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St. Pauls
Episcopal Church
318 College Street Columbus
St. Pauls Episcopal Church
The Rev. Anne Harris
328-6673 www.stpaulscolumbus.com
Holy Communion
8:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.
on Sunday
(Childcare Provided)
Lowndes County
Marriages
Cody Alan Lollar and Victo-
ria Lynne Petty
Rober t Dahlem Brown and
Brittani Taylor
Chase Daniel Gilliland and
Holly Natalie Robinson
Divorces
Michael C. Durkin and
Ruby Durkin
Sammie L. Buckhalter and
Glenda Foote Buckhalter
Jon Mark Caldwell and
Stella Ashley OBrian Cald-
well
Willie Richardson and Tele-
na Richardson
Tyler Bengford and Jas-
mine Lobato
Shawn Shaw and Bridget
Shaw
Stevie Alton Scott Jr. and
Cour tney Anne Scott
Joshua A. Woodard and
Erica Davis Woodard
MaRRIaGES aNd dIvORCES
The following arrests
were reported by the
Lowndes County Sher-
iffs Department and the
Columbus Police Depart-
ment:
Stefanie Kaye Ash-
ton, 29, of 187 Jones Drive,
was arrested at Recovery
House by MDOC Sept. 16
and charged with violation
of probation.
Brandon Terrell Car-
ter, 26, of 2608 Boyd Road,
was arrested on Highway
373 near Noblin Road
by LCSO Sept. 13 and
charged with felony DUI-
third offense and driving
on the wrong side of he
road. He was released the
same day on $5,150 bond.
His court date is sched-
uled for Oct. 8.
John Balab Fleming,
25, of 610 22nd St. N., Apt.
K, was arrested by CPD
Sept. 17 and charged with
three counts of selling co-
caine, selling marijuana
and selling a controlled
substance. He was re-
leased the same day on
$10,000 bond. His court
date is scheduled for Nov.
21.
Douglas Fitzgerald
Gunter, 49, of 901 11th St.
S., Apt. I-4, was arrested by
CPD Sept. 17 and charged
with selling cocaine. He
was released the same
day on a $5,000 bond. His
court date is scheduled for
Nov. 21.
Michael Montez Har-
ris, 34, of 1314 7th Ave. N.,
was arrested at his resi-
dence by CPD Sept. 17 and
charged with two counts
of selling cocaine. Bond
has been set at $7,500. His
court date is scheduled for
Nov. 21.
Derek Lamar John-
son, 27, of 617 16th St. N.,
was arrested in Tuscaloo-
sa, Ala., by MDOC Sept.
16 and charged with viola-
tion of probation.
Clay Kimbra Madi-
son, 48, of 1055 Main St.,
Lot 2 in Caledonia was ar-
rested on Highway 45 by
MHP Sept. 15 and charged
with violation of probation.
Marco Sanchez Rice,
35, of 813 13th St. N., Apt.
E-3, was arrested at 813
8th Ave. N., by LCSO Sept.
13 and charged with two
counts of selling cocaine.
He was released the same
day on a $20,000 bond. His
court date is scheduled for
Nov. 12.
Freddie Edward Rob-
inson, 23, of 1010 2nd St.
S., was arrested in St. Lou-
is by MDOC Sept. 13 and
charged with violation of
probation.
Derrick Ross Wil-
liams, 40, of 912 Oswalt
Road, was arrested at 2300
Main St., by CPD Sept.
14 and charged with driv-
ing under the infuence,
disorderly conduct and
violation of probation. His
court date is scheduled for
Oct. 2.
Johnson Harris Gunter Fleming Carter Ashton
Williams Robinson Rice Madison
By EMILy WAGSTER PETTUS
The Associated Press
JACKSON The Mississippi
Department of Public Safety is
seeking 45 percent more mon-
ey from the state general fund
for the coming year, a far-larger
increase than any other agency
has requested during this weeks
state budget hearings.
Thats just not realistic to
me, Sen. Terry Brown told Pub-
lic Safety Commissioner Albert
Santa Cruz during a contentious
hearing Wednesday.
I understand that youve got
needs, Brown said. Everyone
that comes before us has got
needs.
State revenue has grown 5 per-
cent for each of the past two years,
and leaders expect similar growth
in fscal year 2015, which starts
next July 1. Two other agencies
have requested increases of more
than 20 percent. Several have re-
quested increases of 5 percent or
less, and some are asking for de-
creases in their budgets.
Santa Cruz gave the 14-mem-
ber Joint Legislative Budget Com-
mittee few documents to support
his budget presentation, although
DPS provided documents later to
lawmakers and reporters.
During the hearing, when
Brown asked Santa Cruz to justify
the big increase, the commission-
er looked to other DPS adminis-
trators who shuffed through pa-
pers. After a long pause, Brown,
R-Columbus, cut him off: I with-
draw the ques-
tion.
Santa Cruz said
DPS wants to train
more state troop-
ers. Information
provided after the
meeting showed
DPS is requesting
$7.7 million for
trooper training, about $4 million
more for the state Crime Lab,
more than $2 million more for
the Bureau of Narcotics and an
additional $1.7 million for the Law
Enforcement Offcers Training
Academy, among other increases.
The total requested increase
for DPS is $32 million from the
general fund. The agency is
getting roughly $71 million in
the current budget year and is
requesting nearly $103 million
for fscal 2015. The state-funded
portion of Mississippis overall
budget, for everything from pris-
ons to schools to public safety, is
expected to be more than $5.8
billion.
In an email to The Associated
Press, DPS Deputy Administrator
Kenneth E. Magee said 82 of the
509 state troopers are eligible to
retire now. As of Dec. 1 this num-
ber increases to 102, he said.
He also said $2.9 million would
go to a three-year modernization
of a 20-year-old drivers license is-
suance system and database.
Magee said that for fscal year
2013, which ended this past June
30, DPS received $5.1 million less
than it needed to pay for salaries.
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves scolded
Santa Cruz for authorizing re-
alignment of some DPS salaries,
an administrative way of moving
money within a budget to give
employees bigger paychecks.
That was not a pay raise, Santa
Cruz responded. Reeves said it
was a pay raise that legislators
didnt authorize as a specifc bud-
get category.
Reeves, a Republican, said
DPS hasnt been spending money
where it should like, for exam-
ple, buying new cars for troopers
who are patrolling the highways
in old, high-mileage vehicles.
Santa Cruz told the Budget Com-
mittee that DPS bought 15 new
vehicles for one of its divisions,
the Mississippi Bureau of Inves-
tigation.
Reeves replied: When you
make purchases of vehicles and
they dont go to people on the
road, I wonder about your prior-
ities.
House Speaker Philip Gunn,
R-Clinton, said he couldnt ex-
plain why DPS didnt provide de-
tailed information to the Budget
Committee during the hearing:
It makes it hard for us to go to
bat for them when we dont have
that basic information.
Miss. lawmakers skeptical of DPS budget request
department of Public Safety seeking 45
percent more money for coming year
Brown
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Opinion
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SLIM SMITH Managing Editor
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ReadeRs comment
slimantics
Early this year,
when the qualify-
ing period began
for the mayor and
council races be-
gan, I found it odd
that more people
didnt choose to
run. As you will
recall, two council
positions were
uncontested and
only one council
race had as many as
three candidates. In
the mayors race, two challeng-
ers faced incumbent Robert
Smith.
Given the general down-
ward trajectory of the city,
you might have thought more
people would be inspired to
jump into the fray. Hardly.
Marty Turner turned out
to be the only new face on
the council and Smith easily
retained his throne.
Now that the elections are
a few months in our rear-view
mirror and weve had the
opportunity to see the mar-
ginally-new city government
in action, I believe the lack of
candidates can be attributed to
poor marketing.
I am convinced that some
would-be candidates might
have been prompt-
ed to seek offce
if only they have
been made aware of
some of the bene-
fts they may have
failed to notice.
Join the Coun-
cil. See the World!
would have been an
excellent marketing
slogan, I think.
Its been a busy
summer for the
council and city
offcials, what with all that
packing and unpacking and
getting on planes, etc.
This month, councilmen
Kabir Karriem, Joseph Mick-
ens and Turner will head
to Washington, D.C. for a
Congressional Black Caucus
legislative conference. Last
month, the same three council-
men, along with Gene Taylor
and Charlie Box and six other
city offcials spent three days
of intense, exhaustive study of
ways to develop the Tenn-Tom
Waterway in the grim confnes
of the Grand Hotel Marriott
Resort, Golf Club and Spa,
located on the spartan beaches
of Point Clear, Ala.
Since their return, its all
they seem to want to talk
about ways to develop the
Tenn-Tom. Day and night, its
we can do this on the Tenn-
Tom and according to the
extensive notes I took at the
conference, we should do this.
Such is their zeal, that citizens
are often compelled to cross
the street when they see a city
offcial approaching for fear
that they will be button-holed
for a long soliloquy about plans
for the Tenn-Tom Waterway.
Now, it appears Taylor is
headed for Seattle for a Nation-
al League of Cities conference.
I would not be at all sur-
prised if Taylor doesnt come
back with plans to build a
Space Needle right here in
Columbus, probably as part
of that Tenn-Tom Waterway
development.
Then Taylor, Smith and
Mickens are off to Tunica,
which is rumored to have a ca-
sino and nice restaurants, for a
Municipal League Conference.
I see a foating casino in our
future, dont you?
All of this traveling comes
at a time when the city is
already more than $5,600
over budget for administrative
travel.
It also comes shortly after
the city put the fnishing touch-
es on its budget for next year.
The council cut funding for
most departments, although
it did somehow manage a
healthy increase for adminis-
tration, because, you know, all
that travelin aint cheap.
Of all the departments, the
citys fre department took
the biggest hit, losing about
$580,000. On the bright side,
theres a pretty good chance
the mayor and councilmen will
be safely out of town in the
event of a fre.
Travel is also very much
on the minds of the folks who
run Lowndes County. And by
folks who run Lowndes Coun-
ty, I mean, of course, board of
supervisors president Harry
Sanders and supervisor Leroy
Brooks.
This week, Sanders got a
ruling from the state attor-
ney generals offce over a
controversy that began when
Brooks turned in his expenses
for a trip to Biloxi for a June
conference. Brooks arrived at
the conference a day early, but
turned in that days expenses
for reimbursement and was
paid for it. Later, Sanders
insisted that Brooks repay that
portion, which amounted to
$199. Brooks refused. In fact,
he said he would rather duke it
out in court than cough up the
two Benjamin.
So that was the end of it,
right?
Are you nuts? It would be
easier to convince a wolf to let
go of a pork chop that it would
be for Sanders to let go of this.
So off to the AGs offce
Sanders went, returning with a
ruling that says the county can
withhold Brooks pay check
until he coughs up that $199.
After initially saying he
would get his own AG opinion,
Brooks fnally relented and
paid the $199 this morning,
which is really a shame, in one
sense.
I dont know how they han-
dle pay-day for supervisors.
Here, I walk around the offce
every other Friday and hand
checks to my employees.
If thats the way they do it
with the supervisors, I would
have paid good money to watch
Sanders dole out the checks as
Brooks held frm in his refusal
to pay up: Heres your check,
John. Here ya go, Jeff,. Heres
your check Bill....No soup for
you, Leroy!
Public service can be a
thankless job, I realize.
But nobody said it isnt wild-
ly entertaining.
Slim Smith is the managing
editor of The Dispatch. His
email address is ssmith@cdis-
patch.com.
The following is an edited selection of reader
comments posted at the end of stories and columns
published on-line. More can be found at www.cdispatch.
com.
Voice of the People: Cameron Triplett
KJ705: We created a nation of victims when our
reaction to 9/11 was cowardly panic. We created a
nation of helpless victims when we allowed the Patriot
Act, Homeland security, militarized police forces
funded by unconstitutional forfeitures and property
seizures, warrant-less wiretapping of citizens, and
NSA spying on every byte of traffc on the Internet.
We continue to create a nation of helpless victims
when we act against our own self interest by fur-
thering policies that promote guns as the answer to
every boogie man we might think to be afraid of. The
were only safe if everyone has a gun mentality is
pure cowardice. Only criminals will have guns is an
expression of abject fear.
Swampthing2: Mr. Triplett: Before I take issue with
any of the points you made in your letter, let me frst
admit that I have been guilty of inelegant criticism of
one of your previous letters and I consider my action
at that time to be a mistake that did nothing to help
anyone no matter what anyone said or what I felt at
the time.
