Photo courtesy of USGA/Chris Keane
Union’s Andy Ogletree made history on Sunday as he became the first Mississippian to ever win the U.S. Amateur Championship.
The football season couldn’t have started off much worse for the Newton Tigers on Saturday.
The Tigers opened the season with a two-quarter jamboree against West Lowndes at Louisville High School on Saturday, losing 14-0.
There wasn’t a lot of difference between Lake and Newton County on the football field Friday night.
The difference was a converted two-point conversion by the Hornets late in the game that gave them an 8-7 win over the Cougars to cap off a six-team jamboree.
The Newton County Academy softball team only got in one game last week but they made it count.
The Lady Generals hammered rival Sylva Bay 13-5 to improve to 4-5 on the season.
NCA will return to action this week as they travel to Wayne on Monday and will host Sylva Bay on Tuesday.
NCA 13, Sylva Bay 5
The Union Lady Yellowjackets split a pair of games last week on the softball diamond.
Union opened the week by beating Enterprise 6-3 and then lost 14-1 to Newton County.
The Lake Lady Hornets remained unbeaten as they crushed four more opponents last week.
The Lady Hornets hammered Clinton 17-0 on Monday and then battered Bay Springs 13-3 on Thursday. On Saturday, Lake crushed Vicksburg 16-0 and then beat Richland 16-2.
The Newton County Lady Cougars continued their strong start to the season with three more wins.
The Lady Cougars stayed undefeated as they beat Clarkdale 10-0, Northwest Rankin 13-6 and Union 14-1.
The Yellowjackets concluded the first week of fall practice with a practice/scrimmage on Friday night and Saturday morning.
Newton County Academy football coach Rob Roberts said he didn’t really know what to expect when he took his team over to East Rankin on Friday.
Roberts said he was especially pleased with his offensive line.
Second-year football coach Zach Grady could sleep a little better after his first week of practice.
Grady said the Tigers had a good first week.
