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Sam Allison hired as LCSD superintendent
Longtime New Hope Middle School principal will start new job Jan. 1
By Zack Plair
zplair@cdispatch.com
New Hope Middle School
Principal Sam Allison will get a
big promotion Jan. 1.
After a more than two-hour
executive session Monday
night, Lowndes County School
District’s board selected Alli-
son as the next superintendent.
He will become the district’s
first board-appointed superin-
tendent and will succeed Lynn
Legislators: Mississippi
hasn’t prioritized education
Area resident Roger Burlingame, left, speaks with Rep. Kabir Karriem (D-Columbus) while Rep. Cheikh Taylor (D-Starkville)
looks on after the Chamber of Commerce’s annual Education Town Hall at the Courtyard Marriott in Columbus Monday night.
Karriem and Taylor were two of four legislators who, along with representatives from Columbus and Lowndes County school
districts, answered questions about education posed by community members who attended the town hall.
Local lawmakers talk funding, other
education issues at Monday’s Town Hall
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
Funding, whether for
pre-kindergarten programs
or for the Mississippi Ade-
quate Education Program
(MAEP), was the primary
topic of concern at the Co-
lumbus Lowndes Chamber
of Commerce’s annual Ed-
ucation Town Hall Monday
night.
The 60-plus attendees
who crowded into the Cas-
tleberry Ballroom at the
Courtyard Marriott had
the opportunity to ask edu-
cation-related questions to
the panel of four legislators
and three representatives
from area school districts.
Questions touched on top-
ics such as virtual educa-
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Wright, who has served eight
years via public election. Wright
will remain superintendent un-
til his term expires Dec. 31.
The board chose Allison
from among three finalists,
all of whom were interviewed
in a closed meeting last week.
Other finalists were LCSD As-
sistant Superintendent Susan
Johnson and Starkville-Oktib-
beha Consolidated School Dis-
trict Deputy Superintendent
Christy Maulding.
tion and state testing for
K-12 students, and especial-
ly whether the Legislature
would fund educational pro-
grams once the 2020 ses-
sion begins.
Each legislator present
said they felt education
has not been a priority in
the Legislature, pointing
out lawmakers have only
twice fully funded MAEP,
a formula the state uses to
allocate funds to public ed-
ucation, since it was imple-
mented in 1997.
“You look at the num-
bers, we’re constantly
fighting for 47th, 48th,
as far as being the worst
state for public education,”
said Rep. Cheikh Taylor
See Town hall, 3A
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wake of World War I was the precursor
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n OUR VIEW: Allison takes over
“It was a tough decision,” following Mon- a successful district with room to
day’s decision. improve further. Page 4A
board member Jane Kilgore
said after the meeting. “It took “This is home,
a lot of soul searching, and we and this is where including length and salary
took this obligation very seri- I’m going to be. — Monday night, saying they
ously. … The board is behind I’m looking for- will meet with Allison within
Allison
Mr. Allison.” ward to leading the next week to finalize those.
Allison has been principal at the district and continuing to Board member Brian Clark
NHMS since 2006, following a empower people to do the work said he also wanted to use that
two-year stint as assistant prin- they do every day, whether it’s time to explain to Alison why he
cipal there. The New Hope na- teachers, administrators or was selected.
tive began his teaching career staff.” Among those reasons, Clark
in Alabama in 1993. Board members did not said, is NHMS’ improvement
“I’m ecstatic,” Allison told release contract specifics — See Allison, 6A
Suspect
in custody
after Sunday
stabbing
Man charged with
aggravated assault;
victim treated at hospital
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
A Columbus man
has been arrested for
a reported stabbing
Sunday afternoon.
Issac U. Brown,
56, was charged with
aggravated assault,
according to a Co-
lumbus Police De- Brown
partment press release. Brown is
accused of stabbing another man
on Peach Street during an argu-
ment.
The victim was taken to Baptist
Memorial Hospital-Golden Trian-
gle, treated for non life-threatening
injuries and released, Police Chief
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff Fred Shelton said.
Brown and the victim knew each
other, Shelton added.
Brown is in custody at Lowndes
County Adult Detention Center. His
bond had not been set as of Monday
afternoon.
Okt supes weigh
joining Tombigbee
River Valley District
By Tess Vrbin
tvrbin@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Oktibbeha
supervisors decided Monday to
further research membership in
the Tombigbee River Valley Wa-
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff
Larry Swartz speaks with Columbus Municipal School District ter Management District before
Board of Trustees president Jason Spears following an Edu- choosing whether to join.
cation Town Hall put on by the Columbus Lowndes Chamber The board voted in September
of Commerce in the Courtyard Marriott in Columbus Monday
to agree that the county would ben-
night. Taylor was one of a panel of seven legislators and area
education officials who attended the forum to answer ques- efit from joining the Tupelo-based
tions from the community about education issues the Legisla- state agency, which does flood con-
ture will face in the 2020 legislative term. See Supes, 3A
Calendar Local Folks Public
Today meetings
Today:
■ Winter recital: Mississippi University for
Columbus City
Women Department of Music presents a free
Council regular
winter recital at 7:30 p.m. in Poindexter Hall on
campus. For more information, call 662-241- meeting, 5
6399. p.m., Municipal
Complex
Wednesday Courtroom
■ Benefit luncheon: The Lowndes County Nov. 21:
Circuit Clerk’s office hosts a luncheon and bake
sale starting at 11:30 a.m. at the Lowndes
Columbus Light
and Water utility
County Courthouse, to benefit a medical fund
meeting, 12
for Fannie Brewer, who is battling cancer.
p.m., CLW office
Stacee Bonner lives in Starkville building
Thursday but commutes to Columbus each
■ Senior Citizens Thanksgiving Luncheon: day to teach at Columbus Middle
Dec. 2:
Lowndes County
Columbus Mayor Robert Smith hosts the 13th School and work for Boar’s Head at
annual free seniors’ luncheon at Trotter Con- Kroger. Bonner attends Kingdom Vi- Supervisors, 9
vention Center at 11 a.m.-1 p.m. For more infor- sion International Church and likes a.m., County
mation, call 662-328-7021 or 662-327-4935. to spend time with her family. Courthouse
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HOLIDAY ART CONTEST WINNERS
From left to right, Jasmine Dozier, Ryan Wesley Rigdon, Joshua James, Ruby Beck, Andrew Bradberry, Presley Boutwell, Gracie
Edwards, Chaney Custard, Columbus Main Street President Shannon Bowen and Abby Edwards smile for the camera after the
children were awarded their prizes for placing in the Columbus Main Street Holiday Art Contest on Monday at the Commercial
Dispatch. Winners received cash prizes and will have the opportunity to act as junior marshals of the Columbus Christmas
Parade.
Chick-fil-A halts donations to three
groups against gay marriage
The Associated Press
Chick-fil-A is ending donations to
three groups that oppose gay marriage
in an effort to halt protests and broaden
its customer base.
But the move has angered some of the
fast food chain’s fans.
The Atlanta-based company said Mon-
day that starting next year, it will focus its
giving on three areas: hunger, homeless-
ness and education.
“This decision was made to create
more clarity — and to better address
three critical needs facing children across
the communities Chick-fil-A serves,” the
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company said in a statement.
Chick-fil-A President Tim Tassopou-
los said the company — which is closed
on Sundays — will still consider dona-
tions to faith-based groups. The compa-
ny wouldn’t say whether it will consider
an organization’s position on gay rights
before donating.
But in the meantime, it doesn’t plan to
continue its support of three groups that
oppose gay marriage and have been the
target of protestor’s ire.
In 2017 and 2018, the Chick-fil-A Foun-
dation gave $2.4 million to the Missou-
ri-based Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Jennifer Mosbrucker/Dispatch Staff
for sports camps for underserved youth
and $165,000 to the Salvation Army to
buy Christmas gifts for needy children.
The foundation also gave $6,000 to the
Paul Anderson Youth Homes.
Chick-fil-A’s decision to no longer sup-
port the groups angered some conserva-
tives, who say they stood by the restau-
rant in 2012 when CEO Dan Cathy said in
several interviews that he didn’t support
gay marriage. In more recent interviews,
Cathy — who is the son of Chick-fil-A’s
founder — has reiterated his personal
beliefs but says he treats all customers
with respect.
Trump backing off
banning vaping
flavors popular
with teens
Polling data shown
to the Trump indicates
e-cigarette users could
abandon him if he
followed through
with the ban
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — When Pres-
ident Donald Trump boarded Air
Force One to fly to a Kentucky cam-
paign rally two weeks ago, a plan
was in place for him to give final ap-
proval to a plan to ban most flavored
e-cigarettes.
By the time Trump landed back
at Joint Base Andrews outside Wash-
ington a few hours later, the plan was
off. And its future is unclear.
For nearly two months, momen-
tum had been building inside the
White House to try to halt a youth
vaping epidemic that experts feared
was hurting as many as 5 million
teenagers.
Both first lady Melania Trump
and Ivanka Trump, the president’s
daughter and senior adviser, pushed
for the ban, which was also being
championed internally by White
House counselor Kellyanne Con-
way, who has taken the lead on some
public health issues.
But as Trump sat surrounded
by political advisers on the flights
to and from Lexington, he grew re-
luctant to sign the ban, convinced
it could alienate voters who would
be financially or otherwise affected
by a vaping ban, according to two
White House and campaign officials
not authorized to speak publicly
about private conversations.
A news conference scheduled by
Health and Human Services Secre-
tary Alex Azar to announce the ban
was canceled, while more meetings
with industry leaders and lobbyists
were proposed, according to the of-
ficials.