More lengthy refection led me to see that my ap-
proach was unproductive and for that I apologize. Fur-
thermore, although I virtually never agree with you, I
do applaud both your commitment to your ideals and
your willingness not only to take a stand but also to
do so in public, and frequently. I feel your perspective
is always worth considering and I do see attempts on
your part to be objective, and that is always a good
thing (in my opinion, of course!). None of us ever
fully achieve objectivity but it is always worth doing
the best that you can on that score (again, opinion
noted). In any case, though there is much that I could
comment on in your letter from Wednesdays paper, I
will here address only your comment regarding your
claim that the liberal agenda of the media (I assume)
prevents reportage on black-on-white killings, etc.
You cite no data on this point, however, so readers
are left to take your word that this is fact, something I
am not inclined to do, if I am to be honest.
I come from a world in which evidence is required
to back up statements and conclusions, and I typically
fnd your letter and those of pretty much all other
commenters, liberal and conservative alike, to be
basically devoid of same. Without taking it any fur-
ther, while your letter would appear to be in response
to Mondays mass-shooting in Washington DC, you
seem to have ignored the fact that 1) it was black-
on-white, etc; and 2) it was thoroughly covered by
both national and local press. Aside from that, I offer
no contradictory evidence here - I havent checked,
Mondays event, may in fact be rare. But I am not
making any forceful claims here, either, just raising a
procedural point.
An opportunity to talk about gun laws? Not a
chance.
Roland Reagan: Gun laws are easy, solving the
problems and treatments of the mentally ill are very
hard. In our efforts not to stigmatize people who are
mentally ill we have as a result, enabled mass murder.
To the rising pile of
shooting rampages,
Americans can now
add the rapid-fre
murder of 15 people at
the Washington Navy
Yard. It is a sign of
our remarkable times
that this horrid deed
seems to pale next to
the massacre of 20
schoolchildren in sub-
urban Connecticut last
December.
Behind virtually every one of
these slaughters is a loner who
had shown signs of being mentally
ill. The Navy Yard suspect, Aaron
Alexis, had complained to police in
Rhode Island of enemies passing
vibrations through hotel walls.
He was questioned in Fort Worth,
Texas, for fring a bullet into an
apartment ceiling and in Seattle
for shooting out a cars tires.
Though every incident pointed
to a sick mind, none was serious
enough to raise a fashing red fag.
Worrisome how many unbalanced
people fy below the offcial radar.
Its hard to believe there are
more mentally unwell people in
America than elsewhere. But there
are more of other troubling things
in this country: isolation, a mes-
merizing parade of violent images
and easy access to weaponry.
Im not going to dwell here on
the gun control issue except to say
this: Its one thing to want frearms
for hunting or self-defense. Its
another to demand a right to own
weapons that can murder large
numbers in seconds.
That refects a cracked
worship of killing pow-
er, especially attractive
to the unstable.
Many argue that
mental illness, not the
fow of guns, drives
these crimes. They are
not entirely wrong. But
how do you keep killing
machines out of crazy
hands? Laws requir-
ing a sanity check for
gun buyers sound sensible, but
the guns used by the slayer of the
schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn.,
were bought by his supposedly
rational mother. Adam Lanzas
mother went to bars to brag about
her guns while leaving them
unlocked at the home she shared
with her clearly troubled son.
We learn that Alexis, like
Lanza, like the Columbine High
School shooters, spent long hours
hypnotized by violent video games.
So pervasive have these games
become that the public now shrugs
at the likes of Grand Theft Auto,
once considered shocking for its
anti-social violence. The casual
bloodletting in the new Grand
Theft Auto V is said to be oiled by
humor and satire, injecting more
confusion into already-confused
minds.
There is debate on whether
these games promote violent
behavior. The case that they do
seems strong enough to have com-
pelled one video game maker to
hire a crack lobbying frm to stop
a Senate bill that would sponsor
research into the possible connec-
tion.
Much research suggests that
ordinary people playing violent
video games do experience height-
ened feelings of belligerence,
along with higher heart rate and
blood pressure. In his own study,
Brad Bushman, a professor of
communications and psychology at
Ohio State University, found that
typical college students playing
violent games for only 20 minutes
a day for three days became more
aggressive.
Most players dont act on their
anger, because they come to the
game in fairly good mental health,
Bushman wrote in response to the
Navy Yard massacre. But what
about players who already are pre-
disposed to violence? He added,
Violent video games are just one
more factor that may be pushing
them toward violence.
Americas mass shootings seem
to be about several things. Theyre
about a culture that bombards
people with images of casual
homicide, that likes to wave guns,
that doesnt pay enough attention
to mental illness. Though mass
killings occur in other developed
countries, our especially deadly
mix of factors may explain why
they happen here with grotesque
predictability. Its something toxic
in the air.
Froma Harrop, a syndicated
columnist, writes for the Providence
(Rhode Island) Journal. Her e-mail
address is f harrop@projo.com.
Violence in our air
On guns, mental
health and violence
Off to see the world
Local elected offcials avail themselves of travel
opportunities and taxpayers pick up the tab
Slim Smith
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Tom Guyton, Jr.
Mr. Tom W. Tommy Guyton, 80, of Macon,
MS passed away at Regency Hospital in Merid-
ian, MS on Tuesday, September 17, 2013. Mr.
Guyton was the son of the late Tom Watson and
Dorothy Misso Guyton. With the exception of
a term of service with the U.S. Air Force, lived
all of his life in Noxubee County, MS.
Mr. Tommy, as he was best known, was born
in Macon on November 24, 1932, and gradu-
ated from Macon High School in the Class of
1951. During his stint with the Air Force, he
was stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base in
San Antonio, TX with the 3545th Maintenance
& Supply Group. Soon after his discharge from
service, he married the love of his life, Janet
Holliman, to whom he was married for over
50 years. Mrs. Janet had already gone to be
with the Lord and was awaiting her husband in
Heaven.
Mr. Tommy was a very diverse person who
had many interests, both in business and rec-
reation. He was a dairy and beef cattle farmer,
as well as the owner of Cade Hardware, frst in
Brooksville, MS and later in Macon. Also, along
with his wife, he was owner of Beauty Chateau
and A. Klaus & Co. in Macon. He was an avid
sportsman who enjoyed hunting and fshing as
well as golfng. He also enjoyed traveling.
His family members variously describe him
as: outgoing, loving, kind, caring and as a very
dedicated father and friend. Mr. Tommy en-
joyed celebrating life and always tried to live
life to the fullest measure. He was always will-
ing to share his time and knowledge.
He loved people, as was evidenced not only
by his involvement with community and civic
organizations, but by his willingness to help
anyone in need. Mr. Tommy was a past mem-
ber of the Brooksville Rotary Club, the Noxu-
bee County Chamber of Commerce, and was
a longtime member of the Zach Brooks Golf
Course in Macon. He was a charter member
of the Macon Lions Club and had recently been
honored for over 50 years of involved service.
Mr. Tommy was a faithful member of Calvary
Baptist Church in Macon.
Mr. Tommy is survived by his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Anna Belle Holliman of Macon; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Teleah Carter (Claude) of Columbus,
MS and Mrs. Beverly Ross (Bill) of Macon.
Also surviving him are his two sisters, Mrs.
Jean Anderson (Fred) of Utica, MS and Mrs.
Juanita Hamill (Verely)of Brookhaven, MS; as
well as, one brother-in-law, Mickey Holliman
(Babs) of Tupelo, MS; and his three grandchil-
dren, Anna Leigh Whitehead (Jonathan) and
Emily Vernon (Nick), both of Louisville, MS
and Trent Ross (Krystal) of Macon. Also left
to mourn his passing are fve great-grandchil-
dren.
Mr. Tommys funeral service will be held
on Friday, September 20, 2013, at 11:00 A.M.
from Calvary Baptist Church with his son-in-
law, Bro. Bill Ross and Bro. Jimmy Hunter off-
ciating. Interment will follow in the family lot
at Salem Cemetery near Macon. Visitation will
be held at the church from 9:00 until 11:00 A.M.
prior to the funeral.
In lieu of fowers, any memorials should be
made to the missions of Calvary Baptist Church
or to the donors favorite charity.
You may sign the online register book or
leave a condolence at www.cockrellfuneral-
home.com
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Todd Burgess
COLUMBUS
Todd Burgess, 73, died
Sept. 15, 2013, at his
residence.
Mr. Burgess was
born Feb. 28, 1941.
He was a veteran of
the U.S. Army and the
U.S. Air Force. He was
formerly employed with
Hunt.
He was preceded in
death by his parents;
and his wife, Jackie
Burgess.
Survivors include
his daughter, Roxanne
Burgess of Hot Springs,
Ark., and Tracey Tuck-
er of Texas; sons, Mike
Wiginton of Minnesota
and Ron Wiginton
of Illinois; and three
grandchildren.
Memorials may
be made to the Todd
Burgess Memorial
Fund, Lowndes Funeral
Home, 1131 N. Lehm-
berg Road, Columbus,
MS 39702.
R.C. Taylor
NOXUBEE R.C.
Taylor, 53, died Sept.
13, 2013, at Starkville
Manor Nursing Home.
Services are Friday
at 1 p.m. at Second
James Creek with the
Rev. Michael Tate offci-
ating. Burial will follow
in Woodlawn CME.
Visitation is today from
noon to 5 p.m. at Car-
ters of Macon.
Mr. Taylor was born
June 23, 1960, to the
late Napoleon Skin-
ner and Sadie Taylor
Turner. He was former-
ly employed with Dee
River Farming.
In addition to his par-
ents, he was preceded
in death by his siblings,
Hattie Mae Beck and
Bobby C. Taylor.
Survivors include
Jimmie Lee, Joe L.,
G.L. Taylor and Willie
Mae Hopkins, all of
Brooksville.
Mary Woolsey
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Mary Weedon Woolsey,
57, died Sept. 18, 2013,
at North Mississippi
Medical Center.
Services are Satur-
day at 11 a.m. at Calvert
Funeral Home. Visita-
tion is Saturday from
9:30 a.m. until time of
services.
Mrs. Woolsey was
born Dec. 22, 1955, to
the late Cleo Gertrude
Shank and Lawrence
Arthur Weedon. She
was formerly employed
as a packer with Blazon
Tube Company.
In addition to her
parents, she was
preceded in death by
her husband, Dennis
Robert Woolsey.
Survivors include
her daughter, Hope
Weedon of West Point;
sister, Debbie Weiss of
Olney, Ill.; and three
grandchildren.
James Burns
COLUMBUS
James Burns, 73, died
Sept. 18, 2013, at Bap-
tist Memorial Hospital
Golden Triangle.
Arrangements are
incomplete and will be
announced by Gunter
& Peel Funeral Home.
By ANDREW MIGA
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON The na-
tions health care spending will
jump by 6.1 percent next year
as the big coverage expansion
in President Barack Obamas
overhaul kicks in, government
experts predicted Wednesday.
Thats more than 2 per-
centage points higher than
the growth rate forecast for
this year, and compares with a
growth rate that has hovered
under 4 percent, historically
low, for the past four years.
Much of the increase project-
ed for next year is attributed to
the new health care program,
which is expected to provide in-
surance coverage to millions of
currently uninsured Americans
beginning Jan. 1.
Without it, the estimated
growth would be 4.5 percent,
according to the report Wednes-
day from Medicares Offce of
the Actuary. The fndings were
published online by the journal
Health Affairs.
Other factors driving up
spending include an improving
economy and the aging of the
nations population.
Over the longer term, the
health care overhaul would
only be a modest contributor
to spending increases, the re-
port said. From 2012 to 2022,
the new law is projected to add
about 0.1 percent to average an-
nual health spending growth.
In all, Obamas plan will
add $621 billion to health care
spending over that 10-year pe-
riod, while expanding coverage
to some 30 million uninsured
people, experts said.
Some 11 million people are
expected to gain health insur-
ance coverage in 2014, mostly
through new state insurance
markets the law sets up or
through expanded eligibility
for Medicaid, the federal-state
insurance program for low-in-
come people.
Medicaid enrollment alone is
expected to increase by 8.7 mil-
lion people next year.
Many of the newly insured
are expected to be younger
and healthier. Theyre expect-
ed to devote a larger share of
their health care spending to
prescription drugs and physi-
cian and clinical services and a
smaller share to hospital spend-
ing.
Out-of-pocket spending for
individuals and families is pro-
jected to fall 1.5 percent in 2014
because of the new coverage
and lower cost-sharing for peo-
ple with improved coverage.
The report said the recent
low rates of spending growth
are a persistent effect of the
economic recession, which in-
cludes employers shifting more
health care costs to employees,
pressure on government bud-
gets and consumers forgoing or
delaying treatment.
National health spending is
expected to grow at an average
annual rate of 5.8 percent from
2012 to 2022, 1 percentage point
higher than the growth rate for
the overall economy in that pe-
riod, the experts said. As a re-
sult, the share of gross domes-
tic product devoted to health
care is forecast to rise from 17.9
percent in 2011 to 19.9 percent
by 2022, the report said.
