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Pilot program could help student
achievement, teacher retention at AMS
Program part of state-wide initiative
to train middle school teachers, work with students
By Tess Vrbin with one another,” said Carlisle, who
tvrbin@cdispatch.com has taught history at Armstrong Middle
School for 21 years. “I bring up her com-
One of Mallory Carlisle’s sev- ments (with the) whole group and she
enth-grade students does not feel com- just smiles because she’s like ‘That’s
fortable reading out loud in front of the
what I thought.’ It all comes down to
class. But if Carlisle sits next to her, relationships and the emotional connec-
the student will read in whispers to her tion.”
teacher. Teachers have to be versatile, flexible
“She and I have built that relationship and able to laugh things off in order to
MONDAY PROFILE
Drew Williams, left, helps Wayne Wells unload canoes from a trailer at the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National
Wildlife Refuge on Sept. 21. Williams is a junior at Mississippi State University who volunteered to help with the
canoes, and Wells is vice president of Friends of Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.
MSU student becomes
impromptu volunteer at Refuge
day morning recently to help unload
Williams developed canoes from trailers on the banks of
Bluff Lake “seemed like something
‘an appreciation for worthwhile to do,” he said.
the woods’ as a child He grew up in Friendswood, Tex-
as, a suburb of Houston, and attend-
By Tess Vrbin ed Friendswood United Methodist
tvrbin@cdispatch.com Church. Their summer service pro-
gram, UM Army, “really energized
D
rew Williams’ recent vol- Drew,” his father, John, said. The
unteer work at the Sam D. group of teenagers and young adults
Hamilton Noxubee National spends a week repairing houses in a
Wildlife Refuge combines two smaller city in Texas.
things he enjoys: service and the Faith has been an important part
outdoors. of Williams’ life recently, he said.
Williams is a junior studying “I’ve been trying, especially re-
forestry at Mississippi State Uni- cently, to let the Lord dictate my
versity, an Eagle Scout and an ac- path,” he said. “Though it’s not al-
tive member of the Baptist Student ways easy, I’ve been trying more
Union. Taking time out of his Satur- and more to get into that. I’ve been
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Carlisle Peasant Kennedy
build those relationships with students
during the time of transition that is mid-
dle school, Carlisle said.
“They’re different. In a good way, but
they’re different, and you’ve got to meet
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immersing myself in the Word more
often.”
Williams and five other BSU
members were hoping to go ca-
noeing when they showed up at the
wildlife refuge on Sept. 14, only to
find out canoe day was the follow-
ing Saturday. Vicki Maples, one of
the three adults present, said they
joked that the students could help
them place pine straw around the
visitors’ center.
The six students went into a hud-
dle for a few minutes, Maples said,
and then decided to take the oppor-
tunity seriously.
“They came walking up and said,
‘We want to help,’ and my jaw just hit
the floor,” said Maples, a member of
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■ Hazard Lecture Series, Part
1: The 28th annual Hazard Lecture
Series opens with “Writing Today’s
Music, with Nashville’s Chase
McGill”(Heritage Academy Class of
2005) at 7 p.m., at Heritage Academy
Elementary School, 623 Willowbrook
Road, Columbus. Free to the public.
For more information, call 662-327-
1556, ext. 211.
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4-5
■ Roast ‘n’ Boast: The Mississippi
State Barbecue Championship takes
place at the Columbus Fairgrounds on
Highway 69 South. Opening ceremony
is 5 p.m. Oct. 4. Visit roastnboast.
com or contact Amber Henson at Layne Hall of Columbus enjoys
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them where they are,” she said.
AMS is one of 20 middle schools state-
wide that will participate in a yearlong
pilot program aimed at helping teachers
support students’ social, emotional and
academic growth, as Carlisle has made
two decades’ worth of effort to do in her
classroom.
The Mississippi Department of Ed-
ucation announced last week it will
conduct assessments and professional
development in 20 schools that applied
for the Middle School: A LAB for Suc-
See AMS, 3A
Man dies
from injuries
sustained in fire
Victim was in Jackson
hospital six days
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
A man died Sunday morning from
injuries resulting from a structure fire
on Hickory Grove Road in East Oktib-
beha County last week.
Authorities responded to the fire
at 2:10 a.m. on Sept. 21. Britt Newby,
37, was sent to the Central Mississippi
Burn Center in Jackson for treatment
of severe burns and died Sunday at
12:53 a.m., Oktibbeha County Coro-
ner Michael Hunt said this morning.
The state fire marshal is involved
in the investigation of the fire, but au-
thorities might never know what the
cause was, Oktibbeha County Fire Co-
ordinator Kirk Rosenhan said.
The building was a small metal
structure with no heat or electricity,
he said.
Fourteen
candidates attend
county forum
Topics include
county-city relations
BY ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
LOWNDES COUNTY ­ — The
division between Lowndes County
and the city of Columbus was a topic
raised by multiple candidates at a po-
litical forum held Sunday afternoon
at Genesis Church in Columbus, with
those running for county supervisor
positions all saying city and county of-
ficials have to find ways to work better
together.
Independent Steve Pyle, who is run-
ning for District 1 supervisor against
Republican incumbent Harry Sanders
who did not attend, was the first to
bring up the topic when he said he felt
county officials could have done more
to aid the city after a Feb. 23 tornado
that damaged or destroyed hundreds
of homes and businesses in north Co-
lumbus — including areas around 23rd
See Forum, 6A
Public
meetings
Oct. 1:
Starkville Board
of Aldermen,
5:30 p.m., City
Hall
Oct. 7:
Oktibbeha
County Board
of Supervisors,
5:30 p.m.,
Chancery
Courthouse
Oct. 8: SOCSD
Board of
Trustees regular
meeting, 6 p.m.,
Greensboro
Center
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Monday
Did you hear? Say What?
“When they are playing together ...
Taj Mahal headlining blues I feel like we can beat anybody.”
Falcon softball coach Eric Thorton reflecting

and gospel fest in Mississippi

on the team’s smashing success. Story 1B.

The Mississippi John Hurt in Washington

Homecoming Festival is Oct. 5
and 6 in rural Carroll County. What’s next as House committees
The Associated Press that Mahal was 19 when
he met her grandfather
at a folk music festival in
launch impeachment probes
CARROLLTON— The Associated Press
Newport, Rhode Island.
GOP split over impeachment
Grammy-winning guitar-
ist and singer Taj Mahal Hurt became a mentor, WA S H -
is headlining a blues and teaching Mahal about the INGTON
gospel festival in Missis-
sippi, and organizers say
he chose the list of per-
music business, “espe-
cially as it relates to Afri-
can Americans to make it
—
Democrats
are
pushback as Democrats plow ahead
House

plan-
formers. in the field.” ning a rapid The Associated Press he said were affidavits supporting his
The Mississippi John She said Mahal be- start to their story.
came attached to her push for im- WASHINGTON — The president’s “Tom Bossert doesn’t know what’s
Hurt Homecoming Festi-
grandfather. peachment Trump lawyer insists the real story is a de- he’s talking about,” Guiliani said. He
val is Oct. 5 and 6 in rural
“Taj, because of his of President bunked conspiracy theory. A senior added that Trump was framed by the
Carroll County.
success and the respect Donald Trump, with hear- White House adviser blames the “deep Democrats.
Hurt was born in
he had for my grand- ings and depositions start- state.” And a Republican congressman Senior White House policy adviser
Mississippi in 1893 and father, he felt he had a
started playing guitar as ing this week. is pointing at Joe Biden’s son. Stephen Miller, meanwhile, noted that
need to give back,” Hurt- Democratic leaders As the Democrats drive an im- he’s worked in the federal govern-
a child. He worked on Wright said. Performing have instructed commit- peachment inquiry toward a potential ment “for nearly three years.”
farms and for the railroad at this year’s homecom- tees to move quickly — vote by the end of the year, President “I know the difference between
and had a brief recording ing festival is a way to do and not to lose momentum Donald Trump’s allies are struggling whistleblower and a deep state opera-
career before the Depres- that, she said. — after revelations that over how he should manage the stark- tive,” Miller said. “This is a deep state
sion. He became famous Hurt-Wright said she Trump asked Ukrainian est threat to his presidency. The jock- operative, pure and simple.”
in folk music circles a few did not fully understand President Volodymyr Zel- eying broke into the open Sunday on Meanwhile, Rep. Jim Jordan,
years before he died in and appreciate blues or the talk show circuit, with a parade of
enskiy to investigate his R-Ohio, heatedly said Trump was
1966. other types of music when Republicans erupting into a surge of
potential 2020 Democrat- merely asking Ukrainian President
His granddaughter, she was growing up. That second-guessing.
ic challenger, Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelenskiy to root out cor-
Mar y Frances Hurt- changed when she be- At the top of the list: Rudy Giuliani’s
and his family. The action ruption. That, Jordan said, includes
Wright, is president of came an educator in pub- is beginning even though false charge that it was Ukraine that Hunter Biden’s membership on the
the Mississippi John Hurt lic schools in Chicago. lawmakers left town Fri- meddled in the 2016 elections. The board of a Ukrainian gas company at
Foundation, which orga- Now retired, she lives in day for a two-week recess. former New York mayor has been en- the same time his father was leading
nizes the festival. a suburb of Chicago. She The chairman of the couraging Ukraine to investigate both the Obama administration’s diplomat-
She told the Green- said listening to music is House Intelligence Com- Biden and Hillary Clinton. ic dealings with Kyiv. There has been
wood Commonwealth “a healing process.” mittee, Rep. Adam Schiff, “I am deeply frustrated with what no evidence of wrongdoing by either
D-Calif., says his commit- he and the legal team is doing and re- of the Bidens.
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Elections don’t always run according to calendar

The Associated Press
JACKSON — Elections usu-
ally end when the calendar
says they should, but some-
times they go into overtime.
In one Mississippi Senate
race on the Gulf Coast, a Re-
publican primary that started
in August won’t be resolved
until the Nov. 5 general elec-
tion because a judge ordered
a new round of voting in a few
precincts.
In another Senate district
that stretches from the Delta
down into the Jackson suburbs,
the race could remain in limbo
after the general election be-
cause the district itself is the
subject of a court fight that will
carry over into next year.
And if nobody wins a clear
majority of votes for gover-
nor or other statewide offices,
those races could extend into
January, when the Legislature
is back in session.
The Mississippi Constitu-
tion says that to win a race for
statewide office, a candidate
must receive a majority of the
popular vote and must win in a
majority of 122 state House dis-
tricts. If nobody achieves those
two things, the race is decided
in the state House.
Mississippi is the only state
with this kind of multipronged
requirement to become gov-
ernor. The state’s 1890 consti-
tution was written when the
white politicians across the
South were enacting laws to
erase black political power that
had been gaining during Re-
construction.
With multiple candidates
running for governor in 1999,
neither Democratic Lt. Gov.
Ronnie Musgrove nor Repub-
lican former U.S. Rep. Mike
Parker received more than 50%
of the popular vote. Musgrove
and Parker, who are white,
each won 61 House districts.
The governor’s race was de-
cided in January 2000 by what
was then the Democratic-con-
trolled House. Musgrove won,
with some representatives say-
ing they voted for him because
he had received more of the
popular vote than Parker.
The legislative district that’s
the subject of a court fight
is Senate District 22, which
stretches from predominant-
ly poor and African American
parts of the Delta into some af-
fluent and mostly white parts of
Madison County, just north of
Jackson.
African American plaintiffs
sued the state in July 2018,
saying District 22 was 51%
black but lacked “real electoral
opportunity” for black voters
to elect a candidate of their
choice. U.S. District Judge
Carlton Reeves agreed in Feb-
ruary, and legislators redrew
District 22 and an adjoining
district in March, swapping
some precincts to increase the
black voting age population to
58% in District 22.
Candidates qualified to run
in the newly composed District
22.
On Aug. 1, three judges
from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals agreed with Reeves’
ruling, but state attorneys
asked the full appeals court to
consider the case. The appeals
court said last week that argu-
ments are tentatively set for
the week of Jan. 20.
The Nov. 5 ballot, mean-
while, will list two candidates
in District 22 — former Sen.
Joseph Thomas, who is one of
the plaintiffs in the lawsuit; and
Republican Hayes Dent. Both
have ties to Yazoo City.
The unfinished Republican
primary is in Senate District 50
in Harrison County. Biloxi City
Councilwoman Dixie Newman
originally was certified as the
winner by a single vote over
state Rep. Scott Delano. He
challenged the results, and
a judge ordered a new round
of voting in the five precincts
that are split between District
50 and another Senate district.
People who voted in the Dis-
trict 50 Democratic primary in
August are prohibited from vot-
ing in this Republican primary
do-over.
The District 50 winner will
be determined by adding the
votes cast Nov. 5 with the votes
cast in August in precincts that
are not split. Because no other
candidates are running, the Re-
publican primary winner will
get the four-year term.
Both of the Senate races will
replace incumbents who didn’t
run this year.