Town hall
Continued from Page 1A
(D-Starkville). “But I’m
here to tell you that is
strictly because of polit-
ical will. When we fully
fund the MAEP formula
... we outdo other states
almost overnight. ... That
puts us back into the
game. So if the state is
very serious about that,
we’re going to locate
those dollars.”
In addition to Taylor,
the legislators on the pan-
el included Rep. Kabir
Karriem (D-Colum-
bus), Sen. Angela Turn-
er-Ford (D-West Point)
and Rep.-elect Dana Mc-
Lean (R-Columbus). Sen.
Chuck Younger (R-Co-
lumbus) and Rep. Gary
Chism (R-Columbus) did
not attend due to prior
commitments, though
Younger sent written an-
swers to two questions
prepared by the chamber
of commerce’s education
committee, which or-
ganized the event. Also
present were Columbus
Municipal School District
Superintendent Cherie
Labat, CMSD Board of
Trustees president Ja-
son Spears and Lowndes
County School District
Deputy Superintendent
Robin Ballard. Aundrea
Self, an anchor for WCBI,
moderated the event.
The legislators present
all said they would sup-
port fully funding public
education before they
supported state money
going to school vouch-
er programs. However,
there was more discus-
sion on the avenues for
funding.
In one of his submitted
answers, Younger said
he would support 100
percent of revenue from
the newly approved state
lottery going to educa-
tion. As the law currently
stands, the first $80 mil-
lion raised will go toward
infrastructure, with left-
over money going to edu-
cation.
“I propose that the lot-
tery be allocated to educa-
Supes
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trol, cleanup and repair
projects on waterways of
all sizes in 12 northeast
Mississippi counties.
Oktibbeha County could
become the 13th, but Dis-
trict 1 Supervisor John
Montgomery said he did
not want the county to
join an agency that does
not provide the option
of leaving if the board
changes its mind.
He said he has talked
with supervisors in other
counties, who told him it
could take years for the
water management dis-
trict to bring its services
to the county because
they work where they
determine they are most
needed.
“The need may be
quite evident here in
Oktibbeha County, but
there’s nothing that says
they’ve got to do work
here, so I want something
with some more guaran-
tees in it,” Montgomery
told The Dispatch.
The county needs to
have more discussions
with other counties to
find out if they got their
money’s worth out of
water management dis-
trict membership, which
would cost $139,000 per
year indefinitely, and con-
sider other water man-
agement options, Mont-
gomery said.
District 5 Supervisor
Joe Williams advocated
for joining the water man-
agement district in light
of recent storms that left
fallen trees and floodwa-
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Labat Ballard
tion instead of roads and
bridges,” Younger said.
“I’ve also proposed a fuel
tax to be implemented for
infrastructure. I have not
given up on this plan.”
Taylor said he is “on
the fence” about a gas tax
because it disproportion-
ately affects the poor. He
instead suggested Mis-
sissippi legalize and tax
“cash crops” like hemp
and use that money to
bring in more revenue.
But other legislators
said there is already
money in the budget that
could be used for educa-
tion, but hasn’t.
“... Until the priority
changes, I imagine that
the amount of dollars
that are appropriated will
continue to remain the
same,” Turner-Ford said.
“Hopefully it will not de-
crease, because that has
been the trend in previ-
ous years.”
Karriem and McLean
— who both pointed out
the Legislature had a
$500 million surplus last
year — told attendees to
call state officials, partic-
ularly those who cham-
pioned public education
during their campaigns
for the elections earlier
this month.
“On the campaign
trail, there were a lot of
promises made,” Karriem
said. “... I’m suggesting as
not only a legislator but as
a citizen, we have to hold
us accountable to the
promises that were made.
And right now, if educa-
tion and early childhood
is one of those things that
you would like to see,
starting in the morning,
as soon as the Capitol’s
open, when you know
Montgomery Williams
ters in creeks and on peo-
ple’s property.
“There are individu-
als, especially in my dis-
trict, whose home area
is flooded out and they
can’t even get out of their
house,” Williams said.
The county does not
currently have any out-
side resources to help
with creek cleanup, and
Williams said the debris
in District 5 builds up and
travels downstream from
the northern parts of the
county.
All four supervisors
present agreed the coun-
ty needs to work with a
water management agen-
cy to clean waterways
and aid residents with
flooded properties. Dis-
trict 4 Supervisor Brick-
lee Miller was absent
Monday.
District 3 Supervisor
Marvell Howard agreed
with Montgomery’s mis-
givings about not being
able to back out of the wa-
ter management district.
“I’m definitely not a
no (on joining),” Howard
said. “I definitely think
it’s something that we
would benefit from.”
He suggested the
board vote to table the
discussion and research
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Turner-Ford Younger
your representative’s
phone numbers, you need
to be expressing that to
them.”
Solutions to problems
Though funding was a
primary topic at the event,
panelists weighed in on
other issues. In response
to a question from an au-
dience member, Ballard
talked about testing as a
way to keep “a finger on
the pulse” of what the dis-
trict’s students are learn-
ing.
“I’m going to try to
keep testing at bay as
much as we can,” she said,
referring to a common
critique that schools put
too much focus on stan-
dardized testing, “but also
keep our thumbs on what
the data is telling us about
how well our teachers are
doing and how well our
students are receiving
that information.”
Labat emphasized the
importance of public edu-
cation in a question asking
about education’s affect on
economic development.
“Where are (public
school) children going
if they don’t have a qual-
ity education?” she said.
“They’re not leaving the
community. They need
jobs, they need Work-
Keys. ... It is in the best in-
terest of everybody in the
community that all chil-
dren are educated. The 10
percent (who don’t attend
public schools) have to
care about the 90 percent,
because if they plan to be
a part of this great state
and this great community,
then they have to under-
stand that the children of
Columbus have to (get)
a quality education, and
Howard Roberson
the pros and cons of the
Tombigbee River Valley
Water Management Dis-
trict, and the board voted
unanimously in favor.
If the county joins the
district, the supervisors
and the governor will
each appoint a member
representing Oktibbeha
County to the water man-
agement district board.
Property taxes fund
the district’s services,
and the county does not
need to increase millage
rates in order to receive
them, County Adminis-
trator Emily Garrard said
at the Sept. 13 meeting.
The county would have
to dedicate a maximum
of half a mill to the wa-
ter management district,
but it would reallocate
existing millage instead
of raising taxes, she said
Monday.
The board also vot-
ed unanimously to ask
county engineer Clyde
Pritchard to look into re-
pairing a ditch adjacent
to the Hillbrook subdivi-
sion in District 5 south-
east of Starkville. The
ditch needs protective
rocks and permeable fab-
ric placed on the banks to
prevent further erosion,
Williams said.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 3A
Ole Miss enrollment
down for third
straight year
McLean Lautzenhiser ‘We recognize that it is a
they have to be just as challenging environment to
much of a proponent for
the students of Columbus recruit students because of
Municipal School District
as they are for everyone in declining numbers of college and
the community.”
university students nationally ...’
Panelists also ad-
dressed Mississippi’s Ole Miss Chancellor Glenn Boyce
“brain drain.” Labat said
she recently learned of The Associated Press
a survey conducted by
education nonprofit The OXFORD — Enrollment is down
FORGE Foundation, in at the University of Mississippi for
which 60 percent of eighth the third straight year.
graders surveyed said The Oxford Eagle reports that
they plan to leave Missis- 2019 enrollment numbers for all six
Ole Miss campuses show a 3.5 per-
sippi after they graduate.
McLean said students cent decrease from 2018. That’s the
highest percentage drop over the
don’t realize there are op- Boyce
last three years.
portunities here.
Numbers released by the Insti-
“We have the great in-
tutions of Higher Learning show the system now
dustries,” she said. “We
has 22,273 students, which is a decline of 817 peo-
have Paccar, Airbus, Steel
ple from last year.
Dynamics, and I think if
“We recognize that it is a challenging envi-
we can get those kids to
ronment to recruit students because of declin-
see that they can have a
ing numbers of college and university students
better life, that they can
nationally, and we are addressing this challenge
get a better job than may-
through additional investments in technology,
be their parents had, ... marketing and recruiting,” Ole Miss Chancellor
they can have a better life Glenn Boyce said.
here in Mississippi.” Most Ole Miss students — 58.3 percent — are
Labat said Mississip- Mississippi residents.
pi has the solutions to its “We are proud to offer an unsurpassed learn-
problems. ing environment and life-changing student expe-
“The country is an in- riences,” Boyce added.
dustry and manufacturing This year’s first-year retention rate was 86.8
country with technology,” percent — a historical high for the Oxford cam-
she said. “Right now, we pus, the newspaper reported.
need skill sets and peo- Statistics show enrollment at rival Mississippi
ple who are able to do the State University rose slightly, increasing by 1.1
job and learn the job. Our percent to 22,226 students.
whole focus on K-12 edu- Enrollment is down overall at Mississippi’s
cation has to change, and eight public universities, declining 1.6 percent
it has to be dynamic. It from last year to a total of 29,193 students.
has to include things like
virtual education, it has
to include things (like)
intentional workforce de-
velopment. If we use pre
K-12 education for job
development, and college
readiness for those who
are prepared, ... we could
use those dollars so wisely
and change this state to be
a top state in this country.”
The board will not vote
on whether to add those
materials to the ditch
until Pritchard reports
back with more infor-
mation. Board attorney
Rob Roberson said the
supervisors should ask
for permission from the
state Legislature for road
projects such as this one.
“From a taxpayer
standpoint, we’re prob-
ably spending twice the
money trying to keep our
road from washing away,”
Roberson said.
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Our View

Allison takes over a successful district with room to improve further

With Sam Allison’s hire as
superintendent Monday night,
the Lowndes County School
Board went for an in-house
candidate with 15 years of
administrative experience in
the district.
The New Hope native came
home in 2004 as assistant
principal at New Hope Middle
School and was promoted to
the principal role there two
years later. He previously ran
against outgoing superin-
tendent Lynn Wright for the
top leadership position in the
district. In the time since,
Allison’s leadership is cred-
ited, in part, for pulling the
school’s state accountability
rating from C to B. That annual
letter grade system primarily
considers student performance
on state benchmark exams.
But on Jan. 1, Allison will
move from leading a B school
to an overall A district, a rating
the board and public doubtless
expect the district to maintain.
He will also oversee district
finances that are trying to
recover from consecutive years
of declining operating balanc-
es, mainly due to millions of
dollars in building projects
across the district that weren’t
supported by tax increases.
His leadership will span
three very distinct communi-
ties — Caledonia, New Hope
and West Lowndes — all of
which have great pride in their
identity.
This job will have its chal-
lenges, but Allison has shown
himself to be a dedicated edu-
cator who cares for the district.
The process to hire a su-
perintendent — the district’s
first board-appointed head
— has been a long one, and
it’s often been wracked with
high emotion, especially from
supporters of Wright. Addition-
ally, this paper multiple times
questioned the process used
to select a new leader. Don’t
mistake our criticism of the
process as criticism of the hire.
We have confidence in Allison’s
abilities and encourage the
school board members, staff
and vested members of the
public to support him.
If the district is to continue
to grow and improve, parents,
teachers and other stakehold-
ers must see their way clear
to prioritize the students over
politics.
One of Wright’s strengths
was that he always made him-
self available to the public and
to the media. We encourage
Allison to continue that open-
ness. This is a service position
in a public school district, after
all, and sustained public sup-
port will depend on providing
patrons reasonable access.
We wish Allison well and
congratulate him for his new
opportunity. May the district
continue to thrive under his
leadership.

State of the nation Voice of the people

Partisan lines ‘Offensive’ Disney movies
fade with the It seems that many old Disney
movies are “offending” some
done routinely to Presidents and
other highly visible people.
even as depicted in movies from
yesteryear. The only thing holding