The most signifcant one-
time effects on spending of the
coverage expansions under
Obamas plan are expected to
subside beginning in 2016.
Government says health spending to jump next year
improving economy, aging population,
coupled with new health care program
driving up spending
online:
Health Affairs: content.healthaf-
fairs.org/lookup/doi/10.1377/
hlthaff.2013.0721
Education offcials: Fully
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By JEFF AMy
The Associated Press
JACKSON Missis-
sippi education offcials
are making their legally
mandated push to sup-
port the states school
funding formula, but its
not clear theyll be any
more successful next fs-
cal year than in other re-
cent years.
State Department of
Education offcials made
their pitch to the Joint
Legislative Budget Com-
mittee on Wednesday.
Lawmakers would
have to add $264.5 mil-
lion to the Mississippi
Adequate Education
Program in the budget
year beginning July 1 to
provide what the formula
calls an adequate amount
of aid to local school dis-
tricts. According to pre-
liminary estimates, the
gap would be down from
$293 million in the cur-
rent budget.
AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki
Law enforcement offcials from multiple agencies examine the two cars pulled from Foss Lake, in Foss, Okla., on
Wednesday. The Oklahoma State Medical Examiners Offce says authorities have recovered skeletal remains of
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Oklahoma sheriff says the
families of six people who
have been missing for
more than 40 years should
be able to gain some clo-
sure with the discovery of
cars and bones believed to
be connected to the cases.
What still lingers,
though, are questions
about how the skeletal
remains and two vehicles
ended up submerged in
Custer Countys Foss
Lake, said Sheriff Bruce
Peoples. Hes hopeful the
answers will come, help-
ing solve a pair of mys-
teries that have haunted
residents for more than a
generation.
Now the family will
know, and thats what we
look at as an important
part of our job, Peoples
said. Its going to close
a very unhappy chapter
in their lives, but nothing
any worse than having
those lingering questions
and wondering what hap-
pened.
Were the victims in the
two separate cold cases
murdered and dumped in
the lake about 100 miles
west of Oklahoma City?
Or did they take a wrong
turn, drive off the edge of
the boat ramp and end up
submerged?
Its way too early to
tell at this point, Peoples
said. Well treat it as a
crime until were able to
determine its a simple car
wreck.
Divers conducting a
training exercise with so-
nar equipment found the
1969 Camaro and early
1950s Chevrolet at the bot-
tom of Foss Lake on Tues-
day. The vehicles were in
about 12 feet of water
about 50 feet from the end
of a boat ramp.
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groups such as the Club
for Growth, the Madison
Project and the Senate
Conservatives Fund, Re-
publicans turned the letter
into legislation sponsored
by third-term Rep. Tom
Graves, a 43-year-old from
Ranger, Ga., who lists his
high school loves as foot-
ball, algebra and his Mo-
hawk haircut.
More than 140 Republi-
cans signed on to the bill to
keep the government run-
ning and delay the health
care law. On Wednesday,
the House leadership sig-
naled it had acquiesced
to rank-and-fle demands
and set a vote for Friday
on legislation to fund the
government through Dec.
15 at existing levels while
permanently defunding
the health care law.
Meadows, Graves and
other conservatives de-
clined to discuss the like-
lihood that the Democrat-
ic-led Senate would reject
their bill and dismissed
talk that their actions
would cause a politically
debilitating government
shutdown similar to the
House Republican stand-
off with Democratic Pres-
ident Bill Clinton in 1995-
96.
This is not 1995. This
is very different today,
Graves told reporters. I
suggest you interview the
folks who come to our
town halls and you see
the hurt and the pain and
the concern in their eyes.
Youll understand why we
have the resolve and the
constitution here to stand
up for them.
Republicans insist this
is their last, best chance
to stop the law. Although
some provisions are fair-
ly well-established, such
as children remaining on
their parents insurance
plans until age 26, a cru-
cial change goes into ef-
fect Oct. 1. Thats when
millions of people without
access to job-based health
care will be able to enroll
online through new state
insurance markets for cov-
erage effective at the start
of next year.
Sept. 30 is a critical
day, Meadows, 54, who
traded a sandwich shop
for real estate develop-
ment, said in an interview.
All of us are united in
understanding that once
you start enrollment, it
becomes a totally differ-
ent dynamic even though
theyre not receiving ben-
efts. When somebody
enrolls in something,
they assume they will be
getting them. Thats why
the American people are
expecting us to fght now,
not delay the fght until
next year some time.
Republicans also con-
tend that Senate Dem-
ocrats from Republi-
can-leaning states who
voted for the law will
switch sides as they look
ahead to tough re-election
bids next year. Political-
ly, fip-fopping on such
a high-profle vote could
be devastating for an in-
cumbent. Still, Republi-
cans are looking forward
to making several Dem-
ocrats Mark Pryor of
Arkansas, Mark Begich of
Alaska, Mary Landrieu of
Louisiana and Kay Hagan
of North Carolina vote
again with Obama on a law
that opinion polls show re-
mains confusing and un-
popular.
Yet even proponents in
the Senate acknowledge
that their chances of de-
funding Obamacare are
slim.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex-
as, a chief sponsor in the
Senate, acknowledged
that Majority Leader Har-
ry Reid, D-Nev., likely has
the votes to remove the
provision defunding the
health care law and send
back to the House a bill to
keep the government op-
erating.
Cruz said in a state-
ment that House Republi-
cans then must stand frm.
But other Republican
senators dismiss the tac-
tic as time-consuming and
unrealistic. The fscal year
ends Sept. 30.
Its a political ploy,
said Sen. Tom Coburn,
R-Okla., who says he op-
poses stopgap spending
bills in general. Tell me
a bill that the presidents
going to sign and fgure
out how we get there, and
then Ill support that.
House Republicans
refused to discuss hypo-
theticals about what the
Senate might do to their
bill. They insist that their
approach gives the House
leverage.
You play offense,
said Rep. Chris Collins,
R-N.Y. We send them a
solid plan that America is
behind, then its up to the
Senate and its up to the
president to decide wheth-
er our plan makes sense or
whether they want to draw
a line in the sand and shut
the government down.
AP Photo/ Evan Vucci
In this Jan. 3, 2013, fle photo, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., right, participates in a
mock swearing-in ceremony with Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner in Wash-
ington.
Yokohama
continued from Page 1a
doesnt mean theres not
things happening.
West Point Mayor Rob-
bie Robinson said the city
has selected a bid from
Texas-based Landmark
Structures to construct
the plants water tank. Lat-
er this month West Point
selectmen will open sealed
bids for installation of wa-
ter and sewer capabilities.
In addition to helping f-
nance those facets of the
project, the city will pro-
vide fre services to the
plant. Clay County will
fnance other infrastruc-
tural components, includ-
ing road and rail spur con-
struction.
Our selectmen are a
positive group of people,
Robinson said. Theyve
worked to-
gether and
are a great
team. We
want to see
this job and
this com-
pany com-
plete.
Hi ggi ns
provided updates on fu-
ture developments related
to the Yokohama project,
including evaluation of
adjacent parcels and gaug-
ing business interest near
the plant as construction
of its frst phase ensues.
We will start market-
ing and trying to iden-
tify who might be the
appropriate customer to
be across the street from
Yokohama, down the road
from Yokohama, with Yo-
kohamas input, as to what
companies they would like
to see (close to them),
Higgins said.
Yamamoto and oth-
er company representa-
tives have been visiting
the Golden Triangle area
this week touring various
manufacturing facilities
in the region, according to
a press release issued by
the Link.
The tire manufactur-
ing plants frst phase,
which is expected to cre-
ate 500 jobs, is slated to
open in October 2015. At
full capacity, the plant will
have the capability to pro-
duce a million tires a year.
All four phases of the plant
are slated for completion
by 2023.
Yokohama manage-
ment have located at the
Thad Cochran Research,
Technology and Econom-
ic Development Park at
Mississippi State Univer-
sity while the frst phase
of construction takes
place.
The plant will be at
the Prairie Belt Powersi-
te, which the Link helped
develop prior to luring the
Japanese tire manufactur-
ing frm to Clay County.
Yokohama will invest
$1.2 billion $300 million
for each phase while
the state has committed
$130 million, including
$70 million in the form of
general obligation bonds
for the frst phase.
Link
continued from Page 1a
their Sept. 30 meeting.
The council will meet Oct.
1.
link could erect another
spec building
Sustainable building
material manufacturer
CalStar agreed to locate
a second operation at the
speculative building near
Golden Triangle Regional
Airport earlier this year,
bringing with it an eventu-
al 50-plus jobs to Lowndes
County. As that site trans-
forms into the companys
facility, the time to erect
another spec building is
fast approaching, Higgins
said, and is necessary to
lure more industry.
We have selected a site
over by the new water tank
and wells on Charleigh
Ford Road on the south
side, he said. Its bait. It
gets people to look. They
may not take it, but it gets
them to look.
Higgins added that
there are several projects
eyeing Lowndes County at
present and the county and
industrial authority are
working on the last bit of
land buys located near the
Golden Triangle Industrial
Airspace Park. The Link
unveiled a plan to purchase
2,500 acres of in 2008. The
fnal purchase will likely
be complete in the next 30
days, Higgins said.
BY DEB RIECHMANN
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON Syrian Pres-
ident Bashar Assad said a United
Nations report fnding clear and
convincing evidence sarin nerve
gas was used in Syria painted an
unrealistic account, and he denied
his government orchestrated the at-
tack.
In an interview with Fox News
Channel conducted in the Syri-
an capital of Damascus and aired
Wednesday, Assad said terrorists
were to blame for the chemical at-
tack, which the U.S. says killed
more than 1,400 people, including
hundreds of children. He said ev-
idence that terrorist groups have
used sarin gas has been turned over
to Russia and that Russia, through
one of its satellites, has evidence
that the rockets in the Aug. 21 attack
were launched from another area.
While the U.N. report did not
lay blame, many experts interpret-
ing the report said all indications
were that the attack was conducted
by Assad forces. The U.S., Britain
and France jumped on evidence in
the report especially the type of
rockets, the composition of the sarin
agent and trajectory of the missiles
to declare that Assads govern-
ment was responsible.
Assad denies his forces conducted chemical attack
Brooks
continued from Page 1a
conference on June 18.
Brooks was reim-
bursed $199 for the ex-
penses he incurred on
June 16. County Admin-
istrator Ralph Billingsley
said the reimbursement
was his fault because he
did not see the discrep-
ancy in dates on Brooks
travel authorization form
before signing off on it.
By a 3-0 vote, with Brooks
and supervisor Jeff Smith
abstaining, the board
requested Brooks pay
the county back for what
he received on June 16.
Brooks refused.
Today in his letter to
Billingsley, Brooks asked
him to provide a copy of
the travel authorization
form.
I am really too busy
for the continuous waste
of time with Harry Sand-
ers and his plantation
boss mentality, Brooks
also noted in his letter.
Sanders asked the at-
torney generals offce if
the board could deduct
the amount from Brooks
pay or mileage reimburse-
ment. Citing Miss. Section
7-7-43, Assistant Attorney
General Avery Mounger
Lee, who looked into the
matter, found the county
could submit Brooks debt
to its fnancial offcer for
collection.
The Attorney Gener-
als offce has previous
opinions regarding the
withholding of public em-
ployees salaries and does
not require supervisors to
pursue legal action, Lee
said.
Brooks said Wednes-
day that Sanders did not
present all the facts as
they are when he submit-
ted the request for opin-
ion. Brooks said he would
forward a letter to the
Attorney Generals offce
today with additional facts
for consideration.
If the board can ar-
bitrarily after theyve
approved something say,
Uh oh, we shouldnt have
done it, then everybodys
in trouble, Brooks said.
I followed the proce-
dure, which was to make
the request to Ralph, and
now hes saying (he) over-
looked it. Thats not my
fault.
Brooks added that
supervisors in favor of
requesting he pay back
the $199 were setting an
awkward precedent.
There is no document
anywhere that defnes
what county business is.
I dont want to prolong
this because its a bunch
of bull- - -t, but Im going
to exhaust the avenues
afforded to me because
it was an arbitrary deci-
sion, he said. The board
authorized the expendi-
ture, so it wasnt illegal.
Brooks said anyone
requesting an Attorney
General opinion can solic-
it the response they want
based on what they sub-
mit as evidence. He said
the AGs response to his
letter will dictate his next
step, which could involve
consulting legal counsel.
Robinson
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WASHINGTON The man
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Washington Navy Yard on Monday
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before the rampage but denied
that he was depressed or having
thoughts of harming himself or oth-
ers, the Department of Veterans Af-
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Aaron Alexis, a former Navy re-
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after the rampage, complained of
insomnia during an Aug. 23 emer-
gency room visit to the VA Medical
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Passengers screamed Stop!
