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Spelling success
A
student each from Lowndes and Oktibbeha counties will be among those competing Tuesday in the Mississippi Spelling
Bee at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Rose E. McCoy Auditorium at Jackson State University. The state winner will qualify for the
Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. in May.
The state bee will be broadcast live on the Mississippi Public Broadcasting channel, as well as live-streamed at mpbonline.org.

Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff

Chloe Barr, 13, studies the dictionary at Heritage Academy in Columbus Julia Schloemer, 11, reads a book at Overstreet Elementary School in Starkville
Thursday afternoon. The seventh-grader is the Lowndes County Spelling Bee Thursday afternoon. The fifth-grader is the Oktibbeha County Spelling Bee champi-
champion and daughter of Brad and Melinda Barr of Columbus. on and daughter of Amelia and Zack Plair and Charlie Schloemer, all of Starkville.

Area students prepare for state bee with trip to Washington on the line
CHLOE BARR JULIA SCHLOEMER
Lowndes County spelling champion sippi Spelling Bee, which will be held Oktibbeha County spelling champion Spelling Bee on her third try. The
Age: 13 Tuesday in Jackson. Age: 11 spelling bee is open to students in
School: Heritage Academy “That would be so exciting,” she School: Overstreet Elementary grades 3-8.
said. “I’m going to be nervous, but Asked to give an example of her
BY SLIM SMITH hopefully, I’ll get over that. I’d love to BY SLIM SMITH spelling prowess by spelling “souve-
ssmith@cdispatch.com go to Washington.” ssmith@cdispatch.com nir,” Schloemer’s facial expression tells
She’s already taken the first step by the story.

C I
hloe Barr has never been to winning the Lowndes County Spelling f spelling bees awarded dramatic First, she wrinkles her nose in mock
Washington, D.C. Bee this year. She won the county flair, Julia Schloemer would have a confusion.
She hopes to do something competition two years ago, as well, big advantage on her fellow compet- “That was one of the French words
about that Tuesday. narrowly missing out on a shot at the itors at Tuesday’s Mississippi Spelling on the list. And I seriously struggle
Barr, a seventh-grader at Heritage national competition in the regional Bee in Jackson. with French words,” she said, her face
Academy, hopes to punch her ticket to bee in Memphis, Tennessee, in which Schloemer, an 11-year-old fifth-grad- then lighting up as she confidently
Scripps-Howard National Spelling Bee she participated in lieu of competing at er at Overstreet Elementary School, rattled off the spelling, tracing the
in Washington by winning the Missis- See BARR, 6A won the title in the Oktibbeha County See SCHLOEMER, 6A

UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME PLAYTIME AT THE PARK

Analysis: Auditor
wants improved
use of accounting
system
BY JEFF AMY
The Associated Press

JACKSON —
State Auditor Stacy
Pickering says an in-
creasing number of
accounting problems
shows state employ-
ees need more train-
ing in governmental Pickering
accounting practices
and how to use the $100 million ac-
counting software system that the
state turned on in 2014.
But maybe the more important
question is, can anyone make recal- Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff
See ANALYSIS, 3A Ella Reeves, 2, plays at the John C. Stennis Lock and Dam playground. She is the daughter of David and Ashley Reeves of Columbus.

WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR LOCAL FOLKS PUBLIC

1 “Alligator pear” is another name for Thursday MEETINGS
what fruit? March 15:
■ Art in Public Places: The Lowndes County
2 What is Zim’s Crack Creme intended
to repair — pavement, skin or walls? Starkville Area Arts Council hosts supervisors, 9
3 What national park is the largest “Through Their Eyes,” an exhibit of a.m., County
subtropical wilderness in the United photography by 10 children with Au- Courthouse
States? tism Spectrum Disorder. The exhibit March 20:
Ben Birks 4 What animated TV character’s opens at 5:30 p.m. at the Greater Columbus
household items include Shroud of Starkville Development Partnership,
Sixth grade, Annunciation City Council, 5
Turin beach towels and Lot’s Wife salt 200 E. Main St., Starkville. p.m., Municipal
57 Low 32
shakers?
5 What did the U.S. Navy first allow on Complex
High
Partly sunny
a combat ship in 1994? Friday April 2:
Lowndes County
Full forecast on Answers, 6B ■ Rupert Wates in concert: The
Columbus Arts Council presents supervisors, 9
page 2A.
a.m., County
Rupert Wates with “The Lights of
Courthouse
Paris” at 7 p.m. at the Rosenzweig
Arts Center, 501 Main St. Tickets
INSIDE for members, $15 advance/$17 at William Spearmon is retired
Classifieds 5B Dear Abby 4B door. Non-members, $20/$22, at from MSU. “I like to go to the
Comics 4B Obituaries 5A columbus-arts.org or 662-328-2787 nursing home to visit and I take
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SAY WHAT?
DID YOU HEAR? “For a young team, a team with no seniors, this will be a
‘Black Panther,’ 4 weeks great experience.”
MSU men’s basketball coach Ben Howland, talking about
his team being invited to play in the National Invitation

in, tops ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Tournament. Story, 1B.

A Thousand Words
BY LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer Estimated ticket
LOS ANGELES — sales for Friday
T’Challa still rules the box through Sunday
office four weeks in, even 1. “Black Panther,” $41.1
with the fresh rivalry of an- million ($100 million inter-
other Walt Disney Studios national).
release in “A Wrinkle in 2. “A Wrinkle in Time,”
$33.3 million ($6.3 million
Time.”
international).
“Black Panther” took 3. “The Strangers: Prey
the No. 1 spot at the North At Night,” $10.5 million
American box office with ($140,000 international).
$41.1 million according to 4. “Red Sparrow,” $8.2
studio estimates Sunday, million ($15.7 million inter-
leaving another newcom- national).
er in its wake. The Marvel 5. “Game Night,” $7.9
and Disney phenomenon million ($5.4 million interna-
tional).
crossed the $1 billion
6. “Peter Rabbit,” $6.8
mark worldwide this week-
million ($4.8 million interna-
end and became the 7th tional).
highest grossing domestic 7. “Death Wish,” $6.6
release with $562 million. million ($3 million interna-
Not accounting for infla- tional).
tion, it’s now passed “The 8. “The Hurricane Heist,”
Dark Knight.” $3.2 million ($1.9 million
With a marketplace still international).
dominated by “Black Pan- 9. “Annihilation,” $3.2
million.
ther,” Disney faced some
10. “Jumanji: Welcome to
stiff competition from its the Jungle,” $2.8 million.
own studio in launching
Ava DuVernay’s adaption
of “A Wrinkle in Time,” toes) and audiences who
which opened in second gave it a B CinemaScore.
place with $33.3 million The new horror film
from 3,980 locations. The “The Strangers: Prey At Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff

PG-rated film, which cost Night,” with Christina Starkville entrepreneur Blair Edwards pours a cup of his own “The People’s Cup” blend of coffee for himself as he
Hendricks, took third sets up a booth outside of Scooter’s Records Tuesday. “I buy the beans from Guatemalan tribes and Indian farm-
around $103 million to ers and mix them to make a blend. I’ve always wanted to own my own coffee business. Right now I’m still pretty
produce and stars Oprah place with $10.5 million. new, but my first job at 17 was at Starbucks and that’s when I started learning about the business,” he said.
Winfrey and Reese With- The Jennifer Lawrence
erspoon, received mixed thriller “Red Sparrow”
reviews from critics (it’s landed in fourth in its sec-
currently at a “rotten” 44 ond weekend with $8.2
percent on RottenToma- million.

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BY JILL COLVIN President Donald Trump’s
The Associated Press support for increasing the
Administration pledged to help
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age issue as part of a
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE package the White House and mental health systems
announced Sunday in
the wake of the Parkland entrenched corners.”
response to the school
shooting. She described the plan as
shooting in Parkland, Flor-
“Today we are an- “pragmatic.”
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The administration also ately panned by gun con-
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ucation Secretary Betsy
Columbus Sunday
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‘PASSION FOR BASKETBALL’ More than 4,000

Mississippi soldiers
leaving home for a year
Will be brigade’s third deployment
to Middle East since 2001
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TUPELO — More than 4,000 Mississippi Na-

tional Guard soldiers are leaving their homes this
month as part of a year-long deployment.
The 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team,
headquartered in Tupelo, is leaving for a three-
month training deployment in Fort Bliss, Texas,
followed by nine months overseas. The guard unit
is supposed to deter and react to threats in the
Middle East.
The brigade is based in Tupelo, with units in
McComb, Senatobia, Starkville, Amory, Mon-
ticello and Meridian, as well as in Kansas City,
Kansas.
Some of those communities held send-off
events for local units last week. Police in Colum-
bus on Monday are escorting artillery members
as they leave town.
This will be the brigade’s third deployment to
the Middle East since 2001.
Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff
Brian Bonds of Starkville reaches out for his basketball to catch it just after it fell through the basket in the Travis
Outlaw Center last week. “I come up here everyday I just have a passion for basketball and my whole family is
into sports,” admits Bonds. “One of my cousins, Blake Griffin, plays for the Detroit Pistons,” he added.
Bryant names 4 more
members to College Board

Airbus gets $273M deal to make

BY JEFF AMY
The Associated Press

JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant is nominating

helicopters in Mississippi four people to the board that oversees Mississip-

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The U.S. Army is awarding a
$273 million contract to a Mississip-
pi helicopter maker for 35 aircraft.
The Army announced the con-
tract with Airbus Helicopters on
Thursday for more UH-72A Lakota
light utility helicopters.
French-based Airbus has more
than 200 employees in Columbus
assembling helicopters.
The Army says Airbus was the
only bidder, and the work is project-
ed to be completed in March 2021.
The Army is paying $136.6 million
for work in the 2017 and 2018 bud-
get years.
Mississippi’s two U.S. senators,
Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran,
as well as U.S. Rep Trent Kelly, say
in a statement that Congress is ne-
gotiating funding for the helicop-
ters. The House has approved $167
million, while the Senate currently
calls for $196 million. Negotiations
could conclude in the next two
weeks.
pi’s eight public universities, making him the first
governor to appoint all 12 trustees.
The nominees include Hattiesburg radiologist
Dr. Steven Cunningham; Ocean Springs busi-
nesswoman and Republican Party official Jeanne
Luckey; Meridian insurance agent Bruce Martin;
and Flowood lawyer Powell Ogletree Jr.
If confirmed by the Senate, they would begin
9-year terms on May 8. Because of a quirk in a
constitutional overhaul of the board that voters
approved in 2003, Bryant could be the only gov-
ernor who gets a chance to appoint all the board
members. From now on, all members will serve
nine-year terms, which means a two-term gover-
nor would only routinely appoint eight trustees.
Leaving the board are Jackson lawyer Alan
Perry; Biloxi accountant Christy Pickering; Hat-

Mississippi seeks source of disease that killed buck
Investigators still don’t know where
the 4½-year-old buck contracted
chronic wasting disease
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON — Tests on
deer carcasses collected
in Mississippi don’t show
any signs of the fatal in-
fectious disease that was
recently confirmed in a
dead buck.
Investigators still don’t
know where the 4½-year-
old buck contracted
chronic wasting disease,
Russ Walsh, executive di-
rector for wildlife in Mis-
sissippi’s Department of
Wildlife, Fisheries, and
Parks said in a video post-
ed Tuesday on the depart-
ment’s website.
He said genetic tests
show the buck found Jan.
25 was local and there-
fore was infected by a
local source. Testing is
continuing on other deer
reported sick or dead, in-
cluding roadkill, he said.
The tests on 64 deer
found sick or dead within
5 miles of the buck came
back Monday, he said.
“We’ve sent off mul-
tiple other samples,” he
said.
To avert or delay the
infection’s spread across
state lines, Louisiana has
banned supplemental
tiesburg orthopedic surgeon Dr. Douglas Rouse;
and Meridian telecommunications executive
C.D. Smith. Smith is the current president of the
deer feeding in East Car-
roll, Madison and Tensas
ease has been confirmed.
Hunters can still bring
12-member board. They are former Gov. Haley
Barbour’s last four appointees.
parishes — those near- in deboned meat, tanned
hides, and cleaned skulls
est to Issaquena County,
cdispatch.com
where the buck was found with antlers and teeth.
about 5 miles from the
state line.
Hunters in those par-
ishes cannot bait feral
hog traps with rice bran,
non-fermented or whole
cracked corn, soybeans,
protein pellets and com-
mercial feeds formulated
for deer because of the
ban, which took effect
Monday. They can still
use bait not normally eat-
en by deer, according to
a news release emailed
Tuesday.
Alabama forbids im-
portation of deer car-
casses from any of the
25 states where the dis-

Analysis
Continued from Page 1A
citrant agencies care?
That’s one main thrust
of the findings that Picker-
ing presented to reporters
last week as he released
the state’s 2017 compre-
hensive annual financial
report. That document is
intended to capture the
state of all of Mississippi’s
governmental finances in
one place.
Pickering’s team listed
27 findings, or notable ac-
counting problems, across
all the agencies it exam-
ined for the 2017 report.
That’s up from 23 last
year, eight in 2015, four in
2014 and only one in 2013.
The Republican state
auditor pegs many prob-
lems to the Mississippi
Accountability System for
Government Information
and Collaboration. State
agencies began using
that accounting software
system at the beginning
of the 2015 budget year.
Pickering attributes the
increasing number of
findings to employees
who were undertrained
on MAGIC, combined
with a wave of departures
of experienced account-
ing personnel from some
agencies.
“It’s continuing to go
up — it’s not getting bet-
ter — three years after
implementing MAGIC,”
Pickering told reporters.
“It’s only a matter of time
until there’s a critical
mass of findings that af-
fect our state’s financial
health and well-being.”
Pickering says the
state implemented MAG-
IC “without spending a
dime on training.” That’s
clearly not true. The De-
partment of Finance and
Administration conducted
waves of training classes
for months in 2013 and
2014, saying it developed
more than 35 separate
training courses.
But what is true is that
some agencies are clearly
not using MAGIC correct-
ly. For example, late last
year, PEER noted that
agencies are violating
state law by failing to cor-
rectly enter data on vehi-
cles. That in turn means
DFA can’t manage state
vehicles as envisioned.
Fully one-third of this
year’s findings target-
ed DFA, although some
of them are really about
DFA’s inability to force
independent agencies to
comply with state law or
policy.
Pickering says DFA
has not fully updated its
state accounting manual
since MAGIC was turned
on, which could lead agen-
cies to handle the same
information in different
ways. It’s the third year in
a row that DFA has been
flagged for the problem.
Executive Director Lau-
ra Jackson wrote in a re-
sponse that DFA is still
making updates, and now
expects to be finished by
the end of 2018.
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POSSUMHAW CARTOONIST VIEW

A trace of history
“Among those that traveled
this road were American Indi-
ans, traders, soldiers, “Ka-
intucks,” postriders, settlers,
slaves, circuit-riding preach-
ers, outlaws and adventurers.”
Donna & Ron, thefun-
timesguide.com