right candidates
people, because they have racist If you’ve never seen Song of the anybody back is that person him/
stereotypes from the past. First, if South, a great Disney movie, you herself. I had the opportunity to
it was in the past, there is nothing can blame “offended” censors who “do” a lot better than I did. The
that can be done about it. It was, so want to re-write the past. It depicts only three people to blame for my
I think Louisiana Gov. let it be. What will future genera- slaves who were well cared for, being what I am are me, myself
John Bel Edwards meant tions do when they are “offended” and the bond between an old slave, and I. If anybody wants to better
it when he partly credited by movies showing Blacks as gang Uncle Remus and the grandson of themselves, they can. Quit blam-
his reelection to LSU’s and bangers, pimps, and “hos”? A car- the plantation owner. ing others or the past and get busy.
the Saints’ winning season. icature is an exaggerated example I heartily encourage everybody Cameron Triplett
That would be the football of something or someone. It is to let go of biases and enjoy life, Pontotoc
teams — Louisiana State
University and the New
Orleans Saints.
“People are just in a
better mood,” the Democrat
Voice of the people
said. And he did have LSU
coach Ed Orgeron vouching Froma Harrop
for him.
Edwards pulled off a narrow win against a Repub-
lican whom President Donald Trump tried mightily
to drag into the end zone. Trump was in Bossier City
two days before and beseeched his MAGA crowd by
saying, “You’ve got to give me a big win, OK?” (In
2016, Trump took Louisiana by 20 points.)
Similar story in Kentucky, where Trump rallies
failed to deliver a win for incumbent Republican Gov.
Matt Bevin. Democrat Andy Beshear won by only
a hair but in a state where Trump scored a 30-point
margin.
Well, what were these Democratic victories in the
South and the Deep South about? They were partly
about several things.
One is that Trump’s magic sauce for energizing
his base seems to have lost some potency. And
after nearly three years of Trumpian mayhem, he’s
energizing voters in the far less friendly cities and
suburbs.
But perhaps the deciding factor is that Americans
tend to resist efforts by the major parties to national-
ize state and local races.
Edwards seemed to be focusing on the issues vot-
ers cared about, picking this from column A and that
from column B. He raised spending on education
and expanded Medicaid coverage, two Democratic
causes. But he was far more hostile to abortion and
gun control than his party’s mainstream.
Voters are obviously willing to cross partisan
lines in state and local elections. And that’s not the
case only for Democrats in red territory.
Three of deep blue New England’s six states have
Republican governors — Massachusetts, Vermont
and New Hampshire. Add to the list liberal Mary-
land. Their voters tend to be fiscal conservatives and
social liberals, and so do their Republican gover-
nors.
Successful blue state Republicans steer clear of
the ugly chaos in Trump’s Washington just as Dem-
ocrats in red states ignore the bonfires consuming
left-wing Twitter.
That’s how Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock got
reelected in red Montana by 4 points on the same
Election Day Trump took the state by 20. Two years
later, another Montana Democrat, Sen. Jon Tester,
won reelection — and after Trump visited the state
four times to rally support for Tester’s Republican
opponent.
All this talk about the Democrats’ moving to the
left belies the reality that the party’s resurgence has
come from the center. The Democrats’ impressive
House majority came not from a handful of radicals
winning super safe Democratic districts but from
moderates who yanked 40 seats from Republicans.
Former President Barack Obama recently
emerged from his silence to remind Democrats of
this, warning them to look past “the activist wing”
of the party. Don’t assume that the American people
want to “tear down the system,” he said. And it is de-
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for something “bold enough” to rev their engines.
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will be held at 11 a.m. ters, Glenda Nadeau to the late Joseph E. services will follow at
Wednesday at New of Montpelier, Nora and Florence Eschete Community “Cluster”
Haven Baptist Church Welborn of Columbus, Discon Jr. He was a Cemetery in Aliceville,
Cemetery in Stewart, Georgia, and Joyce U.S. Navy veteran and Alabama. Lavender’s
with Mike Stowell Billingsley Gilliam of was self-employed as a Funeral Service of
officiating. Visitation is Millport, Alabama; carpenter. Aliceville is in charge
from 5-7 p.m. today at son, Larry Billingsley In addition to his par- of arrangements.
Welch Funeral Home. of Mexia, Alabama; six ents, he was preceded
Welch Funeral Home of grandchildren; and four in death by his sister, James Crowell Sr.
Starkville is in charge great-grandchildren. Darlene Cashman. ALICEVILLE, Ala.
of arrangements. Pallbearers will He is survived by his — James Earl “Daddy
Mrs. Bright was be Mike Ware, Matt wife, Virginia Discon Alvin” Crowell Sr., 75,
born April 6, 1942, to Bennett, Blake Allred, of West Point; daugh- died Nov. 14, 2019, at
the late Dewey Al- Bennett Allred, An- ter, Tina Edwards of Annelle Hochhauser
his residence.
exander and Minnie drew Cole-Tyson, West Point; sons, Mark Home Going Cele- Visitation:
Johnson Alexander. She Daniel Hindman, Keith Discon of Picayune, bration services will be Wednesday, Nov. 20 • 9:30-10:30 AM
was a member of Bluff Thompson and Ricky Bob Edwards and at 11 a.m. Saturday at
College St. Location
Graveside Service:
Chapel Baptist Church. Alford. John Edwards, both of Spirit and Truth Pen- Wednesday, Nov. 20 • 11 AM
In addition to her Memorials may be West Point; 14 grand- tecostal Church, with Friendship Cemetery
parents, she was made to St. Jude Chil- children; and nine Jeffrey Ball Sr. officiat-
preceded in death by dren’s Hospital, 501 St. great-grandchildren. ing. Burial will follow
her brothers, Jimmie Jude Place, Memphis, Pallbearers will at Bigbee Cemetery.
Lee Alexander, Willie TN 38105 or to the Pal- be James Edwards, Visitation will be from
Alexander and W.T. estine Cemetery Fund, D. J. McCaskill, John noon-6 p.m. Friday at
“Shorty” Alexander. c/o Bonnie Thompson, Michael Baucom, Matt
Lavender’s Funeral
She is survived by 1500 Mac Pate Road, Discon, Holden Cog-
Service. Lavender’s memorialgunterpeel.com
her husband, Wayne Cedar Bluff, 39741. gins and Marc Mc- Funeral Service of
Bright of Starkville; Clure. Aliceville is in charge
daughter, Deborah Mary Johnson of arrangements.
Weeks of Starkville; FLORENCE, Ala. — Allen Cockrell
Larry Campbell
and one grandchild. Mary Helen Johnson ALEXANDRIA, Va.
died Nov. 18, 2019, in — Allen Curtis Cock-
Leroy Cook Florence, Alabama. rell, 70, died Nov. 14,
STARKVILLE — Le- Arrangements are 2019, at the Hermitage Larry Scott Campbell, 69, of
roy Cook, 66, died Nov. incomplete and will be
12, 2019, in Starkville. announced by Dow-
Northern Virginia in Columbus, MS, passed away
Alexandria. Saturday, November 16, 2019,
Services will be at dle Funeral Home of Graveside services at his residence.
11 a.m. Wednesday at Millport. will be at 2 p.m. Thurs- Visitation will be Tuesday,
West Memorial Funeral day at Cairo Cemetery, November 19, 2019, from 3:00
Home Chapel. Burial Mayo Ruffin with James Towery offi- PM to 4:00 PM at Immanuel
will follow at Sixteenth NORTHPORT, Ala. ciating. Calvert Funeral Baptist Church, Steens, MS. A
Section Cemetery. Vis- — Mayo Ruffin, 87, Home of West Point is memorial service will follow at
itation is from 1-6 p.m.
died Nov. 17, 2019, at in charge of arrange- 4:00 PM, with Bro. Rob Dowdle
today at the funeral DCH Regional Medical ments. and Bro. Charles Mullins officiating.
home. West Memo-
Center. Mr. Cockrell was Mr. Campbell was born September 14, 1950,
rial Funeral Home of Services will be born July 24, 1949, in in Jackson, MS, to Prebble Clark Campbell and
Starkville is in charge
at 2 p.m. Wednesday Starkville, to Bonnie the late Linnard S. Campbell. He retired from the
of arrangements. at Lowndes Funeral Tisdale Cockrell and United States Air Force, after 23 years as a Mas-
He is survived by
Home Chapel. Burial the late Robert Frank- ter Sergeant, and having served during Vietnam
his sister, Shirley Cook will follow at Memorial lin Cockrell. He was and Operation Desert Shield/Storm. Mr. Camp-
Turnipseed.
Gardens. Visitation will a Texas Air National bell married the former Deborah Carter on June
be one hour prior to Guard veteran and was 10, 1970, in Jackson, MS. He was a member of Im-
Ola Bonner services at the funeral formerly employed as a manuel Baptist Church in Steens, MS. Mr. Camp-
COLUMBUS — Ola home. Lowndes Funer- lab analyst for DuPont. bell loved people, was a family man and loved his
Mae Bonner, 76, died al Home of Columbus In addition to his wife, children, and grandchildren. He was a Mis-
Nov. 18, 2019, at the is in charge of arrange- father, he was preceded sissippi State fan and enjoyed car racing.
Windsor Place. ments. in death by his brother, In addition to his father, Mr. Campbell is pre-
Arrangements are Larry Cockrell. ceded in death by his sister, Sandra Poole.
incomplete and will be Mr. Campbell is survived by his wife of 49
announced by Carter’s
Donald Discon In addition to his
years, Deborah Carter Campbell of Columbus,
WEST POINT — mother, he is survived
Funeral Service of by his brother, Rog- MS; sons, Ray (Tracey) Campbell of Columbus,
Donald Joseph Discon,
Columbus. er Cockrell of Falls MS, and Michael (Valerie) Campbell of Tupe-
81, died Nov. 17, 2019,
Church. lo, MS; grandchildren, Ben Campbell, Aaron
at North Mississippi
Odie White Medical Center in West Memorials may be Campbell and Bekah Campbell; mother, Prebble
MONTPELIER — made to Cairo Cem- Clark Campbell of Jackson, MS; and brother, Lee
Point.
Odie “Bill” White, 98, etery Fund, c/o Judy (Suzy) Campbell of Brandon, MS.
Services are at 2
died Nov. 17, 2019, at Chrismond, 23225 Hwy. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to
p.m. today at Calvert
his residence. 50 W., West Point, MS Immanuel Baptist Church Children’s Ministry,
Funeral Home Chapel,
Services will be 39773. 6342 Military Road, Steens, MS 39766.
with Mike Smith and
at 3 p.m. Wednesday Bob Edwards officiat- Compliments of
at Palestine United ing. Burial will follow at Lillie Kirkland Lowndes Funeral Home
Methodist Church in www.lowndesfuneralhome.net
Chickasaw Memorial CHARLOT TE, N.C.
Montpelier, with the
Garden Cemetery in — Lillie Mary Kirk-
Annelle Hochhauser
Rev. Eddie Brock and Houston. Visitation land, 75, died Nov. 11,
the Rev. Jason Middle-
is two hours prior to 2019, at Atrium Health
ton officiating. Visita- services at the funeral Hospital in Charlotte,
tion will be two hours Annelle Gunter Hochhauser,
home. Calvert Funeral North Carolina.
prior to services at the 67, Knoxville, TN, passed away
Home of West Point is Visitation will be
church. Calvert Funeral November 16, 2019, surrounded
in charge of arrange- from 1-3 p.m. Wednes-
Home of West Point is by her children. She was born
ments. day at Lavender’s
in charge of arrange- to parents, Jack Gunter and Vir-
Mr. Discon was born Funeral Service. Home
ments. ginia Williams Gunter, on Janu-
July 9, 1938, in New Going Graveside
Mr. White was born ary 19, 1952, in Columbus, MS.
Orleans, Louisiana, Celebration and burial
Feb. 7, 1921, in Clay She treasured time spent
County, to the late Joel with family, and her grandchil-
“Joe” and Lela Mae dren were the light of her life.
Brand White. He was She was adoringly known as
a U.S. Army veteran, Mimi or Baba, and deeply loved by all her family,
serving as Sergeant including her 12 grandchildren that range in age
and squad leader in from 19 months to 19 years old. She enjoyed hob-
World War II, New bies such as sewing, craft projects, scrapbooking
Guinea and in the and painting. The Thanksgiving and Christmas
Battle of Mindanao, holidays were her favorite time of the year. She
Philippines. He was traditionally treated her family to a delicious
formerly employed as meal, including her signature candied sweet po-
a farmer and with the tatoes and caramel cake. Annelle was a retired
Mississippi Department CFO, who was known for her intelligence and
of Transportation. hard work. She had a strong unwavering faith in
In addition to his God and often spent time studying her bible
parents, he was preced- Annelle was preceded in death by her father,
ed in death by his wife, Jack Gunter.
Allene Cogsdell White; She is survived by her mother, Virginia Wil-
nine siblings; and one liams Gunter of Knoxville, TN; her brother, Jack-
great-grandchild. ie Gunter and spouse, Martha, of Greeneville,
He is survived by MS; and her brother, Phillip Gunter and spouse,
his wife, Ervie Bill- Ann, of Hillsborough, NC; and her children, Lisa
ingsley White; daugh- Blackledge and spouse, Kevin Crook, of German-
town, TN, Michael Hinton and spouse, Nikki, of
Germantown, TN, Kimberly Shields and spouse,
David Sr., of Maryville, TN, and Edward (Beau)
Hochhauser IV and spouse, Angela of Coving-
ton, of TN. In addition, Annelle was a very proud
grandmother, known as Mimi or Baba, to Reece
Goff, Riley Goff, Michael Blackledge, Reece
Crook, Remington Crook, Grady Hinton, Mattie
what the court ultimately
Hinton, Elli Hinton, Kate Shields, David Shields
will do. Jr., Layla Hochhauser and Isla Turner.
A visitation will be held at Memorial Gunter &
last a matter of days or Peel Funeral Home located at 903 College Street
weeks, if the court is in Columbus, MS, from 9:30 to 10:30 AM. A grave-
willing to let an appeals side service will begin at 11:00 AM at Friendship
court ruling in favor of Cemetery located on 4th St. S., Columbus, MS.
the House remain in place
without granting full re-
view of the case. But the
delay could extend for
months if the justices de- Sign the online guest book at
cide they need to hear ar- www.memorialgunterpeel.com
guments and issue a writ- 903 College Street • Columbus, MS
ten opinion.
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Health
Health tip
n Don’t fear saturated fat: Saturated fat has been
controversial. While it’s true that saturated fat raises
cholesterol levels, it also raises HDL (good) cholesterol
and shrinks your LDL (bad) particles, which is linked to
a lower risk of heart disease.
Source: www.healthline.com

Health tips from Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen

Why D-ficient is D-pressing your
in-D-pendence
A search for athletes named Dee
turns up a mixed bag: There’s Dee
Virgil Fondy, who played from 1951
to 1958 and was the last player to
bat at Ebbets Field. Dee Hardison,
a defensive lineman for the Buffalo
Bills, New York Giants, San Diego
Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs
in the 1970s and 1980s. And “Dee”
Brown, who spent 12 seasons in
the NBA and won the league’s
Slam Dunk Contest in 1991 with a
“no-look” slam dunk.
Their strengths were mus-
cle and moxie. Something Dee
definitely contributes — vitamin
D, that is. A study out of Trinity
College Dublin reveals that just
as regular exercise is essential
for maintaining muscle mass and
function as you age, so is sufficient
vitamin D.
The researchers tested blood
levels of D in 4,157 folks 60-plus
and then assessed their grip
strength and tested balance, agil-
ity, gait speed and ability to rise
from a chair without using their
hands. They found that those with
the lowest blood level of vitamin
D — below 30 nmol/L, the level
signaling deficiency and onset of
bone disease — had twice the mus-
cle weakness and three times the
difficulty with muscle performance
as folks with a level of 50 or more.
For major-league performance
as you age, get an annual blood test
to determine what supplementation
you need to achieve
a level of 50 to
80. Until then, if
you’re over 50, take
2,000 IU of D2 or
D3 daily. You can
also get vitamin D
from foods, such
as salmon, most
cultivated mush-
rooms and D-for-
tified cereals and
soymilk. Drs. Oz and Roizen
The kid-friendly
way to obtain donated
breast milk
In 2013, actress and vegan
Alicia Silverstone created a special
breast milk sharing program for
mothers who avoid eating animal
products. She was inspired to
launch Kind Mama Milk Share
after another vegan mom, unable
to breastfeed, was frustrated in her about asking about the milk do-
search for donor breast milk from
other vegans. “There’s no reason
why they shouldn’t be able to give
their babies the most amazing start
in life with clean, mean, glorious
breast milk,” Silverstone wrote on
her website.
But being vegan/vegetarian is
just one of the reasons more new
mothers are turning to mom-to-
mom donated breast milk instead
of regulated milk banks, according M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and
to new research presented at the
American Academy of Pediatrics
2019 National Conference & Exhi-
bition. Other reasons?
1) The higher
cost of milk bank
products.
2) Concerns
about quality.
These are mis-
placed, since it’s
mom-to-mom
milk that isn’t
screened and may
be contaminated
with medications,
harmful chemicals,
or bacteria and
viruses.
3) They aren’t able to obtain a
prescription for breast milk. One
is required for donor milk from a
bank.
Unfortunately, according to the
survey presented at the APA con-
ference, over 50 percent of moms
don’t have safety concerns about
using mom-to-mom donor milk,
and almost 80 percent didn’t think
nor’s past and current health status
and medications, or if the milk was
screened for contamination.
The best move: If you need to
use donor breast milk, contact your
doctor or hospital and the Human
Milk Banking Association of North
America to locate a quality-con-
trolled supplier.
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of “The
Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike Roizen,
Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleve-
land Clinic. To live your healthiest,
tune into “The Dr. Oz Show” or visit
www.sharecare.com.

Health brief
Baptist Golden
Triangle recognized
The Leapfrog Group,
an independent national
watchdog organization
driven by employers
and other purchasers
of health care, today
announced the fall 2019
Leapfrog Hospital Safety
Grades and once again
Baptist Memorial Hospi-
tal — Golden Triangle an
A for achieving the high-
est national standards in
patient safety.
Baptist Golden Trian-
gle is the only hospital
in Mississippi and one
of only 36 hospitals in
the United States to be
awarded an ‘A’ every
grading cycle since
Leapfrog began grading
hospitals for patient safe-
ty in 2012.
The safety Grade
assigns letter grades of
‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, and ‘F’ than 2,600 U.S. acute-
to hospitals across the care hospitals twice each
country based on their year. The leapfrog’s grad-
ing system is peer-re-
performance in pre-
viewed, fully transparent
venting medical errors,
and free to the public.
infections and other
harms. Developed under
the guidance of a na-
tional Expert Panel, the
Leapfrog Hospital Safety
Grade uses 28 measures
of publicly available
hospital safety data to
assign grades to more

Media fighting gag order in case

of missing Alabama student
The Associated Press
AUBURN, Ala. — Media companies
are asking a judge to lift a gag order
in the kidnapping case against a man
charged in the disappearance of a miss-
ing Alabama college student.
Ten companies and organizations rep-
resenting multiple news outlets filed the
request Monday in the case of 29-year-
old Ibraheem Yazeed.
Yazeed is charged in the disappear-
ance of 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard, the
stepdaughter of UFC heavyweight Walt
Harris. Blanchard was last seen Oct. 23
in Auburn, Alabama.
The media request says Lee County
District Judge Russell Bush’s order ban-
ning lawyers and potential witnesses
from speaking with reporters about the
case is too broad.
The motion says the order could even
bar authorities from seeking help in
pursuing information about Blanchard’s
whereabouts.

