Cody Gressett has been named STAR Student for the 2017-2018 school year by the Mississippi Economic Council M.B. Swayze Foundation, sponsor of the Student Teacher Achievement Recognition program.
Peyton Ryals of Louisville and Jessica Everett of Decatur were selected Mr. and Miss East Central Community College for the 2017-18 school year by a recent vote of the student body.
“Welty”, an exhibit featuring photographs by Eudora Welty, will be on display during the month of April at East Central Community College in Decatur.
Newton County Academy tennis coach Pete Mazzella was concerned when he heard that Brookhaven Academy had fell to Class AA.
But Mazzella had little room to worry as his defending state champions took a 7-2 win over Brookhaven on Thursday.
Newton County’s hard-luck season continues as they lost three out of four contests this past week.
On Tuesday, the Cougars lost a 3-1 decision to Northeast Jones and then dropped a 12-0 decision to the Tigers on Friday night. On Saturday, the Cougars scratched out a win as they beat East Webster 20-17 and then fell 7-6 to Corinth.
The Union Lady Yellowjackets won three out of four contests this past week and were within an inning of going undefeated on the week.
The Newton County Lady Cougars won three out of four contests this past week.
The Lady Cougars swept a pair of games from Choctaw Central, winning 4-3 on Monday and 9-3 on Thursday. On Saturday, Newton County hammered West Jones 11-2 and lost 7-6 to George County.
Neshoba County wasn’t kind to Lake last week, handing the Lady Hornets a pair of losses.
Lake lost 8-1 to defending 5A state champion Neshoba Central on Monday and lost 6-3 in a 4-2A showdown with Philadelphia. In other action, Lake hammered Newton 16-1, beat Nanih Waiya 6-1 and beat Ethel 7-4 on Saturday.
With Ole Miss commit Kemp Alderman still out, the Generals struggled at the plate this past week.
The Generals were no-hit on Tuesday in a 10-0 loss to Brookhaven Academy and then lost 11-1 to the Cougars on Thursday in their only action this week.
Newton County won a pair of one-point matches this past week as they won two out of three matches.
After a 6-1 loss to Jackson Academy on Tuesday, Newton County beat Jackson Prep and St. Andrew’s 4-3 on Thursday.
