The Union powerlifting team recently finished second in the Class 2A North state powerlifting meet, qualifying nine lifters for the Class 2A state meet.
East Union Countytook a one-point victory in the meet with 51 points while Union finished with 50 points. Lake finished with 16 points and Newton finished with five points.
This past week was quite an exciting week in sports.
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament was as fun as any that I can remember. The only one I can remember that was more fun was the year Mississippi State made it to the Final Four. But for sheer enjoyment, the opening weekend was great.
Union baseball coach Dustin Hamrick saw the good and the bad this past week from his Yellowjackets.
On Tuesday, the Yellowjackets run-ruled Sebastopol 13-3. The Yellowjackets then turned around and lost 10-1 to Morton.
The Newton County Lady Cougars picked up one win last week in a pair of contests.
The Lady Cougars beat Enterprise 3-2 in a low-scoring affair and they tied West Harrison in a time-limit contest. Both games were played on Saturday at the Clarkdale Tournament.
The schedule hasn’t been very kind to the Newton County tennis team this season.
Newton County picked up only one win last week, an important 7-0 win over Quitman while dropping matches to McGill-Toolen Academy and St. Paul’s Academy. Along the way, they also lost to 6A power Ocean Springs and traditional 5A power Oxford.
The Lake Hornets added three more wins to their total las week, scoring at least 10 runs in each contest.
The Hornets started off the week with a 14-3 win over Puckett on Monday before beating Noxapater 15-0 on Tuesday. They finished the week with a 10-6 win over Forest on Wednesday.
The Lake Lady Hornets split four games over the spring break as they get ready to begin division softball play.
Playing at Kosciusko on Monday, Lake lost 8-3 to the Lady Whippets and then beat Ethel 15-2. On Saturday at the Clarkdale Tournament at Northeast Park, Lake beat West Harrison 13-7 and lost 6-2 to Bay High.
Newton County broke a five-game losing streak this week and hopes to get back to its winning ways this week.
Newton County opened the week with a 5-2 win over Simpson Academy on Thursday and then dropped a 9-8 decision to Enterprise.
The East Central Community College Division of Fine Arts will present numerous performing arts events during the month of April on the Decatur campus. There is no charge for admission and the public is invited to attend the following events:
• April 4 – Delta State University Wind Ensemble, 4 p.m., Vickers Fine Arts Center Auditorium
The Public Service Commission and the Mississippi Department of Health may be forcing the City of Union to lose 175 water customers in the House community.