Allison
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from a C to a B in the
Mississippi Department
of Education’s account-
ability ratings, a grade
scale largely based on
student performance on
state benchmark exams.
That school’s improve-
ment helped the district
achieve an overall A rat-
ing this year.
It didn’t hurt either,
Clark added, that Allison
is a known quantity with a
long tenure at LCSD.
“I think it helped a
lot that we already know
him,” Clark said. “Sam
carried himself well in
the interviews and he’s
worked hard to pull
up New Hope Middle
School’s rating.”
A state law that al-
lowed school districts to
choose whether to have
a board-appointed or
publicly-elected superin-
tendent changed in 2016,
making it mandatory for
all districts to board-ap-
point that position by Jan.
1, 2020.
LCSD’s board hired
the Mississippi School
Boards Association earli-
er this year to assist with
the search, which yielded
15 applicants that met the
minimum qualifications.
Wright applied to keep
his job and made it among
the six semifinalists the
board interviewed initial-
ly. But he was not among
the three candidates cho-
sen for final interviews,
which were conducted
before the board and a
board-selected commit-
tee of 15 stakeholders.
“Mr. Wright deserves
a big thank you for his
years of service to the dis-
trict,” Clark said.
Monday’s lengthy ex-
ecutive session shed some
light on the difficulty of
the debate, board mem-
bers admitted, and none
would confirm whether
the vote to hire Allison
was unanimous.
“You’ll have to wait to
see it in the (meeting)
minutes,” Clark said.
Those minutes should
be publicly available with-
in 30 days.
Robert Barksdale,
board president, would
not comment on whether
Allison was his personal
choice among the finalists
but said he respects the
process and the decision.
“It was a board deci-
sion,” Barksdale said.
“Sam got it.”
Allison said he was
honored to be considered
for the job among a com-
petitive candidate field
and felt he had presented
himself well in the inter-
views.
“I felt good about the
process,” he said. “I’m a
big faith guy, so I was in a
position where I was good
either way. If I get the job,
I get to be superintendent
for the district. If I hadn’t,
I’d still get to be princi-
pal at New Hope Middle
School.”
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Schaefer maligns MSU’s ‘immaturity’ following rout of Troy

Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch

Mississippi State head coach Vic Schaefer shouts instructions to his team during the first quarter of their NCAA college basketball game against Troy Monday night in
Starkville.
By Ben Portnoy
bportnoy@cdispatch.com
Expecting his entire
14-woman roster at the are-
na for 1:30 p.m. pregame
shootaround Monday, just
four players graced the
floor as Mississippi State
coach Vic Schaefer en-
tered the playing surface
at Humphrey Coliseum
Monday afternoon.
Irritated with his
squad’s tardiness, Schae-
fer said he was tempted to
start four players on the
floor and take a technical
foul in Monday’s 122-82
win over Troy until soph-
omore point guard Myah
Taylor talked him out of it.
Visibly perturbed by
his team’s inattention to
detail postgame, Schae-
fer maligned his “imma-
ture” squad while taking
the blame for not having
his players ready to play
against a Trojan team that
outrebounded the Bull-
dogs 51-48 and scored
32 points in transition to
MSU’s 24.
“I’ll go through the lock-
er room and make sure ev-
erybody is dressed, taped
and ready to go and on
the floor at the right time,
but you’d think if you’re a
player you’d be excited on
game day, you’re ready to
get to shoot around, you’re
ready to get through and
you’re ready to get after it,”
he said. “And I just thought
our effort tonight was real-
ly indicative of that.”
“It’s nice to score all
those points, but all we did
was show the country is
we can’t get back in transi-
tion defense, and we have
a hard time picking up in
transition, and if you play
just a little bit harder and
add a little more tough-
ness you can get a bunch
of rebounds from us,” he
added.
While Schaefer’s frus-
trations marred his post-
game press conference,
Monday night did offer a
look at an MSU offense
that notched its sec-
ond-highest scoring out-
put in program history just
three days after torching
Murray State for a school
record 124 points.
Boasting a balanced
scoring attack in which
five players scored in dou-
ble figures, it was Taylor,
senior guard Jordan Dan-
berry and sophomore for-
ward Jessika Carter shoul-
dered the load.
In the backcourt, Dan-
berry and Taylor coupled
for a dynamic one-two
punch, finishing with 24
and 20 points, respective-
ly, while the latter also
notched a career high sev-
en assists to just one turn-
over.
“I just thought her ener-
gy and effort tonight stood
out,” Schaefer said of Tay-
lor, whose 20 points and
seven assists were both ca-
reer highs. “Part of it was
because she was playing
really hard, and part of it
was because some of her
teammates weren’t play-
ing very hard.”
But more pressing,
it was Carter’s second
straight double-double -- a
19-point and 14-rebound
performance -- that fur-
ther solidified her place in
the MSU lineup.
Now four games into
the season, Carter has to-
taled 75 points and 49 re-
bounds. By contrast, 2019
first-round WNBA draft
pick Teaira McCowan re-
corded 70 points and 51
rebounds through her first
four games a year ago.
Not quite the physical
presence of the 6-foot-7-
inch McCowan, Carter’s
refined offensive ability
and athleticism were on
display Monday.
Swiping a ball off Troy
guard Kayla Robinson in
the first quarter, she raced
through the open court
and kissed a right-hand-
ed transition layup off the
glass for two of MSU’s 24
transition points.
Running back down the
floor on the ensuing Troy
possession, Carter posi-
tioned herself on the left
block. As Troy guard Ja-
ponica James worked her
way underneath the hoop
for an up-and-under layup,
Carter patiently waited be-
See WBB, 4B

Oak Hill Academy linebacker Jaden Craven honored Moorhead Monday

with NFL Way to Play Award for ‘textbook’ tackle

By Theo Derosa
MSU not overlooking
Abilene Christian
tderosa@cdispatch.com

WEST POINT — The

group chat was going cra-
zy. By Ben Portnoy “Having been part of
Oak Hill Academy bportnoy@cdispatch.com that and playing against
senior linebacker Jaden an FBS program, the
Craven wasn’t sure why. It STARKVILLE — kids look at with a chip
was Nov. 12, and football While Mississippi State on their shoulder and
season was over — what faces FCS opponent a chance to compete
could his teammates even Abilene Christian Satur- against players at the
be talking about in the day, coach Joe Moorhead highest level,” he said.
team’s group message? isn’t taking the Wildcats “...I know they’re going
Whatever it was, he found for granted. to be fired up, I know
out, they wanted him to Having been an FCS they’re going to be excit-
see it. coach for four years at ed.”
“They just kept saying, Fordham University in Needing wins in its
‘JJ, look at this,’” Jaden re- New York City, Moor- final two games to reach
called. head’s squads defeated the six total victories
Scrolling up through Courtesy of Liz Thompson Army and Temple — fin- needed for bowl eligibil-
previous excited messag- Oak Hill Academy linebacker Jaden Craven makes a tackle against Central Holmes ishing his tenure in New ity, the Bulldogs sit in a
es, it took him a while to Christian on Oct. 18. Craven received the NFL Way to Play award for a tackle he York City 2-2 against precarious situation en-
See Craven, 4B made that night against the Trojans. FBS competition. See Moorhead, 4B
2B Tuesday, November 19, 2019 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