Little over a week ago we

joined the Bulldog Nation
headed to Nashville, Tennes-
see, for the SEC Tournament. Shannon Bardwell
The weather was pleasant,
temperatures were mild and the sun drifted in and
out amongst the clouds. At Tupelo we entered the Nat-
chez Trace, choosing to meander slowly northward
to our destination. We were in no hurry; our tickets
awaited us at “Will Call.”
It was a little unnerving to realize how digitally
dependent the world is becoming. It took about two
hours to get tickets because of our technical inept-
ness and difficulty making decisions. The ticket
request would time-out after about 15 minutes and
we’d have to start all over again. Once we made our
selection and hit “submit,” the confirmation said the
tickets would be sent to our phone.
Well, that was problematic since we’d previously
discovered our phone carrier does not work well in
Tennessee. Sam ended up calling the venue. He told
the young man, who probably could not remember
life without a cellphone or even Facebook, receiving
our tickets by phone was not reliable.
The sympathetic fellow assured Sam he would
have a paper ticket waiting at the arena and there’d be
nothing to worry about.
So, in Bardwell fashion, we packed our maroon at-
tire and a picnic and headed up the Trace. The Trace
extends for 444 miles with the northern terminus just
south of Nashville. We started just north of Tupelo at
mile marker 260.
There were no detours along the way nor flooding
to hinder travel though the fields were saturated, the
creeks ran fast, and a few soft shoulders were rutted
up. We passed by Tishomingo State Park and on by
Colbert Ferry in Alabama. The Natchez Trace runs
through three states from start to finish.
Names along the Trace include Browns Bottom,
Donivan Slough, Buzzard Roost, Cypress Creek, Dog-
wood Mudhole, Napier Mine, Devil’s Backbone and
Tobacco Farm. Each name conjures up vivid images
of life before cellphones.
Our stopping place along the Trace is the Wayne
County Visitors Center at Collinwood between mile
marker 350 and 360. They have pleasant greeters, hot THE NATION
coffee and homemade cookies. Some days they have
entertainment, like the day we dropped in. The gen-
tleman and his wife played a few tunes on their dul-
cimers. When they learned we were from Columbus
Time to get over the Russophobia
they commented they once came to Columbus and Unless there is a with the election of press that the generations before
were featured with Aundrea Self on the “Mid-Morn- late surge for Commu- Trump, Russia might 1989 never knew.
ing” show. Then they played a little toe-tapper and nist Party candidate be able to restore re- China, not Russia, has the more
ended with a gospel hymn. Pavel Grudinin, who is spectful if not friendly repressive single-party Commu-
A brochure in the museum said in the 1800s “Kain- running second with relations with the nist state.
tucks” floated crops and livestock on wooden flatboats 7 percent, Vladimir United States. Indeed, which of these U.S. al-
to Natchez or New Orleans where they sold their Putin will be re-elected Clearly, Putin want- lies shows greater tolerance than
goods, then sold their boats for lumber and walked or president of Russia for ed that, as did Trump. Putin’s Russia? The Philippines
rode horseback back home. another six years on Yet, with the of Rodrigo Duterte, the Egypt of
By the time we finished our trip we had seen sever- March 18. Beltway hysteria over Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the
al hawks, a dozen deer, two flocks of 30 or so turkeys Then we must hacking of the DNC Turkey of President Erdogan, or
grazing, then a scattering of three or four more decide whether to and John Podesta the Saudi Arabia of Prince Mo-
turkeys here and there. None of the creatures seemed continue on course into Patrick J. Buchanan emails, and the Russo- hammad bin Salman?
to pay us any mind at all. a second Cold War, or phobia raging in this Russia is nowhere near the stra-
Email reaches Shannon Bardwell of Columbus at engage Russia, as every president capital, we appear to be paralyzed tegic or global threat the Soviet
msdeltachild@msn.com. sought to do in Cold War I. when it comes to engaging with Union presented. As Putin conced-
For our present conflict, Vladi- Russia. ed this week, with the breakup
mir Putin is not alone at fault. His The U.S. political system, said of the USSR, his nation “lost 23.8
actions have often been reactions Putin this week, “has been eating percent of its national territory,
Voice of the People to America’s unilateral moves. itself up.” Is his depiction that 48.5 percent of its population, 41
We encourage you to share your opinion with readers of After the Soviet Union col- wide of the mark? percent of its gross domestic prod-
The Dispatch. lapsed, we brought all of the What is the matter with us? uct and 44.6 percent of its military
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All letters must be signed by the author and must include that? was hosting him on a 10-day visit the Confederacy against a new
town of residence and a telephone number for verification Putin responded with his mili- to the USA. invasion, Dixie entered into an al-
purposes. Letters should be no more than 500 words, tary buildup in the Baltic. Two years after the Berlin Wall liance with Great Britain, gave the
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the right to edit submitted material. Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty that Khrushchev installed missiles and Charleston, and allowed bat-
Richard Nixon had negotiated, in Cuba, Kennedy reached out to talions of British troops to deploy
Putin responded with a buildup the Soviet dictator in his widely in Virginia?
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display last week. speech. Russia over the southern Kuril
EDITOR/PUBLISHER Matt Garner
Alex Holloway The U.S. helped to instigate the Lyndon Johnson met with Rus- Islands lost at the end of World
Peter Imes
Brett Hudson Maidan Square coup that dumped sian President Alexei Kosygin in War II. Bibi Netanyahu has met
Adam Minichino over the elected pro-Russian gov- Glassboro, New Jersey, just weeks many times with Putin, though
PUBLISHER EMERITUS Zack Plair ernment in Ukraine. after we almost clashed over Mos- he is an ally of Assad, whom Bibi
Birney Imes Luisa Porter To prevent the loss of his Se- cow’s threat to intervene in the would like to see ousted, and has
Deanna Robinson bastopol naval base on the Black Arab-Israeli War of 1967. a naval and air base not far from
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Kelly Ervin After peaceful protests in Syria Prague Spring in August 1968, an fish to fry with Russia than Bibi.
Melissa Johnson MAILROOM were put down by Bashar Assad, inaugurated Nixon was seeking Strategic arms control. De-es-
Beth Proffitt Christina Boyd we sent arms to Syrian rebels to detente. calation in the Baltic, Ukraine
Mary Jane Runnels Leonardo Buckner overthrow the Damascus regime. In those years, no matter who and the Black Sea. Ending the
Jackie Taylor Dale Cochran Seeing his last naval base in was in the White House or Krem- war in Syria. North Korea. Space.
DeShaun Davis the Med, Tartus, imperiled, Putin lin, the U.S. establishment favored Afghanistan. The Arctic. The war
BUSINESS OFFICE Joseph Ellis came to Assad’s aid and helped engagement with Moscow. It was on terror.
Lindsey Beck Jeffrey Gore
Debbie Foster Katrina Guyton him win the civil war. the right that was skeptical or Yet all we seem to hear from
Mary Ann Hardy Doris Hill The Boris Yeltsin years are hostile. our elite is endless whining that
Eddie Johnson Arkedia Parker over. Again, what is the matter with Putin has not been sanctioned
Kayla Taylor Russia is acting again as a this generation? enough for desecrating “our
CIRCULATION Julia Grant Tucker great power. And she sees us as True, Vladimir Putin is an democracy.”
Michael Floyd a nation that slapped away her autocrat seeking a fourth term, Get over it.
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Lisa Oswalt
hand, extended in friendship in like FDR. Patrick J. Buchanan, a nation-
Eltoro Harris the 1990s, and then humiliated But what Russian leader, save ally syndicated columnist, was a
Mary Pollitz William Hudson her by planting NATO on her Yeltsin, has not been an auto- senior advisor to presidents Richard
William LeJeune
NEWS Jamie Morrison front porch. crat? And Russians today enjoy Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald
Isabelle Altman Anne Murphy Yet, what is also clear is that freedoms of speech, assembly, Reagan. His website is http://bu-
Devin Edgar Tina Perry Putin hoped and believed that, religion, travel, politics, and the chanan.org/blog.
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Lots of talk, little action Officials tight-lipped

in attack on
on curbing health care costs veterans home California
‘Either Republicans help stabilize the market or “Either Republicans help sta-
bilize the market or they own
they own these premium and deductible increases. these premium and deductible in- 36-year-old former Army rifleman
creases,” said Rep. Kurt Schrader,
And I’d be glad to help crucify them if they don’t D-Ore. “And I’d be glad to help cru- had recently been expelled from
cify them if they don’t want to do
want to do something very reasonable.’ something very reasonable.” home’s treatment program
Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore. The effort forces Republicans
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
to choose between trying to avert
BY ALAN FRAM pected higher insurance rates are bad news about premiums short-
The Associated Press ly before elections or standing by YOUNTVILLE, Calif. — Authorities in North-
announced — just weeks before ern California have so far been tight-lipped about
Election Day, on Nov. 6. their opposition to anything that
WASHINGTON — It started as could be viewed as propping up why a former Army rifleman may have killed
Last week, Sen. Patty Murray three women after a daylong siege at a veterans
a bipartisan attempt to curb soaring “Obamacare.”
of Washington, a lead Democratic home in Napa County wine country.
health care premiums. Trump hasn’t clarified things
negotiator, called GOP demands Albert Wong, 36, slipped into a going-away
But Congress’ effort to stabilize for his party. In a single day last
the nation’s insurance markets is on abortion limitations “a complete party for two employees of The Pathway Home
October, he bounced from praising
faltering amid escalating demands nonstarter.” A spokeswoman for on the campus of the Yountville veterans home
one bipartisan plan as “a very good
by each party and erratic positions Rep. Ryan Costello, R-Pa., sponsor campus about 50 miles north of San Francisco on
solution” to labeling it “bailouts to
by President Donald Trump. Demo- of the House GOP package, said if insurance companies.” Friday, then let some people leave, but kept the
crats want bigger federal subsidies Democrats want to oppose the ef- Signs indicate insurance prices three women.
for consumers under President fort “by playing abortion politics, will likely continue upward. With- Wong, whose military records show he served
Barack Obama’s health care law then shame on them.” out federal action, premiums are in Afghanistan from April 2011 to March 2012,
while Republicans, still fighting Some Democrats think they’d expected to rise in every state by was enrolled in The Pathway Home’s veteran
that statute, aim to relax its cover- reap political gains if the talks col- up to 32 percent next year and by treatment program until he was recently ex-
age requirements and win abortion lapse since polls show the health a cumulative 90 percent or more pelled, according to a relative of one of the wom-
restrictions. care statute is widely popular and through 2021, according to a report en.
The bickering could collapse the the public would largely fault Re- released last week by Covered Cali- Law enforcement officials did not respond to
whole effort, with each side blam- publicans if consumer costs spiral fornia, the state agency overseeing questions throughout the weekend about what
ing the other when next year’s ex- skyward. California’s health care exchange. led to Wong being dismissed from the program
or whether officials had alerted police or others
to any concerns about his mental health after he
was removed from the program. Records also
show a state-issued security permit Wong had for
a 9mm firearm was canceled in October, but state
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TOKYO — They
bowed their heads, hands
clasped or palms firmly
pressed together. They
stood in grassy areas or
roadsides overlooking
the choppy sea. In Japan’s
capital, they lit candles
and offered flowers. Some
dabbed at tears.
Japanese marked the
seventh anniversary Sun-
day of a tsunami that took
more than 18,000 lives on
the northeast coast and
triggered a nuclear di-
saster that turned nearby
communities into ghost
towns.
Residents along the
coast gathered outdoors
to remember the tragedy
as sirens wailed at 2:46
p.m., the moment the
magnitude 9.0 offshore
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cars and entire neighbor- set up in Hibiya Park in
hoods as it swept inland. It central Tokyo.
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causing partial melt- daunting challenge that is
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years.
Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe said Sunday at an of-
ficial ceremony in Tokyo
that reconstruction is
making steady progress,
but more than 70,000 peo-
ple are still displaced and
many have no prospect of
returning to their homes.
Prince Akishino, the
second son of Japanese
Emperor Akihito, ex-
pressed hope that the tsu-
nami would raise aware-
ness and help prevent or
mitigate damage from fu-
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Education
HENDERSON WARD STEWART ELEMENTARY

Courtesy photo
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR. SEUSS: Second-graders in Terra Robinson’s class at Henderson Ward Stewart Elemen-
tary School in Starkville got a visit from The Cat in the Hat March 2 for Read Across America Day, held annually
on Dr. Seuss’ birthday. The famous “Cat” — Noxubee County children’s librarian Loraine Walker — also visited
Starkville Academy pre-K and kindergarten students.

■ The Dispatch’s education page appears each Monday. Submissions must come from school personnel and
include all pertinent information, including names of everyone featured in a photograph, left to right. Submissions
can be emailed to education@cdispatch.com. Time-sensitive submissions will have top priority and The Dispatch
will publish the rest as space permits.

Schloemer
Continued from Page 1A
letters with her finger in By the time this year’s earliest memory. students,” Bluitt said.
the palm of her hand, a spelling bee came along, “My parents and “I think some students
trick she uses to help her she had conquered her grandparents used to are just naturally good
spell. battle with nerves. read to me and I’ve at spelling. Julia studies
As a fifth-grader, “I was like, ‘OK. I’m always loved reading,” hard, but I think she also
Schloemer will likely just going to do it and see she said. “Right now, I’m has some natural talent
be one of the younger what happens,’” she said. reading ‘Little Women.’” for spelling.”
competitors in the state What happened, TaNaya Bluitt, who Schloemer is the
competition. of course, was that teaches fifth-grade daughter of Amelia and
“That’s what makes Zack Plair and Char-
Schloemer won the English, said she was is
me nervous,” she said. lie Schloemer, all of
county spelling bee and surprised Schloemer won
But the nerves she’s Starkville. Zack Plair is
feeling as she gets ready a spot in Tuesday’s state the county spelling bee,
competition. even though she compet- the managing editor for
for the state competition
Schloemer said she’s ed against older students. The Dispatch.
pale in comparison to her
first attempt at the county loved books since her “She’s one of my top
spelling bee in 2016.
“I was like, ‘Oh, my
gosh! I’m going to the
county spelling bee!
What if I lose? What if I
win? What if I lose?’ I was
talking to myself all the
time,” Schloemer said.
“Then, when I got put
out, I was like, ‘Oh, OK.’ I
wasn’t exactly excited.”
Even so, Schloemer
finished fifth as a third
grader. Last year, she
moved up to third place.

Barr
Continued from Page 1A
the state event.
Although she has been
reading since day care,
Barr said reading is a lot
like her other passion,
dancing.
“Both take a lot of
practice,” she said. “In
dancing, you have to
remember the steps. In
reading, it’s remembering
the words you study.”
Barr said she has de-
voted “hours and hours”
of study in preparation for
the state spelling bee.
“Usually, I’ll go over
the list,” she said. “If I
miss a word, I’ll write it
down and then study it
so I can remember it the
next time.”
Barr’s mom, Melinda
Barr, said her daughter
attacks the challenge of
the spelling bee with the
same enthusiasm she
approaches dance.
“She’s always busy,”
Melinda said. “But she’ll
put in the work.”
Melinda said her
daughter’s experience
conjures memories of
when she was young.
“I spent hours and
hours studying and won
some spelling bees when
I was a kid, too,” she said.
“Maybe some of that has
rubbed off on Chloe.”
Chloe, 13, is the daugh-
ter of Brad and Melinda
Barr of Columbus.

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SECTION

Caledonia’s Cross signs with Huntingdon

Senior All-Star was versatile contributor, leader for coach Brooks’ perennial playoff contender
BY ADAM MINICHINO
aminichino@cdispatch.com
Bailie Cross can relax.
The Caledonia High School
standout admits the past few
months have had plenty of anxious
moments. That’s because Cross,
who has played volleyball for years,
didn’t know if she was going to get
a chance to play the sport she loves
in college.
Instead of allowing the doubt and
apprehension consume her, Cross
relied on her faith and continue to
work hard to sell herself.
“I knew God had a plan and that
was happening was happening for a
reason,” Cross said.
Cross’ anxiety finally washed
away Saturday when she signed a
letter of intent to play volleyball at
the Division III school in Hunting-
don College in Montgomery, Al-
abama. The signing at Caledonia
High came after she visited the
school late last month and felt a
connection with coach Latonia
Brady and the players and enjoyed
the campus.
“When I got there, it was really
reassuring and I felt there was a
reason why I wasn’t having good
experiences with the past experi-
ences because I was meant to be
there,” said Cross, who said she
gave a verbal commitment the day
after she visited the school.
Cross said she used help from
National Scouting Report, a na-
tional scouting service, to contact
colleges that were still looking for
players. She said she took multiple
visits to schools before coach Brady
responded to her email by saying
she was still looking for a defensive
specialist and players to fill out the
roster for 2018. She said she set up
a visit to spend the might and then
“kind of fell in love with the players”
on her visit.
“I felt the vibe there that it was
perfect school for me,” Cross said.
Cross said the signing was a
relief because she said she had to
pray numerous times to keep the
faith she would realize an oppor-
tunity. She said she has played vol-
leyball since she was 7 or 8 years
old, so she was motivated to find a
school where she could continue
her career and stay on the path to
Contributed
becoming a coach. She admitted it Caledonia High School senior Bailie Cross poses for
“hit her hard” when she imagined a picture with her parents Saturday during a signing
not being able to play volleyball ceremony to celebrate her decision to play volleyball at
See CROSS, 2B Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MSU will play host

to Nebraska in
first round of NIT
BY SCOT T WALTERS
swalters@cdispatch.com

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State men’s

basketball coach Ben Howland had several
wishes granted Sunday night.
MSU is back in the postseason for the first
time since 2012 after accepting an invitation to
the National Invitation Tournament. In addition
to making the tournament, No. 4 seed MSU
will play host to No. 5 seed Nebraska at 8 p.m.
Wednesday (ESPN2) at Humphrey Coliseum.
See MSU MEN, 2B
GAME 34
n NIT: Nebraska at Mississippi State, 8 p.m.
Wednesday (ESPN2; WKBB-FM 100.9,
WFCA-FM 107.9).

Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch

Members of the Mississippi State women’s basketball team pose with a Southeastern Conference sign after the
team’s victory against Texas A&M clinched the program’s first SEC regular-season title. COLLEGE BASEBALL

MSU LOOKS TO BE ONE OF TOP SEEDS Fourth inning lifts

Coming off SEC regular-season title, Schaefer’s team will learn its NCAA seed, region tonight
BY ADAM MINICHINO
aminichino@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — The awards
continued to stack up Sunday for
the Mississippi State women’s bas-
ketball team a day before it learned
its next opponent for what it hopes
will be a six-game stretch run to the
2017-18 season.
Teaira McCowan and Victoria
Vivians added to their individual
honors when ESPNW named the
junior center a first-team All-Amer-
ican and the senior guard a third-
team All-American. MSU joined
Connecticut as the only schools
with multiple players on the list.
The honors are the latest MSU
has received on the heels of an
NCAA WATCH PARTY
n Mississippi State welcomes fans to
join the women’s basketball team at
6 tonight to watch the NCAA
tournament Selection Show at
Humphrey Coliseum. Doors will open
at 4:45 p.m. today. The show also can
be seen on ESPN.
undefeated regular season and a
third-straight trip to the champion-
ship game of the Southeastern Con-
ference tournament. MSU (32-1)
claimed its first SEC regular-season
title thanks to a 16-0 run through
the SEC. It beat Kentucky and Texas
A&M before losing to South Caroli-
na 62-51 on March 4 in the champi-
onship game of the SEC tournament
in Nashville, Tennessee.
Despite the loss, ESPN’s Charlie
Creme projects MSU to be a No. 1
seed for the NCAA tournament.
The 64-team field for the annual
event will be announced at 6 tonight
(ESPN). MSU will celebrate the an-
nouncement with a NCAA tourna-
ment Selection Show at Humphrey
Coliseum. Admission is free. Doors
will open at 4:45 p.m.
With American Athletic Confer-
ence regular-season and tourna-
ment champion Connecticut and
Atlantic Coast Conference tourna-
ment champion Louisville virtual
locks to be the No. 1 seeds in the
Albany and Lexington regions,
See MSU WOMEN, 2B
MSU to series win
BY BRET T HUDSON
bhudson@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — A day off gave the
Mississippi State baseball team the answer.
After a Friday doubleheader in which MSU
struggled to get a key hit, MSU found plenty of
See MSU BASEBALL, 3B
GAME 17
n Mississippi State vs. Southeastern Louisiana,
6:35 p.m. Wednesday, MGM Park, Biloxi
(WKBB-FM 100.9, WFCA-FM 107.9)
INSIDE
n MORE COLLEGE BASEBALL: Strong starting
pitching carried the Mississippi State baseball team
to four wins in five games last week. Page 4B

PREP SOCCER

NHHS’ Earhart selects Gulf Coast

Senior captain was veteran vocal presence at center back for Trojans
BY ADAM MINICHINO
aminichino@cdispatch.com
Don’t let Cai Earhart
fool you.
At 5-foot-9, 150 pounds,
the New Hope High
School senior doesn’t fall
into the “imposing” cat-
egory when it comes to
identifying players who
dominate on the soccer
field.
But what a listing on a
roster fails to tell you is
the size of a player’s heart
and their will to control
the action. Earhart’s drive
to be the best player on
the field has pushed him
to play bigger than his
size and to realize his
dream to play soccer in
college.
Earhart finalized those
plans Friday when he cel-
ebrated his decision to
attend Mississippi Gulf
Coast Community Col-
lege.
New Hope High boys
soccer coach Andrew Ol-
sen played center back at
East Mississippi C.C., so
Olsen knows what a de-
fender who leads the back
line is supposed to say,
how he should say it, and
when he should say it. He
said Earhart was one of
the Trojans’ loudest and
most physical players.
“It is his heart,” Olsen
said. “When he steps on
the field, he thinks he is
the best player son the
field, so when they come
through it doesn’t matter
if the guy is 6-foot-3 or if
he is 5-foot tall, nobody is
going to push him off the
ball.”
Adam Minichino/Dispatch Staff
Earhart said the re- New Hope High School senior Cai Earhart poses for a picture during a signing
cruiting process was ceremony Friday to celebrate his decision to sign with Mississippi Gulf Coast
“nerve-wracking” after Community College. Cai’s grandfather, John Earhart; his father, Adam; and his
not attracting a lot of mother, Priscilla; are sitting with him. New Hope High boys soccer coach Andrew
See EARHART, 3B Olsen is standing. His brothers, J.D. and Parker, also attended the signing.
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AUTO RACING

Harvick races to third-straight NASCAR Cup victory

BY JOHN NICHOLSON
The Associated Press
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kevin
Harvick is at his best when he’s
mad, so much so that former
crew chief Gil Martin used to
try to rile him up during races.
Harvick was running extra
hot when he got to ISM Race-
way after penalties for technical
violations marred his victory
last week at Las Vegas. When
he finally cooled off Sunday af-
ternoon, he celebrated his third
straight NASCAR Cup victory
and record-extending ninth
at the mile oval southwest of
Phoenix.
“Everybody just came here
mad, chip on their shoulder,
wanting to do exactly what
we did today,” Harvick said.
“That’s the type of determina-
tion and grit that you want in
a race team. There’s nothing
better to be a part of than some-
thing like that.
“Actions speak a whole lot
louder than all the words I can
say this week, tweets that you
can send out. Parking that
thing in victory lane is the most
powerful thing, most powerful
message you can send, and says
the most about our organization
and our team.”
After saying Friday that he
would jump up and down on the
back of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas
Racing Ford if he won, Harvick
simply patted the back window
in a nod to social media photos
of his buckled rear window in
Las Vegas.
“I made it very clear to pat
my window and thank it for do-
ing its job,” he said.
Harvick got in front of Busch
on the last series of pit stops.
Busch’s team dropped the jack
and had trouble with the right
rear tire on the stop with 53 laps
left, allowing Harvick — who
pitted three laps earlier — to
slip ahead.
“We lost the race on pit road
today,” Busch said. “But we’ve
won races on pit road, too.”
Harvick got around Chase
Elliott — the first car with four
fresh tires after the pit stops —
and took the lead with 22 laps
left when Ryan Newman finally
made his last stop on the sunny
day after morning rain. Busch
never challenged Harvick after
that and finished 0.774 seconds
back.
“Man, it was a heck of a bat-
tle today,” Harvick crew chief
Rodney Childers said. “To sit
down there in the corner and
watch these guys race like that
was like my short track days.”
Busch won the first 75-lap
stage, and brother Kurt Bus-
ch stayed on the track during
a caution and won the second
segment in a one-lap shootout.
Stewart-Haas racing had all
four drivers in the top 10 for the
first time, with Clint Bowyer
finishing sixth, Aric Almirola
seventh and Kurt Busch 10th.
“That’s probably what I’m
most proud of,” owner Tony
Stewart said.
PENALTY DETAILS
NASCAR said Wednesday
that inspectors at its research
and development center in
North Carolina found Harvick’s
Las Vegas car violated a rule
requiring rear window support
braces to hold the glass rigid,
and another requiring the right
rocker panel extension to be
aluminum.
Harvick was penalized the
seven playoff points he earned
for winning the Las Vegas race
and its first two stages. He was
docked 20 regular points and
the team lost 20 owners’ points.
Childers was fined $50,000, and
car chief Robert Smith was sus-
pended two races.
Stewart said he won’t appeal
the penalties.
“How many appeals have
you seen overturned?” he ex-
plained.
Harvick regained the points
lead Sunday, moving 12 ahead
of Kyle Busch. And with the vic-
tory, the No. 4 was headed back
to the R&D facility.
BY THE NUMBERS
Harvick began the streak at
Atlanta after crashing and fin-
ishing 31st in the season-open-
ing Daytona 500. He’s the first
to win three straight Cup races
since Joey Logano in 2015.
Harvick broke a tie with Kyle
Busch with 14 NASCAR nation-
al-series victories at the track.
In 31 Cup starts in Phoenix, the
42-year-old California driver
has 15 top-five finishes. He has
one Xfinity win and four Truck
victories at the track. The victo-
ry also was the milestone 40th
of Harvick’s Cup career.
TOP-FIVE FINISHERS
Chase Elliott was third, fol-
lowed by Denny Hamlin and
pole-sitter Martin Truex Jr.
“I needed a little bit of for-
ward drive there at the end,” El-
liott said. “I was turning pretty
good and just had a hard time
putting the power down.”

