtain their high school equiva- “I always wanted to get my GED, but I
lency diplomas. wasn’t financially able and was just doing
The inmates are transported to EM- things — caught up in the world, hang-
CC’s Macon Center four times a week for ing out with friends,” a female inmate
two-hour long Adult Education classes. taking the adult education classes said.
“I am so grateful they are here be- “Now, I really need to get it done so I can
cause they are really eating up every- get a job once I get out of jail.”
thing we have to offer,” EMCC Adult Stallings said he has seen an improve-
Education instructor Lavonne Thomp- ment in the inmates’ attitudes since they
son said. “They just jumped right in. began taking the classes.
They are doing everything I ask them to “They are more excited about coming
do and are loving it.” here than anything,” Stallings said.
So far, five inmates are taking Adult “They look forward to coming to class.
Education classes at the Macon Center. It is a way for them to get out of jail for
In February, EMCC began offering Courtesy photo
a couple of hours and get some fresh
expanded hours and services out of its East Mississippi Community College’s Adult Education Launch Pad now offers high air and learn at the same time. I think it
school equivalency diploma classes to inmates at the Noxubee County Adult Deten-
new location in Macon at 198 Washing- is motivational for them and lets them
tion Center. Classes are taught at EMCC’s Macon Center, left, which was relocated
ton St. Prior to that, a single-wide trailer from an adjacent trailer, at right. know somebody does care about them.”
adjacent to the new location was used to Thompson said the inmates are good
teach Adult Education classes. going from there,” Crawford said. “I ment Deputy Kenneth Stallings, who students.
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MSU OFFICE OF PUBLIC Maroon Band,” Lance patriotic shows.

AFFAIRS said. In October, Aarhus
“With this large said family and commu-

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ndividually, they
represent a variety of
backgrounds, aca-
demic majors and career
aspirations. Together,
420 students in Missis-
sippi State’s 117-year-old
Famous Maroon Band
make up the largest
college band in university
history.
“It is an exciting
time to be a part of
the university and the
band program,” said
MSU Director of Bands
Elva Kaye Lance. “Our
students represent every
college and school on
campus and really are a
microcosm of the univer-
sity student enrollment.
We are excited to again
serve this year as the
‘soundtrack’ for so many
significant university
events.”
With an overall aver-
age GPA of 3.3 and ACT
score of 27.3, this year’s
With 420 students, Mississippi State’s 117-year-old Famous Maroon Band is the
largest college band in university history.
Famous Maroon Band
membership consists of
16 high school valedicto-
rians and 10 salutatori-
ans. Students hail from
19 U.S. states, as well as
Colombia, South Amer-
ica.
An MSU alumna,
Lance said she and asso-
ciate directors Craig Aar-
hus and Clifton Taylor
have been pleased with
new and current band
students’ professionalism
and willingness to learn
in preparation for a busy
year.
group, it is imperative
that the students respond
quickly to our instruction
and that they help us
keep the spaces orga-
nized and orderly,” she
said. “They demonstrat-
ed outstanding cooper-
ation in all areas. Addi-
tionally, they are talented
musicians, which makes
our job as directors a lot
of fun.”
Aarhus said 275 high
school students from
across the region who
make up the university’s
Submitted by Craig Aarhus annual Marching Honor
Band will join Famous
Maroon Band members
in a Sept. 14 halftime per-
“Those of us in lead- formance during MSU’s
ership positions with home football game
the band realize we are versus Kansas State.
standing on the shoul- The band’s fall
ders of all who have gone halftime performances
before us and who have include “Musical Royal-
established the perfor- ty” and “Savage”-themed
mance traditions that shows, as well as the
have become the Famous annual homecoming and
nity members will be
invited to rehearsals as
part of a Famous Maroon
Band meet and greet.
The MSU Wind
Ensemble, the premier
performing group of the
university’s band pro-
gram, will make two ma-
jor appearances during
the academic year. Lance
will conduct the ensem-
ble for its December per-
formance in Natchez at
the Mississippi Bandmas-
ters Association State
Band Clinic, as well as its
March 2020 performance
in Biloxi at the American
Bandmasters Association
Annual Convention.
MSU’s Famous Ma-
roon Band is part of the
College of Education’s
nationally accredited
Department of Music.
For more, visit msuband.
msstate.edu, music.
msstate.edu and educ.
msstate.edu.