Around the state

Most of Mississippi corn crop
in fair to good condition
STARKVILLE — Agriculture experts
say most of this year’s corn crop in Missis-
sippi is in fair to good condition.
The Mississippi State University Exten-
sion Service says in a news release that the
state’s farmers planted 35% more acres in
corn this year compared to 2018.
Corn planting was delayed by two to
three weeks because of heavy rains during
the spring. The extension service said when
corn can’t be planted at the usual time, farm-
ers often switch to soybeans. But, this year’s
market outlook was stronger for corn.
An extension service agricultural econ-
omist, Will Maples, said the trade negotia-
tions had a negative effect on soybean pric-
es.
“Mississippi saw about a 35% increase in
corn acreage planted this year as compared
to last year,” Maples said.
The news release said the state’s corn
harvest was slow in August because of a lat-
er-maturing crop, but it has gone quickly in
September.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture es-
timates most of Mississippi’s corn crop is in
fair to good condition. Just 7% is considered
excellent, and 12% is either poor or very
poor.
Erick Larson, grain crops agronomist
with the extension service, said there have
been few instances of lodged corn, or corn
knocked over by weather.
Corn fields historically produce about
185 bushels an acre in Mississippi. He said
the range this year was about 125 to 250
bushels an acre, depending on drainage,
soil texture, seedbed preparation and man-
agement.
Frequent, heavy rains caused problems
during the growing season. Areas with poor
drainage or heavy clay soils retain water
longer, and those fields are producing less
corn this year.
Mississippi county deputy dies
in motorcycle crash
OCEAN SPRINGS — An off-duty Mis-
sissippi county deputy has died in a 3-vehi-
cle crash that also injured his wife.
News outlets report Glenn Everett Roe
died Saturday after being hospitalized for
injuries sustained in the crash.
Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson
says Roe was a longtime deputy with Har-
rison County and worked for the depart-
ment for more than 25 years.
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell says
Roe and his wife, Melanie Roe, were rid-
ing separate motorcycles when a Toyota
pickup truck turned in front of them. Ezell
says Roe and his wife struck the passen-
ger side of the truck.
Ezell says Melanie Roe suffered non-
life threatening injuries and the truck driv-
er had minor scratches.
The investigation is ongoing.
Most of a human skeleton found
on a Mississippi roof
BILOXI — Police say most of an adult
human skeleton has been found on the
roof of a building in downtown Biloxi,
Mississippi.
Investigators say no foul play is sus-
pected.
Harrison County Deputy Coroner
Brian Switzer tells WLOX-TV that the
bones were found Sept. 19 and are being
examined by a forensic anthropologist.
Biloxi Police Maj. Chris De Back says
officers have investigated cases of peo-
ple reported as missing and concluded
that none match what they know about
the remains.
Crash kills 1 Mississippi Valley State
student, injures 2
IT TA BENA — Mississippi Valley
State University says a student gov-
ernment leader has been killed and
two other students have been injured
in a single-vehicle crash.
Mississippi Highway Patrol offi-
cers are investigating what caused
the SU V crash that happened about 6
a.m. Sunday near Belzoni, Mississip-
pi, where one of the injured students
lives.
The university says Jevonte Curtis
of Chicago died. He was treasurer of
the MVSU Student Government Asso-
ciation.
Delrick Henderson of Belzoni and
Patrick Harbin Jr., who lives in the
Detroit suburb of Redford, Michigan,
were injured. They were taken to the
University of Mississippi Medical
Center in Jackson.
Belzoni is about 27 miles (43 kilo-
meters) south of the university’s Itta
Bena campus.
All three students are members of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
SOURCE: The Associated Press

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cess pilot program. A
task force spent two years
developing the program,
and MDE hopes to “pack-
age and coin” it to imple-
ment it in middle schools
throughout the state, said
Wendy Clemons, MDE
executive director for sec-
ondary education.
The program aims to
foster three things: aca-
demic rigor, social emo-
tional learning and men-
torship so students can
have access to a variety
of career pathways, Clem-
ons said.
The foundation of all
three is a healthy teach-
er-student dynamic,
grown from individual-
ized attention and the
teacher’s willingness to
sometimes be the learner,
Carlisle added.
“(The student) needs
you to be taught,” Carl-
isle said. “Let him be the
teacher, basically, and
teach you about his life-
style and his wants and
his needs.”
She tells students
about her life as well, and
the whole class knows
that her son is a farmer
and her daughter does ka-
rate, she said.
Her knowledge of cur-
rent celebrities is limited,
she said, so sometimes
her students teach her
about someone famous
and she finds a way to
relate it to the lesson at
hand.
“If you can fix or find
ways to connect that gen-
eration gap, (both) your
new teachers and your old
teachers are going to be
OK,” Carlisle said.
She also uses sports
analogies to teach them
about wars, she said.
“We’re entertainers.
That’s what middle school
teachers are. If you can’t
entertain, you need to go
home,” Carlisle said. “If
you fake that connection
or that entertainment, the
kids can see through it.
Middle school is all hon-
esty, and it’s raw honesty.”
How the pilot
program works
MDE only considered
schools with C, D or F
accountability grades in
2017-18, according to the
pilot program application
form. AMS had a C that
year and dropped to a D
in 2018-19.
AMS fits the bill for
the program because not
only can it give the school
more resources to meet
children’s needs, but
also because it can help
retain teachers, Princi-
pal Julie Kennedy said.
AMS has the highest
teacher turnover rate in
the Starkville-Oktibbeha
Consolidated School Dis-
trict, with 42 new teach-
ers at the beginning of
this school year.
MDE is partnering
with several agencies to
develop the program and
visit each participating
school over the next sev-
eral weeks. They include
the Barksdale Reading In-
stitute, Mississippi Insti-
tutions of Higher Learn-
ing, Southern Regional
Education Board, Council
of Chief State School Of-
ficers, the College Board
and Mississippi State Uni-
versity’s Research and
Curriculum Institute.
MDE and AMS have
not set a date for the visit
yet, but Clemons said all
the visits should be made
by early November.
“We’ll be going in and
analyzing, looking at the
data, talking to students
and teachers and leader-
ship, determining what
the areas for growth are
(in each school), and
based on what that looks
like, we will then pair
them up for some net-
working opportunities,”
Clemons said.
Schools with similar
problems will work to-
gether to solve them, she
said.
One key focus for
the program is provid-
ing equitable access to
math courses for Afri-
can-American males
and special education
students. Clemons said
those two groups are un-
derrepresented in eighth
and ninth grade algebra
courses, and giving them
more access to those
courses will improve
their ACT scores and col-
lege readiness.
AMS has 153 special
education students and
430 African-American
male students in a student
body of 1,172, SOCSD
Public Information Offi-
cer Nicole Thomas said.
Funding for the pilot
program’s activities will
come from the state and
the agencies working with
MDE. Participation will
last for a year but could
be extended to three, de-
pending on the success of
the implementation, the
amount of future funding
and the completion of all
necessary documents.
SOCSD Superinten-
dent Eddie Peasant,
whose previous positions
include being principal at
Gulfport Central Middle
School, was a member of picture of yourself? Why nities within the school
the task force that devel- did you write those mean that help with this, Peas-
oped the pilot program. words down?” ant said.
He said the idea came Teachers and coun- “(They) allow our
from a need for resources selors at AMS are al- teachers to know their
and training specifically ready being trained to students and be able
aimed at middle schools. better address students’ to work with a smaller
“Most of our educators social emotional learn- group so they can build
who graduate from our ing needs, and there are better relationships,” he
colleges of education are smaller learning commu- said.
trained for either elemen-
tary or secondary educa-
tion and there’s not any
specific training for mid-
dle school,” Peasant said.
Teaching middle
school requires a specific
passion for the task, Carl-
isle said.
“If you like middle
school, you stay there,”
she said. “You don’t tol-
erate middle school. You
love it or you leave. And
that’s OK with me (be-
cause) I love it.”
The social emotional
component
Social emotional learn-
ing is a key part of the pi-
lot program because it is
a necessary foundation
for academic achieve-
ment, Clemons said.
“Until you meet the ba-
sic needs of an adolescent
and make them comfort-
able in their environment
and their skin, it’s very
difficult to reach them ac-
ademically,” she said.
Middle schoolers want
to be “liked, heard and
seen,” and their teachers
“can live off of” social
emotional learning, Car-
lisle said. One way is to
reach a place of under-
standing with a child in
trouble, she said.
“Whatever the situa-
tion is, get me to under-
stand where you were
in this time,” she said.
“Why did you take that
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Old dogs, children and watermelon wine
“I hope life treats you kind and I hope
you have all you’ve dreamed of. I wish
you joy and happiness. But above all I
wish you love.”
­— Dolly Parton, from “I Will Always
Love You”
in eight episodes I was not interested, ing and hilariously funny. She admitted
even though I love documentaries. modeling her appearance after her
Sam was watching episode seven hometown’s “trollop” who she thought
when I walked through the room and was absolutely beautiful with all her
stopped. Hank Williams was singing makeup, big hair and fancy dresses.
“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry.” There “You’d be surprised how much it costs
was black and white footage of Hank to look this cheap,” she says. As a child

I
t was 1992 singing, then the birth of his son, Hank Dolly was performing on TV for $20 a
when a Jr., then Hank Sr.’s death at age 29. By week while her family didn’t have a TV.
friend asked then I was sitting down. And even if they had a TV, it wouldn’t
me to a Tim Ken Burns’ style uses footage do any good because what’s a TV with-
McGraw con- taken by what looks like one of those out electricity?
cert at the MSU old home “movie cameras” — kind of On the other hand, Kris Kristoffer-
Coliseum with scratchy with poor lighting, yet purely son was a brilliant student, a Rhodes
free tickets. I amazing in its authenticity. Scholar majoring in literature, avid
said “Yes,” hav- He describes country music as a in several sports including a Golden
ing no idea who mix of many musical genres — cowboy, commentator said while tabloids try Globe boxer, football, rugby, track and
Tim McGraw western swing, Nashville sound, Ba- to get the dirt on celebrities, country field. He wrote poetry and magazine
was. By the kersfield (California), countrypolitan, music singers write a song about it and articles, was a successful songwriter
time we were Shannon Bardwell string bands, Appalachia, bluegrass, make big money. Think “Your Cheatin’ and actor, and served his country as a
on our way to with a little rock and roll and gospel. Heart,” by Hank Williams, supposed- U.S. helicopter pilot. He received the
the concert I was outfitted in cowboy It’s Saturday night and Sunday morn- ly describing his first wife, or Dolly American Veteran of the Year award
boots, jeans and a plaid shirt. When ing all connected, always morphing Parton who wrote a heartfelt “I Will in 2003. And I thought he was just a
Garth Brooks came in 1992 as County into something else. Always Love You,” to Porter Wagner — heartthrob crooning to Barbra Strei-
Music Entertainer of the Year, I was Burns looks at the early lives of not for leaving a lover but for leaving sand in “A Star is Born.”
there. Then my interest in big concerts singers like Johnny Cash, Loretta a partner, a best friend, a mentor, who PBS is currently streaming “Coun-
and country music waned, maybe be- Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Emmylou had guided her career and didn’t want try Music” online, and it is available on
cause the Coliseum’s concerts did, too. Harris, Jimmie Rodgers, Waylon to let her go. Who wouldn’t tear up over DVD, Blu-ray and CDs at pbs.org.
So, when I heard Ken Burns’ documen- Jennings, Willie Nelson, Tanya Tucker, that? Email reaches Shannon Bardwell of
tary “Country Music” was to air on PBS the Carter Family and on and on. One Dolly showed herself self-deprecat- Columbus at msdeltachild@msn.com.

Other Editors

Opening schools during

storm was chaos but
not incompetence
A viral video of elementary students, clutching
lunchboxes while traversing a narrow catwalk of
benches assembled down a flooded school hallway,
has provoked varying reactions.
One is that Houston ISD’s decision to hold
classes Thursday (Sept. 19) in the wake of Tropical
Storm Imelda was a maddening mistake that put
young children, and later their parents, who braved
sloshing streets to pick them up, in danger.
Another is that some ingenious teacher at
Durham Elementary has learned the chief lesson
of an increasingly erratic pattern of torrential rain
events to hit our flood-prone metropolis: adapt.
Beyond them both is another realization: We
have become a city without refuge.
There are no more certain shelters from these
storms. So-called biblical events have become
mere bookmarks in a new testament to climate
reality.
High ground, as much as it ever existed, is an
ever-fluid notion. Danger is not neatly confined or
defined by floodways or zones or plains. The peril
we used to measure in the trickle of centuries is
now gushing in yearly increments.
Last week, Imelda’s rains struck those still
rebuilding from Hurricane Harvey — and those
spared by that historic storm. In terms of patterns State of the nation
and predictions, experts continue to do their best,
but basically, we’re off the grid.
While the frustrations of parents and staff over
districts’ decisions last week are understandable,
Trump makes Captain Queeg look
so too is the impossible position of a superinten-
dent trying to outguess a moving target.
Was Houston ISD’s decision to hold classes
like Captain Kirk
Thursday really “gross incompetence,” as a sixth- Only the ball bear- charges that White his luck too far. It called to mind a
grade East End teacher and union leader tweeted? ings were missing. House officials, at the Motown refrain. “Nowhere to run
Should HISD interim Superintendent Grenita The reference, for direction of White to, baby. Nowhere to hide.”
Lathan and others have known after a predawn those who don’t know, House lawyers, Indeed. The rat stood cornered.
call with Harris County emergency management is to Humphrey Boga- attempted to bury the The wizard stood revealed. The
officials that they’d be inviting chaos and putting rt’s performance as the incriminating notes emperor stood naked.
parents and kids in harm’s way? emotionally unstable in a computer system And you could only think to
“Thank you for helping our families,” HISD Captain Queeg in the meant for the preser- yourself: For this? Really?
trustee Diana Davila tweeted sarcastically to 1954 film “The Caine vation of top-secret For this, 63 million American
Lathan that day, linking to images of firefighters Mutiny.” In a pivotal material, rather than voters deluded themselves?
helping families on flooded roads. scene, Bogart vividly placing them in the For this, right-wing pundits
Blame isn’t that easy to assign. Safety is a calcu- etches the captain’s system where such prostituted their credibility?
lation these days, not a constant. mental disintegra- Leonard Pitts documents ordinarily For this, Republicans debased
“You’re damned if you do and damned if you tion, rambling on the are stored. The word their honor?
don’t,” said Alief Superintendent H.D. Chambers, witness stand about for that is “cover-up” For this, public officials broke
who was on the same 3 a.m. call as Lathan and also strawberries and tow lines and the and it indicates, by definition, an public trust?
chose to keep schools open. In some cases, he said, supposed lies of his subordinates. awareness of guilt. For this?
school is the safest place because children may be All the while he toys, ceaselessly, Perhaps it was that awareness Sadly, yes. As a result, we con-
left home alone if parents have to report to work. unconsciously obsessively, with a — or, more likely, just the fear tend with an unbridled corruption
The calls are getting harder to make, though. handful of ball bearings. that he was finally caught — that — not just in the sense of illegal
“I know this,” Chambers told the editorial The scene is called to mind by accounted for Trump’s Wednesday behavior, but also in the sense of
board. “We don’t have regular rain storms any- Donald Trump’s Wednesday news performance. Whatever it was, decay and decomposition. We are
more hardly. We have rain events. They’re much conference at the United Nations. he made Captain Queeg look like a nation rotting from within. And
more intense. They happen so fast. We have to It was supposed to be a summation Captain Kirk, rambling on with no finally, finally, maybe, we’ve had
make these calls in a split second.” of his trip to the world body, but energy and less conviction about enough. Finally, finally, maybe this
Jason Spencer, who handled communications the encounter was dominated by his innocence, his mistreatment attempt to induce a foreign power
for both HISD and Aldine ISD in the past and now the scandal that has subsumed his by the media, his unappreciated to meddle in an American election
does so at the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, said presidency and reignited impeach- greatness. is the bridge too far, the Rubicon
the department was loading kids on trucks who ment talk in Congress. There were the usual insults, crossed, the straw that broke the
were trying to walk home Thursday. Still, he puts Trump denied having done the usual complaints, the usual donkey’s back. Maybe — dare we
the risk in context. what he is accused of, i.e., pressur- grandiose claims, resentments, hope? — the elephant’s too.
“At the end of the day, I’m not aware of any ing Ukrainian President Volody- non sequiturs, deflections and wild “Impeachment for that?”
kids getting hurt, anybody dying because of the myr Zelensky in a July telephone accusations. But his demeanor was scoffed Trump on Wednesday.
decision to have school. It caught a lot of people call to launch an unfounded that of an oldies band stumbling And no, one would not have been
off guard,” Spencer said. “The easy thing to do is investigation into a political rival, through its greatest hits. It was surprised to see him pull out the
to close and throw up our hands and say, ‘Parents, Democratic presidential candidate painful to watch, palpably pathet- ball bearings.
you deal with it.’ They chose to do the hard thing. I Joe Biden and Biden’s son Hunt- ic. You wanted to turn away, and It’s not just the country that’s
have a hard time bashing them for that.” er. Notes from the conversation, could not. rotting from within.
So do we. Imelda did indeed take an “unfore- released Wednesday, make clear One had a sense that maybe Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the
seen turn,” as Lathan noted in a letter to parents. how much credence should be the cat had run out of lives, that a 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commen-
Such turns are no longer the exception. They’re afforded Trump’s protestations of man who has, in a political sense, tary, is a columnist for the Miami
the rule. innocence. Which is to say, none. escaped more death traps than Herald. Email him at lpitts@
Houston (Texas) Chronicle Even worse were Thursday’s Indiana Jones, had finally pushed miamiherald.com.
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AROUND THE WORLD

