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Harold Jackson, holding the flag, made a hole-in-one while playing with, from left, Richard Sones, Jim Robbins, Bill Houston, Harold Edwards and Larry Hancock. A hole-in-one at Columbia Country Club
Harold Jackson made a hole-in-one on number eight at the Columbia Country Club Monday. His teammates and competitors for the early morning round of golf, Richard Sones, Jim Robbins, Bill Houston, ...
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Ryan Ellis Local player gets try at Jr. Olympics
At first, Richard Ellis thought the phone call he received at 10 a.m. on the last Tuesday in June, asking about his son, was a prank. But by the time his son, Ryan, was on a plane headed for Cary,...
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Fifty-one homerun balls spill across various trophies and medals acquired by 11-year-old Quade Delancey during his four years of Dixie Youth Baseball in Columbia. Delancey racks up homers
A Columbia baseball player has racked up 51 home runs in his baseball career and, at only 11 years old, that’s a pretty impressive record. Quade Delancey, son of Shay and Scott Delancey, played on...
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The Oak Grove Wild Thangs pose with trophies, medals and coaches after winning the state fastpitch championship. Columbia's Cook on championship team
Columbia student Hope Cook helped the all-star 12 and under “Wild Thangs” fastpitch softball team, of Oak Grove,take the state championship during the first week in July. Cook pitched ...
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From left, Forrest Dungan, Aaron Ellzey, Kody Anderson and Courtney Forbes. Baseballers bring home bronze
Four players from Marion County helped the District 7 all-star baseball team win the bronze medal in the state games at Meridian Community College, June 23-27. Kody Anderson from West Marion and C...
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Front: Scooter Ginn, Cameron Havard, Tucker Boykin, Ryan Blackburn, Hunter Buckley and Reid Havard Back: Coach Clay Temple, Luke Myers, Caleb Hall, Coach Dax Graham, Conner Ingram, Charlie Thompson, Coach Ryan Havard and Rafe Welch Hub City Bullets 11 year-old team advance to World Series in Baton Rouge
The 11 year old Hub City Bullets competed in the USSSA State Tournament June 24-27 in New Albany, MS. The team went an undefeated 5-0 to win the State Title for their division. The Bullets wil...
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Baseball tournaments under way
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Local Dixie Youth baseball action is heating up, just like the days of summer. This past weekend, Columbia’s Dean Griner Complex played host to the 10-year-old Sub-District Tournament. “Every tea...
Athletes compete
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Tyler Berry and Jon Luke Watts competed in the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics held on Saturday, June 9, in Summit. Both competed in the 3000 meter Intermediate Division, with Watts placing sec...
Columbia Country Club offers sports camps
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Sports camps in golf, tennis and swimming began at Columbia Country Club last week. Camp Director Paul Pounds said that 12 campers joined instructors Andrew Gray, O. J. Seals, Nick Sanders, and Mim...
Camp hosts several teams, college coaches
by Mark Rogers
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A baseball camp held last week at Columbia High School offered more than just instruction for the players that attended. Student athletes got exposure to college coaches during the three-day event...
Out of town team wins 40th CCC Four-ball
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Winners of this weekend’s 40th annual Columbia Country Club Four-ball tournament were as follows: Championship Flight – First place-Donny Holman (Madison, MS) and Benny Bell (Liberty, MS), Second...
Five local players to be part of state games
by Mark Rogers
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Five local baseball players will be part of the State Games of Mississippi’s District 7 team. Aaron Ellzey, Ryan Ellis, Courtney Forbes and Forrest Dungan, teammates at Columbia High School and We...
national news
T.O. misses flight to Bengals camp (AP)
AP - Terrell Owens is a late arrival.
Thu Jul 29 07:49:58 -0500 2010
Pitino, defense attorney have testy court exchange (AP)

Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino, left, is escorted by Chris Francis of the U.S. Attorney's office as he arrives at the federal courthouse to testify in the trial of Karen Cunagin Sypher in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - Rick Pitino and the attorney for a woman accused of demanding millions from him to conceal a sexual tryst exchanged heated words before a jury Thursday, as the Louisville basketball coach tried to fend off accusations of rape and lying.


Thu Jul 29 11:54:27 -0500 2010
A-Rod worried about payments to ex-Rangers players (AP)

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez reacts as he watches the replay of his head-first dive into second for a double off Cleveland Indians reliever Jess Todd in the sixth inning of a baseball game in Cleveland on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - Alex Rodriguez has filed an objection to next week's auction of the Texas Rangers.


Thu Jul 29 11:44:00 -0500 2010