Sandersville basketball registration
The Sandersville Booster Club will hold basketball registration Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. for boys and girls ages 8-13. The registration fee is $40. Registration will take place at the Sandersville Gym by the old school. Bring a copy of a physical and a birth certificate. Football players and cheerleaders physicals are good for one year. For more information, contact Clint Cotten at 601-433-8618.
Shady Grove basketball registration
The Shady Grove Booster Club will hold basketball registration Tuesday, Nov. 3 and Thursday, Nov. 5, from 5:30-7 p.m. for boys and girls ages 8-13. Registration will be held at the Shady Grove Gym with a registration fee of $65. Please bring a copy of birth certificate at time of registration. If you have any questions, please call Todd Allred at 601-874-0773.
Powers basketball registration
The Powers Booster Club will hold basketball registration for players 8 years and older at the Powers Community Center Monday, Nov. 9, at 6:30 p.m. There will be a nurse available to perform the required physicals at a cost of $10 per child. Signup fees due at the time of registration are $65 for first child and $50 for each additional child. The fee for those who played Powers football this year is $50 per child. If a child played for Powers this year, regardless of where they live, they can play for Powers this basketball season, next football season and from here on out.
29th Annual Pleasant Grove VFD Turkey Shoot
Pleasant Grove Volunteer Fire Department will host its 29th annual turkey shoot fundraiser beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, behind Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Twelve gauge, 20 gauge, 16 gauge, and 410 gauge shotguns are all permitted at the turkey shoot. Soft drinks, hamburgers, sausage dogs will be sold at the event. In addition, there will be inflatable fun jump for the children. Another popular part of the shoot is the annual chicken barbecue lunch plates to be available all day. Individuals can pre-purchase plates now for $6. For more information or to purchase barbecue chicken plate tickets, call 601-319-7057, 601-319-2347, 601-498-8196, or 601-319-5873.
Youth Basketball League forming, looking for coaches
The Laurel Parks and Recreation Dept. needs basketball coaches for boys and girls age 9-15. All coaches or those who those want to coach, contact, Doremus Johnikin at 601-428-6452 or 601-319-6175 for more information.
To include local sports activities on the Sports Calendar, please e-mail the information to sports@laurelleadercall.com, fax it to 601-426-3550 or drop it off at our office located at 130 Beacon Street.
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Lady Braves in title game
The South Jones Lady Braves will meet their old nemesis Wayne County here Friday night at 6 p.m. in the finals of the Region 5-5A basketball tournament. South Jones downed county rival West Jones while Wayne County came away with an impressive win over Stone County here Tuesday night.
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STATE CHAMPIONS
The Laurel Knight Hawks captured the Mississippi Christian Home Educators (MCHE) state basketball championship Monday in Jackson. In the final game of the double elimination tournament, the Knight Hawks defeated the two year reigning state champions, Jackson Victors, with a final score of 67-64.
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Northeast Jones grads doing well in sports world
Justin Cooley was approved Monday night by the Smith County school board as the new head football coach at Raleigh High School.
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No. 2 Bobcats ready for 2012 baseball season
What can they do for an encore?
That’s the question facing the 2012 Jones County Junior College Bobcats as they prepare for the Feb. 11 home opener against Mississippi Delta Community College. -
Hot-shooting Bobcats whip East Central, 92-62
The Jones County Junior College Bobcats shot over 52 percent from the floor and defeated East Central Community College 92-62 here Monday night in the Brackeen-Wood Physical Education Building.
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Second season begins tonight
The season ending district tournaments are beginning tonight throughout Mississippi.
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No. 10 Lady Bobcats have high expectations in 2012
The Jones County Junior College Lady Bobcats accomplished quite a bit on the softball diamond in 2011.
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NEJ’s McMillan signs with Holmes Bulldogs
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LHS’ Armstrong signs with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College:
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