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The winner of the game between MSU and
Nebraska will play the winner of the game
between No. 1 seed Baylor and No. 8 seed
Wagner in a second-round game Saturday or
Monday.
“We are excited about playing in the NIT,”
said Howland, who is in his third season at
MSU. “For a young team, a team with no se-
niors, this will be a great experience. None
of these guys have ever played postseason
basketball. It’s a different feel. We can benefit
from this experience going forward.”
Howland led Northern Arizona, Pitts-
burgh, and UCLA to the NCAA tournament
in his third season at each school. That streak
ended Sunday when a school-record eight
Southeastern Conference teams made the
NCAA tournament without MSU.
MSU finished the regular season 22-11 and
9-9 in conference play. It beat LSU and lost to
Tennessee at the SEC tournament in St. Lou-
is. Any realistic NCAA hopes were dashed by
losses in three of the final four games of the
regular season.
Now, MSU will try to gain traction in the
NIT and parlay it into next season.
“My second team at Pittsburgh made the
NIT and the following year we made the
Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament,”
Howland said. “That’s what you want. You
want a chance to play, better yourself, and use
this event to get you ready for next season.”
The Bulldogs and Cornhuskers played an
exhibition game Oct. 22 in Starkville. Nebras-
ka won 76-72, but MSU played without center
Abdul Ado. The Cornhuskers finished 22-10
and 13-5 in Big Ten Conference play.
“You take nothing away from that game,”
Howland said. “It feels like several years ago.
Prep Baseball
today’s Games
Pillow Academy at Heritage Academy, 1 p.m.
New Hope at Clinton, 2 p.m.
Starkville High vs. Pine Forest, Florida
(Pensacola), 4:30 p.m.
Eupora at Heritage Academy, 7 p.m.
Golden Triangle Spring Break Classic
Tuesday’s Games
Starkville High vs. Danielson, Tennessee
(Pensacola), 11 a.m.
West Point vs. Amory (Oxford), 1 p.m.
Caledonia vs. Lafayette (Oxford), 4:30 p.m.
West Point vs. Houston (Oxford), 8 p.m.
Golden Triangle Spring Break Classic
Wednesday’s Games
West Point vs. Caledonia (Oxford), 11 a.m.
Caledonia at Oxford, 1 p.m.
West Point vs. Cleveland Central (Oxford), 2 p.m.
Caledonia at North Pontotoc, 4 p.m.
Golden Triangle Spring Break Classic
Thursday’s Games
Columbus vs. Yazoo County (Louisville), 11 a.m.
Columbus vs. Choctaw County (Louisville), 1:30 p.m.
Starkville High at Niceville, Florida, 4 p.m.
Friday’s Games
New Hope vs. Arlington, Tennessee (at Bartlett,
Tennessee), 3:30 p.m.
New Hope at Bartlett, Tennessee, 6 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Columbus vs. Kosciusko (Louisville), 12:30 p.m.
New Hope at Covington, Tennessee, 1:30 p.m.
Columbus vs. Pearl (Louisville), 3 p.m.
College Baseball
Tuesday’s Games
Ole Miss at Georgia State, 5 p.m.
Alabama A&M at Alabama, 6 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Ole Miss at Georgia State, 2 p.m.
Continued from Page 1B
later this year, but she said it was
“absolutely amazing” to be sur-
rounded by family and friends Sat-
urday to finalize the next step.
“When I found out I was going to
get a chance to play I couldn’t contain
my happiness,” Cross said. “I knew
there was a reason for everything
when everything wasn’t working out.
It was extremely stressful for me.”
Caledonia, which finished 27-7 this
past season, has been a regular in the
Mississippi High School Activities
Association (MHSAA) playoffs. This
past season, Caledonia lost to New Al-
bany in the first round of the Class II
State tournament. In 2016, Caledonia
lost to Lewisburg in the second round.
Cross has been a fixture in that
success. Individually, she was select-
ed to play in the Mississippi Associa-
tion of Coaches Senior All-Star game.
Cross, a 5-foot-4 do-it-all-player,
honed her skills this past year on the
club scene with Level Elite’s 18s. Mis-
sissippi University for Women assis-
tant volleyball coach Brooke Beasley
coached Cross.
Cross likely will play defensive
specialist or libero in college. She
has played a variety of positions in
her high school career. Through all
of the changes, Cross has remained a
leader and someone Caledonia coach
Samantha Brooks could look to to set
the tone for younger players.
Brooks, who coached Cross for six
years, said Cross came to Mississippi
from Texas with the basic fundamen-
tal skills. She said she knew when she
first saw Cross play in fifth grade she
would be a key member of the high
school program.
“She just steadily progressed,
and I feel that she has a knowledge
of the game and that she is so excit-
ed about it and passionate about it,”
Brooks said. “She is going to be one
of those coaches who is going to go
in and make a difference. She has
so much spirit and good ideas. I feel
like she will be a really successful
coach.”
Brooks also believes Cross, who
was No. 1 in aces in the nation for a
long stretch this season, will be a key
contributor for Huntingdon. She said
Cross brought so much spirit and en-
ergy to the Caledonia High program
that she has no doubt the same infec-
tious attitude will help her in college.
Cross realizes it will be a challenge
for her to take the next step, but she is
anxious to take it on. After all, playing
in college is something she has been
waiting to do for years, so she isn’t go-
ing to waster her opportunity.
“It was an unbelievable feeling to
see all of the love and support (at her
signing),” Cross said. “(Playing in
college) is something I have always
dreamed of.
“I am going to do my best to com-
pete against others and myself and
push myself to see what I can do best.”
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Both teams have been through a lot since
then. A practice game does not hold any com-
parison to a real, postseason game. They had
a great year with some really big wins. It will
be a huge challenge.
“The students are out for spring break, so
we will need the community to step up, come
out and show support for the team. It’s diffi-
cult for an 8 o’clock game on a weeknight, but
we need it.”
MSU will play without Nick Weatherspoon.
A member of the conference’s All-Freshman
team, Weatherspoon was injured Friday in
the second half of a 62-59 loss to Tennessee.
Weatherspoon spent the night in a hospital.
However, a cat scan came back positive Satur-
day and an MRI came back positive Sunday.
Howland said Weatherspoon’s neck area is
fine and that he doesn’t have a fracture in his
hip. Instead, he has a hip contusion and deep
swelling and bruising around the bone.
“He won’t play Wednesday,” Howland said.
“We don’t know how long he will be out, but
we aren’t going to rule him out for the rest
of the season. If we get on a roll and get to
New York (for the tournament semifinals),
hopefully, he could then come back some and
help.”
MSU will play in its ninth NIT. It is making
its first appearance in the tournament since
a first-round loss to Massachusetts in Rick
Stansbury’s final game in 2012. The school’s
deepest run came in 2007, when Stansbury
took MSU to the NIT Final Four at Madison
Square Garden.
“Every great player wants a chance to at
least play one time in Madison Square Gar-
den,” Howland said. “It is the most historic
venue in our sport. Out kids will be playing
for a chance to do just that. That’s motivation
alone to play in what is a great event.”
Quinndary Weatherspoon is averaging a
team-best 14.8 points per game. He agrees
with Howland that the Bulldogs want to make
the most of their chance to play in the post-
season.
“We’ve worked hard all year to get to post-
season,” Quinndary Weatherspoon said.
“We’re not just satisfied to be here. Our goal is
to get to New York and win it all. When we are
playing our best, we can beat anyone. I know
we’re all excited about this opportunity.”
n NOTE: Current MSU season ticket
holders have until noon today to purchase
their existing seats or order more. At 3 p.m.,
tickets will be available for the general public
at www.HailState.com/Tickets, or calling the
ticket office at 1-888-GO-DAWGS.
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on Twitter @dispatchscott
Alabama A&M at Alabama, 6 p.m.
Southern Mississippi at Tulane, 6:30 p.m.
Mississippi State vs. Southeastern Louisiana
(Biloxi), 6:35 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Georgia at Alabama, 6 p.m.
UTSA at Southern Mississippi, 6 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m.
Tennessee at Ole Miss, 7 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
MUW at Concordia College (DH), 1 p.m.
Georgia at Alabama, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Ole Miss, 1:30 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Mississippi State, 2 p.m.
UTSA at Southern Mississippi, 2 p.m.
College Softball
Today’s Games
MUW at Southern Wesleyan (DH), 2 p.m.
Auburn at Southern Mississippi (DH), 2 p.m.
Tuesday’s Game
Mississippi State at Samford, 6 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
MUW at Columbia (South Carolina) (DH), 2 p.m.
Ole Miss at Southeastern Louisiana, 5 p.m.
Alabama at Georgia Tech, 5 p.m.
Mississippi State at Memphis, 6 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
MUW at Piedmont (DH), 2 p.m.
Troy at Southern Mississippi (DH), 3 p.m.
Friday’s Games
South Carolina at Ole Miss, 6 p.m.
Alabama at Auburn, 6 p.m.
ON THE AIR
Today
GOLF
Noon — PGA Tour, Valspar Championship, first
round, at Palm Beach, Florida, TGC
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Boon — Spring training, Washington at Detroit,
MLB Network
3 p.m. — Spring training, Cincinnati at L.A.
Angels, MLB Network
SOCCER
2:30 p.m. — Bundesliga, Werder Bremen vs.
FcKoln, FS2
NBA
7 p.m. — San Antonio at Houston, ESPN
9:30 p.m. — Miami at Portland, ESPN
PARALYMPIC GAMES
8 p.m. — PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games,
NBC Sports Network
SOCCER
3 p.m. — Premier League, Stoke City vs.
Manchester, NBC Sports Network
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
6 p.m. — NCAA Women’s Selection Special,
ESPN
MSU women
Continued from Page 1B
respectively, the biggest unan-
swered question for MSU remains
which region it will be sent to.
Creme has MSU in the Kansas City
Region and Notre Dame as the No. 1
seed in the Spokane Region.
Baylor (31-1), which won the Big 12
Conference regular-season and tourna-
ment titles, figures to be the only team
that might deny MSU a No. 1 seed.
Following MSU’s loss to South Caroli-
na, Baylor moved past MSU to No. 2 in
The Associated Press and USA Today
Coaches polls. Those rankings don’t
factor into the NCAA tournament selec-
tion committee’s criteria for picking the
64-team field. Still, the NCAA women’s
tournament considers attendance as
an ingredient when it determines des-
tinations for seeds at its predetermined
sites. It might believe Kansas City is a
better host site to draw fans for Baylor
than MSU.
Creme, who works as ESPN’s
bracketologist, has had MSU as a No.
1 seed in the Kansas City region for
the past several weeks. NCAA RPI
rankings have Connecticut at No. 1,
Notre Dame, which lost to Louisville
in the ACC tournament title game, at
No. 2, Louisville at No. 3, Baylor at No.
4, and MSU at No. 5. RealTime RPI.
com, Warren Nolan.com, and Colle-
giate Basketball News also have those
five teams ranked the same way.
Warren Nolan.com has the ACC as
the top-rated conference followed by
the SEC, the Big Ten Conference, and
the Big 12.
The differences between MSU
and Baylor are slight when it comes
to Strength of Schedule (SOS), which
is one factor the NCAA tournament
selection committee uses to seed the
teams. The NCAA has MSU with a 21
SOS, while Baylor has a 24. In Colle-
giate Basketball News, MSU has a 26
SOS, while Baylor has a 28. In Warren
Nolan.com, MSU has a 21 SOS, while
Baylor has a 23.
Baylor suffered its only loss to
UCLA on Nov. 18. Despite that fact,
the NCAA tournament selection com-
mittee could use a season-ending in-
jury to point guard Kristy Wallace as
a factor when it determines the No. 1
seeds. Wallace suffered a torn anteri-
or cruciate ligament in her right knee
in a victory against West Virginia on
Feb. 26.
MSU is 11-1 against teams in the
top 50 and 9-0 against teams ranked
51-100, according to Warren Nolan.
com. It has a non-conference SOS of
33. Baylor is 6-1 against teams in the
top 50 and 13-0 against teams 51-100.
It has a non-conference SOS of 63.
Regardless of whether it is a No.
1 or a No. 2 seed, MSU will play host
to the first and second rounds of the
NCAA tournament as a top-16 seed.
As of Sunday afternoon, less than 500
all-session reserved tickets remained
for the first and second rounds. MSU
is 16-0 at home this season. It aver-
aged a program-best 7,113 fans and
shattered its all-time mark for atten-
dance in a season with 113,814.
MSU is 4-0 at home in the NCAA
tournament the last two seasons. In
2016, MSU was a No. 5 seed, but it
earned the right to play host to the first
and second rounds due to a conflict with
Michigan State’s home venue. MSU
defeated Chattanooga 60-50 and Mich-
igan State 74-72 to advance to the Sweet
16, where it lost to eventual national
champion UConn 98-38. In 2017, MSU
beat Troy and DePaul in Starkville en
route to a program-record 34-win sea-
son. Victories against Washington and
Baylor sent MSU to the Final Four,
where it beat four-time reigning nation-
al champion UConn 66-64 in overtime
to end the Huskies’ NCAA-record 111-
game winning streak. South Carolina
defeated MSU 67-55 in the national
championship game.
This season, MSU beat South Car-
olina 67-53 and Kentucky (twice) in
the regular season to complete the
first undefeated regular season by a
SEC team since Tennessee in 1998.
MSU’s Vic Schaefer earned SEC
Coach of the Year honors for leading
to the team to the second-longest win-
ning streak in SEC history.
McCowan, who is averaging a
career-best 17.7 points and 13.2 re-
bounds per game this season, was
named first-team All-SEC and SEC
co-Defensive Player of the Year.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Sunday’s Games
Sunday’s Men’s Major At Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
Scores Purdue-Cal State Fullerton winner vs.
EAST
Davidson 58, Rhode Island 57
Arkansas-Butler winner
At Viejas Arena, San Diego
Penn 68, Harvard 65 Wichita State-Marshall winner
West Virginia-Murray State winner
vs.
SOUTH
Georgia St. 74, Texas-Arlington 61
Kentucky 77, Tennessee 72 At TD Garden, Boston
MIDWEST Regional Semifinals
Friday, March 23
Cincinnati 56, Houston 55
FAR WEST Villanova-LIU Brooklyn-Radford—Virginia
Cal St.-Fullerton 71, UC Irvine 55 Tech-Alabama winner vs. Wichita State-
Marshall—West Virginia-Murray State winner
The Associated Press Purdue-Cal State Fullerton—Arkansas-Butler
winner vs. Texas Tech-Stephen F. Austin—
Men’s Top 25 Fared Florida-St. Bonaventure-UCLA winner
Sunday
1. Virginia (31-2) did not play. Next: NCAA
tournament.
Regional Championship
Sunday, March 25
2. Villanova (30-4) did not play. Next:
NCAA tournament.
Semifinal winners
3. Xavier (28-5) did not play. Next: TBA. SOUTH REGIONAL
4. Michigan State (29-4) did not play.
Next: TBA.
First Round
Thursday’s Games
5. Duke (26-7) did not play. Next: TBA.
6. Gonzaga (30-4) did not play. Next: At American Airlines Center, Dallas
Tennessee (25-8) vs. Wright State (25-9),
NCAA tournament.
7. Michigan (28-7) did not play. Next: 11:40 a.m.
Miami (22-9) vs. Loyola of Chicago (28-5),
NCAA tournament.
8. Cincinnati (30-4) beat No. 21 Houston 2:10 p.m.
At Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho
56-55. Next: NCAA tournament.
9. Kansas (27-7) did not play. Next: NCAA Kentucky (24-10) vs. Davidson (21-11),
tournament.
10. Purdue (28-6) did not play. Next: TBA.
6:10 p.m.
Arizona (27-7) vs. Buffalo (26-8), 8:40 p.m.
11. Wichita State (25-7) did not play. Friday’s Games
At Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
Next: TBA.
12. North Carolina (25-10) did not play. Creighton (21-11) vs. Kansas State (22-11),
Next: TBA. 5:50 p.m.
13. Tennessee (25-8) lost to Kentucky Virginia (31-2) vs. UMBC (24-10), 8:20 p.m.
At Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
77-72. Next: TBA.
14. Texas Tech (24-9) did not play. Next: Cincinnati (30-4) vs. Georgia State (24-10), 1
TBA.
15. Arizona (27-7) did not play. Next:
p.m.
Nevada (27-7) vs. Texas (19-14), 3:30 p.m.
NCAA tournament.
16. Auburn (25-7) did not play. Next: TBA. Second Round
17. Ohio State (24-8) did not play. Next: Saturday’s Games
At American Airlines Center, Dallas
TBA.
18. West Virginia (24-10) did not play. Tennessee-Wright State winner vs.
Next: TBA. Miami-Loyola of Chicago winner
19. Clemson (23-9) did not play. Next: At Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho
TBA.
20. Saint Mary’s (28-5) did not play. Next:
Arizona-Buffalo winner vs. Kentucky-Davidson
winner
TBA.
21. Houston (26-7) lost to No. 8 Cincinnati
Sunday’s Games
At Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
56-55. Next: TBA.
22. Nevada (27-7) did not play. Next:
Virginia-UMBC winner vs. Creighton-Kansas
State winner
TBA. At Bridgestone Arena,
23. Florida (20-12) did not play. Next: Nashville, Tennessee
TBA. Cincinnati-Georgia State winner vs.
24. Miami (22-9) did not play. Next: TBA. Nevada-Texas winner
25. Rhode Island (25-7) lost to Davidson
58-57. Next: TBA.
At Philips Arena, Atlanta
Kentucky 77, Regional Semifinals
Thursday, March 22
No. 13 Tennessee 72 Virginia-UMBC—Creighton-Kansas State
KENTUCKY (24-10): Knox 7-17 1-2 18, winner vs.
Davidson winner
Arizona-Buffalo—Kentucky-
Richards 0-0 1-2 1, Washington 0-2 5-7 5,
Diallo 0-2 0-0 0, Gilgeous-Alexander 10-16 7-7 Cincinnati-Georgia State—Nevada-
Texas winner vs. Tennessee-Wright State—
29, Gabriel 4-6 2-2 12, Killeya-Jones 1-2 0-0 2,
Green 3-5 4-4 10. Totals 25-50 20-24 77. Miami-Loyola of Chicago winner
TENNESSEE (25-8): Schofield 7-15 4-5
22, Williams 5-9 5-5 15, Alexander 2-4 3-4 7, Regional Championship
Bone 4-10 1-2 12, Bowden 1-9 1-2 3, Walker Saturday, March 24
0-0 0-0 0, Fulkerson 0-0 0-0 0, Pons 0-1 0-0 Semifinal winners
0, Daniel 1-2 0-0 3, Turner 3-12 2-2 10. Totals
23-62 16-20 72. MIDWEST REGIONAL
Halftime—Kentucky 36-31. 3-Point First Round
Goals—Kentucky 7-16 (Knox 3-7, Gilgeous-Al- Thursday’s Games
exander 2-3, Gabriel 2-4, Green 0-1, Diallo 0-1), At PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
Rhode Island (25-7) vs. Oklahoma (18-13),
Tennessee 10-27 (Schofield 4-9, Bone 3-4,
Turner 2-7, Daniel 1-2, Bowden 0-5). Fouled 11:15 a.m.
Out—Bowden, Gabriel. Rebounds—Kentucky
32 (Knox, Gilgeous-Alexander 7), Tennessee
Duke (26-7) vs. Iona (20-13), 1:45 p.m.
At INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas
31 (Schofield 10). Assists—Kentucky 9 (Diallo,
Gilgeous-Alexander 3), Tennessee 14 (Bone,
Kansas (27-7) vs. Pennsylvania (24-8), 1 p.m.
Seton Hall (21-11) vs. North Carolina State
Turner 4). Total Fouls—Kentucky 19, Tennes- (21-11), 3:30 p.m.
see 21. A—18,973 (21,000). Friday’s Games
Southeastern Conference At Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
Michigan State (29-4) vs. Bucknell (25-9),
tournament 6:10 p.m.
At Scottrade Center, St. Louis
TCU (21-11) vs. Arizona State-Syracuse
winner, 8:40 p.m.
First Round
Wednesday, March 7 At Viejas Arena, San Diego
Auburn (25-7) vs. College of Charleston (26-7),
Georgia 78, Vanderbilt 62
South Carolina 85, Ole Miss 84 6:27 p.m.
Clemson (23-9) vs. New Mexico State (28-5),
Second Round 8:57 p.m.
Thursday, March 8
Alabama 71, Texas A&M 70 Second Round
Saturday’s Games
Georgia 62, Missouri 60
Mississippi State 80, LSU 77 At PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
Arkansas 69, South Carolina 64 Duke-Iona winner vs. Rhode Island-Oklahoma
winner
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 9
At INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas
Kansas-Pennsylvania winner vs. Seton Hall-
Alabama 81, Auburn 63 North Carolina State winner
Kentucky 62, Georgia 49 Sunday’s Games
Tennessee 62, Mississippi State 59 At Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
Arkansas 80, Florida 72 Michigan State-Bucknell winner vs. TCU—
Arizona State-Syracuse winner
Semifinals
Saturday, March 10
At Viejas Arena, San Diego
Auburn-College of Charleston winner vs.
Kentucky 86, Alabama 63
Tennessee 84, Arkansas 66
Clemson-New Mexico State winner
MSU baseball
Quarterfinals
March 20-21
At Plattsburgh, New York
Union (N.Y.) 76, New Jersey City 72
South Central Region
At Lubbick, Texas Continued from Page 1B
Hampton-Notre Dame-Temple-Penn State Plattsburgh State 103, Nichols 86 Metro State 78, Colorado State-Pueblo 70
winner vs. Rider-Oregon-Harvard-Marquette
winner
At York, Pennsylvania
York (Pa.) 81, Yeshiva 67
West Texas A&M 81, Arkansas-Fort Smith 66 them Sunday in a 5-3 victory against Utah
Lubbock Christian 78, Tarleton State 46
Wagner-Baylor-Nebraska-Mississippi State
winner vs. Vermont-Middle Tennessee-
Hamilton 86, Nazareth 72
At Radnor, Pennsylvania Angelo State 87, Black Hills State 75 Valley at Dudy Noble Field.
Northern Kentucky-Louisville winner
UNC Asheville-Southern Cal-Boston
Springfield 88, Albright 86
Cabrini 88, Staten Island 86
West Region
At Azusa, California The win gave MSU (10-6) the series
College-Western Kentucky winner vs. UC San Diego 64, Seattle Pacific 51
Montana State Billings 76, Hawaii Pacific 65
win and its seventh victory in its last eight
BYU-Stanford-Florida Gulf Coast-Oklahoma Second Round
State winner Saturday, March 3 Alaska Anchorage 65, Northwest Nazarene 63 games.
SE Louisiana-Saint Mary’s-Boise State-Wash- At Williamstown, Massachusetts
ington winner vs. Louisiana-Lafay- Ramapo 66, Williams 62
Humboldt State 66, Azusa Pacific 60
“The past two days, with two outs and
ette--LSU-UC Davis-Utah winner At Newport News, Virginia Second Round runners in scoring position especially,
Franklin & Marshall 66, Christopher Newport 52
Semifinals At Windham, Connecticut
Saturday, March 10
Atlantic Region they’ve been throwing us offspeed big
At Madison Square Garden, New York Middlebury 83, Eastern Connecticut State 58
At Richmond, Virginia
Tuesday, March 27
Game 1, 6 p.m.
At Baltimore
MIT 62, Johns Hopkins 54 Indiana (Pa.) 88, Glenville State 68 time,” MSU freshman designated hitter
Game 2, 8:30 p.m. At Springfield, Ohio
Wisconsin-Oshkosh 68, Wittenberg 60
Bowie State 79, Edinboro 75
Central Region
Tanner Allen said. “You kind of have to have
Championship At Atlanta At Sioux Falls, South Dakota the approach to look offspeed instead of sit-
Thursday, March 29 Emory 83, LeTourneau 82 Central Missouri 66, Fort Hays State 59
Semifinal winners, 7 p.m. At Rock Island, Illinois Augustana (S.D.) 90, Northern State 86 ting fastball, but as you can tell it worked for
Augustana (Ill.) 95, Hope 83
CollegeInsider.com At University Heights, Ohio
East Region
At Easton, Massachusetts
us today.”
Tournament John Carroll 91, Wooster 85
At Walla Walla, Washington Sciences (Pa.) 61, Bentley 54 The refined approach helped MSU go
First Round Stonehill 63, St. Thomas Aquinas 52
Today’s Games
Whitman 89, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 84
At Collegeville, Minnesota Midwest Region 8-for-17 with two outs Sunday. It paid off in
Central Michigan (19-14) at Fort Wayne (18-14),
11 a.m.
Wisconsin-Stevens
Bethany Lutheran 44
Point 82, At Ashland, Ohio
Drury 63, Lewis 49
the third inning, when Allen’s double scored
Drake (16-16) at Abilene Christian (16-15),
1 p.m.
At St. Louis Ashland 80, Grand Valley State 68 Hunter Stovall to tie the game at 1.
Nebraska Wesleyan 82, Aurora 61 South Region
NC A&T (20-14) at Liberty (20-14), 5 p.m.
Hartford (19-13) at San Diego (18-13), 9 p.m.
At Platteville, Wisconsin At Jackson, Tennessee In the fourth, MSU scored four runs
Wisconsin-Platteville 74, St. Olaf 68
At Middletown, Connecticut
Valdosta State 63, Lee 57
Union (Tenn.) 74, Embry-Riddle 59
with two outs. Freshman left fielder Rowd-
Second Round
First-Round winner vs. Wofford (21-12), TBA
Swarthmore 97, Wesleyan (Conn.) 75
At Plattsburgh, New York Southeast Region ey Jordan had the big blow when he took a
First-Round winner vs. Northern Colorado At Jefferson City, Tennessee
(22-12), TBA
Plattsburgh State 87, Union (N.Y.) 75
At York, Pennsylvania North Georgia 78, Wingate 75 high fastball for a three-run home run. Af-
First-Round winner vs. Portland State (20-13),
TBA
Hamilton 69, York (Pa.) 66
At Radnor, Pennsylvania
Carson-Newman 96, Lander 85
South Central Region ter center fielder Jake Mangum’s single and
First-Round winner vs. Sam Houston State
(19-14), TBA
Springfield 96, Cabrini 88 At Lubbick, Texas steal of second base, Stovall singled home
West Texas A&M 70, Metro State 60
Wednesday’s Games
Niagara (19-13) at Eastern Michigan (21-12),
Third Round Lubbock Christian 61, Angelo State 59 Mangum.
Friday, March 9
6 p.m.
St. Francis (Pa.) (18-12) at Illinois-Chicago
At Mahwah, New Jersey
West Region
At Azusa, California The two-out production was the undoing
MIT 79, Middlebury 76
(17-15), 7 p.m. Ramapo 72, Franklin & Marshall 62 Alaska Anchorage 81, Humboldt State 73
Montana State Billings 75, UC San Diego 73
of starting pitcher Walker Ramsey (1-3),
UTSA (19-14) at Lamar (19-13), 7 p.m.
Thursday’s Game
At Rock Island, Illinois
Wisconsin-Oshkosh 93, Emory 72 who threw 90 pitches in six innings. He al-
Louisiana-Monroe (16-15) at Austin Peay Regional Finals
(18-14), 7 p.m.
Augustana (Ill.) 86, John Carroll 78
At Platteville, Wisconsin Today’s Games lowed five unearned runs.
College Basketball Whitman 65, Wisconsin-Stevens Point 55
Nebraska Wesleyan 79, Wisconsin-Platteville 78
Atlantic Region
At Richmond, Virginia
“Anytime you talk about how well you’re
Invitational At Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Bowie State (22-9) vs. Indiana (Pa.) (28-3), hitting with two outs, especially with run-
First Round Springfield 92, Hamilton 90 6 p.m.
Tuesday’s Game Swarthmore 93, Plattsburgh State 63 Central Region ners in scoring position, can you stay calm,
Eastern Washington (20-14) at Utah Valley
(22-10), 8 p.m. Quarterfinals At Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Augustana (S.D.) (29-3) vs. Central Missouri
poised, let it travel, and see what happens?
Wednesday’s Games Saturday, March 10
Miami Univ. (16-17) at Campbell (16-15), 6 p.m. At Mahwah, New Jersey (26-3), 7 p.m. It’s the basics,” MSU interim coach Gary
Jacksonville State (21-12) at Canisius (21-11), Ramapo 68, MIT 66 East Region
Henderson said. “When you don’t do well
At Rock Island, Illinois At Easton, Massachusetts
6 p.m.
Texas Rio Grande Valley (15-17) at
New Orleans (15-16), 7 p.m.
Wisconsin-Oshkosh 95, Augustana (Ill.) 88, OT
At Platteville, Wisconsin
Stonehill (28-3) vs. Sciences (Pa.) (30-3),
6 p.m.
in baseball, it’s about the basics. It’s not
North Texas (15-17) at South Dakota (26-8),
7 p.m.
Nebraska Wesleyan 130, Whitman 97
At Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Midwest Region very complicated. Sometimes it’s not easy,
At Ashland, Ohio
Colgate (19-13) at San Francisco (18-15), 9 p.m. Springfield 74, Swarthmore 62 Ashland (33-0) vs. Drury (31-2), 6 p.m. but it’s never complicated. It’s pretty simple
Mercer (18-14) at Grand Canyon (22-11), 9 p.m.
Central Arkansas (17-16) at Seattle (20-13), Semifinals South Region
At Jackson, Tennessee
stuff, and we did a lot better job of that in
9 p.m. At Salem (Va.) Civic Center
Friday’s Games Union (Tenn.) (29-3) vs. Valdosta State (23-8), some areas today.”
NCAA Men’s Ramapo (25-6) vs. Wisconsin-Oshkosh 7 p.m.
(24-7), 4 p.m. Southeast Region Said Jordan, “Being comfortable, play-
Division II tournament
First Round
Nebraska Wesleyan (28-3) vs. Springfield
(22-8), 6:30 p.m.
At Jefferson City, Tennessee
Carson-Newman (31-2) vs. North Georgia
ing with confidence as a team is the biggest
Friday, March 9
West Region Championship
(29-4), 6 p.m. thing, and it’s why we’re playing well. We
South Central Region
At Monmouth, Oregon
California Baptist 81, UC San Diego 67
Saturday’s Game
Semifinal winners, 5 p.m.
At Lubbick, Texas keep getting momentum and more momen-
Azusa Pacific 69, Dixie State 65
St. Martin’s 66, Cal Poly Pomona 58 NAIA Men’s
Lubbock Christian (30-1) vs. West Texas A&M
(29-4), 7 p.m. tum, and hopefully we can work it into next
Western Oregon 73, Point Loma 66
Saturday, March 10 Division I tournament
West Region weekend.”
At Azusa, California
Atlantic Region At Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Alaska Anchorage (27-4) vs. Montana State The run support was enough for start-
At Petersburg, Virginia Missouri
West Chester 82, Wheeling Jesuit 77 First Round
Billings (24-11), 9 p.m.
ing pitcher Jacob Billingsley (2-0) to collect
East Stroudsburg 78, Gannon (22-9) 69 Wednesday’s Games NCAA Women’s the win, After Denver McQuary pitched
Virginia State 81, Virginia Union 76 William Carey (25-5) vs. Life (20-11), 9 a.m.
Division III tournament
Shippenburg 98, West Liberty 66
Central Region
LSU Alexandria (25-7) vs. Lewis-Clark State
(23-9), 10:45 a.m. First Round the sixth, Cole Marsh, Zach Neff, and JP
At Maryville, Missouri
St. Cloud State 81, Southern Nazarene 68
Georgetown (Ky.) (25-6) vs. Central Baptist
(21-8), 1:15 p.m.
Friday, March 2
At Amherst, Massachusetts
France pitched three scoreless innings and
Northern State 93, Washburn 73
Minnesota St.-Mankato 60,
Oklahoma City (23-8) vs. Xavier (La.) (24-8),
3 p.m.
Saint Joseph’s
Massachusetts-Boston 56
(Maine) 61, allowed two hits.
Northwest Missouri State 50 LSU Shreveport (27-4) vs. Harris-Stowe State
(23-10), 4:45 p.m.
Amherst 61, Becker 12 “Jacob clearly wasn’t as efficient and
Southwest Minnesota State 81, At Montclair, New Jersey
Missouri Southern State 77 Central Methodist (27-5) vs. Wayland Baptist Gettysburg 74, Albright 65 sharp as he’s been in the past,” Henderson
East Region (23-9), 6:30 p.m.
At Syracuse, New York The Master’s (29-2) vs. Peru State (21-13),
Montclair State 90, Old Westbury 69
At Rochester, New York said. “For those guys, you go out there 10
8:15 p.m.
Merrimack 85, Bridgeport 70
Bloomfield 91, St. Thomas Aquinas 78 Westmont (24-7) vs. Dillard (20-9), 10 p.m.
Marymount (Va.) 58, MIT 54
Rochester (NY) 69, Stevens Tech 57
times you’re only going to be at your abso-
Le Moyne 75, Jefferson 57
St. Rose 83, St. Anselm 71
Thursday’s Games
Dalton State (24-8) vs. Cumberlands (Ky.)
At Ewing, New Jersey lute best three or four max, so for him to
RIT 76, New England 63
Midwest Region
At Big Rapids, Michigan
(21-9), 9 a.m.
Montana Western (25-7) vs. Southwestern
College of NJ 61, Hilbert 42 have one of those 70-percent outings and do
At Holland, Michigan
Findlay 84, Drury 65 Assemblies (24-9), 10:45 a.m.
Carroll (Mont.) (27-5) vs. Lindsey Wilson Washington (Mo.) 75, Wheaton (Ill.) 57 what he did for us, I think was good.
Bellarmine 82, Truman 65
Ferris State 75, Ohio Dominican 57 (23-8), 12:30 p.m.
Pikeville (28-4) vs. Langston (20-11), 2:15 p.m.
Hope 75, Cornell College 50
At Ashland, Virginia “We could’ve have brought him out for
Lake Superior State 81, Hillsdale 67
South Region Columbia (Mo.) (27-4) vs. Campbellsville Christopher Newport 63, Haverford 50
Randolph-Macon 67, Valley Forge 56
the sixth, but I wanted those other guys to
(23-9), 4 p.m.
At Atlanta
Texas Wesleyan vs. Graceland (Iowa) (24-10), At Crestview Hills, Kentucky pitch.”