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people and injuring 34.
He smoked the train,
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of the bus driver, who was
among those killed. He
went through the guard
rail and just hammered the
train, and then it was just
mayhem.
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clear what caused the bus to
smash through the lowered
barrier at a crossing in sub-
urban Ottawa.
Six killed as Canada bus
strikes passenger train
AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo
People wade through water in a stores parking lot looking for valuables, south of Acapulco, in Punta Diamante,
Mexico on Wednesday.
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The Associated Press
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Mexicos government
said 58 people were miss-
ing after a massive land-
slide smashed through
a tiny coffee-growing
village deep in the coun-
trys southern mountains,
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threatened to unleash
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workers trying to evacu-
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lage of La Pintada several
hours north of Acapulco,
but it appeared unlikely
that they had survived.
58 more missing after massive storm
Death toll from Hurricane Manuel
raised from 60 to 80 people
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PARIS Child beauty pageants
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ter a surprise vote in the French
Senate that rattled the pageant in-
dustry and raised questions about
how the French relate to girls sex-
uality.
Such contests, and the made-
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produce, have the power to both
fascinate and repulse, and have
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tries. France, with its controlling
traditions, appears to be out front in
pushing an outright ban.
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two years in prison and 30,000 eu-
ros ($40,000) in fnes.
It doesnt specify whether it
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photo competitions or pretty baby
contests.
While child beauty pageants are
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scope of the industry.
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who are only being judged on their
appearance, and that is totally con-
trary to the development of a child,
the French amendments author,
Chantal Jouanno, told The Associ-
ated Press.
The question of the hyper-sex-
ualization is deeper in the United
States than in France, but the le-
vees are starting to fall. Before we
are hit by the wave, the point is to
say very clearly: Not here.
She insisted she isnt attacking
parents, saying that most moms
dont realize the deeper societal
problems the contests represent.
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ga-storm hit last October
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ey intended for residents
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ness owners.
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diminish the business ac-
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Seaside Heights.
Investigators blamed
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Oak Hill Academy coaches Daniel Merchant and Freddie Brister
talk things over with sophomore Heath Ford (2).
By MATTHEW STEVENS
mstevens@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE Mississip-
pi State defensive coordinator
Geoff Collins cant mention se-
nior linebacker Deontae Skin-
ner without getting emotional.
Its that human emotion that
makes Skinner not only of the
favorite players of Collins and
the MSU staff but has allowed
him to transform into one of
the more dominant three-down
linebackers in the Southeastern
Conference.
Deontae Skinner is the
heart and soul of what we do
here at Mississippi State, Col-
lins said. He is the most favor-
ite player that Ive ever coached
in my entire career.
When Skinner arrived on
the MSU campus as a physical
athletic option at
linebacker from
nearby Noxubee
County High
School, he was
asked to do a lot
of mixing be-
tween standing
up at linebacker
and being in a
stance at defen-
sive line. Three years later,
Skinner is completely com-
fortable with not only the free
fowing havoc system of Collins
but also in his element chas-
ing down speed backs that led
to three tackles at Auburn last
week.
Theres not much that De-
ontae Skinner doesnt do well
in this defense by now, MSU
freshman linebacker Richie
Brown said. Whether he is
blitzing or backpedaling or
even switching up on the fy his
pursuit, its not an accident why
hes always around the ball.
While fellow teammate and
starting middle linebacker
Benardrick McKinney got all
the preseason attention in the
second level of MSUs defense,
Skinner is the one that is tied
with him for the Bulldogs (1-2)
lead in tackles with 19. It was
Skinner that came up with the
frst turnover of the 2013 sea-
son in the frst possession of
the second week of the season
versus Alcorn State.
We always are practicing
either knocking the ball out or
going up and getting it when its
in the air, Skinner said. Its
something people dont real-
ize just watching but causing
turnovers doesnt just happen
by luck. It is a skill that can be
developed.
When the MSU defense
had questions about ability to
rush the passer, it was Skinner
that took Nick Marshall to the
ground for the frst of three
sacks in a 24-20 loss at Auburn
last weekend. It was only the
third time in 15 games that
MSU had recorded three or
more sacks in a game.
I think Benardrick McKin-
ney said it best after the game
Saturday that we stopped wor-
rying about our individual
assignments and just started
to try having more fun fying
around, Skinner said. When
Skinner blossoms into dominant linebacker for Bulldogs
Prep Football
FALCONS, PATRIOTS FACE HUGE CHALLENGES
Oak Hill Academy looks to keep winning
Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch
Columbus High School se-
nior running back Kendrick
Conner (28) ran for 158
yards and three touch-
downs in the Falcons
41-14 win at West Point
Friday night. RIGHT: Senior
Jalen Stewart (29), shown
here defecting a pass
from West Points Josh
Ewing (2), helped lead a
defensive unit, which held
West Point to 251 yards of
total offense.
This week, Columbus
travels to Louisville, while
West Point travels to Noxu-
bee County. Meanwhile,
Heritage Academy travels
to Hillcrest Christian.
By AdAM MiNicHiNo
aminichino@cdispatch.com
The banging of met-
al on metal in the weight
room was a ftting back-
drop for Tony Stanford as
he talked about perhaps
his biggest victory in his
time as Columbus High
Schools football coach.
Columbus 41, West
Point 14.
If you were one of
the high school football
fans who saw the score
on Twitter or heard it
on a scoreboard show
driving home from your
game, you have to admit
you were surprised, not
that the Falcons beat the
Green Wave, but that they
beat them by 27 points in
West Point.
Just listen for a mo-
ment, though, and the
banging of the offensive
players in the weight room
tells you all you need to
know. When Stanford frst
arrived in Columbus as an
assistant coach for Bubba
Davis, the coaching staff
focused on getting the
Falcons stronger so they
could be more physical.
Stanford continued that
mind-set when he took
over for Davis prior to the
2010 season. The Falcons
have built on that foun-
dation each season and,
in turn, have developed
a reputation for being
a hard-hitting, physical
team.
On Friday, they proved
it with an exclamation
point.
It all comes down to
our kids ability to play
hard, Stanford said. We
challenged them all week
that West Point is sup-
posed to be the most phys-
ical team around here and
we want to be more phys-
ical. We have kind of built
our program around we
want to be one of the most
physical teams around.
The kids took the chal-
lenge and played hard.
With Damian Moore
leading the defense and
Kendrick Conner fueling
the offense, the Falcons
had all of the answers
against West Point. Co-
lumbus (2-1) hopes to ex-
tend its winning streak
to three at 7 p.m. Friday
when it faces another kind
of challenge against Class
3A favorite Louisville.
While West Point fa-
vors a straight-ahead run-
ning game that prefers to
smack opponents in the
face, Louisville will rely
on senior quarterback
Wyatt Roberts, a Jackson-
ville State commitment, to
lead an up-tempo offense
that will pitch the football
all over the feld.
Against the Green
Wave, the Falcons crowd-
ed the line of scrimmage
to try to prevent senior
running back Aeris Wil-
liams, a Mississippi State
commitment, from get-
ting outside or running
up inside of the defensive
line. He said the key to
stopping Williams was not
allowing him to break past
the frst line of defense
and to deny him space to
create plays.
Stanford said the Fal-
By AdAM MiNicHiNo
aminichino@cdispatch.com
Consider the lesson
learned because Barrett
Donahoe and the Heritage
Academy football team
have moved on.
After a 37-0 loss to
Jackson Academy on
Friday night, theres not
much else Donahoe and
the Patriots can do. As
disappointing as the home
loss to the nine-time state
champions was, the silver
lining for Heritage Acade-
my (3-1) is it comes early
enough in the season for
the team to use it as an ex-
ample of what not to do and
how not to play, especially
if it wants to have a chance
to defend its Mississippi
Association of Indepen-
dent Schools Class AAA,
Division II state title.
We did what we had to
do with that game flm, we
broke it down, we watched
it as a group, Donahoe
said. They embarrassed
us as a coaching staff and
a football team. We closed
the laptop after the flm
session and said we were
done. They were a better
football team. We didnt
play good. When you put
those two things togeth-
er, it was ugly, and it was
ugly.
Donahoe said prior to
the game that he wanted
his players to treat it as just
another conference game,
even though Heritage
Academy never has defeat-
ed Jackson Academy. With
a game at 7 p.m. Friday at
Hillcrest Christian in Jack-
son up next, Donahoe has
turned his focus toward
correcting the issues that
contributed to his teams
By ScoTT WAlTErS
swalters@cdispatch.com
Oak Hill Academy faces a
ranked opponent Friday night
when it faces Newton County
Academy.
It is not like that is anything
new for the Raiders. As it stands
now, seven of 10 opponents this
season are ranked.
We have played three
ranked opponents in our frst
fve games, Oak Hill Academy
coach Daniel Merchant said. It
has been a challenge but it has
also allowed us to see what we
are made of.
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. in
Decatur.
Oak Hill Academy enters the
contest at 2-2 overall, thanks to
last Fridays 20-15 Mississip-
pi Association of Independent
Schools Class AA, District 2
win over Winston Academy. In
the victory, the Raiders rallied
from down 15-0 to secure the
victory.
They came out and hit us
with the triple-option, Mer-
chant said. We were not pre-
pared for that. We were able to
make some adjustments and
they didnt score after the frst
quarter. On offense, we faced a
few more blitzes that we had ex-
pected. It was a sign of maturity
and that we stayed calm, made
adjustments and found a way to
win the game.
Through its frst four games,
the Raiders have knocked off
Hartfeld Academy and Win-
ston Academy, while losing
shootouts to highly-touted
Tri-County Academy and Mar-
shall Academy.
Overall, I am pleased with
where we are through four
games, Merchant said. You
can always get better at block-
ing and tackling. That is what
we have been working on in
Patriots
ready to
move on
See FALCONS, 3B
Columbus ready
to build on win
over West Point
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Columbus at Louisville
New Hope at Amory
East Webster at Caledonia
Starkville Academy at
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Auburn at LSU
Tennessee at Florida
Boise State at Fresno State
Louisiana Tech at Kansas
Through the course of football season these local school
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and College. Look in Thursdays edition of
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frst loss and to making sure the
team gets back on track.
I think we have emphasized
what not to do enough already,
Donahoe said. If we have to con-
tinue to emphasize that as what not
to do and that continues to be an
issue, were not the caliber of foot-
ball team I thought we were. That
game hopefully stands alone in our
actions and the way we played.
Donahoe said the Patriots need
to play better assignment football,
to tackle better, to be faster on of-
fense, and to play as if they want
to compete in a game rather than
just get through it. He said missed
assignments are one thing, but the
Patriots has way too many instanc-
es of a lack of effort in missing the
assignments. He said those issues
are solvable, but he realizes it will
take all of the coaches and all of the
players being committed to chang-
ing those things to make sure the
Patriots get back to their winning
ways.
Heritage Academy generated
little offense against a fundamental-
ly sound defense that allowed few
yards after contact. The Patriots
also had diffculty handling senior
running back Duncan Maxwell,
who rushed for a touchdown and
caught a touchdown pass in the
frst half. He didnt play in the sec-
ond half because the game was well
in hand.
Despite the fast start to the sea-
son, Donahoe said inexperience
caught up to the Patriots against the
Raiders. He said he and the coaches
have to step back and realize they
have a lot of frst-year players in key
spots and young players in others.
Still, he said it was surprising to see
what he saw from his team.
We had gone through a stretch
of 11 games dating back to the
Clarksdale Lee game from last year
where we had not seen us fail to
compete, Donahoe said. I refer-
ence back to the MRA game last
year, where we failed to compete in
the second half of that game and we
say a lot of the same habits. When
you have been consistent over the
course of 10 or 11 games with your
attitude and your efforts, to see us
begin to slip a bit was surprising. It
was eye-opening for us.
Donahoe knows the loss will be
a motivation for him and his coach-
es. He hopes it will be the same for
his players. He told them they can
look at the game from a glass half
full and a glass half empty perspec-
tive. He hopes everyone takes the
glass half full approach and asks
what can the Patriots learn from the
game and about themselves moving
forward.
All is not broken, and we need
to be very understanding that we
played a very good football team
and we didnt compete at that lev-
el, though, Donahoe said, and we
have to fnd a way to compete at that
level.
Raiders
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practice. A little extra
work on the fundamen-
tals never hurts. We have
a chance to be a pretty
good team if we keep im-
proving each week.
In the win over Win-
ston, Oak Hill fnished
with 285 yards of total of-
fense, including 258 rush-
ing yards on 54 carries.
Drew Riley had 17
rushes for 76 yards, in-
cluding a 16-yard touch-
down run. Samuel Harrell
added 10 rushes for 49
yards, including a 20-yard
touchdown run. Joseph
Caskey had two rush-
es for 33 yards, includ-
ing the game-winning
touchdown and follow-up
2-point conversion. Drake
Riley had 20 carries for
73 yards, while A.J. Iseley
had three carries for 31
yards.
