The first time Union coach John Darnell ran across J.T. Vance, the 6-foot-2 senior was then a sophomore for the Yellowjackets and Darnell was coaching at Lake.
Darnell says he doesn’t remember how many points Vance scored that night, but the sophomore left an impression on his future coach that night.
The Newton County Appeal has released its Girls All-Area Basketball Awards for the 2019-2020 school year. Here are the recipients:
First team
J.T. Vance, 6-2, Sr. Forward, Union
Jordan Wren’s job as the Union football coach got a lot tougher when the MHSAA closed schools on April 17.
Wren said he was just starting to learn players names when the school let out for spring break.
The Newton County Appeal has released its Girls All-Area Basketball Awards for the 2019-2020 school year. Here are the recipients:
First team
Ja’Leah Hickmon, Jr., Forward, Newton
The Union Lady Yellowjackets got over the .500 mark last week with a pair of wins in the Kosciusko Tournament.
Union opened the week with an 11-2 win over Nanih Waiya and then beat Ethel 8-2.
Union was scheduled to begin division play with a two-game series with Newton but those games have been postponed.
The Union Yellowjackets won three games last week as they improved to 6-1 on the season.
The Yellowjackets swept a pair of games from Bay Springs, winning 16-4 on Tuesday and 8-5 on Friday. Union ended the week with a 6-0 shutout win over Raleigh on Saturday.
The Union powerlifting team took another step toward winning a fourth straight Class 2A state powerlifting championship.
Union had five lifters win their weight class on while all 12 lifters advanced to the Class 2A state meet.
East Central Community College officially opened its new Warrior Hall football operations center with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, March 5, on the campus in Decatur.
The 12,300-square-foot facility is located just outside the north end zone of Warrior Field at Bailey Stadium.
The Union tennis team opened the season with a pair of losses last week, falling to Enterprise and Madison St. Joseph.
The Union Yellowjackets won two out of three contests last week on the baseball diamond.
Union opened up the week with a 10-2 win over Forest on Tuesday. The Yellowjackets then dropped a tough 4-3 decision to Newton County on Friday before hammering Morton 14-1 on Saturday.