Championship
Sunday’s Game
Kentucky 77, Tennessee 72
Conference USA
At The Ford Center at The Star
Frisco, Texas
First Round
Wednesday, March 7
Southern Mississippi 69, FIU 68
UTSA 71, UTEP 58
Louisiana Tech 68, North Texas 60
UAB 83, FAU 72
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8
Southern Miss. 71, Middle Tennessee 68, OT
Marshall 95, UTSA 81
Old Dominion 62, Louisiana Tech 58
Western Kentucky 98, UAB 70
Semifinals
Friday, March 9
Marshall 85, Southern Miss. 75
Western Kentucky 57, Old Dominion 49
Championship
Saturday, March 10
Marshall 67, Western Kentucky 66
Southwestern Athletic
Conference tournament
First Round
Tuesday, March 6
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 77, MVSU 73
Southern 62, Jackson State 60
Texas Southern 90, Alabama State 76
Prairie View A&M 87, Alcorn State 71
At The Delmar Center, Houston
Semifinals
Friday, March 9
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 71, Southern 65
Texas Southern 88, Prairie View A&M 74
Championship
Saturday, March 10
Texas Southern 84, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 67
NCAA Men’s tournament
Automatic Bids
Arizona, Pacific-12 Conference
Bucknell, Patriot League
Buffalo, Mid-American Conference
Cal State Fullerton, Big West Conference
College of Charleston, Colonial Athletic
Association
Davidson, Atlantic 10 Conference
Georgia State, Sun Belt Conference
Gonzaga, West Coast Conference
Iona, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Kansas, Big 12 Conference
Kentucky, Southeastern Conference
LIU Brooklyn, Northeast Conference
Lipscomb, Atlantic Sun Conference
Loyola of Chicago, Missouri Valley Conference
Marshall, Conference USA
Michigan, Big Ten Conference
Montana, Big Sky Conference
Murray State, Ohio Valley Conference
N.C. Central, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
New Mexico State, Western Athletic
Conference
Pennsylvania, Ivy League
Radford, Big South Conference
San Diego State, Mountain West Conference
South Dakota State, Summit League
Stephen F. Austin, Southland Conference
Texas Southern, Southwestern Athletic
Conference
UMBC, America East Conference
UNC-Greensboro, Southern Conference
Villanova, Big East Conference
Virginia, Atlantic Coast Conference
Wright State, Horizon League
NCAA Men’s
Division I tournament
FIRST FOUR
At UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio
Tuesday’s Games
LIU Brooklyn (18-16) vs. Radford (22-12),
5:40 p.m.
St. Bonaventure (25-7) vs. UCLA (21-11),
8:10 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
North Carolina Central (19-15) vs.
Texas Southern (15-19), 5:40 p.m.
Arizona State (20-11) vs. Syracuse (20-13),
8:10 p.m.
EAST REGIONAL
First Round
Thursday’s Games
At PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
Villanova (30-4) vs. LIU Brooklyn-Radford
winner, 5:50 p.m.
Virginia Tech (21-11) vs. Alabama (19-15),
8:20 p.m.
At American Airlines Center, Dallas
Texas Tech (24-9) vs. Stephen F. Austin
(28-6), 6:27 p.m.
Florida (20-12) vs. St. Bonaventure-UCLA
winner, 8:57 p.m.
Friday’s Games
At Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
Purdue (28-6) vs. Cal State Fullerton (20-11),
11:40 a.m.
Arkansas (23-11) vs. Butler (20-13), 2:10 p.m.
At Viejas Arena, San Diego
Wichita State (25-7) vs. Marshall (24-10),
12:30 p.m.
West Virginia (24-10) vs. Murray State (26-5),
3 p.m.
Second Round
Saturday’s Games
At PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
Villanova—LIU Brooklyn-Radford winner vs.
Virginia Tech-Alabama winner
At American Airlines Center, Dallas
Texas Tech-Stephen F. Austin winner vs.
Florida—St. Bonaventure-UCLA winner
Claflin 72, Clark Atlanta 61
Barry 90, West Florida 73
At CenturyLink Center Omaha,
Omaha, Nebraska Florida Southern 98, Morehouse 97, OT
Regional Semifinals Eckerd 85, Valdosta State 81
Southeast Region
Friday, March 23
Kansas-Pennsylvania—Seton Hall-N.C. State At Harrogate, Tennessee
winner vs. Auburn-College of Charleston— UNC Pembroke 75, Francis Marion 72
Clemson-New Mexico State winner Queens (NC) 90, Lees-McRae 69
Duke-Iona—Rhode Island-Oklahoma winner Lincoln Memorial 90, King (Tenn.) 78
vs. Michigan State-Bucknell—TCU-Arizona Clayton State 75, Carson-Newman 69
South Central
State-Syracuse winner
At Canyon, Texas
Regis (Colo.) 87, Dallas Baptist 82
Regional Championship
Sunday, March 25 Texas Permian Basin
Semifinal winners Arkansas-Fort Smith 69
West Texas A&M
WEST REGIONAL Colorado School of Mines 65
Texas A&M-Commerce 78, Fort Lewis 62
First Round
Thursday’s Games
Second Round
At INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas
Houston (26-7) vs. San Diego State (22-10), Saturday, March 10
West Region
6:20 p.m.
Michigan (28-7) vs. Montana (26-7), 8:50 p.m. At Monmouth, Oregon
At Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho California Baptist 72, Azusa Pacific 68
Western Oregon 77, St. Martin’s 55
Gonzaga (30-4) vs. UNC Greensboro (27-7),
12:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games
Atlantic Region
Ohio State (24-8) vs. South Dakota State
(28-6), 3 p.m. At Petersburg, Virginia
East Stroudsburg 90, West Chester 76
Friday’s Games
At Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina Shippensburg 77, Virginia State 58
Central Region
Texas A&M (20-12) vs. Providence (21-13),
11:15 a.m.
At Maryville, Missouri
St. Cloud State 68, Northern State 61
North Carolina (25-10) vs. Lipscomb (23-9),
1:45 p.m.
Minnesota State-Mankato
At Bridgestone Arena,
Southwest Minnesota State 70
East Region
Nashville, Tennessee
Xavier (28-5) vs. North Carolina Central-Texas
At Syracuse, New York
Bloomfield 109, Merrimack 91
Southern winner, 6:20 p.m.
Missouri (20-12) vs. Florida State (20-11),
Le Moyne 67, Saint Rose 63
Midwest Region
8:50 p.m. At Big Rapids, Michigan
Findlay 74, Bellarmine 73
Second Round
Saturday’s Games
Ferris State 94, Lake Superior State 71
At INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas
South Region
At Atlanta
Michigan-Montana winner vs. Houston-
San Diego State winner
Barry 89, Claflin 64
Eckerd 90, Florida Southern 77
At Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho
Gonzaga-UNC Greensboro winner vs. Ohio
Southeast Region
At Harrogate, Tennessee
State-South Dakota State winner
Sunday’s Games
Queens (NC) 75, UNC Pembroke 63
Lincoln Memorial 87, Clayton State 61
At Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North South Central
Carolina
North Carolina-Lipscomb winner vs. Texas Texas
At Canyon, Texas
Permian Basin
A&M-Providence winner
At Bridgestone Arena,
Regis (Colo.) 124, 4 OT
West Texas A&M
Nashville, Tennessee
Xavier—N.C. Central-Texas Southern winner
Texas A&M-Commerce 70
vs. Missouri-Florida State winner Regional Finals
Today’s Games
At STAPLES Center, Los Angeles
Regional Semifinals
West Region
At Monmouth, Oregon
Thursday, March 22 Western Oregon (31-1) vs. California Baptist
Xavier-N.C. Central-Texas Southern—
Missouri-Florida State winner vs.
(27-5), 9 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
Gonzaga-UNC Greensboro—Ohio State-
South Dakota State winner
Atlantic Region
At Petersburg, Virginia
North Carolina-Lipscomb—Texas A&M-
Providence winner vs. Michigan-Montana—
Shippensburg (25-7) vs. East Stroudsburg
(26-5), 6 p.m.
Houston-San Diego State winner Central Region
At Maryville, Missouri
Regional Championship Minnesota State-Mankato (24-9) vs. St. Cloud
Saturday, March 24 State (25-8), 7 p.m.
Semifinal winners East Region
FINAL FOUR
At Syracuse, New York
Le Moyne (26-6) vs. Bloomfield (24-7), 6 p.m.
At The Alamodome, San Antonio
National Semifinals
Midwest Region
At Big Rapids, Michigan
Saturday, March 31 Ferris State (34-1) vs. Findlay (28-4), 6 p.m.
South Region
South champion vs. West champion
East champion vs. Midwest champion At Atlanta
Eckerd (26-6) vs. Barry (22-8), 6 p.m.
National Championship Southeast Region
Monday, April 2
Semifinal winners
At Harrogate, Tennessee
Lincoln Memorial (32-1) vs. Queens (NC)
National Invitation
(30-3), 6 p.m.
South Central
Tournament At Canyon, Texas
West Texas A&M (29-4) vs. Texas Permian
First Round
Tuesday’s Games
Basin (27-5), 7 p.m.
Wagner (23-9) at Baylor (18-14), 6 p.m. NCAA Men’s
Northern Kentucky (22-9) at Louisville (20-13),
6 p.m. Division III tournament
Vermont (27-7) at Middle Tennessee (24-7), First Round
7 p.m. Friday, March 2
Boston College (19-15) at Western Kentucky At Williamstown, Massachusetts
(24-10), 7 p.m. Ramapo 86, Moravian 61
Florida Gulf Coast (23-11) at Oklahoma State
(19-14), 8 p.m.
Williams 56, Bridgewater State 45
At Newport News, Virginia
Hampton (19-15) at Notre Dame (20-14), 8 p.m.
Rider (22-9) at Oregon (22-12), 9 p.m.
Franklin & Marshall 73, Emory & Henry 59
Christopher Newport 68, Lancaster Bible 65
SE Louisiana (22-11) at Saint Mary’s (28-5),
9 p.m.
At Windham, Connecticut
Middlebury 83, Lebanon Valley 63
UNC Asheville (21-12) at Southern Cal (23-11), Eastern Connecticut St.
10 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Johnson & Wales (RI) 59
At Baltimore
Harvard (18-13) at Marquette (19-13), 6 p.m. MIT 81, Brockport 67
Louisiana-Lafayette (27-6) at LSU (17-14), Johns Hopkins 52, La Roche 39
6 p.m.
Temple (17-15) at Penn State (21-13), 7 p.m.
At Springfield, Ohio
Wis.-Oshkosh 74, Marietta 67
Nebraska (22-10) at Mississippi State (22-11),
8 p.m.
Wittenberg 91, Misericordia 61
At Atlanta
UC Davis (22-10) at Utah (19-11), 8 p.m.
BYU (24-10) at Stanford (18-15), 9 p.m.
LeTourneau 85, Hanover 77
Emory 91, Berry 72
Boise State (23-8) at Washington (20-12), At Rock Island, Illinois
9 p.m. Hope 93, Augsburg 91
Augustana (Ill.) 123, Greenville 11
Second Round At University Heights, Ohio
March 16-19 Wooster 72, Illinois Wesleyan 68
Hampton-Notre Dame winner vs. Temple-Penn
State winner
John Carroll 95, Thomas More 72
At Walla Walla, Washington
Rider-Oregon winner vs. Harvard-Marquette
winner
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 83, Whitworth 82
Whitman 87, Schreiner 77
Wagner-Baylor winner vs. Nebraska-
Mississippi State winner
At Collegeville, Minnesota
Wis.-Stevens Point 72, North Central 55
Vermont-Middle Tennessee winner vs. Bethany Lutheran 102, Saint John’s (Minn.) 92
Northern Kentucky-Louisville winner At St. Louis
UNC Asheville-Southern Cal winner vs. Boston Nebraska Wesleyan 94, Maryville (Tenn.) 70
College-Western Kentucky winner Aurora 82, Washington (Mo.) 80
BYU-Stanford winner vs. Florida Gulf At Platteville, Wisconsin
Coast-Oklahoma State winner
SE Louisiana-Saint Mary’s winner vs. Boise
St. Olaf 88, Sul Ross State 75
Wis.-Platteville 91, Monmouth (Ill.) 76
State-Washington winner
Louisiana-Lafayette--LSU winner vs.
At Middletown, Connecticut
Swarthmore 90, New England College 63
UC Davis-Utah winner Wesleyan (Conn.) 101, Southern Vermont 71
5:45 p.m.
William Penn (27-4) vs. Science & Arts (Okla.)
(21-10), 7:30 p.m.
Hope International (25-5) vs. Our Lady of the
Lake (21-11), 9:15 p.m.
Sunday’s Women’s
Major Scores
EAST
American U. 58, Navy 49
Princeton 63, Penn 34
St. Francis (Pa.) 66, Robert Morris 56
87, SOUTH
79,
Florida Gulf Coast 68, Jacksonville 58
Liberty 60, UNC-Asheville 42
MIDWEST
Drake 75, N. Iowa 63
SOUTHWEST
Nicholls 69, Stephen F. Austin 65
UALR 54, Texas State 53
The AP Women’s
Top 25 Fared
1. UConn (32-0) beat Cincinnati 75-21; beat No.
19 South Florida 70-54.
2. Baylor (31-1) beat No. 8 Texas 77-69.
3. Louisville (32-2) did not play.
4. Mississippi State (32-1) did not play.
5. Notre Dame (29-3) did not play.
6. Oregon (30-4) did not play.
7. South Carolina (26-6) did not play.
74,
8. Texas (26-6) lost to No. 2 Baylor 77-69.
9. UCLA (24-7) did not play.
10. Ohio State (27-6) did not play.
11. Florida State (25-6) did not play.
12. Tennessee (24-7) did not play.
13. Oregon State (23-7) did not play.
14. Texas A&M (24-9) did not play.
15. Stanford (22-10) did not play.
16. Missouri (24-7) did not play.
17. Maryland (25-7) did not play.
18. Georgia (25-6) did not play.
19. South Florida (26-7) beat UCF 74-59; lost to
No. 1 UConn 70-54.
20. Duke (22-8) did not play.
21. N.C. State (24-8) did not play.
22. Green Bay (29-3) beat Youngstown State
66-45; beat Wright State 62-44.
23. Belmont (31-3) did not play.
24. LSU (19-9) did not play.
25. Mercer (30-2) did not play.
130, Women’s
93, NCAA tournament
Automatic Bids
American, Patriot League
Baylor, Big 12 Conference
Belmont, Ohio Valley Conference
Boise State, Mountain West Conference
Central Michigan, Mid-American Conference
Cal State Northridge, Big West Conference
DePaul, Big East Conference
Drake, Missouri Valley Conference
Elon, Colonial Athletic Association
Florida Gulf Coast, Atlantic Sun Conference
George Washington, Atlantic 10 Conference
Gonzaga, West Coast Conference
Grambling State, Southwestern Athletic
Conference
Green Bay, Horizon League
Liberty, Big South Conference
Little Rock, Sun Belt Conference
Louisville, Atlantic Coast Conference
Maine, American East Conference
Mercer, Southern Conference
Nicholls, Southland Conference
N.C. A&T, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Northern Colorado, Big Sky Conference
Ohio State, Big Ten Conference
Oregon, Pac-12 Conference
Princeton, Ivy League
Quinnipiac, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Saint Francis (Pa.), Northeast Conference
Seattle, Western Athletic Conference
South Carolina, Southeastern Conference
South Dakota State, Summit League
UConn, American Athletic Conference
Western Kentucky, Conference USA
NCAA Women’s
Division II tournament
First Round
Friday, March 9
Atlantic Region
At Richmond, Virginia
Indiana (Pa.) 90, California (Pa.) 65
Glenville State 118, West Chester 87
Bowie State 63, Virginia Union 56
Edinboro 80, Virginia State 55
75, Central Region
At Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Fort Hays State 78, Southwestern Oklahoma
75
Central Missouri 66,
Minnesota State Moorhead 49
Augustana (S.D.) 75, Lindenwood 45
Northern State 76, Arkansas Tech 65
East Region
At Easton, Massachusetts
Sciences (Pa.) 61, LIU Post 50
Bentley 71, Jefferson 66
Stonehill 70, Southern Connecticut 45
St. Thomas Aquinas 61, Caldwell 45
Midwest Region
At Ashland, Ohio
Lewis 72, Southern Indiana 64
Drury 76, Findlay 72
Ashland 104, Hillsdale 82
Grand Valley State 75, Michigan Tech 54
South Region
At Jackson, Tennessee
Lee 66, North Alabama 64
Valdosta State 63, Florida Southern 60
Union (Tenn.) 94, Clark Atlanta 50
Embry-Riddle 57, Eckerd 54
Southeast Region
At Jefferson City, Tennessee
North Georgia 81, Barton 76
Wingate 90, Columbus State 79, OT
Carson-Newman 70, Anderson (S.C.) 62
Lander 84, Limestone 53
Earhart
Juniata 63, Piedmont 52
Thomas More 84, Oglethorpe 58
At Whitewater, Wisconsin
Gustavus Adolphus 60, Rose-Hulman 52
Wisconsin-Whitewater 81,
Wisconsin-Superior 46
At Scranton, Pennsylvania Continued from Page 1B
Cabrini 65, Brooklyn 52
Scranton 64, Keuka 48
At Brunswick, Maine
interest. He said he traveled last Sunday to
FDU-Florham 70, Skidmore 66
Bowdoin 94, Husson 32
Biloxi to look around the area. He said he
At Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania went to Perkinston on Monday to tour the
Emory and Henry 66, Roger Williams 55
Messiah 64, Oberlin 54 campus. A week earlier, Earhart said he
At Medford, Massachusetts
Ithaca 54, SUNY Geneseo 47 attended tryouts at the school, where he
Tufts 71, Westfield State 54
At Waverly, Iowa
worked out in seven-on-seven settings and
George Fox 79, Saint Benedict 63 in a full scrimmage. He said having team-
Wartburg 86, Webster 45
At Bloomington, Illinois mate Xavier Harrison with him at the tryout
Trine 65, DePauw 50
Illinois Wesleyan 83, Marietta 77 helped him feel comfortable playing center
At Dallas
East Texas Baptist 65, Whitman 59
back.
Texas-Dallas 79, Trinity (Texas) 70 “They said they noticed I was very vocal
At Saint Paul, Minnesota
Chicago 70, Wisconsin Lutheran 46 from the start,” Earhart said. “There is a lot
St. Thomas (Minnesota) 81, Chapman 51
of pressure on me knowing Gulf Coast is a
Second Round
Saturday, March 3 very good soccer college in the state of Mis-
At Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst 53, St. Joseph’s (Maine) 47
sissippi. I just know I have to keep pushing
At Montclair, New Jersey myself to get better and better.”
Montclair State 70, Gettysburg 45
At Rochester, New York New Hope (14-5) beat Corinth on penal-
Rochester (NY) 53, Marymount (Va.) 42
At Ewing, New Jersey ty kicks in the first round of the Mississippi
RIT 79, College of NJ 76
At Holland, Michigan
High School Activities Association (MH-
Hope 85, Washington (Mo.) 69 SAA) Class 4A State tournament. It lost to
At Ashland, Virginia
Christopher Newport 84, Randolph-Macon 58 Northeast Jones in the second round.
At Crestview Hills, Kentucky
Thomas More 83, Juniata 50 Earhart, who was named The Dispatch’s
At Whitewater, Wisconsin
Gustavus Adolphus 74, Wisconsin-Whitewater 60
Prep Player of the Week in January follow-
At Scranton, Pennsylvania ing a 1-0 victory against Kosciusko and a
Scranton 55, Cabrini 46
At Brunswick, Maine 2-0 victory against Itawamba Agricultural
Bowdoin 79, FDU-Florham 57
At Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania High, was one of 10 seniors on the team.
Messiah 62, Emory and Henry 49
At Medford, Massachusetts He worked with classmates Harrison, Dan-
Tufts 61, Ithaca 39
At Waverly, Iowa
iel Bradley, and Dawson Vasser and junior
Wartburg 82, George Fox 58 Nate Pope to form a defense that Olsen said
At Bloomington, Illinois
Trine 79, Illinois Wesleyan 70 was one of the strengths of the team.
At Dallas
East Texas Baptist 64, Texas-Dallas 51 Olsen said he knew Earhart’s style of
At Saint Paul, Minnesota
St. Thomas (Minn.) 68, Chicago 62
play and ability to read the ball would make
Third Round
an impression when coaches saw him play.
Friday, March 9 “I know the Gulf Coast coaches said
At Amherst, Massachuetts
Rochester (NY) 59, RIT 55 what stood out to them was him being phys-
Amherst 51, Montclair State 40
At Holland, Michigan ical and his communication was big,” Olsen
Thomas More 75, Gustavus Adolphus 67
Hope 68, Christopher Newport 64
said. “They said he was talking on the field
At Scranton, Pennsylvania and the next thing they looked up and he
Messiah 70, Tufts 39
Bowdoin 66, Scranton 54 was taking out their best player.”
At Waverly, Iowa
East Texas Baptist 61, St. Thomas (Minn.) 58 Olsen said that effort isn’t surprising be-
Wartburg 78, Trine 54 cause last season Earhart was the kind of
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 10
player who wouldn’t come off the field. In
At Amherst, Massachusetts fact, he said Earhart played in a match last
Amherst 62, Rochester 38
At Holland, Michigan season after coming off a bout of mononu-
Thomas More 72, Hope 57
At Scranton, Pennsylvania cleosis and have everything he had.
Bowdoin 66, Messiah 48
At Waverly, Iowa
Earhart said he credits his father, Adam,
Wartburg 65, East Texas Baptist 61 for helping to instill that determination in
Semifinals him. He said his father coached his broth-
At Rochester, Minnesota
Friday’s Games ers, J.D. and Parker, and worked with him
Amherst (31-0) vs. Thomas More (30-1), 5 p.m.
Bowdoin (28-2) vs. Wartburg (31-0), 7:30 p.m.
in soccer growing up. Earhart said he is
looking forward to the opportunity to move
Championship
Saturday’s Game into center back as a freshman in college.
Semifinals winners, 7:30 p.m.
He doesn’t anticipate growing several inch-
NAIA Division I Women’s es or gaining 15 or 20 pounds. One thing
tournament he knows won’t change is the attitude he
At Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark,
Billings, Montana
First Round brings to the field. Earhart is confident that
Wednesday’s Games
Columbia (Mo.) vs. Benedicitne (Kan.),
drive and mentality to be the best will serve
9:30 a.m.
LSU Shreveport vs. Menlo (Calif.), 11:15 p.m.
him well at the next level.
Campbellsville (Ky.) vs. Faulkner (Ala.), 1 p.m. “My parents really raised me well,” Ear-
Montana Western vs. Dillard (La.), 2:45 p.m.
Freed-Hardeman vs. The Master’s (Calif.), hart said. “I guess once my coach (coach
5 p.m.
Central Methodist vs. Arizona Christian, Watson) put me in the center back and I
6:45 p.m.
Science & Arts (Okla.) vs. Rocky Mountain, was a captain my sophomore year it real-
9 p.m.
Lindsey Wilson vs. Martin Methodist,
ly helped me progress and I excelled with
10:45 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
what I was doing.
Our Lady of the Lake vs. Loyola (La.), 10 a.m. “You just have to know there are people
Westmont vs. Cumberland (Tenn.), 11:45 p.m.
MidAmerica Nazarene vs. who are a lot better than you. You just have
Lindenwood-Belleville, 1:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City vs. Providence (Mont.), to keep trying harder and harder and act
3:15 p.m.
Wayland Baptist vs. Lyon, 5:30 p.m. like they are just like you.”
Shawnee State vs. Grand View, 7:15 p.m.
Carroll (Mont.) vs. William Penn, 9 p.m.
Follow Dispatch sports editor Adam
Vanguard vs. Bethel (Tenn.), 10:45 p.m. Minichino on Twitter @ctsportseditor
4B MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2018
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Strong starting pitching helps MSU record four victories in five games
BY BRET T HUDSON
bhudson@cdispatch.com
STARKVILLE — Jacob
Billingsley didn’t have his best
stuff Sunday, but he soldiered
through to give the Mississippi
State baseball team five innings
of one-run ball.
The effort was more than
enough to satisfy Gary Hender-
son, MSU’s pitching coach and
interim head coach.
The effort completed a week
of solid starting pitching that
helped the Bulldogs (10-6) win
four of five games. Billingsley’s
five innings of one-ball set the
stage for MSU’s 5-3 victory at
Dudy Noble Field.
“The first pitch strike has
been pretty big for us. That’s
what’s been working for us as a
staff,” MSU left-hander Konnor
Pilkington said Friday after he
went seven scoreless innings
and allowed three hits and
struck out 12. “Those starters
are just working, day in and day
out. We toss every day. We take
a responsibility on ourselves.
It’s all the little things we go
through, and it’s really transfer-
ring on the mound.”
Cole Marsh and Zach Neff
opened the week with quali-
ty starts in midweek games
against New Mexico State.
Marsh threw five innings and
Neff threw six. Neff didn’t allow
a run and Marsh allowed one.
They combined to allow five
hits and strike out 11.
Both of them entered Sun-
day’s game in relief. Marsh
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pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings
before Neff recorded two outs
in four pitches.
Left-hander Ethan Small
followed Pilkington with six
innings and 10 strikeouts. He
allowed three hits, two runs,
and a walk. Billingsley gave up
four hits and a walk and struck
out four to drop his earned run
average (ERA) to 2.89.
“I think they’re showing
they’re continuing to get bet-
ter,” Henderson said. “You have
to prove it every time out, but
they’re getting better. They’re
showing command of their sec-
ondary pitches. They’re throw-
ing in and out and, for the most
part, they did a good job of mak-
ing pitches when they need to
make pitches.”
Position battles update
MSU’s lineup is beginning to take form.
Freshmen Josh Hatcher, Justin Foscue, Rowdey
Jordan, and Tanner Allen appear to give the Bulldogs
the answers they need at first base, third base, left
field, and designated hitter, respectively. Allen had
two hits each in the last two games against Utah Val-
ley. Jordan had a pivotal grand slam Wednesday in a
victory against New Mexico State. He followed that
with a three-run home run Sunday.
“Certainly Rowdey is doing a good job in left
field,” Henderson said. “Josh is doing well at first
and Tanner Allen gives us as good at-bats as
we’ve got.
“Justin at third base, you guys saw the game
speed up a little bit for him. He looked like a fresh-
man this weekend for the first time this year — did
not look like that before — but he’s a good player.
Good defensive play almost all the time with him.”
Among qualified batters (those with at least
25 at-bats), Hatcher leads the team with a .351
batting average and three home runs. Allen is
hitting .333, while Jordan has 11 RBIs, which is
tied for the team lead. Foscue has struck out only
three times in 48 at-bats.
Allen has done it all at designated hitter, an
adjustment he had to make after starting five
times at third base.
“(MSU assistant coach Jake Gautreau) told
me he wants me to play defense, but right now
we’re playing good, and I told him we’re playing
good so we don’t need to change anything,” Al-
len said. “If I can help us win hitting and sitting,
playing third, first, left, put me behind the plate if
it helps us win.”
The other positions lacking solidified answers
are catcher and right field. The catching rotation
between Dustin Skelton and Marshall Gilbert re-
mains intact. In right field, Tanner Poole started
Tuesday and the second Friday game. Elijah Mac-
Namee started Wednesday and Hunter Vansau
started the first game Friday game and Sunday.
“They’re all in the mix,” Henderson said.
Up next
MSU will play its final non-conference game
before the start of Southeastern Conference ac-
tion at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday against Southeast-
ern Louisiana at Biloxi’s MGM Park. Southeastern
Louisiana already has victories against Louisiana
Lafayette, Connecticut, LSU, and Tulane.
Henderson hasn’t named a starting pitcher
for the game, but he said Marsh, Neff, Denver
McQuary, JP France, Keegan James, and Cole
Gordon are candidates.
Follow Dispatch sports writer Brett Hudson
on Twitter @Brett_Hudson