We had some good,
long drives, Merchant
said. We held the upper
hand for most of the sec-
ond half, even though
we didnt win until a late
score there at the end.
A member of District
3-1A, Newton County
Academy is 3-1. The Gen-
erals opened with three
straight wins, before fall-
ing 41-6 to Canton Acade-
my last Friday.
They are an I-forma-
tion team, Merchant said.
They are going to line
up and try to run it down
our throats. We just have
to be disciplined and stay
on our reads. Defensively,
they play with a nine-man
front. Those fronts have
given us fts this year. So,
we have worked hard in
practice this week to try
to make adjustments bet-
ter against that type of
defense. It will be a physi-
cal game and we will have
to perform really well on
both sides of the ball.
After going winless in
2011, Oak Hill Academy
stopped that skid with a
13-6 in last seasons meet-
ing in West Point.
West Point (1-2)
at Noxubee co. (2-2)
West Point will be
looking to get the offense
kick-started again when it
travels to Noxubee Coun-
ty for the fnal non-region
game of the season.
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
Friday in Macon.
Last season, these two
squads played one of the
best games in the area,
as the eventual Missis-
sippi High School Activi-
ties Association Class 4A
state champion Noxubee
County took a 6-0 victory
at West Point.
West Point coach Chris
Chambless hopes to see
more offense in the re-
match.
Noxubee County has
an excellent tradition,
Chambless said. Even
though they are young,
you know you are going to
see a well-coached team
excited to play.
Last week, West Points
offense was stuck in neu-
tral in the second half of
a 41-14 home loss to Co-
lumbus. The Green Wave
had entered that contest
averaging 44 points per
game. Lead back Aeris
Williams was held to un-
der 100 yards for the frst
time this season and only
found the end zone once.
After two successful
drives in the frst half,
West Point did not score
in the games fnal half.
We struggled with
consistency, Chambless
said. Sometimes, you
have a big game (a 55-33
win over Starkville the
week before) and then
you struggle when you
dont have the same kind
of success. We got im-
patient and struggled to
build long drives.
Despite the 1-2 start,
West Point should still
rebound and be a factor
in the Region 1-5A race.
Right away, the challenge
will be supreme as the
frst region opponent is
unbeaten Oxford on the
road Sept. 27.
Its all about consis-
tency and working hard
each week to get better,
Chambless said.
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Prep Football
Todays Game
Hamilton at Falkner, 7 p.m.
Fridays games
Columbus at Louisville, 7 p.m.
New Hope at Amory, 7 p.m.
West Lowndes at French Camp, 7 p.m.
West Point at Noxubee County, 7 p.m.
East Webster at Caledonia, 7 p.m.
Aberdeen at Itawamba AHS, 7 p.m.
Sebastopol at East Oktibbeha, 7 p.m.
Noxapater at West Oktibbeha, 7 p.m.
Heritage Academy at Hillcrest Christian, 7 p.m.
Starkville Academy at Magnolia Heights, 7 p.m.
Oak Hill Academy at Newton Academy, 7 p.m.
Immanuel Christian at Heidelberg Acad., 7 p.m.
Central Academy at Rebul Academy, 7 p.m.
Central Holmes at Winston Academy, 7 p.m.
Ezekiel at Victory Christian, 7 p.m.
Cold Springs at Aliceville, 7 p.m.
Lamar County at Sulligent, 7 p.m.
Brilliant at Pickens County, 7 p.m.
South Lamar at Lynn, 7 p.m.
Pickens Academy at South Choctaw, 7 p.m.
Prep Cross Country
Todays meet
MSU hosts Bulldog High School Invitational
Saturdays meets
Starkville High at Saltillo Invitational
Prep Soccer
Todays matches
Magnolia Heights at Starkville Academy, 4 p.m.
Heritage Academy at Immanuel Christian, 5 p.m.
Prep Softball
Todays games
Kemper Academy at Starkville Academy, 4 p.m.
New Hope at Columbus, 6 p.m.
Starkville at Grenada, 6 p.m.
Saturdays games
New Hope at Houston Tournament
Prep Volleyball
Todays matches
Canton at New Hope, 6 p.m.
Columbus at Caledonia, 6 p.m.
Starkville at West Lowndes, 6 p.m.
Saturdays match
Caledonia at Belmont, noon
College Football
Saturdays games
Colorado State at Alabama, 6 p.m.
Troy at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m.
Mens College Golf
Fridays match
MSU at ACC/SEC (Kingston Springs, TN)
Saturdays match
MSU at ACC/SEC (Kingston Springs, TN)
Sundays match
MSU at ACC/SEC (Kingston Springs, TN)
Womens College Golf
Friday through Sunday
Alabama at Mason Rudolph Championship
(Franklin, TN)
MSU, Ole Miss at Mercedes Benz Championship
(Knoxville, TN)
Southern Miss at Lady Paladin Invitational
(Greenville, SC)
College Soccer
Fridays matches
Alabama at Florida, 6 p.m.
Missouri at Mississippi State, 7 p.m.
Ole Miss at Arkansas, 7 p.m.
Alcorn State at Southern Miss, 7 p.m.
Sundays matches
Southern Miss at Auburn, 2 p.m.
Arkansas-Little Rock at Ole Miss, 5 p.m.
College Volleyball
Fridays matches
Southern Miss vs. Chattanooga (Oxford), noon
Alabama at Clemson, 6 p.m.
Mississippi State at Belmont, 6:30 p.m.
Southern Miss at Ole Miss, 7 p.m.
Saturdays matches
Alabama vs. Delaware (Clemson), 9 a.m.
Miss. State vs. UAB (Nashville), 10 a.m.
Chattanooga at Ole Miss, 11 a.m.
Southern Miss vs. Louisiana (Oxford), 2 p.m.
Miss. State vs. Arkansas State (Nashville), 3:30
p.m.
Alabama vs. Troy (Clemson), 3:30 p.m.
Louisiana-Lafayette at Ole Miss, 7 p.m.
Junior College Football
Todays games
East Mississippi at Mississippi Delta, 7 p.m.
Itawamba at Holmes, 7 p.m.
Today
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
6:30 p.m. Clemson at NC State, ESPN
GOLF
8 a.m. European PGA Tour, Open dItalia, frst
round, at Turin, Italy, TGC
Noon PGA Tour, TOUR Championship, frst
round, at Atlanta, TGC
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, WGN
NFL
7 p.m. Kansas City at Philadelphia, NFL
Network
PREP FOOTBALL
7 p.m. Coppell (Texas) at Garland (Texas), FS1
SAILING
2:30 p.m. Americas Cup, race 15 and 16, at
San Francisco (if necessary), NBC Sports
SOCCER
Noon UEFA Europa League, Swansea City at
Valencia, FS1
2 p.m. UEFA Europa League, Tromso at Totten-
ham, FS1
WNBA
6 p.m. Playoffs, frst round, game 1, Washing-
ton at Atlanta, ESPN2
8 p.m. Playoffs, frst round, game 1, Phoenix
at Los Angeles, ESPN2
Friday
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, SportSouth
6 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, MLB Network
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
8 p.m. Boise State at Fresno State, ESPN
CALENDAR
oN ThE AiR
bRiEFLy
Local
Cohen to address Starkville Quarterback Club
Mississippi State baseball coach John Cohen will speak to the
Starkville Quarterback Club on Thursday at the Starkville Country
Club.
We are extremely pleased and excited to have coach Cohen
speaking at our meeting, Starkville QB Club President Daniel
Bryant said. After reaching the College Work Series Champion-
ship games this year, coach Cohen and his staff brought a level
of achievement to our baseball program unsurpassed in school
history. Our club is eager to hear him talk about our team and antic-
ipation for next year.
The social hour will begin at 6 p.m., dinner will be served at
6:30 p.m., and the meeting will start at 7 p.m. Scott Sallach, MSUs
tight ends coach, will update members on the MSU football team
and provide a scouting report for Troy, the opponent at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday in Starkville.
Vollor Law Firm is sponsoring this weeks speaker. The dinner
will be pork chops, sweet potatoes, English peas, rolls, salad bar,
dessert, and tea.
There will not be a quarterback club meeting next week since
MSU has an open date. The next scheduled meeting will be Oct.
3, 2013.
QB club information is available online at www.starkvillequar-
terbackclub.com or by phone at 662-323-6546.
n Caledonia softball beats Leake Central: Makayla Taylor,
Lindsey Hall, Emily Hicks, and Stephanie Wilkes all had two hits
Tuesday to lead the Caledonia High School slow-pitch softball
team to a 6-3 victory against Leake Central.
Holli Carter, Nicole Kifer, Landri Brown, and Alex Burns had
singles for the Lady Confederates. Hope Harbin had a triple and
was the winning pitcher.
Caledonia plays host to West Lowndes on Tuesday.
Miss. State
Mens tennis opens play today at SEC Invitational
STARKVILLE After weeks of practice in the sweltering heat
of Mississippi, the Mississippi State mens tennis squad will finally
get to showcase their skills this weekend when they open the
2013-14 season in Nashville, Tenn., at the Vanderbilt-hosted SEC
Invitational.
The tournament, consisting of singles and doubles participants
from 13 Southeastern Conference schools, begins today, with
first and second round action in singles and doubles, and runs
until Sunday. The singles draw consists of seven rounds to decide
a champion, while doubles will have six rounds to determine a
winner.
Leading the way for the Bulldogs is senior Malte Stropp, a 9-16
seed, ranked 40th in the nation by the ITA. The All-SEC star from
Dusseldorf, Germany, is one of 20 singles players to receive a first-
round bye and will face Kentuckys Beck Pennington, who received
a first-round bye as well.
Sophomore Jordan Angus, who last season clinched MSUs
first trip to the NCAA Round of 16 since 2001, received his first ca-
reer ITA singles ranking of 113th this fall. He will face Vanderbilts
Jeff Offerdahl in first round action.
In doubles, Angus and Stropp will pair together for the first
time since their appearance in last years NCAA Doubles Champi-
onship tournament. The sixth-ranked and second-seeded duo will
face off against Floridas No. 60 team of Florent Diep and Michael
Alford in the second round.
States trio of newcomers will see their first experience in the
Maroon and White at the SEC Invitational. Freshmen Florian Lakat
and Robin Haden will open up their collegiate careers in singles
play, as Lakat opens against Kentucky sophomore Kevin Lai, while
Haden faces off against Floridas Alford.
Junior college transfer Tassilo Schmid begins his MSU
career paired with Lakat in doubles play, as the tandem earned a
first-round bye and will face Ole Miss William Kallberg and Stefan
Lindmark. Haden will also compete in doubles action, pairing
up with South Carolinas Ben Barnette to face Alabamas Saxon
Buehning and Sean Donohue in the opening round.
Were really excited to get to Nashville and compete in the
SEC Invitational, seventh-year head coach Per Nilsson said. Our
guys will have the chance to play some of the top players in the
nation, which is great experience and a good way to start off our
season.
Ole Miss
Volleyball team plays host to Rebel Classic
OXFORD Coming off a 3-1 week at the TCU Nike/Molten
Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas, the Ole Miss volleyball team (7-3)
returns home to host the Rebel Classic on Friday and Saturday at
the Gillom Sports Center.
The Rebels will face Southern Miss on Friday at 7 p.m., fol-
lowed by a doubleheader Saturday against Chattanooga (11 a.m.)
and Louisiana-Lafayette (7 p.m.).
We havent hosted two tournaments in quite some time, Ole
Miss volleyball head coach Joe Getzin said. Were looking forward
to being back at home for the next couple of weeks. What that
allows us to do is get a little more training time in. It allows us to
work on some things as we go forward.
Offensively, weve got to continue to work on producing better
numbers and getting more kills per swing. We have different styles
of teams in the Rebel Classic this weekend, a little bit scrappier
than what we face in the SEC. Thats always a point where you
have to stay patient.
Ole Miss went 3-1 in the Lonestar State last week, defeating
Grambling State, Stephen F. Austin and Houston by 3-0 scores
before falling to tournament-host TCU in front of a raucous environ-
ment in five sets.
The Rebels recorded their second and third highest hitting
percentages of the rally scoring era at the TCU Nike/Molten Invi-
tational. Ole Miss hit at a .425 clip in a 3-0 victory over Stephen F.
Austin, and hit .419 one match earlier in a 3-0 win over Grambling
State.
n Football to host 50-year anniversary of championship:
At Oxford, almost a half century has passed since the 1963 Ole
Miss football team won the Southeastern Conference Champion-
ship, one of six SEC titles the Rebels have won.