BRIEFLY Despite ugly loss, Georgia has another clear path to playoff
Youth Soccer The Associated Press The Bulldogs some- won’t be a hindrance to the Rose Bowl before as A&M (7-3, 2-4) on
how lost at home to any of Georgia’s goals. squandering a 13-point Saturday they will be
Registration ending this week for U8 ATHENS, Ga. — 24½-point underdog The Bulldogs still lead to Alabama and a huge favorite in the
development programs Kirby Smart held up his South Carolina, a team claimed the division losing the national title regular-season finale
Columbus Soccer Organization’s U8 Development cellphone. that is 4-7 and most re- title, the first team game in overtime. against a two-win Geor-
Program’s registration will end Wednesday. The His players all have cently took a 30-6 loss from the East to win Last season, the gia Tech team, which
program is open to any soccer player, both boys and one, too. at Texas A&M — the three straight since the Bulldogs were again was blown out last
girls, born in 2012 and 2013 who want to continue They can keep up team that Georgia, in 1990s. They climbed denied by the Crimson weekend by Virginia
to improve as a player and face wider competition. with the chatter like ev- an interesting twist, back into the top four Tide, only it was in the Tech 45-0.
Registration is $60 and includes player registration and
eryone else. hosts Saturday in its fi- of the CFP rankings SEC championship. Then, it’s on to face
jersey. The program’s focus is on player development
“These kids live and nal game of the season last week, the voters Squandering a pair of LSU, presuming the Ti-
and improvement. Teams will compete in matches as
well as tournaments including the Starkville Frostbite
die by these things, at Sanford Stadium. impressed enough with 14-point leads, they lost gers get through their
tournament and the Columbus Friendly City Shootout. man,” Georgia’s coach That looked like it a schedule that also in- 35-28 and had to settle final two regular-sea-
Registration is open online: https://columbusunitedsoc- said Monday, shrug- would completely de- cludes a victory over for a spot in the Sug- son games against woe-
cer.com/ ging his shoulders. rail any championship No. 15 Notre Dame ar Bowl rather than a ful Arkansas and Texas
Questions? Please contact DOC Tom Velek at Yep, his players are aspirations, but the to overlook the South berth in the playoff. A&M without any slip-
tvelek@yahoo.com fully aware. Bulldogs (9-1, 6-1) have Carolina defeat. They’ll Smart was asked ups.
Source: From Special Reports Despite the ugliest bounced back with im- surely stay there when to compare this year’s That South Carolina
loss of any national pressive wins over No. the new rankings come team with his two previ- game is still lingering
CALENDAR championship contend- 10 Florida and No. 16 out on Tuesday. ous squads. just a bit, serving as a
er, the No. 4 Bulldogs Auburn, clinching the Essentially, Georgia “Every team is dif- reminder of what can
Tuesday head into late Novem- SEC East title for the is in the same position ferent,” he said. “I think go wrong.
Prep Girls Soccer ber with a clear path third year in a row. it’s been the last two this team is getting bet- “You’ve got to re-
Caledonia at Mooreville, 5 p.m. to the College Football “I knew what we years after 10 games. ter. I think the biggest member after the South
Neshoba Central at New Hope, 5:30 Playoff. were capable of. I knew If the Bulldogs can thing, this team is go- Carolina loss, what the
p.m. “You don’t con- the South Carolina win their last two reg- ing to be defined what outside world was say-
West Point at Mississippi School for trol that,” Smart said. game was just a combi- ular-season games, it does going forward, ing,” Wolf recalled.
Mathematics and Science, 5:30 p.m. “They’re going to see nation of us turning the they’ll play in the SEC not what it’s done in the “You do the same when
Prep Boys Soccer it. They’re going to ball over and not play- title game — most like- past.” things are going well.
Amory at Columbus, 7 p.m. hear it. What you try to ing our best football,” ly against top-ranked Turns out, what hap- “When people start
Caledonia at Mooreville, 7 p.m. emphasize is the facts. tight end Eli Wolf said. LSU — for a spot in the pened in the past — es- talking about the play-
Neshoba Central at New Hope, 7 p.m. Here are the facts: if we “I know when we play four-team playoff. pecially that one grim offs and stuff like that,
West Point at Mississippi School for block and tackle peo- the way we’re capable In 2017, Georgia loss — didn’t affect you block it out and say,
Mathematics and Science, 7 p.m. ple, we’re pretty good.” of, we can do just about knocked off Auburn for Georgia’s ultimate goal ‘Remember who we
Prep Girls Basketball A little over a month anything.” the SEC title to earn its this season. are, remember where
West Lowndes at Columbus, 6 p.m. ago, Georgia didn’t look As it turned out, that playoff berth, going on If the Bulldogs we were after South
Lamar County at New Hope, 6 p.m. good at all. unthinkable setback to beat Oklahoma in can beat No. 24 Tex- Carolina.’”
West Point at Okolona, 6 p.m.
Newton at Noxubee County, 6 p.m.
Heritage Academy at Oak Hill Academy,
6 p.m.
Columbus Christian Academy at
Starkville Christian, 6 p.m.
Duke climbs to No. 1 in AP Top 25 following Kentucky’s loss
Hebron Christian at Winston Academy, “Our sport is more land.
The Associated Press cracked the top 10 for No. 20 Tennessee is
6 p.m.
prone to upset than any Kentucky was the the first time since ranked for the first time
Prep Boys Basketball Duke is back at No. because there are just overwhelming pick at reaching No. 8 in 2017- this season after knock-
West Lowndes at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. 1, moving up a spot fol- five people out there, so No. 1 last week, receiv- 18, coach Chis Holt- ing off Washington.
Lamar County at New Hope, 7:30 p.m. lowing a pair of victo- there’s age, athleticism, ing all but one first- mann’s first season. No. 21 Virginia Com-
West Point at Okolona, 7:30 p.m. ries last week. maturity, depth and place vote after knock- The Buckeyes climbed monwealth, the presea-
Newton at Noxubee County, 7:30 p.m. The Blue Devils can a lot of things where ing off previous No. 1 six spots after crushing son No. 25, is back in
Heritage Academy at Oak Hill Academy, thank Evansville for the people can make up dif- Michigan State in its then-No. 10 Villanova. the poll following a two-
7:30 p.m. jump. ferences,” Krzyzewski opener.
Columbus Christian Academy at Duke moved to No. point win over LSU and
Starkville Christian, 7:30 p.m. 1 for the first time this
said. “That’s why there
are a lot of so-called up-
The Wildcats Rising a rout of Jacksonville
Hebron Christian at Winston Academy, dropped to No. 9 this Ohio State had the State.
season, receiving 52 sets in our sport. A lot week with the 67-64 biggest jump in this
7:30 p.m. first-place votes from of people can win and Texas moved in at
Women’s College Basketball loss to Evansville in week’s poll, followed by No. 22 with wins over
a 65-member media you have to be ready to Lexington. No. 14 Arizona’s five-
Ole Miss at Southern Miss, 6 p.m. panel in The Associat- California Baptist and
play all those people.” “This was a great spot climb.
Men’s College Basketball ed Press men’s college Prairie View. The Long-
Duke (4-0) crushed lesson for all of us, in- Auburn moved up
Seattle at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m. basketball poll released horns are ranked for
Central Arkansas 105- cluding me,” Kentucky three places from No.
East Mississippi Community College Monday. the first time this sea-
54 last Tuesday and coach John Calipari 22.
vs. Baton Rouge Community College at The Blue Devils beat Georgia State 74- son.
Pearl River Wildcat Classic, Poplarville, said. “I mean, we could
climbed a spot after 63 on Friday behind
5:30 p.m. unranked Evansville Tre Jones’ career-high
say they got outplayed Falling Moving out
Thursday and I could tell you I got Kentucky’s eight-
pulled off the season’s 31 points.
Prep Girls Soccer out-coached.” place fall was the big- Florida had a precip-
biggest surprise so far No. 2 Louisville re-
gest of the week. Villa- itous drop after losing
Philadelphia at Mississippi School for by knocking off previ- ceived eight first-place
Mathematics and Science, 5:30 p.m. ous No. 1 Kentucky. votes and No. 3 Mich- Top 10 shuffle nova was next, losing to Connecticut, falling
Prep Boys Soccer Duke is ranked No. 1 igan State, the presea- Kentucky’s loss seven spots to No. 17 out of the poll from No.
Philadelphia at Mississippi School for for the 143rd week, ex- son No. 1, had four. caused a shift in the top and No. 25 Washington 15.
Mathematics and Science, 7 p.m. tending its own record, Kansas and North 10. fell five places. LSU was out from
Prep Girls Basketball and has the top spot in Carolina rounded out Every team behind No. 23 following its
Itawamba Agricultural at Starkville, 6 the AP poll for the 20th the top five, with No. 7 the Wildcats moved up Moving in loss to VCU and Saint
p.m. season under coach Virginia receiving the a spot except for Gonza- Three teams moved Mary’s dropped out
Starkville Academy at Choctaw County, Mike Krzyzewski, also final first-place vote, ga, which held at No. 8. into the AP Top 25 this from No. 18 after losing
6 p.m. a record. one spot behind Mary- No. 10 Ohio State week. to Winthrop at home.
Heritage Academy at Tishomingo Coun-
ty, 6 p.m.
Starkville Christian at Kemper Acade-
my, 6 p.m.
Oak Hill Academy at Kirk Academy, 6
p.m.
Winston Academy at Columbus Chris-
Pro Football
Bryant 73, Niagara 62 Sacramento 100, Boston 99 N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
tian Academy, 6 p.m. Chiefs 24, Chargers 17 LIU Brooklyn 92, Delaware St. 84 Denver 131, Memphis 114 Minnesota at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Lehigh 87, Misericordia 68 Orlando 125, Washington 121 Boston at New Jersey, 6 p.m.
Winona Christian at Hebron Christian, NFL Glance Kansas City 0 10 14 0—24 Pittsburgh 63, Monmouth (NJ) 50 New Orleans 108, Golden State 100 Ottawa at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
L.A. Chargers 3 6 8 0—17
6 p.m. AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East First Quarter
West Virginia 69, N. Colorado 61
SOUTH
L.A. Lakers 122, Atlanta 101
Monday’s Games
Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
LAC_FG Badgley 27, 9:31. Winnipeg at Nashville, 7 p.m.
Prep Boys Basketball W L T Pct PF PA
Second Quarter Auburn 91, Colgate 62 New York 123, Cleveland 105 Carolina at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
New England 9 1 0 .900 287 108 Belmont 90, High Point 51 Indiana 115, Brooklyn 86 Vancouver at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
Itawamba Agricultural at Starkville, Buffalo 7 3 0 .700 211 170 KC_McCoy 6 run (Butker kick), 8:45.
LAC_FG Badgley 26, 5:01. Coastal Carolina 93, Middle Tennessee 72 Toronto 132, Charlotte 96 Colorado at Calgary, 8 p.m.
N.Y. Jets 3 7 0 .300 164 255 Kentucky 82, Utah Valley 74 Houston 132, Portland 108
7:30 p.m. Miami 2 8 0 .200 139 305 KC_FG Butker 41, 1:43.
LAC_FG Badgley 49, :00. McNeese St. 103, Arlington Baptist 51 Milwaukee 115, Chicago 101
Toronto at Vegas, 9 p.m.
South Edmonton at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Starkville Academy at Choctaw County, W L T Pct PF PA Third Quarter North Florida 115, Trinity Baptist 39 Dallas 117, San Antonio 110 Wednesday’s Games
Indianapolis 6 4 0 .600 227 206 KC_Dar.Williams 6 run (Butker kick), 9:29. SC State 103, Wilberforce 79 Boston 99, Phoenix 85 Ottawa at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m. Houston 6 4 0 .600 245 232 KC_Kelce 23 pass from Mahomes (Butker kick), Southern U. 121, Ecclesia 55 Minnesota 112, Utah 102 Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
4:56. Tennessee St. 99, Fisk 65 L.A. Clippers 90, Oklahoma City 88
Heritage Academy at Tishomingo Coun- Tennessee 5 5 0 .500 203 197
Jacksonville 4 6 0 .400 189 222 LAC_Allen 7 pass from Rivers (Henry pass from Troy 84, Carver 57 Tuesday’s Games
Thursday’s Games
Rivers), 1:44. Buffalo at Boston, 6 p.m.
ty, 7:30 p.m. North
A_76,252.
UNC-Greensboro 55, Appalachian St. 41 Golden State at Memphis, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Columbus, 6 p.m.
W L T Pct PF PA W. Kentucky 109, Campbellsville 66 Portland at New Orleans, 7 p.m.
Starkville Christian at Kemper Acade- Baltimore 8 2 0 .800 341 196

First downs
KC LAC
18 23
MIDWEST Phoenix at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.
Philadelphia at Carolina, 6 p.m.
Pittsburgh 5 5 0 .500 200 202 Akron 76, SC-Upstate 45 Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.
my, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland 4 6 0 .400 192 228
Total Net Yards 310 438
Cent. Michigan 115, Siena Heights 58 Wednesday’s Games Anaheim at Florida, 6 p.m.
Rushes-yards 27-130 19-93 Vancouver at Nashville,7 p.m.
Cincinnati 0 10 0 .000 147 276
Oak Hill Academy at Kirk Academy, West
Passing 180 345 E. Illinois 114, Indiana-Northwest 61
Illinois 66, Hawaii 53
New York at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
San Antonio at Washington, 6 p.m. Calgary at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
Punt Returns 2-22 2-0
7:30 p.m. W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas City 7 4 0 .636 308 256
Kickoff Returns 0-0 2-44 Michigan St. 94, Charleston Southern 46 Charlotte at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
Interceptions Ret. 4-35 1-2 Missouri 75, Wofford 56 Cleveland at Miami, 6:30 p.m.
Winston Academy at Columbus Chris- Oakland 6 4 0 .600 225 250 Comp-Att-Int 19-32-1 28-52-4 N. Illinois 65, Longwood 48 Golden State at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
L.A. Chargers 4 7 0 .364 224 218 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-2 2-8 Notre Dame 63, Presbyterian 53 Milwaukee at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. Toronto at Arizona, 8 p.m.
tian Academy, 7:30 p.m. Denver 3 7 0 .300 172 197 Punts 6-40.0 3-47.7 Oakland 60, Hartford 50 Orlando at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. San Jose at Vegas, 9 p.m.
Winona Christian at Hebron Christian, NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Fumbles-Lost 1-0
Penalties-Yards 8-102
3-0
9-60
Ohio St. 86, Stetson 51 Detroit at Chicago, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
East SMU 59, Evansville 57 Utah at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
7:30 p.m. Time of Possession 28:58 31:02 South Dakota 71, SIU-Edwardsville 56 Houston at Denver, 8 p.m.
Transactions
W L T Pct PF PA
UMKC 111, Bacone 38 Boston at L.A. Clippers, 9 p.m.
Women’s College Basketball Dallas
Philadelphia
6 4 0 .600 286 197
5 5 0 .500 234 230
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS SOUTHWEST Thursday’s Games
RUSHING_Kansas City, Mahomes 5-59, Dar.Wil- Monday’s moves
Mississippi State at Jackson State, 7 N.Y. Giants 2 8 0 .200 203 289 liams 11-35, McCoy 7-29, Dam.Williams 4-7. Los Oklahoma 75, William & Mary 70
TCU 65, Air Force 54
Portland at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
New Orleans at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m. BASEBALL
Washington 1 9 0 .100 125 253 Angeles, Gordon 14-69, Ekeler 5-24.
p.m. South PASSING_Kansas City, Mahomes 19-32-1-182. Texas State 73, Jackson St. 58 American League
W L T Pct PF PA FAR WEST HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with 1B
Los Angeles, Rivers 28-52-4-353.

on the air
New Orleans 8 2 0 .800 238 199
Carolina 5 5 0 .500 228 257
RECEIVING_Kansas City, Kelce 7-92, McCoy
4-28, S.Watkins 2-26, Hardman 2-13, Dar.Williams
California 54, Prairie View 50
Colorado 69, UC Irvine 53 Pro Hockey Yuli Gurriel on a one-year contract.
BASKETBALL
Atlanta 3 7 0 .300 220 262
Tampa Bay 3 7 0 .300 277 313
2-8, Pringle 1-9, Dam.Williams 1-6. Los Angeles,
Ekeler 8-108, Allen 8-71, Henry 6-69, Gordon
Montana Tech 74, Montana 72
UNLV 72, Abilene Christian 58
NHL Glance National Basketball Association
NBA — Fined Sacramento G Buddy Hield $25,000
Tuesday
North
W L T Pct PF PA
3-21, M.Williams 2-76, Green 1-8.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_Los Angeles, Badgley
Utah St. 82, UTSA 50

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
for kicking the game ball into the spectator stands
at the conclusion of the Nov. 17 game against
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) Green Bay 8 2 0 .800 250 205 40. Boston 20 12 3 5 29 70 53 Boston.
5:30 p.m. — NIT Season Tip-Off: Buck-
nell at Penn State, BTN
Minnesota
Chicago
8 3 0 .727 289 205
4 6 0 .400 169 174 Pro Basketball Montreal 20 11 5 4 26 72 62
Florida 20 10 5 5 25 74 74
FOOTBALL
National Football League
5:30 p.m. — Maryland (Baltimore
Detroit