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
My 15-year-
old daugh-
ter, “Jenny,” went
to a sleepover
with her two best
friends from
school last Fri-
day, “Penny” and
“Ginger.” Penny’s
parents went out
and left the girls
ZITS alone. They drank
some beer. Jenny
and Ginger were
sober, but Penny
also drank some
hard liquor and
Dear Abby
got very drunk. I
found out about it the follow-
ing Monday after Penny texted
my daughter and Ginger to tell
them how upset and disap-
pointed her parents were and
that they were demanding
letters of apology from all
three girls.
GARFIELD I thought it was over the
top, but realized Jenny was in
the wrong. That same day Jen-
ny wrote them an email with a
heartfelt apology for disre-
specting everyone by drinking
in their house, for drinking
their beer without permission
and for allowing their daughter
to get drunk (not being a true
friend and trying harder to
stop her).
Now, the fifth day after the
email was confirmed received,
my daughter is disappointed
CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March
12). An escape will feel like par-
adise. What a memorable start
to the solar return. Create a
channel in which excess flows to
the needy. This will be the game
changer that begins a wave of
good luck. Relationships take a
starring role over the next three
months. Key alliances lead to
social and financial wins. Libra
and Sagittarius adore you. Your
BABY BLUES lucky numbers are: 4, 22, 28,
18 and 45.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Some mistakenly believe that
listening enriches others more
than themselves. It’s why they
are hesitant to open the ears
and shut the lips. Truly, the one
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
that it was never
acknowledged.
Penny’s parents
have been
known to be
dramatic in past
dealings with
other students
and parents.
Will you advise
me on what I
should do? I feel
I should let it go
and let Jenny fig-
ure out how she
should choose
her friends. She
has ditched
a friend who
wasn’t a good influence on
her without us forcing her to.
— JENNY’S MOM IN CANADA
DEAR MOM: There is
plenty of blame to go around.
Penny’s parents shouldn’t
have left three teenagers
alone with liquor available.
While I can’t blame them for
being upset after coming
home and finding their daugh-
ter smashed and the other
two “tiddly,” they were wrong
to expect Jenny and Ginger to
have prevented their daughter
from misbehaving.
I do not agree that asking
for a written apology was
over the top. And under the
circumstances, I don’t think
your daughter’s letter needed
acknowledgment. Let it go,
with a firm lecture to your
who is most enriched by listen-
ing is the listener.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
It’s easy to get complacent
in dealing with people who
are extremely familiar. Resist
this tendency as a matter of
respect. Respect is the basis
for all good relationships.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Your quick wit, your sense of
good manners and your past
training will come to your aid
in today’s challenge. If you get
stuck, just pick up on the mood
and remarks of the people in
the room and carry on in the
same vein.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Your life has a real sense of mo-
daughter about underage
drinking and the consequenc-
es that will follow if you find
out it happens again.
DEAR ABBY: A couple of
years ago, I ran into “John,”
an old friend who was going
through a divorce. We began
a wonderful relationship,
although he was having a hard
time emotionally. I was John’s
confidante and best friend.
About six months after the
divorce was final, his ex-wife
found out he was with me.
She decided she wanted him
back, and he reconciled with
her.
John and I still talk, and
since then they have broken
up three or four additional
times. I want him back, but
only if she’s completely out
of the picture. She’s a master
manipulator and uses their
adult kids and grandchildren
to control him. How can I get
it through John’s head that if
he stands his ground, she will
go away and find someone
else? — STAYING WITH IT IN
OHIO
DEAR STAYING: If you think
John’s wife (ex?) will ever be
completely out of the picture,
you are mistaken. She will
always be there in some ca-
pacity because of the children
and grandchildren. If you can’t
accept that fact, you should
end the relationship before
you waste any more time.
mentum these days — though
you are afraid to mention it,
as those who talk about their
good fortune have a tendency
to jinx it.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).
Businesspeople realize that not
everyone is going to buy their
product. But with a certain rate
of return from a percentage
of the people, a profit can be
made. Expect to win some and
lose some. Play the numbers.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
While many are reacting to life,
you’ll think differently, think
ahead, think of the offense.
People will appreciate how
difficult it is to be proactive —
to initiate, innovate and create
where there was nothing before.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
What looks like a rather com-
plicated problem also happens
to be the opening to a series of
truly magnificent opportunities
— but only because it’s your
choice to see it as such.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). The mob boss John Gotti
claimed, “I never lie, because I
don’t fear anyone. You only lie
when you’re afraid.” Whether
or not that’s true, you may be
surprised at the boldly honest
things expressed today.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Represented by the Archer,
you are immensely satisfied
when you’re able to hit your
target. Without a target, you rob
yourself of this satisfaction. So
if there’s no apparent goal now,
set one just for the fun of it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). You’re ready to teach, and
they’re ready to learn. The read-
iness will help learning happen
easily and quickly. As for the
unready — let them watch and
get inspired.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). The gods of commerce
favor you now, and you will buy
and/or sell with alacrity. Even
if you don’t know what you’re
doing, jump into the game with
a low ante, and have some fun.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). Children fantasize about
being grown up, but grown-ups
usually don’t revel in adult-
hood to the extent that their
childhood selves imagined they
would. Today brings another
example of freedom turning into
responsibility.