It was the 17th team at the University of Mississippi under
Coach John Vaught and it earned the league title with a 5-0-1 SEC
record, while finishing 7-1-2 overall. Members of that 1963 team will
return to campus for a special reunion the weekend of October 12
when the current Rebels host Texas A&M in Vaught-Hemingway
Stadium.
Winning the SEC championship was a great accomplishment
for us, said team co-captain and All-America center-linebacker
Kenny Dill. It was a tradition to which we had grown accustom.
Mens tennis opens campaign: At Oxford, the Ole Miss mens
tennis team is set to begin the 2013-14 season at the inaugural
SEC Coaches Championship in Nashville, Tenn.
This tournament replaces the SEC Indoor Championships
which was held every January. It features all 13 teams from the
nations top conference, which boasted 10 teams in the final top
25 last year.
The tournament starts Thursday morning with two rounds of
singles followed by two rounds of doubles. Friday features the third
and fourth round of singles followed by the third round of doubles.
Singles quarterfinals will be on Saturday, followed by doubles quar-
terfinals and semifinals. Play wraps up Sunday with the singles
semifinals and finals and the doubles final.
Four of the Rebels will compete this weekend, led by junior
William Kallberg (Stockholm, Sweden), who begins the season
ranked No. 65 in the nation in singles. He will be joined by soph-
omores Stefan Lindmark (Stockholm, Sweden) and Zach Wilder
(Oxford). Marking his debut this weekend will be redshirt freshman
Vinod Gowda (Bangalore, India).
We are very excited about the start of the season, head
coach Billy Chadwick said. As always the SEC is the toughest
league in the nation, and our SEC Coaches Championship is one
of the premier fall events.
In his first collegiate match, Gowda will play Vanderbilt junior
Anton Kovrigin. Wilder will face LSUs Harrison Kennedy. Both
Kallberg and Lindmark received a bye in the first round. Kallberg
will face Arkansas Jacob Herndon and Lindmark will face Florida
freshman Maxx Lipman, in the second round.
Both doubles teams received first round byes. Kallberg and
Lindmark will face a freshmen Mississippi State duo of Florian
Lakat and Tassilo Schmid. Gowda and Wilder will face the winner
of a Vanderbilt vs. Arkansas matchup.
All-American Nik Scholtz, who is ranked No. 7 in the nation,
represented his country (South Africa) in Davis Cup last weekend
and is not competing this weekend.
Junior colleges
Itawamba C.C. alters soccer schedule
FULTON Itawamba Community College head soccer coach
Mike Sullivan announced the Lady Indians and Indians road match-
es against Meridian original scheduled for Saturday, September
28th has been rescheduled to Friday, September 27th.
From Special Reports
The DispaTch www.cdispatch.com 2B Thursday, sepTember 19, 2013
Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 92 61 .601
Tampa Bay 83 68 .550 8
Baltimore 81 70 .536 10
New York 80 72 .526 11
Toronto 69 82 .457 22
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 88 64 .579
Cleveland 82 70 .539 6
Kansas City 80 72 .526 8
Minnesota 65 86 .430 22
Chicago 60 92 .395 28
West Division
W L Pct GB
Oakland 89 63 .586
Texas 82 69 .543 6
Los Angeles 74 78 .487 15
Seattle 67 85 .441 22
Houston 51 101 .332 38
Tuesdays Games
Toronto 2, N.Y. Yankees 0
Detroit 6, Seattle 2
Baltimore 3, Boston 2
Texas 7, Tampa Bay 1
Cincinnati 10, Houston 0
Cleveland 5, Kansas City 3
Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota 3
Oakland 2, L.A. Angels 1
Wednesdays Games
Minnesota 4, Chicago White Sox 3
L.A. Angels 5, Oakland 4, 11 innings
N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 3
Seattle 8, Detroit 0
Baltimore 5, Boston 3, 12 innings
Tampa Bay 4, Texas 3, 12 innings
Kansas City 7, Cleveland 2
Cincinnati 6, Houston 5, 13 innings
Todays Games
Seattle (Paxton 2-0) at Detroit (Fister 12-9),
12:08 p.m.
Houston (Keuchel 6-9) at Cleveland (U.
Jimenez 12-9), 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 11-11) at Toronto (Red-
mond 3-2), 6:07 p.m.
Baltimore (Tillman 16-6) at Boston (Lackey
9-12), 6:10 p.m.
Texas (Darvish 12-9) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore
15-3), 6:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Correia 9-12) at Oakland (Straily
10-7), 9:05 p.m.
Fridays Games
Houston at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.
San Francisco at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 6:08 p.m.
Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m.
Toronto at Boston, 6:10 p.m.
Texas at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.
Seattle at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 90 62 .592
Washington 81 71 .533 9
Philadelphia 71 81 .467 19
New York 68 83 .450 21
Miami 56 96 .368 34
Central Division
W L Pct GB
St. Louis 89 63 .586
Pittsburgh 87 65 .572 2
Cincinnati 87 66 .569 2
Milwaukee 68 83 .450 20
Chicago 63 89 .414 26
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 87 65 .573
Arizona 77 74 .510 9
San Diego 71 80 .470 15
San Francisco 70 82 .461 17
Colorado 69 84 .451 18
Tuesdays Games
Washington 6, Atlanta 5, 1st game
Washington 4, Atlanta 0, 2nd game
Philadelphia 6, Miami 4
San Diego 5, Pittsburgh 2
San Francisco 8, N.Y. Mets 5
Milwaukee 4, Chicago Cubs 3
Cincinnati 10, Houston 0
St. Louis 11, Colorado 4
L.A. Dodgers 9, Arizona 3
Wednesdays Games
Atlanta 5, Washington 2
Miami 4, Philadelphia 3, 10 innings
San Diego 3, Pittsburgh 2
N.Y. Mets 5, San Francisco 4
Milwaukee 7, Chicago Cubs 0
St. Louis 4, Colorado 3
Cincinnati 6, Houston 5, 13 innings
Arizona 9, L.A. Dodgers 4
Todays Games
San Diego (Kennedy 6-9) at Pittsburgh (Cole
8-7), 11:35 a.m.
San Francisco (Bumgarner 12-9) at N.Y. Mets
(Niese 7-7), 12:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 2-2) at Milwaukee
(Lohse 10-9), 1:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Wacha 3-1) at Colorado (Oswalt 0-6),
2:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Nolasco 13-10) at Arizona (Miley
10-10), 2:40 p.m.
Miami (H.Alvarez 4-4) at Washington (G.Gon-
zalez 10-7), 6:05 p.m.
Fridays Games
Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.
Miami at Washington, 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.
San Francisco at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.
Arizona at Colorado, 7:10 p.m.
St. Louis at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.
League leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BATTING_MiCabrera, Detroit, .347; Trout, Los
Angeles, .330; Mauer, Minnesota, .324; ABel-
tre, Texas, .317; Cano, New York, .311; DOrtiz,
Boston, .309; Hosmer, Kansas City, .303.
RUNS_Trout, Los Angeles, 108; MiCabrera,
Detroit, 100; CDavis, Baltimore, 100; AJones,
Baltimore, 97; AJackson, Detroit, 95; Encarna-
cion, Toronto, 90; Ellsbury, Boston, 89.
RBI_MiCabrera, Detroit, 134; CDavis, Balti-
more, 134; Cano, New York, 104; Encarnacion,
Toronto, 104; Fielder, Detroit, 102; AJones, Bal-
timore, 102; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 98.
HITS_ABeltre, Texas, 186; Machado, Balti-
more, 185; Trout, Los Angeles, 185; MiCabrera,
Detroit, 182; Pedroia, Boston, 181; AJones,
Baltimore, 178; Cano, New York, 177; Hosmer,
Kansas City, 177.
DOUBLES_Machado, Baltimore, 51; Lowrie,
Oakland, 43; CDavis, Baltimore, 41; Pedroia,
Boston, 40; AlRamirez, Chicago, 39; Trout, Los
Angeles, 39; Longoria, Tampa Bay, 36; Napoli,
Boston, 36; DOrtiz, Boston, 36; Saltalamac-
chia, Boston, 36.
TRIPLES_Gardner, New York, 10; Trout, Los
Angeles, 9; Ellsbury, Boston, 8; Drew, Boston,
6; AGordon, Kansas City, 6; LMartin, Texas, 6;
BMiller, Seattle, 6.
HOME RUNS_CDavis, Baltimore, 51; Mi-
Cabrera, Detroit, 44; Encarnacion, Toronto,
36; Trumbo, Los Angeles, 34; ADunn, Chicago,
32; AJones, Baltimore, 31; Longoria, Tampa
Bay, 29.
STOLEN BASES_Ellsbury, Boston, 52; RDa-
vis, Toronto, 42; Andrus, Texas, 40; Rios,
Texas, 37; Altuve, Houston, 35; Trout, Los
Angeles, 33; JDyson, Kansas City, 32; LMartin,
Texas, 32.
PITCHING_Scherzer, Detroit, 19-3; CWilson,
Los Angeles, 17-6; Colon, Oakland, 16-6; Till-
man, Baltimore, 16-6; MMoore, Tampa Bay,
15-3; AniSanchez, Detroit, 14-7; Lester, Bos-
ton, 14-8; Griffin, Oakland, 14-9; Masterson,
Cleveland, 14-10; Guthrie, Kansas City, 14-11.
ERA_AniSanchez, Detroit, 2.51; Colon, Oak-
land, 2.73; Iwakuma, Seattle, 2.76; Darvish,
Texas, 2.79; Scherzer, Detroit, 2.95; FHernan-
dez, Seattle, 3.01; Sale, Chicago, 3.08.
STRIKEOUTS_Darvish, Texas, 256; Scherzer,
Detroit, 227; Sale, Chicago, 214; FHernandez,
Seattle, 200; Verlander, Detroit, 195; Master-
son, Cleveland, 188; AniSanchez, Detroit, 188.
SAVES_JiJohnson, Baltimore, 47; MRivera,
New York, 44; GHolland, Kansas City, 43; Na-
than, Texas, 39; Balfour, Oakland, 38; AReed,
Chicago, 38; Perkins, Minnesota, 36.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTING_Cuddyer, Colorado, .331; CJohn-
son, Atlanta, .327; McCutchen, Pittsburgh,
.327; MCarpenter, St. Louis, .324; Werth,
Washington, .323; YMolina, St. Louis, .319;
Craig, St. Louis, .315; Tulowitzki, Colorado,
.315.
RUNS_MCarpenter, St. Louis, 119; Choo, Cin-
cinnati, 103; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 96; Votto,
Cincinnati, 96; Holliday, St. Louis, 94; McCutch-
en, Pittsburgh, 93; JUpton, Atlanta, 91.
RBI_Goldschmidt, Arizona, 116; BPhillips, Cin-
cinnati, 101; Bruce, Cincinnati, 100; FFreeman,
Atlanta, 100; Craig, St. Louis, 97; AdGonzalez,
Los Angeles, 97; Pence, San Francisco, 93.
HITS_MCarpenter, St. Louis, 190; McCutchen,
Pittsburgh, 180; Pence, San Francisco, 174;
DanMurphy, New York, 173; Segura, Milwau-
kee, 173; Votto, Cincinnati, 170; Goldschmidt,
Arizona, 168.
DOUBLES_MCarpenter, St. Louis, 51; YMo-
lina, St. Louis, 41; Bruce, Cincinnati, 38; Mc-
Cutchen, Pittsburgh, 38; Desmond, Washing-
ton, 37; GParra, Arizona, 37; DanMurphy, New
York, 36; Rizzo, Chicago, 36.
TRIPLES_SMarte, Pittsburgh, 10; Segura,
Milwaukee, 10; CGomez, Milwaukee, 9; Span,
Washington, 9; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 7;
Hechavarria, Miami, 7; Venable, San Diego, 7;
EYoung, New York, 7.
HOME RUNS_PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 33; Gold-
schmidt, Arizona, 33; Bruce, Cincinnati, 30;
DBrown, Philadelphia, 27; CGonzalez, Colora-
do, 26; JUpton, Atlanta, 26; Pence, San Fran-
cisco, 25; Zimmerman, Washington, 25.
STOLEN BASES_Segura, Milwaukee, 44;
EYoung, New York, 39; ECabrera, San Diego,
37; CGomez, Milwaukee, 36; SMarte, Pitts-
burgh, 36; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 27; Pierre,
Miami, 22; Revere, Philadelphia, 22.
PITCHING_Zimmermann, Washington, 18-8;
Wainwright, St. Louis, 17-9; JDe La Rosa, Col-
orado, 16-6; Liriano, Pittsburgh, 16-7; Greinke,
Los Angeles, 15-3; 7 tied at 14.