3 6 1 .350 244 272
West
W L T Pct PF PA
County) at Louisiana State, SEC San Francisco 9 1 0 .900 295 155
Seattle 8 2 0 .800 275 254
7:30 p.m. — Fairfield at Maryland, BTN L.A. Rams 6 4 0 .600 243 198
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) Arizona 3 7 1 .318 248 317
6 p.m. — Virginia at Connecticut, Thursday’s Games
CBSSN Cleveland 21, Pittsburgh 7
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Sunday’s Games
Baltimore 41, Houston 7
6:30 p.m. — Eastern Michigan at Indianapolis 33, Jacksonville 13
Northern Illinois, ESPN2 Atlanta 29, Carolina 3
6:30 p.m. — Ohio at Bowling Green, New Orleans 34, Tampa Bay 17
Dallas 35, Detroit 27
ESPNU Minnesota 27, Denver 23
GOLF N.Y. Jets 34, Washington 17
9:30 a.m. — EPGA Tour: The Hero Chal- Buffalo 37, Miami 20
San Francisco 36, Arizona 26
lenge, GOLF Oakland 17, Cincinnati 10
NBA BASKETBALL New England 17, Philadelphia 10
L.A. Rams 17, Chicago 7
7 p.m. — Portland at New Orleans, NBA Open: N.Y. Giants, Seattle, Tennessee, Green Bay
9:30 p.m. — Oklahoma City at LA Monday’s Games
Lakers, NBA Kansas City 24, L.A. Chargers 17
Thursday, Nov. 21
NHL HOCKEY Indianapolis at Houston, 7:20 p.m.
7 p.m. — Tampa Bay at St. Louis, Sunday, Nov. 24
NBCSN Tampa Bay at Atlanta, Noon
Miami at Cleveland, Noon
9:30 p.m. — Edmonton at San Jose, Seattle at Philadelphia, Noon
NBCSN N.Y. Giants at Chicago, Noon
Carolina at New Orleans, Noon
SOCCER (MEN’S) Denver at Buffalo, Noon
1:30 p.m. — UEFA Euro 2020 Qualifier: Detroit at Washington, Noon
Germany vs. Northern Ireland, Group C, Oakland at N.Y. Jets, Noon
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, Noon
Frankfurt, Germany, ESPN2 Jacksonville at Tennessee, 3:05 p.m.
6:30 p.m. — CONCACAF Nations Dallas at New England, 3:25 p.m.
League: Cuba vs. U.S., Group A, George
Town, Cayman Islands, FS1
Green Bay at San Francisco, 7:20 p.m.
Open: Arizona, Minnesota, Kansas City, L.A.
Chargers
Monday, Nov. 25
Baltimore at L.A. Rams, 7:15 p.m.
College Football NBA Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Buffalo 20 10 7 3 23 59 59
Toronto 22 9 9 4 22 71 77
NFL — Named Dasha Smith executive vice presi-
dent and chief people officer.
SEC Standings Atlantic Division
Tampa Bay 17 9 6 2 20 64 59
Ottawa 20 8 11 1 17 55 66
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed DE Leren-
East tee McCray and TE Josh Oliver on IR. Signed TE
Conference All Games
Boston
W L Pct GB
11 2 .846 —
Detroit 22 7 12 3 17 51 82
Nick O’Leary. Signed TE Charles Jones from the
Metropolitan Division
W L PF PA W L PF PA Toronto 9 4 .692 2 GP W L OT Pts GF GA practice squad and TE Matt Sokol to the practice
Georgia 6 1 183 71 9 1 324 105
Florida 6 2 249 136 9 2 356 156
Philadelphia 8 5 .615 3
Brooklyn 5 8 .385 6
Washington 23 16 3 4 36 89 69 squad.
N.Y. Islanders
18 14 3 1 29 58 42 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Placed DE Emmanuel
Tennessee 3 3 108 156 5 5 239 230 New York 4 10 .286 7½ Carolina 20 12 7 1 25 70 59 Ogbah on IR. Signed WR Gehrig Dieter from the
Kentucky 3 5 145 160 5 5 221 201
South Carolina 3 5 159 221 4 7 266 275
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Pittsburgh 20 11 7 2 24 67 50 practice squad.
Philadelphia 20 10 6 4 24 61 60
Missouri 2 4 99 141 5 5 260 195 Miami 9 3 .750 — N.Y. Rangers 18 8 8 2 18 60 66
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed LB Preston
Vanderbilt 1 6 92 259 2 8 150 353 Brown. Placed WR-KR Dwayne Harris on IR.
West
Orlando
Charlotte
6 7 .462 3½
6 8 .429 4
Columbus 19 7 8 4 18 45 63
PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Released WR Ter-
New Jersey 19 7 8 4 18 50 69
Conference All Games Atlanta 4 9 .308 5½ WESTERN CONFERENCE ry Wright and LB Sutton Smith from the practice
W L PF PA W L PF PA
LSU 6 0 271 177 10 0 478 238
Washington 3 8 .273 5½
Central Division
Central Division squad. Signed RB Ralph Webb and WRs Quadree
GP W L OT Pts GF GA Henderson and Amara Darboh to the practice
Alabama 6 1 315 155 9 1 468 175 W L Pct GB St. Louis 21 12 4 5 29 62 61 squad.
Texas A&M 4 2 182 155 7 3 340 203
Auburn 4 3 202 135 7 3 308 178
Milwaukee
Indiana
10 3 .769 —
8 6 .571 2½
Colorado 20 12 6 2 26 73 59 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Released DL Ter-
Winnipeg 21 12 8 1 25 59 64
Mississippi St 2 5 165 236 4 6 265 310 Detroit 4 9 .308 6 Dallas 21 11 8 2 24 55 52
ry Beckner from the practice squad.
Ole Miss 2 5 188 222 4 7 299 297 GOLF
Arkansas 0 6 105 239 2 8 223 362
Cleveland
Chicago
4 9 .308 6
4 10 .286 6½
Chicago 20 9 7 4 22 61 59 LPGA — Elected Diane Gulyas chair of the board
Nashville 19 9 7 3 21 70 66
Saturday’s Games WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota 20 7 11 2 16 53 69 of directors, Madeleine Kleiner and John Veihmey-
Florida 23, Missouri 6
Alabama 38, Mississippi St. 7
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Pacific Division er to the board of independent directors and Lydia
Ko, Amy Olson and Alena Sharp to the board as
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Georgia 21, Auburn 14 Houston 11 3 .786 — Edmonton 22 13 6 3 29 71 61 player directors.
Kentucky 38, Vanderbilt 14 Dallas
Memphis
8 5 .615 2½
5 8 .385 5½
Arizona 22 13 7 2 28 64 49 HOCKEY
LSU 58, Ole Miss 37 Vancouver 21 10 7 4 24 69 59
Texas A&M 30, South Carolina 6 San Antonio 5 9 .357 6 Vegas 22 10 9 3 23 68 65
National Hockey League
NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled D Steven
New Orleans 4 9 .308 6½ Calgary 23 10 10 3 23 60 70
Saturday, Nov. 23 Santini and F Mathieu Olivier from Milwaukee
Northwest Division Anaheim 22 10 10 2 22 59 64
Samford at Auburn, 11 a.m. W L Pct GB San Jose 21 10 10 1 21 63 73
(AHL).
W. Carolina at Alabama, 11 a.m. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Placed G Cory Schnei-
ETSU at Vanderbilt, 2:30 p.m.
Denver
Utah
9 3 .750 —
8 5 .615 1½
Los Angeles 21 8 12 1 17 53 75
der on waivers.
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
Texas A&M at Georgia, 2:30 p.m. Minnesota 8 6 .571 2 loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild American Hockey League
UT Martin at Kentucky, 2:30 p.m.
Arkansas at LSU, 6 p.m.
Oklahoma City 5 8
Portland 5 9 .357 5
.385 4½
cards per conference advance to playoffs. AHL — Suspended Rockford D Dennis Gilbert two
games for an interference incident during Satur-
Tennessee at Missouri, 6:30 p.m. Pacific Division Sunday’s Games
day’s game against Grand Rapids.
Vegas 6, Calgary 0
Abilene Christian at Mississippi St., 6:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers
W L Pct GB
11 2 .846 — Chicago 4, Buffalo 1 SOCCER
L.A. Clippers 9 5 .643 2½ Monday’s Games Major League Soccer
College Basketball
Monday’s scores
Phoenix 7 5 .583 3½
Sacramento 5 7 .417 5½
Golden State 2 12 .143 9½
Washington 5, Anaheim 2
Arizona 3, Los Angeles 0
Tuesday’s Games
LA GALAXY — Exercised their 2020 contract op-
tion on F Cristian Pavón.
COLLEGE
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Army 81, Fairleigh Dickinson 65 Philadelphia 114, Cleveland 95 Philadelphia at Florida, 6 p.m. coach.

Tua Tagovailoa’s prognosis ‘excellent’ after his surgery
The Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.
— Alabama’s team sur-
geon said Tua Tagov-
ailoa’s prognosis was
“excellent” after the quar-
terback underwent sur-
gery to repair a dislocated
hip, although there is no
timeline for Tagovailoa’s
recovery.
Dr. Lyle Cain said Ta-
govailoa is expected to re-
cover fully after Monday’s
surgery in Houston —
probably the best possible
news the QB could have
received about the devas-
tating season-ending inju-
ry, which has cast a cloud
over his football future.
The 2018 Heisman
Trophy runner-up, Tagov-
ailoa emerged as a likely
high draft pick — possi-
bly No. 1 overall — with
fans of downtrodden NFL
teams using the Twitter
hashtag “Tankfortua” to
show their hopes of get-
ting the QB in the draft.
If Tagovailoa does de-
cide to enter the draft,
it’s unclear how the injury
will affect how teams eval-
uate him.
Saban isn’t publicly
speculating on Tagov-
ailoa’s prospects.
“Our concern is about
him getting healthy,” the
coach said. “This is go-
ing to be a long recovery
for him, but we fully ex-
pect a full recovery. No
one’s really speculating
or talking about what’s
best for him to do in the
future. My only concern
is that he can do what’s
best for him in his future.
I don’t know if right now’s
the time to be thinking
MSU No. 10 in latest AP WBB Poll
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Notre
Dame’s 12-year run in The
Associated Press women’s
college basketball poll is
over.
The Fighting Irish
fell out of the AP Top 25
on Monday for the first
time since the end of the
2006-07 season, stopping
a streak of 234 consecu-
tive weeks being ranked.
It was the third longest
active streak behind UCo-
nn’s (492) and Baylor’s
(302).
While the Irish dropped
out of the rankings, Ore-
gon remained No. 1. The
Ducks received 27 of the
29 first-place votes.
Baylor was second,
receiving the other two
first-place votes, followed
by Stanford, Connecticut
and South Carolina. The
Gamecocks moved up
one spot, switching places
with No. 6 Texas A&M.
Oregon State, Louisville,
Maryland and Mississippi
State round out the top 10.
Muffet McGraw’s team
lost at home to Tennessee
about that, when you’re
thinking about the guy’s
health and well-being and
recovery.”
Saban pointed out that
New York Jets linebacker
C.J. Mosley also dislocat-
ed a hip in the national
championship game to
end the 2011 season.
“And he’s come back
and had a very successful
career,” the coach said.
“That’s basically all I can
tell you about it.”
Dr. Michael Stover,
an orthopedic surgeon
at Northwestern Medi-
cine in Chicago, said he
has performed similar
surgeries on high school
athletes and one pro foot-
ball player, an offensive
lineman. He said there’s
not enough data to project
a timetable on a skill play-
er like Tagovailoa, but he
was cautiously optimistic.
“He has a chance to
return to sports,” Stover
said. “I would be hesitant
to say at what level.”
Tagovailoa passed
for 7,442 yards and a
school-record 87 touch-
downs in less than two
full seasons as Alabama’s
starter. He presided over
a remarkable transfor-
mation of the once-staid
Crimson Tide offense.
A five-star recruit from
Hawaii, he capped his
freshman season by com-
ing off the bench to lead
a second-half comeback
win over Georgia in the
national championship
game, throwing the win-
ning touchdown in over-
time.
SEC Network analyst
and former Tide quar-
terback Greg McElroy
and Michigan State this
week, marking the first
time since 2008 that Notre
Dame dropped two con-
secutive games in South
Bend, Indiana. Tennes-
see’s victory was the first
time that a team other
than UConn had beat-
en the Fighting Irish at
home since 2012. The win
helped the Lady Vols get
ranked for the first time
this year (No. 23). Ten-
nessee owns the longest
streak of being ranked, re-
maining in the AP Top 25
for 565 consecutive weeks
before falling out in 2016.
It’s no surprise that the
Irish are struggling this
season, with McGraw’s
team losing players with
more than 10,000 points
to the WNBA and a few
of the other top return-
ing players transferring
before the season. Notre
Dame took another hit
when sophomore guard
Abby Prohaska was ruled
out indefinitely before the
season started because of
blood clots in her lungs.
Notre Dame could re-
turn to the rankings with a
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Tuesday, November 19, 2019 3B
believes Tagovailoa has called him last night be- over Alabama’s offense He shared social media
two things in his favor: cause I’d been sitting in starting Saturday against shout-outs from athletes
medical advances and a that room for 10 hours Western Carolina. Next like Kansas City Chiefs
positive attitude. (Sunday) watching film. up is a visit to No. 16 Au- quarterback Patrick Ma-
“You are in a much I called him to cheer him burn. Alabama is fifth homes and ex-NFL and
better position today in up and he cheers me up. in the College Football Alabama running back
2019 to come back from “This is a guy that has Playoff rankings, with Shaun Alexander.
a catastrophic injury than great spirit. He’s very the latest updates set to “The emotional im-
at any other point in histo- positive about just about be released on Tuesday. pact just around the en-
ry,” McElroy said. everything he does and Most of the team’s fo- tire sport was emotion-
He cited former Notre the effect that he has on cus Monday was on Ta- ally devastating,” said
Dame linebacker Jaylon other people.” govailoa’s health. ESPN’s Laura Rutledge.
Smith, another coveted The Alabama coach Alabama right tackle “Even on Saturday when
NFL prospect who recov- and his fifth-ranked Jedrick Wills Jr. visited it happened, I talked to
ered from a potentially Crimson Tide have been with Tagovailoa before a few college football
career-ending knee inju- coping with the loss of he was flown to Houston. coaches who said they
ry and wound up being a Tagovailoa since Satur- “I know it’s something were so upset even hear-
second-round draft pick day afternoon. Tagov- terrible for anybody to ing the news.
by the Dallas Cowboys in ailoa was injured while go through,” Willis said. “One coach told me
2016. In August, Smith re- being dragged down by “But I feel like he’s a college football is just not
ceived a $64 million, five- two Mississippi State de- strong enough person the same without him.
year extension. fenders late in the first that could come out of I think you just see the
“So much about over- half with Alabama up 35- this positive and just re- respect that he has and
coming an injury is about 7. cover.” how much fun people
your attitude, and if The injury was a dev- Tagovailoa received really do have watching
there’s one thing I know astating blow to a team visits from teammates him play. I just think it’s
about Tua, he’s going to that still harbors national and calls of support, in- a credit to how he’s han-
have a remarkably pos- championship ambitions. cluding from coach Gus dled himself for people to
itive attitude in the ap- Mac Jones is taking Malzahn of rival Auburn. feel that way.”
proach to the rehab and
everything that’s going to
go along with it,” McElroy
said.
Positive attitude is one
thing people close to Ta-
govailoa say he has plenty
of.
Saban couldn’t say
enough about the quarter-
back’s spirit. The coach
said Tagovailoa is a “fab-
ulous person” and one of
the four or five players
he has cared the most for
personally.
Saban said he was feel-
ing down about the injury,
but got a pick-me-up from
the injured QB.
“I feel bad. I’m hurt-
ing,” Saban said Monday.
“So I called him on Satur-
day night to cheer him up
and he cheered me up. I
victory at No. 21 Michigan
on Saturday.
Gonzaga, Tennessee
and West Virginia entered
the poll this week, with Ar-
izona State and Texas also
dropping out. The Long-
horns had the seventh lon-
gest active streak (77).
Here are a few other tid-
bits from the Top 25:
Going Streaking: With
the Irish’s streak over,
Maryland moved up to No.
3 on the active list with
177 consecutive weeks
ranked. South Carolina is
fourth with 131. Mississip-
pi State is fifth with 97.
Impressive in defeat:
It’s rare that teams can en-
ter the AP Top 25 coming
off a loss, especially teams
from non-Power Five con-
ferences, but No. 23 Gon-
zaga did just that after an
overtime defeat at No. 3
Stanford on Sunday. The
Zags have been one of the
top mid-major programs
over the last decade and
were ranked for the final
16 weeks of the poll last
season. Gonzaga beat
Tennessee-Martin earlier
in the week.
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WBB
Continued from Page 1B