China’s Xi renews commitment

to Hong Kong amid protests
The Associated Pres
BEIJING — Chinese Communist
Party leader and President Xi Jinping
on Monday renewed his government’s
commitment to allowing Hong Kong to
manage its own affairs amid continu-
ing anti-government protests in the
semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
Xi made his remarks at a reception
on the eve of a massive celebration of
the People’s Republic’s 70th anniversa-
ry that threatens to be marred by clash-
es between police and anti-government
demonstrators in Hong Kong.
Demonstrators and police clashed
for a second straight day on Sunday in
Hong Kong, sparking further chaos in
the city’s business and shopping belt
and drawing fears of more ugly scenes
during the weeklong National Day hol-
iday.
“We will continue to fully and faith-
fully implement the principles of ‘One
country, two systems’ (and) ‘Hong
Kong people administering Hong
Kong,’’’ Xi said according to a printed
copy of his remarks.
China’s approach is to ensure that
Hong Kong and its fellow semi-auton-
omous region of Macao “prosper and
progress alongside the mainland and
embrace an even brighter future,” Xi
said.
Earlier Monday, Xi led other top offi-
cials in paying respects to the founder
of the Communist state, Mao Zedong,
ahead of the massive celebrations em-
phasizing China’s rise to global prom-
inence.
The unusual move saw Xi bow three
times to Mao’s statue at his mausoleum
in the center of Beijing’s Tiananmen
Square and pay his respects to Mao’s
embalmed corpse, which has lain in
state in the hulking chamber since soon
after his death in 1976. It was believed
to be the first visit to the mausoleum
by Xi and other officials since 2013, the
120th anniversary of Mao’s birth.
Xi also ascended the nearby Mon-
ument to the People’s Heroes to pay
further tribute on what has been desig-
nated Martyr’s Day, just ahead of Tues-
day’s National Day festivities, which
will be marked by a massive military
parade through the center of the city of
20 million people.
Along with other top party officials,
more than 4,000 Chinese, including
elderly military veterans and retired
senior officials, “relatives of martyrs,
honorees of national medals and honor-
ary titles,” and members of the party’s
youth organization visited the monu-
ment to lay flowers and wreaths.
Sept. 30 was designated Martyr’s
Day by China’s legislature in 2014, a
year after Xi became president and be-
gan redoubling propaganda efforts to
promote patriotism and glorify the par-
ty, as well as to cultivate a cult of per-
sonality surrounding himself unseen
since the time of Mao.
The nationwide celebrations seek
to highlight China’s enormous trans-
formation from an impoverished state
ravaged by Japan’s World War II inva-
sion and a following civil war into the
world’s second-largest economy. China
now sits on the cutting edge of break-
through technologies such as artificial
intelligence and 5G communications
and its growing military and diplomatic
clout increasingly challenges U.S. lead-
ership.

TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Monday, Sept.
30, the 273rd day of 2019.
There are 92 days left in
the year.
Today’s Highlight
in History:
On Sept. 30, 1777, the
Continental Congress —
forced to flee in the face of
advancing British forces
— moved to York, Penn-
sylvania.
On this date:
In 1399, England’s
King Richard II was de-
posed by Parliament; he
was succeeded by his
cousin, Henry of Boling-
broke, who was crowned
as King Henry IV.
In 1938, after co-sign-
ing the Munich Agree-
ment allowing Nazi
annexation of Czechoslo-
vakia’s Sudetenland, Brit-
ish Prime Minister Nev-
ille Chamberlain said, “I
believe it is peace for our
time.”
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the Friends of Noxubee
National Wildlife Refuge
board.
The group of nine fin-
ished the project in much
less time than the origi-
nal group of three would
have, and Williams asked
while they worked if there
were other volunteer op-
portunities, Maples said.
He came back a week
later, without any fellow
students but with his fa-
ther who was visiting for
the MSU football game
against the University of
Kentucky. They worked
with two other volunteers
to carry three trailers’
worth of canoes down a
gravel slope to the wa-
ter’s edge. Williams later Tess Vrbin/Dispatch Staff
demonstrated proper pad- Drew Williams, left, a junior at Mississippi State University, demonstrates proper
dling techniques to two canoe paddling technique to Udayan Manikandan and Maitreyee Rawat while John
canoeing novices. Williams, Drew’s father, listens.
He developed “an ap-
preciation for the woods” samples, tree measure- wildlife areas Williams always find some spot
as a Boy Scout, and ments and wildlife dam- especially enjoys are Nat- where you find solace and
though he was a civil en- age management. Some chez Trace in Mississippi, peace out here that you
gineering major when he of those classes have Sipsey Wilderness in Al- can’t find when you’re sur-
started school at MSU, “I taken place at the wildlife abama and Big Bend Na- rounded by people,” Wil-
always had forestry in the refuge, which he said is tional Park and Bastrop liams said. “There’s just
back of my mind,” he said. well-managed compared State Park in Texas. something about nature
His coursework in the to some others. “(In) outdoor areas specifically that restores
field has included soil A few other parks and such as this, you can more than anything else.”

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Street North where the fo- equally and with respect. fice for more than 20 years particular said he wants
rum was held. Wallace said his No. 1 pri- emphasized her focus on to be more visible both
“I really think the coun- ority would be tackling the customer service. with LCSO and with area
ty, we could have done a county’s drug problem. Mickens, a three-term schools.
little bit more for the city “About 80 percent of city councilman for Ward Also in attendance were
when the storms come crime in this area is fueled 2, admitted to not knowing Libertarian candidates
through,” Pyle said. “I ac- by drugs,” Wallace said, much about how the chan- for the state Legislature
tually grew up on Shady adding he would like to cery clerk’s office worked, Vicky Rose and Danny
Street, just right down from look into implementing a but said the most import- Bedwell, who are running
here, and pass by here all drug rehabilitation pro- ant thing is the clerk be for House District 37 rep-
the time. And to see all gram. able to manage people. resentative and District
this damage still sitting out Starks said one of his Democratic candidate 17 senator, respectively.
on the road, I really think priorities was working for sheriff Anthony Nelson Tax assessor/collector
that something could have with youth, preferably by said he would emphasize
Greg Andrews’ wife Alicia
been done differently.” implementing more pro- community policing for
also attended to speak for
His sentiment was grams for them through Lowndes County Sheriff’s
Greg Andrews, who could
echoed a few minutes lat- the schools and other Office if he were elected.
not attend because he was
er by Trip Hairston, who community organizations. Constable candidates
“Nothing would suit me also spoke about their sick.
is running as a Republican
more than to not have any intention to work more C olu mbus - L ow nde s
for District 2 supervisor,
and Marty Turner, who is youth in our youth court,” closely both with the pub- County League of Voters
running as an independent he said. lic and with law enforce- will host another forum at
for District 5 supervisor Goode, who has ment. 6 p.m. today at the Colum-
against Democratic incum- worked in current Chan- District 2 candidate bus Municipal Complex.
bent Leroy Brooks, who cery Clerk Lisa Neese’s of- Spence Wallingford in
did not attend. Current
District 2 Supervisor Bill
Brigham is not running for
a third term on the board.
“We’re divided by
wards, districts, city vers-
es county,” Turner said. “...
What I would like for us to
do is erase some of those
lines.”
Hairston agreed, saying
he would like to see an in-
tergovernmental body of
county and city officials
meet at least quarterly,
and added he also wants
to focus on recruiting busi-
nesses and emphasizing
aspects of the community
that make it a good place
to live.
He pointed out Lown-
des County’s population
has remained flat — and
Columbus’ has decreased
— while other parts of Mis-
sissippi are growing, even
though Lowndes County
has infrastructure and in-
dustrial resources to be
successful.
“We need to answer the
question why is that hap-
pening,” he said.

Other candidates
The supervisor candi-
dates were three of 14 who
spoke at the forum, which
was only attended by 10
people. Dispatch Manag-
ing Editor Zack Plair mod-
erated the forum, which
lasted a little more than an
hour and was sponsored
by the Columbus-Lown-
des Federation of Demo-
cratic Women and Mem-
phis Town Community
Builders.
Opponents facing each
other on the stage were
Republican Steve Wallace
and Democrat William
Starks, both running for
county prosecutor; Repub-
lican Cindy Egger Goode
and Democrat Joseph
Mickens, both running for
chancery clerk; and Dem-
ocrat Jake Umbers and
Republican Chris Griffin,
who are running for Dis-
trict 1 constable.
Both Wallace and
Starks emphasized the
need for the county pros-
ecutor to treat everyone
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Saints top Cowboys in 12-10 defensive struggle

NEW ORLEANS —
Vonn Bell’s forced fumble
and two recoveries helped
the Saints stifle a Dallas
offense that had rolled
through its first three
games, and Wil Lutz
kicked four field goals to
lift New Orleans to a 12-10
victory over the Cowboys
on Sunday night.
Dallas came in with
the NFL’s third-ranked
running game, averaging
179 yards, and had scored
no fewer than 31 points in
a game. The Cowboys met
much more resistance in
Derick E. Hingle/USA TODAY Sports the Superdome, where
New Orleans Saints defensive tackle David Onyemata (93) and defensive end Cam- the Saints’ defensive front
eron Jordan (94) pressure Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) during the was bolstered by the re-
fourth quarter at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. turn of defensive tackle
Sheldon Rankins from an with 2 seconds left. But
Achilles tendon tear that his desperation heave was
had sidelined him since rushed by blitzing rookie
January. defensive back C.J. Gard-
Dallas managed just 45 ner-Johnson and safety
yards on the ground. Marcus Williams came
“Hats off to the de- down with an interception
fense,” said Saints quar- for New Orleans’ third
terback Teddy Bridgewa- forced turnover of the
ter, who improved to 2-0 game.
as starter in place of in- While Brees watched
jured record-setter Drew from the sideline because
Brees. “In this league we of recent surgery on his
know how hard it is to win right thumb, Bridgewa-
football games and no one ter went 23 of 30 for 193
said it had to be pretty.” yards. He was intercept-
Dak Prescott gave
ed for the first time this
Dallas (3-1) one last shot
season, albeit on an ac-
when he found Randall
curate pass that bounced
Cobb over the middle for
off of Ted Ginn Jr.’s hands
32 yards to the Cowboys
48 and spiked the ball See football, 3B

prep softball Portnoy’s Playbook

Columbus High
slow-pitch
softball just
won a district
title, and the
Falcons aren’t
done yet
By Theo DeRosa
tderosa@cdispatch.com

It’s not hard to see

why the Columbus High
School slow-pitch softball
team isn’t likely to for-
get its Sept. 3 win at New
Hope anytime soon.
Against the crosstown
rival Trojans, as of this
year a district opponent,
the Falcons got out to an
11-1 start, but New Hope
cut the lead to 11-7. Colum-
bus stretched it to 18-7, but
New Hope went on a huge
run to take a 21-18 lead
going into the seventh
and final inning of a game
with more back-and-forth
action than your average
tennis match..
“It was like we’d be
up, and then they’ll come John Reed/USA TODAY Sports

back,” Columbus senior Auburn Tigers quarterback Bo Nix (10) is pressured by by Mississippi State Bulldogs cornerback Maurice Smitherman (8) during the first
outfielder Krishuana Je- quarter Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