ERA_Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.94; Fernandez,
Miami, 2.19; Harvey, New York, 2.27; Greinke,
Los Angeles, 2.75; Bumgarner, San Francisco,
2.83; ClLee, Philadelphia, 2.95; Strasburg,
Washington, 2.96.
STRIKEOUTS_Kershaw, Los Angeles, 214;
Wainwright, St. Louis, 209; Samardzija, Chica-
go, 203; ClLee, Philadelphia, 201; HBailey, Cin-
cinnati, 193; Harvey, New York, 191; AJBurnett,
Pittsburgh, 191.
SAVES_Kimbrel, Atlanta, 48; RSoriano, Wash-
ington, 41; Mujica, St. Louis, 37; AChapman,
Cincinnati, 36; Romo, San Francisco, 35;
Gregg, Chicago, 32; Street, San Diego, 31;
Cishek, Miami, 31.
Football
NFL standings
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 2 0 0 1.000 36 31
Miami 2 0 0 1.000 47 30
N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 28 30
Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 45 46
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 2 0 0 1.000 61 52
Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 41 41
Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 40 39
Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 11 47
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 1 1 0 .500 41 55
Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 41 34
Pittsburgh 0 2 0 .000 19 36
Cleveland 0 2 0 .000 16 37
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas City 2 0 0 1.000 45 18
Denver 2 0 0 1.000 90 50
Oakland 1 1 0 .500 36 30
San Diego 1 1 0 .500 61 61
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 1 1 0 .500 52 48
Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 63 60
N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 54 77
Washington 0 2 0 .000 47 71
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 2 0 0 1.000 39 31
Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 48 47
Carolina 0 2 0 .000 30 36
Tampa Bay 0 2 0 .000 31 34
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 2 0 0 1.000 55 51
Detroit 1 1 0 .500 55 49
Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 66 54
Minnesota 0 2 0 .000 54 65
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 2 0 0 1.000 41 10
St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 51 55
San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 37 57
Arizona 1 1 0 .500 49 48
Thursdays Game
New England 13, N.Y. Jets 10
Sundays Games
Kansas City 17, Dallas 16
Houston 30, Tennessee 24, OT
Green Bay 38, Washington 20
Chicago 31, Minnesota 30
Atlanta 31, St. Louis 24
San Diego 33, Philadelphia 30
Miami 24, Indianapolis 20
Baltimore 14, Cleveland 6
Buffalo 24, Carolina 23
Arizona 25, Detroit 21
New Orleans 16, Tampa Bay 14
Oakland 19, Jacksonville 9
Denver 41, N.Y. Giants 23
Seattle 29, San Francisco 3
Mondays Game
Cincinnati 20, Pittsburgh 10
Todays game
Kansas City at Philadelphia, 7:25 p.m.
Sunday, Sep. 22
San Diego at Tennessee, noon.
Arizona at New Orleans, noon.
St. Louis at Dallas, noon.
Cleveland at Minnesota, noon.
Houston at Baltimore, noon.
N.Y. Giants at Carolina, noon.
Detroit at Washington, noon.
Tampa Bay at New England, noon.
Green Bay at Cincinnati, noon.
Atlanta at Miami, 3:05 p.m.
Indianapolis at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.
Jacksonville at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 3:25 p.m.
Chicago at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Sep. 23
Oakland at Denver, 7:40 p.m.
Top 25 schedule
Todays game
No. 3 Clemson at NC State, 6:30 p.m.
Saturdays games
No. 1 Alabama vs. Colorado State, 6 p.m.
No. 4 Ohio State vs. Florida A&M, 11 a.m.
No. 5 Stanford vs. No. 23 Arizona State, 6 p.m.
No. 6 LSU vs. Auburn, 6:45 p.m.
No. 7 Louisville vs. Florida International, 11
a.m.
No. 8 Florida State vs. Bethune-Cookman, 5
p.m.
No. 9 Georgia vs. North Texas, 11:21 a.m.
No. 10 Texas A&M vs. SMU, 6 p.m.
No. 13 UCLA vs. New Mexico State, 9:30 p.m.
No. 15 Michigan at UConn, 7 p.m.
No. 16 Miami vs. Savannah State, 6 p.m.
No. 17 Washington vs. Idaho State, 2 p.m.
No. 18 Northwestern vs. Maine, 2:30 p.m.
No. 19 Florida vs. Tennessee, 2:30 p.m.
No. 20 Baylor vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 3 p.m.
No. 22 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State, 2:30
p.m.
No. 24 Wisconsin vs. Purdue, 2:30 p.m.
No. 25 Texas State vs. Texas Tech, 6 p.m.
Transactions
Wednesdays moves
BASEBALL
American League
DETROIT TIGERS_Announced Toledo (IL)
manager Larry Parrish will return next season.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS_Placed LHP Danny
Duffy on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sept. 8
and 1B Carlos Pena on the 60-day DL. Select-
ed the contract of RHP Yordano Ventura from
Omaha (PCL). Recalled 3B Irving Falu and LHP
Chris Dwyer from Omaha (PCL).
TAMPA BAY RAYS_Transferred OF Brandon
Guyer to the 60-day DL. Recalled SS Tim Beck-
ham from Durham (IL). Selected the contract of
OF Freddy Guzman from Durham.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS_Placed 1B Edwin En-
carnacion and LHP Brett Cecil on the 15-day
DL; Encarnacion retroactive to Monday and
Cecil to Friday.
United League
SAN ANGELO COLTS_Exercised 2014 options
on LHP Demetrius Banks, C Tyler Wagner, INF
Steve Rinaudo and OF Justin Reed.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS_Named Lindsey
Hunter assistant coach.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL_Reduced the one-game suspension of
Tampa Bay S Dashon Goldson to a $100,000
fine. Fined Tennessee S Bernard Pollard
$42,000 for his hit on Houston WR Andre
Johnson.
CINCINNATI BENGALS_Placed DE Robert
Geathers on injured reserve. Signed CB Curtis
Marsh. Re-signed S Jeromy Miles. Released
LB J.K. Schaffer.
CLEVELAND BROWNS_Traded RB Trent
Richardson to Indianapolis for a 2014 first-
round draft pick.
DENVER BRONCOS_Placed OT Ryan Clady
on injured reserve. Signed OT Winston Justice.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS_Released FB Toben
Opurum. Signed S Bradley McDougald to the
practice squad.
Canadian Football League
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS_Added RB
Bradley Randle and OL Terriss Paliwoda to
the practice roster. Released RB Shawnbrey
McNeal from the practice roster.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS_Returned F
Oliver Bjorkstrand to Portland (WHL), D Dillon
Heatherington to Swift Current (WHL), G Os-
car Dansk to Erie (OHL), F Josh Anderson to
London (OHL) and F Nick Moutrey to Saginaw
(OHL).
DETROIT RED WINGS_Returned Fs Andreas
Athanasiou and Anthony Mantha and D Marc
McNulty to their junior teams. Released F Bar-
clay Goodrow.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS_Agreed to terms
with F Domenic Monardo on a contract with
Reading (ECHL).
WINNIPEG JETS_Agreed to terms with gener-
al manager Kevin Cheveldayoff on a contract
extension.
ECHL
GWINNETT GLADIATORS_Signed F Alex
Hutchings and D Martin Lefebvre.
COLLEGE
BYU_Suspended LB Spencer Hadley indefi-
nitely.
HOFSTRA_Named Adia Revell womens assis-
tant basketball coach.
LETOURNEAU_Named Danny Kambel sports
information director.
TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN_Named Anthony
Anderson womens assistant basketball coach.
WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH_Named Scott Beyer
womens softball coach.
Thursday Night NFL: Chiefs at Eagles
Reid returns home tonight
by ROb MAADDI
The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA Andy Reid
cleared his throat, uttered some fa-
miliar phrases and downplayed his
return to Philadelphia.
Same old Andy.
Thats not where Im at right
now, Reid said when asked if its go-
ing to be emotional when his Kan-
sas City Chiefs (2-0) play the Eagles
(1-1) on Thursday night.
I dont feel that way. If we
werent playing a football game
against a good football team, maybe
your mind goes there. I dont see my
mind going there. My mind is going
to be on the job at hand and what
weve got to get accomplished in a
tough place to play.
Clearly, Reid is still a stoic guy.
But he also has to be aware of the
spicy plot in which he is the center-
piece?
Reid led the Eagles to nine play-
off appearances, six division titles,
fve NFC championship games and
one Super Bowl before he was fred
after going 4-12 last year in his 14th
season.
While hes off to an excellent
start with the Chiefs, who were 2-14
last year, Chip Kelly has reinvigorat-
ed the Eagles and their fans with his
fast-paced offense and all-around
energy.
I have great respect for Andy,
Kelly said. If youre a coach in the
NFL, anybody head coaches in one
spot for 14 years, you kind of look to
them and say, Holy Smokes! If you
just walk down these hallways and
look at the championships, the divi-
sion championships, the conference
championships, what hes done, hes
had a huge impact on this organiza-
tion.
Theres not a lot of guys out
there in this profession that carry
themselves, from a coaching stand-
point, when you get a chance to be
around them, like Andy Reid.
Five things to watch for in
Chiefs-Eagles:
WHAT GIVES ON THE
GROUND?: Led by LeSean Mc-
Coys NFL-best 237 yards rushing,
the Eagles are second in the league
with 352 yards on the ground. The
Chiefs defense is second against
the run, allowing 54 yards per
game. Something has to give.
PASS-HAPPY ANDY VS. PO-
ROUS SECONDARY: Reid has al-
ways employed a pass-frst philos-
ophy and its no different with the
Chiefs. Alex Smith has thrown on
59 percent of Kansas Citys plays,
excluding his scrambles that prob-
ably started as pass plays.
BLOCKING POE: Chiefs nose
tackle Dontari Poe already has 3
sacks, including 2 on Tony Romo
last week.
The big guy is a disruptive force
and presents a diffcult challenge
for the Eagles.
MISTAKE-FREE MIKE: Mi-
chael Vick is off to an excellent
start in Chip Kellys up-tempo of-
fense. Hes making smart decisions,
protecting the ball and operating
the read option to perfection. Vick
threw for a career-best 428 yards
last week and has a 119.0 passer
rating. Hes accounted for six TDs
(four passing, two rushing) and
zero interceptions.
TIRED LEGS: The Eagles are
the frst team in NFL history to
start the season with three games
in 11 days.
The Chiefs are playing their
third game in 12 days. Expect some
weary players out there.
The DispaTch www.cdispatch.com Thursday, sepTember 19, 2013 3B
Prep Football: West Alabama Preview
Lamar County looks to nail down county championship
By Barry allen
Special to The Dispatch
VERNON, Ala. Lamar
County High School is aiming
for the Alabama High School
Activities Associations Class
2A state championship this sea-
son.
In the meanwhile, the Bull-
dogs want to nail down the La-
mar County championship.
This is a really big game
for us against a big rival, La-
mar County senior Jacob Smith
said. We want to make a deep
playoff run. We know that beat-
ing the rivals is a good way to
get that started.
Lamar County (3-0, 2-0 Re-
gion 4-2A) travels to Sulligent
(0-3, 0-2) looking to complete
the in-county series sweep of
its rivals.
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Fri-
day at Brown Stadium in Sulli-
gent.
Lamar County opened the
season with a 41-0 win over ri-
val South Lamar and win Friday
night against the Blue Devils
will give the Bulldogs their ffth
straight county championships.
The Bulldogs are 8-1 against
Sulligent and South Lamar
since the 2009 season.
This is big game for our
kids and the community, Ad-
ams said. This is for the coun-
ty championship and a chance
to go 3-0 in the region, which is
really important. I told our play-
ers they will never forget this
game Friday night.
Smith has helped anchor a
Lamar County defense which
has allowed 19 points all sea-
son.
We knew we had to step it
up defensively to have a chance
this season, Smith said. De-
fense is how you win champion-
ships. We knew we had the of-
fense to go a long way. We just
had to become more physical
and do a better job on that side
of the ball.
Sulligent own a 34-28-5 all-
time series lead but the Bull-
dogs have won the last four
meetings, including last years
18-14 nail-biter in Vernon, Ala.
Lamar County posted a 6-3 win
in its last trip to Sulligent in
2011.
The defning moment of the
season thus far came in the re-
gion opener against Oakman in
week two. The Bulldogs held a
slim 21-19 lead and took over
the ball inside their own 1-yard
line following a punt. Lamar
County proceeded to march 99
yards and chewed up more than
10 minutes off the clock for a
game-clinching touchdown in a
28-19 win.
I think that showed a lot
about this team and the mental-
ity that we are trying to have,
Adams said. Now we have to
continue to build off that each
week.
Adams said the success of
the team has come from the of-
fensive and defensive line, and
that the defense has played sol-
id all year as a unit.
The Bulldogs defense al-
lowed 340 points in 13 games
last season and two teams
scored more than 50 points.