fore swatting James’ shot
into the MSU cheerleaders
seated beneath the hoop.
“She is so athletic and
agile and she can really do
some things -- it’s just con-
vincing her sometimes,”
Schaefer said following
MSU’s exhibition game
victory over Lubbock
Christian Nov. 4. “Her bat-
tle is between her ears in
realizing, ‘I can be every-
thing he thinks I can be,’
because I think she can be
a monster.”
Schaefer has coached his
share of dominant post
players. McCowan con-
cluded her career as the
program’s all-time leader
in field goal percentage
and rebounds, while cen-
ter Martha Alwal (2012-
2015) became the school’s
fifth-leading scorer for a
forward/center.
And though McCow-
an and Alwal’s names are
firmly entrenched in MSU
basketball lore, Monday
was another night in which
sors -- whether Schaefer
was pleased with the effort
or not.
“We just waited our
turn, and now it’s here,”
Taylor said in reference to
her and Carter. “We just
embrace the opportunity,
get better each and every
day and embrace the roles
that we have.”
Dawg notes
Monday marked the
annual Teddy Bear Toss
at Humphrey Coliseum.
onto the court that were
collected and are to be do-
nated to Le Bonheur Chil-
dren’s Hospital in Mem-
phis ... Jordan Danberry
suffered an apparent ankle
injury in the first quarter
of Monday’s win. After a
spell on the bench, she re-
turned to action with 7:43
remaining in the second
quarter ... The Bulldogs
will sign autographs and
take pictures at the Hil-
ton Jackson at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday ahead of their Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER

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en-plus seasons at MSU,
Carter seems poised to
join her prolific predeces-
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threw stuffed teddy bears
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game at Jackson State at 7
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weeks. That said, Satur- the Bulldogs will turn to make more of an impact. ball in his hands more fre- column and each 3x3 the
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portunity for Moorhead to sophomore Marcus Mur- balls for 21 yards against “Certainly with Kylin only once. The difficulty 3 9 1 5 2 7 4 8 6
that each row, each
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column and each 6 8 4 1 3 9 7 2 5
eligible freshmen. Preston and Collin Dun- was a diving, 19-yarder we want to get him as Monday
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“If the game situation
dictates it — and particu-
larly on special teams —
we’re going to try and get
those guys some game
experience,” he said.
Safety situation
remains murky
While the biggest in-
jury news of the day Sat-
urday involved Alabama
quarterback Tua Tagov-
ailoa, MSU received some
dire news of its own.
Speaking with the me-
dia postgame Moorhead
announced junior safety
C.J. Morgan will miss the
remainder of the season
with a lower body injury.
With Morgan now side-
can.
Murphy, who has been
in and out of the lineup
due to suspension all sea-
son, has been a bright
spot when in the lineup —
returning an interception
for a touchdown in a Nov.
2 win over Arkansas —
though his status remains
up in the air.
As for Preston and
Duncan, neither has
played a major role this
season but Moorhead
mentioned both by name
as potential replacements
for Morgan.
Kylin Hill receiving
Junior running back
Kylin Hill may lead the
SEC in rushing, but that
that set up MSU’s lone
score of the day — Moor-
head was asked Monday
on whether there has
been a more conscious ef-
fort to get the Columbus
native more involved in
the passing game.
He went on to explain
the Crimson Tide offered
few, if any, looks at one-
on-one coverage, though
the WILL linebacker
would often line up on the
running back — a match-
up the Bulldogs hoped to
exploit.
Further, while Hill’s
total receptions (13) have
dipped from last year’s to-
tal (22) — in part due to
his increased workload
running the ball — Moor-
many touches as we can the same number only once. The difficulty level
— whether it be by hand- increases from Monday to Sunday.
off or by throw,” he said.
“So if there’s instances in
the game plan where we
can get him out in space
and get him the ball with
receptions — any time he
has the ball in his hands
it’s a good thing.”
Doctor’s office
Hill and senior receiv-
er Deddrick Thomas
were both limited partic-
ipants in practice Sunday
after sustaining upper
and lower-body injuries,
respectively.
Moorhead said he ex-
pects both to be full-go in
Tuesday’s practice and for
Saturday’s game.

Craven
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find it: a screenshot of
a tweet from the official
NFL account to its 24.8
million followers. A tweet
with his name in it.
“‘You’re not gonna
believe this,’” Jaden told
his father, Oak Hill foot-
ball coach Chris Craven,
who was driving him to
school while Jaden’s truck
sat in the shop. “He said,
‘What?’ And I just started
reading.”
Jaden broke the news,
news he still couldn’t be-
lieve: He’d won the NFL
Way to Play High School
Award, a national prize
awarded for demonstrat-
ing excellent technique
on the football field. His
award-winning play had
been shown on the NFL
Network the prior Satur-
day morning, and his win
netted a $1,500 equipment
grant for Oak Hill through
USA Football. The school
is still deciding where to
spend its newly acquired
funds.
“‘You gotta be kidding
me!’ coach Craven ex-
claimed. Shocked, look-
ing at his son in pride,
he nearly drove the truck
into the white fence out-
side the school on the way
into the parking lot. ‘Did
that really just happen?’
Jaden, excited and
overwhelmed, couldn’t
seem to shake the feeling:
Out of hundreds, maybe
thousands: him?
“I just never thought
that a small-town boy like
me from West Point, Mis-
sissippi, would be able
to have my name get out
there and to be noticed,”
he said.
But for his father and
head coach, while sur-
prising, the honor was
a well-deserved one —
something to take pride
in.
“As a coach, it makes
me proud,” coach Craven
said. “As a dad, it even
makes me prouder.”
The play
The video clip of
Jaden’s play aired on the
NFL Network’s “Good
Morning Football” pro-
gram on Nov. 9, is only
about two seconds long.
That was all he needed.
Oak Hill trailed 14-0
on senior night against
Central Holmes Christian
on Oct. 18, and all the mo-
mentum lay firmly on the
visiting sideline.
On the Trojans’ next
drive, they moved the ball
quickly to midfield. After
a first-down stop, Jaden
knew how much the Raid-
ers needed a big play.
“I remember my dad
looking at me and say-
ing, ‘Show me something.
Show me something,’”
Jaden said. “’ He said,
‘Something’s gonna hap-
pen.’”
On Central Holmes’
next play, Jaden shot
through the offensive line
into the Trojan backfield
delivered a perfect form
tackle on the opposing
running back, picking
him up and slamming
him down neatly into the
turf.
“When I saw it un-
folding in front of me, I
thought, ‘Man, that was
textbook right there,’”
coach Craven said.
Jaden’s big play ener-
gized his teammates and
killed the Central Holmes
drive. The Trojans punt-
ed, and Oak Hill scored
on its next drive. But the
Raiders had dug them-
selves too big of a hole,
and the Trojans ran up the
score late. Oak Hill lost,
56-27.
Despite the defeat, the
play stuck in coach Cra-
ven’s mind. Reviewing
film the day after, he re-
alized the play was more
than just a big hit; it met
the criteria of the Way to
Play Award for lineback-
ers: recognition, reaction,
feel and tackle.
“You could take that
particular play, regard-
less of it being my son or
everybody else, and you
could use that as teach-
ing how to play lineback-
er correctly and how to
correctly tackle a player,”
coach Craven said. “It was
like a teach tape almost.”
With technological
help from his son, Craven
sent a video highlight of
Jaden’s play to the NFL.
“‘What are the chances
of him getting picked for
that?’” he thought.
Almost famous
Jaden was asleep and
coach Craven was at a
coaches meeting in Jack-
son regarding the MAIS
All-Star Football Game
(Jaden was selected for
the first time) when the
video of his play aired on
the NFL Network on Nov. that would happen.
9. Briefly, Jaden said, the
The Cravens didn’t sudden publicity was al-
know, after all, that Jaden most too much.
had been selected — and “There was a point
maybe that was for the where I was like, ‘This is
best. out of control. There’s no
“If I would have walked way. I’m not supposed to
up in there and turned it be in that position. I’m not
on and saw them call my supposed to be that per-
name out over my TV, I son.’ But it only crossed
probably would have ran my mind once or twice.”
around the house scream-
ing,” Jaden said. ‘Look at this kid’
But he didn’t know Coach Craven might
anything until Tuesday, have been surprised
when his teammates saw Jaden’s play was picked ACROSS
it on Twitter and promptly for nationwide recogni- 1 President Ford
freaked out. tion, but he knows it’s no 7 Fix text
“They were like, ‘Man, fluke, no mistake. 11 Roma’s land
you’re famous. Don’t for- It’s Craven’s fifth year 12 Mystique
get about us,’” Jaden said. coaching Jaden on the 13 Uninvited
“I told them it wasn’t real- varsity team, and he guest
ly that big of a deal. I just knows the effort his son 15 Posh
was on the NFL Network. has put in over the years 16 Pound hound
I don’t really think that — whether he was play- 18 Gofer’s
I’m famous or anything. ing linebacker, offensive assignment
I just feel like I made a guard, center or long 21 Flag creator
good play and got recog- snapper. 22 Did lab work
nized for it.” “A lot went into being 24 In the manner
Jaden got into school able to make that football of
and told his girlfriend as play,” coach Craven said. 25 Min. part
he walked her to class. “Years went into being 26 Old auto
Proud, she told her teach- able to do that.” 27 Hogwarts
er, who deputized her Craven has taught groundskeeper 4 Tips off 25 Move like a
to go from classroom proper tackling since see- 29 Fountain 5 Permitted crab
to classroom, showing ing a video of Seattle Se- order 6 Pub missile 28 Gasps, say
Jaden’s video to everyone ahawks coach Pete Car- 30 Oboe part 7 Cake courses 29 Yankees
who would watch. roll teaching rugby-style 31 Shop tools 8 “Well, that’s legend
And when the Oak Hill tackling — keeping the 32 Visitor from obvious!” 31 Paris river
Academy Facebook page head outside rather than
space 9 Rage 33 Egyptian
shared the news of Jaden’s leading with it to min-
34 Undecided 10 Road sealer goddess
honor, the texts began to imize concussions and
person 14 Early Mexican 34 Remote
pour in: Friends, friends’ 40 Heaps 16 Back tooth 35 Quarterback
other health risks. Jaden
parents, and relatives. 41 Smitten 17 Grammar Manning
said this is the fourth
Some phone numbers for 42 Frees (of) topic 36 Silent assent
season since the Raiders
his extended family Jaden 43 Oozed 19 Sipping aid 37 Summit
made the change.
didn’t recognize and had “It’s just a smart tack- 20 Boat back- 38 Raiser of
to clarify with his parents.
DOWN bones Cain
ling system, and I be- 1 Jazz job
“One of my great aunts, lieved in that and still do
21 Cheering cry 39 Spectrum end
2 Seventh Greek 22 Kennedy or
she texts me,” Jaden said, and always will,” coach
letter Cruz
“and I didn’t have her Craven said.
3 Lab animal 23 Morse E
number. And I acciden- Jaden’s play was the
tally said, ‘Who is this?’ perfect example of what
instead of saying thank the Raiders preach: a
you and all that. She said, so-called “profile” tack-
‘It’s your favorite aunt.’ le with his head away
So now she’s gonna have from the offensive play-
something on me the next er’s body and his shoul-
time I see her.” der aimed at the player’s
No famous athletes chest.
congratulated Jaden — he It was the definition
checked; who wouldn’t? of a perfect tackle, coach
— but plenty of strangers Craven said, and seeing
did. On Twitter, the video national appreciation
has nearly 36,000 views. is all he can ask for and
“I thought it was too more.
good to be true, and I kept “That’s really cool to
telling myself that, ‘This get recognized for, hey,
ain’t happening,’” Jaden ‘This is how you play the
said. “There’s no way game. Look at this kid,’”
35,000 people have seen coach Craven said. “And
me make a tackle that the for people from the NFL
NFL said is technical and to recognize that was
sound, and, ‘This is the very flattering and hum-
way you’re supposed to do bling at the same time.
it.’ I never really thought So it was awesome.”
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Mahomes, Chiefs hold off Chargers 24-17 in Mexico City