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Summer
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17 Addition
column
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22 African desert 20 Paving goo
23 Toil DOWN 22 Cook’s mint
24 Chewy candy 1 Came down 23 Tote
26 Football’s 2 Chefs’ protec- 24 Little boy
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29 Sprees 3 Worries 26 Rx amount
30 Residence 4 Shore eroder 27 Astounds
31 Suitable 5 Naughty 28 More original
32 Playground 6 Wedding 29 Big party
fixture words 30 Long sand-
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Sunday’s topper cal discernment 33 Beige
37 Fad 8 Bach piece 35 Galloped
38 Macho fellow 9 Prickly plants 36 Finish
39 “Message 11 Fill completely
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In the garden with Felder

Sometimes ‘native’ plants aren’t so native after all

A
fter returning So, what’s the graphing our natives used liaFlowerFlag.org.
last week big deal about using worldwide in botanic and Anyway, back to gardens.
from my more native plants personal gardens, I cringe to Look over my earlier list of
summer home in and wildflowers in hear visitors to Mississippi native plants; in my tiny Jack-
England, a walk regular gardens? In commenting on how Southern son garden I actually grow all
around the ’hood a word, plenty. our gardens look, when they those, plus buckeye, sumac,
unearthed a surpris- You well may are only seeing azaleas, crape cherry laurel, beautyberry,
ing realization, that imagine that, as a myrtles, camellias, salvias and trumpet creeper, coral hon-
what we call our past president of the gardenias, none of which are eysuckle, cross vine, narrow
classic Southern Mississippi Native from here. leaf sunflower, wild ageratum,
gardens are bed- Plant Society, I Mine is by no means pure spiderwort, phlox, monarda,
ded with mostly can rattle off a few Mississippi; I love my nandina, ferns, purple coneflower, black-
Felder Rushing
beauties from afar. of their benefits, canna, lantana and Japanese eyed Susan, coreopsis, gold-
Floral immigrants, which to be bluntly maples. But there are mostly enrods, liatris, Louisiana iris
so to speak. honest also apply natives in it because, well, they and agaves. And more. So my
Oh, there are some natives, to the hundreds of non-natives work. And they look right and garden says Mississippi to me
notably oaks, pines, magnolias, that have become landscape are loaded with dependent and local wildlife. Year-round.
dogwoods, but I estimate that mainstays; other words, they Courtesy photo/Felder Rushing
native wildlife. And when I am That’s a good list for anyone
over 80 percent on my street crucially fit in as regular A lot of plants we think of as home in Mississippi, they make around here to start with.
alone, from azaleas, camellias, hardy garden plants. Which is native to the South actually me feel at home. Might not be room left for aza-
roses, boxwood and crape enough right there. have “roots” elsewhere. Which, by the way, this is leas, which your neighbor has
myrtles to our turfgrasses and That’s just how they’re used. why for over 20 years now I too many of anyway.
groundcovers, are from Asia. Few people deliberately think which do almost or as well. have publicly promoted the Note: The Mississippi Na-
Not to mention daylilies, chry- of magnolias, yaupon hollies, Difference is, when we include idea of having the single most tive Plant Society is holding its
santhemums and daffodils. yucca, yellow Carolina jessa- a lot of our natives we also nur- identifiable icon from our state annual meeting in Jackson on
Is this a bad thing? Not mine vine, sweet shrub, cedars, ture a special “sense of place” — the flower of our magnifi- Sept. 7; for more information,
necessarily; what’s important river birch, oakleaf hydrangea, which helps our gardens feel cent, world-renowned native go to MississippiNativePlant-
to average gardeners regarding bald cypress, redbud, oaks and look more Mississippi-es- Magnolia grandiflora — on Society.org.
plant choices are shapes, sizes, and dogwoods as native plants; que (is that a word?), and at the our state flag. After all, we’re Felder Rushing is a Mississip-
seasonal flowers or colors, and generally they are just garden same time preserve some of known far and wide as The pi author, columnist, and host of
being adapted to our climate plants which happen to be na- our biological heritage. Those Magnolia State. Not trying to the “Gestalt Gardener” on MPB
and soils without a lot of trou- tive, almost as an afterthought. aren’t very tangible, but are stir up anything, just saying. Think Radio. Email gardening
ble to keep up. With maybe a True, there are Asian and pretty important. For my earnest personal questions to rushingfelder@
few butterflies thrown in. hybrid versions of all those While I delight in photo- reasoning, check out Magno- yahoo.com.