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tion of roadway repair ceased, by the Chan- ence. Many references. tion and liability insur- Between 8:30a - 4:00p Call 662-352-1440.
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662-327-9079. ance. Will be contract
Air Subdivision at which stall double bituminous MISSISSIPPI County, Mississippi, on Building, remodeling, 662-386-0006. PLEASE
time they will be pub- surface treatment for this the 6th day of metal roofing, painting labor. Must submit a Garage Sales: East 4510
licly opened and read county roadways in ac- Sealed or electronic March, A.D., 2018. This & all home repairs. written bid by March 22,
bids will be received by is to give notice to all 662-242-3471 2018. Your Bid can mail 3470 HWY 69 S. MOV-
aloud. cordance with Section
the Board of Super- SULLIVAN'S PAINT to: P.O. Box 277 ING SALE! Sat & Sun,
S-410 of the Standard persons having claims
Artesia, MS 39736. 7 until. Furn, decor,
Items of work include Specifications for State- visors of Oktibbeha against said estate to General Services 1360
SERVICE
County, Mississippi at Certified in lead h/h, lawn & more!
new pipe installation(s), Aid Road and Bridge Probate and Register
base repairs, roadway Construction, latest edi- the Oktibbeha County same with the Chan- removal. Offering spe- CONTRACTOR SEEKING TECH MANAGER
Court House, 108 East DUMP TRUCK Hauling cial prices on interior & experienced carpenter. *3-5 min IT experience. General Merchandise 4600
reconstruction, asphalt tion. Application rate is cery Clerk of Lowndes Slag, Gravel, Clay Dirt,
leveling, and double bi- 100.0 gallons CRS-2P Main Street Starkville, County, Mississippi, exterior painting, pres- Please call: *Degree Preferred but
Mississippi 39759 un- Grating Driveways & sure washing & sheet not required. DRAFTING TABLE, stu-
tuminous surface treat- and 5.68 tons #57 within ninety (90) days Trailer Parks. 5 yard In- 662-570-9464 for info.
ment on approximately stone per station for til 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, from the date of the rock repairs. *Full Benefits Package dio style with Lamp &
ternational Truck holds available.
3.18 miles of existing Mat Coat and 90.0 gal- April 3rd for construc- first publication of this 5 tons. $175/load in
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roadway(s). lons CRS-2P and 3.79 tion on Fate Douglas Notice. A failure to so Call 435-6528 Email resume to: Like new, barely used.
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tons #7 stone per sta- Probate and Register 662-251-8664 bus Vacuum & Sewing
Proposals shall be good tion for Seal Coat. will be publicly opened said claim will forever
for a period of 45 day and read aloud. bar the same.
Sitting With The Sick / Elderly Center. Must have a de- General Help Wanted 3200
sire to help people and
from date of signing. Bids shall be based on 1780 be willing to learn. Train-
a rate per mile and shall Items of work include This the 8th day of MUSIC LESSONS
ing available. Must have
Plans and specifica- include all materials new pipe installation(s), March, 2018. Guitar, Bass & Theory: I AM A CAREGIVER. reliable transportation The Dispatch is looking for an
and labor necessary to clearing of right-of-way, $25 per hour Affordable, Trustworthy,
tions are being made
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gital copy. Plan Holders
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ADMINISTRATRIX
662-364-1687
Personal Care &
Light house-keeping.
Calls taken 3-5pm for
interviews, 662-327-
SALES REPRESENTATIVE.
stall hot mix asphalt bituminous surface If no answer leave 20+ years of exp. The ideal candidate is a motivated
register for an account PUBLISH: 3/12, 3/19, voicemail or text. 7420 or email work his-
to view or order bid doc- paving for county road- treatment on approxim- & 3/26/2018 Call 662-570-2208. tory to: hardensvac self-starter with excellent communication and
uments at ways in accordance with ately 1.58 miles of ex- andsew@gmail.com
www.pritchardengineer- Section S-403 of the isting gravel roadway. The following vehicles organizational skills, a strong work ethic and
ingplans.com. Bid docu- Standard Specifications have been abandoned RETAINER WALL, drive- Stump Removal 1790 the ability to relate to a wide range of people.
for State-Aid Road and Proposals shall be good at Marty's Service Cen- way, foundation, con- FULL TIME Garden Cen-
ments are non-refund- Sales experience preferred, but not required.
Bridge Construction, for a period of 45 day ter. 1233 Gardner Blvd, crete/riff raft drainage ter employee. Experi-
able and must be pur-
latest edition. Material from date of signing. Columbus, MS. work, remodeling, base- ence/plant knowledge Full-time position includes insurance benefits,
chased through the
shall be a surface ment foundation, re- helpful, will train.
website. Questions re- competitive pay, paid personal leave and
Plans and specifica- 2007 CHRYSLER pairs, small dump truck Send Name, Address,
garding website registra- course meeting MDOT
tion and online orders specifications for MT- tions are being made SEBRING hauling (5-6 yd) load & Phone Number, & opportunity for advancement. Come join our
available via paper or di- VIN# demolition/lot cleaning. Interest/Experience to:
please contact Plan 9.5 or SC-1
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rate per ton and shall register for an account 2006 HONDA ACCORD SERVICE PO Box 511
lated to the contract
documents contact the include all materials to view or order bid doc- VIN# GET 'ER DONE! Columbus, MS 39703. Beth Proffitt at
office of Pritchard Engin- and labor necessary to uments at 3HGCM564X6G710036 WORK WANTED: We can grind all your 516 Main Street, Columbus or
eering, Inc at (662) complete the work. www.pritchardengineer- Licensed & Bonded-car- stumps. Hard to reach ROSES DAY SPA
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email to bproffitt@cdispatch.com
Road, Starkville, Missis- BID D: Furnish and in- ments are non-refund- VIN# molition. Landscaping, roots, hillsides, back- Pedicures, Manicures, &
sippi 39759. No partial stall HP-10x42 piles in able and must be pur- 1NXBB02E4TZ409140 bush hogging, clean-up yards, pastures. Free Shellacs. Will train when
sets of drawings of accordance with Sec- chased through the work, pressure washing, estimates. You find it, licensed. Good pay.
project manuals will be tion S-803 of the Stand- website. Questions re- 2003 FORD EXPLORER moving help & furniture we'll grind it! 662-327-7718,
issued. ard Specifications for garding website registra- VIN# repair. 662-242-3608 662-361-8379 ask for Logan.
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Proposal shall be sub- Bridge Construction, please contact Plan General Help Wanted 3200
mitted on Bid Forms latest edition. House at 662-407- 2003 BUICK CENTURY
provided with the spe- 0193. For questions re- VIN#
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submitted in person, or a rate per linear foot documents contact the
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bids can be electronic- terials and labor neces- eering, Inc at (662) VIN#
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ingplans.com under the sippi 39759. No partial 2001 FORD F150
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telegraphic, telephonic, a period of one year project manuals will be VIN#
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be considered. For
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mitted on Bid Forms Classes / Training Medical Supplies
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ally submitted at TER, 1233 GARDNER
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or e-mail
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General Merchandise 4600 Houses For Sale: East 8200