Dissecting MSU’s nightmare start

throw said. “We’ll go up
again, and they’ll come
back up.”
But the visiting Falcons
strung together base hit
after base hit, keeping the
line moving to tally eight
runs in the seventh and
holding the Trojans to just
one score to notch a 26-22
win.
“That game was the
best game,” senior sec-
ond baseman LaPorshia
Brown said. “It showed
our ability and what we are
definitely capable of.”
The exciting comeback
win, Columbus’ second in
two games against New
Hope, may be the Falcons’
finest moment from an
outstanding season that’s
not over yet. Columbus
went 8-1 in its district this
season, taking the district
title Thursday on senior
night against Caledonia,
and the Falcons are set to
open the playoffs at home
on Saturday.
“The season that we’ve
had so far has been the
best season since I’ve
been playing softball,”
senior outfielder C’Asia
Grayer said.
For coach Eric Thorn-
ton, in his seventh year
coaching the Falcons’
slow-pitch team, the
smashing success may not
have been expected, but it
is surely welcome.
Columbus hadn’t won
a district title since 2015,
finishing second behind
Tupelo in each of the
See softball, 3B
By Ben Portnoy three scores just more of a 22-yard completion look to throw.” “And to come out and
bportnoy@cdispatch.com than six minutes into to Seth Williams and a The final nail in spot them 21 before the
the game. personal foul penalty on MSU’s proverbial coffin band even gets in their
STARK VILLE — The first touchdown Morgan — one of five came on Schwartz’s 13- seats you don’t give
Welcome back to anoth- of the afternoon came Bulldog penalties in the yard touchdown scam- yourself a chance —
er edition of Portnoy’s on a 30 -yard rush by first five minutes of the per. you’re fighting fighting
Playbook. Whitlow. With the MSU game. With Nix lined up in out of the corner for the
As is the case each defense in nickel cov- With Whitlow to his the shotgun, Whitlow to whole game.”
week, this is a place in erage, Auburn lined up left, fullback Spencer his left, Nigh at up-back Though MSU still
which I’ll take what I three receivers to the Nigh standing as an up- again and one receiver had almost 54 minutes
deem to be the game-de- left of the formation. back and one receiver split out to either side, of game time remain-
fining play from the As the play com- split to either side of the Schwartz came in mo- ing, Auburn’s early on-
previous week’s contest menced, the MSU de- formation, Nix corralled tion from the left slot to slaught effectively end-
and do a thorough film fensive front pushed up- the snap. the backfield. ed the contest before it
breakdown of whatever field while Whitlow took On the left-hand edge Taking the snap, Nix even got going.
happened. the handoff and entered of the formation, MSU looked to be in a veer-op- In all, the Tigers
Speaking with the a one-on-one matchup defensive end Fletcher tion set. As Spencer rushed for 217 yards and
media postgame, Mis- with MSU junior corner Adams was the identi- crashed inside from at passed for another 361.
sissippi State coach Cameron Dantzler. Dip- fied option man. As he right defensive end po- Auburn also notched six
Joe Moorhead said he ping outside instead of crashed down the line sition, Nix handed the of its eight touchdowns
doesn’t see the value inside to try and set the toward the interior, Nix ball off to Schwartz who on the ground.
in entirely tossing out edge, Danzler’s move tucked the ball and ran had quickly made his For context, the
a game’s worth of film left the middle of the toward the edge. way midway across the Bulldogs have allowed
— even when his team field wide open. With linebackers Aar- field. an average of 196 rush
was run off the field Sat- Shooting the gap, on Brule, Erroll Thomp- Upfield, MSU line- yards in games against
urday in a 56 -23 loss at Whitlow hit the hole and son and defensive end backer Aaron Bule was Auburn, Kentucky and
No. 7 Auburn. That said, beat MSU junior safety Marquiss Spencer clos- taken out with a low, Kansas State the past
neither will I. C.J. Morgan to the pylon ing in near the right cor- cut block. With run- three weeks. Saturday
Instead, I’ve got not for the game’s opening ner of the end zone, Nix ning back Malik Miller, also marked the first
one, but three (!) plays touchdown. dove headfirst across receiver Seth Williams time they allowed a 300 -
to breakdown with you Whitlow also crashed the goal line for a score. and left tackle No. 76 yard passer since al-
today — all of which into “Jak,” MSU’s famed “I feel like they had lead blocking Thomp- lowing 320 yards to Ole
promptly destroyed any Bulldog mascot, as he a great game plan and, son, Morgan, and senior Miss’ Shea Patterson
potential chance MSU entered the end zone — overall, I feel that’s what safety Maurice Smither- Nov. 26, 2016.
had at an upset. an ironic foreshadowing gave us our biggest man, Schwartz simply With a rush defense
For those of you who of the Tigers’ romp of challenge because he followed his blocks into that has been noticeably
caught Saturday’s abso- the Bulldogs. was just on point,” ju- the end zone as Auburn porous and a second-
lute demolition, it was As Twitter explod- nior defensive end Kobe took a 21-0 lead 6:01 into ary that is admittedly
three quick Auburn ed with well-wishes for Jones said of Nix. “He’s the game. banged up, the Auburn
touchdowns by Jatar- the beloved pooch, Nix didn’ make a bad read. “We went into the loss was a glimpse of
vious Whitlow, Bo Nix again brought the Au- He was just confident, week talking about how what could be a long
and Anthony Schwartz burn offense into the whether he was going to small the margin of er- season defensively in
that put MSU behind red zone with by way tuck and run or run (or) ror is,” Moorhead said. Starkville.
2B Monday, SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
BRIEFLY Manager Joe Maddon won’t be back with Cubs next season
Under-Par Final Round Propels Dawgs The Associated Press
to Third at Schooner Fall Classic
Mississippi State women’s golf rallied in the third From the moment Joe Mad-
round of the Schooner Fall Classic, stringing together don joined the Chicago Cubs,
eight birdies in the final four holes to record a 3-under taking the reins in a Wrig-
par 277 en route to a third-place finish. leyville bar five years ago, he
MSU entered the day in sixth place, but the
Bulldogs shot 5-under on the back nine of the par-70,
talked about winning.
6,048-yard Belmar Golf Club on Sunday. The late push He was the right manager
earned State its best finish of the season and gave the at the right time for a franchise
team plenty of momentum heading into the Magnolia that had experienced mostly
Invitational in two weeks.
terrible timing for more than
“We have been trending in this direction since our
first event,” said head coach Ginger Brown-Lemm. “We a century. Right until his time
have been waiting and watching for the day it all comes in Chicago ran out.
together, and today was that day. We held our own The Cubs will have a new
through 20-mile per hour winds, but a struggling middle manager next season after
stretch of holes found us shaky. Our players were
Maddon and president of base-
determined to turn it around and did just that. We had
one exciting finish with eight birdies in the last four holes ball operations Theo Epstein
to working our way up to a third-place finish in a top-10 announced Sunday it was time
collegiate event.”
for a change after three years
Freshman Ashley Gilliam had an incredible day,
of declining results since the
carding a 65 and climbing 22 spots on the leaderboard
to finish the event tied for third. Shooting 5-under par on franchise’s historic World Se-
the day, the performance tied her for the second-best ries championship in 2016.
The situation was finalized
round ever by a freshman in Mississippi State history
and was the lowest score since teammate Aubree when Maddon and Epstein
Jones set the program record with a round of 6-under
met in Epstein’s hotel room
par at the Ocean Course Invite in 2017.
Overall, Gilliam finished the tournament 2-under after Saturday’s 8-6 victory at
par with a score of 208. After today, she has four rounds St. Louis, sharing some wine
of par or better already this season, which currently and reminiscing about their
places her at sixth on the all-time freshman list at MSU.
wildly successful partnership.
“I stayed really patient all week,” said Gilliam. “I was
hitting it well and hit a lot of fairways and greens but just Maddon’s contract expired
wasn’t dropping putts. I stuck with my process and got after Sunday’s season-ending
some putts to drop today.” 9-0 loss to the NL Central
Mississippi State returns to action on Sunday, champion Cardinals.
Oct. 13, for the Bulldogs’ home event, the Magnolia
Invitational, at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, “Change can help you
Mississippi. Teams will begin teeing off at 8 a.m. with grow,” Epstein said. “And Joe
admission being free for fans. said this change is going to
Bulldogs strike twice late to win help him grow and I feel it’s
going to help the Cubs grow,
on the road too.”
Monigo Karnley’s shot was perfect, and the reward
was sweet. The move begins what
The sophomore sent Mississippi State women’s could be an active offseason
soccer home with its first conference win away from for Chicago, and the 65-year-
home since 2017 with a rocket to the upper-90 in the
89th minute on Sunday afternoon. old Maddon once again be-
Karnley’s goal was State’s second in the final five
minutes of a physical, comeback effort against Ken-
tucky. In the 87th minute, Zakirah McGillivary attempted
Baseball
a shot from the left side of the box that was blocked but
made it through the traffic to the far post. American League
Hailey Farrington-Bentil had made a great run to East Division
W L Pct GB
find the loose ball and tapped it home for her second x-New York 103 59 .636 _
goal of the year to tie the match at one goal a side. y-Tampa Bay 96 66 .593 7
Boston 84 78 .519 19
“Obviously, an unbelievable effort by the girls,” Toronto 67 95 .414 36
head coach James Armstrong said. “Playing against a Baltimore 54 108 .333 49
Central Division
very good Kentucky team, we found ourselves 1-0 down W L Pct GB
and just didn’t quite get the bounces. We persevered
and kept getting chances. For this group to have two
x-Minnesota 101 61 .623 _
Cleveland
Chicago
93 69 .574 8
72 89 .447 28½
goals in the last five minutes says everything you need Kansas City 59 103 .364 42
Detroit 47 114 .292 53½
to know about this team. I can’t say enough words about West Division
how proud we are of them all.” W L Pct GB
x-Houston 107 55 .660 _
Kentucky opened the scoring with a penalty kick in y-Oakland 97 65 .599 10
the 17th minute. The Wildcats’ leading scorer Hannah Texas 78 84 .481 29
Los Angeles 72 90 .444 35
Richardson put the ball past Gabby English for a 1-0 Seattle 68 94 .420 39
lead. That remained the only goal for the majority of x-clinched division
y-clinched wild card
the match. Saturday’s Games
State outshot the Wildcats 7-4 in the first half and Baltimore 9, Boston 4
earned three corners while surrendering just one. The Minnesota 4, Kansas City 3
Chicago White Sox 7, Detroit 1, 1st game
Bulldogs turned on the pressure in the second half, Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 1
firing 12 shots. Karnley twice looked set to score in Washington 10, Cleveland 7
Detroit 4, Chicago White Sox 3, 2nd game
the box before going down, but State could not draw a Texas 9, N.Y. Yankees 4
penalty kick of its own. Oakland 1, Seattle 0
As the clock wound down following Farrington-Ben- Houston 6, L.A. Angels 3
Sunday’s Games
til’s tally, Karnley settled a loose ball around midfield and Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit 3
dribbled to the top of the box. She shot with her left foot Texas 6, N.Y. Yankees 1
Kansas City 5, Minnesota 4
and drove the ball just over the keeper’s hands into the Washington 8, Cleveland 2
top right corner of the net to win the match. Seattle 3, Oakland 1
MSU is now 3-0 on the road as the Bulldogs Toronto 8, Tampa Bay 3
Boston 5, Baltimore 4
claimed their first road win in conference play since a Houston 8, L.A. Angels 5
3-0 victory at Georgia in 2017. It was State’s first win
against Kentucky since 2015 and the Bulldogs first in
Lexington since 2004. National League
East Division
The Bulldogs will travel to Alabama next week to W L Pct GB
play on Friday night. Kickoff in Tuscaloosa is set for 7 x-Atlanta 97 65 .599 _
y-Washington 93 69 .574 4
p.m. CT on SEC Network+. New York 86 76 .531 11
MSU drops Sunday matchup to LSU Philadelphia 81 81 .500 16
Miami 57 105 .352 40
Central Division
Mississippi State volleyball fell in straight sets for W L Pct GB
just the first time in 2019 on Sunday, dropping its SEC x-St. Louis 91 71 .562 _
y-Milwaukee 89 73 .549 2
home opener to LSU at the Newell-Grissom Building. Chicago 84 78 .519 7
LSU (8-4, 2-0 SEC) opened with a 25-20 opening Cincinnati 75 87 .463 16
Pittsburgh 69 93 .426 22
set win. The Bulldogs (11-3, 0-2 SEC) kept it close in the West Division
final two frames, but the Tigers sneaked past in both. W L Pct GB
x-Los Angeles 106 56 .654 _
“It was not the best day on our home court,” MSU Arizona 85 77 .525 21
volleyball coach Julie Darty said. “We had tremendous San Francisco 77 85 .475 29
Colorado 71 91 .438 35
fan support, and we can definitely feel the energy of our San Diego 70 92 .432 36
fans, but I don’t feel like our team had that same energy, x-clinched division
y-clinched wild card
execution or focus that we had Friday night. Saturday’s Games
“It was one of those uncertain matches where we
L.A. Dodgers 2, San Francisco 0
Washington 10, Cleveland 7
really weren’t sure of ourselves, and that’s what we’re
trying to get away from. I thought we were a little tenta-
Philadelphia 9, Miami 3
N.Y. Mets 3, Atlanta 0
tive and hesitant. We have to be consistent all the time, Chicago Cubs 8, St. Louis 6
Colorado 3, Milwaukee 2, 10 innings
on the road, in our home court, in practice, in matches.” Arizona 6, San Diego 5
Sophomore Paige Shaw led State with nine kills on
Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 2, 12 innings
Sunday’s Games
a .273 hitting percentage. Senior Alleah Stamatis had
St. Louis 9, Chicago Cubs 0
24 assists, while junior Kanani Price tallied a team-best Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 1
14 digs in the libero jersey. Miami 4, Philadelphia 3
Washington 8, Cleveland 2
“Offensively, we have to produce better numbers,” Arizona 1, San Diego 0
Darty said. “We have to kill more balls and score more
L.A. Dodgers 9, San Francisco 0
N.Y. Mets 7, Atlanta 6, 11 innings
points. This week in practice, we’re going to work on all
Colorado 4, Milwaukee 3, 13 innings
of that while being more efficient in all those aspects.”
Mississippi State continues SEC play when in-state Playoff Glance
rival Ole Miss comes to Starkville on Friday, Oct. 4. WILD CARD
Friday’s match will be the first of four nationally televised Tuesday, Oct. 1: Milwaukee at Washington (Scher-
zer 11-7), 7:08 p.m. (TBS)
matches for MSU, airing on SEC Network. Wednesday, Oct. 2: Tampa Bay (Morton 16-6) at
SOURCE: From Special Reports Oakland, 7:09 p.m. (ESPN)
DIVISION SERIES
CALENDAR
(Best-of-5)
American League
Houston vs. Oakland-Tampa Bay winner
Friday, Oct. 4: Oakland-Tampa Bay winner at
Houston (FS1 or MLB)
Today Saturday, Oct. 5: Oakland-Tampa Bay winner at
Houston (FS1 or MLB)
Prep Softball Monday, Oct. 7: Houston at Oakland-Tampa Bay
Columbus at Houlka, 5/6:30 p.m. winner (FS1 or MLB)
x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: Houston at Oakland-Tampa Bay
College Volleyball winner (FS1)
Mississippi University for Women at x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Oakland-Tampa Bay winner
at Houston (FS1)
Mississippi Valley State, 6 p.m. N.Y. Yankees vs. Minnesota
Men’s College Golf Friday, Oct. 4: Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees (FS1
Mississippi University for Women at or MLB)
Saturday, Oct. 5: Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees (FS1
Owls Golf Invitational, 8 a.m. or MLB)
Prep Volleyball Monday, Oct. 7: N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota (FS1
Caledonia at Mooreville, 6:30 p.m. or MLB)
x-Tuesday, Oct. 8: N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota (
(FS1)
x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees
(FS1)
on the air
L.A. Dodgers vs. Washington-Milwaukee
winner
Thursday, Oct. 3: Washington-Milwaukee winner
at L.A. Dodgers (TBS)
Today Friday, Oct. 4: Washington-Milwaukee winner at
L.A. Dodgers (TBS)
NBA BASKETBALL Sunday, Oct. 6: L.A. Dodgers at Washington-Mil-
waukee winner (TBS)
7 p.m. — Preseason: Shanghai at x-Monday, Oct. 7: L.A. Dodgers at Washing-
Houston, NBA; ton-Milwaukee winner (TBS)
NFL FOOTBALL x-Wednesday, Oct. 9: Washington-Milwaukee win-
ner at L.A. Dodgers (TBS)
7 p.m. — Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, Atlanta vs. St. Louis
ESPN Thursday, Oct. 3: St. Louis at Atlanta (TBS)
Friday, Oct. 4: St, Louis at Atlanta (TBS)
RUGBY Sunday, Oct. 6: Atlanta at St. Louis (TBS)
5 a.m. — World Cup 2019: Scotland vs. x-Monday, Oct. 7: Atlanta at St. Louis (TBS)
Samoa, Pool A, Kobe, Japan, NBCSN x-Wednesday, Oct. 9: St. Louis at Atlanta (TBS)
SOCCER (MEN’S)
1:55 p.m. — Premier League: Arsenal
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Best-of-7)
at Manchester United, NBCSN American League
Saturday, Oct. 12 (Fox or FS1)
TENNIS Sunday, Oct. 13 (Fox or FS1)
5 a.m. — ATP/WTA: The Rakuten Japan Tuesday, Oct. 15 (Fox or FS1)
Wednesday, Oct. 16 (Fox or FS1)
Open & The China Open, Early Rounds,
x-Thursday, Oct. 17 (Fox or FS1)
TENNIS x-Saturday, Oct. 19 (Fox or FS1)
x-Sunday, Oct. 20 (Fox or FS1)
9 p.m. — ATP/WTA: The Rakuten Japan National League
Open & The China Open, Early Rounds, Friday, Oct. 11 (TBS)
TENNIS Saturday, Oct. 12 (TBS)
Monday, Oct. 14 (TBS)
Tuesday, Oct. 15 (TBS)
x-Wednesday, Oct. 16 (TBS)
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comes one of baseball’s top
free agents.
“I want to continue to do
this, whatever’s next out
there, I want to be able to be
on top of that too,” said Mad-
don, who has used everything
from petting zoos to T-shirts
with slogans like “Embrace
The Target” and “Do Simple
Better” to help his teams over
the years.
“All of it’s been positive,
man, and it’s been interesting,
entertaining and quite frankly
for this time of year, feeling
pretty good, feeling pretty ea-
ger about everything, so it’s
been a good year.”
While Maddon is out after
five seasons, he is tied to Chi-
cago forever after managing
the Cubs to the 2016 champi-
onship for the franchise’s first
title in 108 years.
Chicago also made it to the
NL Championship Series in
2015 and 2017, but it lost in the
wild-card round last October
and tumbled out of the play-
off race altogether this year.
Weighed down by a puzzling
discrepancy between their 51
wins at Wrigley Field and 33
road victories, the Cubs fin-
ished third in the NL Central.
“You look at the home and
road splits and what we’ve
done on the road ... I mean
these are like some really cra-
zy, hard-to-wrap-your-mind-
around things,” Maddon said
this month. “I don’t know if
x-Friday, Oct. 18 (TBS)
x-Saturday, Oct. 19 (TBS)
WORLD SERIES
(Best-of-7)
Tuesday, Oct. 22: at better record (Fox)
Wednesday, Oct. 23: at better record (Fox)
Friday, Oct. 25: at worse record (Fox)
Saturday, Oct. 26: at worse record (Fox)
x-Sunday, Oct. 27: at worse record (Fox)
x-Tuesday, Oct. 29: at better record (Fox)
x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: at better record (Fox)
Auto
NASCAR
Monster Energy Cup Bank of America ROVAL 400
Results
Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course
Concord, N.C.
Lap length: 2.28 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (19) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 109 laps, 52
points.
2. (2) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 109, 35.
3. (6) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 109, 43.
4. (5) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 109, 49.
5. (11) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 109, 46.
6. (1) William Byron, Chevrolet, 109, 41.
