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Petal fans filled the stands despite the nasty weather. Petal defeats rival Oak Grove in tight contest
Home team Petal defeated one of their local rivals, the Oak Grove Warriors, 26-21 on Saturday, August 28. Despite the rainy conditions, the stands were packed, and the crowd was in full game mode...
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Hattiesburg tops Laurel for Little Brown Jug
Tigers down Tornadoes 19-7
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The Wayne Academy cheerleaders dance. Wayne Academy loses; Taylorsville, Sylva Bay wins
The Wayne Academy Jaguars ran into a academy 2A buzz saw Friday night in Waynesboro, as Simpson Academy used a suffocating defense and big-play offense to take a 34-0 win. Four minutes into the ga...
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West Jones QB Ben Stevens. Mustangs trump Tigers
Connor Cockrell’s 66-yard pick-six with 23 seconds left in the game Thursday night put the finishing touches on a Mustangs’ victory that had been decided nearly two quarters earlier. Cockrell’s to...
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Football picks: Can you out-pick Kevin
Kevin Williamson’s Football Forecast is printed in the Laurel Wednesday Impact each week during football season. His full story on the 12 teams in our readership area can be viewed in today&...
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Ridgeland outlasts the Tigers in Mendenhall
Ridgeland 16 Mendenhall 8
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SCA rolls past Alpha Christian
Simpson Academy 45 Alpha Christian 6
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Cody Prewitt goes airborne like few people can do. Unbelievable jump!
This is the jump that shocked the crowd last Thursday in Stringer. Cody Prewitt, Sylva Bay’s quarterback, was running down the sidelines when a Stringer defensive back went to knock him out ...
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Head coach Eddie Pierce tries to line his Bobcats up for the team picture on a hot Saturday morning in Bobcat Stadium/Sim Cooley Field. Bobcats holds football media day
Jones County Junior College held its annual Football Media Day here on a sweltering Saturday morning at Bobcat Stadium/Sim Cooley Field. Head coach Eddie Pierce, his assistant coaches and the Bobc...
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A helicopter from Camp Shelby flies over the field before the game was first scheduled to start. Purvis defeats Perry Central after game delay
After an hour and fifteen minute game delay due to lightening, the Purvis Tornadoes defeated the Perry Central Bulldogs in New Augusta on Friday night. Perry Central travels to Columbia next week....
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The Jones County Junior College Bobcats will have a talented secondary in 2010. Kneeling, from left, are Leslie Agee (Bay Springs), Chris Smith (Laurel), Phillip Powe (Quitman), De Neco Hathorn (Collins), Jordan Walker (West Jones), Cortez Nixon (Heidelberg) and Martrez Townes (Desoto Central). Standing, from left, are Antonio Parker (Destrehan High School in New Orleans), Jared Quinn (Oak Grove), Phylandus Powe (Quitman), defensive coordinator/defensive backs/linebackers coach Steve Boyd, Chavez Sims (Mize), Cory Cooley (West Jones) and Roderick McCullum (West Jones). Two Mustangs, one Tornado starting for JCJC in secondary
The 19th-ranked Jones County Junior College Bobcats have talent in the secondary. But it’s just a matter of the players learning the system. “They are all pretty young back there,” said defensive ...
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Stringer Cheerleaders at halftime of Sylva Bay game
Stringer Cheerleaders at halftime of Sylva Bay game
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Stringer Band versus Sylva Bay
Stringer Band versus Sylva Bay
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Lady Bobcat tennis team drops first match of season
MERIDIAN – The Jones County Junior College Lady Bobcats split two tennis matches here on Saturday. JCJC defeated Central Alabama Community College, 7-2, in the morning.
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West Jones vs. Petal – Soccer
The West Jones Lady Mustangs (15-0, 1-0) beat Petal (6-5) by a score of 7-2 last night in non-division soccer action. Macie Wallace scored 4 goals and had an assist, Beth Coleman scored a goal and...
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Football season wraps up for some teams; staff makes their predictions
Last week our competitors tied with 8-2 for the week. That leaves Sales Representative David Walters and News Editor Jill Deakle at 63-21; Sales Representative Rocky Boone at 62-22; and General Ma...
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Hattiesburg Impact Staff football picks for Oct. 23
The tides changed a bit this week as sales rep David Walters is now tied for first with news editor, Jill Deakle, who has led the pack the entire season. Both Deakle and Walters have a 55-19 recor...
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Which teams have ground to make up this last month?
Last Week’s Forecast: 10-2 Season Forecast: 63-24 We are now in the stretch run to the playoffs. Approximately one month of regular season play remains, which means we can begin to interpret how...
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A photo from the Petal vs. Ocean Springs game last week.  Petal takes on another Gulf Coast team-- Harrison Central-- tonight. Friday night high school football predictions
Last week’s games offered a few surprises. Undefeated Oak Grove got their first loss by Natchez. Ocean Springs held back Petal in a game ran by both defenses. Perry Central barely defeated...
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Hattiesburg Impact's Friday night football predictions for October 2
We are about in the middle of football season, and our it is a neck and neck race between our Hattiesburg Impact staff members. News Editor Jill Deakle has pulled ahead of the boys with an overal...
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West Jones' product Bridget Dennis helps Lady Bobcats win
by Shawn Wansley
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It was a successful way for the Jones County Junior College soccer teams to open the home portion of the 2010 season here on a hot Tuesday afternoon at the Bobcat Soccer Field. The Lady Bobcats cr...
Bobcats ranked No. 25 in JUCO poll
by Shawn Wansley
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The Jones County Junior College Bobcats are ranked No. 25 in the JCFootball.com/JC Gridwire preseason poll, which was released Wednesday afternoon. Head coach Eddie Pierce’s Bobcats share the No. ...
Bobcats will be inexperienced at wide receiver position
by Shawn Wansley
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Inexperience is the word when it comes to the wide receiver position for the 19th-ranked Jones County Junior College Bobcats. Only one player returns who played in 2009 – Laurel sophomore Kylan Pol...
Veteran line will be key for Bobcat offense
by Shawn Wansley
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Jones County Junior College offensive line/tight ends coach Ron Brewer is frank when it comes to describing his group. “We are the bell cow up front,” he said. “We have got to take the lead and ge...
Bobcat men’s soccer team hopes to continue success
by Shawn Wansley
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The Jones County Junior College Bobcats have some tradition going in men’s soccer. And head coach Oleg Baleyev hopes they can continue their winning ways in 2010. “We’ve had some success the past ...
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JCJC Touch of Gold dancers Morgan Windham of Stringer and Verneshia Heidelberg of Laurel are groovin’ to the ‘70’s tunes the Maroon Typhoon play as part of its show, "Peace, Love & Harmony." Photo/Teresa Martin.
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