This year, Lamar County is al-
lowing 6.3 points per game and
pitched two shutouts in wins
over South Lamar (41-0) and
R.C. Hatch (45-0).
Our whole defensive unit
has played really well, Adams
said. They remember back to
last year and there were times
we gave up a ton of points. That
has been one of our selling
points this year.
Smith, juniors Jeremy Den-
ton, Christian Clay and Devante
McClellan, and sophomore
Temijah Lang have provided a
solid foundation up front.
Our theme is do you job, do
it well and when you get there
arrive in a bad mood. We have
gotten more guys around the
football this year because they
have taken that approach.
Sulligent (0-3, 0-2 Class 2A,
Region 4) is seeking its frst win
of the season. The Blue Devils
have struggled on both sides of
the ball this season. They have
been outscored 108-17 against
Hamilton (42-0), Cold Springs
(20-14) and Aliceville (46-3).
West AlAbAmA schedule Week 4
All games Friday at 7 p.m.
n Cold Springs (2-1) at Aliceville (2-1)
Aliceville looks for a 3-0 start in Region 4-2A play ... The Yellow Jackets
have already won twice on the road in region play and are averaging
30.3 points per game ... In a win over Sulligent, Christopher Crowell
had eight receptions for 130 yards and a touchdown
n Brilliant (2-1) at Pickens County (3-0)
Pickens County has scored 138 points in the last two weeks, includ-
ing a 78-point outburst last week against Lynn ... Senior quarterback
Devonte Simon scored six touchdowns against Lynn ... The Tornadoes
have scored 70 or more points three times under coach Patrick Plott
n South Lamar (0-3) at Lynn (1-2)
South Lamar hopes to end a 14-game losing streak when the Stal-
lions travel to Lynn ... South Lamar was outscored 92-7 in the frst
two games of the season by Lamar County and Pickens County, but
showed marked improvement last week in a 22-12 loss to Brilliant ...
Canaan Fleming had two touchdowns for the Stallions in that defeat
n Pickens Acad. (3-0) at South Choctaw (1-2)
Pickens Academy seeks their second consecutive 4-0 start ... Senior
quarterback Josh Lewis put on another show last Friday night as
Pickens Academy defeated Southern Academy 35-18. Lewis rushed for
261 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing a 40-yard touch-
down and returning an interception 50 yards for another score
By MaTTHeW STeVenS
mstevens@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE Dev-
on Bells attitude isnt like
most kickers and that
might just be his problem.
The Mississippi State
sophomore kicker isnt
always calm and doesnt
have a casual view of life
and his job on the football
feld. He wants badly to
be a incredibly reliable
feld goal kicker and that
burning desire is what
his coach feels like is his
hurdle to becoming a sig-
nature weapon for MSU in
2013.
Devon is a big effort
guy and kicking is a skill,
MSU coach Dan Mullen
said. Thats something
we constantly talk about:
Is the skill related to the
effort? Sometimes he
starts trying harder and
harder.
Bells constant search-
ing for answers has led
to confounding statistics
from feld goals from 30-
39 yards away, arguably
the most common feld
goal attempts in football.
From that specifc dis-
tance range, Bell is cur-
rently 6-of-12 in 16 career
games including missing
a 35-yard attempt wide
right in the frst quarter
Saturday in a 24-20 loss at
Auburn.
Its not a mental prob-
lem I need to overcome,
Im not nervous and Im
not thinking about other
things, Bell said Mon-
day. Im simply kicking
the ball too hard, period.
Its an easy fx.
So in Bells mind the
easy fx can be correct-
ed before MSU (1-2) takes
the feld to host Troy (2-1)
Saturday night at Davis
Wade Stadium (6:30 p.m.,
FSN South). However,
Mullen has concerns
Bell actually has a bet-
ter percentage on feld
goals beyond 40 yards (5-
of-8) in his college career
and was recruited to MSU
from Warren Central
High School in Vicksburg
for the strength of his leg.
Mullen, who has
coached the special teams
in a staff effort, compared
Bells struggled with mid-
range feld goals to skill
of swinging a golf club in
terms of the rhythm and
consistency required.
The harder you try to
swing (a golf club) when
you get frustrated, the
more sideways its going
to go, Mullen said. As a
effort guy, hes got to stop
the effort and focus on the
skill and its sometimes
hard to do for a young
player.
Bell is actually a avid
and profcient golfer and
compared his mentality
on mid-range feld goals
as standing on the tee
overlooking a very diff-
cult par-4 hole.
Its like pulling driver
on a tight par-4 and then
trying to hit the ball as
hard as you can, Bell said
of his current mindset on
all feld goals. Who cares
how far the ball goes if its
not straight?
Out of high school,
Bell was named frst-
team All-America selec-
tion by Sports Illustrat-
ed. His best prep game
was where he connected
on four feld goals, in-
cluding a career-long 55
yard attempt against Jim
Hill High School and his
strong leg made him an
easy selection to partici-
pate in the Mississippi-Al-
abama All-Star Game,
where he connected on
a 30-yard feld goal. Bell
was the frst kicker re-
cruited by Mullens staff
at MSU and eventually de-
cided to stay at home by
picking Mississippi State
over Ole Miss, Auburn or
Florida State.
While he was at MSUs
Big Dawg Camp two
years ago, former MSU
kicker Brian Hazelwood
was a guest instructor
and instantly saw the raw
tools that Mullen and the
MSU staff saw in Bell. He
also saw a mentality thats
just different than a nor-
mal kicker.
I love his mentality
because if he misses a
kick, hes out of his mind
but he wants to go harder,
harder, harder but some-
times you have to work
on the skill aspect and not
the effort, Mullen said.
Last season as a fresh-
man Bell set three indi-
vidual season records
by hitting 14-of-21 feld
goals, 43-of-44 PATs
and averaged 60.3 yards
on 64 kickoffs, with 13
touchbacks. He fnished
the 2012 regular season
seventh in scoring among
true freshmen in Football
Bowl Subdivision pro-
grams with 85 points.
The MSU sophomore
kicker understands he
must turn around this
slump because hes going
to be asked at least once
in the fnal nine games to
attempt a incredibly im-
portant kick where itll be
thousands of fans watch-
ing him alone. MSU walk-
on kicker Evan Sobiesk
has only attempted and
converted on two extra
point attempts in his col-
lege career.
I get that Im the one
thats got to put the ball
through the uprights for
my team and put points
on the board, Bell said.
Thats my job.
One of Mullens favor-
ite things about Bell is his
mentality to demand he
be treated like a football
player and not just a kick-
er as the specialists have
a tendency to be looked
upon as independently
contracted from the team.
Ive always been a
competitive, Type-A per-
sonality and thats just
how Im comfortable feel-
ing about life, Bell said.
Its the most diffcult
thing for me to dial back
the effort in order for bet-
ter results. Not too many
things are that way in this
world.
However, now that hes
on campus as the only
scholarship kicker on the
roster, Mullen would like
Bell to rein back on his
intensity as he tries to
overcome his slump on
mid-range kicks.
He has a very strong
leg. With him, its that
consistency, MSUs ffth-
year head coach said. He
just needs to have a nice,
smooth consistent leg
swing. That leg swing will
make the feld goals. He
doesnt need to kick it like
a kickoff every time.
Follow Matt Stevens
on Twitter @matthewcste-
vens.
Kicker Bell still searching for confdence with the Bulldogs
Skinner
continued from Page 1b
we started getting the
three-and-outs on defense,
we started noticing that we
were having more fun but
still doing our jobs at the
same time.
Skinner and his ability
to react to the zone-read
option better than in the
season-opening loss to
then No. 13 Oklahoma
State was a big reason why
Auburns highly acclaimed
running attack was held
to just 120 yards Saturday.
The Tigers running backs
Tre Mason, Corey Grant
and Cameron Artis-Payne
werent able to get to the
perimeter and held to just
3.33 yards per carry.
Our main thing each
and every week is to stop
the run frst as a point of
pride for this defense,
Skinner said. I take it
upon myself to make sure
teams cant run the ball
physically on us because
thats simply an effort
thing. Stopping the pass
gets more into scheme and
coaching. Run defense is
how much does one side
want it.
On a defense that is
void of much senior lead-
ership, Skinner is seen as
a veteran among arguably
the deepest talent pools
position-wise for the Bull-
dogs on that side of the
ball. He arrived at MSU as
a 230-pound athlete that
needed to be coached di-
rectly the intricacy of play-
ing linebacker consistently
in the SEC. Five years lat-
er, Skinner is a 250-pound
ready-made prospect in
the middle of the feld that
has eye of many scouts
and player personnel ex-
ecutives in the National
Football League as a pos-
sible middle to late round
selection.
Skinner brings plen-
ty of size to the inside of
the Bulldogs linebacking
corps, NFL.com draft
analyst Chase Goodbread
said after watching Skin-
ner practice in August.
Skinner started every
game last season and is
showing good instincts for
fnding the ball between
the tackles.
Skinner has learned
slowly the instincts need-
ed to be a highly produc-
tive linebacker after dom-
inating at defensive end
as a senior for coach M.C.
Miller at Noxubee County
High School. He led his Ti-
gers team to the Class 4A
championship as a senior
but was considered a proj-
ect at the next level after
being ranked as the No. 28
strong linebacker prospect
in the country by national
recruiting website Scout.
com.
Even as a ffth-year se-
nior, youll still see Skin-
ner using his Twitter ac-
count or on the sidelines
in person on Friday nights
supporting the defending
Class 4A champion Noxu-
bee County program now
led by Tyrone Shorter.
Off the feld, Skin-
ner has even rebounded
from the controversy of
two years ago when he
was arrested in July 2011
on a domestic violence
charge where it was later
determined Justice Court
judge to have the charges
retired. Because of how
he conducted himself
through that process and
handled the negative at-
tention brought to Skinner
and the MSU program for
a short time in that sum-
mer, Skinner is seen as
a person open to talking
with younger players on
their responsibilities once
they arrive on campus.
Its also why he was a easy
choice by the committee
for the Butkus Award, giv-
en to the best linebacker in
college football, to put him
on its preseason watch list
for the 2013 season.
From the time Ive got
here to where he is right
now, youre talking about a
unbelievable human being
and a high character play-
er for us in this program,
Collins said.
Follow Matt Stevens on
Twitter @matthewcstevens.
Falcons
continued from Page 1b
cons had two days of
hard, physical practices,
which made him believe
the team would be ready
come game night.
Our kids have bought
into believing the weight
room has made us better
and were getting real
physical, and people dont
like to play us because we
are so physical, Stanford
said. I think it is true. We
have gotten to where we
can stand in there with
West Point and South Pa-
nola and play as physical
as they do. I think we have
proven that the last couple
of years. What gives us
the most trouble is those
spread-out teams.
Against the Wildcats,
the Falcons likely will try
to use their physicality
up front to get pressure
on Roberts so he doesnt
have time.
If Columbus cant use
its strength to control
Roberts and Louisville,
it could be a long eve-
ning. But Stanford feels
his players will be up for
a new and different chal-
lenge Friday and in the
weeks to come when they
begin region play.
I think they feel they
did something people
didnt think they could
do, Stanford said. They
met the challenge, and
now they have to do it
week in and week out.
That is the challenge. You
have 15-, 16, 17-year-old
young men. Their mind
changes from week to
week. They have to learn
to control their thinking
and be ready for a chal-
lenge every week. They
cant come back fat af-
ter playing a real good
ballgame. That will be
the biggest problem this
week. Are they going to
show up or are they going
to come out fat?
college Football
By erIC OlSOn
The Associated Press
Nebraska is ready to move on from Bo Pelinis
profane rant against fans two years ago.
Chancellor Harvey Perlman and athletic di-
rector Shawn Eichorst said in a joint statement
Wednesday that they believe the football coach
was sincere in his apology for what he said in an
audio leaked to the Deadspin.com sports website
this week.
There was no mention of any disciplinary ac-
tion taken against Pelini.
The comments made by Head Football
Coach Bo Pelini in 2011, published Monday, are
unfortunate and deeply concerning to us, as they
would be to anyone who loves this university,
the statement said. Our coaches, staff and stu-
dent-athletes must be held to a high standard
and Coach Pelinis remarks were unfair to the
legions of Nebraska fans and not what we expect
from a representative of this university.
Perlman and Eichorst declined interview re-
quests. Messages were left for Pelini.
Pelinis rant has captivated a Cornhuskers fan
base that has sold out an NCAA-record 328 con-
secutive games since 1962.
Pelini became unhinged minutes after the
Huskers had beaten Ohio State 34-27 in Lincoln
in October 2011.
The Deadspin audio caught Pelini speaking
off air with Husker Sports Network play-by-play
man Greg Sharpe and associate athletic director
for community relations Chris Anderson.
Nebraska backs Pelini
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