7. (8) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 109, 34.
8. (9) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 109, 35.
9. (4) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 109, 35.
10. (3) Joey Logano, Ford, 109, 34.
11. (18) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 109, 26.
12. (22) Michael McDowell, Ford, 109, 30.
13. (7) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 109, 34.
14. (16) Aric Almirola, Ford, 109, 27.
15. (29) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 109, 22.
16. (10) Paul Menard, Ford, 109, 23.
17. (21) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 109, 20.
18. (12) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 109, 19.
19. (28) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 109, 18.
20. (23) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 109, 17.
21. (14) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 109, 16.
22. (37) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 109, 0.
23. (30) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 109, 14.
24. (25) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 109, 13.
25. (36) Matt Tifft, Ford, 109, 12.
26. (40) Parker Kligerman, Toyota, 109, 0.
27. (26) Corey Lajoie, Ford, 109, 10.
28. (32) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 109, 0.
29. (31) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet, 109, 0.
30. (33) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 109, 0.
31. (39) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 109, 0.
32. (24) Ryan Newman, Ford, 109, 5.
33. (20) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 109, 4.
34. (13) Daniel Suarez, Ford, 108, 7.
35. (27) David Ragan, Ford, 108, 2.
36. (35) Garrett Smithley, Ford, axle, 100, 0.
37. (17) Kyle Busch, Toyota, suspension, 99, 1.
38. (34) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, suspension, 83, 0.
39. (38) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, electrical,
66, 1.
40. (15) Erik Jones, Toyota, accident, 23, 1.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 75.496 mph.
Time of Race: 3 hours, 20 minutes, 58 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 3.024 seconds.
Caution Flags: 10 for 0 laps.
Lead Changes: 13 among 9 drivers.
Lap Leaders: W.Byron 0-21; K.Larson 22-26;
J.Logano 27-30; C.Elliott 31-42; M.Truex 43;
C.Bowyer 44-45; B.Keselowski 46-48; C.Elliott
49-64; K.Harvick 65-75; W.Byron 76-77; C.Elliott
78; D.Hemric 79-80; K.Harvick 81-103; C.Elliott
104-109
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led):
C.Elliott, 4 times for 35 laps; K.Harvick, 2 times
for 34 laps; W.Byron, 2 times for 23 laps; K.Lar-
son, 1 time for 5 laps; J.Logano, 1 time for 4 laps;
B.Keselowski, 1 time for 3 laps; C.Bowyer, 1 time
for 2 laps; D.Hemric, 1 time for 2 laps; M.Truex, 1
time for 1 lap.
Wins: M.Truex, 6; D.Hamlin, 4; Ky.Busch, 4; C.El-
liott, 3; K.Harvick, 3; B.Keselowski, 3; J.Logano, 2;
A.Bowman, 1; Ku.Busch, 1; E.Jones, 1.
Top 16 in Points: 1. C.Elliott, 3076; 2. M.Truex,
3075; 3. K.Harvick, 3071; 4. B.Keselowski, 3070;
5. J.Logano, 3063; 6. D.Hamlin, 3048; 7. Ky.Bus-
ch, 3047; 8. W.Byron, 3042; 9. K.Larson, 3040; 10.
R.Blaney, 3039; 11. A.Almirola, 3028; 12. R.New-
man, 3005; 13. C.Bowyer, 2098; 14. A.Bowman,
2086; 15. Ku.Busch, 2056; 16. E.Jones, 2009.
NASCAR Driver Rating Formula
A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.
The formula combines the following categories:
Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Run-
ning Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed
Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-
Lap Finish.
College Football
SEC Glance
East
Conference All Games
W L PF PA W L PF PA
Florida 2 0 63 24 5 0 170 44
Georgia 1 0 30 6 4 0 171 40
Missouri 1 0 34 14 3 1 153 58
Kentucky 0 3 41 81 2 3 104 101
South Carolina 1 2 61 88 2 3 110 98
Tennessee 0 1 3 34 1 3 129 115
Vanderbilt 0 2 44 96 1 3 92 156
West
Conference All Games
Alabama
W L PF PA W L PF PA
2 0 106 54 5 0 259
74
Auburn 2 0 84 43 5 0 190 86
LSU 1 0 66 38 4 0 231 93
Mississippi St 1 1 51 69 3 2 151 143
Ole Miss 1 1 62 76 2 3 132 148
Texas A&M 1 1 51 55 3 2 164 89
Arkansas 0 2 44 62 2 3 143 140
Saturday’s Games
Texas A&M 31, Arkansas 27
Vanderbilt 24, N. Illinois 18
Alabama 59, Ole Miss 31
Florida 38, Towson 0
Auburn 56, Mississippi St. 23
South Carolina 24, Kentucky 7
Saturday, Oct. 5
Utah St. at LSU, 11 a.m.
Auburn at Florida, 2:30 p.m.
Troy at Missouri, 3 p.m.
Georgia at Tennessee, 6 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m.
Pro Football
NFL Glance
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 4 0 0 1.000 122 27
Buffalo 3 1 0 .750 76 63
N.Y. Jets
Miami
0 3 0 .000 33 70
0 4 0 .000 26 163
South
Houston
W L T Pct PF PA
2 2 0 .500 78 78
Indianapolis 2 2 0 .500 94 102
Jacksonville 2 2 0 .500 84 84
Tennessee 2 2 0 .500 91 62
somebody’s going to dig deep- a costly mistake.
ly enough to really figure it Even with the disappoint-
out, but it’s really, just to have ing finish each of the past two
your mind try to extrapolate years, Maddon likely will have
what is going on here, it’s hard plenty of suitors. And there
to pinpoint anything.” will be a ton of interest in the
The Cubs were in position Cubs’ job.
to make the playoffs for much “Oh yeah, I don’t want to
of this season. They had a wait. I’m ready,” Maddon said.
half-game lead in the NL Cen- The last time Maddon was
tral on Aug. 22. They had con- available, Epstein fired Rick
trol of an NL wild card into Renteria after just one year to
September. create an opening in Chicago.
But a nine-game slide, Maddon’s arrival in Novem-
including five consecutive ber 2014 coincided with the
one-run losses for the first
ascent of an impressive wave
time since 1915, wiped out of prospects. A month after
their postseason chances and
Maddon signed on, Jon Lester
sealed Maddon’s fate.
joined the Cubs in free agen-
“We just weren’t able to get
cy, and the team took off from
over the hump,” he said.
there.
Per the Cubs’ request, Mad-
Chicago won 103 games on
don employed a more hands-
its way to the NL Central title
on approach this year, espe-
cially on the hitting side, but three years ago. After elimi-
nating San Francisco and the
the lineup was still plagued
by inconsistency. There also Los Angeles Dodgers in the
were surprising fielding and playoffs, the Cubs stopped
baserunning issues given the their championship drought
by beating the Cleveland Indi-
Cubs’ strength in those areas
since Maddon took over. ans in a memorable Game 7 in
With Maddon gone, the fo- the World Series.
cus turns to Epstein, and the “It’s hard to express kind
of how (it) feels. You kind of
club’s continued inability to
develop pitching help for the feel like it could be an end of
major league roster. Yu Dar- an era,” said veteran utility-
vish rediscovered his form man Ben Zobrist, who played
after it looked as if the Japa- for Maddon in Tampa Bay and
nese right-hander might have Chicago. “When I look at my
trouble living up to his $126 career, he’s at the top. ... Joe’s
million, six-year contract, but a special person. Those kind
reliever Brandon Morrow’s of people, let alone managers,
$21 million, two-year deal was don’t come along very often.”
North Punts 2-44.0 1-41.0 1-9, Metcalf 1-6. Arizona, D.Johnson 8-99, Fitz-
W L T Pct PF PA Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 gerald 5-47, Kirk 4-37, K.Johnson 2-19, Williams
Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 89 91 Penalties-Yards 12-99 13-106 1-21, Sherfield 1-15, Clay 1-3.
Baltimore 2 2 0 .500 135 100 Time of Possession 32:36 27:24 MISSED FIELD GOALS_Arizona, Gonzalez 43,
Cincinnati 0 3 0 .000 54 83 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Gonzalez 48.
Pittsburgh 0 3 0 .000 49 85 RUSHING_Tampa Bay, Jones 19-70, Barber
West 9-19, Ogunbowale 1-0, Winston 1-(minus 1).
W L T Pct PF PA Los Angeles, Gurley 5-16, Brown 5-14, Kupp Chiefs 34, Lions 30
Kansas City 4 0 0 1.000 135 94 Kansas City 0 13 7 14—34
Oakland 2 2 0 .500 79 102
1-(minus 2).
Detroit 10 3 10 7—30
PASSING_Tampa Bay, Winston 28-41-1-385.
L.A. Chargers 2 2 0 .500 90 74
Los Angeles, Goff 45-68-3-517. First Quarter
Denver 0 4 0 .000 70 93 Det_FG Prater 25, 9:22.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE RECEIVING_Tampa Bay, Godwin 12-172, M.Ev-
Det_Hockenson 5 pass from Stafford (Prater
East ans 4-89, Brate 3-36, O.Howard 3-33, Ogunbow-
Dallas
W L T Pct PF PA
3 1 0 .750 107 56
ale 3-16, Wilson 1-14, Watson 1-13, Jones 1-12.
Los Angeles, Woods 13-164, Kupp 9-121, Gurley
kick), 3:05.
Second Quarter
KC_FG Butker 23, 14:12.
Philadelphia 2 2 0 .500 110 105
N.Y. Giants 2 2 0 .500 87 97
7-54, Cooks 6-71, Everett 5-44, Higbee 4-41,
Reynolds 1-22. KC_McCoy 1 run (Butker kick), 4:13.
Washington 0 4 0 .000 66 118 MISSED FIELD GOALS_None. Det_FG Prater 48, 1:03.
KC_FG Butker 44, :02.
South
Third Quarter
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 3 1 0 .750 84 92 Jaguars 26, Broncos 24 KC_Breeland 100 fumble return (Butker kick),
Tampa Bay 2 2 0 .500 123 117 Jacksonville 3 3 14 6—26 9:08.
Carolina 2 2 0 .500 95 80 Denver 7 10 0 7—24 Det_FG Prater 53, 6:19.
Atlanta 1 3 0 .250 70 99 First Quarter Det_Golladay 9 pass from Stafford (Prater kick),
North Den_Fant 25 pass from Flacco (McManus kick), 1:10.
W L T Pct PF PA 8:17. Fourth Quarter
Green Bay 3 1 0 .750 85 69 Jac_FG Lambo 25, 3:13. KC_Dar.Williams 1 run (Butker kick), 12:09.
Chicago 3 1 0 .750 66 45 Second Quarter Det_Golladay 6 pass from Stafford (Prater kick),
Detroit 2 1 1 .625 97 95
Minnesota 2 2 0 .500 84 63
Den_Sutton 7 pass from Flacco (McManus kick), 2:26.
13:39. KC_Dar.Williams 1 run (Butker kick), :20.
West
Den_FG McManus 33, 4:16. A_65,188.
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 3 0 0 1.000 96 54 Jac_FG Lambo 40, :08.
Third Quarter KC Det
Seattle 3 1 0 .750 103 89
Jac_Armstead 7 pass from Minshew (Lambo First downs 29 29
L.A. Rams 3 1 0 .750 117 104
Arizona 0 3 1 .125 74 115 kick), 4:36. Total Net Yards 438 447
Thursday’s Games Jac_O’Shaughnessy 18 pass from Minshew Rushes-yards 25-123 35-186
Philadelphia 34, Green Bay 27 (Lambo kick), 1:10. Passing 315 261
Sunday’s Games Fourth Quarter Punt Returns 2-3 1-(minu
L.A. Chargers 30, Miami 10 Jac_FG Lambo 34, 2:54. Kickoff Returns 6-142 2-29
Den_Sutton 8 pass from Flacco (McManus kick), Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0
N.Y. Giants 24, Washington 3
1:32. Comp-Att-Int 24-42-0 21-34-0
Tennessee 24, Atlanta 10
Carolina 16, Houston 10 Jac_FG Lambo 33, :00. Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 4-30
Cleveland 40, Baltimore 25 A_76,219. Punts 2-45.5 3-43.7
Oakland 31, Indianapolis 24 Fumbles-Lost 4-3 2-2
New England 16, Buffalo 10 Jac Den Penalties-Yards 7-51 8-48
Kansas City 34, Detroit 30 First downs 25 19 Time of Possession 26:06 33:54
Total Net Yards 455 371 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Seattle 27, Arizona 10
Rushes-yards 38-269 16-68 RUSHING_Kansas City, McCoy 11-56, Ma-
Chicago 16, Minnesota 6
Jacksonville 26, Denver 24 Passing 186 303 homes 6-54, Dar.Williams 8-13. Detroit, K.
Tampa Bay 55, L.A. Rams 40 Punt Returns 2-5 2-10 Johnson 26-125, McKissic 4-30, Stafford 2-18,
New Orleans 12, Dallas 10 Kickoff Returns 0-0 3-69 T.Johnson 3-13.
Open: San Francisco, N.Y. Jets Interceptions Ret. 1-31 0-0 PASSING_Kansas City, Mahomes 24-42-0-315.
Monday’s Games Comp-Att-Int 19-33-0 22-38-1 Detroit, Stafford 21-34-0-291.
Sacked-Yards Lost 5-27 0-0 RECEIVING_Kansas City, Kelce 7-85, D.Rob-
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:15 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 3
L.A. Rams at Seattle, 7:20 p.m.
Punts 6-45.5 6-45.2
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0
inson 4-35, Watkins 3-54, Dar.Williams 3-43,
Yelder 2-43, McCoy 2-33, Hardman 2-9, Prin-
Sunday, Oct. 6 Penalties-Yards 12-104 5-48 gle 1-13. Detroit, Golladay 5-67, M.Jones 3-77,
Atlanta at Houston, Noon Time of Possession 39:12 20:48 Hockenson 3-27, L.Thomas 3-25, Hall 2-47,
K.Johnson 2-32, McKissic 1-11, Bawden 1-4,
Minnesota at N.Y. Giants, Noon
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS T.Johnson 1-1.
Baltimore at Pittsburgh, Noon
Jacksonville at Carolina, Noon RUSHING_Jacksonville, Fournette 29-225, Arm- MISSED FIELD GOALS_Kansas City, Butker 36.
Buffalo at Tennessee, Noon stead 8-42, Minshew 1-2. Denver, Lindsay 9-53,
Freeman 6-16, Flacco 1-(minus 1).
Chicago vs Oakland at London, UK, Noon
Tampa Bay at New Orleans, Noon PASSING_Jacksonville, Minshew 19-33-0-213. Patriots 16, Bills 10
New England 13 0 3 0—16
New England at Washington, Noon Denver, Flacco 22-38-1-303.
Buffalo 0 3 7 0—10
RECEIVING_Jacksonville, Westbrook 5-66,
Arizona at Cincinnati, Noon
Chark 4-44, Swaim 3-17, Fournette 2-20, Cole First Quarter
N.Y. Jets at Philadelphia, Noon
Denver at L.A. Chargers, 3:05 p.m. 1-19, O’Shaughnessy 1-18, Conley 1-17, Arm- NE_Bolden 4 run (kick failed), 7:35.
NE_Slater 11 blocked punt return (Gostkowski
Green Bay at Dallas, 3:25 p.m. stead 1-7, Lee 1-5. Denver, Sutton 6-62, Sanders
kick), 6:22.
Indianapolis at Kansas City, 7:20 p.m. 5-104, Freeman 4-34, Hamilton 3-57, Fant 2-31,
Open: Detroit, Miami Spencer 1-8, Lindsay 1-7. Second Quarter
MISSED FIELD GOALS_None. Buf_FG Hauschka 46, 1:55.
Monday, Oct. 7 Third Quarter
Cleveland at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m. Buf_Allen 1 run (Hauschka kick), 10:37.
Bears 16, Vikings 6 NE_FG Gostkowski 23, :58.
Saints 12, Cowboys 10 Minnesota
Chicago
0 0
7 3
0 6— 6
6 0—16
A_70,317.
Dallas 3 0 7 0—10
New Orleans 0 9 0 3—12 First Quarter NE Buf
First Quarter Chi_Cohen 10 pass from Daniel (Pineiro kick), First downs 11 23
7:44. Total Net Yards 224 375
Dal_FG Maher 28, 5:08.
Second Quarter Second Quarter Rushes-yards 23-74 22-135
NO_FG Lutz 40, 14:55. Chi_FG Pineiro 25, :00. Passing 150 240
NO_FG Lutz 42, 8:42. Third Quarter Punt Returns 0-0 6-46
NO_FG Lutz 19, :00. Chi_FG Pineiro 38, 12:47. Kickoff Returns 2-43 2-71
Third Quarter Chi_FG Pineiro 30, 3:04. Interceptions Ret. 4-50 1-0
Dal_Elliott 1 run (Maher kick), 7:47. Fourth Quarter Comp-Att-Int 18-39-1 22-44-4
Min_Cook 2 run (pass failed), 2:58. Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 5-40
Fourth Quarter
NO_FG Lutz 26, 13:41. A_62,131. Punts 9-48.1 6-30.0
A_73,086. Min Chi Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0
First downs 15 17 Penalties-Yards 8-58 8-76
Dal NO Total Net Yards 222 269 Time of Possession 27:20 32:40
First downs 15 18 Rushes-yards 16-40 33-72
Total Net Yards 257 266 Passing 182 197 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushes-yards 20-45 27-117 Punt Returns 4-12 1-16 RUSHING_New England, Michel 17-63, Dorsett
Passing 212 149 Kickoff Returns 0-0 0-0 1-9, Bolden 1-4, J.White 1-1, Brady 3-(minus 3).
Punt Returns 2-14 1-23 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Buffalo, Gore 17-109, Allen 5-26.
Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-29 Comp-Att-Int 27-36-0 24-33-0 PASSING_New England, Brady 18-39-1-150.
Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 6-51 1-7 Buffalo, Allen 13-28-3-153, Barkley 9-16-1-127.
Comp-Att-Int 22-33-1 23-30-1 Punts 5-47.0 5-48.2 RECEIVING_New England, J.White 8-57, Edel-
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-11 5-44 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0 man 4-30, Gordon 3-46, Dorsett 2-10, Burkhead
Punts 4-45.3 4-43.5 Penalties-Yards 7-68 7-50 1-7. Buffalo, Beasley 7-75, Brown 5-69, Yeldon
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 0-0 Time of Possession 24:33 35:27 4-68, Knox 3-58, Z.Jones 2-4, A.Roberts 1-6.
Penalties-Yards 6-64
Time of Possession 23:56
9-80
36:04
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING_Minnesota, Cook 14-35, Mattison
MISSED FIELD GOALS_Buffalo, Hauschka 49.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 2-5. Chicago, Montgomery 21-53, Cohen 5-11,
Browns 40, Ravens 25
RUSHING_Dallas, Elliott 18-35, Prescott 1-7,
Austin 1-3. New Orleans, Kamara 17-69, Ta.Hill
Patterson 2-4, Daniel 5-4.
PASSING_Minnesota, Cousins 27-36-0-233. Cleveland 7 3 14 16—40
2-16, Murray 4-14, Harris 1-10, Bridgewater 3-8. Chicago, Trubisky 2-3-0-9, Daniel 22-30-0-195. Baltimore 0 7 3 15—25
First Quarter
PASSING_Dallas, Prescott 22-33-1-223. New RECEIVING_Minnesota, Diggs 7-108, Cook
6-35, O.Johnson 4-35, Ham 3-10, Abdullah 2-14, Cle_Seals-Jones 9 pass from Mayfield (Seibert
Orleans, Bridgewater 23-30-1-193.
RECEIVING_Dallas, Elliott 6-30, Cooper 5-48, Thielen 2-6, Rudolph 1-12, Mattison 1-8, I.Smith kick), 2:50.
Second Quarter
Witten 4-50, Jarwin 3-49, Cobb 3-41, Austin 1-5. Chicago, Robinson 7-77, Wims 4-56, Mont-
Bal_Boykin 9 pass from L.Jackson (Tucker kick),
gomery 3-14, Burton 2-16, Shaheen 2-13, Miller
1-5. New Orleans, M.Thomas 9-95, J.Hill 3-29,
Cook 3-21, Kamara 3-20, Ginn 3-19, Murray 1-6, 2-11, Cohen 2-7, Holtz 1-7, Patterson 1-3. 1:55.
Line 1-3. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None. Cle_FG Seibert 24, :08.
Third Quarter
MISSED FIELD GOALS_None. Bal_FG Tucker 41, 11:15.
Seahawks 27, Cardinals 10 Cle_Chubb 14 run (Seibert kick), 9:41.
Bucs 55, Rams 40 Seattle
Arizona
10 10 0 7—27
0 3 0 7—10
Cle_Chubb 2 run (Seibert kick), :53.
Fourth Quarter
Tampa Bay 7 21 3 24—55
L.A. Rams 0 17 3 20—40 First Quarter Bal_Andrews 8 pass from L.Jackson (Ingram
First Quarter Sea_FG Myers 33, 4:59. run), 9:51.
Sea_Clowney 27 interception return (Myers Cle_Chubb 88 run (pass failed), 9:35.
TB_Barber 3 run (Gay kick), 10:53.
kick), 4:15. Cle_FG Seibert 43, 6:56.
Second Quarter
Second Quarter Cle_Hilliard 1 run (Seibert kick), 2:14.
TB_Godwin 3 pass from Winston (Gay kick), 9:57.
Ari_FG Gonzalez 33, 13:49. Bal_Snead 50 pass from L.Jackson (Tucker
TB_Godwin 9 pass from Winston (Gay kick),
8:28.
La_Gurley 13 run (Zuerlein kick), 5:34.
Sea_Dissly 9 pass from Wilson (Myers kick),
10:48.
kick), :30.
A_70,686.
La_Everett 5 pass from Goff (Zuerlein kick), 2:50. Sea_FG Myers 24, :17. Cle Bal
TB_Jones 5 run (Gay kick), :47. Fourth Quarter
Ari_K.Murray 9 run (Gonzalez kick), 10:21.
First downs 22
Total Net Yards 530
24
395
La_FG Zuerlein 58, :02.
Third Quarter Sea_Prosise 9 run (Myers kick), 2:13. Rushes-yards 29-193 29-173
La_FG Zuerlein 44, 9:03. A_60,500. Passing 337 222
Sea Ari Punt Returns 0-0 1-14
TB_FG Gay 58, 4:33.
Fourth Quarter First downs 21 20 Kickoff Returns 3-43 5-101
TB_Brate 13 pass from Winston (Gay kick), Total Net Yards 340 321 Interceptions Ret. 2-0 1-3
14:55. Rushes-yards 27-115 23-115 Comp-Att-Int 20-31-1 24-34-2
La_Gurley 5 run (Zuerlein kick), 12:31. Passing 225 206 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 4-25
TB_M.Evans 67 pass from Winston (Gay kick), Punt Returns 2-(minu 1-1 Punts 3-42.3 3-43.7
11:35. Kickoff Returns 1-21 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1
La_Kupp 29 pass from Goff (Zuerlein kick), 9:12.
La_Peters 32 interception return, 8:11.
TB_FG Gay 21, 2:35.
Interceptions Ret. 1-27
Comp-Att-Int 22-28-0
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-15
0-0
22-32-1
4-35
Penalties-Yards 6-41
Time of Possession 30:17
3-15
29:43
TB_Suh 37 fumble return (Gay kick), 1:06. Punts 4-42.8 3-47.0 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 0-0 RUSHING_Cleveland, Chubb 20-165, Hilliard
A_68,117.
Penalties-Yards 7-65 7-44 6-27, Mayfield 3-1. Baltimore, Ingram 12-71, L.
TB La Time of Possession 33:24 26:36 Jackson 9-66, Edwards 6-28, Hill 2-8.
First downs 27 36 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PASSING_Cleveland, Mayfield 20-30-1-342,
RUSHING_Seattle, Carson 22-104, Wilson 2-7, Beckham 0-1-0-0. Baltimore, L.Jackson 24-34-
Total Net Yards 464 518
Rushes-yards 30-88 11-28 Prosise 3-4. Arizona, D.Johnson 11-40, Ed- 2-247.
Passing 376 490 monds 6-37, K.Murray 4-27, Kirk 1-6, Isabella RECEIVING_Cleveland, Landry 8-167, Seals-
Punt Returns 0-0 0-0 1-5. Jones 3-82, Chubb 3-18, Hilliard 2-27, Beckham
Kickoff Returns 2-34 1-22 PASSING_Seattle, Wilson 22-28-0-240. Arizo- 2-20, P.Brown 1-18, Ratley 1-10. Baltimore, Rob-
Interceptions Ret. 3-41 1-32 na, K.Murray 22-32-1-241. erts 4-36, Andrews 4-31, M.Brown 4-22, Boykin
Comp-Att-Int 28-41-1 45-68-3 RECEIVING_Seattle, Dissly 7-57, Lockett 4-51, 3-32, Snead 2-61, H.Hurst 2-39, Hill 2-9, Boyle
Carson 4-41, J.Brown 3-50, Willson 2-26, Moore 1-9, Edwards 1-8, Ingram 1-0.
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-9 2-27