The Associated Press few problems with Azteca’s
grass field and a one-sided
MEXICO CITY — first half favoring the Char-
Daniel Sorensen picked gers (4-7), who racked up
off Philip Rivers’ fourth 312 yards without a touch-
interception at the goal down.
line with 18 seconds to After throwing his sec-
play, and the Kansas City ond interception of the
Chiefs stayed on top of season in the first half, Ma-
the AFC West with a 24- homes led two sharp scor-
17 victory over the Los ing drives in the third quar-
Angeles Chargers on ter with help from Kelce,
Monday night at Azteca who caught seven passes
Stadium. for 92 yards. The Chiefs
Patrick Mahomes held Los Angeles to eight
passed for 182 yards and points in the second half,
hit Travis Kelce for his and Sorensen grabbed Riv-
only touchdown, while Le- ers’ underthrown pass to
Sean McCoy and Darrel Austin Ekeler at the goal
Williams rushed for touch- line to secure the Chiefs’
downs as the Chiefs (7-4) 10th win over Los Angeles
hung on to win the fourth in 11 meetings.
regular-season NFL game Rivers passed for 353
played in Mexico despite a yards during his first
four-interception game
since November 2016 for
the Chargers, whose play-
off hopes are nearly dead
after five losses in sev-
en games. Keenan Allen
caught his first TD pass
since Week 3 in the third
quarter, but the Chargers
had three inept drives in
the scoreless fourth quar-
ter.
On the Bolts’ last gasp,
Mike Williams made a
spectacular 50-yard catch
with 44 seconds to play.
Los Angeles reached the
Kansas City 14 before Riv-
ers’ final mistake. Rivers,
who turns 38 next month,
has thrown seven intercep-
tions in the Chargers’ last
two games.
One year after the NFL
called off a game at Azteca
Stadium on short notice
because of poor field con-
ditions, these teams played
an entertaining game in
the 7,200-foot elevation and
on the Azteca grass, which
yielded several significant
divots from sharp stops or
changes of direction.
The Rams and Chiefs
were scheduled to play
here last season, but severe
damage to the turf field
compelled the NFL to relo-
cate the game to Los Ange-
les on six days’ notice.
Azteca removed its hy-
brid turf and installed natu-
ral grass this year, and the
field had been untouched
since Club América’s last
home soccer game Nov. 2.
The grounds crew came
onto the field at halftime
and during timeouts in the
second half to attend to the
worst spots.
The NFL and the sta-
dium still threw an im-
pressive party for 76,252
of Mexico’s football-loving
fans, who packed the are-
na and mostly supported
the Chargers, the nominal
home team.
Although the teams
spent less than 48 hours in
Mexico’s capital city, the
NFL has deep roots among
fans around the country.
Commissioner Roger
Goodell met Monday with
Mexican President Andrés
Manuel López Obrador
while the league and the
federal government are
considering extending
the Mexico game series
beyond its current deal
through 2021.
The game was partic-
ularly special to Chargers
cornerback Michael Davis,
the son of a U.S. immigrant
from Mexico City. Davis
got to play in front of his
grandparents for the first
time.
But the Chargers trailed
10-9 at halftime despite
outgaining Kansas City
312-109 and making five
drives into Chiefs territory.
Rivers threw two intercep-
tions and Michael Badg-
ley missed a 40-yard field
goal attempt while mak-
ing three others, wasting
a defensive effort that in-
cluded Rayshawn Jenkins
picking off Mahomes.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My husband
and I have a
happy, adorable
18-month-old son.
Understandably,
he’s the light of
our lives.
Early in my
pregnancy, I
decided to not
post a pregnancy
announcement
ZITS or pictures of him
on social media. I
felt my son should
have the auton-
omy to build his
own social media
presence as he
saw fit. During the past year, I
have felt comfortable sharing
about five pictures of him with
my 40-plus close friends and
family who follow that social
media account.
My mother-in-law has been
posting pictures of my son to
her social media account for
GARFIELD a while now. It bothered me,
but I didn’t voice any con-
cerns because I didn’t want to
overreact. A few weeks ago, my
husband texted her a picture
of our son, himself and me. A
few hours later, it ended up on
her social media account with
a filter altering the picture’s
original color!
My husband and I became
extremely upset about it, and
my husband agreed to tell her
that she could no longer share
pictures of our son on social
CANDORVILLE media. Is this appropriate? I
don’t want to be
one of those con-
trolling, domineer-
ing parents, but I
firmly believe that
my mother-in-
law should have
asked permission
prior to sharing
any pictures of
our son. Am I
correct? — NEW
MOM IN NEW
YORK
DEAR MOM:
You and your
husband should
Dear Abby ask yourselves
what has upset
you more — that
his mother shared a family
picture with her circle of friends
(as you have with 40-plus of
yours) or that she altered the
color. If you prefer she post no
more pictures, ask her to stop
and explain why. If it’s the fact
that she took artistic license, I
think you are overreacting and
you should let it go.
DEAR ABBY: I am a 70-year-
old widower. For the past year
I’ve been dating a woman,
“Celeste,” and our relationship
was growing closer (we were
intimate, and we seemed to be
becoming a couple). Because
she’s a big fan of a particular
performer who was going to
be in our area, I bought tickets
for us two months in advance.
They were quite expensive.
Celeste knew about it and was
eager to go.
On the day of the perfor-
mance, when I went to pick her
up, she informed me that she
wouldn’t be able to go. A friend
had just come into town (pass-
ing through on business) and
surprised her with a visit. She
apologized and promised she’d
explain later that weekend.
Well, the man turns out to
be a former beau she hadn’t
seen in about a year. Celeste
seems to think I should be OK
with her canceling our date,
but I can’t help but feel she
was wrong to do it so she
could spend the weekend with
a former lover. (What am I? A
consolation prize?) I ended the
relationship over the brush-off
she gave me, but she is trying
to renew things. Was I wrong to
take this as serious enough to
end the relationship? — PER-
PLEXED EX IN MISSOURI
DEAR EX: You were not
wrong. Celeste stood you up,
which was, to say the least,
inconsiderate of your feelings.
(Did she offer to reimburse you
for those tickets? I’m betting
she didn’t.) She’s trying to
renew the romance with you
(for now) because her former
beau’s visit ended. When he
called, she should have told
him she had a previous commit-
ment and honored it. That she
didn’t shows she is self-cen-
tered and will continue to be if
you allow it.
Eligible men your age are a
hot commodity. It shouldn’t be
too hard to find someone who
appreciates what you have to
offer. Move on.

Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov.
19). Your cosmic birthday
present is a stellar sense of bal-
ance. Somehow you’re able to
give generously to others and
still have plenty left to follow
your own goals and dreams.
Exciting things happen in the
realm of personal development.
A tenderhearted person joins
your team. You learn a skill
that heals what ailed you. Leo
BABY BLUES and Pisces adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 8, 20, 16,
3 and 5.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Existential questions can bring
up fear, and that’s why many
people avoid them. However,
because you sense there’s
something soulful you need to
get to today, you’re willing to
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
make the ask.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
Obstacles are opportunities.
Sometimes it takes a while to
see exactly how. It won’t be
readily apparent. Examine the
situation from different angles,
looking for its unique offering.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You, like most people, have an
urge to say something about the
stuff you like. There’s nothing
selfish or selfless in this. You
don’t feel like your words will
make the world better. You just
need to talk. It’s human.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
You may as well consider smil-
ing and being contented to be
interchangeable today. If you’re
one, you’re the other. If you’re
not at least one, you’re neither.
It’s one of those times when
feelings have to be enacted to
be felt.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Companies trying to detect your
appetites by monitoring your
spending habits will miss the
mark. Even close friends and
loved ones can’t predict you.
You’re changing, and that’s
what makes this such an excit-
ing time.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Remember when you were
performing at a peak level, and
take note of what was motivat-
ing you back then. The situation
you face now is different, but
there are similarities that you
can reimagine and apply.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.
23). You will be true to your
values, both the ones you know
about and the ones you don’t
consciously think about. By
questioning your actions (good
and bad ones alike) you’ll learn
something useful about your
values.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Go ahead and do the
things that make you feel better
about yourself — without put-
ting yourself through that line of
questioning that involves “what
you think you deserve.” It’s non-
sense. You deserve happiness.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Things have gotten out of
hand, overly complicated and
excessively fancy, detailed or
emotional. Find the simplicity
and see it through.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-
Jan. 19). Fake, negative and
malicious stories can spread
quickly among fools and die
just as quickly when they fall on
the ears of the wise. You’ll shut
down gossip by simply refusing
to participate in it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). You are only responsible
for one person’s reactions to
life. If you’re tending to that,
then you probably won’t have
enough time left over today for
the toxic habit of people-pleas-
ing.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’re so optimistic that
pessimistic people don’t know
what to do with you. Your mood
will serve as a kind of filter that
affects your field of attraction
and influence.

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SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
A. J. STEVENSON, PLAINTIFF
VS.
AARON J. JONES, SALLIE B.
CHATMAN AND ALL PERSONS
HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY
LEGAL OR EQUITABLE IN-
TEREST IN THE LAND DE-
SCRIBED IN THIS COMPLAINT,
DEFENDANTS
CAUSE NO.: 2019-0584-JNS
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
TO: AARON J. JONES, SALLIE B. Gail P. Thompson, Attorney for
CHATMAN AND ALL PERSONS
HAVING OR CLAIMING ANY
LEGAL OR EQUITABLE IN-
TEREST IN THE LAND DE-
SCRIBED IN THIS COMPLAINT
You have been made a Defend- MS 38614.
ant in the Complaint To Con-
firm Tax Title and to Confirm
and Quiet Title to Real Estate
filed in Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi, A. J. Stevenson,
Plaintiff asking the Court to
make him the true and lawful
owner of real property in which LICATION OF THIS SUMMONS.
you have an interest, de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
Lot 3 in Block 1 of Three Oaks BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU
Addition in Section 10, Town-
ship 18 South, Range 18 West RELIEF DEMANDED IN THE
in Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi.
This being the same property
as described in Deed Book
922 at page 715 et.seq. in the reasonable time afterward.
office of the Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi.
You are required to mail or
hand-deliver a copy of a writ-
ten response to the Complaint LISA YOUNGER NEESE
filed against you in this action Clerk of LOWNDES County, Mis-
to Steven R. McEwen, the attor- sissippi
ney for the Plaintiff, whose
post office address is P. O. Box TINA FISHER
709, Columbus, Mississippi,
39703.
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MAILED OR DELIVERED NO
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BER, 2019, WHICH IS THE
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ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR
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DEMANDED IN THE COM-
PLAINT.
You must also file the original
of your response to the Com-
plaint with the Chancery Clerk
of Lowndes County, Missis-
sippi, within a reasonable timeing around heavy ma-
afterwards.
ISSUED under my hand and the an eye for detail & quality.
seal of said Court on this the
29th day of October, 2019.
CHANCERY CLERK OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
LISA YOUNGER NEESE,
CHANCERY CLERK
P. O. BOX 684,
COLUMBUS, MS 39703
BY: Shantrell W. Granderson
(SEAL)
DELL/15-042/SUMMONS
PUBLISH: 11/5, 11/12 &
11/19/2019
The following vehicles have
been abandoned at Marty's
Service Center. 1233 Gardner
Blvd, Columbus, MS.
2005 HYUNDAI XG5
VIN# KMHFU45E25A378814
1999 BUICK CENTURY
VIN# 2G4WS52M6X1552789
2003 CHEVROLET CAVELIER
VIN# 1G1JC52F037222598
1995 BMW 325
VIN# WBACB4329SFM05489
2004 NISSAN MAXIMA
VIN# 1N4BA41E64C895138
2003 NISSAN ALTIMA
VIN# 1N4BL11EX3C109350
IF THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT
CLAIMED THEY WILL BE PUT
UP FOR PUBLIC SALE ON THE
2ND DAY OF DECEMBER,
2019, AT 10:00 A.M. AT
MARTY'S SERVICE CENTER,
COLUMBUS MS
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IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF
LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSIS-
SIPPI
RENEA LYNN WILLIAMS
PLAINTIFF
v.
JOHNNIE CARL WILLIAMS, SR.
DEFENDANT
CAUSE NO. 2019-0560
SUMMONS
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
TO: JOHNNIE CARL WILLIAMS,
SR.
ADDRESS UNKNOWN
You have been made a Defend-
ant in the suit filed in this
Court by RENEA LYNN WILLI-
AMS, Plaintiff, seeking DI-
VORCE. Defendants other than
you in this action are NONE.
You are required to mail or
hand deliver a written re-
sponse to the Complaint filed
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Plaintiff, North Mississippi Rur-
al Legal Services, whose post
office address is P. O. Box
1107 Clarksdale, MS 38614
and whose street address is
504 De Soto Street Clarksdale,
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MAILED OR DELIVERED NOT
LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS
AFTER THE 19TH DAY OF
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FOR THE MONEY OR OTHER
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WEST POINT: 1BR/1BA
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BA, Central H&A, new
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Antiques
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302 Alabama St.
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General Services
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MUSICIANS "Use it
before you lose it".
That’s how the saying
goes and it applies all
the more for Christian
musicians and singers
who have a God−given
talent but are ignoring
their calling and content
to click a tv remote
instead of getting out
and "turning on"folks to
Jesus!
Hey, I am an older
Christian drummer with
many years experience
who LOVES to play
Southern Gospel,
Country Gospel,
traditional Christian,
Bluegrass Gospel and
etc. and am looking for
other talented
musicians willing to
step up and step out to
proclaim the Good
News in music and
song. I have the time,
practice space,
resources and some
contacts to make it
happen for a dynamic
group willing to just
step out boldly in joy
and Faith.
I am looking specifically
for guitar, keys, bass
and a dynamic,
outgoing lead singer
and back−up singers
who are not afraid to
make it happen in
public. Young, old,
male,female, white,
black or green does not
matter as long as you
have the talent and
heart for the job. Think
about doing it mainly for
the sheer enjoyment
but also we could take
it to churches,
reunions, the pavilion in
downtown Columbus on
a nice day, etc., etc. as
we desire. Practice
once a week and work
on selections in
between on your own.
Now is the right time to
USE your talent before
it is gone and you might
have to answer to the
"Bandleader up
there"as to why you let
it go to waste! If
interested send me a
text at (706) 575−9399
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