Tribute
Continued from Page 1C
“We spend a lot of time
laughing during rehears-
al,” said Crouse, who is
also graduate studies
director of the Master
of Fine Arts in theatre
education. “The audience
will hopefully be laugh-
ing as much as we have
been.”
Innovating humor
The idea to present
“Death of a Streetcar
Named Virginia Woolf: A
Parody” originated with
Tribute Artistic Direc-
tor Christopher Blank.
He’d seen it performed
in Memphis, Tennes-
see, where he lives, and
thought, “Why don’t we
do something that shows
Tennessee
Williams
as a major
influencer
in American
theater? It’s
a comedy,
but it does
Blank
two things:
It makes
light of great theater, but
it also brings your atten-
tion to it. It shows Ten-
nessee Williams in the
pantheon of other great
playwrights, like Miller,
Albee and Wilder, shows
that he is considered one
of the great playwrights
in American history.”
The hilarity of the play
immediately struck cast
member McAnally. She
IF YOU GO:
■ WHO: Tennessee Williams
Tribute
■ WHAT: Multiple events in
downtown Columbus
■ WHEN: Thursday-Sunday,
Sept. 5-8
■ WHERE: Various locations
■ TICKETS: Many events are
free; some require tickets. Visit
tennesseewilliamstribute.org or
call 662-386-8591.
portrays Williams’ char-
acter Blanche DuBois
from “A Streetcar Named
Desire.”
“The writing is just
incredible ... turning
these very complicated,
often sad characters into
comedic characters is a
feat, bringing them all
together from different
backgrounds and sto-
rylines.”
Literature fans will
“really love the parody
of all these characters,”
McAnally continued. But
even if not familiar with
all the plays represented,
anyone who appreciates
comedy and loves to
laugh will enjoy the pro-
duction, she said.
“The play takes quite
a few unexpected twists
and turns; I think the
audience will be happy to
go along on that ride.”
The production does
contain some adult lan-
guage, its director noted.
“Mr. Williams is a
highly respected Amer-
ican playwright,” said
Crouse. “While this
year’s featured play is not
specifically a Williams’
piece, it has been fun
playing on the many ref-
erences to his work. The
week of events is inspired
by his work, and it is nice
to see the influence this
Columbus native contin-
ues to have.”
How to go
“Death of a Streetcar
Named Virginia Woolf: A
Parody” will be hosted at
the Columbus Arts Coun-
cil’s Rosenzweig Arts
Center Omnova Theater,
501 Main St., Thursday
at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 8
p.m., and Saturday at 2
p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $20 for
adults; $15 seniors, teach-
ers, military and $5 for
students. An all-access
Tribute weekend “Desire
Pass” is $100.
A complete sched-
ule of Tribute events in
downtown Columbus —
many of them free — is
available at tennesseewil-
liamstribute.org, or call
662-368-8591.

Courtesy photo
STRONG PARTNERSHIP: Fairview Baptist Church of Columbus recently increased
its support partnership with Life Choices Pregnancy Care Center in Columbus as
the center begins offering free limited ultrasounds and expands its Earn While You
Learn program until a child’s third birthday. Pictured at the center are, from left,
Charles Sylvest of Fairview; Regina Minga, Jeanna Frye, Jennifer Middlebrooks
and Ashley McCulloch, all of Life Choices; and Breck Ladd of Fairview. Earlier this
summer, Fairview highlighted the new limited medical program in a Sunday worship
service, followed by a drive for its members to volunteer in the center.

Photo by Lynn Reinschmiedt

MSU RETIRED FACULTY ASSOCIATION: The Mississippi State University Asso-
ciation of Retired Faculty elected officers for 2019-20 at its summer meeting on
Aug. 29. Leading the group for the coming year are, from left, Marty Wiseman, past
president; Gloria Reeves, president; Joe Street, treasurer; Sue Minchew, secretary;
and Albert (Chico) Allen, vice president.
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CELEBRITY WAIT NIGHT
A Celebrity Wait Night benefit for Shaw Pit Bull Rescue Inc. took place at The Grill at Jackson
Square Tuesday in Columbus.
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Bully and Kenneth Shaw Christi Yearby, Mattison Yearby

Olivia Blanton, Kerry Blanton Karen Dozier, Rhett Butler

SUMMIT FOR SCOUTING

The sixth annual Summit for Scouting was held Wednesday at The Mill in Starkville. Mississippi
State coaches were among keynote speakers for the event.

Jeremy Whitmore, Stephanie Whitmore Dianna Parker, Cameron Parker

Joe Moorhead, Bill Martin Lori Chitwood, Carla White