Elliott wins playoff race at Charlotte in scorching heat
The Associated Press
CONCORD, N.C. —
Alex Bowman had just
advanced to the second
round of NASCAR’s play-
offs, climbed from his
car and slumped to the
ground, dehydrated and
overcome by the heat. As
he was receiving medical
attention, Bubba Wallace
approached him and an-
grily splashed liquid in
Bowman’s face.
That closing image
capped a sloppy Sunday
in scorching tempera-
tures at Charlotte Motor
Speedway, where Chase
Elliott won despite crash-
ing head-on into a tire
barrier earlier on The
Roval. Elliott was leading
on a restart headed into
the first turn when he
locked his brakes and his
car drove directly off the
course and crashed into
the makeshift wall.
“I couldn’t believe I did
that. That was just so stu-
pid,” Elliott said. “I don’t
know that you could have
done anything more stu-
pid leading this race than
what I did right there.
Luckily our car wasn’t too
bad ... fast enough to drive
up through there, got the
cautions at the right time,
and just didn’t quit.
“If there’s ever a lesson
to not quit, today was the
example.”
Elliott celebrated by
returning to the corner
where he’d wrecked ear-
Football
Continued from Page 1B
near midfield in the first
quarter.
“I don’t care about the
numbers,” Bridgewater
said. “My job right now
is just to help this team
win football games.”
This victory kept the
Saints (3-1) atop the
NFC South and sent a
message that they are
not about to let Brees’
estimated six-week ab-
sence sink their playoff
hopes.
Ezekiel Elliott scored
the game’s only touch-
down in the third quar-
ter to give Dallas a 10 -9
lead, but finished with
just 35 yards and his
longest run was 6 yards.
Softball
Continued from Page 1B
past three seasons, and
some of its key players
from last season gradu-
ated. But with improved
defense and strong hit-
ting, the Falcons haven’t
missed a beat.
“Not that we’ve played
like it every week, but I
feel like this is maybe
the most talented team
that we’ve had,” coach
Eric Thornton said.
That success also
thanks to the pitching
of senior Delilah Taylor,
who wasn’t expected to
provide the major con-
tributions she’s given
the team.
“She was trying to
find a spot to play, and
she came out before
practice, stayed after,
worked hard and earned
that spot,” Thornton
said.
Taylor’s pitching and
the solid hitting of the
team’s other seniors —
Grayer, perhaps the star
of the club, estimates
she’s hit nine home
runs this season — were
pivotal for the Falcons
to capture the district
crown.
But the contribu-
tions from Columbus’
younger players can’t
be overlooked. Against
Starkville, with sever-
al key upperclassmen
unable to play, a youth
movement sparked a
Falcons win.
“A lot of our young
girls stepped up and
took ownership,” Je-
throw said.
The Falcons’ upper-
classmen generally
The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com
lier and placing the nose too hard,” said Newman,
against the barrier before who also stalled his Ford
smoking his tires. during a pit stop. “We did
“I was coming back not have the race car and
and saw that dang thing that’s what I had to do.”
and thought I couldn’t The point difference
pass up the opportunity swung to Bowman, who
to redeem myself,” Elliott couldn’t celebrate be-
said of his celebration. cause he needed im-
The winner, though, mediate medical atten-
was not the spotlight in tion. As Bowman was
NASCAR’s first elimina- slumped next to his car
tion race of the playoffs. and surrounded by med-
The focus was on the ical personnel, Wallace
four drivers who would be approached him, the
trimmed from the 16-driv- two had a brief verbal
er championship field, exchange and Bowman
and Bowman spent the appeared to laugh at Wal-
entire race fighting for a lace right before Wallace
spot in the second round. angrily splashed the bot-
He crashed his car in the tle he was carrying in
final moments of Satur- Bowman’s face.
day practice and had to go Bowman was later
to a backup, then spun in treated in the infield care
the opening laps Sunday, center for dehydration
deliberately spun Wallace and said he spun Wallace
in anger, and had to claw for flipping his middle fin-
his way to a second-place ger at him repeatedly on
finish. track.
But the 1-2 finish for “I got flipped off for
Hendrick Motorsports every single straightaway
was no guarantee that for three laps, flipped off
Bowman would advance. by him for like three or
Ryan Newman, further four laps in a row at Rich-
back in the field, had the mond, so I’m just over
point advantage on Bow- it. He probably wouldn’t
man and Bowman had no have got wrecked if he
control of his own fate. had his finger back in the
Then Newman, racing car, right?” Bowman said.
Aric Almirola over the “Probably shouldn’t re-
final few laps for a shot peat what he said to me,
at advancing, missed a but nothing classy, by any
chicane with two laps means. I get it. I’d be mad,
remaining and the error too, but he put himself in
eliminated him from the that spot.”
playoffs. It was a messy day on
“I felt like I made a the hybrid road course/
lot of mistakes trying oval at Charlotte, where
He was also stripped by yards receiving.
Bell on a fourth-and- Lutz connected from
short run. 40, 42, 19 and 26 yards,
“They won a hard- in that order.
fought game and they The Saints were in
won it with some good range of a field goal that
schemes and good could have put them
coaching,” Cowboys ahead by five when blitz-
owner and general man- ing Jaylon Smith sacked
ager Jerry Jones said. Bridgewater back at the
Prescott finished 22 47-yard line, forcing
of 33 for 223 yards. New Orleans to punt, up
While the Saints (3-1) by less than a field goal,
could not get in the end with 1:45 to go.
zone, they sustained sev- Defensive tackle
eral productive drives David Onyemata had
with the help of receiver the Saints’ only sack of
Michael Thomas, who Prescott on the first play
had nine catches for 95 of Dallas’ final drive.
yards, and running back The Cowboys briefly
Alvin Kamara, who had recovered with a first
69 yards rushing and 20 down, but were pushed
This team picture was taken after the Columbus slow pitch softball team beat Caledonia 11-1 on Thursday night at home to take the district
title. The Falcons are 8-1 in their district and will open the playoffs at home Saturday.
take pride in looking everybody’s got their
after the freshmen and own way to handle it,”
younger players, though she said.
the opposite is true for No matter the style,
Grayer: “I’m the cry- Thornton said, his play-
baby, so they boss me ers certainly know how
around,” she said. to lead.
That mentorship role “Some of them, like
can be fun, Brown said, Krishauna, she just
but it’s not easy. comes every day and
“You have to know does exactly what she’s
how you’re gonna talk supposed to do,” Thorn-
to each person, because ton said. “She doesn’t
the championship chanc-
es ended for Newman,
Almirola, Kurt Busch and
Erik Jones.
A late caution led NA-
SCAR to stop the race for
a cleanup and the driv-
ers had to sit inside their
cockpits, where tempera-
tures hovered around
120 degrees. NASCAR
officials went car-to-car
handing out water bot-
tles, and Newman was
among the many who ra-
dioed their crew asking
for bags of ice to be wait-
ing for him when the race
ended.
Kyle Busch decided
he wasn’t going to sit in
the heat and drove his
car to the garage, calling
it a race with seven laps
remaining. He was three
laps down at the time and
already locked into the
second round of the play-
offs.
Kevin Harvick finished
third and was followed
by Stewart-Haas Racing
teammate Clint Bowyer,
who was in danger of be-
ing eliminated from the
playoffs but advanced
with his fourth-place fin-
ish.
Brad Keselowski was
fifth and followed by
pole-sitter William By-
ron, Martin Truex Jr. and
Ryan Blaney as playoff
drivers claimed the top
eight spots.
The track, typically a
standard NASCAR oval,
was modified for this play-
back on Amari Cooper’s
offensive pass interfer-
ence call with 30 sec-
onds left.
Dallas’ defensive
end Robert Quinn had
two sacks, one week af-
ter he had a sack and a
career-high seven QB
pressures in his Dallas
debut against Miami fol-
lowing a two-game sus-
pension for violating the
NFL’s policy on perfor-
mance enhancers.
Yellow Fever
Only a few days be-
fore the game, Saints
coach Sean Payton men-
tioned that New Orleans
was 12-1 with the offi-
have to say a lot; she
just kind of leads by ex-
ample. All of them have
different traits, but all of
them are leaders.”
For many of the Fal-
cons’ seniors, that lead-
ership goes beyond just
the slow-pitch season.
Most of the team returns
for fast pitch. Grayer
and Jethrow play soccer
in the winter, and Grayer
Monday, SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
off race for the second
consecutive year into a
17-turn, 2.28-mile circuit
that uses both the road
course through the infield
and the oval. The twists
and turns around the cir-
cuit are marked with chi-
canes on the backstretch
and frontstretch to slow
the cars, and, potentially
increase passing on the
oval portion of the track.
An added wrinkle from
last year is an overhauled
backstretch chicane re-
vamped to make it a brak-
ing and passing zone.
NASCAR made it very
clear in every commu-
nication with teams that
skipping a chicane would
be penalized, and New-
man was one of many
drivers to miss it and suf-
fer a costly setback.
Jones First Out
Erik Jones was the first
driver eliminated from
the playoffs after a horri-
ble opening round.
He had a mechanical
issue at Las Vegas, but
rallied last week at Rich-
mond to finish fourth in
a 1-2-3-4 sweep for Joe
Gibbs Racing. Then NA-
SCAR said Jones’ car had
failed post-race inspec-
tion, and the 42-point pen-
alty dropped him to last in
the playoff field.
Jones was in a must-
win situation at Charlotte
to advance into the sec-
ond round of the playoffs,
ciating crew headed by
referee Carl Cheffers
that worked the game,
and joked that his play-
ers better be nice. The
Saints were penalized
nine times for 80 yards,
and a pass interference
call against linebacker
Damario Davis on third
down extended Dallas’
first touchdown drive
in the third quarter.
The Cowboys were pe-
nalized six times for 64
yards.
Injuries
Cowboys: Reserve
safety Kavon Frazier left
the game in the first half
runs track in the spring.
They’re far from the only
ones with dual-sport re-
sponsibilities, and that
can come into play come
fast pitch in the spring.
“We’ll gain a few and
lose a few,” Thornton
said.
But fast pitch remains
months away, and the Fal-
cons’ stellar slow-pitch
season is still going.
3B
but he went to the garage
with damage to his Toy-
ota at the end of the first
stage and finished last. It
officially knocked him out
of the playoffs while the
race was still going on.
“It’s frustrating not
to even have a chance
throughout the whole
race, you know?” said
Jones. “It’s unfortunate.
We just had three really
bad weeks and it’s some
of our own doing and
some not our own doing.
I’d love to be moving for-
ward here and challeng-
ing for the championship.
I thought we could have
went pretty deep this
year, but it’s just the na-
ture of the playoffs.”
Busch Bakes
Kyle Busch decided
not to finish the race
when NASCAR stopped it
with seven laps remaining
to clean up debris on the
track. Busch was three
laps down at the time and
temperatures in the cars
were hovering around
120 degrees during the
stoppage.
With nothing to gain
when the race resumed,
Busch threw in the towel
and pulled off the track.
Up next
The opening race of
the second round of the
playoffs, Sunday at Dover
International Speedway.
Chase Elliott won last year.
with a pectoral injury. ...
Left tackle Tyron Smith
also appeared injured to
have a lower body injury
on the last drive.
Saints: Reserve defen-
sive end Trey Hendrick-
son, who entered the
game leading the Saints
in sacks with three, was
taken to the locker room
with a neck injury in the
second quarter and did
not return.
Up Next
Cowboys: Host Green
Bay on Sunday.
Saints: Open NFC
South play at home
against Tampa Bay on
Sunday.
Eva Marie Lee/Submitted photo
Columbus won’t find
out its opponent for Sat-
urday’s best-of-three se-
ries until Tuesday night,
but no matter whom they
face, the Falcons will be
ready.
“When they are play-
ing together, and when
everybody’s hitting the
way they’re capable of, I
feel like we can beat any-
body,” Thornton said.
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MLB finishes with 6,776 homers, 11 percent above previous record
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Major
league batters finished
with 6,776 home runs, shat-
tering the previous record
of 6,105 set two years ago.
Dominic Smith hit the
final long ball of the season,
a three-run drive in the 11th
inning Sunday off Atlanta’s
Grant Dayton that lifted the
New York Mets over the NL
East champion Braves 7-6.
Oakland’s Steven Piscot-
ty started the barrage on
March 20 in Tokyo against
Seattle’s Marco Gonzales,
the sixth batter of the sea-
son.
This year’s total was 11%
above the old record and
21% higher than last year’s
5,585.
Minnesota hit three
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home runs Sunday to es-
tablish the big league team
record with 307, one more
than the Yankees. The pre-
vious mark of 267 was set
last year by New York. This
year’s Yankees became the
first team with 14 players
reaching double-digits in
home runs.
“I don’t think anybody
will ever forget the ‘Bomba
Squad,’” first-year Twins
manager Rocco Baldelli
said.
Major League Baseball
has asked for more scien-
tific tests on baseballs, and
Commissioner Rob Man-
fred expects to have results
after the World Series.
Strikeouts set a record
for the 12th consecutive
season at 42,823, up 4%
from 41,207 last year and
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33% from 32,189 in 2007.
A year after strikeouts ex-
ceeded hits for the time, the
gap was ever greater.
Tim Anderson became
only the third Chicago
White Sox player to win an
American League batting
title and injured Milwaukee
star Christian Yelich wound
up as the National League’s
first repeat champion in
two decades.
Anderson went 0 for
2 Sunday and finished at
.335, eight points ahead of
the Yankees’ DJ LeMahieu.
Anderson joined Luke Ap-
pling (1936, ‘43) and Frank
Thomas (‘97) as White Sox
batting champions.
“It’s such a huge ac-
complishment,” said the
26-year-old Anderson,
who hit .240 last year. “To
think where I was when I
first came here to where it
is now. . I just came in and
continued to work. It’s such
an unbelievable moment for
me.”
Yelich wound up at .3292,
just ahead of Arizona’s Ke-
tel Marte’s .3286, as neither
made it to the season’s final
weekend. Yelich’s season
ended when he broke his
right kneecap by fouling a
pitch of it on Sept. 10. Marte
has not played since Sept.
17 due to lower back inflam-
mation.
Yelich won at .326 last
year and became the NL’s
first back-to-back batting
leader since Colorado’s
Larry Walker in 1998 and
‘99, which started a run of
three titles in four years.
The closest NL race was in
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I’m fright-
ened that
I will become
homeless and
won’t be able to
pay my bills. I’m
afraid of getting
older and ending
up a homeless
woman, freezing
to death on the
streets. I worry
that the college
degree I’m work-
ing toward will be
useless.
I see the Dear Abby
challenges older
people go through: house bills,
medical bills, student loans,
car bills, trying to save for
retirement. I’m accused of
being a cheapskate, but I’m ter-
rified I will never have enough.
Sometimes the future seems
bleak. While other people see
possibilities and adventure, all
I can see is a homeless death
on the streets.
I struggle every day to find
a reason to get up. I distract
myself with simple goals: go
to class, finish homework, get
a college degree, and then get
some kind of job. But there
are so many bills to pay just to
live — so many problems in the
future that are right around the
corner.
When you’re a single
gal alone in this world, the
melancholy begins to seep in.
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept.
30). This is not a zero-sum
game. Many can and will win
when you do. Keep trying new
methods though because the
traditional ways are flawed. You
can and will simultaneously
follow your ambition, keep your
karma clean and lift those
around you. Ready yourself for
big November and May opportu-
nities. Pisces and Gemini adore
you. Your lucky numbers are:
20, 1, 18, 4 and 13.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
It’s better to focus on your de-
sire than on what’s blocking you
from having it. Remember that
you’re very likely to get more of
whatever you focus on, so keep
your eye on the prize.
2003, when Albert Pujols
of St. Louis beat Todd Hel-
ton of Colorado .35871 to
.35849.
The New York Mets’
Pete Alonso became the
first rookie since the mod-
ern era began in 1900 to
lead the major leagues
in home runs, hitting 53.
Jorge Soler hit his 48th Sun-
day to become the Royals’
first home run champion.
He finished three ahead of
the Los Angeles Angels’
Mike Trout, who last played
Sept. 7 because of a right
foot injured that required
surgery.
Washington’s Antho-
ny Rendon led the major
leagues with 126 RBIs and
José Abreu of the White
Sox topped the AL with
123.
I ask myself, is
this life worth it?
What is the point
of getting up day
after day knowing
that when I grad-
uate from college
there’s nothing
ahead of me but
a life of constant
bills and misery?
— EVERYDAY
STRUGGLE
DEAR EVERY-
DAY STRUGGLE:
It has been some
time since I have
seen a letter filled
with as much
negativity and
depression as the one you have
written. One of the benefits
of being in school is you have
access to the student health
center. I URGE you to go there
and talk to a counselor who can
help you cope with your fears
before they become a self-fulfill-
ing prophecy.
Decades ago, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “The
only thing we have to fear is
fear itself — nameless, unrea-
soning, unjustified terror which
paralyzes needed efforts to
convert retreat into advance.”
This applies to you. We all have
moments of doubt about what’s
to come, but when fear about
the future destroys the present,
it’s time to seek professional
help and an attitude adjust-
ment. Please do it, because if
you do, I’m confident you will
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
A self-care regimen is some-
thing that you don’t give a lot of
thought to because the habits
are more or less engrained in
you. Your needs are beginning
to change though, so let your
lifestyle lean into the shift.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
It would be cruel to blame your-
self for the coping strategies
you created when you didn’t
know any better. There is not
a human that walks this earth
who doesn’t have some kind of
maladaptive way of dealing with
stress.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Courage will speak to you with
the vocal range of a great actor.
Sometimes it’s a whisper telling
Houston’s Justin Ver-
lander led the major leagues
with 21 wins and teammate
Gerrit Cole earned his 20th
victory on the final day by
winning his 16th straight
decision. Boston’s Eduardo
Rodríguez was in line for
his 20th win before Matt
Barnes blew an eighth-in-
ning lead Sunday against
Baltimore.
Cole led the major
leagues with 326 strikeouts
and Verlander had 300, the
first teammates to reach
the figure in the same sea-
son since Arizona’s Randy
Johnson and Curt Schilling
in 2002. Cole had 21 dou-
ble-digit strikeout games,
the most since Johnson in
2001, and became the first
pitcher to strike out 300
with no complete games.
feel better.
DEAR ABBY: Twenty years
ago, I inherited eight place
settings of china that belonged
to my great-grandmother. I
had no place to display it, so I
carefully wrapped each piece in
newspaper and put them inside
a hard-sided plastic tote.
When I moved into my
current apartment five years
ago, my mother was helping
me unpack, and we wanted to
put the china set in a cupboard
above the refrigerator. When we
started unpacking, we found
many of the pieces had become
stained from the ink in the
newspaper.
Abby, my mother and I are
heartbroken. My great-grand-
mother collected each piece
of this set with Green Stamps
during World War II, and I hate
that it’s now damaged. Do you
know of a way I can safely get
this staining out of the china?
— HEARTBROKEN IN MINNE-
SOTA
DEAR HEARTBROKEN:
I researched your question
at HowToCleanStuff.net and
found several suggestions for
removing newsprint stains from
dishes. One involves using a
pencil eraser; another, a cotton
ball soaked in rubbing alcohol.
However, if you are afraid these
methods could further damage
your china set, call the nearest
art museum and speak with
someone in their restoration
department. I wish you and your
mother good luck.
you to make move, try again,
speak up... and sometimes it’s
a holler and a push.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The
reason you should give yourself
credit has nothing to do with
pride or boastfulness; rather,
it’s the kindest thing you can do
for those around you. When you
know your worth, you don’t lean
on others to validate you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
When it gets a little weird, one
option is to retreat, a natural im-
pulse. But it’s not the best one
to follow if you need a little help.
You might be surprised who will
step up if given the chance.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Bringing people together chang-
es things regardless of your rea-
son for doing so. Whatever you
can do to bring people together
will be not only appreciated but
also crucial to the alliances of
the future.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Don’t build, simplify. Shore
up what already exists. Get rid
of the excess, and you’ll be
struck by the value that was
there inside all along. It’s like
finding a perfectly formed pearl
inside a shell.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). It’s OK to be out of your
league. It’s uncomfortable, and
could even trigger a panic, but
that is also OK because you’ll
live and learn. The gift of a big
experience is that it teaches
you quickly.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You might not be able to
say it the way the other person
would like to hear it, but why
should you have to? Instead of
concerning yourself with other
people’s preferences, stay true
to the essence of what you
mean.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). As you operate in groups
today, spread your attention.
Each person has something to
contribute. Don’t let yourself
get so dazzled by the flashier
talents that you ignore the rest.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Actively seek help and a
mentor will materialize -- the
first of many. Maybe this one
won’t take you the whole way,
but what’s important now is
getting inspired, educated and
empowered to take the next
step.
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General Help Wanted Commercial Property For Rent Campers & RVs