BUY, SELL, and DISCOVER

HOSPITAL BED, electric, 2BR/1BA house. Elec
gently used $100. wall heat. Window AC.
Manual wheelchair, Remodeled. Fenced
$30. Shower stool, yard. Owner fin. avail.
$20. 662-570-4417. w/Cash down. 1016
Shady St. 352-4776
FURNITURE: SOFA, light
sage green, exl cond, PERFECT HOME for
very comfy, $135. Re- large family with small
cliner, Big Man, blue budget. 3BD/2BTH, on
chenille, almost new, 3 acres inside the city
$100. Recliner, Big limits with outside stor-
Man, taupe microfiber, age building and fenced
used but good cond, yards. Call Barbara at
$50. 662-356-9180. SFA Realty, 662-574-
Even if you
1821 or 662-327-9916.
Sporting Goods 4720 Houses For Sale: Caledonia
GUN SMITH. Over 50
don’t get out much 8450
yrs. exp. (As good as
the best, better than
these days, you can 4BR/3BA plus bonus
most). New & used still “go shopping” in the room, is like new. Open
floor plan with popular
guns, new scopes, re-
pairs, rebuilding, clean- Classifieds. You can find split bedroom plan. Con-
ing & scopes, mounted venient to Caledonia
& zeroed on range, an- exactly what you’ve School, CAFB, and
tique guns restored, & shopping. Call Barbara
wood refinished. Ed been looking for. Pope @ SFA Real Es-
Sanders, West Point. tate 662-574-1821 or
Take 45 Alt. Turn right 662-327-9916.
on Yokohoma Blvd. Go Find someone to mow the lawn GREAT AREA schools.
Sunday’s answer
•
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8 mi. east & turn left on YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
Sudoku
3BD/1BTH, completely
Darracott Rd & go 2 mi. YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
Open Tue-Fri. 9a-5p & Find someone to clean the house updated kitchen w/ all
appl, in-ground pool, 6 7 1 3 9 8 2 4 5
Sat. 9a-12p. Call for
• storage bldg, privacy Sudoku is a number-
Sudoku is a number-
appt. 662-494-6218.
Find that special recliner placing puzzle based on 2 3 5 4 1 6 9 8 7

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fence backyard. Low
100's. Call Barbara at placing puzzle based on
a 9x9 grid with several 9 8 4 7 2 5 3 6 1
Pets 5150
• SFA Realty 662-574- a 9x9 grid with several
given numbers. The object
Mason Dixon Kennels Buy a computer system 1821 or 662-327-9916. given numbers. The object
is to place the numbers
7 4 8 2 5 3 1 9 6
Gundog Training.
Retriever Training. • 4BR/2.5BA, 3,500 sqft, is to place the numbers
1 to 9 in the empty spaces 5 9 2 1 6 7 4 3 8
11+ acres, $375,000.
Basic Obedience.
Puppy Training.
Buy a used car Lg master BR/BA w/
1 to 9 in the empty spaces
so that each row, each 1 6 3 9 8 4 5 7 2
• two walk in closets. Lg so that each row, each
Boarding. column and each 3x3 box
Hunt Test/Field Trials.
Buy that rare coin
Den, DR, kitchen &
Breakfast room, en-
column and each 3x3 box
contains the same number
3 5 7 6 4 2 8 1 9
443-834-6233 contains the same number 4 2 9 8 7 1 6 5 3
for your collection closed sun porch, laun-
dry room, 3 car garage.
only once. The difficulty
only once. The difficulty
Horses / Cattle / Livestock
. . . and lots more For appt, 662-243-2000 level increases from
level increases from 8 1 6 5 3 9 7 2 4
5200

The CommerCial
Serious inquiries only. Monday to Sunday. Difficulty Level 3/10
Monday to Sunday.
FOR RENT: 2 horse Investment Property 8550
stalls with grazing pas-

DispaTCh
ture. Convenient to INVESTORS OPPORTUN-
Columbus & Caledonia. ITY: 10 unit apartment
Very reasonable rate. complex, leases at
731-514-4061. $350 per month per
unit. Corner of Military &
Apts For Rent: Northside 7010 516 Main St. 6th Ave. N. $199k.
Call 662-352-4776.
FOX RUN COMPANY LLC Columbus, MS 39701
1 & 2 BR near hospital. Lots & Acreage 8600

662-328-2424
$550-600/mo. Military
discount offered, pet 255 ACRES, one mile
area, pet friendly, and into Lamar Co., AL on
furnished corporate County Lake Rd. Good
apartments available.
Benji @ 662-386-4446 www.cdispatch.com hunting, 4 acre lake, 30
acres of open ground,
Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm.
Sat/Sun by appt only. Houses For Rent: Northside
balance in timbered
land. $1,900 per acre.
Sunday’s Cryptoquote:
Apts For Rent: Other 7080
7110 205-609-0264.
1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apart- DEPOT APARTMENTS,
ments & townhouses. Downtown Columbus. COLONIAL TOWN- BEAUTIFUL 2+ ACRE
Call for more info. 662- Beautiful, newly con- HOUSES. 2 & 3 bed- Restricted Lots. Ready
549-1953. structed 1BR/1BA room w/ 2-3 bath town- to build on in Caledonia!
apartments in the his- houses. $600 to $695. 1800 min sf restric-
PEAR ORCHARD APTS toric Depot. Granite, SS tions. 662-435-2842.
2BR Townhouse - $585, appl, heart pine floors 662-549-9555. Ask for
W/D incl. Great loca- Glenn or text. LAND FRONTING High-
and unlimited parking.
tion. $200 processing 2 units @ $750. way 50 & Holly Hills Rd.
fee & $50 application One month rent + secur- Houses For Rent: New Hope 68 Acres of beautiful
fee. 662-328-9471 or ity deposit with credit 7130 woods. 662-312-5184.
662-889-7565. check. Will take small Realtor Owned.
dogs! Call Royce Huds- NICE FAMILY home,
LOWNDES CO: 303
Apts For Rent: East 7020 peth, Rhett Real Estate, 4BR/2BA. 2800sf. 1mi
acres on Sobley Rd. 40
662-329-3333 OR from school. $1500/
1BR EFFICIENCY apts. mo. 662-574-1214. acres is crop ground,
cell, 662-242-0284. balance is timber land.
805 Alabama St.
$315/month, Utilities 1.5mi road frontage.
DOWNTOWN EXECUT- Houses For Rent: Caledonia Good timber & hunting.
incl. 205-463-8004. IVE APARTMENT: 1,500 7160 Can divide. $2250 per
sqft, 2BR/2BA, new ap- acre. Serious Inquiries
Apts For Rent: South 7040 pl, 60" TV, granite type 2BR/1BA country Only! 205-609-0264.
countertops, beautiful house. Quiet neighbor-
DOWNTOWN 1BR - This flooring, walk in closet, Residential or Commer-
large 1 bedroom apart- ceiling fans, recessed hood. W/D incl. Avail
4/1. $675/mo $675 cial lots in Highlands
ment has been recently lighting, pantry, W&D, Plantation, Starkville.
renovated. It features dep. Call 662-356-4764
$1300/mo unfurnished, or 901-848-0051. Close to campus. Per-
great natural light, hard- $1500/mo furnished. fect for building! Ask
wood floors, tall ceil- Dep, lease, & credit about our size options!
ings and access to a check. Coleman Realty 3BR/2BA, Nice Older Eaton Land Develop-
shared laundry room. 662-329-2323. Home. 1700 sqft. ment 662-361-7711.
$750 rent and $750 de- $1100/mo, Lease &
posit. Utilities included. Deposit. No Smokers. WINTER SPECIAL
No pets please. Call FULLY FURNISHED No Pets. Available now.
CORPORATE UNITS 1.95 acre lots.
Peter 662-574-1561 662-435-1248. Good/bad credit.
Conference Room. 24/7
Professional Gym. Cable 10% down, as low as
Apts For Rent: West 7050 Houses For Rent: Other 7180 $199/mo. Eaton Land.
& Electric included. 50"
smart TV's. ON SITE 662-361-7711
Management, Security 1BR/1BA near EMCC.
& Maintenance. MTM Water, trash, lawn incl. Mobile Homes for Sale 8650
Flexible leases. Next to in lease. No pets.
BRAND NEW 16x80
$450/mo. $350 dep.
hospital. 8 Corporate Single Wide. 3 Bed/2
Units Available. App/refs/lease req.
Bath. Must have land to
662-242-2923.
For more info, contact: put home on! $5000
662-386-4446, ask for:
in the CLASSIFIED AD SECTION!

NICE 2BR/1BA, Steens. Down & $500 Month.

Benji, Mon-Fri 9a-5p OR Quiet neighborhood, 1 Call 662-401-1093.
Ashleigh, Sat-Sun 9a-5p acre lot. Laundry room,
carport, & workshop. No Resort Property 8750
DOWNTOWN LOFT. Very Pets. No HUD.
big, nice 1 bedroom. $587/mo + $575 dep. 10.4 ACRES in High-
Wood floors, lots of win- 662-386-5000. lands Plantation, Stark-
dows, washer/dryer. ville. Resort status, can
$700 per month. Call be Commercial. Only
Jessica, 662-889-1770. Mobile Homes for Rent 7250 site prep needed to ACROSS
127 BECK Dr. build! Road frontage & 1 Up to now
beautiful hill overlook-
COLEMAN 3BR/1.5BA 12x65 in
New Hope School Dis- ing valley. Sold Whole or
trict. $425 mo. & $425 Divided. Eaton Land
6 Dapper
11 Japanese car-
RENTALS Development, LTD
TOWNHOUSES & APARTMENTS dep. Garbage & lawn
service provided. 662-361-7711. toon genre
1 BEDROOM Call 662-574-7614.
Autos For Sale 9150
12 Boise’s state
2 BEDROOMS 13 Basic belief
RENT A fully equipped 2005 LEXUS GX 470,
Apts For Rent: Other 7080 3 BEDROOMS camper w/utilities & white with towing pack- 14 Hollowed out
1BR/1BA located in his- cable from $140/wk - age & third row seating. 15 Arduous journey
LEASE, $520/month. 3 Colum- Sold AS IS by original
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toric Downtown Colum-

bus. $575/mo. No bus locations. 662-242- owner. $7800. PLEASE 17 Stew sphere
pets. References req. DEPOSIT 7653 or 601-940-1397. TEXT: 662-341-0329. 18 Street openings
Call 662-328-8655, AND Campers & RVs 9300 22 Toe the line
leave message. Office Spaces For Rent 7300
CREDIT CHECK 23 Not toned
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OFFICE SPACE, great TOMBIGBEE RV Park,

27 School group
Chateaux 662-329-2323 location on Bluecutt
Road - Front reception
located on Wilkins Wise
Rd & Waverly Rd. Full 29 Bender
Holly Hills area, 4 offices, and a
conference room. Reas-
Hookups available.
$300/mo. 662-328- 30 Kitchen whistler
Rivergate 2411 HWY 45 N onable rent! 662-328-
1976, leave message.
8655 or 662-574-7879.
32 Pharmacy unit
Sunday’s answer
COLUMBUS, MS 33 Beachcombing
Apartments Motorcycles & ATVs 9400
OFFICE SPACE Avail- 2001 HARLEY David- find 5 Stylishly quaint fixture
Studio Commercial Property For able in Historic Down-
town Columbus.
son Fat Boy. Excellent
condition. 8400 miles.
35 Gear part 6 Some change 26 Holler
Rent 7100
1 & 2 Bedroom 420sqft. $320. $8700, firm. 731-514- 38 Eins und zwei 7 Bother 28 Iditarod animal
662-328-8655.
Apartments RESIDENTIAL & 4061. 39 Steer clear of 8 Field protector 31 Corn unit
COMMERCIAL Rental
Houses For Sale: Northside 41 Bert’s buddy 9 “Of — I Sing” 34 “Bye!”
Penny
Property Available
2 Bedroom Townhouses Call 662-435-4188 for
more information.
8150 45 Off limits 10 Luke’s teacher 35 Alley prowlers
and Furnished Units
46 Decade parts
Available Houses For Rent: Northside
7110
Historic Park Circle
Renovation complete:
Granite, stainless steel,
pincher? 47 David’s weapon
16 North Pole
worker
36 Track shape
37 Asian desert
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Mon-Fri 8:30 - 5:30 oil rubbed bronze, and 48 Up to now 18 Make fun of 40 Charged bit
622 10TH Street North. much more. Almost DOWN
328-8254 3BR/1BA, Brick, Cent- 3,000 sq. ft. featuring 19 Skilled 42 Opposing vote
102 Newbell Rd |Columbus ral H&A, Hardwood, spacious rooms, open 1 Used a chair 20 Tidy 43 Rage
floor plan, 4 bedrooms,
Ceramic Tile. $750.00/
2 baths all on two 2 Start of a count 21 September 44 Id —
423 MAIN St. Apt. 1. $750.00 Dep. NO HUD,
1BR Extra-Large. 900 Good references only. expansive lots in a quiet 3 Shark feature birthstones
premier neighborhood.
sq. ft. total. $650/mo. Call Long & Long,
662-328-0770. Call Emily C. Moody @ 4 February birth- 24 Gooey cheese
662-889-1837 or 662-
327-7841
Long & Long 662-328- stones 25 Hotel desk
0770 or 662-574-3903.
802 17th Street North
FIRST FULL MONTH
RENT FREE! 2 Bedroom
Nice 2 bed/1 bath,
carpet, ceramic bath 75 REEVES Dr. 4 BR/ Use and read
Apts/Townhomes duplex. All electric. 3 BA and swimming
$390-$600 Monthly.
Lease, Deposit & Cred-
$375/$375 deposit.
Call Long & Long @
pool. Can be used by 2
families. 3100 Sq. Ft.
classifieds
it Check. Coleman
Realty, 662-329-2323.
662-328-0770 if you
have good references.
Call Hampton.
662-603-1994. and your
dollars will
go further.
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