Lake youth football, cheer registration nears
The Lake Youth Football association is seeking youth football players and cheerleaders for the upcoming 2019 season.
The association is joining Areawide Youth Football Elite this year, which will reduce travel time as well as implementing 8-man tinymite teams. Anyone interested in playing for Lake Youth Football or if you know of anyone age 5-12 (no seventh graders) that would like to be a part of Lake Youth Football, please contact Robert Savell at 601.919.7924. If there’s no answer, leave a message or send a text and he will get back to you as soon as possible.
Union CC releases tournament results from recent event
Union Country Club hosted a 2-Person Shamble sponsored by Dr. Nicole Harrison Family Dentistry of Union July 6-7.
Here are the results
Championship Flight:
Joe Tew/Kyle Murray 1st
JB Ware/Jody Blount 2nd
Andrew Riley/Matt Minchew 3rd
Tyler Germany/Clay Casevechia 4th
First Flight: Split 2nd Place
Billy Smith/Tyler Sparks 1st
Robert Blount/Jack Rivers 2nd
Wayne Welch/Bo Welch 2nd
John Sullivan/Eddie Holifield 4th
Second Flight: Split 1st Place
Danny May/Greg Rigdon 1st
Robbie Pearson/Chris Pearson 1st
Jerry Pinson/Robert Tranum 3rd
Jack Tannehill/Harold Coburn 4th
Closest to the Pin on No. 6
Kyle Murray 58 inches
Phillips Named to Maxwell Award Watch List
Ole Miss running back Scottie Phillips was announced as a member of the watch list for the 83rd annual Maxwell Award by the Maxwell Football Club on Monday.
Phillips, who made 10 starts for the Rebels in 2018 after transferring from Jones County Junior College, was on pace to shatter the 1,000-yard rushing mark, but he battled through injury the final three games of the season.
The senior from Ellisville, Mississippi, ran for 928 yards on 153 carries last year. Phillips ranked fifth in the SEC in total touchdowns (14) and third in rushing TDs (12). He recorded at least one rushing TD in seven of the 11 games he played in during the 2018 season.
Dantzler, Thompson on
watchlist for Bednarik Award
College football's summer watch list season opened Monday and Mississippi State was well represented with a pair of defensive standouts on the 25th annual Chuck Bednarik Award list.
Cornerback Cameron Dantzler and linebacker Erroll Thompson were included on the preseason list for the award, which has been presented to the College Defensive Player of the Year since 1995.
The Bednarik Award put 80 players on its watch list, including 15 from the SEC. Mississippi State, Alabama, Florida and LSU were the SEC programs with multiple selections on the list.
Former MSU standouts Jeffery Simmons and Montez Sweat were semifinalists for the award last year. Simmons also was a semifinalist in 2017.
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