THE COMMERCIAL
Dispatch is seeking a
OFFICE FOR RENT OR
STORAGE SPACE W/
Garage Sales 1998 WINNEBAGO. New
tires. $17,000. 662−327− ON THE WEB
mechanically-minded CLIMATE CONTROL. 0284.
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ing around heavy ma- Caledonia. Call 662−574−
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PT CAREGIVER/SITTER Houses For Rent: North Huge Estate Sale
needed to assist elderly 991 Co. Road 89
female in West Point. 2BR/1BA HOLLY HILLS Ethelsville, AL
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day-time transportation No HUD. 662−549−2302. Sat. Oct. 5 8am−5pm
must be provided to ap- Leave message. Sun. Oct. 6 1pm−5pm
pointments as needed. Mon. Oct. 7 9am−3pm
Email Selling Contents of
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WCBI is seeking to fill the month. Call 662−386−
position of Part-Time 0157.
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Nice neighborhood.
Men's retail store seeks
PT Sales Person for store
$780/mo. 155 W Thomas
Dr. 3 min from CAFB.
504−813−1200.
Merchandise placing puzzle based on
Sudoku
a 9x9 gridis a several
with num- 4 9 6 8 5 1 7 2 3
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is to place a 9x9
numbers 7 1 2 9 6 3 5 8 4
c/o Commercial Dispatch Remodeled, modern appl, Furniture grid
1 to 9with
in theseveral
empty spaces 1 5 3 2 4 9 8 7 6
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each row, eachThe 2 4 7 1 8 6 9 3 5
heat, carport, washer/dryer Ads starting at $12
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BABY ROOM FURNITURE: object
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3x3 the
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Sales / Marketing Dresser, changing table (no
numbers 8 6 9 7 3 5 2 4 1
contains the1sameto 9 number
in
Military Rd. $900/mo + pad), and infant crib(no Travel & Entertainment
Men's retail store has the
dep. 662−574−8559. mattress)−converts to the empty spaces so 5 7 8 6 1 4 3 9 2
only once. The difficulty 6 2 1 3 9 8 4 5 7
following positions: daybed and is currently that each row, each
level increases from
PT Mature Sales Person. 3BR/2BA. 26 Noblin Rd. packed back in box. All column and each 9 3 4 5 2 7 6 1 8
Experience a plus. Central HVAC, carport, near matching pieces. Oak
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Sunday. Difficulty Level 9/28

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Excellent drummer with
Mail resumé to: condition! Would like to sell
Roland V Pro level increases from Monday to Sunday.
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electronic equipment
c/o Commercial Dispatch 2 & 3 bedroom w/ $375 for all. Cash or
just moving to
PO Box 511 2−3 bath townhouses. PayPal accepted.
Columbus, MS and
Columbus, MS 39703 $600 to $750. 662−397−4840
would like to join
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3BR/2BA w/ carport &
Ads starting at $25 storage bldg. No pets.
$750/mo + dep.
Apts For Rent: West 662−327−4376.
Two Piece Living Room Set
A loveseat and chaise for
sale. Brown and blue.
New!!! Leave a message.
$300.00 662−242−2884
General Merchandise
with dedicated, quality
musicians. Over the
years I have played
traditional soul, R&R,
rockabilly, C&W, some
blues and zydeco as
well as my current love
Sunday’s Cryptoquote:
which is Southern

VIP
New Hope School Dist. For USE ITCHNOMORE® Gospel, traditional
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Rentals
Credit check. No hud. Call
662−386−3086.
Mobile Homes for Rent
Apartments & Houses
1 Bedrooms 123 BECK DR. 14x64.
2BR/1BA. $450/mo.
2 Bedroooms $450/dep. Includes
3 Bedrooms
garbage. No pets.
No HUD. 662−574−7614.
Furnished & Unfurnished 3BR/2BA Trailer, New
1, 2, & 3 Baths Hope school dist. $500/
mo & $500 dep. No pets,
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& Credit Check b/t 10a−7p. 662−386−
4292. NO TEXT MGS.
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spots’, doggy odor, &
non−specific allergies
without a prescription.
At Tractor Supply.
(www.kennelvax.com)
Lawn & Garden
HAYES DAYLILLIES FALL
SALE! OCT 10−12. 8AM−
6PM. 1069 New Hope Rd.
662−251−6665.
Sporting Goods
ED SANDERS GUNSMITH
OPEN FOR SEASON!
and bluegrass. I guess
a "Dailey & Vincent"sort
of mix is what I like
most but definitely open
to any mix of the above
−listed genres. I am a
solid Christian, fun and
easy to deal with and
know how to blend in
with and act in a
professional band. Yes,
I am "retired"more or
less but still have it
going on when it comes
to the music. I have
recently been with The
Glorybound Gospel
Band out of Pensacola,

327-8555
NICE DW 3BR/2BA MH
In Columbus School Dist.
$600/mo + 600 dep.
Apts For Rent: Other 601−940−1397 or
662−549−8861.
1ST MONTH − Rent Free!
1BR Apt − $350−$385 Office Spaces For Rent
2BR Apt − $395−$495
2BR TwnHome − $625 OFFICE SPACE FOR
Lease, Dep & Credit Check. LEASE. 1112 Main St.,
Coleman Realty Ste. 5. 3700 sq. ft. Plenty
662−329−2323. of private parking. 662−
327−9559.
Storage & Garages
9−5: Tues−Fri & FL for the last five years
9−12: Sat. and you can see me
Over 50 years experience! play on their Facebook
Repairs, cleaning, page. Some travel or
refinishing, scopes touring would be ok for
mounted & zeroed, the right situation if
handmade knives. necessary. I will be
Located: Hwy 45 Alt, North available in Columbus
of West Point, turn right on starting the first of
Yokahama Blvd, 8mi & turn September. Send me a
left on Darracott Rd, see text if interested,
sign, 2.5mi ahead, shop on 706−575−9399.
left. 662−494−6218.
Free Pets

MINI WAREHOUSES
Vehicles FREE−1 FEMALE 5 MO.
OLD KITTEN. Very sweet
Four convenient self
storage locations in the Ads starting at $12 disposition. She plays with
dogs & other cats. She has ACROSS
Columbus & New Hope
areas for household & had her first 2 shots. If 1 Fail at the
Autos For Sale interested, please call 662 comedy club
commercial storage.
Rent online at GULF STATES AUTO
−549−1409 anytime. Ask
for Gypsy.
5 Egg layers
friendlycitymini.com Automotive Sales 2601 9 Blender speed
or call 662−327−4236. Buttermilk Rd 10 Lesser of
Cottondale, AL 35453 two —
Need a new
gulfstatesauto.com
205−562−2188 12 “West Side
Real Estate Sedans:
New inventory arriving daily!
companion?
Story” role
13 San —,
California
Ads starting at $25
2015 Honda Accord LX;
4dr, Silver, 34K Miles, 14 Clay targets,
$11,900 informally
Houses For Sale: East 2017 Honda Accord Sport; 16 Dripping
4dr, Gray, 25K Miles,
495 EMERALD Dr. $16,900 17 Watch over
DOWNTOWN 1BR Nice Brick Home in 2017 Honda Accord Black; 18 Character-
This large 1 bedroom established neighborhood. istics
Sunday’s answer
4dr, Black, 29K Miles,
apartment has been Located on a large lot. The
recently renovated. It home boasts 4BR/2.5BA
$16,900 21 Museum
2018 Honda Accord
features great natural w/ 2 car garage. Freshly Touring; 4dr, Red, 48 subject DOWN 23 Poorly lit
light, hardwood floors, painted interior and tile Miles, $24,900 22 Has faith in 1 Sand trap 24 White sale
tall ceilings and access floors in the kitchen & 23 Songs for two
to a shared laundry room. bathrooms. $125K OBO.
2012 Honda Civic EX; 4dr, 2 Help new buy
$750 rent and $750 770−658−7726.
Silver, 151K Miles, $7,900 24 Backbones freshmen 25 Former Span-
2017 Honda Civic Sport
deposit. Utilities included. Hatchback; 4dr, Gray, 53K 26 Vigor 3 Doled (out) ish coin
No pets please. Call Peter, Houses For Sale: Southside 29 New York 4 Trounce 26 Disrobed
When looking
Miles, $16,900
662−574−1561. 2018 Honda Civic Sport; opera house 5 Skirt edge 27 Comes in
FOR SALE OR TRADE− 4dr, Blue, 474 Miles, 30 Fallon’s 6 Juan Perón’s 28 Fence sup-
for a new pet,
Beautifully renovated 3BR/ $17,900
DOWNTOWN APT on 5th
1BA brick home. Like new 2013 Nissan Altima 2.5; predecessor wife ports
St. 2BR/1BA. 1100 sqft
$700/mo. W/D. Deck on with new appliances, new 4dr, Maroon, 86K Miles, 31 “Sure thing!” 7 Pinhead 29 Keyboard
adoption is 32 Candy
HVAC, white cabinets, new $9,900
back. Avail Aug 1st. 662−
counter tops, new flooring 2015 Nissan Altima 2.5;
8 Winter show- goof
327−2588.
and much more. Good White, 70K Miles, $9,900 34 Quick looks ers 30 Bolshevik
37 Cove 9 Linguine or leader
DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA
credit a must for total
payment near $500.00 per
month and little or no down
2017 Nissan Maxima 3.5
S; 4dr, White, 50K Miles,
$16,900
always a 38 Weasel’s
cousin
penne 33 Use a sponge
CH&A, 1 story, W/D, 11 Drunkards on
historic district, 1 block
from downtown.
$575/mo. + $575 dep.
payment if you qualify.
Call Long & Long and
speak directly to the
2018 Nissan Maxima SL;
4dr, Black, 1362 Miles,
$21,900
good option. 39 Docking
spots
15 City routes
19 Tire tracks
35 Gunpowder
holder
NO PETS. 662−574−8789. Broker/Owner for details. 40 Hangs low 20 Burro 36 Fourth-yr.
652−327−0770. SUV’S: 41 Finishes
Peaceful & Quiet area.
2013 Acura RDX 22 Melody students
Lots & Acreage Technology Pkg; 4dr, Gray,
COLEMAN 356.7 ACRES ON HWY. 69
76K Miles, $13,900
2018 Acura RDX
RENTALS S. 5 mi. from Columbus. Technology Pkg; 4dr, Black,
30−year old mature pines, 8K Miles, $21,900
Five Questions:
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS
green fields, good hunting.
1 BEDROOM $3000/ac. Bud Phillips, Vans:

1 Blue whale
662−549−2302. 2010 Honda Odyssey EX;
2 BEDROOMS 4dr, 135K Miles, Silver,
3 BEDROOMS CARROLL CO. 543 ACRES $7,900
Mature timberland w/ nice 2013 Honda Odyssey EX;
LEASE,
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metal building w/ total 4dr, 56K Miles, Gray,

2 Banana
$13,900
DEPOSIT living area. Excellent deer
Trucks:
& turkey hunting. 3 miles
AND off I−55. $2200/ac. 662− 2017 Freightliner
CREDIT CHECK 227−5295. Cascadia; 155K Miles,
Red, $60,000

3 Venezuela
2011 Toyota Tacoma
662-329-2323 FALL SPECIAL. 1.75 acre
lots. Good/bad credit. 10%
PreRunner V6 SR5; 4dr,
Brown, 162K Miles,
down, as low as $299/mo.
2411 HWY 45 N Eaton Land.
$13,900
Miscellaneous:
COLUMBUS, MS
4 Master
662−361−7711. 2016 JLG 4069LE 35
Hours Man Lift; Green,

Splinter
IN HICKORY GROVE. $25,000
SEVERAL 1, 2, & 3 BR 4 acres of land w/ 2BR Upcoming Vehicles:
UNITS AVAILABLE. Various home. Needs to be 2013 Toyota Tacoma 4WD
locations. Lease, Deposit, renovated. $27,500. Double Cab; 102K Miles,
Credit Check. No Pets. Serious inquiries only. $18,900

5 Credit card
$375 and up. Call Long & 662−329−9099 or 2019 Honda Civic LX; 4dr,
Long @ 662−328−0770. 662−386−8631. Black, 8K Miles